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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1949
Page
24
The New Oxford Item in Pennsylvania lists publication as a weekly Thursday paper. It shows owner publisher New Oxford Item Company with managing editor Henry J. Smith and subscription terms 81.00 annually in advance with 81.80 if late, out-of-county 1.50 annual prepay or 2.00 late.
Twenty years ago Albert E Laughman and Mabel N Sponseller of Reading township were issued a marriage license. The report also notes property moves by C E Pearson and family, and a planned move by A I Shrader to Columbia after the holidays. Miriam Stock of Pine Run is staying with her sister Mrs Ross Stock, Berlin Avenue. The Mite Society of St Pauls Reformed Church elected officers.
Listing of multiple homes and a garage business including new frame bungalows brick houses Western style bungalow cement block stucco homes and a 81 acre farm with frame house barn and equipment. Prices range with a $6,400 entry and $9,000 farm offering. Immediate possession and full conveniences noted for several properties.
Mrs Edward Dittenhafer of Ling, Md, formerly of New Orleans, is in charge of Henry Ford's mill at Wayside Inn in Sudbury Massachusetts with H T Brown as president and Martha Stock as secretary. Continue on Page 6.
McSherrystown pallbearers at the funeral on Thursday morning included Rodney Fline Flrey Fitne Leo J Fine Henry Noel William Herts and Bernard Noel. Members of the Knights of Columbus and their wives were treated to a turkey dinner at Main Street home Sunday evening with about five hundred attendees. Dejone Catholic high school football players and coaches joined as guests. dinner prepared by a special committee and served by many women.
A jumble of local notices includes Mrs Mabel Cisler visiting her aunt in Abbottsown and attending a funeral for George Benton, with word of a death in her family. Gettysburg High School beat Delone Catholic 49 41 in a boys basketball game. An auditor’s notice in Adams County outlines probate proceedings for George A Keever and Lawrence Reever estates, with calls for creditors and claimants to file by set deadlines.
Approximately 100 Adams County dairy farmers gathered Tuesday at St James Lutheran Church Gettysburg for a covered dish social. The event included names from local towns and family groups attending a community gathering in the church social room.
A compact real estate list offers properties along Route 30 Route 94 and Route 116 near New Oxford Abbotts Town and Five Mile House. Prices range from 250 to 15 500 including 65 acre farm with stream and multiple buildings and a 140 acre farm with barn silo and seven miles from Dillsburg. Also notes dairy meeting attendance and minor local fines.
Edward Deardorff vice president of the First National Bank of Gettysburg was treated at Warner Hospital for a fracture of his upper arm after he slipped or toppled Sunday. Farm listings in the Littlestown area note several properties for sale with varying sizes, buildings, and prices, including 170 acres near Manchester and 33 acres with Groggin house. A. C. Garland, Real Estate, Littlestown, Pa. Phone 137.
Classified ad list offering used appliances including gas range refrigerator and vacuums, bicycles and toys, hay and straw sale, Christmas trees and other bargains. Also notes real estate and services from Hanover area businesses with multiple local contact numbers.
Ten day notice issued by Justice of the Peace Robert P. Snyder to Anna M. Myers of Hanover on a driving without license charge filed by state police Gettysburg substation. Mrs Charles Lightner of Gettysburg treated at Warner hospital for contusions to her right hand from a wringer incident.
Agricultural listing notes product specifications for wheat by corn variety and yellow corn grade along with oats and white eggs as catalog items.
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