Abbottstown Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Abbottstown hosts nurse appointment and Scout weekend hike from Pine Grove to Caledonia led by Gerald Harman with 20 boys and 12 adults. Lions Club and Ladies Auxiliary meet, 40th anniversary for Paul and wife, and various visits to relatives. Funeral and hospital notes, church notices, and upcoming Em manual's Church delegates announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Conway
Abbottstown
R. D
Spring Grove
Modane Fihs
East Berlin
Charles Chubb
Gerald Harman
Pine Grove
Caledonia
H. A. Leib
Laurel Lake
Jack Hausman
Abbottstown Fire Company
G. Marion Stambaugh
Gettysburg
J. Faber Wildasin
Ellis Stambaugh
Lillian Stambaugh
Larry Leib
Osteopathic Memorial Hospital
Ladies Aid Society
St. John’s Lutheran Church
G Rodger Wildasin
Mary Crumbling
Elsie Wildasin
York
Fannie Thomas
Thomasville
Wildasin
Long’s Park
Lancaster
Lions Club
Altland House
Danny Wildasin
Rocky Leib
Paul Lockenbill
W. D. Posey
George Kerth
Vacation Church School and LCW Leaders Elected
Morning sessions of Vacation Church School run Monday through Friday from 9 to 11. Preschool classes meet at United Church of Christ, others at Lutheran Church. LCW leaders elected last Sunday include President Mrs George Wildasin, Vice President Mrs William Steadyers, Secretary Mrs L J Karschner, Treasurer Miss Elsie Eisenhart, and committee chairs Grace Smith Outreach Mrs Ralph Eisenhart and Thomas Baker. A constitution was adopted and LCW membership sought in Lutheran Church in America. Prizes from the father and son banquet went to Charles Slothour, Bryan Kimball, Donald Rodgers, Raymond Lillich, George Wildasin, and Richard Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nity
United Church of Christ
Lutheran Church
LCW Budy
George Wildasiu
William Steadyers
L. J. Karschner
Elsie Eisenhart
Grace Smith
Ralph Eisenhart
Thomas Baker
Christian Action Committee
LCW
Lutheran Church In America
Charles Slothour
Bryan Kimball
Donald Rodgers
Raymond Lillich
George Mr. Wildasin
Richard Sanders
Will Become Missionary Shirley Meckley Commissioned
Shirley Meckley of Abbottstown will be commissioned a medical missionary on June 16 at St. John's Lutheran Church and depart June 18 for the Lutheran Mission Hospital in Liberia West Africa to teach nursing and assist in the clinic and operating room. She is a graduate of New Oxford High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahss Shirley Meckley
George Meckley
Abbottstown
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Lutheran Mission Hospital
Liberia
West Africa
New Oxford High
Nurse Miss Meckley’s Career Highlights and Mission Work
Miss Meckley graduated from high school in 1953 and became a registered nurse in 1955 at Jefferson Medical College Hospital School of Nursing. She served as surgical nurse at Presbyterian Hospital Philadelphia Barrisburg Hospital and Hanover Hospital. She led student health services and taught medical secretarial courses at Susquehanna University for two years. In 1962, called by the Board of World Missions, she studied at the Lutheran School of Theology Maywood Illinois to prepare for service in Liberia, West Africa, and is a member of the Abbottstown church.
Auto Crash Injures Hanover Youth Early Sunday
Hanover police reported minor injuries to Earle Edward Luckjerbaugh, 18, after his car collided with a vehicle driven by Elmer C. Crowl, 4, of Abbottstown R1, at 1:20 am at an intersection. Luckjerbaugh suffered contusions and abrasions but did not seek medical treatment. Crowl was arrested for alterations to halt damage to Crowl’s vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ome
Hanover
Earle Edward Luckjerbaugh
Elmer C. Crawl
Abbottstown R. 1
Lachenbaugh
Crowl
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Atco
N. J
D. M. Anderson
George Alwine
Linesville
Ann Haugh
Gladys Alwine
New York City
Ens
Ronald L. Wentz
NAQ School
Sherman Field
Pensacola
Fla
Navy
Corpus Christi
Texas
Gordon D. Wentz
Casper College
Casper
Wyoming
Bernard J. Wentz
Paul Smith College
New York
Oneonta
University of New York
Grace Wentz
Lincolnway West
Judy Polhemus
Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
James Polhemus
R. 1
Massachusetts
Theo. Hawkes
Plymouth
Emmanuel's United Church of Christ
Lester Spangler
R. J. Richard Bennett
Mary Rudisill
Emmanuel’s Church
Penn Central
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancas
Ter
Martin
Luther Wolgamuth
Beverly
Debra
Emmaus
Harry L. Moul
Robert Berkheimer
Clyde Ernst
America
Reading
Lester Hoover
Ross Robert
Near
Ed Green
Ambler
Earl Burgard
Pittsburgh
John
Burgard
Cross Keys
Shirley Meckley
Kenneth Ehrhart
Jefferson
Central, Pennsylvania
Ehrhart
Richard
Miss Meckley
Jesse Stambaugh
Vergie
Laura
Maggie
Metre Bros
Discount TV
Third Street
McSherrystown
Sylvania TV
Delone
Delone Catholic High School
McSherrystown, Pa
Earl Noel
The
Athletic Board
Chambersburg Street
BABY
G. K. Wagner
York Springs
Elizabethtown
East Berlin Fire Hall
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Westinghouse
C. J. Myers
W. Chestnut St
Hanover, Pa
John T. Hockensmith
Hanover-New Oxford State Highway
Alwine Brick Company
Oxford Township
Adams County
Pennsylvania
D.S.T
Marie H. Little
Charles A. Hackensmith
Amos N. Alland Jr
Joseph Hackensmith
Francis Yake Jr
Francis E. Klunk
North St
Uganda
Lower Bermudian Lutheran Sunday School
Bermudian Springs High School
Band of Rain
Trone & Weibert
Center Square
Bermudas
Manhattan
Jaymar
Catalina - Jantzen
Cricketeer
Griffin
Beau Brummell
Will
Sune & Wekert
Carlisle Street
Oldsmobile
DODGE
FORD
Ewspa
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