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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1964
Page
2
An editorial urges modern graduates to embrace duty and obligation as they enter a world of intense competition and danger. It honors valedictorians and speakers, notes the arts and sciences as civilizing forces, and urges graduates to help remake a brighter world despite powerful dark influences.
William C. Jenkins of New Oxford R. 1 was sentenced to 60 days in county jail for possessing a motor vehicle with an altered serial number. He must also pay $200 fine and costs. Jenkins claimed an acquaintance and another man offered to borrow $1,500 using the car as security after bringing a $4,900 Oldsmobile to his home. Cpl. Robert Brady said the car, found on Jenkins' farm February 20, had been stolen and had a serial number substituted. Brady added Jenkins had changed his name from John Ward Miller about 20 years ago. Jenkins explained the name change as a foolish notion.
Raymond Neiderer, aged five of Irishtown, broke both bones of his right arm when a fence top rail fell on him. Charles Alwine of Berlin Junction graduates from Lehigh University on June 10. New Oxford reports 632 voters with 208 Democrats and 192 Republicans among 342 women and 290 men. undeclared voters total 230. Registry assessor Emory S. Alwine completes Abbottstown voter registry with 109 men and 115 women registered.
The FHA met Tuesday June 2 in the home economics room. President Linda Sponseller opened the meeting followed by reports from Secretary Peggy Herman Treasurer Kay Whiteford and Historian Jane Wyatt. As the final meeting of the year the girls held a study hall and the session adjourned with a closing ceremony.
Abbottstown Fire Co responded to a blaze caused by gasoline leaking from a truck at the Lincoln Speedway. Firefighters prevented the Ramora home and nearby Sills residence from burning, though fence trees roses and lawn suffered extensive damage.
Shirley Mae Sealover and Ed ward Harry Strayer exchanged wedding vows Saturday at 2 p m in Chestnut Grove EUB Church. The maid of honor was Beverly E Sealover, sister of the bride, with bridesmaids Mrs Vernon R Sealover and Linda Strayer. The double ring ceremony was conducted by Rev Bruce D Gearhart and Rev Herbert L Bomberger. The bride works for Harris Building and Loan. the groom, a Hershey native, is employed in the Dillsburg office of Metropolitan Edison Company.
Alice Faye Anderson, daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Anderson East Berlin Route 1, married Marine Lance Corporal Joel Elwood Huffman son of Mr and Mrs Harvey W Huffman East Stroudsburg at St Andrew s United Church of Christ Penbrook. Ceremony led by Rev Dr A M Billman with a double ring. They will live in Washington DC where Huffman is stationed with the Marine Corps.
Virginia Fissel Simons age 101 Springs Ave daughter of Claude Fissel and Leroy C Milhimes son of Cletus Milhimes were married Saturday at 3 pm in St Marys Church Silver Run MD The Rev Roland Ries officiated with Doris Fox matron of honor and Edward Longanecker as best man The couple plans to live at New Oxford R2.
Miss Susan Maxine Meckley daughter of Mr and Mrs David S Meckley Abbottstown Route 1 wed Clyde Herbert Spangler Jr son of Mr and Mrs Clyde H Spangler 120 Hanover Street New Oxford in a 2 PM Sunday ceremony at Emmanuel United Church of Christ Abbottstown Rev John Z Martin officiated Allan Meckley brother of the bride was acolyte Edward Harris best man with ushers David M Meckley and William McAvoy A reception for about 175 followed. couple to a week’s wedding trip Details note bride graduate 1961 New Oxford High School Thompson Business College secretary at Mummert Dixon Co Hanover Groom also a 1961 graduate and to graduate Shippensburg College August 4 and will teach at Northern Jointure near Dillsburg Out of town guests from multiple towns and states attended.
Raymond E Sr and Mary Lloyd of Hanover sell eight Reading Two properties in Reading to Nevin E and Daryl J Raubenstine of York County for 1400 dollars. The record lists the parties and the parcel count and price of the transfer.
The passage argues that a free press quickly informs the public about events such as the President pulling a beagle's ears, enabling people to form their own conclusions. It emphasizes media's role in informing citizens and shaping opinion.
A reflective note presents a view that public officers serve the people who create laws. It also includes a humorous adage about pre and post wedding conversations, contrasting sleepless pre marriage thoughts with post marriage chatter.
A reflective line notes that true personal limits come from what a man ought to do but does not, rather than what he desires to attempt. It emphasizes duty over wishful thinking as the measure of constraint.
A doctor tells a patient that leg pain stems from age while the grandfather retorts with a joke about his other leg being the same age and not hurting, highlighting a humorous exchange.
A saying compares habit to a soft bed that beckons with ease yet traps when one tries to escape. It emphasizes how easily routines form and how difficult breaking them can be.
A wedding reception exchange has a young man lamenting a crying baby during the ceremony and the maid of honor replying that she will print on her invitations a note saying No babies expected. The humor rests on strict decorum and prospective plans for a quiet ceremony.
A reflective line compares career ascent to navigating a dense crowd at the start. It uses a proverb-like warning about initial obstacles in pursuing success and the struggle to begin upward progress.
A humorous exchange attributed to R. L. Erwin features two coeds debating a whistle and a date with a basketball player. The dialogue playfully contrasts humility and self-interest as guidance for handling the situation.
A wife asks about her husband’s talk at a meeting and he jokes that he delivered three versions: the intended speech, the one he actually gave, and the one he imagined in the car on the way home.
A concise aphorism asserts praise is the strongest positive reinforcement, likening words to a vitamin that uplifts and motivates. It emphasizes the power of encouragement in personal or professional settings.
A playful dialogue between a driver and his wife jokes about affording a new car. The driver resists, while the wife quips that cars come from plants, implying scarcity or humor in the idea. The exchange captures light domestic humor.
A playful line suggests striking up conversation by picking up the wrong golf ball to spark interaction. The quip frames etiquette as a social icebreaker rather than a standard rule.
A woman explained she would not take prescribed tranquilizers because, while on them, she became unusually friendly to people she normally would not speak to. The remark highlights perceived personality shifts tied to the medication.
The bamboo that bends endures more than the oak that resists reflecting Japanese wisdom on resilience and flexibility in facing pressure.
A city boy visiting his country cousin encounters a rattlesnake in a pasture. The cousin warns to back away as the snake could strike, prompting the city boy to quip about unions.
A lighthearted line celebrates enduring friendship noting that a true friend believes in your worth even after mistakes or missteps.
A tale recalls a son who showered his fiance's parents with costly gifts until the father asked for simpler proof of earning by requesting his most recent income tax report. The episode highlights prudence over ostentation in family relations.
A comment about women's hip pockets and summer attire drew mixed reactions, with critics arguing the remark stereotypes women while supporters say fashion has evolved. The exchange highlighted broader debates over gendered clothing and comfort.
Wrought iron effect hack coats steel with water putty powder and black varnish to form a stiff paste that dries black and can gloss with varnish The tip explains creating an iron look in hardware.
Ants can be kept from climbing furniture legs by placing them in caster cups filled with insecticide. This method also protects yard or patio dining tables from ant intrusion.
Berwick Township per capita tax stands at 9 dollars and Reading Township at 5 dollars. Gettysburg College graduates include Mark J. Miller and Eugene F. Jones from New Oxford, and William W. Millar from New Oxford. York Springs High School pupils toured New York City with chaperons Mr and Mrs Alfred Billett. Lavere Breighner resigns from East Berlin and New Oxford to take a full time post in New Oxford. East Berlin to get Dial telephone service by end of July. Jo Ann Bevenour, New Oxford daughter, graduates from St Joseph's Academy with exercises held Sunday.
Mrs Henry M Miller 88 widow of Henry M Miller died at the EUB Home Quincy at 11 30 p m She was born in Manchester Maryland on Sept 2 1880 a daughter of William H Rhinehart and Mandella Herbst She leaves a daughter Mrs Preston Bollinger a son Curtis P Miller sisters Mrs E B Newman and Mrs Alice Wink and a brother Luther Rhinehart Funeral was held Tuesday at 1 p m from Miller s EUB Church with Rev Samuel Miller officiating Burial followed in Miller s Cemetery
Edgar C Rubenstine 67 of Gettysburg died Tuesday evening at Warner Hospital after a period of illness. He was a native of the county son of Amos and Sarah Ellen Rubenstine and a former borough employee. He worked 21 years at Gardners plant and 19 years at Gettysburg Furniture. Survived by wife Hannah Galloway 1908 marriage and children Earl Maurice Mrs Burns Mrs Strickland Mrs Keefer Mrs Bere Mrs Grove Mrs Kaufman plus 12 grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 10 am at Bender Funeral Home with Rev Paul L Reaser. Interment Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call Friday 7-9 pm. See you next week.
Rev William Kennard lists worship and church school times for York Springs New Oxford and Hunterstown. York Springs: Church School 9 a m Worship 10 a m New Oxford: Church School 9 a m Worship 10 a m Hunterstown: Church School 10 a m Worship 11 15 a m in Methodist Church.
Between Abbottstown and Cross Keys Rev. Fred Mummert announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 a m and an evening service on Wednesday at 7 30 p m Pastor Fred Mummert leads the schedule at the two locations with regular midweek worship.
The United Brethren in Christ church announces Sunday schedules with Rev. Jacob F. Stover at Heidlersburg leading worship at 7:30 p.m. Idaville holds 9 a.m. worship and 10 a.m. Sunday School. Mt. Olivet lists 10 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. worship.
The Church of Christ mile east of Abbottstown along the Lincoln Highway lists Bible study at 10 a.m. worship and Communion at 11 a.m. and an evening service at 7 30 p.m. The midweek Bible study is Wednesday at 7 30 p.m led by evangelist Harry M Vaughn.
Rev. Alexis Arnoldin, pastor, announces confession slots Thursday 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. Friday Masses at 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Saturday confessions 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday Masses at 7:30, 9, and 10:30 a.m. High school Communion at 7:30 Mass. Weekday Masses 8 a.m. except Friday.
The Church of God on Pleasant Street New Oxford announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and evening service at 7 p.m. Friday YPE meets at 7 30 p.m. under Pastor H James Justice.
Reverend Paul O. Shettel of the Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church will lead the 10:30 a.m. service today. The Gardens congregation plans a morning gathering with hymn singing and Scripture readings.
New Chester Lutheran M R Hamsher serves as supply pastor at St Pauls The Pines worship at 9 am Sunday School at 10 am St Mark s Heidlersburg offers Sunday School 9 30 am worship 10 30 am St John s Hampton holds Sunday School 9 am with no worship service listed
The church announces Rev. Paul L. Fould M A D D as supply pastor. Sunday School begins at 9 15 a m with worship at 8 15 and 10 20 a m.
Rev. John P. Bolen presides with daily Mass at 7 a.m. except Fridays and Saturdays. Friday includes Forty Hours devotions starting 5:30 a.m. and a 10:30 a.m. High Mass with confessions and evening services. Saturday offers 5:30 a.m. Mass and 8:15 a.m. High Mass for Peace, with confessions and evening devotions. Sunday features 7 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Masses, 7 p.m. solemn closing of Forty Hours, and Holy Name procession.
The United Church of Christ lists services across several churches. Emmanuel Abbotstown holds Church School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10:15 a.m. Emmanuel Hampton offers worship at 11 a.m. Mt Olivet Bermudian and St John New Chester follow 9 a.m. worship and 10 a.m. Church School. Rev Brindle and Rev Martin lead worship and church activities.
The record notes John R. Korver as supply pastor at Great Conewago Presbyterian in Hunterstown. Sunday School meets at 10 a.m. with worship at 11:15 a.m. Confirmation of times and pastor may appear in the church notice.
Three Adams County residents Clay Snyder Gardners R 1 Parr Breighner Littlestown R 2 and John Griest New Oxford are named as directors for a newly formed Swine Producers Association. Meeting of directors and the membership committee set for June 10 at 8 p.m. in the First National Bank community room Shippensburg to plan education for efficient pork production and Pennsylvania competitiveness.
Senior Choir rehearses at St Pauls Thursday June 4 at 6 30 p m. Vacation Church School staff meet at St Pauls social room Tuesday June 9 at 7 p m.
Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 15 a.m. led by Pastor Charles A Snyder at St Pauls Red Run Lutheran Church in East Berlin.
Pastor John Lehr presides at Red Mount with Sunday School at 9 a.m. Worship follows at 10 a.m. In Wellsville the schedule shows Sunday School at 9 a.m. and Mt. Royal offers worship at 9 a.m. and Sunday School at 10 a.m.
Ralph Schildt in Elder East Berlin holds Sunday School at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 a m and hymn sing at 7 30 p m Trostle s ship at 10 30 a m Mummert s prayer meeting Tuesday at 8 p m
Rev. M. Benson Paull, pastor, announces Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and worship 10:30 a.m. at Lower Bermudian. Chestnut Grove holds worship at 9 a.m. and Sunday School at 10 a.m.
A parish notice announces Reverend Charles E. Strasbaugh serving as pastor at Paradise United Church of Christ. The brief notice confirms pastoral appointment and church location.
Rev Harold R Stoudt leads Sunday worship at 10 15 a m with church school at 9 a m at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Elder Bermudian announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m and missionary service at 10 30 a m. In Wolgamuth services are held in the Sunday morning session.
Pastor Mabel Seville conducts a fellowship schedule including a service Saturday at 7 30 p m evangelistic service at 7 30 p m and Sunday School at 9 30 a m with a Young People’s service at 7 p m in the same week.
Rev. C. Jack Orr announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m Bible Study Wednesday at 7 30 p m for the congregation.
Lloyd Melhorn serves as supply pastor with a 10 30 a m service and Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m. A prayer meeting is set for Wednesday at 8 p m.
Brethren in Christ Rev. Victor Nichols invites worshipers to a 10:15 a.m. service with a prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Morning Hour Chapel.
The church schedules a church school at 9 30 a m and a communion service at 10 45 a m led by Rev W H Anderman Jr at the United Church of Christ Zwingli campus.
Short church notice lists Rev G L Zimmerman as pastor with church school at 9 16 a m. Service details appear truncated.
Rev Michael J Barrett leads weekend schedule with confessions Saturday from seven to eight p.m. Masses Sunday are scheduled at seven a.m and nine eleven a.m. chapel and church details clarify worship times.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church led by Pastor Pider C. M. Bee is two miles south of York Springs on Route 34. Weekly schedule includes worship at 9:15 a.m. Sabbath School at 10:30 a.m. A prayer meeting is held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Roy Snyder of McSherrystown was injured when the milk truck he operated collided with a Pennsylvania Railroad work train at a grade crossing southwest of Hanover. The article notes a three dormitory project by the Adams County Farm Labor committee to house workers brought from crowded Pennsylvania centers, to open at the Cross Keys Inn within ten days.
New Oxford Cadette Troop 967 hiked over six miles from New Oxford square to Hershey Heights Pool for swimming and outdoor supper. Parents greeted the group at the pool. Participants earning badge credit included Barbara Miller Sandra Snyder Pearl Deatrick Jean Neff Stella Boose Mary Graham Nancy Wantz and Debbie Neff. Scout teacher Mrs Daniel F Boose accompanied by her husband and son Raul Boose.
Practical answers cover whitewash formulas for interiors using glue lime and water ratios, tips to release a baked cake from pans by brief flame exposure, moth prevention during storage with moth balls in rinse water, and cleaning white wall tires with denatured alcohol and hydrogen peroxide solution followed by wiping with a cloth.
Tariff revisions filed with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission would reduce United Telephones rates by about 48000 annually for several thousand customers. The changes mainly affect extension line mileage, base rate area expansions, and graded service charges beyond the base area. The plan, second in two months, aims to upgrade service over 30 months with over 3 million dollars in investment. Scott L. Smith said 600 area customers in Hanover district would save about 6200, in addition to prior reductions.
The New Oxford youngest stage club led by William and Harold Sanders Blaine Miller George Sheffer Jr Laurin and Eugene Sheely will stage a blackface minstrel in J F Sanders garage North Peters Street 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 President Roosevelt waved to onlookers as his special train passed through New Oxford Memorial Day traffic.
A crash on Harrisburg Road at 6 45 Monday morning totaled 325 dollars with no injuries. Bruce P. Paret 24 of Bloomfield New Jersey rear ended Grayson A. Weigle 60 of York Springs R 1 injuring none. Vehicle damages were 230 and 75 dollars respectively.
The Rev. Paul L. Foulk and Harvey Bollinger will represent First Lutheran Church New Oxford at the third annual Central Pennsylvania Synod convention at Gettysburg College June 8 9 and 10. Alternate delegate Warren Baugher named. The Synod lists 435 parishes 621 congregations and 197480 members.
Dear reader questions propriety of a young couple holding a housewarming in a rented furnished dwelling. Sally answers that there is no rule against it if the couple is happy with it, while cautioning about social expectations.
Bonita Pender of Gettysburg High School won first prize in the Adams County Bar Association annual essay contest on My Impressions of the Courthouse. The program tours area schools visiting courts and offices with judges and lawyers hosting students. Carolyn Miller and Kay Cashman won second and third prizes. Pender advances to the state contest with a $250 top prize.
The Rev. William Kennard delivered a sermon titled A Time to Remember at New Oxford Methodist Church. Mrs. George Leaks arranged flowers for the altar and Mrs. Carroll Shorb led the nursery. The service will be held downstairs on June 7 with Vacation Bible School starting June 15. teachers and helpers are invited to speak with the pastor.
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