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Lancaster Farming

Location

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1955

Page

14

Eight Charged With Writing Wills in Lancaster County

The Lancaster County Bar Association, joined by the Pennsylvania Bar Association, files civil suits against eight magistrates and notaries public for illegally practicing law by drafting wills and offering legal services for a fee. Each defendant, including Paul Diehm and Wayne Martin, is named with the charge and a copy of the contested will attached. Respondents have 20 days to answer. several defendants declined comment or were unavailable.

Lancaster County Bar Association Paul F Diehm Lititz Justice of the Peace Wayne S. Martin Goodville Notary Public Raymond &. Scheckard Columbia Notary Alger H Shirk Elizabethtown Arthur M Yeager Lancaster County Sheckard Bar Association Clay Burkholder The Pennsylvania Bar Association

Pennsylvania Bar Association Sets Strict Rules For Practice Law

The Pennsylvania Bar explains entry requirements to the bar with a three year study, six month clerkship, rigorous exam, and admission before state and county courts. It stresses lawyers are officers of the court and subject to sanctions, while pledging to fight unlicensed practice through ongoing suits and public support.

Burkholder Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Board of Law Examiners Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Rambling With The Sage Of Ant Hill In Washington D C

In a Washington D C unemployment office a penny scale labeled Character Readings hints at fate for recipients. The city sees festive storefronts with holiday decor and Christmas displays along F Street as merchants anticipate a record shopping season after Thanksgiving.

Ant Hill Washington, D. C D. C Unemployment Compensation Board Oldsters F. Street Merchants

Bar seeks to halt eight private investigators from practicing law

Ranch Bar Attorney John Milton Ranch notes eight men connected to the bar as private investigators faced actions after copies of wills drawn by a justice or notary were attached. Wills for Henry Ollenzah James Grant and Robert Agnew are cited. The bar asks suspensions from advertising and legal work and refers the matter for possible prosecution to the District Attorney.

John Milton Ranch Bar Association Henry H Ollenzah James R Grant Philadelphia Robert P Agnew Columbia Ranek

Christmas Pageant Lights the Ellipse as Eisenhower Opens Tree

The Christmas tree on the Ellipse south of the White House will be lit December 18 when President Eisenhower presses a button in Gettysburg. A sixty five foot spruce from the Black Hills of South Dakota will bear 8 000 lights and decorations. The Pathway of Peace will feature trees from states and foreign lands with non Christian symbols. The two week pageant will include services carols tableaux folk dancing and embassy staged programs. Burial on Capitol Hill notes Senator Henry C Hansborough who wished cremation and ashes scattered under an elm. A clandestine post funeral rite left him at peace in Capitol grounds and visitors on Capitol Hill were sparse amid holiday recess.

White House Eisenhower Gettysburg South Dakota Union Capitol Hall Henry C Hansborough North Dakota Congress Congressional Capitol Grounds

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