Adams County youths excel at tenth annual FFA Week contests
Twenty two Adams county vocational agriculture students from five high schools returned from Pennsylvania State College after three days of judging and athletic contests during the FFA Week. The county placed highly in many events earning certificates from the Keystone Association of the FFA. Notable results include Max Raffensperger winning fifth in poultry judging, dairy judging participants placing in the top third, and several county members earning honors in corn, seed identification, livestock and farm mechanics. The FF A band and a national officer attended, with Elmer Johnson speaking, and instructors from multiple schools accompanied the group.
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Adams County
Pennsylvania State College
Future Farmers of America
Keystone Association
Ff.a
State College
State Department of Public Instruction
Bedford
Chester
Washington County
Washington
Carson Lamberson
Theron Collins
Earl Baumgardner
Donald Weaner
Charles Linard
Nelson Welsh
Max Raffensperger
Lawrence Heltzel
Robert Stitt
George Coleman
Clair Mickley
Arendtsville
Robert Mansberger
Biglerville
Carlton Jacobs
Walter Morrison
East Berlin
Lloyd Kuhn
Leonard Collins
Gettysburg
Theron Bair
Preston Myers
New Oxford
Charles Woodward
Herbert Wisler
Richard Ray
John Berkheimer
Albert Rose
Baumgardner
Mickley
Raffensperger
Weaner
Linard
Stitt
F.F.A
Elmer Johnson
Winchester
New Hampshire
Richard C. Lighter
Charles A. Smith
Cecil R. Snyder
Elmer H. Schriver
John L. Kratzert
Marvin E. Webb
Walter and Guise Apply for Marriage License
On Friday afternoon John Harold Walter son of Mr and Mrs George W Walter Gardners R 1 and Nellie Mae Guise daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar L Guise Mr Tabor applied for a marriage license at the court house.
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John Harold Walter
George W. Walter
Gardners R. 1
Nellie Mae Guise
Gardners
Oscar L. Guise
Tabor
Court House
York Springs Man Injured in Latimore Square Collision
A York Springs man suffered non serious injuries and two cars were damaged in a Friday evening crash at Latimore Square west of the Gettysburg Harrisburg highway. Walter A. Wolf 28 was thrown from a front seat in Mervin I. Masemer 20s machine. Masemer and Lyman C. Lehmer 51 were uninjured. Masemer’s car hit a stone wall after collision. Police filed no charges.
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York Springs
Lathemore Square
Gettysburg-Harrisburg
Walter A. Wolf
Mervin I. Masemer
Masemer
Lyman C. Lehmer
York Springs R. 1
Harry Starry
Latimore Square
Harrisburg
Worley’s Nursery
Lehmer
Wolf
Glen F. Henry
Gettysburg
State Motor Police
Fowl Must Be Sold By Weight Under New State Rule
Harrisburg reports the state bans selling poultry by piece and requires sale by net weight. The Department of Internal Affairs, under Secretary William S. Livengood Jr., warned merchants and offered help to ensure compliance. The bulletin notes many sellers misread the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Department of Internal Affairs
William S. Livengood Jr
Livengood
Bigler Church Awards Contract for New School Building
St Pauls Lutheran church council Bigierville accepted building committee's recommendation to award a single story brick school addition to Gettysburg contractor Luther I Sachs. The 42 by 46 foot structure with basement will house nursery primary junior and intermediate classes plus rest rooms and a secretary's room. Choir and vestry rooms will be added. construction to finish by mid September.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church Council
Bigierville
Henry W. Sternat
Lloyd W. Kleinfelter
Luther
O. A. Nary
Earl Carey
Luther I. Sachs
Gettysburg
Graduate Receives $25 Prize at Temple Medical School
Dr. Howard Stauffer of Gettysburg received a $25 prize for meritorious work in hygiene and public health at Temple University Medical School graduation exercises in Philadelphia. He authored a sanitary and health survey of Gettysburg.
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Howard Stauffer
Candidates' Filing Fees Remain Unchanged In Harrisburg
Harrisburg notes that a governor signed bill raising nominating petition fees will not take effect until September 1. Primary filings close July 24 under current rules. Fees stay at 25 dollars for county offices, 20 for associate judge, 2 for justice and constable, 1 for road supervisors and township auditors, 0.50 for election board officials, with no fee for school directors. Also mentions marriage license applications by Miss Josephine Ellen Kelley and Joseph Richard Haldeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commissioners’ Office
Harrisburg
Justice of the Peace
Gettysburg Boy Hit By Truck In Alley Incident
Ray Warren, nine, of Gettysburg, suffered head and left foot injuries after darting from a Central autos entrance into a westbound truck’s path about 4:30 Friday. Driver William Jones, color, could not avoid the impact. truck owned by Oyler Tire. Boy treated at Warner hospital and admitted. no charges filed.
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Ray Warren
Gettysburg
Central
Autsé Company
William Jones
R. I
Oyler Tire Company
Glenn Guise
Warner Hospital
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St. College
Emma Kuhn
Chambersburg Street
S & A Chevrolet
Spring Grove
Twin Bridge Park
Westminster
OLD Timers
Bigler Church
Josephine Ellen Kelley
Gettysburg R
Joseph Richard Haldeman
Quincy
Chambersburg
Kimmel
Lincolnway East
Geo
M. Zerfing
Gettysburg, PA
Dunlops
Dunlops Store
Center Square
J. A. Hulk
Locust & Broadway
Hanover
Sterner
Richard McAllister
Bud Codori
J. A. Dentler
Prowell’s Grocery
Center’s Electric Shop
Cashtown
Alev
J. H. Duttera
New
Oxford, Pa
Delco— Headquarters
DELCO
Melco Water Systems
Westinghouse
RCA
Philco
ABC
ESCO
E. J. J. Gobrecht
E. Chestnut ST
Britcher & Bender Drug Store
Andes
East Market ST
York, Pa
Good Bros. Motor CO
Chrysler and Plymouth
Frederick St
Hanover, Pa
Peoples Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Tire Today
Goodrich
Silvertown
Colden
Carlisle ST
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