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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
4
Hampton and Round Hill locals share visits and travels with relatives including John Yohn of Gettysburg and Mrs Mary Crist. Several residents attend services and Sunday schools while others on Memorial Day and family events are recorded with names and places across York and Hanover.
The state road No. 234 from East Berlin to Five Points Heidlersburg Biglerville and Arendtsville through The Narrows to the Carlisle Hanover highway at Hampton Brethren church is now macadamized for four miles from East Berlin. Stone laying finished a week ago and a large work force continues on the link to Heidlersburg with several small concrete bridges added. the route will soon be ready for the stones.
Joseph H. Resser is transferred to East Berlin National Bank regarding property in the Ninth Ward York.
The Berwick Township school board awarded the Green Springs one room brick addition contract to McMaster and Aubrecht of Spring Grove for 2295.44. Five teachers were elected for an eight month term at 100 dollars monthly. A public tax payers meeting criticized rising taxes but noted overcrowding and floor-sitting pupils.
Abbottstown residents celebrate graduations birthdays and visits. Ianthe Smith graduated Gettysburg High School. A surprise party honored Mark Alwine, with social at the Altland home. Mrs. Sarah Noel visited Linus G. Lawrence in Youngstown Ohio. Stuart Laughman killed a 6 foot black snake near Maple Grove chapel. Syracuse University faculty and student Hafer pair arrive for visit. Sergeant L Jordy Hafer, US Army, stationed in San Francisco, returns on furlough after appendicitis. G Horace Hafer graduates from Lincoln College law school. Local sickness and arrests noted including Charles Miller of Hanover for reckless driving. Fire alarm at Maple Grove area.
Stanley Shull trips to Baltimore for business. Richard Shull earns honorable discharge from the Navy after four years. Verna Shull joins William and Mrs Shull on a trip to York. Le Roy Rogers visits with Kemper family. Frank Kemper family visits York Springs. Weigle family from Cranberry visits Heidlersburg. Local cattle buyers travel to Scranton to view condemned cattle. losses tally 11 for Miller, 7 for Tate, 2 for Brame. Memorial day exercises headline with Sons of Veterans drum corps New Oxford and a flower strewing ceremony. Long Mountain Orchestra provides music for the evening festival, which nets about $60.
The Rev. Howard W. Thomas a Gettysburg tailor by trade and active local member was chosen by the Wyoming conference of the Methodist Episcopal church for the superintendency of its Hillcrest New York children's home. Twelve ministers were considered and Thomas was regarded as best fitted for the role.
Bottstown fire company arrived at the Hoke home and found a sizable brush fire on the neighboring farm. The alarm drew no fewer than a hundred automobiles to the scene as responders battled the flames.
Letters of administration on the Blanche E. Miller estate in Adams County Pennsylvania have been granted to J B E Miller administrator. Creditors must present claims and debtors must make payments to the administrator or his attorneys Keith and Sheely Gettysburg PA.
Dr Scholes discusses rickets as a deficiency disease linked to diet and sunshine. Headvances cod liver oil as preventive, notes hygiene and exercise, and urges proper first aid care for fractures to avoid further injury.
A discussion notes that accidents causing broken bones can happen anywhere under many conditions making risk unpredictable and daily activities potentially dangerous.
An undenominational service was held in a school house west of Heidlersburg with a Harrisburg district elder as speaker. Guests from Harrisburg Gettysburg Mechanicsburg Hanover Bonneauville Lemoyne Lebanon York and nearby areas attended. Community musicians performed under Mrs Edith Witmer of Harrisburg in charge.
Hazel Peters and Gladys Dentler among those named as investigators with Coroner Zech in York as May reports cover three murders, eleven accident deaths, four personal crises and twenty-eight natural deaths. Willis L. Weikert of Gettysburg will join the U S Army Air Corps as a flying cadet on June 28 at Randolph field Texas. Paradise Protectory nine defeated Hanover junior team five to four Kantor hit a ninth inning home run to break a 4-4 tie.
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