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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
8
Mrs Anna M Shultz 71 died after being struck by a car on the Lincoln highway Cashtown Sunday about 11 45 am. J Theodore Pettit 59 Red Lion driving west could not avoid skid on snow. Inquest planned after funeral. eight children survive. Interment Flohr s cemetery.
Benjamin F. Fisher, brother of Register and Recorder Robert E. Fisher and a former Adams county resident, died last month in Shreveport Louisiana from a stroke. He had been with Standard Oil since 1909, retired planned for December, and was buried in Shreveport after a career that included superintendent and vice president roles.
Damage estimated at 100 dollars occurred to the double home of Vincent Lawrence in Gettysburg on Monday. The blaze started as the family tried to thaw frozen water pipes and spread from a partition to the second floor before discovery.
An expected family Christmas trip to Florida ended in tragedy when James Hartman age 2 and Phyllis Hartman age 6 died in York hospital from accidental illuminating gas poisoning. The Hartman parents Ernest 33 and Emily 23 and brother Wesley 5 remained in hospital with serious to fair conditions as Coroner Zech investigates. The incident occurred in a Vacuum Of company cabin in Hallam where a gas heater was left on and rooms sealed, depleting oxygen. Manager Walter Emig forced the door and found the occupants unconscious and warned to keep windows partly open during heater use.
A six cylinder Seagraves 600 gpm fire engine pumper was unloaded at Hanover sidings for the McSherrystown Steam Fire Engine company No. 1 on Tuesday. The $6505.50 purchase was funded from the building fund with officers opting for the new apparatus over a new engine house. The triple combination unit includes a pumper booster tank and hose cart and joins the fleet with the old four cylinder unit retained. It is painted battleship gray.
TEAPS WILD CAT Charles Laughman of the Pigeon Hills trapped a large wild cat while skunk trapping near the Han over Water company reservoir. The cat clung to a tree beside the set trap and measured about 18 inches of tail with claws over an inch long.
Letters testamentary on the last will of Henry Rang of McSherrystown Adams County Pa granted to the undersigned. All debts to estate must be paid promptly and claims presented properly authenticated for settlement. Rev L A Revdter Gettysburg Pa December 22 1961.
Prof W Raymond Shank Adams county superintendent of schools issued a call for teachers in one and two room schools to collect their Boy Scout manuals. He has 145 manuals to place in school libraries and is conducting a survey of boys ten years and older to gauge interest in scouting and gather background data. Calendars and blanks accompany the manuals to aid enrollment aims of the Boy Scout movement.
Louis W. Pint doing business as Bortner Betting Works sues McDevitt of Washington DC for 243.04 in damages from a September 19 1932 Lincoln highway collision near Gettysburg. Plaintiff claims 143.04 actual damages and 100 for truck loss. McDevitt allegedly drove at excessive speed and passed without a clear view. She has 15 days to file an affidavit of defense.
Thomas Gordon of Grand Rapids Michigan has been granted a license to operate an automobile and states his age as 102. He is the latest elderly applicant to receive driving authorization in the region.
The Adams County Red Cross plans to give baskets of provisions to every deserving family in Gettysburg and Adams County. Last year about 250 baskets were distributed with more anticipated this season. Local groups cooperate with lists from the Red Cross and Gettysburg Rotary Club will assist. Donations of food or money can be sent through Miss Margaret McMillan.
A two car and eight truck collision on Hershey's Hill Saturday at 5 45 p m damaged three vehicles. Delbert Meckley suffered a fractured nose and lacerations while cranking a truck. Donald Lehman and Ambrose Wagaman were involved in the sequence that caused the crash. Meckley faces a charge for driving without an operator's license. The Hanover school district sold a 50 000 bond issue to E H Rollins and Son for 521,309 5, the highest bid of six. The bonds bear 17 percent interest and come in 500 dollar denominations.
Adams county officials decorated the court house with lights laurel and a large front star and two illuminated Christmas trees. Funds were raised by officials and friends, with no taxpayer cost, and offices will close for a two day Christmas holiday then reopen on Tuesday.
A meeting of herd owners at the home of Ryland Wright, township chairman, finalized annual cattle re testing plans for Menallen district. Robert Smith and W. E. Brough of Aspers R. 2 won the contract to provide transportation for the two veterinarians starting the testing.
Members of the Gettysburg Mothers' Club visited the Isit County Home to learn about its operations and the residents' daily care. The visit aimed to support community involvement and raise awareness of local elder and dependent care resources.
In a Friday afternoon visit, volunteers sang a sequence of Christmas carols for the inmates and distributed oranges and candy as a festive treat.
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