Index of Cumberland County Birth, Wedding, Divorce & Obituary Newspaper Records - 2003
This index runs from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003.
A Portfolio of Artistic Genius: The Architecture of James W. Minick
On the evening of December 23, 1949, Floyd Rice's tractor-trailer engine broke down on the Camp Hill By-pass.It was a Friday, and traffic in the usual Christmas rush continued around the stranded vehicle. Not far from Rice's truck, a family gathered awaiting the arrival home of a husband and father. The table was set with the traditional Christmas dinner, and neatly wrapped presents lay beneath the decorated tree. On his way home from a Christmas party and possibly mulling over changes to his latest project, the Danville State Hospital, one driver never saw Rice's truck. The 1947 Mercury slammed into the rear of the tractor-trailer instantly killing the driver. There would be no festivities that evening in the nearby Minick house; only yards from his home and family, James W. Minick's body was pulled from the wreckage of that car.