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teil: The Mount J oy Bulletin
Mortuary
Throughout 1 This
Entire Locality
Mus. Christian Eckert, 69, at’ Co=
That much talked about $62 mil= | ee
lion air base which many thought | x» 1 N 30
would locate in the Donegals, is VOL. x, 0.
absolutely out. Assistant Air Force
Secretary Edgar V. Huggins made 4 .
that announcement out of Wash- Lt. Reem s Wi ow
ington last Friday afternoon. y
Huggins said the Air Force made R ht H b d
an “comprehensive” study of some eceives us n S
30 Pennsylvania sites altogether,
six in Lancaster County. Medal of Honor
They were found unsuitable, he
seid, for reasons ranging from un- The widow of Lt. Robert Dale
derground caverns at some places | Reem, of Elizabethtown, received
to the fact that th ewind blows in| her husband's Congressional Medal
the wrong direction for runways] of Honor at Washington, D. C. last
at other places week. :
“A location near Donegal, Penn- He was a second lieutenant in the
sylvania, from all outward appear-
ances seemingly best met U. S. Air | he smothered a hand grenade ex-
’ depot | plosion with his hody on Nov. 6,
1950. He thus shielded other mem-
bers of his platoon.
His wife, Donna, who lives in
received the nation’s
Force requirements for the
facility,” said the Huggins state-
ment,
“However, earth borings and geo-
logical engineering studies just | Lyons, N. Y,
completed, disclosed that sink holes | highest award from Under Secre-
and underground cavities beyond | tary of the Navy Francis P. White-
the ground water table would re- | hair.
quire millions of dollars above nor- The commandant of the Marine
mal construction costs.” Corps, Lt. Gen. Lemuel C. Shep
Air Force engineers said they perd, was also present.
The lieutenant’s wife, dressed in
fect the required filling of such | @ neat gray suit and blue hat, held
sinkholes would have on the water | back her tears as the medal was
handed to her but her eves were
Specific reasons for the rejection | filled.
were not itemized for the other With her at the ceremony, which
cites. was held in the Pentagon, were the
That marked the end of a seven- | dead officer's parents from Eliza-
month discussion that has split |bethtown, his grandparents, Mr. and
Loncaster County into segments | Mrs. H. E. Reem Sr., Elizabethtown;
favoring and ovposing the hase. H. E. Reem Sr, of Elizabethtown:
Won't Effect Olmsted three sisters: Mrs. Luther Coble,
Cancellation of these sites is not | Mrs. Earl S. Royer, and Mrs. John
expected to materially affect the | Seifert Jr, all from Elizabethtown.
were also uncertain about what ef-
surply in the Donegal area.
number of personnel employed at Also two brothers and their wi-
the Olmsted Air Force Base Hug- | ves: Mr. and Mrs. William Reem
gins stated. and Mr, and Mrs. Harvey Reem, all
———— 0 of Elizabethtown.
Also present were the parents of
I
1 d Mrs. Reem, Rear Admiral] R. M.
Homer Reitz PI €a i li, U. . N. retired, and Mrs,
Zimmerli,
Guilty; Is Jailed |“ ——
TWO RECENT FIRES BUT
For Two Years FORTUNATELY, NO DAMAGE
The Friendship Fire Company
Homer Reitz, of Jamacia Plains, here was summoned to the home of
Mass, charged with larceny by | paul Brandt, East Main street at
Bailee of a tractor-trailer ‘truck | g.15 p.m. Sunday, when the oil
valued at $5,000 from the Keystone | hymer became flooded and ignited.
Holstein Sales, Inc., here last Feb-| However, by the time firemen ar-
vuary, pleaded guilty in court and] pjved, Brondt had the oil burner
was sentenced to one to two years | under contro] and there was no
in the county prison. damage.
Judge Joseph B. Wissler also im- The homes of John H. Becker
pesed a $100 fine and costs. and Robert Gantz, Manheim R2.
Mr. Lloyd Derr, of the Keystone | were threatened by a fire at 2 p. m.
Holstein Sales, testified Reitz left Saturday when a grass fire broke
last February 16 with a load of cat- out on the Becker property. Fire
tle which was delivered at Hast- | Chief Ralph Bashore, of the Man-
ings, Nebraska. He failed to return| heim Fire Co., said approximately
with the truck and six months later | two acres were burned over bue
it was found abandoned in Boston. | there was no property damage.
Reitz had been employed only a — ee
few weeks before he committed the MAYTOWN COUPLE WEDDED
FIFTY YEARS SUNDAY
armel lis
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Ney. of
Maytown, celebrated their fiftieth
Authority Names wedding anniversary last Sunday.
Open House was held at thei
Three Members home in their honor, from 2 p. m.
to 4 p. m. for relatives and friends.
Three men have been named by Mrs. Ney is the former Minnie
the East Hempfield Township { Kraybill. The couple were married
School Board to represent the dis- | by the Rev. Martin Rutt, of Eliza-
trict on the Hempfield Joint School | pethtown and have lived in May -
that will build and main- | town forty-four years.
tain the proposed junior-senior They have three children: Mary,
high school for the area. wife of Harry G. Martin, Hummels-
The men named are: S. Clyde town; Dorothy, wife of John P.
Weaver, Fast Petersburg; William | Singer, Maytown: and Elizabeth,
F. Hoffman, Landisville, and Chris- | wife of John H. Drace, Maytown.
ti'n Neff, Rohrerstown. Ral smc
The West Hempfield Township | COURT CONTINUES CUSTODY
and Mountville borough districts | HEARING UNTIL FEB. 27
each will have one man on the five- A hearing over the custody of
man authority. David W. Raudabaugh, Lumber St.,
EI Wiser —— this borough, scheduled for last
CHARGES WERE DROPPED, week, was continued to 2:30 p. m.
MAN MARRIED PROSECUTRIX ( Wednesday, Feb. 27.
Charges against Robert H. Dur- Charles J. Bennett, 45 E. Main St.
ning, of Philadelphia, were not| maternal grandfather of the boy,
pressed by the Court on payment |and his wife, Catherine J., are ask-
of the costs to permit him to marry | ing the Court to award the boy's
the prosecutrix, Alice Decker, of | custody to them.
Maytown. He was charged with! The loy presently resides with
fornication and bastardy. his mother, Martha Raudabaugh
Durning pleaded guilty two | Williams, on Lumber street, in this
weeks ago, but the court continued | place.
the case when the couple express- Tet
ed intentions of getting married. VERA L. HOWER, OF FLORIN,
County Probation Officer Edgar | GRANTED A DIVORCE
Barnes notified the court that the Vera L. Hower, of Florin, was
costs had been paid, arrangements | granted a divorce from Harry R.
were made for the wedding and |Hower, on the grounds of indigni-
that the couple will reside in Co- | ties by the court. The Howers were
lumbia. married April 8, 1950 and separat-
weet ll A flee eee ed April 22, 1951.
FOUR HOUSES BURNED, DY
TEN PERSONS HOMELESS HONORED AT A SHOWER
Ten persons, including five child-| Miss Mary Lou Rohrer, Salunga,
ren, were left homeless in the wake | whose marriage to James Richard
of a spectacular fire that swept Shuman, Lancaster R1, will take
four frame houses at the Stoverdale | Place March 2, was honored at a
Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday
MRS. MARTIN FREY WAS
WEDNESDAY
‘Mount Joy-Etown
Ambulances Wili
Exchange Service
+ six children were her g
ed with
After
, they went on to deal
ie, wife of Jacob Schock;
wife of Grayhill Wolgemuth;
Friendship Fire
Marine Corps, died in Korea after |
the Elizabethtown Pioneer
Elizabethtown
letters and flowers
and spends her
Bible and caring for her
. with
which she has a
conversationalist
discusses topics of the day with her ;
volorfui
different
pieces
backed up Mr.
statement,
light it.”
EE a ———
Monthly Meeting
Of PT Association
AtHossler’sSchool
Rapho township
and Michael Good
» group decided to
lamps or
paper
recent Centennial Cele-
y appoint two members
of Hossler’s school,
mas lighting in 1952
patrons entertained
The following patrons appeared on
, was in charge, Regular
GERALD BERRIER GIVEN
Paul Nauman, | )
| PARTY ON ISTH BIRTHDAY
visor of music :
ier, Donegal Springs
evening at 8:00 o'clock
tained with a piano
Home on
sang two selections. The film, | were 18 guests present and games
nessed for, Power”
is a picture of the power
Susquehanna river : was completely
December
Entertainment
following winners of
Frances Schroll,
Donald Leedom,
r, H. Foster,
Ann Spangler
eee
plans were made |
‘Week’s Activities
At East Donegal |:
‘School, Maytown
on Feb. 15 the program will be de-
voted to the discussion of the top-
¢ “Is My Child Ready for School?”
the pamphlet compiled by Dr.
Z. Rummel Ph.
. and made avail-
two spelling classes, a Penna.
last
E. Baughman,
be published later
would appreciate ¢
mation will please
Wood wil] discuss the
and chairman of the
union committee,
OC es ee
Poultry Specialist |
Will Speak Here
Next Thurs. Eveg.
Next Thursday
IS ENTERTAINED
ON HER 75TH BIRTHDAY
R1,
Hospital Tuesday.
and Mrs.
Salunga, a son Monday at the Lan-
, Sat,
Mount Joy R1,
General
State College, will speak at a meet- |
ing of interest to poultrymen in the
Lancaster
Poultry Industry Approximately
time to check over
your business for the past years. |] erintendent
Rhodesia,
Musser of town.
——
JOINS HUSBAND IN ALASKA
. E. V. Chadwick,
daughter of 1
has left
ca, to join her
returns from your
ing flock, depends on the
pullets you have to house next fall. et Ae. ee
Egg quality and egg prices go hand | MAYTOWN MAN INJURED
State Police reported a car oper- | Sipling,
ent stock, through the egg
firmness of the | while making a left turn, collided
factors to consider are | with a car operated by Miss Lillian
s north of Mari-
shell re atid ells, ts i 2 brush burns and Geig was treated
tors are your management pr actice | for a laceration of the right ear hy
camp meeting grounds near Mid- | recent shower given at the home of
dletown, Miss Helen Shuman, Lancaster Rl,
(Turn to page 8) | Dn. Kottkamp.
Afternoon, February 14,
STUDENTS HERE
DEMONSTRATION ON
Assembly
Mount
presented
Power and
William
with
first
bulbs
the smallest
largest light bulbs made
displayed for
Gochnauer
«a sodium jamp,
por lamps and florescent lamps
The
‘Have Membership
Of 5 Hundred 50
meeting of Mt.
Sportsmen 's
held Monday evening with approx-
imately 200
President
Lancaster
| Sportsmen's
Ephrata
Friday
Four new members were accept-
into the
total membership of 550.
Game
reported 208 rabbits trapped during
nounced the
the Sporter.
Zerphey,
-. Charles Schlegelmilch show-
the movies of his bear
to Kodiak Island,
also had the head and skin on dis-
—
YSBURG
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
i a regular meeting of the mem-
of our
Gettysburg
s engaged as
nual commencement
[ on Tuesday, .
[| CHARLES W. SILLER,
| IS SECTION
ACS
elected Charles W, Siller,
y Zine Co.,
He succeeds W. J.
. Siller,
1951,
General
and Mrs.
a son Monday at the
+ is stationed
Jase,
February 5th.
of
Mission
stationed at
Base there
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ADJUDICATION FILED
Funds in the estate of the late
Mecrris N. Stauffer, of Rapho town-
ship, were released for distribution
the amount being $886.50,
The Dailies For
Quick Reading
| $61,847,244 last
McCulley
as Mh
Robert
light
Hawthorne
|
producing light from chem-
reflector
ending
employed 250 person
, Boiling Springs
high school senior, i
baking champion
velop a luxury-type
The residence of the
will become a convent for
,
monthly
bus service at
been nicknamed Oyster
causing $10,000 dama-
The famed cow that
17x25% inch door
later removed with grease,
and January.
in a silo, and was
birth to three calves
stl Aree
Lancaster County
FFA Arranges
Two Future Meets
» monthly meeting of the
Donegal High.
A member of each chapter of the
Thursday
speaker for the an-
passed that the basketball meet
Cr
host would provide
The FFA teams will play :
who was chairman-elect
served
1950. He
Louis Siller,
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Week's Birth Record
. and Mrs.
a daughter :
r of each sport will re-
ceive a plaque,
Robert Swope was elected dele-
ON A TRIP TO FLORIDA
to 314 years in prison for steal
$85,000 from the mail. He plead no
defense
West Main street, ar
an auto trip thru the South. "
roses are in full
toes and cabbage are being harves-
Tampa,
. and Mrs,
daughter at the Bulawayo Hospital,
WILL SOON BE 102
Miss Rebecca Hoffer,
ed here nearly all her life,
102 years old her
present she resides
in Chula Vista,
a son of Irvin W.
and is
AN
ELLEN FUNK ESTATE
Orphans’ Court, there remains for |
distribution among the heirs $1,094.
26 in the estate of Ellen B. Funk
husband, who is
R2 and Rachel Ann Murray Bliz.. |
abethtown RI.
Joseph Gromling, Mt. Joy R2 and a 2! mill real estate tax for 1952 | was
Elizabethtown to meet the cost of the newly-in-
J stalled fire hydrants there,
Winifred C. Tripp,
$2.00 a Year in Advance
Brief News From ‘The Local News
‘The Past Week
Very Briefly Told
$110.70 was stolen at the Colum
—
i big Theatre Thursday night
Fire burned a hole in the roof of
causing damage estimated at $5,000,
Harry Lamparter, of Mountville, f ter an illness of one month.
She was born at Milton Grove.
a daughter of the late Abraham H.
and Diana Greiner Good, and was
a member of the Covenant Evan=
gelical United Brethren church.
She is survived only by nephews
exhibited five turkeys and won six
prizes at the New York State Tur-
key Show
Donald Agesen, 17, Lancaster R3
heard intruders the other night, got’
flout of bed, grabbed a revolver,
| stumbled, fell and shot himself in
the chest,
Two Marietta men, John Peelor
and his brother-in-law Charles D
Billett, were arrested for stealing
hub caps off cars and poor boxes
from two Catholic churches at Lan-
caster
— Wen
‘News In General
From Florin For
The Past Week
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Todd of
Manheim called on Mr. George
Shetter and family on Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Naylor of
| West Chester were Sunday guests
of Mrs. Sarah Schlegelmilch.
Mrs. Henry Grumlock and Mrs.
r | Paul Schmuck, of Annville spent
Yas | Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Benj. |
F. Kauffman.
Messrs Christ and John Zeiters, |
of Middletown and Miss Minnie |
Shelley of Lancaster were guests of |
Mr. Samuel Shelley on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Vogle and!
family spent Sunday at Harrisburg |
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T.
Bretz.
Mrs. Lillian Hamilton spent Wed -
vesday at Lancaster with Mrs
Ruth Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Myers en-
tertained the following to supper
on Saturday evening: Mr. and Mrs
|
{ Columbia
abethtown
Harry B. Kauffman, 74; Columbia
Carl B. Korn, at Glendale, Calif.
Mis. Clay Miller, of Landisville, is
a sister
Mrs. William Kauffman
Mrs. Amanda G. Kauffman, 87,
of 820 Fourth street, Lancaster, wi=
the York Bar Bell Co. at Marietta | dow of William Kauffman, died
Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital af=
1, at the Columbia Hospital.
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and nieces,
| is a son.
|
Albert Eshenbaugh.
(Turn to page 5)
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CHILD ESCAPES DEATH
WHEN PINNED UNDER CAR
to death yesterday wher he was
{ on Route 241 near Elizabethtown.
| The child was admitted to St.
| Joseph's Hospital and reported in
apparently fair condition last night.
Mohr, Bainbridge.
tll A ee
—— AERO CLUB
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The Chiques Aero Club held
their meeting Tuesday evening at
the home of Mr. Arthur Hostetter
with ten members present, come~
Farl Walters of Landisville, and | Pleting their fourth successful
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O. Brubaker,
of Donegal Springs Road
year.
Having retained the officers for
Rev. and Mis. Abram V2 four year period, a re-election
entertained the following to dinner |
on Sunday: Dr. and Mrs. A. C.
Baugher, Mrs. Emma Eshleman, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Heckman, Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton Breneman
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Myer
The following guests visited Mr.
and Mrs. George Mumper Sunday:
Mr and Mrs. James Berrier, Mr
and Mrs. Charles Bittner, Mr. and
| Mrs. John Bender, Mr. and Mrs
Benjamin Bender and children of
i Milton Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Martin
(Turn to page 8)
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FIRE CO. AUXILIARY
SERVED CHICKEN & WAFFLES
Friendship Fire Company Auxil- |
iary served a chicken and waffle
dinner at the fire house on Sun-
day. The meal was very appetizing,
the patronage good and a neat sum
was realized for the ambulance
fund.
ee tll AY 5 se ee
FURLOW GETS 2's YEARS
FOR STEALING $85.000
C. Donald Furlow, Lancaster
postoffice employe, was sentenced
ment of guilt. He will serve his
time at Lewisburg penitentiary
A
WAR MERORIAL MEET'G.
There will he a meeting of the |
War Memorial committee in the
Fire House on Tuesday evening, |
Feb. 19 at 8 o'clock. :
a
WAS DRIVING TOO FAST
Floyd Swarr, Mount Joy RI,
was apprehended by the State Po-
lice for exceeding the legal speed
limit in East Hempfield township
——— — eee
LETTERS GRANTED
Flmer S. Myers, Mount Jov Ri.
rr te AG
LEVIED MILL TAX
ng
which is an acknowledg-
was held as follows: president Clair
| Shave vice president, Alvin Reist;
John Herr, secretary; Samuel Bals-
| treasurer; Simeon Horton,
and | | Director and Norman Sprecher.
The club is now using a New
Piper Pacer and has just returned
| tron a trip to Florida by Mr. and
Mrs. C. Sharpe and Mr. Phares
| Landis.
Legion
Auxiliary Donates
‘To Child Welfare
| Fina’ arrangements were made to
|
{
{
|
{ hold a ham card party by Walter
S. Ebersole American Legion Aux-
iliary Post 185 at their regular
| monthly meeting Tuesday evening
at the post home. Bridge, 500 and
pinochle will be played. The date
is next Monday, Feb. 18. The ad-
mission will be $1 and one ham
will be given for every two tables.
One ham door prize will also be
given
$5 to the child welfsre and $2 for
ing to be held in March. They also
decided to buy a new set of flags
for use during the meetings.
Two tickets were purchased for
the lecture by Lady Baton Powell,
noted Girl Scout, who will speak
in McCaskey High schoo] at Lan
ct tll A AI
150-POUND PIG STOLEN
| FROM MARIETTA R1 FARM
Wilbur Bair, Marietta Rl, report-
| ed to State Police the theft of a 150
{ pound pig from his farm. He said it
| was stolen Tuesday.
and Menno Z. Shelly, Manheim R2 |
administrators of the Linton D. My-
ers estate, West Ear] Twp
State Policeman Edward Hermes-
{ ky, of the Columbia sub-station, is
investigating.
a
ion HAVE A STICKER
East Petersburg boro has levied | J. Richard Nissley, of Landisville
apprehended by Lancaster City
police. Richard forgot to have & new
inspection sticker put on hig car,
Bartholomew Kaufhold, 88, at
John R. Diffenbaugh, 76, at Eliz-
Mrs. Annie Eby Bowers, 83, at
the Oreville Mennonite Home, Lil=
{ lie Mae, wife of Harry Shenk, Mt.
Joy R2, is a daughter and Rew.
| Norman L. Bowers, of Landisville,
Albert S. Eshenbaugh, 89, Eliza-
! bethtown, died Tuesday in the .
| Lancaster County Hospital. He was
Stephen Mohr, two-year-old boy,
miraculously escaped being crushed
pinned beneath his father’s 1950
model sedan following a collision
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Hospital authorities said he suf-
ered a concussion, lacerations, and
of the face and lost sey
{eral teeth, His father was treated
at the same hospital for shock and
an injured left leg.
S. 1 eg
The group also decided to send
the next Bi-County council meet-
caster March 8. Miss Maude Schn-
eider, president, was in charge.