ur rst RR 1se it is 1 every es since ty and Girard- it. Off. ed ST comms: YOUR HOME NEWSPAPER FIFTY-THIRD YEAR, NO. 45 The Mount Joy ULLETIN MOUNT JOY, PA. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954 DEDICATED COMMUNITY SERVICE $250 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Hamboners Appear Here Saturday The Hamboners, three-time winners on the Ted Mack tele- vision show, will be one of the featured attractions at the tes- timonial program Saturday ev- ening at the Mount Joy High School. The program is sched- uled to begin at 8:00 p. m. Following the banquet which is to be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Hostetter Pavilion, the program will begin in the high school with group singing and the in- vocation by the Rev. Lester Koder. The Rev. =lmer Keiser, Bloomsburg, Pa., will be the guest speaker for the occasion. Rev. Keiser was formerly the pastor of the St. Luke's Episco- pal Church, Mount Joy and was also one of the speakers at the testimonial program given in 1951 in honor of the other Reg- ional Basketball Championship team. Titus Rutt, chairman of the citizens committee, will intro- duce the master of ceremonies of the evening, Benjamin Groff. Mr. Rutt will also make the pre- sentation of awards to the play- ers, coaches and cheerleaders. Miss Dorothy Schock, Frank Street, Mount Joy, will sing a solo. Miss Schock is the direct- or of choral music at the Mec- Caskey High School. The benediction will be giv- en by Dr. Ezra Ranck; H. Mor- rell Shields will be song leader and Mrs. George Broske will be the organist. Reservations May Be Made Reservations for the banquet at Hoste!'ter’s may be made un- til Saturday morning, 11:00 a. m. to Lester Hostetter at the Union National Bank. The team and coaches will be the guests of Eli Hostetter at the Saturday night affair. Team To Eat Seven Times Mount Joy high schools East- ern Regional basketball champ- ions Monday night were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Holtzman at a luscious T-bone steak ban- quet, the first of seven planned in honor of the team. Mr. and Mrs. Holtzman serv- ed the dinner from an attract- ively arranged table, with bas- ketball centerpiece. After ing their fill of steak, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and ro.ls, the boys were treated to slabs of cherry pie with ice cream, specially decorated for eat- the occasion. Speaker was Ira Herr, athlet- ic director of Elizabethtown college, who complimented the team and its coaches on their fine showing and stressed the value of athletics in the teach- ing of cooperative effort. On Tuesday, at noon, the Mt. Joy Rotary club was host to the Rams. Again the boys were trealed to a delicious menu, with club vegetables, and Boston pie. steaks, Coach George Houck intro- duced his assistant. John Lich- ty, and the team members. Both Mr. Houck and Mr. Lichty ex- pressed their appreciation to (Turn to page 8) School Prepares For Parade Preparations have been started for the entries into the county-wide safe'y patrol pa- rade which will be held in Lan- caster Saturday morning, May 1. Work on a float began in Mt. Joy Wednesday, April 7. Last year, Mount Joy's float received third prize. The patrolmen will march and the band will perform in addition to the float entry. This year certificates of a- wards will be given. Awards will be given for the outstand- ing, excellent and good entries. Charles Heaps, principal, is in charge of the preparations. The “one hundred girls” and Peggy Brill. are Girl Scouts Shelia Sumpman, a] i June Hollinger, Linda Stehman Local Youth Junior Play Five Troops Crushed By Opens Today MeetQuotaln 18 Ton Crane Glenn Martin, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin, Donegal Springs Road, Mount Joy, killed at 2:30 p. m. April 6 when he was Tuesday, was crushed under a huge crane weighing 18 tons at the site of the new Cocalico Union High School in Denver. Dr. J. H. Bru- baker, Denver deputy According to coroner, who issued a verdict of acciden- tal death, he suffered a fractur- ed skull and crushed chest. When the brakes locked on his crane, he crawled under the front wheels to release the brake. He did so but the heavy vehicle rolled forward and ‘off the blocks of wood used to keep it in a level position while be- ing operated with the rubber-tired wheels passing ov- er Martin's body. one of Martin, a graduate of East Donegal Township High School, class of 1953, was a commence ment speaker and played both varsity baseball and basketball. He was a member of the Cross- roads 3rethren in Christ Church. Besides his parents, he is sur- vived by two sisters and a bro- ther: Beatrice, wife of Robert Sentz:; Jeanne, wife of J. Arthur Oberholtzer and Paul Jr., all of Mount Joy R1. Funeral services will be held at his late home Friday after- noon at 1:30 p.m. with further services at Cross Road Brethren in Christ Church at 2:00 p. m. School Chooses Miss Lois Rutt Miss Lois Rutt was selected to represent Mount Joy High School in the annual Pennsyl- vania State Laurel Festival at Wellsboro, Pa., June 18 and 19, 1954. The festival is held annually to pay tribute to the state flow- er, mountain laurel, and to of- ficially open the laurel season in Pennsylvania's Grand Can- yon Country. A 1954 laurel queen will be selected by a pan- el of judges for beauty, poise, personality and charm. In addi- tion to the title, an engraved trophy, a partial tuition schol- arship and merchandise gifts will be awarded the winner. Merchandise gifts will also be awarded the other four top fin- alists. 4 ® WILL YOU PARADE? The Mount Joy Fire Com- pany would like to have en- ough firemen to wear the pa- rade uniforms and attend a convention in Columbia, on Saturday, June 5. Members who would like to parade are asked to contact Ray Myers, Marilyn Myers, Christian Charles, Thomas Brown, III or Earl Zink. “Set For A Spell” opens to- night in the Mount Joy High School. The junior three-act comedy will run for two nights, April 8 and 9, 8:00 p.m. Gail Shelly will play the leading role supported by Daisy Brooks, Suzanne Sponsler, Karleen Raf- fensperger, Kenneth Good, Kay Kear, Peter Nissley, David Weidman, Robert Melhorn, Kay Zimmerman and Agnes Rosen- feld. Miss Catharine G. Zeller will direct the production. This play will be the last play given by any Mount Joy High School group. ee I isi Officer Is Suspended part-time has raymond Heisey, policeman in the borough, been granted a suspension by Jurgess Titus Rutt. The suspen- until borough council meets Monday night, April 12 to act on the suspen- sion. When the new budget drawn up for 1954, the council that a third necessary. sion is in effect was decided not members policeman was Acting on their suggestion, Bur gess Rutt suspended him. — ay — FORMER MT. JOY RECTOR DIES Chambersburg, Pa., April 6 The Rev. Carlton Jones, pas- tor of Trinity Episcopal Church here, was stricken and died to- walking near his day while home. Before becoming the church here in Mr. Jones served in Lock Hav- en and Mt. Joy parishes and Hanover Hill and Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. The Rev. Mr. Jones served as pastor of St. Luke's Church, Mount Joy two years prior 1o going to Chambersburg. eel ier meson Band Club Holds Party For Band Approximately 175 band members and parents attended the annual band party last Wed- nesday evening in the high school gym. The affair was giv- en by the band club in honor of the band members. Five films Laurel and Hardy, Three Stoog- es, W. C. Fields, Abbott & Cos- tello and a Mickey Mouse car- toon were shown to the group and games were in charge of George Houck, Refreshments were served to the group by the club also. i" Mme JAYCEES PLAN INSTALLATION The installation banquet of the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce will be held Wednes- day evening, April 14 at the lo- cal American Legion Home. Guests of the JayCees will be the local basketball team. The group will give its an- nual awards to the players at that time. pastor of 1949, Rev. Cookie Sales Four girls reached the one hundred box sale record in the Girl Scout cookie sale. Peggy Brill, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brill, Mount Joy, sold the most cook- the Mount Joy-Florin neighborhood. She 148 boxes. Sheila Sumpman, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sumpman, Mount Joy R2, sold 130 boxes; June Hollinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clar- ence Hollinger, Florin, 105 box- recent county-wide ies in sold es and Linda Stehman, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Stehman, Florin, 100 boxes. These girls will receive special recognition from the county of- fice for their outstanding sales- manship. Six other Scouts deserve hon- orable mention for their sales. Mimi O’Connor and Patty Nornhold each sold 76 boxes of Brenda Baughman, 65; Janice Berrier, 63; Carol West, 54 and Janet Mateer, 50. Of the ten Mount Joy and Florin Girl Scoui and Brownie troops, five reached their quota. The five to reach quota were No. 75, No. 147, No. 170, No. 212 and No. 194. The Scouts of Lancaster Coun- ty exceed their goal in the 1954 Cookie Sale by 18,726 boxes. A total of 123,726 boxes were sold in the county. Proceeds from the sale will go toward the county camp and to the indivi- dual troops. cookies; DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET? tickets are still av- Saturday night basketball team affair. Lester Hostetter will sell the tickets until Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. ———— — EGG HUNT SCHEDULED The annual Easter egg hunt will be held at the St. Luke's Episcopal Church grounds Sat- urday morning, April 17, 9:30 a. m. The rain date will be on Saturday, April 24. re —— Janquet ailable for the NEW SANDBOX IS MADE A new concrete sandbox has been placed in the local bor- ough park. The new equipment replaces a worn-out wooden box. it > — NURSE TO BE CAPPED Miss Shirley Goodling, Hen- ry Street, will be capped at a special ceremony Sunday, Ap- ril 11. Miss Goodling is a stu- dent nurse at the Atlantic Hos- pital. BUY YOUR BOOSTER TICKET Booster tickets are being sold to defray the expenses of the basketball team a- wards. A booster ticket is the admittance to the testi- monial program Saturday night in the high school. Any donation toward the ticket may be made. Kindergarten Parents of children who ex- pect to enter the Mount Public Kindergarten in Septem- Joy ber, 1954, are requesied to, bring those children to the Mt. Joy Grade School, Marietta Avenue for registration, Wed- nesday, May 5. Only children who will be five years old before February 1, 1955 will be registered. In other words, only children who were born on or before Janu- ary 31, 1950 may register Parents are requested to be sure that each child has a birth certificate or similar acceptable evidence of birth to present for registration. The child must have a vaccination certificdte to present at registration or by the first day of school. The hours of registration are from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at the grade school office. Only children whose parents reside in the borough of Mount Joy are eligible to attend the school. re el re Lions Make Future Plans Edward Richter showed and explained a film from the Stu- debaker Company on the manu- facture of cars at the regular meeting of the Mount Joy Lions Club Tuesday evening at Hos- tetter's. The group decided to give $10 to the cancer fund and $35 to the citizens committee for the boys’ basketball team awards. Curvin Martin, Jr., reported on the spring rally held in Eph- rata. The members decided to invite the championship basket- ball team to the May 4 meeting of the group. Ladies and Charter night will be celebrated Tuesday, Ap- ril 20 when the Lions will cele- brate their ninth birthday. Ar- thur Sprecher was in charge of the meeting — A — JOB PENDING received POSTMASTER According to word from Washington, the postmaster in Mount Joy is still pending. A second review of the completed job of candidates is being at the present Riedel’s Magic April 30 time. The Riedel Magical Revue is coming to Mount Joy and is be- ing sponsored by the Rotary Club. The show will be held at the Mount Joy High School on Friday evening, April 30, 8:00 p. m. The Riedel Magical Revue is a colorful, fast moving presen- tation of Modern Entertainment As in the Arabian Nights, a beautiful girl remains suspend- ed in mid air. In a Circus se- quence, a young Lady mystifies two funny clowns, by appearing in a box they have just proven empty. There are the Phantom Chickens that appear from no- where and vanish at a wave of the Magician’s Wand. Magic is something that is en- joyed by everybody regardless of their age. Bring the enlire family and enjoy a good clean magic show. H. B. Johnson and son Robert are the owners and drivers of the school bus which took dents to the basketball games mately sixty students each trip. Mount Joy High School stu free. They averaged approxi Each time the team won an other victory, the Johnsons offered their bus free of charge for students for the next game. studen!s to the games which were played close they also took a free bus as far as West Chester. Teen-Age Readers Planned For May Prelimisary plans to a Teen-Age driving contest for were made at the last meeting by the Mount Joy Junior Chamber of Commerce. conduct Road-e-o, teen-agers, Designed to create good driv- ing habits among the teen-age set and to select the communi- ty’s most skillful young driver, the Road-e-o elimination will consist of a written examination and a skill test involving driv- ing through prescribed exercis- es such as parking, smooth stop- ping and others The local winner in this na- tional Jaycee contest will be eli- gible to compete in the state Road-e-o July 10th in Coraopo- lis, Pa. State winners compete $3,100 in scholarships in a national contest August 10-14 in Washington, D. C. Last year 80,000 teen-agers took part in over 600 local con- tests. All teen-agers, (high school students and those out of school) boys and girls, who hold a driving permit or a li- cense are eligible to enter this driving contest. — nnn Scouts Plan Square Dance A public square dance will be held Friday night, April 23 in the Mount Joy High School by the ‘Mount Joy-Florin Girl Scout Neighborhood. Burt Wit- tenburg will be there as official caller. Brownies will from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and all other scouts and adults will dance from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. The Florin under the leadership of Mrs. C. F. Wisegarver will have charge of the decorations and the sen- ior troop of Mount Joy under the direction of Mrs. Rober! Hawthorne will be in charge of Tickets go on for dance Intermedia’e troop refreshments. sale this week. —— OC ee SHAREHOLDERS TO MEET The annual shareholders meeting of the Mt. Joy and Loan Association held next Wednesday April 14, 7:00 p. m. Juilding will be evening, in the lob- by of the First National Bank and Trust Company. A report of the activities of the year will be given and three new direc- tors will be elected for a three- year term oi Joint Installation Held By 2 Groups A joint installation of officers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars 5752 and the auxiliary was held Fiiday evening at the firehouse. Mar.in Brown installed the of- ficers of the VFW and Mrs. Har- vey Balmer installed the officers of the auxiliary. Officers installed were Frank Morton, commander; Jay Gin- der, vice; Clarence Wil- son, junior vice; Robert Siebert, James Tierney, quartermaster; Angel DeJesus, chaplain; Dr. Robert Walker, surgeon; George Albert, trustee. The women’s officers are: Mrs. James Tierney, president; Mrs. David Mumper, senior vice; Mrs. Anna Zerphey, jusior vice; Mrs. Jean yinder, treasurer; Mrs. Eva Hendrix, chaplain and Mrs. Ralph Rice, secretary. ——— BANKS WILL CLOSE The banks of Mount Joy and Florin will be closed Friday, April 16 in the observance of Good Friday. senior post advocate; Not only did they drive the to home but Banquet Plans Are Completed The Old program for Friday, April 30th Timers Association's will be changed this year. Therg will be only one speaker for the studenis. Dr. J. K. high school Miller will be that speaker. Im- mediately after Dr. Miller's ad the Old Timers will conduct the second portion dress is over, of the program which will con- sist of reminiscing, introduc tion of guests and short speech es. Immediately after the sing- ing of the high school alma ma- ter, the school guests are at lib erty to leave Reservations are being re- ceived at this time. After invi- tations had been issued only one week, over one hundred re plies have been received. will be student The annual award given to a high school for the following qualifications; passing marks, must be out- standing in the majority of the which the high his attitude to team-mates, four school engages; ward his fans, officials, ship are considered; he must be sports in fellow and sportsman well as a good not a good loser as winner; the player have to be a senior does The award consis.s of a piece of luggage and a plaque. The plaque is given each year by a member of the Some fans have the purpose of the award. It is not given just for but for the four sports, baseball, basketball. association. misunderstood basketba'l soccer, tennis and Another project of the group is the sponsorship of the midget baseball team. The project has cost over three hundred dollars to date. To date, approximately one thousand dollars has been spent on high school athletics tt Weidman Wins Forensics David Weidman won first place in the tenor voice of District 3 Forensic Contest h-ld at the Millersville State Teachers College last Saturday Kenneth Good placed second in the Bo h bovs are juniors in high divisions. the baritone school Kenne h was in competition with boys from Lebanon, South Lebanon, Camp Hill, Milton Hershey, Susquehanna and Wil liam Penn high schools David was in with entries from and Middletown. David will have the honor of competition John Harris representing Mount Joy and District 3 in state finals to be held at Williamsport, April 29 30 and May 1 He sang Into the Night’ as his selected num ber and “Be the Best of What ever You Are’ as his required number. He was accompanied by Karleen Raffensperger, also a member of the junior class POINSETTA IS EASTER FLOWER A poinsettia plant owned by William Scheafler was given to him by his employer at Christ mas time. It has been blooming constantly since that time. The most recent bloom is on display in the Bulletin Office window Physician on Call Sunday For emergency If you Cannot Reach Your Own Physician Dr. Thomas O'Connor Good Friday Services In Church of God The annual Good Friday ser- vices sponsored by the Mount Joy Ministerial Association be held in the Church of God. At 1:00 p.m, Mrs. George Broske will play an organ pre- lude and special music will be presented by the Presbyterian Church. The Rev. William Harner will speak at 1:20 and special mus- ic will be provided by the Methodist Church. The Rev. Q. A. Deck will speak at 1:40 and special music will be furnished by the Evan- gelical Cong. Church. The Rev. W. L. Koder will speak at 2:00 with special mus- ic by the Trinity Lutheran Church Dr. Ezra H. Ranck will speak at the 2:20 service with music by the St. Mark's Evang. United Brethren Church. The Rev. C. F. Helwig will be the last speaker of the afternoon and will speak at 2:40 with special music being furnished by the host church, The Church of God. Letters were written to the industries and merchants in the borough by the Chamber of Commerce to suggest that the industries and stores might be closed during the two hours of services. i Camping Is Available Through Easter Seals Despite their crutches and wheelchairs, crippled children from Lancaster City and Coun- ty spend many happy days each summer at one of three summer camps: Camp Easter Seal, Camp Daddy Allen and Harm- ony Hall, stated Walter C. Mil- ler, president of the Lancaster County Society for Crippled Children and Adults. As the 1954 Easter Seal ap- peal enters its final days, Mr. Miller revealed that contribut- ors to the 1953 drive made it possible for 8 crippled children from this area to attend camp last summer. “We can make sure that even more crippled children will at- tend one of these camps next summer by contributing as gen- erously as we all possibly can to the Easter Seal appeal, which ends Easter Sunday, April 18,” said Mr. Miller. “This annual campaign raises funds that help support an active summer camping program each year, in addition to numerous other care and treatment services for ’ crippled youngsters.’ Mr Miller pointed out: “Many crippled children spend too much time at home or in the hospital and too little time with other youngsters. For that the recreation and the association with others found in camping is usually more ur- genily needed by the crippled child. These children need the opportunity to mingle with oth- er voungsters, to learn new skills and to develop their own ideas in a friendly, relaxed at- mosnhere just like every child who leaves home for a vacation at camp.” reason, In addition to this, they re- ceive all the special therapies which are recommended for them by the Orthopedic Surg- eon In 1920, only 200 crippled children in the entire nation could go to camp because of the existing camping facilities, Mr. Miller. Last summer, 300 crippled youngsters opportunities alone—thanks [ew stated almost enjoved camping in Pennsylvania to Easter Seals The following campers from Lancaster and nearby commun- ities attended camp last year: Mary Jane Van Aulen, Jack Mec- Kinney, Virginia Derstler, Cyn- thia Dombach, Dennis Cuccio, Paul Lutz. Dawn Kreider and John L. Bell ED PATROLMEN OF THE WEEK NAMED Sandy Wittle was named pa- trolman of the week in the 6th grade patrol last week at the local school and Ralph Rice was named the outstanding patrol- man from the seventh grade. They each wore a gold badge for one week. This week Kenny Watkins from the sixth grade and Jan- et Mateer, from the seventh grade were chosen to wear the coveted badges.
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