2 the is ne- On the 1n- nd. rill to Ars be- ast 1as ly ral he As- in- nd t h en "O~ ~. - mpm —— WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 197. ° J. ROBERT KELLER J. Robert Keller, 66, of Manheim Road, died Satur- day, March 27, in Lancaster General Hospital. Although death was unex. pected, he had been under the care of a physician for some time. Born in Mount Joy, a son of the late Johnson B. and Mary Alice McGill Keller, he was a lifelong Mount Joy res- ident. He was a partner in the J. B. Keller Stockyards, which his father started in 1896, A past president of the Mt. Joy Borough Council, he was a member of St. Mary’s Cath- olic Church and Mount Joy Friendship Fire Company #1. He is survived by his wid- ow, S. Kathryn Cassel Keller, and a nephew, Raymond Kel- ler, of Mount Joy, with whom he was in partnership. Services were ‘held Tuesday morning from the Sheetz fu- neral home and burial made in the Mount Joy cemetery. HERBERT SARVER Herbert Eugene Sarver, Mount Joy R2, died at hcme Saturday March 27, unexpectedly. He had bzen under a doc- tor’s care for a heart condi- tion, , Born in Millerstown, Perry County, and a son of the late Irvin H. and Annie Taylor Sarver, he had been a resi- dent of Mount Joy for the past 12 years. Retired from the U.S. Air Force and last employed at the Olmsted Airport, Middle- town, he attended the Done- gal Presbyterian Church. He was a member of Newport Lodge No. 381 F and AM. He was also a member of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Har- risburg Zembo Temple, Lancaster County Shrine club, American Legion Post 329, of Elizabethtown, and the Veter- ans Association of the 104th Cavalry. 71, his STAY since ITCHING? Let doctor's formula stop it. Zemo speeds soothing relief to ex- ternally caused itching of eczema, minor rashes, skin irritations, non- poisonous insect bites. Desensitizes nerve endings. Kills millions of sur- face germs, aids healing. “De-itch” skin with Zemo, Liquid or Ointment. Quick relief, or your money back! afternoon, the A veteran of World War II he also served during the Korean Conflict. He retired as a Lt. Colonel after 30 years service with the U, S. Air Force. Besides his wife, Mary Strickler Sarver, he is surviv- ed by a sister, Julia, wife of Norman Bonsall, Millerstown; and a brother, Irvin T. Sarv- er, Middletown. Services were held Tuesday afternoon from the Sheetz funeral home and burial was made in the St. Mathews Lu. theran cemetery, Newport, Penna, ® Others are. Saying (From page 2) grams and activities need a good shot in the arm. And this could be “just the medi- cine the doctor ordered.” For what comes up at those meetings which involves par- ents and teachers which does not as directly involve the students. Get them participat- ing and we are sure that the discussions would become lively ones, indeed! And prob- ably mighty enlightening and helpful. all of this de- pends upon getting the stu- dents to attend — should the organization be expanded to include them. On that score we have serious misgivings, doubts which can be dispelled only if tried. And for that reason — it is worth exploring. —Lititz Record IT HAPPENED In Harrisburg By Jack Horner Now that Milton Shapp has his tax money to carry thru the next 18 months, the im- pression around Capitol Hill is that he wants the Legisla- ture to adjourn finally, and fast. House Republicans say: steady now, Milton. Very im- portant unfinished business still faces the General Assem- bly. Implementation of the new Local Government Article of the Constitution, for example. Its provisions can give our cities, boroughs and town- ships new muscle to deal with tough problems, and to coop- erate with one another. But the Legislature must act. This week the Local Gov- ernment Commission meets to consider two high - priority bills, dealing with home rule charters and optional forms of government. Another bill already intro- duced, Senate Bill 382, pro- vides methods for merger or consolidation of communities, and procedures to be followed in boundary changes. Bills providing for local re- apportionment and intergov- ernmental cooperation, which the Legislature failed to act Of course, SWEETIE PIE [E I upon last session, will be re- introduced. Other high-priority subjects the Legislature should act up- on include: —A ‘no-fault’ auto accident insurance bill, introduced by Republican members of the Consumer Protection Commit- tee, Under the no-fault system which U, S. Secretary of Transportation John A. Yolpe has asked all states to ‘ap- prove, accident victims collect from their own insurance companies, rather than engage in lengthy court proceedings. In Massachusetts where mno- fault insurance became legal in January, there has already been a 50 per cent reduction in claims, —House Bill 312, which would combine the General State Authority with the De- partment of Property & Sup- plies into a new Department of General Services. This is a good government bill, one which will save the taxpayers an estimated $12 million a year in capital construction costs. —A package of 68 bills which would confer both the benefits and obligations of adulthood upon young people 18 years of age and over, in line with the U. S. Supreme Court decision to qualify 18- year-olds to vote in Federal elections. House Republicans will also push for legislation to lower the voting age in time for the municipal elect- ions this fall. —A series of 33 bills, House Bills 315 through 347, increa- sing penalties for sabotage & malicious mischief. —House Bill 365, greatly increasing penalties for mak- ing bomb threats. —House Bills 487 and 488, which would require the Gov- ernor to submit an operating budget to the Legislature be- fore taxes could be increased. If such a law were now on the books, House and Senate Democrats could not have giv- en Milton Shapp the $1.5 bil- lion blank check they handed him on March 4. —House Bill 490, establish- ing regional community treat- ment centers for women, ad- ministered by the Bureau of Corrections in the Depart- ment of Justice. —House Bill 357, requiring annual reports to the Legisla- ture on the operation of the new intermediate unit system of school administration, to make sure how tax money is being spent, and if there is real improvement over the old county system. —House Bill 373, providing free tuition at State Colleges for children of policemen or firemen killed or totally dis- abled in the line of duty. —House Bill 419, providing for medical treatment of drug addicts, under the supervision of the Dept. of Health, —House Bills 405 through 409, whose enactment could result in great savings in the cost of school building con- struction. These bills would stop the “Taj Mahal” trend in school building by chang- ing standards, permitting use of the component system and single contracts construction and requiring approval before the construction or lease of a public school building. Here then are some, but by no means all, of the subjects to be considered and the bills already introduced which de- serve the close attention of the General Assembly. House Republicans say to Governor Shapp and the Democrat leadership in the House and Senate: forget a- bout hustling us out of town. THE BULLETIN, MOUNT JOY, PA. HELEN G. ASHMEAD Mrs. Helen G. Ashmead, 75 of 315 Barbara St., Landis- ville, died Thursday evening, March 25, at Lancaster Gen- eral hospital. Although she had been under the care of a physician, death was unex- pected, The wife of Fred R. Ash- mead Jr., she was born in Philadelphia, a daughter of the late Charles and Susan Kleinotp Shute, and was a resident of Lancaster County for the past 40 years. A member of the First Baptist church, she was very active in athletics and was a prominent bowler, At one time, she was the Lancaster County Women’s Bowling Champion, and also the first secretary of the Lan- caster Women’s Bowling league. : Besides her husband, she is survived by three daugh- ters, LaVerne, wife of George E. Meagher, Prospectville; Anna Jeanne, wife of George S. Scholes, Deerfield, Ill., and Irene A., wife of Stanley J. Buch, Lancaster, Also, one son, Fred R, III, Orlando, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Ida Reed, Willow Grove; two brothers, Russell C. Shute, of Philadelphia, and Richard Shute, Milford, Del; nine grandchildren and four great- grandchildren. Services were held Monday, Mar. 29 from the Chapel of the Whitemarsh Memorial Park. The Goldfinch is sometimes referred to as the “Wild Can- ary’’! Let’s stay in Harrisburg and do the job our constituents sent us here to do. PAGE THREE GUEST SPEAKER AT FLORIN CHURCH The Rev. Lamar Gibble, Peace and International Af- fairs consultant of the Church of the Brethren, Elgin, Ill, will be the guest speaker in the Florin Church of the Brethren, Palm Sunday, April 4 at 10 a.m, Rev. Gibble, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gibble, of 375 S. Market Avenue, Mount Joy was the former pastor of the Good Shepherd Church of the Brethren, outside of Washing- ton, D.C., for a number of years, He is a graduate of Eli- zabethtown college, Bethany Theological seminary, and re- ceived a master’s degree from American university, Wash- ington, " His responsibility in the na- tional office of the Church of the Brethren has recently tak- en him to Japan, Vietnam and the Far East, Earlier, he visit- ed the Iron Curtain countries and the World Council of Churches Assembly. Rev. Gibble is married to the former Nancy Heatwole, Palmyra, and {father of two sons, Band Exchange Donegal high school band was host to the West Perry high school band for an ex- change program on March 27 and 28. The combined bands presented a concert Saturday, March 27 at 8 pm. in the Donegal high school auditor- ium. West Perry band members were overnight guests in the homes of Donegal students. The Donegal band entertained all Perry guests at a party following the Saturday night concert. Ackley Covered Bridge, r= Pennsylvania? 1832, per fia Greenfield Village [ ; “nm i x “NOW HE BELONGS TO the ages.” These words, re- portedly spoken by Secretary of War Stanton at 7:22 a.m. on April 15, 1865, climaxed a night of confusion, grief and near- panic. Almost exactly nine hours earlier, at Ford's Thea- ter across the street .from where Stanton now stood in a tiny bedroom in the Peterson house, President Abraham Lincoln had been mortally wounded. He was never again to regain consciousness. The rocking chair, shawl and theater program Lincoln used the night of his assassination, Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, died less than two weeks later. He was either shot by Federal troops or by his own hand just before the barn on the Garrett farm in which he hid was set afire, destroying his body. On July 7, the seven men and one woman found guilty of complicity in the plot were hanged. From the conspiracy trial, come the known facts of the crime. On Good Friday eve- ning, April 14, 1865, the Presi- dential party arrived in the box especially prepared for them at Ford's Theater to see a performance of ‘Our Ameri- can Cousin.” After acknowl- edging the ovation from' the audience, the President settled into the red, silk damask rocker brought there from the manager's office for him: Toward the end of the third act, Booth let himself silently into the box. A well’ known actor, he was familiar with both the theater and the play. He knew that the President: would be out of sight of the audience with his back to the door and that there would: be only one actor on stage at this moment. Drawing a single-shot Derringer, he fired at the Pres- ident’s head. As the President slumped forward, Booth rushed to the front of the box where he struggled with a member of the party before leaping to the stage. In the panic that broke out in the theater and the fear that held the Capital, the theater was closed and the furniture in the box confiscated. Much of the testimony at the trial cen- tered around the assassination chair — why it was moved into the box and why is was placed in such a vulnerable position. When the investigation was over, Secretary Stanton placed it in his office until it was moved to the basement of the Smithsonian Institution where it remained for over 50 years. In 1929 the heirs of the thea- ter's owners ined pesses- sion of the chair. It was ob- tained from them for Green. field Village in Dea , Mich. igan, layed in the’ e's Logan County Cou e, where Lincoln onee practised law, this mute relic now serv to keep his memory fresh.
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