er EES ny nd - - roasted ‘rove it 79¢ ican *717e e taste, "85¢ ers ir 49¢ 43c in The Bulletin MOST upe Circullation Now Ha4 Reached 2300 VOL. LII, NO. 28 The 1] TO oT HE «+ MINUTE ount Joy Bulletin Ww Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Afternoon, December 11, EERKLY I N LANCASTER COUNTY 1952 Cheery Christmas Display Being Erected On Mount Joy’s Main Street This Week 25 Candy Canes And 11 Candle And Wreath Units Being Erected Mount Joy's Main Street is | beginning to get that Christmas look. Members of the Christ- mas decoration committee, rep- resenting local civic organiza- tions, have been busy erecting the display units this week. It had been planned to have the displays erected by December 1, | however, due to unforseen dif- ficulties in securing the parts and because of inclement weather, the installation was delayed. There will be twenty-five plywood candy cane decorations with spot lights and eleven can- dle and wreath display units. The Mount Joy Art Club and local artists submitted sketches JEROME S. KENDIG to the committee this year. Lanc. Co. s 2nd. Oldest From these suggestions the committee designed the two Doctor Is 89 Years Old Christmas Motifs. The greater | part of the making of these dis- Birthday wishes were extend- plays has been done by the ed this week to Lancaster’ members of the committee and County's second oldest practic- men of the community. This ing physician. represents many hours of He is Dr. Jerome Stauffer thought, time and effort on the Kendig of Salunga, who is sur- part of these men. passed in service only by Dr. J. Although there has not been g§ of Ephrata, any individual canvass for funds g¢ years old. many business establishments Dr. Kendig celebrated his 89 and organizations have contri- pirthday by caring for his pa- buted toward the project. The tients as he has been doing for committee stated that anyone the past 64 years. A graduate wishing to contribute to the from Jefferson Medical College project, large or small, may send the ir donation o the treas- who is ther, Dr. Benjamin E. Kendig, ' “urer, ‘Mr Alvin B. Bigler, 258 taking over the practice when West Main Street, Mount Joy. his father retired. After this years expenses are a paid, any money left in the ' treasury will be used for addi- Bennett Ss Fete The tional units and expenses for Soccer Team Monday next years display. { rr eee | | A banquet for all members of : the soccer team of Mount Joy Dinner Held In High School will be given by C Bennett's Restaurant Monday. i This is an annual treat given ommemoration ‘by Mr. and Mrs. Bennett re- gardless if the team wins or los- Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Hack- es, and the generous and loyal enberger, of Falmouth, served a spirit is appreciated anew each turkey dinner Sunday in com- year by Coach John Day and memoration of the eleventh an- each successive team. niversary of Pearl Harbar. |Z FR a This marked the second time | December 7 has fallen on Sun- | day in eleven years. Last time was in 1947 when the Hacken- berger’s entertained for immedi- ate members of their family. Dinner guests included: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Woolger, Sr., Denver, Miss Bessie J. Woolger, Ephrata, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Woolger, Jr., Alex- andria, Va., Miss Rosenna G. Woolger, Washington, D. C., T- Sgt. Laura H. Woolger, U. S. Marine Corp., «Cherry Point, N. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Burton K. Sweigare, Elizabethtown. After Just Like A Lotter From Home! Xmas Cantata To Be Given ‘Sunday Dec. 21 “The King Cometh’ a Christ mas cantata by Stults, will be presented Sunday afternoon, ( December 21, at 3:30 p. m. in {the Mt. Joy Methodist church by the Senior Choir, under the direction of Mrs. G. Walter Sloan. As in former years, the public is again invited to at tend this special Christmas ser vice. The cantata includes fine choral. solo and other combinations, setting the words of the Scriptures to beautiful and appropriate music. The can- tata is divided into three groups Part one - “A King is Promised; part two - The Incarnation, part three - The King is Born. { The choir personnel is as fol- many vocal (lows: Mrs. Robert C. Pike. so 'prano soloist and obligatists, | Mrs. Lawrence Gutshall, Mrs. | Leroy Gantz, Miss Doris Linton Miss Lynn Fackler, Mr. George Ludwig, Mr. Charles Rovenolt, Sa., and Mr. Walter Sloan, who |also do solo and special parts. | The other’ choristers, who a- long with the above --members, will render some very outstand- ing choral numbers, are: Misses Jean and Loretta Rider, and Loretta Darrenkamp, Peg- gy Ann Kline, Mrs. Blaine Krea- mer, Mrs. Charles Rovenolt, Charles Rovenolt, Jre, -Mr. Da {vid Marschka and the Rev. Rob ert C. Pike, pastor of the church who will also have charge of the spiritual part of the pro gram. Miss Esther Sandra Walters, church in 1889 he first assisted his fa- (organist, will be the accompan-' yp. George Broske ist and, will also render several selections of her own on the or- | gan. ————— — | DEDICATION FOR ORGAN {AT FLORIN CHURCH SUN. | On Sunday afternoon at 2 p. 'm. there will be special service at the Crossroad’s Brethren in Christ Church, Florin, in cation for the new church or- gan. The organ has been pre dedi- sented to the church as a gift. ART CLUB EXHIBIT AT HOSTETTER'S Pictures-by the Mt. Joy Art Club are being exhibited at Hos tetter's B anque t He ll. dinner guests were: Miss Bessie Lancaster, of the ‘faculty at St. be i , Y & {hicks Joseph's Hospital, Miss Mary Vin Meg Jon Bub Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wolf and Miss Lois Sweigart, all of Elizabethtown; Mr. and Mrs. Hackenberry and children Richard, Gilbert, Shelby and Barry. Paul, their oldest son is serving in the Air Force in Lon- don, England and was unable to be present. ima GA iti SOCIETY NO. 8 MEETS AT MAYTOWN SATURDAY Society of Farm Women No. 8 will meet Saturday at 2:00 o’- clock at the home of Mrs. Chas. Felty at Maytown. Mrs. Ray- mond Heisey will be the guest, speaker. Co-hostesses are Mra. | Lewis Bixler, Mrs. John Warfel Mrs. Harold Endslow and Mrs. Jay Brandt. . | rm INJURES WRIST FROM FALL Mrs. Barl Miller, N. High St., this boro, fell Sunday on the “ps at the home of a neighbor was admitted to the St. | ve s hospital suffering from i of the left wrist. Joy Remembrance Commitiee. Corps. Recruit Depot there. ho. a al bo Courtesy—Otticial Marine Corps 8 Marine Private First Class William J. Miller reading a copy of The Bulletin while relaxing in his barracks at Parris Island, South Carolina. Pfc. Miller is one of the many ser- | vice boys who are receiving the Bulletin free of charge by the Mt. is shown above He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, Newtown and re- cently completed ten weeks of recruit training at the Marine Of $62.44 Given To Remm. Com. Last week Committee re ‘Thank Offering the Remembrance ceived a note and y check the Mount Joy Ministerial Association $64- 44. This was the from for offering taken at the United Brethren Church in Mt. Joy The Newtown United Breth ren Church a'so sent a donation The tend their sincere the money wishes 10 ex thanks for ail received from these committee churches A donation was also received from Jack Brenneman Our sin cere thanks to Jack and Mrs. We want to say wel come back to civilian life again. The topic of discussion at the, meeting held Monday, Dec. 8th was whether to dissolve the Committee when the funds are exhausted or to hand the money over organization wishes to carry tee's work. who on the Commit to any (Turn to page 1) Students To Give Christmas Party The Mount Joy High Band and Chorus will present. a Christmas program in the high school auditorium Wednesday evening at 8 p. m. Part I of the with a Candle The present to be School next open Light cessional. wiil then mas Story’ pro- “The C ig 5 narrated y | Part II of the program find the Music Dept. presenting {a play “Why The Chimes Rang" | i This is under the directory of | Miss Catherine Zeller and Mr Thanksgiving | local program will | Santa, visited Way's 3and and Chorus | wl 'Emphasized At Local H. S. SANTA COMES TO TOWN | | 1 Tl | | . time tting on her for Christmas. having a good him to bring seems to be would like and little Susan Ann Hostet ter tells the merry old fellow what she { Santa's knee as she Traffic Safety Mount Joy Stores| k Kiddies Xmas Jammed With Theatre Party ' XmasMerchandise On Wed. Dec. 24 ————— { { m7 3 J, George Houck. | Traffic safety was emphasized | Stores To Remain wv: alter 8. Ebe crsole Post, Ne The Cast are as follows: Hol- . ., 185 will have their annual 9) . in Mount Joy High School from | St ti ; YE os ger --A. Fish; Steen - Barry p..omber 1-5 through a pro- | | Open Evenings arting c hildren’s Christmas Party at Barnhart; Uncle Bertel - C. Ro A ; the Mount Joy Theatre Wednes- : sram sponsored by the Atlantic | ; ) venolt; The Old Woman - Con- 2 SER ‘ in i aria . Friday, Dec. 12 day afternoon, December 24th, Refining Company in conjunc- | nie Lane; Angel Ronnie Jean |; i or | at two o'clock. Doors will open tion with the school. | Starting Friday, December 12 a Reese; Rich Man Ken Good; mr . wapal Yay at 1:30 p. m. ; Mis I'wo dual control cars were { M \t Jov stores will keep open : _ . Courtier - Clair Wagner; Beau-| 4 pv the company represen- | ount . : cided All children of the communi- tiful Woman Rachel Lehman; Mr. Joseph Moffatt “nd | very night until Christe ty up to and including the age | Young Girl - Betty Lou Frank; Mr Wm WoPadden to {ake Ihe stores this year are jammed ¢ {welye vears are invited. King Charles Ashenfelter; ,,. i: hol ry rion | With Christmas merchandis® | pjease bear in mind this is a : vas those students who have drivers | { priced to make your Christ} pap i Sa ; Priest - Owen Phillips; Jay ,. 4 hic {and i ( ¢ : party for the small fry, as here- i over a course which oney reach further | tofor anv ; ry 2 Barnhart will be at the organ, id ons mone, | tofore too many teenagers at- they have mapped out When Merchants stated today : , ras James Drohan, member of the = . rr >) 3 tenrer and there was little or : : . each student had coveré&d the | the merchandise is so varied], : : ; Senior Cast is in charge of the , he was given an evalua jade. morc 84 no room for the little tots for ji seenery. ar iui and ce | that if it isn't on display In the) whom the party is intended. ) gi suggest- {nro staves. it's aw wll i a It promises to be a fine pro ere made for Wupraving Mount Joy stores, it simply can Santa will greet the kiddies gram. An offering will be lifted tons wen i : 2 Inot be purchased anywhere and present each one with a { ; his faults. Some students who There are toys of all deserip-| gift. [to help defray expenses. Fave Diconses were taken lore yi : if A do not have licenses were 1: ken | tion, gloves, shirts, dresses, Tr along at various times to receive | _ . Santi: a | suits, jewelry, electrical appli ‘World- Wide Mission some driving pointers. lances of all description, Radio Magician At Dedication Sund Those students who took the | is televisions. awic. ac $0 ay test were Marcellus Goodling, ries—in fact you can ha ev | At E-town Church Thomas Kear, Clair Waser | exything for baby to grandma =" Rotary Banquet | Beverly Boyd, Peter Koder, land it is all freshly reccived | The annual Christmas Offer- James Schopf, Charles Roven- merchandise The best that 1 Theat 6 { . 4 : al os SPY ; ane Greiner. | : ‘hicke ise are ling for World-wide Missions olt, Jerry Lutz, Jane Greiner, | can buy at prices you Chickens that disappe red, | will be dedicated at the morn- Lucille Martin, Ruth Messick, | qn afford to, pay. Do your Xmas | ards that seemed to jump from | ing worship hour this coming Vivian Metzler, Mary Bailey, | chopping now and do it in Mi. one envelope to another ‘were | {Sunday at 10:30, in the Wash- Roberta Frank, Jay Barnhart, | y,y. only two of the mystifying | | ington Street Church of the James Drohan, Ben Clinger, | cimetidine tricks performed by Clint Ried- Brethren, Elizabethtown. The Ronald Garlin, Shirley Eby, T Ch E t d el and Company for the Rotar- l goal of this year's offering is $5- Marian Rutt, Mary Thome, Don | wo oirs nrer aine ians, Rotary Anns and guests and is (Turn to Page 7) After Presenting Cantata at the Ladies Night Banquet {,000.00, | various the program across the world. At the evening service at 7:30 the Senior Choir of the Church parts of in support of the | Church’; -— held Tuesday evening at Hostet- ' 18th Annual K high WE WELCOME YOUR NEWS Club, Parties, Social, Parties, Scout, Auxiliaries, Church. PHONE MT. JOY 3-9661 —— $2.00 a Year in Advance sas =] Carol Service At Donegal H. S. Christmas held in The 18th Annual Carol Service will be December 22, 7:45 p. m. Eugene Saylor, music supervisor will direct the three choirs and | Stanley E. Dotterer, science in- structor, will accompany the groups. The choirs totaling 200 voices are the Songsters, stu- dents from the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades of the Florin Wash- ington Elementary School and the Maytown Elementary School; the Choralaires from | the junior high school and high school choir. Members of the school choir are Laura Rinehart, Jane Landis, Nancy | Hanshue, Ann Siegrist, Jeanne | Mitchell, Cynthia Brandt, Hel- len Leese, Judy Martin, Ann | Young, Barbara Martin, Josie Sue Ann Watts, Doris | McKee, Jeanne Gingrich, Betsy | Mumma, Rhoda Weaver, Nancy Smith, Anna Heller, Jerri Cody, | | Saundra Forwood, Shirley Von | Stetten, Audrey Singer, Yvonne ' Brubaker, Carolyn Weaver, Ruth Horning, Patsy Wolfe, Fanny Snyder, Arlene Robinson Mildred Baker, Joyce McMillan ‘Sarah Singer, Betsy Musser, | (From page 8) 2D > er meinen ‘Employees Share In Bonus Employees of the G. C. Mur- phy Company's local store participated in the distribution on December 11 of the firm's annual Christmas Gift Bonus. In commenting on the Christ- mas Gift Bonus Plan, Wm. C. Schmidt, Manager of the local store, stated that it has been in effect for over 25 years. The Murphy Manager announcing the payment of the Christmas Gift Bonus to the store employ- ees expressed his appreciation for their splendid cooperation and faithful service and at the same time hoped it would make their Christmas Season more enjoyable. In addition to this Christmas Gift Bonus, the Com- pany offers its employees sev- cral other benefits which in- clude a very liberal vacation policy, Company paid life insur- ance, sickness and retirement benefits and a wage increment system based on service. The Christmas Gift Bonus is shared by all employee, except officers and others in executive capacities, working 20 or more ; hours per week who have com- 1 pleted at least six months’ ser- vice. Newly eligible employees receive $5, and amounts range up to $80 for those with 15 or more years of service. Six em- ployees in the local store re- [ceived a gift bonus. A total of several thousand qualified employees in the Com- ( pany’ s 295 stores, the General | Offices and Warehouse in Me- Keesport and the Buying Office | , i a ar. ters. and Style Center in New York | Choir Of Sixty Voices The choirs of the St. Mark's 1 40 oc presented with City received cash Christmas Evangelical U. B. Church, this Gift Bonuses a corsage and a At Landisville Church boro and Church of God, Eliza Handkerchief, and, after enjoy- Christmas | amounting to more than $200,000. | Frolics Ala Mode ‘Theme For Lion's Xmas Party | | | | | | The Lion’s Club will hold [their annual Christmas party and Ladies Night next Tuesday evening at Hostetter’'s banquet hall. The theme for this year’s | program is “Frolics Ala Mode”. Each member is requested to bring a packaged “white ele- will join with the E-town Col- ———— bethtown, were entertained in|. . | legé Choir, in presenting the| The 60 voice mixed chorus of | the social room of St. Mark's on | DE 8 turkey dinner, watched | Christmas Cantata. “Come Let the East Hempfield High School |gunday evening after present tiedel perform his mystifying Us Adore Him." Galen’ W. Herr will present a vesper musical | jpg their caitata. | tricks. Everyone seemed to | will direct the combined Choirs at the Landisville , Church of | Duets were sung by Robert | | thoroughly enjoy the evening of | of 75 voices. Lorraine Stehman God this Sunday afternoon at|and James Reisch, a solo by] Xrarm to page 3) will be the organ accompanist, 4 p. m. | Robert Reisch. Mrs Arthur | i i and soloists will be: Marian The church choir under the [Sprecher gave a reading. Re- Lt. Heilig And His Meyer, Walter Gingrich, Mrs. direction of Miss Mary Louise |freshments were served to 110 Charles Ziegler, Mr. and Mrs. Grube, is sponsoring the pro- | guests. Approximately 500 at- Family Returning From [Paul Alwine, and Mr. and Mrs. | gram. The Chorus, directed by | tended the cantata. Cermany Matthew Meyer. | Russell Getz, will sing a varied | — — as | Bg J het will The Covers To Lecture io RD Jan nr | Miss Jes Lon e U. S. Air Force, and bro- ! 26 Aux. Members sing a solo the “Christmas Can- At Reich’ S Church Sun. j ther of James Heilig, local fune- Enjoy Xmas Party dle”. Miss Shirley Hollinger | w——————— ral director, is returning to the | | will be the accompanist. Soloists| The Reverend Dr. and Mrs. States with his family after be- | The annual Christmas party to be featured with’ the chorus Howard Cover, Landisville, re- ing in Germany the past three | lof the American Legion Auxili-|are the Misses Sandra Miller, [tired missionaries to India, will | years. lary was attended by twenty-six |Fern Redcay, and Jean Longe- speak in the Reich’s Evangelic-| His wife, Betty, two sons, Bob | | members on Tuesday evening at the Legion Home. During the business meeting la letter was read from their |adopted boy at the Scotland School, asking for a woolen cap (Twn to Page 6) necker, also Lee Kunkel, Albert al Congregational Church Sun- and Gary, and daughter Lynn | Lee and Philip Holtzapple. { day morning. have been living in Germany | The success of this musical| Mrs. Cover will address will make this an annual occas-| Sunday School at the | during that time. 9:30 a. m.| Lt Heilig will be transferred | sion for the music lovers of Lan- {and Dr. Cover will be guest duty with the Light Bomber disville, said the Rev. E. T. Til- speaker for the annual Thank- Group at Bowling Air lett, pastor of the church. | (Turn to page 3) Base. Washington, ID. C, > | phant” for a hilarious gift ex- {change. The table decorations are being made by the Club's sponsored Brownies. | Special Christmas music, with | Mr. Warren Foley, vocal soloist, entertainment. Force jor be a part of the evening's - [EP