What Would $2,000 Do For This Building? LY Nd YOUR HOME NEWSPAPER FIFTY-THIRD YEAR, NO. 52 The Mount Joy BULLETIN MOUNT JOY, PA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 19 DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE $250 A YEAR IN ADVANCE bn Sico To Build Tower On 3 NEW BOY SCOUT BUILDING — This is the new Boy Scout building of Mount Joy. It is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of two alleys between South Market and Poplar Streets. The building was given to the Boy Scouts by Roy Greider. Present renovations for signed by Boy Scout adult committee include plans de- the building. The troop committee headed by Clyde Gerberich, Jr., announced that a solicitation of funds will begin this week among the industries, business and professional men. The goal is $2,000 Each day a record of progress will be listed in The Bulletin window. Pet Show Is Featured At Playground | Forty-five entries were enter- | ed in the annual pet show at the | Mount Joy Borough playground | last Friday. Prizes were award- | ed in the form of points which | will go toward prizes at the end | of the playground season. | In the “dog” division, JoAnn | Bennett's boxer won first prize for the largest dog and James | Collins’ collie won second; Jean Wolgemuth and Janice Berrier | won prizes for the smallest dogs; | Mitchel Albert's . collie and | James Collins’ collie won prizes | for the dogs with the longest] tails; John Germer’'s boxer had | the shortest tail; dogs belonging to Gary Maxwell and Ralph Rice were the tamest; James Collins’ dog was pretties and Mitchell Albert and John Brown were given points for having the best dressed dogs. Robert Pennell Pennell were given for the largest cats; Fern Wolgemuth and Donna Eltz, the Fern Wolgemuth, and Ronald points smallest; and the cutest. In the water pet Ronald Ramsey won points for displaying the most pets and for having the smallest entry; John Funk had the largest and Rob- ert Funk had the prettiest. division, Brenda 3aughman displayed the largest rabbit; Phillip Sine- | gar, second; Donna Corll, small-| est; Bernell Heisey, cutest; and Bernell Heisey and Sharron Clinger, tamest. Gary Maxwell was awarded points for displaying the largest | pet in the miscellaneous group | (a duck); Judy Kipple, prettiest; and Ronald Clinger, the oddest. © Company Answers Two Fire Calls The Mount Joy Friendship Fire Company No. 1 was called out twice Sunday, June 27. At 1:30 p. m., the company was called to an alley west of Fair- view street, Mount Joy, to check a fire caused by branches falling on eleterical wiring. The fire was checked and no damage was reported. At 10 p. m., the company with Florin, Maytown, Marietta and Rheems companies fought a blaze on the Harold Endslow property at Marietta, R. D. 1, on| the Marietta-Donegal road. The | fire originated along the road | and was believed to have been | caused by a lighted -cigaret thrown from a window of a passing automgbile. LANDISVILLE GIRL WINS SCHOLARSHIP Elizabeth Ann Shaw, Landis- | ville, has won a $400 competi- tive state regional scholarship, but she will turn it down and attend a college in Canada in- stead. She was one of 74 Pennsyl- vania high school students who today were announced as win- sylvania colleges. | Miss Shaw, valedictorian at East Hempfield High School, was recently accepted by McGill Uni- versity, Montreal, Canada, where she intends to major in geology. BAN HE oe AN AO 4 Pot hi an Grocers’ Picnic ® Is Scheduled Train Stops In Mount Joy At 6:50 A. M. The annual grocers’ excursion to Atlantic City will be Thursday, July 15- The Pennsylvania Railroad, in order to have plenty of coaches, asks everyone to buy his excur- sion ticket at least 48 hours in advance, if at all possible. By doing this there can be no ques- tion about plenty of seats. If you are not in a position to buy in advance, tickets can be bought on the morning of the excursion | at Columbia, Elizabethtown, Mt. Joy and Lancaster. bought in advance and not used can be redeemed in FULL nothing to lose. It’s always fair weather when the Grocers’ Excursion arrives in Atlantic City — only once did it | rain all day. Th caster first train will leave Lan- about 5:20 a.’ m. D.S.T. Returning, the first train will Atlantic City at 7:00 p. m. D.S.T. Tickets are now on sale at Lancaster, Elizabethtown, Mount Joy stations and at Columbia on July 13, 14 and 15. Hundreds of dollars worth of prizes, including watches, bath- ing suits, plastic beverage sets and grocery orders, will be given away to the All winners will be notified by letter excursionists. CLIP AND SAVE Train Schedule and Fares Fares shown are for the Round | Trip and include Federal Taxes. Daylight Saving Time—Fare Leave Elizabethtown .. 6:40 A.M. $6.05 Mount®Joy .... 6:50 5.70 Leaman Place . 7:25 4.85 Christiana 7:40 4.60 Bainbridge .... 6:00 6.25 Marietta 6:15 6.15 Columbia 6:40 580 Rohrerstown 7:00 5.60 * Last Train Lancaster .... 7:05 ” 5.40 *Advance sections will leave Lancaster as loaded, starting at 5:20 a. m., DST. Children 5 years of age and under 12, half fare. Cee Local Girl Named To Dean's List Of the five Lancaster county students named to the Dean's list for the second semester at Leb- anon Valley College, one local girl is listed. The announcement was made Monday by Dr. How- ard M. Kreitzer, dean of the col- lege, that Miss Barbara G. Ranck, 25 East Main Street, is included on the list. In order to be included on this list of honor students, student must maintain an average grade of 88 or better in his studies. 0 POSTPONED According to all previous announcements, the new Donegal High School was to be turned over to the school authority by the contractor, July 1. Daniel Wolgemuth, president of the school au- thority, made the announce- ment Thursday that the transfer has been postponed approximately one month. held on | All tickets! Landisville Meetings To Open Sunday The 84th Anniversary of the Landisville Camp Meeiing will open Sunday with three services 11a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m Bishop Ralph A Ward, of China, will be the speaker at the after noon and evening services. Bi- shop Ward is one of the foremost Christian leaders of all Asia; Episcopal head of the Nanking, China, area of the Methodist Church; well-known throughout the United tSates as an interpre- ter of China and the Far East; one of the heroes of the Christian forces from the West that re- mained with the Chinese when their land was invaded by the Japanese; taken prisoner by the Japanese late in 1942 and releas- ed from an internment camp near Peiping in September, 1945, by allied soldiers. He first went to China as missionary of the Methodist Church in 1909. Few men in America are better formed on Chinese life and cus toms than Ward. He speaks the Foochow dialect and Mandarin fluently and tra- in- Jishop has | velled extensively in every part of China. In the morning the Rev. Dr. Levi H. Zerr, administrative di rector of the Metholist Church Home, Cornwall, will be guest speaker, and the Rév William E. Harner, pastor of the Mount Joy and Salunga Methodist Churches, will preside. There will be special music at all the services. In the morning, a double quartet from the Mount Joy Methodist church; afternoon, Landisville Church; and in the evening, the Youth for Christ Male Quartet. On Wednesday evening the an- nual dinner for ministers and their wives ‘and members of the Board of Control, will be held in the Camp Tea Room. Following dinner, the Sacrament of the Holy Communion will be admin- istered in the tabernacle. The Rev. Dr. Leon T. Moore, superin tendent of the West District the Philadelphia Confere will deliver the Communion meditation. The Rev. Dr. Luther H. Ketels, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Lancaster, is the spiri- tual director ,and the Rev. Ches- ter J. Buzzard, pastor of the St. Paul's Methodist Chudch, Lan- caster, is the director of music. —— ce, Three Boys Escape Injury In Falls Three small boys escaped ser- ious injury this week in the vi- cinity of Mount Joy and were treated by Dr. John Gates, Mount Joy. Lester Metzler suf- fered bruises and abrasions of the right leg when he attempted | to board a running board of a moving automobile. He is the son | of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Metzler, | Manheim R. D. 2. Larry Bender fell on to cement | from an opening in a barn own- | ed by Roy Shenk, Marietta R. D. | 1. He suffered minor injuries. { Donald Bierly, Baltimore, fell in the barn of Charles Sload, Mari- etta R. D. He was given further treatment at the Lancaster Gen- ® | eral Hospital. of of | "Summit Of Governor Dick The Sico Company, with Clar- | ence Schock as president, is pre. | paring to build at the summit of “Governor Dick,” Mount Gretna, | Pa., a monolithic, reinforced concrete observation tower, feet in diameter and 66 feet high. This tower will be built on the 1105 acres of land surrounding the promontory known as “Gov- ernor Dick,” which was given by Clarence Schock and his wife, Evetta J. Schock, to the school district of the borough of Mount 15 | Joy, by deed dated Aug. 27, 1953. | This deed specified that the 1105 | acres shall be used as a school ylayground and public park and pays forest forever and may be used | by said school district for any purpose which is consisted with the laws of the of Pennsylvania. The board of directors of the school district of the borough of Mount Joy will nt be required to use any tax money for the main- tenance of these premises. The Sico Company is now contribut- ing funds for such purpose and will continue to do so as long as any | it exists, thereby avoiding tax burden upon the people of the community of Lancaster County and its six surrounding counties. This land is located on one of; the ridges of the South Moun- tains and is of interesting geo- logical formation. Ages ago the red shale of these hills was pen- etrated by a molten mass of stone which now appears on the surface this land and hard as graniie and is named by “triasic diabase.’ This molten stone as it came up through the red shale at points changed the color of the red shale by its heat to a gray The red color of the burned shale was caused by the of is as geologists as some color. un- iron contained in it. In the year 1889, Robert Cole- man, the owner of the Cornwall Iron Furnaces, saw fit to build a narrow gauge railroad extending from the Mount Park and from the Rifle Range up to ‘Governor Dick.” Gretna the summit of The railroad still intact and forms a very easy grade for hikers to approach the summit of Dick.” This railroad formerly crossed the Pinch Road on the nor h side of said road opposite the water reservoir of the Chautauqua Grounds, which is located on the south side of the said road. From this point pa'h is stil lintact and at this point signs will direct those who roadbed of this is “Governor desire to reach “Governor Dick.” This land is open to all persons traveling on foot, and the tower which is to be built at the sum- mit of “Governor Dick” will be open to all persons who conform with the sign on the said tower! reading as follows: “This Tower may be used only at the risk of the user.” The tower will have two shafts for ladders — one for going up and one for coming down. These shafts will have platforms for the climber to rest on every 7 feet 4 inches. The dimensions of the shaft will be only 32 inches by 68 inches, and the platforms will measure only 32 inches by 40 in- | ches, which is room enough for two people to stand on comfort- ably. The will have a backboard on which the climber ladders . | can rest at any time he chooses | and this backboard makes these ladders safer than any stairway. When Robert Coleman built the narrow gauge railroad in 1889, he also built a tower at the of “Governor was sufficiently high so summit which that people could see over the top of surrounding trees, where a | magnificent view was obtainable. Some years ago Clarence Schock, then of this land, built some wooden towers at the sum- owner mit of “Governor Dick,” but ve- | it was con- | these | people | | still walk to “Governor Dick”! cause of vandalism, sidered unsafe to allow towers to stand. Many ’I'son, assistant secretary; | Florin of crossing, the foot-| Dick” | Commonwealth BENJAMIN H. STALEY Staley Installed As President Benjamin H. Staley was in- stalled as president of the Florin Lions Club at a joint meeting with the Marietta Club Monday evening, June 28, 6:45 p. m. in | the Clearview Diner. New offi- cers of both clubs were installed by Arthur K. Greiner, Elizabeth- town, deputy distdict governor. Other Florin office's installed were John M. first vice president; Clarence B. Hollinger, second vice president; Irvin K. Gerber, third vice president; Jay O. Kulp, secretary; CharlesJohn- | Sidney | B. Smith, treasurer; Woodrow! W. Fitzkee, lion tamer; Reuben J. Goodling, tail twister; Norman Strickler and Paul Hollinger, di rectors, and Paul E insti- tutional the Boy Scout troop. Lion Greiner presented the club with a gavel and gong. C. Arthur Wolgemuth, out- going president, in charge of the meeting. crt SS sa Hess, Hess, representative fon was Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brubaker, 225 West Main Street, Mount Joy, celebrated their 50th wed- | ding anniversary Saturday, June 26, 1954. The couple was married at the home of the bride south of Mount Joy by the Rev. Irvin Rung, pastor of the Mount Joy United Brethren \ Church, June 26, 1904 | Mr. Brubaker is a retired rail- and veteran the Spanish American War. The couple has two children: Miss F.uth Brubaker, Harrisburg, and Charles, Columbia. They also have three grandsons. Sunday, their children invited friends and neighbors to call on at their home in their roader is a of them honor. EE — COUNCIL MEETING POSTPONED The regular July monthly meeting of the Mount Joy Bor- ough Council will not be held on the regular night. Since July 5 is considered a holiday, the meeting will be postponed one week and will be held Monday, July 12. ! — SONGFEST AT RHEEMS The Home Builders class of the { Greentree Sunday School of the Church of the Brethren will pre- sent a home talent songfest at 7:30 p. m. Sunday, July 3, at the Rheems Church of the Breth- ren, expecting to find an outlook tow- er at the top. This is now being! provided and it is expected that the tower will be finished some- | time in August, 1954. Thereafter | lovers of nature will have oppor- | tunity to make a study of botany among the abundant wild life on these premises. It will also be possible fiom tower to make a study of astron- | omy. the observation History Unfolds In Renovations “History As the is unfolded.” workmen are preparing | Mount Joy Elementary School | for scrapping they are discover of historical signifi [ing items { cance. In the two rooms in the front of the building which were in the original portion, they dis- that | been placed on top of the origi- | nal blackboards. covered blackboards had { | The original blackboards are | of soft slate construction and are | fastened into the plaster. Upon | removing the second board, the | men discovered that lessons were | still on the boards in chalk. A spelling lesson by Ruth Groff was on one board and along the one side, corrected arithmetic problems and names of the stu- dents were Estella Metzler, Har- | ry Curgan, Daniel Schroll, Sadie | Murray, Ruth H. Brown and Harry Smith. A date in the cor- ner of the board was Dec. 9, | 1898. Several reading problems, | music and a colored chalk bor- der also exist, In the front southwest room in which Mrs. Emma Good’s first grade was held, a colored chalk drawing was discovered beneath a bulletin board. It is a combina- tion scene of Mother Goose stor- ies and has not been marred by the placement of the board over the top. The old-fashioned desks with iron lattice bottoms were given to the citizens of the town as souvenirs. A was dis- covered in the which has a date of 1898 will be used in the new grade school. The an- nouncement was made that lum- ber from the original school will used in the for The original square cut nails and is put together “dovetail” fashion. - — Or book case which basement be new school shelves bookcase has the Boy Scouts Plan Camping Trip Due to the fact that so many people will be on vacation next week the local Scout troop will hold a meeting Boy not ’ | during the week. The following week, Scout meeting will be held at Camp Chiquetan during the evening Final plans are being made this week for camping at Chiquetan the week of July 11 to 17. This week members of the Scout troop held a swimming party at Hershey Park. en activities’ period. DONEGAL 4-H CLUB MEETS Miss Ann Bowman, of the county extension office, discuss ed the various projects at the regular meeting of the Donegal 4-H club Monday evening. Mir- iam Roland, Arlene Musser, Ar- lene Heisey and Carol Ginder presented a skit on ture.” Mrs. “Good Pos- Lewis Bixler, Miss Jane | Roland and Mrs. Charles Felty, advisors of the group, were pre- sent. The next meeting will be held Monday evening, July 12, in the Donegal Club House. ee eet A) Aen BANKS TO CLOSE Since next Monday, July 5, is considered a national holiday, the banks in this area will main closed during that day. re- Local Tenn A/3 John Brown, who is now serving in the United States Air Force in Texas, received his ba- sic training in Sampson and is now going to Jet Mechan- School in Amarillo Air Force He his course in six weeks ic complete His ad dress for anyone wishing to write is A/3¢c John Brown AF13484296, 3344 Student Squadron, Box 43, Amarillo Air Texas. Base, Texas. will Force Base, Band Club Holds Second Meeting A meeting of the Donegal High School Band Club was held | June 28, in the The members night, School Monday Marietta of the new ey club discussed mon Several another raising ideas. pro named and meeting called weeks, Monday evening, July 12, in the Mount Joy School. The idea of having dents of the Mount Joy, E Donegal and Marietta Schools parade through the streets of the jects were was for two the stu- Last Maytown September the Florin and until raised boroughs, was dropped All will green and white uniforms for the band money by group go toward the purchase of new —— — a. Church Group Plans Three Day Convention Some of the school specialists will address Fourth Annual National Sunday School Convention of the Breth Christ Church. The three- will on nation’s Sunday ren in day gathering convene the denomination’s near Roxbury, Pa. lv 15 miles north of Chambers- burg, the Blue Mountain Turnpike exit Delegates and camp site approximate from four miles are fiom the and eastern expected mid-western All sessions are open to the public. The convention Wednes- day July 7, and will continue through Thursday and Canada central states begins morning, Friday, with day and evening S€SS10NS addition to the 20 denomi- con- national leaders who are workshop sessions dur ing the day, Mrs. Bernice Cory, editor-in-chief of the Scripture Press Sunday School Vaca- tion Bible School literature, will (Turn to page 8) ducting and Flo rin Parents Are U rged To Send Postal Cards Postal wishing to have cards from parents a kindergarten estab’ished in East Donegal Township this school te m reach ed an overwhelming number in the Maytown area, it was an- nounced by the elementary prin- cipal, Eugene C. Saylor The response in the Florin area will not justify any ar- rangements for a kindergarten to | be established in Florin. Parents Florin area to send cards to Mr in the are again urg- ed Saylor, Maytown, if they desire to have their child attend kindergarten in Florin All parents who have children five Jan. before 1955, and would be in- terested in sending them to kin- dergarten are to send cards which include the vears of on or age 31 asked should name of the child, parents’ nam- es and age of child. Air | Force Base, Geneva, New York, | is Stars To Defend Singles’ Titles | Two Mount Joy tennis champ- [ions will defend their 1953 titles in the 1954 Lancaster County | closed tennis tournament which will begin July 11, 1:00 p. m. on the courts of the Lancaster Tennis Club, Lincoln Highway, West, opposite Maple Grove. The tournament is open to all | men and women residing in Lan- caster County. There will be men's singles and doubles and women's singles and doubles. Entry fee is $2.50 for the sin- | gles and $3.00 per team for the | doubles. Players are asked to [send entries to the Lancaster | Tennis Club, Box 1391, Lancas- [ ter. Entries for the men’s singles | close July 9, 6:00 p. m.; entries | for the women’s singles and the men’s doubles close July 12, 6:00 p. m., which events start Wed- nesday, July 14; and entries for women’s doubles will close July 14, 6:00 p. m. which event will start Thursday, July 15. The men’s singles title in the county contest has been held by a Mount Joy tennis star for the past six years. Dr. Harold Fellen- baum is the defending champion this year. The other two locals who held the title were Frank Zink and Eugene Crider. Miss Mary Ann Schofield is defending women’s singles’ champion. She is the first girl to win the title from Mount Joy. tl A rrr MEETING TIME CHANGED The auxiliary of the Mount Joy Friendship Fire Company will hold a meeting Thursday evening, July 8, instead of the regular meeting night. The reg- ular meeting would fall on the same day at the scheduled gro- cers’ picnic - — -—— ee Eshelmans Hold Openhouse Sunday Afternoon Something unusual in the way of open house programs was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eshleman, 321 W. Donegal street, Mount Joy, when two four-geneération groups were and two couples were their 20th and 40th wedding anniversaries. Entertained on their 20th anni- versary were Mr. and Mrs. Wil- bur Heistand, Salunga, who re- ceived a cake decorated with ap- propriate lettering; while Mr. and Mrs. Eshleman, host and hostess for the affair, celebrated their 40th anniversary. They also received a cake with lettering noting their anniversary. Representing one four-genera- tion family was Mrs. Mary Strickler, Mount Joy; her son and daughter, P. K. Strickler and Mrs. Eshleman; Mr. Strickler’s daughter, Mrs. Heistand, Salun- ga; and her daughter, Janet, 12. The other four-generation group, headed by Mrs. Strickler, included her daughter, Mrs. Eshleman, a grandson, Robert Eshleman, Sunbury; and his two sons: Robert, 10, and John, five. A third four-generation group was also expected but was not entirely represented becaues of illness. In addition to the open house at the Eshleman home, the program also included a lunch- on the lawn at the honored feted on eon served home. MEETING IS POSTPONED The regular meeting of the auxiliary of the Florin Fire Com- pany will not be held Monday evening at the regular time since Monday will be celebrated as a holiday. The postponed meeting will be held Monday evening, July 12, 7:30 p. m. ® The Physician On Call SUNDAY AND MONDAY For emergency If you Cannot Reach Your Own Physician Dr. John Gates
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