Mrs. G Raffensperger dies aged 76 in New Oxford
Mrs. Minnie J. Raffensperger widow of George A. Raffensperger died Thursday at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Edgar Getz Drums Pa after two years ill health from a complication of diseases She was a native of New Chester and a daughter of Isaac and Mary Pottorff Her husband died in 1952 Surviving are four children nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren four sisters In St Johns Church New Chester funeral services Sunday at 1 30 p m Rev Robert Rezash officiating Interment in the church cemetery Pallbearers were Ralph Zepp and five grandchildren Fred Feiser in charge of arrangements
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Minnie J. (Pottorff) Raffensperger
New Oxford
R. 1
George A. Raffensperger
Edgar Getz
Drums
New Chester
Isaac and
Mary (Swope) Pottorff
Raffensper
Carrie Pottorff
Hanover
Affie Brame
Gardners RK
Annie Gulden
Louisville
St. John’s Church
Robert H. Rezash
Ralph Zepp
J. Daniel Getz
Donald Raffensperger Jr
Ronald Raffensperger
John Hoerner
Robert Leisenring
Fred F. Feiser
Memorial Day Observance In New Oxford
Under the direction of Theodore Pfeiffer Camp No. 60 Sons of Veterans the usual Memorial Day exercises were held Thursday evening. The parade formed on North and South Peters Street and moved first to the
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Theodore Pfeiffer
York Springs youth joins Air Police at Lackland AFB
Gary W Miller son of J Anson and Hazel B Mule of York Springs R 2 has been assigned to the Air Police class at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas. A 1954 York Springs High School graduate he entered the U S Air Force on April 1 and completed basic training at Lackland AFB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary W Miller
J. Anson
Hazel B Mule
York Springs
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
York Springs High School
U. S. Air Force
Parade Through Catholic and New Oxford Cemeteries
A solemn parade linked Catholic and New Oxford cemeteries drew a large, high quality turnout. Three bands, Brodbecks, New Oxford High, and Delone High, performed creditably and enhanced the procession along the route.
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New Oxford
Brodbecks
Delone
Denies Calling York Springs Dead at School Board Meeting
Mrs. Paul Lerew of East Berlin and several women addressed the Adams County School board meeting, denying that York Springs was called a dead community. Lerew says she did not refer to York Springs as dead and others corroborate, though she recalls a comment about a dead community being mentioned. The reporter recalls the word being used twice during the discussion.
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Adams County School Board
Gettysburg Times
Paul Lerew
East Berlin
York Springs
Sharrer Inquest Set For This Thursday
Adams County coroner Dr. C. G. Crist announced an inquest into the death of Mrs. Susanna Sharrer 62 will be held Thursday at 4 PM at the courthouse. She died from multiple injuries after a collision on the Gettysburg Road near Burglerville involving a car driven by her husband Melvin Sharrer 59 and a car driven by Paul Harman 21 Biglerville R 1. Harman also suffered a fractured skull and a fractured left leg.
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C. G. Crist
Adams County
Susanna Sharrer
Melvin Sharrer
New Oxford R. 2
Court House
Burglerville
Gettysburg Rd
Harman
Still in a cast after crash injures teen passenger
Duane Eckert aged 17 of Biglerville R 2 was a passenger in Har mans car when the collision occurred. He suffered lacerations to the face and a puncture wound to the left ankle but is reported in stable condition.
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Duane Eckert
Biglerville R. 2
Harman
Mrs Rose Murren Leaves Her Farm
Mrs Rose Murren of Hanover R 5 the first woman named a Pennsylvania Master Farmer and a leading Adams County agriculture figure retires from farming at 75 relocating to McSherrystown The home farm will be run by grandson Thomas Murren after her long widowled stewardship Harold Y Cromwell and Sara G Cromwell sold a Gettysburg R 5 property to Ralph W Guise and wife of Gettysburg R 5
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Rose Murren
Hanover R 5
Pennsylvania
Adams County
McSherrystown
Thomas Murren
Harold Y. Cromwell
Sara G. Cromwell
N. Miami Beach
Fla
Ralph W. Guise
Gettysburg R
Gettysburg
Isaac Allen Sheely Dies. Martinsburg Native Laid to Rest
Isaac Allen Sheely died Thursday leaving wife Eva Fowler Sheely Bedington. four daughters Mrs Howard LeFevre Mrs Eaton Shedington Mrs Walter Coates Mrs Arnold Shade. four sons James John Joseph Martinsburg George Berkeley Springs. 16 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren and brother George New Oxford. Services were held Sunday at Martinsburg with Rev Howard L Falk and Rev Dr S R Diehl officiating. Oldtimers recall Allen as bass drummer in New Oxford's top citizens band in early century.
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Eva Fowler Sheely
Bedington
Howard LeFevre
Eaton
Shedington
Walter Coates
Arnold Shade
James
John
Joseph
Martinsburg
George
Berkeley Springs
New Oxford
Howard L. Falk
R. Die
Slaybaugh estate filed for Harrisburg will probate
A $7,000 personal property estate was left by Curtis E Slaybaugh late of Derry Two. His mother Mrs Madilla Slaybaugh Abbottstown is the heir. Letters of administration were applied for by Zorah Stambaugh Gettysburg and Edith L Wildasin Abbottstown. David C and Bette M Forney Cumberland Two sold to Richard C Warren Gettysburg for $58,000 two properties in Straban Twp.
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Curtis E. Slaybaugh
Derry
Harrisburg
Madilla Slaybaugh
Abbottstown
Zorah Stambaugh
Gettysburg
Edith L Wildasin
David C
Bette M. Forney
Cumberland
Richard C Warren
Straban
Car Rolls Over Injures McSherrystown Youth
John F. DeCheubell, 16, of 420 North St McSherrystown escaped injury when his car rolled over on Cross Keys Rd, 4 1/2 miles north of Hanover, Sunday afternoon after attempting to pass a car and brake for an oncoming vehicle. The vehicle sustained about 175 dollars in damage.
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John F. DeCheubell
North St
McSherrystown
Hanover
Cross Keys Rd
Woman Drives North Involved In Hanover Parking Lot Crash
Mrs. Charles Yingling of Gettysburg Road 5 sideswiped a parked car owned by the Earl and Bull Motor Co in Hanover around 6 pm Saturday. Police estimate damage to the parked car at 50 dollars. Mrs Yingling was not injured and her car sustained no damage.
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Charles Yinging
Gettysburg
R. 5
Earl and Bull Motor Co
Hanover
Yingling
Walnut St
Hollywood Square
H.p
Parks Planer
Heston & Anderson Jointer
Porter
Stanley
RCA
Girl, 13, Shot In Leg Accidentally On Porch
Joyce Ingle, 13, of Aspers R. 1, treated at West Side Osteopathic Hospital West York after a pellet wound to the left leg from her father shooting chickens for Sunday's dinner. She was seated on the porch when she felt a sting and saw blood. The pellet was removed. police noted the injury was accidental.
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Girl
West Side Osteopathic Hospital
West York
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