New Oxford Item Postage and Subscription Details
Publication notices list New Oxford Item as a weekly second class mail matter published Thursdays by New Oxford Item Company. It outlines subscription terms: $1.00 per year in advance, $1.50 if not paid within the year, and $1.50 per year for out of county subscribers, $2.00 if unpaid. Presidents, secretaries, and editors are named with rate and renewal policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poste
New Oxford
New Oxford Item Company
Ence- Cadhersext
L. Grimm
D. Keith Trenewmrer
Raitor & Wie
Henry J. Smith
Local area notices include marriages sales and accidents
Thirty years ago David M. Cashman of Reading township and Miss Hanneah E Mummert of Tyrone township obtained a marriage license. Farms in Oxford and Mt. Pleasant townships changed hands for $ per acre totaling thousands. property transfers included a four story brick mill with dwellings. Local incidents report injuries in Abbottstown and McSherrys town with gashes and a fractured arm, a train ride debut, a wild duck catch, and a planned rural route from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. Cashman
Reading
Hanneah &E. Mummert
Tyrone
Eichelberger
Oxford Township
John E. Krug
Same
John Flemming
Oxford
Mt. Pleasant
C. J. Dalone
Mt. Pleasant Township
W. A. Himes
BE. E
Clayton Biffie
McSherrystown
T. BE
Warner
Baltimore
Solomon Keeney
Abbottstown
Edw. Mummert
Samuel Eckenrode
Tyrone Township
Marks Bream
John
Berlin Avenue
Eva Stock
Spicely
F.jenking
Edgegrove
Conewago
Allen March
John Sheely
Alice Pottorff
Philadelphia
Emmett Building
Allen H. Melhorn
D. F. Steffy
Church of the Immaculate Conception
New Oxford Dairy Announcement and Local Notices
Lewis Miller reveals a new dairy in New Oxford as clerks report 16 marriage licenses. As Christmas gifts tempt shoppers at DB Stock and Stef Ty’s, local figures note numerous deaths, sales, and upcoming weddings including wm. K. Weikert and Miss Imma J. Sheely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Miller
New Oxford
J. B. Carns
Zack Ford
Hunterstown
James Bell
Wm. K. Weikert
Imma J. Sheely
St. Luke’s
Jos. Sheely
White Hall
New York
J. A. Tawney
Bonneauville
Minnesota
DB. Co. Stock’s
Stef Ty's
St. Paul's
Missura
Treas
C. C. Stough
Vertie L. Diehl
Carrie Miller
Simon Harnish
Nash Clinefelter
Hanover
Geo. Trostle
Straban Township
Jesse Wolford
Adam Leonard, Sr
McSherrystown
Mt. Pleasant Township
Abnetta Stallanith
Daniel Blentz
Deaths Miss Katherine E O Neal
Miss Katherine Evaline O Ne al, daughter of Dr J W C O Ne al and Ellen Wirt O Ne al, died of a heart condition at her Gettysburg home at 9 Friday morning after weeks of illness. Born in Hanover she lived much of her life in Gettysburg and belonged to Trinity Reformed church. Surviving are three sisters including Annie W O Ne al at home. Interment was private in Mt Olivet cemetery Hanover.
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J. W. C. O'Neal
Ellen
Wirt) O'Neal
Gettysburg
Miss O'Neal
Hanover
Trinity Reformed Church
Annie W. O'Neal
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
James A. Corbett dies at 75 in Gardner Township
James A. Corbett aged 75 died at his son’s home Thursday evening at 10 30. He is survived by his son and four grandchildren and was a member of the Church of God in Steclton. Funeral services were held Sunday at 9 30 at the son’s home with Rev Ira W Trostel officiating. Interment followed at Goodyear with pallbearers John Marsh Charles Richwine John McCans Jacob Kuntz Thomas Paxton and Chester Sowers.
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James A. Corbett
James Alfred Corbett
Harry W. Corbett
Gardners R
Corbett
Church of God
Steclton
Ira W. Trostel
Goodyear
Death of Mrs Bernice Esterline in Conshohocken
Mrs Bernice Esterline aged 68 died Wednesday evening at her daughter's home in Conshohocken from a complication of diseases. She previously lived in Hanover and is survived by two children and a sister Mrs Harry Little of McSherrystown. Interment was in Hanover with Rev W D Guss officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Esterline
Hanover
Joseph Stratta
Conshohocken
Moses
Agnes Esterline
Harry Little
McSherrystown
W. D. Guss
William Sweger 80 Father of Clarence Dies in Carlisle
William Sweger aged 80 longtime resident of York Springs died Saturday at the home of his son Levi in Carlisle R. D. 7. He was the father of Clarence Sweger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Sweger
Clarence Sweger
York Springs
Levi
Carlisle R. D
Funeral services held for Harry E. Scott in Adams county
Harry E. Scott 57 retired farmer died Thursday morning at his Mt. Joy township home. Burial was at the Mt. Joy Lutheran church cemetery. He was born in Adams county to William and Elizabeth Scott and resided there. Survived by widow Margaret Hoffman nine children and several grandchildren. brothers Jesse Scott of Gettysburg and others. Interment followed Saturday at St. Mark's Reformed church near Littlestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Scott
Mt. Joy Township
Buria
Mt. Joy Lutheran Church
William and
Elizabeth (Beck) Scott
Adams County
Margaret Hoffman
Melvin Showers
Cashtown
George M. Scott
Leo R. Scott
John Deardorff
Orrianna
Clayton Bienman
Chas
Cool
Harry Deardorff
Jackson Scott
Junior Scott
Jesse Scott
Gettysburg
St. Mark's Reformed Church
Littlestown
Mrs Virginia A Diehl Dies After Illness At 71
Mrs Virginia Adelaide Diehl widow of William H Diehl died Saturday at 1 20 PM at her son Wilbur Diehl's home in Hanover after an extended illness. Aged 71 years four months five days she was daughter of the late Henry and Mary Brown. Survived by five sons including Wilbur Diehl of Hanover and Norman Diehl of Biglerville twelve grandchildren one sister Maggie Lynard of near Biglerville and one brother. Interment in Biglerville Cemetery on Tuesday.
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Virginia A. Diehl
Virginia Adelaide Diehl
Wiliam H. Diehl
Wilbur Diehl
Hanover
Henry Brown
Seveen
Norman Diehl
Biglerville
Maggie Lynard
Funeral services for George Benjamin Davis held in Idaville
Funeral services for George Benjamin Davis who died Tuesday at his daughter Mrs Gilbert Marks home, Gardners R 2. The Evangelical church at Idaville hosted the service with Rev H W Hosterman officiating. Interment followed at Idaville cemetery. Pallbearers were Charles Gard ner Edward Stump James Wingert Ellis Croft William Glass and Clarence Shaffer.
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George Benjamin Davis
Gilbert Marks
Gardners R. 2
Evvengelical Church
Idaville
H. W. Hosterman
Charles Gardner
Edward Stump
James Wingert
Ellis Croft
William Glass
Clarence Shaffer
John W. Gobrecht dies at Allentown home
John W. Gobrecht formerly of Hanover died Thursday at his Allentown home from a complication of diseases. Survived by wife, mother Mrs. Amelia Gobrecht of Hanover, four brothers HW W Daniel Claude of Hanover and Raymond of Allentown, and a sister Mrs. Jacob Barnhart of Hanover. Interment in Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gobrecht
Hanover
Allentown
Daniel
Amelia Longitz Gobrecht
Amelia Gobrecht
HW. W
Claude
Raymond Gobrecht
Jacob Barnhart
Sobieck Confesses Two Gettysburg Area Burglaries to Trooper Walsh
Edward J. Sobieck, 20, named as a solo robber in Gettysburg Ice and Storage and Adams County Cold Storage break-ins. He described entering through unlocked doors, rifling desks, and a safe, netting about fifteen dollars, before escape pursued by a watchman. He also claimed a June or July 1932 burglary of a Cross Keys Hanover flour mill office. Sobieck remains detained in Harrisburg on related charges.
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Edward J. Sobieck
Shamokin
Paradise Protectory
Ss. J. Walsh
Harrisburg
Gettysburg
Adams County
Sobieck
Walsh
Reading
Cross Keys
Hanover
Hagerstown
Harrisbur
75 Chickens Stolen From Orrtanna Coop During Snowy Night
Police investigated the theft of 75 chickens from Herman J. Rite in Orrtanna between 5:30 PM Tuesday and 7:30 AM Wednesday. The coop door was broken to gain entry. Trooper Clemons declined further comment after the preliminary examination as heavy snowfall began in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman J. Rite
Orrtanna R. D
Clemons
Community Rallies to Aid Gettysburg Adams County Needy
Welfare and charitable groups in Gettysburg and Adams County distribute Christmas aid from the Eichelberger and Stahle funds totaling 291 dollars to destitute families. Funds provide fuel and cash assistance while Talbot relief act money supports food clothing and fuel through local projects. county programs include milk for the county home and jail inmates and nurse supervised nutrition.
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Gettysburg
Adams County
Eichelberger
Stahle
D. C. Stallsmith
Mr. Stallsmith
Stallsmith
Swallsmith
Talbot
Robert C. Wible
Y. Henry W. A. Hanson
Gettysburg College
Rock Creek
North Washington Street
Lincoln Avent
College
Gettysburg Fire Company
Red Cross
The
Elks
Miss Grove
Eugene Elgin
East Berlin
CG. G. Crist
York
George H. Hummel
Stij
Santa Claus
New Chester Christmas events and hog butchering notes
In New Chester a Tuesday hog butchering at J and Mrs C B Eicholtz yielded two hogs weighing 448 and 446 pounds. Local residents visited, with many families listed for Sundays and weekdays gatherings. The Pines Sunday school hosts its annual Christmas party, while relief funds discuss coal and wood aid and the Oxford association reserves funds for emergencies. Center Square Christmas tree lighting, organized by Guy Staub and the Chamber of Commerce, adds festive cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. BE. Eicholtz
J. Frank March
Augustus Stough
J. D. McIntire
Emory Cassatt
H. A. Stock
I. N. Streett
A. W. Frymner
Harrisburg
John Stock and
Gettysburg
St. John’s Reformed Church
Chas. Barrick
Roy Pottorff
Edwin Snyder
Thurmont
Lloyd Kemper
York Springs
Harvey Emiet
Robert Riley
Gardners
Belle Emiet
Geo. Harman
Table Rock
Annie Harman
Mark Shanebrook
Geo. Dubbs
Bloomingrove
Roy Taylor
Near Bowlder
John Kime
R. C. McClear
Hanover
Alvin Mummert
David Kime
East Berlin
D. H. Sharrer
Arthur Snowberger
Waynesboro
G. A. Shinham
Jay Bringman
Biglerville
Wm. Hoff
Chas. Hoff
Frank Bly
Near York Springs
Cris Cooley
Harry Cooley
Edward Mummert
Monroe Nell
Sugartown
Nell
New Oxford Association
Guy A. Staub
Reliable
New Oxford Chamber of Commerce
One Hurt When Car Hits Train at Carlisle Street Crossing
Mrs. O Pitzer a 53 year old of Bigerville R D sustained a scalp wound and several stitches after the automobile she rode in skidded into a Western Maryland engine stopped on the Carlisle street crossing in Gettysburg. Her son Maurice Pitzer drove the car. Ruth Pitzer and Edna Warren were passengers. The injury was treated at Annie M Warner hospital. Engineer H Seaton operated the engine.
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O. Pitzer
Biglerville
R. D
Western Maryland Railroad
Carlisle Street
Gettysburg
Trooper Walsh Transferred From Gettysburg Station
Trooper S J Walsh of the state police Gettysburg sub station is transferred to the Chambersburg sub station for five and a half months. He is replaced by Trooper Chester Engle from Chambersburg. Walsh has nine and a half years service and is regarded as a top investigator. Frutchey and Clemons remain as the other Gettysburg station troopers.
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S. J. Walsh
State Police
Gettysburg
Chambersburg
Chester Engle
Walsh
Russel W. Frutchey
Clemons
Beard Sharetts Held for Court on Trespass Charge
Beard Sharretts gave bail after a preliminary hearing before Squire Bucher in Gettysburg R D. on a trespass charge. He pleaded not guilty and was held for court in the action brought by Dave Plank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beard Sharetts
Dave Plank
Gettysburg
R. D
Coupe Driven by Kuhn Hits Pole in Hanover
A Sunday evening crash in Hanover involving Raymond D. Kuhn's coupe caused a telephone pole to break at the base. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond D. Kuhn
Hanover
County issues dog licenses count slips from last year
County Treasurer Blaine G. Kitzmiller reports fifty five dog licenses issued to date, a figure lower than the same period last year. The decline signifies fewer registrations amid current year.
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Blaine G. Kitzmiller
Borough to open bids for police officer post at informal meeting
McSherrystown borough council opened sealed bids for the policeman position with more than a dozen bids received. No action will be taken until the January meeting. Incumbent Charles L. Markel’s term ends December 31. Community Christmas tree on Center Square to distribute presents to borough children and needy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford E. Lau
Charles L. Markel
Abbottstown
Center Square
J. Allen Timmins
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sioux City
Iowa
Rose
Harrisburg
Augustus
Minneapolis
Minn
Isaiah Ferry
Bowser
Gettysburg
Edward Sneeringer
Bernadine Corrigan
Baltimore
Miss Corrigan
Donald Wagaman
Claude Wagaman
J. Stuart Hafer
Edna Hafer
Syracuse University
Syracuse
New York
Syracuse Hospital
Francis F. Elder
Elder
Carvin Altland
Altland
Fanta Claus
Samuel A. Nagle
Elmer Butt
Matilda, Brady
Ellen Wagner
Mary L. Chrometer
Emma Wolf
Local notes from Hanover and nearby towns report damages and social notices
The upper floor roof and wall of a stable behind the Joel Henry estate in Hanover suffered damage from a five 2 percent undetermined origin event Friday evening, with about $100 loss. Joseph Brucher recently suffered apoplexy. Troopers Powell and Funk fingerprint inmates at Gettysburg jail for annual police records. Howard Strausbaugh posted $500 bail on liquor possession charges after weeks in jail following a raid. Simon J. Diller resigned as clerk at the New Central hotel. Frances N. Murphy and Benjamin D. Hufnagel announce their engagement with a January 17 1933 wedding in St Joseph's church. White Church Sunday school Christmas exercises set for December 24. Florence Mae Stewart of Gettysburg YWCA ill with influenza. Christmas pageant at Bendersville Lutheran church Friday 7:30 pm. Aspers Lutheran Christmas exercises at 7:30 pm with a pageant Where the Young Child Lay. Mt Olivet United Brethren church services postponed to Sunday 10:20 am.
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Joel Henry
Hanover
Joseph Brucher
Powell
George Funk
Harrisburg
State Police
Gettysburg
Howard Strausbaugh
Strauspaugh
Justice of the Peace
John C. Shearer
Simon J. Diller
New Central Hotel
T. L. Murphy
Bendersville Lutheran Church
Aspers Lutheran Church
Mt. Olivet United Brethren Church
Abbottstown Christening and Local Notices
Christenings and baptisms at St Marys and Sacred Heart churches listed with parents and godparents. Also Mar t is quinsy illness births chaos fires quarantine and weddings announced. local residents named with towns Brushown Edge Grove McSherrystown Conewago Hatboro and Philadelphia hospital admissions noted.
Christmas programs and church officers at Green Springs
At Green Springs church Christmas programs are set for December 25 and January 1. The Green Springs Sunday school elected officers led by Paul E. Miller as superintendent and Edith Warnick as assistant secretary. Esther Zinn joined as assistant pianist. Bertha Frock and Mrs. George Wolf were named assistants for the church. Illness affects Mrs. John Stambaugh and John Utz. The Young Peoples Missionary circle elected Lenora Bentzel president and Harold Wentz as teacher among others. The circle plans a magazine committee for Evangelical Missionary World and holds a December 28 meeting with Rev E J Bayne. Diphtheria quarantine at the Frock home was removed.
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Green Springs
Paul E. Miller
William Sipe
Oscar Stambaugh
Edith Warnick
Harold Wentz
Bertha Frock
Esther Zinn
Alta Frock
Eleanor Bentze
Lenora Bentzel
E. J. Bayne
Harry Jacoby
Lewis Warnick
Elenora Bentzel
George Bentzel
Lenora E. Bentzel
Elenora M. Bentzel
Harold
Hanover
Adolphus Frock
Coldest Winter Night Drops to 8 Degrees
The coldest weather of the winter was felt Saturday night as the temperature plunged to eight degrees above zero, bringing frigid conditions across the area.
Bus Company Secures Charter for York Adams Routes
The secretary of the commonwealth issued a state charter to the Hanover and McSherrystown Bus company with 25000 authorized capital to operate routes in York and Adams counties, approved by the public service commission. H E Salzberg of 235 Broadway New York is principal stockholder. other incorporators include M P Gross and F G Garns. Gross is treasurer and Hanover address lists the principal office. The charter follows PSC approval to convert from partnership to corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Hanover and McSherrystowh Bus Company
York
Adams Counties
Public Service Commission
H. E. Salzberg
Broadway
New York
New Corporation
M. P. Gross
F. G. Garns
Hanover
Gross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. Little
Katherine E. O Neal
Katherine Evaline O'Neal
William Sweger
Geo. B. Davis
John Marshall
Orrtannea
Sherrystown
Dayton
Yier
Anna Smith
McSherryson
Canates
Theo
Orrtanna
Lydia (McDonnell) Marshall
B. W. Kidd
Scottsville
Virginia
Chauncey Rauhauser
Clarence Stough
Thomas Scalon
Harry Stough
Lancaster
Melvin Kane
James W. Marshall
Aberdeen
Maryland
Will W. Whalen
Isaiah BP
Bankert
Sealah P. Bankert
Marburg
Claude Bankert
New Chester
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Patricia Lou
Charles Weaver
Eloise
Raymond Eckenrode
Joan Marie
Paul Smith
Bernard Lawrence
William Michael
Robert Shaeffer
Mamie
John Bunty
Charles Allen
St. Mary’s Church
Anna May Krichten
Sarah Jane Krichten
Brushtown
Curtis L. Smith
Alphonsus Smith
Centennial
Sebastian Weaver
Harry Waltman
Rose Marie
James Livelsberger
Edge Grove
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph Livelsberger
Joseph
John F. O'Donnel
Robert Shaffer
Hanover Hospital
Raymond Wilt
Midway
St. Joseph's Academy
Charles Rider
Claude Wagerman
Robert Sneringer
Harry D. Livelsberger
Genevieve Jane Livelsberger
Paul Tressler
Conewago Chapel
Mabel Yerkes
Hatboro
Yerkes
Mabel Bun
Angela Smith
Gertrude Staub
BUS Company
Carlisle
Souther St
Mount Pleasant
Strachan
Nicholas Heltzel
C. L. Eicholtz
Ross Stock, R
New Oxford, Pa
Tradein Furniture Exchange
W. Clark Avenue
National Hotel
Baker's Battery Service
Postoffice
Bank, Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Henry Otto
Leasant Township
Hanover Street
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank
Keystone Radio Service
North Stratton Street
Gettysburg, Pa
Essex
H. M. Sterner
Melhorn
Buick Coo
Buich-Pontiac
Frederick St
H. M. Carpenter
SMITH
Farmers' and Merchants’ Bank OF
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of
Pennsylvania
Jas. W. Barnitz
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