i 1 i Community Exhibit Events For Saturday — Soap Box Derby 12:45; Big Parade 2:30 p. m. Our Big Farm Show Will Open Today - Thursday Mount Joy's annual Community Exhibit opened today, Thursday for three big days of events starting with the crowning of the Corn Queen this evening between 8 and 9 p.m. Nine contestants from six high schools and three 4-H Clubs have been selected. This contest is conducted by the Farm Women Society No. 8, Mrs. Jay Greider, chairman. They represent Mount Joy High School, East Donegal Twp. High School, Manheim High School, East Hempfield High School, Elizabeth- town High School, Elizabethtown 4-H District, Penryn 4-H District, and Mastersonville 4-H District. Dr. Ralph Schlosser of Elizabeth-~ town Collegge will be guest speak- er at a public banquet at 6:30 p. m. Thursday in Hostetter’s banquet hall. Quoit Championship Always a big attraction are the quoit pitching contests in charge of that veteran and expert H. M. Sweitzer and assisted by Jno. Rice. Pitching contests are held nightly during the three days on the local Quoit Club boxes on Henry Street. The winner will be decided Satur- day evening when three cash prizes will be awarded the winners. Saturday's Program The soap Box Derby will be run Saturday afternoon at 12:45 on the (Turn to Page 6) — An Instrumental Demonstration Given In Hi School An instrumental demonstration was held recently in the local high school auditorium for parents whose! children were interested in playing instruments. Representa- tives of, the Zeziwit Music Co. of Reading, were the demonstrators and speakers. The meeting was a tremendous success since many parents pur- chased instruments either on the New Instrument Trial method or the Used Instrument Trial method. Since this meeting 9 trumpets, 2 drums, and 6 clarinets have been purchased. The people starting instruments this year are as follows: Trumpets; Robert Buchenauer, Robert Zeller, James Mumma, Rickey Divet, Ber- nell Heisey, Lee Newcomer, Jay Haas, Harry Thomas, Patricia Hart- man, Shirley Metzler and Barry Blankenmyer. Clarinets; Lorretta Hornafius, Di- ane Summy, Shirley Gutshall, Pris- cilla McKain, Sylvia Mumper, Nan- cy Diller, Joyce Berrier and John Harnish. Baritone Horn; Barry Barnhart. Saxophone; Ronald Scho- field. Alto Horn, Gerald Goodling. (Turn to page 2) DaleE. Loump, 24| Commits Suicide Dale E. Loump, twenty-six, Lan- caster R1, was found dead by his father, Abram, about 4:10 p.m. Sun- day on the kitchen floor of a small cottage he occupied mear his fath- er’s house, in West Hempfield Twp., between Oyster Point and Mount- ville. Dr. Charles P. Stahr, deputy cor- ener, in giving a verdict of suicide by shooting, said that Loump had shot himself in the head with a 12- gauge shotgun, apparently around midnight, Saturday. He ‘had been last seen Saturday around 5:30 p.m. when he visited his parents home, State Police said, and the father had gone to the cottage to check his whereabouts when the body was discovered. He leaves a wife and daughter, from whom he separated about six weeks ago. They live at Columbia. MOUNT JOY R1 YOUTH VICTIM OF POLIO Herbert Keener, eight and a half month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Her- bert L. Keener, Mount Joy R1, was admitted to the polio unit of Lan- caster General Hospital, it was re- ported Wednesday by health officer Charles Dillinger. re eA eee GIVE $750 TO PAY FOR CONOY CREEK FISH KILLED The Harrisburg Gas Company made a voluntary contributicn of $750 to cover the destruction of fish in the Conoy creek at Elizabeth town as a result of polluticn of that stream. MOST UP-TO-THE - The Mount Joy Bulletin M INUTE WEEKLY I N LANCASTER COUNTY Mortuary Record Throughout This Entire Locality Mrs. Lillian Fetterly, fifty-two, at Manheim. . VOL. L, NO. 20 The Corn Husking Championship Here Is Postponed || The county ' com-husking contest planned as part of the Mount Joy Community exhibit for Friday was postponed be- cause the corn has not matur- ed enough for husking, it was ennounced by C. H. Martin, of Mt. Joy Rl, co-chairmen of the committee in charge. It will be held instead on Saturday, October 28 on the farm of John Melhorn, Mt. Joy Rl. The preliminaries are scheduled for 10 a. m., and the finals for 1 p. m. COURT ORDERS THESE MEN TO SUPPORT THEIR WIVES John E. Way, Jr., Salunga, paid $100 on account Friday for support of his wife, Betty Way, Landisville, and one child. He was ordered to continue paying $10 plus an addi- tional $2.50 until he pays back the $450 he owes. Enos Weaver, 458 Fairview Ave., Lancaster, paid his wife, Kathleen C. Weaver, Landisville, $40 on ac- count Friday for the support of four children. He was ordered to con- tinue paying $26 a week plus an additional $4 until he repays the $204 he owes. Charles Derr, Florin, was ordered to continue paying $8 a week to his former wife, Vivian J. Derr, 345 E. Frederick St. Lancaster, for the support of two children. Arrearages were cancelled. TWO M. J. STUDENTS INDUCTED INTO MUSICAL ART SOCIETY Sally Ann Nissley and Mary Grace Bucher were officially in- ducted into the Student Musical Art Society, of Lancaster, on Sun- day, October 8. The purpose of this Society is to promote musical in- terest and to better the members. This is the second year of the so- ciety’s existence and at the present time there are thirty-one members. In order to enter this organization, one must audition before an audi- tioning committee. Sally Ann and Mary Grace auditioned this summer and now have been inducted at the society’s first meeting. Sally Ann played a flute solo, and Mary Grace sang a solo. a ia lle THREE CARS COLLIDED BUT NO ONE WAS HURT Monday evening a three car col- lision cccurred at East Main and Delta Streets, when Mrs. Harry East made a right hand turn onto Delta Street and a car driven by Richard Trimble of Lancaster collided into the rear of the Brooks car, while a third car driven by Mary Ann Rice, Lan- caster ran into the rear of the Trim- ble car. Damage to the cars amounted to: Brooks car, $25; Trimble, $200; and the Rice car, $300. Officer Park Neiss investigated. — ee A rt WAS REMINISCING IN PERRY AND JUNIATA COUNTIES SUN. Mr. Henry J. Engle, proprietor of the Central House here, enjoyed a trip thru the Juniata and Perry County’s mountains Sunday. This is the section in which Mr. Engle did nearly all his hunting up until about ten years ago. When it comes to squirrel, grouse, turkey and deer Mr. Engle says the woods doesn’t owe him a thing. — sel CR FIREMEN ANSWER CALL BUT THE FIRE WAS GONE Friendship Fire Company{ an- swered a call at 6:15 p.m. Friday northeast of the borough where an automobile was on fire. When the company arrived, the car was gone, but bystanders said there was only slight damage caused by a short circuit in the Lattery cable. re A MAN AND WIFE KILLED IN PLANE CRASH NEAR E'TOWN Dr. Wayne F. Crider, fifty, and his wife, fifty-two, of Hagerstown, Maryland, were killed instantly when their plane crashed in Mt. Joy township on Hershey Estates farm No. 82, tenanted by Paul Gi- nan, Elizabethtown R2. FOLLOW THE CROWDS | Man Is Fined $500 For Violating The State Firearms Act In our county court last week Robert Dale Foster, twenty, Pax- tang, Dauphin County, pleaded guilty to violating the State fire- arms act and was fined $200 and costs, Fosten was arrested by State Po- liceman Andrew C. Horvath, of the Hershey barracks, on the night of Sept. 3 at the intersection of routes 340-241 in Mount Joy Twp., near the Dauphin line. Horvath told police a road block had been established following an armed robbery in Dau- phin County and when Foster was stopped, he noticed two rifles in the car. A search of the ment, Horvath said, calibre automatic and a loaded cait- ridge clip. The trooper said Foster (Turn to page 6) RE —— a Order of The Lions glove compart- uncovered a .32 Hallowe'n Parade It's time to have a heart-to- heart talk with Junior his piggy bank, and to ask him to give some pennies to the Lions for the Mount Joy Hallowe'en parade on October 31. The Mile of campaign has now a total of 1296 about Pennies feet. The Lions would also appreciate your kindness in patronizing their stand and games at the former Hawthorne garage at Henry and Marietta streets during the Com- munity Exhibit on October 12, 13, and 14. All proceeds will be used for the parade. Divisions of the parade and the aides will be as follows: First Di- vision - Charles Eshleman; all children up to and including the fifth grade. Second division ~ Mahlon Foreman, all children from the sixth grade up to and includ- ing the twelfth grade. Third divis- jon - William Batzel, anyone over high school age. Fourth division - Lloyd Myers, fancy and comical couples; fancy and original groups of three or more people; floats, musical organizations. re RHEEMS LADY INJURED AT FOOT BALL GAME Miss Anna Bertha Groff, seven- teen, Rheems, a cheer leader for Elizabethtown High School, was re- ported in satisfactory condition at St. Joseph’s Hospital Sunday night, where she was admitted Friday night suffering possible internal in- juries. Hospital records show the girl was injured at a football game and brought to the hospital in the Eliza- bethtown ambulance. DO Qe DEEDS RECORDED George B. and Mabel L. Risser, Elizabethtown, to Harold E. and Dorothy N. Kulp, Mount Joy, lot with improvements, N. Hanover Street, Elizabethtown, $6,000. ue exHIRIT UNDER TWO TENTS Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Afternoon, October 12, All Roads Will Lead To ‘Mount Joy October 12-13- 14 Everything That Car Rolled Over then race across the struck a pole, rolled over times and landed right side up in a field? Well that is exactly what happened here Saturday night and the people in the car weren't hurt. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Colbert, of Harrisburg, suffered scratches and bruises when their car collided with an auto driven by Merle Breneman, Mount Joy R1, broke off a telegraph pole and then rolled over three ties before halting in a field along the Harrisburg Pike, just east of the boro limits. three Chief of Police Park Neiss said Colbert was driving west and struck the left rear portion of the Breneman car before careening a- cross the road. No one was injured in the Breneman car. a a — HENRY ROSENFELD'S FARM BROUGHT $202 AN ACRE A farm of 75 acres in Mount Joy township, 3 miles east cf Elizabeth- town, was purchased at $202 an acre ky Paul S. Hilscher, Elizabethtown RD, when offered at public sale by Rosenfeld on Thursday af- There is a meadow water Henry ternoon. large and stream of on the place. 21% story for frame Improvements include a two bank for stone and frame dwelling families; stone and barn with silo attached; 17 cows and frame corn barn with tobacco cellar and strin- and other space 25 steers; ping room underneath, improvements. Walter Dupes, was the el ATTENDING CONFERENCE auctioneer. Mrs. Norman H. Sprecher is at- tending as a delegate, from East Penna. Conference, the National Quadrennial Conventicn of the Wo- men’s Society of World Service, being held at Indianapolis, Indiana, on October 12 to 16th. eel A eet Week's Birth Record Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ober, of Florin, a son Friday at.St. Joseph's Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Miller, Man- | heim R2, a son at the Lancaster | General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Florin, a daughter General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Weidman, Salunga, a son Saturday at the General Hospital. ee ce ee + en AG ee Wilbur B. Charles, Sunday at the ASKS FOR AN ACCOUNTING ... Frances M. Frank, of Florin, ad- ministratrix and widow of Paul S. Frank filed a suit in Court Tuesday asking that her brother-in-law, Charles S. Frank, of town, be or- dered to make an accounting of a partnership that he and her late husband formed and operated. Three Times; Two Passengers Escape Very Briefly Told 3 : | How would you like to be in a | car that collided with another auto, | highway, | Evangelical U. B. Church, which is a S$ ‘The Local News ( | | | | | | | | | For The Past Week Today is Columbus Day. A man at Lititz wag fined $10 and costs for not feeding his dog. The State been offered the Landis Valley Museum as a shrine. Michael Evans, twelve, of Man- heim, broke his leg in football practice. "Two men were killed on Gap Hill when their truck ran into the rear of a truck. Elwood C. Hacker, Salunga, was prosecuted at Columbia for ignor- ing a red traffic light. At Lancaster a 6-year-old came home from a movies with a from a parked has boy flashlight he stole car. The cornerstcne for the new Sa- United Brethren on Evangelical Columbia lome Church at Sunday. Tuesday night robbers the Eugene White general store near Elstonville. They broke the and left empty hand- was laid got inta cash register ed. a W. HEMPFIELD TO VOTE ON $158,000 BOND ISSUE Voters of W. Hempfield Twp. will ballot November 7 a proposed $158,000 bend the construction of a on issue to finance consolidated ele- mentary school in the township. The proposed school would re- place the 10 one-room and two room grade schools now operating in the township. No definite plans have yet been made for the school, officials said, except that it would be located near the center of the township. Voter authorization would enable the the township school board to float hond issue. BE REXALL 1-CENT SALE STARTS NEXT THURSDAY, OCT. 19 The Rexall original One Cent Sale starts Thursday, October 19th at Sloan's Rexall Drug Store. It's the Rexall one cent sale advertised in leading magazines and on the Dick Powell Radio show, now bringing Mount Joy five great value packed days, offering quality Rexall Drug Products at two for the price of one plus one cent. Starts Thursday, October 19 at Sloan's Rexall Drug Store, Joy Theatre Bldg. smilie. Seyi: SLIGHT FIRE AT RHEEMS The Rheems Fire Co., was sum- moned at 4 p. m. Monday to the Martin E. Cope cannery there when a short circuit caused a fire in a motor in the boiler room. Firemen said they managed to extinguished the blaze before any additional damage resulted. Dam- age was estimated at $300. SS. LEFT FOR THE HEIRS By an adjudication filed in the Orphans Court there remains a to- tal of $3,310.09 in the estate of Frank Fair, late of Florin, for distribution among the heirs. 1950 2x TS PREM Ji 1s ST pe Brief News From The Dailies For Quick Reading Lancaster City has abandoned its annual Armistice Day parade. A Baltimore concern will erect a $125,000 super market at Lancaster. Over $3,000,000 worth of buildings were erected in Lancaster County the first six months of this year. A Phila. butcher on his way to Lancaster to buy cattle was killed near New Holland when his truck upset. Three Phila. women, suspected of theft, were followed out of a Lan- caster store and then arrested. Police found 14 of silk hose in their possession. A cash reward of $100 is offered to anyone who can find the person who hit Senator Taft with a ripe tomato at Canton, Ohio. Earl M. Grayhill, Lititz R2, at a rat, the bullet ricocheted the concrete, passed through a board an inch thick and lodged in pair shot on his 12-year-old son's chest, near the heart. He will recover. ———— edhe 2nd Contribution Of Used Toys About a year ago our local Amer- ican Legion held a gathering of used toys which they later shipped to Austria for distribution among the children there. This year Mrs. volunteered Wallace Zerphey has to carry this work and a shipment will be made on October 21st, any person having toys or clothing please notify Mrs. Zerphey. If you don’t have time to deliver your contribution to Zer- phey’s Service Station, just phone and someone will call for it. Here's a létter of appreciation ne- (Turn to page 7) ——— re Gp — KNOW YOUR BANK BETTER In connection with Pennsylvania Week the Banks are cooperating by inviting the public into their vari- ous places of business in order that the public may become better ac- quainted with Banks and how they operate. The First National Bank & Trust | Company of Mount Joy extends to] the public a cordial invitation to visit the bank on Wednesday, Oc- tober 18th and they will help you to know “your Bank better. See our advertisement weekly. a —,.——— BOY, 2, HURT SERIOUSLY IN MISHAP ON FARM Lloyd Miller, two, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Miller, Mount Joy RI, was admitted to the General Hos- pital suffering head injuries. His condition was reported serious. Attendants said they learned the boy’s head was caught between an elevator and a guard in his father’s broiler house. on here, Donegal Township, Mrs. Ella Mae Hartman, seventy= nine, at Mountville, Mrs. Elizabeth Hawkins, fifty« seven, at Columbia. Amos C. McCumsey, seventy, of Columbia, at the County Hospital, Clarence H. Shenk, sixty-three, of Elizabethtown, at the York Hos- pital. Mrs. Katie Snavely Ulrich, sixty= $2.00 a Year in Advance | Happened At Florin Recently one, wife of Clayton Ulrich, Man= Mr. and Mrs. Charles Welchans | heim R1. and Mr. and Mrs. R. Baker and Mrs. Lillian Shearer Fetterly, fifty-two, of Manheim at the Gen=- eral Hospital. Mrs. Carrie H. Nissley, widow of Peter Nissley, at Elizabethtown, and Mrs. Clarence aged seventy-nine. Myers spent Sunday with relatives | Mrs. Clara B. Boyd, seventy= | seven, widow of Jacob Boyd, Man- Arndt and children | heim, at the General Hospital. Nathan Shelley of John M. Forry, eighty, Manheim children Dian and Kay of Highspire called on Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Her- shey on Sunday Mr. and Mrs family and Mr. George Bowers and | in Maytown. Mr. Wilbur of York and Mr. Manheim spent Sunday with ‘Mr. | R2, on Sunday at the Elmdale Rest Samuel Shelly. Home, Lititz R2. He was a member Mr. and Mrs. John Kissinger and | of the Mt. Pleasant Brethren In sons cof Lancaster were Sunday | Christ Church. dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mrs. Della Mae Gearhart, forty- Gerlitski and family. eight, wife of William Gearhart, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Heisey and | Manheim R3, died Saturday after- children Joyce, Gayle and Jimmy | noon in the office of J. Hoffman of Rheems, spent Saturday after-| Garber at Elizabethtown. and Mrs. noon and evening with Mr. Paul Shetter and family. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Kauffman and Mr. and Mrs. John Eichler and Mrs. Katie Foreman spent several days at Altoona and State Rev. and Mrs. Henry Becker and daughter Dorcas spent Saturday and Sunday at Hatfield, Montgom- ery Co. with Rev. and Mrs. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Barnhart and Elder A. Gibbons Elder A. Gibbons, (Turn to Page 4) atl ns LOCAY, ART CLUB WILL EXWIBIT AT JNO. BOOTHS The members of the Mount Joy Art Cluh will exhibit their paint- ings in Booth’s Store window dur- ino the Farm Show. fifty-two, College. daughter, Peggy, Mr. and Mrs. Rokert J. Barnhart of Elizabeth- Members are: Mrs. Jay Brandt, town, spent Sunday afterncon and Mrs. Willis Collins, Mrs. Charles evening with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fbersole, Barry Ginder, Mrs. Har- Shetter and family. rv Greiner, Mrs. J. H. Habecker, Mr. and Mrs. Enos Wachstetter Mrs. Charles Heaps, Mrs. Phoebe and daughter, Nancy. Mr. and Mrs. Krall, Mrs. Ruth Kraybill, Mrs. J. Ricedorf and daughter, Mr. and N. Newcomer, Mrs. Thos. Mariner, Mrs. George Mumper, and the Ko- Mr. Robert Schenck, Miss Mary ser children, were guests of Mr. and Sprow, Mr. Phares Zook, Miss Grace Henderson, Mr. John Dillin- ger. Instructor, Mr. Lineaus Long= enecker, I STAUFFERTOWN COUPLE WILL CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Ressler of Stauffertown, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday, October 15th. The couple was married in 1900 at the home of Pastor D. W. Ger- hart at Lahcaster. They have three children, Mrs. Anna M. Maurer, Akron, Ohio; Isaac K. Ressler, R.D. 2, Mt. Joy and Harry K. of Califor- nia. Also six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. I TB Society Survey Mt. Joy Twp. Area The Tuberculosis Society of Lan- | caster County in cooperation with Mount Joy School District will | survey the school children and res- idents in the Mount Joy Township Sports- | area October 12 and 13. The mobile Mrs. John Bender, Jr., on Sunday afternoon and helped celebrate Joan Bender’s birthday. The Ladies of the West Green Church of the Brethren will hold a croch- sale of aprons, pillow cases, (Turn to page 4) > -— ne MRS. M. M. LEIB IS NOW RESIDING AT NEWVILLE A host of friends of Mrs. Leib, our M. M. for a resident of boro will be many years pleased to learn that her physical condition has im- proved greatly. Mrs. Leib has been living with a Miss Sahderson, Bushkill, Pike but due to the latter’s physical con- dition, left there last week and will make her future home at the Pres- byterian Home at Newville, Pa. Mrs. Leib was taken from Bush- kill to Newville by Mr. Arthur Moyer, of town, has been a friend of the at | County for seme time who family for a rumbert of years. tl Cn I the SPORTSMEN'S CLUB HERE IN A MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Members of the Mt. Joy men's Association on Tuesday night | X-ray unit will be stationed at completed plans for their annual | these locations: membership drive to begin Mon- | Thursday, October 12: Florin day. School, 8:30 am. to 9:30 am.; Fair- Plans for a fox hunt were tabled | view School, 10:00 a.m. Mt. Pleasant 11:00 a.m., Woodland 1:30 p.m., Bel~ 2:15 p.m., Friday, October 13 the Gantz Grandview 8:30 am. Cherry Hill to streams by October 21.|9:45 a.m, Milton Grove 11:00 am., | Wheatland 1:30 p.m. Sunnyburn hunting | 2:15 p.m. Adult population in these areas | may take advantage of this Chest [ x- ray service. after men a brief discussion. The sports- | | laire | sanctioned a plan to transfer hatchery in | from Joy fish Mt. After the business session, George Bowers, of town, showed and fishing motion pictures. Ee DEEDS RECORDED Raymond H. and Florence H Get a chest x-ray every year for Hinkle, East Donegal Township, to|every person in your family who Sylvester Martin Heuyard, East|is 15 or over. If you want to know premises, Florin, | more about TB, see your Doctor, | your Health Department, or your Tuberculosis Association. BR WANT BIDS ON FURNITURE John M. Swarr, hecretary of the | East Hempfield Township School Mount Joy, | Board, announred Wednesday that estate of Mary E.| bids for furniture for the new ele- Newpher, late of Mount Joy. | mentary school building will be re- Ruth B. Sweigart, of Landisville,| ceived on Nov. 3 at 8 p. m. executrix of the estate of Mabel S. mp $9,550. Mrs. Emma K. Kaylor, six, wife of L. H. Kaylor, Elizabeth- | town R. D., at St. Joseph's Hospital. | A A ee LETTERS GRANTED Harriet D. Barnhart, executrix of the seventy- | Bickel, late of Landisville. | IS RECALLED TO DUTY aye | James R. Way, S. N. twenty-two, FOOD SALE OCTOBER 21 | of Salunga, a member of the ©Or- Local Girl Scout Troop No. 8| gahized Naval Reserves in Lancas- will hold a food sale Saturday, Oc- ter, has been recalled to active tober 21, starting at 10:30 a. m., in| duty. Way has already reported to front of the office of the B. Titus|the Phila. Naval base. Rutt Agency on East Main St. ——— TE | SUIT FOR DIVORCE FOOD SALE OCTOBER 27 Complaint in divorce: Ralph E. The Ladies Bible Class of Trinity | Bankus, thirty-one, 115 Columbia Lutheran Church will have a food | Ave. Mount Joy, vs. Jane E. Bank- sale in the basement of the new| us, thirty, Bainbridge Rl; cruel and Parish House on Friday, October | barbarous treatment and indignities 27th beginning at four o'clock. married October 12, 1940. — —