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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
.
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$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.
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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,
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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
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