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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1966
Page
10
The text describes New Year beliefs across Scotland and Lancashire. Encounters with a beggar, sexton, gravedigger, or an empty armed person forecast misfortune, while meeting a rich person or one with arms full signaled luck. Lancashire warns that sharing a lit match brings harm. Spaniards hold that carrying a gold chain predicts cash in coming months.
In a lighthearted New Year feature the West Coast audience contemplates time zones and celebrations. The piece references listening to radio broadcasts, timing of events, and quotes Sarah C. Woolsey urging lessons from yesterday’s mistakes to improve today.
Real estate transfers reported from McSherrystown to York County and adjacent towns include Yoseph R Sanders and Rose E Sanders selling to Richard L Pascoe and Lena Mae Pascoe a tract in McSherrystown for 8000 dollars. Bur nett and Brake purchase two acre Hamilton Township tract for 13000 dollars. Stauffer Sr sells one acre in Huntington Township to Loyd Stevens and Ruth Stevens for 3800 dollars. Showers sell tract in Mesallen Two to Naomi E Showers for one dollar with no estimated value. Ankey sells two tracts in Hamilton Township to Parke Seldomridge for 4000 dollars.
Penn State won first place in the Eastern Intercollegiate Fruit Judging Contest at Rutgers University. Top individual was Joseph G. Strite of Harrisburg, with Louey P. Kuntz of Gardners second high. Team members included Philip M. Pitzer of Aspers and alternate Martha Bowman. Coach C Marshall Ritter led the pomology squad in judging 20 classes of 22 apple varieties on form size color and condition.
State police report a Friday morning crash 1.5 miles north of York Springs on Route 15. A Dol ly Madison Industries tractor-trailer rear ended a Massey Ferguson tractor, injuring drivers Donald Rohrum and the other operator. Damages: $4500 to the Williams tractor and $4000 to the Massey tractor. An empty Daly trailer incurred no damage.
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