Coroners Jury Blames Driver in Fatal Harrisburg Road Crash
The coroner's jury found Kenneth Gonnor negligent for driving left of center in a May 20 crash that killed Kenneth Connor of Fairmount and Clara Farr of Keisterville near Gettysburg. Adams County coroner Dr. Edgar A. Miller conducted the inquest with thirteen witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Connor
Fairmount
West Virginia
Clara Farr
Keisterville
Warrisburg Road
Gettysburg
Kenneth Gonnor
Edgar A. Miller
Adams County
Bids Open for Coal and Bread Supplies by Adams County Poor District
Adams County Poor District invites sealed bids for coal 100 tons big vein run of mine or equivalent 60 tons hard stove size anthracite 40 tons hard nut size anthracite and 20 000 pounds fresh bread with 10 percent increase or decrease option delivered to the County Home July 1 1938 to July 1 1934. Bids due June 20 at 1 pm. Bond required. right to reject bids reserved.
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Adams Co
Ofice
Steward's
Gettysburg
Allentown Driver Sideswiped in Fatal Elopement Crash
Arthur SH Leh of Allentown testified that on a hillside approach his car swerved to avoid a head on collision, leaving its right wheels off the highway when Cunningham's car struck him. His account was supported by several passengers as the wreck ended the newlyweds wedding trip with deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur SH. Leh
Allentown
O. R. Cunningham
Fairmount
West Virginia
Connor
Leh
Gettysburg
Sons of Veterans
William Boyer
Cunningham
Anna Kresge
Bethlehem
Rosa Geipp
Elsie Snyder
Ben Carter
Carter
Curer
Witnesses Describe Fatal Driver Collision in Gettysburg
Testimony details high speeds near 30 to 35 miles per hour and 40 to 9 miles per hour as two cars collide on a highway near Gettysburg. Leh and Cunningham blame driving behavior and visibility with crowding statements and conflicting exits from the wreckage. Witnesses place bodies and note a rear seat driver and varying car positions before the vehicles topple into a woodside ditch. Coroner’s jury members named include Weaver and Kennedy among others.
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Connor
Gettysburg
Cunningham
Hat Vite
Sue Hostetter
Twin Bridges
Orville Jacoby
Charles Thomas
James G. Warren
Getysburg
Motor Patrol
BE. F. Strausbaugh
George Weaver
Clarence C. Ecker
Neely Kennedy
Earl W. Guise
Roy Weaver
C. Richard Wolff
Mark Houck Joins Campbell Shoe as Stenographer
Hanover resident Mark Houck has accepted a position as stenographer and bookkeeper with the Campbell Shoe Company in Littlestown.
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Mark Houck
Hanover
Campbell Shoe Company
Littiestown
Fire Company To Present New Life Apparatus At McSherrystown Dedication
The six cylinder 600 gallon pumper from Sha McSherrys town Steam Fireengine and Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 will be presented to McSherrystown this Saturday at 2 30 PM. J P Emich will make the presentation and Chief Burgess Albert Weaver will accept for the borough. A parade precedes the exercises with three divisions led by Chief Marshal George Feckenrode.
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Sha
McSherrystown
Hook and Ladder Company No
J. P. Emich
Burgess Albert Weaver
George Feckenrode
York County Fire Parade Divisions Form Lineup
York county fire companies form the first division for a parade followed by Maryland and Pennsylvania groups excluding York and Adams counties in the second division. Adams county teams lead the third with Gettysburg and McSherrystown as host. Speakers include Congressman Harry L. Haines Red Lion James Aumen Fire Chief Millard Tawney Harrisburg and George McClellan Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
Maryland
Pennsylvania
York
Adams Counties
Adams County
Gettysburg
McSherrystown
Indine
Harry L. Haines
Red Lion
James Aumen
Millard Tawney
Harrisburg
George McClellan
Gettysburg Old Timers Rally To Beat Wundera Town 8-3
The Gettysburg Old Timers rallied in the fourth inning to defeat Wundera Town 8 to 3 at Winterstown Friday night in a Twilight League game.
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Gettysburg Old Timers
Wwunderatown
Winterstown
Everning
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