Office of Aging Honors Volunteers in Adams County
The Adams County Office for Aging awarded six individuals and four organizations for outstanding service to seniors. Recipients include Catherine M. Sullivan, Helen Tunison, Marion Harbaugh, Marie Fox, and John, with groups such as Lower Adams Meals on Wheels and Gettysburg Meals on Wheels recognized. Mrs Mamie D. Eisenhower received the Distinguished Older American Award. ceremony held at Hickory Badge Farm.
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Adams County
Washington
Gerysburg
Hickory Badge Farm
Catherine M. Sullivan
Board of Directors
Helen Tunison
representive
Marion Harbaugh
Biglerville
Biglervile
Gettysburg
Gettysburg farcees
St. James Lutheran Church
Citizens Advisory council
Board of
Mamie D. Eisenhower
bei
Biglerville Keeps Four Mill Tax Rate In 1979 Budget
Biglerville Borough adopts a budget maintaining a four mill real estate tax and a 0.5 percent earned income tax plus a $5 per capita tax. The General Account stands at 149,093.41 dollars with various budgets for Sewer Highway Aid and Capital Reserve. Donation to Adams County Library set at 700 dollars, including 200 from the general account and 500 from Federal Revenue Sharing. Parking on sidewalks to be enforced. Jaycees discuss park project. lawmakers back amendment to exempt local officials from ethics code changes.
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Biglerville
Capital Reserve
Adams County Library
Robert McQuaid
Biglerville Water Company
Upper Adams Jaycees
Jaycee Park
Moore
Kenneth Cole
Driver Injured In Two Car Collision Near Gettysburg
At 3 33 p m Saturday a two car crash at the Rt Wand Herr s Ridge Rd intersection west of Gettysburg sent Ms Carre Sebold 2 1970 Volkswagen sedan operator to Warner Hospital where she was treated and released Cumberland police said C F McCurry Gettysburg R 3 stopped for a stop sign and pulled into Sebolds path causing severe damage to her VW and moderate damage to his Chrysler He was uninjured in the crash
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Carre Sebold
Fairfield R. 1
Warner Hospital
Rt. Wand
Herr’s Ridge Rd
Gettysburg
Sebold
Local Weather Brief Wed Grid With Sparse Times
Weather note shows limited data with Wednesday high and morning low missing. It lists vague times 5 3 am and Ti 30am, plus unclear RL and NW newspaper tag.
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Nwspapr
Christmas Show At Planetarium At Gettysburg College
A special Christmas show will be presented at Gettysburg College's Hatter Planetarium this Sunday December 17 at 7:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Dr Laurence Marschall the college astronomer will lead a program examining whether there is a historical basis for the Star of Bethlehem using music light and visual displays to explore what might have happened in the heavens nearly two millennia ago.
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Gettysburg College
Hatter Planetarium
Laurence Marschall
Star of Bethlehem
New President Named for Adams County Bar Association
Donald G Oyler was elected president of the Adams County Bar Association at its annual meeting in the Adams County Courthouse Law Library. Chester G. Ait will serve two-year terms as vice president, with H Thomas Pyle and Gary E Hariman also filling top offices. Only 2 of the 36 members attended the gathering where local rules and committee reports were discussed.
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Donald G. Osler
Geysbore R
Adams Corn Bar Association
Adams County
Atty
H. Thomas Pyle
Chester Gs AIT
S.M Raffensperger
Gettysburg
Gary E Hariman
Neighbors Put Out Fire In VW Sedan
An electrical malfunction caused about 200 dollars damage to the engine compartment of a 1968 Volkswagen sedan driven by Melody Hill in Gettysburg R. 9. Neighbors extinguished the blaze before local firefighters arrived. Fire confined to rear engine area.
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Melody Hill
Gettysburg
Foursquare Gospel Church
David Staub
Sweeney
Rt 2
Hampton
Hampier
Heidlersburg
Lake Meade
Lake Meatie Drive
Wiliam Rector
York Springs
Thomas Collins Chosen to Fill Biesecker Commissioner Post
A Gettysburg man, Thomas L. Collins, was nominated by the Adams County Republican committee to be county commissioner after Harry F. Biesecker resigns. Judge Oscar F. Spicer will name the successor next Wednesday at 9 am in county court. Collins, a former school teacher and painting contractor, is a Gettsyburg School Board vice president, Mt. St. Mary’s College 1983 graduate, married to Nancy L Johnson, and a member of several local and national groups.
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Collins
Adams County
Assny National Federation of Independent Businesses
HGAC
Gettysburg Elks Lodge
Soil Reports Questioned At Freedom Two Meeting
Terrence R Weitzel resigns as chairman of the township board amid debate over soil reports and proposed sewage lots at Freedom Two. David Thomas of Gettysburg and attorney Terry Bossert push for a decision on five parcels despite testing disputes. Township official Robert Campbell urges full facts before any action. Thomas cites high costs and seeks permits for sewage disposals while Shultz conducts further testing requests.
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Freedom Two
Terrence Weitzel
Freedom
Terrence R. Weitzel
board of supervisors
Weitzel
David Thomas
Gettsburg
Terry Bossert
Harrisburg
Bossert
Thomas
Bosseri
Bosser
Robert Campbell
Campbell
Dean Shultz
Shultz
Shultton
Gettysburg Fire Department Elects New Chief and Officers
James Nett was re elected to a fourth term as president while Robert Fapree ta rone to his first term as vice president. Gerald White steps down after five years as chief. Other officers named include Robert Hevser as vice president James Weiker as financial secretary Roger Hevser as recording secretary Barry Hallett as treasurer Charles Kerrigan as trustee David Staub as first assistant fire chief Ronald Bowers as second assistant fire chief Barry Noel as captain and Timon Lina as lieutenant. An $15000 project to refurbish General Ike the 1857 Mack pumper was approved, to be rebuilt at Hamerry Custom Production in Shartlesville Pa with a new 1000 gallon tank and gauges.
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Gettysburg
Enrieco Co
Hanover
Gerald White
Robert Hevser
James Weiker
Roger Hevser
Barry Hallett
Charles Kerrigan
David Staub
Ronald Bowers
Barry Noel
Timon
Lina
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hameriy Custom
Shartlesville
Getty Fire Department
James Nett
Robert Plank
David Stanb
Charles J. Kerrigan
James Weikert
Roger Heyser
Robert Hesser
Timon Linn
Times hoio
Holiday Bureau Closes Friday in Adams County
The Holiday Bureau, in its 21st year at Gettysburg Presbyterian Church, closes Friday December 3 to receive gifts and toys from Adams County citizens. 325 families, including 67 children 12 and under, need help. 24 hours remain to meet needs with new toys and redeemable bill certificates. Volunteers assist from 9:00 to 30 p.m., and gifts will be distributed Saturday or soon after.
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Adams County
Charles A. Smith
Kermit Benier
Sheltered Workshop Not Selling Bulbs or Taking Calls
David E. Simpson, executive director, says Adams-Hanover Area Sheltered Workshop does not sell bulbs or other household items by phone. He warns local people about solicitors misrepresenting the workshop and urges direct donations to the workshop offices in Gettysburg or Hanover.
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David E. Simpson
Adams-Hanover Area
Simpson
Adams County
Hanover
Fourth St
Gettysburg
Centennial Ave
Bigierville High School Christmas Concert Highlights
The Bigierville Junior Senior High School Music Department presents its annual Christmas concert Sunday Dec 17 at 3 p.m. in the high school auditorium under Mrs. C William Settle and Steve Bowman. A brass ensemble starts at 2 30 p.m. with carols before the program begins featuring seventh grade chorus Mindy Warren and others in a sequence of carols and solos. The Senior Sextet Mindy Warren Stacy Seitle Deb Wenger Kathy Hartman Mark Sawyer Alan Black performs Out of The East and Silent Night followed by the Senior Girls Chorus Marys Little Lamb Come To Bethlehem Where’s Christmas and Over In Bethlehem. The Senior Band performs Christmas Curtain Raiser variations on We Three Kings Overture To The Messiah and Christmas Fugue. Pianos Stacy Settle Cindy Wilson Chris Fetters Mike Frederick and instrumental accompanists Greg Clark Tim Patrick Edy Walmer. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Bigierville
C. William Settle
Steve Bowman
Mindy Warren
Stacy Seitle
Deb Wenger
Kathy Hartman
Mark Sawyer
Alan Black
Greg Clark
Tim Patrick
Edy Walmer
Radio Board to Act On Sheriff’s Request on Frequency Change
Sheriff Bernard V Miller seeks to put his department on the same radio frequency as local police. The county commissioners and the Radio Board of Governors will decide, with the Law Enforcement Association’s input not required, amid a county owned equipment changeover. Miller cites jealousy from some local officers yet expects board approval. Fox, Miller, and Herring sit on the board with Guise as non voting member. A Monday board meeting is tentatively planned.
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Radio Board of Governors
iteal
county Sheriff's Department
Bernard V. Miller
James Fox
county civil defense
radio board
Law Enforcement Association
Miller
Enal
Kenneth E. Guise
Vance Seeks Israeli Agreement on Egyptian Peace Pact
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance failed to win Prime Minister Menachem Begin's consent to U S favored terms for the Egyptian peace treaty. Vance planned to return to Cairo and Washington, as Begin convened a special cabinet meeting to decide the government's course of action. Both sides kept peace as a common goal, with a final meeting expressing shared aims.
Meeting On Oakside Park Development
A special meeting to discuss Oakside Community Park development is set for Tuesday Dec 19 at 8 pm in the Gettesburg National Bank Community Room Biglerville. Attendees include Upper Adams municipalities residents and Lipper Adams School Board representatives.
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Oakside Community Park
Gettesburg National Bank
Biglerville
Robert D_ Tate
Upper Adams
Lipper Adams
Oakside Park
Franklin Two
Tyrone
Arendtsville
Bendersville
Menallen
Butler
Oakside
Upper Adams Jaycees
Sacre park
Rt. 394
Scott Ebbert Trosiel
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