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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1963
Page
5
Editorial urges residents to visit the Adams County Fair held at the midway between Abbottstown and East Berlin. It highlights horticultural and home economic exhibits, 4H and FFA displays, crops and animals, plus nightly entertainment as the 16th annual event earns community support.
Sears Roebuck and Company plans to spend over 60 million dollars on newspaper advertising this year, up from 58 million last year. A spokesman notes newspapers remain the major medium for Sears, with store managers citing readable, durable print as preferable to fleeting television spots.
Household tips cover fabric stain removal with wet paper as an applicator and brushing away residue. Ironing tips soften hems with a Turkish towel. Small notes on wallpaper care, whitening silks, word counts in classic texts, pie flavoring with cheese, linoleum maintenance, wax finishing, and enamel prep for furniture.
A column of household advice covers removing ink from polished wood and bare floors with pumice and oxalic acid, mending scratches with walnut oil, defogging mirrors with soap, treating scotch on cottons, room stretching with carpeting, lace curtain care, zinc cleaning, rust stains, shoe polish renewal, and mirroring repairs, plus light quotes.
Local notices list reopening plans for New Oxford schools and enrollment figures. The period also reports property purchases in New Oxford and nearby towns, a cider and apple butter operation starting Aug. 21, and a bicycle accident with injuries. Miscellaneous humor and quotes accompany the scanned page.
In 1962 advertisers spent more money in newspapers than any other medium, keeping the local paper a dominant advertising medium along Carlisle pike northeast of town. Wheat price stands at 90 cents per bushel. Trimmer opens a 5 and 10 cent store in York Springs on a Saturday. Ed Strasbaugh, formerly at West Side sanitorium in York after a Berlin Junction bicycle accident involving Gen. Lawrence, is expected to return home this week.
Miss Ruth Haar resigns from New Freedom to teach commercial courses in East Berlin. Eugene Overbaugh reopens Manor Service Station in Hanover. York teachers Eva Haar and Anne Baker Leaks re-elected with $2,200 salaries. Tyrone Township directors name new teachers. Heidlersburg marks a golden wedding anniversary.
Ten years ago Ross W Homer of New Oxford sold four borough properties to Charles R Sleighter and C Robert Sleighter for 2600. Wilton R Miller of New Oxford joins Doubleday fishing firm in Hanover. St Mary’s Parochial School transfers Sister Mary Clothilde to Harrisburg.
Thirty years ago the Merry Maids of Centennial held their first social at Dicks Dam. Mildred Stock of New Chester will enter nursing training in Baltimore. Guy Smith near Irishtown harvested 560 bushels of wheat from 30 acres under Albert Noel. John B. Griest of East Berlin required stitches after a quarry accident. Donald, son of Timothy and Mrs Smith, Conewago, injured his arm from a barn fall. Old Forge farms Spring Grove advertise barley seed at $1 per bushel.
The United Church of Christ assigns Rev. John Z Martin as pastor at New Oxford. St Pauls in New Oxford schedules worship at 9 am and Church School followed by a 1 am board meeting. Emanuel Abbatis town lists 9 am church school and 10 15 am worship with youth fellowship at 7 pm.
East Berlin church notes morning hour and worship schedule with Rev Victor Nichols as pastor. Sunday School at 9 a.m. morning worship and prayer meeting listed but exact times unclear.
A long list of church services across multiple towns with pastors and service times. Includes practical home tips on fixing shoe laces with tape and polish, preserving paint brushes with wax paper or foil, and tips for deodorizing glass containers with mustard in water.
State police report two men injured when their car left Route 100 near Hunterstown last Thursday night at 12:30. Joseph F Hill Jr of Buffalo drove south and crashed into a tree causing 1500 dollars damage. Hill received minor injuries and was fined 10 dollars for reckless driving. passenger Bobbie Thompkins of Buffalo was hospitalized at Warner Hospital.
The item notes Gordon Davies of Strahan town ship preparing to enter Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia. It also lists dining promos at The Mayflower Restaurant Hanover offering daily meals from 11 a.m. with various prices and a New Central Hotel Hanover advertisement highlighting daily and Sunday specials, beverages, sandwiches and prices.
The York Springs WCTU met at the Methodist parish house with a speech contest officer reports and officer elections. The Adams County WCTU held its annual convention at Upper Bermudian Lutheran Church with a speech contest and a film One in 20,000. The Loyal Temperance Legion Day Camp at York Springs Scout cabin August 2 from 9 AM to 4 PM will feature flannelgraph lessons temperance stories crafts and recreation with registrations through local addresses.
John R Pate of New Oxford and Mary Lee Cumberiedge of Waynesburg secured a marriage license in Westminster. Details note a fractured thigh bone and facial injuries from an accident with hospital condition listed as satisfactory.
A New Oxford reader urges swift action from state officials over the Cross Keys intersection. He calls for traffic signals, wider entrances and exits, warning signs, or an underpass to prevent more crashes and possible loss of life. He asks citizens to write to Governor Scranton for emergency measures.
A collection of Q A letters offers guidance on kissing at goodbyes dating etiquette addressing in laws and hosts greeting guests and handling social invitations. A birthday dinner at Marsh Creek Heights honors two grandsons, Joseph A Noel and Fred A Noel.
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