PERE TITER a 4 Te REE TET ; RTE PS Te PE eI TET RE TS TRE TR RT RS SE Te NE SE NS SNES ETERS NS bbb Bh SR RR RE TS PR ES PS SS PS SS The Mount Joy YOUR HOME NEWSPAPER SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR, UO. 15 MOUNT JOY. PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEM Florin Siren Will Blow Each Council To | Day For Next A siren will blow each day for three weeks start | ing Sunday, Sept. 19, it was an- | nounced at the regular monthly meeting of the Florin Fire Co. Tuesday night. A steel tower was erected on the grounds last | weekend and a new siren was| placed on top the tower. The si- | ren will be “tried out” each day and every week the time of day | for the experiment will be | changed. The code system was also] changed. North of the railroad | will be two short blasts; south | of the railroad, three and out of | town, four. Formerly, the siren | system in the village consisted | of two air-raid sirens each lo-| in Florin) cated at opposite bank. ® Three Weeks Annex Corner we Of Park | Plans were completed to an- sides of mo Sunday, Sept. 19 to Satur- day, Sept. 25 - Siren will blow between 7 and 7:05 p. m. DS.T. Sunday, Sept. 26 to Satur- day, Oct. 2 - Siren will blow between 12 and 12:05 p. m. E.S.T Sunday, Oct. 3 to Saturday, ough park into the borough at the postponed meeting of the Mount Joy Borough Council on Monday night in the firehouse. The group made a resolution, accepted the petition, accepted | the ordinance and decided to | advertise the ordinance for the | nex the corners of the local bor- [ | Oct. 9 - Siren will blow be- | tween 8 and 8:05 a. m., ES.T. | the annexation of the corner Code - North of railroad - 2 | Property on which is located the two-family brick dwelling. This portion of the park is lo- cated in Mount Joy Township at the present time. The group passed a motion to short blasts. South of railroad - 3 short blasts. Out of town - 4 short blasts. ° Boys Are Invited | To Join Scouts At Special Meet All boys who would like to become Boy Scouts are asked to come to the borough park on | the North Barbara Street at the pavilion Wednesday eve- side | ning, Sept. 22. Boys are asked | to bring their parents with | them. { The Boy Scout Troop, No. 39, has arranged a program which will start at 7:30 p. m. The pro- | gram will demonstrate some of | the things that a Scout learns | and does at troop meetings and | camping trips. There were several boys who | came to troop meetings last | spring who were too young to | become Scouts. If boys are of | the ages 11, 12 and 13, or will | be within the next two months, | they are invited to attend. Parents of Boy Scouts, com- mitteemen and Explorers are urged to attend this special | meeting next Wednesday even- | ing. 0 | CLASSIFICATION TALK GIVEN AT ROTARY CLUB Russell Granton, manager of | the eastern division of the] JamesWay Company located | here, gave a classification talk | at the regular weekly luncheon | meeting of the local Rotary | Club Tuesday. Mr. Granton | talked about the JamesWay Co. | He is a native of New England. | James Heilig introduced the | speaker and Adam Greer, presi- | dent, was in charge of the] meeting. Wednesday evening marked a | special evening for the local | Rotarians. They entertained | their wives to dinner at the | Gretna Timbers and then wit- | nessed the last play of the sea- | son at the Gretna Summer Play- | house. | THOUSANDS TOUR NEW DONEGAL SCHOOL An estimated crowd of over | seven thousand persons toured | the new Donegal High School during the three evenings of formal open house this week from Monday to Wednesday. This number does not include all those who went through the | school for the past several Sun- | days when it was open for in- | spection. To Appear On Television A request brought to the at- | parade that day | rector, | completed. Marietta Depot All- | Monday evening, Oct. 4. sell the “Gantz” property lo- cated on Railroad and Bank Street for back taxes. The Local V.F.W. group also accepted the borough treasurer's recommendation to re-invest $14,000 in Series “J” bonds. This money is to be used to retire water bonds. tention of the group by B. Titus Rutt, burgess, that a street bé opened to Longenecker Road, was tabled to a later time. Non- residents asked that a street be made because the alley to the rear of the JamesWay plant was closed. Therefore, persons, Plans were made for the ap- pearance of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars to appear on | WGAL-TV at the regular meet- | ing of the group Monday even- | ing. The group will be repre-| sented by Frank Morton, Jay jiving beyond Longenecker Ginder and John Fisher when | (Turn to Page 6) they will appear on “Stump | er Your Neighbor” against the | Hershey ‘ V. P. W. Post. me Jaycees Discuss | show will be Monday evening, | Exhibit Plans September 27. Plans were discussed for the | The announcemen S | : ; t was madg] sponsoring of the Pennsylvania that Lancaster County Council| week parade held in conjunc- | will be held at the Elizabeth-| tion with the local Community | town Post Home Friday even-| Exhibit at the regular meeting | | of the Mount Joy JayCees on} | Tuesday night. The group also | | discussed the sponsoring of a Day in Lancaster. The local, stand at the show. group will march Tentative plans were also dis- Lancaster. | cussed for putting on a produc- Ralph Rice will be in charge of | tion of the Lancaster Little the local group. Anyone interes-| group in he Midunt Jou! ted in parading with the locals school auditorium at a date. Charles Ryman was nam- | are asked to get in touch with Mr. Rice. ed chairman of a committee to] . | The American flag | investigate the possibility with William Gassman, Norman Gar- 3 | n fo ag C = which the group purchased for | ber and Ammon Hoffer as com the new Donegal High School | arrived and has been in use at ing, Sept. 17. November 7 will be Veterans in a special | in outside mittee members. Nicholas Leit- | ner, president, was in charge of the meeting. - ® — Committee Sets Up New Ribbon System Plans were made at the reg- | ular meeting of the local Com- | munity Exhibit directors to | place the customary color seals | on entrance tickets of each ar-| ticle exhibited instead of attach-| ing the prize-winning ribbons. At the close of the last night's | show, the owners will be given | the ribbons. The new set-up will | eliminate the disappearance of | the ribbons during the four | days of the showing of the ex- | hibits. Michael Pricio, who repre- | sented the JayCees, announced that plans are underway for | this year’s parade which will be | held the opening night of the show, Oct. 13. The bids for the building of | an exhibit building at the | grounds have not been complet- | the school. Formal dedication will take place Nov. 10 when | the school is dedicated. John Fisher was named chap- | lain to replace Angle DeJesus | who resigned because of trans- | portation difficulties. Sept. 25 is “Fix Up and Paint Up Day” for | the local posthome. Paint brush- | es will be provided to everyone who helps that day. The an-| nouncement by the athletic di- | George Albert, was] made that the baseball season is Stars won the league this year, The group went on record as donating $10.00 toward the Em- ergency Polio Drive which they will organize for next Thursday evening, Sept. 23. The 1955 V. F. W. dues are now payable. Since the group will be appear- ing on TV on the regular meet- ing night of the group, the meet- ing will be postponed until Scout Drive Near Finish: Men Volunteer Labor Boy Scout officials announced that the planned house-to-house canvass for funds toward the rerovation of the Boy Scout building was completed Mon- day night. The boys and the committee received $253.25 in the drive bringing the total to $1,517.70. In addition to this total, several large promised gifts have not come into the treasury as yet. The committee wishes to state that if anyone was missed in the drive they may give their do- nation to the treasurer, Lester Hostetter. Several men have been nam- [ed as yet. Seven directors were | | present. The next meeting of | the group will be held Monday | | evening, Sept. 27. | — — ®- | | STORE OFFERS NEW ROOM ed to a list who will give mer- ened as an additional room chandise and labor toward the the Greer Jewelry Store on E. building. Those on the list thus| Main Street. Located behind far are Miller Brothers, who| the existing store rooms, the will fix the slate roof; Claude room will be used as a custom- | | ar hours | i Zeller and John Matoney, who! er’s room during regul ; 2 |B will repair the existing chimney; or by appointment for the | Eli Hostetter, a bathroom fix-| choosing of diamonds, watches | ture; Sico Company, a used fur-| or silver. | nace, burner and controls for a| reeset .. warm air unit; Roy Packer, el-| ® ectric wiring with the help of a >is | volunteer assistant; and Harold | Fhysician on Call Sunday | Zimmerman and Son, part ofl For emergency If you Cannot Reach Your Own Physician the duct and register work for the warm air system. Clyde Gerberich, Jr. is chairman of Dr. John Gates | ® L the Boy Scout committee. | cital by [| The Diamond Room was op- | i at | if | 8 BULLETIN BER 16, 1954 THREE NEW TEACHERS ARE LISTED IN EAST DONEGAL | Three new teachers were ap- | pointed to the East Donegal | Township Elementary Staff. Mrs. John Muir (the former Doris Eshbach), Mount Joy was appointed to teach physical ed- ucation and Mrs. Mervin Brandt and Miss Hazel Crankshaw, both of Maytown, kindergarten. Mrs. Brandt will teach in the mornings and Miss Crankshaw, | afternoons. There are 48 kinder- garten children in the area and parents from the Florin area are operating a motor pool to transport the children to May- town. Fashion Show: Organ Recital Is October 6 Plans were completed for the staging of Mount Joy's first fall fashion show which will be held Wednesday evening, Oct. 6, in the Mount Joy Elementary School auditorium. The affair will feature the new fall styles for women and children and outfits will be fur- nished by the Kitty Dress Shop, Mount Joy. Models for the af- fair will be members of the sponsoring organization, the JoyCees, and a few small chil- dren. Held in conjunction with the affair will also be an organ re- Mrs. George Broske. Following the show and recital, , refreshments will be served by the group. ! heads Committee appointed | are Mrs. Gene Eicherly, pro- gram; Mrs. Michael Pricio, mod- els; Mrs. Thomas O’Connor, stage; Miss Wilma Dommell, tickets: and Mrs. George Albert, refreshments and publicity. the affair will projects Proceeds from go toward teen-age within the town. ® - —— MARGARET-JEAN SHOPPE TO CLOSE SATURDAY The Margaret-Jean Shoppe will close Saturday, Sept. 18. Much of the remaining mer- chandise has been reduced to one half the original price. Big bargains exist in many articles. Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, No. 5752, Mount Joy, will conduct an emergency polio drive next Thursday even- ing, September 23, it was an- nounced. The drive will be on a county- wide basis and in all the towns and city it will be known as the “Emergency Mothers’ March on Polio.” In Mount Joy, the ‘ta- bles are turned” and the drive will be called the “Emergency Fathers’ March on Polio.” The drive for funds is neces- | | sary because the goal of the reg- ular drive was not met in Janu- ary, the cost of the experimen- DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE $2.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Red Feather Announces Local Leaders Many Joy will help Maurice N. Bailey, who is chairman of the entire Northern County Division of the 30th United Red Feather Campaign to be conducted fram Oct. 4 to Oct. 29, it was announ- ced today by William H. Beadle General Campaign Chairman. Heading the Northwestern “B"” Area of the Northern Divi- ! sion in which Mount Joy is lo- cated are 120 East Donegal St., as Chair- man; Lester Hostetter, 315 N. Barbara St, as Co-Chairman; James B. Heilig, 23 W. Main St. as Advisor. In Mt. Joy itself the cam- paign will be conducted by the chairman, D. Victor Shenk, 102 E. Donegal St.; co-chairman, Kenneth A. Gainer, 25 N. Bar- bara Street; and advisor, Mich- ael Pricio, Box 242, Mount Joy. Other leaders in the North- western “B” Area are as fol- lows: Elst Hempfield ‘Township - chairman, Ivan J. Stehman; co- chairman, Robert W. Bentzel; advisor, Mr. E. Alexander, Jr. East Petersburg - chairman, Richard Bard; co-chairman, Mrs. Richard J. Kline; advisor, Mrs. Richard E. King. Landisville - chairman, Mrs. Norman L. Bowers; chairman, James I. Kauffman; advisor E. James Habecker. Rapho Township (South) chairman, Danied S. Geltmach- er; co-chairman, Ralph Swarr. Rapho Township (North) - chairman, Charles M. Eby; ad- visor, Linn G, Ober. William H. Beadle, General Campaign Chairman of the Un- ited. Red Feather Campaign, has stated: “All of us who contri- bute and work for this campaign realize how important the word “united” is. It seems that we give only once instead of 20 times to support all 20 Red Feather Services. It means that more of our money goes direct- ly to the services and is spent on campaign and adminis trative costs. To be exact, ad- (Turn to page 7) less V.F.W.To Stage "Emergency Fathers’ March On Polio” tation of the new vaccine and of gamma globulin is expensive, and because the number of polio cases in the county this year has exceeded any number expected. The men will organize the drive and will visit all homes on a door - to - door basis next Thursday evening. Any- one who would like to help in the emergency drive is urged ta do so. The men are seeking vol- unteers for the various sections of the borough. All persons interested in help- ing are asked to get in touch with Frank Morton, Jay Ginder or George Albert. Mr. Albert is | chairman of the local drive. “Citizens Of Tomorrow”’ Le i Future citizens for this week dren of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shellenberger, the right - back row - Roberta, 4 Barbara and Katherine, % include Dale, nineteen months old; Susan, four years old and Barbara, six years old, chil- Manheim. On 9, Robert, 9; front row - David 11 years old; children of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kopp, Manheim, RD. volunteers from Mount | Arthur D. Sprecher, | EE a i VI DE | SIE YN So) Approximately 150 persons TV. This preview will be tele-| meet. Thursday will be Commu- nications Day and Friday will | be Education, Health and Rec- Saturday will be school bands will be conducted | Construction Day. witnessed the preview of the | “Grow With Mount Joy” booth after it was assembled in the! local school auditorium evening. The to Harrisburg Wednesday. Citizens of the invited to attend the exposition next week from Sept. 20 to 25. A special program will be held each day of the exposition. Sun- day, Sept. 19, all exhibits will! be in place by 6:00 p. m. and] Gov. John S. Fine will conduct a tour at 7:00 p. m. for represen- tatives of the press, radio and booth was taken borough are Four Families Welcomed Into Mt. Joy Four wel- | the Mrs. of new families were comed into Mount Joy by JoyCees Monday evening Warren Hayman, chairman the “Welcome to Mount Joy’ committee, and Mrs. Gene Eich- erly, president of the JoyCees,)| welcomed Mr. and Mrs. R. Har- ple of Springville Road and the | Garbini’s who moved into an apartment on West Main Street, | Herr Gar west of the Clarence age. The Harples moved to Mt. Joy from Elizabethtown and have three children. Mrs. Frank Young, Jr., and Mrs. Thomas O'Connor, also members of the committee, vis- ited Mrs. Loney,” who moved in to the Wolgemuth Apts. on S. Market Street and the Grimseys who moved into the property on Pinkerton Road vacated by Mr and Mrs. Louis Rutkay. Mrs. Loney and her two children moved to Mount Joy from Hou- ston, Texas. The Grimseys mov- ed to Mount Joy from Peach Bottom. Mrs. Grimsey is origin ally from Rhode Island The new both welcomed into the the group and were with gifts and certificates from the merchants and industries of families were town by four presented the borough. ® Gamma Globulin Regulations Given The regulations the distribution of Gamma Glo bulin require that it be given to contacts of actual cases of Polio myelitis, up to the 3 years, and in communities determined by the State Dept of Health to the age of 15 years It is obtained through the fami- ly physician and administered by him, but can be obtained at this office by a member of the family after the physician fur- nishes the following informa | tion to State Dept. of Health, office, by telephone and requests Gamma Globulin: Name, Age, | and Weight of contact. It is not claimed that Gamma | Globulin prevents Poliomyelitis | but that it will modify the | course of the disease should Po | lio develop and prevent a sev governing age of 35 as . | ere paralytic stage from devel oping. Gamma Globulin for contacts of the case 14 days after exposure, | which it would no longer influ- ence the course of the disease. The regulations which control the distribution of Gamma Glo- is available up to after { bulin originate in the Office of Defense Mobilization, a federal agency, and not through the State or local office. Certain | diagnostic signs are required, which include Spinal Fluid find- Friday | p vised Monday Day with opening ceremonies at “1:30 A parade of selected high] is Government m with | the Harrisburg awarded to in downtown scholarships reation Day. Every person who visits the show will have a chance to fill outstanding bands. Tuesday willl out a ticket for a prize that will be Industry Day when the Key-| be given away, free of charge. stone Building sociation and the Small Busi- will both be held. be Anthra-| ness Clinic Wednesday will Contractors As-| The prize will room house | scaped with swimming pool. It will be delivered anywhere be a three-bed- completely land- in cite Day and the Engineers So-| the state and will be on display ciety of Pennsylvania and the at the show. The winner will be Harrisburg Traffic Club will announced Saturday night. Legion Purchases Flag For Donegal High School An purchased for the auditorium of the High School Post American flag will be new Donegal the Walter S. 185 it was announced at the reg- last by Ebersole ular meeting of the group school dedication 10. Robert Hoffman, newly elect- cated at the ceremonies Nov. ed commander, named his com- mittee chairman and commit- tees for the coming year. The men appointed are as fol- lows: Entertainment - Word Halter, chairman; Jack Germer, Chester Weimer, George Leib- schultz, Edward Kneisley, Char- les Houser, John Madalia, Ken- neth Smith, Robert Smith, Leon Gassert, Frank Shank, James Shaeffer, James Young, Lee El- lis, Jr., P. B. Heilig, John Hart- sough, George Albert, Lee Rice and Clarence Nissley; Athletics, Lee Ellis, Sr., chairman; Frank Zink, George Brown, Marshall Webb, Harold Bender, Jack Germer, 3enjamin Groff and Leibschultz Publ.city, Hubert Rice Keener: Welfare, chairman; Arthur Schneider Sheetz; 3rown, George and Char- Benja- George les Chunko, Groff, Gerald American- ism, George 2nd, chair- man; Jack Bennett, Clyde Trip- min and ple, George Albert and James Robert: Legion Auxiliary, Lee Ellis, Sr., and Orthur Schneid- er; Grave Registration, P. B. Heilig. ® CUB PACK DIRECTORS HOLD MEETING A meeting of the directors of the newly organized Cub Scouts in Mount held last Thursday elemen Joy was in the local The group decided starting tary school to hold cub meetings the first week in October. At the present time, three cub packs will be started The next meeting of the di rectors will be held Wednesday Sept. 22 evening, Old School Bell thority met September 14, 1954 at fices Shoe Co. . | its regular business. Thursday. The flag will be dedi- | del ne . orkOnNew Stanpipe Begins Mon. The Mount Joy Borough Au- Tuesday evening, the of- the Gerberich-Payne for the transaction of, Mr. Sam- Miller, Chairman of the of Authority presided. Besides the transaction the Authority received a report from their consulting engineer, Joseph A. Michaels, to fect that the standpipe tion had been completed by the contractor, of Boyerstown, Pa. The tests on of routine business, the ef- founda- D. Richard Jafolla the strength of the concrete were above those required by the specifications. He also re- ported that the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. tions at the beginning of had started opera- the week on the erection of the one million gallon steel standpipe, which will add approximately 27 pounds of pressure to the ex- isting water distribution sys- tem. All the members of the Auth- ority were deeply concerned ov- er the possibility that there will be a rash of water leaks, both in the mains and in the services due to the added pressure. This condition, however, is unavoid- able as the present low pres- sures are to be corrected, and as this was one of the major reasons for the improvement of the system, the inconvenience and expense of repairing breaks - must be put up with. The Authority, therefore, went on record as favoring the gradual increase of pressure so that a minimum of inconveni- ence will be experienced during They were very anxious to warn all users to be alert for breaks. Under the promulgated tariff of water rates the responsibility for repairing breaks in services is that of the property owner. The mains are the responsibility of the Authority. The Authority however, expressed a 2) any one period members (Turn to page Wi'l Be Preserved Says Board are underway to preserve the bell from the old grade school on Mariet ta Avenue. Original plans were to remove the bell and to the present grade school but when the recent fire melted the bell and made it im- these plans had Plans now school move 1t parcially possible to ring, to be altered The bell was removed from the debris within the building. The one side is ruined but the bell is in one piece. Paul Stoner, local school board director, heads a committee to plan for | ings, if the case is non-paralytic. | its preservation. (Turn to page 5) One tentative plan being con-| sidered would be to make a memorial of the bell and place it on the corner of the old plot where South Market and Marietta Streets meet. With the bell could be the name plate and the cornerstone from the old building. More plans will be made next week. Demolition is still continuing at the school. Most of the brick walls have been lowered except the front wall. It is within the frort wall that the name plate and the cornerstone are located. School board officials are mak- ing plans to be on hand when the cornerstone is reached.