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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1966
Page
5
The article praises a long running community event the Art and Craft Show and Flea Market highlighting careful planning and leadership by dedicated Chamber of Commerce volunteers. It urges public appreciation for their efforts and notes annual board changes while stressing the event’s growing local significance.
Ten years ago on a June weekend in 1956 New Oxford launched its first sales days with 25 merchant participants. Prizes totaling over 500 dollars awaited shoppers and a $50 grand prize was awarded after a center square concert by the New Oxford High School Band. Also noted were local graduates entering military service and a teacher's family left homeless from a June evening fire near Heidlersburg Road.
The New Oxford school board met on a Wednesday evening and elected C. A. Bigham as treasurer to replace Clair Slagie while A. P. Markle was chosen as vice president to fill the vacancy. Civil notices describe thefts and a fire at farms nearby, with property losses and church site discussions ongoing.
1928 reports describe John Colestoex returning home after Gettysburg College and taking a summer traveling position with C. L. Eicholtz. Conewago parochial schools close. several students receive certificates of attendance. A New Oxford boy, Nelson Gable, suffers a leg fracture when struck by a Hershey Baking Co truck. Local weather notes mark a 92 degree high, and school board actions list teachers for York Springs grammar and nearby townships. A lightning storm injures four youths in McSherrystown who recover, while area farmers report storm damage totaling about two hundred thousand dollars.
A fragmentary column blends Father’s Day observations with editor’s notes, jokes, and bits of wisdom. It notes Father’s Day origin in 1910 Spokane and national adoption in 1916, then mixes humorous asides about family life, gifts, and social foibles from a bygone mood.
A mother laments her 16 year old daughter's late prom night and clashes with the boy’s parents. The columnist cautions the mother for overstepping authority and urges respectful dialogue while noting teens seek social safety in dating. The column, syndicated by Sylvie Reich, advises parental guidance and explains teen dating dynamics.
A Sunday message reminds to remember Father and promise to meet next week. The speech cites UNICEF aided leprosy treatment, noting over two million recipients in twenty years with a three year cure at a cost of TSc per person.
Household hints cover leather damage candle care screen repair wallpaper stains milk cubes weatherproofing wood and small item storage. The piece offers quick fixes for household repairs cleaning and preservation with practical tips and simple methods.
Homemaker questions address meringue not falling after browning and cooling gradually, leather cleaning with milk or white soap, carpet stain removal with cornmeal milk paste, using printer ink to deter moths and moths in carpets, and matching variegated hosiery by boiling and rinsing.
Twenty years ago on June 13 1946 Mr and Mrs Fred Livingston relocated from Lincolnway West New Oxford to 27 Beer Ave Hanover in the house vacated by Robert S Keith and family who moved west of New Oxford Dr Leon Hoos opened an East Berlin medical office in the former Roy B Smith site and Dr Roos left the Army after three years Sixty eight Delone Catholic High School students earned diplomas at commencement and Reverend Archie Rohrbaugh elected to lead the New Oxford Abbottstown Evangelical and Reformed charge will relocate to the New Oxford parsonage later this year New Oxford parishioners from St Marys school listed graduates for high school entrance including Elizabeth Smith Pauline Staub Joseph Smith Julia Obrien Dorothy Strader Harold Stough Fred Noel Lorraine Obrien Edward Shreder Dolores Staub Amelia Smith Patricia Smith Marie Poist Patricia Hocken smith and Francis Martin.
The New Oxford Vacation Church School opens Monday June 20 at 8 in First and St Paul Churches. Abbottstown school meets in Emmanuel and St John Churches. C P Keefer will represent St Paul at the Penn Central Conference meeting at Mercersburg Academy Thursday and Friday. R Heimer Hoover represents Emmanuel. The pastor also attends the annual meeting.
The Irishtown Fire Company sent two units to a field fire on Raymond Smith’s property at 11:15 pm Monday. A passerby reported the blaze as three water trucks drew from a reservoir near the engine.
A brief religious reflection cites John 8 36 and proclaims faith enables true freedom. Believers claim dominion over themselves their bodies and their habits through almighty power within. The piece emphasizes freedom as a result of faith and virtue in God.
Community churches in New Oxford and surrounding towns publish service times. Denominational schedules include Lutheran, Catholic, Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, and Methodist parish services with Sunday School and worship hours, confirmations and confession times, and special Forty Hours devotions across multiple ministers and locations.
A listing of multiple churches with pastors and weekly services. Details include Sunday School times, worship times, and midweek activities across Brethren, Lutheran, United Church of Christ, and other denominations in East Berlin and surrounding towns. The compiled timetable notes fellowship, evangelistic services, Bible studies, and youth events.
Abbottstown St John’s Lutheran Church lists Sunday school at 9 15 a m and worship at 10 30 a m. Nearby churches including Church of Christ and Heart of Mary share mass and service times with Bible study sessions and confessions on Saturdays. Emmanuel United Church of Christ notes early church school and communion times with youth fellowship in the evening. UNICEF milestones mention 206 million youths vaccinated against tuberculosis globally.
News item lists multiple York Springs area churches with pastors and weekly services including Latimore Lutheran Chestnut Grove Methodist and Seventh Day Adventist. Notes Sunday School times and worship hours. mentions Holy Trinity Lutheran and Church of God at Rock Chapel Hill with service details. ends with a historical aside about tombmakers supplying print shops in 1835.
The will of Frank C. Haeerity of Huntington Township who died June 16 is filed for probate. He names his granddaughter Mary Jane Eamilet of York Springs Route 2 as executor of a $6.00 estate to be divided equally between his daughters Minerva Fenton and Rae Barrick. Lewis E. Johnson of York Springs Route 3 has applied for letters of administration for the estate of his mother Laura G. Johnson of Latimore Township who died May 19.
Sally Shaw answers readers about resisting a mother in law’s costly living arrangement and urges harmony. A letter from H H warns against sharing a home with an interfering mother in law. Blondie suggests tactful grooming hints to motivate a careless partner through example and subtle suggestion.
A countywide Civic Nursing Association to supplement the former Gettysburg Civic Nursing Association formed August 6, 1912 by the late J. A. Singmaster will be organized June 22 at a meeting at 7 p.m. in the YWCA. Directors will be elected from county and Gettysburg nominees including Mrs. Robert Bloom Rev Dr Robert W Koons Dr Robert S Lefever Miss Anna C McSherry Mrs Donald Myers Mrs Fred Pfeffer Henry Roth Mrs James Sheppard Dr David Stoner Dean W E Tiberg. County nominees include Mrs Marbelle Davis Biglerville Mrs M Francis Coulson East Berlin Mrs H E Blocker Fairfield G Edwin Moter Gardners Mrs Alvin J Groit Littlestown Mrs Charles Wolf New Oxford Rev William Kennard York Springs. Margaret Smith of Gettysburg presently serves as the nurse tester. Service is to be provided for patients throughout the county.
Congratulations go to multiple couples with listed towns New Oxford Carlisle and Hanover. Mr and Mrs Raymord K Day Mr and Mrs George Lawrence Mr and Mrs Fred G A in New Oxford Mr and Mrs Leon Smith Hanover St New Oxford and Mr and Mrs Thurman Turner Hanover R 3 ith June 20 are noted for upcoming wedding anniversaries.
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