Print Edition Highlights - November 10, 2011 Battle of the Bulge to Remagen
Veteran shares his memories
By Raymond Harold Colvin
Today, Raymond Colvin, 94, enjoys driving his John Deere Gator around his property in Carroll Township
From Ft. Dix, N.J., to the European Theater
____ In September 1943, I received my draft notice from the U.S. Army and was told to report to Ft. Dix, N.J, for basic training. I was there for one month and learned the basics of being a soldier in the Army. As anyone who has gone through boot camp will tell you, it is a major change in the way you live your daily life!
____ In October, I was sent by train to Ft. Smith, Ark., and assigned to the 16th Armored Division as a tank driver. For the next 11 months, I learned how to drive a variety of tanks and other armored vehicles, and how to fire the weapons. At the end of my training, I was made a private first class.
____ In the beginning of August 1944, I received news that my dad, Harold Sterry Colvin, had passed away because of a massive heart attack. I was given family leave to attend his funeral in Hope, R.I., and was home for about 10 days. When my leave was up, I was told that my unit had shipped out to fight in the Pacific campaign against the Japanese forces. I was ordered to report to Ft. Meade, Md., on Sept. 1, 1944, where I waited two weeks for a new assignment.
____ On Sept. 15, I was assigned to the Infantry and was sent to Ft. Jackson, S.C., and later to Camp Edwards, Mass., the staging area for soldiers headed to Europe. On Dec. 9, 1944, we left Boston Harbor bound for Liverpool, England, arriving on Dec. 15. From Southampton, we crossed the English Channel to Le Havre, France. We left Le Havre by train on Dec. 22, bound for Aachen, Belgium.
____ It was on this train ride that I got my first exposure to what war would be like. A passing train was filled with wounded soldiers, carloads of men with blood-soaked bandages. We got pretty quiet when we saw all that.
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Borough wades through mess
By Peggie Williams
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Photo by Curt Werner
Council will look into putting up “no unauthorized motor vehicle” signs on an access road to the Archie Hess Memorial Park where someone has been entering and causing damage to the unpaved road.
____ The Franklintown Borough council looked over the 2012 proposed budget and gave their stamp of approval to advertise it for passage in December. And in spite of a $12,000 shortfall, council has no intention of raising taxes. Proposed expenses are $129,300; proposed income is only $116, 962.
____ But the shortfall is only a small part of the problem as the borough works its way through the mess left behind by former secretary-treasurer Deb Walker.
____ Current treasurer and council vice-president Tony Vasco explained one unusual account in the proposed budget which showed $59,504 in unpaid bills left over from Walker’s last two years of working for the borough.
____ “ I had no idea how to fit this into the budget,” he said, “and we’re hoping to get some relief for this from the bonding company, so I gave it its own category.”
____ The sanitation budget also has a column for almost $13,000 worth of debt.
____ And the state is conducting a liquid fuels tax audit for the years 2009-10 in the upcoming weeks. Vasco is dreading what they will find since on a past budget he found an income entry for $42,000 that does not show up as an expense anywhere and there is no sign of the money in any bank accounts. He is hoping it was just anticipated money that was never received.
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Borough to decide on Dollar General
By Carolyn Hoffman
___Warrington Township supervisors decided to let Wellsville Borough decide on the merits of the proposed Valley Farm Trust subdivision, which if approved, would see the construction of a Dollar General Store near the post office in Wellsville.
___A small portion of the property for the proposed store is in Warrington Township, though not any of the planned building. Typically, when subdivisions straddle multiple municipalities, the municipality where the construction will take place is the one whose regulations are followed and where the approvals occur. As such, the planned subdivision was deemed not to impact Warrington Township, and so Wellsville Borough will be the deciding municipality.
___In other action at Warrington’s November 2 meeting, supervisors heard a plea from local emergency management personnel asking the township to join in with other northern York County municipalities to create a regional emergency response team. The Northern York County School District has donated the use of two rooms in the old middle school for a potential operation center. Warrington turned the draft agreement over to its solicitor for review before deciding.
See the November 10, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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Also in the November 10, 2011 edition
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____ -Community events
____--Obituaries
____ -Births
____ -20 years ago
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Bears are Playoff-bound
By Joe Guty
Photo by Mark Ryder
Elijah Locke gains yardage in last week’s 20-12 victory against West Perry.
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Think Pink
Think Pink campaign draws public support
Photo by Curt Werner
Pictured are Northern cheerleaders with Growl Towels.
____ Sales of Growl Towels and other donations to support breast cancer awareness and research at the October 21 football game netted $300. Organized by Northern’s Deca Marketing Club, event proceeds will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. A follow-up badminton tournament to benefit the same cause is planned later this fall.
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