You ng ARD rles ads, “es 50 Ic 8 § whe Exhibit Catalog Now Being Compiled Have Your Advertisement Ready For The Committee MOST UP-TO-THE-MINUTE ‘1'he Mount Joy Bulletin WEEKLY I N LANCASTER COUNTY VOL. L. NO. 16 Delegate Will Ask To Have Pastor Returned Mr. Paris Hostetter, delegate to the annual conference of the Evan- gelical United Brethren Churches will go there with instructions from the congregation here to ask for the return of Rev. Ezra Ranck. He will be invited here for his thirteenth | year. The conference will be held at Annville, September 19, 20 and 21. Officers and trustees of the St. Mark’s Evangelical United Breth- ren Church were elected last week. Warren Bentzel and Charles Wol- gemuth were elected trustees for a three-year term; Maris Gainer, class leader; Mrs. Norman Sprech- er, assistant; Warren Bentzel, Sun- day School Lester Hostetter, Wol- gemuth, Wal- ter Eshleman, statistical secretary and Lester Hostetter, The Rev. Ezra Ranck reported a gain of 43 church members and a Joss of 14 through transfer and death, making a new total of 690 members. superintendent; Charles recording secretary; assistant; treasurer. DG Cs ce. Used Address Here To Conduct Sale Of Chicks A Lancaster using Mount Joy as his home and business ad- dress, defrauding purchasers of chicks, ran point blank into the law which is usually the case. Victor E. Reese, of Juniata St. Lancaster, was indicted last Thurs- day by a federal grand jury on nine charges of using the mails to de- fraud purchasers of newly-hatched chickens. man The indictments charge Reese ad- vertised “blood-tested grade AAA” chicks for sale at $4.50 per 100. But in some instances delivered at all to purchasers and shipped to others chicks that were “weak and sickly.” U. S. District Judge George A. Welsh issued a bench warrant for Reese and set bail at $1,000. James E. Speake, a postcffice in- spector, estimated that Reese re- ceived $3,000 last year in chick sales, using his home and a post office box at Mount Joy as his business address. Speake said Reese baught up an oversupply of chicks from Lancaster hatcheries at one or twe cents and offered them for sale. a General i spital Auxiliary Names Its Chairmen Committee chairmen and chairman of the Mount Joy Branch none cO- of the United Auxiliaries of the Lancaster General Hospital were named at a special meeting last Wednesday evening at the home of the president, Mrs. Paul Stehman. Mrs. Frank Young was named chairman and Mrs. Simon Nissley, co-chairman of the service com- mittee; Mrs. James Hostetter and Mrs. Harry Brown, membership; Mrs. Thomas O'Conner and Mrs. Frank Walter, entertainment; Mrs. Eric Olson and Mrs. Clyde Eshle- man, ways and means; Mrs. Simon Nissley and Mrs: Simeon Horton, refreshments; Mrs. Elmer Brown, sickness and Mrs. George Albert, publicity. The first meeting of the new year for the branch will be held October 24 at the home of Mrs. Paul Steh- man. Mrs. James Hostetter announ- ced that the membership drive is now underway. dl 61 STUDENTS ENROLL AT THE GENERAL HOSPITAL A class of sixty-one students, the largest in the history of the School of Nursing of the Lancaster Gen- eral Hospital, were registered on Monday. Those from this locality were: Betty Irene Biesecker and Shirley Viola Schofield, of town; Marjorie Jane Herr, of Florin and Janet E. Horning of Rheems. Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Afternoon, September 14, 1950 TRINITY LUTHERAN TO USE NEW PARISH HOUSE SUNDAY On Sunday morning Trinity Lu- theran Sunday School will use the new Parish House for the first time. Several rooms of the Parish House have been in use for several weeks. These rooms have been oc- cupied by the Nursery and Begin- ner’s Department. The entire Sun- day School will now be housed in the new building. The old Sunday School room of the church will undergo renova= tions in, the near future, then that |U. S. room will be available for addition al Sunday School uses. The razing of the frame building on the church property is just about completed. The entire lawn will then be graded and landscaped. Growers Reject Federal Controls; Cheaper Tubers Rejection of federal price sup- ports by Pennsylvania's potato growers brought a prediction that consumers will have cheaper pota- toes this year. Clyde A. Zehner, chairman of the Agriculture Department’s Pennsylvania Production and mar- keting Committee, said wholesale prices probably will range down to 75 cents a bushel. And another source at the com- mittee’s office said the flush period A dedication service is being |between Oct. 15 and Nov. 1 could planned for the new building, the | see prides as low as 50 cents a bushel date to be announced later. ae ie lf lilies SALUNGA FIRE CO. WILL SELL THEIR OLD PUMPER Officials of the Salunga Fire Co, at Wednesday night's session, an- nounced that bids will be received by October 1 for the sale of the old In 1949, price-supported potatoes ran about $1.20 a bushel. The av- erage market price without federal subsidies to farmers was 91 cents a bushel. The U. S. Agriculture Depart- ment at Washington said that con- company pumper, equipped with a trols for the 1950 crop in Penn- 350 gallon rotary pump. sylvania were opposed by 1,091 Announcement was made of the | producers, representing 788 ‘per purchase of six rain coats. It was also reported that a corn roast was cent of those voting. Another 293 potato growers rejected price sup- held by the company for the La- ports. dies’ Auxiliary on Friday at the| There are about 8000 potato Salunga Maple Grove school | rowers in Pennsylvania, with grounds. about 5,200 of them rated as com- George McFarland was named | mercial growers—these with po- lieutenant of the fire police and |tato plots of four acres or more. Clarence Mowery was advanced to the rank of captain. One fire dur- ing the past month was reported. ——— eee JAILED YEAR AFTER PLEA OF GUILTY TO BURGLARY William D. Quickel, twenty-two, Bainbridge RI1, pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and larceny and was fined $50 and costs and jailed for one to two years in the county prison. State Policeman Nicholas Zulick testified he questioned Quickel July 11 and the latter confessed to steal- ing goods valued at $200 and up- wards from the store of A. H. Mum- ma, Florin, on June 1. Zulick added that Quickel also admitted stealing and tubes from T. M. Eber- tires sole’s garage, Elizabethtown and last year had been picked up for another garage robbery in Eliza- bethtown on which no prosecution was keought. Counsel asked for leniency on the grounds that Quickel was married. TWENTY-ONE MEMBERS AT LEGION AUXILIARY MEETING Twenty-one members were pres- | ent at the September meeting of | the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Am- erican Legion, Tuesday evening. Plans were made to sponsor a| public card party at the Legion home on Monday, October 2, and the date set for the Wayd Party at Coatesville Hospital which is Wed- nesday, November 8th. The nomnination of officers re- sulted as follows: president, Mrs. Howard Brown; vice president, Maude Schneider; secretary, Mrs. Gwendolyn Grayhill; Correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. Edward Brown; treasurerfi Mrs. Katherine Bennett, Chaplain, Mrs. MacGrau, and Serg- eant-at-arms, Jean Grubb. BOY SCOUTS PUBLIC SALE The Boy Scouts of Mount Joy will hold a public sale at the Scout den sometime in November. The people of Mount Joy and vicinity may help in the sale by contrib- uting usuable articles which they have stored in their attics or base- ments. Friday, September 15th, scouts will canvass the borough. The proceeds of this sale will be used to take the boys camping in the summer months and for the up- keep of the troop. the ee all A) eee, wc Waring To Motorists Schools Are Open; Watch For Children Drivers! School's open. Watch out for children. This is the warning extended to all motorists by the Safety Patrol with the opening of schools in Mt. Joy. Thousands of children are walk- ing along busy streets, many for the first time, as they go to and from school. Although police and school safety patrols are stationed at many intersections to help children cross safely, they must cross many un- guarded ones. It is hard to predict what energetic youngsters will do, so be on your guard for children at all when in school areas. Hundreds of posters reminding drivers to the lookout school children have been distribu- times, especially driving be on for ted throughout the town and are now appearing at outdoor locations Hundreds of pesters reminding drivers to be on the lookout for school children have been distrib- uted throughout the town and are now appearing at outdoor locations, The happy store windows, garages, etc. three-color poster showing children school an- “School's Take hurrying to nounces in bold print, Open — Driving or Walking, It Easy.” — ——— es em Week's Birth Record Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Hoover, Rheems, a daughter Saturday at the General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Eli L. Miller, Park View, Harrisonkurg, Virginia, an- nounce the birth of a son, James Allen on September 8, 1950. Mrs. Miller was the former Ruth Hess of Mount Joy RI. Mr. and Mrs. , Victor Zerphey, Mt. Joy, a daughter on Wednesday at St. Josephs Hospital. i THAT'S NOT SO GOOD This week the Lancaster County Grand Jury found the dining room and kitchen at the County Hospital in an unsanitary condition. This is the second Grand Jury in two years to make a similar report. SCHOOL HOUSE WITHDRAWN ma reeset Aces The former Sterline School build- | MUST SUPPORT FAMILY ing, located on the Marietta Pike, George Rafferty, Salunga, was between Columbia and Marietta, |ordered by the court to pay the was withdrawn because of lack of bids at a public sale Saturday by Christine W. Hoover. — MARRIAGE LICENSES Charles. Marshall Rawles Jr., of West Allis, Wis., and Helen Grein- er, Landisville. Richard Nissley Geib, Mt. Joy Rl, and Martha N. Miller, Manheim RI. J Family and Children’s Service $16.50 a week for the support children. of three —_—— Among the students enrolled at Lebanon Valley College are: James R. Enterline, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Enterline of Salunga; Bar- kara: G. Ranck, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Ezra H. Ranck of town. FIREMEN PURCHASE TWO RESUSCITATION PACKS Two new air packs for resuscita- tion work were purchased by the | Friendship Fire Company. These oxygen masks and tanks were test- | ed Monday night, when a member | of the crew, Irvin “Mouse” Myers! donned the outfit and submerged | himself in the waters of Chickies| Creek. While visibility was because of muddy water the tank! and mask worked satisfactorily, | and will enable a man to stay under | water twenty-five to thirty minutes. These packs will also be used for poor | gas and smoke. C. L. Heagy of the Lancaster Co. Association of «Firemen took pic- tures of the housing of the new engines and of the gasoline test-fire and will show them at the next meeting on October 5. Three new members were admit- ted at their last meeting. T= East Donegal Increased Its Tuition Rates \ An enrollment of 378 high school mupils was reported on the opening dav of school. This is about 15 more students than were enrolled last year. Maytown Elementary en- | rollment totaled 237. than last vear. The Washington El- ementarv School in Florin enrolled 124 students, last several more ten more than year. Elect New Teacher At the East Donegal Twp. School Board meeting held Friday evening, September 8, the appointment of Miss Justine Lawyer, of Biglerville, as a commercial teacher was ap- proved. She if a graduate of Eliza- bethtown College. Tuition Rates Raised The board also announced that tuition rates, based on last years expenditures, would $54.56 or $6.06 per month for elementary students and $107.78 or $11.98 per month for | high School students. The board al- | so autHorized the purchase of a new (Turn to page 3) ee el Weddings Thruout Our Community During Past Week The marriage of Miss Arlene Ma- rie Groff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Groff, East Petersburg, to Marlin Edward Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horry Williams, of this place took place at 7 p.m. Fri- day in the Rohrerstown Evangelical and Church. The Rev. George R. Johnson officiated. Mr. Mrs. Harvey A. Groff, Jr. brother and sister-in-law of of the bride, attended the couple. and Helen Marie Musser Landis Kennedy Hess A very lovely wedding took place at 12:30 p. m. at St. Peters Evan- gelical & Reformed Church at Lan- caster Sunday, September 10th when, Helen Marie Musser, daugh- ter of Mrs. Adah Eichler of Florin | the bride of Landis Ken- nedy Hess, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hess of Loysville, with the Rev. James E. Wagner, D.D. of-| double ring cere- attended became ficiating at the mony. The couple were by the groom’s sister and husband, Mr. Mrs. Levi Fuhrman of (Turn to page 3) in iA WATERMELONS CAME DOWN Early Monday a large truck load- ed with watermelons, traveling west, ran off the macadam, went out of control on the soft shoulders and crashed into a telegraph pole. A large number of melons were and | Phoebe strewn about and mashed. The ac- cident occurred a short distance east of John Haines property. The truck was damaged but the driver escaped. ee el TATE GETS LIFE IN JAIL Early Wednesday morning a jury convicted Richard Eugene Tate, twenty-nine, Marietta, of first de- gree murder with the penalty life imprisonment for the slaying July 5 of Harry A. Floyd in a Rowenna Dwelling Along Highway Was Sold For $12,600 From all indications there is no recession in around Mount Joy if the sale of the Wasal property can be taken as evidence. A lot of ground fronting 125 feet real estate on Route 230, about half a mile east of the boro, the site of a former school house, was sold at public sale Saturday. The lot is 175 feet deep and has a story and a half frame house with all conveniences. Also a 2-car garage. It was owned by Charles Wasal and pur- chased by J. Roy Breneman, for $12,600. Mr. Breneman owns the farm adjoining. Charles S. Frank the auctioneer and Claude S. was was ‘Zeller the clerk. Property Withdrawn On Friday evening, Mrs. C. E Musselman, Estella Haldeman and Haldeman, Heirs of the J. H. estate, offered at public sale a lot 40 x 200 feet on the Mount Joy township side of the highway through Florin There is a 215 story frame double dwelling thereon. Also a lot 40 x 200 feet with a frame barn on the rear. The dwelling is occupied by Mr. William Sweikert. formerly the late Joseph Heisey, and Arthur E. Geib. It was withdrawn at a bid of $7,000. Walter. Dupes was the auc- tioneer and D. L. Landis the clerk. —— eee LOCAL FOLKS WON PRIZES AT GREIDER REUNION Haldeman main Edwin Greider, Columbia, was elected president of the Greider clan at the annual reunion Sunday, at the Landisville Campmeeting grounds. Robert G. Hostetter, Neffsville, was elected vice-president, Mar- ian Edwards, Landisville, secretary, Lester Hostetter, Mount Joy, treas- urer; and Benjamin Bushong, Co- Jumbia, historian. Prizes were awarded to Frank- lin Martzell, East Petersburg, the youngest child; Mr. and Mrs. John Ephrata, couple; James tallest; Joy, business recently Hostetter, and Eli Hos- tetter, Mount largest family. In the meeting it was decided to hold the next reunion at the same place, the second Sun- day in September 1951. A... BLOTTENBERGER PLEADS GUILTY; FINED $500 & COSTS Norman B. Blottenberger, May- town, charged with traffic in lottery tickets, pleaded Monday to a charge of possession of lottery tickets. He was fined $500 and costs by Judge Shaeffer. Blottenberger, it was explained, had stopped selling lottery tickets seven weeks prior to his arrest. On the these District Attorney Ranck said, the Common- wealth was accepting a plea to pos- session of tickets only. The prose- City Detective Al Farkas, said he had arrested Blottenberger last May 26 on a complaint of lot- tery tickets being sold in a Lan- caster plant. The defendant had two tickets in his possession at the time of his arrest. ED eens. Blymyer, most matried Mcunt Joy, guilty basis of facts. cltor, Personal Mention Mrs. Mark Alwine and Mr.. and Mrs. George Alwine and children, of Abbotstown, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Willis Freed. Mr. and Mrs. Garth Snyder north of town have returned from a 3000 mile trip going to Ohio, Nigara Falls and then to Quebec, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Dillinger and children, near Lexington, Kentuc- ky, are here on a visit to relatives and friends. They are staying with his sister Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wade, on East Main street. The Dillingers left this morning for Washington, D. C, and other places of interest on their return trip home. re ATTENDED TEA Dr. and Mrs. Robert Eshleman of Mount Joy R2, attended a tea Mon- day afterngon, in honor of Dr. Toyohiko Kagawa of Japan, at the home of Md, and Mrs. Orie Miller, Akron, Pa. {Dr. Kagawa spoke in- tavern. formally to §he group present. $2.00 a Year in Advance Former Resident, Pfc. C. Anderson Killed In Korea | High Word was received that g former resident of our borough was killed | on September 2, his twentieth birth- day, in Korea. | Columbia’s first Korean war cane] ually was announced Tuesday by | C. Norman Anderson, 323 Union St., | who received word that his son. | Pfc. Clarence D. Anderson, was | killed. He entered the U. S. Army on Sept. 18, 1948, and trained at Camp Breckenridge, Ky., before being as- signed to the 101st Airborne Divi- sion. Following a furlough in March 1949, he was sent to California af- ter which he went to Japan arriv- ing there in May 1949. A former resident of Mount Joy, Clarence is survived by his father, a step-mother, Mrs. Margaret An- derson, and these brothers and ters: Carl Anderson, Pennsylvania State College; Lucille, Robert Dale Anderson, all students at Loysville Lutheran Orphanage: Jane Anderson, Mount Joy. —— 0 ieee Everything That Happened At Florin Recently Dr. Allen S. Meck, president of the Seminary of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, will be the main the Fall Rally Day at the Glossbrenner E. U. B. Church, Florin. The program for the occasion will begin at nine-thirty. The Sun- day School meet in regular session at their uspal places preceding the address by Rev. Dr. Meck. Various organizations the Church and classes of the Sunday School are cooperating to achieve the goals of 350 present and $2,000 for the building fund. In the Children’s Department, Jay Wolgemuth will show the pic- ture “Janus Daughter”. Following the showing of the picture they will and the and Lancaster, speaker at classes will of assemble with the adults for the closing of the service. - Music for the occasion will be presented Ly the Three Brooks Sisters, Nancy, Pauline and Daisy. They will play several selections on the Marimba. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hollinger and children returned home Sun- day after a ten days auto trip thru the southern states. In Alabama they visited Mr. Hollinger’s bro- ther. Mrs. Joseph Sabinash of Lancas- ter visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Arndt on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bixler re- turned home from a weeks visit in Potter County. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Eshelman and daughter of Emigsville guests