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New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1932

Page

3

Gettysburg Motor Club reports year end member gain

The Gettysburg motor club in Adams county closed its sixth fiscal year with membership rising to just over 400 after a county wide expansion adding 100 members. President Edward Gable and AAA official Frank E. Ballantyne praised the club at the annual meeting in Gettysburg, while Henry M. Scharf detailed 99 emergency road calls and extensive travel information services for members.

Gettysburg Motor Club Adams County Gettysburg Auditorium Edward Gable Pennsylvania Motor Federation A.A. A F. E. Ballantyne Frank E. Ballantyne Automobile Club of Philadelphia Aaa Motor Club Gettysburg Club Maine Philadelphia AAA Henry M. Scharf A.A.A Washington, D. C Littlestown Fairfield East Berlin P.M. F Raymond Stock Abbottstown Lancaster Aucromobile Club Gable F. W. Topper McSherrystown A. D. Sheely Arendtsville E. H. Newman T. ©. Miller

Adams County farmers attend York County meeting

C Livingston C L Eicholtz G D Baker Littlestown Harry T Harner John W Little York Springs F E Coulson J R Hantz the directors will meet within ten days for the organization meeting and officer elections A vaudeville act Sunshine Haerner and Moonshine Fleagle from Harrisburg entertained A buffet lunch was served More than 300 farmers attended the meeting led by M T Hartman farm agent at the Grange hall near Dillsburg Friday evening

C. Livingston C. L. Eicholtz G. D Baker Littlestown Harry T. Harner John W. Little York Springs F. E. Coulson J. R. Hantz Sunshine Haerner and Moonshine Fleagle Harrisburg M. T. Hartman Farmers’ Organization of York County York County Milk Producers’ Association Grange Hall Dillsburg

Christmas Burden and Unhappy Year Reflections

A Rural New Yorker meditation argues against viewing Christmas as vanity and greed. It highlights contrasting acts of selflessness from mothers and daughters and criticizes those who treat the holiday as a burden, urging empathy over cynicism.

New Yorker

Christmas Day origins unclear in early church history

The article notes uncertainty about when Christmas began and attributes its institution to Telesphorus during Antoninus Pius's reign. It states the reason for choosing December 25 cannot be determined and hints at Christian derivations.

Telesphorus Antonus Pius

Feast of Winter Sollover Darkness Recast as Light

A fragmentary notice notes a shift from the Feast of the Winter Sollover Darkness to the Feast of Christ the Light of Life with a sense of triumph and renewal. The garbled text references time, daybreak, and anervase in a ceremonial tone.

Christ

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