Longtime Gettysburg shoemaker Jacob Stock dies at 96
Jacob A Stock 96 longtime Gettysburg resident and shoemaker died Sunday at his home. He operated a shop for 65 years serving college students and faculty with custom shoes. He rode long walks hunted dogs and travelled to Europe at 75 where he met relatives and had an audience with the Pope. He survived by wife Mary Catherine McMaster and children Rose Stock Habericht Bernard J Stock James Stock plus numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services Wednesday at Bender funeral home with requiem.
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Bender Funeral Home
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Adams
Franklin
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James F.lind
McCullough
Gettysburg
Chambersburg
Sheriff Sale of Five Adams County Properties in Aspers Town ship
Public auction set for December 31 in Gettysburg Adams County Pennsylvania detailing five distinct tracts in Aspers Menatlan Township. Description covers tract boundaries lot numbers improvements mortgage status and payment terms with ten percent cash deposit and five day balance deadline.
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Othee
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Car collision at York Springs Intersection injures drivers
An auto owned by Rea and Derick of Northumberland Pennsylvania and driven by Gordon H Griffith 39 of Camp Hill collided with a car driven by Gladys R Reinking 55 of Terre Haute Indiana at the York Springs Intersection at 3 p.m. Thursday December 15. Police at Gettysburg reported the Reinking car traveling east on Route 94 had stopped for a stop sign then began across the intersection when Griffith traveling north struck it.
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McSherrystown Officials Weigh Sewer Entry Permit
Borough council hears request from Third street Midway residents to enter the McSherrystown sewer system. Sewer committee will study possibilities after council opposed outside entry last August amid system changes.
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