Littlestown Community Notes and Local Events
Littlestown hosts a mother and daughter banquet in the Methodist hall. Birth announcements from Mrs. T Walter Allen and Mrs Philip Jacobs. Class party for Littlestown High School 1932 at Miss Mary Mathias’s home. Redeemer’s Reformed church to present “It’s A Ming!” at the Methodist hall with a male quartet and orchestra. Phi Sigma Iota initiation at Gettysburg College. Nurse Ethel Ohler to study at Sheppard and Pratt. Local chimney fire causes no damage. 1931 tax rates unchanged. Farm sale yields prices from $1.15 to $1.32 per bushel corn and total $1,817.63. Various moving of families and property. School students hear talk on China Today. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Yingling noted.
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T. Walter Allen
Cockeysville
Allen
Ethel Kump
Raymond Kump
Philip Jacobs
Jacobs
Doris Mehring
John W. Mehring
Littlestown High School
Mary Mathias
Friendship Circle
Redeemer's Reformed Church
Littlestown
M. Louise Stonesifer
Methodist Hall
M. F. Rider
P. Emory Weaver
Thomas O. Weaver
Lombard Street
Phi Sigma Iota
Gettysburg College
Ethel Ohler
the Sinai Hospital
Baltimore
Sheppard and Pratt Hospital
Towson
Borough
Paul Weant
Hazel
Vernon
Diamond Dehoff
Mt. Vernon
Luther Bair
H. A
C. W. Sell
Sell's Station
Zinn
China
Richard Yingling
Haines Shoe Sale Offers Bargain Footwear Across All Classes
In Good Times or Bad Seasons the ad promises the greatest shoe values with a wide range. Baby shoes in patent leather stitchdown high and low priced at 98c, men’s work and dress shoes, women’s flats and support shoes, and hood rubbers all available at Haines with substantial savings.
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Haines
Goodyear West
vWorkshoes
Shue
Public Sale At Thompson Farm Presents Broad Lot Of Stock And Implements
The farmer William Tice Heyser will auction a diverse assortment at his Gran ite to Bonneauville road farm. The sale includes four horses and mules, dairy cows with multiple calves, two Guernsey and Holstein cattle, 100 pairs of pigeons, 365 chickens with breeds listed, incubator and brooders, separator, 27 sheep, and substantial farm machinery such as a McCormick Deering binder, hay equipment, tractor, and various tools. Terms announced sale day.
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Granite
Bonneauville
McCormick Deering
Farquhar
Weber
Fordson
McCormick Deering Corn
Public sale of Jonas W. Hildebrand estate near Strumbaughs store
Executors advertise a Saturday March 7 1931 sale on the premises along the Hanover Abbottstown road near Strumbaughs store in Berwick township Adams county. The catalog lists two horses two Guernsey heifers farming implements poultry supplies a 1923 Chevrolet touring car and numerous household and farm items. Sale begins at 1 pm terms to be announced by Executors Emma Hildebrand Norman Hildebrand Abe Roth Aud Hoover Richter clerks.
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Jonas W. Hildebrand
Berwick Township
Adams County
Hanover
Abbottstown
Strumbaugh
Weber
McCormick
New Holland
Newtown
Buckeye Colony
Birth of a Daughter Announced by Ervin Ecker Family
Mr and Mrs Ervin Ecker announce the birth of a daughter. Other local items note Policeman Charles E Wintrode of Littlestown ill at home, and marriages and career moves among residents including Francis C Smith transferred to San Francisco and Rev William K Fleck named pastor in York County. The state senate confirms Roger J Keefer as notary public and Whittlestown schools plan Patrons Day program in Methodist hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Ecker
Charles E. Wintrode
Littlestown
Krebs
Taneytown
Courtney Shriner
Birnie Shriner
Francis C. Smith
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Brumgard
Courtney
Birnie Shriver
State Senate
Roger J. Keefer
Whittlestown Public Schools
Methodist Hall
O. C. Johnson
H. Farley
Newark
Littlestown Shoe Firm Returns Home to Washington DC
The Littlestown shoe company has returned to their Washington DC home. Harry Bowers and family left the R A Hartman property and moved their furnishings to the George DeGroft property near Menges Mills. Friendship Circle of St Pauls Lutheran Church under Mrs. Lloyd Humbert plans its annual meeting Thursday at Mrs Samuel H Smiths home with officer elections.
Youth Struck By Auto Succumbs To Injuries
Albert C. Hatterer Jr. of York died in York hospital at 3 20 Tuesday after midnight injuries from an incident along the Susquehanna trail north of Zion View. Authorities noted skull fractures and facial injuries from a car said to be driven by Paul Criste of York. relatives questioned foul play and urged a careful jurors inquiry into how injuries could occur without leg marks.
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Zion View
Albert C. Hatterer, Jr
York
York Hospital
Paul Criste
Hatterer
Humor editors invited to gathering in Madison on April Fools Day
About 100 college humor editors are invited to attend a gathering at Madison Wisconsin on April 1 All Fools Day. The event aims to share humor ideas and network among contributors from multiple campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Youths Shot At Stealing Tire in Florida Arrests
District Attorney John P. Butt reports four Adams County youths from Biglerville were arrested in Jacksonville Florida for stealing a 1929 coach and a spare tire. They were shot at fleeing the scene and held by federal authorities to face charges under the federal automobile act. The car was shipped to Philadelphia and driven to Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Florida
John P. Butt
Adams County
Jacksonville
A. E. Rice
Biglerville
Butt
Leroy
Freeman Warner
Harold
Raymond Miller
Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Rice
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Barbara Fritchie
Curtis Harner
Haines the Shoe Wizard
WCOD
Harrisburg
Beegle Eckert Bidg
H. E. Shellenberger
Bell
Abbottstown, PA
C. Moul & CO
Chestnut Street
Hanover, PA
Robert
Guernsey
Jersey
Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
William Tice Heyser, Thompson
Auct
Emma Hildebrand
Norman Hildebrand
Abe Roth
Hoover & Richter
Clerks
Fred Bieh
Keiper
Bros
Rrettysburg
H. H. Thomas How. Co
York Street
Gettysburg, PA
Pennsylvania
Aero Oil CO
York Fur Shop
Reliable Manufacturing and Retail Farriers
N. George St
York, PA
Mr. Walker Edmondson
Shamille Hair Cut Shop
Samuel F. Miller
Gilbert
Chambersburg St
StanDard Rag & Paper Co
J. H. Peterman
ST. New
Oxford
THE
House OF Furs
West Market Street
Coats
Cross
Vienna
Avrth
Case
Ferguson
Peckman Tractor Co
Bear City Hotel
Butte
Veal
Hamburg
Sale Ends
Harry Viener
the Family Store of Friendly Service
Oels Atage
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