Swope Acquitted of Assault Charge
Swope was found not guilty of assault and battery by automobile after a trial at the current quarter session. The verdict came at 3:20 p.m. Thursday, the jury returning amid testimony from high school students and park officials about a November 1 head on collision on Wainwright avenue near Gettysburg High School.
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Swope
Milton L. Sachs
Cumberland Township
Wainwright Avenue
Gettysburg High School
Louise Sachs
Miss Sachs
Sachs
Franklin R. Bigham
Court of Common Pleas
Gulden
Russell Gulden
Brushtown
William H. Shafer, Jr
Willam J. Sowers
Myrna Grace Phillips
George Wiliam Phillips
Robert Mitz
Gettysburg Street
Littlestown
Catherine Little
Harry 8. Little
McSherrystown
Germany Township
J. Francis Yake, Jr
Mitz
Adams County Tops in State Covered Bridges with 41
Adams County leads Pennsylvania with 41 covered bridges, 18 state owned and 23 county owned, per bridge inspector Frank McDermitt. Cumberland, Franklin, and York counties trail, while the famed Marsh Creek span near Gettysburg dates to 1854 and witnessed Lee's retreat in 1863.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Cumberland
Franklin
York Counties
Frank McDermitt
Pennsylvania Highway Department
Cumberland County
Franklin County
York County
Cumberland Township
Marsh Creek
Gettysburg
Sanches
Robert E. Lee
Pickett
Conodoguinet Creek
Camp Hill
Enola
McDermitt
Countian's Car Found After Pittsburgh Theft
A Teletype message said Merle B. Kennedy of Biglerville had his car recovered in Washington Pa after being stolen in Pittsburgh on Saturday. The report noted a connecting rod in the coupe was burned OU.
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Countian
Pittsburgh
Washington, Pa
Merle B. Kennedy
Biglerville
Improving After Operation
John Starner of Gettysburg R Fives is convalescing in Hahnemann Hospital Philadelphia after a major operation.
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John Starner
Gettysburg
R. 5
Hahnemann Hospital
Philadelphia
Public Sale at Jarry Parr Stables Hanover Pa
At the Jarry Parr Sale and Exchange Stables in Hanover Pennsylvania a public sale is held Saturday February 5 at 1 00 P M. The docket lists 64 head of extra good Iowa horses and colts ages two to seven weighing 1100 to 1500 pounds with bays sorrels roans dapple grays and blacks plus brood mares of Percheron and Belgian breeds The stock will be on display Friday and the seller Charles McHenry invites exchanges or stock consignments with delivery available rain or shine.
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Jarry Parr Sale and Exchange
Hanover
Iowa
Charles McHenry
Bring Man Back For Check Fraud Case In Adams County
Sheriff B W Spence returned to Gettysburg from Kenansville North Carolina with W E Bowden indicted by the November grand jury on fraud connected to a worthless check for peaches to Adams County Commissioner S Luther Baltzley. Bowden fought extradition until Governor Earle ordered custody to Adams County.
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B. W. Spence
Gettysburg
Kenansville
North Carolina
W. E. Bowden
Place
P Grand
Adams County
S. Luther Baltzley
Bowden
Spence
Baltzley
Earle
Pennsylvania
Mutual Insurance Officers Re-elected at Gettysburg Meeting
Adams County Mutual Fire Insurance officers were re-elected at the annual organization meeting held at the secretary’s Gettysburg office. President Harvey Scott of Gettysburg R C, Vice President Theron W. Spangler of Littlestown, Secretary Attorney Donald P. McPherson Jr., and Treasurer J Elmer Musselman were named to their posts.
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Adams County Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Donald P. McPherson, Jr
Gettysburg
Harvey Scott
Gettysburg R. C
Theron W. Spangler
Littlestown
McPherson
J. Elmer Musselman
Convicted Driver Challenges Motor Code Section
McKinley Showers of Centre Mills files for arrest of judgment contending that Section 1025 Article X of the 1929 motor code law is unconstitutional. Judge Sheely set bond at 500 dollars and scheduled argument as a jury verdict stands for failing to give name and address after a June York Street Gettysburg crash.
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McKinley Showers
Centre Mills
Showers
York Street
Gettysburg
Daniel J. Wolff
Franklin R. Bigham, Esq
Sheely
Jean Mumper to Wed in Summer
Gettysburg announces the engagement of Jean Watts Mumper to Carl Fahringer. Jean, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles R Mumper of Gettysburg, is a Gettysburg High School graduate 1933. Carl Fahringer, Ashland High School class of 1930, is assistant manager at a Gettysburg chain store. Wedding planned for next summer.
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Charles R. Mumper
Gettysburg
Jean Watts
Carl 8
S. Fahringer
R. R. Fahringer
Ashland
BICYCLIST HITS TRUCK NEAR MIDWAY INJURIES REPORTED
Reginald Acker man sixteen, son of Mr and Mrs Ackerman of McSherrys town, rode his bicycle into a parked Co E Spangler meat market truck in front of Mrs Richard Eisenberger home near St Vincent's church Midway. Eisenberger suffered a bruised leg while Ackerman sustained a deep forehead laceration needing fifteen stitches. He was removed to his home.
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Reginald Ackerman
Joseph Ackerman
McSherrystown
Co. E. Spangler
Richard Eisenberger
St. Vincent’s Church
Midway
Eijsenberger
Ackerman
Gettysburg Lions Rotary Host Crippled Children’s Society Meet
A joint Gettysburg Lions and Rotary Club gathering with Adams County Crippled Children's Society heard George B. Cobb outline the state's 10 point program. The meeting announced officers for 1938 and reviewed 1937 activities including 46 children under care and 12 discharged as cured.
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Gettysburg
George B. Cobb
Pennsylvania Society For Crippled Children
County Society
Dean W. E. Tilberg
Gilbert Reen
Clarence A. Wills
Greenstone
Rosalie Raffensperger
Arendts Ville
Tilberg
Dean Tilberg
Society
Crippled Children Work Details and Finances Report
The Lions Club crippled children committee led by Dean Tilberg reports annual service figures including nine infantile paralysis cases and eight for spinal curvatures, with broader aid across birth deformities injuries and diseases. Expenditures and balances from 1936 1937 total about $383 with local agency cooperation and a $200 yearly state health appropriation. A separate notice records the estate administration bond for James F. Pitzer.
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Elizabethtown
Chambersburg
Dean Tilberg
Perthe
Lions’ Club Crippled Children Committee
C. A. Wills
County Society
Lions’ Club Crippled Children's Committee
State Department of
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Raymond L. Spahr
Reading
Cecil Guise
Straban
Elizabeth Coddington
P. A. Lerew
Latimore
Margaret Bly
Strehan
Artie Gulden
Hamilton Township
Samuel Renner
Paul Kimple
Franklin Township
John R. Taylor
Menallen
Eugene Hilker
Union Township
Harry Miller
Tyrone Township
C. J. Toot
Mutual Insurance
John Weaver
New Oxford, PA
Jean Mumper
York
Geo. W. Wolf
Valentines
Ile
Rupp’s Grocery
Carlisle Street
NEW Oxford
Bruce N. Wolff
John S. Rice
J. Floyd Slaybaugh
G. G. Basset
Margaret McMillan
Roy W. Wentz
Fred Pfeffer
Maude Wierman Kennedy
York Springs
C. P. Keefer
H. S. Crouse
Elizabeth Schiebel
State Department of Health
State Orthopedic Hospital
State Society For Crippled Children
James F. Pitzer
Mount Joy Township
the Register and Recorder
Ida F. Bowers
Littlestown R
Aarad
Rae
Higinbotham
Center Square
Altman
Bran
Westmoreland
Altman’s Cash Feed Store
Pine Street
Hanover, Pa
Gettysburg, PA
Central Hotel Grill
McCormick-Deering
International
Melvin J. Sheffer
Hanover, Penna
Clark March
Prop
Exchange Place
Lincolnway Grocery
Earl I. Perry
Lincolnway East
New Oxford. PA
Ethel
Ethel Alban
Baltimore St
Wentis Furniture Store
Baltimore Street
Charles Dorrsom
South
Washington
S&s
Ettysburg
Penna
C. W. Epley Machine Shop
Bendix
Standard Labor Service
A. A. A. Service
Coats
Broadway
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