Local Notes and Obituaries From Abbottstown Area
Twenty years ago items record illnesses and recoveries, births, marriages, and deaths in Abbottstown and surrounding towns. Notable entries include critical illness of Geo W Deardorff, serious condition of Mary E Smith, cancer and surgery updates, a drowning death at Conewago Creek, and multiple weddings from McSherrystown to Hanover. Wheat price listed at 1.30 a bushel, with social events like a surprise party for Howard Lentz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Smith
West High Street
Mark Rutter
Abbottstown
A. C. Rice
McSherrystown
Harry Feeser
Harrisburg
Bert R. Feeser
Harrisburg Hospital
Harry Meuller
Mt. Alto
Claude Grim
Anna
Helen Myers
Hanover Street
Shippensburg S. N. S
Clark Stambaugh
Gettysburg
Conewago
Irvin Keefer
Augustus Kindler
MicSherrystown
F. W. Topper & Co
Martin Steffy
J. Ray Topper
Mary A. Bishop
Gregory Neiderer
Benjamin Lentz
Mt. Pleasant Township
Howard
Elsie Eisenhart
Ebensburg
David Shultz
Brush Run
Annie C. Millhimes
the Pines
S. Riley Dillman
Mary Willet
Hanover
Clarence W. Slagle
Mary A. Bucher
George S. Lawrence
Oxford Township
John W. Myers
Annie S. Lillich
Amy Wolf
George J. Ensslen
Philadelphia
Marie McSherry
Edgar Leech
J. F. Miller
Bonneauville
Lydia Berger
Estate of F X Colgan in McSherrystown Adams Co PA
In re Estate of F X Colgan late of McSherrystown Adams County Pennsylvania dislance a formal proceeding captioned for probate. The notice indicates a court filing seeks administration and invites interested parties to appear by a specified deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans' Court
Adams County
Pennsylvania
F. X. Colgan
McSherrystown
TRG
Mary Edith Colgan
Orphans’ Court
Thirty Years Ago In McSherrystown and Nearby
A series of brief local items from McSherrystown New Oxford and surrounding areas. Incidents include a work accident injuring J A Geesey’s helper, deaths, graduations, scholarships, births, typhoid cases, clergy anniversary, property transactions, school board elections, teacher appointments, and a wedding.
Lancaster cigar factory hires Gregory F M Smith as manager
Forty years ago Gregory F M Smith, known as Mr Rock, became manager of S L Johns' new cigar factory in Lancaster. The New Oxford school board reported a balance of 10.71 from 1900 with receipts 2411.42 and expenses 2389.56, including salaries, janitor, books, fuel, painting, and building costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory F. M. Smith
Rock
S. L. Johns
Lancaster
McDermott
Philadelphia
Conewago
H. E. Lough
New Oxford School Board
N. C. Miller
Fire drills and local events highlighted in mid 1880s notes
Auditors McSherrystown fire company drills won second prize of 825 at Westminster. Local incidents include lightning injuries, farm damage, student returns, and a June festival to fund center square. School boards reorganized naming officers and teachers across Reading and Hamilton townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McSherrystown Fire Company
Westminster
J. A. Geesey
Frank Miller
R. M. Straley
New Oxford
Chauncey Colestock
Nita Cashman
West Chester S. N.S
John Sheetz
Mercersburg Academy
Lewis Smith
Mr. Rock
John Francis Krise
Irishtown
Center Square
James Sheely
E. L. Eckert
Sneeringer
Ig Weaver
F. X. Timmins
Sam Smith
Frank Pohlman
Reuben Noel
Seright Hartzel
Hampton
Mt Pleasant Township Names New Teachers and Salaries
Ernest Wolf of Pine Run and Gussie Holf heins among seven named individuals with seven months tenure and a salary of 28 dollars. Mt Pleasant township elected teachers in multiple districts including White Hall Valley Brush Run Conewago Mt Superior Kohler's Frank C Hemler Mt Rock Swift Run with salaries of 27 to 28 dollars per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Wolf
Pine Run
B .B. Jacobs
Green Ridge
Gussie Holfheins
John Wisler
Mt Pleasant Township
White Hall
Luther Yohe
Valley
Chase Frommeyer
Brush Run
Jerome F Hemler
Conewago
Dan March Kilpatrick
Clarence Mackley
Mt Superior
Myrtle Swope
Kohler
Frank C. Hemler
Mt Rock
Harry V. Hemler
Swift Run
Chas Kinneman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Geo. W. Deardorff
J. C. Herman
Peter Berger
John Hemler
Midway
Clara Lawrence
Mary Fink
Harry Fink
Harry Landis
J. F. Yake, Jr
Fidelis Ling
New Oxford, PA
Red Cross
Enna Jettick
Dorothy Dodd
Misses Simplex
Anthony
Baltimore St
Weston Foot
New Central Hotel
John Deatrick
W. High Street
Samuel Hoffheins
Helen C. Johns
Mt. St. Joseph's College
Emmitsburg
Ethel Stock
Waynesboro
D. F. Slentz
Carlisle Street
Mattie Dicks
Reading Township
Benjamin H. Kline
National Hotel
Mary Klunk
Bernardina Corrigan
Helen Neely
Fairfield
Red
Raymond Wolfe
New Chester
J. C. Myers
Wolfe
F. X. Weaver
Penn Box Co
Madaline Myers
Chas. W. Myers
West Chester
State Normal School
S. H Kilmefester
Mountpleasant Township
Gussie Eckert
Daniel Ruff
Emie Miller
Carrie Wilt
Helen C. Myers
Camp Hill
John P. Stevens
Jersey Shore
Conrad's
Carlisle ST
E. E. Ditenhofer
W.A. Ditzler
Wm. J. Wolf
Zeper
J O. Gerber
H. B. Dicks
Trenas
K. W. Rickrode
Stouffer's
Aaron Jacobs
Bollinger
Elsie Leas
Baker's
John Myers
Hoover's
Alice Bosserman
Germany
Elsie First
Round Hill
Nettie Dicks
Oakwood
Maude Miller
John Slothour
Katie Gulder
Hamilton Township — School Board
Isaac C. Thomas
J. G. Decker
E. R. Chronister
Treas
Hartman's
Shoninger Pianos
Leo A. Smith
Chestnut St
Hanover, Pa
Irishtown, PA
York-Adams County
Conewago Chapel
Hanover Square
H. T. Maring
General Electric
New Oxford and
Murphy Electric Co
Carlisle & Chestnut Sts
Smart Sportswear
York
Rakoma
Landis
Champion Shoe Repair Shop
Chambersburg ST
Wentz’s
P. I. Wentz
Gilbert
Chambersburg Street
Crane
Onla
New
Save the
Middlemans
S. George St
Kitz Theatre
Brooks Hotel
Radios
Philco
Zenith
Guy A. F. Hoke
Sunoco
Abbottstown, PA
E. B
FORD
Stough Motors
Riddle & Gouker
Balto. ST
Francis M. Rabine
Waldo
Aero Oil Company