Adams County Free Library Sees Circulation Climb Toward 100000
May report shows 191 book loans for May and 61 154 loans through June 1 with school stations served by the bookmobile accounting for 45428 loans. Main library contributed 7547 loans, while branches and adult stations added 8000. Bookmobile covered 1769 miles in five months. Board plans July 22 display at State College and forms a committee to study a permanent library home. Librarian search ongoing as 12 057 volumes now on shelf with 132 added last month.
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Adams County Free Library
Board of Directors
Gettysburg
State College
State’s County Library Institute
E. 8. Lewars
O. H. Benson
Benson
Kathryn Olier
Pennsylvania State Library
Miss Oller
Lester O. Johnson
Ethel Coshun
County Apples Hit Hard by Scab in 25 Years
County Agent M. T. Hartman issued Letter No 7 detailing severe scab in county orchards with secondary infections on leaves and young fruit. He warns coddling moths will attack fruit soon and outlines an immediate spray mix of Bluestone copper sulphate lime and lead arsenate per 100 gallons, with Fermate or Karbam as substitutes on copper sensitive varieties.
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M. T. Hartman
Hartman
Gano
Grimes
Jonathan
Brady and McCadden Building Supplies Ad
Trade advertisements for paints asbestos roofing siding glass slate roofing and lumber. Located at E Chestnut Street Hanover PA with contact Dial 4133 Brady and McCadden offer building materials and hardware supplies for home and commercial projects.
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Brady & McCadden
Chestnut St
Dial
Hanover
Beetle Quarantine Expands in Adams County
Adams county is placed under quarantine for Japanese beetle infestation effective June 21, per State Agriculture Secretary Miles Horst. Inspection stations will check fruits and all green vegetables leaving for non infected areas. New infested areas include parts of York Cumberland Dauphin Lebanon Berks Lehigh Northampton counties and whole Lancaster Chester Bucks Montgomery Philadelphia and Delaware counties.
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Adams County
Miles Horst
Horst
Adams
Cumberland
Dauphin
Lebanon
Berks
Lehigh
Northumberland
York County
Cumberland County
Leebanon County
Northampton County
Lancaster
Chester
Bucks
Montgomery
Philadelphia
Delaware
Gettysburg man named defendant in suit
H W Weagley of Gettysburg is named defendant in a damage suit for 1085.50 filed by James Stoner of Grace Township in Franklin county courts Chambersburg. Stoner alleges a fracture of the arm from a collision involving the Heckman automobile and an ice truck owned by Weagley and operated by Paul Shatzley on July 23 1947 on the Scotland Cold Spring road.
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H. W. Weagley
Gettysburg
James Stoner
Grace Township
Franklin County
Chambersburg
Stoner
W. H. Heckman
Weagley
Paul 8. Shatzley
Scotland
Cold Spring
Barbers Visit Paradise Protectory to Trim 97 Boys
Nineteen barbers from the area visited Paradise Protectory on Sunday and cut the hair of 97 boys. The volunteers included J Oscar, Donald and Kenneth Kinneman, Allan Mehring, Fred Weaver, Howard Brown, Augustus Kleffel, Tony Puleco, Earl Mummert, William Rohrbaugh, Raymond Huff, Richard Huff, Earl Haverstick, Francis Rabine, Paul Rabine, Leon Smith, Clarence Bittinger, Paul Kaehler, Edward Topper and others from Hanover Abbottstown New Oxford and McSherrys Town.
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Paradise Protectory
J. Oscar
Donald
Kenneth Kinneman
Allan Mehring
Fred Weaver
Howard Brown
Augustus Kleffel
Tony Puleco
Earl Mummert
William Rohrbaugh
Raymond
Richard Huff
Hanover
Earl Haverstick
Abbottstown
Francis
Paul Rabine
Leon Smith
Clarence Bittinger
New Oxford
Paul Kaehler
Edward Topper
McSherrystown
Bream Called Home by Illness of Father in Pensacola
Glen U L Bream of Gettysburg was summoned to Pensacola Florida Thursday due to the serious illness of his father J Herman Bream.
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Glen UL. Bream
Gettysburg
Pensacola
Fla
J. Herman Bream
Motorist Hits Bridge Near Airport Suffering Laceration
William Knipple sustained a chin laceration when his car hit a bridge on the Mummasburg road near the airport at 6 15 Saturday night. Dr. Robert Lefever attended him. Knipple’s car damage was about 250 dollars. Investigation continues. Ralph F E Trone of Hanover was arrested for drunken driving after crashing into a parked car in Midway. He posted bail and was jailed for a hearing before Justice Kuhn. Car damages were 100 to Trone and 45 to Kuhn. Clarence Warner of Waynesboro rear ended Frank Weightman of Gettysburg R5 in Gettysburg before noon Saturday.
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Borough
Warner
Weightman
Conti transferred to Honolulu naval district staff
Thomas Conti a Gettysburg High School graduate and son of Mr and Mrs Ottavio Conti was moved from acting chief clerk for the Army and Navy Research Board in Washington to the staff of the commander of the 14th Naval District in Honolulu. He has served as a Navy civilian for the last two years. The Hanover sewage disposal plant in Adams county yielded a premature infant's body found Sunday morning by state police and county coroner Dr C G Crist. Mr and Mrs Guy Fidler announce the birth of a daughter at Warner hospital Sunday morning. Damage estimated at 200 dollars.
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Thomas Conti
Gettysburg High School
Ottavio Conti
Gettysburg
Army and Navy Research Board
Washington, D C
14Th Naval District
Honolulu
Navy Department
Hanover
C. G. Crist
Adams County
Guy Fidler
Gettysburg R. 3
Warner Hospital
Three Drivers Are Charged
William Knipple of Gettysburg R 3 was charged with reckless driving after his car struck a bridge on the Mummasburg road near the airport. Maurice P Trestle Gettysburg R 3 and Percell Becker Gettysburg Rot were charged with stop sign violation and failing to yield right of way respectively following a Monday accident.
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William Knipple
Gettysburg
R 3
Mummasburg Road
Justice of the Peace
Robert P Snyder
Maurice P Trestle
Squire Snyder
Percell Becker
Gettyburg
Ecker
Maurice E Bream
R. 4
Property transfers and vehicle damage report details
Damage to Ecker's car estimated at 100 dollars and to Bream's car. Claude P Brown and Regina K Brown of Hanover sold property to George P F and Lelie M Stauffer. Sharon Hill sold a 23 acre Berwick Township property for 1 800 dollars.
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Ecker
Bream
Hanover
George PF
Lelie M. Stauffer
Sharon Hill
Berwick Township
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