New Oxford Happenings Roundup 1917 June
Local notes from New Oxford and nearby towns report car purchases by Charles Fair and John Riley, a minor eye operation in Harrisburg, multiple farm and house moves, and several community events. Intricate item list includes fairs, festivals, Red Cross drives, church activities, and school news with names such as Curt Brown, Irvin Baum, Miss Bessie Kelly, and Rev. Ralph H. Bergstresser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fair
York Springs
York
C. L. Brown
Reading Township
Irvin Baum
Bermudian
Dillsburg
Bessie Kelly
B.S. Kelly
Gettysburg
Darlington Seminary
West Chester
John Brumgard
Union Township
Pine Run
Ladies Aid Society
Abbottstown
Miller Brothers
Luther Pottorff
Pleasant
Auto Turned Somersault on Lincoln Way East
A Ford touring driven by Dr. Shue of Hanover overturned on Lincoln Way East after a dog ran into its path. The doctor escaped injury, but the car suffered extensive damage including a mashed top steering gear and bent axle. A Lancaster car then hit a York roadster further east, causing damage to both vehicles and hood. Names of the drivers were not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Shue
Hanover
Lincoln Way
Wm. H. Kling Eandling
J. A. Geesey
Mr. Kling
Lancaster
York
Lincoln Highway
Nail Pierced Foot at Swift Run Home
Earl Colestock an employee of the Livingston shoe factory was injured while making a wire fence at his mother Mrs. Sarah Colestock home near Swift Run Schoolhouse on Wednesday morning a nail penetrated the sole of his right foot to a considerable depth and caused four wounds a local physician rendered care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Colestock
Swift Run
Earl Colestock
Livingston Shoe Factory
New Industry Opens In New Oxford As Leibe Family Moves In
Hugo E. Leibe and wife of Chicago have leased W. D. Himes’s West High street house in New Oxford. They plan to stay while buying a lot to build a dwelling and shop within three months. Leibe manufactures auto and stable supplies including cork-filled engine covers radiators and saddle pads. Mrs. Leibe is sister to John Melhorn of the vicinity. Leibe will set up a temporary shop at his current location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G “High” Street
Glen Minter
N. L. Minter
Paul Kitamiller
Hafer's Mill
Miller
Abbottstown
Sydney H. Souter
York
New York
John Greenaway
Cordage Co
G. Milton Bair
Hanover
East Berlin
Harry Smith
Amos Smith
Reading Township
Henry Hersh
Jno. M. Hersh
Lincoln Way
West
Warner
W. F. Harrell
Harrisburg
Hugo E. Leibe
Chicago
New Oxford
W. D. Himes
West High Street
Leibe
John Melhorn
Road Master injured near Irishtown in plumbing accident
Stanislaus F. Smith, a road master from Oxford township near Irishtown, was knocked unconscious for at least ten minutes when a heavy plow struck a rock and the horses’ handles struck him. He survived with a bad bruise and no broken bones after medical exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanislaus F. Smith
Irishtown
Oxford Township
Mr. Smith
Woman is Appointed Ohio Guard Captain
Canton Ohio May 31 in a historic first a woman was made honorary captain of a national guard unit when Co C Eighth regiment halted to present Mrs J H Himes with a military saber The honor honors her Red Cross campaign work and the soldiers pledge to respect her orders Mrs Himes is the daughter in law of Mrs Gev T Himes of New Oxford and is well known locally
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
Red Cross
Immaculate Conception
Mark Stock
Joseph Hendrix Himes
Canton
Ohio
Geo.t. Himes
Lincoln Way
East
Himes
National Guard
Co. C. Eighth Regiment
J. H. Himes
Gun Duel With Scholl Ends in Arrest Near Pigeon Hills
In Hanover on Thursday police pursued Raymond Scholl after a chicken theft tied to William Reichart. Officers Crabbs Berkheimer and Kiser exchanged shots from a house as Scholl refused to surrender, narrowly missing Crabb and Berkheimer. Scholl finally surrendered after a rifle exchange and was jailed. accomplice Adam Grim was released on bail after a hearing. 27 chickens were returned to owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Sineach
Raymond Scholl
Crabbs and
Berkheimer
Pigeon Hills
CH. Bitetinger
Squire Sell
William Retchart
Jacob Grim
Abbottstown
Mr. Grim
Andrew Dubs
Reichart
Crabbs
Kiser
Pigeon Hill
Laughmanstown
Crabba
Grim
Smead
Scholl
Smeach
Shell
Squire
York County
New Oxford Bakery Changes Hands in Hanover Street Sale
New Oxford Bakery owner C P Kauffman has sold the business on Hanover street to Warren Fishel of York. Fishel will ship bread from York and use local drivers to sell it, while Hanover baking ceases. Kauffman plans a public sale of his outfit and may relocate to Hanover to resume bakery work, continuing as a driver for Fishel until replacements are found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Kauffman
Oxford
Hanover Street
Warren Fishel
York
Fishel
Hanover Street Place
Kauffman
Hanover
Fisher
Blood Poisoning Suffering Reported in Hanover Area
George 8. Smith of Hanover and formerly of New Oxford suffers blood poisoning from a flight wound on his index finger infection. Robert E. Smith of Gettysburg and former New Oxford resident also has blood poisoning from a wound while handling fresh fish. Coulson Brothers of Hanover began a 45 by 45 feet barn addition for Amos Hoatter in Union township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George 8. Smith
Hanover
New Oxford
Robert E. Smith
Gettysburg
Coulson Brothers
Amos Hoatter
Union Township
Deaths and obituaries from Adams County area
Multiple notices report deaths in Gettysburg Hanover East Berlin and surrounding townships. Subjects include Susan Shields 47, typhoid fever. William Brown 71 of East Berlin. Carrie Biker 37 of Freedom. Rev. W J Houck of York. Mrs Susan Young 84 in Hanover. John Flickinger 79 of Hanover. George Slaybaugh 59 of West York. Paul Brown 43 of Harrisburg state hospital. Theodore Farr age 9 in East Berlin. Emory Robisson 50 of Hanover. Jane Harman 85 of Hanover. Joseph Littell 1 year. Milton Wright 60 of Easton. Elsie Smith 42 of Cumberland township. Survivors include spouses and numerous children siblings and relatives across Adams York and nearby counties. Funeral arrangements and burial locations noted in several entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoerrisberg
Biglerville
Mim Anna Kennedy
York
Paul
Todd
Dorothy
Edward
Lewis Brown
Ellis
New York
William
St Louis
Lewis
White Haven
Baltimore
Nevin
East Berlin
Charles, Harvey
Harry Brown
Near Town
G. W Herman
Lincoln Way
West
Edward Reisinger
Harrisburg
Edward Sarbaugh
W. A. Feiser
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
New Oxford Cemetery
WE. Garrett
Milton Wright
East
Mr. Wright
John Hoyer
Menallen Township
Easton
Eli Garretson
W. W. Boyer
Mige Iva Boyer
Franklin Township
George Boyer
Arendtsville
Misa Grace Boyer
Susan Kundel
Roanoke Virginia
Elsie M. Smith
Jacob S Smith
Cumberland Township
Gettysburg
Lottie
Calvin
George
John Ruth
Mary
Dora
Mark
Samuel J. Smith
Unrensburg
Michael Gensler
Curtis Gensler
Piqua
Mervin Genster
Robert Walter
Two Injured In Collision Near East Berlin Farm
After attending a festival in East Berlin, Clare Bond and Harper Howe were injured when their team collided with an unidentified driver near the old Thoman farm on the return trip around midnight. Howe suffered bruises to the right side and shoulder while Bond endured cuts and facial injuries. a local surgeon treated both, and the other buggy was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Clare Bond
2. C. Bond
Weat High Street
Harper Howe
Frank Bowe
New Chester
Old Thoman Farm
Young Howe
Young Bond
Howe
Bond
Also Mentioned on This Page
David Weiler
Midway
Weiler
Middleburg Manufacturing Company
Gatty Sellers
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
McSherrystown
Holtzawam Church
Ralph H. Bergstresser
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Cecelia Caster
McCherrystown
Kramer
Staub
Berlin Junction
Texas
Charles Altland
Altland
Mary Hockensmith
Jack Herman
Hanover Savings Fund Society
Paul Winebrenner
Hanover, Red Cross
Sheppard & Myers
Harvey Fox
Manoley
United Brethren Church
Bittinger and
Cashtown
Clarence A. Bream
Albert Woomer
Lewis Breighter
Margaret Kubo
Vincent Breighner
Abbottatown
General Council
Gettyeburg
Frank Richoltz
Pines Church
Joseph B. Weaver
Weaver & Company
Theo. Pfeiffer
Sons of Veterans
Paradise Church
James I. Good
Reformed Theological Seminary
Dayton
Center Square
Misses Marie
Margaret Carbaugh
Bessie Steck
Naomi Bollinger
Joseph Weaver
Ira Harmon
George Klingle
Charles Slaybaugh
James Weaver
Harry Tieman
Raymond Stallsmith
Edgar
Charles Diller
Phillip Kohier
Edward Sheely
Richard Livingston
George M. Rice
Rice
Seehoof
Wright
State College
Bosen
Miss Weikert
Margaret Morrison College
Pittsburgh
West Confederate Avenue
A. B. Kump
Karl
Floyd Kump
Earl Kump
Bitterville
H. E. Swartz
Levi Gilbert
E. Cecil Stover
Misa Ruth Melhenny
Miss Meilhenny
Gettyabur
Ohio Guard
New Oxford Bakery
Susan D
William 8. Shields
Lovina Tressier
Emmittaburg
Lease Treasler
Jobn H
Carrie M
Susan C
Goldie M
Ruth Evelyn
William Brown
Mr. Brown
Ellen Ebersole
Frank Fissel
Curtis Brown
Carrie Biker
Jacob P. Biker
Fairfield
Abraham Herring
Freedom Township
Edward Hoffman
Henry Herring
Iowa
Ella Sites
Oklahoma
Washington
Grant
Joseph Herring
John Houck
Nomitsburg
Samuel Keckler
Crittysburg
W. J. Houck
United Brethren
Quincy
Franklin County
Washington, D. C
Mr. Houck
Adams County
Frederick
Ruth Monck
Charles
Otterbein
Ruth
Naomi
Susan Z. Young
Charles Young
Mrs Young
Middletown
Young
John C. Tanger, Sr
Emly L. Young
John Thomas Fickinger
Fplickinger
Mary Messinger
J. Emory
Grant T. Flickinger
Mra
J. J. Baker
Parkville
Rebecca Shuey
Prizgelburg
George C. Slaybaugh
West York
Slaybaugh
Leonard Slaybaugh
W. H. Sorning
W. J. Easton
F. M. Timmins
Elizabeth Dellone
Philadelphia
C. M. Wilkingon
Charles M. Slaybaugh
M. J. Slaybaugh
Ira Slaybaugh
Round Hill
Paul Arnold Brown
State Hospital
Solomon and Anna Brown
Carlisle Street
Atate
Theodore Earl Farr
Hayes B
Cora (Wingert) Fair
Heimer
Arthur Fair
Emory M. Robisson
Manover
Mr. Robinson
Lizzie Utz
Irvin A
Paul L. Robinson
Harry E. Heist
Jane Arman
John W. Harman
C. K. Gallagher
Harman
Mr. Rinehart
Mr. Harman
Tany
Guldens Station
Fivo
E. J. Rinehart
W. L. Rinehart
Salem U
Joseph Burnvll Little
Bessie
Yobe) Littl
Mctherryntown
J. H. Dutter
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