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New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1929

Page

7

Hampton Social Visit Highlights and Local Guests

Long list of visitors and hosted gatherings across Hampton, Aspers, York, and surrounding towns. Families from Ross Leib to Bridgeton and Hanover called on relatives, with numerous Sunday meals and shared travel to Arendtsville, Bendersville, and Camp Hill. An item notes Augustus Thomas killed 31 rats on his property.

W. C. Leib Holly Jennie Chroniste Charles Steck Aspers S. W. Steck Ross Leib Bridgeton N. J Martin Kauffman Luther Myers Green Ridge Emma Myers Oliver Garber H. D. Houtz East Berlin Frank Feiser Ray Garber New Oxford Charles Garber Clear Springs Luther Garber Jonas Wolf This Place Clayton Stitzel Carlisle Groft York Harry Sterner Annie Mummert Augustus Thomas J. Arthur Wolfe Beckley College Harrisburg Clark Shue Leonel Hanover N. B. Harbold Flora Dicks C. C. Brown York Springs Wm. Rickrode John Evans Robert Hetrick Clara Sipe Troupier Gloucester Charles Dale B. March R. L. Myers Camp Hill George Myers Reading John Slaybaugh Cross Keys Edw. Rowland Janet Markel Harry Albert Luther Cleaver Arendtsville Bendersville Briton Miller John Jesse Kraut Thomasville Charlotte Miller Paul Chronister Carl Dean Bowlder Lloyd Keckler Jacob Kemper Hunterstown Lee Stickley Raymond Waegner Abbottstown Mervin Fair John Bishop Lewis Hess Bigler- Ville Ekugene Mickley Teachers’ College Shippensburg B. &. Gordon Guy Coffett Kenneth Winchester Mary Coffett Dinburgh George Wm. Brown St. Louis Albert Malaun Lilie Border Marion Stambaugh Ira Slaybaugh Frank Hart Baltimore Ella Raffensperger Dingman's Ferry Harry Myers Hayden Deatrick Mark Kauffman C. B. Kauffman Meckeytown Paul Kauffman Harvie Ensor Frank Eble Bernice Taylor Joseph Duttera Ella Diffdufer Middletown William H. B. Wolf Helen Louise Ira Masemer H. B. Dicks Henry Heinard Hampton John McKenley

YWCA Camp To Open At Knoxlyn Mill July

Adams county YWCA takes Knoxlyn Cottage at Knoxlyn Mill for July to run a county wide summer camp open to all girls. Weekends target work in business or industry. two weeks for high school girls. third week for grade school girls. fourth week for adults. Miss Anne Macfarlane to supervise. Local Business Girls club may join for a weekend. Miss Laura Sterner to provide registration blanks.

Adams County Knoxlyn Cottage Knoxlyn Mill Anne Macfarlane Laura Sterner New Oxford Club

Reunions and Picnics Schedule for Forest Park

A list of upcoming reunions and picnics across multiple dates and locations in Hanover, Reisterstown, and Spring Grove. The notice tallies groups such as Bachman and Nace, Trinity Sunday School, St Paul’s Lutheran, and numerous family reunions from late July to mid September.

Qen Atvo Ueen Karst Red Arrow Kiddies Red Arrow Gettysburg Boys Brodbeck Hanover Emmanuel Reformed Picnic St Paul's Lutheran Spring Grove Bachman and Nace Trinity Sunday School Hanover Moul Market Trinity Lutheran Sunday School Reisterstown Chriswell Crumvine Kessler Heilman Sterner Rudisill Beck Wolf and Garrick Halter Hyser Freed Wolf and Harner Rohrbaugh Yeiser Markle Knipple Miller Weigard and Reaver Myers Staley Hines Red Manchey Burns Swope Conover J. Miller Wentz Hertzler Beaver, Stein and Landish J. Study Hale Art Snyder R¢Union

Biglerville Cold Storage Plant Sold to New York Firm

The Biglerville Cold Storage plant in Adams County was sold Saturday to Inland Service Corp of New York City. Possession has been given. terms were not disclosed. The sale excludes the Adams County Fruit and Packing and Distributing Co. The plant, organized in 1911 by W L Minnich and J W Prickett, now has 75 000 barrel capacity and was electrified last autumn. Inland also bought storage plants in Hagerstown and Virginia, with H W Bester of Hagerstown named manager.

Adam County Biglerville Cold Storage Company Inland Service Corporation New York City Adams County Fruit and Packing and Distributing Company Biglerville Company W.L. Minnich Dr. Minnich J. W Virginia H. W. Bester Hagerstown Biglerville

New Oxford Relieved of Ten Percent Highway Cost

The Griffith Act No 682 removed the ten percent maintenance charge on Lincolnway and shifted an additional 115000 per biennium to the Department of Highways. Secretary James Lyall Stuart said smaller boroughs faced burdens from the old rate and collection issues eased under the act.

New Oxford Teorough Department of Highways James_ Lyall Stuart Laaw Lincolnway

Impounding Dam Break Floods Maryland Lake

A large recreation lake on the Maryland National Guard unit compound was emptied after a dam fifteen feet high broke shortly after midnight. The rush of water swept through a narrow valley over farm lands and crops toward Rouserville where residents fled to higher ground as the village lay in the flood path.

Maryland National Guard Rouserville

Sheriff Sale Notice in Adams County Pennsylvania

In pursuance of a writ of fieri facias out of the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County a sheriff sale is set for July 6 1929 at 2 pm in Gettysburg Pa. The property in Littlestown Adams County includes a two story frame bungalow a frame chicken house 12 by 40 feet and a 10 by 12 feet chicken house with fruit and shade trees. It is seized as the property of J G Casper and Ada M Casper and will be sold by Sheriff G D Morrison with ten percent due immediately after sale. failure to comply may lead to resale.

Court of Common Pleas Adams County Court House Gettysburg Littlestown East King Street Jesse Eppleman Warren R. Jones King Street Eppleman Warren KR. Jones Jones J. G. Casper Ada M. Casper G. D. Morrison

Administrator's Notice of Peter Brown Estate Opened

Tatters of Administration on the Estate of Peter Brown late of Reading Township Adams County Pa deceased having been presented to the undersigned all persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment and those having claims will present them for settlement to 6 20 61 Paul Brown East Berlin R2 Adams Co Pa or his Attorney Wm Arch McClean Esq Gettysburg Pa

Peter Brown Reading Township Adams County Paul Brown East Berlin Adams Co Wm. Arch McClean Gettysburg, Pa

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