Index of The Evening Sentinel, Carlisle, Pennsylvania - December 11, 1881 to April 2, 1885
This index covers the periods December 11, 1881 through April 2, 1885.
South Middleton Township
Mary Wheeler King
Mary Wheeler King was born on December 24, 1901 in Newville.1 After graduating from Carlisle High School in the spring of 1919, King moved away to continue her education at Wilson College in Chambersburg.
The National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County
The National Register of Historic Places was organized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
North Middleton Township
North and South Middleton Townships received a charter of incorporation in 1810 dividing what was originally Middleton Township.1 This area in the twenty-first century is composed of residential and commercial interests and a few farms.
Conrad Reep: Mt. Holly Springs Cabinetmaker & Undertaker
Conrad Reep, his wife Catharine (Lizman) and their two young daughters emigrated from Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany in 1848. Reep’s brother-in-law, John Lizman, also from Hess-Darmstadt, had immigrated earlier and was a cabinetmaker in Carlisle. Reep settled in Mount Holly Springs, six miles south of Carlisle. In 1856, he declared his intent to become a citizen and was naturalized on November 10, 1858.
Judge Dale F. Shughart – President Judge of Cumberland County Court
Judge Dale F. Shughart was born on July 21, 1913 in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Boiling Springs High School before earning a degree from Dickinson College.
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
This institution is unique in the fact that it has two physical structures in two different locations with the same name. The East Pomfret Street site, the Shrine Church is the original location for the catholic faith’s presence in Cumberland County.
John Trough: Carlisle Potter and Tavernkeeper
John Trough was the only potter in Carlisle from 1806 through at least 1835. Trough (spelled Drach in German) was the son of Adam and Eve Drach of Haycock Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.1 Rudolph Drach, possibly John’s relative, was also a Bucks County potter, and several examples of his signed pieces are known.
Ray Wolfe
Ray L. Wolfe was a well-known banking executive and President of the Farmer’s Trust Company born in 1934 in just south of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Wolfe grew up on a farm with his family, with his childhood mostly consisting of working on his family farm and other farms working picking apples, berries and peaches. Wolfe graduated high school in Boiling Springs and immediately started to work in Farmer’s Trust Bank where he worked his way up to a clerk position.