Children’s Annual Christmas Party at Joy Theatre, Saturday, Dec. 22nd, Sponsored by American Legion John M. Swarr, 82 Retires From East Hempfield Board Serving as a school director for thirty-six years, 27 of which he was secretary, is about long enough for any man to devote to the in- terests of a school district in which he resides. That's the opinion of John M. Swarr, 82, of Landisville, a member of the East Hempfield township school board, who retired recently, In honor of the occasion he was feted during a social gathering in the high school building at Landis- ville. During that time he saw and as- sisted in many major changes in the district thru new building pro- grams, The projects included the con- struction of the first high school twilding for the township in Lan- disville, which is now an elemen- tary school, and the erection of the present ‘high school building in 1937. Other, projects during the years, which Mr. Swarr noted, was the construction of a $125000 addition to the present high schoo] building In 1949, and the completion early | this year of a new $206,000 elemen- tary school building in Rohrers- town. A native of Lancaster County, ed elementary school building. Musser was re-elected president, and Christ Greiner, vice-president. nounced that part payment has been made on six acres of land, lo- cated along Rt. 340 and north of Ironville, the site for the proposed school building, : and Lizzie Habecker, is located a- bout 100 yards west of the Chestnut Hill Mennonite Church. The direc- tors also announced that arrange- ments to secure the necessary steel and other scarce building ma- terials will be made before bids are asked on the project. cix classrooms, rest room facilities, library, janitor’s room, principal's office, kitchen and health room. Preliminary plans for the structure have been approved by the Depart- ment of Public Instruction. Mr. Swarr is a son of the late Aar- | on and Flizabeth Minnich Swarr! and is a former railway mail having retired in July, 1932. served as a clerk for 38 years, ol mostly on the New York to Pitts- | burgh run. He received his early education | of Friendship Fire Company last in a small rural schoo] called “In-| Thursday evening, officers were | dependence School”, located neat elected for 1952. The only opposi- Landisville. Later he became 1 Salisbury township. Consequently, | it was noted, Swarr had a deep un- Miller Wolgemuth; First Vice- | President, Earl Zink; Second Vice- President, William Breckline: Re- derstanding of rural schools and their needs. The highlight of the banquet pre- | cnemics class, was the present of $50 in cash to Mr. Swarr by Ar- thur A. Hackman, supervising prin- | cipal, from the board as an appre- ciation gift. Although Mr. Swarr’s post on the board will be filled by Floyd Rudy November, Swarr will continue un- | til 1953 serving as board secretary. , Friendship Fire Company Held Its Election of Officers | tion was for the office of chief hose teacher and taught for six years in i director and delegates to the coun- | the county at Harmony School in| ty convention. cording Secretary, Richard Divet; pared by students of the home ec- | Asst. ation { Financial Sec’y & Treas. | Roscoe Hassinger; Assist. Fin. Sec’y & Treas, Thomas J. B. Brown III; Trustees - 3 Years, Robert Kunkle: Chaplain, Rev. Ranck; Chief of Company, Ray Myers: Assistant | Chief, John Myers; Chief Engineer, Landisville, who was elected in | Earl { Thomas Brown III; Chief Hose Di- "| rector, Christ Charles; Chief Hook and Ladderman, William Breckline; Jurors Are Drawn aetna ive co vet Jay Cees to Award West Hempfield Board Reorganizes Secure School Site A meeting of the West Hempfield Twp. School Board was held last week when the board reorganized and discussed plans for the propos- During the reorganization Alvin Following this the board an- The property, dwned by Christ The new building is to include re At the regular December meeting MOST VOL. L1, NO. 30 The -~-THE-MINUTE Mount Joy Bulletin WEEKLY I N LANCASTER Mount Joy, Pa., Thuisday Afternoon, December 13, 1951 COUNTY $2.00 a Year in Advance Four hundred and fifty students will take part in the annual candle light ceremony in the local high school December 20 at 7:30. George Houck, music director, 1s in charge of the affair. Patricia Braoks will be at the organ and so- loists for the affair will be Shirley Groff and Clair Wagner. Each grade in the elementary school will participate with two special num- bers and the junicr ‘high chorus, senior high girls’ chorus and senior high boys’ chorus will sing. Special parts will be taken by Irvin Koser, Arthur Schneider and Sheryl Houseal with the second grade; Lewis Hart, Carol West, James Yohn, and Cheryl Brown, third grade; Robert Reisch and Barry Barnhart, fifth grade and sixth grade; and Jon Bender, Patsy Mumper, Michael leyer, Elva Kreider, Leo Shank, Peggy Witmer Charles Derr and Sandra Mateer, sixth grade. W. I. Beahm, supervising princi- pal, will read the Christmas scrip- ture and a processional and reces- sional will be made by the senior high girls’ chorus. ——— ——— A LOWBOY WITH CLAW FEET WAS SOLD FOR $760 Top price for the antiques sold The result follows: President, | Recording Secretary, John Zink; Chief Chemicalman, | ternate to State, Miller Wolgemuth | For Coming Courts Delegates to County, Roscoe Has- | Two hundred and nineteen jur- ors were drawn to serve at the Winter sessions of the Quarter | Sessions and Common Pleas courts. | Appended are those from this lo- cality: | March 10 Term | Luella Eshleman, Mount Joy; Paul L. Zeager, Elizabethtown R2: | Lillian Frank, Mt. Joy R. D.; Mary R. Hipple, Mount Joy. January 7 Term Frances Bates, Mount Joy: Cur-| ing to an announcement by school vin H. Martin, Mt. Joy Rl; Ellen board officials. Germer, Mount Joy. January 14 Term K. Snyder, Florin; Dorothy Chapin, Mount Joy; Gwendolyn K. Gray- bill; Landisville; Anna B. Gilbert,| ETOWN LADY HONORED Landisville. March 24 Term town, was elected president of the Paris H. Hostetter, Mount Joy; | E'town committee of the Women’s Republican club of Lancaster Co. Lloyd R. Swarr, Mount Joy RI. Le eee Uns sual Festivities Santa and His Reindeer, Including Rudolph, To Deliver Christmas Gifts Santa with his team of eight rein- | o'clock. eer, led by Rudolph, that red- mas season. Santa and his reindeer are a dream come true last year for three| Will be a twenty foot, illuminated, local, public spirited men. All mon-| Christmas tree erected in front of | ies derived from this project are| the fire house, which was donated | used for community social activities| by the Ladies’ Fire Auxiliary, Fire Christmas Eve Santa and his| Co, Mothers’ Club and friends. reindeer, with Rudolph will stop at the fire house at five o'clock to pick | Sing will be held Sunday evening up the Christmas gifts left there| @t nine o'clock in front of the tree. for delivery in and around Salunga| An invitation is extended to all and Landisville. This will be done | People to come out and sing. for a small donation. The Salunga Ladies’ Fire Auxil-| FLORIN DWELLING SOLD ‘ary will be in charge to receive ind route these gifts for Santa’s| ling on Water street, Florin, for pack. Gifts to be delivered shall be| S?mue] and Elida Crowl to Harold left at the fire house not later than| C. and Estie M. Bender, at private Monday afternoon, Dec. 24 at two sale and on private terms, MT. JOY TWP. TEACHERS GIVEN CHRISTMAS BONUS school district this week were giv- en $50 Christmas bonuses, accord- nus this year. A similar bonus was Harry G. Zerphey, Mt. Joy Presented last year but board of- J: Richard Dillinger, Mt. Joy: 0. ficials said action has never been taken to make it an annual event. | singer, “Christ Charles: Alt. Dele- | | gates to County, Elmer Zerphey, Christ Shirk; Entertainment Com- | mitee, Russell Kramer, Wm. Breck- line, Horace Wertz, Richard Wil- liams and James Hornafius. en — — Teachers in the Mount Joy Twp. Eleven teachers received the bo- - Miss Doris Shank, of Elizabeth- — = EET at Salsa; Christmas morning, ten o'clock In addition to Santa's visit, there The Christmas Community Carol Richard N. Lightner sold a dwel- | tween Maytown and Elizabethtown and D. L. Landis, clerk. | PARCEL POST SOCIAL | Congregational Sunday School at- cently by the ‘Golden Rule Bible class at the home of Mr. and Mrs. which $28 was raised for the build- on Saturday at the sale of personal rreperty by H. G. Hauenstein, be- was brought by a lowboy with claw and ball feei which sold for $760. Other prices for antiques, all of which sold well, were: a grand- father’s clock, George Eaby make, Manheim $575; Dutch cupboard, $375; luster pitcher, $49; cherry drop leaf takles. $40 and $37; wal- nut chest of drawers, $100; 6 kitch- en chairs, $8.50 each: six sets of cups and saucers, $10 per cup and saucer; odd saucers, $19; platter, $14; candle holder, $25; teapot $43; Bible, $31; glass goblet, $36. Walter Dupes was the auctioneer 450 Students to Participate In Candle Light Ceremony Here Calls on Patients On 88th Birthday Dr. Jerome Stauffer Kendig, Sa- | a lunga, one of Lancaster County's two oldest physicians, marked his 88th birthday making tients as usual. Dr. Kendig was up at 7:00 a. m, calls to pa- and started at 9 on his rounds to | jumped in front of the six- visit patients, traveling to Mt. Joy, | Rutherford returned to the field Florin and Landisville, and other nearby points. One of his calls was in — with a custom of a number of years} to visit a patient who shares his| birthdate. At this home he revolved] smut, os inl wii 2S 79 Yrs, Old Sunday, Dec. 9th + quietly celebrated his sev- ed visits to patients in the hospitals | with” several calls on the way at| homes where he is the family doc- tor. So far as Dr. Kendig was a cerned, he preferred to work rath- le er than taking time off to celebrate. | Dr. Kendig has heen practicing | more than 67 vears. He terms him- | self “just an old country doctor, | dyed-in-the-wool.” Ee ——— A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM BY CEDAR HILL SCHOOL Cedar Hill School's Program will be held on December | 20th at 7:30. The school is located | one-half mile off the Elizabethtown | { C hristmas | Falmouth Pike, turning right at| the crossroad beyond Newville. An offering will be taken. Everyone is | invited. a A ies The members "of Mt. Joy Lodge No. 277, I. O. O. F. of this place will hold a turkey banquet at Bennett's Restaurant here on Monday even- ing, Dec. 17 at 6:30. Prizes For Xmas | Decorations Here Prizes for Christmas decorations will be awarded by the local Jay- ‘Reorganization Cees.” The organization will give | three prizes in three classes, homes, | lawns, and churches. Prizes will be | $15, $10 and $5. (Any home with a | lawn will be judged as a lawn; hemes without lawns will he judg= | ed in the home grouping.) Out-of-town judges will judge | decorations in the Borough of Mt. | Joy Saturday, December 22. | This will be one of their Winter | community projects. The group at their regular month- | ly meeting Tuesday, Dec. 11, also went on record to study projects toward perk and playground im- provements and an entrance sign at either end of Mount Joy. Lewis | Rutkey, president, was in charge of | the meeting held in the firehouse. This will be the fourth year that | prizes will be awarded for local | decorations, Formerly the Lions | Club took charge of the Project, | - FARM BRINGS $21,000 | A 12-acre farm on Ridge Road wy : | adjoining Groff Extension, Eliza- | bethtown, offered at public sale by | Katie H. Diffenbaugh, was sold to | : : : Walter Martin, Elizabethtown, for nosed fellow, will again make a re-| Santa and reindeer with Rudolph $21,200 turn visit to Salunga this Christ-| will be at the Maple Grove School yard to meet all of his friends. Walter Dupes was the autcioneer | etl OO ere Fifty members of Reich's Evang. tended a parcel post social held re- Henry Leese, Marietta RD, at ing fund. ARRESTED SECOND TIME Geo. A. Boyd, 38, who served 4 months in jail in 1948 for allegedly practicing medicine without a li- cense has been arrested again on the same charge. | tional Honor Society ‘at the Senior | LAST DONEGAL LAD HURT | tion when the animal ducked un- | der a low hanging tree limb. The lad, James A. Mumper, Jr. Thursday berich was reelected president and E. Donegal Twp. School Board At the reorganization meeting of | the East Donegal Twp. School | ¢ Board Monday evening, December 10, George E. Morris, Maytown, | was reelected president and Curvin H. Martin, Mt. Joy R. D., was el-| ected vice-president. Two new di- | rectors, Joseph R. Bixler, Florin, | and J. Edward Charles, Marietta, were inducted into office. National Honor Society Three members of the senior | class were selected for membership | in the Donegal Chapter of the Na-| high school assembly Friday. They are Mary Fayer Kendig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Reuben Kendig, May- Week’ S Birth Recor . Harold Shearer town: Pauline Bradley, daughter of (Tum to Page 2) wl) Gi WHEN RIDING A COW A 9-year old Marietta R1 farm boy, riding herd on the back of a cow, suffered a deep scalp lacera- was knocked from the ‘animal. He was treated at St. Joseph Hospital Paul Stoner, for a five-inch laceration of the | Ww | sworn in as a member of the board. scalp. | ——— ree | EAST DONEGAL CHORUS LETTER IN TELEVISION SHOW SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 ecutor The East Donegal High School] tate, Chorus under the direction of Mr. afternoon at 3:00 over television | John H. Lewis, station WGAL. The program will |’ . . | include Christmas Carols as well as | excerpts from their carol service | Street, the estate of Moufnt Joy. rr QA» eres program rl Geer ee CFLEBRATED 93rd BIRTHDAY John Mellinger, Silver Spring, recently celebrated his’ 93rd birthday by receiving a Anna S. Ruhl, Florin. Ralph E. Gibble, Jeanette M. Fitzkee, of this boro. large number of friends and neigh- bors at his home. SHOT BUCK BY MISTAKE: SHOT LEGAL ONE LATER who promptly reported buck in the Conewago hills Thurs- Dr. Jerome Kendig = | John M. Haverstick instead of the customary $100 penalty Main street, owe their lives to ported the incident, he was assess- or, which dressed at : i , was given to the Men- | © grazing in a field adjoining : He said he shot and bagged a legal four-point Haverstick reported. ‘Harry N. Nissley (Turn to page 2) CAMP LEJEUNE MARINE BEATEN-ROBBED AT was beaten and rob- unidentified men Harrisburg Pike, : Coudersport area picked up by the men. At the spot near Salunga, he said, they stopped watch and cigaret sed his wallet and money. - General Hospital. Thursday at the General Hospital. LOCAL BOARD REELECTS vice president. of the Ellen L East Donegal Twp. William A. Lewis, Manheim Twp. Fugene C. Saylor will present a|and Della half-hour television show Sunday |town, executors of late of East Donegal of Dorothea Myers, | Lancaster RI1,| MARRIAGE 1 | The Rice Family Escaped In $1200 Fire Early Monday The Rice family of three, on West motorist who passed their home at an early hour Monday morning The fire, believed to have been caused by a lighted cigarette, re- sulted in a loss estimated at $1,200. The fire which damaged the home Ruther- | of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rice, 120 W Main street, was discovered by Mi | . Banks Rhyne, Lewistown, a sales- man enroute to Newark, Del., who was traveling thru town when he saw curtains in the front window of the home on fire, In order to arouse the occupants of the home, Rhyne began blowing the horn of his automobile. The noise also awakened a neighbor, Miss Eleanor Brown, who called Friendship Fire Company Meanwhile the Rice family, in- cluding a daughter, Karen, four, awoke to find the bedrooms filled with smoke and as they were un- able to use the stairway because of flames, crawled from a bedroom window onto the roof over the kitchen. From here Mrs, Rice drop- ped her daughter into the arms of Harry Frank Lumber street, this boro, while Rhyne assisted her and hey husband in reaching the ground The fire was confined to the liv- ing room of the frame dwelling ai- though other sections of both the first and second floors of the home were damaged by smoke. All the furniture in the living room was charred by the flames, Fire Chief Ray Myers reported. After the blaze was extinguished by firemen, the Rice family moved next door to the home of Lee's father, John Rice, for temporary shelter until they are able to return to Heir home. — ee ee Further Reports Bucks Shot By Nearby Hunters More local hunters have report ed deer killed since our last issue. They include the following Marietta stre bagged a 4-pointer in Potter Co; Harry Caslow, Harry Siegrist, Columbia R1, four point buck in Huntingdon county: Nathan Zink, Marietta street, an 8- point 140 1b. buck on Friday in Lycoming county A party of nimrods from this lo= cality hunting in the Galeton and , bagged six bucks ranging from 5 to 10 points. They were: Arthur Becker, Harvey Becker, Robert Tormo, Harry Zer- phey, Jay Shenk, Howard Shenk, David Shenk, Abram Greenawalt, Edgar Bergman, Melvin Snavely, Richard Ruhl and Ray Ober. James Madara Florin, and Viec- _ (Turn to page 5 on — |The Local News The Past Week Very Briefly Told Lancaster County has its tenth case of typhoid fever. Columbia extended its red feath- er campaign ten days due to the lack of contributions. A small 80-pound safe was re- covered from a dam near Adams- town by the State Police. With sharp instruments vandals punctured tires on more than thirty cars parked at Lancaster one day last week. Harry P. Regennas, 68-year-old bachelor, at Lititz, still makes clear toy candy in old metal molds he] has used for years. Clair D. James, 36, of Manheim, was fined $200 and costs in court | itz R2, with reckless driving in after he plead guilty for failure to! stop after an accident. EE ————— 160 NEW HOUSES TO BE BUILT AT INDIANTOWN One hundred new houses each with two bedrooms, to rent at $77 per month, with military personnel getting preference, will be erected | at Indiantown Gap. won Borough Council was held Monday evening it which time ky 1 Vole ) injuncton in order fo uphold the zoning ordinance in the case « Stephen Estock structing a new home on Fast Don- egal street, the borough's zoning ordinance and has been ordered hy the Planning and Zoning Commission to halt work on the dwelling and return his building permit cil, presided at the special session which was calied, he informed council, to decide whether or not to uphold the zoning ordinance in this case by Councilman Paul authorizing the solicitor Harris Ar- nold, to seek a court injunction in an attempt to force Estock to re- move the building. Estock has not been doing any work on the house since the commission issued its de cision almost two months ago motion with Councilmen Stehman Lloyd Myers, Lester Hostetter and Robert Keller voting ye ton Newcomer and Harold Krall / Mr. Krall later told the councilmen | that he opposed the motion since he could not “crucify anyone who wants to put up a house.” speed up negotiations for the in- junction, voted 4 to 2 to grant the secretary, William Brian permission to s Prize Winker In The Sportsmen’s Fishing Contests , Mount Joy Bporstinen’s Associution | on Monday i secretary reported a toval meraber- | ship of four hundred fifty-five tee released seventy-three cock- birds discussed and completed to be held ¢t the Fire House on Friday even- ing, December 21st. follows: President Elwood Martin; vice president, Paul Diffenderfer; recording secretary, Alvin Kosel assistant recording secretary, Le- Roy Eberly; Harold Etsell; Zeller; treasurer, Lloyd Myers; di- rectors for three years: Wm. Fack- ler and John Nissley Jr.; for one year, Lloyd Myer Th . 17th A al Winners of the Fish contest were er nu 1 Wm. B he oy sucker 15 1-16] 1 Carol Service overloaded trucks before Penn Twp Borough Council Seeks Court Injunction In Estock Building Case pecial meeting of Mount Jo 1 to 2. it was decided to get a court Mr. FEstock, who had been con- allegedly is violating Robert Keller, president of Coun- Consequently a motion was made Stehman II, A vote was taken on Stehman's Opposing the motion were Clay- Council also, in an attempt to m all necessary papers con- At the December meeting of the evening, the financial | December 1st the game commit Arr: ngements for 1 smoker were Flection of officers resulted as financial secretary, issistant, Eugene inches; Harold Herr, catfish 26! Clark E. Derr, carp 33 1-2; Alx Geltmacher, pike perch 22 1-8; Jack | Germer small mouth bass 16 3-8; {1 and Bruce Greina large mouth | ss, 17 in it 1 DRIVERS PROSECUTED TWO FOR HEAVY TRUCKS | I Four motorists were State Police last Wednesday [1 | Harold 1. Bruns, Cochranville | R1, and William E. Graham, | ana, were charged with driving! ( Justice | ( of the Peace Robert Brown, of this! ( place. Raymond I. Dubs, Lititz R2, ot vas charged with operating a truck! which exceeded the State limit for SENTENCE DEFERRED width, and John F. Schreiber, Lit-| 9 | | Mr. Harry B. Hendrix, 33 E Main | | street is a surgical patient at thal ¢ St. Joseph's Hospital - ——— IG) Ae ees FLORIN MAN ENLISTS James Garber, 18, of Florin, has enlisted in the U. S. Air Force, prosecuted | i A Mobile Blood Donor Unit Here Thurs., Jan. 24 On Thursday January 24, 14952, a mobile blood donor unit will be at the Mount Joy High School be- tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. in. During these hours blood will be collected from suitable donors for the armed forces in Korea. It would seem needless to remind any of us of the desperate need for this blood. It is the plan of the local com=- mittee to apporiion to each indus- try in the Mount Joy-Florin area certain times for blood donation. Housewives and other citizens are urged to donate at their conveni- , ence during the above stated hours. Who may give? Any person, re- gordless of race or creed, between ” the ages of 18 and 59. Those indi- viduals between the ages of 18 and (Turn to Page 6) EE —— THAT WAS A LONG DRAWN OUT AFFAIR In June, 1919, over 32 years ago, a woman died at Denver, this coun- ty, and willed her home to a church there for a parsonage. It tecok from that time until last week to get a legal title to sell the house and build a modern structure. nected with the injunction pro= ceedings so ‘that no future special sessions will be needed. Mortuary Record Throughout This Entire Locality William H. Billett, 87, at Marietta. Clarence P. Lease Jr. 25, at Co= lumbia Ida L., widow of Harvey Ober= dorf, at Columbia. She was 71. Mrs. Martin Werner, 89, widow of Joseph Werner, at Elizabethtown, Miss Sallie M. Yohn, 92, at Mountville. She was born at Rohr= crstown. Clayton B. Shelly, 80, of Man- heim, at the Lancaster General Hospital Thursday. Karen Louise Groff, aged two, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Groff, at Manheim Mrs. Margaret Bright, 65, near Reading, died in the hospital there, She was born in East Donegal, a (Turn to page 3) etl The Seventeenth Annual Christ- nas Carol Service of the East Don- gal Twp High School will be pre=- sented Wednesday evening, Decem- er 19 at 8:00 P. M. in the high ‘hool auditorium. Included in the stam will be: Prelude-—“Christ- nas Corals” by Mr. Stanley S. Dot- rer at the Organ; a Candlelight rocessional by the members of the {igh School Mixed Chorus and the nembers of the Junior High School iirls’ Choir; Invocation by Rev. reorge Schultz; the cantata “A ‘hristmas Blessing” by C. Albert (Turn to Page 2) —— — Janet Howard, Rowenna, pleaded cuilty to violations of the liquor and malt beverage laws. Sentence | was deferred. The woman renewed ail to appear at the request of the listrict attorney's office. wo ress cnt nore CITARGED WITH SPEEDING The State Police have prosecuted Earl Gager, of Florin, on a charge of speeding. He will be summoned for a hearing do ial