45¢ 33¢ 19¢ Physician on Call Sunday For emergency If you Cannot Reach Your Own Physician Dr. Thomas O'Connor FIFTY-THIRD YEAR, NO. 33 MOUNT JOY, PA, The Mount Joy Bulletin THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1954 area ATE gE ee ee . The Bulletin Circulation Now Has Reached 2300 $250 A YEAR IN ADVANCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NAMES HEAD Citation Is Presented To Former Mount Joy Resident In Washington Award Is Given At Pentagon Ceremony The Exceptional Civilian Ser- vice Award was presented to a Mount Joy native Tuesday, by the Secretary of the United States Air Force, Harold E. Tal- bett, at a special Pentagon cere- mony in Washington, D. C .The Mount Joy native honored was K. T. Keller. The award cites Mr. Keller's contribution to national defense in the field of aviation during two World Wars and the Kor- ean conflict. Mr. Keller is the chairman of the board of the Chrysler Cor- poartion and served as director of Guided Missiles under the Secretary of Defense from Oc- tober, 1950 to September, 1953. He was born November 27, 1885 at Mount Joy and was ed- ucated in Mount Joy and Lan- caster. He made his stand in in- dustry as a Machine Shop ap- prentice in the. Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing As- sociation where he later became assistant superintendent of Au- tomobile Engineering Depart- ment. In the automobile indus- try, Mr. Keller was general foreman with the Metzger Mo- tor Cars Company from 1910 to 1911. From 1916 to 1919, he was general master of mechan- ics with the Buick Motor Com- pany. From 1919 to 1921, he was a member of the Mechanic- al'and Engineering Staff of the General Motors Corporation. He was named. vice president of Chevrolet Motors in 1921. Mr. Keller joined the Chrys- ler Corporation in 1926 and was made president of the Corpora- tion in 1935. Among the auto- mobile manufacturers with which he has been associated are the Hudson-Maxwell and Genaral Motors Company. He was vice president ‘in charge of manufacturing until 1935, when he became president of the cor-! poration. A Me Mothers’ March To Be Held January 28 The Mothers’ March on Polio will be held Thursday evening, January 28 in Mount Joy at the same time that the Mothers’ March will be held throughout the United States. The March is considered a ‘lights on” march and citizens who wish to contribute are. asked to light] porch lights enroute. Anyone wishing to volunteer to help in the march is asked to contact Mrs. Warren Funk, | phone 3-9315. According to the latest statis- | tics, there are already four cas- es of polio in Lancaster County when 1954 is only fourteen days | old. This year’s funds have a! dual purpose; the first is to help | those who are affected with the | disease and to help those who | will be affected this year. The! second purpose is to raise funds to develop a vaccine for the | prevention of polio and to pro- | mote the gamma globulin. — ey BOOTH MAKES REPORT TO ROTARY MEMBERS club members Tues- day noon heard “A Report to the People’ from John Booth. Mr. Booth read a number of comments of appreciation from people who are receiving copies of The Rotarian, magazine pub- lished by Rotary, from sponsor- ing clubs. He then read excerpts from the current issue of The Rotar- jan. - A AI CHORUS TO REHEARSE I'he 4-H Chorus will hold its next rehearsal Monday at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of the Greist puilding, Penn Square, Lancas- ter. The practice is in prepara- tion for the 4-H banquet Febru- ary 5. Rotary ANY mm A pp | took first place; K. T. Keller is the recipent of special award. Winners Named At State Show Winners from the Pennsyl- vania State Farm Show are re- leased daily from Harrisburg. As of press time, the winners from Mount Joy and vicinity are listed below: In the Tomato growers con- test, James Eshelman, Mount Joy, R2 placed twelfth with ihs 20.8 tons of tomatoes per acre. Eighteen entries won places in the ‘Master Growers” tomato growers contest by raising 20 or more tons of tomatoes per ac- re in 1953. Mrs. John Musser, Mount Joy R1, won third prize for wo- men's pajamas; third prize for a cotton dress; fourth prize for women's dress made from a feed sack. Henry Greiner, Manheim R4 won second prize in the Hamp- shire sheep division and David Sweigart, Elizabethtown R3, third. Jean Graybill, Manheim R1 captured second prize in the ( Southdown sheep division. Tobacco prizes were awarded to Benjamin M. Habecker, of Manheim R3 for third place in the Wrapper B’s over 26 inches; Milton Snyder, Manheim R4, seventh; Ephraim Kauffman, Manheim R1, eighth; Paul Kel- ley, Mount Joy R1, ninth; Don- ald Swarr, Landisville, tenth. In the division under 26 inches, A. L. Hostetter, Manheim R1, first; Arthur Swarr, Landisville, third; Milton Snyder, fourth; Donald Swarr, fifth; Ephraim Kauffman, ninth and Robert Kaley, Mount Joy R1, twelfth. In Filler B's over 26 inches, | Landis L. Nissley, Manheim R4, Milton Snyder, third; Arthur Swarr, fourth; J. A. Hostetter, Manheim R1, was fifth; Donald Swarr, seventh, A. L. Hostetter eighth; E. 1. Nissley, Manheim R1, ninth. Under 26 inches, Landis Nissley took second; Benjamin Habeck- er, third; Milton Snyder, fourth; J. A. Hostetter, sixth; Donald Swarr, seventh; Arthur Swarr, ninth. In inches, the Binder Type over 26 Donald Swarr placed second; Arthur Swarr, fourth; Milton Snyder, fifth; Ephraim Kauffman, eighth; Benjamin Habecker, ninth. Under 26 in- ches, Arthur Swarr placed first; Landis Nissley, third; Milton Snyder, fourth; Donald Swarr, | took | | DINING ROOM OF sixth; Ephraim Z Kauffman, ninth prize. Milton Martin, Mount Joy R1 placed tenth in the 4-H classes of Wrapper B’s and third in the Fillers. Mrs. John Musser, Mount Joy R1, won four prizes for cakes in the judging Tuesday. She won first prize for her sponge cake (vellow with liquid); first prize for her cake oil; second prize for her yellow sponge cake and third prize for her white angel sponge cake. Mr. and Mrs. William Longe- necker, Mt. Joy R2, captured 4 (Turn to page 6) made with | Date Is Set For Banquet | is the date of the an- nual Mount Joy High School | Alumni banquet. This date will mark the last time that the al- association will meet in the Mount Joy High School. With the admission of this| year's graduating class into the association, it will become a group. June 5 umni closed Suggestions are being receiv- making the last affair | to be held in the local high | school more than a banquet. | Some suggestions offered so far | are to repeat one of last year’s S, | features, ‘Hall of Fame", a col- lection of old pictures which | were placed on large cardboards | in the rear of the auditorium;| ed for to prepare a souvenir booklet | including the history “of the] i) Mount Joy Schools and pic- tures; to portray in play or pan-| tomine styles and events thru| the years of the school. | alumnus has any affair, it would | If any sug- gestions for this be appreciated if he'd call the | Bulletin to tell his ideas. Also, if anyone would have any ma- terial which could be used in the making of the history of the | school, a call to the Bulletin | would | be appreciated. -— Hiestand Installs New Offices. Forty-five attended uary meeting of local Friend- ship Fire Company last Thurs- | day to see the new officers in- | stalled. Wilbur Heistand, Salun- ga, president of the Salunga | Fire Company, installed Miller | Wolgemuth president; Eari| Zink, first vice president; as Brown, III, second vice: Rev. W. L. Koder, chaplain;| Richard Divet, recording tary; Robert Schneider, ent; R. E. Hassinger, finan:ial| secretary and Frank Hassinger, ant. Ray Myers was installed fire chief and John Myers, as Christ Charles, as chief Marlyn Myers, Chief Richard Kepple, chief | Marshall Dussin- | and ladderman; captain of the Jan-| as Thom- | the | secre- assis! assist as sistant. engineer; hoseman; chemical man; Chief hook John L. Schroll, ger, po lire; and Hubert Rice, trustee for 3 years; Earl Zink, trustee | for 2 years and Earl Derr is the other trustee. The entertain- ment committee is Russel Kra- mer, Horace Wertz, Elwood Stark, William Waltz and Mar- shall Dussinger. New members were accepted into the company: Edward A. Pennell, Robert F. Schroll, II, Robert Haines and Warren Fletcher. One social member was accepted; Ralph Kain. The Rev. W. L. Koder, chap- lain, offered the opening prayer. After the opening exercises, Fire Chief Myers reported that the company responded to 36 calls during the year. Chief en- gineer Charles reported the purchase of two new tires for the ambulance. Chief of police John L. Schroll reported that the belts for the fire police have been received. A motion was made that the company purchase a new cover for the pool table and that the company purchase new balls and cues as needed. A dutch lunch was given following the meeting. et BENNETTS TO REDECORATE RESTAURANT Decorators will be at work in Bennett Restaurant starting Monday completely renovating the dining rooms. The restaur-| ant will close Saturday, Janu- ary 16, while the work is being and will reopen February done, 15. | Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Ben- | nett plan to spend the month in Florida abeorbing lots of shine and a much needed rest. | They are leaving with Mrs. re | nett’s mother, Mrs. Floyd Frey, and sister, Helen. | showed | . who wish to lean how to square 'Rapho Residents | refused at the meeting At Girl Scout ‘Neighborhood Officers were installed at the meeting of the Joy-Florin Girl Monday annual dinner Mount Neighborhood evening | at the Trinity Lutheran Church. ' rectors of the Mrs. ed as chairman; Eby, Freeman Naugle, chairman; Mrs. James Spangler, third vice chairman; Mrs. Geo. Brown III, secretary and Mrs. Lester Hostetter, treasurer. | A change in the program was arranged since the snow storm Edward Lane was install- Mrs. vice first vice chairman; second | prevented John Kendig of Man- heim from appearing to lecture on ‘trees’. Miss Anna Mae Eby slides and talked on historical places in Lancaster County Mrs. Lane took charge of the business meeting at which time, all leaders gave reports on the troop activities. Miss Anna Mae Eby was appointed Day Camp director. The day camp is ten- tatively set to be held in June. Freeman Naugle was ap-| pointed Juliet Low chairman. Each year the troops are asked to do something special for Jul- iet Low Day in February and | to put on a special program at! the March Neighborhood meet- ing. Irs. Tentative plans were made to sponsor a square dance in the local high school in the near fu- ture, and especially to those dance. tl To Keep Working The petition signed by 336 of the 425 taxable inhabitants of the Lower Rapho Township seeking separation from Man- heim Central School Board was of the Manheim Central School Board at their regular meeting Friday night. A committee of three bers and their attorney asked | the board’s cooperation in the formation of the “Lower Rapho' Township School District”. Two of the eleven-member board voted for cooperating; two did not vote and seven voted against cooperating. Although the petition was ot) accepted at Friday night's board meeting, the Lower Ra- pho group will nat stop work- ing for the separation. After research has beeh completed, the matter will develop into a case and will be tried in the, Lancaster Courts, it was an- nounced by a spokesman of the group. mem- LOCAL GIRL VISITS WARM SPRINGS, GA Miss Lillie Ann Greider, Mount | Joy, R. D. 1, visited .The Little | White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, recently. Warm Springs | is where Franklin Roosevelt liv- ed part time and where he died. Thousands visit this national | shrine every month. ‘Maintained just as when he it is open to the public every day of the vear. MARCH OF DIMES INFANTILE PARALYSIS ¥ | JANUARY 2-31 | TK. wim gn PAE Abo TR 0 rads p rR 3 * x \ Scout. Miss Anna Mae A. Baum, bookkeeping; 1 Weber, assistant teller ser | ging. | be | Officers Installec | 7wo Local Banks| Special Authority Organize For Year, Annual stockholders’ meet- ! ing were held in the two Mount Joy banks Tuesday morning. Henry Eby, S. Nissley Gingrich, | Dr. E. W. Newcomer. D. M. Wol- | gemuth, Amos H. Risser, John I'M. Booth, J. E. Melhorn, . Paris Hostetter and Musser Wolge muth were all re-elected as di- First National Bank and Trust Company. In the re-organization meet- ing that followed. Henry Eby, was renamed president; S. Nis- i sley Gingrich, vice president: ' Dr. E. W. Newcomer, secretary; ' E. M. Bomberger, cashier; Reu- | ben Fellenbaum, assistant cash- ier and trust officer and Warren Bentzel, assistant cashier, as- sistant trust officer, and the manager of the Florin Branch bank. Joseph T. M. Breneman was re-elected teller; Miss Lois « Miller, general teller and ledg- | Howard Land-'! er bookkeeper; vater, note teller; Miss Romaine Shenk, teller in the Florin branch; Miss Mary K. Landvat- er, note bookkeeper and steno- grapher; Mrs. A. K. Mitzkavich, proof clerk; Mrs. Frank Hassin- ger, bookkeeping; Miss Barbara Myron and as- | sistant bookkeeper; and Charles Latchford, messenger. In the Union National Bank stockholders’ meeting, the pres- ent officers were re-elected: John Nissley, Phares Nissley, Harvey Rettew, W. A. Covent- ry, Henry Koser, Martin S. Musser, Claude H. Grosh, Alvin Reist and Clarence S. Newcom- er. The re-organization of the Union National Bank was held Thursday morning. Martin Mus- was re-elected president; John Nissley, vice president; Carl S. Krall, cashier, Secretary and trust officer; D. Victor Shank, ant secretary and assistant trust officer; Norman sistant cashier; Lineaus Longe- necker, teller; Les‘er Hostetter, teller: Mrs. Ruth Kraybill; sten- ographer; Miss Christine R. Weidman, teller; Miss Ruth Shenk, clerk; Miss Florence Miller, bookkeeper; Miss Joyce Miller, bookkeeper; Miss Mary | Jane Zimmerman bookkeever | and Samuel Hink'e, messenger. tite — Model Contest Is Scheduled The deadline for Way's Model contest is Saturday, January 30. i The model contest is open to all) | girls and boys of all ages. Prizes | tee. will be awarded in two groups. The first group is for children up to thirteen years of age and | the second is for those over thir- teen. Three trophies will be pre- sented to the top winners in each divisions to the first, sec- ond and third place winners. Five medals will also be award- ed in each division to fourth, | fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place winners. At the present time, trophies and medals are on display in the show windows at Way's Appliance Store. Entry blanks are given with all models purchased at Way's Store. If there is anyone who purchased a model and did not receive an entry bank, he may go to the store to receive it. Models will include flying and solid airplanes, jet power race cars and fighter ships. All en- tries will be shown in the show windows from the time they are received until the time of jud- The winners’ models will displayed after the judging. John Way, origina'or contest, has secured four local men to judge the entries. Judg- es will be Charles Fish, Neiss. Models will be judged on appearance. Points will be given for neatness, use of color and aptitude of the gge of the! | child to the work done. The en- tries do not have to fly or oper- ate: assistant cashier, assist-| Sprecher, as-| of the! Titus | Rutt, Larmon Smit h and Park | total is 38,372 points. Meeting Planned For Tuesday The regular meeting of the Mount Jov was held Tuesday heculted in the payment of bills whirh night onlv. Advancements in the wa- ter svstem and information a- bot the sewerage system was noted by engineer at the meeting. Joseph Michaels, Dallastown, was fore- ed to turn back after driving i from Dallastown and progres- : the Marietta to road. The expected to be the , sing as far as Mount Joy storm prevented his appearing snow at the meeting to make his an- [ nouncements. A special meeting will be held bv the group next Tuesday ev- ening, January 19 in the offices of the Gerberich-Payne Shoe Company. According to Samuel H. Miller, president, the meet- ing is open to the public. Any- one interested in hearing the re- ports of the water system and th~ proposed sewerage system ' are welcome to attend the meet- ing. Jaycees Discuss lL.ocal Projects Local JayCees met Tuesday I night in the firehouse to discuss community projects. The group announced that some progress had been done on the “sign” committee, the committee to in vestigate signs to be placed at the entrances of Mount Joy. |i Permission was granted by Wilbur Beahm, principal,” for the JayCees to start a volleyball | league as soon as the schedule is finished. The group has access Borough Authority! Fish Is Elected President; Five Directors Chosen Charles Fish, ex-burgess, was elected president of the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce at the directors’ meeting following the annual meeting Tuesday night at Hostetter's banquet hall. Amidst the snow, thirty- four men attended the annual dinner meeting and elected five new directors. Samuel Bals- baugh, Daniel Wolgemuth, Paul Stoner, Melvin Weaver and Clark Berrier were elected for three-year terms. Adam Greer was chosen first- vice president; Clark Berrier, | | second vice president; Maurice Reuben Fellenbaum worked ; Bailey, . secretary; and oan) ¥ Krall, treasurer. 61145 years for the First Nation-; S. A. Horton was named al Bank. chairman of the community { Christmas decorating commit- tee assisted by Robert Hurst and Clark Berrier. Glen Kaylor was named chairman of the pushmobile race which is held during the , local Community Exhibit in ' October. His assistants will be Adam Greer and Clyde Mump- er. An essay contest will again e conducted in the senior class of the local high school. This | year’s subject will be ‘‘Disposi- Fellenbaum came to the tion and Development of ihe in Septemberof 1892 at the age Grade School Plot’, Paull ne. “5%, Stoner was named chairman of of sixteen and has been a bank | this comniittee and will be as- employee since that time. sisted by James Heilig and Geo. Having had three years of Keener. The group also decided previous office work from the to place an advertisement in time that he was thirteen in the the high school yearbook. Florin Express office, he replac- Speaker of the evening was ed Harry Newcomer in the|the Rev. John Gable, pastor of bank which employed a total of Glossbrenner E. U. B. Church, Employee Relates| Past Experiences | This year will mark Reuben Fellenbaum’s sixty-second year as an employee of the First Na- | tional Bank and Trust Company bank for another since the re-organized Tuesday year. Mr. bank two employees. He and M. M. Florin. Introduced by John M. Brubaker (who started work-| Booth. the Rev. Mr. Gable ad- ing in the bank in 1866 and died ' qressed the Chamber on ‘The in 1914) were the only employ- ees of the bank until 1905. In fact, they did all the figuring by | hand until an adding machine sult we will do immediately, Challenge of the Impossible.” Kevnoting his talk with the now-famous slogan, “the diffi- | to the gym, the showers and eq- { uipment of the school. | | The activity committee an- nounced that a banquet will be held Wednesday evening, Janu- ary 20, at the American Legion | Home, Mount Joy, in honor of | JayCee week. The affair is sch- eduled to begin at 7:00 p. m. All | JayCees are urged to attend. Youth Day in Government in | the local high school will be | held March 17. William Gass- ' man and Kenneth Gainer were | named co-chairmen of a “flouri- | dation” committee to investigate | the possibility of adding flourine | to the local water. Charles Ruhl was also named to the commit- | The announcement was made [ that the JayCees and Joycees will again co-sponsor the “Dawn Party” for the juniors and sen- iors of the local high school fol- lowing the junior-senior prom. Speaker To Appear was added to the furniture in the impossible may take a bit 1903. A forty-hour week was Jonger,” the speaker cited five unknown in the late nineteenth | factors as being important in ac- and beginning twentieth cen-| cepting the challenge of the im- turies and the men, many days, | possible. worked a 16-hour day. Mr. Fel- For his first point he discus- lenbaum said he never had aged courage. The Rev. Mr. Ga- vacation until 1907. Mr. Fellen-| pje outlined the courage .typi- baum started as a teller and| fied in the career of Glenn Cun- then cashier. At the he | ningham, the great mil- is Trust Officer assistant | erg all time, as the kind of cashier. courage needed in accepting the He attended the challenge. Cunningham as a boy School, Florin, and always en-| suffered such severe burns to joyed spelling bees and sports| his legs that doctors said he as a boy. Today, he says that his | would not walk again. Courage- greatest joy family. ‘He | ously he undertook exercises witnessed seventeen graduations | that not only made it possible of his children and one of for him to walk, but to gon on grandchildren up to the present | snd become the great miler. time. Of these, seven were high Second, declared the speaker, present, one of and of Washington is his his school graduations, Six were | goals are needed. He said that college graduations: one was a| they make the difference be- dental school graduation and| {ween accepting the challenge two were his oldest grandchild’s or turning away. Visioning a graduation exercises, high| growth of Mount Joy in all di- school and college. rections, he pointed out that el QQ er ee Local Girl To Play better schools and better chur- ches are a responsibility of the At School-Home Assoc. A representative of the Cleft | Palate Clinic, Lancaster, will be the guest speaker at the bi- monthly meeting of the Mount Joy School and Home Associa- tion next Thursday evening, January 21. The meeting will be held. in the elementary school at 8 p.m. preceeded by a half hour period when teachers will be in their rooms for consultation. Tentative plans for a party for the safety patrol to be held in the spring will be discussed. The fourth grade mothers will | provide the refreshments for the meeting. i Charles Heaps, elementary school principal, announced the | total number of points collected | | to date in the Acme- American | Million Dollar Sports Plan. The (Points are earned with Acme Store; purchases. Each 25¢ purchase is worth one point toward sports equipment. At the present time | | points are bats and basketballs | for next year’s school year. being used to buy | community. In District Band ; The third important factor in Miss Carol Ann Smith, daugh-| gccepting the challenge is in- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Smith | gsigsht. No man stays in business Jr., of Mount Joy was selected | yery long unless he has it, com- i to play in the Southern District | mented the Rev. Mr. Gable. Band Festival to be held at| Faith in God, in man and: in Manheim, February 18, 19 and | each other was the fourth point 20th. discussed. It is the foundation She completed with 59 other trumpet players during the try outs held at William Penn High School in Harrisburg. which any superstructure might be built, the speaker declared. In concluding, the Rev. Mr. Gable said that hard work is im- Each participant was marked portant in accepting the chal- on the following items: Tone, | jonge. “We must be willing to Rhythm, Intonation, Interpreta-' fice sorae sweat.” he said. “Of- tion, Technique, Preparedness. ten the difference between sue- The student had to play a por- | cess and failure is pushing a- tion of a number before a com- head when vou're dog tired.” mittee of four band directors Introduced by Adam Greer These band directors represent- chairman of the pushmobile : | . ed York, Littlestown, Annville, ) pace committee, were John Ri- High Schools. Mt and Mount Joy Any interested { der, driver of the winning car, | person in | and Gerald Goodling. They ex- Joy wishing to attend the con-| pressed appreciation to the cert may note the. following: Chamber for sponsoring the Friday, February 19, the con- event and the hope that more cert will begin at 7:30 p. m.| hoys might be encouraged to Student tickets will be fifty] participate. cents each. Saturday evening,| Arthur D. Sprecher, chair- February 20, tickets for the man of the lighting committee, concert will all be seventy-five | | reported that 10 candle units cents i (Tur to Page 6) < \ \ ] \ J ha dn hate RE CR