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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1964
Page
4
Harry Ashby alone in Greendale plans a solitary New Year but meets Roberto a street observer who invites him to dine at Cafe Roberto. They toast to the coming year as an unexpected companionship forms over water that tastes like champagne.
The most popular Japanese New Year cards feature a stork and turtle symbols for long life. Pine trees and the Seven Gods of Good Fortune appear as well. Merchants send cards to customers, bells ring 106 times on New Year's Eve to welcome the year.
A reflective editorial urges readers to treat 1965 as a chance to improve personal and global life. It contrasts wealth and poverty and calls for better international brotherhood, urging optimism and effort toward a peaceful, brighter tomorrow.
The article notes a Japanese custom of scattering parched beans around the home to banish evil spirits and invite good luck into households. It highlights cultural practice as a folk belief linked to the 106 commandments of Buddha.
The sermon by Dr. Paul L. Foulk at the New Oxford Lutheran Church Sunday was titled Blessed Is He. Acolytes Ricky Palmer and Tommy Brees served. greeters included Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sheely and others. altar flowers honored John L. Stock. A congregational covered dish social follows this Saturday at 6 30 p.m.
Stambaugh, a Dick inson College alumnus, is pursuing graduate studies in hospital administration at Duke University in Durham North Carolina.
Three area students at Shippenburg State College have been named to the dean's list for the term. Their achievement highlights academic excellence among the campus community and reflects the college's commitment to student success.
The list includes students with a term average of 3.2 or higher. Named honorees are Martha J. Hikes of York Springs R 2, Robert W. Lippy of Abbottstown R 1, and John O. Wilda sin of New Oxford R 1.
After World War II, thirty three nations in Africa achieved independence. The period marked a rapid decolonization as former colonies transitioned to self rule and new national governments formed across the continent.
Mr and Mrs LaVerne G Becker of Spring Grove announce the engagement of their daughter Cindy Ann Becker to Jeffrey L Stambaugh son of Mr and Mrs Carl F Stambaugh of Hillside Terrace Spring Grove Cindy is a Western Maryland College graduate and a faculty member at Bermudian Springs High School Mr
An estimated 1,200,000 Americans play the accordion showing the instrument’s enduring popularity across the nation and among varied age groups in a broad cultural backdrop.
The Moslei calendar starts each month with the approximate new moon and uses no intercalation. Months drift through the year so New Years occur retrograde about every 33% years, shifting with the seasons.
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