Mired motorist returns to find car burned after aid call
A Hanover motorist found his 1973 Chevrolet coupe burned in a private Maple Grove Road drive after going to seek help for a snowbound car. Firefighters from Abbottstown and neighboring units extinguished the blaze in the engine compartment and interior. Additional weekend fires included car blazes in Gettysburg parking lot and Littlestown incident, chimneys at multiple homes, and a basement fire under investigation.
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Adams County
Hanover
Maple Grove Road
Abbottstown
Berwick Twp
Ralph Zinn
James R. Eichelberger
Zinn
Eichelberger
Gettysburg
Shirley L. Smith
Holly Springs
Steinwehr Ave
David Staub
Littlestown
White Hail
Jack Rudisill
Bonneauville Fire Co
Kingsdale
Pleasant Valley
Richard Burkhard
Cherrytown Road
George Arbaugh
Carrell County Fire Marshals Department
Arbaugh
Earnest Barnes
Mehring Road
William Ridinger
dames
Midway
Jiffy Manufacturing Co
Blettner Ave
Conewago Two
Richard Fuhrman
SCCAP Names Ass't Director G Warren Elliott
G Warren Elliott was named assistant director of South Central Community Action Programs Inc Gettysburg. Former program manager for Franklin County Manpower Planning he oversaw a 3 million dollar program. Elliott, a Shippensburg State College graduate, earned a masters from Shippensburg and held internships with Carlisle borough and Pennsylvania State Association of. He was selected from 50 applicants and resides in Saint Thomas Franklin County.
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G. W. ELLIOTT
Jean Odom
South Central Community Action Programs, Inc
Gettysburg
G. Warren Elliott
Elliott
prgram
Franklin County Manpower Planing
Eliott
Shippensburg State College
borough of
Carlisle
Pennsylvania State Association of
St. Thomas
Franklin County
Water Tank Floods McSherrystown Street
A 12 inch transmission line cracked flooding the 500 block of North Street and drenching North Street and Oxford Avenue in McSherrystown Sanders Hill area. About 250000 gallons escaped into cellars and ice formed. water pressure lost boroughwide for nearly 24 hours as Hanover Municipal Water Works crews worked to drain and repair the line. Fire company workers pumped cellars and cleared debris while streets were closed and repairs aimed for Sunday morning restoration at about 9 a.m.
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North Street
Oxford Ave
Sand Hill
McSherrystown
Hanover Municipal Water Works
McSherrystown fire company
North St
eather
Legion Meeting Post No 202 to Convene at 8 PM
The Albert J. Leniz Post No. 202 of the American Legion will meet this evening at 8 o'clock at the American Legion building on Baltimore Street. The session had been postponed from last Monday due to bad weather.
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Albert J. Leniz
the
American Legion
Baltimore St
Laura Freed Dies County Jury Official
Laura R Sterner Freed 73 of 207 Carlisle St New Oxford died at home Sunday morning She was born in Philadelphia daughter of Charles W and Margaret E Sterner a Gettysburg High School graduate class of 1922 She ran a produce business nine years after her husband Merile R Freed died in 1951 She belonged to St Pauls United Church of Christ Eastern Star Hanover Chapter 378 White Shrine of Jerusale Gettysburg Independent Order of Red Men Adams County Democratic Club Century Club Senior Citizens American Association of Retired Persons New Oxford 500 Card Club Marion Oxfordites Club past president of the Ladies Auxiliary New Oxford Fire Co and Adams County Jury Commissioner since 1958 former registrar of vital statistics She is survived by a daughter Mrs Donald Wiseman Somerset NJ four grandchildren four sisters Mrs Alston Bovette York two brothers Emory E Sterner York Funeral services Wednesday at 10 am from Feiser Funeral Home New Oxford with Rev Robert Musser and Rev Edward Keyser officiating Interment New Oxford Cemetery Friends may call Tuesday 7 to 9 pm donations may be made to cancer or heart fund in lieu of flowers
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Laura R. Sterner Freed
Carlisle St
New Oxford
bor
Philadelphia
Charles W
Margaret E. Spangler Sterner
Gettysburg High School
Merile R. Freed
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Eastern Star
Hanover
Jerusale
Gettysburg
independent order of the Reindeer
York
Adams County
Democratic Club
Century Club
New Oscford
American Association of Retired Persons
Marion Oxfordites Club
New Oxford Fire Co
New Oxford Cemetery
Feiser
cancer
heart fund
Warner Hospital Blood Bank Earns 2-Year Accreditation
Warner Hospital Blood Bank has received a two year accreditation from the American Association of Blood Banks. Medical director Dr. C Harold Johnson said the on site inspection confirms the facility meets AABB standards. The program highlights professional proficiency and aims to uphold excellence in transfusion services nationwide.
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Warner Hospital
American Association of Blood Banks
AABB
C. Harold Johnson
Annie M. Warner Hospital Laboratory
U.S
Johnson
AABB Committee on Standards
National Committee on Inspection and Accreditation
William H Pensyl Dies Longtime B&L Official
William H. Pensyl 82 of Gettysburg died at 5 45 p m Sunday at Harrisburg General Hospital after two weeks illness He was a native of Adams County son of the late Calvin D and Leah Mummert Peasor He served 35 years with Gettysburg Savings and Loan until 1972 merger and remained director of Carlisle Board and Gettysburg advisory group He was World War I veteran and member of several fraternal orders Survivors include a sister Miss Maude Pensyl Interment in Evergreen Cemetery Monahan Funeral Home services at 2 p m with Rev William H Barr officiating
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William H. Pensyl
Middle St
Gettysburg
Harrisburg General Hospital
Adams County
Calvin D
Leah Mummert Peasor
Gettysburg United Methodist Church
Gettysburg Savings and Loan Association
Cumberland Valley Savings and Loan Association
the
savings and loan
Pensyl
Carlisle Board of Directors
United States Army
Good Samaritan Lodge No
Harrisburg
Last Man's Club
Albert J. Lentz
American Legion Post
Evelyn M. Burgoon
Maude Pensyl
Hanover
Monahan
William H. Barr
vergreen Cemetery
Monahan Funeral Home
SPCA Session On Tuesday At 7 30 Pm
The Adams County SPCA board of directors and membership will meet with county commissioners and municipal officials Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the courthouse to discuss proposed construction of a county animal shelter. The meeting will cover critical need, estimated construction and equipment costs, and financing, per SPCA chairman Ronald O. Nicodemus. Members and all interested persons are urged to attend.
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Adams County
SPCA board of directors
Ronald O. Nicodemus
SPCA
Miners See Leverage Rise After Rejected Pact Vote
Shrinking coal stockpiles and a 3 to 6 vote against the tentative pact extend the United Mine Workers strike into its seventh day. UMW President Arnold Miller says the rank and file would have accepted the contract and opposes government intervention to end the walkout.
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United Mine Workers
Washington
UMW
CBS Morning News
Arnold Miller
Miller
Prevention Of Crime Week Observed In Gettysburg
National Crime Prevention Week is observed in Gettysburg under the Exchange Club. Mayor Charles Lightner signed a proclamation urging observance through February 18 to focus on crime prevention and citizen participation in the club’s program. Sgt. Russell Potter will speak at Gerystare High School at noon Tuesday and again at the Exchange Club meeting Tuesday evening at the Lamp Post Restaurant.
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Gettysburg
local Exchange Club
Charles Lightner
hange Club
Pennsylvania
Robert P. Snyder
Russel Potter
Gerystare High School
Sgt. Potter
Exchange Club
Lamp Post
Car Slams Snow Bank Injuring Three New Oxford Men
Three New Oxford area men were treated at Hanover Hospital after their 1964 Ford sedan left Rt 4 two and a half miles south of Cross Keys, struck a snow bank, and overturned at 8 p.m. Sunday. Driver Daniel L Heagey was uninjured. three passengers Rodney E Heagey Paul C Fritz Jr and Joe King Jr were treated and released.
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New Oxford area
Hanover Hospital
Cross Keys
Oxford Two
Leroy Klinefelter
Daniel L. Heagey
New Oxford
Heagey
Berwick
Ralph Zinn
Irishtown
Rinehart
Brian Friser
New Oxford R
Will Talk On Politics And Energy Crisis
Howard Bird of Mobil Oil Corp will give a free public address on Politics and the Energy Crisis at Gettysburg College Bowen Auditorium at 7 30 pm He will be this year’s Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow visiting Feb 12 17 25 and will discuss Latin American civilization American foreign policy public administration and Western Man ideas with students and faculty He will also meet with Sigma Nu and senior seminar participants and speak on career possibilities in international business.
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HOWARD BIRD
Mobil Oil Corp
Gettysburg College
Bowen
Bird
Woodrow Wison
Gettysburg
American Marketing Association
Patrick
Sigma Nu fraternity
Schenectady
N.Y
Yale University
Mobil
Colombia
Mexico
Switzerland
Mobil Oil de Mexico
Latin America
regi
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SCCAP
Ass’t
McSherrystown St
Legion Meeting
Laura Freed
Westinghouse Electric Co
Biglerville
Kent Sheihamer
Warner Hospital Blood Bank
Wm. H. Pensyl
B&L
tren
Harry Moai Jr
James Noel
McSherrystowan
Associated Press
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