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PEDICATED 10 commuNITY SERVICE
FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 2
MOUNT JOY, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1955
Playground Enrollment Increases;
Hobby Show, Dance Planned
the Mount Joy
playground has increased to 225
Enrollment at
this week as the second week
of supervision is completed. The
daily schedule will follow a
cimilar pattern daily with team
play, free play, handicraft per-
iods. Special events will be held
Fridays the two evening
periods.
and
Friday's special activity wll
be capture the flag. This event
will be played each of two
different age groups. Next Tues-
day evening, a hobby show will
be held; Wednesday, the Col-|
umbia playground group will
visit the ‘local playground;
Thursday evening will be the
first dance and next Friday will |
feature a scavenger hunt.
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Participants at the park will
receive bonus points for even- |
ing activities. |
Several of the team captains
already have been chosen. In,
the senior group, John Harnish
and Terry Stark are hardball!
captains; Jay Kaylor and Rod-|
ney Stoner, softball; John Funk, |
John Wealand, Harold Etsell |
and Gene Newcomer, touch |
football; and Terry Schofield |
and Jerry Rutt, volleyball and |
deck In the Intermedi-|
ate group, four captains have
charge of all activities: James
Phillips, James Harnish, Edward |
Zerphey and Dennis Naugle. {
tennis.
Captains of the intermediate
and senior girls are Nellie Derr, |
Joyce Berrvier, Marlene Sinegar |
and Es'her Rice. No captains are
named for beginners’ groups.
Under the supervision of Mss |
Bonnie Bigler, the handicraft
program has already started
wtih the beginners working on
Indian projects. The children
made Indian headdresses and
are now making Indian jackets
from paper bags and Indian
rattles. The older group is mak
ing stocking
from
board.
hangers, and dish
es crepe paper and card
Farm Women Entertain
Two County Societies
Farm Society 8
Society 11 of Lancaster County
and Society 14 of Lebanon
County Saturday at the Trinity
Lutheran Church, Mount Joy.
Mrs. Charles Felty, president of
the local group, had charge of
the program.
entertained
Miss Elinor Griffiths was the
guest speaker. She spoke on her
stay in Europe and also showed
slides. A trio composed of three
women of the host society sang.
They were Mrs. J. W. Heisey,
Mrs. W. Scott Heisey and Mrs.
Robert Eshleman.
Hostesses for the affair were
Mrs. Clyde Wivell, Mrs. H. W,
Crouse, Miss Anna Mae Eby,
Miss Ruth Eby, Mrs. Benjamin
Keener, Mrs. Clyde Sumpman,
Mrs. Norman Garber, Mrs. Ab-
ner Risser, Miss Mary Strick-|
ler. During refreshment time,
Mrs. Clarence Greider played
selections on the piano.
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TWO NAMES ADDED
TO JUNE 17 BIRTHDAYS
Two more birthday celebra-
tions may be added to the 1ist
of thirteen who celebrate June
17. The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert R. Forry, Mount]
Joy Rl, celebrated her sixth
birthday on that day, and
Charles M. Eshleman, 620 N. |
park at 6 p.
[to
| stalled
| E. W. Mateer,
| Summer
The first show of the season
of the local playground will be |
the |
held Tuesday evening at
bandshell located on the north-
east side of the park The hobby
show will be open to all regis-
tered participants of the play-
ground.
All children entering exhibits
are asked to have them at the
m. Following the
setting up of the exhibits, par-
ents and the public are inviled
attend the show. The show
will begin at 7 p. m. Winners
will have their pictures taken
for and placed in the newspa-
per and points will be earned
toward the awards night at the
end of the season.
Thursday evening marks the
other activity for next week.
The first dance of the season
will be held on the tennis
courts from 6 to 8:30 p. m. Mu-
sic for the occasion will bes fur-
nished by the Donegal High
School Dance Band under the
direction of H. Morrell Shields.
Parents invited to attend
this event in addition to all
the children of the town.
are
Ginder Installed As
New V.F.W. Head
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H. KRALL
H.
H.H. Krall Is
Honored On
Birthday
Nearly one hundred relatives
and friends gahered at
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
E. Roberts, 283 Marietta Ave-
nue, Sunday to celebrate the
80.h birthday of H. H. Krall.
Openhouse was observed be-
tween 3 and 5 p. m. and a pic-
nic supper was served to mem-
was installed as
of the Veterans
Wars Post 5752 at|
a special installation meeting |
last Friday night in the fire- |
house. Martin Brown was in-
as senior vice comman-
Ralph Rice as junior]
vice commander. John Fisher |
was installed quartermaster;
Warren Foley, trustee for three
James Tierney, post ad-
jutant; Frank Morton, chaplain;
Dr Robert Walker, surgeon, and
officer of the day.
Charles Bailey of Elizabeth-
town, was the installing officer.
Jay Ginder
commander
of Foreign
der and
as
years,
Following the ceremony, an in-
stallation party was held at the
local American Legion post
home.
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LEAVING JULY 2 FOR
SUMMER TRAINING
A/B Frank Good Jr. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Good, 363
N. Barbara Street, Mount Joy,
will leave July 2 for a two
weeks training period with
the 512.h Troop Carrier Wing,
at New Castle Air Reserve Fly-
ing Center, New Castle, Dela-
ware
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LOCAL FARMERS HOST
TO VACATIONERS
Walnut Tree Farm, owned
and farmed by Mr. and Mrs. |
Paul B. Witman, Mount Joy R1, |
is the scene of vacationers from
different. sections of the United |
States this summer. Last week
the Witmans had five guests on
their farm — a nursery school
teacher from Greenwich Village |
in New York; a retired rail-
roader and his wife from Jer-
City and an East Orange,
Jersey, couple.
paying guests for
months are being
ceived through a farm vacation
enterprise of a New York ag-
ency. The plan provides that the
sey
New
The
the
re-
hosts give three meals a day,
a place to sleep and rest and,
a tour of places of interest in|
Lancaster County.
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HOME ECONOMICS |
CLUB HAS MEETING
The Donegal Home Econom- |
I which
bers of the family in the even-
ing.
Out-of-town guests at the
celebration included Mr. and
Mrs. Caleb Snader, Ephrata;
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Sauder,
Lancaster; Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Roberts, Lancaster; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Charles, Rohrers-
town: Mr. and Mrs. Phares Ris-
Elizabethtown; Mr. and
Hornafius, Elizabeth-
town; Mr. and Mrs. J. Cameron
Starliper, Paoli; Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Diffenderfer and daugh
ters, Mary and Sue, West Or-
ange, New Jersey; Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Koser, Salunga; Mr. and
ser,
Mrs. Jack
Mrs. Robert O. Carboni and
daughter, Robin, Warren, Ohio;
and Miss Joanne Landis, Mari-|
etta.
Mr. Krall is the father of
Mrs. Joseph T. M. Breneman,
Mrs. Lester Roberts, James S.,
Carl S. and Harold S., all of
Mount Joy; and Mrs. J. Cam-|
eron Starliper, Paoli. Mr. K all,
who was born in Rapho Town-
ship, is the founder of the Krall
Meat Market West
Stret and has beein in business
on
for over fifty years.
WINS NATIONAL HONORS
In a contest open to business-|
managed electric companies
throughout the world, Pennsyl-
vania Power & Light Company's
1954 Annual Report to share-
| owners received the top award
400,000 custom-
the 23rd An-
for utilities of
ers and over at
nval Convention of the Edison
Electric Institute recently in
Los Angeles. The citation is de-
termined on the basis of ‘‘ef-
fectively illustrating, humaniz-
ing and simplifying the story
the company’s operations in
every reader will
of
a way that
understand.”
The award was received by
Mr. E. L. Palmer, PP&L’s Pub-
lic Relations Vice President
and Chairman of the company’s
annual report committee. This
raises to twenty the awards
PP&L
in the past ten years.
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CONDITION ‘FAIR’
Condition of
the |
Main |
Gerard Zielke |
$2.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
| Day Camp Is
Completed By
Local Scouts
Seventeen Girl
Scouts completed requirements
Intermediate
' for four badges during the 1955
| Day Camp of the Mount Joy-
| Florin Girl Scout Ne‘ghborhood
last week. Under the leadership
of Mrs. Martin Ney and Miss
Mary Bailey, the girls complet-
ed work for the campecraft, pio-
neer, and adventure
badges.
work, while some of the badge
cyclist
In one extra evening's
work was being completed, the |
girls surprised the two leaders
by
for their leadership.
presenting them with gifts
Another group of fifteen In-
| termediates completed their
| work for the First Aid badge. |
| Mrs. Walter Brandt presented
these badges to these girls dur-
| ing the parent night program |
| last Wednesday night. |
Highlights of the parent night
were Brownie Group 1 present-
ing a folk “Ack Ja»
Brownie Group 3 presenting a
| skit on the proper way to dress
and behave while on a hike:
| Intermediate Group 1 present-
ing a skit the right and
wrong way to handle a knife
and the proper way to wash
dishes while camping.
| a
i song,
on
Another group of Intermedi-
ates presented a skit on how
not to be a “litterbug’ at camp
and one group had charge of a
flag ceremony. Brownie Group 4
gave a choral reading on the
phrase, “Under God,” and how
it was added to the pledge of
1 allegiance to the United States
flag. In their reading they
brought out the fact that the
movement was started by the
American Legion in their “Back
| to God Movement.”
| Approximately fifty
attended the special
Way's Appliacnes
loud speaker for the evening's
program. Mrs. Warren Foley
| was camp dirctor.
Chamber Of Commerce
persons
program. |
donated the
Flans Picnic Meeting
Game night will feature the
annual picnic meeting of the lo-
cal Chamber of Commerce on
Monday evening, July 18. The
affair will be held at the
“Cove” starting at 6:30 p. m.
A picnic lunch will be serv-
ed to the members and the ev-
ning will be spent bowling on
the green, pitching quoits and
playing croquet.
Arthur Sprecher is’ chairman |
of the committee and is assist-
ed by committee members,
George Keener, Samuel Heisey,
Paul Stoner and Robert Schroll.
COMMUNITY PICNIC AUGUST 3
| WAC Captain Visits
|Local Resident
iss Strickl
Miss Strickler
Captain Mary
Addresses {who is the director of the Unit-
led States WAC band, and her
mother, visited Harry N. Niss-
| railroad
B.P.W. Club |
Miss Mary Strickler was the
| guest speaker at the June meet-|
ling of the local Business and |
| Professional Women’s Club on |
Monday at Hostetter's. Miss |
Strickler, who has been assist-
ant field director of the Red |
Cross workers overseas, discuss-|
ed the work of the Red Cross. |
She said that recreation in|
the hospitals is conducted by |
the Red Cross. Other duties of |
the group are getting informa- |
| tion for service men from home, |
offering service men emergency |
money loans without interest,
observing holiday parties and
birthday parties the hospit-
als and always urging patient
participation.
Mrs. Rosene M. Brubaker
played two piano solos: Witch's
[Dance by MacDowell and the
Fourth Hungarian Rhapsody by
Lizst. Twenty-nine members at-
tended the meeting and two
new members were admitted to
the group, Miss Ruth Eby and
Miss Esther Walters. Three
guests, Mrs. William Brian,
Mrs. Ann Griggs and Miss Bar-
bara Griggs, were also present.
State convention reports were
given by Mrs. George Broske,
Mrs. Adam Greer and Mrs.
Eugene Eicherly, who attended
the affair over the weekend at
Bedford Springs. Mrs. George
Keener and Mrs. Michael Pricio
also represented the local group |
at the affair.
Highlights
reports were
permanent office
lishd for the
in
convention |
fact that a
will be estab- |
department of
Pennsylvania since the state|
membership totals more than |
11,000 at the present time. Av)
nouncement was made that |
an executive secretary will be
added to the officers with ac-
tion to be taken at next year's
convention meeting. The nat.on-
al convention will be held at
Miami, Florida. Miss Grace Dan-
iels was the main speaker of
the two-day affair and discuss-
ed equal rights for women
the professional and business
field. She said'that women have
successfully accomplished all
jobs and positions in the United
States, the same as men, except
engineer,
During the
Mrs. Broske, president, an-
nounced that there will be no
formal meeting until Monday,
Sept. 26. A summer picnic will
be held at the cottage of Mr
and Mrs. Samuel Balsbaugh
with Mrs. Balsbaugh as chair-
man of the committee in charge
of details of the event. Mrs.
Broske was charge the
meeting.
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TAKES TWO TRIPS
The Mount Joy commun ty
ambulance took two trips during
the pas! week. Wednesday. June
22, Mrs. Aaron Shelley, Done-
gal Springs Road, was taken to
Pleasant View Nursing Home
by drivers George Copenheaver
and Thomas Markley.
of the
the
in
business meeting,
in of
Thursday, June 23, Robert
Schneider, Columbia Avenue,
was taken to the St. Joseph's
Hospital, Lancaster, by drivers
Christian Charles and John My-
ers.
reports have won | “Seg
| HARRISBURG — Plans were
approved last week by the ex-
Hanover Street, Elizabethtown, | ics 4-H club held their fourth|of Florin was reported as “fair” | ecutive committee of the Penn-
celebrated his 74th birthday.
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[ meeting June 23 at the May- | today
| Hospital, where he was taken | Assciation for the construction
town elementary school.
at Lancaster General
|
sylvania Newspaper Publishers
[the state-wide organization
{along the Susquehanna River at
12717 North Front Street, Harris-
burg.
AAAAAAAAAAAAANAAAAAANA A Miss Ruth Kimble, the coun-| last Thursday after being injur- of a two-story office building of
1 [ty extens’‘on leader, gave a ed in automobile accident.
To Report New Families [baking demonstration to the, Eset fl) wie
Who Are to be Visited | ANNOUNCEMENT
The next meeling will be! Dr. T. W. O'Connor announc-
Call MJ-3-9763 | held July 7 at Mrs. Paul Wit- es the closing of his office July
man’s home. |
3 through 18 inc. for vacation.
This permanent home of the
Association which represents 134
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A NEWSPAPER PLB. SHEN
[a sa. vy
Sunday
by the
daily, 202 weekly, 14
papers, was authorized
PNPA membership at a con-
vention in the State Capital
city more than a year and a
half ago. Subsequently, a plot
of land 110 feet along Front
street and 200 feet back to Ri-
ver street, was acquired by the
newspaper trade association of
which The Mount Joy Bulleiin
is a member. i
| ances
1 Dr.
ly, North Barbara Street, a
cousin, last week. Mr. Nissly
had formerly taught Captain
Nissly’'s father at the joint
school west of Florin.
Captain Nissley is stationed
in Texas. She and her
were noted for their impression-
able appearance at the Eisen-
hower inaugural parade, and
they also have made
in Rockefeller
Hollywood, London and Paris.
Hess Installed
President Of
Florin Lions
John M. Hess was installed
as president of the Florin Lions
Club at the annual installation
meeting and ladies
day at the Mount Joy Ameri-
can Legion Home. Clarence
Hollinger was installed as first
vice president; Irvin Gerber,
second vice president; Reuben |
Goodling, third vice; Arthur
Wolgemuth, secretary;
Johnson, tail twister; Clayton
Eshleman, lion tamer:
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Donald | Pricio, vice pres'dent;
ROBERT C. HURST
INSTALLED AS HEAD
Belle Nissly, OF ROTARY CLUB
Robert C. Hurst Tuesday noon
took over the duties of presi-
dent of the Mount Joy Rotary
club. District Governor John
ROBERT C. HURST
Tivney of Harrisburg was the
ins alling officer.
Retiring President Adam Greer
passd the gavel to his successor,
and Mr. Hurst presented Mr.
Greer with a past president's
Robert | bin,
Other Michael
Charles
officers are:
Staley and Sidney Smith, direc-| Ruhl, secretary; Joseph Shaef-
tors for two years and Wood- | fer,
one | Larmon
row Fitzkee, director for
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treasurer, and directors,
Smith, Samuel Bals-
baugh, Charles Fish and Adam
Speaker of the day was Rob-
year
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Quigley, Greer.
Lancaster, provided the enter-
tainment
gram of the evening which cen-
tered around a western theme,
Lions and their escorts were at-
tired in western costumes. Fol-
lowing a buffet dinner, the
Quigleys led the group in
round, square and novelty
dances. All women present were
given gifts.
Abner
ternational
installing
Sumers, Ephrata, in-
counselor, was the
officer. The presi-
dent's gavel was presented {o
Mr. Hess by retiring president,
Benjamin Staley.
meeting of Region 1
wag also held at the at
which time Lions from Eliza-
bethtown, Mount Joy, Manheim,
Lititz Florin attended.
ee
A zone
home
and
Two More Agencies
Added To Chest
Two additional agencies were
admitted to the Community
Chest of Lancaster County, it
was announced this week. The
Conservation Center
and the Y.M.C.A. will be the
new member agencies. There
are now a total of 22 Red Fea-
ther Services in the Commun-
ity Chest.
Locally, the
formerly conducted “Bell Day,
but this campaign no longer
will be conducted. The center
was originally started 1947
by the Junior League as a dem-
onstration project. The
ter County YM.CA. is one of
the oldest in the United States
and had a membership last year
of 3,888.
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Donegal Board Urged
To Change Jointure
At a discussion meeting of the
Donegal High School Board,
Harold Martin, representa-
tive of the Bureau of General
Education of Harrisburg, urged
the taking of steps to form a
iointure of grades 1 to 12 in
order to continue to qualify for
supplementary state aid.
He
Hearing
hearing center
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in
outlined four areas on
which the local board falls
short. He said that the board's
administrative structure and
staff does not conform to the
paitern set by the State Coun-
cil of Education. The board
employs no home and school
visilor. The visitor works with
the teachers, school nurse and
parents on problems of the stu-
dents before the problem be-
comes one of truancy and stu-
dents drop out of school. There
are no classes for the mentally
retarded and physically handi-
capped. The jointure is for
grades 7 to 12 instead of 1 to
12. No action was taken at the
special meeting.
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Lancas- |
for the novelty pro- | ert McIntosh, president of the
Hamilton, Sco!land, Rotary club.
Mr. McIntosh stressed the
importance of Rotary in build-
ing international understand ng.
Actively interested in the
tary Foundation, Mr. and Mrs.
McIntosh have had a number of
Rotary Foundation students from
America in their home in Ham-
ilton.
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Girl Scouts’ Tour
Marks Progress
According correspondence
received by Mr. and Mrs.
George Bair from their daugh-
fer, : Dixie, the Senior Girl
Scouts of Mount Joy on tour
were in Wisconsin on Tuesday
night.
After leaving Mount Joy last
to
Friday, they visited N'agara
Falls and saw the construction
work being done there and
stayed overnight in a Girl Scout
camp. Sunday, the girls toured
the undeveloped section of Can-
| purchase
Ro-|
‘Annual Event
‘Will Be Held
At Rocky Springs
For the in several
| years, the Mount Joy Commun-
[ity Picnic will be held at. the
| Rocky Springs Park, Lancas-
first time
| ter, it was announced by the lo-
"cal Jaycees who sponsor the
event. :
| The move has created several
| advantages for the annual af-
fair. Any child or adult may
one ticket for $1.00
| which entitles him to ride any
or all the rides in the park for
[three hours. In other words, the
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| dollar tickets will be in use
{from 3:30 to 5 p. m. and from
7:00 to 8:30 p. m. and as many
| rides as the holder wishes to
take in that period of time is
| his privilege.
The
clude a
rides in the park in-
wheel, roller
coaster, fun house, cuddle-up,
merry-go-round, whip, minia-
ture railroad, auto scooters and
airplanes.
Wednesday, Aug. 3, will be
Mount Joy Day at the Lancas-
ter Park. All facilities of the
park will be turned over to the
local picnickers. Amusement
rides will cease operation from
5 to 5:30 p. m. which will be
picnic meal time for local peo-
ple.
Arrangements have also been
made with park officials in case
of inclement weather. Bolh the
ballroom and the roller skating
rink will be open to the public
jin case of rain.
Special rates will be in effect
at the pool for the day. Adults
will be admitted on a 35¢ tick-
et and children, 15c.
i The “Club Room,” located
near the entrance of the park
will be of use to mothers with
(small children. Both television
and cots will be available in
the room for the day. .
A game period will be spon-
ferris
sored by the Jaycees with the
time of day to be announced
later. Transportation will be
ava‘lable to the park. Nicholas
Leitner is chairman of the com-
mittee making the arrange-
ments.
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Vist
Television Circus
Girl Scout Troop 75 of Mount
{9d
Girl Scouts
ada and crossed the ferry into Joy visited Philadelphia recent-
the United States again at ly. Highlight of the trip was a
Saulte Saint Marie, Michigan. Visit to the Sealtest Circus. The
They camped at Camp Brinley girls and their escorts traveled
State Park in Michigan and by bus to the city and were
went swimming in the -“freez- treated to ice cream and bal-
ing” water of Lake Superior. loons prior to their visit to the
Monday, they visited Copper television performance of the
Falls, Wisconsin, and Tuesday, circus.
the north shore of Minneso a. Following the circus, they
Here they saw the largest grain, visited Independence Hall, the
elevator in the world and the Betsy Ross House and Valley
largest shipping center for iror
and coal.
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DONEGAL SOCIETY
MEETS FOR REUNION
A dedi-
cated at the forty-second reun-
of the Donegal Society
Thursday at the his orical Done-
gal Presbyterian Church. The
tree was dedicated in memory
of the Rev. Frank G. Bossert,
pastor of the church from 1909
to 1918, under whose leadersh'p
the first reunion was held and
the Donegal Society was organ-
ized.
The tree will replace the larg-
est and oldest tree on the
grounds which was felled by
Hurricane Hazel. The Rev. Har-
lan C. Durfee, local pastor of
the church, gave the address
during the dedication.
David Ogilvy, president of
New York, also addressed the
Ogilvy, Benson and Ma her,
group. John Milton Ranck was
re-elected for his second term
as president of the group.
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COUNCIL MEETING
IS POSTPONED
The July meeting of the local
borough council will be held on
Monday evening, July 11. Post-
ponement of the meeting is due
to the first Monday falling on
white oak tree was
ion on
la holiday.
, Forge. The fifteen girls were es-
corted by their leaders, Mrs.
Raymond Knorr and Miss Fay
Wickenheiser and troop com-
mittee members, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Sprecher, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Mumper and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Wolgemuth.
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JAMES KIPPLE
RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL
James Kipple, 156 Manheim
Street, is recuperating in the
Lancaster General Hospital fol-
lowing a heart attack. He was
stricken at his home Tuesday
and was taken to the hospital
where he will remain for sev-
eral weeks.
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ON DEAN'S LIST
One Mount Joy graduate of
Millersville S.ate Teachers Col-
lege was named to the dean’s
list for the spring semester of
the 1954-55 school term. Miss
Bonita Bigler, West Main
Street, was named wilh the 28
city and county students of a
list of 44 released from the
college. Miss Bigler's average
was in the 3.5 or above group.
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The Physician On Call
Sunday
| Dr. John Gates
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