Print Edition Highlights - July 10, 2014
By Peggie Williams
____ A fast moving storm on the evening of July 8 brought down tree limbs and power lines in the northern York County area, closing several roads and causing some property damage. Most local municipalities reported several road closures and loss of electricity for many homes and businesses.
____ One house in Monahgan Township suffered severe damage when a tree fell on it, completely destroying the master bedroom. The residents told our photographer that if the storm had occurred while they were asleep, they would have been killed.
____ A tree was struck by lightning in the 100 block of Greenbriar Lane in Dillsburg Borough. Citizens Hose Company #1 responded to the call, but let the fire, which was confined to the tree, burn itself out. They left that site to respond to a call on Ore Bank Road where both a tree and wires had fallen on a house.
____ Franklin Township emergency manager Lauren Fleming said there was significant damage from Clear Springs Road to Rocky Ridge Road, with roofs being ripped from several small barns and sheds and several small structures being destroyed. The area around Union Church Road was hit the hardest. There were also several roads closed to down trees and electric wires.
____ Carroll Township officials report there were only three road closures which were quickly cleared and minor damage to the township building with repairs already underway.
See the July 10, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
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Jason Duncan, Brian Linsenbach, Duane P. Stone and Jan M. Wiley have merged businesses and will operate out of 3 N. Baltimore St. located on the square in Dillsburg.
____ Some changes are in the works for well-known law expert Jan Wiley. The Dillsburg lawyer, who was recognized by the York County Bar Association just last year for 50 years of excellence in practicing law, will be lending his sage expertise to the law firm of Stone, Duncan & Linsenbach.
____ Wiley, in his mid-70s, sold his building to Stone, Duncan & Linsenbach, joining forces, to treat himself to a bit more freedom in lieu of retirement. “I don’t want responsibility for doing anything but practicing law, which I’d like to continue for at least another 10 years,” he said. He also considered the welfare of his clients when making the decision to downshift a bit and join his younger counterparts. “It’s very important for continuity; people won’t have to worry about my age now and how long I will practice. These gentlemen are the bosses now and I will keep my office and come in when I want,” said Wiley about the new arrangement.
See the July 10, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Also in the July 10, 2014 edition
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Print Edition Highlights - July 10, 2014
Photos by Curt Werner
Patrolman Josh Goodling nets one of the ducklings from a sewer drain.
____ Last Sunday, July 6, at 7:00 a.m., neighbors along Chestnut Street heard a loud commotion along the street. A mother duck was quacking loudly. Jeff Shultz walked out of his house to see what was upsetting the mother duck. Little ducklings had fallen down the storm drain. A public service call was made to the Carroll Township Police and the Dillsburg Citizens Hose No. 1 and Dillsburg EMS.
____ Patrolman Ron Stiles and Josh Goodling, Firefighters Bob Kauffman, Mark and Carla Snyder and Dillsburg EMS all showed up at the same time. Upon looking down the storm drain, they counted eight little ducklings. The drain was too heavy to lift by hand. A crowbar was used. All at once, the ducklings scrambled down the dark hole to another drain. The mother duck was now flying back and fourth along the road. Some of the ducklings came back to the first drain. Goodling knelt to reach into the drain and with a net was able to catch one baby duck. Carla Snyder found a small box to place the baby duck inside. Within seconds another duck was snatched up and placed inside the box.
____ The mother duck became a little braver and came closer to everyone that was trying to help. The six remaining ducks ran down to the next drain opening. Half the helpers stayed at one end. The crowbar was used again to open another drain. Quickly Kauffman tried to block one opening so the ducks would not run back to the original drain. Two more ducks were captured and placed in the box.
The remaining ducks headed for the third drain. Carla Snyder held the box with the baby ducks near the second drain. Their chirping helped in getting the other ducks to turn around and head back to the second drain.
See the July 10, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
____ Down, but not quite out. That was the status of Dillsburg Youth Baseball's 9-10 all-star team in the District 14 double-elimination tournament when the Banner reached its press deadline earlier this week.
____ Kyle Ramp's group opened the tournament with a dud, falling 10-5 to York on Saturday. Staring elimination right in the eye, the boys roared right back into title contention with dominating wins over Greencastle (16-9), South Middleton (14-3) and Gettysburg (18-8).
____ As of Tuesday night, Dillsburg (6-1) was one of just two teams still standing in the double-elimination bracket, with the other squad being York.
____ Ramp's team has an opportunity to exact revenge on York, and more importantly, defend its district title, but it will be an uphill battle.
See the July 10, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
By Steven M. Nesbit
 
____ “The Grit, a newspaper out of Williamsport, Pa., did a story about our family under the heading of ‘Curiosities’ more than 40 years ago,” began Mr. Albert. “What the Grit wrote about was an interesting fact about our large family. All 16 of our parent’s children were born in the same house in the same room; also born in that same house and the same room was our mother and our grandmother. Not one baby was born in a hospital.” The publication carried the subtitle, "America's Greatest Family Newspaper." The Grit was sold across the country from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1992, the Grit left Williamsport after 111 years and moved its offices to Topeka, Kansas.
____“I am the second born of Lewis W. Albert and Pauline Rank Albert of Dillsburg,” Clair said. “There were nine boys and seven girls. Our parents raise 15 children to maturity. One girl died when she was three days old. There are 11 siblings still living – seven boys and four girls.” Clair Edward Albert, Sr. was born in Franklin Township on August 25, 1929. He was born and raised in Beavertown. “We always had enough to eat, a warm bed, and best of all, the love and respect of being raised in a Christian home. My father was a part time minister. You could say we were raised in the church.”
____At home, his mother used to heat her wash water in a big kettle. Clair said, “We had to carry wood to the house to heat the water, and then we had to carry the water from the spring to the house because we didn’t have any running water.” Early on, Clair remembers picking berries at Diller’s for five cents per box, and he’d go into the mountains and pick huckleberries and sell them to Mrs. Bricker for fifteen cents a box, and she’d bake pies with them.
See the July 10, 2014 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.
Photos by Marie Chomicki
The Dillsburg Wiley Clan had a reunion in honor of Hazel and Sylvan Wiley's upcoming 67th anniversary and Sylvan's upcoming 90th birthday. The entire four generation family consisting of five children, 14 grandchildren and eight great-grand children from six states - Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, California, Nevada and Colorado arrived by car, plane and train. The last time the complete family met was 18 years ago. Many births and marriages came to be during those years. Especially exciting for many was meeting the two latest great-grandchildren for the first time.
A beautiful Saturday brought a planned "meet and greet" for extended family and friends, pictured above. On Sunday, the family surprised Hazel and Sylvan by attending morning worship at Calvary United Methodist Church where their granddaughter, Rachel Taylor, sang during the service.
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