Adams county townships spend 135,279 in 1947 study
At the 31st annual convention of township officials in Adams county speakers discuss township finances and proposed changes. 21 townships spent 135,279 dollars excluding township school districts. Only two had debt, most operated pay as you go, with cash balances up to 6,457 dollars. Concerns include annexation, revenue sources, and potential Commonwealth grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Cather Brancher
Eueaker
Pennsylvania
Menallen Township
Franklin Township
Braucher
Commonwealth
Glenn Jacobs
W. F. Rex
Oak Ridge
Gettysburg
Ervin J. Baker
Donald P. McPherson
H. A. Thompson
The
Supervisors Association
Ladies Aid
St. James Lutheran
P. R. Nicholas
Daniel Bailey
Thompson
John H. Stock
Hamilton Township
John R. Taylor
Maurice M
Moose Dinner Feeds 1700 at Annual Turkey Supper
About 1700 Moose lodge members their ladies and Women of the Moose attended the annual turkey dinner at the Moose home on Wednesday evening. Serving began at an unspecified hour and continued until shortly before 11 with 85 turkeys 700 pounds of potatoes 40 gallons sauerkraut 60 gallons of peas 60 gallons of fruit cocktail and 100 gallons of ice cream used among other dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Lodge
Women of the Moose
Moose Home
Local resolutions listed for Sterner and Conewago townships
A row of resolutions sorted by township names includes Sterner in Butler township and Conewago township, naming Ralph I. Unger Manover R. J. R. M. King Hamiltonian township and F. H. Brame among involved parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterner
Butler Township
Ralph I. Unger
Manover R. J. R. M. King
Hamiltonian
F. H. Brame
Conewago
Minnich Betrothal to Merbert L. Smith in Gettysburg
Mrs Edna Minnich of Ramsey New Jersey announces the engagement of her daughter Betty Jane Minnich to Merbert L. Smith son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Smith of Gettysburg The couple are both seniors at Gettysburg College Miss Minnich is a Ramsey High School graduate and Mr Smith served three and a half years in the Army including twelve months with the Third Army in Europe No wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Minnich
Ramsey
N. J
Betty Jane Minnich
Merbert L. Smith
Charles H. Smith
Gettysburg
Miss Minnich
Ramsey High School
Gettysburg Colege
Smith
Gettysburg High School
Gettysburg College
Third Army
Europe
Bail Furnished for Court Appearance in Car License Case
Roy Myers of Mampton was released on bail after being held for court by Justice of the Peace Claude Straley. He was arrested December 4 by state police at the Gettysburg substation on a charge of driving with a suspended operator's license. The story notes that American reindeer species are called caribou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Myers
Mampton
Gettysburg
Justice of the Peace
Claude Straley
New Oxford
Clerk's Notice of First Account in Grimm Trust
Clerks notice states the First National Bank of Gettysburg as surviving trustee has filed the first account of Herbert L Grimm residuary trust in Adams County Orphans Court. The account will be presented for confirmation on December 20, 1948 at 10:00 a.m. unless written exceptions are filed by presentation time. Emma E Sheffer clerk. Keith Bigham Markley attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Gettysburg
Herbert L. Grimm
Gettysburg
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Orphans’ Court
Orphans Court
Emma E. Sheffer
Keith, Bigham & Markley
Fire at Gettysburg Ice and Storage Plant Damages Facility
Firefighters responded to a blaze at the Gettysburg Ice and Storage plant Saturday night. Crews battled flames and contained the area, with no injuries reported as investigators inspect the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettynsburg
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Stephen G. Naylor
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