Will Nominate 90 Places In County For The Natl Register
Adams County will select about 40 sites for detailed study to list 10 properties on the National Register of Historic Places. The HGAC survey covers 1300 to 1860 era structures, with 3 000 to 4 000 total sites. Next phase advances east to west, excluding Gettysburg and Hunterstown. Volunteers are urged to help interview owners and support the Own-A-Brick program in Lincoln Square.
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Adams County
National Register of Historical Places
Historic
Gettysburg
Adams County, Inc
Adams County National Bank
Paul A. Stoner
Douglas Reed
Preservations Associates
Sharpsburg
HGAC
Pennsylvania Historica
Museum Commission
Hunterstown
Robert Monahan Jr
Lincoln Square
Monahan
Mamie Eisenhower to Head Thornburgh for Governor Unit
Richard Thornburgh, Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor, names former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower as chair of the state wide Citizens for Thornburgh Scranton Committee. Eisenhower praises Thornburgh and urges Pennsylvanians to back his campaign as she recalls Eisenhower era roots in the state.
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Richard Thornburgh
Dwight D Eisenhower
Citizens for
Dick Thornburgh
Pennsylvania
Mamie Eisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
Thornburgh
Bill Scranton
Cows Wander Onto Road Three Die In Collision
Robert A Dudley Jr 35 of Newport News Va escaped injury when his tractor trailer struck and killed three cows trespassing on US road three miles south of Herdlersburg at 1 pm Wednesday State Police said the northbound GMC tractor trailer sustained moderate damage and the cattle owned by William Martin of York Springs were killed.
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Robert A Dudley Jr
Newport News
Herdlersburg
Dudley
William Martin
York Springs
Antique Show To Draw 25000 Here
Gettysburg prepares for the Second Eleventh Semi Annual Outdoor Antique Show with 180 dealers from 12 eastern states and the District of Columbia. The event, sponsored by the Gettysburg Retail Merchants Association, runs 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday across center square and nearby blocks. Proceeds from rental space fund Christmas decorations for the borough.
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Gettysburg
Wayne Schultz
Schultz
The Times
District of Columbia
center square
Chambersburg
York Sts
Carlisle
Baltimore
Gettysburg Retail Merchants Association
Dr Frank Fife Dies First Head of Md Synod
Funeral services for Rev J Frank Fife will be held at Ascension Lutheran Towson with interment in Shrewsbury. The 78 year old retired leader died Tuesday after collapsing at his Stoneleigh home. He served as Maryland Synod head from 1949 to 1988 and earlier led Holy Comforter in Govans and Woodsboro churches. He held national church posts and boards and earned Gettysburg College degree in 1926 plus seminary education. He is survived by his wife Evelyn Sweitzer and a brother Samuel.
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J. Frank Fife
Gettysburg College and
Seminary
Maryland Synod of the Lutheran Church in America
Ascension Lutheran Church
York Rd
Towson
Shrewsbury
Fife
Stoneleigh
synod
Maryland
National Lutheran Home
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg Lutheran Seminar
Woodsboro
Frederick County
Evelyn Sweitzer
Samuel Fife
Airlie
Palestinians Plan To Strike Back In Damascus
Palestinian guerrilla groups vow to escalate operations against American and Western targets in response to Camp David agreements. A senior Palestinian source says the United States and the West have stabbed them in the back long enough and that the time has come to strike back.
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DAMASCUS
Sina
Camp David
United States
West
Seminary Given 26500 Grant
The Aid Association For Lutherans awarded 26500 to the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg for 1978 79. Of this, 34100 funds student scholarships and 7500 supports faculty including a retreat. Enrichment of church music receives 7400 for a new organ and workshops. The remaining 7500 funds in service continuing education including the Martin Luther Colloquium Spring Convocation Independent Study Programs and Graduate Study Scholarships.
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Aid Association For Lutherans
Lutheran insurance fim
Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Gettysburg
Martin Luther
AAL
Hermann Stuempfle
Association for
Adams Planning Unit Reviews Subdivisions Hearings
Adams County Planning Commission continued its review of the revised subdivision code to be used in Gettysburg Biglerville New Oxford York Springs and McSherrystown. Provisions ban building in flood plains until a 100 year map is ready and outlaw rear alleys for single family homes. The plan also replaces a 1960s scheme and includes a 600 acre Amegrar egg farm project near Heidlersburg with facilities for six to ten workers and up to one million laying hens. The commission approved single lot subdivisions for Clair Izler and Charles Alwine and elected Mrs Davis secretary after Elmer Cashman’s death, the commission’s last charter member.
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Adams County Planning Commission
commission
John Callenbach
Callenbach
Gettysburg
Biglerville
New Oxford
York Springs
McSherrystown
Amegrar
Heidlersburg
Clair Izler
Main St
Charles Alwine
Joseph Miller
Louise Davis
Elmer Cashman
Cashman
planning commission
Autumn Portrait at the Planetarium
Gettysburg College Hatter Planetarium offers two free public showings on Sunday September 24 featuring Portrait of an Autumn Sky. Dr Laurence Marschall notes autumn evenings reveal prominent fall constellations and lore behind their names with slides and telescopic views of the Great Nebula in Andromeda Crab Nebula and Milky Way stars. Masters Hall campus parking provided on Constitution Avenue southwestern campus side.
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Gettysburg College Hatter Planetarium
Laurence Marschall
Randipm
Marshall
Andromeda
Milky Hatter Planetarium
Masters Hall
Constitution Avenue
Emmitsburg Annex Hearing Yields Words Not People
Emmitsburg Planning and Zoning approved a plan to annex about 80 acres for roughly 250 dwellings tied to town sewer capacity. No local residents attended the meeting as developers led by Edgar G De Laski outlined site access, water needs, and potential plan changes amid drought and low density zoning constraints.
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Emmitsburg Annex
Emmitsburg
Gettysburg Cerebral Palsy Fund Bill Advances
The Pennsylvania House unanimously passed Bill 2704 funding the Adams County adult rehabilitation program for cerebral palsy. Chief sponsor Rep Kenneth J Cole of Gettysburg said the $7,060 appropriation could save the current program, which might be discontinued without the aid. The bill moves to the Senate for a likely vote next week.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania House of resentatives
Harrisburg
Kenneth J Cole
Adams County
Cole
Senate
Hearing Set In Klunk Post Suspension Case
Adams County Judge Oscar F. Spicer has ordered Magistrate T. Carroll Klunk to appear for an Oct. 19 hearing to show why he should not be permanently suspended. Klunk was briefly suspended Aug. 31 after an audit flagged irregularities in the office’s bookkeeping and fiscal management. Magistrate John Zepp has handled Klunk’s district since the office reopened Sept. 13. Robert E Campbell, attorney for the county auditor, had no comment.
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Adams County
Oscar F. Spicer
T. Carroll Klunk
McSherrystown
Spicer
Klunk
earler
John Zepp
East Berlin
ferest of justice
Zepp
Robert E Campbell
East Berlin Woman Killed In Accident
A two car crash on East Berlin York Road led to the death of Beverly Eichelberger, 44, and serious injuries to Dorothy Latenea, 33, while Wade Altland, 20, faced homicide and hit and run charges after fleeing. Altland turned himself in nine hours later and was arraigned for homicide by vehicle and related offenses.
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Wade E. Altland
Thomasville
East Berlin
Beverly Eichelberger
Robert A. Eichelberger
Dorothy Latenea
W. King St
East Berin
Jackson TWp
Altiand
Eichelberger
Altland
East Berlin-York
Jackson-West Manchester
Aland
Kathryn Fourhman
Quentin R Stambaugh
Three Judges Play Lead Roles in Adams County Courts
For the first time in Adams County history, three judges will preside Friday. Judge Oscar F. Spicer, president judge, will lead the criminal trials in the main courtroom. Judge Keith Quigley, loaned from Perry County, will hear a separate criminal trial in the law library. At 11 am, Judge Walter P. Wells of Potter County will preside at a criminal hearing in the courthouse.
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Adams County
Oscar F. Spicer
Keith Quigley
Perry County
Walter P Wells
Potter County
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