The Christmas Saint in a Small Town Miracle
Marionetta and her crippled brother Jimmy live in a tenement with their mother. A rich woman in a big car plays Santa Claus, returning a dropped purse and revealing a tale of a boy who did the right thing. She promises to help Jimmy with a doctor and a hospital visit, ending the year with a hopeful gift.
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Marionetta
Santa Claus
Jim
Jimmy
McCarty
Jerry McCarty
WNU
Harrisburg Woman Undergoes Appendectomy
Miss Betty Martin of Harrisburg daughter of Mr and Mrs George R Martin Gettysburg underwent an appendectomy Saturday at Harrisburg hospital and is reported to be progressing nicely.
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Betty Martin
Harrisburg
George R. Martin
Gettysburg
Disability Now Only Basis For Discharge
The county Red Cross chapter is told to return all pending Army discharge applications not based on disability. A War department order makes disability the sole discharge ground in this emergency. Red Cross HQ says no casualty info is available for civilians or service members in the Pacific. Folders on aiding POWs through the Red Cross are at the courthouse. Red Cross accepts donations for POW relief with standardized kits.
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The
Red Cross
War Department
Pacific
International Red Cross
Court House
American Red Cross
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Countians Safe In War Zone
Countians learn relatives are safe in the Pacific theater. Mrs Myra Houck of Gettysburg reports via cable that her daughter Mrs Everett Bennett, her husband, and their two year old Larry are safe. the Bennetts live near Pearl Harbor. Mr and Mrs G W Koser of Biglerville receive a cable from daughter Mrs Daryl Cardell in Honolulu saying she is well and asks them not to worry. Cardell’s husband is believed to be in the island. no word yet from Mr Cardell who is a navy boatswain somewhere in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Houck
Gettysburg
Everett Bennett
Larry
Bennett
United States Navy
Bennetts
Pearl Harbor
G. W. Koser
Biglerville
Daryl Cardell
Honolulu
Boys Get Hair Cut At Paradise Protectory
One hundred nine boys at the Paradise Protectory near Abbottstown received hair cuts Sunday. Barbers visiting the institution included Oscar, Donald and Kenneth Kinneman Archie Lingg Frances Aumen Ralph and John Ferry and Fred Baker from Hanover Leon Smith from New Oxford Earl Haverstick from Abbottstown and F W Topper Sr from McSherrystown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise Protectory
Abbottstown
Oscar
Donald
Kenneth Kinneman
Archie Lingg
Frances Aumen
Ralph
John Ferry
Fred Baker
Hanover
Leon Smith
New Oxford
Earl Haverstick
F. W. Topper, Sr
McSherrystown
Annual Meeting Notice for Adams County Mutual Fire Insurance
The annual meeting of policy holders of Adams County Mutual Fire Insurance Company will be at The Gettysburg National Bank 10 York Street Gettysburg Pa Monday January 12 1942 from 2 to 3 PM for electing eleven mannauvers and to transact other proper business. Donald P McPherson Jr secretary.
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Adams County Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Gettysburg National Bank
York Street
Gettysburg
Pennsylvanian
Donald P. McPherson, JR
Orchard pruning demonstration by Ruef in Abbottstown area
J U Ruef extension pomologist will conduct a pruning demonstration Friday at 1 30 p m in the J W Lucabaugh orchards located between Hanover and Abbottstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. U. Ruef
J. W. Lucabaugh
Hanover
Abbottstown
Notice Estate of Cyrus Wolf Abbottstown Adams County
Estate of Cyrus Wolf deceased in Abbottstown Adams County Pennsylvania. Letters testamentary granted to Clarence R. Wolf and Belle Wolf Flickinger as executors. Creditors and others with claims or debts must notify or pay the estate promptly. Attorneys listed for the executors.
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Cyrus Wolf
Abbottstown
Adams County
Pennesylvania
Register of Wills
Pennsylvania
Clarence R. Wolf
Belle Wolf Flickinger
Broadway
Hanover
Laird & Buchen
Adames County Court Orders Oyer and Terminer Session
Sheriff Daniel J. Wolff issues writs summoning Coroner Justices of the Peace and Constables across Adams County for the January 1942 Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions in Gettysburg. Officials are required to appear with records examinations and remembrancers on the fourth Monday of January at 9:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adames
W. C. Shedly
Dent Jude
Comyn Pleas
Adams
Fulton
Court of Oyer and Terminer
General Court of Quarter Sessions
Pence
Dale Knouse
John C. Wihle
Adam
Gettysburo
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