Wel come celebration honors World War II veterans
In McSherrystown the Wel come celebration will honor men and women of the community who served in World War II. The event is set for Saturday September 14 and will feature Rev Patrick F McGee of the Church of the Annunciation and others including St Pauls Lutheran church secretary. committee members include Clarence Wierman Home association Moe Eagles Vic tory club and Knights of Columbus among others with Joseph Groft as chairman to organize fund solicitation for the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errystown
Magr
Patrick F. McGee
The
Home Association
Paul Krepps
Eagies
Charlies Withers
Victory Club
Chester Gouker
Moe
Fred Keffer
Bernard Noel
Knights of Columbus
George Neiderer
Casey Club
Eugéne Murren
McSherrystown Fire Company
George Memier
K. of C. Home Association
Joseph Groft
George Royer
Albert Weaver
George Pelix
Hartzell Estate Leaves Major Share to Orphanage
The will of Emma Dustman Hartzell of Gettysburg filed at the register and recorder appoints David A. Tawney as executor. The estate totals $10,000 personal property and $3,000 real estate with $300 to Tawney and the residue to the Hartzell Orphanage following her July 13 death after a fall at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Dustman Hartzell
Gettysburg
Warner Hospital
Hoffman
Office of
the Register and Recorder
David A. Tawney
Gettgyeburg
Gettysburg youth joins army at Fort Meade
James Curtis Heas, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Pinkney Hess of Gettysburg, is stationed at Fort Meade after enlisting two weeks ago. He chose transportation as his military branch and completed his junior year at Gettysburg High School in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Curtis Heas
Pinkney Hess
Gettysburg
Fort Meade
Army
Gettysburg High School
Adams County seeks foster homes for children in care
The Adams County Child Welfare service calls for permanent foster homes for a one year old baby girl and several older children aged six to fourteen. Secretary Elizabeth Grieb notes growing demand for temporary or permanent placements as many cases hinge on unstable home situations and the need for loving, stable environments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County Child Welfare Service
Elizabeth Grieb
Countians Named To FSA Committee
Edgar W. Weaner Gettysburg R 4 Cas per Hoke Spring Grove R 3 named to Adams and York County Park Security Administration committee joining O H Benson Gettysburg R 5 and Kenneth D Bream Gettysburg R 2 on Adams county panel with L O Thompson New Freedom R 1 and Dale D Kilgore Woodbine R 1 on Cork county panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar W. Weaner
Gettysburg
Casper H. Hoke
Spring Grove
Adams and
York County Park Security Administration
Clarence A. Myers
FSA
Carson F. Mertz
O. H. Benson
Kenneth D. Bream
Adams County Committee
L. O. Thompson
New Preedom
Dale D. Kilgore
Woodbine
Cork County Committee
Court Grants Divorce Saturday
A divorce decree in favor of Mer Hess of Biglerville against Neva Hess, formerly of Waynesboro, was signed Saturday by Judge W. C. Sheely. The couple wed February 2, 1935, and desertion was the grounds cited. The judge referred back to the master the record in a related Mt. Joy township case with a 60 day dismissal note if no further action is taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer. H. Hess
Bigierville
Neva
Noel) Hess
Waynesboro
W. C. Sheely
Sheely
Menneth
Charles Wolfe
Edna Mickey Wolfe
Mt. Joy Township
Two Cars Sideswipe Near New Oxford Injuries None
No one was injured and damage totalled 45 dollars when cars driven by Mary Elizabeth Cook of New Windsor Maryland and George W Funkhouser of Gettysburg collided two miles south of New Oxford on the Hanover road Saturday evening at 815. State police who investigated said Miss Cook was attempting a left turn when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Cook
New Windsor
George W. Funkhouser
Gettysburg R. 4
New Oxford
Hanover Road
Miss Cook
Youngster Burned In Coffee Spill Accident
Four year old Keith Johnson son of Dr and Mrs C Herold Johnson Gettysburg was confined to bed after suffering severe burns to his right arm when he spilled a cup of hot coffee on himself Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Johnson
114 Dogs In Truck Driver Arrested
Lloyd G. Wolf of Hanover was arrested on cruelty to animals charges after 114 dogs were found crowded in a truck in four-foot compartments with up to seven dogs per compartment. The dogs lacked food and water for about thirty hours when the truck broke down near Columbus. Wolf, an employee of Stewart P. Mehring, was en route to an Indianapolis pharmaceutical firm for experimental purposes. A similar incident also occurred in Indiana weeks earlier. Mehring reportedly secured two tires after a tire blowout and sent help to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd G. Wolf
Hanover
Wolf
Stewart P. Mehring
Carlisle-Hanover
Pike
Indianapolis
Mehring
Indiana
Columbus
Proclamation for Oyer and Terminer in Adams County 1946
The sheriff of Adams County issues a pay day proclamation directing Coroners Justices of the Peace and constables to appear at Gettysburg for an Oyer and Terminer General Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions on the fourth Monday of August 1946 at 9 30 a m. to present records recognizances examinations and other remembrances. The order cites W OC Bheely President Judge and A Dale Knouse and J Price Oyler as judges and is dated July 1 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
W. OC. Bheely
Courts of Common Pleas
Fulton
Oyler
A. Dale Knouse
J. Price Oyler
Adame
Gettysburg
John RE. Millhimes
Sherif
C C Culp Named Leader of Adams County Child Welfare
C C Culp of Gettysburg elected chairman of Adams County Child Welfare advisory committee at a Fairfield picnic. He succeeds Rev Dr Dwight Putman who stepped down after six years. New officers include Culp as chairman and Rev Geigley as vice chairman with Mrs Henry Bream secretary and Lewis Bosserman treasurer. Plans discussed for a fall public relations program to explain child welfare services. Attendees included Elisabeth Grieb and Miss Mary Frances Parham among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Culp
Gettysburg
Adams County Child Welfare Services
A. W. Geigley
Fairfield
Dwight Zr. Putman
Doctor Putman
Culp
George F. Eberhart
Dale Roth
York Springs
Charles Yost
Bigierville
Mark K. Eckert
Lewis Bosserman
Geigley
Henry T. Bream
Bosserman
Gram
Elisabeth Grieb
Mary Frances Parham
Mina Leone Finkboner
Eberhart
Bream
Henrietta Blocher
Forfeited Collateral Over Stop Sign Charge In Taneytown
Junior H. Beard of Gettysburg forfeited collateral of 2.45 dollars after a charge of failing to stop at a stop sign in Taneytown. Earl L. Miller of Gettysburg served five days in Carroll county jail for defaulting a 25 dollar fine plus costs on unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, then paid the remaining fine and costs to gain release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior H. Beard
Gettysburg
Taneytown
Earl L. Miller
Carroll County
Hartman Accepts New Position at National Fruit Plant
Lee M. Hartman, former Adams County prothonotary, has joined the production department of the National Fruit Product Corporation plant at Peach Glen. Hartman, a Gettysburg resident, was inducted into the navy in 1943 while in office and was discharged in the following year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee M. Hartman
Adams County
National Fruit Product Corporation
Peach Glen
Hartman
Hanover Street
Gettysburg
Navy
Navy PE Instructor Served At Charlottesville Base
In 1945 a significant portion of his naval service was devoted to physical education instruction at the navy base in Charlottesville Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Naval Base
Charlottesville
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Hartzell Estate
Red Cross
Hollywood
J. Myers
Chestnut
Adams County Co-operative Egg Association
New York City
Washington
Beckman
Adams County Co-Op Egg Association
Farm Bureau
Strictly Fresh
Bernard P. Schott
Littlestown, PA
Carlisle St
Rt A
C. C. Culp
W. King St
Littlestown
York
East Market Street
Walter L. Nace
Parts and Supplies
Chestnut St
Hanover, Pa
D. W. Shank
Pratts Music House
Broadway
CTI
Shea
Impson Machine
Ernest H. Simpson
Schwartz Grain and Feed
Tion
Ritcher & Bender
Chambersburg Street
C. J. Fisher
Ser. Mgr
York Street
Gettysburg, Pa
CC Hiritzmais
Shetter
Cloyd B. Shetter
Turkey
Gilbert Day Cleaners
Farm Bureau Petroleum Service
Adams County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Allis-Chalmers
Everett Mitchell
Wesy Seturdey
Ted Saat
East Berlin
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