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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1948
Page
5
Adams county commissioners withdrew the old jail property on East High Street from public sale after bids proved too low. Auctioneer D Edwin Benner oversaw a two parcel bid, with lot 1 at 5000 and vacant lot at 800, totaling 7650 before the sale was halted and a new petition prepared for a later sale.
Master Franklin R. Bigham recommends divorce for Sylvia Topper Wible of Gettysburg and John Allen Wible of Gettysburg on grounds of cruel and barbarous treatment. They married January 1 1939 in Alexandria Virginia. Wible served in the military from July 1942 until just before Thanksgiving 1945. The second case, Robert A. Crone versus Sally E. Crone, also of Gettysburg and Waynesboro, was heard with desertion cited and the defendant not appearing.
Five 16 year old boys escaped serious injury when their car skidded on the sleety Lincoln highway near York. Operator Fred J. Laughman and James Sadler Jr. were treated at York Hospital for facial lacerations while passengers Raymond Topper Raymond Barnhart and William Neal were involved. Laughman drove a 1936 Plymouth that struck a telegraph pole and stone pillar, the car overturning and ending in a driveway. Car damage estimated at 350 dollars.
County Treasurer Donald C. Stall announced late Tuesday that 29 1949 dog licenses had been issued before noon. About 4,600 dogs were licensed in Adams county in 1948, and owners have until January 15 to obtain 1949 licenses. A two car collision in Midway involving Laverne Fuhrman and Donald Neiderer caused only property damage.
In 1340 twelve Rheinfelden men formed a Brotherhood of St. Sebastian to pray for aid nurse the sick and bury the dead. They visit seven town fountains on Christmas Eve singing hymns then attend midnight mass to place lanterns on the altar. On pay day buy bonds.
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