REMEMBERING WHEN

From 1982, Brian Henry (left), a student in Pat Esquer's second-grade class at South Antrim Elementary School peels carrots under the supervision of Louella Burkett, a parent volunteer. The class prepared a Thanksgiving feast at the Tayamentasachta Environmental Center.

100 Years Ago

November 21, 1907

The Cumberland Valley Railroad workmen who have been engaged for the past several months in lowering the grade of West Baltimore Street between Jefferson and Carl Avenue to accommodate the overhead bridge are getting the work well on toward completion and residents of town who have not inspected the work recently will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of the street.

A free state dispensary for the relief of persons suffering from tuberculosis was opened in Chambersburg by Dr. J. X. Bonebrake, who has been designated by State Health Commissioner Dixon to take charge of the work in this county.

The annual Franklin County Teachers' Institute is being held in Rosedale Opera House, Chambersburg with a large attendance of teachers and others who are interested in educational work.

Receipts from the great Hagerstown Fair exceeded $40,000, however expenses were heavy and the surplus was just over $7,000.

The county commissioners and Sheriff Kuhn, who by an act of the recent legislature are constituted a Prison Board for the purpose, held a conference in Chambersburg respecting the employment of prisoners confined in the jail on the public roads.

Barnhart Brothers, the West Baltimore Street butchers, have installed a 2 1/2 horsepower Quincy gasoline engine for operating the meat grinding machines in their butcher shop. The engine was installed last week by Henry B. Hess, of Kauffmans, the Quincy Company's general agent, and enables the owners to turn out the large output of pudding and sausage required by their trade in much shorter time than by the old-fashioned hand grinding.

The Washington and Berkley Bridge Co., which will bridge the Potomac River at Williamsport, Md. was awarded to Rodney & Miller, Harrisburg, the lowest of eight bidders, the contract to build a concrete bridge at their bid of $113,000.

The large framed building at the north end of town known as the Greencastle Evaporator and owned by Messers. J. Ed. Omwake and C. P. Omwake of the Greencastle Elevator Co., was burned to the ground at an early hour Sunday. The owners of the property have evidence in their possession showing that the building was set on fire, accidentally by a crowd of young men who had secured entrance to the building and were gambling there.

The work of erecting the poles for the C.G. & W. trolley extension from here to Chambersburg was begun on Friday at the corner of Washington and Baltimore streets and the planting of the poles is going forward steadily along Washington street.

Capt. and Mrs. J. C. Morehead, Dahlgreen Street, celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage at their home in Greencastle on Sunday. They were married at "Riley's Tavern," now the Franklin House by Rev. John Rebaugh.

H.P. McLaughlin sold two pieces of land at Mason & Dixon, abutting on the west side of the C.V.R.R. to the railroad company.

75 Years Ago November 24, 1932

Councilman Roy W. Stover, of the fire and water committee of the town council, reports that the borough reservoir is now nearly full as the result of the heavy rains of the past few weeks.

With 25 members present the regular meeting of the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce was held in the legion rooms and the group decided to request local, county, state and federal governments for a reduction in taxes.

All activities of the Rescue Hose Co. Band have been discontinued until after the next meeting of the Rescue Hose Co., necessary because the fund from which the operating expenses of the band have been paid is practically exhausted.

Senator Charles H. Clippinger, of Greencastle, will continue as a member of the Senate Utility Investigating Committee for some time after the expiration of his term as Senator on Dec. 1.

Fifteen miles have been added to the improved rural roads of Pennsylvania through the completion of eight sections in Franklin County.

More than 40 persons attended the card party held in the Hoachlander show rooms by the Rescue Hose Company.

50 Years Ago November 21, 1957

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25 Years Ago

November 25, 1982

The Greencastle-Antrim School Board postponed action on the sale of the Washington Street plot of land where the Greencastle Elementary School stands. A separate bid to demolish the building has not yet been accomplished.

Santa's arrival in Center Square was planned for Dec. 3.

Greencastle Police Chief Harold Benchoff resumed his duties this week, after a short hospitalization and several weeks of convalescence.

Work crews recently began demolishing the former Crist Building which fronts on Carlisle Street and showed evidence of pre-civil War construction. It was purchased by Citizens National Bank of Greencastle.

More than 300 persons attended an open house and toured the reconstructed John L. Grove Medical Center nearly a year after it was heavily damaged by an arson fire.

The Greencastle-Antrim Area Development Corp. has received the first one-third of a $400,000 state loan and expects the second installment in about 10 days. The money will be used for construction of the corporation's 42-acre industrial park off U.S. 11, south of town.

The state Senate reportedly will consider a legislative package targeted toward creating small-business jobs.

Aubrey Mowen was elected president of the Greencastle Sportsmen's Association. The group also discussed a new state fish policy that bases fish stocking by resource considerations, not by the population of a county.

The Greencastle-Antrim Association of Retired Persons celebrated the Greencastle bicentennial with two events during November.

Clarence V. "Bud" Stotler, former Greencastle resident and son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Stotler, Greencastle, recently was appointed by Florida governor Bob Graham to the position of deputy state director of Mental Health Services.