SS ERE i | Support The Cancer Crusade The Mount Joy YOUR HOME NEWSPAPER BULLETIN DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE PIPPIN The Physician On Call Sunday Dr. John Gates FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR, NO. 47 Elementary Band To Present Spring Concert The Mount Joy School Band will first spring concert next Tues- day cvening, May 17, 7:30 p. under the direction of Mrs. Broske, instruct- Elementary present its m George music or The ured majorettes will be feat- the first number of the evening, a march ‘Lively Feet, 3uchtel. Solo and duet num- bers will be Terry Stark and George Roth playing a trumpet duet “The Marines’ Hymn” by Phillips; Carole West playing a “Tales of the Vi- enna Woods’ by Strauss; Carol Buchenauer, Robert Mariner and Lora Lee Foley playing a string trio “Flow Gently Sweet Afton” by Spilman; losser and Cynthia Tripple play- ing a flute duet “Country Gar- Grainger; Thomas | in by clarinet solo dens” by Meckley lo “There's a Tavern in the Town” an English Folk Song|- and James Harnish playing a trombone solo “Nazareth” by | Gounod. Band numbers will include “Junior Prom” a waltz by | Buchtel; “Cowboy Suite” a novelty by Weber; “The Com- mander’’ a march by Buchtel; “The Commander” a march by | Jump” a “Folk Song | “Junior Weber; 3uchtel; march by Suite” a novelty by Weber and| “Here Comes the Parade” al march by Weber. | Members of band who will ap-| Tuesday are Terry| Roth, James | Dennis Beamen- Kenneth Nauman, Ed-| ward Zerphey, Robert Funk, | angl Naugle, trumpets; James Harnish, Darryl Aument, John Gates, Roger Packer, Le- Hart and Phillip Sinegar, trombones; Carole West, Rober- ta Marshall, White, | Janice Berrier, Linda Shields, | Kathryn Harnish and Geoffrey Mariner, clar.nets; Constance | Anderson and Sally Ulrich, Nancy Schlosser, Cynthia Tripple and Lois An- Douglas Rehrer, bari- pear next Stark, Hockenberry, derfer, George Dennis wis Constance saxaphones; derson, flutes; alto; Thomas Meckley, Meckley, Schneider drums; tone; Jeflrey buss Arthur Coover, snare Nornhold, Phyllis drum; and Barry Richard Cheryll symbols; 3rown, Brown, Sue Mumma, Patty Nornhold and Barbara Stehman, major- Cites. besa 0 RETAIL MERCHANTS MEET Mount Joy-Florin Retail Mor- chants met last evening at the elementary school. Plans were discussed for future promctions, with definite arrangements for the next event to be made at the next meeting. ® RURAL MAN VOLUNTEERS One Mount Joy man the nine volunteers sent by the Lancaster County Draft Board 83 for pre-induction physical examinations. Barry G. Miller, 19, Mount Joy R2, was the volunteer. was a- mong Birckland Avent Of Jaycee Sponsored Von Circus Birchland Avenue will be the the Von Brothers Cir- Friday afternoon and evening, May 20, in Mount Joy. The three-ring circus, sponsor- ed by the Mount Joy JayCees, will held the building lot propertics owned by Jack Hornafius. Mr. Hornafius has given his grounds fer the pur- of the circus. Because of the size of the big top, a large area needed to erect the tent. Show time for the one-day circus will be 3:00 p.m. for the matinee and 8:00 p. m. for the evening performance, scene of cus next be on pose was Twenty-five circus and train- ed animal acts will appear in the show. The Von Brothers i Nancy Sch- playing a baritone so-| By Firemen For Marietta June 4 asked to get company. | benefits. Fire at the local firehouse. Arrange- ments were formulated October. will be given to the near future. For complet ng fifty years of membership, Jno. Keller will also be sent an hon- orary pin. the local sixth graders. George was ways are now on the sixteenth annual tour. Among the acts are train- ers and trained seals. show time. Both the shows will be conducted regardless of the weather. running paralled with Main St. on the north side above the Mt. Joy Diner. Joint Meeting At School A meeting of the three Lions Clubs the Donegal School will be held next Tuesday evening, May 17. The Mount Joy Marietta Clubs, will have as their guests the Done- School Board; Wilbur I. John Hart, Ralph | Coleman, principals; Mrs. Sade | Brooks Mrs. school nurses; and the included in Jointure groups, the Florin, and gal | Beahm, and and Ray Knorr, dentists from the area. Dr. J. J. Bentman, associate professor of Oral at the School of Dentistry, Univer- Medicine FRIENDS-——Cpl. Melvin Eugene Witmer pictured here with ow friend in Japan. Cpl. Witmer, | of Mr. and Mrs. William | Witmer of Newtown, is serving sity of Pennsylvania, will be son the guest speaker. Dr. Bentman American is the diplomat of with the Infantry Division in| Board of Beriodoulology: con- Japan. | sultant to the United States il Navy Hospital in ‘Philadelphia, | the Veterans hospitals in Leb- Paraders Needed anon and Coatesville, the Lan- | caster General Hospital and the | Heart Haven. school cafeteria is to group, the meeting will be held the | not available { Since the combined Paraders are needed for the]: . 8 aN ; | in two parts. The dinner poruon June 4 Firemen's Convention will be held at Hostetter’'s Pa- | Parade it was stressed at the villion. Mount Joy, and the pro- May meeting of the Mount Joy | gram will be held in the Don- Friendship Fire Company last egal High School. Following Thursday evening. Any men in- the program, an inspection of terested in parading in the con- the den‘al equipment of the > school will be conducted. vention parade in Marietta are | with the| This dental equipment was in touch : purchased for the school by the three clubs the Tues- day night's inspection will mark in area. Thirty-one names were drop- ped from the membership off the first formal inspection by the company for failure to pay! the purchasing groups. dues. Given two notices, the Also included on the program thirty-one have been removed) will be music by the girls trio of the school which placed sec- ond in the Pennsylvania State last week consisting of Ruth Drescher, Al- ma Smith and Barbara Martin. The boys quartet of the school, George Franke, David Weid- in man, John Heistand and Mar- vin Ney, will also sing. Arthur Wolgemuth, zone chairman and member of the Florin Club, will be in charge of the meet- ing. from the membership and from Forensics contest The Mount Joy Company w.ll play host to the Lancaster Co. Police next Monday night to hold the annual Memorial service The two fifty year pins were by the company and recipients in reccived Dr. Gates Named Deputy Coroner Dr. John D. Gates, East Main E. Schroll and Martin A. Spick- ler will receive the pins. K. T. Harold Milligan and Lee Co- ble were accepted into the Street, Mount Joy, has been ap- company as new members. Ray pointed deputy coroner for Mt. Myers, fire chief, reported no Joy Borough and Mount Joy fires for the month of April.’ Township. Dr. M. H. Yoder, of Miller Wolgemuth was in Lititz, county coroner, made charge of the meeting. the announcement Monday. GOLD RADE Dr. Gates will fill the vacan- cy left by Dr. David E. Schlos- George Roth received the 7 I his’ offices ast gold badge this week for being ger, closed i oihices hs the outstanding patrolman of Wednesday. ‘Dr. Schlosser lett : % for Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where he has a commission as major in the U. S. Army Medi- cal Corps. honored because he is al- his post early and lives quite far from the post. on Will Be Site Jaycees Appoint Additional Chairmen Reports on five projects were given at the reguar May meet- ing of the Mount Joy JayCees B : Tuesday night. A semi-final re- ed dogs, military ponies, high port was issued on. the Dawn school horses, clown mules, Pary last Friday. Progress re- chimpanzecs, aerialiy 5, jugslers ports were made on the tennis wire walkers, trick bicycle rid- o.oo circus, trip to At- oy : lant.c City and Road-e-o. Proceeds from the affair will go toward the JayCee's com- Additional appointmenis were munity projects. Since the or- made by O. K. Snyder, presi- ganization reccives a greater dent. Warren Hayman was ap- percentage from advance tick- pointed membership chairman; ot sales. citizens are asked to Harold Zimmerman, Jr., reten- purchase the t'ckets before tion chairman; Norman Garber, committee to check fund rais- ing project; Nicholas Letner, named chairman to report oth- er organizational local activi- ties to avoid conflicting events and Paul Stoner, Jr., extension committee chairman. Birchland Avenue is located | Lion Clubs Plan i land MOUNT JOY, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1955 Florin Couple Celebrates Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Omar Kling, of Florin, Wedding celebrated their Golden anniversary Tuesday, May 10. The couple. was mar ried May 10, 1905 in New Hol- where Mr. Kling resided. The Klings lived in Intercourse until 1923 when they moved to Florin. Mr. Kling was a plumber for retired Kling Rogers now business. Mrs. Mary 45 years and is from the was the from Intercourse. former have five chil- Winfield Zerphey, Mrs. William Ma- Harold Kling, El- Donald Kling, of and Robert Kling, The couple dren, Mrs. Mount Joy; teer, Florin, izabethtown, California, Florin. The event Kountry the the family celebrated with a luncheon at Kitchen. — ® — Bulletin To Be Featured May 18 On Channel 55 18th, Wednesday, May is go ing to-be a red letter day for The Bulletin and all of Mount Joy, when Russ Brinkley of Channel 55, shows the front page of your local newspaper on WHP-TV, while he reads i,ems of interest from the columns. What is more Brink- ley has invited available resi- dents and natives of Mt. Joy, to join him in front of the cameras for personal inter- vicws during the same program. The salute to The Bulletin and all of Mount Joy will take place during the street inter- view program, near the state capitol park, be.ween 3:45 and 4:30 p. m. Russ hopes to have someone on hand who can tell all about the town, it's people and some local history. - The idea to use the paper as a special feature on the TV program came to Russ while he was perusing a file of pro- gressive weekly papers at the PNPA office next door to the WHP-TV studios. Russ got his start as a writer, aviator and broadcaster while he was serv- ing his apprentices as a cub re- at Clarion, Pa. Since (Turn to page 6) porter Social Welfare Building To Be Hipple, judge of election; and | Ebersole, Primary Election Is Next Tuesday Voters of the area are urged to go to the polls and vote at the Primary election next Tues- day. Although there is no race within the Democratic in Mount Joy Borough, mary is of with the positions and the county sheriff office. Democratic party the concern especially county and oughs and Elizabethtown East endorsed Joy unanimously the or- ganization slate of candidates up 17 em- of Harry Goodhart and Herbert R. commis- for primary. phasized nomination at the May This endorsement the candidacies Wagaman for county and Col. B. A. for sheriff sioners There is one race within ticket in the west ward. Kaylor and Michael Good both running for constable. Democratic candidates in borough are Albert Myers Clyde Gerberich, school direc- ward - Charles Ben- council; Paul Earl Myers, Charles west Jr., tors; ne t, borough assessor; inspector of the east ward, Frank Germ- and Samuel Dock In er are run- ough council; Miss Weidman, auditor and Gainer, inspector of elections. The Republican Primary tic- ket include Clyde Gerber- ich, and Dr. for school board, wards; Lester Hostetter James Spangler, council; L. Schroll, judge of Christ Sherk, inspector of e'e:- Park Neiss, will Jr. ser tions; James Hockenberry, Justice of the peace; George Brown II, as- sessor in the east ward; and Bailey, Eshleman, Simeon Horton, elections; Justice Maurice Walter ections; of inspec- tor Knorr, of the Peace; Michael Good and Irvin Kaylor, constable: and Paul Hipple, as sessor, in the west ward -@® UNION NATIONAL DECLARES DIVIDENDS The Board of Directors of The Union National Mount Joy Bank have declared the regular semi-annual dividend of 5% ($2.50) per share and a special dividend of 2% ($1.00) per share, both payable May 15, 1955. Similar d.vidends were paid November 15, 1954. Sold At Public Auction May 25 Social Welfare building on the side of N. Street, Mount Joy, will The located Market be sold at west auction on at public Wednesday evening, May 25, 7:00 p. m. it was announced by Charles Bennett, Jr., chairman of the welfare association. Persons interested in inspect- ing the building before the time of the sale may do so by contacting Joseph Breneman or Michael Pricio. Walter Dupes the will be | auctioneer and Clarence New- Pri- commissioners comm ttee members and workers from Mt. Bor- Donegal Twp. Bonner Mt. Joy Borough on the Republican Irvin are the and elections. | David Schlos- | both and | John elections; ! constable; councilman; judge of el- Yaymond Ginder Elected Commander Of Local V.F.W. Jay Ginder was clected com- Vet- Post mander of the Mount Joy Wars 5752 at the election meeting on Martin erans of Foreign Monday night. Brown was chosen senior vice com- mander and Ralph Rice, junior vice commander. John Fisher was elected quartermaster; Warren Foley, trustee for three years; James Tierney, post ad- jutant; Frank Morton, chapliin; Dr. Robert Walker, surgeon and E. W. Mateer, officer oi the day. The announcement made that the district encampment will be held June 5 at Coates- ville. Mr. Ginder and George Albert are delegates. County Council meeting will be May 20 at Adamstown with Mr. R'ce and Mr. Mateer as delegates. Plans to smoker in night, May 27 decided to paint the flag and repair the pole rope at the Eberle Cemetery. was were made hold a Tentative arrangements were made for the observance of Memorial Day attendance in church the Sunday prior to Memorial Day Both will be observed in conjunction with the local American Legion The group decided to donate $40.00 toward the medical ex- penses of a local veteran who had several operations. Joseph Collins, was awarded the ‘club’ prize. The next meeting will be | held Monday, May 23, at the Main Street ° Awards To Be VFW home East Presented By Local Legion ning for the two spots on bor- Christine Cyrus | Awards will be given in the Donegal Ninth grade and the Hempfield 8th grade by Walter Post S. Ebersole Legion and auxiliary to the outstanding boy and girl in each. Charles Bennett, Jr. will have charge of the Legion a- wards to the two high schools and Mrs. Lee Ellis will have charge of the presentation of the two girls’ awards. The ceremonies will be held Monday, May 23. The presenta- tion Landisville will place at 1:30 p. m. and at Don- cgal, 2:30 p. m. Legionnaires, auxiliary members are invited to attend these two affairs. The Rev. John Gable, chap- lain of the post and pastor of the Florin Glossbrenner EUB Church, will the guest speaker both schools The boys' awards are given on a basis of honor, courage, schol- arship, leadership, and service. The girls qualities honor, scholarship, service, ism and leadership. in be at are American- The awards last year went to Linda Fellenbaum and Robert Reisch, from Mount Joy eigh.h grade and to Barbara Hackman and Kenneth Brab.ts, Hempfield eighth grade. This year marks the first year that the awards will be given in the ninth grade at Donegal. ® ——— ‘Day Camp Registrations comer, the attorney for the as- Are Due Friday May 27 sociation. The building has a 56.5 frontage and is 126 feet It is a three-story brick ing with a cement and frame garage to the a railroad siding is located the north side of the building. The building could be porch of the building. foot deep. build- basement rear of the property. A heating plant is located in the basement, and on used as an industrial building, apart- ment building or office building. The sale will be held on the for Day Camp Girl Scouts registra’ ions and Brownies to attend the Mount Joy-Florn Neighborhood Day Camp are due Friday, May 27. The $2.00 registration to be paid to Mrs. Sprecher, East Donegal by that time. This fee the costs of insurance, cook-outs and a day at Heisey Ranch. Day Camp will be held six fee is Arthur Street covers the | days this year, June 13-23 inc. | the firehouse Friday | ™ | The group also] pole | 185 American | take | two MAY QUEEN Miss Geral- dine Bagnoli will be crowned May Queen tomorrow at. the Landisville Elemen ary School. Mount Joy Club Observes Rotary’s 50th Anniversary Mount Joy celebraed Rotary club Tues- Rotary’s w.th night Golden Anniversary a special Ladies Night program at Hostetter's banquet hall. Speaker of the evening day year was of DuPont company’s extension di- Special guests included d's.rict governor: Paul goven- Louis P. Shannon, manager vision. Jack Tivney, Dr. R. W. Schlosser Gingrich, district ors; Mrs. George dent Mrs. Eugene Eicherly, sceretary, of the and and past Broske, presi- and recent organ- ized Business Professional Women's Club; Paul Gingrich, president of Mount Joy L'ons Club; Benjamin Staley, presi- dent of Florin Lions Club; and 0. K. Snyder, president of the Mount Joy JayCees. The program opened with the singing of the National An- them and invocation by the Rev. Emmert Moyer. Following a tasty chicken dinner, Joe Shaeffer led in group singing. President Adam H. Greer in troduced the guests Musical entertainment was provided by the Dickinson col- lege quartet, the Four Kaps, who sang several selections. Ac- companist for the quartet is Charles Mayer of Mount Joy Mrs. Shannon was presented with a gift by Mrs. Greer in behalf of the Mount Joy club's Rotary Anns. Mr. Shannon's $s bject was *“Lei’'s Look at Tomorrow.” He said: “Scientific research is the key to American progress, Pro gress doesn't just happen. Pro- gress must be caused by people who visualize a better America, | and then dedicate their ener- gies, talenis, and resources to the attainment of that goal. “Scientific research in indus- try has two broad objectives,” Myr. Shannon said. “The first is to uncover totally new know ledge without regard to any im mediate commercial use Re- of this frequently search type, however, the such important developments as points way to nylon, which had its or gin in a (Turn to page 2) VF W.Sponioreld M arble Tournament $2.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE New Grade Is Added To School Program The tax mill and head tax of the Mount Joy Borough School Board will remain un- changed it was tentatively de- cided at their regular meeting last Thursday evening. The budget will be adopted in June. A real estate tax of 35 mills and $10.00 head tax will be in- cluded Dr. David Schlosser, who left Mount Joy Sunday to spend a two to three year period in the U. S. Army, was granted a leave cof absence {rom the board. The board will act as a four-man board during his ab- sence. The First National Bank was again named treasurer fer an- other year. One additional grade will be added to the borough school next year. Ins ead of one third grade, one fourth grade and one grade of third and fourth, there will be two third grades and two fourth grades. Mrs. Katharyn Sheaffer, who was granted a leave of absence for one year, will return to the teaching staff. She will tea‘h the fifth and sixth grade. Mrs. John Hart will teach the new third grade to be es ablished. The room arrangements will be changed and one sixth grade will be housed in the room op- posite the office which was formerly the “old stage’. A request for Sunday base- ball the school field desired by the Mount Joy team in the was réfused president, told on city-county league as A. D. Sciler, representatives that a decision made several years favoring it. had been ago not Loczl Gir! Chosen For P.S.U. May Court Miss Mary Ann Spangler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Spangler, Park Avenue, Mount Joy, was elected as one of twe junior attendants in the Pennsyl- vania S.ate University May Day cocremonies last Saurday. Miss Mary Faith Gallagher, Athens, Penna.,, was c¢ owned May at the traditional ceremony, which was one of the highlights of the Mother's Day Week-End. She was at en- ded by 16 senior women as both members of the two atten- two sophomores and one attendants and honor arch; junior dants: freshman. in of Home Economics. PROMOTION Marie ta Av- received a licutenant to M'ss Spangler is a junior the School RECEIVES George Keener, Mount fiom enue, Joy, promotion cap ain in the Army Rcserves, it was announced throvgh or- ders from the Second Army headquarters eo GROUP PICTURES TAKEN Group pictures were taken of the Ele- Friday each of the classes of mentary school last Will Be Conducted Saturday Having moved the Mount Joy marble tournament from Satur day, May 21 to Saturdav, May 14, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5752 wll conduct the affair on the Mount Joy el- ementary school at 9:30 a. made grounds start- The change necessary ing m was because at to May 21. Next Saturday, repre- sentatives of the local post will escort the marble champion and runner-up to Phoenixville for the playoffs which will be- gin at 1:00 p. m. To arrive at a winner in Mt. Joy, games are played in each grade. The eight winners play off in the finals. Following a the ninth district Phoenixville tournament was changed different proceedure this year, some of the grade play-offs are being conducted prior to the Saturday contest. Tuesday eve- ning, first and second grade play-offs were held. Bernell Swords was the winner of the with Charles Brown Gray Greiner the second Pennell as first grade 2s his runner-up was the winner of grade with Robert his runner-up. : Third, fourth, and fifth grade play-offs will be conducted this afternoon after school and sixth, seventh and e'ghth grade play-offs will be conducted Sat- urday morning prior to the fin- al rounds. Each grade winner will receive a prize; the first, (From page 4)
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