(4 we 3 CN Si YOUR HOME NEWSPAPER 17 i FIFTY-THIRD YEAR, NO. The Mount Joy BULLETIN MOUNT JOY, PA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1954 DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE $250 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Nine Principals Will Give Greetings To MJHS Alumni Joseph Moore will be the | toastmaster at the annual alum-| ni banquet to be held next Sat- 5, 6:30 p.m. in the! High School Audi- | torium. | At the than 225 reservations have been | affair urday, June Mount Joy time, | present more made to attend the and | | for| 50 requests for histories members who cannot attend the | banquet have been made. Res- ervations must be given to the | Miss Betsy Bigler, June 1, secretary, by | next Tuesday, Of the thirteen living princip- als of the Mount Joy High] School, nine have already ac-| cepted their invitations to tend the affair at- | and give a few words of greeting. Homer K.| Schoener, Wilbur Beahm, Mer- | vin Brandt, William Nitrauer, | Grover C. Bair, Dr. D. Luke] Biemesderfer, Miss Edna Mar- | tin, Dr. A. P. Mylin, and Geo. \E. Mark are the scheduled prin- | cipals to appear. The wives of | the principals will also be hon- | ored guests. George Mark is the oldest] living principal and was in charge of the Mount Joy school from 1904 to 1908. Ward V. Evans, who is one of the three investigators of the national | Oppenheimer case in Washing- | ton, D. C., has been invited but no word has been received to date. Ira D. Scott and J. Willard Harkness have not been located | at the present’ time. Ira R.| Kraybill cannot be present be- | cause he and Mrs. Kraybill left | for Europe May 22. Mount Joy | High School had 24 principals during its existance. Sr V.F. W. Plans For Encampments Plans were made {o have representatives attend the state and national encampments of | Foreign Wars at the regular meeting of the Mount Joy VFW Post 5752 Monday night. The department encampment will be held in Harrisburg June 30 - July 3 with Martin Brown and E. J. Mateer as delegates and | Ralph Rice and Frank Morton, alternates. The national en- campment July 1-6 in Philadel- phia will have E. J. Mateer and Jay Ginder as delegates and Frank Morton and George Al- bert as alternates. | or A thank you letter was read from James Pennell thanking the post for escorting his son to the bi-county marble play- offs. Ralph Rice was named to represent the post at the meet- | ing of the community Christmas lighting. A district meeting will be held Sunday, June 13 at 2:30/| in Strasburg with Mr. Ginder and Mr. Albert as delegates. The group granted the local fire company permission to use| two rifles in the firemen’s con- vention parade, Saturday, June 5. A ‘“dry-run” will be held on| Saturday afternoon, 2:00 p. m. for the Memorial Day services. | Anyone interested in assisting is instructed to get in touch | with Mr. Rice or Mr. Brown. | Final plans were made for the smoker to be held Friday eve-| ning, June 18 in the local fire- | house. A vote was taken and passed | to purchase a sign to be erected | on the property recently pur-| chased by the post. The sign | will state that the land is the future site of the V. F. W. Mem- | orial Home, Post 5752. | Physician on Call Sunday And Memorial Day For emergency If you Cannot Reach Your Own Physician Dr. Thomas O'Connor | the | last weekend, May 22 and 23 at | Bainbridge. [the four involved districts, Three Grades Take ‘Spring Bus Trips The fourth grade of Mt. Joy Grade School toured three plants in Lancaster Tuesday and ate lunch at Long’s Park. The children, accompanied by their teacher, Miss Irene Heisey, and mothers, Mrs. Jay Meckley, | and Mrs. | Mrs. Walter Brandt Joseph Detwiler, visited the Holsum Bakery, Anderson Bak- | ery and Queen Dairy, Travel- ing by bus, the children earned the trip by winning the award given by the School and Home | Association three times. for be- ing the homeroom with the most parents present at the as- sociation’s meetings. Friday, the fifth | grades will visit the museum, They will be accompanied by their teachers, Mrs. Margaret Shaeffer and Russel Kiscaden. — el eee ee. and Hershey Three Local Scouts Win Contests Local Western Boy Scouts attended District Camporee At the camporee sixth | the zoo and the park. | | JOSEPH MOORE Park Assistants ‘Are Named Miss | Bonnie Bigler, | Main Street, Mount John Lichty, Florin, were nam- | ed assistants to the Mount Joy Borough Playground by the Mt. Joy Borough school board and the Mount Joy Welfare Associ- ation. { Mr. Lichty is a junior high | school teacher and was assist- | ant for the past two years. Miss Bigler, who will be a senior at Millersville State Teachers’ Col- lege this fall, | of the girls this year. At college she is majoring in elementary teaching and her hobbies are sports and crafts. ——— —— eee Local Girl Scout West Joy, and Saturday, a bugling contest was | Jr. of won the first | held. Harold Etsell, Mount Joy troop, place and also of the Mount Joy came in second. Another con- test was that of drawing a patch by the western district. too, was won by a Mount Joy Boy Scout. Richard Becker was the winner. Last week, the local Scouts took a trip to Bainbridge at which time each patrol was scored according to ability to live in camp. The Beaver patrol came in first with 375 points out of a possible 500 points. The Flaming Arrow patrol was second with 330 points and with 275 points. SERVICEMAN TRANSFERRED Second Lieut. Viclor Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Mor- ris, Donegal Springs Road, has been jransferred from the Scott Field, Illinois air field base Columbus, Ohio. He will arrive home this weekend for a 20-day | furlough. Robert Buchenauer, | troop, | emblem which will be used | This, | the | | Hawk patrol was in third place | to | Is Selected Dixie Baer, South Barbara Street, Mount Joy, was chosen to be one of eight county girls to take a camp hike on the Ap- palancian trail August 2, 3, and 4. Following a weekend at Fur- nace Hills when 19 girls camp- ed out, 8 were chosen and three | alternates were also chosen. Barbara Thome is the first alter- nate and Nancy Diller, the third alternate. The girls will have their leaders for the trip, Miss Janet Archer and Mrs. J. Hoffman Garber. - Couple Celebrates Sixty-Third Anniversary Mr. and Mis. Lewis Siller, formerly of 123 West Main St., Mount Joy, celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary Sun- day, May 23, at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Shaffer, 241 North Hanover Street, Eliz- abethtown, where they are now I residing, New Band Club To Initiate Area Membership Drive The formation of a Donegal High School Band Club was dis- | cussed by representatives of Joy Borough, Mt. Joy Town- ship, Marietta Borough and East Donegal Township, Wednesday night in the East Donegal High School. H. Morrell Shields, present band director of both East Don- egal and Marietta bands, served as host and introduced George Houck, director of the Mt. Joy band. purpose, operation and relation- | ship of the present Mount Joy High School Band Club and Curtis Reisch, president of the Mount Joy club, laws to the group. The group did not cers but instead, they chose committees to initiate a mem- bership drive in the four dis- | tricts. Mrs. Thelma Brooks was, named chairman of the Mt. Joy Township group; Mrs. James Baker, Marietta; George Bow- ers, East Donegal and Mr. Cur- tis Reisch, Raymond Gilbert and Mrs. Jay Barnhart, Mt. Joy Mt. | Mr. Houck discussed the! read the by- elect offi- | Borough. Membership to the organization is $1.00 per year. The committees will make their reports at the next scheduled meeting of the new group, Mon- day evening, June 28. The officers of the Mount Joy | Club will serve as temporary | will be held in the fall. Mr. Reisch will se.ve as temporary president; Mrs. Barnhart, tem- porary secreiary and Mr. Gil- bert, temporary treasurer. Both band men will combine | the existing bands of the three high schools and march through Mount Joy, Marietta and May- town sometime before the June 28 meeting. The drive for funds is for the purchasing of uni- foims for the band members. ‘ and white, the colors recom- { mended by the students and ac- cepted by the combined school boards recently. ‘Renovations To Home For Boy Scouts Are Scheduled | for the coming year. Mrs. John Wealand | festival in the | playground committee | man, | ing day of the automa. term. will be in charge] | given to Carol Ann Smith; | to thé | managers, officers until election of officers | Uniforms will be kelly green | and the | Mr. Houck was recently nam- | ed vocal music director marching band director. Shields was named tal music director and concert band director. Mr. and | | recently resigned instrumen- | New Officers Chosen For Parents Group Arthur Schneider was elected | the Mount Joy | Home Association president of School and re-elected first Mrs. Walter secretary; Sprecher, was vice president; Brandt, re-elected and Mrs. Arthur treasurer. The group decided to hold a’ fall for the bene- new elementary playground. The] spokes- | the and fit of school Bruce Brown, made a re- port on the playground and was given instructions to purchase equipment for the playground | so that it arrives by the open- etl © Awards Ads Presented In Assembly Ten awards were presented to graduating seniors in a spec-| ial assembly program Wednes- day afternoon by Wilbur Beahm | supervising. principal. Hi-Crier keys were given to Constance Lane, Darlene Schneider, Carol | Smith, Shirley Wade and Mae | Zink, seniors and Loretta Gar- lin and Peter Nissley, juniors. The Zeswitz music award was the Lomb Science | Lane; Mount | Bausch and award, Constance Joy High School Language ! Award, Robert Fish, Mount Joy | High School Mathematics Award, Constance Lane; Mount | Joy High School Rifle Award, Ralph Berrier, Danforth Foun- | dation Award, Charles Mayer | and Patricia Schroll; American | Chemical Society Award, Peter Nissley; Lancaster Bar Associa- | tion Award, Shirley Wade and Commercial Awards, Carol Ann | Smith and Virginia Brooks, 52 words per minute in typing and Patricia Schroll and Sarah Gar- ber, 55 words. Baseball awards were given players by John Day,| Henry Klugh, captain, Zeller, Irvin Nauman, coach. Charles Charles Ashenfelter, Richard Hallgren, Joe Weber, Harry Frey, James Pennell, Charles! Groff, Jerry Harple and Benja- | min Groff were given major Minor awards were giv- Gerald Becker, Richard Bernard Thome, William Fred Bernhard and the Asher Halbleib and Richard Schneider. Mr. Day, advisor of the Var- sity Club, was presented with a “‘clock-baseball trophy’ for ev-! erything that he has done for the club during its existance by Henry Klugh and Charles Ash- enfelter. ll = Minister Accepts Local Charge The Rev. Emmert M. Moyer, acting rector of Christ Episcop- al Church, Reading, will fill the pastorate at St. Luke's Church, | Mount Joy. He will preach his first ser- Arrangements | awards. en to Divet, Vogle, mon on June 6. for his installation are being made by the Rt. Rev. John | Thomas Hiestand, bishop of the! Diocese of Harrisburg, and oth-| er clergymen of the diocese. The Rev Mr. Moyer and his | wife and two children expect to | reside in the new rectory, 211] S. Market St., on June 9. T he | Rev. Mr. Moyer is a graduate of Albright College, Reading, | Evangelical and Re-| formed Seminary, Lancaster. i The Rev. Paul Emenheiser his position | to accept a call in Illinois. He | sunday, May 30. | have a scout home of their own | as scouting exists in Mount Joy. | theirs. | session | ciation | heating unit, | safety I tory { floor, I ulars will {| er; Reuben | Mr. | damage caused by termites. | president | branch of the | General | made to have a desseit will deliver his last message on | at this first meeting of the new time, both are being held at the, year. Mount Joy Boy Scouts will can be as soon as renovations made to the building given to them by Clarence S. Greider for their exclusive usage as long With the present community building up for sale, Mr. Gried- er's offer of his warehouse on the southwest corner of alleys | between South Market and Pop- | lar Streets carries only the situ-! uation that when no longer | wanted by the scout troops of the borough, it be returned to him or his heirs. However, as | long as any troop of Boy Scouts | usage, it remains! desires its During the past week, legal obstacles involving the change | of the property title were over- | come by the acceptance for pos- and maintenance thru Community Welfare Asso-| which will spend ap-| proximately $300.00 yearly for] heat, light, water, and fire and | liability insurance. Renovation plans being made | by the troop committee include | a completely automatic oil-fuel! two entrances with | , insulated interior | good lighting and lava-| facilities. Minor repairs will be made to the structure, windows, roof and chim- ney. The total estimated cost of $2,000 will be made possible, it is hoped by the committee, thru! community cooperation and do- the doors walls, | nations. | When the new home is fin-| ished, as many troops as can find membership, will have ac- cess to the home for troop and patrol meetings. | When final plans made, everyone will be asked to help and full partic- given at a later suggests | for $2,- by a are “invest in boys” be committee investment generous gift date. The what better 000 plus a | civie-minded citizen and unlim- ited time can the community make? A Gere Florin Lions Elect Staley Benjamin H. Staley was nam- ed president of the Florin Lions Club at the Monday night reg- ular meeting of the group at the Clearview Diner. John M. Hess, Jr. was named first vice presi- dent: Clarence B. Hollinger, second vice president; and Ir- vin Gerber, third vice president; Jay O. Kulp, secretary; Charles Johnson, assistant secretary; Sidney B. Smiih, treasurer; Woodrow W. Fitzkee, lion tam- J. Goodling, tail| Norman Strickler and directors for two institu- Florin | twister; Hollinger, vears and Paul E. Hess, tional representative of Boy Scouts. The guest speaker for the ev-| ening was Alex Ehrlich of the] J. C. Ehrlich Company, Lancas-| ter. He discussed the habits and DQ Cr ‘Mrs. Olson Chosen ‘Branch President Eric Olson was elected of the Mount Joy United Hospital Auxiliaries of the Lancaster Hospital for a 2-year | term at a meeting of the group held recently. Mrs. Frank Young, Sr. was chosen first vice president; Mrs. James Hostet- | ter, second vice president; Mrs. | Jay Musser, corresponding sec- | retary; Mrs. James Phillips, recording secretary; and Mrs. | Simon Nissley, treasurer. The next meeting of the, group will be held in Septem- | ber when the new officers will take over the duties of the | group. Tentative plans were] supper | Mrs. | place | Donald Staley, | He and his wife On Memorial Day, how better can we honor our departed heroes than to rededicate our celves to the cause for which th yy gave ‘the last full measure of i tion?" Let us so liv «s to prove worthy of their sacrifice. Let us be constantly alert to guard the priceless heritoge f Liberty they fought so nobly to preserve. In their memory, let us pledge our thoughts, woids and deads to the single high purpose of keeping America forever strc SO that America may remain forever free Gainor’s Kitchen ‘Talent Show To Open Tuesday Produces 34 “Gainor’s Kitchen” will open June 1 Mr. West in Mount Joy Tuesday, under the management of and Mrs. Donegal St., “Gainor’s Kitchen” Maris Gainor, Mount Joy will re- Bennett's Restaurant East Main Street. — — on Former Mount Joy High Star To Teach At Donegal High elect- Done- recent Two new teachers were ed to the new staff of the gal High School at the of the Marshall Gemberling, formerly of Mount Quarry- meeling group Joy and now living in ville, will teach driver educa- i tion and Miss June Ulmer, Lan- caster, will teach girls’ physic- al education. Russell Kiscaden, Columbia, was transferred to the junior high school faculty. John A. Hoffman, Jr., Maytown, was elected as treasurer for a one- term;, and a budget of $285,978.50 was adopted year positions were faculty Marietta Joy fac- John given new Six coaching filled by East Donegal members, two from and three from Mount ulties. George Houck and Lichty, Mount Joy, were no coaching jobs in the school. Of the Mount members, John Day to coach soccer and ulty director of athletics and George Broske was named to coach rifle. Of the Marietta fac- ulty, Hubie Peters was named to coach football and junior high basketball. Of the East Donegal faculty Miss Joanne Dunnick was nam- ed head coach of girls hockey; Roy Armold, soccer; Joy faculty was named to be fac- assistant baseball and as- Kenneth Marshall varsity football and DePoe, basketball. Gemberling will basketball and baseball. Kelly green and white will be the colors of the new school. Mrs. Ka.hryn McDivett is the chairman of personel commit- tee assisted by Dr. David Sch- losser, Martin Musser eph Greiner. sistant assist and Jos- | COUPLE HELD BY POLICE Wayne H. Lambert, Florida, | . . | who escaped from a penal insti- tution and fled north with his | wife, was arrested for attempt- ed car burglary in Lancaster. rented a furn- Mount Joy involved in ished apartment in Sunday. The two were in an automobile accident Baltimore and since their car was partially demolished, they abandoned it. At the present Lancaster prison. Acts To Date To date, 34 acts have been auditioned by George Houck the to be amat June 7, three-day held are | for test They piano solo; Patsy Kitty and Sally Ann Wisegar | ano duet; Janice Ber Carol Detwiler, voca Nancy Riedel, Linda Moron, Harnish and vocal comedy duet; Linda Cynthia Sw Mar Pantomime; clarinet solo; Dennis Troy piano solo; cordian solo; dian sol triloquist; Karl Jeffrey Terry Lois Haines, Rog Mariner, Stark Arndt, Rarry Judy Barric Marlene clarinet solo; Terry Ba Thomas Chunko, Ralph Rice ar comedy ac; 5010; er, trio; Ronald Yo-Y« stration; bone solo; dion solo; dies; Watkins, Mateer, Harnish, dy Fiey, Pennell, Funk, Grove, Jates, sixth grade (Turn te — © — Mount Joy G humerous Michael Mum Gary Stark, Richard Becke inst nage 2 piano trio; Barry B Mar artz, 0; Carol Kaylor, Flory, Aument, poems; baton twirling: eur con- 8, and 9 Nornhold, Buckwalter ver, pi- rier and 1 duet; Judy Nissley and John arnhart, y Smith, Shields, Tripple, ac~ k, accor ven piano Pack torette er trumpet solo y demon from k. accor Sinegar, iley, rid Kenneth id Rand) James Ju Ronald na, John Gerald r, Roger rumental irl Is College Queen Miss Marigrace daugh.er of Dr. and Mr G. Bucher, Donegal Spr Mount Joy, has been Miss Bridgewater College of Virg who at Bridgewater, ini: Miss attended the Bucher, Elizabeth'c transfered to the this past autum lege, College an English major and y ted in the drama club's Bucher, s. Henry ings Rd., named '54 x. formerly ywn Col- Virginia n. She is yarticipa produc- tion of “The Rivals”, plays on the girls’ varsity tennis squad and sings in the Glee Club. For the talent competition in the contest, she sang ‘L'Amour, Toujours, L'Amour.” — Following a vo.e of the senior class boys of the Mt Joy High School that they a'l wear white buckskin shoes with their gowns for Baccal- aureale and Commencement services, they decided to check prices and checl they could get alike After checking at berich-Payne Shoe ( the boys were told tc to the factory Thursda ing to be fitted. At ne, they were told company the shoes were free, | 0 kK where thirteen pairs the Ger- “ompany y report y morn- fitting by the representatives that compli- ments of the company! | school students but Rev. Helwig Will Speak! Memorial services of th oe Am- erican Legion and Vetera of Foreign Wars will be held at the Church of God at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 30. All veterans will meet at the fire house at 9:45 am. and will proceed in a body to the church. Services will be held at the Mount Joy Cemetery at 2:00 p. m. and at the Eberly Cemetery at 3:15 p.m. All veterans will meet at the fire house at 1:30 p. m. and proceed in a body to the cemeteries. joth the church service and the cemetery services will be held Sunday. The Girl Scouts and*'the Boy Scouts of both Mt. Joy and Florin are asked to pa- rade with the veterans groups. The Rev. C. F. Helwig will be the guest speaker for the affair. He will speak at both the Mount Joy and The Eberle cemeteries, Sunday afternoon. The Mount Joy High School band and chorus will lead the groups at the two cemeteries. All industries, businesses and banks in the area will observe a holiday Monday. All estab- lishments will be closed to busi- | ness for the day. EMPLOYEES TO HOLD ROSE SHOW The employees of the Union National Mount Joy Bank wijlk hold a Rose Show in the lobby of the bank Thursday, June 3. All rose lovers of the com- invited to visit the munity are a bank during banking hours to , see the exhibits grown by the employees of the bank. Harry Hoffman Nominated For Commander Harry Hoffman, Lancaster R3 was nominated for post com- mander of the Walter S. Eber- sole American Legion No. 185 at the last meeting of the group. Gerald Sheetz and P. B. Heilig were nominated for first vice commander and Lee Ellis, Jr., second vice commander. Krick was nominat- ed for post adjutant; John R. Germer and Gerald Sheetz, fi- officer; Lee Rice and Ed- Kneisley, sergeant-at- Bennett, Jr. and trustee for one EFmoy L nance ward arms: C.J John Hartsough. vear to fill unexpired term; Ward Halter, Lee Ellis Jr., Ger- ald Shee'z and James Young, trustee for three (two); James Shaeffer, Elwood Young, George Leibshultz, Newell Eck- man, J. B. Heilig, James Young, Clarence Nissley, Har:y man, Arthur Schneider, Ward Halter, Lee Ellis, Jr., Richard Spiess and Lee Rice, county council (six); Benjamin Groff, Historian; the Rev. John Gable, chaplain; Elwood Young and Clair Sharpe, judge advocate; James Sheaffer, Jerry Kendig, Ward Halter, John R. Germer, Lee Ellis, Sr., Clarence Nissley, Arthur Schneider, Lee Ellis, Jr., George Keener, Harry Hoffman, years C. J. Bennett, Jr., Harold Ben- der, Edward Kneisley and Geo. Leibshultz, state convention (six). Flower Winners Are Awarded Prizes The annual Mount Joy Flow- and Art Exhibit was held in elementary school last Thursday. Three prizes were a- warded to the flower coniest- ants in each of five divisions as follows: Carol Detwiler, Bern- ell Heisey, and Deanna Walker, unusual containers with flowers Laughman, Sally Ulrich and Llovd Dyer, miniatures; Jackie Martin, Daryl Aument and Robert Mariner, prettiest arrangement of one color; Pam- ela Cupper, Mary Rovenolt and Henry Hess, most unusual; and Dickie Koser, Susan Copenhav- er and Linda Mumma, prettiest mixed bouquet. The art work was the elementary er the Terry exhibited and high no prizes were awarded since the art work was only an exhibit. Char- les Heaps, elementary principal and Mrs. Beryl Hahn, art teach- by ® | er, were in charge. 3
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