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various newspapers during the past
Also Decided To Install VOL. L1, NO. 38 Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Afternoon, February 7, 1952 $2.00 a Year in Advance | week and like the boy with the
boy with the kittens: “You can pick
Parking Meters the one vou want and drown the
prime Cars Involved In Accident Three Cars Crash [S355 ai | Mary R. Shelly, 90 Base Officers Air |“ moa ae
of Mount Joy Borough Council] on Members were chosen Yecently
Air Force announced officially to=
My een oe wid | Damage Estimated at $1,475 Badly Injuring ye Imma ven 1 ak Sat., Feb. 2 |Engineering And | day that it in presently studying

od by a vote of four to two, to pay
themselves for their services. Their hi the high school auditorium Satur- neological data on six separate
salaries are $10 for each monthly i 3 hi kl day, March 15, and for the county | G ] al Fi d sites in Lancaster County 4
meeting and $5 for each special Mrs. Wm. S IC ey band concert to be held Saturday, | €o ogic m gs | are being considered for the air
1 Top Air Force officials conferred | base
here today on a report of engineer In fact, a press relations officer
ing and geological findings from | aid top officials were at that very
Donegal | moment (this morning) pouring
session they attend
Voting in favor of the salary
Two speeding autos driven by | March 1, in Ephrata school audi- |
brothers from town, crashed into a | torium
third auto on Marietta street neal Shirley Ely, Theda Shenk, Ra-
Eberle cemetery at 1:10 a. m. | chel Lehman, Flinor Lone. Mary i its recent survey of the
county over geological reports from all of
were Councilmen Lester Hostetter, :
James Spangler, Lloyd Myers and ; ; Et | the
Flmer Zerphey. Maurice Bailey and fa [ag tl 3 on
Paul Stehman II opposed the sal- | aged woman, and causing $1,350 | Mary Jane Starr, Clair Wagner, : They met against a background | these regions
ary. 3 i i : damage to the three vehicles David Weidman, Gerald Bender, ; SU 3 of reliable reports that the conclu- Sites listed are: New Holland,
2 1A of Boro police said the brothers will | Shirley Groff, and Kenneth Good sions reached by civilian geolo- | The Barrens, Donegal, Lititz, Man=
Saturday, seriously injuring an | Ann Spangler, Loretta Kline, area of Lancaster

Council also passed unanimously
be prosecuted for reckless driving | were elected to the chorus. gist found “detrimental” factors in| heim and Elm, six in number.
| Injured seriously was Mrs. Wil- Elinor Lane, Jay Barnhart, Shir- the Donegal area as far as con- At the same time, the Air Force
[ liam G. Shickley, Marietta, mother | ley Eby, Gerald Berrier, Mary 3 structing an ain hase is concerned. | Statement reported the surveys are
Lof the driver of the third auto. She | Jane Starr, Robert Sherk, Sally 4 The civilian geologist, Dr. Rich- | being conducted at several other
was taken to the Lancaster General | Nissley, Clair Wagner, Patricia ard Foose, of Franklin and Marsh- | Sites near Hammonton, N. J, as a
| Hospital by the Mount Joy ambu- j Brooks and James Drohan were e- all College, Lancaster, is reported | Possible alternate location for the
The i added that
a motion to instal] parking meters
in the borough. However, no con-
tract for the meters was awarded
nor did Council decide where
meters would be located.
On a report from Burgess Chas.
to have told the Air Force that the | air base officers
{ lance. Hospital authorities said her | lected to the county band.
Fish, Council authorized James
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Spangler to check ordinances con- a | condition was satisfactory ; New Jersey surveyors were merely
the Board of Health and { Police said cars driven north by ‘ Donegal section rated it “poor” in | “exploratory for future use.” New
Jersey Congressmen were told the
he ) f alth
(Turn to Page 6) # E. Calvin Hoffer and his brother. D g | F a BR | his mind for a big air base | )
one a armers EN CRE Jp But Air Force spokesmen em- | Surveys do not commit. the Air
i e- . Charles D. Hoffer, both of town, ree
Here are photos taken by James Hostetter, 128 N. Barbara street, at : .
were travelling at an excessive rate phasized that they would not nee
. 2:15 a. m. Saturday, February 2, 1952 {for Chief of Police Park Neuss after 3 he a | k A t f ar Shelly, of
Intoxicated Negro the accident. This picture Sos the E Esilvin Hoffer cor in the hedge | of speed when they careened into d mg ccoun 0 Mary R. Shelly, of 80 East Wain essarily accept the independent | Another Report
: p 'k : Hoffer | the wrong lane of traffic and struck street, celebrated her 90th birthday |. of a civilian geologist Rumors were to the effect that
fence at the Eberle cemcterv. Second car is one struck headon by .
on Saturday, February 2. She is at One spokesman put it this way: | the Air Force has already made up
° R bb: Ly and driven by Winfield A. Shickley. Third car was driven by Charles D | + third car Drilling Damage
urning u 1S ; > ‘ 1 A i i present living at the Hess Nursing «Geology is onlv one of the factors (Turn to Page 6)
corning
Force to use those sites.
Hoffer, of Marietta and struck the rear of the Shickiey car alter it was | Winfield Shickley, Marietta, driv-
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front by his brothei’s car . "ye
ut in y ‘ er of the third auto, escaped injury, The appended article is reprinted | Home. involved. The Air Force can, if it
FOR TWO SPRING EVENTS the front seat at the time of the “Farmers in the Donegal area to- | many very beautiful gifts, flowers |
James Mitchell, aged about fifty, |
colored, who gathers junk, waste Directors of the Lancaster Coun- | crash. day were taking stock of the dam- | and cards and had quite a few cal- “We still would like to locate in | ‘Thr h Thi
paper and what else have you, |W Holstein - Friesian Aspociation | R rt H ff Officer Neiss told a Bulletin re- | age fo their properties caused by [lers. She enjoyed the day very|the Donegal area, its main advan- | oug out S
thruout the boro. and then stores] met Thursday night at the South-- | €po on 0 er porier that hoth the Hoffer cars| Air Force drilling operations. much. tage being its nearness to Olmstec 1
it around his shack on Fairview | eastern Pennsylvania Artificial | were coming from Marietta aad in- he damage, they say, consists NBII do CHS TR Field at Middletown.” ‘Entire Locality
street, is without a home and land- Breeding Cooperative, on fhe Hare, ‘Brothers Accident dications showed they were going | mainly cf ruts in their gross and . He went on to say that one of}
3 2 Boy Scouts Will Loins & fmm os
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Destro S Home QQ Y ANS ! although his auto was damaged | from Tuesday's Lancaster New Era Mr. and Mrs. Hess gave a birth- | deems it financially practical, get |
Vy ASSO. DISCUSSED PLANS | Officer P Neis ’ { badly. Mrs. Shickley was riding in | and is self explanatory: day party for her. She received] round anv oe ological disadvan- | ortuary Record
. : risburg Pike SCL lar or
ed in jail for not obeying the ad~ isburg Pike, to disc ns plans wil viet P Park N { a high rate of speed. The E. Cal- | wheat fields made by the drilling decisions Force must A
y Spring events > onsored | net of olice ark made : y i S se 2 spite
events to be sbo i > > : [ vin Hoffer car rounded the curve | trucks, jeeps, and other equipment: make is whether it is willing to a-| OW" it St. Joseph's Hospital from
| meningitis
the following report on the acci ; Fl Ind 1d] also 0 t hol and i Th 3 lapt the D I I I
| at the Eberle cemetery but could | @lso the lest holes, and in some dapt tne Donegal area geologically :
> arly Saturday morning : Observe er The" sinkbioles. he Jt could be John L. Ruhl, 88, died at the
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vice of Fire Chief Ray Myers |
ol ff | dent 1
R0be y nr . pres nt, nam- | den ere early 1 . .
Robert C. Gro president, nam . | not stay on the right side of the | cases, fences were torn down, 1 , h aid |
| | home of his son Norman G. Ruhl,
Usually Mitchell burns whatever
he cannot dispose of by making the
by the group.
xd ¢ ‘ee ms 0 tee om- Calvin Hoffer, 12 West Main : .
ed a three man committee to com Sng {road and struck the Shickley cai Although the drillers filled all filled with concrete.
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street, Mount Joy, was arrested for headon. The Charles Hoffer car hit | the holes, farmers pointed out to- 42nd Anniversary The Air Force spokesman stress- Mahe A Fie Wig hs tars
+ mer. Irvin G uhl, ount Joy
ed that ne official decisions have
fire in close proximity to his home
On previous occasion our firemen plete arrangements for the annual
a JUS occas i me! +
Spring Tour, scheduled for April | reckless driving and driving with | | . .
pring Tou ) I | 5 Shickley car after it was struck | day that recent rains are causing
Saturday . I : :
7 | by his brother's auto. the dirt to sink, leaving pock marks
err, Clarence Lyons and Tobias | while traveling north on Marietta | ys Fan
Her ~larence y( Shickley was X-rayed at the | In their fields.
saved hi dwelling. This time it A K his |
Sy ay Kn this week from 1 is
AS you ma) know K been made. Because of that ‘fact a son
16. The committee includes: Galen | cne head light at 1 a. m
Feb. 6 to the 12 is the Boy Scouts’ thes
| John C. Reed.
on C. Reed, 76, of 410 Pine
Steelton, died at the Harris
ed Hospital last Wednesday. He
was born in Mount Joy and attend-
ed the borough schools. Deceased
was a retired Superintendent of
Electric of the Bethlehem
Steel Co., at its Steelton plant.
was next to impossible.
said, they were in no position
Friendship Fire Company how=
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fortyv-sec: anniversary and dur- .
forty-second anniversary and NS to comment on rumors of last Sat-
ic ime Scouts wi
ing which time our Boy urday that a Lancaster County lo &
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Leaman. Avenue, in this boro. His car was : : pik .
9 > General Hospital after he complain- A total of 575 holes were drilled
ever, did prevent the flames from : i
The group also discussed the sec-| damaged to the extent of $300
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of pains in his legs and lower | in the Donegal area. Each Lole was
ond annual Conestoga Classic thai Charles D. Hoffer. 580 Market |p qv. Police said Calvin Hoffer | abuut 3 inches in diameter. The
has been scheduled for May 9 at] street, Marietta, was arrested at the | suffered minor lacerations of the | deepest went down about 35 feet.
the Keystone Holstein Sales Inc., af same time for reckless driving in | pa. but was not treated ky a phy- One farmer ' said © most of the
short distance east of here the same direction. His car damage ician. : : damage to his land was caused by
Pau] Longenecker was named.as| was estimated at $75 [ Mrs. Shickley's injuries were de- | mixing soil from six to eight feet
chairman, and George Rutt, Leroy Winfied A. Shickley, 44 W. Mar- | as of the nose, | underground with the rich top soil.
Welk, John C. Metzler and Elvin | ket street, Marietta, driving south abrasions of the head and body. Not yet ready to quote figures.
spreading to any of the buildings i
ave » ‘og artic- : ;
have open house and exhibit a cation for the air base has already
les they made during the year been ruled out
Also at this time they will put tl eee
nearky
While the building was burning,
Mitchel] stayed inside and refused
on a demonstration with the fol- MOTORIST KNOCKED OFF {
lowing program: The Ram patrol| pgLE_FLECTRIC POWER OFF
will demonstrate knots: Jim Brown, Electric power in the east end of |
Slip knot, figure eight, square knot; Florin was cut off: ot 545 this)
Ben Groff, Sheep Shank, Two Half misting wien. o. pole ids knocked | Hi
hitches, Clove hitch; Jackie Keener,} oo . 0 0 oo (0m dover 3a
Square Knot; Harold Etsell, Figure| .., truck crash
ietta, sustained injuries of the head | wag estimated at $500: to his broth- | that if they are not contacted hw |Eight; John Hess, Two Half Hitch- Churles of Florin. was LOCAL CONTRACTOR WAS LOW
with drunkenness and disorderly D d d d ed ¢ 5 $500; 1 i 3 : : ha
conduct and jailed for 30 days. ee S ecor e face and chest and was admitted | er's car, $150: and io the Shickley | the Air Force in a “reasonable |S: Paul Kise, Slip Knot; David driving east on Route 230 and at- | ON 1 SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Halbleib, Sheep Shank. The Beav- { Mr. Paul H. Martin, contractor
to the General Hospital. vehicle, $700 time” they will take some action. tempted to make a left turn to- |
was the lowest of twelve bidders
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PFOFFER FARM WITHDRAWN Theodore R. Kauffman and Mary oth the above charges were £ ut a year ago E. Calvin Hof- (Turn to page 3)
t a — ings: Ziegler, Shear Lashing: Scho- caster Transportation Co truck | 0 a elementary school building
AT $23,000 LAST SATURDAY E. Kauffman, Elizabethtown, to Jac.| brought before Justice of the tha fer coming toward Mount Joy on
A 36-acre farm midway beiween| A. Craun and Dorothy E. Craun,| Peace James Hockenberry here the Marietty pike, struck upset field, Diagonal Lashing; Chapon, was going in the same direction | Shephardstown at $168,241.00.
The Western Area Joint School
Rheems and Elizabethtown, along] Mount Joy, dwelling at 348 Market A complete account of the acci- | and wrecked a station wagon in Scouts & Brownies Square Lashing. The Hawk Patrol{ po. the accident occurred |
"ur .. | Authority in Union County opened
cld Route 230 was withdrawn at| street, Elizabethtown,” $7,500 dent involving the above appear | which two young men from Har- (Turn to page 4) No one was injured but Sheetz’s
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public sale by Samuel H. Hoffer on John S. Gibble and Ella Gibble of elsewhere in The Bulletin. risburg were injured. The State Will S Ii C ki Nash was badly damaged and came
Saturday. Four acres are meadow. | Mount Joy township, to Norman E. TR Police investigated this accident € 00KI€S jovs cENTENNIAL to a stop in the yard of the house | Schools at Laurelton, New Ber-
The residence is a 2lu-story stone | Breneman, and Grace H. Breneman Ne: | = Girl Scout cookies went on sale COMMITTEE WILL DISBAND opposite the Martin Wolgemuth | In ang Buffalo Me Martin
building, six rocms and bath, with | of Mount Joy township, 87 acre e oC ews GLTS $12.250.00 DAMAGES in Mount Jov and Florin Monday,| Centennial Committee treasurer| shop | was low bidder at $288,291 while
ummer house attached. Walter} farm in Mount Joy township for FOR 4 & 3-10 ACRES OF N February 4 “Orders will be taken|James Spangler, announced Mon- EE he second lowe t bidder was F. H.
Everts of Bloomsburg at $288,689.
Dupes was the auctioneer $35,000.00. The Past Week The court appointed viewers a- by all Girl Scout and Brownie|day that the books of the Centen-| FRUIT-POULTRY FARM
ed $1250 to H.C | nial Committee have been audited |'WAS WITHDRAWN AT $12.000 ! diols
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war Joseph Coop- troops during the month of Febru-
‘ ‘ V RB 1 fl T Id Sx dap damages ousted to Hin (Ba ary. The girls will sell butter filled | by Lester Hostetter and Warren Yesterd afternoon M Kath-
ter O 1 ng ca on ery rie Vv 0 | Hempficld township farm in the and spice cookies at 40c a box and | Bentzel, showing a balance of Z Slr offered her desirable | ews In ener
616.14 after bills were paid 78-zcre fruit and poultry farm be- |
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to leave until the heat of the flames
forced him outdoors
Consequently Mitchell, who My-
survivors are his wife, Lizzie
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sms
ers said was intoxicated, was tiken H ; be
: v y . ss were chosen as members of aj . Ave N \ a a sed . :
by Police Chief Parke Neiss before | 0 halon Marietta Avenue, had a car | ghoek, and possible internal injur- | farmers are waiting for the Air
Justice of the Peace James Hock- committee to conduct ithe sale. damage of $1.100. | ies Force to make the first move in
Vg Clara Mae Shickley, als f Mar- | : pi
tnberry, where he was charged ira ae Shickic iso ol Mar=1 pamage to Calvin Hoffer’s carl estimating the damage. All agreed
Fr Prt n NX trate ' |
er Patrol will demonstrate Lash ward Snyder's orchard, and a Lan- |

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relocation of the Harrisburg pike chocolate mint cookies at 45¢ a box.
Manheim Boro marked its 190th : : ; ; 2
. ; Viewers set the amount of dama- Bt : . Sir Jline At a meeting on Tuesday, Feb.| tween Flori nd. Mount Jon it
ia I'he purpose for the girls selling ween in an Mount Ji 1 rom orn or
birthday Satur
The Bowling Center at Christiana | 5° atter Cooper and the State De- |. riod this year is to pay off the|16, this money will be turned over| public sale
has been robbed ten times in elev- |! wiment of Highways were unable debt of renovating new central |to the War Memorial Committee, It is known as the Fairview Or- | Th P Ww k
en years jh hree on the sum due Cooper Girl Scout offices in Lancaster, to said committee having originally | churds and has two dwellings, large | e ast ee
Robert L. Lefever, Manheim RZ, Four and acres were fv the field workers salary for the advanced the funds for the Cen-| hank barn, 13,000 bu capacity com- | sg B. Hershey of
was apprehended Friday for driv- | en pan the W age farm for vear: to furnish maintenance and tennial. i : 5 mercial cold storage plant, poultry | a io nna + re Mrs. R. W.
ing an uninspected car Be 5 ghway werk, and in addition repairs for Furnace Hills Camp; A meeting of the Centennial! houses and all other outbuildings. yberts called on Mr and Mrs
Two gas stations near Ephrata | acres were severed drom the and to put money in each troop’s Committee will preceed the War The farm was withdrawn at $42,- | han E Her vr 4
major portion of the farm. : Memorial meeting for the purpose (00 and will now he sold privately. | As !
were kroken into and robbed of ih treasury
Viewers were D. Herbert, H the | of disbanding. The charter for the! Chas 8. Frank was the auctioneer
ash only but they ignored pen-| Mrs. George Shalto is on
cash only | Beck, Walter H. Doner and Owen :
shey
Kreider returned to
. home last week after being
Tou { Centennial has been framed and a - Io a i - Ho: uing 2
nie : : | Hershey. ‘ will be presented to the boro. : ee Saal | surgical patient at St. Joseph's Hos-
A Bainbridge, Md. sailor tore up Jey, Florin and Landisville and F SLIGHT FIRE AT NISSLEY i pital
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a $1 parking ticket pliced on his | Mrs. Simon Nissley is cookie chair- sy iad TOBACCO WAREHOUSE, I'LORIN Mr. Ralph Sheaffer and family of
tron Vim Bat Lees Week’ S Birth Record man for Mount Joy, assisted by OUR ANNUAL SALE Friendship Fire Company was Lancaster RD, visited Mr. and Mrs.
tor. Mus. Joseph Germer SEASON OUT THIS WEEK summoned at 4:30 p. m. last Thurs- | Benjamin Hess and family on Sun-
The Herbert Henry family was Mr. and Mrs. Willis Gerlach. Mt. An important Leaders and troop The Bulletin’s annual sale season | day to extinguish a fire at the H on )
left homeless when fire gutted a| Joy R2, , daughter at home. committee meeting at Girl Scout that handy booklet containing a| Roy Nissley & Co. tobacco ware- Mr. Harvey Shell, of Lebanon
large stone house two miles east of | My and Mrs. Ray Haug, 301 West | headquarters, Tuesday, Feb. 26 at complete list of all the Spring sales | house at Florin | call n his mother, Mrs John
Columbia Sunday. Main street, a son Saturday at their | 7:00 P. M.
A fund of nearly $20,000 will be | home
wailable for cancer research and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sigman, Mt. {| INITIAL ACTION OF ATLANTIC
treatment thru the will of Mrs. Ma-| Joy R1, a son Monday at St. Jos-| OIL CO. AT KUHN PROPERTY Feb. 10. blaze was extinguished by employ- Harrisburg on Sunday
Fell Bostick Sterling, formerly of | eph’s Hospital. Our readers will remember that ry es before the company's arrival. | Mr, and Mrs. Arthur MeCurdy
Manheim. Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Gingrich, | the Atlantic Refining Company | AND THERE ARE STILL The cause of the fire was not de- | (More on page 3.)
A Perry County farmer took 59 Mount Joy R2, a son at the Gener-| purchased the Kuhn property on| MANY UNFIT DRIVERS A
bushels of clover seed to a com- | :] Hospital last Thursday. West Main street for a gas station Last year the Commonwealth re- Te | CLARENCE C. NEWCOMER
munity sale at Intercourse where| Mr. and Mrs. Abner Stern, Eliz- | site quite some tin¥ ,Z420. voked or suspended 43268 TWO LOST THEIR LICENSES | HEADS LANC. CLUB SER. INT.
it was sold at from $22.50 to $24.00 | akethtown R3, twin sons at the The first action ye company | drivers cards—10,318 more than | ON CHARGES OF SPEEDING Mr. Clarence C. Newcomer, well
week 4, fen the rear | during the preceding year of 1950 Thirty-three motorists from this | known young attorney of town,
TTT Ta area lest their driving privileges | who resides at 356 West James St.,
general cookie committee for Mi

“for miles around”, will be ready Firemen said the blaze was con- | Shell on Saturday
— -— for distribution the latter part of fined to some dried tobacco on the Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kauff-
this week. It is always circulated second floor of the building. The | man visited Mrs. Emma Peifer at

per bushel. Genera] Hospital Sunday. occurred last
Marlin H. Mumma, a Manheim Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Hornber- | of the house was tcrnmown, fences
youth, was arrested for throwing | ger, 221 Mount Joy street. a daugh- | removed and a large’ o? tank was | LETTERS GRANTED the State Bureau of Highway Safe- Lancaster, was elected president of
| lighted fire crackers out of his| ter at the Genera] Hospital Tues- | placed on the premises. Henry B. Klugh, Anna E. Klugh | ty reports. | the Lancaster Club of Sertoma In-
| moving car. He was caught in the | day. —— and the Union National Bank of | Among them were: Dorothy M.{ ternational. at a meeting held in the
act. at 2 a. m. - THREE LOCAL GIRLS AMONG Mount Joy, administrators of the { Wolfe, of Landisville, and James | Stevens House
| swe | THEIR STICKERS EXPIRED THOSE TO BE HONORED estate of B. Frank Watson, late of | R. Mateer, of Mount Joy { The new service organization is
I 49 DRAFTEES ARE LISTED Mary F. Hiestand, of Salunga. The 4-H Club committee of the Mount Joy. dig scheduled to receive its charter on
County Draft Board 83 has an-| and Jehn A. Keener, Elizabethtown | Lancaster County Bankers Associ- —TTTT SAW HUBBY ON TELEVISION Feb. 15.
nounced a list of 49 for induction | R1, were prosecuted by Lancaster|ation will honor thirteen county | MOTORIST HIT SCHOOL BOY | Mrs. Almer Tanis saw her hus-| —— QC ree
into the Armed Forces Feb. 12, | police for driving cars displaying |girls for outstanding work in home| John R. Stouck, six, suffered a band on television on Tuesday !| LEASE dy S
These from this locality are: Bruce | expired stickers, economics. Those from this imme- | fractured leg when struck by an night over the Camel News Cara- | Rn Yom rion
re F. Gingrich, Mount Joy Rl: Ken- | NUS Wes diate vicinity are Martha Roland, | auto on Route 72, near East Peters- van aboard the U. S. S. Consolation. {| late of this boro, $40,360.18 has been
neth E. Henny, Florin; Charles| Jchn Bunyan wrote “Pilgrim’s| Mount Joy R1; Kay Warfel, Mount, burg, while on his way home from He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben released in the Orphans’ Court for
school J Tanis of Hamilton, Michigan. distribution

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rs car driven by E. Calvin Hoffer. Lower photo is the » : i :
Ts : Goodling Ju, Rheems. ! Progress” while he was in prison. [Joy Rl