Rear verandah at Wheatland was @ favorite spot of Buchanan's after his retirement
from the presidency in 1861.
Wheatland
Centennial
This Sunday
attending
Centennial
Local residents
the “Wheatland”
Ceiebration in Lancaster this
Sunday afternoon, August 5,
are very likely to find them-
selves on television.
To cover the full-blown
program honoring James Bu-
chanan, the White
House occupant live
in Lancaster County, televis-
of WGAL-TV
strategic spots
only
ever to
ion cameras
stationed at
? will sweep the crowd of on-
will attend. Is a dramatic history of the Walter S. Eb-
lookers and participants and
get close-ups of the elabor-
ate program.
A gala occasion is in store
for both spectators and the
many local dignitaries who
2:30
pageant starting at
they will see how Buchanan
. received the
news of his
nomination and how he re-
i acted to many of the stirring
il events of his administration.
i Ruggles,
: ring at the
After the pageant, Charles
prominent motion
picture actor currently star-
Ephrata Legion
¢ Star Playhouse, will sell the
i first sheet of commemorative
'
Congressman Paul B. Dague inspects the original engroving of the Wheatland
showa by E. George Siedle, Assistant Postmosher Hy in end Vom:
Lions Report:
Gas Station Project OK
Mount Joy Lions club op-
eration of the Zerphey Sico
Service Station last Satugday
was described as ‘“‘satisfact-
Gub Scouts,
Fathers Camp
Over Weekend
Mount Joy Cub Scouts and
their fathers had an enjoy-
able camping trip at Heisey’s
Ranch, Rheems last weekend.
The following were present:
Scouts, Ronald Alleman,
Donald Alleman, Dennis
Beamenderfer, Dennis Brown
John Brown, Jeffrey Brown,
Terry Crider, David Darren-
kamp, John Dillinger, Lad-
die Germer, Michael Gelt-
macher, Gray Greiner, John
Hart, Jeffrey Hawthorne,
Charles Heaps, James Metz-
ler, Richard Nornhold, Ron-
ald Pennell, Harold Smith,
Jerry Snavely, Paul Stehman,
Robert Stark, Robert Walker,
Richard Waltz, Ralph Rice,
Jr.
Fathers: William Brown,
Edward Brown, Jack Germ-
er, Charles Heaps, John Cri-
der, Richard Dillinger, James
Pennell, Ralph Rice, Paul
Stehman, Harold Snavely,
Bruce Greiner, Asher Beam-
enderfer, Irvin Smith.
Cubmaster Rice wishes to
thank everyone who helped
make the trip possible.
Hit, Run Accident
East Of Town
A hit-run collision on Rt.
230 two miles east of the
borough resulted in injuries
to an eleven-year-old Dela-
ware boy and his father on
Sunday night. Both father
and son were treated at the
Lancaster General Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. David Roth
and son David Jr., of Wil-
mington, Delaware, were
traveling east on the highwav
when they were forced off
the road by a motorist. Al-
though the auto did not stop
after causing the accident, a
passing motorist took down
the license number and no-
ticed that the car had a dam-
aged right rear fender.
Harry Stark was picked up
in Lancaster and charged
leaving the scene of an acci-
dent.
—@®
Dr. Shoop
Resume Practice
Dr. Shoop announces that
he will resume his active
practice in Dentistry begin-
ning Monday. August 13. He
will occupy his former office
at 17 West Main Street along
with Dr. H. H. Fellenbaum,
who is practicing at the
same address.
To Report New
Families Call
MJ 3-9763
ory” by club officers.
Some 25 Lions worked
through the day and appre-
ciation was expressed for the
people who patronized their
efforts.
Approximately 60’ cars
were washed during the day.
This is the second year
that Arthur Zerphey, propri-
etor of the station, has co-
operated with the Lions in
this promotion.
——
Nomination Is
Confirmed
The nomination of Elmer
L. Zerphey as postmaster
was confirmed by the U. S.
Senate last Friday. Mr. Zer-
phey is a former deputy
sheriff of Lancaster County.
He has been acting post-
master is the borough office
since July 1, 1953.
——
Ambulance Called
Five Times
Five trips were taken by
the community ambulance
last week. Monday, July 28,
Mr. Heckman, New Haven
Street, was taken to the Lan-
caster General Hospital by
Samuel Dock and Robert
Hoffmaster. Thursday, July
26, Charles Groff was taken
to the Lancaster General
Hospital by drivers George
Copenhauver and Thomas
Markley following an acci-
dest at the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Saturday, July 28, Ray-
mond Marrow, Jr., Wrights-
ville R1, was taken to the St.
Joseph's Hospital by drivers
Christ Charles and Ray
Myers. Mr. Marrow was in-
jured at the Bachman’s Choc-
olate factory and was taken
from there to the hospital.
The same day, Mrs. Adams,
North Barbara Street, was
taken to the St. Joseph's
Hospital by drivers Charles
and Myers with Mrs. Robert
Hoffmaster as accompanying
nurse. The same day, the late
Mrs. Mable Rohrer, West
Main Street, was taken to
the Lancaster General Hos-
pital by drivers Charles and
Myers with Mrs. Hoffmaster
as nurse.
—
Enlist In Air Force
Thomas E. Zimmerman, 17,
of 115 South Barbara Street,
is among nineteen Lancaster
area men who enlisted re-
cently in the U. S. Air Force
and were sent to the Lack-
land Air Force, San Antonio,
Texas. Another Donegal High
School graduate included in
the 19 was George R. Mc-
Kain, 14 East Market Street,
Marietta.
FLORIN FIREMEN
PLAN CARNIVAL
Maybelle Seiger and her
Country Gentlemen will be
the featured entertainers for
the last Florin Fire Company
carnival of the season. The
musicians have been featured
on WWVA radio and televis-
ion, West Virginia.
postage stamps. A miniature
U. S. Post Office will be set
up on the grounds by postal
authorities especially for the
sale and ‘first day” cancella-
tion of stamps.
In discussing the life of
Buchanan, Dr. Klein, pro-
gram chairman and historic-
al authority, pointed out that jtems of business of the meet- 8: in the
before becoming President, ing. Jack Germer is the out- tary school building in Lan-
Buchanan was Ambassador
to England. It is for this
latter reason the present Bri-
tish Ambassador was invited
to speak.
Furniture Co.
Executive Talks
To Rotary Club
Richard Schneckenburger, trustee for two years. Harold April 4,
East Bender, Charles Bennett, Jr., gister
of ward Halter. Mr. Leibschultz school enrollment day is for
the Mr. Germer and Mr. Sheetz the children who have mov-
sales manager for the
Home Furniture Branch
Lancaster, spoke before
Mount Joy Rotary club at its
Tuesday meeting.
The Lancaster unit is part
of a nation-wide organization,
the largest manufacturer of
quality furniture in the coun
try.
Mr. Schneckenburger said
that his company had made
strides since it developed
flex-steel spring unit. This
unit, because it eliminates
coil springs, webbing and
tying, has made it possible to
introduce conveyor methods,
in quality furniture manufac-
ture.
At present, according
Mr. Schneckenburger, his
company is the only com-
pany using this spring unit,
although he predicted that in
the next five to ten years its
use would be almost univer-
sal.
to
Wins Prize In
National Contest
Mrs. Charles Young, Mt.
Joy R1, has submitted a win-
ning entry in the Sealy $500-
000 Posturepedic Contest it
was announced today by Sea-
ly, Ine., Chicago, manufactur-
ers of mattresses -and -con-
vertible sleep furniture.
The winner, who will re-
ceive a Posturepedic mattress 8 until 11 p.m. Please bring Scheol
from Keener Home Furnish-
ings, 15-31 Marietta Avenue,
where the contest wal offer-
ed locally, now is being con-
sidered for a grand prize
$20 000 in cash or common
stocks or an expense-paid va- Way; balloon dance, Arthur availeble adult courses to be
cation for two in Jamaica via
Delta Air Lines.
Entrants were asked to
choose a name for the Sealy
Posturepedic Girl, widely us-
ed in advertising the mat-
tress. The contest, one of the
largest ever held. drew hun-
dreds of thousands of entries
from every section of the U.
S. and Canada.
Keystone Sale
List Prices
Sixty-four head of Holstein
cattle brought a total of $16.-
120 during the 94th Keystone
Consignment Sale in town.
The top animal. consigned
by Clarence E. Lvons, was
sold for $715. The second
top animal, which brought
$500, was purchased by Nor-
man S. Davis, Newtown.
Bricks County. The third
highest animal was purchased
by Howard S. Erb, Manheim
for $470.
ULLETIN
FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR, NO. 7 MOUNT JOY, PA.,, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1956
SEVEN CENTS PER COPY
Community Picnic Next Wednesday
Father Will
Install Son
Commander
For the first time in the
ersole Post 185 American Le-
gion, a past commander will
install his son as the 1957
commander. Comrade Roy B
Sheetz, Lancaster, will in-
stall his son Gerald R. Sheetz
at the August 9 meeting of
the post.
Roy Sheetz has been com-
mander of Post 185 on three
different terms. Gerald
Sheetz, West Donegal Street,
was formerly a corporal in
the First Division of the U
S. Marines during World War
IT.
The meeting will be a din-
ner meeting beginning at 7
p. m. Following the dinner,
the installation of officers
will take place plus other
going commander.
Other officers to be instal
led are Samuel Snyder as
vice commander; Carl Peif
er, second vice commander;
Emory Krick, adjutant;
James Shaeffer, finance of-
ficer; Benjamin Groff, histor
ian; the Rev. John Gable,
chaplain; Robert Overly and
Lee Rice, sergeant-at-arms;
Jack Germer, trustee for 3
years; George Leibschultz,
are named as delegates to
county council
Council To Install
Heating Plant
met in
specal last Friday
night to discuss the plans for
the alterations and additions
to the firehouse-borough
chambers heating system
John J. Brinjac, heating
engineer from Harrisburg,
presented his plans and blue-
prints of the proposed new
system for the building. Af-
ter a discussion of the plans,
a motion was made to adver-
tise for bids for a new heat-
ing system. The vote was un-
animous in favor of the mo-
tion.
Bids will be received up
to 7:30 pm. August 16 at
which time a special meeting
will be held to open the bids.
The bids are being issued in
three options, coal and stok-
er, oil and gas.
--
Local Councilmen
session
Record Dance
Friday Night
A record
held Friday,
be
from
dance will
August 3,
your records.
Winners of Saturday nite
dance contests were: elimin
ation dance, Red Arnold and
of Georgie Mumper; spot dance, ceived in the new course it
Kenny Watkins and Karen
Gish and Deanna Walker.
Pickets Appear — Sewer
Work on the laying of sew-
er pipes on Mount Joy's
north side was resumed on
Monday afternoon after a
few hours’ delay caused
when union pickets appeared
in an effort to organize the
laborers on the job.
“We never had a strike,
since this was a non-union
job from the beginning,”
James B. Phillips, supern-
tendent for the Andrew R.
Palumbo Construction Com-
pany, Pittsburgh, told The
Bulletin today.
“About six weeks ago un-
ion representatives appeared
at our office and said they
would like to organize the
workmen. We told them to
go ahead and sign the men
Germers Attend
Air Squadron
Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ger-
mer, 121 N. Barbara Street,
returned from Milwaukee re-
cently after attending a re-
union of the 351st Air
Award Night Celebrate 58th Anniversary
Playground
Mount Playground
activities will close next
Awards Night Thurs-
the eight
— vy
ag
Joy's
week.
day will climax
Prizes will
various
This group of men trained
together in France during
World War I and hold a re-
union every two years. In
1958 the reunion will be held
at Mount Joy.
Mr. Germer is president of
the organization.
er
week session. be
awarded in age
groups for the
with the highest point total.
This week's highlight is
the Dog Show this evening
at the borough park under
sponsorship of the Ken-L-Ra-
tion Dog Food Company.
Judges are Dr. Loy C. Awk-
erman, Manheim veterinarian
and Grant Miller, agricultur-
al teacher at Donegal high
school.
Last Thursday night was
Father-Sop Night. In a soft-
ball game the fathers won,
14 to 3, and in kick ball
they also took their sons in-
to camp, 7 to 6. The fathers
and sons also enjoyed shuf-
fleboard, badminton, hand-
ball, nok hockey, tether ball,
horseshoes, and croquet.
On Monday the playground
youngsters were taken to os
Columbia to =n : - : as
activities there. Th Mount Joy's Nickel Fine
Publicized Internationally
95 who made the trip. The
Mt. Joy girls softball team
defeated Columbia, 16 to 14.
On Wednesday afternoon
the weekly swimming session ;
was held at Twin Oaks pool. . pa W. H. Hornafius, recently
Swimming lessons ai Her ing fine, already publicized returned from : Europe, for
shey will be concluded to- nationally, is now receiving the following clipping from
international recognition. The Sun-Lane News, pub-
lished daily at sea by the
American Export Lines, Inc.:
‘POLICE CARRY NICKELS
FOR DELINQUENT
morrow. Tomorrow at 1 p.m. thd
the Elizabethtown girls soft- _ The Bulletin is indeed 10
PARKERS
MT. JOY, Pa.—(UP)-—Mo-
ball team will come to Mt. .
Joy Next Monday the Col- Fire Destroys
Wheat Field
torists who park overtime in
this community now receive
umbia girls softball team will
visit Mount Joy, and Tues-
Salunga —
a helpful assist from the po-
I'ceman on the beat.
youngsters
Hempfield
Pre-School
Enrollment
Hempfield Joint Schools
will hold its second day of
pre-school enrollment August
Landisville elemen-
disville. It will be held from
8:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon and
from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
All pupils who will enter-
first grade who have not
been enrolled in kindergar-
ten in the Hempfield Joint
Schools for the school year
1955-56 and those who will
enter kindergarten in the
1956-57 school year will be
registered and enrolled. Chil-
dren who were registered on
1956 should not re-
again. This present
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel S. Hendrix, 106 East
Donegal Street, Mount Joy, will celebrate their
fifty-eighth wedding anniversary tomorrow,
Friday, August 3rd.
Mount Joy's nickel park-
ed into this school area since
April 4, 1956 and those who
were unable to register and
enroll on that date.
Pre-school maturity
will be administered to all
pupils registering for first
grade Birth certificates and
vace'nation certificates should
be presented when the pupils
are registered for kindergar-
ten or first grade.
Age requirements for the
children are kindergarten: 5
vears old on or before Janu-
ary 31, 1957; first grade, six
old on or before the
same date.
day evening the Bainbridge
girls softball team will be Landisville
here. A
Point leaders at the bor-
ough playground are: Girls:
5-10 Kathleen May, Kitty
Etsell, Judy
and up
Donna Eltz,
muth, Sandra
Helen Rutt
Boys: 5-8 — Michael Kear,
Richdrd Waltz. Ivan Wolge-
muth, Charles Brown: 9-10—
Barry Etsell, Kenneth Leak
way, Robert Pennell; 11-12—
Dennis Naugle, Bill Pennell,
Barry Coover; 13 and up —
Ronald Pennell, Terry Stark
and Terry Bailey.
There will be no play-
ground activities Wednesday
because of the Community
picnic
— — @ rm
DONEGAL 4-H
CLUB NEWS
The Donegal 4-H Club
met at the Donegal High
School Tuesday, July 31 with
30 members present. The
vounger group made chili,
tests
fire caused by a faculty
gasoline engine destroyed a-
bout one half acre of wheat
on a farm owned by Elwood
Shermick: 11 B. Hess, Manheim R1, be
Nadine Bailey, Landisville and East
Sandra Wolge- petersburg. Last Thursday at
Kretzing, and 3:20 P. M. The fire burned
over another half acre of cut
wheat, Hess reported, but
there was no danger of buil-
dings or other farm equip
Under a new system in-
augurated by the borough
council, the policeman puts a
nickel in the meter of the
delinquent parker.
tween
A pink ticket also is left
under the windshield wiper
asking the motorist to return
ment being threatened by the nickel to the burgess’ of.
fice within 48 hours, and the
the blaze. The East Peters- To :
burg Fire Company was the usual $1 fine will be forgot-
ten.”
first to arrive on the scene,
and the fire was extinguished
before the arrival of the
Landisville Fire Company
Hess was threshing the
baling wheat when sparks
from the exhause ignited the
wheat. The cause of the fire
did not became apparent un-
til dark, when Hess noticed
the sparks coming from the
machine.
ee
Named To
years
Screening tests for chil-
dren entering first grade will
be given at the following
hours: 9 am.,; 10 am.; H
am; and 1 pm.; and 2 p.m.
Parents having first grade
pupils should appear for reg-
istration and screening dur-
ing these hours.
-@ eee
School Offers New
Machine Shop
Course
Registrations are now be-
ing accepted for persons in-
terested in enrolling in a re-
lated industrial machine shop
the Donegal High
-Interested persons
are asked to call the office at
th» schnol,, MJ-3-6801, to
give their name and address.
Wins Free Trip
Thru High Sales
Mr. and Mrs. John Way of
the Wavs Appliances will
spend four days at Shawnee
on-the-De'avrare. The vaen-
tion from August 26 to 30 is
a prize Mr. Wav’s having
auonta in Necchi
machine sales
Two dealers in the
ig x will be included in the group
relish tray an ime freeze. : for having reaches ota: the
The older group made pizza Dean S List other dor is a
pies. relish tray and ice tea. Mildred G. Fitzkee, 34 E ershurg
The next meeting will be Main Street. is one of 45 stu Gig ®
held Aug. 7 at the home of dents enrolled at the Penn- yp. \ nap garg
Mrs. Lewis Bixler with the svlvania State University I py Hendrix son
Mount Joy group as guests College of Business Admini- of Vy ~nd Ms Winfield Hen-
for a treat of home-made ice stration cited for outstanding qvix. fell Saturdav evening
cream. scholarship and cut his lin which requir-
Miss Miriam Roland is the ed three sutures, he was
nosture contestent for the treated at the office of Dr.
group. Gates
for
reached a
ring
.
area
course at
If enough interest is re-
of An average of 3.50 or bet-
ter is required for the Dean’s
List.
will be added to the list
offered in the autumn.
Work Resumes
been made to employ as its
much local help as possible Nor was there any picketing
and that his crews are “98 at the disposal plant. being
per cent Lancaster county.” erected by R. M. Luff Con-
Asked when work would <‘ruction Co., Willow Grove.
start on Main street, Mr. Both of these companies em-
Phillips said: plov only union workmen.
“As you know we were C.& T. is making rapid
ready when the Authority progress except for the line
voted to put in new water across the fields, on which
valves. To my knowledge nothing can be done until the
nothing has been done on rights-of-way have been se-
them as yet We're waiting cured. Draft of these are be-
for the ‘go ahead’ frem the ing prepared. Clean-up work
Authority.” on the south section is mov-
Pickets were still in town ing along nicely.
today at sites where the Pa- Property owners on the
lumbo laborers were at work. north side of town, however,
There was no picketing on are expressing considerable
Palumbo firm has about 30 the south side of town, dissatisfaction with the peri-
men on the job now. He where C. & T. Affiliates, Col- ods of time that ditches are
stated that every effort had lingswood, N. J., is pushing left open.
“Union representatives said
they'd pull off the three un-
ion shovel operators, thus
closing down the job. We
told them to go ahead, which
they did. We then hired
three non-union operators
and our crews were back on
the job Monday afternoon.
To a question as to where
information published in the
Lancaster newspapers yester-
day that work was still at a
“standstill” came from, Mr.
Phillips said: “I have no
idea. Outside of a few hours
on Monday our crews have
been working all the time.”
Mr. Phillips said that the
The representatives left work toward completion
application cards in
the men to
was no re-
up
some
our office for
sign, but there
sponse.
“Some time later union
representatives returned and
we told them the men had
not responded.
“On Monday when the pic-
kets appeared on the job we
called the state police, who
advised us to call in local of-
ficers first, but that they
would be ready to assist if
any trouble should develop.
“We called in Chief Park
Neiss. He took some of the
union application cards with
him and told the men that
they could sign up. They still
didn’t want to sign up.
NA I pe RN
Rocky Springs
Is Scene
For Event
Next Wednesday is picnic
day for the residents of Mt.
Joy, Florin, Newtown and
Mayiown. Activities will be-
gin at Rocky Springs park at
10 am. when games and con-
tests will be featured. Play-
ground directors Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall Gemberling,
John Day, and Miss Joanne
Dunnick will be in charge of
the two-hour activity.
Afternoon activities will
include swimming in the
park pool and participating
in the rides of the park.
Special rates will be in effect
at the pool for the day if
tickets are purchased at the
park office. Adults will be
admitted on a 35¢ ticket and
the children, 15¢. The park
officials are also offering a
special price on the rides.
Any child or adult may pur-
chase one ticket for $1 which
entitles him to ride any of
the rides in the park for 3
hours. This dollar ticket will
be in use from 3:30 to 5 p.
m. and from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
As many rides as the holder
wishes tp take in that period
of time is his privilege.
The rides in the park in-
clude a ferris wheel, roller
coaster, fun house, cuddle-up
merry-go-round, whip, mini-
ature railroad, auto scooters
and airplanes.
Arrangements have also
been made with park officials
in case of rain. Both the ball-
room and the roller skating
rink will be open to the pub-
lic. The club room, located
near the entrance of the
park will be for the use of
mothers with small children.
Both television and cots will
be available.
Bus transportation wil] be
provided. Busses will leave
the Florin bank at 9 a. m.
and will make two stops in
Mount Joy, one at the First
National Bank and one at
the Union National Bank.
They will leave Rocky
Springs on the return trip at
8:30 p.m.
Tickets are now on sale in
four communi‘ies. In Mt. Joy,
they mav be purchased in
Sloan's Phar~acv or Tyndalls
Store and at Smith's Store
in Florin
One o'clock is the time for
he fourth annual Mount Joy
Golf tournament to begin at
‘he Media Heights course.
Gerald Hostetter is general
chairman of the tournament
vhich wil use the Callaway
sytem for handicapping.
Four prizes will be offered.
Gene Eicherly is general
chairman of the picnic day.
Notice To
Property Owners:
During the construction of
the sewer on the various
streets, would it be possible
for anyone who is away from
home or contemplating go-
ing on a vacation or anyone
I'ving on the when
they see the construction of
that particular sewer, would
it be convenient for you to
mark in some way, ejther
with a stake or paint on the
curb, where you would like
your sewer connection to be
placed. Our inspector makes
several cells to the various
homes and cannot find any=
one at home. It would sim-
plify the work .of the con-
tractor in knowing ahead
where the connections are to
be placed. Also, mark the
depth that would be required
at the curb line.
MOUNT JOY BOROUGH
AUTHORITY
street
Physician On Call
Sunday
Dr. Thomas O'Connor 5
AY
sh