Visitation up at Gettysburg Park in 1961 amid recovery
Park Superintendent John Earnst reported 1961 total visitation to Gettysburg National Military Park reached 1,314,000 with 182,000 at Eisenhower Farm, marking about a 12 percent rise from 1960. He cited fuel shortages in 1979 as a turning point toward recovery and noted shifts to bus travel and longer trips diminishing.
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ALEXANDER F. WILKIE
Gettysburg National Military Park
John R. Earnst
Eisenhower Farm
Earnst
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Park Service
Jennie Gardner reaches 100 in Lancaster County life
Jennie Paull Gardner born January 18 1882 continues active life in Aspers with son in law Paul Reaser and daughter. She recalls frontier childhood with Holstein cow tale and early moves to Pine Grove Furnace Uriah and Lancaster, married Charles Gardner in 1903, five daughters born 1904 1916, widowed 1955. She remains engaged in church seniors and local events while receiving presidential greetings.
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BETTY J. McCAUSLIN
Lancaster County
Jennie Paull Gardner
Julia
Baltimore
Gardner
Pine Grove Furnace
Fuller Mansion
Fuller Lake
Pine Grove
Uriah
Olivet Baptist Church
Lancaster
Gardners
Gettysburg College students run Sesquicentennial Phone-a-Thon
Gettysburg College students and faculty volunteers host a fundraiser titled Your Gift Keeps Quality Up Costs Down. Twenty five students field calls to alumni around the country aiming for eleven thousand dollars in the evening. Organizers Andrew Patton and Polly Rae stress the experience for students and plan to raise substantial funds toward general operating expenses and tuition gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CYNTHIA POWELLimes
Gettysburg College
athon
leare
Andrew Patton
Polly Rae
Rae
Patton
County orchardists learn of precautions for working with chemicals
Adams County orchardists were urged to avoid unnecessary exposure to pesticides by wearing protective clothing and following safety measures discussed at a Musselman plant seminar. Researchers from Penn State measured worker exposure to benomyl captan and mancozeb, noting long term effects remain unknown.
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caref ul
Adams County
Pennsylvania State University
Biglerville
Musselman’s
Thomas E. Piper
Eugene
captan
Kenneth D. Hickey
Fruit Research Laboratory
Hickey
Piper
Musselman
Shaffer
Tom Piper
spra
Poland signals lifting martial law and release plan debated
Reports from a Polish ambassador say the military regime plans to free union leader Lech Walesa and wind down martial law soon, though another source questions the accuracy of the claim. Meanwhile, page references note farm show awards favor Adams Countians and sports results from tennis and basketball.
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Lech Walesa
gorsey
Adams
Weather outlook with flurries and light snow chance
A weather forecast notes mostly cloudy conditions on Monday with a chance of flurries and highs in the low to mid 20s. Monday night into Tuesday brings a continued chance of snow with temperatures in the teens to low 30s and a 50 percent to 20 percent precipitation probability. Winds shift to south at 5 to 15 mph.
DOT rep to present talk Wednesday at Gettysburg College
Michael Kitsock regional representative of the U S Department of Transportation will present a lecture in the series The Federal Government Views from Inside Wednesday at 8 p m in the College Union Building at Gettysburg College Kitsock a native of Mahanoy Plane was appointed to his post by Secretary Drew Lewis in 1981 He covers Federal Regions 1 3 including Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and West Virginia He previously spent 22 years at General Motors in Detroit most recently as account development sales manager for the AC Delco unit He holds an M A from the University of Scranton and is a URI graduate The Ideas and Issues Committee of the College Union Board sponsors the lecture
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Michael Kitsock
U.S. Department of Transportation
College Union
Gettysburg College
Kitsock
Mahanoy Plane
Secretary of Transportation
Drew Lewis
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Philadelphia
DOT
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
General Motors
Detroit
AC-Delco
University of Rhode Island
University of Scranton
College Union Board
Nine Lutheran Churches Form The Cluster in Upper Adams
Nine Lutheran congregations in Upper Adams County form The Cluster to share ministries including hospital ministry cooperative purchasing outreach and pastoral service. Office at Benders Evangelical Lutheran Church Biglerville with hours 9 30 to 4 30. Contacts listed for Bible study Revelation Life with God and Prayer sessions dated January and February. Mail address P O Box 556 Biglerville Pa 173
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DAVID SCHAFER
Adams County
Trinity Lutheran
Arendtsville
Bender
Evangelical Lutheran
St John Lutheran
St. Mark Lutheran
Chestnut Grove Lutheran
Lower Bermudian Lutheran
Mt. Zion Lutheran
Upper Bermudian Lutheran
Holy Trinity Lutheran
Bender’s
Bethel Bible Study
Eugene Moore
Shearer
God
Neal Hively
St. John
Hampton
Kenneth Swick
Biglerville
Gettysburg hit 11 below zero coldest since 192
Temperature plunged to 11 degrees below zero overnight and Sunday morning at The Gettysburg Times weather station, the coldest morning since December 21, 192. The month saw two other subzero days and drifting snow as winds whipped county roads.
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MARGUERITE V.H PLANK
HUGH C. McILHENNY
Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg
PennDOT
Peters Orchard founder dies at 82 in Carlisle
John B Peters fruitgrower age 82 of Gardners R D 1 died Saturday in Carlisle Hospital. He founded Peters Orchards and promoted the Farm Bureau in Pennsylvania. Survived by wife Mary Keller Peters four sons three daughters and many grandchildren. Services planned at Allison United Methodist Church with burial at Mount Holly Springs Cemetery.
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John B Peters
Gardners
Carlisle
Peters
Peters Orchards
actie
Farm Bureau
Pennsylvania
cooperative agricultural
state Farm Bureau Cooperative
now Agway Inc
Adams County Cooperative Fruit Growers
Mountain Orchards Cooperative
Knouse Foods Cooperative
Allison United Methodist Church
church building fund
Carlisle Rotary C lab
Dickinson College
ood Samaritan Lodge
F&AM
Gettysburg
York Rite
Zembo Temple
Mary Keller Peters
John F Peters
Earl H Peters noth
Gardners Ro
William RK Peters
Biglerside
George Mo Peters
Wars sanders
Susan Rotzel
Frederick Md
Virginia Aires
Washington
Marion Irvin
Lansdowne
Eleanor Bower
Winter Haven
Fia
Hoffman Funeral Home
Hanover St
Allison
Methodist
Monreland Ave
Raymond
Mount Holly Springs
Cupid Arrowgrams Offer for Loved Ones
Public notice for Valentine arrowgram service advertised at low price. Deliveries up to 26 words with three contact numbers and a February 8 deadline. Includes phone lines 334-1131, 677-9205, 624-8900, and 359-4039 for orders.
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Henry Paull
England
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House of Representatives
LENDS
Czechoslovakia
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ERVING
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The Times today
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DOT rep
John B. Peters
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