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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
2
Announcement from New Oxford detailing subscription terms for 1st class mail at 91.00 per year in advance or 91.50 if unpaid, with continuations and arrears policies. It notes discontinuance at publisher’s end after arrears are paid and outlines county subscription cuts with a 1.86 per year advance rate or 2.60 if paid late, plus ad rates and contract reductions.
206 years ago Miss Eben Miller of Carlisle went to Baltimore to seek a millinery job. D J A Sheely of Lincolnway East is recovering from influenza. Miss Marion Bevenour near town secured a South Carolina milliner position. David Hoke and Geo Slaybaugh near Abbottstown returned from Philadelphia where they worked. G Alien Yohe of Hamilton Township announced candidacy for Democratic State Legislature. Susan Himes tripped with a kettle of hot water and scalded herself. injury not serious. Mrs Gertie Chronister of Hanover Street and her mother Mrs Weigle of York Springs rented the Schnell property on W High and Hanover. Geo Haverstick and family of Aspers rented the Fets er tenant house on West High. Estella Moore near Brush Run and Bernard Niederer of Midway were married Tuesday. Charles F Becker of Midway and Sera Kuhn of McSherrystown were married Monday. Mrs Samuel S Mummert, 56, near Pine Run, died Wednesday. Mrs John N Hersh and daughter Elizabeth suffering influenza at their Lincoln Way West home. Mrs Emory Harner of McSherrystown has been ill. While backing a horse at Bethlehem quarries, James Laugh-
Report lists numerous individuals from Abbottstown and nearby towns affected by illness and injury. It notes dog bite injuries to a man from Bittingers, several residents with rheumatism, pneumonia deaths in the Groscost family, births in Lancaster, and area people receiving care at Ft. McHenry and Aberdeen Proving Ground.
East Berlin high won an extra period game from New Oxford high courtmen on the former's floor Friday 27-24. The regulation game ended 23-23. The East Berlin girls beat New Oxford 41-14 in the prelim. Carbaugh led N C guard with 14 points and Spangler had nine for East Berlin.
Announcements detail Virginia Lee Blye and Carroll J. Redding wed September 5 in Annapolis with later residence in Shippensburg. Redding works for Harlacker Delivery. Blye is Gettysburg High School 1938 graduate. Also noted are marriages of Mary Catherine Rang to Walter Bankert in McSherrystown and Clar Stambaugh to Geraldine Fair in Spring Grove with local residences and employments.
The Adams county branch of the Future Farmers of America, newly organized as a county unit, will hold its first meeting at Arendtsville on Monday February 25 at 7 45 PM. Officers will be elected and the year’s program mapped. John Schwartz reported on the state FFA convention in Harrisburg. The group’s next meeting is set for March 11 at 7 30 PM in the county courthouse.
Lincoln Day banquet speaker William C. Storrick home at 63 W Lincoln Ave burglarized. Miss Nina G Sterrick valued loot at 150 dollars, police say thief fled with a gray bag containing 64 knives forks and spoons leaving behind other silverware and a dropped turk in the yard.
Ambrose Martin begins cement block foundation for a new house. Paul Spicer builds a new barn while a former barn burned last fall. Harry Stevens travels to York where his daughter Mrs Berger lies in hospital. Lawrence Pidler and Stone Jug plan to move to Gettysburg around April 1. H Kopp and son Merle visit William and Wilma Albright in Rock Chapel. Viola Herman visits Gettysburg. Fern Sprenker Penbrook visits F E Haverstick and Miss Emma Rhoads.
Adams county commissioners at their weekly meeting considered a bar association committee led by E V Bullett John P Bull and J Donald Swope with Judge W C Sheely backing. Proposals call for converting two basement rooms under the register and recorder’s office for safe storage adding lighting fireproof doors and concreting a basement passage. The plan also suggests hiring staff to sort file and index court records and deceased attorneys’ files while curbing miscellaneous dumping to cut fire hazards. No action was taken yet as the matter remains under review alongside two township road aid petitions.
Betty Kuhn fractured her left arm after a porch banister fall. Donald Krepps sprained his left ankle leaping from a window sill while closing a window. John Hagerman and family moved into half the double house on Main Street. Mr and Mrs Robert Weller moved to a Maple Avenue home in Midway. A son, T Earl Culp III, born to Mr and Mrs T Earl Culp Jr in Hanover General Hospital. The Very Rev Patrick F McGee officiated at Frances Katherine McIntyre’s baptism in St Mary’s church with godparents Nelson and Mrs Smith. Larry Burnell’s baptism, performed by Rev Cyril J Allwein at St Mary’s church, with Francis and Emma Butters as godparents.
Local families visiting relatives across Carlisle York and Harrisburg regions are noted including Mrs Annie Dicks and Flora, J R Hartman, Ruth Rinker who was treated after a fall, Roy Fagan and daughters Suella and Anna May, and families of D E Myers and Carvin Simpson. Hampton school reports 12 pupil illnesses. Brethren Sunday school meets at 9.30 and church at 10.30. Adams County eighth grade exams set for Thursday in Gettysburg area schools.
In Abbottstown and nearby, youths organized the Christian Friendship Club with Merle Kineman as president and officers including Richard Sanders secretary Jerry Rickrode and Betty Kuhn treasurer. Members named include Grace Butt Julia Markle Josephine Hafer Mildred Alwine Josephine Altland Jean Altland and others. The group will meet semi monthly with a Valentine party planned for the next gathering.
General assistance payments to two cases were stopped after refusals to accept WPA employment and to sign the routine reimbursement agreement for real estate owners. The February meeting reviewed case loads, noting 100 fewer active cases than 1939, with 57 moved to old age assistance at year start. The board approved the ninth work relief project, five men for road maintenance in Oxford township, as about 30 men already earn weekly relief across Gettysburg and county areas.
The Round Top school lists January perfect attenders including Robert Sterner Betty Miller Richard Miller Walter Preston Dorothy Klinefelter Herbert Bowling Ruth Klinefelter Evelyn Miller Geraldine Shetter Flora Mae Sterner and Gilbert.
Fragmentary list shows prices per bushel for wheat barley and rye and a count of eggs or eyes in dozens. Details are incomplete with missing numbers and units.
Classifieds list Firestone Auto Supply Hanover Pa used auto radios and tires. Farm property near Hampton J A Hinkle Harrisburg Pa 2-29. Old Oxford Mill service station restaurant apartments cottages eight acres near New Oxford Route 30 Conewago Creek immediate possession. W C Crist Carlisle Pa 229. Various shop items and livestock services with many Hanover York area entries.
Adams County Health Officer William J. Shields placed the home of Mr and Mrs Albert Kuhn at 338 Third Street Midway Conewago township under quarantine after a case of scarlet fever was identified. Their eight year old daughter Regina is ill.
H. T. Jennings of Jennings Motor company Gettysburg has relinquished his automobile agency and garage to take a position as an auto salesman.
A list of various residences and farm properties for sale in Wanover Pennsylvania. Includes double brick and frame houses on multiple streets, several farms ranging from 8 to 160 acres, and several lots. Financing offered through Alvin R. Nissly at Peoples Bank Building Wanover.
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