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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
7
The New Oxford High School band and chorus will participate in the Williams Grove massed band concert this Sunday afternoon and evening. The group leaves the school at 12 30 and aims for full attendance to maximize participation bonuses based on member count.
A new defense training program in auto mechanics, approved last week, begins Monday at seven in New Oxford. Classes meet at Central Garage for enrollment and instructions. Instructors include Guy A. Staub. The free course covers gas engines electrical work welding and lathe work for youths aged 17 to 25 not in summer schools.
The Hanover Choral Club offers a spring concert this Sunday at 8 15 pm in Emmanuel Reformed Church Hanover with The Pilgrim's Progress by Robin Milford. The program features Brown Memorial church Baltimore choir, soloists Lester German W Herrison Chalmers John Ademy Katharine Harris, and pianist Virgil Fox. Conductor is W Richard Weagly, founder and director.
Guy Ginter of Gettysburg R 5, seriously hurt in a crash on the Gettysburg Hanover highway last Sunday, faces charges of operating to the left of center and reckless driving. He previously suffered a fractured skull in an Emmitsburg road crash about four months ago.
Sun evening services at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Heidlersburg set for 7 30 o clock. Open air services planned Sunday at Chestnut Hill school house at 2 pm. Local social and visiting notes follow with residents’ names and locations across York and Adams counties.
John Bowman Thomas of Gettysburg R. 5, an honor student at Eich elberger Senior High School Han over, has been named Adams county winner of the State Scholarship Examinations conducted by the Department of Public Instruction. The $100 yearly scholarship applies at any certified Pennsylvania college. Exams in Adams county were held May 2 at Gettysburg High School. Thomas is the son of Mrs. Lena Thomas.
Donald Sheely of Gettysburg has been ordered to report as a second lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps. He must report to Indiantown Gap on June 14 for a year of active duty.
Two men were arrested on desertion and non-support charges by warrants from Justice of the Peace Robert P. Snyder. Melvin Wicker of Philadelphia was released on $300 bail for court June 9 after arrest by Constable Horace L. Bender on a charge brought by his wife Dorothy of Gettysburg. Jermit Funt of Gettysburg R. D. was taken into custody by Chief of Police Glenn Guise on a charge brought by his wife Mary A. Funt of Biglerville and released on his own recognizance to arrange bail.
New Chester residents and nearby towns report a series of Sunday visits. Families from Hanover Biglerville York East Berlin Gettysburg and New Oxford joined Ray Leer Walter Philips Geo Millhimes and others for gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Edmund Rice of Biglerville announce the marriage of their daughter Jane Elizabeth Rice to Philip Millard Jones son of Mr and Mrs M C Jones of Hanover on Saturday June 21 at 7 30 p m in Christ Lutheran Church. A reception will follow at the Hotel Gettysburg.
The parade featured Marshal Fred Wolfe on a bay horse, York Springs Band, Reformed Sunday School, Rev. Richard Shaffer, Rev. Elmer Drumm, Daughters of Ruth, Lutheran and Red Men from East Berlin, and flags carried by Charles Leese. Evening festival at Lutheran and Reformed churches drew a full hall despite rain. memorial services followed at Union Cemetery. Visitors and locals are listed with various travels and gatherings, plus church notices and a stamp club dinner honoring W. Emmert, former New Oxford postmaster.
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