The Bulletin MOST Circulation Now Has Reached 2300 The Mount Joy B MINUTE WEEKLY I N L ANC A 1letin COUNTY WE WELCOME YOUR NEWS Club, Parties, Social, Parties, Scout, Auxiliaries, Church. PHONE MT. JOY 3-9661 I 31 L 11, NO. VOL. Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday “Afternoon, January 1, 1953 If You Smell Chlorine In The Water, Don’t Get Ex- cited, Just Let It Stand 909% of w ter Pi | Are 2 Inderore nd gw ‘Snowshoe Rabbit In Service Season Te Start January 1s 1st for a| will For a number of the Miller, | snowshoe rabbit (varying hare) season has extended from Xmas Day through New Year's Day. the | all water | If you smell chlorine in water, don't get excited, you need to do is let the stand in an open vessel short time and the odor disappear, stated Sam President of the Borough Water | Authority, today. The chlorine | will be more noticeable than This time it runs from January before the improvement as the 1953, to January 10th, in water was pumped directly in [ clusive. The Game Commission an open reservoir where most | believed the latter period would of the chlorine evaporated be- | be more desirable and more sea- fore entering the water pipes in | sonal for hare hunting. The gun- the borough, while today, most [ning hours, every day of season | ” ai y of the water reaches town via are 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. The daily the new creek route. | limit in snowshoes is again two, The main object of the Auth- | the season limit six. ority of the Mount Joy Water For the most part, the moun Improvement program, said Mr. (tainous northern _counties are Miller, is to improve the present | the home territory of Pennsvi- system and make it modern and | vania’s snowshoe rabbits. In the efficient in every way with the |absence of snow these white least outlay of money. Before | coated animals stand out in the work was started, many | sharp contrast to the dark back- hours were spent by those in ground, and short-legeed hounds charge, with the consultant en-|bursue the wide.circling ‘“rab- gineer, Mr. Joseph Michels, of | Pits” more easily. It is under Dallastown. [such conditions that compara- At the present time about tively large kills are made. In ninety percent of the pipes are | deep snow the situation is cuite under ground, and service, | different. Only long-legged All fire plugs are in with the | hounds are effective then, and exception of new plugs at the | hunters need sharp eyes to de- corner of Marietta and New | fect the ghostlike hares, whose Haven streets and on Pinkerton | dusky ears and brown eyes pro- Road at the corner of the new vide the only-contrasts to the Standard Corp. white background. Sizes of Pipes And There are still enough Their Purpose shoe rabbies in areas Before the improvement one State to provide this ® ft. pipe ran from the pumping | Winter sport for hunters. How- (Turn to page 3) ever, a too-abundant deer herd —— Goes mms over many years has drastically reduced the snowshoe opula- Complete Tests ca tion. De ey have, 0 a great ex- tent, destroved the food and cover so essential to the varying hare’s prosperity. A Brattleboro, Vt., -— Several | YOUNG Farmer Group registered Holstein - Friesian | Plans 4- Day Meeting cows in the herd of Joseph A.| Hook & Herman Ginder, Jr. | Mount Joy, Pa., have completed official production tests under the Herd Department Registry rules. vears, 1st, in snow- of the special The Jongest series of meetings | scheduled by any agricultural group at the Pennsylvania Farm | Show during the week of Janu- lary 12.16 is the four-day pro- Testing was supervised by | gram arranged by the Pennsyl- Pennsylvania State College, in| yania young Farmers Associa- cooperation with the Holstein- "tion. Freisian Association of America | Roy W. Schlosser, Springboro Highest producer among Crawford county these was Cornell Lochdeen | of the organization. Superb with 549 pounds of but-|{ Young Farmer terfat and 16,528 pounds milk, |sessions start Tuesday produced on 2 milkings daily in| J 365 days at the age of 2 years 7 | { Education Building with a meet- months. Her record averages | |ingof the executive approximately 21 quarts milk | where delegates from local daily for the period covered by county associations will be her test. [vited to participate in Another high producer was! sions. Committee RMF Spitfire Kate with 525] land nominations of officers pounds of butterfat and 15 5,772 | included in the pounds of milk, produced on 2 sessions and those on Thursday | milkings daily in 365 days at the | will be business meetings and age of 5 years 5 months. Her |the series closes with a meeting record averages approximately | of the executive committee on 20 quarts of milk daily for the | Friday morning, last day of the period covered by her test. Farm Show. Will Round Out 26 Years As Peace Officer Feb., 1st appointed Chief Burgess of Mt. Joy to fill the unexpired term of Thomas J. B. Brown, who had resigned. He was re-elected to this office in 1949, serving two years but resigned in March 1, 1951. Zerphey served as a special {deputy sheriff from January 1932, until appointed to a full uty Sheriff Zerphey’s career as|time deputy by Sheriff Lane. a peace officer. On that date he|On January 1952, he was ap- was elected constable for Mount | pointed to the Mt. Joy Borough and in November of the|Council to fill the unexpired year was appointed Chief |term of Clayton Newcomer, Police, serving in that capa- Who resigned, and has been city until the first Monday in serving as president of that January, 1948, when he was ap- body of men. pointed deputy sheriff under the' Deputy Sheriff Zerphey and present regime of Sheriff A. W.| Mrs. Zerphey reside at the Mil- Lane. ler apartments, on West Main In March, 1949, Zerphey was, Street, Mount Joy. is afternoon and February 1, 1953 1953 will mark another milestone in the life of Elmer L. Zerphey, deputy Sher- iff and president of Mount Joy Borough Council. On that date, Mr. Zerphey will round out 26 years of his life serving as peace officer. : The first day of February, 1927 was the beginning of Dep- a Joy same of . . | Association = Winte Chief “Let’s fa | {ance of motorists t president | ter's worst weather round the The is not too 1 chie anuary 13, in the Forum of the | winter driving hazards that lic | ahe ad and committee’ to follow. The rule tensive types of w ommendati 1. Get ti Try your while driving slowly from other just how s 2. Slow speed to road and weather con- ditions so you can stop or mane uver safely. 3. Keep snow ‘and ice, fog and frost. 4. Pump your down or st faces. Jamming the Jock the w car into a 5 Keep well and give y 6. Use and ice. Chief Neiss explained that re inforced ty car at 20 miles per hour to stop|for the National Foundation for in about 77 feet on glare 40 feet on hard packed snow. At|any the same tires take about 188 feet to stop | like to help for just one hour in on glare ice and about 60 feet|this project, to stop on ,according | Council tests, he said. Lie Ahead, Says | Park Neiss warned s are the tests conducted discus-| {he past 12 years by the appoint ments | mittee on Winter Hazards of the are National Wednesday | committee has tested pass Follow at a safe tire chains Ie ib May the New Year bring you every promise of good health and happiness. . . and leave you with each promise richly fulfilled. May each day unfold new opportunities for warm friendship and solid achievement . « . and each month be a milestone in your steady forward march to better things, May 1953 prove one of the brightest pages in your memory book . . . because of what it did for you... your loved ones... your country . . ..your world! (RT | Carpenter, Inc. Street Lights Replaced | . Entertains Employees |In Landisville, Salunga Daniel Brandt | The Henry G All the treet igh bulbs Who Toured The [West At 84, Dies Company. this the villages of Landisville r Hazards Ins. their banquet for Friday at Thirty- present to enjoy the including Mr. G. Carpenter Gatfin of Phil- should the | in and Carpenter boro, held annual their Bennett's Christmas Salunga have been replaced ac- cording to Mr. packer, Distret umbia District Mr. burned out Penny- Col- employees on Restaurant. Thomas Manager, Parke Neiss who cap of Lan- two were turkey dinner, Mrs. Henry Mrs. Anna J adelphia, who is spending holidays here Carpen- Daniel Geib Brandt, all | tured the imagination street light bulbs | caster by calling Joy embarking on a ji Joy 3-3611 Columbia | tour the west at the age of] 2151 and they will be replac | eighty- four—died at 1:20 p. m ed within 24 to 48 hours after | Wednesday at his Dauphin Co. the Pennsylvania Power & Light | home. Company has been notified. He had been in ill health . ‘March of Dimes NN | several weeks and had marked result of ex Navy Man Home | his birthday on during | To Start Jan. 29 For The Holidays July 13. Com- Chief of police Mount Joy man win ce it, Pennypacker says and oday. “Old and be reported six week's | is Just a or of corner.’ with the still the proverbial f pointed out it ters to prepare for ate listed six rules for Brandt made his home with a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Schroll, bethtown R2, near Deodate. Joseph F. Coover, USN, ar- rived here Monday before Xmas | for two week visit with his | He was a native of Milton Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. | | Grove, Mt. Joy Township, and Coover, Hopewell street, this | was a son of the late John and boro. { Fannie Geib Brandt. His He is serving aboard the USS |wife was the former Mary Ran- Black destroyer since February | | dler. and will rejoin his crew at Nor- Brandt was folk, Virginia on January 5th to| years preceding 1918 by the ship out on a cruise. Cameron Estates, in East Done- my gal Township, He then accepted | employment with the Bachman Chocolate Manufacturing Co., Mount Joy, and he retired in 1942. He was a member of the Mt. Joy Mennonite Church. In May of last year, rant and a brother-in-law, Abram Weaver, Landisville, set out on a six weeks tour of the western states, visiting nieces and neph- ews in Montana, gon and Washington. The trip was Brandt's first to the west and it fulfilled a long- held desire. He is survived by his daugh-| ter, Jennie, the wife of Roy C. Schroll, and with whom he re- sided; a second daughter, Stella, Jacob R. Corll, Public Ac-|wife of Morris G. countant, announced today that | bethtown R1, and two sons, he has moved from his former | Harry R., of Hershey, and Wil- location, 29 W. Main Street to | liam R., Blossburg. the Joy Theatre Building, mt. | Two brothers, Aaron G., Eliz- Joy (Turn to page 2) The Annual Mothers’ march On Polio Thursday Council. The perform- all rec- Safety : be conducted on 929 will a evening, January i953 all over the United States Lancaster County Chap- on Its cars inter roads. ons are: 1e “feel” brakes ssenger parents, land the of the road. : ter occasionally, and away traffic, to find out lick the road is. down. Adjust For Infantile Paralysis is this year co-operating with this national project. | The Mothers’ dramatic one-hour March On Polio your iq porch-1 light | elimax to the Dimes. It is held at | end of the It will be held in Lancaster conducted Annual March the as a wind- canvass, as a Daughter Born To Wife Of Navy Man Williams, USN, sgn of Mr. Williams, this boro, former Miss of windshield clear of very campaign engineman and John H. first class, | Mrs. John and his wife the Mary Ugarwovick, of Bisbee, Arizona, recently became the parents of a baby girl. Williams is presently serving | in the engineering department | aboard the submarine USS Dio- don which is engaged in train- ing units of the U. S. Fleet and air arm in anti-submarine war- fare. brakes to slow slippery brakes can heels and throw your | dangerous skid. In distance. | Polio back of the car ahead ourself room to stop. ! on snow up. in all the and districts of the county. Mount Joy, the March staged Thursday, between the hours of 7 and 8, as the wind-up event| of the 1953 March of Dimes, it | was announced today by Christ- Rudy, County director of! annual fund-raising appeal ob on sur- villages and boroughs on is to be 29, January an pe chains enable the rr ——— MOVES OFFICE If there are interested would Infantile Mothers or in Mt. Joy Paralysis. other who ice in| “winterized” speed, | people will they please get hard packed snow,|in touch with Mrs. Vera E. Al- to National Safety | bert, 330 N. Barbara St. Phone [3-5181 ail Countians 19 months ago for | Eliza- | late | employed for. 25 Wyoming, Ore- | Reem, *Eliza- $2. 00 a Year in Advance Believe It Or Not, Tt Is As Simple As Your ABC's States Mr. Sam Miller Narrow Escape When Car Drops 15 Ft. Into Creek | Do vou want to know why | vou had to shovel more coal on | the fire today than you did yes- fine Sr or why that one day last summer was hotter than the other days, To know all this there are only a few simple and workable rules than anyone can | learn, stated Sam Miller, local weather procastinator. All you have to do is remem- ber that the sun rules during the day time and the moon at night—when the sun high [ north in the summertime its the warmest and when it low south in the winter time, that's the time to shovel more coal in the furnace. 365Y; days is a sun cycle, and it is as simple as ABC stated Miller. The moon, same man es when guard A Mount Joy R. D caped serious injury [op plunged through | rail and dropped 15 feet into a | cree 'k when he fell asleep at the | his | a is | wheel of his car. Allen R. Fisher, | Mount Joy R2, | from Manheim about 5: Friday morning fell asleep at the wheel of his car and hit the | | guard rails, knocking over four | [ rails and dropping down 15 | as the sun when high north, re- | foot embankment into the Chic-' flects the most heat and when jose creek landing on its top. | low reflects the least amount of age 20, of is driving home 5:30 a. m. | a Fisher was thrown from his car | heat which may scem simple to | into the creek. A passing motor- | everyone, but, says Miller, [ist found him and rushed him | there is a joker to this, if the to the St. Joseph’s hospital in| moon is high north and is as [full as it will be on December | Lancaster. The accident occurred just 30, 1952 and if other planets do not interfere, we can expect | east of town on the Harrisburg | { road near the bridge. |W armer weather than normal State police investigated the | for a few days. If the moon is | accident reported Fisher suffer-|low south and full, we can again led lacerations of the middle | ¢¥pect above normal weather | finger, brush burns and a cut | [for the day time but it will be | forehead. The car, 1952 Ford | cooler at night. | sedan ° was demolished. t When the moon { I south and a new moon, that’s when you get out the extra blankets for your bed for it will be cold at night for a week or But, don't rush for blankets because this temperature will only | come to pass provided no other | planets interfere during these | days with the moon or other { planets. It’s as simple as that, stated Mr. Miller. Now, remem- | ber this, when the moon is a- bove the Equator and in Perigee at that time, the moon has the | strongest effect on the weather. (Turn to Page 6) To Welcome New Mt. Joy Residents WELCOME TO MOUNT JOY, the local Joy-Cees (women of the Junior Chamber [ Commerce), will go into op- January 1 “Mount year’s resolution to moving into the a € is at low Jad Ton Days. [50s those moon i | Chief of | reported two one for and Police Parke Neiss| automobile viola- driving without a one reckless | tions, | licenses | driving. | Jay Groff, Manheim R4, { arrested December 23rd for | driving without a license. At an { immediate hearing held before | Squire he was commit- | | ted to jail for 10 days in default $50 fine. This was Groff's { fourth offense for driving with- {out a license, taymond T. Cunningham, of | Elizabethtown was arrested on | 23rd by Chief Neiss lon a reckless driving charge. A} (hearing was held Squire | Brown was fined $10 and Q for was drown, | of | December a project of before I ] and he costs | enti i eration as 1Joy’s new | A Family Re-union | new | borough of Mount Joy.” On Christmas Day }Dorongh of Youn; Lo : If you have just moved into — | WV y y . : y + Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Mouri Joy, you probably don > . a wa : iknow where to find things, Ropka, Donegal Springs Road, | vats. J : | where to shop and you have | this boro, had a family gather : ps : +1... | questions about your new home, | ing on Christmas Day. Their | { . : vou feel slightly lost. But, from | two daughters and families and | v bs : ha : {now on, you'll be officially | son Lawrence, who is with the . ran Ais Tn | greeted by the members of the U. S. N. Air Force, were home. 3 1 Jov.C You'll 'bav They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard a > 1 ou ay BH ral [2 8) | « > S ~4 RS 1 S Trivett, Tacoma Park, Mary j¢ ARs a J ues ons | - £ & ry re ¥ Ee land; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dun- | ana q ang ; A yO Fot Par and children. Gavic and | =F e riends in this new town! hi dis | WELCOME TO MOUNT JOY Barbie-Jo fs the first bi oF bs | 18 » * a » The son, A-3 Lawrence Ropka | Is 3 iret. ig of the arrived home by plane Wednes- Do 3 Joy-Cees and day from Sampson Air | had been Hosted for a three-fold 4 - 2 Base, Geneva, New York. {From page 2) . 3 —— Ieee en Son Transferred He is being transferred from HOLLY AND PANSIES Sampson to Ellington Air Base, There 1s something unusual Texas and is home on leave un- happening on Main street in Mt. | til January 6th when he begins | Joy—right under your very | as an Aviation Cadet at|nose—but, we're wondering how many know it! It’s hard to believe anyway-—- not in dead-winter, freezing weather, Christmas decorations, etc., does one expect to see hap- jrenings like this. Curious? Well, { citizens Force | | | We $394 Collected In Parking Meters For The Last Two Weeks for two weeks, or more, under ire hit the pine tree in Rev. Ranck’s [ting an all time high. It was re- | front yard is a pansy plant still ported that for the two | blooming. Today there are two | weeks the parking public paid : jj Sowers in full bloom defying | total of $394.00. jee winter weather. | a aa It was first seen on | Fire Co. Meeting | on which the town’s Christmas decorations went up. Rememb- Postponed To Jan. 8 er how bitter cold it was? We Due to New Year's falling on | thought it was Easter instead of the regular meeting night of the| Christmas. The Birth of Christ Friendship Fire Co. No. 1, this | and the Resurrection! Those | boro, the meeting will be post- | little pansies fit in the picture poned to Thursday, January 8, | as much as the holly and misle- Ji at 7:30 p.m toe do. {5 Thé parking meters last the day |
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