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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1962
Page
5
The defending champ Turks opened defense after last season perfect run. On Tuesday New Oxford Clubbers defeated Tankers 144 as rain interrupted the match, signaling the Clubbers may challenge Turks for the league crown this season.
The South Penn Baseball League results show Fairfield, Littlestown and New Oxford tied for first after wins over Cashtown, Harney and Gettysburg. Gettysburg beat McSherrystown 5 3 in a thriller as New Oxford edged Arendtsville 3 2 on Bevenour Pitzer pitching. Upper Adams Pony League opens with Bendersville Orioles, Biglerville Red Legs, Idaville Senators, Arendtsville White Sox, York Springs Giants, New Oxford Dodgers and other games beginning next week.
The state ASC office announced Tuesday procedures for the turkey vote referendum. Producer-growers must certify marketing volumes, with June 8 deadline for contract producers under risk of loss, and cooperative organizations also filing with the state office.
The passage recalls a tradition during Memorial Day festivities and warns that misjudging spending leads to loss. It notes paying payday on Friday and remarks on self centered living never satisfying others, ending with a moral about consequences.
Quick practical tips from a 1950s style column cover stains on fabrics, removing stubborn glass stoppers with heated bottle necks, using green soap for fur and silverware care, and a trick to prevent potato sprouting by placing apples in the bin. Also includes a simple ice cube and plastic cover hack for small bumps and bruises.
Excerpts list 174 graduates honored for excellence in mechanical drawing music and award programs from St. Vincent's Hanover and New Oxford and Delone Catholic High School. Recipients include Michael Miller Sylvia Zinneman Rose Marie Murphy and Loretta Funk among others with awards for achievement dependability loyalty athletics and yearbook work.
Mrs. Claude Smith of York Springs states Erdean J. Smith will wed Emerson C. Taylor of Gardners. Erdean is a Bermudian Springs and Carlisle beauty school graduate working at De Lene Beauty Shop. Ronald Harris and Joan Hull cited as engaged. Joan is a 1962 New Oxford graduate, Ronald a Bechtel carpenter.
Sunday School times listed for Oxford churches and others. Mass schedules at Catholic parishes, confessions on Saturday, Holy Communion for Holy Name Society at 7 am mass. Lutheran churches note pastors and service times with supply pastors. St Johns Hampton and St Marks Heidlersburg show Sunday worship details and school hours.
A fragmented list of church schedules and pastors for numerous congregations including Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Rev. Harold R. Stoudt Mt. Royal Full Gospel Rev. Mabel Seville Harmony Grove Chapel Rev. C. Jack Orr United Church of Christ Charge Rev. John Z. Martin St. Paul’s New Oxford and other communities present Sunday School times worship services confirmation and midweek activities.
Wimbert B Neely elected seventh and eighth grade teacher at the Meade Building Gettysburg. Leslie Colestock graduates in Philadelphia. Five Points to New Oxford telephone line progress. Henry Hersh confined at home with quinsy. Spangler hired as English teacher at Hanover High School. Sylvester Martin to be ordained a priest. Milk price cut to 8 cents per quart. York Springs School Board reelects Starry and Gochen. Anna Kauffman elected grammar school teacher. Mrs M C Shull to discontinue Laughmans town store after June 1. A child from New Oxford area injured in a fall near New Oxford. New Oxford Parochial grade schools to close today with graduates Carbaugh Weaver Smith. S Paul New Oxford Senior Choir rehearsals. Emmanuel Abbottstown Con gladatory meeting. Ever Ready Class Meeting set at church social hall.
Miss Helen L Roth of New Oxford will graduate from Temple University Teachers College with a Master of Science in Education at June 16 commencement. She also earned an A B degree from Bucknell University with honors. The article notes local tax rates and a Berlin Junction event with a refreshment stand near the pond.
Twenty years ago Gloria Jan of New Oxford cut her knee after a bicycle fall and required six stitches. Public first aid classes open to civilians over 17 begin Wednesday at the high school, taught by Nancy Hemminger. Vernon Rutherford earned a BA from George Pepperdine College on June 4. Ruth Kinnefelter of Gettysburg treated for a fractured arm. Lear Livingston sold Edith Livingston property in New Oxford to Anna Slaybaugh. Charles Bittinger injured his right leg and foot in a truck incident. George Inskip from Hampton graduated from Shippenburg LTC. Geraldine Chronister of Hampton fractured her arm. Richard Shull of Herlersburg discharged from the Navy after four years. G. Horace Hafer of Abbottstown graduated from Dickinson College law school. Henry Moore Jr. of Irishtown suffers from blood poisoning. Young Democrats of Adams meet at 6 o'clock at Ammvets picnic grounds near Fairfield. all over 18 invited.
Ten years ago the Straban Township School Board levied a five dollar per capita tax to raise about four thousand five hundred eight dollars for Gettysburg Joint School System costs. Cpl William F Smith of New Oxford is stationed at Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio. Fred G Klunk of New Oxford was reelected Democratic Committee chairman in Anne Arundel County. A hunting party killed five red foxes near New Chester. Ivan R Mechtly Jr and Eugene A Mechtly, sons of Ivan R Mechtly of Bath, formerly of New Oxford, earned Army commissions after graduating from Western Maryland College and West Point respectively. Bernard Santa appears liberal with women.
A reader suggests saving soapy water from washing stockings or underwear to pour on plants to kill aphids. Painted decorations on toys can be protected with two thinned coats of fresh white shellac, letting the first coat dry before the second.
A collage of Q and A style letters about teen romance parental interference marriage duties and aging. Topics include a 14 year old with a 17 year old boyfriend a porch scene a concerned yard and injury liability breakfast expectations and gray hair guidance.
Simple home hacks quickly address everyday problems. Glass shelves edges are protected with a slit hose strip, tools on ladders are secured by drilled holes, and wall supports for vines use plastic wood patches that harden into sturdy anchors.
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