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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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
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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.
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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. !
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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