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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
8
New Oxford Item, a weekly paper, is listed with publish details and offices. Subscription terms show $1.00 yearly in advance, $1.80 if late, with out-of-county rates $1.50 in advance or $2.00 later. renewal requires arrears clearance. Advertisements offered at reasonable rates with discounts for contract advertisers.
Miss Idan Sunday hosts a cake and wine set up at the Eagle hotel. Local editor thanks Jacob Hemler for beef. Daniel H. Myers injures wrist while butchering. Horses run away at Round Hill. Parochial pupils give Father Hemler $20. gifts include a toilet set and muffler. Numerous students and travelers visit home for holidays. Several marriages recorded on Dec 22–27. Obits include Andrew Diehl and Mrs Cath EB Shriver. Holiday visitors and family visits noted across towns.
Thirty years ago Fred Wolf of New Chester sprained his back. David M. Cashman Reading two and Hannah E. Mummert Tyrone two were married December 23. Elsie Naylor Hampton teaches near Gettysburg. John Nickey Hampton returned from Harrisburg. January court grand jurors included Jas P Strasbaugh McS: T J Eheely and others. Petit jurors listed. Dan Mummert killed a 513 pound hog for Wm E Brough. Annie Rudisill Oxford two taken to a Philadelphia hospital. Banns of matrimony pub lished between Gregory I Smith and Mary N Weaver. Christmas snow three inches and McGaughy broke his left arm on ice. John Staub Berlin Janet had his Jett Sue finger amput ed after.
E. E. Jacobs will retire next September after serving Abbottstown patrons on his route for 30 years. Lutheran congregation elected officers for the next two years including Trustee Charlies Mellman and elders Paul F. Welf, George Hoffheins. deacons Stuart Ruth, Carvin Smith. cemetery board George W. Lillich, Charles Auchey, David Hoke. Francis F. Elder to build a filling station for Ernest Wolf. Emory Bievenour confined to the house by illness. Aaron W. Kinneman killed a 487 pound hog and Robert Emig a 484 pound hog. Mrs. Emma Wolf slowly improving. Abbottstown male chorus sang at Maple Grove Christmas exercises. Blanche Markle ill but slightly improving.
Congressman Harry L. Haines of the York-Adams-Franklin district voted for the Collier 3.2 per cent beer bill in the lower house Wednesday afternoon. He said he would amend it later but felt compelled to support the measure, which passed 230 to 165 as wets in Congress moved to modify the Volstead act. Speaker Garner announced the passage amid shouts and applause.
Mrs. Lillie Mae Grimm 67 wife of Rev. Dr. J. Lower Grimm of Spry York county and mother of Herbert L. Grimm editor and manager of The Gettysburg Times was found dead in bed at 8 o clock Tuesday morning at her home. She had been in failing health for months but recently appeared well. Her daughter Pauline Newbould of York called. finding no answer she went to Spry and discovered her mother dead in the bedroom.
Charles Cease and James Barnes, both 19, of Gettysburg, were arrested for larceny after theft of cigarettes and candy worth $1.50 from the Episcopal parish house on December 19. Hearing postponed. youths held in jail. Also notes on rural carrier exams, multiple marriages, and local obituaries from McSherrystown and surrounding townships.
Chimney fire at Milton Yeager home in McSherrystown burned soot that ignited mold around the fireplace but was put out with chemicals. Firefighters also tested the new truck by pumping water from a reservoir in Trishtown. A seventh birthday party for Paul Krepps Jr and family arrivals from Cold Springs Farm are noted. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Harry C Cover. Silent play by Central Catholic seniors and a hospital transfer of Miss Angela Smith from Philadelphia are mentioned along with a chimney blaze at John Liversberger’s home. An afternoon Sand Hill school program and pneumonia confinement of Betty Kuhn are recorded, plus visiting Reginald and Mrs Rice from San Francisco.
A Great Eastern Stage bus westbound in Gettysburg skidded and struck H T Maring’s truck, then hit Mildred Eden’s parked car. The truck, moving about 10 mph, was pushed against a gasoline pump. Charles Black was injured but no serious harm found. Stottler and others shaken but unharmed. Bus sustained only minor damage. Maring’s truck towed from scene.
Five cars skidded from the Lin coln highway near Hershey park Wednesday evening. No injuries and little damage. Walter Swisher drove one car that skidded and upset near Hershey park. Mr Shultz of Hilltown drove another that skidded backward from the highway. Other drivers unnamed. Cars pulled from ditches by tow trucks. Most accidents west of Marsh Creek bridge west of Hershey park. Drivers reported icy roads despite chains on wheels in Adams county Wednesday night.
The Adams county town supervisor and auditors will hold their annual convention at Xavier Parochial Hall in Gettysburg on Saturday January 21. P A T Bower of Table Rock serves as secretary and announced the event today. Forenoon session starts at 10 o'clock. Program details are not yet announced.
James Arthur Kellholtz, of York, died Friday while seated on a rocking chair awaiting his son Russell to accompany him to work. The incident occurred at home with no immediate foul play suspected. Local authorities are investigating the sudden death.
Evelyn Waddle of Gettysburg suffered severe facial hand and arm burns when a burning rag grabbed from a stove by the girl and her aunt Miss Evelyn Carey led to a flash burn. Mrs. Reuben Waddle and hospital staff assisted, hair clipped for treatment, with prognosis indicating burns unlikely to scar. The incident occurred Friday at the Waddle home along the Taneytown road.
The Gift Shop, a leading store in Gettysburg, will close about the start of next year. Proprietor C. Paul Cessna, assistant mathematics professor at Gettysburg College, cites college duties and low margins as reasons. The shop opened April 22, 1921, and will liquidate stock or sell the business in bulk.
Gettysburg furniture plants closed Friday for Christmas and will reopen after the new year. M. C. Jones announced the annual holiday recess and bonus checks were distributed to over 600 employees. The check program began years ago as a per-employee bonus from officials.
Mrs Patrick Fallen of Hanover has been confined to her home for weeks suffering from an infected oul.
Mrs. Joseph Fitzgerald returned home from Annie M. Warner hospital Gettysburg. Families from Reading township Bowlder and others shared Christmas dinners and visits in Hanover and Thomasville. Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary added a Christmas check. Local residents hosted and visited relatives. school closed briefly due to illness of Miss E Maye Thomas.
State Senator elect John S. Rice of Arendtsville and Dr H M Hartman of Gettysburg will take oaths January 3rd, giving Adams County both state senate and house seats for the fourth time since 1890. The 130th General Assembly opens next Tuesday with caucuses, oath taking, and initial address.
William L. Young, 172 years old and retired president of the Dis patch Publishing company, publishers of the York Dispatch, was fatally injured Friday night after being struck by a car at an intersection. The vehicle was operated by R. Lamar Reisinger of York Route 3.
A rolling summary reports car rollover near Cashtown injuring Roy Rentzel. Mrs Mabel Ness hangs herself in Jacobus. A cash register theft at Kump barber shop and bicycle collision near Hanover. Myrl Slaybaugh injured using a power saw. A car overturn near Pennville injuring Lewis G Conrad. Gordon Conlower? fined for drunkenness. Medical patient Claude Gobrecht in serious condition. David Kuntz jailed for non support. 1100 Hanover youngsters attend BPOE Christmas party. Gasoline price drop to 13 cents. 1932 license plates obsolete after Dec 31. Susan J Hafer will probate. estate valued at 5000. Auto inspection periods set for 1933.
Jay Milton Weirich five years old from Manchester R. 1 has remained unconscious for 162 days after a yard fall. Admitted July 18, he opens his eyes rarely and has not spoken intelligibly or recognized relatives. He was injured by striking a concrete pavement and is fed by artificial means.
Earl Beattie of Gettysburg formerly of Hanover was arrested by Constable J C Sanders on a larceny charge. J H Rupp of Shiremanstown reported the Dec 3 theft of a light sedan. the vehicle was found in Altoona. Beattie remained jailed at Gettysburg awaiting Mechanicsburg authorities.
Amid fog and rain Adams county residents marked Christmas with charity. Gettysburg firemen handed out oranges and candy to orphans and hospital patients while Sheriff Wible hosted a 38 prisoner turkey dinner. Welfare groups distributed about 275 charity baskets, with 160 from the Red Cross, plus toys and dolls from local clubs and schools.
A mother Sadie Becker and her two children Robert age three and Dorothy eight months escaped serious injury when a car struck their baby carriage near Edge Grove at the Young baseball field in Hanover. Driver J M Zeigler of York said he was blinded by oncoming headlights and icy streets prevented a quick stop. They were treated at Hanover hospital and discharged. Zeigler was en route to McSherrystown. Becker was returning home.
A foggy morning crash on the Gettysburg Harrisburg road one mile south of York Springs injured 58 year old Mrs. Kate Leonhardt of Washington D C. She rode in a sedan with George Ansinn 33 as their car struck the rear of a light coupe driven by Margaret Fissel 20 of Harrisburg. The sedan left the highway and hit a bank. Damages were $50 to the sedan and $10 to the coupe. Patrolman F L Mayers investigated.
Relief efforts start Friday December 4 at Flohr Lutheran church cemetery. Rt George B. Ely will personally oversee construction. Franklin township men without work are to report at the church at 7 am for three day shifts earning $1.50 per day and receiving grocery food orders.
Bernard White, 60, of Waynesboro was killed instantly Monday evening at 7 30 when struck by a truck while walking across the Waynesboro road near Nagle's store and garage in Fountain Dale.
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