County Scams Show Slick Transit Repairmen Bilked Many
District Attorney J Francis Yake warns residents of con men posing as stove repairmen from Ohio who promise premiums of 90 to 100 dollars from stove companies. Victims in Hunterstown York Springs and nearby areas report fake minor repairs to inflate bills while valuables and even a pistol were taken. The two men used old gray Chevrolet coupe and late model black cars, operating in May and June, netting hundreds of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
J. Francis Yake
Gettysburg
Hunterstown
York Springs
Ohio
Stove Company
Relief pay totals for Adams County week ending Friday
State treasurer Ramsey S. Black reports direct relief payments to needy Adams County residents totaled 415.50 for the week ending Friday, down 33.20 from the previous week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Ramsey S. Black
Former WAC to Take Position in Azores
Cpl. Eileen Bushman of Gettysburg R. 3 was discharged from the Wacs at Fort Dix New Jersey on Tuesday July 16 after eighteen months of service. She signed with Civil Service as a medical supply clerk for the North Atlantic Wing district and will report to Westover Field Massachusetts August 1 before flying to Santa Maria Island Azores for at least a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Bushman
Gettysburg
Adams County Sets Registration Schedule For Election
Adams county commissioners set a registration schedule for unregistered voters or those changing addresses. Registration closes September 14 and can be done in any district. Former servicemen must register to vote this fall. Officials also toured a new two mile macadam road project from Arendtaville-Brysonia road to Flora Dale, noting damage claims and ongoing work by the State Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County Commissioners
Clarence C. Smith
Smith
Oldest Hamilton Township school deeds dated 1835 1838
Deeds filed with the county recorder show Hamilton township closed two schools Seven Hundred and Heartman served the area for over a century. The earliest deed from December 7 1838 records Daniel Diehl and his wife selling land to Thomas Ehrhart for the free school.
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Hamilton Township
Seven Hundred
Heartman’s
County Register and Recorder
Daniel Diehl
Thomas E. Ehrhart
Sciin
Voters urged to register as Adams county party names aides
The Adams county Democratic committee appoints area chairmen and co-chairmen to aid voter registration for the upcoming November elections. Workers will urge unregistered citizens to vote, with registration available weekdays at the county courthouse and Saturdays mornings. County commissioners will set additional registration days at various locations.
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Adams County Democratic Committee
Harrisburg
Washington
County Court House
Ralph E. Rohrbaugh
Hanover
R. D
Carl W. Kane
Biglerville
J. Roy Diehl
Luther Plank
Table Rock
Raymond Becker
3Rd Street
D. B. Dougherty
Gettysburg
J. Harry Sinner
East Berlin
Walter Kugler
Fairfield
Maurice C. Wareheim
Littlestown
M. R. Freed
New Oxford
H. R. Kennedy
York Springs
Seth H. Weaver
McSherrystown
Regina
Countian Sued For Loss Of Stored Wheat
The U S government sues Park Gardner of Huntington township Adams county for 151510 damages plus interest and costs. Filed July 25 in federal court against Gardner operator of a Mount Holly Springs warehouse. In June 1942 the community credit corporation stored 6975 bushels of wheat valued at 9821.02. four months later the warehouse and its contents burned.
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Scranton
Penna
Park Gardner
Huntington Township
Adams County
Gardner
Mount Holly Springs
Cumberland County
U. S
Frederick V. Follmer
Community Credit Corporation
Brame Brehm Bream Reunion Set at Willow Mills Park
The thirty second annual Brame Brehm Bream reunion will be held at Willow Mills Park in Cumberland County on Saturday August 17. Rev Ira F Brame of Carlisle is president with Calvin Murtorff Gardners R D as vice president and Mrs Mervin Bream of Gettysburg as corresponding secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brame-Brehm-Bream
Willow Mills Park
Cumberland County
Ira F. Brame
Carlisle
Calvin Murtorff
Gardners R. D
Mervin Bream
Gettysburg
Arson Charge Dismissed and Local Court Actions
A 1944 arson charge against Charles P Beers Goldie Bortner and John and Richard Doe was not pressed in county courts due to insufficient evidence. Adjacent items include a hearing August 23 on selling the Cumberland township election house lot, August 26 alimony and fees petition, and a June amendment allowing six month clerkships for new Adams county lawyers. A libel in divorce and a minor arrest at Gettysburg College are noted along with a $25 fine for a lantern removal offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Beers
Goldie Bortner
John and
Richard
Adams County Commissioners
Cumberland Township
Stein- Wehr Avenue
David A. Ovler
Gettsburg
Gettysburg
Louise Milhimes
Howard Milhimes
Bullett
Board of Law Examiners
Wilmer C. Stevens
Fast Berlin R. C
Goldie Eva Stevens
R. “Skippy
Joel
Forrest Hills
Gettysburg College
John Jo Knox
Adama County
Justice of the Peace
Robert P. Snyder
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