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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
9
Community items report illnesses, deaths, marriages, and local events around Heidlersburg and Adams County. Mentions residents with illnesses, travel, business changes, a 9 point deer taken near York Brings, and social visits. Includes sheriff sale notice for property in Gettysburg with details on the parcel and sale date December 31, 1932.
In pursuance of two writs out of the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County a public sale is ordered for Saturday January 7 1933 at 2 PM at the Gettysburg Court House. The property in Conewago Township Adams County Pa includes an improved one and a half story frame house with garage bounded by Hagerman Kate Billinger Elm Avenue and Elmer Haar lands. Seized as the property of Claud S. Kessier and to be sold by the Sheriff of Gettysburg with ten percent of all sales due immediately after sale if not complied with.
December twenty eighth is celebrated as the Day of the Child when adults and children share hope and gifts. The piece notes even skeptical scientists and nonbelievers feel a childlike wonder, praying for wisdom in raising children and fostering tender, generous feelings.
Three new single beds were donated to the Gettysburg state police substation by the Gettys burg furniture factories with M C Jones as general manager. The beds were placed at the Gettysburg headquarters Tuesday afternoon as the Gettysburg Chamber of Commerce had raised about 200 dollars to furnish the substation through local contributions.
In Adams County Pennsylvania on January day 1933 at 2 pm in Gettysburg the sheriff will sell 12 acres more or less in Mt Pleasant with a brick house barn hog pen chicken house and outbuildings. Property borders Roy Bittle Blaine Bixler Thomas Sheely and a public road from Bonneauville to Littlestown. Seller Harry A Senft and Martina E Senft. Sale terms require ten percent at sale.
In Pursuance of a Writ of FIERI FIERI Common Pleas of Adams County court at Gettysburg describes sale of a 99 acre tract in Ali fax Township Adams County Pa improved with a two and one half story frame house barn sheds and outbuildings bounded by public road and lands of Stavely Williams Brewhner and others to be sold by Sheriff John C Wible Shen at the Shentts Office Ge llysbrre Pa December 10 1932 cash payable immediately after sale if not complied with
A reminiscence recalls midnight minstrel swings of carolers moving through neighborhoods, singing old folk tunes and hymns under sleet and starlit skies. Percival Chubb notes bands went out twelve days before Christmas, spreading cheer as doors opened for coin and warmth.
The piece details Puritan bans on Christmas and related celebrations during the Commonwealth, noting acts from 1644 to 1652 that enforced a solemn fast, forbade Christmas observance, and even led to searches and destruction of festive foods. It adds a local note that Good Samaritan lodge in Gettysburg plans its St. John’s dinner at the Hotel on Tuesday evening, December 27.
The article recalls the peacock as a premier Christmas dish in old England alongside the boar's head. It describes preparation from skinning to gilded beak, possible leaf gold, and flaming spirits in the beak. Servants and noble guests, with the lady of highest birth or beauty, preside over its presentation and service. The last noted feast involved William IV then Duke of Clarence in Grenada.
In Westminster Hall the 1399 royal Christmas featured daily jousts and lavish banquets with 28 or 26 oxen per day, 300 sheep, vast fowl. the king wore a gold gown, guarded by Cheshire men, surrounded by 13 bishops and countless nobles, with 10,000 daily attendees and 300 servitors. Six Lettermen from last year's team will return to basketball at NC State.
Fred Buchanan of York sustained slight lacerations and bruises after his bicycle skidded on West Market street. He was struck when a car rammed by a following truck ran over his foot. no arrests were made and both vehicles drove away.
The article traces the origin of Christmas trees to the North German plain and notes their pre Christian roots. It mentions ancient uses by Egyptians and Osiris temple symbolism with palm shoots. It adds that England adopted Christmas trees in the mid 19th century after Prince Albert introduced them to Britain.
An article notes a Bible containing a forged 340 million will and a fake marriage certificate printed two generations later. It highlights an intriguing feature illustrated in the American Weekly and Sunday NY American. A medical inspection in Hanover reports 723 cases of diseased tonsils among district schools excluding the senior high.
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