New Oxford Item Publication Details and Rates
New Oxford Item, a weekly paper issued every Thursday, lists Herbert L. Grimm as Secretary and John D. Keith as Editor Manager and Treasurer. Subscriptions are $1.00 per year in advance within the county, $1.50 outside, with delinquent renewal treated as a new engagement. ads priced reasonably with contract discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford Item Company
Herbert L. Grimm
John D. Keith
Henry J. Smith
No Tax Increase in New Oxford Bond Plan
The article argues a 1940 bond proposal for New Oxford Borough will not raise taxes. It cites a 15 percent state aid expansion to 75 district, saving $100 monthly from extra teachers, and $250–$300 yearly hall maintenance cuts. It notes 45 percent federal grant aid and urges voters to verify the authentic financial data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford Borough
Department of Public Instruction
New Oxford
Harrisburg
Sunday Visitors Attend Local Church and Social Calls
Hampton figures Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shelleman hosted Lillie Mac Kenneth and Melvin Reever sons visiting Albert Thomas Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Franks from Hanover called on Frank Decker. C H Rickrode visits York with daughters. Ethel Warren and Carisle visited D E Myers. Beatrice Groft from New Oxford spent the weekend with her parents Wm Groft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Shelleman
Lillie Mac
Kenneth
Melvin Reever
Albert Thomas
George Franks
Hanover
Frank Decker
C. H. Rickrode
York
Ethel Warren
Carisle
D. E. Myers
Beatrice Groft
New Oxford
Wm. Groft
Mrs Charles E Krug Improves After Operation
Mrs Charles E Krug of Hanover, a patient in Hanover hospital, is reported improving after a recent operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Krug. Hanover
Hanover Hospital
Tulsa couple wed in York church ceremony
Henry F. Thomas of Tulsa Oklahoma and Dr Mary McQuaker of Tulsa were married Sunday at St Matthew's Lutheran church York with a ring ceremony. The groom's father Harry S. Thomas is a former Adams county sheriff candidate. The bride is a physician who recently returned from Scotland. The couple will make Tulsa their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Thomas
Tulsa
Okla
Harry S. Thomas
Dillsbury R. D
Mary McQuaker
Andrew McQuaker
Alton Albany Barr
Ayrshire
Scotland
St Matthew's Lutheran Church
York
Joseph B Baker
Thomas
Harry 3. Thomas
Adams County
Kansas
Hull and Wintrode Wed in Lutheran Parsonage Ceremony
Kenneth James Hull and Jessilene Virginia Wintrode, both of Hanover R D 3, married Saturday evening in the Lutheran parsonage Hanover. Rev B K Mowrer officiated using the ring ceremony. The couple was unattended. The groom works for Bethlehem Mines Corporation at Bittingers.
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Hull—Wintrode
Kenneth James Hull
Charles Hull
Hanover RD
Jessilene
Virginia Wintrode
Stanley Wintrode
Hanover R. D
Hanover
B K. Mowrer
Mt. Carmel Lutheran
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Bittingers
McSherrystown Palls at Sister Patrick Daley Funeral
McSherrystown pallbearers Edward T. Smith E S Timmins Hanover and Robert Hart Harry Poist Harry Bunty and Pius Staub attended the funeral for Sister Mary Patrick Daley held Wednesday. Schools Central Catholic High and St Marys Grade School closed in tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Patrick Daley
Edward T. Smith
E. S. Timmins
Hanover
Robert Hart
Harry Poist
Harry Bunty
Pius Staub
McSherrystown
Central Catholic High School
St. Marys
Patrick Anna Louise Rice
Paul Topper
Center County
Russell Flickinger
Marriage of Miss Miller Wagner in Silver Run Maryland
Miss Creeda M. Miller Brodbecks Park S. Wagner Hanover were united in marriage Saturday a week at St Mary's Reformed church parsonage Silver Run Maryland by Reverend Felix B. Peck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creeda M. Miller
Brodbecks
Park S. Wagner
Hanover
St. Mary’s Refumed Church
Silver Run
Felix B. Peck
Patrolman Probes Death of Cyclist Near Hershey Hill
Patrolman Thomas C. Mahalik of the Gettysburg substation opened an inquiry into the death of Luther Lehigh Baker 22 of Hanover following a motorcycle crash on the Hanover Abbottstown road near Hershey's hill. Baker suffered a base skull fracture, was found beneath his bike on the icy roadway, and died at Hanover hospital after being unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Mahalik
Gettysburg
Hanover Hospital
Luther Lehigh Baker
Hanover R. 3
Hershey's Hill
Hanover
Abbottstown
Baker
Oldest Resident of East Berlin Confined by Illness
Lydia Rebert, East Berlin's oldest resident, has been bedfast due to a stroke suffered years ago. She was briefly mobile last summer and fall and even shared a turkey dinner on Sunday with relatives, including nephews of Mrs. Robert.
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Lydia Rebert
East Berlin
Ten Days Added For Filing Data
Officials at the local post office reported satisfaction with the quick return rate of social security act account number applications in the area. An extension to December 15 boosted participation after the initial deadline, with over half of the distributed forms already sent back. In Harrisburg the Zembo Temple shrine ceremony welcomed 51 new initiates, including Gettysburg residents LC Deatrick and Charles W. Myers among 2,000 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofice
Filmer Livingston
John Myers
C. Alwine
New Oxford
Electrical League Names Its Officers
At the Cross Keys hotel York county electrical dealers met to nominate officers for the York and Adams counties league. Harain B. Zi Harn was nominated for president with vice presidents Fidad Stremmel Hammer and Hubert Ovie. The group plans promotional activity during Christmas. No injuries were reported when a car owned by Annie C Parr and driven by Corrine A Parr of Littlestown slid and overturned on the Hanover Lit tles town road near Hanover. the right side of the vehicle was damaged.
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Cross Key
Wednesda
Harain B. Zi Harnover
Pu Carey
Anization
York
Adan
Fidad Stremmel Hammer
Hbert Ovie
Gettsysbure
Hfth
Annie C Par
Corrine A. Parr
Littlestown R. 4
Hanover
Littlestown
Disorderly conduct charge ends with fine in Gettysburg area
Fred Charpacov a WPA worker paid a 3 dollar fine after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in Justice of the Peace Basehore court. Troopers arrested him near the Ed ward McCleaf home five miles east of New Oxford on the Lincoln highway after a drunken attempt to break in. He was lodged in the borough lockup until the hearing. Another man Gesrze Palmer received a 5 dollar fine from Burgess John H Little for similar conduct in Hanover.
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Fred Charpacov
Straben
WPA
Justice of the Peace
di Erderly
Corporal Terman
Gettysburg
State Police
Edward McCleaf
New Oxford
Lincoln Highway
McCleaf
Charpacov
Borough
Gesrze Palmer
Hanover
John H. Little
Deer Shot By Ear Hertz At Potter County
Ear Hertz of Midway, accompanied by Carvin Fritz and Luther Wentz of Hanover, shot a deer in Potter County. The incident details known from the readable fragment emphasize the hunter’s identity and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ear Hertz
Midway
Potter County
Carvin Fritz
Luther Wentz
Hanover
Classified Raw Furs and Various Goods Advertised
Classifieds list raw furs wanted by A A Straley Littlestown R 2, found money at Bargelt's Hardware New Oxford, assorted animals offered by J Walter Brendle and Farmers Produce Co Hanover, Mares Sherman Gettysburg, sale items including 1933 Terraplane Sport Coupe and 1929 Willys Knight, extra good lead horses and cattle by H B Trostle, typewriters andVelocipedes for sale, Ayreshire cattle by Roy W Bream, Farquhar Weeder saw and tools by Nellie Hoffnagle, battery radios from Dentler's Electric Shop Gettysburg.
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J. Walter Brendle
Littlestown
Farmers Produce Co
Hanover
York Street
Gettysburg
Willys-Knight
Andrew J. Riley
Hanover Road
Farquhar
Nellie Hoffnagle
Lincoln Way
West
New Oxford
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Isl
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Rogers’ Bros
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Chambersburg ST
Gettysburg, PA
Hotel Penn Beauty Shop
EL Penn
Yark
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Ste
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Tara
Shirley Temple
York, Adams
Carroll Counties
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May
Say's
The
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York, PA
KO Pen
Evers
Bulova
ELGIN
Hamilton
GRUEN
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Lelene
Renege
Etsyes
Baltimore Street
Anh Viet
Rogers
A A. Straley
Littlestown R
Gettysburg Rd
Bargett
Bargelt
H. B. Trostle
Bank Lane
Royal
Co. L. Eicholtz
Lincolnway East
Care Times
J. C. Tanger's
Broadway
March & Markle
Tanger’s Toyland
O. J. Myers
Chestnut St
Broadway, Hanover
J. C. Tanger’s
Ayreshire
Roy W. Bream
Dentler’s
Chambersburg Street
Gettyspurg
H. E. Melhorn
Berlin St
Philco
Baker’s
Postoffice
Columbia Bicycles
Keller and West
George St
D. HW
Sharrer & Son
New Chester
P. O
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Big
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Bender & Son Funeral Directors
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