Adams County Fair Set For August 20 Through 24
The 16th Adams County Fair opens August 20 at the fairgrounds between Abbottstown and East Berlin and runs until August 24. Entertainment includes the Doc Williams Show, Rube Shafer and his group, Bob by Raye and his hi fi accordion, Leonard Zinn’s Telstars, with a kiddies matinee August 21 and a winds-up act August 24. Exhibits must be in by 7 pm August 20 and cannot be removed before 7 pm August 24. livestock exhibitors receive hay, but no grain.fair officers include Stewart V. Walker president, Norman Trimmer first vice president, Howard Stuck second vice president, Mary E. Elder secretary, Laurin Sheely treasurer, with directors R E Crone, Kenneth Walker and officers and committee chairs listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Abbottstown
East Berlin
Doc Williams
Rube Shafer
Wwva Wheeling
Bobby Raye
Leonard Zinn
Telstars
Stewart V. Walker
New Oxford
Norman Trimmer
York
Howard Stuck
Mary E. Elder
Laurin Sheely
R. E. Crone
Kenneth Walker
Lloyd Eckert
Officers Club Eastern Star Meeting Rescheduled
The Officers Club of the Order of Eastern Star changes its meeting from August 21 to August 28 at 7 90 p.m. at the home of Mrs Everett Weiser York Springs R1. The note includes other local church and community updates.
York Springs families visit Camp Nawaka and local figures
Rev. and Mrs. Ernest P. Leer and four children from York New Salem visited his mother and spent a week at Camp Nawaka where Leer taught last week. Arlie Morrell, Baine Beamer, and Maurice King visited Frank Bonner in Enola. Elmer Delp recovered from a heart attack and remains in Annie Warner Hospital. Fifty two York Springs Little League Giants and Pirates attended a Lions Club picnic and will attend a Baltimore baseball game with plans for donkey ball and community programs. James Behney led the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest P. Leer
York New Salem
Calvin Leer
Leer
Camp
Nawakwa
Arlie Morrell
Baine Beamer
York Springs
Maurice King
York
Frank Bonner
Enola
Etta Kauffman
Shiremanstown
Ralph Hike
James Behney
Conewago Chapel Notes of Interest
The annual offering for church property insurance will be collected at both Masses Sunday. Baptisms were held for Tammy Anne, Roxane Louise, William Allen, and two other infants. Sponsors included the Nicholson, Caster, Staller, Staub, Staller, and Smith families with relatives noted as sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conewago Chapel
Tammy Anne
Gary Robert
William Nicholson
Roxane Louise
Donald Smith
Ralph Caster
Joan Smith
William Allen
John Staub
John Staller
James Allen
Gordon Smith
Bernard Murren Jr
Teresa Murren
Three Hurt as Car Rolls Over North of Hanover
At 8 30 Sunday night a car rolled over two miles north of Hanover on the Carlisle Pike injuring three occupants. Margaret E Linebaugh 20 Abbottstown R 1 drove north braked for a halted car and lost control. Passengers James E Winard 16 East Berlin Sandra L Eisenhart 13 East Berlin lacerations and Dorothy L Stover 18 East Berlin R 2 lacerations.
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Hanover
Carlisle Pike
Margaret E. Linebaugh
Abbottstown R. 1
Lontrol
James E. Winard
East Berlin
Sandra L. Eisenhart
Dorothy L. Stover
R. 2
Fraud Countscourte Honored On 30th Wedding Anniversary
Two men from Blue Ridge Summit are jailed in Adams County on cheating by false pretense charges after soliciting ads for a souvenir program claimed to benefit an Adams County sportsmen group. The pair, Jack W Patterson and Francis J Hennessey, 26 and 34, allegedly took two checks totaling 16 dollars from local businessmen for ads for a Nu Oxford Red and Gun Club promotion. The men were connected to a Hampden Township reception honoring Mr and Mrs Harry Gardner at St Mark's Lutheran Church in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Hanover
Justice of the Peace
Nu-Oxford Red and Gun Club
Sportsmen‘’S
Patterson
Hennessey
Harry A. Gardner
N. Atherton St
State College
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Harrisburg
Gardner
York Springs
C. W.houts and Son, Inc
Helen Deibler
Mont Alto
Jail terms set for Adams County ad sale case
In Adams County jail, two suspects face charges tied to the sale of advertising for alleged trials at New Oxford. The case centers on use of funds and promotion of the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
New Oxford
Engaged Linda Gross to Larry Miller in McSherrystown Gettysburg unions
Mr and Mrs Herbert R Gross of 36 North Street McSherrystown announce the engagement of their daughter Linda Mary to Larry Richard Miller son of Mrs Helen Brown of 122 West High Street Gettysburg Linda Mary Gross a 1963 graduate of Delone Catholic High School is employed by L Grief and Bros Inc Hanover Mr Miller is employed by the Hanover process and Aluminum Foundry ne
45 Years A Surprise Anniversary Barbecue Honors Mr and Mrs Sieg
A surprise lawn party at Shady Lane Farm near New Oxford celebrated the 45th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Rush K Sieg Sr. The event honored their large family including seven children sixteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren with many relatives in attendance.
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Bradley
Sandy
Tony
Donald Sieg
Jeffry
Susan
Daniel
Becky
Erick
Mark
Boyd Sieg
Sharon
Jerry
Troy
Wayne Hull
Rush K
Sieg Sr
Tyson Family Details Two Children Named
Rey. Raymond Tyson. They have two children, Terry Gardner a student at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, and Donna Gardner director of Christian Education at St. Mark's Lutheran Church Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey. Raymond Tyson
Terry Gardner
Philadelphia Museum College of Art
Donna Gardner
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Harrisburg
Retailers see teens as readers for newspaper ads
Advertisers note that youths and teens increasingly reach ready to buy consumers through newspaper ads. Gilbert surveys show a sizable portion of newspaper readers are younger, influencing market reach for ads targeting teens and regular readers.
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Gilbert
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Order of Eastern Star
Everett Weiser
R. 1
Latham Brown
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Brown
Olive Guise
Roger
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
John Menges
Emmanuel
Clair J. Myers
H. E. Miller
Davidsburg
Dover R
D. E
Dave
Myers
Hampton, Pa
Law’s Sewing Center
S. Beaver St
York, Pa
The
Ford
Allis-Chalmers
New Idea
Serew’s, Inc
East Berlin, Pa
John Deere
DAS Prem Farm Equipment Sones Se Hs
Frederick Street
Hanover, Pa
Niagara of York
Philadelpha
Niagara
Dover Appliance
Dover, PA
Kelvinator & Sylvania
International Harvester
Melvin J. Sheffer
Railroad Street
Wolfgang
Lowrey
Meneuey Music Service
Carlisle Street
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