The Mount Joy bulletin. (Mount Joy, Penn'a.) 1912-1974, June 09, 1955, Image 1

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FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR, NO. 5l
LARGE ARE
‘Union National
Thirteen Local Groups To Receive
Money From Clarence Schock Will
In the direct bequests of $57-
L000 and
charitable
the will
ence Schock,
Presbyterian
ceive $10,000.
or General Hospital and
St. Joseph's Hospital will
ceive $5,000 as will Bryn Mawr
College, Franklin and Marshall
College, Westminister College,
New Wilmington, Del., Eliza-
bethtown College and the Blind
of Lancaster
to churches, colleges
institutions
of the late
the Mount
Church will
Both the
contain-
“lar-
Joy
ed in
re-
Lancas-
the
re-
Association
ty.
Nine other churches in Mount
Joy will also $1,000
each. They are the Mount Joy
Church of God, St. Mark’s Ev-
angelical United Brethren, Mt.
Joy Methodist, Trinity Luther-
an, St. Luke’s Episcopal, As-
of Virgin Mary Cath-
olic, Evangelical Congregational
Old Mennonite and African
Methodist Episcopal.
The Mount Joy
the American Red Cross, the
Mount Joy Boy Scouts and the
Mount Joy Girl ‘Scouts will al-
co receive $1,000 each.
Beneficiaries under trust
funds to be established include
the Presbyterian Home of Cen-
tral Pennsylvania at Newville;
the First Presby'erian Church
of Mount Joy and the Donegal
Society of Lancaster County.
The will also directs that $2-
000 loan to the Presbyterian
Church in Donegal be cancelled
His estate was estimated at
more than $100.000 in personal
property and $20,000 real
estate.
receive
chapter of
a
in
CELEBRATED
Mrs. Breneman,
gal Springs Road, Mount
celebrated her birthday
day.
Gertie
young.
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BIRTHDAY
Done-
Joy,
Tues
Oscar
was fifty-one years
Charles: Ashenfelier
Joy, were crowned
and
Mr.
Club.
Helen Louise Bucher,
and Miss
Officers Installed
For Mount Joy Lions
Coun- | |
JOHN WEIDMAN
installed at
the
Officers
meeting
were
regular of
Joy Lions Club Tusday night at
Hostet'er’s by John Hoover, Jr
Mountville,
John
deputy district
Weidman
installed as the new president.
of
governor. was
Lewis Bixler as first vice presi-
dent; Clyde Mumper,
and Clayton Aument, third vice
Alvin
secretary; Ralph Alleman, treas-
Sr.,
Zerphey,
Jr.
directors.
second
Bigler was installed as
urer; Jay Barnhart, lion
tamer; Henry lion
John Landis, and
Koser,
new
twister;
Victor
One member, Charles
Sr.,
Two
Also
were
admitted
visitors were
included in
reports of
Ashenfelter, was
{o the group
also present
the
the
Paul
and
program
given by
Alleman
The
new
convention
Wolgemuth,
that the
chosen
the Kutztown
state
Gingrich,
Arthur
three announced
district is Jos-
Snook
governor
eph of
both
Vacation at the final school
dance of the Donegal High School. Each was chosen from four
candidates from the four senior
dents vated for the winners by paying a penny per vote.
homeroom classes and the stu-
The
money will be given to a hospital charity. The affair was spon-
sored by the school senate.
the |
Mount |
| was
| terest
| pany
| bia Fire Company
first
| will attend
| from
of Mount |
Lists Rose
Contest Winners
the
Jank
Union
held
Ap-
Thursday,
The employees of
National Mount Joy
their second annual
| preciation Day
Rose Apprec’ation Day
Rose
on
| June 2.
is dedicated to the customers of
| the bank by the employees and
intended to show
| is apprecia
{
tion to the bank’s customers by |
the of the bank.
On Rose Day
| agree to bring
themselves to
| hibition, either
entry or arrangement entry, all
| of which are placed in the lob-
This year
class for arrangements prepared
the employees
roses grown by
bank
as a
the for ex-
one bloom
by of the bank. a
by the men of the bank as well
the
interest.
as one by women
| great
Display cards prepared
| Linncaus W. Longenecker plac-
ed at several locations in
| bank read: “To the Customers:
MOUNT JOY, PA., THURSDAY,JUNE 9, 1955
(
| ® —
RESIDENTS ASKED
REPAIR PAVEMENTS
Residents of the
| asked repair pavements
which are not level. Some pave
of pave-
4 ®
TO
borough are
to
blocks
[ ments have
have been raised
cond.tions,
mens which
weather
other
tree
Resi-
the
the dang-
by
reasons.
to
pavements because of
er of persons tripping over the
trunks or
dents are advised repair
offsets.
reminds resi-
the that
| anyone would be seriously hurt
Council also
dents that in cvent
falling on property such as this
the property owner is held
liable.
> —
Rotarians And Wives
To Hear Rev. Dick
created
by |
the |
This day is dedicated to you in|
it will
while
business
the hope that add
your pleasure you
with
“The Employ
National Mt.
are
transacting us.”
signed,
Union
and was
of the
Joy- Bank.”
Dr. C. Start Smith, physician
Elizabethtown,
representative of the
Rose Society, judged
tries in the various classes and
Mr. N. C. Rothrock, of
Elizabethtown, judged ar-
rangements.
The Queen of the Show
a Peace rose exhibited by Carl
S Krall, who received a
prize for the highest number of
ees
regional
American
the
of and
en-
also,
the
was
also
for
the
points and a second prize
his artistic arrangement
Mr. Charles
recieved first prize and D. Vic
tor Shank third
In the
arrangement class,
Miller
Mrs.
In
men’s class
Heaps
prize in this
artistic
Flor
first
class women’s
MSs
awarded
Katharine Heaps,
second, and Miss Arlene Miller,
third.
ence was
prize,
hun
Approximately one
dred exhibits were on display.
Mrs.
in
Ruth
charge
Coble
of
ass sted
arrangements
by Miss Rutn
Miss Florence Mil-
and was
Shenk and
| ler.
This event is of special in-
the many
the community
to rose grow-
ers in as well
| as to the employees of the bank
|
who all grow roses as a hobby
| Fire Company Wins
| Prize In Parade
Mount
Company
in the Lancaster County
Fire
prize
Fire-
men’s Convention Parade
Marietta last Scterday. The
cals were awarded $150.00
having the best-appearing
with than 40 men in
and having music. Colum
No. 1}
division.
Joy Friendship
received second
in
lo-
for
com-
less
I'ne
won
in this
Forty-two
represented at
which held
parade the
companies
the
following
were
convention
the
auditori
was
in school
| um,
‘Day Campers Make
Registrations
One hundred forty-two Girl
Scouts and Brownies reg's ered
to date for the Mount Joy-Flor-
Day Camp which starts
next Tuesday at the Cove. Girls
the six-day session
Joy, Marietta
in
Mount
| Maytown.
Mrs. Warren Foley will be in
and
tivities of some of the campers
will be working for camperaft
badges, cleaning woodland near
| the Cove and setting up a prim-
itive camping unit.
Kraybill
lef
charge of the event. Special ac-|
to
REV. DAVID DICK™
Members of the Rotary Club
of Mount
Anns
tend
and their Rotary
at-
meeting
Joy
have been invited to
a Sunday
12
evening
in Hershey
welcome the Rev.
David Dick of Stirling
the Ro
Hershey, according
on June the
Theatre {o
and Mrs
Scotland, as guests of
tary Club of
made by
to an announcement
Lewis Maurer president of the
Hershey club. The Rev, Mr
Dick has just been elected pres
of the Rotary Clubs of
Britain Ireland, and
home
ident
Great
will the way
Scotland alter attending
Golden
vention
held
and
be on to
the re-
Anniversary Con
Rotary
in Chicago.
Dr. Schlosser To Go
To Alaskan Station
Dr. David
for a two to three year Ar-
the first week
May, has been on leave here in
Mount Joy. He will leave Mon-
report to Fort Lewis,
Wahington.
at
his
cent
of Inlernational
Schlosser, who
my enlistment in
day and
Tacoma,
Plans
de
time in-
Al-
duty sta-
the present
} stationed
be in
ch
aska
ng
at a permanent
t'on. Both Mrs.
Nancy are planning to join him
Alaska at later dale.
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Drawings Made From
Primary Ballots
Several
Schlosser and
in a
cand.dates for
township offices
by write-in votes
September 6 to pay
required and
loyalty the
County Election
There were 48 pri-
election
On the
Lloyd Shuman
local
borough and
nominated
until
lees
have
filing
submit
where
to oa hs,
Lancaster
Board said
mary ties.
Democrat'c ticket,
was nameAd
for judget of elections
Donegal Twp. Hope
ser was named to run as school
director in Mount Joy Borough.
In district Mount Joy
Township, Miles Robinson, of
Florin, to for
judges of election and in the
Milton Grove of Mount
Joy Township, Clarence B.
Heistand was named to run for
(judge of elections.
i - Members of the Election
| Board made the drawings.
to
run in
East Ros-
lower
was named run
First Place
Named
Seven students were
the outstanding s'udents
the sven major courses at
Donegal High School.
Peter Nissley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Simon Nissley, East Main
Street, Mount Joy, was honored
as having the highest average
in the academic or college pre-
the
named
of
the
as
paratory course of senior
class.
Karlecen Raffensberger, daugh-
of Mr. and Mrs. Max Raf-
fensberger, Florin, had the
highest average in the sccre-
tariel course. Donald Raber, of
had the highest ave-
the clerical course.
ter
Maytown,
rage in
Other
were
ture;
students
agr.cul-
home ec-
general;
industrial
outstanding
Jrubaker,
Drescher,
Ella Engle,
Lehman,
James
Ruth
onomics;
land Carl
arts.
Siu Graders
Are Promoted
In E. Donegal
East
i mentary
ele-
six-
| students June 1 cere-
at Maytown school.
Following the
with Loraine Felty at the piano,
the Rev. John H. Gable gavel
the invocation. The sixth grad-|
ers “Fairest Lord
the Rev.
devotions.
Donegal Townsh'p
schools graduated
in
fo :
[Monies
processional,
Jesus,’
iE
sang |
John
which
led
Young,
graduating
"after
Hiestand in
William
the
the
er
representing
welcomed |
Sylvia Emenheis- |
played an accordion solo and |
gave a vocal |
class,
audience,
Jean Breneman
solo
The
the
on the
Sweet
points:
Rev. Mr |
address
Gable present-
of the
“Before
He
evening |
You're |
stressed 3
d
subject,
Sixteen.”
(Turn to Page 4)
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New Family Visited
By Joycee Committee |
visited |
Mount |
local |
Rev. |
ncw
One new family was
“Welcome to
Committee” of the
JoyCees lost week. The
and Mrs. George Ludwig,
pastor of the local and Salunga |
Methodist churches were visited
by JoyCce members, Mrs. John |
Mrs. Thomas O’-|
by the
Joy
Landis and
Connor.
The Ludwigs have three chil-
boy |
family
|
|
dren, two girls and one
4, 6 and 8. The
moved to borough from
Tower City Rev. Ludwig
was originally New Hol- |
land.
Residents of
asked to report
bv calling the phone number
listed the upper lefihand |
corner of the front page.
EA - - |
More Water Repairs |
Are Completed
One
comple ed
borough
ages
the
but
from
town are |
residents |
the
new
in
job was
Mount Joy |
system this
week. Valves the water
works were repaired. In order
to do this, the water had to be
turned off. In order that the
residents would not be without
water for a long period of time
the work was completed on a
round-the clock set-up. Samuel
Miller, authori'y president, was
on the job from Monday morn-
ing 5:30 a. m. to Tuesday morn-
ing, 5:30 a. m.
The next job will be install-
ing a new automatic pump
in the station.
more repair
on the
water
at
is
|
| sponsoring
| June
| sembly
| Last Meeti
| school
meet
| Throughout
Initial Order Placed For
Students Are Souvenir School Bells
Orders are being received for
the ‘‘tea-sized” bells which are
to be cast from the old Mount
Joy school bell.
At the present time,
will be received at the Bulletn
office, and by members of the
committee, Mrs. George Albert
and O. K. Snyder Mt. Joy;
Miss Betsy Bigler and Mrs.
Charles Graham Lancaster
(phone numbers are not in the
present book but are listed with
the operator) and from Wilbur
Heistand in the Salunga-Landis-
ville area. Orders will be
received via mail.
orders
in
in
also
The bell was sent via freight
from the Mount Joy Freight
station last week. Upon arrival
at the company in East Hamp-
ton, Connect cut, work will be-
gin immediately the first
shipment of bells.
on
According to communications
received from the it
will be possible to recast ap-
proximately four bells from
each pound of metal from the
old bell. It because the old
bell was made of bronze that
the company is able to make
the small tea-sized bells with
the ‘loud ring” which these
will have. A sample of a bell
similar to the Mount Joy bells
to be reccived is on display in
the Bulletin window. Anyone
invited to both inspect and
ring the sample bell re-
quest.
company,
is
upon
Circulars and order blanks
are also being prepared by the
group, the Mount
High School Alumni Ass'n.
. ®
Joy
Heisey To Enter
State Contest
John Heisey,
Mount Joy
Commerce
will
stale
the
of
winner of
Chamber
Road-e-o
the
this
Junior
sponsored
the group at
Road ¢e-o0
weekend in Johnstown. Friday,
10, he will register at the
Fort Stanwix Hotel follow-
ing the registration, will
be a coke party at the hotel for
both and JayCees.
Saturday, there will be an as-
in the hotel and be-
10:30 and 12:00 noon,
he will take the writ en exami-
nation. After the
eon, he will take his skill and
road test at the Johnstown Mu-
nicipal Airport.
An awards banquet will be
held Saturday evening at which
time the winner the
will be announced.
Both the All-State
Company and the Pennsylvania
Motor Truckers Association are
the
who
High
accompanied
represent
Teenage
and
there
contestants
tween
noon lunch-
of contest
Insurance
faking state
John,
Donegal
a'Tair possible.
graduated
School,
by O.
from
will be
K. Snyder,
| Jaycee president.
ng
Club Is Held
The last meeting of the school
year for the Donegal High
School Band Club was held on
Monday evening at the
The group decided
second Monday
Of Band
high
to
the of
September.
Announcements were
to the effect that $1,000
remains to be paid on the
forms and that the band will
parade at the Marietta Chil-
dren’s Fair Saturday, June 11
ee ee eee (= -— -—
SIXTH GRADERS TREATED
The sixth grade class of the
Maytown Elementary School
was entertained party
Saturday at the of
and Mrs. Michael Gratch.
the evening, the
sixty-six members of the class
played games. danced and were
served refreshments.
made
still
uni
to a
home
on
Dr. |

Local Girl Wins
Full Scholarship
Joy Townships
$2.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
ANNEXED TO BOROUGH
Marks Fifth
Addition In
Last Six Years
An annexation of land locat-
ed in both Rapho and Mount
was accepted
into the borough at the June
meeting of the group Monday
night. The total area includes
127.516 acres; 12.801 of which
are in Mount Joy Township and
| 114.715 in Rapho.
MISS LORETTA GARLIN
Miss Loretta
ter of Mr.
Garlin, 8
Joy, has
Garlin, daugh-
and Mrs. Charles
Manheim Street, Mt.
awarded the
General Hospital Al-
Association
been
Lancaster
umnae nurses
training scholarship for
years. The scholarship is a full
three-year scholarship.
Miss Garlin graduated
High School last week
was member
three
from
Donegal
of
where she
the Honor Society
a
I
Rotary Club Hears
Talk on Drunkometer
Capt. William S
Lancaster City
demonstrated
Hershner of
Police depart
the
determine
the
ment use of
the
whether
Drunkometer to
a person is under
influence of alcohol
Whil¢
yet passed legislation to permit
the Drunkometer
evidence
that
state
make
He
are
Pennsylvania has not
results of
to
court, Capt
bills
assembly
tests be used as in
said
the
would
Hershner
now are before
which
admissable
such evidence
pointed out that most states
now such evidence
The stated that
Drunkometer test not
ed
but
using
the
design
speaker
is
the
scientific
to persecute motorist,
meth
the
in a person’s
is smply a
of
amount
quickly determining
of
od
alcohol
body
been
that have
set up as the line beyond which
Percentages
a person is no longer fi' to drive
that
only
are high enough the driv
er who has had
drinks
judged
the
for
has
one or
of
driver
two 1s not in danger
a drunken
tests do
dete
gone
provide
rmining when
the
a driver bevond
of
point safety
TWINS WIN HONOR
Mount Joy
Br
won
LOCAL
Mrs
and
Esther Hess
No
IVITS
R1
hart
Gertrude ck
R3 the
prizes for being the oldest twins
at the Cloister
Twin Association picnic Sunday
at the Ephrata Legion Park
Manheim
reoresented
Four Winners Are From Local
The Mount Joy Townshp
section is the peninsula created
by the Little Chiques Creek
which is used as the park be-
low Park Avenue. In Rapho
Township, the land included is
on the cast side of the creek
north of the highway including
the Holstein barn east to the
Twin Kiss ice cream stand and
on the south side of the high-
way east to and including the
Albert Forry garage. Fiftcen
buildings are included in the
new section of the town.
The annexation accepted by
council marks the fifth the
last six years. The others were
portions of Pinkerton Road and
School Lane; Cedar Lane and
Birchland Avenue; Mount Joy
Paper Company; and a
portion the Mount Joy Bor-
ough Park.
in
30X
of
Alleys Named
Upon checking over the bor-
ough it discovered
that several were un-
named. Councilmen named the
fifteen alleys from “A” to “0”.
This necessary in order
that Joseph water en-
gineer, may submit the names
the proposed sewerage sys-
tem plans to send to Harrisburg
An was sch-
cduled adopted Monday
night the opening
returned to the
for
was
alleys
maps,
was
on
ordinance which
to be
concerning
streets
borough
of was
solicitor more in-
formation..
Thank
Councilmen
Letters Sent
decided to send
“thanks” to Jae-
William Waltz
donated labor in mak-
new double fire place at
Cove. The two bricklayers
worked fourteen making
he fireplace for public use.
Offered
complaints
You
letters of
ob Zeller
for their
ing
the
two
and
a
hours
Complaints
Several were is-
cut weeds
untised lots in the borough.
liste were pre-
sented by the tax collector. The
li*t was turned the fi-
nance cf further
sued for persons to
in
Exoneration
over to
mmittee ior
checking
Meter Ordinance Passes
The amendment to the
meter ordinances was a-
unanimous vote of
The group voted
0 advertise the ordinance prior
to its being put into use. Meters
11 installed on Barbara,
Marotta Market and Delta Sts.
Some of the meters will be one
met Main Street
of the others will be
meters.
ed bv a
SIX men
w be
hour rs on
and som
two hour
A petition was received from
the Gerberich-
Payne Shoe Company complain-
the which is
caused by the burning of trash
6)
neighbors near
ing about smoke
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Red Rese Store In Contest
Of the twenty-eight
the Red Rose
sponsored ‘‘Strike It Rich”
test conducted throughout the
county, four were customers
from the Mount Joy Red Rose
store opera‘ed by Samuel Heis-
ey, West Main Street.
Mrs. Flory Newcomer, of Mt. |
Joy, won second prize and was |
awarded a GE television set:
Mrs. Jacob Hynicker,
winners
in recent stores
con- |
Eliza- |
| bethtown R1, won a fifth prize | stalled the air conditioner.
- a GE air conditioner; Mrs,
| Alvin B. Bigler, 258 West Main
St.,, Mount Joy, a
prize of $5.00 worth of mer-
chandise; and Mrs. Charles R.
Ebersole, 260 West Main Street,
Mount Joy, a twenty-eighth
prize of a costumed doll.
John Way serviced and in-
stalled the Red Rose sponsored
TV set and the Hostetter Hard-
ware Store serviced and in-
fourteenth