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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1963
Page
5
Editorial urges readers to contact Congress to reduce the 1964 budget of about 98.8 billion dollars. It provides a mail-in coupon and encourages substanti al reductions of 6 to 9 billion, arguing defense and economy can be preserved.
An Ohio motorist picked up a hitchhiker, drove 80 miles, bought lunch, and was robbed of his wallet. The incident underscores police warnings that hitchhikers can risk safety and that drivers are safer letting hitchhikers walk.
The Rev John Eugle recalls Indian temple lamps where a brass fixture with one hundred spaces stays dark until worshipers bring lamps. Each person adds light as they enter, and when all spaces are filled the temple shines. The piece links personal contribution to communal illumination.
30 years ago William Reichert of East Berlin suffered a double fracture at the Adams stone quarry while at work. C A Williams and Joseph L Weaver were recommended to the post office department as acting postmasters at Gettysburg and New Oxford by Congressman Harry L Haines. Heidlersburg post office to be discontinued June 13 after 35 years of W S Houck’s service. Harold Arnold 17 of New Oxford R3 injured riding bicycle when struck by car. Rosimnd Sckerman of McSherrystown broke a left finger while playing ball. York Springs school board sets tax rate from 12 to 14 mills. Merle Mamma of Five Points a State College student among graduates.
Miss Rose Agnes Stough of New Oxford graduates from the University of Pennsylvania this week. The New Oxford Community Fire Company forms an Ambulance Club and begins house-to-house calls. Mrs. Fire Congleton and children move to Detroit to join her husband. A C Walter C. Wehler volunteers for duty near the North Pole. Thomas E. O'Brien earns a B S in Engineering from Penn State. A new elementary school for New Oxford will cost 372,499 dollars. Edward R. Reynolds and his wife celebrate their 63rd anniversary and he wins a Father and Son banquet prize. Emory W. Sell Jr. buys property in East Berlin to build a home and decorator shop. John T. Bunty and S. Wolf are in a Lincoln Highway collision with minor injuries. Eileen Myers wins district rose queen at Hanover. Two-car crash on Lownsppish Road leaves damages of 250 and 350 dollars. The Mummas suffer facial injuries in Gettysburg bicycle incident. A centennial remodeling project in Pennsylvania State College mension opens a beer garden.
Excerpts from the Albany Almanac humorously credit fall with producing inventors like Cyrus McWhorter and Samuel Horse while joking about coffee breaks, bicarbonate of soda, and the practical wit of a slave in a lion's arena. The passages mix dates from 1631 to 1902 with ironic maxims on success.
A vintage tip explains using a 100 watt bulb in series to test circuits before full power. The article notes a safe light pattern indicates open or short circuits and ends with a milk truck joke about pasteurized milk and a cow feeling inadequate.
A collection of practical notes on heat shields for soldering irons and tile layout gauges, plus a series of light quips about a parakeet panther cross, sport, psychiatry, and family wisdom. Notable lines include heat radiating copper screening and a tile gauge made from spare materials for hard to reach spots.
Cleaning tips and home hacks cover wax removal with mild soap, improvised bottle caps from clay, easy drawer fixes with thumbtacks, funny quotes, rust prevention for cast iron pans, candle lighting with nail polish, brass and nickel renovations, guest towel etiquette, enamelware cleaning with baking soda, and buckskin shoe care using sandpaper.
Emory Methodist Church First Lutheran Church and St Pauls United Church of Christ sponsor Vacation Church School starting Monday morning June 10 at 9. Four year olds through first graders meet at St Pauls and Grades 2 4 meet at First Lutheran Church.
A compiled schedule of church services across New Oxford and nearby towns including New Oxford York Springs Hunterstown Abbottstown and Hamp ton area. Entries list pastors worship times church schools and special services across many denominations including Catholic Lutheran United Church of Christ and End notes on confessions Holy Communion and Mass times.
A mixed page from East Berlin lists church schedules across many local congregations with pastor names and service times. It also provides practical household tips from a Q and A style column covering wallpaper repair carpet trimming decals leather tips and fire starting methods.
Four decades ago Frank Eicholtz of New Oxford raised milk price from nine to ten cents to match rising producer payments. W W Neely sold his New Chester groceries to C A Brame. Mt Pleasant township school officers elected include W D Myers and Alice Wagner. Hanover High School monogram honors go to New Oxford athletes Claude Straley James Baugher and Fred Birely. Wheat at one dollar fifteen per bushel. Miss Margaret Staub leaves for Harrisburg Sisters of Mercy convent. Michael Colgan 90 suffers bruises after a fall. Aunt Nancy Morrison of Adams County turns 96 birthday with little medical aid.
The Always Faithful class of First Lutheran Church New Oxford sponsors a bake sale on the Harvey Bol linger home porch Lincolnway East Friday June 7 2 30 to 5 30 p m The Lutheran Church Women meet at Mrs Sara Estep s Lincolnway West Tuesday 8 p m Mrs John Myers cohostess Stewardship and Evangalist committees meet Monday 8 p m at the church Both committees urged to attend
Grade school graduation will be held in the hall this Thursday at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited. Holy Communion will be taken to the sick and shut-ins during this week. The banns of marriage were published Sunday between Rodney Noel and Teresa Redding. The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Smith was baptized Mary Sun-Gay with sponsors Mr and Mrs Fargener Smith.
Mrs. Sandra Cooley of New Oxford Route 2 has joined the York Visiting Nurse Association. A graduate of York Hospital Nursing School she brings refined nursing credentials to the agency.
Miss Mary Catherine Klunk joins the local rationing board replacing Kathryn Auker. Sgt. Joseph P. Poist receives promotion to staff sergeant at Palm Springs. Drexel Institute graduates Lyla Mary Smith with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce. Butter price cap 32 cents per pound for Adams county. Cpl. Robert Reese transfers to Buffalo after training. Mrs. John M. Seaks visits Fayetteville with her husband. New Oxford State Farmers of America names Ira Klinefelter as president and officers for 1344.
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