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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
5
Local residents celebrate anniversaries and visits. The New Chester 4-H foods club meets Friday at 9 30 am led by Mrs. George Deatrick. Memorial Day activities include parades and graves decoration by the Sons of Veterans. News covers births, school events, sports results, and local acknowledgments.
D Raymond Sollenberger a Pennsylvania House member visits New Oxford High School to deliver the commencement address for 30 seniors at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. Students will give orations on school purpose and activities along with musical numbers, a duet, chorus and alma mater. Clergy will give invocation and benediction. Diplomas will be presented by Supervising Principal Charles C Taylor to a list of graduates including Gloria Horn Calvin E Roland Gloria A Krug and Regina E Mummert among others.
Mrs. Nora Sadler Lau and Ross Lowe of Hanover were married Wednesday evening at St. John's First Methodist church Hampstead Md by Rev. Mr. Young. They plan a short wedding trip and will live on Baltimore street Hanover Mrs Lau is the daughter of the late Augustus and Mrs Sadler of Qualityville.
Miss Mary J. Smith daughter of Louis J. and Mrs Smith of New Oxford married Reginal E. Miller son of Clinton H. and Mrs Miller of Spring Grove in a double ring ceremony at Immaculate Conception church New Oxford conducted by Rev Robert D. Hartnett. The bride wore a rose point lace gown and carried a colonial bouquet of white rosebuds stephanotis and baby’s breath. Altar decorations were pink and white flowers. About 100 relatives attended a reception that evening. The bride a Delano Catholic High School class of 1948 graduate and Hanover Saving Fund Society employee. Mr Miller is with The Hanover Shoe Inc.
Paul S. Denlinger of Haddon Heights New Jersey reported to Gettysburg police that during a track meet in progress last Saturday a thief broke into his car and stole clothing and household items including a gray worsted suit a black and white dress a black silk suit sheets pillowcases socks shirts a silk night dress silk pajamas a blue silk dressing gown two pairs of bedroom slippers a silk slip and other articles Denlinger a former pastor of New Oxford Methodist church spent time in China as a teaching missionary.
St Mary's Parochial School will close for the term on Tuesday, affecting students and staff awaiting the break. The action curtails classes and signals the upcoming holiday period for the institution.
Outboard motors priced low with limited stock at Firestone Stores in Hanover Pennsylvania.
Henry Stock will graduate Tuesday from York Junior College in liberal arts. The New Oxford Garden Club meets Tuesday at the homes of Mrs. DeTar and Mrs. Barnitz. Pine Run School closes Thursday with Gerald Orndorff as teacher. The Gettysburg Aces visit Hunterstown Friday at 6 15 p m. Gasoline prices rise by a penny at stations in Pennsylvania. An important New Oxford Fire Company meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 8 p.m.
On the Dettysburg Hanover road three miles west of McSherrys town a 11 40 p m collision between Edward Hagarman 25 Littles town R 2 and Weldo W Funt 25 Gettysburg R 3 caused $1200 in damage. Hagarman suffered a chin cut and the Hagarman car and a United Telephone pole were damaged. State police from Gettysburg are investigating.
Tthel Tedesco alias Ethel Flynn, 43, of Gettysburg R 5, is in Adams county Jail awaiting a hearing on a disorderly conduct charge. She was arrested at 11 45 p m Tuesday by Gettysburg police per the report.
Judge W C Sheely spoke at New Oxford Memorial Day programs praising the United Nations as a sincere peace vehicle while noting its flaws. He urged unity and strength to deter attacks, citing Palestine as a success story. Parade marshal Stewart Deardorff led a large procession including school bands, veterans groups, scouts, and military units. Flowers were laid at Catholic and local cemeteries with prayers by Reverends Rohrbaugh and Sheffer.
Ray Pillar, assistant secretary and marketing director of the National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors, spoke to 250 Yorktowne Service Stores members in Yorktowne auditorium on May 23. He outlined four major produce loss points dehydration handling by store personnel handling by customers and decay and trimming. Jack Goldberg presided with C Richard Steckle and John Schiding present, as a technicolor film demonstrated produce flow from field to consumer and two display cases were shown by Hayder G Bryan & Associates and J Wildrick Neuman of the York Ice and MIk Co.
Justice of the Peace John H Base hore will issue a ten day notice to Simon F Kuhn of Gettysburg R 5 charging him with unnecessary use of his auto horn. Gettysburg police allege Kuhn blew his horn on Baltimore street at 2 30 a m with no other cars on the street.
Prothonotary Arthur H. Shields of Cumberland township is improving today after being confined to his home by illness since Monday of the previous week.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Brenneman Hallam visited Sunday with Mrs Lottie Klingel and Pleasant Street resident Ralph Klingel in Washington DC. Ralph Klingel spent the weekend with his mother Mrs Klingel during the trip.
Leinhardt Brothers announce substantial price cuts on ail gliders in this sale advertisement. Shop offers include reduced rates on various models and quantities while supplies last.
Funeral services were held for Miss Pauline B Stock who died suddenly at her home in Bendersville Wednesday. The Johns Hopkins trained nurse served in World War I in France and was a former supervisor of public health nursing in Washington DC. Interment in New Oxford cemetery with pallbearers Edward Harris Harvey Knouse Ellsworth Bream Harry Snyder Clayton Starner Dale Crum.
Mary E Armstrong Wolf widow of William H Wolf dies at 70 at her Hallam home after years of illness. Funeral services at Etzweiler Funeral Home York and burial at Abbottstown Lutheran Cemetery. Edward Samuel Slagle 53 of Hanover dies after three months illness. Survived by wife Alma Bowers Slagle three children a granddaughter and several siblings. Requiem mass in St Vincent's Hanover and interment at St Mary's Cemetery McSherrystown.
Emanuel P. Kinnedinst, 69, died Saturday at his home in Spring Grove after a stroke last Monday. Survived by wife Alberta, sons Edwin, Stewart, Lester. daughter Mary Heiner. many relatives. Funeral at 2 p.m. at Crouching Funeral Home Seven Valleys with burial at St Pauls Union Cemetery Stoverstown.
The Rohrbauugh family of New Oxford will present a musical program at Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church in Graldens Sunday evening at 7 30. Mr Rohrbaugh plays violin, his daughters marimbas, a son saxophone, and Mrs Rohrbaugh piano. The Helping Hand Bible class sponsors the event.
The probation officer reported slightly improved after undergoing an operation for a brain tumor at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore last week. He could recognize family members over the weekend. The Ladies Aid society of the First Lutheran church will meet at Mrs William McClain's home on Lincolnway East Tuesday at 7:30 PM.
A local market in Center Square Hanover sells quality fruits vegetables and groceries. The listing highlights fresh produce available for customers.
A common pleas court awarded Jacob E. Trimmer 13 oron damages for damage to the Pen Acres Tourist Camp building near New Oxford after a tractor trailer driven by an ex-employee veered off Harrisburg Pike, hit a ditch, and crashed into the restaurant. The verdict totaled 18 644 50 including cleanup and repair costs. The accident occurred December 26, 1947, at the Pen Acres camp, with testimony from Hogan of Springfield Mount.
Local churches including First Evangelical Lutheran, St John s Reformed, Emmanuel Reformed, Church of the Brethren, Salem ECB, Masse, and Marv s in New Oxford and surrounding areas announce Sunday worship times, Sunday school, and weekday revival meetings led by named pastors and evangelists with evening services and special events throughout the week. The notice outlines masses, worship hours, and revival plan details.
St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed church in New Oxford dedicated the Mrs Randolph Wehler Memorial during Sunday services. Rev Nevin C Harber spoke on The Place of Music in worship, tracing music’s role from Hebrew psalmists to modern praise. A plaque honoring the donor was unveiled. St Pauls choir performed along with a soloist, and an organ recital preceded the service.
The Warren Chevrolet Sales business in Gettysburg traces to 1913 when founder Mr Warren and his son started the auto firm later moved to Gettysburg in 1934. The firm, at 7 York Street, notes 36 years of operation with 15 employees and a 12‑member service team, and honors Richard Warren and family.
Robert Nace, after earning a BA from Franklin and Marshall College in 1944 and a BD from Union Theological Seminary, will be ordained at a Sunday service in St Paul. The ceremony will include his migrant work and chaplaincy at Bellevue Hospital and St Elizabeth Hospital. He is married to Ruth Carbaugh. the couple will live in Washington DC where he will serve as chaplain at St Elizabeth Hospital for a year.
An executive from Vietor Products Corp, identified as Mr Funktoiser, reportedly suffered a heart attack several weeks ago and is now described as depressed while reclaiming his position. Prices reduced on Lincoln Highway and notable bicycle stock including Firestone spares in Hanover, Pa.
Fragmented OCR text cites names and brief references to meetings and individuals, including mentions of Shearer St Mark Hy and Mr and Mrs Clarence Tarawer. Details are garbled with missing context and dates, making the event or notice impossible to confirm.
The New Oxford community hosts a week long Vacation Bible School at Fare Lutheran church starting Monday. Four age groups will attend from preschool to teens four to fourteen. Sessions follow the theme Serving Jesus and regular attendance is expected.
Donald Fedelman of Lancaster was cited by a late patrolman for speeding and given a ten day notice. George Reed of Hanover RD 3 was cited for failing to yield at an intersection and given a ten day notice. Donald E Groft of New Oxford was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after striking cars in East Berlin and Hanover. he posted bond. State police traced Groft's car to a garage near New Oxford using hubcaps found at the scene.
The annual home coming and festival will be held at The Pines church in New Chester Saturday evening. A parade will honor those who gave their lives in battle followed by an address by John S Rice of Gettysburg. Supper and refreshments will be served after the address. A band will supply music and later give a concert in the evening hours. A handmade quilt made by the Ladies Aid will be auctioned off at Gaom Whitlam C and Lucy Ao We.s.e New Oxford Ro2.
Motor-selecT races will be held by the Happs Ramblers Motorcycle Club McSherrystown on route 116 between Hanover and Gettysburg five miles west of Hanover on Sunday at 2 pm with time trials at 1 pm. The New Oxford Girl Scouts will hold an Anna Hoyer dance recital on June 9 in New Oxford High School. Tickets may be purchased from any Girl Scout or community member. The Willing Workers Sunday school class of St Johns Reformed Church New Chester will hold a chicken corn soup supper and bake sale Saturday June 18. The Sons of Veterans will head their annual picnic Friday and Saturday June 24 and 25 on the Armory grounds. The Bonneauville Fire Company will hold their annual picnic July 3.
On June 4 Clara Berkheimer offers hens from the R C Berkheimer estate Abbottstown including real estate household furnishings and store fixtures. On June 7 F M Anderson and R D conduct a public livestock auction at East Berlin.
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