Local News Roundup From Hanover and Nearby Areas
Readables include hospital admissions and births in Hanover and New Oxford. Mrs. John Rinehart opens a Baby Shoppe next to Park Hotel, Center Square, New Oxford. Twin daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. George Lawrence. Leo J. Lawrence announces Doris S. Lawrence engagement to John H. Laughman. Community notices cover hospital stays, baptisms, engagements, illness lists, club meetings, and a local legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mahone
Near Town
Hanover Hospital
John Rinehart
Park Hotel
Center Square
New Oxford
Grace Anderson
Newchester
Justice of the Peace
C. K. Yeager
Lincolnway West
William W. Ritter
Sewickley
Philip E. Alwine
George Lawrence
Hanover
Ben Lawrence
Irishtown
New
Thomas G. French
Harland C. Staub
Emory Hammer
Hanover Street
First Lutheran Church
J. L. Kratzert
Lincolnway East
Curtis Miller
Warner Hospital
James McCarthy
Columbia
S. C
Melvin Zeilman
Lincoln Way East
McCarthy
Ruth Sheely
Joseph C. Noel
McSherrystown
Mary Clotilde
Carlisle Street
Elizabeth Steacy
W. E. Wilson
Wilmington
Del
John H. Sachs
Charles Carbaugh
Sandra Ann
Harold B. Bollinger
Immaculate Conception
Curtis Rider
Robert D. Hartnett
Harvey C. Renoll
Porters Sideling
Charles E. Swope
Hunterstown
Paints
Florida
Leo J. Lawrence
Centennial
Doris S. Lawrence
John H. Laughman
Wilson Laughman
Anna Mary Small
West High Street
Burnell Swain
Nellie Hoffnagle
George Kimmel
David Hall
Edna Kemper
Berlin Avenue
Ed Sheely
Town
Edward Fair
Ralph Fair
Notice on boiled water advisory in New Oxford borough
All drinking water in the borough of New Oxford must be boiled for at least 20 minutes until an adequate controlled supply is assured. President, Board of Health Dr. Wilbur H. Miller signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
Wilbur H. Miller
Board of Health
Schoolboy badly hurt in Cap explosion near New Oxford
Robert Trish Jr. ten, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Trish of New Oxford R 1, was admitted to Hanover General hospital after severe injuries to his left hand and right eye from a dynamite cap blast. Police said he and two other boys found blasting caps on the Alwine Brick Co property and the cap exploded when he struck a match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Trish, Jr
Robert
Trish
New Oxford R
Hanover General Hospital
Gettysburg
Donald
Glenn Stambaugh
Alwine Brick Company
Red Hill
New Oxford
Carlisle Pike
McSherrys~ Town
Stambaugh
Wilbur Miller
Scarlet Fever Outbreak Quarantines Towns Around New Oxford
Scarlet fever cases rise in New Oxford and nearby areas with several residents placed under twenty one day home quarantine. Quarantines affect families in Irishtown Hanover Street New Oxford Berwick township Abbottstown Tyrone township and Gettysburg R D. Ruth E a New Oxford pupil has contracted the disease according to state sanitary officer William I Shields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
Martin L. Beaver
Norville L. Beaver
Irishtown
Merle L. Smith
Leon Smith
Hanover Street
Dolores Houser
Edgar Houser
New Oxford R. D
Patsy Ann
Allan R. Mehring
Berwick Township
Hanover R. D
Jean Dolores
Cletus M. Altland
Abbottstown
Virginia L
Paul Dellinger
Gettysburg
R. D
Lester E. Kime
Tyrone Township
William I. Shields
Adams County
Ruth E
New Oxford High School Pies Win at County Contest
New Oxford High School Home Economics girls baked cherry pies to choose a representative for the County contest at Biglerville High School. Judges Mrs. Slaybaugh Mrs. Spangler and Mrs. Freed scored Juene Wolf of Hamilton Township highest. An assembly featured Warndell Marionettes performing Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves for grades 1–12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford High School
Biglerville High School
Charles E. Slaybaugh
G. Mervin Spangler
Merle R. Freed
Jean Millar
Mary Ruth Sadler
Juene Wolf
Hamilton Township
New Oxford
Warndell
Local notices and school sports from East Berlin area
Miss Mary Jo Adams of Edge Grove improves after illness. Poultry meetings at N C high school Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 open to public. Dr Elwood Myers and family from Jeffersonville spent days in Bernice and East Berlin. Ervin C Hoover heirs sold property on Abbottstown street East Berlin to Alen W Kelly for 12400 dollars. Bitterville high shop instructor Charles Conway ill at home near New Oxford. Baker Dress Shop of Hanover beats New Oxford reserves 54 to 30 in exhibition. Bowman 21 points, Haar 11 for New Oxford. Cold spell with temperatures down to four degrees above zero. February 10 coldest since 1934. FFA at New Oxford High presented fertilizer playlet broadcast from Chambersburg station. cast Lester Noel Ryne Miller William Berwager Morris Myers Dale Auchey Conway Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jo Adams
Edge Grove
N. C. High School
Elwood Myers
Jeffersonville
Bernice
Hoover
New Oxford
Ervin C. Hoover
East Berlin
Alen W. Kelly
Abbottstown Street
Charles Conway
Bitterville High School
Baker Dress Shop
Hanover Community League
Bowman
Baker
Haar
Mercury
FFA
New Oxford High School
Chambersburg
Lester Noel
Ryne Miller
William Berwager
Morris Myers
Dale Auchey
Conway Smith
New Oxford Hi Double Winner In Basketball Tilt
New Oxford high school defeated York Springs high on York Springs court Tuesday night earning a boys win by a wide margin. Jack Harner led county league scoring with five goals while Wolf led York Springs with nine. The New Oxford girls won 24 to 17 as Roche scored 18 for the winners and Joan Harbold 11 for the losers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford High
York Springs High
Flegal
Joe Kennedy
Jack Harner
Wolf
York Springs
New Oxford Girls
Roche
Joan Ha
Bequests total $1,000 to two county churches entered for probate
Wills filed in county probate list $1,000 in church bequests. Minnie L. Bender of Gettysburg leaves $300 to St. James Lutheran, $100 to the Missionary society and $100 to the Mite society. Nettie M. Swartz of New Oxford leaves $500 to New Oxford Methodist Episcopal, with a condition tying the sum to the church's existence. if not, it goes to the American Seminary of the Bible in Brooklyn. Executors are Maurice B. Bender and Elwood S. Myers. Estates valued at about $5,000 and $15,000 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Register and Recorder
Minnie L. Bender
Gettysburg
St. James Lutheran Church
The
Missionary Society
Mite Society
Nettie M. Swartz
New Oxford
Court Orders Survey In Land Dispute Between Neighbors
Adams county court after noon ordered a survey of the Miller land near New Oxford in the equity suit Jules Smith vs Nathaniel Miller. The judge granted Smith a temporary right of way to his cottage pending survey, while testimony conflicted over gate, fence, and access issues and possible encroachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Smith
Hanover
Nathaniel Miller
New Oxford
Adams County Court
Miller
Smith
Smith Cottage
Richard A. Brown
Memo
Bullett
Mt Union Defeats N Oxford Owls 69 57
Mt Union, Huntingdon County, won 69 to 57 on its home floor over the New Oxford Owls in a tight contest. P Holesa led Mt Union with 35 points, S Holesa added 20, Stock 21, and Shultz 16 for Mt Union. The Owls were led by Stock 21 and Byers 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Union, Huntingdon Co
New
Oxford Owls
Owls
Mt. Union
P. Holesa
Mt. Union Center
Duke University
S. Holesa
Strap’ Stock
George Shultz
Chuck” Byers
Owl
East Berlin
WPW
N. O
Guy Miller
Resser
Dorsey Legion
Strap” Stock
E. Timbers
Texas
Deaths and funeral notices from New Oxford area
Obituaries report W Edgar Wilson 77 of Wilmington Delaware and former New Oxford resident. Nettie Swartz 74 of New Oxford. Cletus Storm former Oxford township tax collector. John W George Jr 53 of Spring Grove. Mrs Evelyn Kerchner 51 of McSherrystown. John Hemler 60 of Harrisburg. Details include survivors, funeral arrangements, and burial locations in Delaware and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Edgar Wilson
Wilmington
Del
New Oxford
John H. Sachs
Ehanbeth Steacy
Hayes Funeral Home
Dover
Camden
Wilson
Simon Hotel
Wilnington
Texaco
Lincolnway
Exam Announced for P O Appointment at New Oxford Post Office
The Third U S Civil Service region announced an examination for a substitute clerk carrier at the New Oxford post office. Pay ranges from 2100 to 3100 dollars yearly with no prior experience required. Applicants must reside in or be bona fide patrons of the delivery area and must be able to drive a car for city delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
U.S Owil
St. John's Reformed
New Chester
United States
U.S. Civil Service Region
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Commission
Mary Grace Stock
Third US
Civil Service Region
Religious notices and church events for New Oxford area
Local church notices list service times catechism sessions and Sunday schools across multiple denominations including Lutheran Reformed and Methodist. Items note Lent services midweek worships youth groups and community prayer meetings with specific dates and locations in New Oxford Abbottstown and surrounding parishes.
Hanover Elks Chorus Plan Night at New Oxford
The Hanover Elks chorus will perform Friday at 8 pm in the New Oxford high school auditorium. A piano arrangement and comedy skit are planned with proceeds aiding the Boy Scout fund. New Oxford scouts will sell tickets door to door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover Elks Chorus
New Oxford High School
Boy Scout Fund
New Oxford Scouts
York
Adams Counties
New Oxonians
Boy Scouts
January Vital Statistics Report in New Oxford Area
Harvey Walker registrar reports one death and one birth in January in his district covering New Oxford borough Mt Pleasant and Oxford townships. The death is Gertrude Staub of New Oxford on Jan 17 and the birth is Dorothy Becker of Oxford township on Jan 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Walker
New Oxford Borough
Mt. Pleasant
Oxford
Mr. Walkes
Gertrude R. Staub
New Oxford
Dorothy Agnes Becker
Oxford Township
Harvey S, Walker
Court Happenings Involving Lincolnway West Offenses
James W. Frigon of York was apprehended by Chief E. L. McNale for parking at a fire hydrant on Lincolnway West February 6. William Segraves of New Oxford was cited for illegal parking on Lincolnway West February 6. Phyllis Flaiy of Baltimore paid $10 and costs to Justice Claude Straley of New Oxford for driving without an operator's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Frigon
York
E. L. McNale
New Oxford
Lincolnway West
Wm. Segraves
R. D
E.L. McNale
Phyllis Flaiy
Baltimore
Justice of the Peace
Claude Straley
SQUIRE ORNDORFF COURT SLAPPENINGS
Information was laid against Cha vin Stauffer York on February 1 for failing to display a proper inspection sticker. He paid a fine. Richard Lawrence MicSherrys tOWNn was apprehended February 1 for failing to display the proper inspection sticker. He paid a fine and costs. On sale jackets and sweaters 20 off. Smiths men's galoshes Children’s bind 2 I snap galoshes Sizes 11 to 3 Reg 1.79 Now 0.79. Farmers Have your farm machinery in repair before the Spring season at John Deere Sales & Service Vernon Rife Prop Lincolnway West New Ox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smiths Men's
Lincolnway West
New Oxford
Chavin Stauffer
York
Richard Lawrence
Micsherrystownn
Carlisle Street
Hanover
John Deere
Sales & Service
Vernon Rife
Prop
Soup and bake sale at St. Pauls Reformed church
Community notice announces Class No 3 of St. Pauls Reformed church will hold a soup and bake sale in the church basement on Wednesday February 18. The borough of New Oxford budget for 1948 is available for public inspection at the Borough Secretary’s office throughout February. C Keeper, Borough Clerk. SHERMAN'S at 32 Carlisle Street Hanover advertises plaid cotton flannel shirts for 2.98.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman's
Carlisle St
Hanover
Sherman’s
St. Paul's Reformed Church
New Oxford
C. P. Keeper
Borough Lee
Community Auction Listings Around Hershey Area
Sale notices list multiple February and March auctions in southern Pennsylvania. Items include horses ponies cattle hogs farming gear and household goods plus real estate and personal property from various estates in Elizabeth Town Berlin Hampton York Springs Hamilton McSherrystown and Hanover areas. Also ads for slush boots and Gorham silverware from local stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Wagner
Beverly Twin Market
R. D
Elizabethtown
Hershey
Harvey W. Herman
Annie Slothour
Berlin Street
Hampton
D. W. Shank
Carlisle Pike
York Springs
Howard F. Slagle
Mary Hoover
Hamilton
Mary A. Busbey
McSherrystown
Mary M. Busbey
N O Fire Company Holds February Meeting and Appointments
The New Oxford Fire Company met in February with Ver non Rife presiding and twenty five members present. Eight new membership applications were received and various appointments were announced including engine drivers and chiefs. The treasurer reported receipts of 28.30 and expenditures of 22.51. Blue prints for a new building were drawn up and to be discussed at a joint committee meeting. January calls noted include Sanders store damage, Emory Wolfe chimney fire, and Emory Cashman blaze from torch sparks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford Fire Company
Vernon Rife
Harold E. Rife
Joan Summers
Walter E. Baker
Henry Codle
Burnell
Rhodes
John Robinson
Clyde Smith
Bernard Robinson
James Robinson
Joseph Robinson
Clair Lockenbill
Eugene Overbaugh
Walford Myers
R. L. Huffman
William Miller
Richard A. Smith
Philip Alwine
H. Bendar Millar
Josps Kaiser
Robert N. Miller
R. E. Crouse
Glenn Alwine
Thomas Obrein
Arthur J. Smith
Louis Smith
Claude Winand
Richard J. Smith
Calvin Miller
Fred Kink
N. C. Miller
Eugene Sheely
John P. Smith
Cyril Strub
Paul Rabine
Walter Baker
Stewart Deardorff
Stewart Walker
James A. Noel
Richard Robinson
Harold Gable
Francois Rabine
Guy Klingel
Leon Smith
Harvey Smith
Joseph Kaiser
A. P. Markel
James Myers
R. H. Smith
H. S. Bentzel
Earl Legore
Joseph Zinn
Building Committee
Sanders
Hunterstown
Emory Wolfe
Oxford Township
Emory Cashman
Carlisle Street
Scout Committee Holds Meeting in New Roxtury
The New Roxtury Girl Scouts committee women met Thursday evening at Mrs. William Snyder’s home. Present were Mrs. Snyder Mrs. Preston Dallmeyer Mrs. Alvin Jones Mrs. Gerald Orndorff Mrs. Thomas O'Brien Mrs. Fred Klunk Mrs. Martin Fleagle Mrs. Sterling Bair and Miss Susan Himes. Adams County leaders will meet Tuesday evening in the high school building. Anna Hoyer a local dancing teacher teaches dancing to Girl Scouts each Wednesday evening in the Livingston building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Roxtury
Girl Scouts
William [Snyder
Lincolnway West
Snyder
Preston Dallmeyer
Alvin Jones
Gerald Orndorff
Thomas O'Brien
Fred Klunk
Martin Fleagle
Sterling Bair
Susan Himes
Adams County
Anna Hoyer
Livingston
Represented in All State Band Festival at Ellwood City
The All-State Band Festival will be held in Ellwood City Pennsylvania on February 12 13 and 14 with Dr Frank Simon guest conductor. Eugene Mechdy a senior from NOHS plays oboe and was selected after district festivals. He will be joined by Albert Stock bassoon Littlestown High and Paul A Harner band director at both schools. Harner named on the 1939 All-State Band Festival music selection committee. Broadcasts of the concerts may be heard Friday and Saturday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Pennsylvania
Frank Simon
Eugene Mechdy
N.O.H. S
Camp Hill
Albert Stock
Littlestown High School
Paul A. Harner
Harner
Hollinger Firm Relocates Office to Frederick Street
The real estate and insurance firm of Dr. Guy Hollinger and Brother moved to the main floor of a new office building at 58 Frederick Street in Hanover. They had operated at 17 Carlisle Street since 1911. John Anzengruber of Gettysburg was discharged from the Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Hollinger and Brother
Frederick Street
Hanover
Carlisle Street
That Place
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Leinhardt Bros
Cap
N.O
N. O. Public School
High Street Markeet
Sherman‘s
B. FP
Goodrich—Rubber Footwear
Houck's
Crisfield
Littlestown
Gils
Pet
Biglerville
Boiling Springs
N. Oxford Owls
Eleanor and
Mary Miller
the Immaculate Conception Church
Smith's
C, S, Sitraley
J. of P
W. Edgar Wilbon
Nettie Swartz
Henry W
Mary A. . Brown Swartz
Elwood Swartz Myers
Nettie
Methodist Church
Cletus A. Storm
Cletus ,A
Lodge ‘No
L.C.C.M
Willam A. Feiser
Conewago Chapel
Harold E. Keller
Church
Feiser
John W. George
Spring Grove
Jess
John H
Kathryn Mummert George
Ruth Melthorne George
Bertha Miller
Ralph Hoff
Joseph Hikes
Harrisburg
William Saillsmith
Richard H. George
Carlisle
Edwin G. Kerchner
Evelyn Catharine Bunty Kerchner
William and
Jennie Straushaugh Bunty
Jean Finnegan
Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Patrick F. McGee
St. Mary's Cemetery
Robert Brady
Jerry Collins
Lawrence Bunty
Norbert Topper
Francis Brady
Joh Overbaugh
John Hemler
Swatara Street
Hanover, Pa
P.O
Vangelical Lutheran Church Church School
Nu Ag
Im Temerna Mmeh
Rome
Europe
Lutherant Church Fund
Emmanuel Reformed
Elmer Drumm
St. Mark's Heidlersburg
Sunshine Guild
Silen
Heidlersburg
St. John's
St. Paul's
the Pines
St. Mary's Paradise
Chester Leszewski
Stations of the Cross
Harold Keller
Evangelical and Reformed
A. C. Rohrbaugh
St. Paul's New Oxford
P.O. S. of A
Cubs
Emmanuel's
Abbottstown Lutheran
Snyder Alleman
Luther League
Church of the Brethren
J. Monroe Danner
Mummert’s
Emory Methodist Church
Orville Warner
Han
Vital Statistics Report
Squire Straley
Squire Orndorff
Slappenings
Gorham
ROTH
BROS
York St
Niewsparer Hachlve
N.O. Fire Company
Scout Committee
D. Guy Hollinger
John Anzengruber
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