New Oxford Item postal notice and subscription rates
New Oxford Item appears as a weekly postal notice published Thursdays. It lists the publisher New Oxford Item company, officers led by Hierbert L. Grimm and Henry J. Smith, with annual subscription terms 1.00 in advance, 1.50 if late, and out of county rate 1.50 in advance or 2.00 if late. discontinue rules require arrears.
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New Oxford Item Company
Eevee Eedevess Hierbert L. Grimmercretary
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John D. Keith Rer
Eéiter & Manager
Henry J. Smith
30 Years Ago in Abbottstown and Nearby
A survey of local items notes Wm. Matthew of Redland injured when his buggy upset, and Mrs. Belle Hafer Clapp seriously ill in Indianapolis. Dairy routes change hands to J. C. Myers. school directors and auditors results listed. multiple marriage licenses granted. drowning near Mummert's narrowly averted with a ladder. Local deaths, pensions, and a parade of small-town incidents fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Matthew
Redland
Wm. A. Clapp
Belle Hafer
Abbottstown
Indianapolis
Frank Hetrick
J. C. Myers
Myers
New Oxford
Oxford
Edw. Hemler
L. E. Lawence
John Clunk
Stan. Smith
Chas. Groft
Jere Groft
Brown
A. L. Brown
Qualityville
Harry J. Smith
Hotel Hanover
B. F. Gise
Calvin Shultz
Reading
Beaver Creek
Mummert’s
Cornelius Reynolds
John Grim
Jane Motter
Henry Motter
Jacob N. Swartz
Arlington
Duttera
Levi J. Osborn
Straban Twp
May Belle Chase
J. H. Duttera
Lewis P. Weaver
Agideous Noel
Bonneauville
M. D. G. Pfeiffer
Charles
Clinton Shwanefelter
Pleasant
Harry Felty
Aug. Rang
McSherrystown
N. Y. State
John Hartlaub
Greg. Neiderer
Norristown
McCann
Mary Edith Devine
Harry Devine
York
Harry Hemler
Spearfish
N. D
Cowboys
Roosevelt
Notable Local Moves and Events Highlight Tyrone Paper
Forty years ago readers note Wm Brough rearing a crowing chick at three days old. Cath Leese and son prepare to move to John Stallsmith’s Granite house. Edw Bollinger and wife relocate to Granite. J Test and Cras Lauver leave Granite for Chester county. Mr Little appointed Hunterstown postmaster, replacing resigning King. Edw Mummert Jr shoots ten crows in one shot. Harry Graves breaks left arm after fall from a hayman. John Bigham transfers Pleasant township farm to Jos Redding. M E conference at Tyrone names Rev W A Carver pastor at Gettysburg and New Oxford. Mrs Parmilla Slagle dies aged 71 in Hanover. E G Topper to move to McEherrystown. Temperance sermon urged for Sunday at St Pauls Reformed.
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Brough
Reading
Cath. Leese and Son
John A. Stallsmith
Granite
Bollinger
J. Test
Cras
Lauver
Chester County
Little
Hunterstown
King
Mummert, Jr
Hamilton Tw
Harry Graves
Redland
John Bigham
Mr. Pleasant
Jos. Redding
M. E
Tyrone
W. A. Carver
Gettysburg
New Oxford
Parmilla Slagle
Jos. &. Gitt
Hanover
E. G. Topper
McEherrystown
St. Pauls Reformed
Church Sermon And Local Arrivals At Emmerts Store
Epencer Myers returns as clerk at Em merts store while Hillery Ford relocates to York. John A. Martin moved to Davidsburg. Mrs. Chas Klunk 30 of McSherrys died suddenly Thursday. Horatio H Myers and Alverta C Wehles Hampton wed March 17. George W Harlacher Reading two and Emma Bosserman Latimore two wed Mar 10. Jacob H Chronister and Poca hontas E Kiingel Hampton wed March 10. John Dougherty 68 near Bonneauville died March 16. Anastatia Smith 34 near Irish town died Mar 18. Wheat 53c bu.
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Epencer Myers
Emmert’s
Hillery Ford
York
John A. Martin
Davidsbureg
Chas. Klunk
McSherrysown
Horatio H. Myers
Alverta C. Wehles
Hampton
Geo. W. Harlacher
Reading
Emma Bosserman
Latimore
45 Years Ago Gettysburg Divorce Ruling and Local Notes
The Gettysburg court granted an absolute divorce to Flora Belle Jordy from Rev. W. H. Jordy amid suspicions of infidelity. Testimony noted by Swope. In other items Rolandus Feeser fractured two ribs when horses bolted. Marriages, deaths, relocations, pensions, and a teacher appointment are listed along with a snowstorm report and a meeting note for a local association discussing the downfall of the American republic.
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Gettysburg
Flora Belle Jordy
Hafer
Abbottstown
W. H. Jordy
Frostburg
W. HM. Smith
Huntington Twp
Laura A. Rindlaub
Mt. Pleasant
State highway plan to plant 400000 trees on 16 routes
Romaine McGlaughlin of Gettysburg is treated for scarlet fever. The cigar code wage stay is extended to June 16, the NRA end date. The Lincoln highway west of York is among 16 state roads to get trees and shrubs this year under the highway department plan. Secretary Warren Van Dyke announced the effort to beautify roads and create work. Livestock and farm implement sales raised 2213 dollars at D S S Clouser sale near Sell's Station as Clouser retires to Lit-Westown, with prices from 110 to 132 for horses and other items. A 2300 dollar sale by Edward Berwager near Brushtown featured prices from 280 to 402.50 for pairs of mules and other goods, with Berwager moving to the Elias Resh place.
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Romaine McGlaughlin
Gettysburg
NRA
Washington
C. M. Ehehart
Red Lion
York County
Cigar Manufacturers’ Association
Lincoln Highway
York
State Highway Department
Warren van Dyke
D. S.S. Clouser
Samuel Keagy
Sell’s Station
Clouser
Lit- Westown
Brushtown
Berwager
Elias Resh
Beck Mill
Bee Keepers to Meet Thursday in Adams County
Adams county bee keepers invited to an organization meeting at the courthouse at one o clock Thursday afternoon. E. E. Sterner of McKnightstown called the meeting to form a county organization. Inclement weather kept many away at a recent meeting. the group aims to finalize the organization Thursday.
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Adams County
Court House
E. E. Sterner
McKnightstown
Accuse Man of Breaking Reading Car in Gettysburg Yards
Philip S Crawford of Gettysburg was arrested Tuesday evening by Officer C M Spence and railroad detective John W Wolf on the charge of breaking into a Reading Passenger coach in the Gettysburg yards with felonious intent. He was committed to Adams county jail for a hearing later before Justice of the Peace John C Shealer.
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Philip S. Crawford
Gettysburg
C. M. Spence
John W. Wolf
Reading
Crawford
Adams County
Justice of the Peace
John C. Shealer
Kimmel Held Responsible For East Berlin Death
John D. Kimmel, 25, of Mechanicsburg, was held responsible by a coroner's jury for the death of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rhinehart, 78, of East Berlin, after an inquest near East Berlin. He was also found to have failed to stop and render aid. The inquest, led by Dr. Edgar A. Miller, noted Officer Warren’s testimony as pivotal, with Jacobs and Hoke recounting earlier hearings. Kimmel remains released on bail for the April court term.
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John D. Kimmel
Mechanicsburg
Mary Elizabeth Rhinehart
East Berlin
Kimmel
Adams County
W. Clarence Sheely
Gettysburg
James G. Warren
Highway Patrol
Warren
Aaron O. Jacobs
Richard I. Hoke
Abbottstown
Justice of the Peace
John C. Shearer
Ciarge
Lhi Ivestilly
Hanover
Dillsburg
Hoke
Jacobs
Eugene Elgin
Irvin Hoover
Nevin Brown
Nevin Mummert
Lavere Burgard
C. R. Wolff
John C. Shealey
Rhinehart
Richard £. Boke
B. B. Basom
Kummel
W. Clarence Sheely, Esq
C. L. Baker
Richard E. Hoke
FHA Spring Drive To Follow Meeting In Harrisburg
FHA officials bankers contractors and civic reps from 20 central Pennsylvania counties will meet at Penn Harris hotel Harrisburg to discuss the spring drive for increased housing business under the National Housing Act. The all day session begins 11 o’clock with Edward P. Simon and John A. Appleton leading the meeting.
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Federal Housing Corporation
FHA
Pennsylvania
Adams
Penn-Harris
Harrisburg
Edward P. Simon
John A. Appleton
Deaths Grace Smith Klunk and Thomas noted in Hanover area
Grace Smith Klunk 44 of McSherrystown died Saturday morning from a heart clot. Survived by husband Joseph C. Klunk two brothers Richard and Alfred Smith seven children and other relatives. Funeral and burial details given. Also noted: Thomas, 69, long-time educator and school administrator from Hampton area, died after a farm birth. Beloved husband Emma S. Thomas and brother Willis survive. Funeral in Harrisburg Paxtang Cemetery listed.
Death of Ignatius D. Lawrence at 82 in McSherrystown
Retired cigarmaker Ignatius D. Lawrence died Monday evening at 6 at Theodore Bolin's home in McSherrystown aged 82. Survived by daughter Minnie Keith of Lancaster brother Joseph Lawrence Conewago township and sisters Mary Myers Hanover and Martin Hemler McSherrystown. Funeral Thursday morning from Mrs Hemler's home.
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Ignatius D. Lawrence
Theodore Bolin
McSherrystown
Minnie Keith
Lancaster
Joseph Lawrence
Conewago Township
Mary Myers
Hanover
Martin Hemler
Hemler
Funeral services held for Mrs Katie Ellen Cleaver in York Springs
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at York Springs Lutheran Church for Mrs. Katie Ellen Cleaver 56 wife of Charles Cleaver of York Springs who died Wednesday afternoon at a daughter’s home in Gettysburg from complications. Burial was in Sunnyside Cemetery. Surviving are her husband ten children two sisters and two brothers. She was born in Adams county and was a member of York Springs Lutheran Church.
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Grace Smith Klunk
Joseph C. Klunk
McSherrystown
Jacob
Sadie Hemler Smith
Henry J. Hemler
Brush Run School House
Richard Smith
Hanover
Alfred Smith
Robert
Helen Marie
KathIleen
Raymond
Elizabeth
Louise
Joseph N. Whalen
St. Mary’s Cemetery
MecSherrystown
Father Whalen
Ray
Warren Hemler
William
Paul
Curtis
Bernard Smith
Edge Grove
Klunk
Lincolnway
New Oxford
York Springs Lutheran Church
Katie Ellen Cleaver
Charles Cleaver
York Springs
William Stone
Gettysburg
Sunnyside Cemetery
Cleaver
Adams County
Bernard and
Esther (Spangler) Kemper
John Cleaver
York
Ray Cleaver
Aspers
Thomas Cleaver
Idaville
William Stong
Glenn Guise
Claire Phillips
Ralph Robinson
Harrisburg
Ella
Mareretta Cleaver
William Epley
Joseph Jacobs
East Berlin
Charles Kemper
Menges Mill
Grant Kemper
Civil War Veteran John Gentzler Dies at 90 in West York
John Gentzler 90 a Civil War veteran died Wednesday at 4 20 PM at his son J C Gentzler 1458 Monroe Street West York after a long illness He served nine months as a substitute in Company D 33rd Pennsylvania Volunteers and reenlisted for three years He was a carpenter and is survived by children including J C Gentzler William Gentzler Mrs Alice Lease and Mrs Arthur Berthiaume among others 18 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren one sister and one brother Funeral services will be held Saturday at J C Gentzler's home then at Stoverstown church Rev M D Geesey will officiate with interment in the Stoverstown cemetery adjoining the church.
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Thomas
Hampton
John M. Thomas
York
Adams
Hanover
Farmers Grove
Abbottstown
East Berlin
Dillsburg
Harrisburg
Wickersham
C. H. Garwood
Lutheran Church
Messiah Church
St. Matthw’s
Perseverance Lodge
Scottish Rite Masons
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
State Education Association
National Association of
Emma S. Thomas
Willis Thomas
Paxtang Cemetery
John Gentzler
J. C. Gentzler
Monroe Street
West
33Rd Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
York County
William Gentzler
York R
Alice Lease
Arthur Berthiaume
Lester Diehl
Chauncey Gentzler
Virginia
Eugene Gentzler
New Oxford
Amanda Conrad
Detroit
Michigan
Levi Gentzler
Stoverstown
M. D. Geesey
Stoverstown Church
William A Bair 79 longtime Hanover undertaker dies
William A Bair 79 a Hanover retired undertaker died Saturday at Hanover hospital after a two week admission. He founded W Bair Sons with his father in 1885 and retired sixteen years ago when W A Feiser took over. He is survived only by his son Maurice Z Bair of Little Rock Arizona.
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William A. Bair
Hanover
Hanover Hospital
Mr. Bair
Washington and
Marie Grove Bair
Alice Zacharias
Hanover Onder
W. Bair
W. A. Feiser
New Oxford
Maurice Z. Bair
Little Rock
Arizona
Death of Harrisburg school chief M H Thomas shocks York area
M H Thomas, superintendent of Harrisburg schools and a former Hanover teacher, died suddenly Thursday morning at his home 3214 Chestnut Street Harrisburg. He was widely known in York County for his long service in education. The manner of death and further details were not immediately available.
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M. H. Thomas
Harrisburg
Hanover
York County
Chestnut Street
Adams County Restocks Streams With Minnows
One hundred sixty cans of minnows will be received from the state fish commissioner to restock Adams county streams. F Mark Bream, president of the Adams county fish and game association, announced that eighty cans arrive Thursday at Gettysburg for Conewago Creek and eighty more Friday at 11:30 for Marsh Creek. Members of the association will distribute the fish after application for the stock.
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Adams County
F. Mark Bream
Adams County Fish and Game Association
Gettysburg
Conewago Creek
Marsh Creek
Fish and ‘Game Association
Call Meeting Of Coal Men In Adams County
New arrangements are being made for local coal distribution by the state emergency relief board. All Adams county coal dealers who wish to supply coal on relief orders are asked to attend a meeting at the fire engine house in Gettysburg on Thursday March 26 at 2 pm.
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State Emergency Relief Board
Chambersburg
Adams County
Fast Middle Street
Gettysburg
Written district and county spelling contests announced
County Superintendent J Floyd Slaybaugh said the Adams county district and county-wide spelling contests will use written examinations for the first time. Examinations occur in all 32 districts at Lincoln school building Gettysburg on Saturday morning March 30 at 10 o clock.
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Adams County
J. Floyd Slaybaugh
Lincoln School
Gettysburg
Administrator's Notice for Estate of Edward A Hemler
Letters of Administration granted to Cornelius Hemler in Oxford Township Adams County Pennsylvania. All indebted parties must pay promptly and those with claims should present them at New Oxford Route 3 Pennsylvania. Administrator Cornelius Hemler requests prompt settlement of all estates matters.
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Edward A. Hemler
Oxford Township
Adams County
New Oxford
Cornelius Hemler
Public Sale At Fleming Farm North Of Hunterstown
The undersigned will offer at public sale on the Fleming farm two miles north of Hunterstown near Woodside school in Straban Township the following items. Five head of milch cows Guernsey and Rolstein fresh and springers. Lot of shoats and pigs weighing 30 to 100 pounds also brood sow. Lot of Leghorn chickens. Farm machinery includes 10x32 foot silo 10x14 foot brooder house one small brooder house two or three bottom Oliver tractor plow Fordson tractor bone grinder 32 and 22 calibre rifles Newton brooder stove 1000 chick capacity 500 large Jocust posts mow of good hay 142-horse power rower engine. Lot of household goods and many other articles. Sale to begin at 1 o'clock sharp. Jonas Fleming A W Slaybaugh auctioneer Bream clerk.
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Fleming Farm
Hunterstown
Woodside School House
Straban Township
Woodside
Pines
Fang
Oliver
Fordson
Newton
Jonas Fleming
A. W. Slaybaugh
Bream
Indians Seized Adams County Whites in Frontier Conflicts
Adams county residents recount four Indian abductions during the French and Indian War. J Melchair Sheads notes the Jemison and Bard families were seized in Franklin and Hamiltonban townships, with Mary Jemison's sister Betsy reportedly returned from Fort Duquesne. The talk covers mountain fires, rhyolite quarries, and relics found across Adams County.
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Adams County
J. Melchair Sheads
Adams County Historical Society
Court House
C. E. Stahle, Esq
Historical Society
Mr. Sheads
Jemison
Sharp's Run
Big Conewago Creek
Franklin Township
Bard
Hamiltonban Township
Virginia Mills
Alexander McKeeson
Fairfield
Liberty Township
Betsy Jemison
Mary Jemison
Bouquet
Fort Duquesne
Sale Register listing numerous auctions across York area
A historical sale register enumerates March to April auctions, including bidders such as George W. Wolf James Deatrick Biesecker Ollie Miller estate Florence Forsythe and C G Chronister. Listings span York Haddam Straban East Berlin Reading and New Oxford with dates from March 22 to April 8. Many entries note sale locations and estate executors or administrators.
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George W. Wolf
W. Kings Street
York
Deatrick and Biesecker
Heidlersburg
York Springs
John V. Miller
Ollie Miller
Strabant Township
Francis B. Myers
Goodyear
Vance Haar
Dillsburg R. D
New Macadam Road
Raymond Jacobs
Reading Two
Harry Jacobs
Shindle- Gecker
Oxford Town
Fay
E. C. Stough
New Oxford
F. M. Anderson
Latimore Township
John I. Day
Huntington Township
C. W. Deardorff
Washington Township
D. G. McGregor
J. O. Swartz
Anna Markle
Reading Township
Wolf elected president of Adams county corn hog group
Roy C Wolf of Gettysburg R 2 was elected president at a re organization meeting at the courthouse Monday evening. C N Clark of New Oxford was moved aside as president. Other officers named include Elmer Shildt Taneytown R C vice president W Clayton Jester Biglerville secretary and Herman Hess Biglerville treasurer. The allotment committee consists of Wolf Shildt and C L Sowers Fairfield with Felix Klunk Hanover R D as alternate. A school of appraisal followed with insights from W B Flory and C N Clark. The final date for 1935 corn hog contract applications is April 1 urging prompt action. Local committees were named for Gettysburg Fairfield Biglerville Hampton McSherrystown and Littlestown.
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Richard L. Austin
Philadelphia Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Agent
Gettysburg
Adams County
C. A. Bixler
FHA
John E. Slaybaugh
Slaybaugh
Roy C. Wolf
Wolf
Shildt
C. L. Sowers
Fairfield
Felix Klunk
Hanover R. D
W. B. Flory
C. N. Clark
State Board of Review
Wilbur Mehring
J. T. Fogel
Cecil Dunbar
Willis Musselman
Hospital Auxiliary Meets on Monday
The Annie M. Warner hospital women’s auxiliary will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday at 2 30 p m in the nurses home living room renovated for the occasion Vocal solos by Mrs Paul L Roy will highlight the program announced by Miss Mary Hauer president This marks the first meeting in the redecorated room.
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Paul L. Roy
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Mary Hauer
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Dundore
Geo. W. Adams
Dayton
Ohio
Sam. Holdt
D. Web. Baker
Bee Keepers
Man
R. R. Car
Basom
B. F. Enck
W. W. Strong
Kammel
Sas
Katie E. Cleaver
Richard Bard
Shamokin
McKeeson
South Mountain
J. C. Tanger’s
Broadway
Hansover
Superior Garage
Bernard S. Jenkins
Buck’s Pet Shop
Tanger
J.C. Tanger
Spring Grove
Poultry Farm
Samuel G. Hoke
Singer Electric
Hanover Street
A. J. Golden
New Oxford, Pa
J. C. Tanger
New Chester
E. Winand
R. D
Strawbridge Electric Service Co
W. King St
Mcsherrystown Hatchery
Farmers & Merchants’ Bank
D. H. Sharrer & Son
Dd. C. Tanger
R. C. Wolf
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