Community life notes from Straban area and Hanover deaths
Philip S Bowman organized Straban Grange of Patrons of Husbandry in Hunters town with 75 charter members. Officers installed include Master Roy Coleman and G A Raffensperger. Deaths noted for Rev W M Riley and local residents. local rulings, marriages, births, and business changes listed from Straban township and surrounding towns. Wheat prices steady and local industry updates in Abbottstown, McSherrystown, and Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip S. Bowman
P. of H
Straban Grange of
Hunterstown
Roy H. Coleman
G. A. Raffensperger
J. E. Brown
C. E. Tawney
John W. Tate
H. G. Deatrick
J. L. Taughinbaugh
Robert D. Myers
J. A. Eckert
Ceres
Roy Coleman
Pomona
Ella Yeagy
Fiona
Alverta Stough
H. C. Wagner
W. Beamer
Addison Leer
Walter Leas
Gault Weaver
Luther J. Minter
G. R. Thompson
W. McK. Riley
Hanover and
New Oxford
M. E
Newberry
Bittinger’s
Reorganization talk for Ol. Abbottstown Band
Local discussions consider reorganization of the Abbottstown band. Chas E Wiest of Pleas Twp injures hand while dressing a horse wound. New Oxford may see electric lights and a National Bank in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbottstown
Chas. E. Wiest
Mr. Pleas
New Oxford
Local notes on farming, accidents and marriages from Mount Pleasant area
The report lists 191 hens laid by Jas Bhoely yielding 21040 eggs, Z H Cashmen shipping 31075 pounds of turkeys before Christmas, and several local incidents including sprained leg, apoplexy, and multiple obituaries. It documents civic notes from Theodore Pfeiffer Camp officers and marriages in nearby townships along with miscellaneous community events and a severe egg yolk anomaly.
Local notices and events from Gettysburg area listings
George Little from Hunterstown is in critical condition after a Wednesday horseback accident when he was thrown and struck his head on a stone. Peter Miller of New Oxford received a pension. D A Fultz of Sedalia Mo won a Gettysburg Bonnetville mail contract for $292.90. Four turkeys were stolen from H J Hensler near Brush Run. Mrs Eli Benson of Hamilton township died from paralysis at age 40. Harry Brown near Seven Hundred school house suffered a deep gash to the left instep while chewing legs. Calf owned by Jos H Sheely near White Hall described as white as snow. C A Devker to teach Valley school near Fountain Dale at 88 cents per bushel. Etta Smith of this place and Hays B Myers of Midway wed Jan 12. Ignatius Weaver and Maggie Long wed Jan 12. Harry P Hartlaub of Mt Pleasant twp and Alyverta M Yeagy of Cumberland twp wed Jan 5. Ephraim Bowers aged 4 months died Dec 20 in Heidlersburg. Jacob T King and Cora Fickes of Straban twp married Jan 10. A musicale at the Reformed church Saturday evening features historic and contemporary music led by Henry Stock and S J Wolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Springs S. 8
George Bowers
Straban Township
York Hospital
Wm. S. Topper
Hanover
Nat
Tucs
Geo. Little
Littlestown
Morgan Rife
Abbottstown
New Oxford
Ephraim Thomas
Cornelius Miller
Conewago Creek
Iron Bridge
John L. Taughinbaugh
Hunterstown
O. A. Smith
W. A. Himes
P. P. Hemler
J. Kh
Miller
E. C Livingston
J. L. Sheetz
Z. H. Cashman
E. G. Lough
A. &. Teiser
E. G. Cook
P. E. Helmer
George Little
Little
Peter Miller
D. A. Fultz
Sedalia
Gettysburg
Bonneauville
H. J. Hensler
Brush Run
Eli Benson
Hamilton Township
Harry Brown
Seven Hundred
Jos. H. Sheely
White Hall
C. A. Devker
Valley School
Fountain Dale
Wheat
Etta Smith
Hays B. Myers
Midway
Ignatius Weaver
Maggie Long
Harry P. Hartlaub
Mt. Pleasant
Alyverta M. Yeagy
Cumberland Township
Local Notes and Events In Brief
45 Years Ago H H Diehl of Pitt Street suffers rheumatism. C E Coffin moved his store from Philadelphia Street to Ocean City. John G Kretz of Peters Street leases his shop for a year to expand business and add country smithing. This Friday night the Marney and McGowen company presents Uncle Tom's Cabin in Miller's Hall with a band and orchestra and a street parade planned in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Diehl
Pitt Street
C. E. Coffin
Philadelphia
Ocean City
John G. Kretz
Peters Street
Miller’s Hall
Marney & McGowen Company
Waitress Hurt In Auto Crash Near Gettysburg
Miss Anna Mcgurney a 21 year old waitress from Gettysburg was treated for injuries after a Tuesday night car crash on the Harrisburg road near Schriver's crossroads. She and Miss Ursula Mae Keyes 22 were passengers in a car driven toward Gettysburg. Keyes escaped with a shook and facial laceration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Mcgurney
Gettysburg
F. and T
York Street
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Schriver’s Crossroads
Harrisburg Road
Megurney
Ursula Mae Keyes
North Front Street
West Fairview
Keyes
Collections Reach $70.55 During Week of Prayer Services
Offerings from six union week of prayer services held in Gettysburg Protestant churches totaled $70.55, the largest in over five years. Last year collections were $62.83. Funds are given to the Nursing association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Tassc Nursing Association
Adams County Retailers Report 1935 1936 Activity
Adams County 506 stores did 6,174,000 in sales for 1936. Lichtenwalner of the National Emergency Council cites sector totals: food, eating places, general stores, apparel, automotive, filling stations, furniture, lumber, drugstores and other shops. statewide Pennsylvania 129,719 stores total 2,490,910,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
N. L. Lichtenwalner
National Emergency Council
Apparel Group
Automotive Group
Atecel A
Pennsylvania
Clerk Moves Into New Ct. House Office
Clerk of the Courts Roy J. Renner and Deputy Harry Ridinger take possession of the new first floor clerk’s office and vault in the county courthouse after remodeling begun in 1936. The change adds vault space, updates rooms, and marks completion of about $7,000 in improvements ahead of the January court session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court House
Roy J. Renner
Harry Ridinger
Red Cross
County Mothers’ Assistance Board
Court House
The
Bar Association
Register and Recorder
Clerk of the
Long Attendance Records At Trinity Reformed Hanover
Miss Margaret L. Seli of 122 High street Hanover holds a perfect attendance record for thirty-three years as a teacher in the Primary department of Trinity Reformed Church. J Emory Renoll, the school secretary, has thirty-two years without absence. Other long-time attendees include Mrs Paw W. Swartz Pred Aiwsod and Miss Myrtle Leese with twenty-eight to twenty-five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret L. Seli
High Street
Hanover
Trinity Reformed Church
J Emory Renoll
Paw W. Swartz
Myrtle Leese
Farm Show Draws Record Crowd in Harrisburg
Harrisburg crowd fills the farm show building for the second day as United States Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace urges Pennsylvanian farmers to assist others. The event drew about 125000 visitors, with school programs highlighting rural youth skills and farm practices for a stronger future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
United States
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
State Farm
Future Farmers
Lester K. Ade
Gerald D. Whiteney
Department of Public Instruction
Ade
Self-cleaning hand rake patent filing by Miller
Charles C. Miller of Littlestown has filed a patent application for a practical self-cleaning hand rake. Adams county fruit growers at their January meeting in Biglerville urged passage of a tax-free gasoline bill for tractors and power units not using highways. Adams county received 1937 dog license consignment. about 50 of 6,400 tags reserved by countians. License No. 1 was ordered by Mrs. Emory Plank of Gettysburg. last year 4,471 dogs licensed in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Miller
Littlestown
Adams County
Biglerville
Emory Plank
Gettysburg
Traffic light violation charged in Gettysburg dispute
Borough Officer Charles W. Culp Jr charged M. H. Hildhbridle of Gettysburg with running a red light at an intersection. The case was brought before Justice of the Peace John H. Basehove on Tuyes afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Culp, Jr
M. H. Hildhbridle
Gettysburg
Tuyes
Justice of the Peace
John H. Basehove
May Recover Car in Fort Loudon Stolen Vehicle Tale
John Grinder of Gettysburg traveled to Fort Loudon in Franklin County to pursue a report that his coupe stolen months ago was located there. The car is said to have been wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grinder
Gettysburg
Fort Loudon
Franklin County
Death of Mrs Sarah Jane Elicker in York County
Mrs Sarah Jane Elicker widow of Albert J. Elicker died at her Washington township home after eight weeks illness. Survived by six children and several brothers and a sister. Funeral services Wednesday at 9 AM with requiem mass at St Marys Church near Abbottstown. Interment in Red Mount cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Jane (Taylor) Elicker
Albert J. Elicker
Washington Township
York County
Margie Elicker
Harry Firestone
Dyson Hess
John W. Elicker
Earl Elicker
Elmer Eichelberger
Joseph Landis
York
John
Jeremiah Taylor
West Virginia
Edward Taylor
Biylerville R. D
James
David
Annie Taylor
New Oxford
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Abbottstown
Red Mount Cemetery
Mrs Griest Dies at 75 in Latimore Township
Mrs. Anna Laura Griest 75 wife of Philip Griest died at her Latimore township home Wednesday at 8 50 pm after a period of poor health. Surviving children Glenn Foster Peter and Mrs Hayes Anthony six including York Springs residents. Funeral arrangement set from the home Sunday afternoon at 1 then 1 30 at Lower Bermudian Lutheran church with Sunnyside cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Griest
Anna Laura Griest
Latimore Township
Lower Bermudian Lutheran Church
Glenn Griest
York Springs
R. D
Foster Griest
East Berlin
Peter Griest
Hayes Anthony
York Springs R. D
Sunnyside
Mrs. Alice S. Keefer Dies of Pneumonia at 68
Mrs. Alice S. Keefer 68 widow of Edgar J. Keefer formerly of Baltimore died at her brother Harry Hartlaub's home near Two Taverns from pneumonia. She was daughter of the late John and Sarah Hartlaub and is survived by five brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be Friday at 1 pm from J. W. Little and Son Funeral Home Littlestown with services at Grace Lutheran church Two Taverns and Reform church Baltimore. Interment in Evergreen cemetery Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice S. Keefer
Edgar J. Keefer
Baltimore
Harry C. Hartlaub
John
Sarah (Cashman) Hartlaub
Addie Golden
Reading
James Golden
York
R. D
Frank Hartlaub
Littlestown
Albert Hart
Obituary for Mrs. Sarah Leona Henry of Hanover
Mrs. Sarah Leona Henry age 59 wife of Charles Henry of 16 Charles street Hanover died Tuesday afternoon after an illness of two days. She was daughter of James and Sarah Davis. Survived by her husband eight children including Mrs. Francis Staub of Bonneauville two sisters and one brother. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Leona Henry
Charles Henry
Charles Street
Hanover
James
Sarah
Difendell) Davis
Francis Staub
Bonneauville
Slugged and robbed on Lincoln Highway
Harry M. Trayer 35 of York reported to state highway patrol that two bandits in a closed car slugged him, forced his truck off the Lincoln highway between Thomasville and the Five Mile House at 7 30 p.m. Thursday, stealing two checks and cash over 100 dollars. Corporal Sweeney and Troopers Harris and Swalinski searched the area for clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Trayer
Chestnut Street
York
Lincoln Highway
Thomasville
Five Mile House
Trayer
Lafean Beverage Company
G. J. Sweeney
Donald Harris
A. J. Swalinski
State Highway Patrol
Births for Motter and Slaybaugh families in Harrisburg and Gettysburg
The Rev. and Mrs. Alton M. Motter announce the birth of daughter Mildred Louise Motter at Polyclinic hospital. Mrs. Motter was Lottye Yealy and Rev Motter serves Redeemer Lutheran in Harrisburg. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Slaybaugh at Annie M. Warner hospital in Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton M. Motter
South Nineteenth Street
Harrisburg
Mildred Louise Motter
Polyclinic Hospital
Motter
Lottye Yealy
the Redeemer Lutheran Church
Harrigburg
Gettysburg
Annie M. Warner
Richard Slaybaugh
Gettysbureg
Adams County Crippled Children's Society Elects Officers
The Adams county crippled children's society holds its annual officer election Monday at 8 pm in Hotel Gettysburg. Acting president Mrs. Gilbert Reen presides during Dr. Stewart W. Frost’s absence. The meeting is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Society
Adams County Crippled Children's Society
Hotel Gettysburg
Gilbert Reen
Stewart W. Frost
Five Year Old Girl Killed by Coal Truck Near Dillsburg
A Baltimore truck driver with a learner permit struck Betty Jane Smith as she crossed near Franklintown. The child died instantly. driver fined 12.50 for license violation. Witnesses say she darted into the road as a northbound truck passed. Funeral set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklintown
Dillsburg
Baltimore
Betty Jane Smith
George Smith
Richard Harbold
Birth Announcement for Wolf Baby in Carlisle Hospital
Mr and Mrs Howard Wolf of York Springs R 1 announce the birth of a son at Carlisle Hospital on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Wolf
York Springs R. 1
Carlisle Hospital
Markets Report Claims Various Grain and Egg Prices
Prices listed for barley rye eggs wheat oats and eggs brown and mixed per bushel or dozen. The report provides an at a glance snapshot of commodity values for sellers and buyers in the market.
Used Cars Near New Condition at Minet Motor
Classified ad from Minet Motor Company York Pennsylvania offering 1934 1935 1936 Oldsmobiles Chevrolet Plymouth sedans coupes and coaches in near new condition. Big savings with new car guarantees low down payments and monthly terms. Located at 901 98 Queen Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minet Motor Company
S. Queen St
York
Queen St
York, Pa
Used Car Sale Ad Highlights Classic Vehicles and Prices
Minet Used Car advertises a range of classics including a 1929 Pontiac coach for 95 dollars and a 1929 Oldsmobile sedan for 14000. Other models include a 1939 Chevrolet roadster 110, a 1928 Buick 6 passenger for 95, and a 1931 Dodge coupe 150. Claim offers claim bar gains and urge early action at 901-9 S&S Queen 8 and J York PA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
LaSalle
Graham
Minet Motor Company
S&s
Queen
York
Tie sale offer from Andrew J. Riley of Gettysburg Pa
A 1941 advertisement offers three all silk ties with a collar pin and tie chain for one dollar postpaid. The dealer lists stripes plaids figures and plain designs and invites orders by sending payment to Andrew J. Riley, Hanover Road, Gettysburg PA, dated January 15, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Riley
Hanover Road
Gettysburg
Willys-Knight
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Oxford
New Oxford Item Company
Peoarsveesne
Herbert L. Grimm
Becreta Comers Sacreseress
John Dol
Keath
Enry J. Smith
Max Lugman
Russia
A. C. Rice
McSherrystown
J.A. Stambaugh
Daniel
B. A. Ruth
Chas
Rudisill
White Run
Kilpatrick's School
Mountpleasant Township
Vincent Bushman
Livingston
James Dewine
Conewago Township
Devine
Chapel Farm
Annie Twomey
Granite Hill
Mervin
Augustus Robinson
George W. Null
Amos Little
Leo F. Smith
Town Council, Inc
Weaver Thomas McGaughy
A. C. Diehl
Jas. W. Barnitz
T. E. Bower
Harvey Brown
Harry Lockenbill
J. C. Fleshman
E. C. Livingston
Archie Withers
Berlin Street
Theophilis Bievenour
Spring Grove
Louisa Pohlman
Mount Pleasant
David E. Sposserman
Margie V. Wright
Hamilton
J. H. H. Miller
BE. E. Ditenhafer
Ditenhafer
Frank Keffer, Jr
McSherrrystown
Joseph R. Diehl
Lewis Wolf
Elizabeth Wolf
Samuel Wolf
A. S Himes
First Nat. Bank
Francis
Olinger
Emma J. Small
Mountpleasant
Henry Kehm
Ann Maria Beamer
Straten
Jas. Bhoely
Z. H
H. J. Hemler
A. W. Staub
Gerlin Avenue
Bevy Hawkins
Aled
Rocky Grove School House
Theodore Pfeiffer
S. of W
Jacob I. Mumper
Harry Carbaugh
G. W. Smith
H. E. Ford
Chas. Haar
D. A. Staub
C. Clapsaddle
Alexander Schader
Irishtown
Edgegrove Glee Club
Wm. H. Butler
Lucinda Laughman
Jacob A. Wetzel
Conewago
Sallie Rudisill
Oxford Township
Chas. O. Weigle
Mary J. Davis
Huntington Township
New Chester
Leah Diehl
Samuel Hamme
Straban
Esther Sunday
George Sunday
Wm. F. Eicholtz
Tyrone
Ralph Robert
Cross Keys
Conrad Bender
Gronewago Two
George S. Harleman
William A. Martin
Miss Megurney
Miss Keyes
New Ct
Sarah Jane Elicker
Denmay T. Stevenson
West Mosher Street
J. J. Stoner
L. A. Zech
E. A. Moss
Highway Patrol
C. W. Gross
John Cord
Appleton Street
Stevenson
Zech
Lucille
Glenn
Lorraine
Milton Bricker
Dillsburg R. 1
Mary Bricker
Mechanicsburg R
L. C. Pittentorf
J. Walter
Brendle
Baltimore Sunday American
Youll
Baltimore American
Tilden James
W. Hanover
Lincoln Way West
William D. Himes
Naashman Motor Company
Ford
Columbian
Wincroft & New Perfection
York Supply Company
W. Market St
Trade-In Furniture Exchange
W. Clark Avenue
Dentler’s Electric Shop
Chambersburg St
R. H. DeLashmutt
Salem
Iowa
Spangler Chevrolet
C. H. Brown
Baltimore St
Beacon
Modern Poultry Equiment Co
Bank Lane
Railroad St
S. Duke St
Mares Sherman
Philco
Baker's Battery Service
Columbia Bicycles
Keller and West
George St
J. C. Donley Brehm
Gettiishurg
Tell
Bat
H.R. Bender & Son Funeral Directors
Gettxsburg, P
Poa
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