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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
2
New Oxford Item announces weekly publication every Thursday with Herbert L. Grimm as president and John D. Keith as editor and manager. Subscription rates 1.00 yearly in advance. 1.80 for unpunctual yearly payment. out of county 1.50 in advance or 2.00 if not paid within the year. Advertisers receive liberal rates and contract discounts.
The McSherrystown Cigarmakers Union turns over 550 to Mrs. Paul Brown of New Oxford for her late husband’s death claim. Local residents join the U. S. Marines and enlist or receive new addresses, while others report recoveries, births, marriages, and weddings. Local sales and school staff changes are noted alongside farm harvest measurements and hospital visits.
At Fort Niagara personnel notes Curtis Berkheimer ten recalls toe injury when a pedestrian trod upon him. Miss Bernadette Noel aged nineteen of Mr Rock died Thursday. Mr and Mrs Jacob Myers near New Chester hosted a wedding dinner for John Hoffnagle and bride and John Rupp and bride of nearby New Chester on Sunday. Wheat priced at two dollars forty cents per bushel.
Mrs. Jennie Treiber gains factory work in Palmyra. Several men and boys enlist or are employed in Ohio and local industries. Graduates, marriages, births, and local appointments are noted, including teaching posts in York and Hanover. A new concrete bridge contract near New Oxford is awarded.
Paul Hersh of Dallastown Dayton Ohio a Civil War veteran and long time Soldier's Home inmate visited New Oxford on Monday. Charles Diller and Myron Huff of Lock Haven purchased the Orpheum Theatre at Lewistown from Siton Shaffer Han over. Joseph Sheely of Mt Pleasant township died Tuesday aged 82. Wheat sold at 2.55 per bushel.
Adam Wolf and George E. Felty receive $12 monthly pensions. Francis H. Gross $15. Jesse Dick and Jacob Leivelsberger $20. A 4 1/2 foot timothy stalk reports from Hamilton township. Attacked by a pheasant hen on Marsh Creek trip with Dr. Snyder. Allen Hersh and Jas W Barnitz. Daughters born to Joseph Felty and Michael Wagner families in June. Local injuries from horse accidents, a fall, and a lightning strike on J M Martins’ property. Deaths: Henry Weaver 70 and Emma M Bolin 19. Several marriages: Heckman Dietterich, Bernadette Steffy Hewitt, J Krichten Hockensmith, Carrie Thomas Wolf, Waltman Clapsaddle. Daniel Sowers sustains a severe hand cut. Wheat price 90c per bushel.
Births and weddings on Carlisle street and Irishtown announce a daughter for F Groft and a son for Jacob Mummert while Mr and Mrs Joseph Evans host a surprise in Mount Pleasant. Tragedy visits Bittinger as a worker dies from injuries. a two year old Bernadetta Sanders passes away nearby. A barn fire destroys William Bixler’s stables and multiple marriages take place in Edge Grove and McSherrystown.
A spectacle salesman talked on and then slickly grabbed the gold glasses from a bureau and vanished. Wheat sells at 90 cents per bushel.
A collection of brief local notices from Gettysburg and surrounding townships reports deaths births and injuries. Emanuel Rudisill 60 father of Mrs E C Livingston dies in Gettysburg June 21 Ephraim Miller Straban in critical condition after a stroke in Gettysburg James Rickrode Jr 27 dies June 23 Paul Hersh Civil War veteran heads to Soldiers Home Dayton Ohio Local wedding announcements include John O Swartz and wife traveling to Nazareth for the marriage of their son Mark T Swartz to Margaret Miller. Wheat price listed at 74 cents per bushel. Geological and farm notes include stalk measurements from Harvey Starner and accident notes for George Sheely and others.
Mrs Jos Gitt celebrated her 80th birthday on Tuesday. Sallie Sneeringer aged 7 fell from a hay mow with severe injuries. Invitations issued for the June 24 wedding of Mark Swartz and Margaret Miller. Paul Wolf and Laura Stauffer wed June 13. Patrick Chambers of McSherrystown died June 5. Mrs Hersh, recently at Johns Hopkins, returned home. George Pottorff of Hanover suffered three broken ribs after a wagon upset near Emmitsburg. A copper head snake was killed on Hanover street on Sunday, measuring several feet and as thick as a man’s arm.
H. F. Snyder reports that 1,243 Adams county farmers joined this year’s conservation program. statewide signups reach 66,352 by June 15. In 1936 Pennsylvania saw just under 41,000 participants. County committee members include John B. Peters and M. T. Walter.
Mr and Mrs Fired Davidson and Dolores Minskey of Harrisburg spent time with William Yohe and Viola Herman. Mrs Annie Tate of Mt Holly Springs broke her ankle. Mrs M F Slaybaugh is a sister. Mrs Sadie Stallsmith of the Ridge Road visits her son George and family along the Susquehanna Trail. David Hershey of York was an Sunday visitor in town. Open air services at Chestnut Hill drew a good crowd. Dale Roth led singing and Rev J Clair Peters preached. Mrs Jacob Peters of Chestnut Hill had tonsils removed at Polyclinic hospital Harrisburg and is improved. Mr and Mrs Jack Whitmore and Mr and Mrs Donald Whitmore and families of Harrisburg were entertained by Mr and Mrs C S Pittentorf of Aspers. Children's exercises at the Lutheran church were well attended with a beautiful program and decorations. Mr H G Haverstock and family attended the Haverstock reunion at Williams Grove. Miss Beessie Kemper of Hanover visited her mother Mrs Fannie Kemper. Miss Pauline Reinecker of Aspers visited Sandy. Mrs Grant Deatrick and Lloyd Ecker made a business trip to Gettysburg on Monday. Mr and Mrs Allen G Crist of Wiermans Mill spent Monday in Gettysburg visiting Jacob Myers and family.
H. F. Snyder, chairman of the county agricultural committee, announced a diversion payment rate of 10.70 dollars per acre for moving land from soil depleting crops to soil conserving crops. The rate reflects county land productivity relative to national averages with a nationwide rate of 9 dollars per acre. The payment varies by land productivity as it compensates for income loss when con stubble is removed from cash crops.
Executives sought for rapid training in a growing organization. Accepted applicants advance as they prove ability. Interviews daily 3 to 4 PM. Inquiries to Mr Blouch at Caplan's Caplan Building Second and Market Streets Harrisburg PA.
Transfers include George W Topper of Straban township to H L and Thelma R Fulk of McKeesport for 19 acres and a subacre in Straban township. Also Mary F Berry to Edna L Rinker of Reading township for three Hampton lots. Wm E Signor Jr and Anna K Signor to Warren and Laura R Jones of Littlestown for one-acre Franklin township plot. Hanover Savings Fund Society to Marguerite W Fisher of Hanover for three Reading township properties.
Mrs. Paul Gladfelter and her husband Rev Paul Gladfelter marked their 30th wedding anniversary during a Friday visit at Camp Devitt near Allenwood. The Lutheran church Women’s Missionary society planned a Thursday meeting at 7 30 p m at Mr and Mrs George Lillich. Lutheran church services and communion were set for Sunday at 10 a m.
State distribution shows counties receive 4 cent gasoline tax for six months ending May 31 totaling 3 188 580. Adams County gets 18 675. One half cent funds road maintenance or interest on road bonds. One cent supports state relief and general purposes. Two and a half cents go to the motor license fund.
Estate of Josephine A Sneeringer late of McSherrystown Adams Co Pa. Letters testamentary to undersigned. Debts to be paid and claims presented for settlement to executor Charles G Klunk 655 North Pershing Avenue York Pa. 6 21 61 William A Allen Attorney 28 31 Central Nat Bank Bldg York Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Kuhn have moved into their newly purchased residence in Gettysburg after completing the purchase of the home.
A birthday surprise party took place Wednesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Klunk near Centennial honoring their daughter Catherine.
The School District of the Borough of New Oxford Adams County Pennsylvania invites bids by July 19 1987 for 26000 bond issue issued April 30 1937 in denominations 600 each bearing 814 percent interest semiannual tax free bonds numbered 1 to 60 with varied maturities through 1969. Bids must be in sealed envelopes to Raymond S Gable Secretary New Oxford PA 10 percent certified check required.
Warrants were served in Harrisburg on Joseph Swiler Jr and Eugene Halke both of Harrisburg charged with conspiring to cheat and defraud by Mrs Bernard Jenkins Pleasant Township. Jenkins alleges the men obtained 247 bushels of corn valued at 266 dollars on April 8 and did not pay. Swiler posted bail before Harrisburg alderman. Halke remains in Dauphin County jail awaiting fraud charges. Adams County authorities have lodged a detainer with Dauphin officials.
A truncated market item lists several grains and eggs with corrupted figures. The legible lines show Wheat at 1.18 per bushel and Corn at 1.09, Eggs per dozen at 0.62 for white eggs and 1.00 for brown and mixed eggs, with other values garbled.
A feature in the June 27 issue of the American Weekly magazine, distributed with the Baltimore Sun, recounts incidents that made many spectators wish they had stayed home. The piece highlights reactions and scenes from the coronation coverage.
Classified notice seeks a home on the Lincoln Highway West near New Oxford with full particulars to Box H at the Item Office. Also listed are prices for rabbits and chinchilla rabbits, puppies, barn pigs and pigeons with sale deadlines and pickup by Friday and Saturday in Hanover via Brendle’s Produce Co. in Hanover, Pa.
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