County approves two span bridge over Rock Creek near Gettysburg
Adams County commissioners completed final inspection and accepted the new 80 foot two span steel girder bridge over Rock Creek between Mount Joy and Cumberland townships. The $7,862.50 structure, built by William G. Just of Phoenixville, replaces earlier unsafe crossings and includes resilient metal barriers along concrete posts.
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Adams County
Rock Creek
Mount Joy
Cumberland Townships
William G. Just
Phoenixville
Baltimore and
Taneytown
Gettysburg
James B. Long
Norristown
Boards of Supervisors
Gettysburg Officer Promoted to Captain in State Patrol
Lieutenant T. N. Bonte of Gettysburg has been promoted to captain and named commander of Troop A. The move, effective January 1, followed approval by Secretary of Revenue John B. Kelly and recommendation by Superintendent Charles H. Quarles. Bonte, who joined the patrol in 1924, has served at Gettysburg and will base headquarters in Harrisburg while his family remains at their Buford avenue home housing the Gettysburg substation.
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T. N. Bonte
Gettysburg
State Highway Patrol
Harrisburg
Bonte
Charles H. Quarles
Secretary of Revenue
John B. Kelly
Boate
Buford Avenue
Shoots Deer Howard Riley Recovers Eight Point Buck
Howard Riley of Gettysburg shot an eight point buck while hunting in the South mountains on Thursday.
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Howard Riley
Gettysburg
South Mountains
York Springs Natives Married Fifty Years
Mr and Mrs William O LaRue of Harrisburg celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. He is 77 and she 74. They were natives of York Springs where they farmed until about six years ago.
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William O. LaRue
Harrisburg
LaRue
York Springs
Moose Lodge to Host Annual Kiddies Christmas Party
Gettysburg Lodge No. 1526 Loyal Order of Moose will hold its annual kiddies Christmas party on Wednesday evening December 23 at 7 o clock for community children. Candy and oranges will be distributed.
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Gettysburg Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Two Trucks Damaged In Fog In Gettysburg
In Gettysburg two trucks were damaged in an early morning crash in the fog on Friday. No one was injured. Roy Lemmon of Hanover said he was attempting to remove a bakery truck for O. I. T. Houck, Inc., also of Hanover, when the accident occurred.
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Gettysburg
Roy Lemmon
Locust Street
Hanover
O. IT M. Houck, Inc
Driver's collision with parked truck cited in report
A coating of steam described the moment the left front of a car struck H. C. Bollinger's parked truck outside his residence on the north side of the street.
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H. C. Bollinger
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G'Burg
United States
Brown’s
New Oxford
Abbottstown
Lincoln Highway
Center Square
York Band
Penzel-Mueller
Buescher
J. Robt
Menchey Instruction and Musical Supplies
Second Avenue
Warner Brothers
State Hanover
America
Frank McHugh
Joan Blondell
Kay Francis and
William Powell
Edmund Lowe
Gloria Stuart
Reginald Owen
Bollinger
Wolff
CABOT
Paul R. Hostetter Y
W. Market St. Hoke’s Mill Road
York, Pa
Chic Beauty Shop
New Oxford, Pa
Devoe Nouse
HWTF
Baltimore St
Gettysburg, Pa
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Mobicycle
Blue Man
Yin
Ces LE
MELEE
Higinbotham
Samuel Higinbotham
Coty
Awbbi
Whitman
Yardley Agency
Yardley
Lft EE
Smith's Drug Store
Broadway
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