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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1952
Page
6
A column recaps local events and mishaps including marriages, births, age milestones, injuries from auto crashes and gas incidents, and church officer lists. Names tied to Abbottstown, Sherrystown, Hanover, Straban, and Canewago appear with ages and incidents.
Booneauville resident dies on December 13. Joseph Wantz of Union Mills Med and formerly New Oxford dies of pneumonia. Mrs. George Sherman of Westminster dies Friday. her surviving husband George W. Sherman is a New Oxford native. Mrs. Jacob Murren, 72, dies near McSherrystown Friday.
In Oxford township area news, four sets of twins were born last year. Mrs William Cardaugh announces a son and a daughter. Bernard Kemp fell while attempting to ride a moving Baltimore streetcar, injuring his face. Joseph Weaver learns his grandmother Mrs Philip Pleagie suffered an apoplectic attack in Morrisville. Sam H Wolf suffered a stroke nearby.
The New Oxford Pure Feed Company elected officers led by President W. H. Kohler and manager Dr. J. W. Tudor. Property purchases include Birely’s Hanover street site with planned three story improvements while Kohler continues the coal and lumber business. Theo E. Warmer bought James W. Smith’s S Orange street property. John Wagner, back from Wilkes-Barre, reopens in Hanover after hotel sale. A high school orchestra forms under conductor Guyon A. Smith. Robert C. Smith dies in Leesburg. widow Leila Diehl survives with two children. George E. Mickley and Grace E. Weigle wed near Heidlersburg on Dec 19 at New Chester.
A fragmented report lists marriages among residents near New Chester and Abbottstown including J. M. Wartescher and Annie Berkheimer with scattered place names such as Arendtsville and Cliftonsiping Iron Ridge and Belle Howe. It also mentions a price 96 cents per bushel for wheat and a December 13 reference.
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