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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1964
Page
10
An editorial urges this year's graduates to sense duty obligation and destiny as they leave school. It contrasts the bright opportunities in arts sciences and social services with powerful forces of darkness and destruction facing the world. It calls graduates to help remake society toward a brighter image.
William C. Jenkins of New Oxford R 1 received 60 days in county jail for possessing a motor vehicle with an altered serial number. He was fined 200 dollars plus costs after explaining money loaned to acquaintances led to the purchase of a stolen car found on his farm. Brady said the car’s serial number was swapped from another vehicle. Jenkins had changed his name from John Miller decades earlier.
A 5 year old Raymond Neiderer suffered a broken right arm when a fence top rail fell. Charles Alwine of Berlin Junction will graduate from Lehigh University on June 10. New Oxford borough lists 632 voters with details by gender and party. Abbottstown registry shows 224 voters, 109 men and 115 women, as assessor Emory S. Alwine completes the rolls.
The FHA of New Oxford High School met June 2 in the home economics room. President Linda Sponseller opened the meeting with a ceremony. Secretary Peggy Herman, Treasurer Kay Whiteford, and Historian Jane Wyatt gave reports. It was the last meeting of the school year and a study hall followed before adjournment.
Abbottstown Fire Co. rushed to the Ramora residence Abbottstown R1 to quell a blaze caused by gasoline leaking from a truck at the Lincoln Speedway. The fire damaged a fence trees and lawn but the Ramora home and the nearby Sills residence were saved by quick firefighting.
Shirley Mae Sealover and Ed ward Harry Strayer exchanged wedding vows at Chestnut Grove EUB Church on a Saturday afternoon. The maid of honor, Beverly Sealover, and bridesmaids Mrs Vernon Sealover and Linda Strayer attended. The double ring ceremony was led by Rev. Gearhart with Rev. Bomberger assisting. The bride works for Harris Building and Loan in Harrisburg. the groom, a Milton Hershey School graduate, works at Metropolitan Edison in Dillsburg.
Alice Faye Anderson, daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Anderson of East Berlin Route 1, married Marine Lance Corporal Joel Elwood Huffman, son of Mr and Mrs Harvey W Huffman of East Stroudsburg, at St Andrew's United Church of Christ Penbrook. The Rev Dr A M Billman officiated the double ring ceremony. The couple will live in Washington DC where Huffman is stationed with the Marine Corps.
Virginia Fissel Simons 101 Springs Ave daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Fissel R 5 became the bride of Leroy C Milhimes son of Mr and Mrs Cletus Milhimes New Oxford R 2 in a 3 PM Saturday ceremony at St Marys Church Silver Run Md Reverend Roland Ries officiated. Mrs Doris Fox matron of honor and Edward Longanecker best man. They will reside at New Oxford R 2.
Miss Susan Maxine Meckley and Clyde Herbert Spangler Jr. were married Sunday at Emmanuel United Church of Christ in Abbottstown. The ceremony was performed by Rev. John Z. Martin with Allan Meckley as acolyte and Edward Harris as best man. Approximately 175 guests attended a reception before the couple left for a weeklong wedding trip. The bride, a 1961 New Oxford High School graduate, is employed as a secretary at Mumert Dixon Co Hanover. The groom, same high school class, will graduate from Shippensburg College August 4 and will teach at Northern Jointure near Dillsburg. Out‑of‑towners attended from multiple area towns and cities.
Raymond E Sr and Mary Lloyd of Hanover convey a Reading Two property in Reading to Nevin E and Daryl J Raubenstine of York County for 1400 dollars.
The editor notes that a free press quickly informs the public about events such as the President's beagle incident. The piece argues media allow people to draw their own conclusions on newsworthy happenings.
A quotation on public officers as agents of the people and a humorous remark on marriage duties contrasts fealty to law with domestic life. The text highlights civic responsibility and familiar wry insight into spousal conversations.
A thoughtful reflection states real limits lie not in desires but in duties left undone. It emphasizes personal responsibility and the gap between what one should perform and what one actually does.
The doctor says the leg pain stems from aging while Grandpa retorts with a joke about his other leg. The exchange highlights humor despite a medical concern and frames a family moment.
A proverb-style note cautions that habit resembles a soft bed inviting ease and confinement, suggesting the difficulty of escaping entrenched routines and the challenge of breaking costly patterns.
A groom’s toast interrupts a playful exchange as a young man laments a crying baby during the ceremony and the maid of honor jokes about printing on invites that no babies are expected, reflecting wedding etiquette humor.
A proverb notes the toughest part of success is the initial climb through a dense crowd. It emphasizes difficulty of breaking through early barriers and the momentum needed to rise.
A dialogue cites a humorous exchange between two coeds about a whistle and a basketball player. The first coed questions the whistle’s presence while the second jokes about fate, humility, and helping others or oneself based on being right or wrong.
A wife asks about the talk, and the husband replies by distinguishing the three versions: the planned, the delivered, and the one he imagined on the trip home. The quip centers on self‑delusion and clever wordplay from a domestic moment.
A concise reflection on praise as a powerful motivator and morale booster. The quote elevates praise to a nearly medicinal level, suggesting positive reinforcement has strong impact on confidence and performance.
A humorous dialogue turns grim as a driver jokes about buying a new car while his wife counters with a pun about cars growing on plants. The exchange underscores a macabre mood in a quirky roadside scene.
A quirky tip suggests picking up the wrong golf ball to break ice with people who seem hard to engage. The idea relies on curiosity and a lighthearted interaction to initiate conversations and ease social tension.
Asked why she would not take prescribed tranquilizers a woman said the last time she used them she found herself being friendly to people she would not normally speak to.
A Japanese proverb compares flexibility to strength, stating the bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. It emphasizes resilience through adaptability.
A city boy visiting his country cousin wanders into a pasture and hears a buzzing rattlesnake. The cousin warns him to stay away. The city boy quips about unions as the danger is explained, highlighting rural life and humorous misunderstanding.
A witty line notes that a true friend remains loyal even when you are busted, celebrating steadfast support and humor in tough moments.
A suitor who had showered his fianc e s parents with costly tokens earns a blunt request from the father. He asks not for more gifts but for the suitor to present his latest income tax report as the father’s principal desire.
A reader reports a contentious remark claiming women’s summer fashion ignores hip pockets and labels women as merely stuffed. The comment reflects bias and stereotypes about female clothing design and body image.
Roberta Lee suggests making a wrought iron look on ordinary steel by mixing water putty powder with black asphalt varnish to a stiff paste, drying to a dead black and glossing with varnish. She also covers ant hills with used coffee grounds to eradiate pests and restoring shine on patent leather with shoe polish and clear nail polish.
Instructions suggest placing caster cups filled with insecticide under table and cabinet legs to stop ants from climbing. Useful for yard and patio food service areas and protecting leg surfaces from pest activity.
The report lists per capita taxes of Wick and Reading townships at 9 and 5 dollars respectively. Gettysburg College graduates include Mark J. Miller Eugene F. Jones and William W. Millar. York Springs High School seniors head to New York City for a four day trip with Alfred and Mrs Billett as chaperons. Lavere Breighner resigns East Berlin teaching slot for a full time New Oxford post. East Berlin will gain dial telephone service by July end. Jo Ann Bevenour and Lawrence Bevenour’s daughter graduates from St Joseph's Academy.
Mrs Henry M Miller 83 widow of Henry M Miller died at the EUB Home Quincy She was born September 2 1880 in Manchester Md She leaves a daughter Mrs Preston Bollinger and son Curtis P Miller Funeral held at Millers EUB Church with Rev Samuel Miller Burial in Millers Cemetery
Edgar C Rubenstine aged 67 of Gettysburg died Tuesday at 11 40 PM in the War ner Hospital after illness. He was a former borough employee and longtime worker at Gardners plant and Gettysburg Furniture. Survived by wife Hannah Galloway and 8 children including Maurice in Detroit and Mrs Burns in Two Taverns. 12 grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 10 AM at Bender Funeral Home conducted by Rev Dr Paul L Reaser. Interment Evergreen Cemetery. Calling hours Friday 7 to 9 PM.
York Springs church offers worship at 9 a.m and church school at 10 a.m. New Oxford holds church school at 9 a.m and worship at 10 a.m. Hunterstown provides church school at 10 a.m and worship at 11 15 a.m in the Methodist Church.
Lincolnway Full Gospel Center near Abbottstown and Cross Keys led by Rev. Fred Mummert announces Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. worship at 10:30 a.m. An evening service is planned for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ lists services and Sunday school times. Heidlersburg holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 7:30 p.m. Idaville offers worship at 9 a.m. and Sunday school at 10 a.m. Mt Olivet conducts Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m.
The Church of Christ on the Lincoln Highway east of Abbottstown holds Bible study at 10 a.m. Worship and Communion begin at 11 a.m. An evening service is at 7 30 p.m. with a Wednesday Bible study at 7 30 p.m led by evangelist Harry M. Vaughn.
The schedule lists Confessions Thursday 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. Masses Friday 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Saturday Confessions 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday Masses 7:30, 9, and 10:30 a.m. High school students’ Communion at 7:30 Mass. Weekday Masses 8 a.m. except Friday.
Pleasant Street New Oxford announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. evening service at 7 p.m. Friday events include YPE at 7:30 p.m. Reverend H James Justice is pastor.
Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church schedules worship at 10 30 a m led by Rev Paul O Shettel pastor with service announced for the day at the church gardens location.
New Chester Lutheran M. R. Hamsher serves as supply pastor at St. Pauls The Pines with worship at 9 a.m and Sunday School at 10 a.m. St Mark’s Heidlersburg offers Sunday School at 9:30 a.m and worship at 10:30 a.m. St Johns Hampton lists Sunday School at 9 a.m and no worship service.
The notice lists Rev Paul L Fould MA DD as supply pastor at First Lutheran with Sunday School at 9 15 a m and worship service times 8 15 and 10 20 a m.
Daily Mass at 7 a.m. except Fri day and Saturday. Friday Forty hours devotions begin with 5:30 a.m. Mass and 10:30 a.m. litany and procession. Confessions 10–11 a.m., 4–5 p.m., 6–7 p.m. Evening Mass and Benediction 7 p.m. Saturday Mass 5:30 a.m. High Mass for Peace 8:15 a.m. Confessions 10–11 a.m., 4–5 p.m., 6–7 p.m. Sunday Masses 7 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. Solemn closing Forty Hours 7 p.m. Holy Name members in procession.
Worship and church school times listed for Emmanuel Abottstown Mt Olivet Bermudian St John New Chester Hampton and Hampton Charge churches with services at 9 to 11 a.m. including morning worship and 10 a.m. church schools and youth fellowship in the evening. Pastor names Rev John Z Martin Rev Ernest W Brindle are noted for the charges.
John R. Korver serves as pastor at Great Conewago Presbyterian Church in Hunterstown with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 15 a.m.
Three Adams County residents are named as directors of the new Swine Producers Association. Joe F. Lutz said plans for a June 10 meeting of directors and the membership committee are set for 8 p.m. in the First National Bank of Shippensburg community room. Directors listed include Clay Snyder Gardners R1 Parr Breighner Littlestown R2 and John Griest New Oxford as director at large. The group aims to educate farmers on efficient pork production to keep Pennsylvania competitive.
Senior Choir rehearses Thursday June 4 at 6 30 p m. Vacation Church School staff meet Tuesday June 9 at St Pauls social room starting 7 p m.
East Berlin church St Pauls Lutheran lists Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 15 a.m led by Rev Charles A Snyder pastor in the Red Run parish with service details for parishioners.
Rev John Lehr hosts Sunday worship at 10 a m with Sunday School at 9 a m in Wells ville. Mt Royal offers worship at 9 a m and Sunday School at 10 a m supervised by the pastor.
Ralph Schildt schedules Sunday School at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m with a hymn sing at 7 30 p m Trostle's ship at 10 30 a m Mummert's prayer meeting on Tuesday at 8 p m.
Rev. M. Benson Paull, Pastor Lower Bermudian. Sunday School 9 30 a m worship 10 30 a m. Chestnut Grove worship 9 a m Sunday School 10 a m.
Rev. Harold R. Stoudt conducts church activities with Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10:15 a.m. Services emphasize faith and community gathering.
O Wayne Cook and Elder Bermudian lead Sunday School at 9 30 a m with missionary service at 10 30 a m in Bermudian. Wolgamuth church holds Sunday service in the morning.
Rev Mabel Seville leads a fellowship program with a Saturday 7 30 p m service Sunday School at 9 30 a m Young People service at 7 p m and evangelistic service at 7 30 p m.
Rev. C. Jack Orr posts the church timetable with Sunday School at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m Bible Study on Wednesday at 7 30 p m indicating regular weekly services.
Lloyd Melhorn presides as supply pastor at 10 30 a m. Sunday service and leads Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m. A prayer meeting is set for Wednesday at 8 p m.
Reverend Victor Nichols announces a prayer meeting at 10:15 a.m. and a Wednesday session at 7:30 p.m. for church members and attendees. The notices emphasize regular gatherings and spiritual outreach.
Rev W H Anderman Jr presides at United Church of Christ with church school at 9 30 a m and communion service at 10 45 a m indicating a Sunday worship schedule.
Rev. G. L. Zimmerman will lead the church school at 9 16 a.m. with the pastor presenting the lesson and preparing for congregational worship.
Pastor Rev. Michael J. Barrett schedules confession on Saturday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the church. Sunday Masses are set for 7 a.m. in the chapel and 9 a.m. in the church.
The Seventh Day Adventist church two miles south of York Springs on Route 94 led by Pastor C. M. Bee offers worship at 9:15 a.m. Saturdays, Sabbath School at 10:30 a.m. and a prayer meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Twenty years ago Roy Snyder 17 of McSherrystown was injured when a milk truck he drove collided with a Pennsylvania Railroad work train at a grade crossing southwest of Hanover. The Adams County Farm Labor committee will open the first of three special dormitories for county youth at the Cross Keys Inn within ten days to house workers brought from crowded centers for farm and orchard labor.
New Oxford Cadette Troop 967 hiked over six miles from New Oxford square to Hershey Heights Pool for swimming and outdoor supper. Participants earning badge credit included Barbara Miller Sandra Snyder Pearl Deatrick Jean Neff Stella Boose Mary Graham Nancy Wantz and Debbie Neff. Scout leader Mrs Daniel F Boose accompanied by her husband and son Raul Boose attended.
Q A good formula for whitewash interior use is two mixtures: one pound of glue with a gallon of water, and twenty pounds hydrated lime with two gallons water. Combine and stir smooth then thin with water to the right consistency. Q My cake sticks to pan. lift pan over low flame five to eight seconds then it releases intact. Q To store blankets, launder then add a cup of moth balls to final rinse. Q Clean white sidewall tires with denatured alcohol plus a dash of hydrogen peroxide, saturate, wait a minute, repeat and wipe with a clean cloth.
United Telephone Company plans tariff revisions to reduce annual rates by about 48000 for several thousand Pennsylvania customers. Reductions focus on extension line mileage, base rate areas, and graded service beyond the base area, effective after July 31. Scott L. Smith notes over 600 local customers will gain about 6200, with savings from base area expansions and mileage reductions, plus reductions for extension circuits serving detached buildings on nearby premises.
Thirty years ago a light coupe stolen in Gettysburg was found abandoned in Carlisle with a tire missing. New Oxford’s youngest stage club members William Sanders Harold Sanders Blaine Miller George Sheffer Jr Laurin Sheely and Eugene Sheely will present a blackface minstrel show at J F Sanders home garage North Peters Street Carlisle at 10 am 2 pm and 7 pm on June 13 admission five pennies no seats reserved The show titled Take It Serious is expected to draw a large crowd Memorial Day saw President Roosevelt smile from the W M Station window as his special train passed New Oxford en route to Gettysburg.
Damage totaled 325 with no injuries after a Monday morning collision north of York Springs on Harrisburg Road. State police report Bruce P. Paret, 24, Bloomfield New Jersey, was southbound and struck the rear of Grayson A. Weigle, 60, York Springs, southbound sedan. Estimated damages: 250 to Paret’s car and 75 to Weigle’s.
Rev. Paul L. Foulk and Harvey Bollinger will attend the third annual convention at Gettysburg College June 8 9 and 10 representing First Lutheran Church New Oxford. Alternate Warren Baugher named. Synod serves 435 parishes 621 congregations and 197480 members.
Dear Sally advises that there is no rule against a housewarming in a rented furnished home, while noting propriety may feel dubious. The reply suggests no strong objection if the couple wishes to celebrate their space regardless of permanence, emphasizing personal happiness over custom.
Bonita Pender of Gettysburg High School won first in the Adams County Bar Association essay contest on My Impressions of the Courthouse. The top prize of $15 advances to the state Bar Association contest for $250. Other winners were Carolyn Miller and Kay Cashman of Bermudian Springs.
The New Oxford Methodist Church notes Rev William Kennard preached A Time to Remember on Sunday. Flowers on the altar were placed by Mrs George Leaks and the nursery was cared for by Mrs Carroll Shorb. A worship service will be held downstairs on Sunday morning June 7 with Vacation Bible School starting June 15.
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