20 Years Ago Highlights Local Life and Accidents
Recap of community events including anniversaries, injuries, and weddings. Notable items: Jacob Heltsel 55th anniversary. child breaks leg on porch. Mary Miller kicked by a horse with no serious injury. left-hand burn from molten metal. Florence Brown takes night operator job. several teacher appointments. Ethel Snyder graduates from Gettysburg College. Marie Reese admitted to Warner Hospital. funeral of Mrs Edw Weaver with pallbearers named. Margaret Chronister dies at 67. newborn Arthur Roth born. Emery Krise and Jessie Miller married. Sarah Cashman and Chester Leas to marry. Joseph Holtz injured unloading mower. Elizabeth Kerrigan hospitalized. Jef Noel resigns as blacksmith. surprise party for Mrs Caroline Robinson. Navy joiners from McSherrystown. young George Leaks injured by broken bottle. Raymond Noel injures hand. Harry Lerew toe injury. Mrs Maury Horwedl dies. Kate Philips injured. wheat priced at 96 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Miller
Geo. Miller
Bonneauville
Leo Sterner
Florence Brown
C. V. Telephone Exchange
Reading Township
Hampton
Carrie Dicks
Staufferd's
Miriam Cashman
Hoover's
Mary Weigand
Oakwood
John L. Stock
Round Hill
Mae Thomas
Hollinger's
Baker's
Grace Bosserman
Ethel Snyder
Carlisle Street
Gettysburg College
Marie Reese
Warner Hospital
Edw. Weaver
Waldheim
Emory Plank
Charles Staub
C. Warren Baugher
Harry Smith
New Oxford
Margaret Ann Chronister
Jonas Chronister
Albert Sneeringer
Irishtown
Emery Krise
Henry Krise
Oxford Township
Jessie A. Miller
Lewis Hi. Miller
Swift Run
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Sarah E. Cashman
New Chester
Chester Leas
Gettysburg
St. John’s Reformed Church
Joseph Holtz
Lincolnway West
Edith Burkee
McSherrystown
Jef. Noel
C. P. Smith Machine Shops
Hanover
Caroline Robinson
Orange Street
Russell Arnold
Roy Groft
Charles Rang
Will
Navy
Norfolk
Robert
George Leaks
William Hoffnagle
Brush Run
Raymond Noel
John Kuhn
West High Street
John Glass
Harry Lerew
New Chester Road
Maury Magdalene Horwedl
Edward Horwedl
Kate Philips
Abbottstown
Miss Anna Myers Heads to Baltimore for Honor
Thirty years ago note held over from last week reports Miss Anna Myers of New Chester traveling to Baltimore to receive an unspecified honor or award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Myers
New Chester
Baltimore
Oxford Two School District Receipts and Expenditures Itemized
Forty years ago the Oxford two school district listed receipts including duplicate 255 dollars, balance from last year 129 dollars, state appropriation 405 dollars, for holding elections 11 dollars, tuition 9 dollars. expenditures covered teachers 490 dollars, books 7 dollars, supplies 38 dollars, fuel 46 dollars, college fees 12 dollars, plus teachers attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Two
Local notes mention taxes and births in Adams County
Auditors C F Stough C H Lawrence L E Lawrence and others listed. Tax rate mill. Born May 31 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Clayton Smith. Various local incidents include a lightning damage to a stable, typhoid fever illness, a railway accident, a fatal beating in Gettysburg, and several marriages and deaths. Also notices of executors and widow exemptions and school board elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute
C. F. Stough
C. H. Lawrence
L. E Lawrence
H. B. Slagle
Hanson Stallsmith
Treas
Wm. Stambaugh
Clayton Smith
Jacob Menges
Jas. Livelsberger
Conewago
Geo. Hugg
Pfeiffer
Wathington Kohler
Hanover
Baltimore
Edw. Heltzel
Storm's
Ore
John A. Berger
Mount Pleasant Township
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Orphans’ Court
Wake, JR
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jacob Heltsel
Sarah
Clinton Null
York
Arthur Roth
Poplar Street
E. J. J. Gobrecht
E. Chestnut St
Nu-Enamel
York St
Hanover, Pa
Rose Staub
Berlin Junction
Marenckrodt
Sisters of Charity
Wheat
Kuhl
Child
Howard Miller
Wm. Epler
Emmitsburg
Miller
Oscar Deardoff
Flora F. Deatrick
Straban Two
Pius Horwedel
Mary
John D. Schwartz
Mt. Pleasant
Wm. Chrismer
Jacob Murren
Margaret E. Myers
Emma A. Klunk
Mark FE. Staub
Enna A. Klunk
Hannover Ro
J. F. Yake, Jr
Penna
Adam Howes
Washington, D. C
Miss Auker
Mifflin
Ed. T. Auker
Duggist
Clara Elicholtz
Bender Cashman
Johns
H. N
Walnut St. Hanover
Jake Bealing’s
Frederick St
Electrical Service
Funk
New Oxford, R. D
Leon Roos
Berlin
Sast
SUN Dial Bonnie Laddie
S&scientific
Fair & Square
S. George St
York, Pa
U. S. Army
Post Office
UR FE
Stambaugh Auto Parts Auto Ee
Ignition and Agnete
Walnut St
Dial
Tlee
Rumner
Costs Finance CO
Roth Bros
Roth Bros. Anover
Bill
Beck's Men's Wear
E. E. Wentz
F and T
York Street
Lester J. Sell
Gilbert S
Chambersburg ST
Shaffer
Charlisle Street
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