South Mountain Fair Ends With Noted Attendance Rise
The 63rd South Mountain Fair closed quietly after five days of festivities with about 20 000 attendees and over 20 000 dollars in admissions and parking receipts. Dallas Knockouts drew large Labor Day crowds, and inside exhibit spaces increased while outside spaces fell, highlighting a community focus on agriculture and local industries.
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South Mountain
South Mountain Fair
Dallas
David Houck
the
Fair Association
Titanic Salvage Debate Focuses On Deep Ocean Wreck
A French American team claims video proof of the Titanic 13,120 feet deep off Newfoundland. Experts say the ship itself will never be raised due to its size, while salvors hope for prize items and the possibility of a memorial site.
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RICK HAMPSON
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP
R.M.S. Titanic
Harold
Doc” Edgerton
Robert Marx
Newfoundland
Marx
Bahamas
John Jacob Astor
Benjamin Guggenheim
Isidor Straus
Macy’s
Clive Cussler
salvors
Cussler
Robert Ballard
Old Emmitsburg high school to become apartments
Emmitsburg officials approve a zoning change from R-1 to VZ at a town meeting allowing the former St Josephs High School to be converted into 25 apartments with 12 duplex-like units on adjacent land. A deed covenant will bind the site to residential use with traffic planning and site review.
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ROBERT HOLT
EMMITSBURG, Md
Emmitsburg
Frederick
St. Joseph’s High School
Edward 0. Adelsberger
Dot Davis
Kermit L. Lowe
Depaul Street Partnership, Inc
John C. Dick
Robert M. Preston
Michael S. Miller
Miller Construction
Frederick firm
Depaul Street Partnership
Seton Avenue
DePaul Street
St. Joseph's Lane
Daughters of Charity
Miller
St. Joseph’s Lane
Preston
Gene Myers
Myers
Maryland Department of Assessment and Taxation
46 rabies cases in Pa in August shape outbreak totals
Harrisburg AP says Pennsylvania's August rabies cases reached 46, the highest monthly total this year, lifting statewide 1985 to 213. Adams and Cumberland remain outbreak centers with 60 and 36. raccoons cause 132 cases. first county entries arrive in Schuylkill Snyder and Juniata.
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HARRISBURG
Pennsylvania
state Health Department
department
Schuylkill
Snyder
Juniata
Adams
Cumberland
Franklin
York
Perry County
Centre County
Somerset County
Blair County
Mifflin County
Allegheny County
Gas leak may have caused fire at Fairfield residence
Fairfield authorities say a propane gas leak likely sparked a Monday explosion and blaze that destroyed the Michael E Branch home at 424 McGlaughlin Road. Fire Marshal James Boyle concluded on site the cause. officials could not determine how ignition occurred. Fire crews from Fairfield, Emmitsburg and Gettysburg fought the two story fire, with stand-by cover from Barlow and Cashtown. The Branch family is staying with neighbors.
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FAIRFIELD
Michael E. Branch
McGlaughlin Road
James Boyle
Fairfield Fire Company
Edward M. Hartzell
Hartzell
Emmitsburg
Gettysburg
Barlow
Cashtown
Branch
Danger grows at Oxford bend
Oxford Township officials warn weeds along Irishtown Road near a soybean field hamper driver vision at a sharp curve. Township leaders plan to approach landowner Burrell A. Feeser to cut the overgrowth, hoping it prevents a potential fatal accident. Police and supervisors back cutting, with a supplemental call for drainage pipe work on Kohler Mill Road to improve runoff.
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OXFORD TWP
William H. Smith
Irishtown
Smith
Francis
Bud” Moore
Edward Powers
Burnell A
Tub” Feeser
Feeser
Moore
Kohler Mill Road
Mini Page Publishes Mondays Starting September 9
Please note the mini page will appear each Monday beginning September 9. YWCA announces class registration from September 7 to 15, advancement listed.
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YWCA
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Adams County
FFA
San Jose
Monterey
Sam Cotton
Emmitsburg high school
Council
Gauss
USSELMAN
LIBRAR
Mindy Doane
Gettysburg College
Jerry L. Price
Oxford bend
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