Adams County Tops State in Fruit Output and Fertilizer Use
Adams County leads Pennsylvania in fruit crop value at 1,632,140 dollars and apples at 2,435,420 bushels, ranking first in apple production and second in peaches. The county also boasts the highest percentage of farmers using commercial fertilizer at 92 percent, and holds top or high rankings across multiple agricultural categories per M. T. Hartman’s county extension report.
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Dams
Adams County
M. T. Hartman
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Adams
Adams ‘County
Doctor Luis Quintanilla Promoted at Mexican Embassy
Announcement from the Mexican embassy in Washington shows Dr. Luis Quintanilla rising from counselor to minister resident. He is married to Ruth Stallsmith of Gettysburg and the couple maintains homes in Arendelle and Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Luis Quintanilla
Doctor Quintanilla
Ruth Stallsmith
Gettysburg
Quintanillas
Arendeville
Washington
Heikes Estate Sale At York Springs Offerings
Executor Clark Pittenturt schedules a sale at Heikes Woolen Mills three miles southwest of York Springs. Items include wagons, farm machinery, a 1025 Overland sedan, a ton and half Model T truck, multiple egg incubators, apple crates, tools, and household goods. Auction starts at noon. cash terms. Prosser, Auct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RH. K. Heikes
Heikes
York Springs
Met Ed Employes Win Safety Honors for 1938
Metropolitan Edison company and New Jersey Power and Light achieved only 11 serious accidents and one fatality in 1938, a 100 percent improvement over the prior year. An intra company contest will award honor certificates to departments with no accidents and to employees with multi year accident free records. The York Hanover Gettysburg division earned a special honor certificate in the process.
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Metropolitan Edison Company
Associated Gas and Electric System
Metropolitan Faison
New Jersey Power and Light Company
York-Hanover-Gettysburg
Administrator's Notice in Estate of Jacob K Hoover
Letters of Administration on the estate of Jacob K Hoover deceased have been granted to the undersigned by the Adams County Register of Wills. All persons indebted must settle promptly and those with claims should present them to G Hoover Administrator Hanover Pa A R No 3. Geo M Walter Esq Attorney for the estate.
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Jacob K. Hoover
Berwick Township
Adams County
Penna
Register of Wills
Hoover
Hanover
Penne
Gettysburg Sheriff Sale Of Adams County Real Estate
A writ of fi fa iascas directs public sale on March 4 1939 at 10 am at Gettysburg Court House Adams County Pa. The parcel lies in Gettysburg bounded by West Breckenridge Street Burnell Swain and Long Lane with specified measurements. N E Stull is the defendant. sale conducted by Sheriff B W Spence. Ten percent deposit due. noncompliance may lead to resale.
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Court of Common Pleas
Adams County
Court House
Borough of
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Breckenridge Street
W. E. Olinger
Burnell T. Swain
Bessie C. Amprages
Long Lane
West Breckenridge Street
N. E. Stull
B. W. Spence
Company praises safety efforts across state plants and departments
Leaders among state industries unite to cut pain and suffering from accidents. The company collaborates with the state Department of Labor and Industry and notes progress in reducing highway accidents. In the York Hanover Gettysburg division 23 departments report two year or longer records free of serious accidents, with standout departments in York Middletown Hanover and Gettysburg. Several employees across multiple plants have reached 20 to 32 years without a last time accident, led by Carl Freeman and G B Stone with 32 years.
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State Department of Labor and Industry
York-Hanover-Gettysburg
York
Middletown
Hanover
Dillsburgy
Mt. Holly Springs
Gettysburg
Carl Freeman
York Haven
G. 8. Stone
C. W. Burger
H. G. Raine
M. E. McLaughlin
L. B. Rhoop
H. J. Crawford
C. P. Gross
H. Brandt
H. C. Long
Ruth V. Angel
G. L. Leigh
B. C. Kohler
G. D. Spangler
C. H. Livingston
C. H. Shorts
J. B. Hemperly
Local Officials Honored For Long Service
Years of service are noted for H. A. Staner and W. G. Bradley in Hanover and R. E. Wright in Middletown along with B. C. Noel of Hanover, each recognized for twenty years of work.
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H. A. Staner
Hanover
W. G. Bradley
R. E. Wright
Middletown
B. C. Noel
Public Utility Workers Dismiss Beatrice Sharretts
Beatrice V. Sharretts is among several Public Utility Commission employees dismissed, with Gettysburg R. D. named among the affected personnel.
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The
Public Utility Commission
Beatrice V. Sharretts
Gettysburg R. D
Public sale to be held on highway north from Zepp’s Station
The undersigned who rented his farm will sell at public sale on the road leading north from Zepp's Filling Station along the Littles Town and Hanover Highway, offering the listed items to wit.
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Zepp
Littlestown and
Hanover Highway
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Tourity
Leon Smith
Hanover & High Sts
New Oxford
Jos. D. Fox
Pacedaner
Schneider Optical CO
N. George St
York Pa
Clark Pittenturt
Alice Heikes Prosser
James Earle Miller
Cor. Baer
Ave
Walnut St
Hanover, PA
New
Oxford, PA
St. Mary’s Church
Lane
John W. Duttera
Goldens
Jewelry and Gifts
Center Square
New Oxford, Pa
E. H. Walter
Met
Employes
Geo. M. Walter
Sheriff's Sale
Chestnut Street
HOTEL
Daniel Crawford, JR
Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia
Balcom
Optometrist
Carlisle St
Mears
Ersonal Credit
L. R. Gray
Montgomery Ward
Bida
Frederick St
Tel
Impany
Chas.s. Mumper
N. Wash
K. S. Hoffmeister
GLOBE
D. D. Krug & Son
L. A. Smith
JL. E. Gross
Main St
Mcsherrystown
Box Butt’s
York St
Dolly Madison
Ron
Royale Dairy
High St
Hanover Municipal Market
Britcher & Bender Drug Store
Chambersburg Street
T. B
Jerseys
Guernsey
Holstein
Ayrshire
Poland
China
John Deere
A. B. Farquhar
McCormick-Deering
McCormick
Deering
Oliver
Syracuse
McCormick- Deering
Dunham
U. S
Ladies of Christ Church
Harrison F. Snyder
Geo. R. Thompson
J. Arthur Boyd
Waltur
F. J. Kolarik
Hanover, Penna
Altman
Pine ST
Lebiuwsy
Domeroy
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