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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1946
Page
5
A brief notice from New Oxford Pennsylvania reports a theft of a cane from premises described as posteries. The incident emphasizes a lost cane and calls for any information about the suspect or location.
Miss Margaret Spahr of New Oxford and Firming Nitchman of York united in marriage by Rev. Charles Brown in Bekiersburg. Miss Helen Hufnagle of Hanover and John B. Sterner of Hanover wed in Westminster. Miss Josephine Hershey formerly of town and Samuel Brown of Robesonia married in a midweek ceremony. A double wedding joined M Bernadette Lawrence and Albert Krepps both of McSherrys town with M Geraldine Strauss bough and Robert Puhrman of Hanover.
Miss Louise Bender of Gettysburg is recovering at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore after an operation last Saturday. John G. Glenn of Gettysburg returns to Johns Hopkins for a planned eye operation this Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Joseph Rosensteel announce the birth of a son at the hospital Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Andrew Martin announce a daughter born on Sunday at Warner Hospital.
A sequence of wedding notices from Littlestown to Hanover details couples forming new bonds. The list includes teachers from Littlestown High and Gettysburg College marriages, with brides in linen suits, grooms in wartime service households, and honeymoons planned to regional sites. The notices name venues, officiants, and future residences for several couples around Hanover and Conewago townships.
Miss Yvonne Adela Good and Johnsen were married at St. Joseph’s Church in a ceremony led by Rev Edward J. O’Flynn. The couple, employed by Knouse Corporation Peach Olen, will live with the bridegroom’s father after the wedding and the groom is a Biglerville High School graduate. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claire Good of Hanover and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E Lawrence and Charles Henry Johnson Jr of Butler. The groom served three and a half years in the U S Navy. Also, Estella Mae Aumen wed Regis W Gebhart in a solemn Nuptial High Mass at Immaculate Conception Church New Oxford.
Public sale is set for Wednesday evening July 3 at 7 o’clock at Walker’s Auction Room on Berlin Avenue New Oxford. Items listed include living room suite, 3 radios Singer sewing machine platform rockers beds and springs baby crib 18 plank bottom chairs kitchen chairs corner cupboard tables dressers wash stands kitchen cabinets love seats electric iron toaster antique gun 9x12 rugs ice cream freezers screen door lawn mowers glass chinaware some antiques cooking utensils and other articles not mentioned. Harry B Walker Y McCullough Auctioneers Clerks
The bridegroom and bridesmaids attended a ceremony with Olorta J. Rinehart and Joan A. Greanholts as flower girls. Adrian A. served as best man for his brother Paul L. Gebhart. The bride wore a white gown with Persian lace and frosted glass bead accents, a net veil, and a crown. She carried rosaries and received gifts from the groom and her bridal party. The newlyweds took a brief trip to Tyrone to visit Sister Paula Mary.
Market prices listed include Wheat and Corn with various values, Rye and Oats, and brown and white eggs. The fragment shows different quantities and descriptors but is incomplete for full pricing or context.
Excerpt from a soldier’s letter praising Pennsylvania as a land of history, industry, and landscape. The writer recalls journeys across the state from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, mentions Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, Valley Forge, Gettysburg, and Fort Necessity, and notes Pennsylvania’s mountains, rivers, farms, oil wells, coal mines, and Amish communities.
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