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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
5
Major J. R. Whitaker buys Oscar Shaw’s El Sueno summer home two miles north of Gettysburg along Biglerville road and plans possession August 1. Numerous local residents visit, move, or travel to Harrisburg, Norfolk, and other towns.
The county war relief fund reached 1826 dollars on Tuesday after a 45 dollar gift from Bethlehem Lutheran Sunday School. Total collected to date is 1734.67 with 1205 sent to National HQ in Washington. The 15 percent retains for clothing and layettes for refugees, and local groups across Gettysburg and nearby towns contribute to production.
Joan the Sky-High Girl, one of the few women aerialists in the nation, performs a 500 foot slide for life suspended by her teeth at Carlin's Park in Baltimore. She climbs a 110 foot frame and travels a 60 mph cable ride without a net as nightly acts conclude with two shows this Sunday. Forest Gardens offers Silver Dollar Night with audience quizzes and ten dollars in prizes, while the Ethel Richmond Radio Revue airs weekly. John J. Carlin, proprietor, has returned from the East with new attractions to come later in the season.
Red Cross reports $187 collected toward a $500 quota in New Oxford. A house to house canvass runs the rest of the week, with donations welcomed at Hemminger's Drug Store. Yarn shipments are available for knitting garments, and the Red Cross film Mobilized for Mercy plays at the Bar Theatre from Wednesday through Saturday.
Miss Beverly Jane Stempfly has taken over the former Jayne Beauty Salon at 217 High Street Hanover and will operate it as Beverly Jane Beauty Salon in the future.
Sells farms C GC Childs of Square Corners Mt Pleasant township sells a 167 acre farm with stock and equipment to H N Crow of Halfway Missouri. Possession will be given July 1.
The will of Mary M. Smith of Conewago township names her sister Helen A. Devine Hanover R. D. 4 as executrix. A life interest on a $1000 bequest goes to the executrix, then to Holy Cross College Worcester Mass, for education of a man to the priesthood.
Elmer W. Warren assistant trust officer at the First National Bank of Gettysburg will travel to Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey to enter the graduate school of banking conducted by the American Bankers Association. The program trains 600 officers with two two week sessions per year plus two years of extension work. Warren will write a thesis as part of graduation requirements and brings experience as an instructor in economics and money and banking for the York chapter of the American Institute of Banking.
The Always Faithful Class of the First Lutheran church gathers with Mrs. G. E. Sheffer as host for an evening meeting. Miss Mary Yeagy presides over the business session. hostesses include Mrs. Paul Topper and Mrs. Sheffer. Various local residents are noted for moves, visits, and activities.
The Ford Motor Company runs an excursion from Harrisburg at 6 00 a m E S T to the World's Fair and back from the Fair at 10 p m. Contact Carl Stough Lincolnway West New Oxford to join. Round trip tickets cost 3 50 with on board Ford entertainment.
George H Lawrence a Irishtown produce dealer died Tuesday at 4 30 AM age 62 He was born May 5 1878 and survived by wife former Sadie Markle son Donald Lawrence two grandchildren three brothers and three sisters Funeral is Friday at 9 AM a Conewago chapel with burial at St Josephs Hanover He was a noted baseball player and umpire in his youth.
Mrs. Saranda C. Rupp aged 83 of New Oxford died Sunday at 1 50 AM at her son Harvey Rupp's home from arteriosclerosis. Survived by six sons and daughters, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren, plus three brothers. Funeral at 1 30 PM Tuesday from W A Feiser funeral home Hanover with Rev Paul L Foulk and Rev L H Rehmyer officiating. Interment in Lutheran cemetery Manchester Maryland. Pallbearers named.
Mrs Mary E Wehler of Hanover and formerly New Oxford died Monday at 11 45 am after several months of illness She is survived by her son Charles Wehler of Collingswood NJ and was daughter of the late Wesley and Mary Ann Heagy She had been ill since Memorial Day Funeral set for Thursday at 2 pm at the W A Feiser funeral home Hanover with Rev Dr M J Roth of Trinity Reformed to officiate
Twenty tenderfoot scouts were enrolled into Boy Scout Troop No. 86 at St Marys Church on Scout Day. Rev Laurence Schott diocesan chaplain Carlisle led the ceremony and sermon. The group took communion together and then attended a breakfast in the school hall hosted by the troop committee.
The Season's uproarious comedy opens at the Earl Theatre Friday starring Jean Arthur Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Wesley Ruggles the Columbia film adapts W. Somerset Maugham stirring tale of a woman who discovers she has two husbands and loves both. The cast includes Dorothy Peterson Melville Cooper Harry Davenport and Mary Treen.
Work started Monday on reconstructing the Oxford New Chester road with John S Teeter and Sons Inc awarded the contract for 12 298 feet of roadway and two reinforced concrete bridges. The project begins about a mile north of New Oxford at the Ralph Kapman farm.
The Cross Keys Garage formerly run by Don E. Myers in Gettysburg has reopened under Carl M. Sager formerly of New Oxford RD. Sager offers a weekend Texaco gas special as part of the new management.
Theo Pfeiffer camp number 60 of the Sons of Veterans plans a community center on land next to the North Peters street armory. Outdoor events are planned including a firemen carnival and a P O S of A picnic in July. A large kitchen and dining room are under construction with modern plumbing and gas ranges. Joseph Felty handles concrete and plumbing work while Thomas O Gheen directs construction. A 60 foot Hanover street frontage will provide access.
Frances Ruth Myers and Charles E. Shank wed Wednesday June 12 at 4 p m in Emory Methodist church New Oxford. The bride wore her mother’s ivory wedding dress and carried old fashioned flowers. ceremony by Rev Allen Meek. They plan to host friends June 22 at 224 Kurtz Avenue York.
Mr and Mrs H W Shutz of Cross Keys announce the marriage of their daughter Geraldine to C Donald Rice of Richmond Indiana on February 21 in Washington DC There were no attendants The bride attended the New England Conservatory of Music Boston The groom is a Peabody Institute graduate The couple have resided in Washington DC since marriage and now stay at the Cross Keys hotel with Mr Rice on the hotel staff.
Miss Doris Lawrence and Rodney Noel wed in a nuptial high mass at Conewago chapel Saturday at 7 am officiated by Very Rev. John F. O'Donnell. The couple will reside above the Noel meat market in New Oxford and were honored at a reception hosted by the groom’s parents.
Miss Marian Henrietta Heiland and Lawrence Eugene Weaver were married Saturday evening at St. Mary's rectory New Oxford at 6 P M by Rev. Robert D. Hartnett. Attendants were Miss Dorothy Weaver and Stephen Weaver. The bride wore an aqua dress with a white picture hat and pink rose corsages. A reception followed at the Weaver home. The couple will live at the bridegroom's home for now.
The ITEM thanks readers for their news contributions and invites continued input by calling 14-R-6.
The Rev H E Sheely at St Pauls New Oxford and C J Meckler at Emmanuel Abbottstown announce Rose Sunday services. Church school and worship times set with sermons titled Learning From Nature. Visitors welcomed at both churches.
The Rev George E Sheffer hosts church school at 9 a m with Prof C P Keefer superintendent The service of worship at 10 a m features the theme Can the Blind Guide the Blind The choir leads in music Children’s Day Sunday evening June 23 at 7 Holy Communion Sunday June 30 10 a m and 7 p m with preparatory service Friday June 28 at 7 45 Visitors welcome
The Rev. Kenneth D. James leads St. John’s in Hampton with 9:00 a.m. worship and 10:00 a.m. Sunday school. St. Paul’s The Pines holds 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10:30 a.m. worship. Young People class meets at the parsonage Thursday evening led by Mrs. Robert Hoffman. Catechetical and marriage instruction Friday evening with Junior Choir organized. St. Mark’s Heidlersburg hosts 7:00 p.m. Sunday school and 8:00 p.m. worship. Adult Bible class meets at the Guise home next Thursday evening.
Rev H E Millard leads a Sunday school at 9:00 a m and a morning worship service at 10:00 o'clock at Emory Methodist Church.
The Rev. Richard Shaffer notes no worship service this Sunday with Sunday school at 9 00 a m announcing the cancellation to parishioners and neighbors.
The annual Children's Day exercises will be held this Sunday evening at 7 30. Luther League meets at 6 30 pm under Pastor John R Strevig at Abbottstown Lutheran Church.
The Rev. Robert Hartnett pastor announces Sunday Masses at 6 30 and 9 00 a m with evening devotions and benediction at 7 30. Miraculous Medal devotions occur each Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
The Rev William J Burke pastor outlines the schedule for Sunday at the protector y Mass at 7 am in the protectory and 8 30 am in the parish church with evening devotions at 7 15 pm and ongoing parish activities.
The New Oxford High School bands list summer appearances in six locations including Littlestown Williams Grove Meckley s Grove New Oxford Fire Co Carnival and P O S of A Picnic New Oxford August 17 repeats Littlestown engagement.
The Irishtown Fire Company announces its annual carnival on Friday and Saturday June 14 and 15 at Irishtown. The event features a strawberry and ice cream festival and dancing. A parade Saturday at 7 p.m. includes firemen bands drum corps and fire apparatus from York and Adams counties. Chicken dinners start at 3:30 p.m. Rain date dinners would be Sunday June 16.
Harry B Slagle 70 of 453 Carlisle street Hanover longtime fireman and former Adams county commissioner died Tuesday at York hospital after a month�s illness and two operations for prostatic condition Surviving wife four children and two brothers include burial details with services at St Matthew�s Lutheran church and Mt Olivet cemetery with Rev Harry Hursh Beidleman officiating
Shears Cut-Rate store began business Saturday at 11 Baltimore Street in the former Plaza room Hanover with owners Alexander Green and Harold F. Wentz. The shop sells patent medicines cosmetics candies and tobaccos and offers a full soda fountain. Wentz is son of Luther Wentz of Hanover and has worked with Nevins and Peoples Drug stores. Green is a former Nevins supervisor with ties to Walgren Whelan and United Cigar stores. Both families reside in Hanover.
Dr G C Balcom announces a new office at 14 West Chestnut Street Hanover with renovated rooms and full equipment. He has served Hanover for over 12 years and will also be available evenings at his home 442 Carlisle Street Hanover.
A vintage market card advertises first class seafood fruits and vegetables at Bennett's Market near the Real State Theater in Hanover a local shopping note highlighting fresh offerings.
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