The Mount Joy bulletin. (Mount Joy, Penn'a.) 1912-1974, July 23, 1953, Image 1

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The Physician On Call
Sunday
Dr. John Gates
Fijty-thind Year, No. hy
May Float Sewer Bond Issue
For Approximately A Million
Dollars As Early As Next Feb.

Miller Seeks To Inc. Weed Rock ‘Garden
Water Improvement For HI Friend
Debt, To Save
Interest
On Monday evening, the fol- With the thought in mind of
lowing members of the crusade doing good for those less fortu-
Mint o bond fseus ‘of Somes Class of St. Mark's E. U. B nate, a group of local children
ve Church met at the home of held a carnival of their own |
thing over a million dollars | ictian Herr, on Popular St.|on the grade school playground
may be floated here as carly as and weeded his rock garden |Saturday. :
next February to cover both |beds. The carnival attracted a
Those who took part were: large group. and resulted in a
sewerage facility and water im-
Charles Eby,
Maris Gainor, Jay
Warren Bentzel,
provement costs, was disclosed



Shirk, Wm.
net profit of $63,
er last vear when the proceeds
THE -
Children Stave
Carnival To Aid
Crippled Kiddies
Local Group Raises Total
Of $63 Which They
Donate To County
Association

a big gain ov-




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Penn State President Breaks Ground
EB detective’s

1953
COUNTY
LANCASTER
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Fear Take’ Foo rom
Directory Racket
Will Be Larger
County Detective Urge:

The Bulletin
Circulation
Now Has Reached
Will Bring Lucky Prizes
To Many Local Farmers

Those Fleeced To
Report Losses To
His Office
Local businessmen who Jaws
to R.
Lebanon, in
racket’
here several months ago,
Gerald Estock Here
On 10 Day Furlough
Ali Ger: 1d M.
spe ih a ten-day
[the home of his
|and Mrs. Stephen K.
i Columbia Ave, Mt. Joy.
(urged this week to turn all in- | He recently

Estock i
furlough a
turned
| Long,
over money

formerly of
a ‘directory worked
Estock,
were
operatior
Air
| .
(formation over to the county|weeks course on air
Court Keesler
specialist at
Base, Mississippi.
office in the



parents, Mr.
25! the following
finished a eight-
Force

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The Bulletin Will Publish
Pictures Of Farms Of
This Section For
30 Weeks
3
1
Beginning this week and for
30 weeks some
Lucky Farmer is going to find
an ariei view of his farmstead
{in the Mount Joy Bulletin. The
feature called the “Rural Pho-
[to Quiz”, is designed to furnish

this week by Samuel Miller, |, ie totaled $25. As I: > House at Lancaster. wi save Friday for the¢ or
Ce ‘ Weldon, Harry Beamesderfer, ti S Insp year, the Riding a crawler tractor, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, president of [ wii additional reports 1. He will leave Friday DF Ee [fu for everyone ana various
head of the borough authority. | joe Buchenauer., Harry Kuhns, proceeds will be turned | ne Pennsylvania State College, breaks ground for the Animal and |, ' aC al reports pour-|G’Hare International Airport, | prizes for the fortunate farmers
With the preliminary survey Mr. Herr has been sick for|°vVer to the Crippled Children’s Poultry Disease Research Laboratory of he Experiment ing in daily of Long's activities | park Ridge, Illinois, where he whose farm grounds are pice
A oe edd . . Society, 129 Fast Orange St. | Station at Penn State. The State has appropriate and poultry in various county towns, Dis-{will be stationed. ro
tiready more than halt “Ooms | Some {ime and was very happy Lancaster and livestock interests have contributed more than $43,000 to bulld | {ict Attorney John Bevers > eee red, :
pleted, plans and specifications | when the job was finished. Bal and equip this laboratory. : : Ah This week an ariel photo-
will be rushed to completion : Children who took part were quip feared that the “take” derived | srapher took a series of 30 pic.
early this winter in the hope : Barbar Ronnie Corll, | from the fake directories will Report Dangerous | tures of farms in the eircula-
a contract ean be issued by Stull Plan To obby McNulty, Johnny Weal- | B: All- St Gap Wi Il B be considerably higher than tion area of the Mount Joy Bul-
late Winter, Mr. Miller explain- ord, Billie Wealand, Tom Col- 13 ar ame 1 e the original $10,000 estimate. Pl d S t letin. Neither the plane’s pilot,
ed. . fins, Ba Fouls, Asher Holby. | Long's descrintion has been averoun pot, the photographer, nor employ-
/ 1D irold | : :
Should this time-table hold Lay Sewer Mains Krall, Garv and Gregory Stark. Played By Playground Tonight sent to police officials thruaut | ees of this paper knew whose
out, the bond issue to be floated The activities included a re- the nation and local police ex- To Be Corrected |: ferme were being photograph-
BE ie 3 eather I Th B k d freshment stand and a trash or| NE pressed the belief that Long . The photographer took pic-
ate a $150,000 bank loan thru n e ac yar S treasure fish pond. Everything! The big news of the week is| COMMUNITY VESPER will be picked up in the near yo at random, guided only
which water improvements sold for one or two cents except [the All-Star game which will SERVICES future. Quick action was expected toby boundaries marked on a
now completed were made. That tentative plans still call hot dogs and pony rides, which Ine played this evening. Appearing here nearly a year |be taken this week as result of road map by a news Tepresen-
This $150,000 would be added f hi ee tea. [Were ten cents. Neighbors and SHUG : ago, Long collected money for |the reporting of what is con- tative. |
or sewer mains to be laid inl, . . In the National League B. Approximately 100 persons : Preis k the f whose
to the cost of the sewer system, : friends of the children donated |. rr ..- . lia a + | advertising from many business |sidered a more or less danger-| Each wee e farmer
the backyards in a large part of Groff will toe the mound while | attended the first Community 5 ; = cin A : is invited $
currently expected to only : money. 3 . Av . . . 1+ [men here as well as in Florin, [ous situation in the vicinity of [lands are pictured is invi o
, the borough, also was disclosed 3 {his receiver will be J. Pennell. | Vespers Service Sunday night «oie | is % hi
slightly pass the million dollar i : . Through the generosity of | oS y rie Landisville and Salunga. He {the borough playground. call at this office, prove his oc-
here this week by Samuel Mil- 1 Others in the starting line-up |at Hostetter’s Pavilion. to ; . £ d
mark. ter. hend of the Mr. Newcomer a pool has been! {will be J. Craul, 1b: L. Wat- 26--Sermon by Rev worked the same racket in Lit- The danger spot pointed out cupancy of the arm an re-
3v this method, the interest Ory 4 5 purchased for David Reese, | Kins. 2b: H Prev. ss y Harnish Ww. Dy EF ok aglor of itz, New Holland and Elizabeth-|by George Houck, Playground a beautiful leather fram-
cost of carrying the water im- In 3 ' who is crippled. With the bal- |. 3 titan 12 To os Ii: a ace pac town. supervisor, is the former quar-|ed ariel picture of the farm. He
n reiterating his stand that {3b: R. Eichler, If; R. Williams, | Trinity Lutheran Church, Lan- is : , ark | will also receive $22 in gift cer-
provement loan would be re- the backyard path. fof Sewer ance of the money the Crippled ! icf; H. Etsell rf; Alternates will | caster In none of the communities|ry hole at one end of the park |will also receive § g :
e eS 4 5 ) wi -aster, ras o ade -{where a chi » ssibly | tificates from the advertisers
duced. mains would eliminate the dirt, Children’s Society plans to buy Ibe D. Zeller and J. Collins. Mae Zink, presiding. was any attempt made to pub-|where a child could possibly |tificates fro
The Gravity Flow
I 4 dust, confusion and
1e survey now mor : :
yoy Dow more han of tearing up the main
fhalf completed already has in-
$ 9 _. | streets or, as in the case of Lit-
dicated that approximately 75 itz, the pavements along the
per-cent of the sewerage Sys-|. in streets of town. Mr. Mil-
tem to be installed in the bor- ler admitted that his plan has
ough will be drained by gravity met with some opposition.
flow and ‘without the necessity “One argument advanced a-
of installing pumps, authority gainst laying mains in the back
members divulged. : ... | yards is that it would interfere
The next step, one which will with the construction of any
Boning hint 25 to he exact buildings in the future,” he de-
proposed sewerage clared. “This we can overcome
facilities, will be determine the by plicitg all of the sewer
amount o "OC enes :
of rock b neath the mains below the cellar level—
borough. The authority will s 13:
5 i then if buildings are construct-
make this survey itself inas-
ed they can be placed right ov-
er the sewer main,” he added.
“T admit that the idea is a
revolutionary one but I have
much as it owns a compressor
of the type needed.
Should the amount of rock
through which the sewer mains
will have to be laid, prove less
than now estimated the eost
will be less, and vice versa. At
present there is some difference
of opinion here as to the a-
mount of rock to be encounter-
ed when the actua! work of
digging sewer trenches
underway.
ness reason why we should not
lay mains in the backyards and
thus spare ourselves much of
the grief some of the other bor-
oughs of Lancaster County en-
countered,” Mr. Miller conclud-
| ed.
gets.

Favor Second Standpipe ent
Despite that underwriters Colebrook Picnic
already have endorsed the local .
water system without the sec- This Saturday
ond standpipe, the second sm
standpipe will vastly improve| The Colebrook Lutheran Sun-
the system and benefit local day School will hold its annual
taxpayers, Mr. Miller also ex-. picnic on Saturday, July 25th.
plained this week. Music will be furnished by
Should the second standpipe [the Pine Grove band, on the
be erected, all factories here
will be able to install sprinkler
Church picnie grounds.
An old-fashioned luncheon of
vet to hear an honest-to-good- |

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m.
be sponsored by
hanna Yacht Club at Long Lev-


. . "| special equipment to be
inconveni- |,
and then to be taken to the So-
ciety headquarters to be passed |
along to
may need this equipment.
and did all the other work.
ecutive Director of the Laneas- | ree
ter County Society for Crippled |
Children and Adults,
thank
their part in “Helping others to T.
Help Themselves:
Ben Staley Will
Take Part In fe
Boat Races Sun.
man, will take part in the
ture a colorful
ty
used |
y David Reese at the prese
1b;
somebody else who |
Miss Edna F. Schreiber, Ex.|le,
wishes to
all those who are doing R.
i the

mo
wit
pla
Ben Staley,
Florin garage- (
boat
ater course. i
The races at 2 p. m. will fea-|swi
boat parade as
ell as entertainment by twen-
bathing beauties.
On Saturday evening at 8 p.
a Moonlight Aquacade will
the Susque-|swi
pla
systems and thus materially | corn soup, doggies, ice cream, |el and will feature water skiing I
reduce their insurance costs. A |ete. will be on sale, clown & fancy diving, world’s gan
reduction in insurance also| The public is invited to at-|fastest swimmer and a beauti-|on
would be granted the new tend. ful water ballet. par
school building now being con- in

structed. LE bikes and carried signs with in-
Another benefit would be L al Y th G C formation about the ball game.
that the low pressure area here 0C ou ets ommission, Burgess Fish consented to the
would immediately be given a t . 6 99 parade and Chief of Police
pressure equal to that of any B Fi d H If S | Park Neiss provided a police
part of the borough, u mn $ mse urp us escorf.
———

At least one Mount Joy youth
Band Club Sponsors is involved in a
J . dilemna” created by a surplus
Swimming Party
of graduates from the Reserve
“troublesome
Officers Training Corps., and
The Mount Joy High School [which has the Pentagon in
Parents’ Band Club will spon-
] . Washington
sor a swimming Party to Her- ed
shey Monday, July 27. All those
interested should meet at the
high school at 5:45. The seniors
of the Class of ’53 are eligible
for this party and are cordially
invited.
On the return to Mount Joy |
there will be refreshments ser-
ved at Eli Hostetters.
Any parent interested in
driving please contact Mr. Geo.
completely stamp-

He is vietor L. Morris, son of
Mr. nnd Mrs. I. Morris, propri-
etors of the Mount Joy Depart-
ment Store. Morris graduated
from the Reserve Officers’
Training Corps. at Ft. Benning,
Georgia, last Friday when he
received his commission as Sec-
ond Lieutenant in the Army
Air Corps.
But due to the forthcoming

al

Houck immediately by calling
83-4371. reductions in the manpower of

the services, meaning a smaller
officer corps.,
from the colleges, believe they
will either
taking new R. O. T. C. second
lieutenants for active duty or
force older officers to retire be-
fore they plan to leave.
The officer imbalance
directly from the fact that man
power planners had set quotas M
Morris and sever-
hundred more newly-com-

rave to postpone|Mr.
and
stems
(Turn to page 7) usef

In the American
nt | Oberholtzer will pitch
Vogel will
some
J the
A collection
during the
Ww
since the line-ups
ground
and
in doubt.
Next
eligible
where
Birthday Surprise
id Risser and son,
Florin;
daughter, Ruth,
Dorothy Zeller
sons,
Mrs.
receive.
J. Nissley, 2b;
R. Divet, 3h;
: lc. Miller, cf; C. Rohm, rf; A}
The idea for the carnival was | ternates will be P. Rice and D.
originated by the children, who | Halbleib. :
plored fie affair made posters Charley Pennell, Bob Kunk-
and David
sold by
of the girls of the park.
Frey, L. Hornafius,
and R. McKain
who have offered
Klugh, J.
Snavely,
se girls
ir services.
will be taken
game to help raise
ney for prizes to be awarded
the boys and girls of the
k.
ce expect a well-played game
are dotted
h midget and midget-midget
yers.
news of the play-
found a Swap Day be-
races at Long Level this Sun- [ing held this past Tuesday. 48
day afternoon when he will pi-jhoys and girls took part with
lot his 17-ft. home-made Cris-|each bringing a gift and ex-
craft “Jim Jay III” over [sen bet it,
1e Football League is in full!
close
still
ng with scores being
the League champion
those who are
Hershey
free
plus a!
Tuesday
will go to
they will receive
mming instructions
y period.
n reference
1e, a parade
to the All-Star
was held on
Wednesday evening. All
ticipating players paraded |
full uniform, with decorated
- rl eee
missioned officers are without Mrs. David Shank of West
assignments with little hope of | Donegal St, Mount Joy, was |
being assigned for months “to agreeably surprised on her
birthday last week in the home
come. of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Derr,
The Army and Air Force. Mount Joy R1. Those present
finding themselves with large|were: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Risser
auotas of new officers fed in)Landisville; Mr. and Mrs. Dav-
Mount Joy;
and Mrs. William Mateer,
Mrs. Anna Loewen and
Mt. Joy; Mrs.
and son; Mr.
Mrs. Wilbur Derr and two
Kenneth and Thomas; and
Shonk.
rs. Shonk received many
League V.
and W.
J. Brown,
J. Hostetter,
S. Harnish, If;
Morris have ag-
»d to umpire the game.
Refreshments will be
are
Mary Jane Grayhill,
Special Music,
group, Sam Harnish.
Rev. Koder, Pastoral Coun-
selor. .
pianist
Lutheran
Jaycees Complete
Their Plans For
® .
Community Picnic
Final plas
Mount
have been completed.


for the Annual
Picnic
The pic-
sponsored
Joy Community
nic, which is being
by the Jay-Cees, will be held at
August 26.
There will be children’s
games from 10 a. m. to 12 o’-
clock noon. A tee-off golf tour-
nament will be held from 10 a.
m to 11 a. m. The baseball
game will begin at 6:30 p. m.
Hershey Park,
Immediately following the
ball game, prizes will be award-
ed. The prizes are; 1st - a bicy-
cle; 2nd - portable radio; 3rd -
electric toaster.
Free coupons to make you el-
igible to win these prizes will
be given by some of the local
merchants from August 1 to 22,
{inclusive. One free coupon will
| be given with each one dollar
purchase. A list of merchants
| participating will appear in
"| next week’s Bulletin,




| The Jaycees are endeavoring,
| witr the help of everyone, to
make the picnic this year better
than ever.
rm Wii it
‘Miss Keener Given
Bridal Shower
Miss Francis Keener was
guest of honor at a bridal sho-
wer by Mrs. Wilmer E. Dick at
the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George F. Waller, of
Maytown.
Miss Keener will become the
bride of Henry Weber, Lancast-
er this Saturday.
Decorations were in pink and

green.
Those present were: Peggy
Hicks, Lily Ann Greider, Hazel
Crankshaw, Dorothy Schock,
Anna Keener, Mrs. John Keen-
er, Mrs. Paul Dick, Miriam
Dick, Mrs. Frank Morton, Mrs.
James Eshleman, Mrs. George
Waller, Mrs. Laddie Shope,
Shirley Eby, and the hostess,

ul gifs and beautiful cards
Mrs., Wilmer E. Dick,
lish the promised directories.
The first formal complaint
was lodged at the county detec-
tive’s office against Long by
James Heilig, local funeral di-
rector, last week.
rocks from
grass.
Mr. Houck listed
of the needs for
in the local playground,
talk before the local
Rotary Club, Tuesday
Other needs to improve
playground were:z An addition-
al backstop at the ball diamond
[a wading
protruding
improvement

noon.

Hageman’s String
Band To Appear


pool for
imacadamized basketball and
. and shuffleboard coarts.
At orm oon “I am merely listing things
which would improve our play-
iground, although elimination of
The Florin Fire Company is {pe quarry hole should be done
sponsoring a carnival, to be now before something serious
held on Saturday night, August occurs,” Mr. Houck declared.
“The other items listed could
1st. be brought about one at a
Featured in their biggest ev-|time.”
ent of the season will be the “The Mount Joy playground
Hageman’s _ String Band, the|now ranks very high among
first prize winners in the state. playgrounds in the county but
The finale of the show will be these improvements will give
a costume
grounds.
which will
outstanding.”
parade on the|us a playground
really be
There will be beverages, eats In addition to Mr. Houck, his
and games for all. Admission two assistants, Miss Peggy Gar-
will be by donation, with free and John Lichty, local bas-
parking. Come early. ketball coach, also spoke.


Capt. Bob Heilig Gets Ronday
Ovation On Return From Mediter’ ean
Joy



A former Mount man, | Base.
ship since its arrival in Naples,
Joy high school in 1927. He still
. 5 . : Italy, in August, 1951.
maintains his voting residence “There were very few re-
here. Gad quests for transfers from the
Some indication of the en- ship,” he noted, “and the men
thusiasm of the welcome ac-
seemed to be very content with
corded the local skipper is re- {heir adopted home.”
corded in the following NEWS| There were about 100 of the
account printed with a com- crew’s families in Naples for its
plete display of Photographs | stay there and the men saw lit-
by the Norfolk Ledger-Dis-!(jo sea duty.
potch.
Children Learn Neopolitan
Captain Heilig yelled that the
(rar to page 7)
“Amid music and the barking
of dogs the Amphibious Force
flagship returned from the Me-
diterranean after an extended
tour of almost two years.
The musid came from a wel-
coming Amphibious Force band
on board the ropair ship Am-
phion, alongside which the Ad-
ANNOUNC EMENT
Miss Ieda Wolf, Florin, an-
nounces the opening of her
beauty shop. Call Mt. Joy 3-9441
in the morning and 3-4337 in
the afternoon and evening.
29-2¢



fall as far as eighteen feet over
the eration with the
this as onal farmer to
in a|certificates,
Rotary | m
the | certificate
youngsters, |
Captain R. B. Heilig, skipper of« The barking came from the
the Amphibious Force flagship [decks of the returned ship
Adriondack, recently was ac-|where eight dogs looked more
corded a noisy and enthusiastic | excited than their masters to be
welcome by a large part of the |home.
port city of Norkfolk, Va, Cupping his hands to his
when. it returned after spend- mouth and leaning over a
ing two years in the Mediter- | prigge rail, Capt. R. B. Heilig,
ranean. the ship’s skipper, reported ov-
Captain Heilig is a brother | or the din that about 350 of the
of James B. Heilig, local under- ship’s crew had been with the
taker, and graduated from Mt.
{ sponsoring the feature in co-op-
Bulletin.
nothing for the
buy—absolutely no
attached. The 22 gift
worth $1.00 each,
ay be spent at each one of the
merchants. Each
can be redeemed on-
ly at the store named on the
certificate. Certificates cannot
be bunched and spent all at one
There is
strings
sponsoring
store. All certificates must be
cashed within 30 days.
The farmer will be asked a

few questions at this office, so
the readers of the next week’s
paper will know whose farm
was pictured. The only stipula-
tion is that the farmer must
“live” on the farm. The awards
will go to the person who oc-
cupies the property, not to an
(Turn to page 2)


Lower Part Of
Mt. Joy Township
| Joins District
At a meeting held Thursday
night, the lower portion of Mt.
Joy Township was welcomed
into the Donegal Joint School
Board as the board began op-
eration as a full jointure. They
also approved a budget for 1953
-1954, calling for expenditures
of $253,312.94.
Submitted to the
Paul Portner, secretary of
board, was a notification from
Dr. Francis M. Haas, state sec-
retary of public instruction,
giving official approval of. in-
clusion of the lower half of Mt.
Joy Twp. in the jointure. Other
members. of the jointure are
Marietta and Mount Joy Bor-
oughs and East Donegal Twp.
A breakdown of figures in
the budget show that East Don-
egal carries the largest share,
$104,986.94 or 41.45 per cent of
the total. The other shares are
Mount Joy Borough. $88,151
(34.8 percent); Marietta Bor-
ough, $30,397 (12 per cent);
and Mount Joy Township, $29-
S77 (11.75 per cent).
The board has operated as a
full jointure since July 6, and
will now receive a supplement-
ary reimbursement from the
state of $500 for each teaching
unit.
The president George Morris,
of East Donegal, conducted the
meeting. The next meeting of
the board will be held on Aug.

board by
the


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