Public Schools Notes Of Interest December attendance list
The December record shows students with perfect punctuality across grades I to VIII and high school classes. Notable names include Fred Gable, Catherine Auker, Evelyn Cashman, and many others. Christmas program praise followed by sports results from Biglerville High School and a note on New Oxford public schools reopening January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gable
William Marquet
John Wolford
Clair Haar
Ralph Wingel
Arthur Soullaird
Scottie Shover
Patricia Alwine
Grace Dennis
Janet Duttera
Nancy Jean Nicely
Anna Noel
Doris Pressel
Qris Sheely
Harry Emlet
Junior Haar
Henry Leech
Deane Markle
Robert Sheads
Edward Wolf
Rena Hower
Mary Lou Markel
Carlyn Eebright
Betty Jane Wildasin
William Sanders
Wilmer Yeagy
Marie Butler
Dorothy Diehl
Eleanor Miller
Ruth Sheely
Sara Slagle
Carolyn Sponseller
Mary Fair
Madeline Hoffnagle
Ruth Kohler
Ruth Kopman
Pauline Myers
Alfreta Stock
Fay Yohe
Farr Martin
Harvey Bollinger
Harvey Swartz
Walker White
Biglerville High School
New
Oxford High Cagers
Biglerville
Rice
Ebbert
Byers
Weaver
Biglerville Girls
Helen Herman
Carbaugh
New Oxford
Weikert
New Oxford Public Schools
Let Contract for County Highways
The state highway department awarded the concrete pavement contract on the Lincoln Highway in Abbottstown and Berwick townships to Hempt Brothers of Camp Hill. Bids opened in Harrisburg showed a bid of $49,176.51 funded from Pennsylvania's $9 million works progress highway allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbottstown
Berwick Township
State Highway Department
Hempt Brothers
Camp Hill
Harrisburg
Stauffer and Sheetz Families Celebrate Christmas Visit
Mr and Mrs Nelson Stauffer of Walkersville Maryland and Dr John W Sheetz of Columbus Ohio spent Christmas with Mrs J L Sheetz in Center Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Stauffer
Walkersville
John W. Sheetz
Columbus
Ohio
J. L. Sheetz
Center Square
Card of Thanks for Beale Family
The Beale family expresses sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance during illness and death of husband and father William J. Beale. They also appreciate use of automobiles and floral tributes. Mrs W J Beale and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Beale
Local Notes Highlight Business Plans and Community Events
Fidelis Lingg of Biglerville, formerly New Oxford, plans to open an implement sales and repair shop in New Oxford. The W C Herman meat market reported a $20 cash drawer theft at noon. Christmas services, christenings, and local school programs filled area churches and parochial halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelis Lingg
Biglerville
New Oxford
Mr. Lingg
W. C. Herman
Center Square
Mark E. Stock
St. Francis Xavier Church
Gettysburg
Patricia Ann
Stan. Lawrence, Jr
Irishtown
Conewago Chapel
John F. O’donnell
Harry Henschke
David McDonnell
Guldens
Harry B. Slagle
Oxford Township
Hanover Fire Company No. 1
Green Ridge
Hamilton Township
Mary Moul
Mt. Superior School
Jeanne
Joanne
John Yantis
McSherrytown
Santa Claus
Thomas Gebhart
Crist Gebhart
John Chrismer
Gebhart
Bonneauville
Chauncey P. Graff
York
Abbottstown
Ida Sheely
Nettie Swartz
St. Petersburg
Fla
Tillie Graeff
Lincolnway
East
Joseph McClain
Wrightsville
William McClain
York County
W. J. Lytle
Oxford
Lincolnway West
Elizabeth Sachs
Wilmington
Delaware
W. E. Wilson
Lincolnway East
St. Mary’s School
Max B. Miller
St. Louis
W. D. Himes
Miller
Germany
John Myers, Jr
State College
John C. Myers
Bernard
John E. Kaiser
D. P. Reardon
Edna Black
Biglerville R. 2
Biglerville Public
Gettysburg Times
Donald Price
Helen Lee
York Springs
Patrons' Auxiliary Calls Parents to Planned Meetings
The Patrons' Auxiliary urges every parent to join monthly meetings and participate in school and community efforts to advance children. It stresses parental responsibility, sharp standards, and a united approach for a better future, with the next gathering set for Thursday January 2.
Secretary Myers Chosen as New Revenue Secretary
Governor Earle appointed Robert L. Myers Jr of Camyp Hill as secretary succeeding Harry E. Kalodner. Myers, a deputy attorney general, begins with a $7,500 annual cost. His father hailed from Adams county. he graduated from Dickinson College in 1917, served in the army air corps, studied at Princeton and Dickinson Law School, and taught at Dickinson Law School from 1923 to 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle
Robert L. Myers
Camyp Hill
Harry E. Kalodner
Myers
Adams County
Dickinson College
Army Air Corps
Texas
Latre
United States School of Military Aeronautics
Princeton
Dickinson Law School
Cumberland County
Supreme Courts
United States
Yorker Fined for Disorderly Conduct
Charles Lambright of York paid a $10 fine and costs before Justice John C. Shearer on a disorderly conduct charge. He was arrested in New Oxford Tuesday evening by Patrolman James G. Warren, state highway patrol, who said Lambright was drinking. He was committed to Adams county jail until arraignment Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lambright
York
Justice of the Peace
John C. Shearer
Lambright
New Oxford
James G. Warren
State Highway Patrol
Adams County
Shealer
Engagement announced for Harriet Morgan and Howard Brenner
The engagement of Miss Harriet Morgan of Youngstown Ohio to Howard Brenner was announced at a luncheon at the Youngstown Country Club. The wedding is planned for February. Miss Morgan is a granddaughter of Mrs Annie Buckminster of New Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Morgan
Roland J. Morgan
Youngstown
Ohio
Howard Brenner
Youngstown Country Club
Miss Morgan
Annie Buckminster
New Oxford
Marriage Licenses Filed In Cumberland Township and Littlestown
Application for a marriage license was made at the office of C. F. Palmer, clerk of the courts, this morning by Lester L. Cool, 31, New Oxford, and Marie Blanche Stoner, 17, Cumberland township. Paul L. Hollinger, 23, Germany township, to Miss Mabel G. Biddinger, 19, Littlestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Palmer
Lester L. Cool
New Oxford
Marie Blanche Stoner
Cumberland Township
Paul L. Hollinger
Germany Township
Mabel G. Biddinger
Littlestown
Marriages of Miss Sarah Auker and Willis Weikert
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Auker and Willis L. Weikert were wed Wednesday at the bride’s home in New Oxford with only family present. Both graduates, the bride teaches in New Oxford schools and the groom is a Gettysburg College alumnus who recently bought the Sunoco station on Lincolnway West. They plan a brief wedding trip and will reside with the bride’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg High School
Miss Auker
Shippensburg State Teachers’ College
New Oxford
Weikert
Gettysburg College
Sunoco
Lincolnway West
B. E. Gentzler
Staub Staub Nuptials at St Marys Church
Roy M Staub son of Mr and Mrs John L Staub and Madeleine Staub daughter of Mrs Leo Staub were married at a nuptial high mass in St Marys church this Thursday morning at 7:30 o clock Attendants were Albert Kuhn and Miss Teresa Staub sister of the bride A wedding breakfast followed at the bride home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M. Staub
John L. Staub
West High Street
Madeleine Staub
Leo Staub
St. Mary’s Church
Albert Kuhn
Teresa Staub
Mummert Bechtel Unite In Hanover Church Ceremony
Tevere G. Mummert of Hanover and Mildred C. Bechtel were married Saturday evening at Christ Evangelical and Reformed church Parsonage Littlestown. The groom is the son of Joseph R. Mummert and the bride the daughter of Jacob Wildasin. They will establish a home at 205 Second Avenue Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tevere G. Mummert
Hanover
Mildred C. Bechtel
Freasant
Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church Parsonage
Littlestown
H. H. Harman
Joseph R. Mummert
Jacob M. Wildasin
Jacob M. Wildasin, Mr. Pleasant
Second Avenue, Hanover
Pfaff Nell Link in Wellsville Marriage
Miss Kathryn Pfaff daughter of Mr and Mrs Anno M Pfaff Han over and Chester Nell son of Mr and Mrs R O Nell between East Berlin and Dillsburg were married Saturday evening. The ceremony at 8 p m in Wellsville was performed by the bridegroom s pastor Rev Mr Tetter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Pfaff
Anno M. Pfaff
Hanover
Chester Nell
R. O. Nell
East Berlin
Dillsburg
Wellsville
Mr. Tetter
Week of Prayer Begins January 6 for New Oxford Churches
Protestant churches of New Oxford begin a week of prayer on January 6 at multiple churches. Services run 7:30 p.m. each evening with pastors and guest ministers leading prayers. choir groups from each church share worship. Organizers note strong attendance last year and urge continued community moral effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
Methodist Church
H. E. Sheely
J. A. Turner
St. Paul's Reformed Church
George E. Sheffer
Sheely
First Lutheran
Sheffer
Christ
Personal mentions from the community page
Mrs. Leo Poist of West High street is on the sick list. Helen Ruth of Trenton New York and Helster Lewis of Reading visited Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Feiser on Lincolnway. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Auker of Reading spent Christmas with Ed and Edna Auker’s parents on Lincolnway West. Dr. H. D. Hoover of Gettysburg left for Newberry South Carolina with their son in law and daughter Prof. and Mrs. Paul Ensrand on a mover trip to Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Poist
West High Street
Helen Ruth
Trenton
New Yorg 7
Helster Lewis
Reading
M. D. Feiser
Lincolnway East
Edgar Auker
Ed. T. Auker
Lincolnway
West
H. D. Hoover
Gettysburg
Newberry
South Carolina
Prof
Paul Ensrand
Florida
William Beale
Stewart Deardorff
Merrill Yohe
A P. Markel
Guy Kliingel
H. E. Lough
Clifton Harman
Dorothy Cashman
Hanover Hospital
W. D. Myers
Hanover Street
Georgianna Fink
North Peters Street
West Side Sanitarium
York
Winifred White
Pleasant Street
F. and M. Bank
Fink
Earl Strausbaugh
Carlisle Street
Harry J. Storer
John P. Smith
Center Square
Madeleine Staub
Carroll Rider
Lincolnway West
Hanover Choral Club
Hanover
Ethel K. Sheely
Felix Feeser
Berlin Road
Rupp
Charles Foreman
Georgia Fink
Ralph Kopman
Annie Buckminster
Justice of the Peace
John Bittinger
Bittinger
Carlisle Pike
Bethlehem Mines
State Highway Motor Patrol
Lulu Diehl
Nellie Hoffnagle
Robert McSherry
Hagerstown
J. F. Rickrode
Rickrode
Maryland
H. T. Brown
Qualityville
Plainfield
N. J
Kathleen Slaybaugh
Philadelphia
Charles Slaybaugh
East
Fred Fleshman
Temple University
John C. Fleshman
Wallace V. Peters
George Pavord
Sburg
Fred Stover
Williamsport
Lear Livingston
Harrisburg
Lawrence Himes
George School For Boys
William Himes
Haverford College
Haverford
W. D. Himes
Sons of Veterans
John L. Sneeringer
Cyril Staub
Fred C. Wagaman
Joseph I. Weaver
Guy Klingel
Harry J. Sterner
Leo Long
E. F. Strausbaugh
Weaver
Governor Urged To Commute Sentence For Christy Lawrence
The state board of pardons urged Governor Earle to commute the sentence of Charles Christy Lawrence of Centennial who was convicted of second degree murder on April 28 1928 and sentenced to 10 to 20 years in the Eastern penitentiary. Lawrence had an excellent prison record and was trusted in the prison storehouse according to Frank P. Tucker chief parole officer. The victim John L Lawrence of Centennial died February 7 at Warner hospital from injuries after a beating three days earlier in the elder Lawrence's Irishtown shack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Pardons
Earle
Charles “Christy” Lawrence
Centennial
Lawrence
Eastern
Frank P. Tucker
Eastern Penitentiary
Adams County
John L. “Coxey
Adams
Donald P. McPherson
Oxford Township
Warner Hospital
Irishtown
William Beale Dies Suddenly in New Oxford
William J. Beale aged 52 proprietor of Beale's restaurant New Oxford died suddenly at his home above the restaurant in center square of a heart condition. He had been ill two weeks, improving briefly before a final collapse in his kitchen. Survived by widow Edna I. Beale mother Kathryn Pfleger two children William Jr and Dolores and brother Edward Beale. Funeral Tuesday at St. Paul's Reformed church with burial in Prospect Hill York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Beale
Beale
New Oxford
Center Square
Mr. Beale
Guy Klingel
Mr. Klingel
St. Louis
York
Edna I. Beale
Kathryn Pfleger
Wiliam J. Beale, Jr
Dolores Beale
Edward Beale
Thomasville
Adams
Bill” Beale
New Oxford Roses
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Prospect Hill
Shindler Funeral Home
North York
Miss Edna Alwine Spends Christmas with Newark Parents
Miss Edna Alwine of Newark New Jersey spent Christmas with her parents at their home. The holiday gathering highlighted family ties and seasonal cheer in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Alwine
Newark
New Jersey
Funeral Pallbearers Named For William Beale
The pallbearers for William Beale's funeral on Tuesday were Stewart Deardorff Merrill Yohe A P Markel Guy Klingel H E Lough and Clifton Harman. The report lists numerous local residents with hospital and club mentions as the community notes events and changes in Hanover and nearby areas.
Candle Light Service At First Lutheran
The Candle Light service at First Lutheran on Christmas Eve drew a full church audience. The program featured music readings prayers and a pastor’s brief address with choir led processional and recessional. Soloists Mildred Zeivler Kathryn Winand Alma Myers impressed with tone and control as Mrs Felix Sanders accompanied on organ. Rev Arthur Yeagy read the scripture and preached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Lutheran
Mildred Zeivler
Kathryn Winand
Alma Myers
Felix Sanders
Arthur Yeagy
Fleshman Inducted Into Adv. Fraternity
Fred Fleshman former New Oxford High School athlete and Temple University junior in the marketing department was inducted into Alpha Delta Sigma. Eligible by service on a university publication, outside advertising, or marketing study, Fleshman has served as assistant advertising manager of the Temple News and business manager of the Handbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
Durtion
Temple
Fleshman
Temple News
Handbook
Delta Sigma Pi
Inter-Fraternity Council
Edwin Lough Visits Parents in Bedford
Edwin Lough of Bedford spent several days with his parents Mr and Mrs H E Lough on Hanover Street following a family visit and time spent together in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Lough
Bedford
Mrs
H. E. Lough
Hanover Street
Coming Events and Public Sales Highlight Salem and Area
Frank and Mary of York Radio will appear at Salem A B church Gardens Sunday December 29 at 7 30. Joseph Miller west of Fast Berlin will hold a public sale Wednesday January 1. Joel W Baugher Iashtown road announces public sale of farm and implements January 6 and household goods January 7. A large Irishtown party January 14 at 8 15 p m for Irishtown Fire Company. East Berlin bank to offer Isaac Witt property New Oxford January 25. Ushers League oyster supper at St Pauls Reformed on Washingtons Birthday February 22. Remember the date and plan to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank and Mary
York
Salem A. B. Church
Gardens
Joseph Miller
Fast Berlin
Joel W. Baugher
Iashtown Road
Irishtown
Irishtown Fire Company
People's State Bank
East Berlin
Isaac Witt
West High Street
New Oxford
Ushers’ League of
Church Notices Services and install of church councilmen
Church school at 9 a m worship at 10 15 a m and 7 p m with themes Serve the Lord with Gladness and The Alpha and Omega Emblem of Christ the Bee sinning and End of our Christian Faith Installation of councilmen C L Eicholtz trustee Prof C P Keefer Warren Baugher Clair Lockingbill Lloyd Stock deacons Choir to lead music No catechise this Saturday Holy Communion the second Sunday in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Eicholtz
C. P. Keefer
Warren Baugher
Clair Lockingbill
Lloyd Stock
St Marys Church Masses and Services Schedule
St Marys Catholic Church presents Sunday schedule with low mass at 7 30 a m high mass at 10 a m sodality at 6 30 p m and vespers benediction at 7 p m led by Rev D P Reardon pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
D. P. Reardon
Sodality
New Oxford Evangelical and Reformed Charge Service Schedule
The New Oxford Evangelical and Re formed Charge lists Rev H E Sheely at St Pauls New Oxford with church school 9 am and worship 10 am, sermon A Message for the Season. Emmanuel Abbottstown holds church school 9 am and worship 7 pm for the annual Thank Offering Service. G M G girls present a brief pageant. Everyone is invited to worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
Everbody
East Berlin Reformed Charge Sunday services schedule
The Rev. H. D. Houtz presides with services set for Sunday December 29 at Hampton at 10 a.m. and at New Chester at 7 30 p.m. The notice lists the pastor and two locations for the day’s worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
H. D. Houtz
Hampton
New Chester
Christmas spirit and church duties urged by New Oxford pastor
The Rev James A Turner urges Congregation at New Oxford Methodist Episcopal to support White Cross programs aiding Home for the Aged and Home for Children. He urges faithful church attendance and reflects on Christmas as a spirit rather than a date, imagining Christmas daily and its broad impact beyond December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford Methodist Episcopal
James A. Turner
White Cross
Roy L. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. C
W. J. Beale
Patrons’ Auxiliary
Round Hill
Yorker
Weikert—Auker
Sarah Elizabeth Auker
Mrs. E. T
Staub
Mummert—Bechtel
Nell—Pfaff
S. S. Neely, Esq
John P. Butt
Neely
Ralph Miller, Jr
Wiliams Trade School
Media
Adv. Fraternity
New Oxford Lutheran Church
A. M
D. B
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