This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
30
Adams county state police at the Get tysburg substation investigated 16 November accidents with 17 injuries and 5 035 dollars in property damage. There were 398 patrols covering 18 385 miles and 1 205 traffic hours. two stolen cars were recovered and 17 criminal investigations were conducted.
Mr and Mrs F K McClear near Guldens marked their 48th wedding anniversary quietly Sunday. They have 14 children across Gettysburg and surrounding towns and 40 grandchildren. Frank Zinn of New Oxford shot a five point duck at 10 am opening day in Cumberland County.
The Adams county Democratic committee spent 1765.45 during the campaign with H L Cratin of Littlestown as treasurer. Income included a major ox roast and Jefferson Day dinner. donations came from Walter Cranmer and others. Disbursements funded advertising and workers. ending balance was 53.52. Cratin also reported under 150 spent in his Littlestown burgess bid.
Among those recently enlisted in the army and air force at Hanover are Richard Small and Leo R Barrett of New Oxford serving three years in field artillery. Charles H Stitt and Francis Martin from New Oxford R 1 also enlist for three years in air force and engineers respectively. Donald Smith of New Oxford and William R Emig join field artillery and George C Klinedinst of Abbottstown serves two years in the army along with Donald E Hemler of Hanover R 4.
Gettysburg Aerie No 1962 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles hosted a turkey banquet for 1 500 to 1 600 members and guests at the lodge rooms. A 35 member staff cooked and served the meal, with large quantities of turkey sauerkraut peas potatoes fruit cocktail bread and pickles. meals were delivered to Wartier hospital for absent members and a birth announcement followed in hospital notes.
Carl Brinkerhoth founder of the Crets business line, born in Gettysburg, leads a company with five sons operating in Harrisburg York Lancaster and Gettysburg. The main office sits in Harrisburg as the firm expands across central Pennsylvania.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.