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FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR, NO. 30
Youth Center Committee See
Band To Wear
Cadet Type
Uniforms
The “cadet type” jacket wuni-
form will be worn by the Done-
gal High School band it was de- |
cided at the January meeting of
the school band club Monday
night. Representatives from
three uniform companies from
Philadelphia and a
New Jersey firm, showed samp-
les of band uniforms to the
group of parents and also stu-|
dents representing the various
classes of the school.
The group voted between ca-
det type and coat type jacket
uniforms. Following this vote,
H. Morrell Shields, concert band
director, was named chairman
of a committe of nine to decide
all the minor details of the de-
sired uniform such as braids,
stripes or decorative material.
This committee made up of par-
ents from the four school dis-
tricts and a boy and girl from
the band will meet next Mon.
day night. The results from this
meeting will be sent to the 3
companies following the meet-
ing for estimates.
Lancaster,
Tentatively, the band -club
was informed by the companies
that uniforms could be deliver-
ed in six to eight weeks time
from ordering. This would mean
that the band could be uniform-
ed for spring engagements. The
will be Kelly green
with white trim.
In other business transacted,
the planned minstrel show was
discussed but no date was set
for the event. The group also
reported that there some
household wax and moth cry-
_stals still available for sale.
The most recent money-raising
project is the refreshment stand
being operated at the home
basketball games. Arthur Zook,
president, was in charge.
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Mrs. Groff Installe
President Of Auxiliary
Mrs. Gertrude Groff was
stalled as president of the Flor-
in Fire Company Auxiliary at
the January meeting held by
the group Monday evening in
the Florin Hall. Other officers
installed were Mrs. Benjamin
Staley, vice president; Mrs. |
Robert Kling, secretary; Mrs.
Omar Groff, assistant; Mrs.
William Mateer, treasurer; Mrs.
Vergie Garber, assistant; Mrs.
Viola Bricker, corresponding
secretary and Mrs. Erma Wag-
ner, assistant.
During the business meeting,
the group planned for a food
sale to be held at the Hall Sat- |
urday, January 29. Included in’
the variety of foods to be sold
will be chicken corn soup which
will be sold by ‘the quart. Mrs.
gtaley, outgoing president, was
in charge of the meeting.
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MAN DISCHARGED
FROM HOSPITAL
Donald Smith, North Market
street, Mount Joy, was dischar-
ged Wednesday from the York
Hpspital where he had been a
tient since last Saturday. He
Juffered lacerations of the body
nd knee injuries following an
cident when his automobile
struck a guard rail and rolled
over at the Storey Brook bridge
west of Hellam.
are
in-
THREE CELEBRATE
BIRTHDAYS \
Three birthday celebrations
were held recently for members |
of the James Hockenberry fam- |
ily. A birthday party was held
for James Hockenberry, Sr., on!
pec. 31; a luncheon for Ronald
fockenberry, son of Mr. ard
g, James Hockenberry, Jr.,
an. 3 and Mrs. Winfield Hen-
irix, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
ames Hockenberry, Sr., a sup.
er, Jan. 5.
. Machine Company,
The Mount Joy
NEWSPAPER
| Martin's Tobacco Entry
| Chosen For Filler
| Milton Martin, 15, Mount Joy
R1, and Jay Foreman, Lititz R3,
| showed the best samples of to-
bacco exhibited Friday at the
Lancaster County 4-H tobacco
| growers show. Milton exhibited
the best filter leaf. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Curvin H. Mar-
tin.
David Martin,
Mt. Joy RI,
placed fifth in the filter exhibi- |
tion also. John Musser, Jr., Mt.
Joy R1, placed fourth in
southeastern district of
county in ‘management’.
the
He
had 94.5 points. Henry Greiner, |
Manheim R4, placed second in
the Elizabethtown-Donegal 4-H
group for his showing of corn
at the Lancaster County Corn |
Growers show Thursday.
'Safety On Parade
To Be Feature
Of Farm Show
“Safety on Parade,” an hour-
lorg dramatic feature using
more than 40 pieces of farm
equipment and made realistic
with portrayals of the Grim
Reaper and of dummies getting
caught in machinery, will be
presented at the Farm Show
Arena on Thursday night, Jan-
vary 13, during Farm Show
Week in Harrisburg. Plans for
the demonstration were an-
nounced by Robert Jones of the
Gash-Stull Company, Ford trac-
tor and equipment distributors,
Chester, Pa. Jones is chairman
of the parade committee.
_ The event, designed to force-
fully remind farmers that they
can prevent accidents, is joint-
ly sponsored by the Farm
Equipment Ih ifacturers As-
sociation Olyp ¥ Pennsylvania,
whose are exhibiting
equipment at the Show, and
the Division of Farm and Home
Safety Education, State Depart-
ment of Public Instruction.
“This is going to be one of the
most spectacular farm safety
parades that has ever been put
on in the United States,” insist-
ed Samuel ©. Horst, Division
chief. “I never heard of any-
thing like it.” Horst also stated
that 4-H and FFA boys would
enact the roles, cither as ghosts
or as ‘‘dead,” of 75 people who
lost their lives in rural acci-
dents in 1954.
Members of the parade com-
mittee, besides Jones are Char-
les E. Webster, Allis Chalmers;
H. H. Fidler, John Deere Plow
Company; Tom Stentz, Interna-
tional Harvester Company; C.
H. Hench, New Idea, Inc.; S. M.
Oberholtzer, Minneapolis - Mo-
line, all of Harrisburg; George
Jacoby, Oliver Corporation; R.
S. Minnich, J. I. Case Company, |
both of York, Pa.; Joseph Slade,
Bean Mfg. Company, Allentown |
Pa.; E. W. Hostetter, Massey
Harris, Timonium, Md.; Leo E.
Muzzey, R H. Sheppard Com-
pany, Inc., Hanover, Pa; and
Robert J. Seybolt, New Holland
Camp Hill,
Pa.
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MOUNT JOY MAN TO
GRADUATE FROM MS.T.C.
Donald R. Jenkins, Frank St.,
Mount Joy, is one of eighteen
to graduate from Millersville
State Teachers’ College in the
midwinter commencement ex-
ercise. Mr. Jenkins will receive
a degree in elementary educa-
tion at the exercises to be held
| at 1 p. m. Thursday, Jan. 20.
Marietta, Jan. 4, 1955—The De-
partment of Defense has today
announced that the Marietta
Transportation Depot will be
moved to and consolidated with
the Storage activities at the
New Cumberland Depot, New
| Cumberland, Fenna., by July 1,
the |
YOUR
HOME
44 Fire Calls
Are Reported
For 1954
Forty-four calls were an-
swered by the Mt. Joy Friend-
ship Fire Company during 1954
Ray Myers, fire chief, announc-
ed. Of these, 23 were in the
borough and 21 elsewhere. The |
total borough loss due to fire for
the year was $11,303.00. The
numbers of calls made in 1953
was only 36 and the loss in the
borough divided among 15 calls |
was $683.15.
The calls were as follows: 10
grass fires, 7 houses, 4 wheat
fields, 3 railroad ties; 3 storage
sheds; 2 sawdust piles; 2 school
| houses, 2 barns; 2 electric wir-
ing; 2 automobiles; 2 false al-
arms; 1 church, 1 combine, 1
shoe factory and 1 chimney.
In answering thesc calls, the
volunteers laid 6,700 feet of 2'-
inch hose, 1,200 feet of 1'2 inch
hose and 4,150 feet of booster
hose. The trucks traveled 302
miles and used 536 gallons of
gas.
LOCAL WOMAN HEADS
GROUP
Mrs. Henry Reist, Mt. Joy R2,
was installed as president of the
Farm Women Society No. 4 this
past week at a meeting in her
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Reist
showed pictures of their trip to
Europe and a memorial service
for Mrs. Susan Fackler was
held. During the business meet-
ing, the group decided to give
donations to the Muscular Dys-
trophy Association, the - Child
Development Center and the
1955 Polio Fund.
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Banking Resources
At All Time High
Harrisburg, “Banking re
sources in Pennsylvania set an
all-time high in 1954 despite a
mild leveling off in the nation’s
economy during the year,” Sid-
ney D. Kline, President of the
Penna. Bankers Association, re-
ported today.
“This is cheering
Kline said, ‘not only for the
banking industry but for all
Pennsylvanians and the nation.
It means that banking deposits,
a strong economic barometer,
continued to rise as they have
done each year since World War
II, and all indications point to-
news, ‘Mr.
| ward continued good weather.”
| Mr. Kline
who is president of
Berks County Trust Co., Read-
ing, pointed out that bank de-
posits and assets during the
year increased by more than 3
percent over the record total
established in 1953.
The total assets of Pennsyl-
vania banks on June 30, 1954,
reached $14,746,088,046, a 3.24
percent increase over June 30, |
1953, figure of $14,283,278,688.
Total deposits in Pennsylvan- |
ia banks on June 30, 1954, were |
1 $13,146,727,843, a 3.22 percent
over the June 30, 1953, total of
$12,736,014,482.
Indications are that these per-
centages will increase further
and show an even healthier |
condition of the banks in Penn-
sylvania when the state-wide,
totals for bank assets and de-|
posits for Dec. 31, 1954, are lis- |
ted,” said Mr. Kline. |
1955. The Transportation Ma-
terial Command, also located at
Marietta, will remain at Mari-
etta indefinitely, the announce-
ment stated.
It is not known at present
how many of the approximately
460 employees of the Marietta.
BULLET
MOUNT JOY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1955
STOP POLIO!

Retail Mercha
nts Meet,
Plan Future Promotions
Retail Merchants Committee
of the Mount Joy
Commerce at a dinner
Tuesday evening at the
can Legion home discussed
plans for future promotions. |
Guests were Charles L. Fish,
Chamber of Commerce presi-
dent, and Sidney Smith, Roy
Lehman, Daniel Wolgemuth
and Wolgemuth, Florin
merchants. The Florin group
was asked to canvass other bus-
iness men in their community |
to determine whether or not)
they are interested in joining
with Mount Joy merchants in,
future promotions.
Mr.
Jay
Fish commended the
10,000 Pennsylvan
For Homemaker Of Tomorrow Honors|
Pennsylvania Homemakers of |
Tomorrow will be selected from
10,727 girls in 387 of the State's
High Schools.
That is the number of parti-
cipants who were énrolled in|
the national search for the All-
American Homemaker of To-
morrow when entries closed |
A total of 789,530 young wo- |
men in 8,090 schools across the
land will take part in the pro-
gram which is open to senior
girls, in graduating classes of
publie, private and parochial |
high schools. |
A Homemaker of Tomorrow |
will be named far each partici- |
pating school, each state and the!
nation, bo
A 50-minute written examin-
ation which will test individ-|
ual aptitude for homemaking
will be the basis for naming the |
| winners of the $75,000 in. scho- |
larships, travel opportunities
and other educational prizes of-
fered by General Mills, sponsor
of this search designed to glori-|
fy Homemaking as a career. {
The examination prepared by
Science Research Associates of
Chicago will be given simultan-
Transportation Depot will be|
moved to New Cumberland, or
will be required by the Air
Force, which tentatively plans |
to take over the storage space
vacated by the Transportation’
Corps at Marietta. Every effort of the Marietta Depot to the Air
will be exerted by the person. Force are dependent on approv-
Merchants Committee on the
Chamber of-work of reeent months. He pre- |
meeting dicted that the expansion in the
Lancaster area will have bene-
ficial repercussions for the mer-
chants of Mount Joy and that
progressive steps being taken
by the local business men will
increase the benefits.
Mr. Fish expressed an optim
istic view regarding the future
of Mount Joy, from the stand
point of both the residents and
the business men.
For their next promotion the
Merchants Committee plan-
ning Community Sales
is
ced later.
iaGirls To Compete
eously in all schools Jan. 12.
A chart which evaluates fac-!
and family living
for
A
tors in home
has been sent to the schools
use in classroom discussions.
| guide-book which analyzes var-
ious phases of homemaking will
also be distributed.
The girl receiving the highest
test score in each school will be
entered in State competition
where the winner will
a $1,500 scholarship and a trip
with her school advisor to
Washington, D. C., colonial Wil- |
Philadel- |
| liamsburg, Va., and
phia. Her school will receive a
sct of the Encyclopedia Britan-
nica.
The state winner who is nam-
ed the Betty Crocker All-Amer-
ican Homemaker of Tomorrow
in Philadelphia April 21 will re-
ceive a $5,000 scholarship. Aid-
ing in making this choice will
be a committee of 13 national-
ly known educators.
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PRIZES CLAIMED
Lewis Bixler has claimed the
cants Christmas promotion.
tions to absorb all personnel, or
to find other employment for all
workers affected by the move.
The Department of Defense
announced that plans calling
for the transfer of the facilities
| Friday afternoon
a concert
| tained for the
| sented Saturday
Days, |
details of which will be announ- |
receive |
DEDICATED
SE
Donegal Girls
In District
‘Music Festival
The 1955 Southern District
Orchestra, which is sponsored
by the Pennsylvania Music Ed-
ucators Association will meet
this week at Camp Hill High’
School. This is an annual event
along with District Chorus and
District Band. These festivals
are held in different schools
each year, in the district. The
district comprises nine counties.
Students who are accepted
for the district events have the
opportunity of trying out for
the state festivals, which
there are three.
Renate Platzoder,
the violin, will play
music, and Sara Jane Portner,
the snare drum, will represent
Donegal High School in the Or-
chestra Festival. These students
will go to. Camp Hill January 6
for registration and tryouts. Af-
ter the tryouts, rehearsals will
begin Thursday evening
continue again Friday morning.
there will be
for students in the
Camp Hill Schools followed by
a public concert Friday night
Saturday morning will set
aside for further rehearsal after
which the students are enter-
afternoon. The
final public concert will be pre-
night
of
who plays
be
LOCAL WOMAN NAMED TO
COUNTY COMMITTEE
Mrs. Harold Billow, Fairview
Street, Mount Joy, has been
named co-chairman of the Lan-
caster County Girl Scout Cook-
ie Sale committee for 1955.
Mrs. C. F. Fitz, Lancaster
general chairman.
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|Kendig To Speak
| At Scout Affair
John Kendig, will
the guest speaker at the an-
nual dinner meeting of the Mt.
i Joy-Florin Girl Scout Neigh
borhood Monday evening, Jan.
!17. Mr. Kendig, a nurseryman,
{ will give an illustrated lecture
on “Trees”.
All adult scout and Brownie
workers are asked to have all
| reservations to attend the
ner reported by next
Jan. 10. All reservations are to
be given to Mrs. George Brown
South Delta Street. Installa-
tion of officers will take
is
Manheim,
be
also
place. The dinner meeting will |
be held in the basement of the
{ Trinity Lutheran Church.
oe
EXPLORER SCOUTS PLAN
NEW MEXICO TRIP
Three Explorer Scouts of
Troop No. 39 are planning to
make a trip to the Explorer's
Ranch in Philmont, New Mexi-
co in August.
{ enauer, Harold Etzell, and Ron-
| ny Schofield are hoping to fin-
| ance the trip through part-time |
| jobs.
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| DANCING CLASSES
| TO START FRIDAY
The dancing school
| ed by the Clyde Nickle
{of Arts will begin sessions Fri.
| day evening at 6:30 at the
| grade school building. Thirty-
conduct-
| 24th prize and Mrs. Paul Little two are registered to date, and
| the 38th prize in the Retail Mer- | any other
interested
| . .
i may register on Friday.
will Move Marietta Transportation
mittee of the Congress. Origin-
a'ly, plans called for the use of
one-half of the Marietta Facili-
ty by the Air Force. The critic-
al need of the Air Force for
Storage space in the Marietta-
Harrisburg area has made the
present move necessary.
and |
din-'
Monday, !
The three boys, Robert Buch- |
School |
children |
TO
COMMUNITY
RVICE
Miss Griffith Speaks
To Lions Club
Miss Elinore Griffith, Ephra-
ta, was the guest speaker at the
regular meeting of the Lions
Club Tuesday evening at Hos-
tetter’s. Miss Griffith, who spent
four months in Germany under |
the International Farm Youth
Service last summer, spoke a-
bout German farms and also
showed slides of Europe scenes
and farms.
One new member, Albert
Forry, was admitted to the}
group. Curvin Martin, Jr. was
in charge of the program and
Edward Richter, first vice pres
ident, was in charge of the
meeting. Four visitors from
Florin and five from Elizabeth-
town were also present at the
' meeting.
Ist violin
Outstanding
‘Taxes Reported
For 1953; 1954
borough tax
the
regular
George Brown,
collector, announced
standing taxes at the
meeting of borough
Monday night in the council
| chamber. For 1954, the per cap-
ita tax outstanding is $3,912.00
and the real estate,
For 1953, the per capita out-
standing is $168.00 and the real
estate, $496.30. All 1951 real es-
tate taxes have either been paid
or leins filed against the prop-
erty. He reported the collection
of $1,024.31 in 1954 taxes and
$97.65 in 1953 taxes the
month of December
Titus Rutt, burgess, reported
$52.00 collected in parking me
ter violations and $53.00 collect
ed in peddler's licenses. Robert
, Brown, justice of the peace, re-
ported $5.00 in fine money. The
borough reported that
{ the annexation of the portion of
out.
for
solicitor
the local park and double house |
i into the borough is not comple-
ted
Robert Rosser was appointed
to the borough authority. He re-
places Harry Walters,
term expired. Borough council
decided to increase the insur-
ance on all borough pron, rty as
of Jan. 3, 1955.
After all the residents on Col
umbia Avenue from the corner
of South Barbara Street to
where there is an existing side
sidewalks, resident
complied, J. Roy Esh'eman.
one
Several residents offered com-
plaints concerning the condition
of the streets which are the re-
sponsibilities of the U.G.I., Lan-
| caster. George Groff announce
| ed that the gas company intends
| to repair the streets to their
normal condition in the imme-
diate future.
A budget meeting has been
set for Thursday evening,
20. at the home of the secretary
William Brian, Frederick St
Jan
Bills to the amount of $1.407.54 |
were ordered paid; $56.55 from
the Patterson coal fund and
| $504.95 to the police pension
fund.
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LOCAL MAN HITS POLE
Benjamin Felker, Mount Joy,
was arrested at 3:00 a. m. Sat-
urday for reckless driving after
he was involved in a one-car
crash on the Lititz Pike, six
miles north of Lancaster. Since
his automobile hit a utility pole,
| damage was estimated at $500
epot
Army's supply facilities are ex-
pected to be reduced by about
$1,500,000 as a result of this
consolidation. The Depot at
Marietta is the 18th storage fa-
cility which the Army is in the
process of closing. About a third
| of those closed will eventually
nel sections of both organiza- | al ‘by the Armed Services Com- | Annual operating costs of the | be used by the Air Force.
I
council on!
$1,012.10. |
whose
walk were asked to place side- |
The Physician On Call
Sunday
Dr. John Gates
$2.50 A YEAR IN ADVANGE
ks Public Views
Reports Plans
Progressing;
Meeting Soon
An interesting discussion of
the proposed Youth Recreation
Center was held at Tuesday's
meeting of the Mount Joy Ro-
tary club.
Samuel Balsbaugh, member
named at a town meeting . last
fall, outlined work of the com-
mittee. Mr. Balsbaugh was in.
troduced by Earl Koser, Rotary
youth committee chairman.
Mr. Balsbaugh spoke enthus-
iastically about progress on the
project to date. He praised par-
ticularly the work of A. D. Sei-
ler, committee chairman, and
Charles L. Fish, member, in
preparing plans and gathering
date.
Pointing to the rapid indus-
| trial expansion of the Laneas-
ter area, Mr. Balsbaugh urged
| that the people of Mount Joy
look ahead and plan for an ev-
| er-better community.
“The committee wants ideas;
| it’s your project,” he said.
| The speaker commented that,
{ while the building is important,
| the greatest thing is the main-
| tenance and programming after
| the building erected. He
| stresed the need for trained per-
| sonnel to carry out a successful
| program.
is
| “There's no use putting any
| money into such a project un-
| less it’s on a long range basis,”
| declared Mr. Balsbaugh. A We
| must be sure of income
| sary for successful operation
| and maintenance. Our primary
l interest right now is reaction.
We want to know the publi¢’s
| views
{ “Yes,
There's a price on
There's also a price
boys and girls,”
Mr. .Balsbaugh asked Mr.
Fish to comment. Mr. Fish alsq
| emphasized the importance of
| securing proper personncl for
directing the program. He stat-
ed. that another town meeting
will be called soon, and urged a
| large attendance, pointing out
that the committee is interested
only in as the communi
there's a price on it.
everything.
on those
ty desires.
Wilbur 1 Beahm,
high school principal, gaye
information on aid |
from the state for "pp
of the salaries of pers
has | recpeation programs.
Dr. William M. Wor
ported on the progress
made on the re-ovation o
Greider building for the
Scouts. He stated that the §
committee expects to have:
building ready for use in? \
near future and urged the 2
tendance of Rotarians at ded)
cation ceremonies which will ba
announced later 3
Significent. were the com-
ments of Harry N. Nissly whose
remarks captured a real vision
| for the vouth of the community.
| Speaking of “boys and girls
Mr. Nissly re-
that a
youth
as our wealth,”
minded his listeners
| number of Mount Joy's
of yesteryear have gone from
this comanunity to earn high
places in their various fields of
endeavor. He spoke with pride
of the community's accomplish-
ments in securing the things it
has needed or desired in the
past.
And confide tly
led:
“Mount Joy is capable o
' ing bigger things than in
| past.”
he pred
| ANOTHER GOLD BAD
| AWARD IS ANNOUNC
| Irene Zimmerman is
| ner of the gold badge
{ week awarded to the
ing patrolman of
| school. Irene gained
because she found
i long the sidewalk 1
school. She destro
| that smaller child
{ get Alors,
neces-