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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1963
Page
9
Editorial notes the borough may adopt mayoral and council pay based on meetings like peers in the state and discusses the persistent idea of hiring a police officer to patrol New Oxford and Oxford Township. It urges borough and township officials to coordinate budget plans to fund protection.
The 22nd Amendment limits a president to two elected terms and restricts serving more than two years of another’s term. If John Johnson could win, he could be elected twice and serve a maximum of nine years, one month, and 28 days, eight years by election plus 13 months 28 days of Kennedy’s term.
The lineup features Bogart and Cobb in The Left Hand of God on NBC Saturday Night at the Movies, plus NBC White Paper on December 5 and Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol in color. John Wayne leads The Wings of Eagles on December 9, and Mr Novak airs Boy Without a Country December 10. The Pearl Harbor anniversary film Victory at Pearl Harbor airs December 7, with The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley on Suspense Theatre December 12.
40 years ago Mr and Mrs Emory Smith have started housekeeping in the Geiselman ten ant house on Hanover street New Oxford. November attendance at Moritz school Strahan Township lists many names including Duttera Nace Osborne and Smith families with Helen A Sheely as teacher. Local plans for a community Christmas tree are to be discussed by the Knights of Columbus directors. Reports note several pupils sick from eating freshly butchered pork. Pius J Robinson begins auto repair work in the Garment Company garage while remaining a Garment Company driver. A child of Mila Brant Latimore was seriously hurt by engine machinery in a project her father operated.
A collection of word and puzzle items including Christmas letter games, Metallic Maze word clues using metal names, and a Family Matter arithmetic riddle. Also notes on local advertisements and a minor accident report involving Abraham Plank.
A collage of witty quips and cartoons on smoking quitting, amusing domestic definitions, playful aphorisms, and light satire. It mixes jokes about honeymooning, education, conscience, and daily mishaps with brief humorous exchanges to entertain readers.
The text urges seizing every challenge as an opportunity to grow. It compares effort to climbing a mountain where each successful coping with problems raises us higher, emphasizing perseverance over talent alone to reach the summit.
Farm City Week aims to foster enlightened understanding of rural and urban life by bringing interdependent neighbors together for organized activities. Leaders in agriculture and business endorse and plan FarmCity activities nationwide to promote cooperation and mutual insight.
A compact guide offers simple home repair tips. It explains sealing plywood edges with cello tape to prevent splintering, ironing damp paper to raise dented wood, and crafting a nonslip paint can handle from sheet metal and a coffee-maker handle.
Church notes detail daily mass times at Sacred Heart Chapel in New Oxford and Sunday services. Confessions are listed, with special times for first Friday and vocations mass by NCCW. Evening devotions and benediction are noted along with a PTA board meeting at 7:30 p.m.
The notice compiles repeated church schedules across East Berlin and surrounding towns including St. Pauls Red Run Lutheran Immaculate Conception and Holy Name Society, with worship times Sunday School and catechetical classes. It also reports local incidents: Barry Zeigler and Sponseller family notes, airman Larry E Gable assignment, and several injuries from accidents and sports.
A young son of Mr and Mrs Cletus Millhimes near New Chester recovers from a broken leg. A New Oxford couple on Carlisle Street narrowly survive coal gas exposure. Gardners man Paul Cline sustains both arms fractures from a 10 foot fall while rabbit hunting. Edge Grove girl Barbara Lawrence fractures her collar bone. Hampton Hotel advertises 30 cent roast beef supper.
Twenty years ago Ralph Kopman sold his farm on New Chester road to B F Aumen. Hanover resident W H Lentz seeks treatment for a fractured arm at Hanover Hospital. York Springs firemen saved a residence after an early morning blaze at Dr and Mrs William Flickinger home causing about 300 dollars damage. Wallace Hershey admitted to Hanover Hospital after an auto accident. Allen Myers Hunterstown sustained a severe cut needing sixteen stitches during butchering. Wheat sells for 1 71 a bushel and eggs 46 cents a dozen. Lonnie Chrismer, two year old of Gettysburg Route 5, is a patient at Warner Hospital with a fractured left thigh. Sgt Richard C Bracy transferred to Wendover Field Utah for advanced gunnery school.
Ten years ago Fred Klunk Glenn Chronister Elmer Palmer and James Quickel led a New Oxford shooting victory last week. Mrs Henry Stock suffered a fractured vertebra from a fall at her home. The Jointure School Board chose Harry Brinton as president and Clyde Garber as vice president. Curtis.
Compiled household hints cover removing corroded caps, preventing wet shoes stiffening, loosening stubborn caps with hot water, scorch stain remedies, amplifying phone bells, ink stain removal, paint safety, protecting fabric while cutting buttons, repairing cracked dishes in milk, keeping hats clean, and avoiding water rings with underlays.
Dear Sally advises clergy to phone ahead to respect busy households. The column also weighs in on Christmas card taste, urging readers to match cards to convictions. Other questions cover dating etiquette and guest-host finances, with practical, tactful guidance.
A series of practical household tips covers ironing without sticking, cleaning belt fabrics, preventing cream curdling in coffee, restoring worn rug spots, waterproofing handwriting on packages, breakfast muffin ideas, and keeping pie crusts crisper.
Leonard W. Stenger of York Springs R1 was fined 250 dollars by the York County Court on Monday after a drunken driving conviction.
The text outlines baking a fruit pie with a bottom crust via crumbs to absorb juices. It then gives fur care advice to air dry after moisture, avoid heat, and blot excess moisture with cloth. It also describes cleaning fur with kerosene and making an antique pine stain from strong tea, finishing with shellac and wax.
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