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The Mount Joy Bulletin
Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Afternoon, November 27, 1952
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VOL. LII, NO. 26
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Local Students To Receive
Five-Mile Road Tests In
Traffic Safety Program
Dinner Meeting Will Be
Held At Hostetter's
On December 3
The Mount Joy Borough
Schools in cooperation with the
Atlantic Refining Company will
present a traffic Education Pro-
gram in the local High School
during ‘the week of December 1
to 5.
This program of traffic safety
education is designed to pro-
mote safety on the highways by
assisting young people of high
school age in their driving prob-
lems. This is accomplished by
road testing in dual equipped
automobiles, psycho - physical
tests, stopping distance demon-
strations and motion pictures
These services are available
during the time the program is |
scheduled in the school.
High School pupils who now
have operator's licenses
learner’s permits will be tio
the Road Test. This test con-|
sists of a five mile road test in
traffic in a dual-equipped auto- |
mobile and a discussion of the
driving difficulties discovered.
The student will drive over the
road course and his perform-
ance will be recorded on a
standardized road test in traffic
form developed at the Pennsyl-
vania State College. Difficulties
are discussed with the student
at the completion of the
and suggestions made to cor-!
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‘Foster Parents
Hear Address
By Dr. Rummel
Dr. Paul Z. Rummel, Profes-
sor of Education and Psycholo-
gy at Millersville State Teachers
College, told approximately 30
foster parents of the Family and
Children’s Service, a Red Feath-
er Agency, that many children
start school too early.
Dr. Rummel spoke on “Prob-
lems of School Adjustment” at
the luncheon session of the Fos-
ter Parents Institute, sponsored
by the staff and service commit-
tees of the Family and Child-
ren’s Service last Wednesday in
First Evangelical and Reformed
Church, 44 East Orange Street,
Lancaster.
He also stated that the child's
success in the first years of
school depends on ‘reading
readiness”. Parents,
ed, can help the children to pre-
pare
talking with them, playing with
them, giving them certain du-
ties to perform and by allowing
them to make
of their own.
First Three Years
Dr. Rummel said he feels that
the first three years of school
are most important, for if the
child learns to like school dur-
ing this period, he will adjust to]
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1800 Lbs Clothing
Collected At TC Depot
For Korea
Approximately 1800 Ibs of
clothing of all descriptions was
donated by the personnel of the
Marietta Depot and turned over
to “Church World Service” for
processing and shipment to
Korea.
The drive was in response to |
an appeal received from Church |
World Service, an interdenom-
drive
he explain-
themselves for school by!
some decisions |
Local Girl Cast
In College Play
Miss Marigrace Bucher,
‘daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Henry
G. Bucher, Donegal Springs Rd.
is cast in the one-act play “The
| Purple Door Knob” to be pre-
‘sented at Elizabethtown College
i Friday and Saturday at 8 p. m.
| Mise Bucher, a sophomore, is
majoring in elementary educa-
tion. The Sock and Buskin
Club is also presenting on the
same nights “Antic Spring” and
“The Terrible Meek’. Dr. Lou-
ise Kelly, department of Eng-
lish, and advisor to the club, is
supervising the student direct-
ors of the e plays.
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‘Honored For 45
- Years Service
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AsS. S. . Secretary,
Walter Eshleman, West Don-
egal Street, this boro, was hon-
ored at a recent meeting of the
Sunday School workers of St.
Mark’s Evang. United Brethren
Church.' A certificate of Recog-
nition for forty-five years of
service as Statistical Secretary
of the School was given him,
jand a gift copy of the Revised
| Standard Version of the Bible.
| The meeting was a supper con-
| ference of the officers and
{eachaers held at Hostetters’ Ban-
jauet Hall, Lester Hostetter,
isuperintendent, was in charge
lof arrangements and program.
| The pastor, Rev. Ezra H. Ranck,
[was in charge of the business
period and made the presenta-
tion to Mr. Eshleman. Dr. David
E. Young, Conference Superin-
tendent of East Pennsylvania
Conference of the denomination
addressed the group on the sub-
ject, “Improving the Sunday
School.
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Santa To Visit
Mount Joy Nov.
29th At 2 P. M.
Hey, ids, this is good news
for you . . . Santa is coming to
visit Mount Joy this week. He
will be at Way's Appliance
Store, 48 W. Main Street on Sat-
urday, November 29 at 2 p. m.
Santa will arrive in a car and
climb into Toyland by ladder
from the sidewalk and will re-
main at Way’s until six o'clock.
{ And that is not all, Santa said
{he liked the boys and girls of
Mount Joy and vicinity so he
‘intends to visit Way's each
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
{from 7 until 9 p. m. and even
joe back again each Saturday
from 2 to 6 p. m. up to Decem-
{ber 20, also be there the Mon-
day and Tuesday afternoons be-
fore Christmas to talk to you,
Oh, boy, listen to this, Santa
I'said there will be free gifts for
all the kiddies, so have mother
or dad bring you to Way's Sat-
urday so you can watch him
climb the ladder and get your
free gifts.
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| Sat. Jack Breneman
| Returning Home
| Thanksgiving Day
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Sgt. Jack Breneman, with the
paratroopers at Fort Campbell,
inational organization and a De-
partment of the National Coun-
cil of Church of Christ in the
1. 8. A. {Day with his parents, Mr. and
Distribution of this clothing Mrs. Joseph T. M. Breneman,
will be made among the Korean of Marietta avenue, this boro.
Kentucky, will be discharged
November 25th and be home in
time to spend Thanksgiving
people according to individual| Mrs. Breneman will accom-
need regardless of race, color, |Pany her husband. She had been
or creed Jliving at Trenton, Ky
Follow Time
Table For All
Christmas Mails
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P. M. Bennett Urges
Stamps Bought Early
To Avoid Rush
Our interest is in getting the
mail, your interest is knowing
when to mail, especially so dur-!
ing the Christmas Holiday. If
you will just glance below, you |
will find the dates which will
assure you that your parcel |
post and cards will be received
in time. |
MAIL PARCEL POST
By Dec. 1 for overseas. |
By Dec. 5 for Out of State. |
By Dec. 10 for local delive- |
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MAIL CHRISTMAS CARDS
By Dec. 1 for Overseas.
By Dec. 15 for Out of State
By Dec. 18 for Local Deliv- |
ery.
Many people have already
mailed their parcels, and many
more are purchasing stamps for
their cards, thus eliminating the
possibility of having to wait in
line, or worse, to have their
mail delayed. Why not purchase
all the stamps you need for
Christmas within the next few
| days. |
Listed below is the postage
requirements for Christmas !
cards and letters.
All post cards - 2c.
All unsealed cards, no infor-
mation or writing, EXCEPT the
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Christmas Cantata To
Be Given On Dec. 7-14
Two choirs will combine to
sing “The World's Redeemer” a
Christmas cantata by Fred B.
Holton, in the near future. The
hoirs involved are First Church
of God, Elizabethtown, and St.
Mark’s Evang. United Brethren
Church of Mount Joy. The can-
tata will be rendered two Sun-
day evenings: December 7th at
Mount Joy and December 14th
at Elizabethtown. Both services
will begin at 7:30.
Clifford M. Schmid directs!
both choirs and the organists
are the Misses Dorothy Prescot
and Luella H. Witmer.
The cantata is interspersed
with prophecy of the coming of
the Messiah taken from Old]
Testament Scriptures as well as|
fulfillment of the prophecies as
recorded in the Gospels of the
chorus parts written for the en-
tire choir, the cantata includes’
a variety of solos, duets, a mix-
ed quartet, and a men’s charus'
part.
The two choirs comprise a to-
tal of forty-five voices. {
{ Church.
(group of
fruit,
On this truly American holiday we give thanks
for the many blessings He has deigned to de-
We give thanks for the strength He
with,
those liberties we have inherited. We thank Him
liver on us.
has endowed us enabling us to preserve
factories that
And we
Him especially for revealing His truth to
for the rich fields and bustling
bring us great wealth and comfort.
thank
us, giving the greatest wealth of all.
95 Gift Baskets
Presented To
Aged Guests
A project of the Work Com-
mittee of the Women’s Society
ofWorld Service of St. Mark’s
Evangelical United Brethren
Church at Mount Joy aroused
much interest among the mem-
bers of the Sunday School and
On Friday evening a
twenty-four persons
packed ninety five baskets of
home-made cookies and
candy. Each package was wrap-
ped in cellophane and tied with
brightly colored bows. Saturday
;noon two cars and a station
| wagon left Mount Joy carrying
nine people and the baskets to
| Quincy, Pa., where the E. U. B.
Orphanage and Home for Aged
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ice cream and pumpkin pie!
Top row, left to right: Gail,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wolf, Mt. Joy;
Lyn Milligan, Florin; and Donna,
les Bailey of Mount Joy.
bere Rice, Mt. Joy; Becky and G
Our Future Citizens
The happy smiles on the faces of the picture above leads us
to believe these kiddies are all looking forward to Thanksgiving
Day, which to them could only mean—a drum stick, lots of candy,
Bottom row, left to right: Rodney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hu-
Mrs. Henry Schneider, Mt. Joy; and Charles and Audrey, children
of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Engle, Florin.
Linda and Diane, daughters of
Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Char-
eorganne, daughters of Mr. and
Swatara Hill Group To
Hold Weekend Services Fourth Mystery
Blaze Destroys
Rheems Feed Mill
The Young People of Swatara
Hill Sunday School, located a-
long the Harrisburg Pike, east
of Middletown, will sponsor 4
weekend services in the Swat-| An investigation will be made
ara Hill Church on Saturday ev- | by County Fire Marshall Paul
29, Nov- |Z. Knier, Manheim,
| cause of the $150,000 fire at the
| Wenger Feed Mill, Rheems on
The Saturday evening service | Sunday. The fire is the fourth
will begin at 7:30 p. m. and will
have as guest ar Reverend | the past six months.
William R. Mount | The fire, which started in the
ening, November and
ember 30.
Longenecker,
Joy, pastor of the Stevens Hill] storage depar tment of the 215!
: | story building as discovered
Church of the Brethren, Who | after 8 P. M. Sunday by
will speak on the theme, * “This ' Mrs. Herman a, Eliza-
Present Generation.” bethtown R1, who was
as to the
| unexplained fire in that area in|
Cover will Make
Bike Stands For |
Home & School |
an
At the Home and School As-
sociation meeting Thursday ev
ening, Mr. Christ Cover offered |
to make two bicycle stands, at |
cost, for the boys and girls at
the Elementary School. This is|
one of the groups projects
Mr. Cover’s offer will save
a great deal of money.
There will be two stands, one |
for the girls holding 24 bicycles |
and one for the boys with room |
for 60 bikes. |
The meeting was presided ov- |
er by the president, Mr. Charles
Chunko. |
A report on the Conference of
Parents, held recently at the F. |
& M. College was given by Mr. |
Charles Buchenauer. |
Mr. George Houck sang sev- |
eral solos and was accompanied
on the piano by Jay Barnhart. |
them
The attendance award was|
given to Mrs. Heisey's classroom
for the most parents present.
The award was an electrical |
wall clock. These awards are |
presented at each meeting to
the classroom that has the]
greatest number of parents at-|
tending.
Mrs, Warren Foley was chair- |
man of the refreshment com-!
mittee assisted by the mothers |
of 7th Grade pupils,
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Thess Is No Truth To
" Says Mrs. Bennett
The rumor circulating in |
and around Mount Joy that the
Bennett Restaurant is going to
discontinue after the first of the
vear was declared today by Mrs.
Bennett to be nothing but a ma-
licious rumor. Mrs. Bennett sta-
fed there is no justification for
such a rumor and it is her inten- |
jun to stay in business for
years 10 come.
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No Hunting
|
The Pennsylvania Game Com- |
mission at a special meeting
held at Harrisburg, Saturday,
November 22, reconsidered the |
previously ap-|
days and dates
| proved as an extended open sea-~
squir-
ring- |
[son for cottontail rabbits,
black and fox),
pheasants only)
and recognizing the
| rels (gray,
neck (males
and grouse,
| sanctity of Christmas Day, de- |
| cided to close hunting of these |
driving | species on December 25, 1952,
At 9:00 a. , Sunday School | by at about the same time near- The special extended season
will be Hl with Norman E.|by residents noticed the fire. for cottontail rabbits, squirrels, |
Diehl, superinendent, followed The Rheems Fire Co. was ringneck pheasants and grouse |
by the regular church service.|summoned and minutes later | during 1952, shall be Dec. 22, |
Rev. John R. Hershman, pastor | fire companies from Elizabeth- | 25, 24,26 and 27. Christmas
of the Swatara Hill Church will town, Mount Joy, Florin, Mari-{ Day, Dec. 23, 1952, will be
deliver the message, ‘The Youth
of Yesteryear. (Turn to page 3)
etta and the Marietta Transpor- | close season and hunting wild |and the light will be
game on that date is prohibited.
Sunday afternoon’s service
will be in the form of an old- Rev. Koder r Reports On
fashioned hymn sing, led by? —™ mmm
Wayne Arnold, director of the
Male Chorus of Salome Evang.
United Brethren Church of Col-
umbia, which will also sing
special selections. The service | | Zutheran Church in
begins at 2:30 p. m. held at Seattle, Washington last
Sunday evenings service will month brought forth many ac-
begin at 7:30 p. m. with the tions and results that will have
guest, speaker, Elder Rufus P.|a far reaching effect on the on-
Bucher, elder of the Mechanics | going life of the church at home
Grove Church of the Brethren,|and abroad. It is conservatively |
speaking on the subject ‘A chal- | estimated that at least 500 vis-
lenge to Christian Youth.’ Al- were present in addition
though the programs are de- [623 official delegates, 34 synods
signed primarily for the Young | of the church were represented
People, a most cordial invita- | together with
tion is extended to the public to! from affiliated
attend.
et eee
Revival At Mennonite
Church
The convention of the United
churches in In-
dia, Japan, British Guiana and
Liberia. A new synod was re-
ceived into the church, known
as the Caribbean Synod. This
synod has its constituency a-
mong the churches of Puerto
James H. Hess, Willow Street, | Rico and the Virgin Islands.
America! for the day”
representatives
Version of the stated lessons |
Pension Increase
Consideration of times grow-
ing out of the report of the
Board of Pensions occupied |
many hours. The end result was |
| that retired pastors would - re-
ceive a minimum of $900 an- |
nually, widows $450. Also, be- |
ginning January 1, 1954 the
sis of Contruitory Pensions, |
"shall be changed from a four
percent to an eight percent to]
total pastor’s salary given by]
| the congregation; the pastor's |
proportion will remain at four
percent.
| As always, the report of the |
Board of Foreign Missions was
(a high spot in the life of the
ba- |
convention,
and |*
{ Miss Grace Nolt,
On Xmas Day -
{iel M.
tions,
|are either
Pa., will conduct a two week
series of revival and evangelis-
tic meetings beginning Sunday,
November 30 at the Mount Joy
Mennonite Church. Sessions
will be held each evening begin-
ning at 7:30 p. m. Everyone is
cordially invited to attend these
meetings
An action of considerable and a thrilling and |
importance and significance was dangerous opportunity for new |
adopted when the convention mission enterprises was unami-
voted to instruct the common ously accepted. The church ac- |
service book committee “to re-!cepted the invitation of the Lu-|
quest the joint commissions on theran World Federation's Com-
the liturgy and hymnal to have ' missions to begin work in Ma-
printed in the new service book 'laya. The city of Knala Lumpur
the test of the Revised Standard |was chosen as a challenging | |
Lancaster County
4-H Club To Give
Three Act Play
| Local 4-H Members
To Take Active Part
The 4-H Clubs of Lancaster
County will present a play,
Honey In The Hive,” on Sat-
urday, November 29, at 8 P. M.
[in the Manheim Township High
School, Neflsville.
A cast of fourteen 4-H boys
and girls will show what hap-
pens in an average family when
father is persuaded to enter pol-
itics. The plot becomes much in-
volved but eventually all turns
out for the best. The co-directors
for this three-act play are Mrs.
Harold Fry, Stevens R1, and
Columbia R1,
Jean Will, Mount Joy RI,
Janice Breneman, Mount Joy
R2, and Jeanette Breneman, Mt.
Joy R2 will be members of the
| cast.
entertainment before
acts will
Musical
| the play and between
be furnished by Jane Greiner,
| Manheim R4, pianist; and Ardel
land Mardel Showalter, Rein-
| holds R1, Marimba players.
Tickets for this most enter-
taining three act play may be
| purchased from the cast or can
be purchased the night of the
play.
Harold Musser, Mount Joy R1
and Nancy Ginder, Mt. Joy Rl
are members of the ticket sales
committee.
Donegs] Groups
Hear School Bld'g
Progress Reports
Following individual
sessions Thursday night of the
Donegal Joint School Authority
and directors of the Donegal
Joint School Board, the two
groups convened jointly to hear
brief
a special progress report con-
cerning the construction of a
| i ;
new joint high school building
and athletic field near Mt. Joy.
The three meetings were held
| in the E. Donegal High School.
In addition to East Donegal
Twp., other adjacent districts
involved in the jointure con-
| struction project are Mount Joy
and Marietta boroughs.
In presenting the report Dan-
Wolgemuth, chairman of
the authority, disclosed that
rapid progress has been made in
installing a 12-inch water main
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CORRECTION
In case the street lights goes
out near your home, call Mount
Joy 3-3611 and not Columbia,
replaced
within 24 hours.
Highlights of Lutheran Convention
field for Christian testimony at
ione of the world’s hottest cross-
| roads.
The Board of American Mis-
sions reported that during its
first quarter century it has help-
ed to establish 1,060 congrega-
representing 300,000 of
the church's confirmed member-
During the last biennium
mission fields were
immediate occupan-
chip.
173 home
cleared for
cy
The Deaconess Board report-
ed there are presently in the
United Lutheran church 129 ac-
tive deaconesses and 29 who
retired or on leave.
The church's two Mother-hous-
es at Philadelphia and Balti-
(Turn to page 3)
Koder will illustrate with
slides and give a report on
Ladies Convention
. to the congrega-
Public
the
at 7p. 1
tion at His
is invited.
On Sunday evening Rev.
church.
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