Christmas dividends and community notices in New Oxford
Farmers and Merchants bank stockholders receive a 2 percent Christmas dividend atop the regular 5 percent and an extra 1 percent. St. Marys Parochial School schedules Christmas vacation to Jan 6 with a parish hall program. Community events include dinners, club meetings, a fire company officers’ list for 1930, and school and church notices around New Oxford and Lincoln Way East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
New Oxford Item
St. Mary’s
Lester Hoover
Pine Run
William Kling
Ralph
Earl
New Oxford
George Lillich
Raymond
Jeremiah Lillich
Russell Staub
Green Ridge
Diphtheria Illnesses and Ailments Local List
A dated local notice reports several illnesses and health updates. Diphtheria cases include the Sick George Sheffer and Miss Hazel Bowling, while Mrs. Emory Sell and John E. Nace show pneumonia and diphtheria symptoms. Others recoveries and ongoing illnesses span Gettysburg Hanover York Springs McSherrystown Green Springs and Abbotts town with multiple residents affected and improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
William Benner
Gettysburg
Benner
Heagy
John W. Young
Mr. Young
Claude Laughman
Henry Wise
Green Springs
Jas
Carns
Abbotts
Births in Hanover and vicinity announced for 11 families
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lawrence of Trishtown welcomed an eleven pound son. Mrs. Jerome E. Noel of Hanover gave birth to Robert Jerome. Clyde Group of Upper Huntington reported a son. Henry E. Mowers of Harrisburg announced a son Henry Earl Mowers Jr at Polyclinic hospital. Zoe Harmon Mowers is his mother. Guy Mullen of Gardners. Herschel Alwine of Hanover with a son. Louise Collins was Mrs Alwine before marriage. Nicholas D. Murphy of Hanover announced a son Joseph Francis. S Clarence Overbaugh of McSherrystown reported a son. J William Sholl of Hanover welcomed a daughter Mildred Naomi. Clifford Baughman of Hanover a daughter. Russell B. Smith of Hanover a son Richard Curvin. Alfred B. Kuhn of Hanover a daughter Helen Theresa. Helen M Brown Kuhn was her maiden name. Lloyd Sharetts of Reading and Marvel Rice of Bendersville announce a son. Sharetts is a Gettysburg native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Lawrence
Trishtown
Jerome E. Noel
Hanover
Robert Jerome
Noel
Grace Marie Lawrence
Clyde Group
Upper Huntington
Henry E. Mowers
Harrisburg
Henry Earl Mowers
Polyclinic Hospital
Mowers
Reading
Sharetts
Marvel Rice
Bendersville
Gettysburg
Marriage Licenses Granted in Gettysburg Hanover York Area
Arnold E. Hickman and Alice M. Thompson of Gettysburg receive a marriage license. Harold A. Slaybaugh and Kathryn A. Brown of Hanover obtain a license. John Dundore of York and Treva M. Markle of Hanover also secure a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold E. Hickman
Alice M. Thompson
Gettysburg
Harold A. Slaybaugh
Kathryn A. Brown
Hanover
John
Dundore
York
Treva IM
Markle
Clearview School Entertainment Tuesday December 24
Clearview school plans an entertainment event on Tuesday December 24 at 7 15 in the evening. A silver collection will be taken. Mary M Daum is the teacher in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearview School
Mary M. Daum
Gifts for Men at Smiths Drug Store
Smith's Drug Store in Hanover Pennsylvania advertises traveling kits manicure sets shaving sets and stands priced from 25 cents to 165 dollars. It promotes new gift packages filled with perfumes from Houbigant Coty Caron Hudnut Azuri a Roger and Gallet with a Christmas emphasis and mentions metal etched gift boxes and leather vanity boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith’'S Drug Store
Houbigant
Coty
Azurea
Roger & Gallet
Hospital News Roundup From Warner Hanover Hospitals
Discharges and admissions across Warner and Hanover General hospitals are reported for residents of New Oxford Biglerville Littlestown Gettysburg and Hanover. Notable events include a gas tank explosion injury at Hopper Motor Littlestown and the removal of William Dusman to his home in Hanover.
Petry and Mummert Wed at St Pauls Church
Earl L. Petry and Iva R. Mummert were married at St Pauls Church by Rev O GC Dean on Saturday. They will reside with the groom's parents at Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Petry
Charles F. Petry
Iva R. Mummert
Aaron Mummert
Hanover
St. Paul’s Church
O. GC. Dean
Wedding of Miss Vivian Maurie Taylor and Thomas B Garman
Miss Vivian Maurie Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs George L Taylor of Gettysburg and Thomas B Garman of Pittsburgh were married in Brunchapel Gettysburg on Thursday Dr Charles F Sanders head of philosophy at Gettysburg College officiated The couple will reside at Virginia Manor Mt Lebanon where Garman is supervising architect for the plan Mrs Taylor has lived in Pittsburgh for the past year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Maurie Taylor
George L. Taylor
Gettysburg
Thomas B. Garman
Pittsburgh
Brunchapel
Charles F. Sanders
Philosophy
Gettysburg College
Miss Taylor
Garman
Virginia Manor
Mt. Lebanon
Myers Rineman-Named Couple to Wed in Baltimore
Announcement of the marriage plans for Miss Oneida K. Rineman of Littlestown to La Verne Myers of Hanover. The wedding will occur November 19 in Baltimore with the Rev. Way presiding.
Warren Palmer Vows In Gettysburg Marriage
Elmer Luther Warren son of Mr and Mrs George E Warren of Gettysburg marries Miss Lucille A Palmer of Conway on December 9 in a ceremony at the Gettysburg Methodist Episcopal church parsonage performed by Rev C F Catherman. The couple will establish a home in Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Luther Warren
George E. Warren
Gettysburg
Lucille A. Palmer
Conway
C. F. Catherman
Gettysburg Methodist Episcopal Church
Mason Couple Announce Son’s Marriage to Virginia Gleason
Mr and Mrs W G Mason of Gettysburg announce the marriage of their son J R Mason to Miss Virginia Gleason of Princeton West Virginia. The ceremony was held November 28 in Bristol Tennessee and the couple plan to reside in Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Mason
Gettysburg
J. R. Mason
Virginia Gleason
Princeton
W. Va
Bristol
Merry Christmas Greeting From Our Home Paper 1959
The article extols the two word phrase Merry Christmas as a symbol of Yuletide joy and goodwill. It notes the community spirit and the role of the Home Paper in extending the greeting to all residents during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuletide
York Springs M E Sunday School Elects Officers and Local News
The York Springs M E Sunday school elected officers led by E S Guise as superintendent and Russell Gardner as assistant. The adult YWCA group visited Mrs Dora Smith ill for support. Local hunters and farmers reported deer and buck sightings, cattle TB testing by Dr Moyer found seven tubercular cows, with herds under study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Springs
M. E
E. S. Guise
Russell Gardner
Ethel Lerew
Martha Mansperger
Geo. Schaeffer
Harry Dixon
Home Department
Paul McVey
Margaret Sadler
Parvin Bowers
Arlie Morrell
S. J. Pittinger
Thesta Spearman
Ethel Serena Margaretta Sadler
Elmer Coulson
C. M. Townsend
Stuart Kennedy
York Springs High School
Mary Jane Inn
Benton Jenkins
Harry Jenkins
Wellsville
Kralltown
Hetrick
Gus Lerew
Joseph Lerew
Lancaster
Lerew
Brubaker
T. B
A. B. C. Williams
Lewis Willams
Ervin Harbold
Raymond Topper
Raymond Dick
H. H. Starry
N. D. Starry
Moyer
Mechanicsburg
Michael Leer
Letters and Local Happenings From Gettysburg Area
Notices and small items from Conewago and nearby townships include a disputed estate filing for Ellen A. Wildasin valued at 180 dollars and a drunkenness case dismissed in Hunterstown. Fairview school to present a Christmas program, local property remodeling in Bonneauville, a door prize roadster won by Verne J. Criswell, shell bark receipt for M G Baker, two garter snakes killed by Eugene Kuhn, a Chrysler sedan wreck near Conewago chapel, newlyweds Mr and Mrs Earl Orndorff turning to housekeeping, and deer taken by Charles Noel and William Irvin with eight and seven prongs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen A. Wildasin
Conewago Township
C. G. Taughinbaugh
George H. Wildasin
William Mathews
Hunterstown
Allen
Fairview School
Straban
Carper Myers
Harry Weaver
Bonneauville
Verne J. Criswell
Gettysburg American Legion Post
M. G. Baker
Abbottstown
Eugene Kuhn
Conewago Chapel
Earl Orndorff
Bella Hemler
Charles Noel
William Irvin
McSherrystown
Noel
Irvin
Bethlehem Mines marks first anniversary with safety slogan
Green Springs scene notes celebrate one year since Elwood Jacobs died in an electrical accident. Bethlehem Mines promotes Be More Careful safety training. Edw Gouker becomes local agent for Washington Insurance. Red Hill student program slated. Mrs Henry Jacoby injures hand during meal prep. Howard Laughman weights porkers at 965 pounds for seven and a half 50 pound cans of lard. Walter Crown builds a hog box in a hen house but cannot pass it through the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Elwood Jacobs
Edw
Gouker
Red Hill
Washington Insurance Company
Walter Crown
Marburg
Charles Curtis Butt Dies After Blooming ton Auto Crash
Charles Curtis Butt 38 of East Berlin died from injuries in an auto accident near Bloomington Illinois last Thursday. He worked 15 years for Indian Refining Co and was Bloomington branch manager. He is survived by his widow Mrs Grace Butt and parents Mr and Mrs Charles E Butt plus siblings and relatives in East Berlin. Funeral services set Friday at 2 PM from the Curtis Brown home with Rev Gladfelter and Rev Houtz officiating. burial in East Berlin Union Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Butt
East Berlin
Charles Curtis Butt
Bloomington
Mr Butt
Grace Brown Butt
Curtis Brown
Betty Jean
Leroy Eisenhart
James McIntire
Oscar Reynolds
George Butt
Chester
Free and Accepted Masons
Harrisburg
Indian Refining Company
York
Ill
Harry Emig
Brown
Paul Gladfelter
H. D. Houtz
East Berlin Union Cemetery
Local Humdrum News From Hanover Area Brightens Holidays
Local notes report address changes for Mrs. Sarah Cole stock and social visits among residents such as Mr. and Mrs. Spangler Hetrick and guests from York and N. Y. Additionally Hebron Lodge plans a St. John’s banquet in Hanover while bakers Smith & Overbaugh offer roast turkeys for Christmas. The piece notes 1930 auto licenses appearing and a 69 degree high last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Colestock
New Oxford R. 2
East Berlin
Spangler Hetrick
Water Street
Sylvester Hetrick
Spinehampton
N. Y
Frank Hetrick
York
Ray Kohler
Kohler
Smith & Overbaugh
Ethel B. Resser
New Oxford
Theo. E. Warner
Thos. E. Warren
George Markle
Lincoln Way
East
J. H. Wolf and Son
Florence Trayer
Carlisle
P. C. Hoffman
North Peters Street
John Yan
Deaths William H. Fickes 50 Postmaster Diphtheria
William H. Fickes 50 died at his Harrisburg home from diphtheria. He served as postmaster at Bendersyville for years before moving to Harrisburg fourteen years ago. Survived by wife C Ella and five children. Funeral held Thursday with burial in Bendersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Fickes
Harrisburg
Fickes
Bendersyville
C. Ella Fickes
Bendersville
Mrs. Alice M. Douns Dies in Baltimore
Mrs. Alice Musselman Douns wife of Grant Douns died at her Baltimore home on Tuesday She was daughter of the late R M Musselman and his wife who lived in Adams county for years A brother James Musselman of Fairfield survives her
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Douns
Alice Musselman Douns
Grant Douns
Gettysburg
Baltimore
R. M
R. M. Musselman
Adams County
James Musselman
Fairfield
Gift Toilets and Manicure Sets at Smiths Drug Store
Colorful gift sets Amber Peacock Blue Orchid Old Rose and Pearstone priced 7 to 35 dollars. Silk-lined boxes and green trading stamps with each purchase. Christmas trees for sale all kinds contact Emory Smith New Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Smith
New Oxford
Mrs. Mary Messinger Dies at 30 in Sacramento
Mrs. Mary Messinger wife of Preston L Messinger died Tuesday at her Sacramento City home California at age 30 She is survived by her husband son of William A Messinger from Littlestown and by one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston L. Messinger
Mary Messinger
Sacramento City
Calif
Wm. A. Messinger
Littlestown
Pianos At Cut-Rate Prices From NACES MUSIC STORES
Good pianos available from fifty dollars at NACES MUSIC STORES with locations in Gettysburg and Hanover Pennsylvania offering low prices and selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naces Music
Gettysburg
Hanover
Christmas Holiday Schedule at New Oxford Post Office
The New Oxford Post Office will close Christmas Day by order of the Post Office Department. The lobby will stay open for drop mail at 8 43 am and 4 46 pm, but windows close and no calls are answered. From Decem ber 16 for ten days, all unstamped first class mail will receive attention only after stamps are placed, potentially delaying dispatch by a day. V Ralph Miller P M.
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Oxford
Post Office Department
Jeremiah Wisler 96 Dies in Mummasburg
Jeremiah Wisler 96 longtime Adams county resident died at his daughter Florence Wilsons home in Mummasburg from age related causes. He was blind nine years and remembered events from eighty years ago including Gettysburg balloon ascent and Lincoln dedication. Survived by two daughters a step son two grandchildren and two step grandsons. Funeral was held on Tuesday.
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Jeremiah Wisler
Adams County
Florence Wilson
Mummasburg
Mr. Wisler
Gettysburg
John McClellan
Abraham Lincoln
National Cemetery
Wisler
Henry
Salome Altland Wisler
Ida May Wisler
John D. Freed
Abilene
Kansas
Stallsmith Spends Week With President Elect Rubio in New York
P W Stallsmith from Granite and his wife spent almost a week in New York with Pascual Ortiz Rubio president elect of Mexico and his party. Stallsmith attended a banquet by the Mexican Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Astor as Rubio entered Johns Hopkins hospital for treatment in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
New York City
P. W. Stallsmith
Stallsmith
Baltimore
Rubio
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Louis Quintanilla
New York
Mexican Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Astor
Quintanilla
Senora Rubio
Ofelio
Pascual
Eugene
Guillermo
Fernando
Gettysburg Academy
Baltimore Hospital
Special Christmas Service at St Pauls Reformed
Departments of St Pauls Reformed prepare a Christmas night program for December 25 at 7 30 PM. The event highlights children presenting The Christmas Garden and the youth cantata The Heart of Christmas. Attend with friends for a heartwarming close to Christmas Day.
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St. Paul's Reformed Church
Jesus
For Sale Fresh Guernsey Cow
For sale a fresh Guernsey cow. Apply to Harvey Boose at R 2 New Oxford Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
Harvey Boose
New Oxford, Pa
Christmas Bells Ring Merrily at Local Churches
Christmas events announced include First Evangelical Lutheran with Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 15 a.m. led by Rev. George Little, a Christmas cantata “His Natal Day” at 7 p.m. by Edw W Norman, a midnight mass at St Mary’s at 12 a.m., and a pageant “O Come, Let Us Adore Him” at 7 p.m. Christmas Masses at St Mary’s are 7:30 and 8 a.m. Rev Jos N Whalen and Rev J R Stoudt lead other church services with a new worship hour due to Orrtanna Christmas exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
George E. Sheffer
George Little
Edw. W. Norman
St. Mary’s Church
Jos. N. Whalen
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. R. Stoudt
Orrtanna
Christmas Services at St Pauls Reformed Church
The Rev. H. E. Sheely presides at Sunday School 9 a m and worship 10 a m with a sermon titled Three Christmas Pictures. Officer elections follow the service and the annual Christmas entertainment is December 25 at 7 30 p m led by the Sunday School children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
H. E. Sheely
Emmanuel Reformed Church Christmas Program Notice
Emmanuel Reformed Church Abottstown led by Rev H E Sheely hosts Church School at 9 a m worship at 7 p m with sermon Three Christmas Pictures. Annual Christmas entertainment on December 24 at 7 30 p m features children presenting the Nativity story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Abbottstown
H. E. Sheely
Services Sunday Schedule Across Three Venues
Holy Communion at The Pines at 10 a.m. Preaching at Heidlersburg at 2 p.m. Preaching at Hampton at 7 p.m.
Hampton Brethren Church Services This Sunday
Hampton Brethren church holds services on Sunday at 10 am with a morning sermon and prayer. All members and visitors welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Brethren Church
York Springs Lutheran Charge Sunday Services and Christmas Plans
York Springs Lutheran Charge announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 30 a m with a Christmas service on Monday at 7 p m. Lower Bermudian hosts Sunday School at 1 p m and preaching at 2 p m with a Christmas night service at 7. Chestnut Grove holds Sunday School at 9 30 a m and a Christmas service at 7 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Springs
Lower Bermudian
Chestnut Grove
Suneday School
East Berlin Reformed Charge Services at New Chester
East Berlin Reformed Charge announces services at New Chester at 104 m on December 22. Hampton service follows at 2 p m on December 22. All are welcome at both services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
New Chester
Hampton
Christmas program at St Pauls Lutheran Church
The Christmas program at St Pauls Lutheran Church McSherrystown will be held Sunday evening December 22 at 7 o clock. A pageant titled The Twelve Gifts will be presented with special musical selections on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
McSherrystown
Salem U B Church Service With Communion
Salem United Brethren Church led by Rev FP L Stine holds Sunday worship at 1 PM with communion at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem U. B
L. Stine
S. S
Midnight Mass Expected at Conewago Chapel on Christmas
A Midnight Mass is planned for Christmas morning at Conewago chapel, inviting parishioners to participate in the holiday service. If weather permits, the ceremony will proceed as scheduled with music and prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conewago Chapel
Christmas Programs At Abbottstown And East Berth Churches
Abbottstown Lutheran and St Johns in Abbottstown host Christmas programs with Light Brigade and Primary Department on Saturday at 7 pm. Sunday features regular services and 9 am Sunday School. Christmas night presents Juvenile and Sacred cantatas in Abbottstown. Trinity Lutheran offers a Christmas service titled In Quest of the King Sunday at 7 pm replacing the usual evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbottstown
Light Brigade
Abbottstay
Unday
Sunda School
St. Johns Lutherand Church
Church East Berth
Trinity Lutheran Churen Wil
Christmas Dinner at Coulsyn's Restaurant Ad
Reader notice for Hanover invites patrons to a Christmas dinner at Coulsyn's Restaurant 317 Carlisle Street. Dinner includes turkey and fixings for 1.00 with starting time around 11:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulsyn’s
Carlisle Street
Hanover
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C. T. Hersh
Lincolnway
J. H. Little
Superior
John Albright
R. D
the Oaks
New Oxford Fire Company
Pres
J. H. Plymire
V. P
Wm. McClain
Sec
A. P. Wagner
Jas. Robinson, Jr
Guy Klingle
Jas. Small
Jas. Keiser
Curtis Funk
New Oxford Boy Scouts
E. C. Livingston
Geo. F. Rabine
Business Girls’ Club
E. E. Cashman
W. High Street
Jos. I. Weaver
Hebron Lodge No
Clarence P. Keefer
Richard W. Livingston
Merrill A. Yohe
Curtis Sponseller
Raymond M. Baugher
Wm. C. Alwine
Edgar T. Auker
George A. Klingel
Grand Lodge
Charles E. Alwine
Santa Claus
Rupp’s
New Oxford Radio Club
Harry M. Miller
Ralph Miller
Lee
West End
State Highway Department
Reformed Sunday School
Kathryn Alwine
Harry Weikert
J. F. Sanders
William Alwine, Jr
W. C. Alwine, Jr
G. H. Howe
H. C. Stock
E. E. Ditenhofer
S. F. Keeny
Grace Miller
Beatrice Steffan
Broadway
Hanover, Pa
Smith's Drug Store
Jianover, Pa
Whitman
Smith'’S Drug Store
Hospital News
Lewis Moore
Fred Eicholtz
Biglerville
Warner Hospital
William Dusman
Hanover Hospital
W. J. Harris
Hopper Motor Company
Herman Whitemore
Walter Sensenig
Henry Rang
W. P. Stoner
St. Mary’s Hospital
Philadelphia
Stoner
Hanover General Hospital
M. M. Mummert
Helen Becker
A. R. Becker
William Krichten
Geraldine Dunlap
Raymond Dunlap
William Ambrose
Petry—Mummert
Garman—Taylor
Warren—Palmer
Mason—Gleason
Merry Christmas
Mrs
Curtis Bushey
Russell Smith
John Naugle
Dora Smith
William N. Guise
Keystone
Andy Miller
Clinton Lehigh
Smiths Drug Store
Hanover Street
V. Ralph Miller
P. M
Pres. Rubio
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