ese nt. J writers ht faiths, f | eir ap- 8 { The Physician On Cal! Sunday Dr, William Workman MOST p THE MINUTE WEERLY I N The Mount Joy Bullet LANCASTER COUNTY The Bulletin Circulation Now Has Reached 2500 J =m mm FIFTY-THIRD YEA YEAR, NO. 25 MAN IS FOUND DEAD IN CA Approval Gr anted By B oar TIT For Building Of Hom Lester Mumma Is Named Chairman Of Board Approval was granted for the building and completion of a house last week by the Mount Joy Board of Adjustments which was started two years and four months ago. Lester called a special meeting of the Mount Zoning Board of Adjustment to Mumma, chairman, Joy ascertain if the requirements of the decree in the Steven K. Estock case, ap- proved by the Board of Adjust- ments April 2, 1953, have been complied with. All members of the Board of Adjustment were present. Chairman Mumma reviewed the Estock case and it was moved by G. F. Naugle and seconded by Paul D. Little that ‘all the requirements of the substance of the decree as previously ap- proved by the Board of Adjust- ment in their meeting April 2, 1953, have been complied with. The Estock dwelling as now re- located has the unanimous ap- proval of the Board. House Started July, 1951 The building was first started in July, 1951 by Mr. Estock on Columbia Ave., and has been a courtbattle since October, 1951. Mr. Estock moved the building back {rom the street two times comply with the zoning ordi- nce of Mount Joy. In June of 52. he was again refused an- other building permit after he stressed ‘hardship clause of the zoning laws.” In July of 1952, the zoning committee met with borough council and with Lancaster Co. Courts. In November, 1953, the new hame is nearing comple- tion. Board Reorganizes At Meeting A meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment was held | at which time Lester Mumma was elected chairman and Paul D. Little, secretary. The present Board of Adjustments consists of Mr. Mumma, Mr. Little and G. F. Naugle who are all elect- ed for three-year terms. The membership has two members which were not on the board during the case. The Zoning Commission is nade up of five men who are all elected for five years. These men are Charles Eshleman, Guy Myers, Lineaus Longenecker, George Lehman and William Walters. Four-Year-Old Boy Hit By Automobile Barry Telekey, four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Shando Tel- ekey, West Donegal Street, Mt. Joy, was struck by a car driven by Mrs. Howard Garber yester- day. Barry darted across West MOUNT JOY, PA, fon North Market Street at a meeting held by the group last evening. Charles J. Bennett, Jr.' president, appointed a sales committee headed by Joseph Breneman and assisted by Ed- Dr. S. G. Ziegler, speaker at the Glossbrenner Evang. U. B Church, Florin, Sunday. ! Local Legion Plans Children’s Party | Worden Halter, commander of the Walter S. Ebersole Post Mount Joy, has announc- ed his committee for the annual Children’s Christmas Party. for the children of Mount Joy. Lee Ellis, Jr. was named chair- man of the project. His commit- tee includes Lee Rice, John Germer, Gerald Sheetz, Harry Hoffman, Arthur Schneider, James Shaeffer, James Roberts, | Harold Bender, C. J. Bennett, | Jr., Elwood Young, Burton | Shupp and Earl Miller. Party Planned For Dec. 24 The party is being .planned for Thursday afternoon, Dec.’ 24 and will be held in the Joy Theatre. It is being held for children twelve years and un- der and will feature the show- ing of films and presentation of candy. The local legion has been sponsoring this party for | | | | many years and it has become an annual affair for the borough Project For Fiances | The annual Christmas smok- er will be held at the Post home Friday, December 11. The affair is held annually and is for the benefit of the annual Children’s Christmas Party. Turkeys and ducks given as prizes. will be New Gas Pipe Line Is Being Laid The laying of a‘new pipe line was started by the Lancaster | meeting will also feature a mis- | Alice Gas Company Tuesday after-| noon. The new line will be placed ‘on North Market Street from Main Street to Detwiler Avenue; a total of 200 feet. Officials said that the line’! will be replacing the old line in the same street. At the present | time, the old line is losing as at intervals. The work is expec- ted to take approximately three | Donegal Street from Nissley'’s Store to his home when the car driving east struck' him. His mother reported that he prac- tically recovered this morning. | much ‘as 40 percent of the gas | | I weeks, officials said. | Social Welfare * groups which formerly | burg, {the regular Plan To Sell Welfare Building Plans were made to sell building the located ward Lane and Warren Foley The group will sell the building privately. If the building is not sold privately, a public sale has been planned for the first of February next year. The building will be officially closed for use December 1. All met in the building will meet else- where after the next two weeks. The high school has offered two rooms for their The Boy Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will have two rooms at the school. Several of the girls’ will use. troops also meet in church basements. Any persons who have keys to the building are asked to turn them in to Mr. Brene- man at the First National Bank as soon as possible. Both groups will have “moving day” prior to December 1 when all proper- ties will be moved. The welfare committee will assist in any - necessary arrangements to set up new quarters. In the high school, cabinets will be built. If persons need anything within the churches, they are to con- tact the committee. The building which is for sale is stone and brick. 56'5" front and is 126 feet deep. —— Harrisbura Man Speaks ' To Local Lions Club Harris-' Clarence W. Funk, was the guest speaker at meeting of the local Lions Club held Tuesday even- ing at Hostetter's. Mr who associated with the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, spoke on the three R’s, Recog- and Rec- is nition, Renumeration, reation. The district governor for the ! ‘Lions Clubs will be the guest at the December 1 meeting. The annual Christmas Party of the group will be held Dec. 15. The group voted to donate $25.00 to the community Xmas lighting project fund. RE EE CAPON DAY TO BE HELD | NEXT TUESDAY BY CLUB Annual Capon Day will be observed next week at the reg- yular weekly Rotary Club meet- | Day breakfast. ling luncheon at Hostetter's. The . one for the service. be affair has been postponed week but the round-up will held Tuesday, Now.. 24. The sionary as ther guest speaker. Because Thanksgiving Day is press day, the BULLETIN will go to press Wednesday, Nov. 25. Copies will be on newstands Wednesday after- noon and will be delivered by mail Friday morning. All news must be in the office by Tuesday afternoon. ELECTION WINNERS TAKE OFFICE IN 1954 Dr. R. M. Thome treated the child. His one foot is hurt and] he was knocked unconscious when his elbow was hit. — etl eet LOCAL MINISTER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF CO. GROUP The Rev. Harlan C. Durfee, minister of the First Presbyter- ian Church, was elected presi- dent of the Men's Christian Temperance League of Lancast- | er County during the fifteenth anniversary meeting held Monday at Leola. He suc ceeds Dr. Charles E. Weaver, of [anheim. The next meeting of the sroup will be held December 14 at First Presbyterian Church a} Lancaster 3 B. TITUS RUIT Burgess GEORGE GROFF Borough Council It has a' Funk, | Church To Build ‘House In Africa Missionary Symposium To Beain Sunday Glossbrenner Evangelical U. B. Church, Florin, will build a parsonage Sierra Leone, W, Africa during the year 1954. The building will be a memori- the lives of Dr. and Musselman who for served as in al honoring Mrs. John nearly 40 years sionaries in that land. Dr. Musselman was the Florin community. converted in the Church. Later he went to Lan- caster Covenant Church from which he was later sent to Afri- ca as their missionary. Upon re- native leaders took up born in He was tirement, the work of Dr. Musselman. It is for one of these native lead- ers that the parsonage will be built. A fitting emphasis to the pro- ject is planned in the form of a! Missionary Symposium begin. ning Nov. at 2:30 P. M. and ending with a Thanksgiving day 29 aa breakfast. Outstanding world Missionary leaders will be in Florin for the occasion: The program is as follows: Sunday, Nov. 22, 2:30 p. m. Dr. S. G. Ziegler, Associate] World Missions in U. B. Churchj in Dayton, Secretary of the Evangelical [with headquarters Ohio, will speak. Sunday evening, 7:15 p. m. the Rev. Fredrick Brandauer, son of missionaries to China and now a student at Lebanon Val- | | Monday ley College, will speak. evening, 7:30 p. m,, | Miss Lulu Clippinger, formerly a missionary to the Spanish speaking people in New Mexico | will speak and Dr. Ziegler will wow colored pictures of his re- cent trip to Africa and around the world. Tuesday evening, 7:30 p. Rev. and Mrs. Paul Streich will bring the message and show | pictures of the missionary work being done in South America. | <h Wed, 7:30 p.m. Sahrfili Mat- turi of Sierra Leone, W. Africa and now a student at Howard | University, Washington, D. C. will speak. He is a direct pro- duet of missionary work in Af- | rica. Miss Estella Hish, former- lv a missionary to Africa with Dr. Musselman, will also speak. Thursday morning, 7:00 a.m,, [the missionary symposium will a Thanksgiving Miss High and Matturi will be the guests [conclude with Mr During most of the days for this Missionary Emphasis, Mrs. Musselman, widow of the Dr. John Musselman, will the guest of the Glossbren- Church. - — ee | BEET GROWN NEAR TOWN | WEIGHS 17 POUNDS | A. M. Risser, Manheim R2, grew a red beet which weighs | 17'2 pounds. The oversized beet {is on display in the window of (the Mount Joy Furniture Hos- pital, West Main Street at the late | be er | nex —® ) present time. GEORGE BROWN III Tax Collector THURSDAY, N N OV MBER 19, R HERE ~ WALLET MISSING Mis- | Glossbrenner 1953 Local Students Collect Clothes children of the lo-| cal schools started to work for Tuesday, the children’s crusade. Clothing | be ‘ is being gathered by the stu- dents to be sent to needy chil- dren in America and overseas. | The campaign for clothing will continue until Tuesday, Novem ber 24 The clothing collected will be used to aid children and fami- | lies in Korea, six war-depleted | countries of Europe, Lebanon and in disadvantaged rural | | | | areas of the United States, in- | cluding the Navajo Indian Res- ervation | Federation officials pointed | . . ! out that clothing givers may | bear in mind that the most | "needed clothes are warm cloth- | heavy underwear, wool | suits, sweaters and coats. | Day goes to people first need is warmth Children’s shoes are | importance. Even | ing "skirts, Bundle whose not style. next in though scuffed, outgrown shoes Naomi Zercher, daughter of the | Will be left in them.' still in con-| crib warm | have miles of use Babies clothes are stant demand. Diapers, blankets, night shirts, sweaters and undershirts especially needed. Save the Children Federation | urges all local i citizens to join | |in the clothing crusade. Any ci tizens wishing to contribute may call the high school for de- Savings’ Checks | To Be Mailed { Christmas Savings checks | will be mailed to 1,558 persons | in the Mt. Joy area next Mon- | day by National Bank and the Union Bank. A sum of $115,000 | will be mailed out to the indi- | viduals. The First National Bank will! mail $60,000 to 735 subscribers and the Union National mail $55,000 to 823 subscribers. The First National had an in- | crease of 29 members and $6.- 400 and the Union National had an increase of 123 persons and increase of $1,000. This is the i second year that checks will be mailed out the Monday prior to Thanksgiving. In former years, the checks were mailed out the | last week of November Total membership in Christ- | mas saving clubs throughout Lancaster County is 50.233 who subscribed to $4,588,000. tll Fire Breaks Out At Aircraft Marine Plant A fire occured at 1 p.m. today in the Aircraft Marine plant lo- cated on New Street, Mt. Joy. An oven which bakes plastic tubes ignited. Fumes spread throughout the building imme- diately and caused all the em- ployees to vacate. cause of disclosed damage man- At press time, the the fire could not be nor the extent of the according to Paul Bellser, ager. JAY MUSSER School Director | Musser, | brating their BISHOP Mussers To To Colebrate | Golden Anniversary Bishop and Mrs. Irvin W. Mount Joy R1, are cele- | fiftieth wedding | anniversary today. Mrs. former | Musser is the late Jacob and Elizabeth Hostet- | ter Zercher. The couple was married at the bride’s home near Mount Joy, Nov. 19, 1903 | are | bv the Rev. Abram Z. Hess. The { honor the seven | Re verend Hess now resides with | two 30-year men. aughters, Anna Hess Zerch- | on Marietta Ave., his d er and Mary Mount Joy. Biship Musser was ordained | {to the ministry in 1915. tails. fim ll ee cen I Christ Foreign Mission | | Board for thirty years from 11919 to 1949 and is now an honorary member of the board. In 1938, he was ordained Bish- op and served as overseer of 5| | church: es in Lancaster and York [man of the committee; his com- | counties vears | the Rev. Paul Z. Hess as pastors | Emory of the Crossroads Church, Mt Joy R1. He is also president of | the Joint Board of Directors | and Trustees of the Messiah | 1940 Six children were born to the [since couple of whom five are living. They are Elias Z., Mary E., wife of Blaine Kauffman and Ruth Naomi, of Mount Joy R1: Clar-| ence Z., Grantham and J. Earl, | a missionary in Southern Rho | desia, South Africa. A special service will be held Saturday Crossroads in honor of the couple ¢ afternoon in the Church. The couple has fourteen children and three great children. grand- -grand- - COUNTY JAYCEE PRESIDENTS HONORED County JayCee presidents were honored at a meeting on Monday evening honoring the state president, Frank J. Pas- querilla of Johnstown. Mr. Pas- querilla told county and city groups that ‘this is the age of competition, not only in busi- ness, but alsa in government” Ammon Hoffer, president of the local Junior Chamber of Com- merce, was among the presi- dents honored LLOYD MYERS Borough Council AND an Comrades To Be ‘Honored Friday {comrades of 1 20th, | announced. | He ser- ved as secretary of the Brethren | bers are any members {injury | when i $250 A YEAR IN ADVANCE -— - { | MUSSER IRVIN W and thirty year” the Walter S. Eb- Post 185, Mount Joy horored at a banquet on Friday evening, November 7:00 o'clock, it was The affair will be post home and will 35.year and “Thirty-five ersole at {held in the District Commander Charles Mentzer will be present and the Rev. Elvin H. Schoffstall, Lan- caster, will give a short address. Legion and auxiliary mem- invited to attend the affair in their honor. Tickets for interested in at- {tending will be $1.00. The ban- quet is open for wives of mem- bers also. Tickets may be secur- {ed from James Shaeffer, chair- { until he retired two ago. At the present time, he is serving with his associates, | the Rev. Harry L. Brubaker and | mittee, and at the post home | from Lee Ellis, Sr. Members of the committee | which have tickets for sale are | Krick, Jack Germer, Worden Halter, Jack Liggins, | and George Liebschultz | we CAR STRIKES AUTO will |c hildren’s Home, Mount Joy R1! PUSHED BY DRIVER Wolgemuth, 117 S. Market St., Mount Joy, escaped 5:45 p. m. yesterday his car was struck while i he was pushing it on Route 230, John ‘E. at | burg, | Hospital to check the Identification | Is Removed License Plates Traced | To Parkesburg Man BULLETIN The identity of the body was established as John Ortt, Parkes- by William C. Diller and William Beam, Kinser. An au- topsy completed this afternoon monoxide, showed carbon A man’s body was found in a parked car on Columbia Avenue this morning. The license of the car was issued to John A. Ortt, Parkesburg R2. The car and body were discovered at 7:45 by Norman Sprecher on his way to work. He immediately con- tacted Ray Myers who called the deputy coroner, Dr. David Schlosser, to the scene. The body was found in the ( back seat in an invert:ed posi- tion with all pockets empty and turned inside out. All identifi- cation was gone and the man’s hat was found under the car. Books, a whip, ‘rubbers, hand- kerchief and glasses were also found in the car. Neighbors reported that the car was there at 3:00 a.m. and that the lights were burning. Another neighbor reported that he heard a noise during the night but did not check on it and that the lights were burning at 6:30 a. m. Mr. Ortt went to a cattle sale vesterday in Bellville, Mifflin town, and hadn't returned home a large sum of money. At press He was always known to carry time, Mrs. Orit was under the [ doctor's care and could not be | brought to Lancaster to identify whether or not the man was | her husband, An autopsy is being conduct- ed at the Lancaster General cause of death. No blood or marks on the body could be found at the | time of discovery, Police Officer Michael Good 'and the Lancaster State Police "are continuing the investigation. rr —— | two miles east of Mount Joy. Thanksgiving Service Wolgemuth pulled out ontol | the four-lane highway from Sa- To Be Held Wednesday {lunga Road when his motor The annual Community | stopped. He pushed the car ac-| Thanksgiving Service will be | ross the Harrisburg Pike onto next Wednesday evening, [the berm, where the rear was|at 7:30 o'clock in the Methodist | stic king out in the live traffic, | Church. The Rev. Clarence Hel- | according to State Police Leo pastor of the Church of | Pitegerald, God, will preach the sermon. The annual service is spon= his car when it was struck in the rear by an auto operated by | Harold Derr, 548 E. Market St., | Wolgemuth was at the side of Marietta according to police. Total damage was estimated at $250. é ee - eee All stores in Mount Joy will remain open Wednesday November 25. Stores which usually close Wednesday af- ternoons will be open for the Shoppers will be able to do all their. shopping the day before Thanksgiving. lo : - day sored by the Mount Joy Minis- terial Association. The Rev. William host minister, will deliver the scripture and prayer and the senior choir will sing. The an- them will be “Praise The Lord’ by F. C. Maker. Miss Esther Walters will accompany the group and also play “We Thank" Thee, Oh Our God” for the pre- Iude. Eh ROBERT KUNKLE INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Robert Kunkle, Columbia Avenue, Mount Joy, was injur- ed in an accident Sunday even= ing, between 6 and 7 p. m. when his car ran into a creek, south east of town. Mr. Kunkle on the road Harner, was driving west from Salunga to Mount Joy and had just driven over the stone bridge. His ear was thrown over into the creek. Amos Newcomer discovered the car in the creek but could not find the driver. A car passing by drove Mr. Kunkle to a doctor since he suffered face injuries including cuts below the nose and an injured nose WILLIAM DOMMELL Borough Council { It was reporied that this is , the third car that was “thrown” into the creek after driving ov- |er the stone bridge The bridge | has a bump at either end of it which tends to throw the driver. The car was later taken from [th> creek by a wrecker with tha | heip of a stone turck. 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