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New Oxford
Local items in Adams County notes and events
Adams county items report postmaster nomination for Gettysburg, farm purchases in Conewago, hotel sales and management changes, town council actions, school testing plans, hunting and fishing regulations, and local accidents. Notable names include John H Eckert Menges Harvey Lerew and Leroy L Bittinger. Also mentions Harold Lerew Madeline McWilliams and Jacob Stock among others.
Youths derail Reading train near Peach Glen station
Two Mt. Tabor youths, Thurston Kline age 12 and Harold Miller age 16, pleaded guilty to malicious mischief for placing a bolt nut and spring on a rail near Peach Glen station. The derailment was averted as the train slowed to pass the curve. They posted bail for April court and returned to school after arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Tabor
J. L. Hill
Chettysburg
Reading
Peach Glen
Thurston Kline
Harold Miller
School Board Arrested Over Vaccination Law Violation
George A. Strine a state health inspector charged the Germany township school board with violating the vaccination law. Hearing set for March 17 before Justice Hill. Board members named are Roy J. King William M. Lemmon Ralph R. Ruggles Clayton Harger and Harry L. Bair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Strine
State Department of Health
Justice Hill
Grettysburg
School Board of
Germany Township
Roy J. King
William M. Lemmon
Ralph R. Ruggles
Clayton Harger
Harry L. Bair
Strine
H. S. Crease
Hanover area notices and community changes in brief
Local Hanover residents face job losses as a cigar factory closes for over a week. Catherine Rohrbaugh joins Johns Hopkins Hospital staff in Baltimore. Real estate sales include a Clearview dwelling bought for 4505 by Clarence Masenheimer. The Wakefield birthplace restoration receives 200 from Hanover pupils. Several church and municipal updates appear, including a factory inspector’s resignation, land purchase near Abbottstown, and a court verdict for 46.34 in a Hanover Auto Supply suit. Community meetings address lodging house and restaurant conflicts ahead of Gettysburg events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McSherrystown
Martha Mansberger
Elmer Coulson
York Springs
Hanover Evangelistic Church
Central Conference
Hanover
New Freedom
I. J. Bayne
Hanover Church
Catherine Rohrbaugh
Emma Rohrbaugh
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Clearview
Maria L. Buckmaster
Clarence W. Masenheimer
Hanover Public Schools
George Washington
Wakefield
Westmoreland County
Virginia
Henry Redcay
Guilderland Centre
William S. Redcay
Samuel D. Hoekman
Adams
Franklin
Cumberland
York Counties
First National Bank and Trust Company
Waynesboro
John G. Corbett
Edward Mummert
Samuel J. Meckley
Abbottstown
Lincoln Highway
Mr. Mummert
Bina M. Harbaugh
Hanover General Hospital
Misa Harbaugh
Paul Halter
William Dixon
Vernon
Gettysburg
Central Arts Association
Borman
Steelton
Ada Ferry
Lancaster
G. l. Heisner
Berksburg
Hampton School Attendance and Local Notices
February report from Hampton and Hoover's school shows attendance 87 percent for girls and 88 percent for boys with a list of students perfect in attendance and non missing days. A Reading township sale noted at $2300 for John C Chronister news plus various local visits, gatherings, and a public sale by Lewis Leinert in Jackson township as he moves to Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton and Hoover
Mary
Ima Deatrick
Clair James
Ruth
John Earhart
Mary Hoff
Marabelle Rickrode
Anna Hoff
Erma Keckler
Helen
Isabelle Wolf
Mat
Trostle
Harold
Robert Staub
Harry Albert
Donald
Glenn Chronister
Earl Jensor
Dale Fidler
Reuben Sipe
Carrie D.ks
John C. Chronister
Reading Township
Albert
Mae
Nettie Bentz
Ira
Ralph Boyer
Raymond Kroft
Christian Weigand
Marguerite Englestine
Carrie Bell
Jennie Mae Jacobs
Dorothy Kreider
Genevieve Sebright
Pearl E. Neidick
Woodside School
Straban Township
John W. Glack
Beulah Bean
Isabelle Ditzler
Helen Fidler
Carrie Smith
Ruthanna Smith
Anne Albert
Willis Bean
Charles Cashman
Kenneth Brown
Charles Smith
Scott Smith
William Stalb
Auto Crash Injures man. taken to Hanover Hospital
Maurice A Feeser injured when a touring car driven by Burnell Feeser lost steering control on Hershey hill and swerved into a concrete culvert on the Abbottstown pike three miles from Hanover. He was treated at Hanover hospital for facial and head injuries and is not considered seriously hurt. Passersby assisted in transporting him and removing the damaged car from the roadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Higgins
Richard McAllister
Community Hotel Company
Midwest
Geo.w. Lynch
Gettysburg
Fort Stanwix
Johnstown
Mr. Higgins
Colonial
York
George H. Daley
Philadelphia
Albert M. Greenfield
Madeline McWilliams
Reuben C. McWilliams
Hanover
Hanover Hospital
Madeline
Charles Ross Chaney
Abbottstown
Cyrus
Impleton
Mervin Altland
Frances Marie
Miriam Craume
Jeanette Spencer
Carolyn A. Jambaugh
Olga
Annabelle Hamme
Lover
Earl Alwine
Edward
Gen H. Berkheimer
Gerald Kennedy
John Spangler
David Kern
Stuart Hafler
Donald Bowser
Verna Berkhewer
Vivian M. Stambaugh
Florence Gritiu
Ithe Frey
Frances Nagle
Margaret Juwser
Bernard Anthony
Clayton Moul
Yh Bowser
Harry Crawford
Bhoer Crawford
David Miller
Edgar Stock
Charles J. Grim
Ethel Grace Allison
Abbottstown Pike
Maurice A. Feeser
Hartman's Mill
Burnell Feeser
Hershey's Hill
Kiwanis Fund Aids Two More Children In Hanover
The Hanover Kiwanis club added two more beneficiaries to its underprivileged fund. George Fields a seven year old blind boy who played the piano at a recent meeting was taken to Johns Hopkins hospital Baltimore Friday for an eye operation. Matilda Little with impaired vision was fitted with Bluases. Mr and Mrs Edgar McKimm moved from North street to Second street McSherrystown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bream
Ghestnut Will
Flora Dale
Wm. Shadel
Frank King
Kingsdale
J. N. Hoffingte
Hanover
John H. Deatrick
Biglerville
Fisher
Paul Gebensleben
Ray Michael
Chestnut Street
Martha Neely
Gettysburg
Masonaic
Elizabethtown
Plas
Bushes Hall
Snelkaker
Yous Springs
Decatur
Jacob Olp
Harry A Bortner
Olp
Sticks
York County
Hanover Chamber of Commerce
United States
David A. Reed
Herbert I. Grimm
War Department
Senate
Mahlon N. Haines
York
Machado
Cuba
Neuva Gerona
Isle of Pines
Haines
William F. Pack
Council
Ridge Avenue
McMillan Lane
Jacob Stock
State Highway Motor Patrol
Hill
Hoffman Hotel
T. N. Boate
Boate
P. M. Royer
J. C. Bergbauer
C. W. Achenbach
Adams
Franklin County
Metz Brothers
Virginia
Miller
Hilltown
D. Ek. Metz
Hal Basehoar
Littlestown
Basehoar
Pension Bureau
Franklin Menges
John W. Zercher
Zercher
Pennsylvania Infantry
Hanover Kiwanis Club
George Fields
Kiwanis Club
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Matilda Little
Edgar McKimm
North Street
Second Street
McSherrystown
New Chester-Hawlersburg Notes From Local News
The report lists moves and visits in the New Chester area including Wm. Erb relocating to the Myers farm and master exercises planned at St. John's Reformed Church on Easter Sunday. Several residents suffer illness and travel, a three-act comedy by York Springs players impresses at Pines hall, and a large M. H. Felty sale near New Chester yields strong prices. School attendance and perfect attendance lists are recorded for New Chester and Woodside schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Motter
Littlestown
United States Coast Guard
Wade S. Bollinger
Coast Guard
York
Baltimore
New London
Conn
W. Raymond Shank
Adams County
Gettysburg
Leo Bushman
McPhenny- Deatrick Auxilary
Hunterstown
Beck
Kansas
Dore Kan-48
Machinson
John T Tigert
United States Commissioner of Education
Gettysburg College
John Weldley
Trinity Lutheran Church
Washington, D.C
Frank Clutz
Troy
Crist Gebhart
Banneauville
H. J. Hahn
Hanover
Burgess Slagl
Spev
Lim.t
Georg M Walter
Lesbia K. Crouse
Paul G. Crouse
Abbottstown Fire Company
Edward Krout
Harrisburg Senators
Mineral Wells
Texas
St. Paul Club
American Association
Louis Bargett
Burgess Slagle
W. K. Myers
Chester Koontz
Clearwater
S. S. Neely
Calvin Gilbert
Gettysburg Springs and Hotel Company
James B. Aumen
Cumberland Township
Aumen
Fairmont School House
Menallen Township
Flora Dale
Carrie B. Peters
Bendersville
C. Keefer
Lloyd Keefer
Leer Farm
I. C. Keeter
Wm. Erb
Rickrode
Myers Farm
New Chester
St. John's Reformed Church
Clayton Bicholtz
California
Lindburgh
J. S. Brown
Heidlersburg
Sue Howe
Abbottstown
Cecil Guise
Maggie Howe
New York City
Agnes Dell
Alice Linah
Addison Horner
McIlhenny Farm
Twin Bridges
Durbarrow Farm
Otis Hoover
Biglerville
Winifred Reed
Ed. Settle
Earl Cool
Charles Bly
M. H. Felty
Felty
John Winand
Wm. Dennis
Chas, Haar
New Oxford
Alvin Mummert
D. H. Sharrer
Dolores
Freda
Fred Group
Restraint of trade defense in Hanover optometry case
G W Hagerman of Hanover filed a preliminary objection in an equity suit brought by G C Balcom seeking to enjoin Hagerman from practicing optometry within 18 miles of Hanover. Hagerman argues the agreement restrains trade and lacks mutuality. He had sold his Hanover practice at 110 Baltimore street and later started a new office nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Hagerman
Hanover
G. C. Balcom
Hanoover
Hagerman
Baltimore Street
Balcon
Bakcom
Gettysburg Council Sets Tax Rate At Twelve Mills
The Gettysburg council fixed the tax rate for the year at twelve mills for general purposes and four mills for bond redemption and interest. Assessed property valuation in the town runs about $2,700,000.
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Gettysburg
Farmers Bank of McSherrystown Elects New Board
A board of directors for the Farmers Bank of McSherrystown was named at a Monday afternoon bank election. Elected directors include F. X. Weaver John H. Menges Charles F. Smith George F. Hemler Peter M. Weist James I. Devine Fr. W. Topper and C. E. Miller. The bank marks 25 years as a savings institution since its 1903 opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Bank of McSherrystown
F. X. Weaver
John H. Menges
Charles F. Smith
George F. Hemler
Peter M. Weist
James I. Devine
Fr. W. Topper
C. E. Miller
Co. D. Smith
George Y. Hemler
John A. Polst
A. J. Brady
John Menges
John Hostetter
Ignatius Small
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oxford
Arthur C. Parr
Littletown
Boiling Springs
John H. Eckert
Menges
Harvey Lerew
Wm. Myers
Johnson L. Doyle
Conewago
Brushtown
Walis Bish
George H. Eckenrode
Mr. Bish
Carlisle Street
Hanover Hardware Company
Carlisle and
East Chestnut Streets
R. BE. S. Swann & Company
Electrical Engineers
York Street
Bushman
Latimore Order of Independent Americans
Cleason Richardson
Hamiltonian
George A. Hughes
Gumberland Township
Richardson
Justice Appler
Armentha M.baker
Hamilttonian
Blaine Beamer
Mr. Beamer
Sandy
Arlo Morrell
W. C. Knipple
Fickes
Alderman Stager
H. L. McDowell
Hanover Bank
McDowell
W Raymond Shank
Annoumend
Gfiie
Stargearch Bureau
Pennsylvania State Educatonal Association
School Board
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society and Brotherhood
Annie Slothour
George Bucher
Effie Lou
Chas
Griest
George Kimmel
Mirs
Adam Kimmel
Round Hill
Harry Kime
Jane
John
Harvey Herman
John Kime
Lewis Shelleman
Albert Thomas
Lottie
James Slusser
Holly
John Haar
Clear Springs
Richard George
Carlisle
Charles Moose
Charles Harman
Paul
R. Yingst
Pauline Stock
City Hospital
Harrisburg
Marie Stock
Charles Dudley
Roy Stock
Robert
S. W. Stock
Harry Houtz
East Berlin
Mary Chronister
Chase Pittenturf
E. . Jacobs
Ervin Miller
Guy Albright
John Nickey
Jesse Albright
George Cromer
Bittingers
Paul Chronister
Henry Heinard
John McKenley
Camp Hill
Ralph Zartman
Charles Eltz
David Deatrick
Erma
Hayden Deatrick
Emma Myers
Chester Jacobs
Guldens
Glenn
Charles Thomas
Bessie
Martha
Brown’s Dam
Augustus Thomas
Lloyd Keckler
Samuel Kecler
James Starry
Heidersburg
Luther Cleaver
Joyce
Carl Neidick
Julius Schimmel
Nelson
James Weiser
Jonas Wolf
Helen Isabelle
Fred
Curtis Butt’s
J. O. Garber
Near Town
George Criswell
Berlin
Wm. Weaver
Elias Hartzell
Charles Wilkerson
Geo. Binder
Mark
Mervin Winand
C. C. Brown
Hendlersburg
Ezra Brown
H. B. Dicks
Charles Leese
Lewis Leinert
Leinert
Jackson Township
Hampton
Hawlersburg
Harry Moose
Dillsburg
Ralph Fair
Ira Klepper
Jacob Klepper
Arendtsville
Clarence Stough
Augustus Stough
Robert Weaver
Near Hunterstown
Jacob Myers
Alvin Group
This Place
Washington, D. C
New Chester School For
Roller
Eugene Brame
Earl Cassatt
Mary Dennis
Lorine
Carl Elliott
Paul Kemper
Mark Shanebrook
Madalene Shank
Mildred Stock
Robert Stitt
Howard Trimmer
Samuel Witter
Kathryn Winand
Dale Hunlet
Marian M. Minter
J. I Duttera
McSnerrystown Bank
High Street
F. L. Weaver
High St
FORD
Chevrolet
Ammon R. Smith Auto Co
Carlisle Ave
West High St
Charles K. Yeager
Lincolnway
West New Oxford
H. B. Trostle & CO
Hanover, Pa
Overland
Bell
Pote Pd
Hanover St
To Ko, Semory S. Smith
New Oxford, Pa
Russell A. Myers
E. Winand
W. Earl Cashman
Bell Phone
West High Street
John Glass
Lincolnway, West
D. J. Riley
York St
Elmer Buck
Loftus
Pleasant St
Altland House
Abbottstown, Pa
Crystal Sext
Calford
the Collegians
Mudge Bellamy
Douglas McLean
Vera Reynolds
Win. Boyd
Steel
Jackie Cougana
Meru
Mme
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