1901 — 1952 For 51 years our readers have saved money by reading and shopping from the adver- tisements in the Bulletin. Your weekly savings should pay the subscription price for one year. MOST U PB. . MINUTE Ww FERLY I N ve TA Tg A LANCASTER The Mount Joy Bulletin VOL. LII, NO. Pe a Display Attract Favorable Comment, Despite The Hot Weather Better TV Here Is Predicted By Rotary Speaker cording to reports submitted on When increased power is Tuesday night at the fifth meet-| permitted by federal offiicials, ing of'the Christmas Decoration | residents of Mt. Joy will be ab- Committee held at the home of le to watch television prefectly Arthur Sprecher, East Donegal| without the need of the cumber- Street. some TV aerials which dot the In addition to the two styles | countryside today, Harold E. being displayed in front of| Miller, a member of the staff Stehman’s Atlantic Station, a|of WGAL-TV, Lancaster, in- third will be erected as soon as {formed members of the Mt. Joy completed, probably in Rotary Club Tuesday noon. next two weeks, the decora- “Television today is in the tions committee reported. This|stage of development radio was design will be a red and white | back in 1921 when we needed striped candy cane and will be|cumbersome aerials and all a daylight display. sorts of devices in order to re- The committee reported they | ceive programs” Miller explain- had received $75.00 in contri- | ed. “TV pictures have been butions and expect to get under | vastly improved in the past 3 way with a new drive for funds|vears and this improvement (Turn to page 8) will speed up in the future.” — Discussing the role TV is New Daylight Unit To Be Displayed Soon The proposed Christmas dec- orations displayed on W. Main Street this week have aroused y playing at the national conven- Service Men S tions in Chicago, he explained that a total of 75 TV cameras, each valued at $20,000, is being Addresses To Be used to get all the programs to . the public. Published Today That local listeners, even the older members of the family get a kick out of the western ome time ago one of our [thrillers was revealed during vicemen wrote the Remem-|the meeting. When Miller pre- prance Committee asking dicted that wrestling would dis- the addresses of his buddies be| appear from TV soon, several printed in The Bulletin. Just the older members of the few days ago we received an-|Rotary Club immediately spoke other request. We can’t let|up for the cowboy pictures. down the fellows and gals in Visit Camp Chiaguetan uniform so starting in this is- Members of the Rotary Club sue every address we have will | gathered at Keener's store last be printed in the servicemen’s|evening and went in a group to column. If any addresses are! Camp Chiquetan, Boy Scout incorrect please notify the Re-|camp, where they enjoyed sup- membrance committee at once, | per. A tour of the camp and so the changes in the mailing | talks by county scout leaders list may be made. A post card| also featured the trip. ee etl to Box 243 or a phone call to 3-4621 will do the trick. | HOME FROM KOREA To date NO contributions| 1st Lieut. Robert E. Germer have been reccived and no|ypetyrned home July 22nd, from . I suggestions have been made. [twelve months service in Ko- Again let us remind you Mat! ren, While in Korea Lt. Germer everyone in Mount Joy, Florin, | was stationed at Seoul City Air (Turn to Page 6) ——— etl Oe. Base where he flew C-47s in the 21st Troop Carrier Squad- COLEBROOK LUTHERAN S. S. Iron. After completing a 30 day TO HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC leave, Lt. Germer will report to ns |Offett. Air Force Base at Oma- Colebrook Lutheran Sunday | ha, Nebraska. School will hold their annual | picnic Saturday, July 26, rain] Ty Tuesday, July 29th. ‘Neighbors Help To Rebuild Barn On sale will be their mn A barn Raising was held last chicken corn soup, hot dogs, etc. | Music by Pine Grove Band. Ev- Tuesday on the H.C. Harner farm which is located just east erybody welcome. of Mount Joy. The property is rl — Install Spotlights InSt. LukesChurch «nent by Lloyd Derr. The | neighbors and friends who nelood rebuild the barn, which "was destroyed by fire last Ap- has just completed overhauling ril, are as follows: Earl Heisey, the lighting circuits throughout Wilbur Ebersole, Henry Eber- the church. There have been 2 sole, Cork Keck, Jacob Bruba- spotlights installed in the rear ker, Norman S. Ebersole, Rob- of the church which can be ert Kaufman, Paris Gruber. thrown on the stained glass’ Wilbur Brubaker, Bruce Bern- windows for evening services. hard, Clarence Gruber, Paul The new concrete paving and Stauffer, Glen Bergman, Clar- curbing has been completed and "ence Lyons, Robert Weidler, the east side of the premises Glenn Weidler, Bobby Weidler, cleaned up. All the trees have Amos Nolt, Herman Ginder, been trimmed and one tree re- | Joseph Hostetter, Lewis Bixler, St. Luke's Episdopsl Church moved. Eugene Kreider, Ralph Swarr, SR | Harold Newcomer, Donald SPEND TWO WEEKS AT Newcomer, A. W. Wickenheis- ler, John Nissley, John Kreider, eee | Oscar Hanson, Warren Shenk, Three Mount Joy girls are Earl Stover, Henry Shenk, spénding two weeks at the Fur- | James Mumper, Jonas Bruba- nace Hills Girl Scout Camp Ker. near Denver, Pa. They are Nan-| The children who assisted cy Diller, Detwiler Ave., Pris- are: Tommy and David Clay, cilla Lane, Donegal Springs Rd.,! Judy Stauffer, Nancy and Jane and Judy Naugle, Delta Street. | Mumper, Mary and Panela Nancy and Priscilla are in Lyons, Danny, Larry and Barry GIRL SCOUT CAMP JAMES B. HEILIG A NEW PAPA Mr. James B. Heilig, our lo- cal Funeral Director, is passing cigars around these days. Reas- on, his wife presented him with a bouncing baby girl last Sun day at the Lancaster General Hospital, And at last we have a scoop, the Heiligs have decid ed to name the new arrival Vera Jane. Oh yes, the new ar- rival weighs eight the last report “papa” pounds and is that the new is doing fine, Salunga Farmer Instantly Killed By Lightning Bolt Henry Rosenfield, 57, Struck While Combining Wheat At Salunga Mount Joy, Pee, Thursday Afternoon, July 24, 1952 ' Ann’l Community Picnic Will Be Held August 27 Interesting Program Of Games And Contests Is Planned The annual Community Pic- nic, sponsored by the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce, will be held ust 27, There will be Wednesday, Aug- Park. games of all at Hershey kinds with prizes to the win- ners, also baseball, swimming and free candy and toys for all attend. As arrangements will be the children who last year, made for bus service and lunch baskets. The Junior Chamber of Com- Henry Rosenfeld, fifty-seven, was killéd at 4:10 p. m. yester- day on his farm at Salunga,! when he was struck by a bolt of lightning during a brief thun-| derstorm while working in a [ Geld with neighbors combining wheat. Rosenfeld, who resided near, Bainbridge, was working in the | wheat field with his two sons, John and Henry Jr, and a neighbor, Irvin Kaylor and his son, Galen Kaylor, when the ac- cident occurred. According to Kaylor, who with his son was operating the combine, the group had nearly completed their vrork in the field when the thunderstorm broke over the area. When it started to rain, Kay- lor reported, he and his son were at one end of the field on the combine and moving to- (Turn to page 7) ——— OC —— Florence Miller Operator Of Month At Marietta Depot Mrs. Florence Miller of Mt. Joy R2 has been selected as the outstanding Operator of materi- al handling equipment at Mari- etta T. C. Depot for the month of July. Each month, Equipment Op- erators compete in a rodeo with the winner being named out- standing for that month. This months winner is a Fork Lift Operator. The rodeo is stimulate interest erating and driving at pot. designed to in better op- the de- — reat 4 nn ree Three Awards Given by C. of C. Although the heat and Demo- cratic Nat'l Convention brought {he semi-annual meeting of the Mount Joy Chamber of Com- merce, held at Hostetter's last Monday evening to an early close, much favorable comment was given the Christmas decor- ations displayed in front of the Atlantic Station on West Main Street. Farm Show Awards The Chamber of Commerce will furnish gold, silver and bronze awards to the 4-H Baby Beef Club, the Lamb Club and the Pig Club for showmanship and also three awards for judg- ing at the coming farm show. A full page ad also was subscribed to in the Farm Show Bulletin. The Chamber of Commerce, has been given awards for 4-H work since 1939. HOME FROM TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brill, of merce is asking the full assist- {ance of all the business firms by i enabling their emplovees to at , tend the picnic with their fam- ilies by closing the entire day. If this is not possible, closing at noon would be a big the picnic. BW Ben Bovis And Sister Joanne Win Tennis Title A Mount Joy brother and sister team wrapped up the mixed doubles title, closing ev- ent in the annual Lancaster County Closed Tennis Tourna- ment, Monday evening at the Lancaster Tennis Club. Ben Brown and his sister, Joanne, defeated Ralph and Nancy Paden, a husband and wife team, by the scores of 5-7, 6-4, 9-7. The match had been started Sunday afternoon but was halt- ed by rain in the third set with the score deadlocked at 3 games apiece. boost to — Florin Boy May Be Victim Of Polio A five-year-old Florin boy was admitted to Lancaster Gen- eral -Hospital Monday sible polio ‘victim. Authorities said his condition was good last night. If diagnos- ed as polio, it would be the sec ond in the county this year. as a. pos- 26 “Skeeters” to Pester You This Summer i Twenty. -six species of some of them vicious biters and carriers of disease, will arise from swamps to pester Pennsylvanians this summer, according to entomologists at the Agricultural Experiment Station, The Pennsylvania State College, who are conducting an insect survey. Of course, none of them will be as large as this fellow but he has the characteristic pose of a carrier of malaria. ad . To a VR vg WR Se EE gy For Good, Dependable Yicichandiss At Right Prices, Buy From Bulletin Advertisers COUNTY WE WELCOME YOUR NEWS Club, Parties, Social, Parties. Scout, Auxiliaries, Church. PHONE MT. JOY 3-9661 x a cs $2.00 4 a Year in Advance Seek To Enroll More Voters Special Registration To Be Held Here Aug. 18 To Sept. 8 Three , Motorists Nabbed| Time And Schedule To On Violations Here Register Listed Below Three motorists were charge d The Election Board has an- | with motor law violations this | nounced that special registra- week by Chief of Police Parke tion will be held throughout Neiss. the county starting August 18 They are William H. Nauman ending September 13. of Manheim R3, and Paul Stark | Traveling registrars will be Mount Joy, both of whom were on duty in the local districts to charged with reckless driving save residents the trouble of in complaints filed before Jus-!coming to Lancaster. The tice of the James Hock- | courthouse registration office is enberry; and Ross At- open daily in the city. tick, Columbia R2, charged| The hours for the special | with ignoring a red light in aldays will be 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. [complaint filed before Justice of and 7 to 10 P. M. at the follow- Robert K. Brown rn» -— Peace, George the Peace, ing places. { August 18—E. Donegal Twp., Local Gil Scot [100 | Grove to Rheems. August 20 — Mt. Joy Twp, | Milton Grove district, school {house on road from Milton Heat Wave To End Monday; Sam Miller Predicts Quake The heat wave which sent the thermometers soaring degrees almost daily for past two weeks, count on it ninety! the | will definitely | Summer Kitchen Lightning Hits end.on Monday - and you can ib F nt on it. On Geib Farm You guessed it, whose prognostications on most anything are out these parts, bers of the local Rotary Tuesday that the torrid will ease prior but definitely will not over before Monday. Predicts Earthquake The Rotarians took predictions a bit more seriously ! ability due to his uncanny predict earthquakes, which proved heré the past two weeks. | hours later, ' | Tuesday before last, formed that would be the country. And, believe it or not, members of the starting Monday severe Monday morning California had what is termed as the severe earth tremor it perienced in the “And you can take my for it, there this condition declared this week. changes,” famous thru- informed mem-)man Geib, on the Club ville spell nier kitchen. up a bit a day or two Sam in- | club | there | earthquakes in early most | Fire has ex past 50 years. The fire word will be more before | The Sam | Sam Miller, al- Early Masterson Road, buckets of water, and, i. to | ing any flame or smoke he he had the fire out neighbors house | ticed that the summer | was burning again. Geib im | mediately jumped into and drove to the Company | distance of about four company to the blaze summer damage resulting lightning bolt was a charred in J terior and roof. Monday evening light- [ning struck on the farm of Her- charring the sam- not see- thought Several while walking to a to see if his telephone was working, he no- kitchen his car Friendship in Mount Joy, a miles. confined the Kitchen. from the LOOK - WE FOUND ANOTHER - ALL WOMEN THIS TIME Barbara Street, have returned from a motor trip through New the Life Saving Unit and Judy | Derr, Jane Flory and Roger is in the Pioneer Camping Unit | (Turn to page 8) York State and Canada. Here's another graph which had the Bulletin. This time it is the old [opposite sex. appeared in|glight the ladies, you know, Nope, we can't| see so | this all-star basketball team. if you know the members of | The greater . To Make Trip . | August 22—Mount Joy Bor- To Wyoming {ough, H. S. Newcomer and Son | property, East Main and North Barbara Streets. September 2 — E. Hempfield Twp., Landisville district, fire hall at Landisville. September 3 — W. Hempfield Miss Mary Ann Spangler, | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James {B. Spangler, Jr.,, N. Jacob St., | was selected by the Lancaster | couivty Girl Scout Council to Twp., Silver Spring district, represent the County Richard Webb property at Sil- Girl Scouts in the National ver Spring. Lancaster Camporee, in the state of Wyo-| September 8 — Rapho Twp., ming. | Union Square district, school Miss Spangler is leaving Sun- | house at Union Square. EE —— day and will return August 23. | Her traveling companion will be Miss Mary Ann Tufts, of Easton. Each year, two Girl 3 ’ scouts| H Id R are chosen from each state by | 0 S eunion local Girl Scout Council, the applicants are then sent to The 25th the National Headquarters who | ; their annual reunion of When the bolt of lightning the. the Kuhn family was held at judge » applications as ri ; ~ + be | hit, it put the electric and tele- | merits. '% Willow Mills, Cumberland Co. { phone out of service, setting | 0 Wms wy on Ssturday, duly 19th. | : Eo : I'he youngest person to at- fire to the roof and inside of i : ; ; L a F h tend the reunion was 19 -day Sam’s | the * Kitchen. Geib carried Ca res Air old Ruby May Kuhn, Harris- burg, Pa. The oldest person, Si- » B Adm las Kuhn, who has hit the ripe oy itted old age of 101 years. The farth- To Hospital o erest away, Mrs. Jessie Smithe of Detroit, Michigan. Other persons attending from this locality were Mr. and Mrs. | Eight-year old Samuel Chung, Harry R. Kuhn and son, Mount who is visiting Mr. and Mrs. |Joy; Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Fore- Oliver Mateer of this borough, | man, Mount Joy, Mr. and Mrs. through the Fresh Air Program, | Walter Kuhn, Manheim, Mr. has been admitted to the Lan-|and Mrs. Elwood Gerber and caster Osteopathic Hospital. | children, Charles and Sandra, The boy was said to have been Marietta R. D., Mr. and Mrs. ill upon his arrival here condition now and Robert Gerber and Linda Lou- was described as|ise of Elizabethtown. fair. + Judge Smashed | Harvey an} State Po- Horse Thief Thaddeus Nagle, and . with failure to stop at Conspirators [the scene of an accident and {failure to identify himself. He Iwill be given a hearing before [Alderman J. Edward Wetzel, of | Lancaster Engle, Miller is charged as the re-|{he | BE MAN FACES CHARGE OF HIT- RUN AFTER CRASH NEAR { ELIZABETHTOWN MONDAY Bainbridge, State Folk-lorist Shoemaker of how the Henry W. today told the story late Judge’ Matthew of Highspire, Pa., solved mystery of the theft of his son's stolen race horse and smashed the New York-Penna- eylvania inter-state horse thief sult of an accident early Mon- day morning on Route 230, one { mile west of Elizabethtown, ———— — ring | | Rivalling any of Sherlock Unem lo ment Holmes’ detective feats, Engle, g | a justice of the peace and for- On Decrease | mer constable, was instrument- | al at the turn of the century in | the wholesale arrest of a no- In County torious gang of horse thieves at | their headquarters in Horse | a Sr Hollow, Tioga County, Penna. { Claims for unemployment Horse Hollow was the hide- { insurance in Lancaster county|away for the gang's stolen hor- is still on a downward trend.|ses and here the loot was held | There is a total of 956 (333 |until it could be sold to an un- [1male) for the week ending|suspecting or careless buyer. {June 26. For the same period “About 1900 or 1901,” Shoe- {one month ago, the total was maker said, “Amanda LaGrave, [1100 (387 male.) In January of|the famous woman sulky race {this year, for the comparable driver, was handling the big { week, total claims received |brown pacer, Major Forrest [numbered 2197 (967 male). owned by Engle’s son, George, majority of claims |also of Highspire. “Major Forrest was establish- (Turn to page 4) {continue to be from the soft goods industries 3
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