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New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1941

Page

10

Eighth Grade Diploma Recipients at Conewago Chapel School

Sixteen students received grammar school diplomas at the Conewago Chapel School eighth grade commencement on Friday. Dorothy Marie Weaver and Grace Genevieve Smith earned four year scholarships to St. Joseph's Academy. Agnes Marie Horwedel won for highest essay. numerous students received prizes in religion English spelling history geography and arithmetic.

Conewago Chapel John F. O'Donnell St. Joseph's Academy McSherrystown Dorothy Marie Weaver Grace Genevieve Smith Agnes Marie Horwedel Father O’donnell Dorothy Weaver Rita Smith Marie Catherine Krise Rita Clare Smith Genevieve Marie Hemler Alice Mary Smith Doris Marie Klunk Rodney Paul Neiderer Frederick Bunty Helen Smith Jean Sneeringer Barbara Martin Margaret Smith Burnell Lawrence Marie Noel Lillian Weaver Dolores Timmins Loretta Smith Mary Jane Smith Dolores Smith Loretta Miller Catherine Hertz Guy Joseph Lawrence Charles Joseph Klunk Geo. Henry Lawrence Philip Aloysius Aumen Emma Marie Hartlaub Eva Marie Brady Rita Elizabeth Neiderer Doris Klunk Marie Krise Eva Brady Grace Smith Gladys Weaver Pauline Brady Mary Catherine Weaver Celesta Smith Rose Mary Groft Mary Louise Miller Helen Bair Criselda Lawrence Mary Hensel Geraldine Lawrence Eva Smith Mary Smith Eva Small Rose Hartlaub Johanna Small Anna Staub Mary Weaver

Abbottstown Notes and Local Highlights

Ralph E Baker of Abbottstown is forwarded to Camp Groft Infantry Replacement Center in South Carolina. George Jacob Ensslen Jr grandson of Mrs Belle Hafer graduated from Hershey Industrial School earning a medal. Blanche and Agnes Breighner of Philadelphia plan summer at their parents home. A L E Baudin Shoe factory team beat Abbottstown by six to four in a midweek ball game. St Johns Lutheran Church hosted a reception for new minister Rev Snyder Alleman and family.

Ralph E. Baker Abbottstown R. 1 Infantry Replacement Center Camp Groft Spartansburg S. C George Jacob Ensslen, Jr Belle Hafer Hershey Industrial School Hershey George Blanche Agnes Breighner Philadelphia Vincent Breighner L. E. Baudin Shoe Factory Abbottstown Baudin Shoe St. John's Lutheran Church Snyder Alleman

Weaver Party Honors Eugene Weishaar Before Army

Mr and Mrs John H Weaver hosted a party last week honoring Eugene Weishaar who entered the Army on Wednesday in a local ceremony.

John H. Weaver Eugene Weishaar

USO Drive For 1500 In Adams County Under Way

Adams County launches a drive to raise 1500 for the United Service Organizations to fund recreational programs in new centers near Army camps. Dean W. E. Tilberg leads the effort from Gettysburg College with a broadened committee and plans for mail appeals and booths across the county to avoid door-to-door solicitation. The county committee includes civic leaders and representatives from Gettysburg, Littlestown, Biglerville, Arendtsville, Fairfield, Bendersville, East Berlin, Abbottstown, New Oxford, and other areas, with officers named to marshal the campaign.

Adams County United Service Organizations Dean W. E. Tilberg Gettysburg College Adams Gettysburg Dean Tilberg Robert Fortenbaugh Gettysburg Ywca Richard A. Brown Adams County Federation of Mary Eberhart Wilbur A. Bankett Littlestown E. A. Meyer Biglerville M. E. Knouse Arendtsville Ira Henderson Fairfield B. C. Jones Bendersville Eugene Elgin East Berlin T. C. Miller Abbottstown P. Keefer New Oxford

Eevee Eee Update Shrouded In Brief Notes

A fragmentary note item hints at Eevee related activity with unclear details. The readable text mentions a sequence of eee and mee sounds and lacks concrete names, places, or actions to confirm a definite event.

Warner Board Elects Eight New Members

Warner Hospital directors elected eight new three year terms at a special dinner in Gettysburg. The members named were Judge E. P. Miller H Harold Miller Rev Mark E Stock Carl A Baum Millard F Stoner Guy M Stock Edgar C McDonnell and James Alvey. Their terms start May first.

Warner Hospital Gettysburg Henry M. Scharf P. Miller H. Harold Miller Mark E. Stock Carl A. Baum Millard F Stoner Fairfield Guy M. Stock Bendersville Edgar C. McDonnell Arendtsville James Alvey Emmitsburg E. H. Markley

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