Hotel Robber Is Sentenced After Mount Pleasant Heist
Prank Roverts 34 of Connellsville was sentenced to eight to 16 years in Western Penitentiary after conviction for robbing a guest at the Penn Francis hotel in Mount Pleasant. Betty June Wells testified he left their room at 4 a.m. to steal $300 from Julius Gilmore, noting they had worked at several hotels in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including Gettysburg. Roverts faces additional charges for burglaries in Scottsdale and a prior Milwaukee burglary with a parole history dating to 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prank Roverts
Connelsville
Theodore William Marries
Oneida
N. Y
Gettysburg
Western Penitentiary
Mount Pleasant
Betty June Wells
Roberts
Connel
Scottsdale
The
Commonwealth
Milwaukee
Marriage Invitations Issued for Sara Jane Sheffer
Mrs Howard Wesley Sheffer of Get tysburg issues wedding invitations for Sara Jane Sheffer to Melchior Grissinger Jr son of Mr and Mrs John M Grissinger Jr of York Springs. The ceremony will be December 31 at 6 pm at St James Church Gettysburg with Dr Ralph R Gresh rector. Reception follows at the bride's home. Grissinger a Gettysburg College student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Wesley Sheffer
Gettysburg
Sara Jane
Melchior Grissinger, Jr
John M. Grissinger, Jr
York Springs
R. D
St. James Church
Ralph R. Gresh
Grissinger
Gettysburg College
New Oxford Cagers Schedule Fifteen Games
The New Oxford high school basketball team posts a 15 game schedule with both boys and girls teams led by coaches Jack Miller Edgar Moul and Ivan Mechty. The boys split two recent scrimmages with Dover 26 20 loss and 56 35 win. The standings include home and away games from December 20 through March 4 with opponents such as Stewartstown Littlestown Fairfield East Berlin Boiling Springs Arendtsville and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford High School Dribblers
Jack Miller
Edgar Moul
Dover
New Oxford Lads
Ivan Mechty
Alumni
Stewartstown
Stewartstown, Home; January 7, Biglerville
Arendtsville
Boiling Springs
Littlestown
Fairfield
East Berlin
Biglerville
Local Obituaries and Weddings Reported in Hanover Area
Twenty years ago a woman fell from a chair to her bed injuring her left hip. Catherine M. Wagaman, 87, of McSherrystown, died Wednesday. Henry Zercher, a Littlestown merchant, and Mrs. Mary Grace Klingel, formerly of New Oxford, wed in Hanover on Sunday, with banns of matrimony published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine M. Wagaman
McSherrystown
Henry Zercher
Littlestown
Mary Grace Klingel
New Oxford
Hanover
William J. Schaffer
M. E. Church
Local Marriage Notices and Accident Report
McSherrystown residents Bernadine Hertz and Clair Staub are listed with a marriage location while Pau ling Yingling and Paul Conrad are named as another pair. Jacob K Hoover, living near Greenridge with J A Nester, suffered a left thumb injury from a circular saw while cutting wood at Daniel Bricker's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lished
St. Mary's Church
McSherrystown
Bernadine Hertz
Hanover
Clair Staub
Pauling Yingling
Paul Conrad
J. A. Nester
Greenridge
Daniel Bricker
Notable Local Incidents And Marriages Reported
Suffering from blood poisoning from a wound on her left index finger Mrs Geo W Miller of Abbottstown is treated locally. Martin Groft nine of McSherrystown narrowly escaped serious injuries when struck by a automobile while playing. James W Barnitz cashier of Farmers and Merchants Bank and Marjorie C Gerber of York wed in Christ Lutheran church parsonage York. Hiram Pekner 73 of Berwick township and Eliza Morrison 69 wed by Rev C Sternat. Howlen Miller son of Walter Miller cut a gash on his palm Thursday with wire. James Robinson has had a fort house addition erected on Orange street. Alice E Wolf of Abbottstown and Paul F Herre of Harrisburg united in marriage at Reformed parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Miller
Abbottstown
Martin
C. D. Groft
McSherrystown
James W. Barnitz
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Marjorie C. Gerber
York
Christ Lutheran Church, York
Geo W. End
Hiram Pekner
Berwick Tnp
Eliza Morrison
C. Sternat
Howlen Miller
Walter Miller
Lincolnway W
James Robinson
Orange Street
Alice E. Wolf
Paul F. Herre
Harrisburg
Obituary notices and local society updates
Obituaries note the death of Rev. W F E Garrett and Amanda Altland 73 widow of Reuben Altland in Abbotstown with other deaths including Mrs Mary Lesman and her infant in McSherrystown and Daniel Mertz near Hagerstown. Local items report NRA member C K Yeager camping at Orrtanna with an eight pronged buck, school board elections, a Reading marriage license for Burgard and Millie Sunday, and several ill residents. New births occur at Rock Abbottstown and near 700 while twins arrive in Abbottstown for the Cranmer family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lesman
Ralph Lesman
McSherrystown
Mary's Church
Daniel Mertz
Hagerstown
C. K. Yeager
Lincolnway W
N. O. Rod and Gun Club
Orrtanna
Geo. A. Klingel
Ed. T. Auker
N. O
Charles W. Burgard
Millie Sunday
Reading
Sampson Kepner
Hanover St
John Ditenhafer
E. E. Ditenhafer
Berlin
A. Smith
Local notes and obituaries from Abbottstown and surrounding towns
40 Years Ago George Ford of Hunterstown broke his left leg at Bowlder saw mill. A surprise party honored A F Brady's son Henry A Little of West High Street. Mary Agnes Anthony of Abbottstown married in Abbottstown Lutheran parsonage. Solomon J Haverstock of Mt Pleasant and Mandilla Sponseller of Straban wed November 27 in Hanover. Chester Zeigler Thomas died at 69 in McSherrystown. George Trimmer died age 80 in Huntington Township. Martin Luther Weigle, 86 of Hanover, son of Lemuel and Margaret Weigle of New Oxford, died. Elmer Myers of Pitt Street injured throwing hay from a mow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ford
Hunterstown
Bowlder
A. F. Brady
Oxford Township
Mr. Brady
Henry A. Little
West High Street
Mary Agnes Anthony
Abbottstown
Solomon J. Haverstock
Mt. Pleas
Ant Township
Mandilla Sponseller
Straban
Hanover
S. P. Mauger
Chester Zeigler Thomas
McSherrystown
George Trimmer
Huntington Township
Martin Luther Weigle
Lemuel
Margaret Weigle
New Oxford
Elmer Myers
Pitt Street
Barn accident injures man at Mrs Sarah BP property
A man fell through a hay hole at the Barn of Mrs Sarah FP BMimes and struck a wall, badly bruising his right side. Wheat priced at 70 cents per bushel. Mistletoe charm accents worn in Sweden to ward off sickness used as a local belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah FP
Sweden
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Peoples Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NEW Oxford Cagers
Jacob K. Hoover
Ers
Kuhn
Philco
Utah
Schick
Remington
Uuliphone
Hamilton- Beach
Goodyear Tire
and Tube Distributors
Elgin Steel
Tracy
Chiesa
Gene Autry
Lone Ranger
W. FE. Garrett
Amanda Altland
Reuben Altland
Abbotts
Ansorted
Hammer & Peg
Hollander's
Scooters
Metal Ironing Board
Hollander’s
S. George St
York, Pa
Home & Auto
Center Square
Hanover Pa
Rohrbaugh
Qual
Pratt
Albert W
New Oxford, Pa
York’s
West Market Street
Carlisle Street
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