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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
4
State Senator Donald P. McPherson Jr spoke at Memorial Day exercises in New Oxford. He urged Americans to keep the flame of liberty alive and defend freedom, recalling Washington Lincoln and past wars and pledging that dead sacrifices must not be in vain.
A Memorial Day parade preceded the annual cemetery visits with participants from New Oxford High School Band Brogheen Bar Adams Iceaulty National Guard Layoof Union Veterans Kiltie Band York Fire Department Scouts and Girl Scouts. The procession featured fire trucks veterans and a flowered float honoring the Grand Army of the Republic.
Invitations are issued for the wedding of Miss Ruth Swope daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Swope Gettysburg R 2 and Frederick A Rodgers Gettysburg. The ceremony will be at St James Lutheran Church on Sunday June 15.
County Agent M. T. Hartman announces a public meeting this Wednesday at 7 30 at Mrs. Rose Murren farm Hanover R 4 near Brushtown. Demonstrations include Kenland and Pennscott clover plots seeded spring 1951 and the use of alfalfa with smooth Bromegrass. A discussion on grass silage chemical weed control will follow.
Clyde R. Lenhert 51 of Reading a former Gettysburg manager for the Metropolitan Edison Company and husband of a local resident took his life by shooting himself during a social visit Friday evening.
Lenhert, a 27 year utility veteran and Reading supervisor, shot himself after leaving Gettysburg for Lebanon in 1946. He had been promoted to superintendent of construction and maintenance for the central division and later moved to Reading. Surviving are his widow Marian, son Robert, and his parents. Services Wednesday at Auman Funeral Home with interment at Laureldale Cemetery.
Adams County farmers extend efforts to control spring rains with contour strips across fields. Named participants include Zepp York Springs Tate Fairfield and more in Gettysburg Littlestown and other townships. Underdrains field terraces and surface water drainage work are planned or completed on multiple farms.
Paul F. Warren of York Springs R 2 is at liberty on $2,500 bail after a morals charge filed by Frederick G. White of York Springs R 2. He was held for court by Justice of the Peace Robert P. Snyder.
Adams County Institution District Board filled the county home staff by hiring four attendants, Mr. and Mrs. Poster Linard Frederick area and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davis of Baltimore and Frederick. Davis and Linard begin their duties next month while Linard starts June 1. Two county road districts Reading and Latimore each receive 1800 for maintenance as approved by the county commissioners.
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