RED ROSE VALLEY FARM & HOME NEWS The Mount Joy BULLETIN SECOND SECTION SECTION VOL. 63. NO. 28 NEWS IN MARIETTA E. Pete Asks Fire At Coin Laundry The Marietta Fire Co. re- sponded to a call at 8:15 p.m. Saturday to extinguish a fire at The Big Bundle, a coin operated laundry, locat- ed at 42 W. Market Street, Marietta. Firemen said that clothes being dried ignited. The clothes were tossed to the floor before being doused by firemen. The floor and the dried were damaged, but no estimate was given. The laundry is operated by Mrs. Edna M. Heltzle, 108 Eisenhower Blvd., Lancaster. The clothes belonged to Jim Hougentogler, 559 Union St., Columbia. Fire Chief Clarence Smuck was in charge of the fire fighting efforts. * baby * * Christmas Eve There will be a special Christmas Eve service Tues- day evening, Dec 24, at 7:30 pm. at the Zion Lutheran church in Marietta. There will be selections by the junior and senior choirs, and organ and piano numbers. The public is invited. . * * * Plan Yule Baskets Members of the Marietta Community Friends, met this week to discuss the distribu- Street Aid East tion of Christmas baskets to the needy and shut-ins. The meeting was at the home of Mrs. James R. Baker, Fair- view Ave. Baskets will be packed on Dec. 21, and dis- tributed by the Jay-Cees the same afternoon. ough streets. High and Carpenter and Jeanette Drive. In another matter, prelim- inary plans for a water main in the Sunset Beauty Devel- opment were approved. Melvin H. Weaver, 6211 Jeanette Drive, was named to a 5-year term on the Bor- ough Authority, starting Jan- uary 1. James Smith, secretary of Yule Customs Are Different In some countries Christ- mas gifts are given twice. In Italy, children and their elders, while waiting for the : main gift-giving day, Jan. 6, the Suburban Lancaster Joint draw small presents from a Sewer Board, briefly explain- jar callied the “Urn of Fate” (Twn to page 2) on Christmas Eve. ——————— The French exchange gifts on New Year's, but Pere Noel visits youngsters on Christmas Eve. In England, servants and tradespeople are remember- ed on Dec. 26, Boxing Day, with boxes of money. Expect Action On E'town Sewer An ordinance authorizing construction of a 27-inch sanitary sewer main a mile and a half long is scheduled to be approved by Elizabeth- town Borough Council at a special meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26. The new main, which is expected to cost approxi- mately $250,000 will aug- ment an existing 15-inch line, and will go through the Results and discoveries originating in the Veterans Administration vast program of medical research are made known to the world in more than 3,000 papers pub- lished in medical and scien- tific journals every year. “Over the Back Fence” by Max Smith THE GREATEST CATTLE place last week in Chicago at the International Fat Stock The official steer judge was Professor Herman Pur- Show. dy of Penn State University. tinguished honor to be selected as one of livestock event. the judges at this great Professor Purdy is enjoying tion as one of the best cattle judges in the world today. All Pennsylvanians be proud of this man who is on the faculty at Penn State. He is a great livestock industry of Pennsylvania. FREEZING WEATHER is at hand and all dairymen should bear in mind the danger from allowing the udder of the dairy cow to become chilled and irritated. The milking herd may be turned out daily for exercise for a short time but the cows should not be permit- ted to lie down on the cold ground. For the same reason they hhould not be allowed to lie down in the barn on yga of minerals in their ra- bare, cold, concrete floors. A tions. borough to Elizabethtown’s sewage treatment plant a- long Conoy Creek in West Donegal Twp. Borough Manager John Kane, this morning said the project will be financed with funds to be borrowed from a bank. The loan, he said, will be paid off with sewer rent- als. Bids for construction, he said, have been opened, but a contract has not yet been awarded. Low bid, he said, is $162,000. Added to this, he said, will be costs for right- of-way. Kane said the U. S. Public Health Service has been re- quested to give the borough financial aid for the work. Federal aid, the borough manager explained, is expec- ted to be 30 per cent on some portions of the work. The new 8,500-foot line, Kane said, is designed to meet the expanding needs of the borough. show in the world took It is a dis- the reputa- should asset to the Max Smith The mineral require- chilled udder is more sucep- ments vary between species tible to a number of inflam- of animals and between ani- mations and infections. Keep mals of the same kind; this plenty of bedding under the milking cows at all times. THE END of the year is al- most at hand and many rec- ord books will be closed out. Farm records will be studied by many good farmers who will try to determine their mistakes of 1963 and use the account book as a guide in planning for the coming vear. We urge all farmers to make good use of their rec- ords, not only for Income Tax purposes, but to do a better job next year. The records show where too much money was spent and where net income may be in- creased. By the way, it's time to be getting your Farm Ac- count Book for 1964. NEARLY ALL kinds of live- stock respond to the proper Seventy Percent (Turn to page 15) . Live In Town Seventy percent of Ameri- cans live in town. Many haven't set foot on a farm in years, but every- one has a big stake in agri- culture, says Dr. Russell E. Larson, Dean, College of Ag- riculture, and Acting Direct- or of the Cooperative Exten- sion Service, the Pennsyl- vania State University. He believes “The farmer's well-being affects everyone's job, most businesses, and the price paid for things. He's also the custodian of pree- ious soil and water resources BOOKMOBILE FIRST TUESDAY Mount Joy Memorial Park lto 8 pm. SECOND TUESDAY Mastersonville Fire Hall 10 to 12 a.m. and Manheim Square 12:30 to 4 p.m. THIRD TUESDAY Bainbridge Post Office 10 to 12 a.m, and Marietta Square 12:30 to 4 p.m. FOURTH TUESDAY that must be used wisely Landisville Fire Hall now, and kept for future 10 to 12:30 a.m. Americans for recreation, and forests, wildlife, and for East Petersburg Bank 12:30 to 4 p.m. open space around cities. (Turn to page 14) Approximately $6,000 will be sought for maintenance of streets CALL. MOUNT Joy 653-9661 Mount Joy, Penna. Wednesday December 11, 1962 NEWS IN MANHEIM Women's Club Meets “Pretty Packages,” a talk given by Miss Carol Weaver, featured the December meet- ing of the Manheim Women's Club in the social room of St. Richard's Catholic church. Christmas music was provid- ed by Miss Delphine Ritter, Petersburg Borough Council Tuesday night asked the county for financial aid for manitenance of three~bor- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Martin, 177 South Charlotte Street, Manheim, was judged the winner of the “Voice Of Democracy Contest,” spon- sored nationally by the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars for Lancaster County. assisted by her sister, Miss She is a senior at Manheim Mildred Ritter, and Miss Central high school and her Elizabeth Davis. Hostesses further plans call for a nurs for the meeting were Mrs. ing career. Lester Hackman, Mrs. Har- old Haatainen, Mrs. Eugene Hollinger, Mrs. Robert Eshel- man, Mrs. H. H. Martin, Jr., Mrs. Bernard Reese, Mrs. Ammon Shenenberger, Mrs. Clarence Shonk and Mrs. R. Robinson Walter. * * Her entry was entered by Post 5956, Manheim and was awarded top spot by judges at Ephrata, on Dec. 3. She will now enter the finals for the entire state of Pennsylvania, to be held in January. The winner of the state finals participate in the National with a $3,000 schol- arship to be awarded. * To Conference Barry Haldeman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Halde- man, Manheim R3, is one of 4 students from McPherson College at McPherson, Kans., who will attend the Brethren Student Christian conference Nov. 28 - Dec. 1 at North Manchester, Indiana. Barry is a junior at the colege. * * * Wins Contest Miss Judy Martin, daugh- Completes Course Pvt. Kenneth M. Wike, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marlin D. Wike, who live at 416 South Main street, Manheim, has completed advance combat training at Fort Hood, Tex., November 16. The 17-year-old soldier en- tered the Army in August of (Turn tu page 2) ™ WORRY CLINIC Case Records of a Psychologist By - George W. Crane, PhD., M. D. Paul is in the same boat with millions of young men. So he needs to become a social detective and pay more attention to a girl's costume than to foreign sports cars. By using the strategy below, Paul soon was able to win the most popular girls away from the matinee idols and campus athletes. Try it, men; CASE N-426; Paul G., aged 18, is a college freshman. “Dr. Crane,” he said, “I am the quiet type. So when I go on a date, I usually don’t have much to say. “As a result, I shun dates unless I am double dating with another fellow. Then I rely on him to carry on most of the conversation. “But tomorrow night I am dating solo so I am scared. “So how can I do it?” The girl is very attractive Well, girls as well as boys and I'd like to make a good are all born with that same impression on her. (Turn to page 8) MORE People READ FARM & HOME NEWS CLASSIFIEDS
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