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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1928
Page
20
A busy week in Adams County includes Gettysburg college graduates Aldes A Frantz and Ruth Haar from Pine Run, a 6 0 N Q O A C win over local H S, a rain curtailment of a McSherrystown game, and town council set to meet June 19 to discuss a lighting contract.
An agricultural demonstration on the John McClear farm near Barlow will showcase clover strain tests with J B R Dickey from State College in attendance. Later at 1 30 pm an alfalfa field meeting on the Joseph C Klunk farm near Conewago chapel will feature Dickey and highlight a top alfalfa stand in the county this summer.
A long list of York and Hanover families gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rider on Pleasant Street for Sunday visits. The M. E. church spire received a gold leaf refresh and new clock faces after repainting work. Memorial Day parade was finally called off due to rain.
Several hundred relatives and friends attended the closing exercises at St Marys school in Parochial hall. The three act play When Betsy Ross Made Old Glory starred Mary Staub. Rev Jos N Whalen urged courage purity and loyalty as Old Glory colors in daily life.
Mrs Wa Mktherkart of Qualityville spent the weekend in Philadelphia. She visited local sights and returned home Sunday.
Local listings report multiple births in Hanover and surrounding towns. Families welcomed include Mr and Mrs Arthur E Bair Littlestown with a son. Mr and Mrs M D Crouse Hanover with a daughter. Mr and Mrs Lawrence C Trone Hanover with a son. Mr and Mrs J D Louder Gettysburg with a son. Mr and Mrs Curtis C Topper Hanover with a daughter born June 6. Mr and Mrs Harry Mummert Hanover with a son. Mr and Mrs Ralph E B Messinger Hanover with a son. Mr and Mrs Earl Pitzer Aspers with a son. Mr and Mrs are Gicone Gettysburg with a daughter. Mr and Mrs Charles F E Shriver Hanover with a daughter Gladys Nadine Shriver. Mrs Shriver formerly Miss Mary I Wolf Albatts town.
Mr and Mrs Robert Wolf of Palmyra and Mr and Mrs Oliver Rouzer of York spent Sunday with Charles Trimmer on West High Street. Irvin Ruff of Hummelstown visited his sister Elmira Ruff. Fran Deatrich of Palmyra spent the weekend with Mrs Charles Deatsich of 2 High Street. Leslie Celestock of Philadelphia visited his parents on Hanover Street. Hilda Byer of Westminster spent the weekend with Alma Hetrick of Lincoln Heights. Etta Deardorff of Center Square visited Mrs Grace Shultz of York. Themas F Loftus of Pleasant Street has a position in Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs Joseph Duttera of Lincolnway West spent Sunday at Carlisle. Mrs W D Himes of Lincolnway West visited friends in Philadelphia. M Q Deatrick of West High Street is sporting a pew Ford sedan.
Dozens of local marriages are recorded across churches in Conewago to Gettysburg and beyond. Couples include Wm L Kohler and Edna M Groft at Sacred Heart Conewago, with a reception at the bride’s home and trips to Philadelphia Atlantic City and New York.
The Rev J H Little reports a wonderful trip to the National Orphans Home at Tiffin Ohio where he was commencement orator. The home serves Jr O U A L M Lodge with Hampton council as part. Over 1000 children are cared for with nursery school gardens farming lands dairy hospital and dormitories. A new church nearing completion costs over 230000 with organ and chimes. The audience included about 20 boys and girls in the graduating class and more than 60 people present.
Two separate accidents occurred near Gulden's station within a half mile of each other. A Packard driven by John Halfgilder skidded into a ditch on the Lincoln highway, but he, his wife, and ten others escaped serious injury. An Essex coach carrying Regina Redding and a Brown passenger was forced off the road. the nurse suffered a fractured shoulder and head lacerations. Both cars were towed to Superior garage for repairs.
A cluster of brief health notices lists residents with ailments ranging from bronchial pneumonia rheumatism and severe colds to diphtheria and paralysis. Quarantine is reported for George Myers and his 15 month old son Robert Myers amid a diphtheria threat. Mrs Hopkins Toot of Gettysburg faces possible surgery at Johns Hopkins.
Mrs Kathryn Himes a George school student returned to her parents home in Lincolnaway W for the summer. Mrs John Bollinger and Mr and Mrs Harve Mardin and son visited York from York over Sunday with local families. Miss Grace Graf York spent the weekend with her aunt Ida Sheely Lincolnway.
Simplex shoes for misses and children claim to help developing growing feet. W. H. Miller & Son advertises at 8 W. Musket St in York.
A fragment advertises a permanent waving service priced at seven dollars. The text mentions a Mrs Kennell of Glenside or nearby Pennsylvania offering the service with a focus on a 24 x inch measurement and styling.
First Evangelical Lutheran Church led by George B Sheffer offers Sunday worship at 10 15 am and 7 pm with a 9 am church school and a 6 pm Young People meeting. Holy Communion slated for the first Sunday in July and Baptism of children on Communion Sunday. no evening service after Communion until September. Methodist Episcopal Church at JR Standt post notes Children's Day exercises at 10 1 pm and mid week prayers on Wednesday at 7 30 pm. St Paul Reformed Church New Oxford reports Children's Day service with special program at 7 pm.
Emmanuel Reformed Church in Bottstown led by Rev A P Frantz hosts Worth District Sunday School at 9 a m and morning service at 10 a m on Saturday afternoon and evening for the district convention.
Charles Albert Diehl longtime New Oxford resident died Sunday at his Lincoln Way home after a three month illness. He was 85 years 7 months and 28 days, survived by a daughter Amy K Diller and two grandsons Dr Edgar I Diller Brookline and Charles Diller Hanover, plus a great grandchild Lorraine Diller Hanover. Funeral services were held Wednesday at his residence with three clergymen officiating and burial in New Oxford cemetery. Pallbearers included his grandsons and four nephews. He was noted as a farmer, cream business operator, and a lifelong observer of local history.
Lloyd Wolf proprietor of Wolf's grocery New Oxford was tagged for illegal parking and, after a passerby directed him to a doorway, was admitted to a Philadelphia barroom. A local attendant asked for his admission card, and Wolf learned the barroom was the wrong location across the street, with confusion and surprise noted in the encounter.
Iaew J. Lawrence and Estella M Hoofnagle from Conewago township and Centennia Reading township James W Myers and Hilda Weaver from Lattimore township William J Asper and Sarah J Miller from York Springs Richard G Parr and Alberta Stambaugh both of Manover Nevin Lockenbill and Donis Gager man both of Hanover listed in Harrisburg area records.
Mrs. Rhoda Myers, Miss Nettle Swartz and Elwood S. Myers of town will join Paul Brown who has been in Philadelphia. They plan to spend several weeks at Abilene Kansas gas.
An old classified fragment advertises permanent waving services priced at seven dollars. It mentions a method and names a few operators and addresses, reflecting a mid century beauty listing in a small local market.
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