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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
5
Shoppers find a wide array of kitchen and dining items for Christmas 1986. Stores showcase modern appliances glassware copper chrome and crystal pieces for the table. Gift options include lamps, rugs, cushions, and hostess sets amid current color schemes and new decorative styles.
Adams County Pennsylvania Register of Wills advertises a decedent estate with claims or debts to be presented. People with interests or indebtedness must notify and settle per the probate notice and deadlines.
Ammon Rodgers of Littlestown went to Warner hospital after injuring his left leg below the knee while cutting corn. He said the injury occurred last week when he stumbled and struck the butt of a cornstalk.
Postmaster C A Williams announced retirement of F Mark Bream a city carrier for 37 years. Walter Fraim will take Breams route in the western Gettysburg area. Wilbur A Gelselman moves up to regular carrier for Fraims former post. Druid Deitch fills Gelselmans substitute carrier job as auxiliary sub clerk.
A daughter was born Thursday evening at Warner hospital to Mr and Mrs Ralph Joseph Riley of Gettysburg Route 3.
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A skidding car knocked down a high tension telegraph pole on the Gettysburg Harrisburg road south of Dillsburg causing about an hour of traffic delay. Mr and Mrs Frank Engle of Niagara Falls New York were injured mildly. another car struck a parked vehicle in the same spot while awaiting police and power crew repairs.
Heavy snows and a rapid temperature drop hit Gettysburg early Thursday with sleet turning to snow. Official depth reached 10 inches in Gettysburg while northern and western county mountains reported greater totals. Weather observer Dr. Henry Stewart found no November record for such heavy snow in years, and locals called it the heaviest Thanksgiving snowfall in 40 to 50 years.
In December communities erect civic Christmas trees in central squares and decorate streets with lights. A ceremony often marks the shopping season’s start or official lighting of the tree, with lights removed promptly after New Year’s Day.
Judge Richards in Dauphin County Harrisburg last week ruled the Earle administration law creating a commission to fix prices on used automobiles unconstitutional. He said price control could extend to ordinary necessities of life, noting 22 prices may be fixed for automobiles and may not be limited to cars alone.
Leonardtown Maryland reports Santa visits the L J Sterling home every Christmas Eve. The 17 children plus grandchildren and in laws total 33 occupants. Santa fills stockings despite a growing household and needs to replenish supplies after each visit.
Capt. William H. Wincapaw flies from West Quoddy Head to New York each year dropping Christmas packages to remote lighthouse keepers. He started a decade ago and is aided by his son Bill Jr who handles target drops over each outpost.
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