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| To Take Bids F or Commu
Present 0 One
Used 486 Times
Since Purchase
Bids for a new Mount Joy
Community Ambulance will be| |
opened at a special meeting of
the ambulance committee next
Wednesday evening, Jan. 11.
Members of the local fire com-
pany and auxiliery compose the!
committee. Earl Zink has been
chairman of the ambulance
committee. Since his installation |
as president of the fire company
will take place this evening
Ray Myers will take over as
chairman of the committee.
The bids will
rade-in allowances
present ambulance.
Following a period of fund-|
raising projects prior to March
of 1951 the ladies auxiliary of]
the local company managed to!
raise enough money to make
the initial purchase of a 1951
Chevrolet ambulance for com-
munity use which cost the
group over $4,400 at that time.
The vehicle was placed in oper-|
ation Sunday, March 18, for the
first. The first call was received
for the next day. Monday, Jos-|
eph Bankus of Columbia Ave.
was taken to St. Joseph's Hos-
pital, by drivers Miller Wolge-!
muth and Thomas Brown and |
Nurse Mrs. Gerald Arntz.
Statistics of its constant use
ahave. proved its usefulness!
throughout the past four years|
and nine months. In that period|
of time, the ambulance has
been used to average of
fwice each week. As of Dee. 31!
he vehicle has been called to
ake 486 trips. Of these, 76]
alls were acknowledged in the
emainder of 1951; 88 calls in
B52; 123 calls in 1953; 90 calls
it 1954 and 109 call 1955.
During this time there were]
weeks when the ambul-
include
for the
also
Mrs. Mary Strckler.
Mrs. Franees Engle, left
Mrs. Mary Strickler of 208
North Barbara Street will cele-
brate her ninety-first birthday
next Tuesday, Jan. 10. Mrs.
Strickler resides with her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Myers.
Prior to living on North Bar-
Hara Street, Mrs. Strickler
the 1:te William Strickler lived
on a farm southeast of the bor-
ough Mount Joy R1. Mrs.
dees some crocheting
housework. Until last
right
in
Strickler
and light
Vv. F. W. Pests To
Sponsor Blue
Crutch Days
City and
| are supporting
re-elected
Jorough
Lloyd Myers was
president of the local’
Council during a reorganiza-
meeting held the
cil chambers: Monday evening.
i The ting was in charge
the burgess, Titus Rutt. Justice
the Peace Jarhes Hockenber-
ry officiated the loyalty oaths
to the three new councilmen
who began their four-year
terms. Lester Hostetter, James
Spangler and Charles J. Ben-
nett, Jr.. were sworn into office.
Following the election of the
pres. dent, Mr. Myers took
charge of the meeting. George
Groff was elected vice president
of the Mrs. George Al-
bert, secretary; Glenn Y. For-
ney, assistdnt secretary; and
Carl Krall, treasurer.
Salaries Changed
The council group r«¢
Park Ne'ss as chief of police;
Michael Good, police officer;
Henry Smeltzer, supervisor:
Mrs. Frank Young, Sr., receive
an
tion in coun
mec of
Ol
county VFW posts
a nation-wide
movement helping raise
funds for the 1956 March of
ance left its “home” for four or Dimes. Friday - and Saturday,
me trips in the 6 and 7 VFW post mem-
periéd. Only three times in its
history did it remain idle for and members
two straight weeks. Two weeks,| will canvass the streets of the
one in May of 1953, and one in| city and the county towns giv-
December of 1955, the ambul-| ing miniature blue erutches for
ance was used seven times each! dimes and dollars.
week. Jay F. Ginder, commander of
From its beginning, the local VFW post, is in charge
has financed the of the local project. The entire
Although rceeipts will be turned over to
from many| the Lancaster County Chapter
of the patients transported,| for Infantile Paralysis Sunday,
these donations usually take| January 8, with every partici-
care of the laundry bill for the pating Vrw Post
The organization has] -
been fund-raising|
projects since its purchase id
pay ths insurance, and the up-
kecp of the ambulance which]
includes gas, repairs, tires.
FIRE COMPANIES FIGHT
TOBACCO SHED BLAZE
Firemen from Mt. Joy, May: |
town, Ironville, Rheems, Mari- |
efta, Columbia, and Florin bat-|
tled the blazing fire of 2 2 tobacco
sheds located southwest of the),
borough Saturday afternoon. !
According to the report, an ex-|
plosion may have caused the
fire to start in one of the sheds. |
Sparks from the one shed
spread to the second. Both were
destroyed to an estimated dam-
age of $20.000. They were lo-|
cated on the Gerald Hiestand |
farm, Marietta RL
ys @ etl
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY |
Mr. and Mrs. William Bartch, |
206 South Barbara Street, cele- |}
brated their silver wedding an- |
fiiversary Deeember - 24. The|
couple his one daughter, Edna,
of Fred Horner, Lancaster.
mn
in
Jan.
bers auxiliary
group;
the
commu-
dona-
|
aux-
iliary
nity project.
"ions are reeeived
named
month.
oil,
wife
RA
The Physician On Call |
Sunday Left to right, Arthur Schneider; Jack Germer, commander; |
and’
| traditional
2 ¢ | Birthday
§ | “Iall Ball Eoom, Lancaster,
| day,
| eh
| thet the national campaign slo- |
| gan
| tinued support for
| research ta find better eradica-|
wk
nity
! sylvania Farm
vance
|
he Mount Jov Bulleti
MOUNT JOY. PA.. THURSDAY’ JANUARY 5, 1956
HARRISBURG-—PNS -— Next
time here
1956 Penn-
ad- |
indications clearly point- |
waek is “big show”
in ‘ Harrisburg—the
Show-—with
| ing to one of the most outstand-
ing exhibitions of agricultural
I" achievement ever set up.
! year she did a large amount of
sewing - that of making fancy
organdy half aprons.
Mrs. Strickler and her sister,
Mrs. Frances Engle of West
Ma’n Street have “combined
age of 184 ‘years. Mrs. Engle
93 last December.
a
was
New Borough Officials Take Office;
| j Flations,
Lloyd Myers Is Re-Elected President
telephone calls; Arnold, Brick-
er and Byer, solicitor; John Sli-
ver, Janitor; Christ Walters
zoning officer. Allen Schatz was
superv sor.
A raise in the borough labor-
ers was passed. The salaries of
these employees was raised 10e¢
hour.
assistant
per
Police Reports
Ne'ss reported three
ignoring red trafTic
for reckless driv-
failure to drive on
highway, drunken
and accidents in-
five,
Park
arrests for
signals, two
ing; one for
right
driving,
vestigated,
side of
one;
issuing ten
enses; two permits
street; five per-
mts to open the roadway; one
to shoot rats; and three
violations.
Meetings Scheduled
The announcement was made
that the borough zoning board
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Jurgess
p.ddlers’ lie
occupy the
reported
{0
ermit
marking meter
Me yeh of Dimes
Campaion Opens
‘In County
The 1956 March
of
the
with a goal
for
roster County
$85.000. It will run
| month of January and will be
| highlighted by the annual Mo-
‘hers’ March on Polio later in
‘he month and closing with the!
Infantile Paralysis
Ball in the Moose!
Fri-
February 3. |
Christian C.
1apter chairman,
Rudy, local]
announced
is “Polio Isn't Licked Yet!”
and efforts will be made to tell |
cit'zens 6f the necessity of con- |
science and
tion methods. Funds must also!
be available fcr taking care of
| the hundreds of polio patients
from the past years as well as|
caring for patients in any out-,
{bre k this summer and fall
AAA AAA AIR.
‘To Report New Families
‘Who Are to be Visited |

Dr Newton E. Kendig Santa Claus, George Reigle and Emory Krick at Legion Christ-
‘mas party for community’s children,
nected upwards of 600,000 visit-
w tness the
!
! £.eials
| terest
‘of Men at the Millersville
of Dimes &
Dollars opened Tuesday in Lan-
I
Preparations are virtually
completed for the door-opening
hour of 8 o'clock Monday morn-
ing, January 9 when it is ex-
ors will begin streaming in to!
fantastic agricultur-
al exposition.
of-
that
in-
Farm Show Commission
generally concede
never before has so great
been shown in advance
of a Farm Show which has been
| dressed up to be the most color-
ful since the first Farm Show!
1917.
A sneak preview by a Penn-
sylvania News Service reporter]
that on the main four-
exh’bition floor visitors
in
shows
acre
| will find high quality Pennsyl-|
vania farm foods on sale by the
poultry, potato, ap-
and honey , ‘ets asso- |
state
ple
And too—the Farm Show
next week will provide greater,
parlic ipation by farm youth
than over before.
The 4-H Clubs,
Future Farm-
ers and Homemakers each will
have 1000 or more members at-
tending the show.
The three youth organizations,
will have members competing
in more than a dozen of the
more than two-score depart-
ments of the show.
Future Farmers and Future!
Homemakers cach will have
special exhibits and each organ-|
ization has entered demonstra-|
tion teams in contests. Home|
improvements will be empha-|
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Anno) Meeting
Of Chamber Is
Announced
Monday evening, January 9,
will mark the night of the an-
nual meeting of the Mount Joy
Chamber of Commerce. The af-
fair will be held at the Hostet-
| ter Banquet Hall at 6:45 p.m.
| James Heilig, president,
will be
in charge of the program.
Dr. Clyde Stein will be the
guest speaker. Dr. Stein is Dean
Teachers College.
During the business meeting
five new directors will be elect-
ed. The terms of those expiring
are Adam Greer, James Heilig,
Robert Hurst, George Keener
and Walter Sloan. These
are not eligible for re-election
for one year according to the
by-laws.
Ambulance
State Farm Show
To Open Monday
Calls In Year
land the loss in the
| pile
| field,
windshield
Old Lenduark Is
State,
stone building.
men |
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hates ih at CR NI ANS
FR AEE PTY Spe ars md
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$2.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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N DRIVE TO OPEN TUESD.
“Everybody Wins’
Contest Open To
Firemen Answer All In Trade Area
Thirty-Five rE | = 4 | The “opportumity of a life-
time” is a saying that could be
truthfully applied to the extra-
ordinary prizes offered to citi-
zens of Mount Joy and the sur-
rounding Trade Area in the
“Everybody Wins" prize contest
being sponsored by The Bulle-
tin.
| Heralded as the most exciting
and also, for the contestants,
the most profitable, sales con-
test ever to be used for circu-
lation promotion, the program
' offers prizes totaling $5000, all
of which will be awarded to
enterprising men and women of
this area on Saturday, Febru-
ary 25.
Topped by a luxurious 1956
| Chevrolet 4-door sedan, total
| value of $2450.00, as grand
| capital award the array ‘of
| prizes includes second of $750
~ and FOUR BIG CASH BONUS
. | AWARDS. In addition there
| will be a veritable shower of
money in the form of weekly
pay checks for all who actively
vart'®pate in this short six and
one-half week contest. All res-
idents of our trade area are in-
vited to take part in the con-
| test by obtaining new and re-
| renewal subscriptions to The
Bulletin. Complete details cov-
| ering prize awards, cash com-
| missions, ete, are outlined in
the opening announcement on
pages 4 and 5 of this issue.
No Losers In Contest
This is truely an “Everybody
ins” contest with a cash com-
mission of 20 per cent ($1.00
ut of every $5.00 collected)
being paid at the ‘end of each
Thirty-five calls were answer-
ed by the Mount Joy Friendship!
Fire Company during 1955 Ray | a
Myers, of ;
these, 16 calls were in the bor-
ough. The fire
ough was $7,185.00 The number i 8
1954 was 44; ROYCE CROW
borough was
fire chief announced.
loss in the bor-
of calls made in
$11,303.
The calls answered were one
to foundry, one; grass, nine;
false
automobiles, 3;
a
houses, eleven; alarms,
one; dump, one;
of rubbish, four: wheat |
one: born, one; tractor, 1:
daragos, one; tobacco shed, one. |
The company traveled 145]
miles in responding to the alls
The men laid 4,550 feet of 2%
‘nch hose; 1700 feet of inch|
hose; 2,850 feet of 3/4 inch hose. |
The trucks used 625 gallons of
rasoline. Of the 35 calls during
the year, the company had an
average of 29 men responding to
‘ach call.
ERA CROW
We consider ourselves fortu-|
1ate in securing the personal
services of Royce and Era Crow|
[ mietured above, to conduct our!
| “Everybody Wins” subscription | w
Lauds Town
drive. The Crows are extremely |
For Pink Tickets and work day and
Another mid-western state night in peak times during the
ewspaper released an rive to obtain maximum re-
newspag : sults. | i i ek to ALL who actively par-
on the local pink parking tick-| sults in ev ethical manner. rte
et project. An article appeared : 3 8
Appears The contest is-neither a “lye-
in the Beaumont Enterprize * . ev re arbre? “ i
paper in Texas which ate: Special Prizes . drawing” ner .a; something
real-| rpe v v
To Early Starters
“Here’s a town where joy for nothing” affair it is
ly runs wild when it comes to, strictly business. proposition
parking t'ckets. City council] Just to “start the ball roll- - the object being to further
decreed that policemen must| ing” so to speak, and as a little xvand the growing list of. sub-
lip a nickel into the meter for| added for prompt ribers to The Bulletin in a six
the overparked motorist and the of who and one-half Weeks’ Contest.
leave pink notice under the, want to make the most of every The drive for subscriptions
wiper. All the mo-| opportunity in The Bulletin’s Will not be a long drawn out
do return the rybody Wins” prize, Affair but will extend over a
burgess with five campaign, this| hort period of just $'x and
award
prizes
Texan Paper
article
ry
a
incentive ac-|
tion on part those
a
has is ig “Ev
to
cents to
to
the
ward
torist
notice spb _cription
off dollar twenty weeks, For this rea-
to ag- Son it is ALL IMPORTANT to
mak-| enter at the ‘earliest possible
during moment! x
contest, ter- The first step toward immed-
night, Janu-| iate benefits and ultimate suc-
ary 14th. cess is to clip the Entry Blank
These special prizes are in and Free Vote Coupon appear-
dition to the regular 20 per cent ing in the lower right hand cor-
weekly and ner of the official contest an-
awarded at nhouncement on on the inside
contest, but to! page of this issue.
minimum of, Then by using that “Early
collections Effort” coupon appearing on the
pany, the ston} mill located on! ° kl nan for ‘one a {good ONLY during
East Main Street has been sold.| hese prizes {these wh tof contest) Which
The property will be removed “inners will receive in return is worth 100,000 premium votes
1 check for $45 of their tor prompt action when accom-
$100 in new renewal the
all, you
Ty small requirement and,
a one rewspaper will
$25 cash
“early
fine.
In the last few
articles and letters
regrived from out-of-state news-
vapers and motorists offering
Congratulations J the Borough
Jressive starters”
ng the showing
iirst week the
minating Saturday
months, many
have been best
of
to
commission, pavable
to be
the
faith
najor
h
prizes
of
good
end
To Be Removed |
According to an announce-
ment made by.the SICO Com-
a
$100 in subsecr ption
ry to qualify
special
. i : out
site in the near fu-!
R’'chard - Nissley, Lan-
is the purchaser of the
from the
ture. J.
disville,
panied by first sub-
obtain either
sav renéwal— ou’ off te=
s'ly obtainable. {a flying start wilh a really sub-
The n, too, there's another ex-| stantial number of votes toward
fra sp-eial $25 bonus winning one or more of the
wward on top of the above men- big prizes offered.
fioned sp=cial prizes and eash Here's a word of advice to
I I
first and very
ub eriptions) wh'eh, after scription or
new or re
Once used as the home of the
Feist Seed Company, the build-!
ing has not been in use for the!
past eleven years,
cash

Miss Susan Fellenbaum, loft,
were crowned Emerald Queen and Princess, respectfully,
| commissions for extra effort and those who want to make the
during your most of this unusual opportun-
easily obtain- ity: Although the contest does
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nnusual results
first week-—also
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Early Effort Coupon
100,000 PREMIUM VOTES
Mr.
Miss

Address... abit sta
This Coupon wil count : for 100, 000 Premiom volts
when returned to the “Everybody Wins” Prize Con.
test Department with the first subscription
obtain—new or renewal-—thus giving you a flying
start in the race,
(Good Only During First Week of Contest)

and Miss Diane Reese, right,
at Donegal High School recently.