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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1956
Page
4
Christmas greetings and holiday updates fill New Oxford notes with visits from friends and relatives. Local residents share Christmas plans and lists of visitors including Stock She rshey Hockensmith O’Brien Decker and Sneeringer families, plus a baptism at Immaculate Conception and a sudden death in Camp Hill.
Mrs Yingling, 19, was moved from Warner Hospital to Harrisburg Hospital after Dr. C. G. Crist reported to Dr. David C. Stoner that she may have polio. She developed illness around December 14 with partial paralysis in all limbs, and she had a daughter on December 8. Dr. Crist noted she had not received the Salk vaccine and urged county residents to attend polio clinics resuming January 8.
Charles W. Rodgers a 27 year old employee of Clearview TV Center Hanover was seriously injured when the ladder on a television antenna at E B Frock home unhooked causing him to fall about 30 feet He was taken by ambulance to Hanover General Hospital with multiple vertebral fractures and contusions.
A December 19 birth at Carlisle Hospital is recorded for Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Jeanne Nitchman Trump of Frank Lintown, a son, and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ruth Beamer Wonders of R. 2 Dillsburg, a daughter.
Public notice from Adams County stating to appear with records recognizances and examinations before the judges at Gettysburg for an Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions. The January term is postponed to February 4 with 930 am start. Sheriff Dor sey J Schultz signs the notice, dated December 19, 1956.
The Rev. Herman Beatty leads Great Conewage Presbyterian with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and worship with sermon at 10 30 a m.
Rev Carl L White pastor Sunday School at 10 a m morning worship at 11 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m Midweek prayer meeting at 7 45 p m Young People service Friday at 7 45 p m with singing by youth and children
John Krug of Hanover, listed as 3 percent impairment, was treated at Hanover Hospital for a head laceration after his pickup left the Hanover Carli cle Highway and rolled in a field near the Bethlehem quarries Thursday evening about 5 o'clock. He was discharged after treatment. The New Oxford Fire Company ambulance transported him. The truck was owned by the New Oxford Aluminum Company.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Irene Wood Sadler residing Gardners Route 2 at Carlisle Hospital on December 22. The birth announcement notes the parents and location.
Fort Sam Houston Tex Captain Wilbur H Miller Jr 25 formerly of New Oxford completed the 22 week company level officer course at the Army Medical Service School The program trained him in tactical administrative and professional duties of a company level medical officer Miller a 1951 Dickinson College graduate and 1985 Jefferson Medical College graduate belongs to Phi Beta Pi and Phi Delta Theta fraternities
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Inskip and others spent Christmas Day with the Rockeys in Good year. The King family hosted a group including Mrs. Bessie Davis Clyde Davis and others in Harrisburg. Visitors to the Shanks in York included Charles Shank, Earl Shank of Hanover. Mr. and Mrs. Orson Miller were also listed.
Notes show residents planning to move from the bungalow of Melvin Hoover to Bloomsburg on Saturday. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Julius Schimmel in Hanover, Mrs Ann Bowen and children with Ralph Platt in Spring City, and Arthur Criswell of Dillsburg R D visiting D E Myers. Further visits feature John Deatrick and son Junior with Lewis Hagerman in Hanover, plus Carolyn Barker and Richard Schimmel in Baltimore and Ward Houck in Biglerville visiting the Schimmels.
John Wonders, son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Wonders of Franklin town, has risen to sergeant in the Marines at Lejeune. He completed three years of service and will end his current tour on February 17 after a 8 day leave spent at his parental home.
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