Ad as Lo AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMAAAAS Support The Cancer Crusade The Mount Joy NEWSPAPER YOUR HOME BULLETIN DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE Fhe Physician On Call Sunday Dr. Thomas O'Connor PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANANANAY FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR, NO. 43 SEWER P Retail Merchants Will Many Special Values Will Be Offered Shoppers Mount Joy-Florin Retail Mer-, chants will present gifts valued at more than $600 in a three-day shopping jubilee Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday, April 21, 22 and 23. Final details for the were worked out at a meeting event of the committee Tuesday night | at the fire house. | Tickets will be distributed in the stores of the participating merchants, starting Thursday, April 21. Anyone may secure a ticket by simply asking for it, signing his name on the ticket, and dropping it in one of the containers. The gifts will be awarded at a drawing Saturday night, April 23, at 9:30 p.m. at the parking lot at the rear of the First Na- tional Bank & Trust Co. John M. Booth, chairman of the com- mittee, arranging for the draw- ing will have the lot lighted. Heading the list of prizes are a television set and power mow- er, with 44 awards of $5 each to be ‘presented in certificate form good for purchases in any of the participating stores. Also to be presented will be a $150 watch, donated by Lancaster Newspa- pers, Inc. It will not be necessary for the winners to be present at the drawing. The Bulletin is cooperating with the merchants in the pub- lishing of a special Sales Days edition. Also discussed were parking | and store hours. The committee authorized the appointment of a special committee to study the overall parking conditions. Proposal to keep stores open on Wednesday afternoon of Memorial Day week, since the holiday will fall on Monday this year, was approved. -— na -@ Directors Elected MOUNT JOY, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1955 $2.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ANT PLAN NEARLY COMPLETE ive Prizes Valued At $60 | | Left to right: Front Robert Buchenauer, Ronald Schofield; back, Harold Etsell, Jr., Jerry Buchenauer. —Pholo by Robt. Zeiters Explorer Scouts Prepare For New Mexico Trip Four Boy Scouts of Mt. Joy Troop No. 39 will be members of the Lancaster County group to travel to Philmont Boy Scout ranch, New Mexico, in August. The four, Jerry Buchenauer, Robert Buchenauer, Harold Et- sell, Jr.,"and Ronald Schofield, Stehman & Herr Open Garage In Florin A general repair garage open- ed Monday in Florin by Paul Stehman and Calvin Herr of the Mount Joy Atlantic Service Sta- tion. Stehman and Herr announ- ced that Cletus Kaylor will be the head mechaic and will be assisted by Eugene McMullen. The garage is located on the north side of West Main Street beside Gager’'s Tavern. Former- ly the garage had been operated by Donald Emenheiser but has not been in operation since De- | cember. Before the garage was opened for business this week, repairs | were completed on the exterior At Meeting Of Building And Loan Three directors were re-elect- ed into the Mount Joy Building | and Loan Association at their twenty-seventh annual meeting: of the group Wednesday night in the lobby of the First Nation- | al Bank and Trust Company. | The directors are J. Willis Freed, George Keener and Reu- | ben Fellenbaum. E. M. Bomberger, secretary, | gave the report of the year in| which he announced the total assets were $445,000. This is an increase over last year’s total. | The association has a new series, | Series 55, of available shares as | of April 1. The shares may be purchased at any time. Share-| holders received more than 5% on their investments this past year. Series No. 31's earnings will be distributed June 1. Following the annual meeting the directors held a re-organiza- | tion meeting at which time they re-elected their officers; Grant Gerberich, president; Henry Eby, vice president; E. M Bom- berger, secretary; Reuben Fel- lenbaum, treasurer; Bernard J. Myers, Jr., solicitor; and John H. Fellenbaum, auditor. Other directors are Dr. E. W. Newcom- er, Christ Walters, John Booth, | Mr. Eby, Mr. Gerberich and Mr. Bomberger. The association was started in Mount Joy, April 1, 1928. | the office room of | and interior of the building. A picture window was placed in the garage and new overhead doors were installed. The ‘face lifting” was completed with the addition of white shingles on the front of the building. are members of the Explorers Crew of the troop. The Lancaster County will arrive at Philmont August 1 and leave August 13. Henry Fischer, a veteran Philmonter, will be one of the three adult leaders who will accompany the group from the county. Exploring with back packs, the Scouts will push north for 81 miles on the Northbound Ex- pedition. After the first day's shakedown, the Scouts will leave for Carson - Maxwell Base Camp where Kit Carson's old home still stands. The next day will include a hike to the Olym- pia for basic training in how to live on the trail. On the third day, they will saddle and ride horseback upcountry to Abreu Base Camp. After this, the next stop is Raydo Base Camp near Raydo River; then to Comanche Trail Camp. The next day, the boys will have reached the top of Philmont mountain, 11,600 feet. The same evening they will reach Comarroncito Base Camp and spend a day there with the forester or the geologist or ex- plore Hidden Valley. Other places that will be visi- ted are Harlan Trail Camp; Dean Canyon Camp and Bent Camp. group Since the boys are earning their money to cover the cost of the trip, they express their thanks to all the persons who have helped in their fund-rais- ing projects. Parents Accept Vacdine Offer; Also To Be Offered Commercially One hundred per cent of the parents of first and second grad- ers in Mount Joy are in favor of the mass polio vaccination it was announced. The National Foundation of Infantile Paralys- is will offer the vaccination free of charge to all first and second graders with parental consent. This consent was received by Charles Heaps, principal, from all parents. Dr. Thomas O'Connor, Dr. David Schlosser and Dr. John Gates have volunteered their services to Miss Sadie Brooks, school nurse, in giving the vac- cinations in the Mount Joy Ele- mehtary School. Several local | nurses will also assist in the 3- day shot periods. Other Children Vaccine Available Vaccine will be available to children other than those in the first and second grades on a commercial basis. Parents inter- ested in purchasing the vaccine are asked to see their doctors for details on the project. Local doc.ors are preparing lists at the present time of persons in- terested in receiving the vaccine when it arrives. Other Schools Listed In Mount Joy Township, there are parents of five chil- dren who refused to allow their children to receive the vaccine, The Washington Elementary School, Florin, received refusals from parents of seven children. Marietta’s Elementary School is also 100 percent and in the Maytown Elementary School there were twelve refusals. Of these twelve, a few have al- ready received the vaccine since they and their parents were giv- en it at the Wyeth Laboratories, Marietta. According to Mrs. Dorcas Knorr, substituting school nurse, a small percentage also wished to have their own (Turn to page 2) | ening, April 25. | man, tickets may be | the following committee | bers: | chairman; | Mrs. | Jay Hostetter, Mrs. Asher Beam- | enderfer, Sample Fair Tickets Go On Sale Saturday Tickets will go on sale this week for the Sample Fair to be held in the local elementary school auditorium Monday, ev- According to Mrs. Myrtle Nornhold, co-chair- purchased from mem- Mrs. Walter Brandt, co- Mrs. John Wealand, Brown, Mrs. Irvin Smith, Jr, Charles Shoemaker, at Gainor’s Restaurant or Mrs. Martha Germer Mrs. Art Sprecher, Mrs. Bruce Mrs. Aldus Hanna, Mrs. George Brown III, Mrs. Jay Meckley, and Mrs. Clyde Tripple. 200 tickets number is There are able and when this sold, no admission can be grant- ed because the number of samp- les acquired is in conjunction with the number of tickets sold. Approximately fifty local and national samples will be given to persons attending plus a luncheon. collection of seventy Following the samples and luncheon, door prizes will be awarded to members of the group. Mount Joy Lions Will Celebrate Tenth Year Mount Joy Lions brate their tenth next week at their Hostetters’ Pavillion. Earl D. Bausman, past inter- national director from Pitts- burgh, will be the guest speak- will cele- anniversary meeting at er. Music for the anniversary occasion will be furnished by the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau male chorus of Harrisburg and the Elizabethtown Lion Club Quartet Guests of the affair will be wives and friends of Mount Joy Lions Clubs and Earl Horst, of Myerstown, district governor. w Pre-School Exams Mrs. | avail- Club Completes ‘Plan For Ponds For Fishing Plans were completed for the club’s fishing projecis at the regular meeting of the Mt. Joy Sportsmen's Association Monday night. Accarding to the plan, the pond located on the Joy proper- ty at the eastern end of Mount Joy, will be ready for “junior” fishing by July 1. Vo IN GREENLAND-—Pvt. Donald E. Zerphey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Zerphey, 152 Manheim St. is now stationed at Sondrestrom Air Base, Greenland. He enter- ed the Army last October, tak- ing basic training at Fort Jack- son in South Carolina and an 8- weeks course of clerk typist in business administration. Florin Lions Plan Auction; Name Nominees . A Community Auction will be held in Florin by the Florin Lions Club it was announced at the regular meeting of the group Monday night at the Clearview Diner. John M. Hess was named chairman of the pro- ject. He said that tentative plans call for the auction to be held at the Florin Hall in May nominated for club. Mr. Officers were the new year of the Hess was nominated president; Clarence Hollinger, first vice- president; Irvin Gerber, second vice: Reubin Goodling, third vice; Arthur Wolgemuth, secre-| tary; Charles Johnson, assistant; Robert Johnson, treasurer; Jay Snyder, tail twister; Clayton ' Eshleman, lion tamer; Donald Staley and Sidney Smith, direc- tors for two years and Woodrow Fitzkee, director for one year. The election will take place on Monday, April 25, and the new | officers will take office July 1st. Prior to the business meeting, an auction was held among the I members as a fund-raising pro- The pond will be stocked with pan fish such as perch, sun fish { and crab fishes. The water in | this pond is piped from the Lit- tle Chiques Creek. The other pond which is being prepared by the Sportsmen for junior fishing is located near the Florin orchards on the north | Florin. This pond, according to present plans, will be ready for use next year. First the pond has to be cleaned. This is being com- pleted by C. Robert Frey at the side of present time. Following this, since the pond is spring fed, the pond will have to remain idle to check the water level over an extreme dry time of the summer months before fish may be stocked in. it. When complet- ed, this pond will be available for skating in winter months. Paul Diffenderfer is chairman of this project. With the opening of trout sea- son this week, the Sportsmen a- gain are offering prizes for the largest fish caught through the remainder of the year. Separate prizes will be awarded for boys and men. A complete list of the rules and fish to be caught prizes will be listed next week. Elwood Martin, president, was in charge of the meeting. ® for Joycees Entertain Home Children At Easter Party Residents of the Messiah Chil Home, Mount Joy RI, were Mount Joy JoyCees Saturday afternoon for an Easter party. The children were driven from their home to the Mount Joy Elemen- tary School where the party was held in the auditorium and dren’s guests of the nineteen in the playground to the rear of : ject for the convention fund the school. oC r y 3 . ~ : To Be Given Supper was served to the chil- Harvey Johnson was the auc- \ 9 : dren before returning to the M h tioneer and took charge of the : ext ont | . .. home from an Easter-decorated wrapped items which had a table Blasemats «wer ire : : 5 acemats rere arge Pre-school examinations will! minimum value of $1.00 Two nite i bd tivid s 1 : - . . white ounnles anc maividua be given in the Mount Joy Bor-! packages had $5.00 bills in ad- ; , 9 ot : : avors also were placed on the ough School next month. The dition to the items in the pack- tabl 3 Pri I wd : . ables. Prizes were awarde 0 tests will be given in the regul-| ages but the group was not told : 9 : . doin 3 . : . the children who won the egg ar kindergarten sessions in the hich ones. Packages sold from 1 i tl ell | t 4.43 om . rolls anc 1e jelly-egg hunts. elementary building. $4.50 to $8.00 each. oe Mre. Harold Zimmerman, Jr. According to reports, it is be- | lieved that children who will be taking this test are now in kindergarten. If there are any parents who have children who are not attending kindergarten in Mount Joy this year who ex- pect to enter them in first grade in the fall, they are asked to contact the Mount Joy Element- ary School office, 3-9211. Char- les Heaps, principal, will ar- range a time for the examina- tion to be taken. ® ROTARY CLUB SEES FILMS ON ATOMIC BOMB Mount Joy Rotarians Tuesday noon saw films depicting the 1946 Atomic bomb tests. The pictures were shown by L. James Stevens, chief naval re- cruiting officer at Lancaster. ® — CLASSES TOUR PLANT The Physics and Chemistry ‘classes of the Donegal High School toured the Bethlehem Steel Company in Steelton in conjunction with their studies. C. Arthur Wolgemuth named delegate to the convention in Pittsburgh tional convention in the alternate to the national con- vention. Mr. Staley, president, had charge of the meeting. ® Local Man Renews Drive For Tax Legislation Clarence Schock announced Monday that he will renew his drive for legislation to exempt from inheritance tax bequests to charitable, religious and edu- cational institutions. He formerly started his cam- "Re paign to do away with the 15% inheritance tax on public be- quests two years ago when the 1953 legislature was in session and gained widespread support for his program. was state and John Hess, delegate to the Na- Atlantic City. Benjamin Staley will be was chairman of the affair. Plane rides for $1.00 will be a featured attraction of the re- opening of the Donegal Airway, Inc., located between Mount Joy and Maytown. The rides will be featured both Saturday and Sun- day, April 16 and 17 it was an- nounced by Pharis Landis and his son, John. The airport is re- opening and will feature four types of air service, seven days per week. on a year-round basis The Donegal Airport will op- erate an air ambulance service. This service will be unique in this part of the state and will be one of the appromixate six op- erating in Pennsylvania. Not being new at this type of service Mr. Pharis Landis, has gained experience in this type of work Miss Doris Donegal High School, chosen to Groff, senior at has been the at the Pennsylvania State Laurel Festival June 17 and 18. She was chosen for her beauty, poise, charm, personality, eral appearance and represent school gen- behavior. The festival, sponsored by the Wellsboro Chamber of Com merce, is held in honor of the state flower, Mountain Laurel. A State Laurel Queen will be chosen from the candidates ® Kindergarten Registrati gistration Is May 5th Parents of children who ex- pect to enter the Mount Joy Public School Kindergarten in September of 1955 are request ed to bring their children to the Mount Joy Elementary School for registration, Thursday, May 5, : Only children who will be five years old before February 1, 1956 will be registered; (Chil dren who were born on or be fore January 31, 1951 may reg 1ster). Parents are requested to be sure that each child has a birth certificate or similar acceptable evidence of birth to present for The child have a vaccination certificate to the registration. must present at registration or by first day of school. The hours of registration are from 8:30 a.m. until 3:45 p. m. in the grade school office, Char les Heaps, principal announced. Only children whose parents reside in the borough of Mount Joy are eligible to attend the school. ® TENDERFOOT SCOUTS Two new to the Mount Troop 39 at admitted Scout the David were boys were Joy Boy the group Monday Smith and Duane admitted to the troop at Tender foot Scouts meeting of night. ramsey Air Andnilance Service To Be Offered At Donegal Airport when he transported one sick boy to North Carolina and persons to New York and two 308 ton hospitals. In each of these cases, the results proved satis- The service is designed those who can't stand the long ride by any other means of transportation Air taxi service, flight lessons and rides are the three services of the airport. There will be ten planes based at the field. One of purchased owner. A snack bar will be opened in the office building. Three flying clubs are in existance at the air- port; the Chiques Club, the Don- egal Dudes and The Donegal Airway Club. factory for other them is a newly plane by a private 0 At Spring Sales Days Next Weekend fro Says! an Be Available At Next Meeting Following the transaction of the water business at the April Borough Authority meeting on Tuesday, Chairman Sam Miller threw the meeting open to a dis- cussion of the proposed sewer system. In this discussion all the members of Council took a live- ly part. The Engineer, Joseph Michels reported that the sur- veys which are required for the design of a sewer system are ap- proximately 80% complete, the portions not completed are lar- gely those areas of the borough which have seen recent develop- ment and expansion, He pre- sented completed plans for the treatment plant, the details of which had been discussed at previous meetings. Jefore any contracts may be advertised, or work undertaken, specific approval for the project must be received from the State Health Department. The Engin- eer reported that his associate has been in conference with the State Engineer on the prelimin- ary phase of the trcatment prob- lem and that in general, . the plans have been drawn to meet those recommendations. A pre- liminary report presented to the Authority, will now be present- ed to the State Health Dept. for approval. The report is complete exept for certain financial data’ which usually accompanies sich a document, This data will be gathered shortly and at the next Authority meeting the reaction of the Sta'e Health Department will be given The Engineer reported that 2 (Turn to page 2) Donegal To Be Represented At District Band Miss Sara Jane Portner, sen- ior at Donegal High, will repre- sent the school in district band Millerstown. will be the the band in will play weekend at Goldman this Franko conductor in Miss Portner guest which snare drum She also played in the county orchestra and this year. She Renate orchestra, district state and one orchestra other student, Platzoder, represented the school in district orchest- ra: she and six others trom Lan- played in the and she Donegal played in county orchestra. She her career in Marietta in the grade. In the former high school, she played in the school band and dis. rict orchestra in her sophomore Other gained was her tele- appearances with the Latin American 3Jand of the school over the York television and Lancaster television stations. H. Morrell Shields is music di- rector in charge at the school. ® caster County concert from state orchestra and seven other music fifth began also attended year. experience vision Wolgemuth Resigns As Local Fire Company President Miller Wolgemuth, president of the Mount Joy Friendship Fire Company, submitted his resignation from his office in the company at the regular mee'ing of the group last Thursday eve- ning Mr. Wolgemuth’s res'gnation will become effective Thursday, May 5. He had previously been president of the company for the past four terms and 3 months of the 1955 term. No one was appointed to fill the office at the present time.