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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
10
Local briefs report flour carloads from East Berlin Milling, twin calves for Willis Geeney, and large porker weights for Berlin area farmers. Milk price rise, parish bazaar success, and several deer hunts populate the community notes alongside road accidents and post office Christmas guidance.
The Forty Hours devotion begins with High Mass of Exposition Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception Church and ends the following Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock with Rosary sermon and Benediction. Confessions are heard 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and after evening exercises. Fr. Malachy OFC, Capuchin Abbottstown, preaches the evening sermons. the late Rev. Mark E. Stock is among assisting clergy.
Mr. Keller of Paradise near York drove from Gettysburg and misjudged a culvert end at Lincoln Way East near the M. E. church. His Ford touring car crashed into a telephone pole, radiator, front axle, and steering rods damaged. Three companions were shaken but uninjured. car repaired at New Oxford Garage and the party continued home.
Jacob Schriver of East High street was badly injured while helping his son William on a farm cross-pikes. A colt kicked him in the face fracturing the left cheekbone and bruising his face and head. He fell unconscious briefly and was trampled on the left leg. A local surgeon attended.
The rector Rev. William B. Hooper of the Church of the Prince of Peace in Gettysburg will miss services for weeks after an automobile collision in Philadelphia. He recovered enough to return home but remains convalescent at his daughter Mrs Kepner's home in Charlottesville Virginia.
The New Oxford School Board re elected Geo A Klingel as president and J M Bream as vice president. New members J M Bream and H E Lough replace W D Himes and Ed T Auker. The board now includes Geo A Klingel president J M Bream vice president R M Baugher secretary H B Fair treasurer and Hi E Lough. A Gettysburg Reformed church class meeting will review benevolence plans from the Missionary and Stewardship committee. Clarence Heilman moved his family to Gettysburg from Struanbaughs planing mill Orreanns. E K Walker of Center Mills suffered a severe hand injury cutting wood.
George Green or Brown, held for stealing Paul Winebrenner’s seven passenger Buick from Hanover on August 9, escaped from York county almshouse where he was a patient. He had been injured in a crash near Lewistown while fleeing with the car. A visitor prior prompted his disappearance and no trace of him or the other involved party has been found.
The body of John Bair formerly of Littlestown was found Monday evening floating in the Delaware River at Penn Treaty Park Philadelphia. He had been missing since Oct 27 spending winter with his daughter Mrs J C Mayers and drifted into the river after a walk. His cane was found next day and three days of dragging yielded the body. He was 71 and survived by five children including Mrs H E Slagen Mrs J C Mayers Mrs J L Currens E Bair Edw Bair R H Bair.
Meryl Patterson a 21 year old resident of near Hogstown Paradise township lost the first and second fingers of his left hand in a gunning accident late Tuesday afternoon. He had placed the double barreled gun on the ground while cleaning it and his dog jumped up, tripping the trigger and firing the barrel. His hand was badly shattered and Dr Elgin of Mast Berlin treated the injuries.
On their way home from McSherrys town after a dance, Charles Miller Cloyd Miller David Sheely Ben Robinson and Channel Sheely the taxi driver were forced to walk from Red Hill when the bus could not climb the grade. They reached home around 1 A.M. while the driver secured gas and waited for the engine to cool before arriving later.
William Sawyer of Cashtown was badly injured while working at a circular saw on Thursday evening. He slipped while clearing dust and his leg was caught by the teeth, sustaining a five stitch gash. Doctors later found a fracture in the leg bone.
Scarcity of freight cars forces an embargo on wheat by several mills including Hanover Milling Co W J Young Co Littlestown Milling Co Reindollar Co Taneytown A L Menges Co Menges Mills J H Duttera New Oxford Misa Belle Bream named to Hanover High School post cannot accept as she is contractually bound to Columbia schools and officials resist release Rev W K Fleck of Littlestown spoke at St Lukes church near White Hall during special services Tuesday evening.
A long list of deaths from pneumonia and illnesses across Gettysburg, Hanover, York, and surrounding towns. Individuals named include Samuel Stevens, Nathaniel Nickey, Jacob E Shanabrough, Raymond Utz, James Biehl, Paul H Denser, Daniel Koontz, Prof Harry Bream's infant, David L Miller, Andrew J Altland, Mary E McClain, Jeanne Morrison, Ladine Schuyler, Pauline Schuyler, and Jesse Peters with survivors, ages, and burial details.
The obituary notes William H. Peters and several siblings across multiple towns. Surviving children include Wm H Peters of Biglerville Z J Peters of Guernsey Jacob Peters of Tyrone township Howard Peters of Wyoming George Peters of Benderaville Hanson Peters of Aspers and Lida Peters at home. The death marks a quiet end for the 92 year old.
A crowd of brief health and life notes reports illnesses and improvements across East Berlin and nearby towns. Several residents including John Miller Nathaniel Nickkey and Mrs Luckenbaugh are described as not improving, while others recover from typhoid fever rheumatism and scarlet fever. A quarantine is placed on the Myers home in Gettysburg due to scarlet fever in their daughter Lila Myers. Hospital and home stills progress include paralysis cases and a missing man appeal tied to William Timmins.
WW A Diehl of Lincoln Way West offers twenty eight head of steers weighing about 900 pounds for private sale at his farm. Interested buyers should call at the Hotel Oxford to arrange purchase of the well bred stock.
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