Social ties span towns in a Thanksgiving visit round
A long list of relatives and friends from McSherrystown to York and Harrisburg spent Thanksgiving or long weekends visiting family. Visitors include Edward Sanders with his son John in New Cheater, Mrs Sallie Dellone in Harrisburg, and many others from Abbottstown, Reading, Gettysburg, Baltimore, and Philadelphia visiting kin across Lincoln Way West and town streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sanders
McSherrystown
John
New Cheater
Sallie Dellone
Harrisburg
Franklin J. Martin
North Peters Street
Frank Spangler
Chas, Spangler
Eddie Plank
Lincoln Way
West
Philadelphia
Lewis’ Williams
Latimore
Rockford
Geo. S. Hummer
Charles Hummer
Reading
Arthur Sponceller
Plymouth, O
Amos Sponceller
Sarah Stock
Gettysburg
Mark Stock
Carlisle Street
Simon Stock
Agnes Sterner
Harry Sterner
Poplar Street
Guyon A. Smith
Lafayette College
F. S. Smith
Hanover Street
Mary Smith
Junia Moller
H. I. Smith
East
Warren Miller
Geo. A. Miller
Paul Herman
York
G. Wilson Herman
H. O. Himes
Emma Anthony
Abbottstown
Louisa Freed
New Oxford
Basil Dunn
Fr. Dunn
Cedar Ridge
Karl Myers
Fairfield
Baltimore
W. Ray Kittinger
Rochelle
Guy Musselman
Helen Ruth
M. D.feiser
Russell Ruff
F. & M. College
Lancaster
C.A. Ruff
Berlin Street
J.C. Myers
Cleveland
Lansing
Calvin Miller
W. High Street
Grace Eline
Jeff McIntire
New Chester
Paul D. Weaver
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Emmitsburg
John 8. Weaver
H. G. Wehler
East High Street
East Berlin
Meriam Lingg
York High School
Francis M. Lingg
Near Town
Alverta Lawrence
W. A. Lawrence
James L. Brady
F. M. Lingg
Franklin Rudigill
Mary Endbrebert
Town
W. J. Winand
High Street
Paul Martin
Wm. Bang
Hanover
Alex. Eicholts
Kansas
Mary Bittinger
Helen Snyder
Lincolnway
W. Zingher and
Lamily
Carlisle
Vielen Ened Bart Berth Onuriday
Norristown Chauffeur Dies From Football Trip Crash
Norman Cloud aged 30 of Norristown died at York hospital from a skull fracture and internal injuries after a Thursday night car crash near Thomasville. He was a chauffeur for Harry L. Stabler and was returning from the F and M Gettysburg football game at Lancaster. Fred Knubel, a Gettysburg student, also injured. Stabler and Dippel escaped unhurt. The vehicle overturned after veering off the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Cloud
Norristown
York Hospital
Thomasville
Cloud
Harry L. Stabler
Charles Moul
Hanover
Lancaster
Fred Knubel
Gettysburg
Stabler
Knubel
Harry W. Dippel
Hospital Patients In Brief From York Area
Roy Waltman of near Abbottstown improved slowly after a strangulated hernia operation at York hospital a week ago. George Spangler of Fairfield is in a Rochelle Illinois hospital after an appendicitis operation. Mrs C P Smith of Lincolnway West was taken to York hospital for an immediate operation for internal trouble and is improving rapidly. Dorsey Herring of Orrtanna was taken to Chambersburg hospital for tonsilitis and appendicitis surgery. Mrs Howard G Blocher of Littlestown underwent a successful operation at West Side Sanitarium York on Thanksgiving day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Waltman
Abbottstown
York Hospital
George Spangler
J. Arthur Spangler
Fairfield
Rochelle
Til
C. P. Smith
Lincolnway
West
Court items in Gettysburg condemnation and estate matters
Court session reports from the Gettysburg Water Company and Cumberland township School Board show proposed land condemnations. Viewers awarded $185 to the Bighams for Marsh Creek land and $150 to Mary Alice Hemler for the Pitzer schoolhouse land. Several estates had accounts confirmed with balances listed, and Wilbur McClean was ordered to Glen Mills for incorrigibility. Feeser appointed with bond set at $30,005.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg Water Company
Cumberland Township School Board
William A. Bigham
Mary J. Bigham
Marsh Creek
Mary Alice Hemler
George Hemler
Pitzer
Wilbur McClean
Wm. McClean
Glen Mills
Harry A. Feeser
Jacob H. Feeser
Irma G. Fisher
Harp W. Fisher
Germany
E. Z. Buchen
A. C. Buchen
Conewago
Jacob Gallagher
Susan Gallagher
Mt. Pleasant
Sarah J. Lough
Harry E. Lough
Edwin G. Lough
New Oxford
Emma C. Sprenkle
Edgar A. Sprenkle
Hamiltonian Township
Ida H. Trimmer
Andrew B. Trimmer
East Berlin
Local Birth Announcements From Hampton and Nearby Towns
Stork news lists numerous births with families in Hampton Gettysburg Littletown Abbottstown and Berwick township. Entries include new daughters and sons for Klinedinat Hea Mackley Hess Baker Wolf Swartz Smith Haer and others. An executive note reports A F Hoffman a Philadelphia salesman for E C Livingston resigning due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Klinedinat
Hampton
Robert Hea
Charles Mackley
Near
Littlentown
Frank. Walter
Gettysburg
Robert C. Hess
Lloyd Baker
Abbottstown
John Wolf
Berwick Township
Ira Swartz
Marriages Span Littlestown to Harrisburg and Beyond
A sequence of marriage notices from local towns lists brides and grooms including Elsie V. Long and Harry J. Bair in Baltimore, Elizabeth Sell and Mark G. Garrett in Littlestown, and many others in Hanover Gettysburg Mt. Joy and Midway. Partners hail from Adams and York counties with ceremonies in churches and parsonages, many noting parents and home towns. The reports reflect a busy period of nuptials across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie V. Long
Aug. Long
Littlestown
Harry J. Bair
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Baltimore
Real Estate Transfers Across Several Townships
The mill property of T F Rhodes at Centre Mills sold to Clarence Rouzer for 5000 dollars with possession expected soon. The Roth property in McSherrystown sold privately to Mrs Mary Little of Conewago township who will discontinue farming soon. A H Cromer sold his farm near Maria Furnace to Harvey Herring of Hamiltonian township with possession April 1. Cromer rents his Virginia Mills farm and plans to move to Minnesota to take ownership of a large land tract. W P Stoner Hanover real estate agent sold for Charles Haugh his 180 acre farm and a 6 acre wood lot in Mt Pleasant township to John Chronister of Oxford township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Rhodes
Centre Mills
Clarence Rouzer
Roth
McSherrystown
Mary Little
Conewago Township
A. H. Cromer
Maria Furnace
Harvey Herring
Hamiltonian Township
Cromer
Virginia Mills
Minnesota
W. P. Stoner
Hanover
Charles Haugh
Mt. Pleasant Township
John Chronister
Oxford Township
Deer take over Adams County as season appears record making
Hunters report heavy deer takes across Adams County with several big bucks, including seven prong and four prong trophies. Notable catches include John Staub and Frank March and others from Cashtown and New Oxford camps. Local events cover engagements, church notes, accidents, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
South Mountain
Howard Dicks
John Staub
Frank March
Hampton
Harry Grest
New York
Caledonia
Staub
Mr. March
Edward Fair
New Chester
Bendersville
Chronister
Greenridge School-House
Arendtsville
Robert Smith
Cash Town
Doc” Snyder
Harry Miller
Warren Miller
New Oxford Club
Orrianna
Bob” Straley
Illness and Ailments Among Locals in Hanover Area
The report lists residents facing various illnesses including typhoid fever in Margie Starry of Starrytown, Mrs. Garretson in Dillsburg moved to Latimore, and H M Rudisill of Farmers Bank Hanover with blood poisoning. Other cases include measles, quinsy, scarlet fever, pneumonia threat, indigestion, and general sickness among Hanover area families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie
Jobe Starry
Starrytown
A. W. Garretson
Dillsburg
J. L. Garretson
Latimore
H. M. Rudisill
Farmers Bank
Hanover
Richard Williams
Gettysburg
Earl Kohler
Robt, Wolf
Lincoln Way
East
Quinsy
Geo. D. Gilt
Geo
N. Gitt
Charles Lehman
Gladfelter
Abbottstown
Mervin Cashman
Hanover Sr
Harry Gebhart
Bonneaugilly
A. E. Buckminster
H. J. Lough
Hanover Street
Weavers Lease Foundry to Grove Son of Hotel Oxford
Weaver & Co Inc signs agreement for Chas J Grove to take charge of the long running foundry and machine shop. Legal entanglements delay final closure, Grove returns from Nicaragua where he led a drug operation. Grove formerly managed a Pittsburg drug store and is described as a thorough business man with support from the Weaver family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Grove
Grove
Nicaragua
Pittsburg
Deaths and relocations span Liberty and McSherrystown region
Obituaries report Paxton H. Riley Civil War veteran dies at 78 in Liberty Township near Fairfield with large family survivors. Patrick Henry McKenna dies in McSherrystown aged about 34 after brief illness. other notices cover infant Marie Agnes Little, Granville Myers, York area deaths, and a farm fire loss near Mechanicsburg. Community moves include teachers’ meeting at Walnut Grove and residents relocating to Hanover, Bittinger Station, or Gettysburg. Egg prices fall nationwide due to a countrywide boycott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton H. Riley
Liberty Township
Fairfield
Franklin County
Caledonia
Robert Watson
Waynesboro
D. H. Riley
Charlotte Reed
Freedom Township
C. E. Riley
Harry KE. Riley
Washington, D.C
Maggie Fk. Harbaugh
Rouzerville
Eliza J. Stine
Ivan K Riley
Gettysburg
Lucretia Shully
Chambersburg
Daniel Riley
Riley
Harriet Musselman
Patrick Henry McKenna
McSherrystown
Plearing
Ireland
Philadelphia
Hammerocery
Leonide Timing
G.W. Timmins
Misa Minnie McKenna
F. I. Gormley
St. Mary's Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
G Eman’ Spotz
Edw
Naomi Hipp
Alta Rickrode
Henover St
Stork News
A. F. Hoffman
E. C. Livingston
Elizabeth H. Sell
Charles Sell
Mark G. E. Garrett
Geo. Garrett
Mary C. Rohrbaugh
Sarah Rohrbaugh
Mt. Joy Township
Werley Clouser
David Clouser
Union Township
Christchurch Parsonage
F. S. Lindaman
Della M. Masemore
Samuel Masemore
Latimore Township
Herbert R. Ebersole
Pee Reading
York Springs
Paul Gladfelter
Florence Gardner
A. W. Gardner
Roy
Amos Davis
J. C. Gardner
Mt. Tabor
Ezra C. Geiselman
Lottie M. Nell
Bermudian
D. B. Harlacher
Harry E. Noel
Delane Noel
Iva R. Wagner
Milton Wagner
M. J. Roth
Ormer
Levy Silk Mill
Merle S. Trostle
Mary A. Rosensteel
Chas. M. Eyster
William Trostle
Emmy Rosensteel
St. Vincent’s ‘Church
Midway
Elsie G. Weaver
Thomas G. Smith
Murphy
Jerome Weaver
Charles E. Smith
Gertrude Slonaker
Frank B. Slonaker
Phares M. Hershey
Lafayette
Ind
Indianapolis
Cumberland Valley Telephone Exchange
Mr. Hershey
Alma L. Walter
Knoxlyn
George P. Taylor
Menallen Township
Arendtaville
T. C. Hesson
Jennie Redding
Joseph Redding
Francia Rosensteel
Geo. D. Rosensteel
Round Top
St. Francis Xavier Church
W. F. Boyle
Frederick Troxell
Steelton
M. Myrtle Watkins
Biglerville
Warren K. Enck
Lititz
W. C. Hess
Lebanon
Adams County Sabbath School Association
Enck
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Company
Louise Enck
Ralph Atwood
A. M. Heilman
W. Preston Smith
F. P. Smith
Mary E. Biszler
H. N. Basster
Jane E. Greenaway
John Greenaway
Robert Anderson
Wanamaker
Emmanuel Reformed Church
A.8
Dechant
Muriel Tyson
Edwin C. Tyson
Flora Dale
Frederick Parsons
Grand Rapids
Mich
Tyson
Mr. Parsons
Univ. of
Father O’ Killen
California
Wm. McC. Gilbert
Guy Staub
Gilbert
McKnightstown
Cashtown
D. P. McPherson
Gillan
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Arendeville Reformed
Amos Myers
Mummaseburg
Tyrone Township
Belmont School
Lutheran Rehurch
D. F. Slents
R. M. Baugher
Lincoln Way West
A. Wagaman
Syure
Jos Eckenrode
G’t'sb'rg
Florence M. Eckenrode
Harvey A. Yingst
Middletown
St. Francis
Boyle
Hershey
Nellie B. Barnett
Chester A. Spangler
IF. F. Bahner
Millard J. Thompson
Noyal Arcanum
Pennsylvania
Cumberland County
Lotheir Crouse
O. E. Crouse
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
John T. Nace
Nace
Evening Sun
C.H. Musselman
Middleburg Manufacturing Company
5S. L. Johns
T. P. Frazer
Pear Town
C. J. Marshall
Mary J. Case
Susan Case
Taneytown
Miss Case
Congregation of Faith Tabernacle
Biglervill
Abbottetown
Hanover L. H. & P. Co
Francis
Null
Near Harney
Marie Agnes
John Little
Granville Myers
Oliver Laughman
Henry Funk
Charles Funk
West Side Sanitarium
Annie Gintling
John Berkheimer
Mechanicsburg
Philip H. Muller
St. Louis
International Union
Cigarmakers’ Union No. 316
Bells Hemler
Bonneauville
William Museer
Gettyeburg
Walenut Grove School
Charles Miller
Wesley Chronister
Henry Becket
Hanov[ec
Bittinger
Jacob Jacoby
Sell’s
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