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VOL. Li, , NO. ba
Tuesday s Air Raid Alert
Brought Out Weak Spots
In Present Alarm System
Mark Hess Will
Mount So's wir air raid alert
held Tuesday was declared by
officials to be 85 percent perfect.
Generally, the results disclos-
ed, was gratifying. There were
Represent Lanc.
a rn a Connty Farmers
dows up, who did not hear the =
church bells and some inquisi- Mark S. Hess, Lancaster R6
tive who could NOt Te | will represent Lancaster Coun-
sist. the templiation to see Just ty farmers at the annual meet-
how the volunteers handled the ing of the Pennsylvania Farm
situation, by looking out of win- |p wenn Cooperative Association
dows or standing in doorways. in Harrisburg, April 27, 28 and
The local civil defense direct- |q9q
or stated that in the lower end Hess, secretary of the state-
of the borough, the alarm sys- | (iqe cooperative, is also presi-
tem needed ; improvement and | 4ont of Lancaster County Farm
more auxiliary Police Were which supplied county
needed to stop traffic. The need | {mers with more than $3,489-
was also brought out that more 000 worth of supplies and mar-
active volunteers were needed. services during its last
Although there are plenty of 'fiscal year which ended in Oc-|
volunteers at present, the civil
defense director stated, there
are only a few that are active.
To Attend Training Center
Chief Warden Paul Welliver
plans to attend the Civil De-
fense training center that is be-
ing held at Ogontz, it was stat-
tober.
Lancaster County Farm Bur-
eau and 32 similar local farmer
cooperatives throughout the |
state own and control the state-
wide cooperative to pool their
purchases of farm supplies in a
: ‘I statewide basis for maximum |
ed, and the warden service will savings to farmers The local
be established in the next few !|p,rm Bureau co-ops, in turn,
weeks. are directly owned and control-
———— —— re ee
led by the local farmers they
serve. Nearly 6,400 Lancaster
county farmers use their Farm
Bureau services.
Hess has served as acting
manager of the Lancaster To-
hacco Growers Cooperative As-
sociation, as well as an officer
or director of many other coun-
ty farm organizations. He is ac-
tive in church and youth work.
The Hess farm has been in his
family since its charter was or-
German Exchange
Student Speaks At
Rotary Meeting
“Love and understanding can
mean more for world peace
than all the bombs and guns in
the world”, stated Miss Helda |iginally granted by William,
Holtzheid, speaking to the Ro-| penn.
tarians at their Tuesday dinner rr et
meeting. Miss Holtzheid is six
teen years of age and was Mother- Daughter
brought to this country last Banquet To Be Held
July as an exchange student by By Ergantan SS. C.
the Brethren Church. She is]
from Nurnberg, Germany and | A sof. the Ergatan
is at present a student at East! School Class of the
Hempfield High School. Miss Church of God was held recent-
Holtzheid was introduced to the ly at the home of Gracie Mum-
Rotarians by Janet Brooks, | ma, assisted by Betty Rice.
President of the Senior Class Plans were made for a Mo-
at the high school. (ther and Daughter banquet to
be held Thursday evening, May
7th in the Social rooms ef the
Glossbrenner E.U.B Church.
Miss Holtzheid said that it is
her belief that the exchange
system will bring more good
in bringing understanding be-
tween the two nations than all
the radio and TV programs now
sent out.” German students get|served to these members and
experience living with the Am- | guests: Mrs. Clayton Aument,
erican people,” Miss Holtzheid | Mrs. Raymond Hilt, Mrs. Rob-
stated, “and this experience, | ert Kline, Mrs. Mary Brandt,
carried back to Germany, helps Mrs. Lovey Barnhart,
to overcome the misunder- | garet Mackinson, Mrs.
standings that exist with the |Broske, Mrs. Kathryn Mumper,
German people as most Ger-|{ Mrs. Marguerite Dock, Mrs.
mans know us only as present- | Myrtle Mowrer, Mrs.
ed by the U. S. Army of Occu-| Erb,’ Mrs. Florence Nauman,
pation.” Pauline Fry, Mrs. Kathryn New-
Although comer, Mrs. Thelma Eshelman,
an auction sale was held.
Delicious refreshments were
only in this coun-
{ry six months, Miss Holtzheid | Mrs. Ann Newcomer, Mrs.
speaks our language with very | Grace Funk, Mrs. M. Fitzkee,
little accent. Mrs. Sylvia Funk, Mrs. Hilda
Weidler, Mrs. Grace Hawthorne
Mrs. Hazel Zeller, Mrs. Arlene |
Heisey, Mrs. Dorothy Beamen-
derfer, Mrs. Maude Schroll,
Miss Helen Schroll, Miss Betty
Jane Charles, Miss Darlene
Nauman and Miss Violet Sprout
Senior Class
The Mount Joy High School |
Senior Class were guests'of the
Rotarians at the meeting. The |
Seniors were introduced to the
Fotary members by their class
President, William Tyndall.
Mount Joy Girl Wins First
Place In National Contest
ree f
Judy Wolgemuth, 11, daugh-|key High School Auditorium,
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jerry Derek, 6, Lancaster, is al-
Wolgemuth, Mt. Joy R1, has so a national winner of first
received word from the office of ; place in his age group.
the National Child Evangelism National prizes will be pre-
Fellowship in Chicago, that in sented by Miss Helen Odenwel-
a Nation-wide Missionary post- der, Director of Child Evangel-
er contest her poster has been ism Fellowship of Easter Penn-
awarded first place in her age | sylvania. State winners will be
group. The purpose of this con- awarded by Mr. S. K. Shotzber-
test was to foster interest in for-| ger chairman of the state com-
eign Missions among boys and | mittee of the Fellowship. In ad-
girls. Sion to Judy and Jerry, Tanya
The presentation of the a-!Lee Thomas, 9, Lyndon, placed
wards will take place at the an- first in the state, and Wannette
nual Good News Club Rally, Wade 13, Mt. Joy, won second
which will be held Sunday af- in her group. There was 1014
ternoon, at 2:30, in the McCas- (From page 8)
Following the business meeting
Mrs. Mar- |
Ethel |
Alcesta |
- MINUTE Ww
EEK LY I N LANCASTER
The Mount Joy Bulletin
Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Afternoon, April 23,
E & D 4-H Club
Marietta!
Marlene
secretar
Hawthorne,
president;
Rl,
Vernon
R1, vice
Good, Lancaster
Honored Tonight
Jean Good, Middletown R1, as
sistant secretary: Robert Lol ag Banquet
Middletown R1, treasurer; Judy
the Penna. State Police and di-
rector of the County Safety Pa-
{trol Division; Burgess Charles
'L. Fish: Police Chief Park E.
| Neiss, officers Michael
| Good and Raymond Heisey: and
Leader Speaks
Here May 1, 2, Misael president of the
|
| : The evenings entertainment
C. F. Klassen, a Mennonite |.qgists of dancing, safety pos-
{leader who has given more than ter contest and a one hour vari-
Mennonite
police
20 years of his life to refugee oty show. The latter is compris-
| resettlement work, will be in oq of the following:
| Lancaster County May 1, 2 and| R. Corll as master of
3 in the interests of the Menno-| ..remonies. H. Thurston Fritz,
nite Central Committee refugee pastor Magician and his trav-
; eling show of mystic wonders
currently playing Lancaster
county. Mr. Fritz was named
after the original Thurston, a
fellow performer and close
friend of Mr. Fritz’s father who
was also a magician.
{ Holly D. Rankin, 16 year old
i ventriloquist from Lancaster
and his dummy “Socks” com-
bining forces to keep an audi-
ence in stitches. Mr. Rankin
who will be remembered by
readers for his splendid per-
formance in the Talent Show
held the final evening of our
Farm Exhibit, also displays his
skill with a mouth organ.
(Turn to page 5
F. KLASSEN
| program under- Patricia Schroll
Cc
way in Western Germany.
He will speak at three public
meetings—all to begin at 7:30
p. m. These meetings: Friday,
May 1, Cross Roads Brethren in
Christ church south of Florin;
Chosen For Girls
State Conference
| Saturday, May 2, Mellingers ; ea
Mennonite church east of Lan- Miss I aries Senroll, daugh-
caster; and Sunday, May 3, Bart of Mr. Daniel Schroll, was
Chapel Conservative Amish | chosen to represent the local
Mennonite 1% miles east of! high school at the conference of
| Green Tree Intersection (High- ‘Girls State which will be
ways 896 and 372). Part of the held at Camp Legion, located in
| Bart Chapel meeting will be in Caledonia State Forest near
the German language Chambersburg, July 12 to 19th.
In his addresses Mr. Klassen Miss Schroll will be sponsored
Iby the Walter S. Ebersole Post
| will describe what is being done |
[to resettle Mennonite refugees) i :
in Western Germany through | AM was cnosen for
: : ourage, sty,
the Mennonite Central Commit- | © urage honesty
cooperativeness and
Legion Auxiliary
Character,
scholarship,
physical
185 American
| tee—American Mennonite ag-|
ency for Christian service and fitness by the local school.
relief. He will report how 600| The purpose of the camp is
refugees have already been re- to provide citizenship training
settled in new homes. {for girls of high school age, to
American Mennonite through 'give them an opportunity to
self-governing
them a-
the live together as
their M.C.C. are tackling
ieitizens and to inform
{task of resettling approximately |
| for at least eight years. It is! bout duties, privileges, rights
[ 3.000 Mennonites who are scat- | and responsibilities of Ameri-
| cored over Western Germany can citizenship in order that
homeless | they may understand the func-
| tioning of their government.
“Girls States”
and who have been
(Turn to Page 2)
>
There are es-
. tablished in every state. From
Film On Camping each “Girls State”, a few girls
To Be Shown Monday are accepted to attend “Girls
—————— National” in Washington, D. C.
Miss Schroll is president of her
“Adventures of Day Camp-
class.
ing,” a film, will be shown in
the Mount Joy area three times
on Monday, May 4. The film
will be first shown at the reg-
merase ttl A Reset
Sample Fair
ular monthly meeting of the
Mount Joy-Florin Girl Scout A Sal
Neighborhood group. This | t unga
meeting will be held in the Lu-
theran Church instead of the
Girl Scout building.
The film will then be shown
in the Mt. Joy H. S. at 3:45 p.m.
for all the Girl Scouts in Mount
Joy to see, and at the Gloss-
prenner E. U. B. Church, Florin
at 6:30 p. m.
All parents of girls and troop
A Sample Fair, sponsored by
the Ladies Aux. of the Salunga
Fire Company, will be held on
Friday evening, May 1, in Coop-
er’s Electrical Appliance Store,
Main Street, Salunga at 7:30 to
9:00 p. m.
There will be plenty {ree
eats, including Aunt Jemina
sponsors are invited to attend|and her pancakes. There will be
any of the sessions an admission charge.
0 \
Community Youth Center To
Martin, Mt. Joy Rl, song leader
Miriam Roland, Mt. Joy R1, and | A banquet in honor of the 60
David Sweigart, Etown [present members of the Boro |
game leaders, and R. Gerald School Safety Patrol will be
Hess, Elizabethtown R3. news held Thursday evening (tonite)
reporter. in the Mt. Joy High School Au-
The club leaders are at 7:30. The event is
Hess, E-town R3, Mr. and Mrs. | sponsored by the Parent-Teach-
John Herr, Mt. Joy R1; Mylin|ers Association of the boro.
R. Good, Lancaster Rl; Lewis Invited guests include Dean
Bixler, Mt. Joy R1, and Curvin | Gable, director of the Lancaster
Martin Jr., Mt. Joy Rl. chapter of the American Auto-
er mobile; Sergeant H. A. Ries of
1953
| Musical Sunday
At Church Of God
Re-organizes
The C. G. Y. A. of the Church |
Mr. Ross Eshelman, FI H Id A ti 15 | M
was ray, cA of orn, 0: uc on da € ay. S {of God, this boro, is presenting
Elizabethtown - Donegal Je mo a : ja Progam Sina
Community Clul he | : :30 p. m. in the church 1¢ |
R om Air My Hi Kk we Safi p | An Auction Sale will be held g orchestra will have the pre
8 ai as WK "li . oD.
Other officers elected we or] ety atro Friday evening, May 1, at the jude and postlude of the service,
Glossbrenner E. U. B. Church jay Barnhart is the director.
| for the benefit of the Florin Other features will be an or
For aah se and plano duet by Miry
| . 3 "| Jane Graybill and Jay Barn
m. The auctioneer will be C. S.| hart; brother and sister vocal
(Frank, who is offering his ser-| jet by Ruth and David Weid
vices for the benefit. { man; piano solo by Ruby Hel
The Brotherhood and Youth- | wig. Lebanon Valley College;
| fellowship of the church, and Trio, Miss Graybill, Mrs. Paul
the Brownies and two Girl | Burger and Mrs. Robert Beam-
| Scout Troops have been work- esderfor: male quartet, Marvin
ing diligently the past several Kaylor, Galen Kaylor, Walter |
weeks collecting items for the| Stoner and Jay Barnhart. The |
scale. Letters asking for saleable C.G.Y.A. Choir is under the di-
articles were dropped at the | rection of Mrs. Robert Graybill.
homes in the vicinity and now There will be congregational
the work of collecting the items ginging. Mae Zink will give a
going on Monday and Tues-|flannel-graph talk of the Lord's
day evening, next week, trucks, prayer. The group extends an
honking their automobile horns invitation to come and enjoy
to warn of their approach, will|the fellowship with them.
be going through the streets of | a Ne
Florin to pick up the articles to
‘Mt. Joy Band To
| store at the church until sale
day. |
Any items, except clothing
will be welcomed by the group. | March In Safety
If anyone has any articles, orl
Parade Saturday
“white elephants” they would |
like to dispose of, call Reverend |
Gable or any member of the |
High
group who are conducting the | School
The Mt. Joy
the Grade School will lead the
| parade.
Among other bands from this
Spring Musical
——— area will be Elizabethtown H.
The Mt. Joy H. S. Band and |S., East Donegal-Marietta, East
Chorus will present a Spring [Hempfield H. S., Landisville
Musical on April 28 and 29 in {Grade school and Conoy Twp.
the school auditorium starting 'H. S. of Bainbridge.
The opening band number | tomobile Club with
will be “College Medley” feat-|tion of State and local
uring Lois Rutt and the Senior |and the school authorities.
Majorettes. “Festive Overture” 4.000
“When the Saints Go Marching ?
co-opera-
police
children
expected
Approximately
In,” “Tales From the Vienna from: 100 scloals are
Woods,” and “Grandioso” will to march. The parade will start
follow before the presentation | 2! 213 daylight ue, frou
of band pins and letters to ann | Pi ine and West Chestnut Streets
senior members of the band. | 2d move east on Chestnut St,
Those receiving these pins Reservoir St. and on
letters are: Jay Barnhart, 9 yrs; | Reservoir to MeCaskey H. S.
James Drohan, 9 years; Mary | stadium.
Bailey. 8 years: Elinor Lane, §| Immediately following the
years; Gerald Bender, 7 years; | Parade a big program will be
Clair Wagner, 7 years; Marcel- [staged at the stadium, featured
lus Goodling, 6 years: Suirtey | band music and five acts of
Eby, 6 years: Gerald Lutz, 6 the annual State Police rodeo.
years: Marianne Schofield, The stadium program will be
years; Tom Kear, 5 yrs; James | | open free to the public.
Schopf, 4 years; Myron Weber, Cash prizes will be awarded
4 years; Nancy Swanson, 3 yrs; | by the Automobile Club for
Rachel Lehman, 3 years; Rob-|various parade features.
ee ee
ert Schroll, 2 years; Ben Cling-
er, 2 years; Jeanette Breneman,
1 year; Janice Breneman, 1 yr;
Jean Will, 1 year; and Dora Mec-
(Turn to Page 4)
Ed
Welfare Assoc.
Holds Meeting
Remember- It
Approximately sixteen mem-
bers attended the Social Wel-
Starts Sunday fare Organization meeting held
Monday night in the Welfare
Building. Charles Bennett, Jr.,
When the cock crows on Sun-| President, presided over the
day morning he expects to be | meeting.
greeted an hour earlier than on| phe purpose and aims of So-
Saturday because Daylight Welfare were explained
ing Time starts on the Sabbath.
Prudent individuals will set
the hands of their clocks an
hour ahead before retiring Sat-
urday night.
Churches will be first to ob-
and there was quite a discussion
pertaining to the improvement
of the present Welfare building.
A committee was appointed
to meet with contractors and
Savi Ti and architects with the idea of
Serve oy 2h a drawing up plans for improve-
by Monday will be “|ment of the present building.
excuse for pupils and workers
to report for studies and em-
ployment an hour late.
DST will end with Saturday,
Sept. 26.
rt CRI ree
INVITATION TO 4-H CLUB
ORGANIZATION MEETING
Those appointed on the com-
mittee are George Groff, George
Hauck, Frank Morton and Jas.
Roberts.
a A
NAMED A MEMBER OF THE
ALL-STATE CHORUS
The Donegal 4-H Home Econ-
omic Club will have an organiz-
ation meeting April 28 at 7:30
p. m. at the home of Miss Jane | State Chorus which will be held |
Roland, Mount Joy R1. Anyone at Kittanning, Penna. on
interested between the ages of 7, 8, and 9. Clair will sing sec-
10 to 21 are invited to attend. fond base
Joy High School, has been
named a member of the All
Florin Church
sale. Band is one of thirty Lancaster
With weather permitting the | County school bands scheduled
sale will be conducted on the |to march in the sixteenth an-
church parking lot. In case of | nual Lancaster County school
rain it will be held in the base- safety parade in Lancaster on]
(Turn to page 3) | saturday morning, May 2.
. i The Mt. Joy band and a col-
orful delegation. comprised of
Band To Present Safety Patrol members from
at 7:30 p. m. There will be a The parade and rally, largest
small admission for adults. |of its kind in Pennsylvania, is
School children are free. | sponsored by the Lancaster Au-
Clair Wagner, a senior at Mt. |
May | lw est
COUNTY
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The Bulletin
Circulation
Now Has Reached
2300
$2.00 a Year in Advance
Lights On Cancer Campaign
Banquet At
A Father and “Son banquet |
will Be held at the Glossbrenner |
E.U.B. Church, Florin, Monday
It is sponsored by the
Church and
church social |
lat 7 p.m
Brotherhood of
will be held in the
rooms
Rev. Warren
Campbelltown,
for the occasion. Mr.
Houck, in charge of the
Other entertainment will
the
of
the |
Mentzer,
will be
speaker
George
music
include film strips for the boys.
Mr. Park Shetter, toastmaster. |
serving on the commit-
Victor Brooks, Jay
John K Wittle, in
of the banquet; and Jac-
Jacob Stehman and
entertainment.
Loading Graduate.
Honored At Army
Engineers School
Pvt. Gerald P. Gallo,
and Mrs. Joseph Gal-
Pa.,
Those
tee
Brandt
charge
ob Klugh,
Gary Epler,
are:
and
Army
con of Mr.
lo, Bainbridge,
ly honored as leading graduate
of the crane and shovel opera-
tion course taught by the Engi-
was recent-
|
neer School, Fort Belvoir, Va.
His wife, Kay, lives in Mount
Joy, Pa.
During the graduation cere-
monies, Pvt. Gallo received, in
|
|
|
|
PVT. GERALD P. GALLO
addition to his diploma, a Certi-
ficate of Achievement signed by
the commandant of the Engi-
neer School.
Private Gallo took basic
training at Fort Belvoir before
entering the Engineer School,
and has been in the Army for
more than six months. He is a
graduate of Elizabethtown High
i School.
EO ee
Gigantic Sale Being
Held At Way's
If you want your budget to
don’t fail to at-
spring sale that
Way’s Appliances,
{reach further,
[tend the big
being held at
this borough.
is
Feiher And NO |
Monday evening, April 27th be-
[tween 7 and 8
{ will be
i started with a signal from
arly
jas a particular project
| have the
| Arthur
i statement that
| were
Lv
| Florin,
i present:
To Be Held Here Monday,
April 27th Between 7 &8P.M.
The Annual Drive of the
| American Cancer Society for
[Mount Joy is scheduled for
o'clock. This
Campaign
the
ringing of
a Lights On
[fire siren and the
{our church bells.
Assisting with this drive will
representatives of particul-
organization of our
be
every
Borough.
The effort has been assumed
of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire
Company, and are now engaged
in an effort to roundup about 75
lor 80 solicitors.
The Auxiliary reported they
promise of B. Titus
Rutt as General Chairman, Les-
ter Hostetter as Treasurer and
D. Sprecher as Chair-
man of the Industrial Solicita-
| tion. There are a number of oth-
Chairmen, the names of
| which we were not able to get
at this writing.
Announcements are to be
made on Sunday the 26th in all
of our local churches. The im-
portance of your personal in-
ferest in this campaign will be
stressed.
It is vitally important that
the literature which will be
handed vou that night be care-
fully read. When one remem-
bers that cancer will strike one
how true can be the
“the life which
you save may be your own”.
The solicitors will try to get
this literature into every home.
will have a receipt for
any contribution which you
may wish to make. Please keep
and remember
out of five,
They
| your lights on
{this work must all be done in
[the night (April 27) and there
will be no call-backs.
Funds to be raised here and
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lll
Quarter Inch Of
Snow Greets Early
Morning Risers
About a quarter inch of snow
{ greeted Mount Joy residents on
Monday morning, turning near
Spring into “Christmas Weath-
jer.
The light snow fall was esti-
mated to be about a quarter of
inch and light snow flurries
thruout the day.
brought more snow
flurries with old man winter
trying to make a late comeback.
A Mount Joy resident said
that 25 years ago, on April 12,
there was a snow fall of two
inches in the borough.
a
Dinner Held For Florin
Couple Wed 25 Years
Mr.
an
common
and Mrs. James Metzler,
celebrated their twenty-
fifth wedding anniversary at a
family dinner, which was held
at their home on Sunday. They
were married April 21, 1928.
The following guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Metzler and son James, Mr. and
Mrs. William Hopple and ‘sons,
Robert and Richard, all of this
boro; Mr. and Mrs. Edison Eng-
le and children, Carolyn and
Edison, of Arlington, Va., and
Mr. and Mrs. Metzler.
You can save money on elect- —
ric appliances, records, TV sets,
radios, electrical fixtures, ete. | Society No.8 Meets
Turn to the large display ad-
vertisement and you will find A meeting of Farm Women
|many items that are on salelSociety No. 8 was held at the
now. The money saved by atten- | home of Mrs. Robert Eshleman,
ding this sale will more than! Mt. Joy R. D. on Saturday af-
pay for a weekend vacation. ternoon.
NTMI Ji do. GEA aR Mrs. Paul Erb president and
( APPREHENDED (Mrs. Edmond Myers conducted
———— devotions. Bobby Eshleman, a
| Harold F. Schatz, Jr., 110 W. piano solo; and a discourse on
| Main St., this boro, was appre-|‘“Holland—My Home Land’ by
| hended for driving too fast for
{conditions in Willow Street by
Lampeter Twp. Police
jc hief Frank Horner. He will be!
summoned for a hearing
Mrs. Ruth Royer, who was born
in Holland.
There were twenty-eight
members and five visitors pres-
sent