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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
5
Local notes show Woolford rehabbing a Carlisle Street home and Cashman repainting east of town. Visits from Columbus Ohio to Lincoln way and Hanover Street dot a busy social scene with school teams to play on Thursday and a MEF food sale planned for June 9.
A long list of wedding notices from Sacred Heart Conewago to Hanover and Gettysburg details multiple marriages. Couples include Charles F. Groft and Evlyn M. Rider with family attendees, Lovie Shanefelt and Russell Houck, Leila Wagner and Orlo Schultz, Chester Sell and Dorothy Frey, Edna Powl and Robert Myers, Elgin Sanders and Mary Staub, Joseph Wolf and Anna Shue, Evelyn Baker and Elvin Study, Alice Forsythe and Paul Miller, Treva Krumrine and Charles Koontz, Margaret Conover and Melvin Wehler, Ethel Shaffer and Carl Ketner, Alice Bauserman and John Anthony.
A seasonal notice invites attendance on Saturday at 9 PM on E High Street. The ad is from J H Wolf & Son in New Oxford.
Obituaries list numerous local deaths including Philip Fleagle of Morrisonville and Dr. Theodore Wertz of Hanover. Also noted are Doris Cole, Mary Fleming, Mary Sowers Hall, and Harry Sefton among others with survivors, burial sites, and brief life details. The notices cover illnesses, accidents, and family connections across Gettysburg, Hanover, Littlestown, and surrounding communities.
June 5, 1928 council session notes Bachtell resigns as secretary and health officer. Members present include Winand Baugher Plymire Gilbert Herman Jaso Burgess Warner. Bills paid to Met Elec Power Murphy Elect. Co Adams Transit Co and others. Buckner seeks more rights for Met Co with a new ordinance. Special meeting set for June 19 to decide lighting contract and secretary election. Clock lights discussed and street and pond issues referred to committees. Note of 750 at F and M Bank to be lifted.
Ninety-one seniors received diplomas in Gettysburg High School's largest graduating class. Valedictorian Melchair Sheads and salutatorian Hugh McIlhenny were honored. Alumni prizes awarded to Sara Rise and others. Notables from New Oxford and York Springs listed among graduates. Memorial Day visits and upcoming local games noted.
numerous local patients at Warner and Hanover hospitals are discharged or admitted. G Wilson Herman and Curtis Whorley family members are noted. Mrs Lawrence and Miss Spneler discharged. Ralph Helwig and I R Witmer under care. Daniel Whorley injured at Gettysburg Memorial Day. Miss Harner receives five blood transfusions for pernicious anemia and has recovered.
The list reports residents ill or recovering: Lewis Moore of Qualityville on sick list but able about. Dorothy Miller of Pleasant street with pneumonia. Mrs Ju. B. MeJIwee of New Exford R D with influenza. F. B. Sellers of Center Square with a heart attack. Maude Wierman Kennedy of York Springs with tonsillitis. Mellie Weikert of Bonneauville threatened with appendicitis. Howard Milhhimes of Bonneauville with quinsy. Prof. George H. Haines of Abbotts town with liver trouble and tonsillitis. A. J. Brady of McSherrystown ill at home. Jacob Shildt formerly of White Hall seriously ill at daughter’s home in Jtitlestown.
At the June meeting Se Geo T Felty Jr reported a 25 dollar check from Ceo Young Hanover for services at a farm fire near Gulden s. Bills totaling 2275 were approved and paid receipts amounted to 41.60 Felty to send Dr Young a vote of thanks The meeting attended by twenty members and presided by Wm McClain vice president.
The Sons of Veterans will stage a parade on Saturday at 6 from their armory to New Oxford cemetery for memorial services. Rain disrupted the usual observance. organizers invite participation. Retreat will be held at Cenlar Square flag pole after the ceremony with Rev. J R Stee to speak at the M I church and the New Oxford band to play.
The New Oxford public schools record 2 percent perfection in attendance for the year with 96 percent overall attendance. Names of pupils with perfect attendance span from high school to primary grades including Louise Duttera Myrtle Yeag and Richard Holtry. Total days attended 23729 percent and absences count 1934 sessions with 1824 excused and 110 illegal. Thirty three tardy marks were logged. State attendance stands at 53 percent.
Wm Haddad, professional endurance driver, begins a five day five night drive locked to a Pontiac Six. He will travel through New Oxford daily, report progress at stations, and will sleep provisions with a $500 reward for proof of sleep. A bulletin board will track his time and condition.
A surprise party honored Mrs. A P Wagner at her Lincolnway W home. Rhoda Myers and son Elwood of Philadelphia returned to Lincolnway E for the summer. Memorial Day visits included Rev Sheffer and Mrs Sheffer on Lincolnway E. Raymond Swartzbauch and wife road to Ft Hoyle for the holiday. Ruby Feagans from Charles Town WV visited Higenbothams east of town. Charles Ginter near Bonneauville spent the week with James Small family on W High. William Russell of Philadelphia visited his mother Caroline Robinson on Orange Street. Fred Birely of Allentown spent weekend with J C and Mrs J C Birely on Lincoln Heights. Eilig Cook of Lincolnway E sprained his left foot.
The announcement promotes the season opener auction at 9 o clock on Saturday evening on High Street in New Oxford inviting locals to attend.
First Evangelical Lutheran church hosts Sunday School at 9 a.m. led by N. M. Morrison. worship at 10:15 a.m. with theme Our faith in the Kingdom of Heaven. Evening programs include C. BE. society at 6 p.m. and Children’s Day program at 7 p.m. Holy Communion first Sunday in July. Quarterly Conference April 6 at 6 p.m. Rev. J. Howard Ake to preach. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at St Paul’s Reformed. New Oxford: Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship 1 p.m. Christian Endeavor 6 p.m. Children’s Day service June and Emmanuel Reformed at Abbottstown: Sunday School 9 a.m. Children’s Day 7 p.m.
Parochial school pupils present When Betsy Ross Made Old Glory a three act play in Parochial hall. Cast includes George Washington Francis Weaver Betsy Ross Mary Staub Robert Morris, Colonel Ross, Rebecca, Patience, Estella and Sylvia roles. Diplomas and prizes awarded by Rev Jos N Whalen to graduates Hel Breighner Mary Staub Marie Billman Catherine Miller Lillian Staub Francis Weaver.
Local couples announce several new arrivals including daughters for Jas Small and Geo Hockensmith families and sons for Walter Small Bernard Nelderer Kessler Woller Robert Myers Earl Pitzer Clauded Orndorff plus a daughter for Myrl Crawford Ernest Reichart and a late night ambulance call to the Abbott home where a newborn child arrived first.
John Brashshears of New Oxford warns he will not be responsible for debts made by his wife who has left his bed. A Men’s Bible class festival on Memory Day cleared about 50 dollars. Local residents and visitors from Alle town and Baltimore spent Memorial Day with relatives here and at nearby churches. Arthur Yeagy will enter Gettysburg College in the fall to study for the ministry. Households on Lincolnway and Cashtown hosted family and friends during the holiday.
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