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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1966
Page
7
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USN hospital man Donald L. Breighner fines the staff at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Adams County School Board approves Abbottstown joining Lower Adams Joint School system pending release from Conewago Joint. Gren H. Wilson elected Straban Two School Board secretary. William A. Raber named treasurer. Rev A C Rohrbaugh observes tenth anniversary as Abbottstown New Oxford pastors. Lt Wilbur H Miller Jr to complete internship at Tripler Army Hospital before assignment to San Antonio. Mrs Cora Ditzler admitted to Hanover Hospital after auto crash. husband Orville injured. son Russell drove.
30 years ago Glenn Zeigler of New Oxford suffers foot ligaments while trying to avoid colliding with Littlestown on Olé Millfield Sunday. The Standard Garment Company of Columbia buys the old First Lutheran church in New Oxford for a new plant employing up to 159. remodeling underway. Joan McCadden of Berlin street buys cleaning business equipment as LiL Lupp moves to Boonesboro Maryland. A service station and home at Cross Keys is being developed. plan to name a Service Station. Kenneth D Jarn’woo becomes pastor of New Chester Lutheren charge on July 1, serving St. Pauls in New Chester.
The New Oxford Chamber of Commerce band plans a Center Square concert on Saturday evening. Miss Mary E Hershey injures her left shoulder in a cherry tree fall. Burgess Wagner favors Fourth celebrations but limits risky fireworks. Latimore Township boards reorganize with new officers Seright Nell president Edward Prosser VP and others. Schools to open Aug 23 with compulsory attendance Oct 25. Local tax data noted for 1826. Wheat priced at 1.32 per bushel. Various cherry sales and local transport notes. John Lerew, veteran East Berlin driver, visits York Springs.
A Pennsylvania Dutch service and sermon were held Sunday at Paradise Holizschwamm oe Carist at 2 pm. Franklin F. Glassmeyer of the DCC congregation Pauls Union Church led, with cooperation from Count Church Hampton and St Mark's Church Heidlersburg Wheat. Local prices listed include: cents per bushel, eggs 19 cents and 2 1/2 cents per dozen. Mt Rock Inn Centennial open for business with A Neiderer proprietor.
A fragmented scrapbook style page shows quotes and quips from history and daily life. It includes Thomas Jefferson remarks about the Declaration of Independence, humorous exchanges with a teller, and wry lines on advice, youth, and theater remarks.
A reader column offers simple do it yourself fixes for broken dishes, removing sticky residue, softening sugar, scaling fish, whitening silk with peroxide, making substitute whipped cream from apple and egg white, cleaning pearls and amber, improving French toast, cutting glass straighter, and preventing outdoor iron rust with proper prep and paint.
A religious reflection on Kings 3 12 and the idea that God gives us a wife or partner an understanding heart to heal disputes and foster harmony. It urges seeking understanding and expressing love to bless relationships and associations.
Enlistment news for Frederick Bunty and Henry Noel Jr. in the U.S. Navy for two years. Installation of Rev. Archie Rehrbaush as minister at New Oxford Reformed Sunday 7:30. Job secured for Fred Feiser. East Berlin student tops county high school entrance exam with 3644. Jackie Leib injured in bicycle accident at Hanover General Hospital. Greggs awards announced for New Oxford High School Commercial students. WC P.O.S. of A elected officers. George H. Firestone administrator transfers three Straban Twp. tracts to Thomas Overly for 3000.
Church schedules span East Berlin and surrounding towns with services at New Oxford Hunterstown Rossville and more. Parishes include Sacred Heart Basilica Conewago Chapel St. Mark's Heidlersburg St. John's Hampton and Mt. Olivet Bermudian among many others with varied Masses School times and worship plans.
A column of household tips covers cleaning candle wax from surfaces, keeping locks smooth with graphite, hats and shoehorns, and restoring nails in plaster walls. Advice includes meringue egg tips, hat cleaning pastes, and simple fixes for umbrellas and fireplaces with common household materials.
A column notes local church listings around Abbottstown with service times for Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and nearby congregations. It also lists a series of motor vehicle operator license suspensions issued by the Bureau of Traffic Safety affecting residents from Gettysburg New Oxford and York Springs with durations from one month to one year. The quote from Eric Hoffer closes the piece.
Local church notices list Holy Trinity Lutheran Pastor Ray E Jones at 10 am service in York Springs along with Chapel Hill Church of God in Rock Chapel Hill Pastor Donald Roemer and Sunday School 930 am worship 1039 am Evening Praise 730 pm Wednesday prayer and study 730 pm. Methodist Charge Rev William Kennard leads communion 830 am Charen School 26 am Church of the United Brethren in Christ Rev Jacob F Stover in Ydaville 10 am Sunday School worship 1100 am Heidlersburg worship 900 am Sunday.
Planing aid items and door fitting tips describe making a steel fork to hold doors, windows, and screens upright. A second fork adds stability. A broken key can be removed by adhering a smeared key end with hardware adhesive and pulling it free. The page also notes a car crash on Route 8 near York Springs injuring none seriously and a pole damage report.
Rev. M. Benson Paul conducts Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and Communion at 10:30 a.m. in Lower Bermudian with Chestnut Grove offering Communion at 9 a.m. and Sunday School at 10 a.m. Your neighbor is in our news.
Advice column excerpt covers jealousy and trust in a coworker, dating a cheater, disciplining a young child in public, and where to send marriage announcements. Sally counsels avoiding mistrust, ending unfaithful relationships, disciplining promptly, and sending wedding notices from the bride's family.
Rev Ralph Meckley admitted to Holy Spirit Hospital Room 530 for observation. Former York Springs Lutheran pastor now serves Salem Lutheran Church Oberlin Pa. Mrs Raymond Pearson of Saratoga Calif visited with sisters in law Jear and Hazel Pearson. Clars E Spence lists estate of Mary Augusta Bunty Bunty late Conewago Twp to Madeline E Bunty Miller Hanover for 5200. Nell is seriously ill at home. Mettie Griest remains a patient at Polyclinic Hospital.
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