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New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1940

Page

4

Adams County Announces School District Treasurers

Ira Y Baker county superintendent names newly elected district treasurers for Adams County for a one year term. Latimore township director Chester B Worley becomes county and home district treasurer. Two new district secretaries are also named John L Sneeringer and Levi C Zepp. Gettysburg National Bank re elected as district treasurer.

Ira Y. Baker Adams County Chester B. Worley Latimore John L. Sneeringer Edgar R. Leister Levi C. Zepp Paul H. Scheivert Union Township McSherrystown Mark E. Krepps Menallen Arthur E. Cook Mr. Joy Arthur Bair Mt. Pleasant George E. Gebhart New Oxford A. P. Markel Oxford Harry M. Wildasin Reading Maurice D. Bosserman Straban Harmon Beamer Tyrone Hilbert Hoffman Union Harvey OC. Wildasin York Springs H. C. Myers Gettysburg National Bank Gettysburg

$2,000 in Prizes Set for Auto Races Sunday

Mechanicsburg June 18 A total of 20,000 in prize money will be paid to A.A.A. drivers at Williams Grove Speedway this year for ten events. Roy E. Richwine notes the track is the largest half mile payout in the United States. So far 4,000 has been awarded in two programs. Another 2,000 will be awarded this Sunday afternoon June 23 as Richwine again hosts top A.A.A. drivers on his streamlined speedway.

Mechanicsburg A.A.A Williams Grove Speedway Roy E. Richwine United States Speedy Oval Richwine Speedway

Birth of Daughter to Mr and Mrs Charles Kessel

Mr and Mrs Charles Kessel of Aspers Route 1 announce the birth of a daughter at Warner Hospital on Monday evening.

Charles Kessel Aspers R. 1 Warner Hospital

Hospital notes report surgeries and injuries in York Springs area

The report cites Miss Irene Miller undergoing an appendix removal at Sunday surgery. It notes Robert Baltzley of Gettysburg treated for a left hand finger fracture at Warner hospital after a truck trailer incident. Additional admissions and discharges from Warner hospital include residents of Gettysburg, Gardners, Arendtsville, Biglerville, and Aspers, plus injuries from auto accidents, falls, and chemical burns.

Irene Miller York Springs Robert Baltzley Gettysburg Metropolitan Edison Company Warner Hospital Robert Ford James Sease Gettysburg R. D Alton Tyson Gardners Clarence Weitzel Evelyn Oyler Catherine Bolen Johan Frederick Arendtsville Robert Evans Aspers Edna Zinn Mary Staley Gettysburg R. 4 Sterling McCauslin Gary Nathan Biglerville Annie Cornell Gettysburg R Clair F. Pepple H. and H. Machine Shop

Apostolic Delegate to Bless Delone High School Dedication

The Most Rev. Dr Amlete Giovanni Cicogani will bless the new Delone Catholic High School in McSherrystown. Bishop George L. Leech says the dedication of the $200000 building at Midway and South Street will occur on Labor Day September 2 with Harrisburg Diocese clergy and laity present.

Amlete Giovanni Cicogani United States Delone Catholic MecSherrystown George L. Leech Harrisburg Midway South Street McSherrystown Leech

Bishop Leech Hosts Blessing and Dinner for Priests

Invitations have been sent to all priests of the diocese by Bishop Leech to attend the blessing and a dinner in honor of the Apostolic Delegate. The dinner will be in St. Marys Hall McSherrystown on the ceremony day. First classes in the new school expected to begin Tuesday September 3 following the blessing and dedication of the building.

Emn Leech St. Mary's Hall McSherrystown

World's Richest Woman Razes Ancestral Home

The article reports that a renowned wealthy woman ordered the demolition of her family’s ancestral mansion to dodge taxes of 273.60, aided by a wrecking crew. It notes her mother’s frugal methods and suggests a likely profit from this penny saving move, previewing the American Weekly feature in the June 23 issue of the New York Journal-American.

American Weekly New York Journal-American

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