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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
2
New Oxford item notes a Thursday publication by a local company with mention of Herbert L. Grimm, John D. Keith, Walter and Mer, and J. Smith in a sequence of name references. The fragment hints at a business or editorial action but lacks full context and details.
Francis T. Felix and Mary Casey wed May 27 while Jacob B. Chambers and Cora E. Rickrode also married that day. Parochial school term ends. Brown’s dog killed 19 chickens. Slusser injured foot. Over 200 confirmed at Conewago chapel. New High Street bridge praised. Slaybaugh boy lacerates leg. N. O. school board officers elected. Henry D. Snyder serving as army surgeon. Dr. and Mrs. Barker Bertrand visit. Barker is Heagy’s daughter. Ed Heist returns from the West. Eckert and Annie Roth wed. Iron flower urn cost $75. Memorial day address by J Louis Sowers. Cornerstone laid for McSherrystown Catholic church. Frank Twomey injured in gun accident. Buggy stolen from Sarah Gallagher’s shed.
A note requests readers who possess a June 7 1895 newspaper copy to contact the editor for restoration. The call emphasizes recovering the archival issue to complete the collection and maintain file continuity.
Thirty years ago events include fire company band assistance in Hagerstown by local players F. 8. Smith and others, marriages in McSherrystown and New Oxford, a bartender job at Hotel Columbus, injuries from a fall in McSherrystown, one twin death in Hamilton township, and several local business transfers. Notable sales include Randoph Wehler selling his drug store and Sneeringer Myers coal yard changing hands. A. A. A. A defeated Spring Grove in baseball twice on Ascension Day with about 400 spectators. Hetrick homered in the opener.
The text lists players such as Keller O W Lawrence and B Lawrence with positions, mentions Galbrath pitching in a second game, Ruth Smith of Columbia injuring her left elbow, and John Black moving from Hunters town to the old tollgate house. Wheat price noted as 94 cents per bushel.
Paul O Kulowiz of Littlestown became a full fledged American citizen at a naturalization court session held by Judge Donald P. McPherson. He came to the United States on July 8 1908 after previous failed naturalization attempts. A hearing at Salvin Philip Sefra Gettysburg was continued after witnesses testified.
Harry Miller of McSherrystown was admitted to Hanover hospital after his car struck a culvert on the Hanover Gettysburg road west of Brushtown. He sustained a deep head laceration and blood loss, taken by ambulance at 2:30 am. witnesses reported finding a man along the highway. Vehicle marks and position suggest a culvert impact. Miller could not recall the incident. Meanwhile licenses for Charles B. Boyd and Luther C. Sillik were revoked for intoxication and failure to stop, and J W Gasswint’s license suspended as an incompetent driver.
Metropolitan Edison will participate in a state wide June No Lost Time Accident Month Campaign run by the Pennsylvania Electric Association. About 23 000 employees, representing around 90 percent of Pennsylvania electric service workers, are involved. The utility notes a strong safety record, with 28 lost time accidents in 1934 across all divisions, 20 fewer than 1933, and a three month stretch with no such accidents in 1934. Safety meetings and hazard awareness are emphasized to match the statewide effort.
The Mt Pleasant township Democratic Club will meet next Monday at 8 PM at Bonneaville. Prof Ira Baker assistant county superintendent of schools will be the principal speaker.
Mrs. Sarah Ellen Hess wife of Lewis A Hess died at her Biglerville home on the Biglerville Heidlersburg road Wednesday afternoon at 5 o clock after four weeks bedfast She was born in Adams county lifelong member of Benders Lutheran church Survived by husband one daughter Mrs Samuel Noel Nome Alaska one son Herman Hess Biglerville R 1 five brothers and three sisters Private funeral at 1 30 Saturday at Hess home with Rev W H Sternat officiating
Donald Charles Lehman infant son of Donald and Frances A Lehman of Abbottstown R1 died Saturday morning from congestion of the lungs at 24 days old. Funeral held Sunday afternoon from the parents home.
Mrs Jeanetta Spangler widow of George A Spangler died at her sister Mrs Minnie Storm Hanover at 4 a m Wednesday aged 70 in ill health two years but bedfast since Tuesday She was born November 27 1864 daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Hamm Her husband died two years ago two sisters Mrs Storm and Mrs Fannie Forney Pine Run and two brothers Bert Hamm Manchester Pa and Howard Hamm Abbottstown Surviving relations and funeral Friday at 2 o clock from W A Felser funeral home Hanover with Rev John S Tome of St Mark s Lutheran church burial Mt Olivet cemetery
Mrs Annie L Hartlaub 67 wife of Harry C Hartlaub died at home near Two Taverns Saturday night from pneumonia She was a Grace Lutheran Church member and active in the Ladies Aid and Sunday school Surviving are her husband two daughters Mrs Charles Keefer Mrs John McDonnell a son Clarence Hartlaub four grandchildren two sisters Mrs Cunningham Beck and Mrs Michael Wagner a brother William Goshun Funeral services will be held at the Hartland home Tuesday afternoon at 1 30 and later at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev J M Myers officiating Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Adams county seventh and fourth class districts will receive a total of 7,961.36 dollars from state transportation appropriations for the 1933-34 school year, with districts named including Butler township Cumberland Franklin Hamiltonban Highland Menallen Mt. Pleasant Oxford Tyrone Union independent and Union. An additional 1,445.50 dollars will go to six fourth class districts for extra teachers and closed schools for 1933-34, with Butler township Conewago East Berlin Huntington Menalien and York Springs listed.
Memorial Day visitors to New Oxford include Mrs. Nina Faulkner of Philadelphia and many others from Philadelphia Manchester Red Lion Harrisburg York Baltimore Easton Baltimore Biglerville Cleveland and Cleveland area families. The list names Mr and Mrs and individual guests such as Mike Reibold, A Shellman Greene, Ken Alwine and the Kooke family among attendees.
Adams County Treasurer William I Shields announced that fifty one retailers and four wholesalers have obtained malt liquor licenses for beer sales from June 1 for one year. Total receipts are 4,915, with 550 to Adams County and 4,365 redistributed to local towns and townships. licenses cost 10 each. The list names numerous Gettysburg and area organizations and individuals, with distributors including The John C. Lower Co. and others in Gettysburg.
Kenneth Brown Lily Dennis Annie Dennis and Wilbur Matthews visited Clair Kapp and family in Spring Grove. David and Grace Dennis of New Oxford visited grandparents Wm Dennis near here. Edgar Trostle and Beavertown family visited Elmer Hoffman. Clair Starry with John Trimmer Five Points. Andrew Lehman and Robert Dellinger visited Theodore Witmer York. Sunday preaching at the Pines at 10. Harry Cooley East Berlin spent weekend with Otis Cooley. Born to Marion Bly and wife a son June 1. Jeff Wade Wilkes Barre and Bern Crist Steelton visited George Millhimes. I N Street Hanover weekend with Clayton Eicholtz. Annie Wolff and Edgar Wolff moved to this place. Deatrick family with Gates Deatrick at Geo Deatrick. Festival Saturday June 8 at St John’s Reform church lawn with New Oxford band. Kathryn Winand weekend with Geo Knipple Hanover. Frank Bly with Marion Bly near Heidlersburg. Lloyd Benny Harrisburg weekend with Roy Stock. Edgar Stock Pittsburgh visiting. Wm Flemming Rose Cashman Clarence Stitt Blair Stutt Huntertown with Susanna Stitt. Miriam Whisler Ernest Rhoades Roland Fry guests of Dorothy Dryden. Mrs Carrie Greenawalt returned to York after visiting Curvin A Greenawalt.
Wednesday trading data for wheat corn and eggs appears garbled with unreadable phrases. The readable items reference markets and prices but lack clear figures or entities for precise summarization.
Mrs Lloyd Ecker admitted to Warner hospital for observation. R Shull and Earl Kennedy attended Indianapolis races. Festival Tuesday night drew large crowd with about 95 dollars raised. Open air services planned at Chestnut Hill schoolhouse June 16. Children’s Day exercises set for Lutheran church June 16 evening. E L Weigle improving exterior of his house. 16 foot ladder removed from John Haverslick premises. Recent visitors included Richard Gormley and family from Gettysburg and John Wolf and family from near the Two Churches. Sue Hostetter rented Twin Bridges restaurant and park to John Shultz of Gettysburg. W S Houck improving after illness. H G Haverstick and family and Mrs Fred Davidson with Delores Minskey visited William Yohe family. Lizzie Pittenturf improving. Howard Ecker and family from New Oxford spent Sunday with Clarence Ecker. Curtis Ginck stayed with father Hermie Ginck near Heikes factory. Lloyd Ecker, Betty Jane Ecker and M F Slaybaugh visited Gettysburg hospital. Evelyn Weidner visiting Lloyd Ecker. J S Brown added lawn swing. Mrs Brown visited sister Mrs J W Peters in Guernsey. Cecil Guise and family at funeral of Mrs Mary Brandt of New Cumberland. Brandt formerly Miss Mary Howe of…
The listing covers sixth to senior grades with pupil names for each class. It notes perfect attendance awards to twenty six pupils including Scottie Shover and Peggy Miller, plus twenty one eighth grade diplomas awarded May 29 to named students. Orations next week include Education history by Althea Diehl and Thaddeus Stevens life by Ethel Sheely.
Mrs John D Keith returns to Gettysburg on Wednesday after a European trip. She traveled with her husband, and locals await full report of the journey and impressions from the continent.
Rev J A Turner delivered a Memorial Day sermon in New Oxford after a parade. He highlighted the cost of freedom and the Union's sacrifices in the Civil War and World War I, urging a crusade for peace and national resolve to honor those who shed blood for liberty.
Thieves stole clothing and jewelry valued at £1000 from four suitcases left in a locked car outside the Altland hotel in Abbottstown. Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich of Normal Illinois were traveling from Massachusetts to Normal. a brick smashed the left front window and the suitcases vanished. State policeCorporal A B Verbecken led the investigation and asked anyone finding a suitcase to notify police.
At a National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association meeting at the Mayflower in Washington DC the board unanimously urged continuing wage hours and child labor regulations for all shoe makers despite NRC code terminations. Lawrence B Sheppard said the move aims to prevent chaos wage cuts and overproduction from unlimited hours.
Francis Bill, 17, of Penn township York county, pleaded guilty to assault and battery with intent to kill before Judge Niles. He was sentenced to eleven months in jail plus a $25 fine and costs. His father Wilson Bill prosecuted. arrest warrant issued by Justice Sell of Hanover.
William Stambaugh and family relocated to Hanover. Mrs Etna Smith rents the Mark Alwine property on East King Street and will move in this week. Mr and Mrs Willis Peao, who stayed with Mrs Peao’s parents, R C Berkheimer, for six months, left Sunday for Quarryville to reside for a time.
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