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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1965
Page
2
The Annual New Oxford Art and Craft Show and Flea Market, Chamber of Commerce sponsored, draws crowds and boosts local business. James Quickel led planning, with organizers noting substantial spending and profits for eateries and shops. The event highlights the town’s quaint beauty and hospitality, delivering prominent publicity.
The Church of England removes three familiar hymns from a revised hymn book. Nearer My God to Thee, From Greenland's Icy Mountains, and I Want to Be Like Jesus are deemed sentimental or imperialistic or doctrinally vague. Readers wonder what replacements will offer similar comfort.
The East Berlin Fire Company placed its new truck in service funded by Le rew's Inc. The vehicle features a 1,000 gallon water tank and a two way radio. Local events include civil ceremonies and legal actions as community members advance in education and public life.
The June 25 1925 issue notes the marriage of Miss Helen Barnitz to David T DeTar of Pittsburgh set for Saturday at the Barnitz home on Hanover Street New Oxford.
Thirty years ago on June 27 1935 fireworks were banned in New Oxford for July. Local incidents include a two-vehicle collision near the Western Maryland bridge injuring Paul Wagner and J Clayton Myers, road improvements to a New Oxford macadam road to Little Conewago Creek, and residents moving properties on West High Street.
Boy Scouts who attended the Catholic retreat at Camp Conewago June 11 12 and 13 were James Moore Charles Topper Dave Danaml Pat Poist Ed and Tom Robinson Moses Miller Matt Mahone and James Smith. Scouts also did cleanup after the Art and Craft Show on Saturday. Daniel Senft reporter.
J. M. Hulick of New Oxford advertises menswear including a hand tailored Boston Whip cord suit with double stitched seams and durable shower tear spark proof features priced at $12.50 and Palm Beach silk mohau two piece suits ready made for $10.45. He also notes striped Broadcloth and chiffon volle and silk pungees going fast at Lucents.
The passage argues that a college diploma does not prove true education. It says education goes beyond dates and figures and notes that some noncollege educated individuals may be better educated than some graduates. It hints that true education is about more than formal credentials.
The text contrasts experience with fools in learning and mocks excessive leadership. It states a leader is someone who gets things done rather than merely criticizing others, blaming the human race for too many would be leaders. It presents a critique of leadership dynamics.
A boastful young matron declares her family can trace ancestors to William the Conqueror. Her friend doubts until she quips that their people had a boat of their own, implying a different ancestral tale. The playful exchange ends with witty self-assurance.
The saying notes that constant work without rest does not guarantee maximum productivity. It emphasizes sustainable effort over perpetual grind, suggesting awareness of limits and the value of rest for long term output.
A fragmented verse notes a church member mumbling in sleep and mentions marriage and divorce. It also flips the adage about the early bird, suggesting sometimes the early fisherman beats him to it.
A quarrel between a husband and wife escalates as she declares she will go to her mother. He retorts that she is still talking, revealing the long‑running spat has driven her to seek relief from her family.
A wry remark notes that while many claim to know how to manage a romantic partner, a single universal method remains unknown, highlighting social ambiguity and humor around gender dynamics. The line hints at practical skepticism about universal guidance for relationships.
A bookie asks a little old lady how she picked winners. She says she stuck a pin in the paper and there it was. He asks about four yesterday and she laughs that she cheated using a fork before.
A police source notes fewer pedestrians than before as traffic increases, suggesting cars are thinning out walkers. The remark highlights urban safety concerns amid rising vehicle flow.
A father asks his prospective son in law if he can support a family. The reply, delivered with humor, states he will support only his fiancée and that others must manage for themselves.
A scientist crashes a potato with a sponge, noting the result tastes terrible yet surprisingly holds a lot of gravy. The quirky experiment highlights unusual kitchen science and edibleness challenges.
A diner complains about flies and a waiter replies with a humorous plan to chase them away by pointing out the ones she dislikes. The exchange highlights a witty, light mood in a dining scene.
A newspaper note reflects on parents sending kids to college and describes a branch of higher education focused on fundraising to sustain student tuition and persist study through financial challenges.
A reflective note declares life as a chain of tiny rings each word and act forming part of the whole. The piece emphasizes small daily deeds shaping a larger, interconnected existence.
The Rev Edmund L Manges supplied at St Pauls The Pines near New Chester for a Sunday sermon titled Love Makes the World Go Round. Alan Zepp served as acolyte and red altar flowers honored Pauline Ecker. Communion is planned at 10:15 a.m. A congregational meeting Sunday at 7:30 p.m. will vote on a pastor.
This Q and A style text offers quick home hacks. It covers removing burnt marks from furniture with polish or pumice paste, improving suction cup grip with glycerin, preventing syrup candying by vinegar, avoiding streaks with bluing water, making glue from laundry starch, freshening hardened lemons, making rug shampoo with mild soapsuds, pinning patterns on slippery fabrics using a rug for grip, cleaning bacon drippings with ammonia, and removing concrete paint with lye solution.
Pfc Francis L Byers of New Oxford receives the Bronze Star for heroism on Mt Mario Italy April 18. Raymond Spahr appointed to Reading Township road board vacancy after Martin Kauffman’s death. York Springs votes dry with 70 percent turnout to ban beer and liquor. Bernard Bashears of New Oxford wins Democratic nomination for clerk of the courts with 410 votes on a sticker campaign. T Sgt Charles F Hensel returns home after eight months in Italy. George R Griffin arrives Camp Kilmer NJ. Birthday party honors Gwendolyn Freed at New Oxford home. Army Air Forces TT Command graduates Pfc Paul M Warnick near Bittinger from Curtiss Tech School Buffalo NY. Pfc Raymond E Slagle awarded Good Conduct Medal.
Firemen were called to the home of Charles Arigo in Hanover R 4 at 5 10 p m Monday after smoke and flames were seen in a shed used for storing some furniture and bedding. Damage estimate and cause were under investigation.
Rev William Kennard outlines services at York Springs and New Oxford with Church School at 9 a m and worship at 10 a m in York Springs New Oxford and Hunterstown holds Church School at 10 a m and worship in Presbyterian Church.
Pastor Rev. E. M. Crisamore leads Sunday School at 9 30 a.m. worship at 10 30 a.m. evening service at 7 p.m. Bible study Wednesday 7 45 p.m. Young People's meeting Saturday 6 20 p.m. worship 7 45 p.m.
Rev. Dr. H. W. Stern serves as supply pastor at St. John's Hampton with Sunday School at 9 30 and worship at 10 30. St Mark's Heidlersburg holds worship and Sunday School at 10 with morning service listed.
Church of the United Brethren in Christ lists Rev. Jacob F. Stover as pastor. Heidlersburg services Sunday at 11 a.m. Sunday School at 10 a.m. Ivadel worship at 9 a.m. and Sunday School at 10 a.m.
The Church of Christ east of Abbottstown hosts evangelist Harry W. Vaughn leading Bible study at 10 a.m. Worship with Communion is at 11 a.m. and the evening service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible study also at 7:30 p.m.
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary announces Confessions Saturday 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday Masses at 7:30, 9, and 10:30 a.m. Children’s Communion at the 9 a.m. Mass. Weekday Masses 8 a.m. Nuptial Mass Saturday 10 a.m. Pastor Rev. Alexis Arnoldin.
Pastor Roderic N. Senft leads Sunday worship with services at 8:15 10:30 a.m. Sunday School begins at 9:15 a.m. at First Lutheran Church.
Lincoln Full Gospel Center at Between Abbottstown and Cross Keys led by Rev. Fred Mummert, pastor. Morning worship at 10 30 a.m. Evening service at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday midweek service scheduled.
John Korver serves as supply pastor at Great Conewago Presbyterian in Hunterstown with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 15 a.m.
Rev. Paul Shettle pastor leads Salem EUB congregation in worship at 10 30 a m with regular morning service announced.
Rev. H James Justice leads Sunday School at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. evening service 8 p.m. Friday YPE at 7 30 p.m. United Church of Christ Charge Rev John Z Martin pastor St Pauls New Oxford Communion 7 45 a.m. Church School 9 a.m. Communion 10 15 a.m. Youth Fellowship 7 p.m. Emmanuel Abbottstown worship 9 a.m. Church School 10 a.m.
In Hampton, United Church of Christ Reverend Ernest W Brindle preaches at St John New Chester Wor am. Mt Olivet Bermudian holds church school at 9 and worship at 10. Emmanuel Hampton offers church school at 10 and worship at 11. Lutheran Reverend Edmund L Manges leads Sunday School at 9 and Communion at 10:05.
Rev. John P Bolen presides as Forty Hours Devotion begins with the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Masses are scheduled Friday at 5:30 a.m. 8:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. with sermon and Benediction. Saturday offers 5:30 a.m. 8:15 a.m. Masses and 7 p.m. sermon Benediction. Sunday includes 5:45 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Masses and the solemn closing at 7 a.m. with Holy Name Society and visiting clergy.
A devotional reflection speaks of a joy from the Creator that fills the heart and spreads to others. The promise is that living joy makes people whole and blesses those nearby as the song resonates through the community.
The Heart of Mary parish in East Berlin lists confessions Saturday from 7 to 8 p m. and Sunday Masses at 7 a m in the chapel and 9 11 a m in the church led by Rev. Michael J Barrett.
Elder C M Bee arrives with weekly church timetable church service 9 15 a m Saturday Sabbath School 10 30 a m and prayer meeting Tuesday 7 30 p m all details listed for weekly worship schedule
St John s Lutheran Church Abbottstown invites worship with Pastor Garnet L Zimmerman leading. Sunday School starts at 9 15 a m and worship follows.
Rev Bedsaul Agee pastor leads Bermudian Bible Church with a revival service at 10 30 a m and another event at 5 p m. The notice highlights morning worship and evening revival activities.
Latimore Lutheran Parish schedules worship at 9 a.m. and Sunday School at 10 a.m. in Lower Bermudian, with Chestnut Grove holding Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. Pastor is Rev. M. Benson Paull.
Morning Hour Chapel notes Rev. Victor Nichols presiding pastor at Brethren in Christ services. Local parish gathers for morning hour worship led by Nichols with congregational prayers and hymn singing.
Household Scrapbook offers practical hints from Roberta Lee on clothes care and home economics. It covers gelatin starch for stiffening fabrics, pie crust fat proportions, odor removal with deodorant soap, cleaning dress belts with a brush, and using a pump or vacuum reverse to dust machines.
Parish bulletin notes Rev. Jack E. Herrera serves as pastor at Paradise Church. Communion is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. with worship and fellowship to follow.
Rev Harold R Stoudt will lead worship at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church with church school at 9 a m and worship at 10 15 a m on Sunday.
Rev Mabel Seville pastor leads weekend schedule at Mt Royal Full Gospel Church with Fellowship service Saturday 7 30 p m Sunday School 9 30 a m Young People's service evening evangelistic service 7 30 p m.
Harmony Grove Chapel announces worship times with Rev. C. Jack Orr as pastor. Sunday services at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m include Bible study Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
Lower Conewage Church of the Brethren and O Wayne Cook announce Sunday School sessions at Bermudian and Wolgamuth with start times listed as 9 30.
A soft clean mop is wrung out in a mixture then used to rub the carpet. To keep wax drippings off surfaces wrap the candle butt in a 5 inch foil square before placing in the holder and shave the candle for a better fit. For easier window cleaning moisten a cloth with glycerin and apply to dirty panes.
The Wellsville EUB reports Rev. John Lehr as pastor with Sunday School at 9 a.m. in Wellsville and Mt. Royal worship at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. in Wellsville. The notice lists Mt. Royal as offering worship at 9 a.m. and Sunday services at Wellsville locations.
Upper Conewage Ralph Schildt Elder East Berlin lists a Young People's meeting at 7 30 p m and a prayer meeting Tuesday 8 p m Mummert's ship 10 30 a m Trostle's Sunday School 9 30 a m worship 10 30 a m and a Wednesday prayer meeting 8 p m
John M. Grenewalt 69 died at 11 05 p m Monday at his son in law and daughter s home in York He lived with his daughter Mrs E Dean Seigman and is survived by three sons Maurice L Grenewalt John M Grenewalt Jr and Lester J Grenewalt a daughter Mrs George Garrett 10 grandchildren three great grandchildren a brother Calvin Grenewalt New Oxford and a sister Mrs Mary Ilgen fritz York The Rev Charles A Snyder Jr officiated at funeral services Wednesday at 10 am at Guy B Creeps Funeral Home East and E Market Sts York Interment Mt Rose Cemetery
The standard span of time zones in the United States runs from the Eastern zone five hours behind Greenwich to the Alaska zone eleven hours behind, outlining the broad regional time differences used nationwide.
A simple home device to seal envelopes using a roller inside a small can. The article also includes readers’ letters about personal matters and practical advice from Sally, addressing a boy friend betraying trust, family finances, and sharing meals with a child.
Dear Sally advises that engagement implies exclusivity and warns that continuing to date others after engagement signals unfitness for marriage. It stresses that “harmless dates” undermine commitment and may predict behavior after marriage. The column then opens a reader question from a 16 year old girl about going steady with a boy for six months.
A simple fix to avoid hand pain from a narrow steel bucket handle. Slit a 4 inch length of old garden hose and slip it over the handle to create a comfortable grip. It offers quick relief and uses readily available material.
Ray M. Hoffman of the Adams County Sanitation Corporation met with county commissioners Friday to learn why ADSCO’s debris removal contract at the county home and jail was terminated in July and awarded to Keystone Co. Kenneth Noel Gettysburg R. 5. Commissioners stated the county aims to spread business among firms serving the county.
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