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Club, Parties,
Scout,
PHONE MT. JOY 3-9661
Auxiliaries,
VOL. LII, NO, 39
Passion Play
Social, Parties,
Church,
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The Bulletin
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Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday
Afternoon, February 26, 1
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$2.00 a Year in Advance
To
In Zembo Mosque For Four
Days Starting March 16th
The twenty-second annual
Passion Play of Harrisburg will
be presented in Zembo Mosque,
Third and Division Sts., Har-
risburg, at 8 P. M. on March 16,
17, 18 and 19. Now an integral
part of the Community's Len-
ten Season, the Harrisburg Pas-
sion Play portrays the last part
of the Community's Lenten
Season, the Harrisburg
Play portrays the last week in
the earthly life of Jesus of Naz
areth in its entirety, beginning
with the triumphal entry into
Jerusalem. The entire cast of
over one hundred volunteer ac-
tors appear in the Market Place
and Temple scenes, seeing the
miracles and hearing the teach-
ings of Jesus. The authentically
executed costumes intensify the
plotting of the priests the Last
Supper, the betrayal pact, the
arrest in the Garden of Geth-
semane, and the several trial
scenes. Continuous narration,
using the public address system
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VEW To Sponsor
Tournament
The Mount Joy Veterans of
Foreign Wars will sponsor a
Marble Tournament in the near
future. The VFW hopes to make
this a bigger and better event
than ever before and urge all
varents to help in getting their
children to participate in_. this
event.
The object of this tournament
is to get every boy in our com-
munity interested and
ing in the tournament. By so
doing, we are employing the
youth of our community in an
interesting and competitive
hobby; thereby encouraging the
proper use of their leisure time
in addition to winning some
wonderful prizes.
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There is a change in the elig
ibility rule for contestants in
this years event in the age lim-
it. Contestants, have
reached his 15th birthday on or
prior to April 15, 1953.
The local winner will be giv-
en the opportunity to
in the District Tournament. The
District Champion will then
compete for the Department
Tournament which will be held
in Tyrone, Pa., Saturday. May
25, 1953. The winner of the De
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Don’t Forget-The
Square Dance !
cannot
A Square Dance will be held
Friday evening in the Mt. Joy
High School from 8 to 11 o’-
clock. It is the first dance of
this kind to be held at the
school for quite some time and
promises to be an evening of
great enjoyment. Bert Witten-
burg will be the caller.
The dance is being sponsored
by the Senior Class.
er eee
Lion Divet
Addresses
Florin Club
The Florin Lions Club
dressed by Dick Divet, presi-
dent of the Mount Joy Lions
Club, at the regular meeting
held Monday evening at 7:30.
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Lion Divet gave a very inter- |
esting talk on Lionism and gave
helpful advise .to the newly
formed Florin club.
It was decided at this meet-
ing that Charter Night will be
held on March 23 at 7 p.m. at
the Hotel ‘Brunswick, Lancast-
er.
Passion |
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compete
Bishop Ulery
‘Will Speak On
Mission Tour
Bishop and Mrs. Carl J
ery of Springfield, Ohio, who
| recently returned {from a Mis-
| sion tour around the world,
| will speak and show pictures of
Africa, India, Palestine, Formo-
| sa and Japan in the Mount Joy
High School auditorium Satur-
day evening at 7:30 p. m. This
program is held under the aus-
pices of Foreign Mission Board
of the Brethren in Christ Chur-
ches. Other meeting to be held
in the B. C. churches are as fol-
lows: Sunday morning at 10-
:30, Cross Roads Church, near
Florin; Sunday Afternoon at
p. m., Mastersonville B. C.
Church; Sunday evening at 7 p.
m., Elizabethtown B. C.
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ch. Friday evening at 7:30 p.
m. Pequea Church, near Dan-
ville.
Bishop Ulery is treasurer of
the Foreign Mission Board and
Mrs. Ulery represents Women's
Missionary Prayer Circles.
Bishop Ulery will speak and
illustrate what they have seen
in the far corners of the world.
The public is invited to attend
these services. ai
ere el lass
Women Marin
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Sergeant Barbara L.
Woman Recruiter in Charge, U.
through the cooperation of
Charles Bennett, local postmas-
ter, take-one cards have been
cards are for young women be-
tween the ages of 18 and 30.
If you
coming one of today’s smart
Women Marines sign and drop
the post paid card in the mail
and a personal
be arranged.
A place in the Women Mar-
ines now means pleasant com-
panionship, lasting friendships
with people from many walks
of’ life ,and the inner serenity
which comes to the one who
knows that she has served her
country honorably and well.
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‘Mt. Joy Paper Box
Co. To Expand
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The Mount Joy Paper Box
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are
Company, Inc., expects to break
| ground this week for an expan-
| sion program that had been
| planned some time ago.
| Mr. Loren Somers of the Mt.
Joy Paper Box Company, stated
today that due to the growth of
| their business, it is necessary to
| add 6000 feet of floor space.
| The contemplated structure
be a two story building
{and a one story warehouse.
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' Shooting Match, Mar. 21
Beginning Saturday, March
21st and every week thereafter
| the American Legion Post No.
185 will sponsor shooting
matches, to be held at the Leg-
ion Home
For Scout Work
Held On Saturday
Troop?
What is a Girl Scout
(What is a Troop Committee’
| What Does a Committee do?
| With whom does it work? Can
{1 do a better Job by being In
formed?
| All the answers to these
questions, and will be
| gratified to those who are in-
| terested in Scout and Commit-
| tee wotk by coming to the
| Northwestern Girl Scout Dis-
trict Training sessions to be
| held Saturday from 10 to 3 p.m.
at the Trinity Lutheran Church
If you cannot come
| whole day try to come for one
| of the sessions, at least, urges
Mrs. Henry Musser, Mt. Joy
i District chairman. The purpose
|of these are to better
acquaint and train workers to
make their scout work more en-
lightening. A luncheon will be
| served from 12 noon to
| Mrs. Clyde Eshelman
the church hostess.
Participating in the sessions
are: Mrs. A. P. Bertolette, Man-
heim, who will speak on “How
to Visit a Troop.” Mrs. Anna
Ruth Hess, Elizabethtown, her
topic will be “How to do Train-
ing for Neighborhood Scouts”,
also Mrs. W. Scott Heisey, of
Rheems. district director; Mrs.
Hubert Peters, Columbia; Mrs.
Edward Lane, Mt. Joy, organi-
zation committee council; Mrs.
Arthur Mayer, Mt. Joy, nomina-
tionn membership committee;
Mrs. Raymond Gilbert, Mt. Joy;
and Mrs. Elsie Lefever, of this
boro, who has charge of the
luncheon reservations.
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for the
sessions
will be
FBI To Hold |
Training School
At Columbia
The Mount Joy police depart-
ment takes advantage of the
Advanced Police Training |
School, crime should be at its|
lowest ebb in the borough. |
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| made for an Advanced Police |
Porter, | Training
held at Columbia,
S. Marine Corps Recruiting, of [the sponsorship of the FBI and |
Philadelphia stated today, “That |the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Po-|
[lice
[Chief Eugene H. McManus, Co-
| lumbia, Pa.
placed in the post office. These |
| ial Agent in Charge of the Phil- |
| adelphia Office of the FBI, has
interested in be- | made available
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Final arrangements have been |
to
Pa.,
School be |
under |
Association, according to]
Ray J. Abbatiocchio Jr., Spec-
Special Agents
[to act as instructors in
forcement
be held in the Columbia High
School from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
on Monday and Wednesdays for
five consecuitve weeks. The op-
ening date will be March 2, ’53,
and the final session will be on
April 1, ’53. This school is con-
ducted without charge to the
individual or the department,
and all officers attending nine
out of ten sessions will receive
a Certificate of Achievement
issued by the Pennsylvania
Chiefs of Police Association.
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Girl Scouts Will
Collect Fat Saturday
A fat collection will be held
this Saturday by the Mount Joy
and Florin Neighborhood Girl
Scouts. The girls will begin col-
lections at 9 a. m. and asks that
the containers be put on the
porch or curb. The rain date
will be March 7.
Oyster & Ham Supper
An Oyster and Ham. Loaf
supper will be held from 4:30
to 8 p. m. in the Landisville
Fire Hall on February 28. It is
sponsored by the Ladies’ and
Men’s Bible Classes of the
J Church of God.
1 p. mj
Vetoes At United Nations
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J i ie I | Class C—Mt. Joy
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officers in Lancaster |
interview will |and York Counties. Classes will |
I Toni ud TAKING OFF THE ROSE COLORED GL
Be Held Training Sessions
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Joint School
Fur Flies As Schoolmen
Attempt To Get-To-
GetherOnSchoolGrades
Donegal Joint
opened their
Thursday night
with everyone seemingly in a
co-operative frame of mind, it
wasn’t long until vetoes were
flying around like a meeting of
the United Nations. The only
successful motion for the even-
ing was the motion to adjourn.
A. D. Seiler, jointure presi-
dent opened the meeting, ex-
plaining the problems now con-
fronting the school board. The
most urgent problem, stated
Seiler, was the problem of set-
ting up the mechanics for the
future administration of the
school.
Fireworks Start
Shortly after the meeting got
under way, the explosive issue
Although the
School Board
meeting last
tof future school administration
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Sacred Concert
Special
Celebration To Be
Sunday By H. S. |Held In Honor Of Pastor
Mixed Chorus
The Mixed Chorus of Mount
Joy High School, under the di-
rection of Mr. George Houck,
will present a sacred concert
in St. Mark's Evangelical Unit-
ed Brethren Church, Sunday
afternoon, March 1, at 4:00 o'-
clock. This program is spon-
Wagner
sixty
the
of the church, Clair
president. Approximately
local students compose
i chorus.
The numbers include
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County-Wide
‘Meeting For
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‘Farmers March 4
Farmers
{ Lancaster County
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cach
{are being robbed quietly
| year, often without noticing
losses. Various diseases attack-
‘For 50 Years Of Service
[Nearby Friends And
| Other Parishes To
| Join In Services
Rev. Q. A. Deck, pastor of the
| Evangelical Cong. Church here,
| was ordained to the ministry of
[his denomination. In recogni-
[tion of his fifty years of service,
| the local congregation, ‘his fam-
| Fifty years ago this month
“Alle- | ing growing grain in the field, | jy, and many friends are unit-
luia’” by W. James, will be sung | rob them of their ability to pro-|ing in a service of recognition,
by the Chorus; ‘Stay Close to
God,” by O'Hara, baritone solo
quality
quality
reduce
Low
"duce grain, or
{as well as yield
| Sunday at 2:30 P. M.
| The service will be in charge
i ine whe ark ~e . aa de
[by Clair Wagner: Sanctus, by !means lower price when mark- | of the Presiding Elder of this
{ Schubert, the chorus; a baritone | eted.
These diseases slip
in, |
district, Rev. H. S. Heflner.
colo by Peter Koder: Dear Land, work day and night and quietly | Representatives from the local
| of Home, by Sibelius, the chor-
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On Donegal’s
Board
policies was revived.
All directors present openly
agreed that ultimately. the ad-
ministration of grade 1 to 12
under the full control of the
joint board would become an
actuality. The tranquility of
the meeting exploded abruptly
when the directors attempted to
decide how and when this is to
be accomplished. The present
articles of agreement provided
only for board administration
of grades 7 to 12.
A test motion to end the con-
troversy once and for all by re-
writing the articles of agree-
ment to form a new jointure for
grades 1 to 12 was approved un-
animously by Mount Joy
Marietta.
But E. Donegal Twp. direct- |
ors immediately exercised their
power of veto to defeat the mo- |
tion. Although a strong majori- |
ty of the jointure directors
present was in favor of the
jointure extension, it was pos- |
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Basketball Play-
off Dates Given
Lancaster County has four
teams entering the PIAA Bask-
etball Championships this year.
They are:
H. S. and
Class B—Manor Twp. H. S.
Class A—Ephrata H. S.
Playoff dates are as follows:
District 3—Class C,
Ist Round, Thurs, Feb. 26th,
Mt. Joy drew a bye.
2nd Round, Monday, March
2nd, Mt. Joy vs. Robesonia at
Lebanon H. S.; East Lampeter
vs. Fleetwood at MecCaskey.
Semi-finals, Thurs., Mar 5.
Final, Mon., March 9th.
Interdistrict Place:
tion of first named district.
Fri.,, March 13th - East. 3 vs.
11; 2 'vs. 4,
Preliminary Regionals:
es not selected.
Wed., March 18th - 1 vs. 3 or
11; 12 vs. 2 or 4,
Final Regional:
not selected.
Mon., March 23rd - Winner of
},30rillvs. 2 4 or 12.
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Op-
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East Place
Bulletin Loses Printer
To The Armed Forces
Russell A. Smeltz, of Lancas-
ter, employee of the Bulletin in
the printing department, has
been inducted into the Armed
Forces and leaves Friday for
Camp Meade, Md.
Russell is a graduate of Stev-
ens Trade School and worked
for the Bulletin for the past six
months.
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New Broom - Yet!
The local Lion’s Club mem-
bers, in the near future, will be
knocking on your door. Don't
turn them away-—instead, buy
a good broom for that Spring
housecleaning!
Lion’s Clubs are known inter-
nationally for their great work
with the sightless, not only in
helping financially, but assist-
ing in the sale of products pro-
duced by them in the various!
Blind Association workshops.
The date for the sale drive of
the brooms, made by the blind,
will be announced in the near
future.
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F.Y.G. To Hold
Food Sale
The Florin Youth Fellowship
group met Sunday evening in
the social room of the Gloss-
brenner E. U. B. Church. The
program was in charge of Vi-
vien Gable, Sallyann Wisegarv-
er and Kenneth Wittle. A Bibic-
al quiz was enjoyed by all.
Food Sale
The F. Y. G. will conduct a
food sale at the church on Sat-
urday at 10 a. m. The proceeds
will be used for the renovation
for the Youth Department.
A religious film will be
shown in the social rooms of
the church on Sunday, March 1
at 6:30 p. m. The public is in-
vited to attend. This program
is also sponsored hy the Y. F. G.
us; O Be Joyful, by Harding, a
tenor solo, David Weidman;
The Lord My Shepherd,
by Cain, the Chorus;
Right Where I Am, by Snyder,
baritone solo. Ken Good; Like
As A Father, author unknown,
the chorus. Accompanists will
be Elinor Lane and Jay Barn-
hart.
Preceding the
votional service will be con-
ducted by members of the
Commission on Evangelism and
Stewardship of the Youth Fel-
lowship of which Bill Eby
serves as chairman. A silver of-
fering for the youth work of the
church will be received.
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Delays Seen In
Admitting Mt. Joy
Twp. Into Jointure
William B. Arnold, solicitor
for both the E. Donegal Joint
School Board and School Auth-
ority, stated last week there
would be delays in admitting
Mount Joy Twp. into the joint-
ure. According to present plans
he stated, a merger of the upper
half of the township with the
jointure centered at Elizabeth-
town is being considered. The
lower half of the district is
scheduled to be absorbed into
the new school system being
developed near Mount Joy.
Is
concert a de-
Currently suggested bound-
ary changes in dividing the
township are posing new com-
plications, but, said Arnold, the
township directors are confi-
dent the wrinkles can be iromed
out without delay.
H.S. Nat'l Ho
Nat’l Honor
Society Meets
This Afternoon
The Mt. Joy Chapter of the
National Honor Society will be
held Thursday (today) in the
High School at 2:30 p. m.
The following program will
take place:
Processional, Jay Barnhart,
53; Devotions, Mary Kathryn
Landvater, '52; Introduction &
Explanation of Society, William
Tyndall, ’53; Scholarship, Mrs.
Phyllis Martin, Jr., 47; Leader-
ship, Shirley Eby, ’'53; Charact-
er, Loretta Kline, '52; Service,
Jay Barnhart, '53; Presentation
of New Members, made by
Shirley Eby ’53;—Mary Bailey,
Elinor Lane, Rachel Lehman,
Robert Schroll, Nancy Swanson
and Clair Wagner, seniors; Rob-
ert Fish, Connie Lane, juniors;
Pledge, Shirley Eby, ’53; Ac-
ceptance of New Members, Wil-
liam Tyndall, "53; Presentation
of Pins and Certificates, Mr. I.
W. Beahm; Organ Solo, Jay
Barnhart, ’53; Address, The
Rev. Elmer A. Keiser, Vicar, St.
Luke’s Episcopal Church; Re-
cessional, Jay Barnhart, ’'53.
A reception for parents and
the high school faculty will be
held by the Society in the
school Home Economics room
following the induction,
steal profits. Many
carried on the seed, others are
of
of these are
| carried by host plants. One
| the most threatening is the
| perry wheat rust. The alternate
thost is wild barberry plants,
spreading here in the county by
seed and roots. The spores from
those plants, can be carried by
air to wheat fields 25 or 30 mile
away.
A county-wide meeting to
|liscuss various cereal diseases
{will be held in the auditorium
of the Greist Building, on the
square in Lancaster, Wednes-
day evening, March 4
clock. Dr. R. S. Kirby,
sion disease Specialist
State College, will discuss cer-
eral diseases and their
control, illustrating his talk
with pictures in color
Mac A. Campbell,
specialist from U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, will dis-
cuss results of cooperative ef-
fors of the Federal, State, and
County governments, in field
rouging out Barbarry plants to
control Barbary wheat rust.
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Sulity Patrol
On Television
Satur. At 1 p.m.
The Mount Joy Safety Patrol
will appear on television Sat
urday at 1 p. m. over Station
WGAL-TV.
Those taking part are
Buchenauer, captain;
Ditzler, lieutenant; Ruth
Rachael Klugh, Barry
hart, Loretta Hornafius
Fellenbaum, Sandra
Jean Mumma, Patsy
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at
Exten-
disease
William
Krall,
Barn-
Linda
Mateer,
Mumper,
in two
will be
will be
part
Patrol
The program
parts. The first
movies of the
The second part will be a round
table discussion of patrol work.
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Rotarians Hear Dr. R. D.
Schlosser Speak On The
Meaning Of Rotary
Dr. R. D. Schlosser, professor
of English at Elizabethtown col-
lege spoke to the Rotarians at
the regular Tuesday dinner
meeting held at Hostetter’s
Professor Schlosser’s theme
was the history of Rotary, dat-
ing back to the first club which
was organized February 3, 1905
by Paul Harris. Prof. Schlosser
stated that 85 countries have
Rotary Clubs. These clubs, he
said, can do a lot in promoting
good fellowship among these
nations. He stated that
many members of the United
Nations are Rotarians
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Rams Scheduled For
Two Important Games
The Mount Joy Rams will
play East Lampeter at McCas-
key High Saturcay evening at
8 p. m. in the Lancaster County
Basketball Championship game.
also
the Rams and Robesonia will
play the Second Round Class C
playoff in the Lebanon High
School.
Sandra Schroll and Jon Bender. |
which |
were taken by Joseph Shaetler. |
On Monday evening at 8 p. m.|
| ministerial union, and neigh-
(boring churches, will bring
{ greetings. There will be greet-
| ings brought by members of his
congregations at Reams-
well as
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(town and Ephrata, as
8 o’-|
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REV. Q. A. DECK
several other neighboring char-
ges which he served.
Rev. Deck not only served the
| denomination faithfully here in
| Pennsylvania, but very early
| accepted duties in the western
| area. Soon after his graduation
[from Albright College, then at
[ Myerstown, Pa., he went to Ne-
| braska and later to the South-
| West. There he served as pastor,
| teacher, evangelist, and still
found time to serve as mission-
| ary to neighboring Indians, or
|as a chaplain to invalids or
| soldiers in World War 1. He re-
to his native state in
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‘Maytown Retires
Five More Bonds
30 Years Early
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E. Donegal Twp. Muni-
cipal Authority retired five
i more bonds effective April 1st,
30 years before their scheduled
| maturity. Active interest of the
| residents of Maytown made this
| reitrement possible.
| The Rev. John Hiestand, of
| Maytown, a member of the au-
was formed for
| the operating the
water system, said this will
| make a total of seven bonds re-
| tired since the system was plac-
|ed in operation in October, 1949
| Two bonds were retired two
| gears ago, he reported.
The water system was financ-
led by a bond issue of $110,000
| and, at the present time, ap-
| proximately 175 home and busi-
| ness places in Maytown are con-
| nected to the system leaving
| approximately 25 not yet con-
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which
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purpose
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| Within the past year the sys-
{tem was expanded when a line
was laid about three quarters of
a mile to the new Texas Eastern
Transmission Station, located
between Marietta and Maytown.
| In addition to providing
| homes and business places with
water where wells & cistern pro-
vided the only source of water,
the new system also provides
fire plugs at various points in
the borough.
FRACTURES ARM
Mrs. H. J. Stambaugh, of
Donegal Springs Road, suffered
a fracture of the arm in a fall
on Monday. She is in the St.
-Joseph’s Hospital.
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