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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
2
Public notice for New Oxford item indicating second class mail status, annual rates 1.00 in advance or 1.50 if unpaid, continuation rules, arrears payment, and out of county subscription terms 1.50 in advance or 2.00 if late. Advertisements offered at reasonable rates with liberal contract reductions.
Twenty years ago John Colestock joined the office of C L Eicholtz. Resignations include Rev C W Baker leaving Clearfield to serve Maytown. Property moves involve M D Neidick, Chas Staub, and Nathaniel Miller. A motor accident injures Lawrence Strausbaugh. a locust tree is struck by lightning. two men are stunned in a kitchen incident. Public sales occur for estates including Edwin G Lough and H M Range. A severe county storm damages barns and sheds, including John Myers and Carmen Myers farms.
A powerful windstorm tore out the gable end of Charles Bowman's bank barn near New Chester and damaged multiple farms including Mrs. Curtis Miller's silo near Brush Run Station and Harvey Cashman's near The Pines. Roofs were ripped from several barns and a bridge near Abbottstown lost about half its roof. A chimney at S. J. Diehl's Abbottstown residence and a smoke stack at Glatfelter Sewing were blown down. Also, local leaders were installed for the Pocahontas council with Mrs. Jennie Ehrhart as Prophetess and others named.
The Decoration day festival at The Pines raised 225.56 dollars with over 100 people attending open air services at Chestnut Hill on Sunday afternoon. Rev Nelson Frank of Bendersville delivered the message though President C S Pittentorf of Aspers was absent due to illness.
Adams County Healing Arts society reports May payments cover 32 percent of relief medical bills. Total May state allocation was 295 dollars, with 36.50 paid to pharmacists and the balance shared among doctors 743.55, nurses 20, and dentists 20. The outcome marks the lowest percentage paid since 1938 start.
The Reformed team beat the Dramatic Club 20 to 6 on Wednesday, lifting them to second in the league. Fleet-Wing defeated Alwine Brick 26 to 8 on Thursday, Junior Mechanics edged Social Club 3 to 2 on Friday, and a Reformed vs Alwine Brick game was postponed due to rain and rescheduled for Monday. Standings show Junior Mechanics 6 3 666, Fleet-Wing 6 3 666, Alwine Brick 6 3 666, Reformed 5 4 555, Social Club 3 6 333, Dramatic Club 1 8 000.
Adams county Red Cross chapter sent its fifth war relief fund accounting to Washington with a 495 dollar check bringing county contributions to 1,700 dollars. Donations reported at the county courthouse total 2,190 dollars, with work ongoing to purchase clothing materials for war refugees and more volunteers joining. York Springs and Greenstone women received production materials, and officers said they need 650 dollars to meet the June 30 quota, noting receipts rose to 2,350.61 dollars and inviting additional gifts to county headquarters.
Calvert Chronister died at his home near Germany Schoolhouse after a long illness. He would have turned 86. Survived by widow Jane Groft Chronister, who is nearly blind. Funeral held Wednesday at St Marys New Oxford with a requiem mass and burial at St Marys Cemetery. He was a farmer and longtime creamery worker in Reading township.
Mrs. Ann Maria Becker 78 widow of Jacob B Becker died at 2241 West Market Street York Tuesday after a lingering illness. Survived by son John Becker at home another son William Becker of West York and daughter Mrs Howard Hull of New Oxford plus ten grandchildren. Funeral services Friday at 2 PM with a brief home service then at Holtzschwamm Church. Burial in Holtzschwamm Cemetery.
Ezra Alonza Guise 84 died at his Huntington township home Sunday at 7:30 AM. His death was attributed to a heart attack by Dr. Strayer. He lived 44 years in Huntington and was a Ground Oak Lutheran member. Survived by three children Zora Amos Willis and one grandson. Funeral from the home Wednesday at 1 30 PM and at Ground Oak Lutheran church with Rev. Paul J. Horick, interment in adjoining cemetery.
Post office in Gettysburg seized the first books of sweepstakes tickets found in mail with addressees consenting to delivery. Tickets invite buyers to send money to an address in Nicaragua for a drawing to occur later at Arlington Park. Other lotteries flagged in postal bulletins for postmasters to monitor.
John W. Spangler a longtime Gettysburg restaurant figure died Tuesday at his home after a months long illness. He was 65 and survived by his wife Anna Louise and two daughters Ruth Anna an instructor at Gettysburg High School and Mary Helen secretary of Adams County Gettysburg Motor Club. Also surviving are sister Minnie Spangler and brother Samuel G. Spangler of Gettysburg. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 pm at Bender funeral home with Rev Dr Joseph B Baker officiating and interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Dr Harold V Harbold son of Mrs Helen A Harbold York and the late Dr John T Harbold formerly of New Oxford earned a doctor of medicine from Temple University School of Medicine at commencement exercises. He won the Dr W Wayne Babcock first prize in surgery and will begin a year of interneship at York hospital on June 24 after serving as a junior interne there in summer 1939.
Mr and Mrs Harry F Steiner of Port Washington New York visit Cedar Ridge. Clyde G Buoh Brush Run returns from two weeks in New York including the World’s Fair. Mr and Mrs Walter D Steiner Port Washington spend days at Cedar Ridge before a western trip visiting Steiner’s birthplace near St Marys West Virginia.
Mrs Emma Windowmaker 42 died at her Toland home Sunday. She leaves a daughter Mrs Norman Morrow of Lebanon and three sons Tony Toland Charles Gordon at home plus three grandchildren and two sisters and a brother. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm at Lutz funeral parlors Carlile with Rev Ira S Ernst officiating.
Adams county commissioners at the weekly session ordered plans and specifications for a heating plant to be installed in the county home administration building. The project follows prior recommendations by a grand jury in 1939 and the state welfare department. W F Martin of Paul E Sower’s company York to prepare the plans. President George P Taylor presided with Commissioners J Arthur Boyd and Edgar C McDaniel and Chief Clerk C Arthur Brame present.
Fore the commissioners could proceed with advertisements for bids when the plans are completed and approved by them.
Miss Margaret Louise Feeser and Nelson Joseph Topper were married in a nuptial mass at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church York. The Rev Anthony L Topper officiated. The couple planned a wedding trip through New England and to the New York World's Fair before settling in McSherrystown where Topper co‑owns the Hip Top restaurant.
Raymond K. Day and Miss Lucy Mae Lentz were married at 8 oclock Saturday night in a ring ceremony at a Lutheran church. Rev Malvin D. Geesey officiated. Beatrice A. Day served as maid of honor and Jonas C. Kern was best man. Mary I. Day attended the bridegroom as another sister. The groom works at Steacy Wilton quarries and the couple will reside with the bridegroom parents.
Miss Verjean Ellen Fair daughter of Gilbert Fair York Springs and James Arthur McCauslin son of Mr and Mrs Frank McCauslin York Springs wed in a Stephens City Virginia parsonage ceremony led by Rev F L Roof at 10 am Saturday. They will reside with the bride's father after a Skyline Drive wedding trip. Mrs McCauslin has worked five years as a clerk in Harold A Smith store York Springs. The groom works for Gettysburg Furniture Company.
Miss Lillian Kriembring and Allen Sprankle, both of Gettysburg, wed Friday at 9 30 in the rectory of St Francis Xavier Church. Rev Mark E Stock officiated with Mr and Mrs Clarence Clabaugh of Gettysburg as attendants.
Miss Helen M. Butt daughter of Mr and Mrs C L Butt of Gettysburg and Javens W Plank son of Mrs Margaret W Plank wed Monday at 10 in Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church. The bride teaches in Gettysburg public schools and the groom is a rural mail carrier. They will reside in the Times apartments in Gettysburg after a brief wedding trip.
Saturday afternoon in St James Lutheran church Gettysburg Miss Mary Virginia Storrick daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman W Storrick of that place and the Rev Robert
McSherrystown residents report knee fracture burns and gas flare injuries with several recoveries. A Hanover auto incident injured a ten year old, while a Brushtown youth cut his leg on a saw. A Broadway house sold for 3401 dollars to Mt. Pleasant buyers. Villanova students Thomas and Joseph Keffer visit home.
At about 8:00 pm Tuesday two cars collided at the Howard avenue and Gettysburg Biglerville road intersection. Roy G. Himes and Jesse M. White led in vehicles with Vermont tourists. Miss Effie Lucia sustained leg bruises and three year old Donald Himes had a head cut and bruises. Police investigated with no charges filed.
Western National Bank of York transfers six tracts in Penn township Hanover and Adams counties to Mary C. Diller. Amy K. Diller and Edgar I. Diller transfer Hanover Penn township Adams county property to Western National Bank. Roy S. and Emma E. Baker sell to Leo F. Baker a 141 acre farm in Butler township. Herley G. and Florence V. Bergauer sell to Roy M. and Erma E. Wentz a Conewago township lot. Kenneth K. and Emma L. Kroh sell to Richard L. and Edna L. Eby a property on East King street Littlestown. J W and Estella Keffer sell to Raphael C. and Mary Jane Keffer a Littlestown property.
E Horne of Philadelphia and his bride were married in a single ring ceremony by Rev Dr William J Miller Jr at Tabernacle Lutheran Church Philadelphia home church of the groom. Rev Mr Horne a Gettysburg College 1937 graduate, recently completed Lutheran Theological Seminary studies. Bride a Gettysburg College 1939 alumna taught in Arendtsville public schools last year.
Miss Janet Irene Earhart daughter of Mr and Mrs E H Earhart Harrisburg became the bride of the Rev George Frederick Harkins of Gettysburg Tuesday afternoon at Memorial Lutheran Church Harrisburg The Rev Dr Lewis C Manges officiated Mr Harkins graduated in May from Gettysburg Theological Seminary.
A gas filled cesspool tragedy leaves two dead and four rescuers ill. The bodies were raised after grappling hooks and steel barriers were removed. Surviving the father include his wife Anna Newcomer Bechtel and three daughters. A double funeral is set for Friday at 2 p.m. in Littlestown.
Mrs. James Longstreet announced in Washington that the National Park Service has approved a Gettysburg battlefield site for an equestrian statue of her husband. The chosen location along West Confederate Avenue lies near the southern end inside the curve toward Big Round Top, opposite the Alabama memorial.
Trucker Thomas Martin of Shamokin paid a $20 fine before Justice C S Straley of New Oxford on Thursday for hauling coal without a weight slip. Arrest by John E Millhimes, county sealer of weights and measures.
Readable market notes show grain prices with wheat corn oats rye and barley per bushel though figures are garbled. Egg prices are listed per dozen with some values but many digits are unreadable.
Four can Wilson Electric Milk Cooler available now at a bar. Gulf Livestock Spray 2 gal can priced at $1.90. Maple Leaf binder twine listed. Contact J. R. Robinson in New Oxford. Phone 13 R 4. Dated 6 20 11.
Chrysler and Plymouth dealers at 325 Frederick St Hanover Pa offer 1938 Chrysler Imperial 4 door sedan 1938 Chrysler Royal 4 door sedan 1937 Chrysler Royal 4 door sedan 1935 Chrysler six 4 door sedan 1939 Plymouth DeLuxe 4 door sedan with radio and heater 1936 Plymouth DeLuxe 2 door sedan 1936 Plymouth Business Coupe 1934 Oldsmobile 2 door sedan 1932 Chrysler 4 door sedan 1932 Chevrolet coupe 1932 Ford coupe Open evenings phone 612
AVail list offers 3-Acre Poultry Farm with stone house on state road. 8 Acres. 8-Room frame house at 1100 dollars. Double frame house with conversions at 2700. Single frame house with conversions bargains. 128-Acre Farm with brick house electric on state road at greatly reduced price. building lots and business properties in Baltimore Frederick and Carlisle streets. Alvin Nissly Peoples Bank Building Hanover.
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