Merchants To
Again Give
Away Prizes
Prizes amounting to approxi-|
mately $500 will be awarded
by the Mount Joy-Florin Retail |
Merchants this Saturday night.
Tickets are being given away
at all the
the remainder of this week.
cooperating stores
A display of the prizes to be
given away was seen at the
Community Exhibit.
Retail Merchants will award
the at the
firehouse 9:30 p. m.
prizes local
at
Saturday. Persons must be pres-
next’
ent to win.
who
John |
Booth; Carl Drohan; Eshle-
Cooperating merchants
will give them away are
M.
man Brothers; Adam H. Greer,
jeweler; Warren H. Greenawalt|
jeweler; Samuel Heisey, grocer;
Hess” Store; Jack Horner Shoes®
J. B. Hostetter & Sons; Keener's|
Home Furnishings; Kitty Dress
Shoppe; Koser's Jewelry; Geo. |
Lehman; Martin's 5 & 10; Ma- |
teer's Shoe Store;
Hardware Store; Mt. Joy Dept.|
Store; G. C. Murphy Company;
H. S. Newcomer & Son; Lester |
E. Roberts & Son; Sloan’s Phar-|
macy; Smith’s Store, Stehman’s|
IGA Store; Tyndall's Store, |
Way's Appliances; Wolgemuth, |
Inc.; and Zerphey's Sico Service|
Station. |
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Joycees Make
Holiday Plans
Twenty-seven members at-
tended the October meeting of
the JoyCees Tuesday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Char-|
les Ryman. During the business
meeting the group made plans
to sponsor a card party some-
time in November prior to]
Thanksgiving. The group also
made plans to entertain
the |
Lancaster JaneCees to their De. |
cember meeting at which time|
the special program will include |
a talk on “Christmas Arrange-|
ments’.
An invitation was accepted by |
the group to attend a special af-|
fair of the JaneCees in Febru-
ary at Grubb Mansion. Final
plans were discussed 'concern-
ing the painting of the store
windows for Halloween. |
One new member, Mrs. Rob- |
ert Smith, was admitted to the|
group. The next meeting will
be held at the home of the
president, Mrs. Warren Hay-
man, with Mrs. Nicholas Leit-
ner as co-hostess.
ae
Collecting Coins For
U.N. Childrens Fund
Why not celebrate Hallowe’-|
en differently this year?
This year play “Trick or|
Treat” with Halloweeners all
over the Nation.
On Hallowe'en night thous-
ands of costumed children and
teen-agers will be ringing door-|
bells and collecting coins so
that children all over the world
may have milk to drink and|
receive protection from disease
through the United Nations
children’s fund.
Meet at your own church or
the nearest church at 6:30 p.m.
on Halloween night, October
31. There you will receive
your “Trick or Treat” tag.
Please bring a slotted container]
with which to collect coins,
Refreshments will be served
in the basement of the Evangel-
ical United Brethren Church
immediately after “Trick or
Treat.”
This is being
the Mount Joy Youth Council.
| secretary; Mrs.
| mer, chairman of the
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NEWSPAPER

FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 18
School, Home
Group Plans
First Meeting
The first autumn
the Mount Joy Elementary
School and Home Association
will be held Tuesday evening,
Oct. 25. Teachers will be in
their classrooms to meet the
parents from 7 to 7:30 p.m,
The meeting will begin at
7:30 in the auditorium. Bar-|
bara Stehman and Dennis Nau-|
gle, captain and lieutenant of
the safety patrol, will tell the
group about the patrol. The
Rev. C. L. Ulrich,
of
will offer the invocation. Re-|
freshments are in charge of the
kindergarten mothers.
The new officres of. the asso-
ciation will take over at the
meeting. Arthur Schneider, re-|
elected president, will be in
new pastor
| charge. Other officers and mem-
bers of the executive commit-
tee are Samuel Harnish, vice-|
president; Mrs. Jay Meckley,|
Arthur Sprech-|
er, treasurer; Mrs. Joseph Ger-
member-
ship committee; Mrs, Myrtle]
Nornhold, chairman of the re-|
freshment committee; Mrs. Wal-
ter Brandt, flower committee;
and Charles Heaps, principal.
Local Preduct
Of Past Decade
Shown In “Life”
A picture of an antique Kkit-
chen gadget manufactured in|
Mount Joy is featured in the
October 17 issue of LIFE mag-
azine. Included in the continued
article of the Romantic Decades,!
Page 110, pictures of
kitchen gadgets which were
manufactured in past decades.
are
The cherry pitter which held
cherries in the cup while crank-
driven rod at the top ejected
stones in the local product. The
words “Mount Joy” can be seen
on the utensil as it appears in
| the national magazine.
Serine
Surprise Reception
Held For Ulrichs
Two hundred persons
ed a surprise reception for the
new pastor and his wife, The
Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Ulrich, of
the St. Mark's E.U.B. Church
Wednesday night.
Lester Hostetter was in
charge of the program and also
presented the Ulrichs with gifts
from the Sunday School and
church. The Rev. and Mrs. Les-
ter Koder, The Rev. and Mrs.
Harlan Durfee, the Rev. Emmert
Moyer welcomed the couple to
town; and Charles Wolgemuth
brought greetings from the lo-
cal Sunday School and church.
Musical numbers included ac-
cordian solos by Judy Barrick
and marimba duets by Jean and
Janet
Schmidt had chargz of the mu-
sic and Maris Gainor
| the prayer.
sponsored by| also sang,
Kauffman. Clifford
offered
The junior choir

POLICE INVESTIGATE Ambulance Takes
HIT AND RUN CAR
Local police are investigating
a hit and run automobile acci-|
dent which occurred Monday on|
North Barbara Street. An auto- |
mobile hit the parked car ow
|
ed by Cyrus Derr, 267 North
Barbara Street, as it was park-|
ed in front of the Derr resi-|
dence. Since the
were damaged, the other car|
was unable to proceed far from
the accident. While the Derrs
called local police, the driver
of the auto 1gft his car on foot
and tT .
i
Four Trips
The Mount Joy Community
Ambulance took four trips to
Lancaster Hospitals last week. |
Sunday, October 9, Edward]
Geltmacher, East Donegal St.,|
(Turn to page 3)

The Physician On Call |
Sunday
Dr. John Gates
|
meeting of ;
| who
| est honor this summer.
St. Mark's E.U.B. Church, | #3

Donegal
High Sct
1001
| Yearbook Staff
Begins Work
| On Annual Book
seniors
have begun work on the second
annual
visorshi
omridg-
| Miriam Nell are
McKain
chief;
| ness In
and Asher Halbleib, sports edi-
tors;
editor.
The
George
Peggy
vearbook
p of Miss
>. Susan
ranager; Su
business ste
| Doris Long, Jovee
Hi aiid |
{Carol Ginder being crowned |
Corn Queen by Miss Elinore |
Griffith at Mount Joy Commun- |
ity Exhibit.
Eagle Scout
| ona Markley,
Elizabeth
Shenk, Ji
Nancy
Fellenbaum
san
Wf
Martin,
Marlene Mumper,
yan
under the ad-
Seld-
and
co-editors-in-
is busi-
Schroll
Wolfe, organization
Win-
Schneid-
er, , Arthur Gish, Charles Groff,
Dixie Bair. Judy Linard, Miriam
Roland,
Wagner
McKain
Receives Badge
At Rotary Club
Mount Joy Rotary club
Tuesday noon had a program
on Boy Scouts, with Earl Ko-
| ser, institutional representative,
in charge.
Honored were Robert Buch- |
enauer, who was presented with
his Eagle Scout award, and
Eagle Scout Ronald ‘Schofield,
received Scouting’s high-|
Also present were Mr, and
Mrs. Joseph Buchenauer, par
ents of Robert Buchenacer,
Scoutmaster Harold Etsell, As-
Scoutmaster Charles
Wilson post
from Hol-
sistant
Buchenauer,
committeeman
land.
Speaker was
field executive for the
district. Mr. Frank
Scouting’s growth its
ent membership of three
lion adults, and predicted
organization would reach
million boys by 1960.
Mr. Frank stressed the
portance of support from
groups as Rotary and the need
interest
Faust,
New
Thomas Frank,
western
traced
to pres-
mil-
the
five
im-
such
assist-
for parents’ and
ance in a successful Scout
gram.
He noted that the public will
be hearing a great deal more
about the Boy Scout slogan,
“Onward for God My
Country,” in the months ahead.
The speaker asked Mrs.
Buchenauer to pin the Eagle
badge her son, who in turn
presented his mother with a
Also presented was a
fo Mr.
pPro-
and
on
corsage,
miniature Eagle badge
Buchenauer.
In concluding the program,
Mr. Koser outlined the program
that is being carried on by the
Scouts in Mount Joy and com-
mended Scoutmasters Etsell and
Buchenauer for the work they
are doing.
e
EAST DONEGAL TWP.
TO BALLOT ON RISE
OF INDEBTEDNESS
Voters of East Donegal Twp
will ballot on the question of
increasing the school distriet’s
indebtedness by $80,000
special election to be held
conjunct’on with the Nov.
municipal election.
The money would be used
for remodeling and erecting an
addition to the Maytown ele-
mentary school.
The specific question on
ballot will read:
“Shall the board of school di-|
rectors of East Donegal Twp.
at a
in
8th
the
both autos “VV AAAAAAASAANAANAAAAS | be permitted to increase the in-
debtedness of said school dis-
trict and additional amount not
to exceed $80,000 for the pur-|
pose of remodeling of any addi-|
tions to the Maytown element-
ary school?”
Ronald
torial staff;
Jula Loew2n, Jean
, Lynne Fackler, Betty
, Marlene Murry and
Hawthorne are the edi-
David Bomberger
and George Williams, the pho-
| tography staff; Rebecca McKain,
Larry Geib, Carol Ginder, Bar-
bara Sutter, Joyce Eberly, Miss
Jeverly
Hays, art
supervisor,
will serve on the art staff.
Pink Tickets
Into
Thi
Pink parking tickets went
to operation
The
system
Effect
Week
of
Monday
placing “pink”
in-
morning
tickets instead of the customary
“red” t
an inde
Accor
ickets will be used for
finite time
ding to borough offi-
cials, the public response to the
new system
approva
their ‘4
a smile
has bee
1. (Persons arriving
the office of the
on their
@
fine
nm
app
faces.)
ar
with
at
et
burgess to pay
with
Michaels Discusses
Sewerage Progress
At Lions Meeting
Josep
the
ority,
the loc:
Mount
was the guest speaker at
h Michaels,
Joy
il meeting of the
engi
Borough
neer cf
Auth
Lions
Club Tuesday at Hostetter’s. Mr.
s discussed the y
Michael
in the
town’s
sewe
rage
rOgress
system
and announced that plans are in
Harrisburg
stated t
sometime
of the jy
He al
ant, Ge
conducted a question
wer
John
per
Mr
L:
program
Michaels to the group. Cur-
for
hat
SO
Meller
indis,
commitice,
introduced
following
chairman
approval
the work will begin
following
the
ar
intr
his
Both
the
of
He
return
assist
men
1d ans-
talk
the
‘oduced
vin Martin, a former club mem-
ber,
ited the
Rosser,
ough
guest
now
authority,
of
the
meaoeting
a member
the club,
Ww
of th
as
John
also
Air Force, vis-
and
Robert
e bor-
a
Weid-|
man, president, was in charge.
Bells Arrive!
BELLS are here!
shipmen
t of the
recast from the old
School
| are ava
Bulletin
Since
demand
The
| east on
| Street;
second
tea-sized bells
Mount Joy
bell have arrived and
ilable for sale at the
office.
there was such great
for the bells, not all
the persons who wished to pur-
chase bells were able to receive
them
ceived
unfilled
any persons
| who did not place orders.
from
Sufficient bells
the
this time to
orders
who
initial
have
fill
and to sell
them |
wish
order.
been re-
all the
to
includes =
A
Thomas
nity
Meckley and
Exhibit Soap Box race.
Darryl
ument were winners in Commu

Lions Make
Halloween
Parade Plans
Plans are being completed
for the annual Halloween par-
ade to be held in the borough
Saturday night, Oct. 29. Char-
les L. Eshleman has been nam-
ed general chairman with John
Landis, co-chairman
Their committee chairmen
and committees for the annual
affair sponsored by the Mt. Joy
Lions Club are Robert Schroll,
chairman, Ralph Alleman, Ar-
thur Zerphey and Freeman Nau-
gle, finance; Samuel Harnish,
Chairman, H. Morrell Shields,
and Marshall Gemberling,
bands; Maurice N. Bailey, chair-
man, Clayton Aument, Robert
McGinley
prizes;
Brown,
Shields,
Landis, Paul
and Henry Zerphey,
King and Queen
Hilt, Le-
wis Bixler, Lloyd Derr and Geo
and George
H. Morrell
chairman, John
Gingrich
Halloween
Raymond chairman,
Copenhaver, school committee;
James Spangler, chairman, Ray-
mond Knorr, Lloyd Myers and
Clyde Nissley, judge committee
Arthur D. Sprecher, ch.,, John
| Cosgrove and Charles Chunko,
publicity; William Batzel, Ch.,
David Myers and Jay Barn
hart, police and traffic; Joscph
Taylor, ch., Alvin Bigler, Syl
vester Shuman and Big! M m
ma, supplies and property;
Clyde ch, Charles
Hershey, Howard Sutter and
Victor Koser, town lighting;
Henry Zerphey, ch, John Cos
grove, Charles Jos
eph Taylor, Lloyd Myers, Lloyd
Derr, Howard Sutter, Jay Barn-
hart, Charles Hershey and Ar
thur Zerphey, float
Cash prizes will be awarded
in the various divisions to the
masked marchers
Cash prizes in the four divis-
ions will include $5, $3 and $2
for the most original, most com-
ical and fanciest single entries;
$10 and $7.50 for float entries;
$15 and $10 for non-paid music-
al groups; $10 and $5 for fanci-
est or most original groups of
three or more; $7.50 and $5.00
for most comical couple and
$7.50 and $5. for fanciest cou-
ple.
The parade route has been
changed from last years pa-
rade. Formation of this year’s
parade will be at the SICO gar-
the move
Mt High
south High Main;
west on Main New Haven;
south on New to Mariet-
ta; east Marietta to Poplar;
south 6n Poplar to the elemen-
marchers will
Joy Street
ages,
to
on to
to
on
tary school where prizes will
be awarded.
The new location for forma-
tion offers three advantages,
The spot is more centrally lo-
cated, the parade route will be
shorter to the advantage of the
small marchers and better
lighting facilities are
for forming the line of
at the SICO garages.
Residents along the
march
parade
available]
Windows To Be
Pointed For
Halloween
Shop
painted with
by local elementary school chil-
the
be
scenes
again
windows will
Halloween
announced
dren it was by
local JoyCees. For the third
year, the JoyCees will sponsor
the painting project among the
children in grades 3 to 6 of the
local school.
Mrs
charge of the
James Phillips is taking
preliminary work
of the children's drawings in
the contest. Mrs. James Roberts
is in charge of the project. The
will assist in
local Art Club
the paint-mixing,
Twenty-five windows will be
painted. This number will rep
resent five winning drawings
from each of the homerooms in
the school. Painting of the win
dows will begin next Tuesday
JoyCees Mrs. Harcld Zimmer
man, Jr., Mi Thomas O’Con
nor, Mrs. Warren Hayman, Mrs.
Nicholas Leitner and Mrs. Rich
ard Witmer will supervise the
painting of the merchants’ win
dows
Judges for the annual contest
will be Linneaus Longenecker,
Warren Foley and James Phil
lips. Cash prizes will be award
ed to the winners
- .
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Ronald Hawthorne was el
president of the Donegal
High School band for the 1955
56 school year. Marlene Mum
per was chosen secretary; Rob
ert Swartz and Jack Gilbert
co-managers; Betty McKain,
general secretary; and Dixie
Jair, assistant director
To Celebrate
Fifty-Ninth
Anniversary
Clinton H. Eby
8 North Barbara Street, will
lebrate their fifty-ninth
Mr. and Mrs
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ding anniversary Saturday, Oct.
22.. The Eby’s were married in
Lancaster by the Rev. D. R
Gerhart, Oct. 22, 1896
The couple have three child
ren, Benjamin, at home; Clin
ton and Raymond, both of Mt
Joy. They also hav three
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
route are asked ‘to ass’st the
parade by the use of spot lights
and porch lights.

Plowing Contest Large Crowd
_ Remaining Event 'At Community
Of Farm Show
\
Except for one event remain-|
ing to take place, the thirty-|
fourth annual Community Ex-|
hibit was completed. Beginning
with the parade Wednesday |
night and the judging of the]
items entered in the fair, the
next outstanding event was the
crowning of the ,1955 Corn]
Queen Thursday night, |
Miss Carol Ginder, Florin, |
representive of Donegal High |
School, was crowned the Corn}
Queen. Miss Ginder, the daugh-|
DEDICATED
COMMUNITY
SERVICE
hibit
one of the largest
the history of the event attend-
ing the annual banquet at Hos- =
tetter's pavilion.
assistant,
board
chairman, the Chamber of Com-
merce, Lions club, the Sico Co.,
Farm Women's Society and all

$2.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE

Exhibit Banquet
Mount Joy Community Ex-
closed last evening with
H. Martin
President Curvin
expressed appreciation to Su-
perintendent Titus Ruft and his
William Risser, the
of directors, committee
ter of Mr. and Mrs: Elmer Gin-| : ? !
der, Florin, entertained with a others who assisted in making
humorous reading ‘Moo Cow | the show a success.
Moo”. She was crowned by| Samuel Balsbaugh, vice pres-
Miss R. Elinore Griffith, Eph-|ident of the Chamber of Com-
rata, the state Lotwaerrick | merce, presented awards to the
Queen. | following:
Miss Sandra Risser, represen- | Showmanship for lambs:
ting the Elizabethtown Area|Henry Greiner, first; Leona
High School, was named run-| Augsburger, second; Walter
ner-up. Miss Risser did a baton- | Augsburger, third,
routine,
The affair was
outdool stage at the
grounds. Farm Women Society
in charge of the event, |
In Cattle
Local the
livestock competition were Hen-
Manheim R4, who
for his
twirling
8 was
Winners
winners in annual |
ry Greiner,
was reserve champion
pen of Hampshires and was al-
¢o named champion showman
of the 4-H Lamb Club; Jane
Greiner, Southdowns; Robert
Backer, Joy R2, top
showman Baby Beef Show;
Henry Greiner was third in ba-
Mount
in
by beef; Joanne Bixler, Mount
Joy R1, was second in Pig Club
showmanship; Milton Martin,
Mount Joy R1 was third in pig
club; Mary L. Miller, Manheim
R2, third in Shorthorns and
Kenneth Miller, Manheim R2,
fourth Henry Greiner, second
in Angus, Wayne Miller, Mount
Joy R1, third; David Martin,
Mount Joy R1, fourth in York-!
hir Jay Bixler, Mount Joy
R1, third in Spotted Poland
China; Joanne Bixler, Mount
Joy R1, fifth and Milton Martin,
Mount Joy R1, sixth
Top record score for the sea-
of the Mount
son's project Joy
Pig Club was the 92.9
turned in by Jay Bixler. His
ter, Joanne Bixler, finshed in
a ti for second place with
Floyd Risser, Jr, both of whom
had scores of 96.9. John Risser
was fourth with 94.2
Tractor Drivers
Merle Groff, 17, of West
Loampter, won the tractor-driv
ing contest Saturday afternoon
which was held at the Mt, Joy
Frozen Foods building. The 38
ntries wel the greatest num-
wr of any of the iocal shows
from preceeding ‘years and was
the larg st number of the shows
held throughout the county this
year According to officials,
ome were ey turned away
¢ se they reported ta: late
for registration
John Zimmerman, E-town RD
and Ray Milier, Manheim RD
tind for second place. Cash pri
zes were given the three win
ners
Soap Box Winners
Thomas Meckley won the
soap-box race Saturday after
noon on the Manheim Street
hill. Tom's final timing was
25.4. Last year Tom was runner
up to Kenneth Kaylor of Elm
who was this year's runner-up
Last year's winner had a timing
of 255 seconds
With Kenneth in second place
with a 26.1,
Salunga came in
timing of James
Brubaker of
third
In
10Nn,
with a 26.4 timing
the unofficial divis-
Darryl Aument first
with a timing of 37.3. His
wheel
won
place
runner-up
was Barry
and in third
Ralph Rice.
Quoit Pitchers
Penryn place was
Three winners were named in |
| the annual quoit-pitching
held on an|ert Becker,
fair! second;
Risser,
ond; Milton Martin, third.
beef committee,
B. Keller & Bro.
the
the Soap Box race
Balsbaugh.
of
addressed the gathering on the
subject,
Freedom.”
pointing to events
Joy's
demonstration
action, the speaker emphasized
three points:
lic office,
well to the b2st of our ability”.
He
for his ability
tion and for his ever-cont'nuing
fight
of this competition.
addition
Mr
the responsibility of the farmer
to continually educate the pub-
lic
profits are not
that they are
tive
can system
pon
faith
American
boy who was late
crossing to the school building.
Shelly of]
|
con- |
Showmanship for beef: Rob-
first; Henry Fry,
Henry Greiner, third.
Showmanship for pigs: Floyd
first; Joanne Bixler, sec-
4-H Club judging: Clyde Bru-
baker, first; Walter Augsburger,
second;
Long and Konneth Young, tied
for third.
David Lapp, Samuel
Trophy for the best steer
shown was presented to Mis
Dorothy Stehman by Joseph
Greiner, chairman of the baby
in bzhalf of J.
received
trophy for
from Mr.
Thomas Meckley
championship
Reber, field editor
Pennsylvania Farmer,
Norman
The
“The Resposibilities of
his remarks by
like Mount
Community Exhibit as a
of freedom in
Prefacing
1. Strive for full self reli-
ance. He said that while not
everyone could hold high pub-
“w= can all do things
American farmer
to take compati-
cited the
for prod ction regardless
2. Necessity for education in
the public schools.
declared that it is
to
Reber
to the fact that agricultural
out of line and
a necessary incen-
the Ameri-
free enterprise,
this country was
for supporting
of
which
founded
3. A of religious
Sa’'d the speaker: “Our
fundamentals are
fo ‘ntain
meaningless unless they are in-
terpreted in the light of religi-
ous faith”
BADGE IS AWARDED
Cally Ulrich of the loeal
school safety patrol will wear
the honored badge this week.
Votad by her fellow-patrolmen,
she was chosen for the honor
because she escorted a small
across each
test. John Sliver, Mount Joy,
was named this year's champion
William Neidigh, Landisville,
the runner-up and Earl
Eshleman, Mount Joy, came in
third place
was
Plowing Contest
Due to the heavy rains last
Friday, the new event of the
show has been postponed until
Thursday, Oct. 27, The plowing
contest will be held in the John
Melhorn field.
crowds in 3

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