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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1951
Page
6
A close look at Berlin area events June 1951 covers birthdays for A F McCadden and Joseph I Weaver and a new arrival for the Myers family. The Earl Theatre announces Wednesday Thursday closures. Local deployments, hospital discharges and travel plans are noted along with club meetings and lay notices.
James L. Myers Hardware in Center Square advertises a $2 allowance toward a new lawn mower with the trade of your old mower, inviting customers to redeem the discount on their purchase.
The New Oxford Fire Co announces the siren will be removed from the old engine house this Friday and rebuilt. A series of tests will occur Friday at 7 p.m. In case of fire, the bell will sound. Citizens should not call operators to report the fire location.
Miss Mary Anthony daughter of Mrs Geneva Rutter Anthony and the late Harry Anthony will marry Eugene J Shuman at St Marys Catholic Church York on Saturday June 16 with a nuptial mass to follow She is a York Catholic High School alumna active in musical circles and recently honored at a family shower with relatives present.
Miss Nancy Fisher Perry daughter of Mr and Mrs J Truman Perry of Hanover married Thomas Edward Waltersdorf son of Mrs Ruth H Waltersdorf of that place and Cletus E Waltersdorf of York in Grace Reformed church The Rev William H Banks officiated A reception for 100 followed in the church social room The couple will reside with the bridegroom's mother She is a Union Memorial hospital nursing student graduate of Eichelberger High School class of 1949 He is a Mercersburg Academy and Gettysburg College graduate class of 1951 and will work for Waltersdorf Furniture in Hanover
Miss Alice Kathryn Cashman daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles F Cashman of Tancy town married Donald FE Crowl of Westminster R4 in a June 3 ceremony at Trinity Lutheran Church. Rev Glenn L Stahl officiated. They plan to live in a newly built home at Westminster. Mrs Crowl works at Cambridge Rubber company and Mr Crowl works at Westminster Post Office.
The marriage of Ruth Naomi Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs George D Miller Dover R3 and Kenneth Ray Lehr son of Mr and Mrs Ivan R Lehr Thomasville R2 was solemnized in Salem Union church Dover Saturday at 6 pm by Rev J H Hege pastor of the Lutheran congregation. Mrs John Rinehart New Oxford sister of the bride was one of three bridesmaids.
Miss Constance Jeanne Dooley and Dale E. Taughinbaugh were married last Friday evening in the Presbyterian parsonage in Taneytown. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Harry G. Shaffer and attended Biglerville High School. The groom, son of County Commissioner and Mrs. G Ed. Taughinbaugh, graduated Gettysburg High School in 1948 and works in farming and fruit growing with his father.
The Pen Mar drum and bugle corps contest will be held at Sheppard and Myers Athletic Field in Hanover on Saturday night under Harold H. Bair post 14 American Legion. Pennsylvania and Maryland corps compete for substantial awards with judging by authorized officials. Tickets available from Legionnaires or at the Legion home. if weather delays, the event moves to Sunday afternoon.
Sally Keith starts at the B and S Store in Center Square while a newborn son arrives to Mr and Mrs William Walker of New Oxford R 2 at Warner hospital. Pfc Ralph Klingel moves to Germany and Pvt Wayne Noel provides a new address in San Francisco APO 248. Community events include Hebron Lodge strawberry social, St Pauls church class, and the New Oxford firehouse move.
Help wanted for lawn work at Jordan cottage Dicks Dam two days weekly at 75 cents per hour Apply at the cottage or Hanover Hardware Carlisle Street Hanover PA seeking a reliable worker for outdoor maintenance with flexible schedule and modest pay.
Firemen parade in Irishtown Saturday night offers 175 in prizes with 75 for best uniformed unit plus music and 50 for best dressed without music. Second division features Adams and York county companies led by New Oxford band and Mason-Dixon VFW drum corps.
The New Oxford Community Bible school wraps up Friday at 7 30 PM in St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed church with department presentations and handwork displays. A new film on church history closes the exercises and marks 50 years of Bible Schools in Pennsylvania.
A sanding machine operated by York Springs brothers for Brunswick Balke Colender may have sparked a flash fire at the Central YMCA Harrisburg on Monday. Mrs Alyce Werner 45 of Lemoyne died. George and Carl McDermott used the machine to clean bowling alleys and investigators consider static electricity or a spark as the ignition. Most damage was in the basement and bowling alleys were ruined, YMCA secretary Walter E Kirker said.
Nevin J. Stroup of Millerstown was charged with improper pass on June 8. Joseph Alfano of Fresh Meadows N Y was apprehended June 9 for speeding and paid a $10 fine. Richard Sullivan of Hanover was charged with a muffler violation on June 2. Paul Beam Jr of Lancaster was charged with reckless driving on June 10. Lee Byers of High street New Oxford was apprehended for passing a stop sign on June 11.
Miss Pauline Staub of New Oxford assumed duties Monday as secretary to Judge W C Sheel, replacing Mrs Thomas O'Brien of Gettysburg who finished five years of service. Staub is a Delone Catholic High School graduate and daughter of Cletus J Staub of Orange Street.
Staub Chevrolet in New Oxford promotes a two week Discovery Drive from June 18 to 30 to showcase Powerglide equipped 1951 Chevrolets. Demonstrators will be available for public use to test the automatic transmission and its features.
Charges of cruelty to children abandonment of children assault and battery and non support against Clarence Ro Hartlaub of Gettysburg were continued generally by Justice of the Peace Robert P Snyder as the couple seeks a possible settlement. A blasphemy charge brought by Mrs Gladys Hartlaub also before Judge Snyder awaits decision.
Marriage licenses listed for Leonard Staub and Fay Shefter in New Oxford and Berlin Eisenhart Jr with Lorraine Furry in Abbottstown. Fathers Day gifts and local ads promote James J Myers Hardware and Bennett Bros Fruit Market Hanover for gifts and groceries.
Squire Straley reports a bevy of local court actions. One man faced charges of reckless driving and driving without a valid license under a restricted permit. Several witnesses and officials were named. The wedding of Mr and Mrs Bernard Nuel was noted with no date set. Father’s Day gifts and local ads for Ruth Kay Corsets and James L Myers Hardware wrap the page.
Funeral services were held for Eugene Staub 77 of Trenton New Jersey formerly of New Oxford at Willam A Feiser Funeral Home Hanover and St Josephs Catholic Church in Trenton with military rites by Hanover Post 14 American Legion. Staub a Spanish American War veteran retired Western Maryland Railway employee and last surviving family member leaves an adopted daughter and several nieces and nephews. Also memorial services were held for Willis Myers 90 at Pittentorf Funeral Home York Springs with burial at Mt Olivet Lower Bermudian. Myers a native of Adams County leaves two sons five daughters and several grandchildren and great grandchildren with siblings in York Springs Dillsburg and East Berlin.
Miss Anna D Hoyer hosts a public display of her doll collection at her east Cross Keys home from Wednesday through Sunday to aid the Adams County Cancer Fund. The display features dolls from 18th to 20th centuries with many named pieces and a Quaker dress piece. viewing hours are 10 am to 10 pm daily.
Local churches report schedules and events including Evangelical Lutheran worship at 1013 am with a baptism planned for Barbara Jean Reese. Reformed and Lutheran charges list sermons, Sunday school, and community visits. Details mention St Marys and St Pauls activities with mass times and devotionals.
The nineteenth annual Holy Name Communion Breakfast was held Sunday morning in the parochial hall. About 130 Holy Name men received communion at Mass and were served breakfast by the parish aid and Youth Club. Father Hartnett spoke on Lourdes and the Grotto's history, noting stones brought from Lourdes France and from Lasveux Braanser, with thanks to the donors and helpers.
At Immaculate Conception School closing exercises last week teachers presented entrance certificates to John F Barrett Burnell B Billman Richard F Houser Donald F P O Frederick Staub Lelia M Belnger Elizabeth J Mahone Ci Jane Rinehart Joan Marie Siven Visain Marie Smith Charles Beger Bernard Kuhn. Perfect attendance awards were given to eighth grade Richard J Houser and Gloria Jane Ranenart Seventh grade Merle L Smith Judith M Bevenour Theda Anne Rickrode Sixth grade Joseph T Shrader Burnell Fost Beverly Smith Mary Elizabeth Staub Fifth grade John Becucir Teresa J Bevenour Lorettu My Croft James O'Brien Elizabeth A Sneeringer Barbara A Faib Anna Stevens Second grade Bernard Moore James Klunk Liutoths Martin Nancy Staub Hurhurst grade William Bucher Daniel Continued on Page 3.
New Oxford Reformed Church hosts Sunday morning Children’s Day exercises at 10 15 led by Mauss Mary Duttera with Bible readings by Glenn E Alwine Sara Smeltz Glenn W Alwine and Rev A C Rohrbaugh. Nursery and Primary recitations include If I Were a Rose and Jesus Loves Me among many others.
Sale notices list items from G. K. Wagner two miles north of Elizabethtown with tractors crawlers and farm implements, Rupert Howe York Springs R. 2 offering cows hogs and poultry and farm implements, Robt Howe York Springs R. 2 real estate and household goods.
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