Borough Votes to Build Sewer Line Through Town
Gettysburg council approves a plan to construct a sewer from East Broadway to East Lincoln and North Stratton streets and to connect with the county home pumping station. A ten year arrangement with the county home depends on securing land access from C B Melhenny and the Winter estate. A survey shows a 28 inch fall over 466 feet for the proposed section.
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Gettysburg
East Broady
East Lincoln Avenue
North Stratton Street
East Broadway
Adams County
Rock Creek
C. B. Melhenny
Philadelphia
Lincoln Avenue
Harrisburg Road
Winter Estate
P. C. Stock
Bee and Bartholemew Johnson Share Christmas Cheer
Bee Johnson alone for Christmas plans to be her own Santa. A mistaken poinsettia from a B Johnson sparks conversation with Bartholemew Johnson who has just moved in. They meet, share decorations, and invite each other to celebrate together.
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Bee Johnson
Bee
Santa Claus
Monroe Apartments
Miss Johnson
B. Johnson
Smiths
Bartholomew
Community Notes From White Hall and Nearby Towns
White Hall residents host visitors from New Oxford Hanover and Harrisburg during a busy social week. A birthday surprise for Mr Halter drew many neighbors and relatives for games music and refreshments at the Halter home. Local families count trips to deer camps near Fairfield and gatherings with kin across the region.
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Thomas Sheely
Edwin Motter
John Schwartz
Gettysbute
Esther Rudisill
Merle Conover
Hanover
Harry Senft
Hope- Well
New Jersey
Edward Breighner
Charles Weikert
Anna
Charles, Jr
Philip, Jr
Howard Trostle
Litlestown
Herman Breighner
Chester Hess
Harrisburg
Melvin Breighner
Ezutha
Hugh Robert
Massachusetts
Elman Robert
Westminster
Maryland
Andrew Halter
Halter
Elmer Halter
Frank Hoover
Carrie Strine
Daisie Bittle
Bradley Shanefelter
John Rudisill
Anna Halter
Evelyn Breighner
Ada Halter
Pauline Strine
Bernie Strine
Barah Breighner
Ruth Halter
Pauline Halter
Catherine Snyder
Roma
Christmas Cards Origin Story and Sales
Sir Henry Cole, an English reformer, created the first Christmas card. It measured six by four inches and showed charity acts amid a leafy trellis. Last year United States sales exceeded 100 million dollars.
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Sir Henry Cole
United States
Good King Wenceslaus of Bohemia
Good King Wenceslaus is described as a historic monarch of Bohemia noted for his reign and fame in Carol traditions.
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Carol
Wenceslaus
Bohemia
Yule in History Explains Old Name for Christmas
A note outlines that Yule is an ancient Christmas name with many explanations about its origin and meaning, tracing linguistic and cultural roots across traditions.
Re-elect Snyder As School Board Head
Harry 8S. Snyder was re elected president of the Gettysburg school board for the ensuing year at the regular monthly meeting held in the high school building. Mahlon P. Hartzell was re elected vice president. H. B. Bender and George Black retained their posts as treasurer and secretary respectively with terms not expired. Other board members present were Dr. C. G. Crist and Roy W. Wentz.
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Harry 8S. Snyder
Gettysburg
Mahlon P. Hartzell
H. B. Bender
George Black
C. G. Crist
Roy W. Wentz
Memorial Day Committee Appointed by Gettysburg Camp 112
A Memorial Day organizing committee was formed at Gettysburg camp 112, Sons of Veterans, at its Friday meeting. Members include Rev. L. B. Hafer, chairman, Charles F. Rodley, Rev. W. D. E. Scott, Frank A. Waybright and E. F. Strausbaugh.
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Gettysburg
Sons of Veterans
L. B. Hafer
Charles F. Rodley
W. D. E. Scott
Frank A. Waybright
E. F. Strausbaugh
Harlow Rejects Virginia Poly Offer After Strong WMU Run
Dick Harlow, Western Maryland coach, turned down Virginia Polytechnic Institute’s bid to take over its football program. Harlow, in Westminster for talks, said he is pleased with his job, on a five year contract, and not considering a change. He cited his new Westminster home and past wartime success at VPI.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Dick Harlow
Western Maryland
C. P. Miles
Blacksburg
Harlow
Westminster
Virginia Poly
Orville
Greasy) Neale
Lyal Clark
Maryland
Virginia
Virginia Military Institute
William and Mary
Roanoke
Davidson
Vanderbilt
North Carolina
South
Christmas Eve Carver’s Quiet Skill Saves Eye
In a small pre Christmas workshop a splinter blinds a carpenter but a great physician heals the eye, while an apprentice calmly finishes a sandal wood block. The crowd doubts the recovery but the eye remains sound and the Christmas spirit remains.
Ro mania Christmas Danube Blessing Tradition
In Ro mania a Christmas day custom has priests and villagers in biblical costumes walking to the riverbank. They break the ice and cast a wooden cross into the Danube, with the finder said to gain luck for the year ahead.
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Romania
Danube
Christmas Means the Same to Young and Old
Uncle Bill despised Christmas as a merchant trap yet travels to his sister’s with gifts. On Christmas morning he witnesses children's joy and the spirit of giving, realizing the holiday’s true meaning. He vows to become a steady source of happiness for parents and children alike.
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Santa Claus
Harold L. Cook
The Christmas Candle Spelled Welcome Home
Katherine Blair places a lighted candle in the window a Christmas custom to guide Kenneth home The night mail brings a letter and a late arrival bursts in shouting Merry Christmas The candle’s glow proves its message welcome home to the Blair family
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Katherine Blair
John Blair
Kenneth
Katherine
Dad
Blanche Tanner Dillin
Peace And Good Will Ada’s Timely Lesson
Ada Strather attends church reluctantly as a sermon about peace and reconciliation moves her to tears. She faces a family rift over her nephew’s career choice while the season’s message sparks a hopeful return of joy and the possibility of Christmas reconciliation. Tennyson refused £1,000 for a set of Christmas card verses.
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Ada
Ry Katherine Faelman
Ada Strather
Stratner
Western Newspaper Union
Tennyson
May Enjoy Christmas in Mansions in the Skies
Martha Bannig Thomas imagines a future where Christmas takes place three thousand feet up in the air with flying mansions and cockpit decorations. She suggests people may attend parties in planes above Mt Washington and have trees delivered by plane trucks, leaving ground life behind.
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Mt. Washington
Martha Bannig Thomas
Western Newspaper Union
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J. Z. Rudisill
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Clarence Keefer
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Aero
New
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Sweet Sixteen
AT Home
Associated Press
Winifred Bryden
Detroit
Uncle Bill
Copyright Western Newspaper Union
Monarch
Yacht Club
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Ile
Christmas
McHinger
General Electric
Baltimore ST
Gettysburg, PA
Fast
Berlin
Littlestown
Carlisle
York Springs
Rimmer
America
China
Florida
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McFall
Jacobs
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