Burglar Sentenced to Penn for Local Breakins
Francis Grant Barstow of Boston was sentenced by Adams County Court to 1 to 3 years in the Eastern Penitentiary plus a $5 fine and costs for burglarizing High Street and Meade schools and a diner in Gettysburg on May 18 19 while en route to Pittsburgh. He admitted prior arrests and to an escape attempt from Adams County jail. Also sentenced were Kenneth D. Stevens for forging a $25 check and Homer T. Runkle for burglary and larceny with multiple other items noted. Auditors report filed shows county finances and operations for 1950.
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Francis Grant Barstow
Boston
Mass
High Street
Meade
Gettysburg
Pittsburgh
Eastern Penitentiary
Massachusetts
Adams
Barstow
New England
Adams County
Kenneth D. Stevens
Nicholas A. Meligakes
Meligakes
Stevens
Homer T. Runkle
Frank Mumper
Bathmore Street
Calvin O. Woodward
Melvin J. Frye
Fort Meade
Elvin L. Chronister
Littlestown
Court House
Election Board
Notice of administration and probate claims in Adams County
Notice states Letters of Administration granted for George N. Deardorff deceased of Oxford Township Adams County to The First National Bank of Gettysburg and attorney J F Yake Jr. It also lists Amy M. Pohlman deceased with executor Joseph D Pohlman and attorney in Gettysburg. claims and debts to be filed.
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George N. Deardorff
Oxford Township
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Register of Wills
First National Bank OF Gettysburg
Jettysburg
J. F. Yake, Jr
Gettysburg
Amy M. Pohlman
Mount Pleasant Township
Joseph DB. Pohlman
Penna
Charles A. Sanders
A. Sanders
Guy 8. Sanders
Joseph R. Sanders
McSherrystown
C. A. Sanders
Woman Suffered Burns in Motel Kitchen Fire
Mrs Mervin H. Baker of Abbottstown was burned while at work at the Lincoln View Motel when a gas stove exploded as she opened a door. Flames scorched her face arms and legs but coworkers quickly extinguished the fire.
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Mervin H. Baker
Abbottstown
Lincoln View
Baker
81st Birthday Party Held for Mrs Stambaugh in Abbottstown
Sixty four friends and relatives gathered Sunday at the Stambaugh home in Abbottstown for Mrs Madilla Stambaughs eighty first birthday buffet luncheon. The event moved indoors due to rain and featured 81 candles on a pink and white angel food cake with roses and orange blossoms decorating the house. Attendants included multiple Stambaugh relatives and friends from Adams York and Carroll counties.
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Madilla Stambaugh
Abbottstown
G. Marion Stambaugh
Gettysburg
Stambaughs
Father Waldas Abbot and Slayhaugh Grandchildren Attend
Abbot Father Waldas and Curtis EB Slayhaugh led a gathering as twenty one of Mrs Slayhaugh’s twenty four grandchildren attended alongside five of her ten great grandchildren. Attys and Vire noted relatives including Me Pher notroo and son Donald were present.
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Father Waldas
Abbot
Town
Curtis EB Slayhaugh
Hershey
Mre Slayhaugh
To Gettysburg After 10 Day Stay Abroad
The fragment notes a return trip to Gettysburg following a ten day stay at Cambridge Beaches in Somerset Bermuda. It references travel between destinations but offers no dates or names beyond places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Cambridge Beaches
Somerset
Beremuda
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Smart Sportswear
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NEW Oxford
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and
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Janet
Glenn R. Kliinedinst
Carl
Claude Klinedinst
Dale
York Springs
Farl Kime
Janet Kime
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Ralph Spertzel Ard Sor
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Beverley
America
J. Myers
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Center Street
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Nace
Sheppard and Myers Athletic Field
Harold H. Bair Post
American Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps
Notary Public
L. C. Hamme Sales & Service
Pontiac
Pontiac Sales & Servici S
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Sealover
Baltimore St
Hanover
Nammers
Aelke
Gulbransen
Menchey Music Service
York St
Menchey
Armstrong
Goodyear
Columbia and
Kirsch
Elmer E. Wentz Sons
Attys
Vire
Donald
Mabey Day Fey
Hershey's Tailor Shop
Baltimore Street
WGFT
Gettysburg Motors, Inc
Getysburg
East Berlin
Bonny Maid
Emory W. Sell, JR
Sheers
Bemberg
Helen-Kay Shoppe
Myrtle Cullison LeVan
Chambersburg St
Gettysburg, Pa
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