1 3¢ Jc lc Jc ot -— a A C—O OTS 55655 James Mfg. Co, Which Will Locate Here Are Extensive Manufacturers of Dairy, Hog, Horse, and Poultry Equipment E. Donegal Board Approves Joint Hi School Operation At the regular monthly school board meeting of East Donegal township held Friday evening, the board approved adult evening class- es and a home nursing course for high school students on a voluntary basis. The board also approved by resolution the agreement for the construction and the operation of a joint high school for the districts of Marietta Borough, Mt. Joy Borough and East Donegal Twp. The building committee reported the completion of the construction of the new roof on the high school building and the receipt of the twenty year bond for the same. They also reported the completion of the flood light installation to cover the new parking area con- structed at the high school. A new sewing machine for the home-mak- ing department was ordered. Also discussed at the meeting was the advisability of taxing trailers locat- ed in the district, the water rate charged at Maytown, the procure- ment of a driver training car and the purchase of band and orchestra instruments. Rheems Fire Co. Names Officers Nomination cf officers took place at the meeting of the Rheems Fire Co. last week. Robert Kready and Robert Beck- er were nominated for president; Herbert Hoover and Lester Hoff- man, vice president; John Henry, secretary: assistant, Herbert Hoo- ver: L. K. Snyder, treasurer Irvin Sibling, assistant; Earl Poutz. Noble Johnson, and C. A. Ricedorf. one trustee; Robert Kready, Earl Poutz, Rokert Becker, Herbert Mason, Max Reifdorf, Enos Floyd. Nchle John- son and John Leedom, five man entertainment committee: M. Rice- derf, John Leedom, and Elmer Mur- the county phey, two delegates to convention; Max Ricedorf, and El- mer Murphey, one delegate to the state convention; John Wagner and Noble Johnson, chavlain: Max Rice- dorf, fire chief; John Leedom and Lester Hoffman assistant: and Her- bert Hoover, Lester Hoffman, and Elmer Murphey, chief engineer. —— ee SALUNGA BOY, THREE, IS ILL. WITH SCARLET FEVER Timothy Lee Conway, three. son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Conway, Sa- lunga, has been stricken with scar- let fever, according to Health Of- ficer Gehring Dietrick. The child is confined to his home. ONE DAY EARLIER As our publication day comes on a holiday, Thanksviging, next week, The Bulletin will be pub- lished a day earlier, Wednesday. Advertisers and correspondents please bear this in mind. Three . representatives of James Manufacturing OS who have leased the buildings of Geo. Brown's Sons here, were in town several days this week mak=- ing preliminary arrangements for opening their plant here. The Mt. Joy plant will be the headquarters for the Eastern District. It is the infention of the manage- ment to open their office here soon after Jan. 1 while manufacturing operations are expected to start a- long about January 15. The James Mfg. Co. porated under the laws of the State of Wisconsin ¢n September 5, 1905, with a capital of $8,000. Founded on the belief that farm buildings and equipment could ke made more ef- ficient and sanitary, the company has grown until as of December 31, 1949, it had total assets of $6,249,075. (Turn %o page 2) Owners Ask $8000 Viewers Say$3500 A hearing was held in the Court House Thursday morning hy view- ers in a road-building damage suit brought by J. Melvin Newcomer, East Hempfield Twp. against the State Highway Department. Newcomer charges that the re- location of the Harrisburg Pike has decreased the value of his pronerty. Witnesses testifying in his behalf was incor- said the value was decreased by about $8.000. Court-appointed viewers who heard the case in Grand Jury room were Sumner V. Hosterman, Lan- caster, Owen Hershev. Lititz, and Albert Fritz, Quarryville. After inspecting the property the viewers reported land damages, in their estimation, was $3,500. MOTORCYCLE WITHOUT LIGHT CRASHES INTO LADY'S CAR A motoreyclist was slightly in- jured at 5:25 p.m. Sunday on Route 340, a mile west of Silver Springs, when his vehicle collided with an autcmobile. The injured was Harvey Luther Ness, thirty-five, Columbia R1, and was treated by Dr. Charles Hill, Columbia, for a possible fracture of the right index finger and injured left wrist. Police Ness, operating a motorcycle withcut headlights ided with an automobile operated by ‘Anna ‘M. Zerphy. forty-seven, {54 W. Main Street, Mt. Joy, as she was ¢ tempting a left turn onto a side off Rt. 340. The tinued. rr A LONGENECKER PROPERTY WAS WITHDRAWN AT $9,710 | On Friday evening John O. Long- | enecker and Alice L. Chambers of- | fered the former Dr. O. G. { Longenecker property on Marietta | Street, this boro, at public sale at the Bulletin Office. | This is a 2% story frame dwelling | containing nine rocms. Also a 2- car garage. After spirited bidding the property was withdrawn at $9,710. C. S. Frank was the auction- eer and Arnold, Bricker C Beyer, attorneys. The property will privately. said col- ‘investigation is being con- now be sold Rev. Ezra Ranck, of On Speakers’ Bureau Town, Accepts Place in Chicago, To Revise Bible Observance in The Fall of 1952 We are in receipt of the focllow- ing news article from the Inter- national Council of Religious Ed- ucation at Chicago, Illinois. “Rev. Ezra H. Ranck, 25 E. Main Street, Mount Joy, has accepted a place on the speaker's bureau for the Revised Standard Version Bible Observance in the fall of 1952 from September 20 to Octcher 5, when the entire Revised Standard Ver- sion of the Bible will ke published. Mr. Ranck is pastor of the St. Mark’s Evangelical United Breth- ren Church, at Mt. Joy. He will Le available on the spec- ial day of the celebration, Tuesday, September 30, 1952, for speaking engagements within a radius of 500 miles, according to the announce- ment made by Dr. Harold E. Stas- sen, president of the University of ATTEMPT TURKEY STEALING AT STANLEY WITMER FARM An attempt to steal turkeys at the farm of Stanley J. Witmer, Manheim R2, was foiled by the owner at 12:45 a.m. the other night. Witmer told police he and wife were awakened by a truck on their property and they called the hired man. While Witmer and his wife stood watch in the barn, the hired man drcve in a car towards the pens, housing some 850 turkeys. his The hired man reported a man on foot, who apparently was a lookout, hurled a large stone at the car and then fled to rejoin two men in the truck parked near the pens. The truck then sped away without lights, Witmer told police. No entrance had (Turn to page 2) been gained to the turkey pens. MOST VOL. L, NO. 25 The Water System Transferred To Boro Avtherity The offiicial transfer of the boro water system to the boro water authority took place Thursday af- ternoon, Samuel H. Miller, author- ity chairman announced. Miller said the first step follow- ing the transfer, made for an im=- provement and expansion program, is a thorough and intensive survey, which might take three months, to decide just what is to be done and how much it will cost. Following the survey, Miller stat- ed an engineer will be hired and plans made to go ahead on the bond issue to finance the program. The bond issue has been estimated at $50,000 to $60,000. The project to raise water pres- sure in the community would in- clude increasing the height of the boro standpipe. Already started is the extension of maing into terri- tory annexed northwest and north- east of the borough and this will be ¢ ntinued by the Also planned are renovations at the fil- ter plant. Serving with Chairman Miller on the authority are: Grant Simon Nissley, William Batzel and two or authority. Harry Walters. The authority was formed over a year ago and the transfer has been pending since then. Mortuary Record Throughout This Entire Locality Mrs. Elizaketh L. Bongart. seven- ty, cf Columbia. Henry D. Smith, eighty-three, Columbia R1, on Sunday. Elizabeth J. Nolte, a native of Columbia, at Harrisburg. Samuel H. Ccoper, a retired farmer, Manheim Rl. of a heart condition. Judge T. Roberts Appel Judge T. Roberts Appel died at at Lz after sixty-nine years. a long aged He was judge of the Lancaster Co. Or- phans Court since January 1912. his home ncaster illness, Mrs. Felicia Aliota Mrs. Felicia Aliota, aged 83 years, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Marco Crissaner, with whom she resided in Brook- lyn, New York. Mrs. Aliota lived in Mt. Joy with another daughter, Mrs. Joseph Fun- bar for five years, and is well known here. Other daughters are Mrs. Ann- ette Cramer of this place, Mrs. Har- isson Carr and Mrs. Frank Caster- ella of Lancaster. children and dren survive. Funeral Brooklyn, morning. Twelve grand- ten great grandchil- held in Wednesday service N.Y. was on EDAD An 92-YR. OLD MINISTER WAS KILLED IN AUTO MISHAP The Rev. I. N. H. Beahm, ninety- two year old Church of the Breth- ren minister, first president and one of the founders of Elizabeth- town College, was killed Saturday night in a head-on automobile col- lision near Martinsville, Virginia. The ®ictim was a Church of the Brethren minister for 69 years and preached in most of the 48 states. Rev. Beahm is an uncle to Wilbur Beahm, supervising principal of our koro schocls. — ere LANDISVILLE CONTRACTOR GETS $930,371 HBG. ROAD JOB Richard Nissley, Landisville, sub- mitted a low bid today of $930,371 for construction of western proaches of the new free bridge over the Susquehanna river here. The project includes 2.08 miles of from Wormleys- ap- road construction burg to 26th St, Camp Hill. Plans for the eastern apprcaches are still in the drafting stage. The bridge and approaches will cost an esti- mated $5,000,000. eee me Down around Christiana boys are amusing themselves by throw- ing fire crackers under automobiles j TO-THE-M Mr. George Sillers, N. Market St., quietly celebrated his 90th birthday on Monday, November 13. Mr. Sillers is bout town daily. Borough Council Makes One Way Traffic on 3 Sts. A special meeting of Mount Joy Boro Council was held Monday ev- ening for the purpose of consider- ing traffic conditions at the High School building at Poplar street. After cided to some discussion it was de- make one way traffic on tPoplar Ss., to the dead- end at the high school; Church Al- ley, from Poplar St. east to South Market; and. Church Alley, west from Poplar St. to Pinkerton Road. Council also received and for- mally turned over to the ¥oning Commission for approval or disap- proval a petition to close Sassafras Alley behind the George Brown and Sons factory to make a railroad James Mfg. Co., who The area the following streets: from Columbia Ave. siding for the will occupy the building. affected amounts to about 280 feet. | Paul Stehman, zoning commission chairman, is expected to report to| council on the petition at the Dec. 4 meeting. Council also approved plans for a community Christmas tree to be located in the center of the boro. The large Yule tree will be erected instead of a number of smaller as formerly. RD I. trees PAUL RISSER SUFFERS A POSSIBLE FRACTURED SKULL Paul W. fifty-four, who resides south of Risser, a short distance Landisville, suffered a possible of the skull when he 20-pound steel fracture was struck by a while at work Tuesday the Binkley & Ober quarries, where he is employed. St. Joseph's Hospital where an X- ray examination was made. Mr. Risser formerly resided a mile east, of town and was employ- ed by Mr. Roy Breneman. ell Parent Teachers Wash’ton School attended Parents eve- About seventy parents the Washington School meeting held last Wednesday ning, in the Washington School at Flcrin, Dr. J. W. Bingeman, super- vising principal of the district, pre- sided at the meeting. The program included a reading by Cynthia Leh- by Arlene the man and a piano solo Heisey, both of Grade Florin School. An explanation of the new re- port cards to be used in East Don- egal Twp. Elementary schools this (Turn to page 6) re etl SCRAP DRIVE NOV. 18 The Explorer Troop of the Mount | Joy Boy Scouts will hold a Scrap | Drive on Saturday, November 18. Please cooperate and collect, your scrap. If in the basement or attic, | just tell the Scout when he calls and he will be glfd to get it. tli MARRIAGE LICENSES Six at Joyce M. Carver, Ralph H. Whye, Florin, and Ger- trude E. Eppley of Lancaster. block | morning at | He was treated at| Meeting Is Held In INU TE WwW E Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Two Fires Nipped In The Bud Before Much Damage evidence that at cne can't be ample cf the year too careful when cleaning up weeds When you build a fire, | watch it until all flames are exting- uished. Here is this time and leaves. Burning Leaves Threaten A Dwelling Here A large pile of burning leaves | . | which for a time threatened a | dwelling were extinguished by members of the Mt. Joy Fire Co. at 6 p.m. Thursday. The blaze occurred on a plot of ground owned by Dr. Wilmer Shoop Street and threatened the home of Harry Baugh- man before it was extinguished. Dr. Shoop, it was learned, had asked boro employes to place the which they had collected along the on his property work = the along New nearby leaves, streets, is believed picked up smoldering remains ¢f a bonfire. as fertilizer. It men may have Fire Gets Beyond Control Two large trees and a pile of railroad ties burned early Thursday afternoon when a pile of burning brush got out of control on the El- mer Groff property, east of Eliza- bethtown along the new Harrisburg Pike. Members of the Rheems Fire Co., who extinguished the blaze with water from a nearby. lake, said Pennsylvania Power and Light Co. linemen had removed branches and leaves from power lines in the area and placed them on a pile to be burned. After leaving the property, fire- men said, the workmen warned Groff to watch the fire but it spread into the woodland. Week's Birth Record | Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Hess, of | Florin, a son at the General Hos- | pital on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Carrier, of this boro, a daughter at the Gen- eral Hospital Monday. Mr. and Mrg. Ivan F. Wolgemuth, | of town, a daughter at.the Lancas- jee General Hospital on Friday. and Mrs. Thomas Boyd, Jr. 36 West Main Street, this boro, a at the General Hospital. Mrs. Robert Bradley, a son at St. Joseph's Thursday. Mrs. Arthur B. Gantz, a son at the General Ir. or daughter Mr. and Manheim R2, Hospital last Mr. and | Mt. Joy R2, | Hospital Friday. Mr, Mrs. Luke Bomberger, Bareville, announced the birth Donald Luke, Sunday, No- { vember Tth. Captain and Mrs. James R. Zeller, Fayetteville, North Carolina, the birth of a daughter, | Catharine, Saturday, November 4. at the Fort Bragg, N. C., hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ryman, 233 E. Main Street, this boro, a daugh- at the General Hospital Monday. or — —— ee and | of of a son, an- | nounce ter DROVE THRU RED LIGHT A Texas autoist was arrested at Lancaster for causing a three-car collision ky driving thru a red light. speeding charges, State Police clock- ed him at 65 miles per hour May UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICE The Union Thanksgiving Ser- vice sponsored by the Mount Joy Ministerial Association will be held on Wednesday, Novem- ber 22 at 7:30 p. m. in the Church of God. The Church of God Choir will sing a special number. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Q. A. Deck. The public is cordially invited. Fred Loewen, of this place, and of Marietta, REV. C. F/HELWIG | distinguished celelyate his second birthday ey on Saturday, November 18. and daughter of York, Mr. three, right turn in front of another car, Our Local Boy Scout Scrap Drive Saturday, EKL Y I N Afternoon, November 16, MAJ. RAFFENSPERGER. RHEEMS CITED FOR SERVICE IN ETO Major Wilbur W. Raffensperger, Rheems, an Air Force pilot during World War II, was the Distinguished Flying Cross by Brig. Gen. Thomas B. McDonald, Mid- dletown Air Materiel Area com- mander, during a recent presented ceremeny at Olmstead Air Force Base. The citation accompanying the award stated that Raffensperger himself by extraor- dinary achievement while partici- | pating in aerial flight. The technical skill, exceptional and duty displayed by contributed to the bombardment operation courage selfless devotion to him as a pilot the and reflect credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States, Major Raffensperger, then a first lieutenant, was given the medal for service in the European theater of operations from March 10, 1943 to August 1, 1943. The Local News For The Past Week Very Briefly Told The first snow fall of the season here Saturday was light. Vandals broke twenty-four win- dow panes in a building at Cones- toga. Harold M. Reece, aged fifteen, of success of Manheim, is missing since Novem- ber 7th. Mrs. Cora M. Miller, seventy- nine, of Manheim, fell and fractured her hip. The Elizabethtown Rotary Club will mark its twenty-fifth anniver- sary November 30. Elizabethtown made a drive to pay off the $5,000 debt on its park. $6,019 was contributed. Victor Keen, Quarryville R. D. farmer, grew 662 bushels of pota- toes to the acre this year. The authorities are warning housewives that two phony extract salesmen are operating in the community. Richard Strickler, son of Mr. Mrs. Norman GG. Strickler, and will anni- ene st el geen 85-ACRE RAPHO TOWNSHIP FARM SOLD FOR $22,300.00 Mrs. Robert S. Mason, Elizabeth- town Rl, purchased the 85-acre, Clarence Risser farm, Rapho Town- ship, for $22,300 at public sale. Sixty-four acres of the farm are under cultivation; eleven acres ol pasture with stream, and ten acres are woodland. Improvements in- clude a ten-room house, bank barn, milk chicken houses. smart fae sete mise Everything That Happened At Florin Recently Mrs. Sarah Horst visited Mr. Mrs. B. F. Kauffman on Sunday. Mr. Jacob Landvater is a sur- house and several and gical patient at St. Joseph's hospital at Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. Mumper and Mrs. Eugene One of the cars hit was driven by Clark Keck and family of Rheems Marvin E. Erb, twenty-nine, of Mt. and Mr. Isaac Hollenbaugh called Joy RIL. on Mr. and Mrs. George Mumper Nc a Sr. on Sunday. FACES LOSS OF Hs CARDS Mr. and Mrs. Landis Hess spent G. J Baltozer, Florin, faces the the weekend at Loysville, Perry Co., loss of his cards for 90 days on Clarence Hess. with Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Peter Witmer is this writing. bedfast at 20 on Route 230, in Londonderry Mrs. Sarah Schlegelmilch and Twp., Dauphin County. Edward Henderson are spending some time at the former’s camp in (Turn to Page 3) TWO CARS GOING IN SAME DIRECTION IN COLLISION V. Kaylor, forty- Rl, made a When Russel Elizabethtown Harrisburg they collided on the Pike, near the ‘Crippled Children’s Home at Elizabethtown. No one was hurt and $150 will repair damages. the car — a etl ee ree COMMUNITY CHEST RECEIPTS To date the sum of $349,434 in ash and pledges has been received by the annual Community Chest November 18 | LANCASTER The Mount Jc oy Bulletin 1950 Young Men Pay For Their Fun | Of Throwing Corn guilty to burglary Two youths pleaded malicious mischief and received jail terms Wissler in charges and Judge from court last week. Harold J. Herr, Marietta R1, was fined $50 and costs and jail- nineteen, months to Roeting, eighteen, Eliz- R1, fined $50 and costs and jailed for three months to ed for six one John C. abethtown year, was one year, State Pclice Sgt. Herman Ries testified the two youths drove a car in the Maytown-Bainbridge 25, the When two night of October Hallowe'en. the of corn from their area on the Saturday other hurled ears hicle, breaking windshields of three hefore autes approached, ve- cars and causing other damage to two more. Later that night, they entered the garage and tobacco shed of Theo- dore Trone, Marietta Rl. a box of socket wrenches and two boxes of shotgun shells, valued at $26. Sgt. Ries added that Roeting was cooperative and had no prior record, while Herr at first denied everything and had a prior record. — Ot ea THREE SUPPORT ORDERS ~ ISSUED BY THE COURT These issued by the day: Enos G. Lancaster, and stole local support orders were County Court on Fri- Weaver, Wabank Road, was ordered to pay his former wife, Kathleen C. Weaver, Landisville, $30 on account and $17 weekly for the support of three children. John F. Fox, 146 E. Vine St. was ordered to pay his wife, Alice M. Fox, Mt. Joy R2, $5 a week for her support, J. Richard Gibble, Mt. Joy, was ordered {fo pay his wife, Jennie Gibble, Lancaster RS, $15 a week for the support of his wife and one child. as MISS HAZEL E. NOLT IS BETROTHED TO HENRY REIST Mr. Mrs. Frank S. Nolt, of Landisville, anncunced the their daughter, Eileen, to Henry E. Reist, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin J. Reist, Wal- and engage- ment of Hazel drive nut Grove Farm, South of town. The announcement was made at a dinner party at the Nolt home Saturday evening. Miss Nolt is on the staff of the Bureau of Interior Decoration of Armstrong Cork Co. Mr. Reist is engaged in farming. No date has been set for the wedding. EE LIONS CLUB AGAIN WILL, OFFER SERIES OF PRIZES Do you want to have this locality the the Christ- mas season? the time to start planning, as to how help to make it the best decorated for Now is you can best decorated and perhaps win a prize. The Lions Club of Mt. Joy fering a series of prizes or the best decorated private is of- churches places. Start more information will follow. —— GR CURVIN MARTIN JR. ON THE TEAM THAT WAS FOURTH County 4-H Club Pennsyl- vania team which placed fourth in the 4-H livestock judging contest at the Eastern National Live stock | homes, and business now, Four Lancaster members made up the Show yesterday at the Fair Grounds, Timonium, Curvin Martin Jr., a a R1| was one of the four. eet GROFF APPOINTS TWO TO THE COUNTY CD SYSTEM Benjamin Groff, of dent of the recently-organized Mar- ietta Transportation Corps Depot Fire Co. has two appoint- ments to the Civilian De- | fense system. Appointed to the posts ‘are J. J Schroll and H. J. Blankenmyer, both of this boro. ti es Masa in WAS KLLED IN ACTION Second Lieut. Robert Dale Reem, of the U. S. Marine Corps, was kil- led in action in Korea, November 7. His parents at Elizabethtown were notified. town, presi- made county dinals scout for the past thirty-two years, gave a very interesting and thought provoking tarians at meeting, tary and Mt. serve a three-fold purpese, celebrate sary of the Elizabethtown Club; be the annual triplet meeting; and La- dies’ Night. with College gymnasium at 6:30 p.m. and presidents of other Rotary clubs COUNTH —— $2.00 a Year in Advance Be Sold at Auction Starting at 10 a.m. next Tuesday, i November 21, there will be an aue- tion sale of all the textile mach- | = inery and equipment of the entire ee woolen and worsted plant of George’ Brown's Sons, Inc. on East Main Street, this bcro. The sale will be held under the direction of Bernard Magrill, auctioneer, of Brooklyn, New York. The sale will include all the . machinery and equipment in all the buildings of the firm. In addition to the machinery used in the manu- facture of textile goods, will be many machines such as saws, lathes, pedestal drills, electric welder, electric drills, hand tools, parts, supplies, etc. In addition there are electric hoists, chain truck, scales, blocks, motors, 1% fire extinguishers, lock- and fluorescent lights. The entire office equipment includes steel desks, filing cabinets, adding machines, billing machine, electric typewriters and other art- icles. ton ers, All the Luildings must be vacated by 5 pm. November 27 as they have been leased to the James Mfg, Co. and will be occupied by this firm as soon as available. Joint Meeting Of Rotary Triplets On November 30 “Pop” Kelkner, St. Louis Car- talk to the Ro- their Tuesday luncheon A combined meeting of the Ro- triplets, Elizabethtown, .Lititz, Joy, on November 30, will it will the twenty-fifth anniver- The evenings activities will start a dinner in the Elizabethtown Special guests will include past district governors of Rotary since the Elizabethown Club was founded throughout the area. The speaker will be Robert Kaz- mayer, author and world traveller, who will discuss “The Rotary Chal- lenge in This Changing World.” An of the Elizaheth- Kazmayer cut a trip to Europe in order to appear at the anniversary dinner, Visiting Rotarians included C. A Hanson, of Fort Atchinson, Wis- consin, a representative of the James Manufacturing Co.. that re- cently leased Brown's Mills; John B. Hess and William DePerrot, both of Lititz, Max Smith, Jesse Snavely, Jr, and Lew Edwards, all of Lan- caster. Vice president George Keener presided in the absence of president Wilbur I 1. Beahm, Aircraft Marine Corp. Starts $70,000 Build'g We the Aircraft Marine Corp, cently purchased several acres of ground from the Nolt farm, in the boro, have started excavating for the erection cf a large manufactur- ing plant. Zoning Officer Christ Walters granted them a permit for a build- ing 120 x 141 feet, to be one story and of steel, brick and concrete construction. The cost of same will be $70,000 and upward. ——— ts gy Ulisse PROPERTY HERE SOLD Jay Gingrich, of the offices of S. Nissley Gingrich, sold a 1% story frame house located at 47 West Donegal Street for Ralph C. Alle- man to Charles and Verna Stark of Maytown. honorary memker town organization, short are pleased to announce that who re-