Repair Work Fixes Sharpsburg Roads After Flood
County Roads Department completed temporary repairs to four roads in the Sharpsburg area damaged by Sunday night flash flood. Millar Sawmill and Snyder's Landing roads, Burnstle Bridge road, and the road near Grimes Station were affected as flood waters removed macadam. Permanent repairs will be funded in the county program this aluminet.
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County Roads Department
Sharpsburg
Millar
Snyder's Landing
Burnstle
Grimes Station
Lester Ewaln
Grimes Sided I
Lester Burgesser
Cavetown
Fred Locks
Alon
Impacted Roads and Schools Battered by Flooding
Falls suffered damage as retaining walls collapsed along roads and schools faced entry of water. At Halfway’s Prattvaln School water stood inches deep in the basement before pumps operated. Several buses still served routes in Downeville and Sharpsburg due to high water.
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Rai
pEincvaln
Downevill
Sharpsburg
McKeldin Beall to Speak at Antietam Memorial Day
Governor Theodora R McKeldin and Representative J Glenn Beall will speak at Memorial Day rites at Antietam National Cemetery Sharpsburg Friday The 85th annual celebration will feature a colorful parade at 230 pm with Sharpsburg school children and wreath laying at 130 pm The cemetery ceremonies follow at 430 pm Benjamin Wolfson and Daniel Burkhart also scheduled to attend.
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Theodora R. McKeldin
J. Glenn Beall
Antietam National Cemetery
Sharpsburg
Okiala
Nicnitavies
No Glass Broken As Car Snaps Pole
Robert Edward Turner an Al-year old Cleary Spring youth drove a car that snapped a utility pole near Falling Waters on Routle early Sunday. No one in the car was hurt though the front of the vehicle was mashed. no glass was broken inside.
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Robert Edward Turner
Cleary Spring
Funeral Today for Franklin County Court Judge
Watson Davison 81 former Franklin County judge dies Sunday at Chambersburg home. Native of Greencastle and longtime lawyer in Waynesboro, he moved to Chambersburg in 1926. Survived by wife Mary Dinpinger, daughters Mrs. Guy Elden Jr and Mrs. Carl Fisher Wagnerborn, Katrina Davison, sons Watson R Davison Jr and Charles H Davison, nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral at Falling Spring Church at 2 p.m. with Dr Rodney T Taylor officiating and Cedar Hill Cemetery interment. Flowers requested not.
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Watson
Rowe Davison
Franklin County Court
Davison
Chambersburg
Greencastle
Waynesboro
Mary Dinpinger
Guy E. ‘Elden, Jr
Carl Fisher
Wagnerborn
Katrina H. Davison
Watson R. Davison, Jr
Charles H. Davison
Falling Spring
Ray
Rodney T. Taylor
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Girl Injured In Automobile Crash Near Washington County
Phyllis Inez Long of 430 George Street was injured in an auto accident early Monday. She sustained a fracture of the right collar bone and left leg and was admitted to Washington County Hospital at 2 20 a m Monday.
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Phyllis Inez Long
George Street
Washington County Hospital
Betty Carol Miller
Williamsport
Ruby Rebecca Fleagle
East Franklin Street
Barbara‘ Ann Custer
Oak Hill Avenue
Terry Lee
Randall
Elizabeth Street
Trammell Hollis Dies. Martinsburg Leader Remembered
Martinsburg business figure and civic leader Trammell Hollis died Monday morning at his home near Gerardstown after a long Illness. He owned Trammell Hollis Inc a Chevrolet and Oldsmobile dealership ran Prospect Hill Hereford farm and served as a bank director. His widow Elizabeth Henshaw and son Trammell Henshaw Halls survive. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
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Trammell Hollis
Martinsburg
Gerardetown
Hollis
Old Berkeley Aviation Club
First Presbyterian Church
Mets ‘Ives
West Virginishepartment
West Virginis Plagering Commission
Civilian Defense Organization
Berkeley County
Hilsabeth Henshaw
Trammell Henshaw Halls
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United States
Chéagoa Rivera
Berlin
Weal Germany
Otto Nuschka
Ast Germany
Philip Morris
Pumir Morris
Lion
Franklin County
Unite States
Southeast
Washington
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