Local York Springs Notes and Community Happenings
Town Council will meet Tuesday evening. York Springs plays New Oxford Saturday afternoon with a New Oxford concert at Center Square that evening. Several residents attend meetings, bake sales raise funds, church groups meet, and birthdays and anniversaries are noted. A German mandolin image from 1707 is highlighted by Mrs. Gussie Spotz.
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York Springs
New Oxford
Center Square
John Staub
Linecolnway
Rat Bites Child In Sugartown Cradle Fright
Mrs. Guy Bridges of near Sugartown awoke to screams and found a rat had gnawed the baby's face and hand in the cradle. The child received medical attention from a New Oxford physician.
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Guy Bridges
Sugartown
Oxford
Marriages Across the Hanover Area Closely Reported
A string of wedding notices from Hanover New Oxford and surrounding towns details marriages and engagements. Couples include Miss Myrlee A Chronister and Leslie A Albright at Trinity Reformed parsonage, Miss Margie A Cashman and George R Roth in Johnstown, and others tied to Steelton Penbrook Derry and Littlestown.
Deaths and obituaries from Hanover and surrounding towns
Charles H Emmert 71 of Hanover dies of cerebral stroke at home after being found at the brick yards. survived by wife Jennie daughter Sarah sister Kate Glascock and brothers George Gilbert William. Ezra Hawn 84 Bonneauville Civil War veteran dies at his daughter’s home with large family survivors and Catholic funeral. Elizabeth Myers Weaver 65 Hanover area dies after diseases. husband Reynolds and children Merritt Philip and others survive. funeral tomorrow. Mrs William Gardner 88 York Springs dies in Philadelphia. interment at Sunnycrest. Mrs J W Chuck 63 of Youngstown dies at son in law O C Deans home. Mrs Edward Alwine funeral pallbearers listed. James A Strausbaugh 72 Fairfield area dies after illness. widow and nine children survive. Grace Sahm dies in Washington DC. daughter of Orndorff of Hanover two brothers survive. Henry Morrison dies in Gettysburg. funeral from sister’s home. Sallie A Haines 54 Gettysburg native dies in Arlington MD. survived by mother five sons four daughters and many relatives. Eliza A Thoman 77 Hanover mother of Harvey Thoman dies in York. Lan Miller noted dead months earlier. bicycle and sporting goods store formerly in Hanover. moving picture vaudeville noted. (Continued on last page)
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Charles H. Emmert
Hanover
Wm. Emmert
New Oxford
Mr. Emmert
Zech
Emmett
Jennie
Sarah
Kate Glascock
George
Gilbert
York Springs
William
Philadelphia
Ezra Hawn
Bonneauville
P. D. Keiser
Simon and
Amanda Hawn
Mary Sneeringer
Mr. Hawn
IF. J. Hawn
Waterbury
Conn
John Gebhart
Littlestown
S. J. Hawn
A. J. Hawn
Mna Keiser
Hawn
Company I
98Th Pennsylvania Regiment
Holy Name Society of
Holy Name Society of St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
P. J. Enright
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Elizabeth Myers Weaver
Reynolds Weaver
Chas. Winand
Merritt Weaver
Philip Weaver
Gee
Frank
Elmer
Jacob
Frank Myers
Near New Oxford
Geo Trimmer
New Chester
Levi King
Tate Israel
Cé@eNa
Raffelisberger Myers
Willliam H. Gardner
Sunnyfted
J. W. Chuck
Youngstown
O. C. Dean
Chuck
Edward Alwine
Abbottstown
Charles W. Albright
S. S. Wolf
H. B. Shellenberger
Oscar Griffin
H. F. Stambaugh
Albert Benedick
James A. Strausbaugh
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
David Miller
Bittingers Station
E. J. Bayne
Reformed
Sallie A. Haines
Adams County
J. J. Daneker
Arlington
Hainey
James D. Haines
Moritz's
Maryland
George Bollinger
John Ohler
Dovey Herr
Frank Herr
Charley Herr
Gettaysburg
Cyrus Miller
Cumberland Township
Eliza A. Thoman
Harvey Thoman
York
Lan Miller
Miller
Sumter
S. C
Ira M. Shue
Tragic Drowning Blotches Hanover Family Birthday Trip
Doris Galt 11 drowns while swimming with sister and friends at Brown's Dawn on Conewago Creek. her father Robert B. Galt 35 dies after diving in to rescue her. The coroner cites heart attack as the cause of Galt's death. both bodies are buried at Kriden's Cemetery. The outing followed a birthday dinner for H. M. Sterner at Hotel McAllister in Hanover.
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Doris Galt
Robert B. Galt
Hanover
Conewago Creek
H. M. Sterner
Galt
McAllister
Sterner
Charles Frock
Charles, Jr
Littlestown
Denton
Wareheim
Walter Wareheim
Mr. Galt
Sterners
John Willet
Doris
Mary Sterner
Helen Galt
M. M.fleagle
Clayton L. Lepperd
Adams County
Kr. A. Miller
Gettysburg
W. A. Feiser
Elizabeth R. Galt
Taneytown
Helen
Eleanor
Woodrow Wilson
Kriden’s
Westminster
Wedensday
Hold Man for Buggy Theft in Oxford Township
Bridges, 35, of Oxford Township and formerly of Virginia, is held on $500 bail for the August term at a larceny hearing before Justice Rice. He is accused of stealing a buggy and a harness from an uninhabited farm owned by Frank Hentz in Hanover. The buggy was found in a woods in Oxford Township. harness remains missing. Bridges pleaded not guilty and declined to testify, with attorney W. Clarence Sheely of Gettysburg. Detective Jesse Crubbs of Hanover previously arrested him. DA John P. Butt and Sgt. Joseph Merrifield attended. witnesses included Hertz, Sponseller, Smith, and neighbors.
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Guy Bridges
Oxford Township
Virginia
Justice Rice
M¢g
Sherrystown
Bridges
Frank Hentz
Hanover
Oxford
W. Clarence Sheely
Gettysburg
Jesse Crubbs
John P. Butt
Joseph Merrifield
Hertz
Sponseller
Smith
Kling builds 28 by 32 frame apple butter plant
W H Kling laid the foundation for a 28x32 two story frame apple butter plant to operate during the season on a three acre plot bought from M D Diehl near his Lincolnway West home. Six children attended the baby clinic at the New Oxford public school building. Weather was unfavorable. Mary Jane Dicely of Lincoln Heights visited Miss Harriet Morgan in Pittsburgh.
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W. H. Kling
M. D. Diehl
Lincolnway
Oxford
New Low Cash Rises on Tires Lower Than Nail
Superior Garage on Lincolnway in E New Oxford advertises tires priced lower than nail offers.
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Superior Garage
Lincolnway
E. New Oxford
Banana Auction and Other Fruit Sale Notice
Banana auction and other fruit sale advertised for Saturday evening at 9 o clock. Event promoted by E High Steel at J H Wolf and Son in New Onford.
Reverend Frantz Leaves New Oxford Charge for New Post
The Rev A P Frantz pastor of the New Oxford Reformed charge at Abbotstown and New Oxford closes his pastorate this week. Baptisms 91, weddings 32, burials 61, members added 169. He departs with his family Friday to become Superintendent at Gorge W Hoffman Orphanage and will be deeply missed by the community.
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A. P. Frantz
New
New Oxford
Frantz
Adams County Shares in State Highway Reallocation
State aid funds totaling 874851 are reallocated among Pennsylvania counties with Adams County receiving 12999.01 to aid a five mile Conewago and Oxford townships road project. The move reflects funds left after the 6 million state appropriation and many counties receive small portions due to matching requirements and project scope.
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Adams County
Conewago-Oxford Township
Lbite
McSherrystown
Edgegrove
Irishtown
Highway Department
Commissioners
Sedgegrove
State Highway Department
Commissioners’ Office
Franklin
Cumberland
York
Local Families Welcome Newborns Across Several Towns
A series of birth notices reports daughters and sons born to families in Berlin Junction Lincoln Gettysburg Hanover McSherrystown and nearby areas. Names include Kuhn Overbaugh McSherry Baker Albright Myers Salmon Wildasin Schuchart Keefer Guas Fuhrman Brokaw and others with parents and prior surnames noted.
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Jos. Kuhn, Jr
Berlin Junction Avenue
Clair Overbaugh
Lincoln
Chas. No
Hanover Road
Revert McSherry
Gettysburg
McSherry
Grace Rickrade
New Oxford
Charles W. Bakerer
Baker
Minerve Taughinbaugh
William A. Taughinbaugh
Curtis M. Albright
Harover
Lester H. Myers
Naer Littlestown
James Salmon
Wormlessburg
Gettsburg
Salmon
Ruth Weikert
Emanuel M. Wildasin
Hanover
Anthony Schuchart
MecSherrystown
Nerman Keefer
Keefer
Marcage Wa
Esther Rudisill
M. L. S Rudisill
Walter Guas
Mcsherr .Stown
West Side Saniorhum
York
Irwin A. Fuhrman
Robert Brokaw
Boundbrook
N. J
Brokaw
Hilda Trone
Vic
William
Trone
Hospital admissions and discharges across Gettysburg area
The report lists multiple patients admitted to Warner York Poly-Clinic and Hanover hospitals from New Oxford Littlestown Gettysburg Hanover and Harrisburg areas. It notes abdominal hernia operation, appendicitis surgery, tumor treatment and ambulance transfers, with several discharges to home.
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Henry Lawrence New
Martha Noel
Centennial
Warner Hospital
Kitty Auker
New Oxford
Glenn Minter
Gettysburg
C.B Gardner
York Springs
Poly- Clinic
Harrisburg
Charles Lowers
Madylin Roth
Mae Biddle
Ray Sterner
McSherrystown
Hanover Hospital
Furthe
Banana Auction and Other Fruit Sale Notice
An advertisement for a banana auction and other fruit appears on High Street from J H Wolf & Son in New Oxford. It promotes new low cash prices on United States threshold lower than mail order houses and invites attendance Saturday at 9 o clock.
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U. S
Stores to Close in New Oxford on July 4th
Stores in New Oxford will close July 4th. A public sale of household goods and trinkets is set for Saturday at the Refraud parsonage, led by Rev. A. P. Franta.
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Cluosh
New Oxford
P Muller
Uc An
A. P. Franta
Church Services and July Schedule Across Local Congregations
Local churches list Sunday School times and worship services for First Evangelical Lutheran New Oxford Methodist Episcopal Pauls Reformed Emmanuel Reformed and other congregations. July services include one service per Sunday and Friday preparatory and baptismal rites with various sermon times and outreach activities conducted by pastors including George E Sheffer J R Stoudt and Rev Harold.
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First Evangelical Lutheran Church
New Oxford
George E. Sheffer
Sunnday
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. R. Stoudt
Local notables report illnesses and health updates
Mrs Nathani Miller of Lincoln West recovers from facial attack injuries. Bernard Gebhart, W High, Hayes Timmins, and Mrs Sowers with pneumonia or illness. A one year old and Mrs Frank ill with pneumonia. John A Wilson taken ill during church service near Gettysburg. Mrs Berkheimer attends to ill mother Leviison in Spring Grove.
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Lincolnway
Nathani! Miller
Lincoln West
Bernard Gebhart
W. High
F. B Sellers
Center Square
Aumen
Gettysburg
Pres County
Hayes J. Timmins
McSherrysto
Clarion Sowers
Abbottstown
George Frank
Hanover
John A. Wilson
Rettysburg
St. James’ Lutheran
Wilson
Robert C Berkheimer
Abbi Town
Levi Ison
Spring Grove
Hit and Run Driver Strikes Hanover Youth
Joseph Hocknsmith of Berlin J uon, about 18, was struck on Baltimore Street in Hanover Forest Park and left by a hit-and-run driver. A companion escaped serious injury. Hockensmith was moved to Hanover hospital with head injuries after bystanders found him semi conscious.
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Joseph Hocknsmith
Berlin
Juon
Hanover Hospital
Hockensmith
Baltimore Street
Hanover
Forest Park
Hispanion
Smith
Hanover Jatal
New House Rising East of New Oxford
Roy Walker of Los Angeles has purchased 18 acres along the Lincoln Highway near New Oxford from W. A. Cashn via W. P. Stoner. Stoner contracts to build a two story frame dwelling and a 200 chicken house with T. N. Loftus as contractor and A. W. Myers drilling on site.
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Roy Walker
Los Angeles
Eas New Oxford
W. A. Cashn
W. P. Stoner
Mr. Stoner
T. Nf. Loftus
New Oxford
Uo Way
A. W. Myers
Eye injury delays Gettysburg field game rescheduling
Struck in the left eye by a piece of wood while working on a property being removed for a cafeteria in Gettysburg, Hugh Dermitt of New Oxford was sent to S. I. McDowell in York for treatment. The eye was severely injured but a York specialist hopes to save the sight.
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Gettysburg
Hugh McDermit
Dulo
Iristown
Conewago
York Springs
Irishtown Field
Diehl
Lincolnway
Temple Unive
Philadelphia
Fred Livingston
John Leak
New York
E. R. Chronister
Prohibition Notice on Treasures in New Onsoerd Borough
Public notice warns that selling or discharging tre wors is banned in New Onsoerd except on July 4. Cannon crackers or sky-rickens are prohibited at all times. Signed by A. P. Wagner Burcos.
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New Onsoerd
A. P. Wagner
Burcos
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John Melhorn
Berlin Street
E. A. Melhorn
John H. Wolf
Lloyd
E. High Street
Purina
State College
Joseph Weaver
Poplar Street
Augustus Strausbaugh
Lutheran U. S
Livingston
M. E. Church
Denton Fair
W. High Street
Eva
Amy
Ruth Haar
Pine Run
Jopkins University
Baltimore
Charles Thomas
Wrightsville
Robert Pauls
E. George Felty, Jr
Susquehanna
R. M. Baugher
Evelyn Coulson
Hershey
St. Paul's Reformed Church
W. In. Dowhouer
Junia
Paul Walker
C. Edw. Lippy and Family
Baaltimore
Geo. Klingel, Jr
Goldie Williams
Geo. A. Klingel
West
Henry Haar
M. Gi Cdlettock
CO. M. Stough
Gardners
J. H. Plymire
Chas. Herman
Lilard
Shippensburg
Harry Miller
H. S
Frances Lane
Judith Lane
Riverton
Ruth Walton
George School
Alice McReynolds
Montana
Thomas Smith
Stanley Taylor
Swarthmore
Max Miller
Robert Taylor
Gerald Mallory
Riverville
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Men's Association
Jacob Haar
Charles
Ralph Gebhart
Earl and
Leroy
Pauline
Andrew Trone
Reggy
Wm. Jackenrode
Elizabeth Martin
Florence Rinehart
Nadine Croft
Doris Groft
Gussie Spotz
Michael Hoffheins
Germany
Hoffheins
Muffheins
Gussie Hoffheing Spotg
Myrlee A. Chronister
Edward Chronister
Near
Leslie A. Albright
Neffsville
Trinity Reformed Parsonage
M. J. Roth
Chronister
Hanover High School
Thompson Business School
Albright
Chas. N. Shindler
Johnstown
Cumberland Valley Teachers’ College
Penbrook
Roth
Boas Street
Charles F. Sanders
Mary Hesson
MecQuinte D
C. Grove Haines
Frances Marble
Worcester
Loston
Harvard University
Florence Bittinger
C. H. Bittinger
Hoger Jensen
Cedar Rapids
Adam
Basehoar
John S. Tome
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Lillian A. Alwood
Catherine Alwood
Monroe Warner
Adam Warner
Parkville
Lewisberry
J. E. Newcomer
Thoma Fulks
Gaithersburg
Ida M. Kephart
Washington, D. C
Sarah Miller
Harrisburg Memorial Lutheran Church
L. C. Menges
Solomon Pifer
Huntington Township
Ruth T. Starr
Milton S. Roth
Holy Trinity Church
Huntingdon
Polm
Samuel Roth
Butler
Marie FE. Ohler
William B. Fissel
Mt. Joy Lutheran Church
L. K. Young
Richard G. Mumma
Steelton
News Stand
Elizabeth Cole
Buchanan Valley
Freeport
N. Y
Cole
A. W. Cole
Florence E. Bechtel
Pleasant Hill
J. H. Wolf & Son
New Onford
Skull
Jean
Charles Alwine
Hanover Street
Emma Little
Louise McLaughlin
Thompson School
Samuel Higinbotham
John Rabine
Herman Schaef
Niagwa Fall
Geo. F. Rabine
Lincolnway Ust
Acker
Florence Acker
J.H. Wolf & Son
Emmanne
Sunda Schow
Holy Comsquaie Oat Hampton
Heidlersburg
Harold Bipasto
New House
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