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The town council passed on the first reading an ordinance ordaining East Baltimore Street from its present terminus at the old borough line to the present borough line four squares further east. Work has been started on the foundation for the Buchanan monument which will be erected at Stony Battery, Buchanan's birthplace, in the mountain above Foltz. The assessors of the county have completed and returned to the county commissioners the enrollment of men in the county between 21 and 45 years of age who are subject to military service in case of need. It numbers 8,462. Township treasurer Samuel F. Kuhn, of the Antrim Township road district, received from the State Commissioner of Highways a check for $1,094 being the state payment of 15 percent of the road tax paid to those townships which abolish the work tax. A crowd estimated to number 1,500 people attended the annual meeting at the Quincy U.B. Orphanage.
The oldest inhabitants of Worleytown, the thriving village along the Conococheague Creek, southwest of town, are Mrs. Ann Stahl and Daniel Cline, both of whom are "original settlers" there. The Greencastle Evaporator is paying 40 cents a hundred pounds for good paring apples, just double the price which was paid for apples here last year. The September grand jury declined to concur in the report of viewers recommending the erection of a bridge over Muddy Run at the Wagner Mill, northwest of town. Waynesboro newspapers announced that an Old Home Week will be held in that town next September. As was announced at the reunion here two years ago, Greencastle will have its third Old Home Week next August and expects to greet the greatest number of former residents which ever attended a similar occasion here.
75 Years Ago September 15, 1932 Greencastle native and former ambassador to Italy, Henry P. Fletcher, was named to the Committee for the Consideration of Intergovernmental Debts. Alarmed by the rapid decrease in the water at the reservoir, the Greencastle town council notified all water consumers that the use of water for sprinkling or for fountains is forbidden until further notice. Greencastle town council adopted a resolution directing that application be made to the State Emergency Relief Board for the sum of $4,500 to be expended locally on public projects. Members of the Franklin County Chapter of the D.A.R. and members of the Kittochtinny Historical Society held a joint meeting in Brown's Mill, where they inspected improvements that have been made at the famous old Brown's Mill graveyard. Earl Hassler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abram Hassler, East Baltimore Street, has purchased from Harry Brant the produce business on East Spruce Lane. A Belgian stallion belonging to M. S. Sellers, of Greencastle, and a Percheron mare belonging to Atherton Bros., of Greencastle, were adjudged grand champions of their respective classes at the livestock exhibit held in connection with the Hagerstown Fair. J. F. Brown, proprietor of the Greencastle Sanitary Dairy, has secured the contract for supplying one half the milk and one half the cream to be used by Mercersburg Academy during the coming school year. Endeavoring to meet chain store competition by following the methods of the chains with regard to large-scale purchasing and standardization, six Greencastle stores have joined the United Retail Merchants Association and are displaying the blue and gold signs of that organization. Senior, junior and sophomore classes of the Greencastle High School have reorganized for the coming year. The Chambersburg town council recently adopted a resolution authorizing the employment of engineers to draw up specifications for a proposed dam, to be located in the mountain several miles north of Caledonia. An organized movement to impose an income tax upon citizens of Pennsylvania will be launched at State College at a two-day meeting. During the peach season - which was one of Franklin County's best - approximately 300 carloads of peaches were shipped out of the Pennsylvania railroad yards in Chambersburg for orchards in the Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Scotland, Quincy and Fort Loudon districts, it was reported recently. Franklin County farmers disposed of 30,393 pounds of wool in this year's pool of the County Wool Growers Association in Path Valley. 50 Years Ago September 12, 1957 The Greencastle, Franklin County, Authority, authorized payment of $103,747 for sewer construction work done in August, after hearing reports indicating that the work is now proceeding almost a month ahead of schedule. Referring to Antrim Way as "the new Main Street of Greencastle," the 12 business places along the road have joined in an advertising campaign calling attention to the development of business enterprises along Antrim Way since the opening of the Route 11 bypass several years ago. The Manufacturers Light & Heat Company, serving this community with natural gas, has received permission from the State Public Utility Commission to put into effect an immediate $1,532 increase in gas rates affecting 247,000 residential customers. Employees of the Basore Construction Company have begun installing the sewer main under South Washington Street at its intersection with East Franklin Street and are re-routing traffic on Washington between East Baltimore and Dahlgreen streets. Rescue Hose Company Fire Police will play host to upwards of 400 members of the Pennsylvania State Fire Police Association. Greencastle's Explorer Scouts will brave Friday the 13th by leaving tomorrow evening for their expedition to the North Woods. Wayne Baumbaugh of Greencastle, won second prize for the bowman class at the State Archery field shoot held at Sharon. Baumbaugh, an employee of The Echo-Pilot had a score of 921. Approximately 300 archers attended the event. John A. Wine, president of the Greencastle-Antrim Parent- Teacher Association, has announced the program of the organization for the coming school year. The Cities Service Oil Company has appointed the Oliver Oil Company Inc. of Chambersburg as its distributor in an area which includes Greencastle and vicinity. Three hundred forty-four lambs were marketed in the fourth lamb pool of 1957 sponsored by the Franklin County Sheep and Wool Growers' Association. The animals, pooled at Knauff's Sales Barn in Greencastle, weighed 28,900 pounds and sold for $5,977. Scott F. Smith, district manager of the United Telephone Company, assured the Echo-Pilot that service will be provided during the last quarter of this year for persons living along the Hill Road south west of Greencastle. Robbers entered three Greencastle business places, securing money and merchandise at two of the places visited during night time hours. 25 Years Ago September 16, 1982 A group of 15 State Line residents let it be known they oppose a massage parlor scheduled to open for business there next week. Antrim Township supervisors told the residents that the township will pursue legal means to delay the opening of RSVP Health Spa. Crime Solvers, the anti-crime program endorsed by Greencastle Borough Council recently is off to a running start locally. William Little has been named to the temporary board. Greencastle police have received reports of a possible flimflam operation in the borough. Lori Blair of Greencastle, was named a top 15 finalist in the Miss TEEN Pennsylvania pageant. Police are investigating the burglary of the Greencastle- Antrim High School. B&D Mobil, South Antrim Way, opened for business, with gifts and balloons for first-time customers. A bike-a-thon in the battle against childhood cancer was planned at State Line park. A Greencastle Bicentennial Black Powder Meet was held at the Greencastle Sportsman's Farm. The Greencastle Rescue Hose Company No. 1 conducted a day-long car wash along West Franklin Street. |
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