Adams Pastors Name Officers At County Church Conference
About 40 representatives from more than a score of Adams county Protestant churches gathered at Bender’s Lutheran near Benderstown for the first Adams County Town and Rural Church conference. Officers were re-elected: President Rev. Henry W. Sternat, Secretary Rev. Dr. L. O. Mortensen, Treasurer Rev. F. A. Susan. The program featured talks by state and church leaders on rural life and church roles, plus 4‑H and parish topics. The ministerium will reconvene in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Bender’s
Biglerville
Henry W. Sternat
Bender's
Mr. Sternat
Richard E. Shaffer
East Berlin
R. W. Kerns
Pennsylvania State College
W. M. Cleaveland
Harrisburg
Presbyterian Synod of Pennsylvania
Cleaveland
Ralph Baker
Gettysburg
Isabelle Myers
Mildred L. Adams
Kerns
Dwight F. Putman
Christ Lutheran
Licenses to Wed Rise in Early 1938 Totals
Records from Clerk Roy D. Renner show 82 licenses issued in the first five months of 1938, up from 65 in the same period a year earlier. June 1 figures note 18 applications in May, slightly above May 1937, with the clerk predicting more brides this month.
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Roy D. Renner
Fraudulent Check Arrest in Gettysburg Area
Warren W. Stouck of east Gettysburg was arrested Friday on a charge of issuing a fraudulent check. Constable Glenn Guise served the warrant on an information laid by A. D. Bell.
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Warren W. Stouck
Gettysburg
Glenn Guise
A. D. Bell
Notices of Adams County Orphans Court accounts
The administration accounts of eight Adams County estates will be presented for confirmation and allowance on Monday June 13 1938 at 10 30 AM in Gettysburg. Accounts list include Anna L Miller Daniel Kuhn Russell H Derr John B Rice Ernest D Schwartz Littlestown National Bank W H Smith Frederick M English James M Smith J A Spangier as administrators or executors for decedents in Gettysburg Highland Mt Joy Oxford Union Hamiltonian and Arendtsville boroughs and townships. Register Quinten D Rebert.
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Register
Orphans’ Court
Adams County
Penna
Anna L. Miller
Leo H. Miller
Gettysburg
Daniel Kuhn
Laura V. Snyder
Russell H. Derr
Annie S. Derr
Highland Township
W. H. Smith
David M. Cashman
Oxford Township
Frederick M. English
Emma F. English
James M. Smith
John E. Orndorff
Union Township
J. A. Spangier
George W. Wortz
Hamiltonian Township
Quinten
D. Rebert
Dickson Renamed Trustee at Gettysburg College
Gettysburg College trustees approved Dr J McCrea Dickson for a six year term as trustee and named Dr Paul B Dunbar of Washington DC as a new trustee. Dr Dickson, class of 1908, is chief surgeon at Warner Hospital Gettysburg since 1921 and has served on the college board since 1932. Dr Dunbar has been assistant chief of the food and drug administration at the US Department of Agriculture since 1927.
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Gettysburg College
College Alumni Association
J. McCrea Dickson
Paul B. Dunbar
Washington, D. C
Doctor Dunbar
Food and Drug Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Assembly Nominee Reports Primary Campaign Expenses
G R Thompson of Gettysburg Republican nominee for the General Assembly filed his primary campaign expense account on Friday at the county board of elections. Expenditures totaled 382.60 for advertising travel and election day workers. Dr Eugene Elgin of East Berlin filed a statement showing campaign expenses under 50 for Adams county state Republican committee re election.
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G. R
Thompson
Gettysburg
General Assembly
County Board of Elections
Court House
Eugene Elgin
East Berlin
Adams County
State Republican Committee
State Moves to Safeguard During Gettysburg Anniversary
Pennsylvania health officials launch a mobile lab tour around a 25 mile area near Gettysburg to test drinking water sources and flag taints as the Blue and Gray reunion draws hundreds of thousands June 29 to July 6. District Engineer Henry Drake leads the effort with two health officers and a technician, while hygiene inspectors check tourist camps and homes and restaurant facilities for sanitary compliance. A field hospital may be established at Gettysburg College dormitories with doctors and nurses on site, and first aid stations could be set along the battlefield for emergencies.
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Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Henry Drake
Department of Health
Division of Hygiene
Gettysburg College
Dahlhamer and Bream Estate Bonds Filed
Administration bonds in two estates filed at the office of Register Quintin D. Robert in the courthouse. The bond for the estate of E. Howe Dahlhamer of Latimore township covers $2,000 in personal property and was filed by administrator William H. Smith of York Springs, with Glenn W. Bream. Gardners R. 1, son of the late John P. Bream of Huntington township, filed the bond for his parent's estate as administrator.
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Quintin D. Robert
Court House
E. Howe Dahlhamer
Latimore Township
William H. Smith
York Springs
Glenn W. Bream
Gardners R. 1
John P. Bream
Huntington Township
Discharged Hanover youth after 195 days in hospital
Frederick Geiselman 18 son of Mr and Mrs George Geiselman Hanover Gettysburg road near Brushtown was discharged from Hanover General hospital Friday after 195 days as a patient. He had been injured when entangled on a towing truck of Goodfellow Chevrolet removing a car from his farm after an accident.
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Frederick Geiselman
George Geiselman
Hanover-Gettysburg Road
Brushtown
Hanover General Hospital
Young Geiselman
Goodfellow Chevrolet Company
Geiselman
New Directors Elected and County Road Plan Outlined
Four new directors were elected including J Preston Smith of McSherrystown and Thomas J. McSherry of Littlestown. They proposed a county road program prioritizing Littlestown road, widening the Lincoln Highway west, and the Gettysburg end of the Biglerville road. The group also plans safety lessons in county grade schools and expanded schoolboy patrols this fall. A marriage license was issued to Charles William Hornbower and Josephine Mary Lawrence in Oxford Township.
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J Preston Smith
Farmers’ State Bank
McSherrystown
Thomas J. McSherry
Littlestown
Warren R. Jones
Littlestown National Bank
D. S. Mickley
Cashtown
Lincoln Highway
Gettysburg
Biglerville Road
Charles William Hornbower
Hanover
Josephine Mary Lawrence
Oxford
York
Auto Club Adds Four Directors In Gettysburg County
Gettysburg Motor Club members boosted the roll to 600 with 102 new members in three weeks. At a well attended Wednesday meeting at the Hotel Gettysburg, four new directors were elected and districts reorganized to widen service and membership work countywide. S. Edward Gable, president of the Pennsylvania Motor Federation, urged that American Automobile Association clubs be pure service organizations. Directors in 13 county districts will supervise service sta
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Gettysburg Motor Club
Gettysburg
S. Edward Gable
The
Pennsylvania Motor Federation
American Automobile Association
Estate of Frank W Leidy Receives Letters of Administration
Grace B Leidy executrix of New Oxford Adams County Pennsylvania has letters of administration on the estate of Frank W Leidy late of New Oxford. Creditors and debtors must present claims or payments to the executrix without delay as required by the Register of Wills of Adams County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Leidy
New Oxford
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Willz
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DR. Dickson
Ilar
Assembly
INS. Company
New York
Elwood D. Myers
Broadway
Theo. E. Warner
Dahlhamer and Bream Estate
Auto Club
Reymer
Brenner’s
Irishtown, Pa
J. C. Shank
American Legion
Baltimore St
Good Foods
Christ
York Street
George
Gettysburg, PA
Grace B. Leidy
Executrix
Kelly Dispatch
J. Allen
Motor Tire Sales
W. Market & York, PA
John W. Duttera
Oliver Farm
Oliver Row
Fidelis Lingg
New Oxford Mill
New Oxford, PA
Royale Dairy
Royale Dairy’s
du Pont
Carlisle
Hone
Bargflt & Son
Orpheus Diller
Butt’s
Renuine
Syracuse
Wiard, Brich
Oliver
Plow Shears
Emlet’s Feed Store
Lincolnway
New
DRA’ Cleaning
Chambersburg St
Meter Miser
ALA Nels
Hanover, PA
Fala
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