Local notices and social items from New Oxford area
Glenn Feiser joins C L Eicholtz as a type writer salesman. A surprise birthday party honors Amy Moore on her fifteenth birthday. Community members attend, including Leah Smith and others. Several residents relocate homes in Berlin Junction and nearby areas. A fall injures Marie Weaver at home. Deer hunting reports feature Mark Miller and multiple hunters in the area. Choral club Cantata Bethlehem planned at Trinity Reformed Church with Gamma Phi Sigma serving a turkey supper. Church groups elect officers for 1939 and plan Christmas events. Baptism for Allen Joseph Livelsberger at Conewago Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Feiser
Lincolnway West
C. L. Eicholtz
Lincolnway East
James Moore
Carlisle Street
Amy
Leah Smith
Emma
Jane Gable
Betty Haar
Mary Miller
Evelyn Billman
Dorothy Miller
Nettie Kopman
Mary Frances Smith
Aileen Wolford
Catherine Wehler
Amy Moore
New Oxford
George Mummert
R. D
Hanover General Hospital
Hunterstown
Clair Tate
Elmer Plank
Albert Heyser
Delbert Brown
Donald Brown
Levi Spangler
George A. Haar
Charles Richter, Jr
Claude Zinn
Edward Wolf, Jr
Edward Laughman
Theodore Wolf
Green Springs
Clement Wagner
Standard Garment Company
C. E. Pearson
Stewartstown
West Side
York
George “Deardorff
W. D. Myers
Hanover Street
Frank Dobbins
West High Street
Charles F. Miller
Hanover Choral Club
Bethlehem
J. H. Maunder
Trinity Reformed Church
Cyril Staub
Walter Miller
Town
Howlen Muller
Hanover
H. M. Miller
Lebanon
John F. O'Donnell
Allen Joseph
Earl Livelsberger
Edge Grove
Conewago Chapel
Joseph Livelsberger
Gettysburgian Killed At R. R. Crossing
Richard Good Mumma 43 of Gettysburg died when his coach type car was pushed about 500 feet along Western Maryland tracks and struck by an east bound locomotive at Brush Run crossing two miles west of New Oxford on the Lincoln highway. The wreckage burned as train crew freed Mumma. Coroner Dr Edgar A Miller said an inquest likely. Engineer Irvin G Hetrick was the sole eyewitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Good Mumma
Gettysburg
Maryland
Brush Run
New Oxford
Lincoln Highway
Mumma
Edgar A. Miller
Adams County
Miller
Irvin G. Hetrick
East Middle Street
Hanover
Brush Ru
Hetrick
Gettysburg College
Western Maryland
H. B. Bender
Steelton
Elizabeth Cole
the Narrows
Richard Marks Mumma
Mark Mumma
Dickinson Law School
Carlisle
Sigma Chi
Local residents host weekend visitors and community notices
A roundup of visits and news from New Oxford area shows several families hosting relatives in town and en route to Mount Hoyle. Deer being shot by locals, a speeding fine in New Oxford, and various church group elections mark the week. A birth, illnesses, and school board re elections are also noted.
Special Weekend Ice Cream Presale at Livingston
Freezer fresh Butter Pecan and Pistacio Ice Cream offered this weekend at 25 cents per quart. Customer may buy while supplies last and enjoy a limited time price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Car Crash Kills Richard G. Mumma at Brush Run Crossing
Richard G. Mumma died when his car collided with a train at the Brush Run crossing at noon Monday. The wreckage shown indicates a fatal impact and emergency crews responded to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard G. Mumma
Brush Run Crossing
See Hartman’s Great 30th Anniversary Jewelry Sale
An advertisement on page seven promotes See Hartman’s 30th anniversary jewelry sale featuring discounts across rings necklaces and bracelets with special pricing and limited-time offers for shoppers in the local market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Bonneauville Firemen Elect Clabaugh Head
John Clabaugh was elected president of the Bonneauville fire company at a reorganization meeting Tuesday evening. He succeeds Casper Myers. Others elected were Gervas Eck vice president, Joseph A. Chrismer secretary and Ambrose Myers treasurer. Chrismer was re elected as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clabaugh
Bonneauville Fire Company
Casper Myers
Gervas Eck
Joseph A. Chrismer
Ambrose Myers
Chrismer
North Carolina Public School Notes of Interest
The November list names students kept from being absent or tardy across grades from first through twelfth, including many Gable, Sebright, and Wolfe names. The Parents' Auxiliary plans a Thursday meeting with a nominating committee report and officer elections, urging maximum attendance and new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Herman
Eugene Jones
Donald Kemper
Charles Millhimes
John Noble
Junior Sebright
Beulah Chronister
Nancy Gable
Ruth Jean Haar
Gwendolyn Hamm
Kathleen Schriver
Joan Smeltz
Gloria Klinefelter
Frederick Howe
Wallace Steg
John Schriver
Calvin Roland
Morris Wagner
Mary Ann Cooke
Charlene Marquet
Regina Mummert
Sylvia Sebright
Eva Klinefelter
Donald Bittinger
William Marquet
Peggy Alwine
Doreene Clark
Betty Gable
Laura Kemper
Yvonne Soullaird
Frederick Gable
Wilbur Miller
John Wolford
Doris Pressel
Winifred Sebright
Richard Bittinger
William Flaherty
Clair Haar
Ralph Klinger
Arthur Soullaird
Myron Warren
Edward Wolf
Wendell Hall
James Stock
Robert Webbler
Blanche Arnold
Arlene Chronister
Jane Humor
Anna Leach
Doris Miller
Dorothy Sadler
Jane Spangiler
High School Report
Harry Baugher
Harold Hannigan
Harold Noel
Joseph O'Brien
Dale Rickrode
George Sheffer
James Snyder
John Yingling
Anna Alwine
Gladys Bowers
Betty Breighner
Helen Crites
Emma Jane Gable
Rosella Garber
Ruth Hannigan
Dorothy Hensel
June Houser
Lottie Kohler
Ruth Krug
Grace Lawrence
Mary Agnes Long
Gladys Miller
Relda Miller
Treva Myers
Zella Pope
Lucille Rickrode
Blanche Rummer
Thelma Sebright
Leah Smith
Evelyn Staub
Jane Taughinbaugh
Anna Thompson
Margaret Whitaker
Betty Wright
Edward Carbaugh
Robert Felty
Carson Lamberson
Blaine Miller
Aaron Pressel
Henry Stock
Kitty Auker
Charles Brothers
Arthur Hall
Robert Kline
Preston Myers
Ervin Sauble
Kenneth Sadler
Richard Wolford
Marilyn Baugher
Evelyn Cashman
Betty Haar
Naomi Hamerick
Pauline Klingel
Nadine Livington
Freda Noble
Herbert Clark
William Gable
Harold Sadler
Dale Shultz
Virginia Alwine
Marie Geisler
Miriam Geisler
Julia Lamberson
Peggy Myers
Maribel Rickrode
Romaine Staub
Parents’ Auxiliary
Labor Contract Is Approved by Gettysburg Workers and Firms
Representatives of Local 464 United Wood Workers of America and the three Gettysburg furniture firms signed one-year labor contracts. David Melgram and Samuel Miller led the union side while John D. Keith represented management. The agreement preserves wage rates, allows no raise, and promises a more amicable grievances process with a wage review slated for July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local 464
United Wood Workers of America
Gettysburg Furniture Manufacturing
David Melgram
Samuel Miller
Gettysburg
Furniture Workers
John D. Keith
Melgram
Squire Orndorff's Court Happenings
Reuben S. King of Atglen was charged with speeding at 67 mph by Pvt R C Lightner. Artie A. Gulden of Abbottstown was cited for unlawfully parking on the main highway by Pvt W W Hoover. David L. Leber of Hellam was arrested by Pvt Clayton W Hamberger for failing to stop at a thru traffic stop. Alice L. Hess of Harrisburg was charged by Pvt W B McGuire for failing to stop at a thru traffic stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben S. King
Atglen
R. C. Lightner
Artie A. Gulden
Abbottstown
W. W. Hoover
David L. Leber
Hellam
Clayton W. Hamberger
Alice L. Hess
Harrisburg
Pvt
W. B. McGuire
York
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Butler man reelected secretary of Adams County supervisors group
P A T Bower of Butler township has served as secretary of the Adams County Township Supervisors and Auditors association since its formation. He was re-elected for another term at the annual meeting held on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. T. Bower
Butler Township
Adams County Township Supervisors’ and Auditors’ Association
Deaths Edgar Auker longtime New Oxford druggist dies
Edgar T. Auker, 62, longtime New Oxford druggist and former borough official, died Monday at his Lincoln Way West home after a stroke and prolonged ill health. Surviving: Eva C. Stock Auker. four children. one grandchild. siblings and extended relatives. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM from the Auker home with Rev. George Sheffer officiating. Interment New Oxford Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar T. Auker
New Oxford
Lincoln Way West
Tobias
Sarah Jane Auker
Eva C. Stock
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of
Chamber of Commerce
Hebron Lodge
W. C. No. 22
Royal Arcanum
First Lutheran Church of
Willis Weikert
Robert C. Auker
Philipsburg
Catherine Auker
Edgar S. Auker
Wyomissing
John S. Graybill
Lancaster
J. C. Deatrick
Harrisburg
Elsa Auker
Guy Auker
Mifflintown
Charles Au
Death of Charles Wesley Bollinger at Hampton home
Charles Wesley Bollinger died Wednesday afternoon at 4 at the home of Charles Thomas near Hampton from complications after a series of strokes. A lifelong Adams county resident and son of Samuel and Susan Bollinger, he was 30 years crippled. Funeral services Sunday at 11 from the Hampton Lutheran church conducted by Rev. Kenneth James with interment in Hampton cemetery. Pallbearers named Wisner, Wehler, Epley, Griest, Albaugh, Ensor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wesley Bollinger
Charles Thomas
Hampton
Bollinger
Samuel
Susan (Hykes) Bollinger
Adams County
Hampton Lutheran Church
Kenneth James
Hampton Cemetery
Claud Wisner
Wiliam Wehler
Mr. Epley
Bud Griest
Charles Albaugh
William Ensor
Henry Hantz 91 Adams county native dies in Abilene Kansas
Henry Hantz aged 91 and a lifelong Adams county resident died Wednesday morning at 6 45 in Abilene Kansas from complications of diseases. He spent most of his life in Adams county living in the Hampton area before moving to Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hantz
Adams County
Abilene
Kansas
Mr. Hantz
Hampton
Gettysburg
Christmas Church Notices and Activities Schedule
Sunday school at 9 a.m. with C. P. Keefer as superintendent. Church worship at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Morning theme Going out Two by Two. Every Member Visitation to be conducted 1 to 5 p.m. evening theme Faithfulness. Luther League at 6 p.m. Catechise Saturdays at 1 p.m. Parents urged to ensure children attend. Ladies Aid met in December at Mrs Granville Slaybaugh’s home on West High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Himes
Edna MacKnight
Chas. Slaybaugh
Lincolnway East
Philadelphia
Smarkola
Cyril Rickrode
York
Samuel Holtry
Lincolnway West
Rickrode
York Gazette
Jacob Howe
Leo Smith
St. Louis
Carlisle Street
Mount Hoyle
Lawes
Paul Miller, Jr
Riverside
Cal
Emma Miller
Paul Miller
Mary E. Wehler
Hanover
Wm. R. Snyder
Albert Kuhn
Burnell Deardorff
John Kratzert
Lloyd Stock
William Stalb
Guldens
Charles I. Groft
Berlin Junction
St. Mary’s Church
New Oxford
John L. Shields
Groft
Pauline Staub
Michael Wagner
Cedar Ridge
Earl Miller
Gettysburg American Legion Post
J. Shriver
W. Highstreet
Merchant Marine
India
West High Street
D. F. Slentz
E. C. Livingston
Granville Slaybaugh
Raymond Baugher
Wm. McClain
Missionary Society of the First Lutheran Church
John Wolfe
East High Street
Women's Missionary Society of
St. Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church
H. E. Sheely
Wilbur H. Miller
New Oxford School Board
Clair Slagle
Jeanne
Joanne Yantis
John Yantis
McSherrystown
A. F. McCadden
Berlin Street
Rosa Yohe
Lincoln Heights
Frank Dobbins
Annie Slagle
C. P. Keefer
Luther League
Dorothy Rife
Church Council
Ladies’ Aid Society
New Oxford Evangelical Charge Sunday Services
The Rev. H. E. Sheely presides at St. Paul’s New Oxford Evangelical and Reformed Charge. Church school at 9 a.m. overseen by Charles E. Alwine, worship at 10 a.m. sermon “Thy Word.” Visitors welcome and encouraged to attend. Young People’s Meeting at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Sheely
St. Paul's
New Oxford
Church School
Charles E. Alwine
Emmanuel Church Sunday Services Inviting Worship
Emmanuel church in Abbottstown announces church school led by superintendent Joseph Bowser at 9 a.m. and a service of worship at 7 p.m. The sermon invites all to share these services and every1 is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel
Abbottstown
Church School
Joseph Bowser
St Marys Church New Oxford Rev Hartnett Pastor
The Rev Robert Hartnett leads St Marys Church New Oxford with Sunday Masses at 730 am and 1000 am. Evening devotions and benediction are at 730 pm, and miraculous medal devotions occur Wednesdays at 730 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
New Oxford
Robert Hartnett
First Masses at Pro Cathedral and Parish Church
The Rev. William J. Burke, Rector, conducts the first mass at the Pro Cathedral at 7:00 a.m. and the second mass in the parish church at 8:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Burke
New Chester Lutheran Charge Activities and Play Tonight
The Rev. Kenneth D. James leads St. Pauls The Pines with 9 30 a m worship and 10 30 Sunday School. The Taneytown Dramatic Society stages Introducing Susan at The Pines parish house tonight at 8 15. The Pines Adult Bible class sponsors the event. St Mark s Heidlersburg hosts 9 30 a m Sunday School and 11 a m worship. St John s Hampton has 6 30 p m Sunday School and 7 30 p m services with New Oxford High School Glee Club singing. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Chester
Universal Bible Sunday at Emory Church Plans for Christmas Worship
The Rev. H E Millard leads services at Emory Methodist Church with Sunday school at 9:00 am and evening worship at 7:00 pm. Epworth League meets 5:45 pm with a talk on Jesus, and a Methodist League of Youth gathering in Hanover included 13 from the area. The Adams County Hanover Methodist League of Youth organized with 63 youths from Hanover Gettysburg New Oxford and Littlestown and elected officers led by Christine Tawney and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Methodist Episcopal Church
H. E. Millard
Church School
Epworth League
Harold Sadler
Jesus
League
Methodist League of Youth
Hanover
Living Word
Church School Board
Adams County-Hanover
Littlestown
Christine Tawney
Gettysburg
Richard Wolford
New Oxford
Walter Carper
Eleanor Garrett
James Tate
Mary Patricia Sutton
Chester Byers
D. Perry Bucke
Specials in Hats for the Holidays
Emma Kuhn offers holiday headwear at her shop in Chambersburg St Gettysburg Pennsylvania with a focus on festive styles and discounts for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Kuhn
Chambersburg St
Gettysburg, Pa
N O Council Holds Monthly Meeting in 1938
The N O Town Council met Monday with Keefer presiding. Members Livingston Duttera and Staub attended. Bills were approved for payment totaling various vendors. Receipts for November were reported and a December cash balance noted. Some tax exonerations and street improvements discussed. Adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keefer
Livingston
Duttera
Staub
Met. Ed. Co
New Oxford Item
W. L. Peterman
Steacy-Wilton
A. P. Wagner
G. E. Fink
E. C. Lough
W. D. Myers
Fink
Lydia Kepner
C. S. Sponseller
Emma Kime
Joseph Kaiser
Chas. Yeager
Harry Emlet
Sam Higinbotham
Joseph Carbaugh
Wolfe
North Peters Street
Freed and Staub
Allen Brashears
Staub and Duttern
Buy-Right Installs Modern Refrigeration at Hanover Market
The Buy-Right Meat Store at 42 Baltimore Street, Hanover, installs the latest meat display cases to improve sanitation and refrigeration. Owner Edw Caplan invites the public to inspect the new equipment during the store anniversary sale as the shop marks its eighth year in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Street
Hanover
Edw. Caplan
Caplan
New Oxford C of C Holds Turkey Banquet
The New Oxford Chamber of Commerce held a banquet at the Cross Keys Hotel on Thursday evening with 67 members and friends attending. H. B. Flaherty served as toastmaster and Elliott R. Hollely delivered the address on electrical engineering for the Underwriters' Association. The group planned to decorate the Square for Christmas as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Chamber of Commerce
Cross Keys Hoetel
H. B. Flaherty
Elliott R. Hollely
Lincolnway
Fast
Underwriters’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Birthday surprise for Mrs Darius L Shull at New Oxford
Mrs Darius L Shull of New Oxford R D 1 observed her birthday on November 29 and received 118 handkerchiefs along with several greeting cards. Neighbors hosted a surprise party at her home in the evening with a pleasant special gathering and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darius L. Shull
New Oxford
R. D
Local Events And Sale Scheduled In Taneytown Area
The J O U A M hosts a card party in the lodge room above John Myers store on December 8 at 8 p m with prizes and free refreshments. admission 25 cents. The Taneytown Dramatic Society stages a three act comedy Introducing Busan by J Tobias at The Pines parish house Saturday 8 15 p m admission 25 cents for adults 10 cents for children. The Ida Lukenbaugh estate property along New Oxford East Berlin road near Mummerts Meeting House to be sold at public sale Saturday December 17 by Esther I Kung admx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Myers
Taneytown Dramatic Society
Busan
J. Tobias
the Pines
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. E. Hyde
Hyde
Muller
Dickinson College
Dickinson
State Motor Police
Glen F. Henry
Lightner
Ellis Miller
Z. Blanche Miller
Gettysburg Times
Mumma Auto
Bonneauville
Clabaugh Head
N. C
Squire Orndorff
Auker
Randolph Wehler
Theo. E. Warner
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
George E. Sheffer, A.M
New Oxford Evangelical and Reformed Charge
St. Mary’s Paradise
N. O. Council
NEW Oxford C. OF C
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