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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1933
Page
4
New Oxford Item issued every Thursday. Subscription price $1.00 in advance or $1.50 if paid after a year. Out of county rate $1.60 per year in advance, $2.00 spot if paid within the year. Failure to renew ends the engagement and arrears are due. Advertisements priced reasonably with discounts for contract advertisers.
Miss Mabel Sheetz at Woman's College Frederick spends vacation at home. Various obituaries note deaths in McSherrystown and Straban township. local school boards report receipts expenditures and salaries. lightning hamlets Strawan township. coal bids at almshouse. marriages include Bernardina Corrigan and others. multiple personal milestones and civic notices appear across Oxford and New Oxford townships.
Forty years ago Frank Becker crushed fingers at Berlin Junction. E P Miller named customs officer at Abbottstown. Kenton Walker badly injured by bent foot from an ox near Hunterstown. Thieves stole 44 hens from John Besserman Reading township. Lightning stunned several in Lewis Besserman family Reading township. Squire A H Parr appointed chief of southern division pension office earning 2000. James Slagle Luther Myers Curtis Chronister caught a 15 lb leather-back carp 29 inches long. New Oxford school board reorganized with Gilbert president Sheely secretary Ruff treasurer Times Swartz Khnrgel new members Wireman of McSherrystown injured in Hanover accident. J Francis Yake and Joanne A Hemiler married June 6. B A Ruth and Annie Heilman of Abbottstown married June 6. John Kaiser and Barbara Weirman married June 6. Altert Hollinger Huntsdale and Annie B Deardorff married June 1. Edward infant son of Frank Storm died June 6.
Financial statement shows receipts of 107.93 from tax and 928.25 state appropriation with expenses including teachers wages 735 and repairs 186.81. Notices include election of school officers W A Himes secretary E G Cook treasurer McC Gilbert, obituaries, building work on W D Emmert's house, and historical coins issues.
Stewart H. Moyer of Souderton a Gettysburg College graduate has bought the newspaper agency of P. W. Stallsmith Gettysburg. Moyer will operate the office in the Stallsmith building and has handled sale and distribution of all papers previously managed by Stallsmith. Possession was given Thursday. Two spredeks nabbed Information: C F You n of Gettysburg and Donald Redding of York were cited after a speed trap on the Lincoln highway east of Gettysburg. Youn clocked at 56.2 miles per hour and Redding at 47.3 miles per hour.
Miss Anne Scott daughter of Mr and Mrs William Scott Gettysburg R D 4 received the first prize of 10 in gold for the highest average at the Children's hospital Washington DC commencement exercises She is now staying at Emergency hospital Washington until January The will of James A Kime late of Liberty township entered to probate by Theodore A Low executor No value set on estate Henry Vincent 15 of Fairfield fractured his left arm after a bicycle fall Tuesday
Obituaries from Hanover and nearby towns list Calvin M Plowman a former shoe factory superintendent and Pionner in film and cigar business death at his home. Others named include Gregory I Smith Emma Harriet Bream Annie Barbara Sell Serena R DeGroft Alice S Coombs and Alice Weaver with funeral plans and survivors noted.
Cornelius J Gelwicks 74 of m tmulsburr dies Thursday son Warren Gelwicks Gettysburr. Aaron Edward Null 79 of West minster R A dies at home from complications of diseases last of seven siblings and retired farmer.
Multiple obituaries from Hanover and surrounding areas report deaths of Gerver Gerver 32 from West York after eight days illness, Peter Sherman 65 of New Freedom found dead, Paul L Reese 42 grocer on Hanover street after lobar pneumonia, Sister Alexine Blanche Moriarty died in Staten Island after three weeks illness, Samuel A L Waybright 66 found dead at home, Margaret R Dickson 77 Gettysburg widow of Dr. Dickson, Nettie J McKenrick 70 Harrisburg widow of John T McKenrick, and William F Baker 78 of Buchanan Valley after six months asthma illness. Survived by spouses and relatives noted. Funeral details given for several.
Governor Pinchot approved Senator John S. Rice of Adams county work relief bill despite objections. The act requires compensation insurance for workers at 25 cents per week instead of the existing one dollar weekly rate.
The Gettysburg fire company responded Saturday afternoon to a bus fire near Two Taverns. Passengers were removed to safety after the driver halted the bus. Damage to the motor and two front floor boards plus cab area is estimated at 350 to 400 dollars.
Marriage licenses issued to Paul Jacobs and Mary Frances Slothour of East Berlin, Bilsworth W. Bowers and Mary A. Lascalleel of Hanover, and Ray C. LeGore with Mary A. Smith of Littlestown. Roy Heyser, 23, of Germany Township near Littlestown, injured in a crash on the Littlestown road near Two Taverns at 12:45 a.m. He was transported to War ner hospital by Gettysburg ambulance. no bones believed broken.
A series of Tuesday weddings unfolds across the region. Margaret A. Rinehart wed Clement A. Sneeringer in Conewago chapel with a breakfast at the bride’s home and a later reception in Littlestown. Ruby E. Martin and Fern R. Staley marry at Frederick, with plans to reside in Hagerstown. Geraldine Butts ties with Arthur Bolze in Loysville Lutheran parsonage. Ralph Cope Wible and Alice Burnham wed at Highspire church. Mardeke Tipton and Linn marry at Trinity Reformed church in Camp Hill.
Marriage banns announced at St Joseph’s Church Gun Day, between Margaret Hewn and Edward Olinger Jr. wedding set for St Joseph’s Hanover. Sanders family reunion held at Charles Sanders home with about one hundred attendees. St Joseph’s parish children to form a choir. Walter Raffensperger and wife visited his ill mother in Arendtsville.
The American Legion and Auxiliary awarded medals to the top eighth grade pupils at Hanover Junior High based on character, scholarship and service. Recipients include Ross Coulson, Paul Pane baker, August Descheemaeker, Barkley Beidleman, Edward McLorie, Charlotte Kinneman, Geraldine Hoffman, Carolyn Fitz, Jean Beck and Mary Stlek, formerly of New Oxford.
A 1939 Chevrolet coach owned by Joan H. Fidler was stolen from a parking area near Bender's Lutheran church while Mr Fidler and family attended Sunday school. Gettysburg highway patrols issued a teletype description of the blue body vehicle with black fenders and disc wheels bearing Mcense No 48628.
The Gettysburg Class B horseshoe team beat Hanover 23 to 13 in an Adams York county league contest. Kerrigan led Gettysburg with 200 points while Sherman scored 299 for Hanover. Gettysburg totaled 1567 points to Hanover 1423. Hospital admissions and discharges included Catherine Knox Roy Heyser Mrs Elmer Mumper and Charles Plank.
Town council lifts weekday parking limits while Saturday to Monday allows unlimited parking in Hanover. Double parking remains banned in the square and restricted to ten minutes elsewhere. The issue coexists with local graduations, school tax cuts, and civic notices across Gettysburg and surrounding counties.
Adams county commissioners plan to let the county poor direct Mothers' assistance funds next biennium if the state halves its allocation and the county can match. Miss Margaret McMillan says last biennium brought 3200 state aid with 3200 county match, totaling 6400. The 2000 proposed appropriation for next year would cover 17 mothers and 96 children, with some receiving up to 40 dollars monthly. state funds would be withdrawn if the county cannot match.
The Hanover school board cancelled its insurance with the Travelers Company via J H Brough and company as brokers. Allegations tied to Philip N Forney, board president, as an agent prompted the move. The policy valued at 960000 for fire and 74000 for tornado was canceled after brokers said they cannot handle the risk.
The Green Springs Sunday school Picnic is set for July 22. Ushers selected last month will serve through 1933, with Harry Jacoby and Harold Wentz added for the year. Children's Day program at Green Springs Church on June 11 at 7 30 p m features songs recitations and exercises. Mr and Mrs Claude Laughman moved into the house recently vacated by Mrs Savannah Erb.
A Union Christian Endeavor gathering convened at Mrs. Jonas Wolf’s home on a Wednesday evening. President J Arthur Wolf led devotions. The group’s next meeting is scheduled for June 18. A son was born to Mr and Mrs John A Mauss on Monday evening at Biglerville route 1.
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