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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1935
Page
2
At New Oxford the post office handles weekly mail every Thursday by New Oxford company. D. Keith and Manager, Derbert L. Grimm, and Henry J. Smith listed. Subscriptions 1.08 per year in advance if paid within the year, 1.86 if not. No discontinuation until arrears are repaid. Out-of-county terms apply.
Local items report the First Lutheran congregation presenting Pastor Rev George W Lauffer with a bed and yearly $60 raise, while Neely Kennedy suffers a mashed left hand. County officials elected Miley Miller clerk S B Feely attorney and Jerome Martin janitor. W M A R lays rails toward Gettysburg. Family reunion for Amos Loughs held at Christmas. Body of premature male infant found at Sand Hill with a prior infant death at same spot. Ervin Hetrick and Roxie Bowman wed. An offering of 27 for Orleans Home at Christmas service. Christmas services crowded, with both programs praised. Chas E Diehl sells property to Elsworth Neely for 4300. Neely to run Freed grocery stock. Ills include Mrs F X Miller and Mrs Francis Grove. Died: Mrs Francis Grove 81, Mrs Henry Smith 65, John O Brown 58, Lydia Thoman 26, Jes King, Harry Deatrick 47, Henrietta Noel 65. David Noel injures two fingers alighting train. W E Freed reports 80 wheat and pneumonia. Clinton Swope and Elsie Slagle to wed January 4.
Reading residents sustained injuries from falls and riding mishaps while a bishop worker risked operations. thieves took hens and corn from Carlisle Pike. Obituaries note Mrs Diehl 92 and others, with wills directing burial, division of goods, and $100 bequests. Christmas mass music directed by Prof Noel and Wecker noted.
A fragment notes an eye injury from a gunning accident and lists pricing for wheat at 68 cents per bushel. It also records the marriage of Wm A Ditzler and Lillie Guiden on December 22 and reports the death of Gee Low at age 62, father of A G Low, in Midway on December 20.
A report notes 45 years ago a large wheat theft occurred at Sam Krug’s Oxford two barn. A Wednesday storm ripped shingles off Ja cob G Mel nenny’s barn. An East Berlin lamplighter walks miles each evening to fight street lamps. Oliver Money sustained a left cheek gash after an incident with a horse. James H Brown bought a High street double frame house from Jacob Melhorn estate for 580 dollars. Win Rickrode and Clara A Miller wed on December 16. Obituaries include Sam Neely who died December 22 and two infant deaths: Thomas Hemler and Annie Kopman.
Mrs. Bertha M. Overbaugh wife of William H Overbaugh of the Topper Overbaugh Company died at her Hanover home after nearly three years illness. She was 71. Survived by husband two sons and two daughters Leon Overbaugh Philadelphia Isabel Louise and William Overbaugh at home four sisters including Mrs A L Benford of Hanover.
Mrs Mary Ardella Weaver age 36 wife of Leo Weaver died at 118 Main street McSherrystown Thursday morning at 3 25 Surviving are her husband parents Mr and Mrs Charlies Little McSherrystown a brother Charles H Little McSherrystown two sisters Mrs Earl Redding Hanover and Miss Geraldine M Little Lancaster the maternal grandmother Mrs Jane Yohe McSherrystown and paternal grandmother Mrs Julia Little Hanover Funeral services Saturday with a requiem high mass at 9 o'clock in St Marys Catholic church McSherrystown Rev Joseph Whalen officiated Interment was in St Marys cemetery McSherrystown Pallbearers Curtis Smith B Louis Eline Joseph Smith Ralph Palmer Robert Burkee Curtis Hartlaub
David J. Greenaway 36 vice president and treasurer of Hanover Cordage Co dies at a Milwaukee hotel after a stomach ailment onset on trip home from business. Survived by widow two children mother three sisters and brother with he and his family rooted in Hanover and York.
Merton Himes 28 of East Berlin was admitted to Harrisburg hospital with facial and scalp lacerations after a 2 AM Steelton crash. Also injured were Mrs Elizabeth D Wilson Aaron F Jacobs and Ross E Fisher. Himes’s car struck a parked car owned by John F Oran pushing it into another parked car owned by Lloyd Benko. Himes is employed by the Metropolitan Edison company.
A Christmas sermon urges extending goodwill beyond a single holiday. It argues the spirit belongs to all days, not just December, and laments commercialism that empties the season. The piece lauds Jesus teachings, child-centered faith, and universal brotherhood as daily goals.
Mr and Mrs Mark Staley of Biglerville Rhode Island announce the birth of their son at Warner Hospital on Saturday.
Proclamation to coroners justices and constables of Adams County ordering attendance at Gettysburg for the Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions on the fourth Monday of January 1936 at 10 30 a m with records recognizances examinations and other remembrances required by the precept from Judge McPherson and Judges Colgan and Bream.
Adams County Farm Bureau breaks ground Thursday for a 40 by 120 foot frame and metal clad warehouse and office on North Washington Street Gettysburg leased from Reading railroad. It will be ready after the first of the year weather permitting. Charles Bushman of Mummasburg is chief carpenter. The current bureau on Carlisle Street will be torn down for a gasoline service station. G Marion Stambaugh is office manager.
Adams county will not receive the 1936 fishing licenses until January 15. Fishermen desiring licenses should mail $1.50 to Joseph J. O'Neill in Harrisburg to obtain temporary certificates until the new licenses are ready.
Judge Donald P. McPherson scheduled hearings for January 6 on parole petitions for Samuel E. Groge of Conewago township and DeSales F. Kuhn of Mt. Pleasant township. Both are serving Adams County jail terms for operating cars under the influence. The petitions were presented in court Monday afternoon by Franklin R.
Brady is $267.75 in arrears on court ordered payments from about two years ago. Court adjourned until Monday, December 0.
An elderly woman, 76 year old Mrs. Gimer Crum of Gardners RD 2, left home with a lantern on Wednesday evening and disappeared. Her husband, aged, waited through the night as a search party began at dawn to locate her in the mountains.
The annual meeting of the share holders of the Abbottstown State Bank Abbottstown Pa will be held Monday January 6 1936 in banking room from 1 oclock p m to 2 oclock p m The purpose is to elect directors for the ensuing year and to transact such other business as may come before the meeting W A BREAM Cashier You will always find a large stock of horse colts and young mules for sale at my stable I receive a shipment from the west every two weeks Call and see my stock.
George W Wolf of York Pa issues administrator notice for the estate of John C Hoffnagel late of Oxford Township Adams County Pa Letters of administration granted to Nellie E Hoffnagle and H W Hoffnagle. Creditors urged to pay and claimants to present their demands to J Donald Swope Esq Gettysburg Pa or New Oxford Pa by date at hand.
Quick organized search parties combed the mountains for the missing woman. A hat was found, but no trace. Mrs Crum appeared at her home around seven, soaking wet with a fractured wrist. Dr Raymond Oyler treated her and she rested at her daughter’s home as her husband accompanied her.
A fragmented report notes mixed signals in the wheat competition scene with unclear details about participants. Egen Brown is mentioned alongside others in an unsettled context, while a seven month timeline appears in the transcription.
Vintage dealer listings feature many prewar autos including 1933 Dodge, 1934 Dodge, 1929 Essex, 1935 Plymouth, 1932 Plymouth, 1930 DeSoto, 1930 Nash, 1930 Ford, 1928 Dodge, 1929 Dodge, 1932 Ford V8, 1930 Buick, 1934 Ford V8, a Dodge half-ton panel truck, plus other vehicles. Also ads for groceries, pies, bakery space, used washers from Maytag, wood sales, horses and mules,Val worth, and cleaning fluid at Lincoln Way Service Station in Gettysburg area.
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