Week 1 by ry Baby ny 6th opriate, [ :01 A.M, oupon, 1 i Contest, § 30, Pa. | Sliced ples 3¢ 9¢ 5¢ r2le TW ve Ti HY Spring Concert, May 16 Baccalaureate, May 28 ! : 1. oo AY hl versuri wir Le nd — Class Day, May 29 — Commencement, June 1 23 Patrons Protest Proposed Closing Elm Tree School Patrons of the Elm Tree room school building in Rapho Twp. voiced their protest against its be- ing closed during a special meeting of the Rapho Twp. School Board Tuesday night Twenty-four attended the session and in a vote taken on the building one- persons voted to close the the remaining 23 voled to keep it open. matter, one while patrons It was indicated that the Rapho board has authority the 1 when the Twp on matter only until July consolidation of the ough, Rapho boards, approved in a special elec- tion last November, and It will then be known as the Man- | heim Central School District. The school building, on the fringe of Rapho Twp, northeast of Mount Joy. residents of the ed for was agreed that last Fall, it the consolidation when and if school was closed, the pupils would | attend the Mount Joy school. Attending the vin M. Brandt, tendent of cgunty Ss advisor to the RN Buddy Poppy Day Honors War Dead "The V. F. W. the dead by helping the living, Mer- | super in- session was assistant schools, group. ed a slogan, here on May 26th, 27th, 29th & 30,” Commander Brown of V.F.W. 5752 said today. Buddy Poppy funds for the fort of disabled : their dependents, or their a fitting tribute to Day, aid, relief ind needy veterans, and com=- widows! and orphans, is our war dead. Stressing the need, for funds this year for Commander sited the terrific toll of World War II. “Three million cas- ualties inflicted upon our World War II veterans have added greatly to the need for funds to carry on the V. F. W. welfare program.” And we must not forget that there (Turn to page 6) _— Activities of Our Police Officer Chief of Police Park Neiss’ week- ly report included traffic violations, arrests and overloaded trucks. They follow: Clair M. Ness, York, cuted for driving 50 mile on Main St., He was summoned be- fore Justice of the Peace, Robert Brown, for a hearing. J. Vernon Frey, Conestoga R2, was prosecuted for a red light. Karl Way, Salunga, cuted for driving 60 miles an hour on Main St. Both were for a hearing before Squire James Hockenberry. Charles Nissly, Manheim R. D. 2 was arrested by Chief Neiss on an (Turn to page 7) tt —-— ANNUAL SPRING FESTIVAL AT HOSSLER'S SCHOOL HOUSE Hosslers School in Ralpho Twp. will hold their annual Spring fes- was prose- an hour ignoring was prose- tival on Saturday evening, May 20th, at the school, rain or shine. The program will begin at eight o'clock. Featured during the evening will | be “The Corkers” who are mem- bers of the Red Rose Barber Shop| Quartette Association, and have appeared on Television and Radio. The public is invited. There will given for Shonk be a gate prize butions. Mrs. H. G. teacher at the school. —— A is the CARD PARTY TUES, MAY 23 A public card party will be held | in the Friendship Fire Co. hall on Tuesday evening, May 23rd, begin ning at 7:30, sponsored by Men of St. Lukes Episcopal church. | Bridge, Pinochle ond 500 will be played. ce ell GOING TO “SPILL FIRE” An invitation to attend a “spill | fire” was accepted by the Friend- ship Fire Co. The fire and in- structions on fighting oil fires will be held at John C. Brubaker’s in Centerville, May 13. etl eee The State has paid $2,462,625 in bonus to vets to date. Qo he Be Manheim bor- | Penn Townships | | tended by representatives from Eli- goes into effect. | z is located two miles | When the | three districts vot- | Legion Auxiliary ‘Met Tues. Night borough | who act- | Post | held to raise | veteran rehabilitation, the | summoned | contri- | the | Site Selected For Proposed Joint School At E’town The site for a proposed new Jun- ior-Senior Joint High School was selected by representatives of four school districts who met at Eliza bethtown Tuesday night to further plans for a joint school district, The site selected was that offer- ed by Dr. T. M. Thompson, a mem- ber of the Elizabethtown board, at a previous session provided that the athletic field be named Thomp- son Athletic Field in his honor. The land is located at the end of High Street in Mt. Joy Township. G. Reed Alexander was chair- the session which was at- man for zabethtown borough, Conoy, Mount and West Donegal Twps. comprise Joy The joint board will eight members, two from each dis- trict. a attended the meet- the | Nineteen members | American Legion Auxiliary ing on Tuesday evening at Legion home, | Mrs. Vivian Germer presided at | the meeting. Sunday May 21st the {unit will join the Legion to attend | the annus i memorial services at the { Evang. U. B. Church. Six dollars | was sent a the annual magazine; | will be the housing of the two a report was forwarded for the Bi-| new Fire engines, at 7:00 p. m. ‘to honor | County Council meeting June 13; | there will is| an acknowledgment of thanks from | Por ough Park, reflected during Buddy Poppy Days | the Coatesville hospital was receiv- | Judge Guy K. Bard as the princip- fifty pounds of candy con- | the Ladies | works. » { will accompany the Post to the ser- | wees ey Sheaffer Honored [ed for tributed by the unit; | at the | Day morning. | The unit will be guests of t Auxiliary on re and will leave Newcom- o'clock. and vices | Paradise | May 24th, | er’s service station at six Refreshments were served the meeting adjourned eel QO A SEVERAL ACRES WOODLAND BURNED OVER ON SUNDAY | Several acres of woodland were burned Sunday evening at New- ville, Elizabethtown RI. The fire broke out about 7:55 p. m. and firemen from the Elizabeth- { town and Rheems companies an- swered the alarm. Firemen were hampered when they were unable to the scene of the blaze. firefighting equipment to beat out the flames to get with had by hand. The over firemen fought the blaze for an hour before der control. There was no proper- ty endangered. ee etl AG Ae WALLICK DRESS CO. WILL OPEN A FACTORY HERE The Wailick Dress Company of Coatesville, with factories at Gap, Elkton and Coatesville will open a new cotton dress factory in the 0dd Fellows Building, 8 West Main | St, Mt. Joy, previously occupied by the Morton Mfg. Co. Messrs. Lewis and Sidney Wal- lick will supervise the factory and expect to open as soon as enough | applications are received. Experienced sewing machine op- erators and a few learners are needed. Fill out the application in the ad on another page of this is- sue. E. DONEGAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETS ON FRIDAY EVENING The East Donegal Twp. School Board will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday evening, May 12, | at which time the 1950-51 budget is scheduled for adoption. The ten- tative budget calls for expenditures of $142,225. This amount may be | increased if a contract is awarded to place a new roof on the high | school building. The board is also | scheduled to make final commence- | pent plans and to schedule sum- | mer repair work. ent = | MRS. BAUGHER TO TALK TO MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS The Young Ladies Bible Class of Reich’s Evangelical Congregational wii School held its annual Mo- | thers- Daughters banquet on Wed- | nesday at 7 p. m. at Baker's Diner, Elizabethtown. | The guest speaker was Mrs. A. G. | Baugher, Elizabethtown. Mrs." Mar- | garet Kirchner gave the daughters’ | toast while her mother, Mrs. David Johns, Elizabethtown, gave toast for the mothers. etl When in need of Printing. (any. thing) kindly remember the Bulletin and | getting it un- | the | f |e | | Florin, will be held at The MOST O~-~-THE-M The VOL. XLIX, NO. 50 IN UTE WwW E Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday EKLY I N v Afternoon, May 11, 1950 LANCASTER COUNTY Mount Joy Bulletin $2.00 a Year in Advance Busy Canvassing | Abram Koser And Mount Joy Senior Students and Chaperons Go Air-Minded Town For Funds | Shirley Reheard Are King & Queen Abram Koser and Shirley Re- heard, senior students at the high school, Plans are in the final stages for | the Memorial Day celebration and | a full program of events will soon be available. Members of organizations are now busy canvas- various | sing the town for funds for this were crowned ‘king and noteworthy project. If you have lat! of te annval Muy Day fess not already been contacted, you tivities Friflay evening in the school gymnasium, and it is will be in the near future, | Members of the royal court were hoped that each and every one will give generously, because this is] the following: grade 11: Ruth YOUR day and YOUR parade, held Nentwig, Joe Coover; grade 10: in honor of those who gave the Patsy Brooks, Harry Sheetz; grade 9. Betty Lou Frank, Thomas Kear: grade 8: Mae Zink, Donald Zerph- Charles Ashenfelter | Jo Detwiler. supreme sacrifice on foreign fields | live and little or so that we enjoy these things. much, but give as much as you can. |! may Give ey; grade T: give | Nancy Any civic orgamizations, churches Also belonging to the royal court | 4 | were si attend: 3 p igh | or groups desiring to have refresh- | 8 six attendants from high | schools i » area. Thev ore Joy ment stands on that day, please| Co in the area. They were Jer- | ry Cooper and Eller ac ast | contact Mr. Samuel Dock and make | Hen oe T 5 iy key, Bast) : empfiel wp.; Shirley arfel | the necessary arrangements with] . } oy Warlel] and Kenneth Roth; East Donegal | him. Tw and J: i wp.; and Janet Risser and John | The events for this day begin at| Lambert, Elizabethtown. i 10:00 a. m. with Memorial services! Gifts ty the queen were given by | in both cemeteries. At 3:00 p. m.|each grade: ninth, keys to the city: | tenth, the world; eleventh, wand; | there will be a parade, at 4:30 there and twelfth, the erown. was held. — MEETING OF UNION SQUARE 4-H SEWING CLUB LAST FRL The Union Square 4-H Club met last Friday. evening at| Union Square school to organize. The be a program in the|dance with the Honorable al speaker, and at 9:00 p. m. Fire- Sewing | ed: president, Joanne Shenenberg- | For 50 Years Service er; vice president, Myrl Martin; | secretary, Nancy Faus; treasurer, Jean Earhart; Givler, song leader, Joanne leader, Marie Kulp; | Marian Nauman, members in William S. Sheaffer, of town, was honored Tuesday evening the Sico Company, here at an employ- es banquet held in the Fire Hall by game : news reporter, There are twenty Sheaffer, who recently completed the clab. The elnp leader is Mus, 50 years service with the company, Edgar Wolgemuth, and helpers was presented with a wrist watch are Mrs. Abram Faus and Mrs. Earl| by Clarence Schock, president of Shenenberger. the company. The next meeting was held on Wednesday evening, at, the school. employes One hundred sixty-six attended the banquet and heard an —— A address by Dr. David Guy Powers,| of Now York. GRADUATE COURSE AT U of P rea . ‘ Dr. Robert D. Walker, 12 la In addition to Sheaffer, service abet D. Walker, 121 Fast : i Main Street has completed a 14 pins were awarded to the follow- . weeks Post Graduate Course at ing: . : > R Br the University of Pennsylvania 10-year group — A. Ray Brene-| pn. gehool. The course on the man, Ethelyn Van L. Browne, Ro- iim arr ipa: I K Alpert F. Keller construction of artificial dentures | ert ert F. Keller's given by Dr. M. M. DeVan, Charles A. Lonkart, Mark H. Mu-{ 5 : : a Professor of Prosthetic Dentistry at ma, Robert E. Rineer, Peter Shirk : the University who is one of the and Luella H. Witmer. ey . leading men in the country in the 20-year group — Willis H.. dentures. At the com- ent and Edna G. Kepple. pletion of the course, Dr. Walker 25-year group — Harvey J. Bar-| was presented a certificate from the Dean of the University of Penna Dental School. ——— ton and Jerry Leonard. East Hempfield Music Pupils Give Program training GENERAL HOSPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS UP-TO-DATE $21,709 in contributions had been reported yesterday by Results of musical at | the Lancaster General various age levels were shown in a National Music Week program giv- en at East Hempfield School Tues- day. Russell Getz, was in charge. 3rd to 8th grade pu- annual drive for charity and re-| placement funds. This approximately 17 sum represents percent of music supervisor, | workers. A beginner's band,| Jesse General Chrm. out that the reported sum Snavely, Jr., composed of pils from Rohrerstown, East Peters- only that amount actually re- ea at the hospital. Many more onstrated ability to play together .| contributions have been made to with less than six months’ the fund but reported to the Other ensembles included a band | campaign headquarters at the hos- of junior high age pupils, a trum- | pital. The next report day will be of Robert Wigham,| on Monday, May 15. Dudley Myers and | The goal of the drive is $110,284. Barth Bailey, all of East Petersburg | The campaign will end on May 19. school; a clarinet trio of Donald | Fuhrman, Betty Lou Hoffman and | 3 Susan Minnich, of the high «hoot; WERK S Birth Record and a German band, of high school burg and Landisville schools, dem- le | | not [ training. pet quartet Gordon Ober. pupils, Lucy Lyon, 5th grade, Roh- Mr. and Mis, Hood aay rerstown, was violin soloist. a son, May Th at t. Elizabeth i meets See Hospital, at Elizabeth, N. J. Mrs. Backenstoe will be remem- | FLORIN SOCIETY FOOD SALE os ered as A food sale by the Ladies Aid Florin. Society of Evang. U. B. Church at Mr. Market Muriel and Mrs. William H. McNiel, of town, a son at the General Hos- pital Thursday. Mr. Murs. Basket at Elizabethtown on Friday, May 19th. Earl €, Hoffer, of and : ’ sale ake ans, | wy... th Soups, potato salad, b ked bes Florin, a daughter at the Osteo- ut ; sale sase brin ; i etc. will be on sale. Please bring pathic Hospital at Lancaster on Jor ~ontainer. 3 your own soup container Saturday. cn, seen I (OP Cn, — SQUARE DANCE AT SALUNGA The Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Fine Company will hold a Square Dance, Saturday night, May 13, at| CELEBRATED ANNIVERSARY 8 p. m. in Cooper's Garage. Caller] Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hostetter and Leader Bert Wittenberg willl celebrated their 53rd wedding an- be in charge. niversary on Thursday May 11th. Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Musser, Mt. Joy R1 a son Tuesday at the Lan- caster General Hospital. rr eel CP following officers were elect. | DR. WALKER COMPLETES POST | workers on Hospital's reports of the Jean Nissly, of] | 12 the Nation's Capitol and while Weddings Thruout, Our Community During Past Past Week | Bernice H. Miler | Richard D. Brubaker Miss Bernice H. Miller, daughter | of Mr. and Mrs. Addison Miller, of Landisville, and Richard D. Bru- | baker; son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. | Brubaker, of Mount Joy Rl, were married Sunday at the Landisville | Church of God by the Rev. Ray- | mond H. Daihl. Given in marriage by her father | the bride wore a pastel green gab- erdine suit with brown accessories and carried red roses and yellow She was attended by Mrs. of Landisville. daisies. Harold Buckwalter Mr. Buckwalter was best man and ushers were Harold Bixler, of cousin of the bride- Jamie Rowley, Eliza- brother-in-law of the Yvonne Brubaker was Elizabethtown, groom, and bethtown, bridegroom. gift receiver. the wedding music Elizabethtown, played Ziegler, disville, and Robert sang. A reception was held at (Turn te page 8) a "FARMFR WAS INJURED IN A TRACTOR ACCIDENT THURS. Charlés Irvin, forty-six, Eliza~ | bethtown RI1, was admitted to St. | Joseph's Hospital suffering frac- tures of both pelvis bones, after he at home the was struck by a tractor Thursday. He told hospital staff members he on his farm Thursday when one of the drivers attempted to put the vehicle in reverse but instead hit pushing him against the other trac- not serious, authorities Thursday night. er ell A epee, BANNER HOUSEHOLD GOODS SALE HELD AT FLORIN ‘SAT. One of the largest public sales of household goods in recent years, { was held at Florin on Saturday by | Mrs. J. N. Hershey. Many articles very good prices | were sold and | were realized. Mr. C. S. Frank was the auction- and Zeller and Herr clerks. EE = aaa eer { What a swell looking crowd, eh? fer the week end. Miss Mary Louise Grube, of Lan-! was standing between two tractors | : | spent Sunday at Fort Littleton and | broken a forward gear, striking him and Ret These are the Senior Students of | things right, so they chartered a Capital Airlines DC-3 plane and took in Washington they decided to do | gree it was a wonderful trip. Everything That The Local News Happened At For ThePast Week Florin Recently |Very Briefly Told The Ladies Aid Society of the| The Hershey Zoo opened for the Florin U. B. Church will have a season on Sunday. food sale at the Market Basket at| There will he 2 Horse Show at Elizabethtown on Friday evening. | Columbia on Sunday. Soup, baked beans, potato salad| There are 20,000 “tulips in bloom ete, will be sold. Bring your own | at Hershey this week. container for soup. Elizabethtown College will grad- Mrs. Harold Buller and daughters | ate a class of 112 this Spring. Maude and Mrs. Earl Gerlitski and | [,ancaster’s parking meters two daughters spent Sunday at!.oughed up $42,482 during April. Hershey. Mr. C. E. Reed, of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. James Berrier and | i spending some time here at the Mr. Jacob Lindemuth called on| Reed homestead. Mr. and Mrs. George Mumper ov-| Thieves stole the wooden indian used for advertising the Indian Riv- Mr. and Mrs. Chester Snavely of a. Poultry Farms on the Oregon Landisville, Della Breneman of Me pike. Joy, Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Stahl and| within ten minutes after Gov- Mr. were Sunday guests Harvey Leedom of Camp Hill’ ernment inspectors found 3,500 lbs. of Mr. and meat in his place of busi- Mrs. Harry Leedom. ness at Baltimore, Harry Green- Mr. Clarence Musselman cele- pum, widely known sausage mak- brated his birthday Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Kauffman and | of horse er shot himself. A Me cee Eig Sie oy Mr. and | WM. BERRIER, FLORIN, SUES rs. Rober ason © Rheems, | pp UCKER FOR $10,547 spent Saturday incy. : gv dey Rhine) B A road worker who was hit by a sane gq a oI): bh ad M oT jh on breneman 4... k while working on the high- any r. an rs. Clarence Myers. wy is asking $10,547 damages. spent Sunday at Pine Grove Fur-| ww A Barrier. of filed nace. i ; suit at the courthouse against Rob- Mr. Mrs Bp + > r. and Mrs. Elmer MovV=| art G. Packard, of Hammond, Ind. ed into their apartment on Tuesday | : " driver of the truck; Thurman which was recently purchased om Fee Chicago, who had leased Florin, Mrs. Hershey y the truck, and the American Red Mr. and Mis. B. F. Kauffman Transit Co., Indianapolis, owner of -— «© < < 5, / Dp 1) visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sehmuck' the truck at Annville on Sunday. anil Ls : i Berrier said the truck hit Mr. Landis Hess, Mrs. Helen! | last September 8 while he was dig- Musser and son, Jimmy, Mrs. Adah | Eichler Mz : ging on Route 230 between Florin D dau, 2 : argaret | hd Elizabethtown. He suffered a right foot and fractured and hasn't been able to He charged the him and on their return visited the formers parents at Blain, Perry County. Next Saturday, May 20 the Char- les Mateer property will be sold at public sale. vertebrae work since, he said. driver was negligent. ———— LOCAL ROTARY CLUB HEARS tor. He wat treated, by a physicin| Mr and Mrs Ray Hahn and CLUBS HEAD and admitted to the hospital for children, Betty Jean, Lloyd Ray Harold Park, president of the further treatment. His condition is Turn lo page 7) Carlisle Rotary Club, was the said late guest speaker at the meeting of BOTH THESE ARE RECENT the ORDE] ) RDERS OF THE COURT day at Hostetter’'s Banquet Hall Lloyd Tome, Jr, of town was George Keener was elected dele- ordered to pay $17 a week for sup- | allie : { gate to the Rotary .' International port of his wife, Pauline M. Tome, ~ =... 4 po held at Detroit Manheim R3, and one child. : > rf : Mount Joy Rotary Club, Tues- in June. Mrs. Edna Brubaker of this place A : wis. oilered to $5 K 1! The annual Rotary senior dance rec pay a week and ill be held May 25 in the hig Mrs. Esther Hibshman, Lebanon $2' 9 Hels . Toy 5 in “ high school auditorium. All seniors are a week for support of their aged parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hoses) "2 BS aa George, Blizabethiown R2. MISS SINGER A DELEGATE Miss Jean M. Singer, Manheim AUX. GAVE FIREMEN $162 R2, is one of four 4-H club men The Ladies Auxiliary of the bers to represent Pennsylvania Rheems Fire Company met last with an instructional and sightsee- week. ‘The women donated $162.00 ing group at Washington, D. C. on toward ‘the purchase of new rain-! June 14 to 21. She was named by coats for the firemen. Allen Baker of State College. er —— —-— ee eee FOOD SALE JUNE 2 CHERTCOFF'S GENEROSITY The Ladies Aid Society of Trinity| ‘Mr. Harry Chertcoff, who opened Lutheran Church are planning a his new King Theatre at Lancaster, food sale for Friday, June 2nd at give his entire receipts on opening the Lester E. Roberts Store, East gight to the Children’s Heart Ha- Main Street. yen. He owns Joy Theatre here, Nn ———— Following the formal exercises al Mount Joy High School and their chaperons. They recently took a trip [an extensive night tour over the city and surrounding territory. All a= Mortuary Record Throughout This Entire Locality Calvin Hess, fifty-nine, Colum= bia R1. Miss Barbara Ann Coble, ninety- one, at Bellaire, Wm. G. Miller, thirty-nine, a native of Marietta, died at Somer= ville, Mass. Martin Funk, eighty-five, Wash= ingtonboro R1, at the Lancaster Os= teopathic Hospital Sunday. Mrs. Lizzie Ruhl Kupp, seventy- four, wife of Nathan Kupp, Man~ heim R3, Monday at her home. Mrs. Anna Musselman, ninety- eight, widow of John Musselman at the Oreville Mennonite Home Sunday, Samuel L. Witmer Samuel L. Witmer, eighty tide, Silver Spring, died Monday at hig home after a lenghty illness. Born in Rapho Twp. he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wit mer and resided his entire life in the Silver Spring area. He was a (Turn to page 3) ——— UD es eet. ANNUAL SILVER TEA WAS HELD HERE YESTERDAY The annual silver tea of the Lan= General Hospital Auxiliary was held Wednesday afternoon at the Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stehman. Mrs. Clarence Newcomer, presi= dent, Mrs. Robert Walker, Mrs, David Schlosser and Mrs. Simon Nissley poured and Mrs. Charles Bennett, Jr, Mrs. Lester Hostetter, Mrs. James Hostetter, = Mrs. Earl Shelly, Mrs. Clyde Nissley, and Mrs. Howard Garber were aides. Approximately 50 persons attend- ed the affair which was in charge of Mrs. Paul Stehman assisted by caster home of Mrs. Bennett as food committee chairman and Mrs. James Philips, publicity. re eet RUMMAGE SALE SATURDAY The Zink-Periwell Post 5861 Auxiliary of Marietta, will hold a rummage sale in Wolgemuth, Ine. store roim, Fast Main street, Mount Joy on Saturday, May 13th, start ing at ten o'clock. el eet MARRIAGE LICENSES Raymond F. Herr, Lancaster R3, and Miriam W. Werner, Mt. Joy R2. Wilmer R. Nissley, Landisville, and Ruth Metzler, Lititz R2. ree eA tees. WON SECOND PRIZE ' The Landisville schools won sec- ond prize of $25 in the Safety Pa- trol parade at Lancaster Saturday. 3,200 participated. TT TTT Es Mr. and Mrs. William George Enola spent the week end oe Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Geib, . EE at Twenty-three were injured “when Te rut 3 welley QT at at Pittsburgh. hi ged 5 i Sie iL oR a a Ai x