East Berlin weighs private census to counter shrinking population
East Berlin officials consider hiring a private census after state projections show population decline from 1970 to 2000. The move aims to preserve federal and state aid tied to population while the borough questions state figures and seeks water and sewer planning loans. A mobile home subdivision proposal stalls as planning officials await sketch plan fees.
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JEFFREY G. BARBER
EAST BERLIN
Adams County
John I. Callenbach
state Department of Environmental Resources
U.S
William F. Goudling
Charles Spangler
Planning Commission
Gary Lerew
Chester Linka
Beaver Village
planning board
Lerew
Department of Environmental Resources
East Berlin Reorganizes Borough Council Names New Leaders
Joanne M. Wisenhart becomes East Berlin’s first woman council president at a reorganizational meeting. The borough also reelects Richard Riggs as VP and adds Barry Oswald and Jay Weaver to the council. Pay raises and firm changes, including Wolf and Oyler as solicitor, are approved. New Littlestown mayor Frank Basehoar sworn in for four years.
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Joanne M. Wisenhart
East Berlin
Wisenhart
Ronald C. Spangler
Eisenhart
Richard C. Riggs
Barry C. Oswald
Jay E. Weaver
Spangler
John C. Lerew
Gettysburg
Wolf and Oyler
Buchart-Horn
Littlestown
Frank Basehoar
Stewart N. Long
borus council
Richard Selby
Samuel Micheals
Pius ‘autenis
Monroe Stavely
Michael
Bonneauville reorganizes council swears in new members
At the Bonneauville Borough Council reorganizational meeting Magistrate James Long swore in Justus Arthur and Harry Long Sr as new councilmen, re-elected Harold Hawbaker, and Gerald Pfaff as mayor. Raymond Small and David Heberling left the council. Richard Weaver was re-elected council president and Roger Miller vice president.
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Bonneauville
James Long
Justus Arthur
Harry Long Sr
Harold Hawbaker
Gerald Pfaff
Raymond Small
David Heberling
ichard Weaver
Roger Miller
Bernard Shanebrook
Margaret Miller
Dorothy Busbey
COLONIALS LOSE IN BASKETBALL TEST
The Camp Hill Lions lost 40 to 32 to New Oxford as Lantor and Reilly carried the scoring load. The game showcased a two man offense for Camp Hill on Tuesday night.
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Larry Dillon
Franklin Township
Glenn Hartzell
Gene Williams
John W. Beach
Martin and
Martin
Clyde Topper
Hartman
COLONIALS
Camp Hall
Steve Lantor
Mike Reilly
Lions
New Oxford
LIU Faces Severe Funding Cuts and Staffing Drop
Lincoln Intermediate Unit Directors hear grim federal funding news at January meeting. Grim reports LIU budget cuts could slash handicapped funds by 66 percent if block grants are used, reducing staff from 30 in 1980 to ten today and prompting search for alternative financing.
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CYNTHIA POWELL
Lincoln Intermediate Unit Board of Directors
Bettysburg Area
Jesse H. Grim
York County
LIUrogram
York
Grim
LIU
Kidnap Victim’s Vehicle Recovered by Dover Police
Dover New Jersey detectives located the car belonging to Clayton W. Dame of Dover after he was abducted by three armed men for four hours Monday. The vehicle was abandoned near Tremont Route 8 about 30 miles northeast of Harrisburg. No ransom was paid and investigators seek fingerprints to identify the suspects.
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ALEXANDER F. WILKIE
Dover
Clayton W. Dame
Barlow's Knoll
Gettysburg
Raymond Porphy
Dame May
New Jersey
Dame
tus
Tremont
mies
Harrisburg
Porphy
Olinger hails historical society’s best year yet in 1981
Adams County Historical Society president George W. Olinger praised the 1981 results as the finest year in the society’s history at Schmucker Hall. Dr Charles H. Glatfelter detailed the year’s acquisitions, rising museum value, expanded display space plans, and high inquiry levels from researchers across the United States and beyond.
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the
Adams County Historical Society
George W. Olinger
county society
Schmucker Hall
Charles H. Glatfelter
Glatfelter
North Dakota
Canadian
England
Local woman seeks state representative race in 9th district
Shirley M. Reed a Warner Hospital staff nurse and Gettysburg College political science graduate announced on Tuesday her bid for the Republican nomination for the 9th district state House seat in the May primary. She would be the first woman to seek the office and may face Clark E. Spence for the party nomination.
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Shirley M. Reed
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg tourism urged to aid Adams County economy in 1980s
Henry H. Roger Robinson of the Gettysburg Travel Council told Adams County Taxpayers Association tourism boosts tax relief and earnings but faces competition and rising costs. He urged county funding and township support while warning against relying on tourists to fund schools and projects. The group reported tourism supports 2,200 jobs and $72 million in annual revenue.
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MARIA CARACCIOLO
Adams County
Gettysburg Travel Council
Henry H.Roger Robinson
Adams County Taxpayers Association
Robinson
travel council
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Obingon
John B Horner
Horner
Stephen A Patka
Harold Streett
Lois Patka
Thomas E Cray Sr
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