Bobcats to Play Championship Game At Chestertown
The Denton Bobcats will face Chestertown in the Mar Del League Championship final at the Chestertown Armory on Friday night at 8 30. Scheduling moved from Denton and Dover due to venue availability and player study commitments. The series stands 1-1 after Chestertown won a thriller and the Bobcats dominated 60 to 51 Tuesday.
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National Guard
Denton Bobcats
Chestertown
Armory
Denton
Dover
Western Maryland
Ben Sheffield
Bobcats
Eastern Shore
fingal
Denton Co-op Sold For Debts
The Maryland Chicken Cooperative in west Denton was sold at public auction to the Baltimore Bank for Cooperatives for 81290 including mortgage amounts of 55290. Eight acres with buildings along Chop Tank River were conveyed by Fleetwood et al in 1945. Equipment sold by the bank, two trucks bought by individuals. Losses to investors noted as stockholders reported 236000 in total debt. Caroline Poultry Farms, Inc. will lease the plant for 2 1/2 years and reopen soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
west Denton
Maryland Chicken Cooperative, Inc
Baltimore Bank for Cooperatives, Mortagee
Baltimore Bank for Cooperatives
Choptank
J. Robert Fleetwood
Bank for cooperatives
Denton
Caroline Poultry Farms, Inc
Federalsburg
Maryland
Pauli A. Croll
Brides To Burn Tonight at Caroline High School
The Senior Class presents Brides To Burn at 8:00 p.m. in the Caroline High School auditorium tonight and again tomorrow. Directed by Mrs. Lacy Orme the cast includes Renee Sauesbury Janet Pitts Joyce Baker Norma Lee Carroll Judy Legg Jean Beaven Ormand Baker Louis Griffith Mike Sharp Jimmy Voss and Charles Blades. The play promises laughs for an enjoyable evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline High School
Lacy Orme
Renee Sauesbury
Janet Pitts
Joyce Baker
Norma Lee Carroll
Judy Legg
Jean Beaven
Ormand Baker
Louis Griffith
Mike Sharp
Jimmy Voss
Charles Blades
Carter Inducted as Associate Judge in Caroline Circuit
Governor Lane appointed J. DeWeese Carter of Denton to fill the vacancy on the Second Judicial Circuit bench. He took the oath at the April term opening led by Chief Judge Horney and Associate Judge Kintner. Carter, 44, a Caroline native, served in WWII, later on state commissions, and with General MacArthur’s staff in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Wm. Preston Lane
J. DeWeese Carter
Denton
Second Judicial Circuit
Maryland
J. Owen Knotts
Caroline County
Carter
Horney
Kintner
Court of Appeals
Tax Revision Commission
Eastern Shore
State Tax Commission of
Judge Advocate General’s Department
General MacArthur
Pacific
Maryland State Bar Association
Schmidt Named Exchange Student Ambassador from Maryland
Oscar Schmidt of Sadlersville will serve four months in the 1949 International Farm Youth Exchange Project. The 21 year old joins about 50 American farm youths to live on foreign farms and host-country youths will visit U S farms. Downey announced the Davidson Chemical Company funds his Europe trip set to begin in June after orientation in geography history culture language and agriculture. Schmidt studied agriculture for four years and worked on a farm his life this includes FFA and 4 H leadership roles plus German fluency and Boy Scout and Farm Bureau activities. He will live with a Holland host family and may visit other parts of Europe and England before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
farmers of
Holland
Oscar Schmidt
Sadlersville
Myro S. Downey
Davidson Chemical Company
Baltimore
United States
Oscar
Downey
FFA
Farm Bureau
Europe
England
Dr Wilbur Devilbiss to Speak at Denton PTA
State Education supervisor Dr Wilbur Devilbiss will address the Denton PTA on What Makes a Good High School. He will outline state standards used to evaluate high schools across Texas. The public meeting is Monday April 11 at 8 p.m. in Caroline High School auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Devilbiss
State Department of Education
Denton P.T. A
Caroline High School
Denton
B and P Club Banquet Highlights Membership Talk
On March 30 the Caroline county Business and Professional Women's Club held its ninth annual banquet at the Community Club house. Miss Mary Rockwell state president spoke on Membership stressing quality over quantity and retaining old members. Mrs Noma Barrow Butler sang with ac companionist Mrs Stewart Fitzgerald. four selections were performed. The event featured flower decorated tables and a perfect menu with a playful Eastertime mystery by each plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline county Business and Professional Women's Club
Ruth Price
Mary Rockwell
Noma Barrow Butler
Stewart Fitzgerald
Towson Youth Held in Wit-Run Death Case
Towson police detained 17 year old Andrew David Gruel of Ruxton after he reported damage to his car and linked the hit and run death of Betty Ann Roe a 20 year old television singer found on Bellona avenue. No witnesses. police noted headlight glass and grill fragments at the scene and sought the owner of a 1938 Plymouth headlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew David Gruel
Ruxton
Towson
Betty Ann Roe
Miss Roe
Bellona avenue
Union Memorial Hospital
Gruel
Maple avenue
East Chesapeake avenue
York road
Marydel Lions Celebrate Founders Day Banquet
Marydel Lions Club held its Founders Day Banquet at the Marydel Community Hall to mark the club's first birthday. About 100 members and guests attended with visiting Lions from Greensboro Denton and Hardy. District Governor Raymond Magee spoke on unity and Lions Conventions, and a musical program featured soprano L A Covell baritone Carman Legget violinist L H Collison and the Greensboro Lions quartet. Two new members were inducted and the event was organized by A L Harman and committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel
L. A. Covell
Carman Legget
L. H. Collison
Greccnsboro Lion’s
Roland Thomas
lions
A. L. Harman
Marydel Lions
North Eastern Shore Legion Auxiliary Met Last Week
The North Eastern Shore District American Legion Auxiliary met in Sadlersville with Mrs. Rooney presiding. Congressman Miller spoke on veterans legislation and urged support for the Rankin pension bill. the district reported strong membership and ongoing Open House visits for Perry Point Hospital patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Eastern Shore
American Legion Auxiliary
Sadlersville
James E. Rooney
Elkton
Edward T. Miller
Perry Point Hospital
Caroline Unit
L Stevens Brown
T Clayton Long
William Garey
J. Lincoln Towse
C.EF. Roberts
Denton
Miller
Rankin
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Legion
Auxiliary
Buck Buck Named Cannon Director In Delaware Firm
Henry P. Cannon II announces the election of Senator C Douglass Buck as director of H P Cannon & Son Inc Bridgeville Delaware The Cannon Company a long established canner in the Tri State Area packs asparagus lima beans red peppers stringless green beans Buck served six years as United States Senator and two terms as Governor of Delaware He chairs the Board of Equitable Trust Company and owns a herd of registered Guernsey cattle on his Wilmington area farm.
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Henry P. Cannon II
H. P. Cannon & Son, Inc
Bridgeville
Delaware
C. Douglass Buck
Cannon Company
Tri-State
Buck
United States
United States Senator (R) for the past six years, was Governor of the State of
Equitable Trust Company
Wilmington
Memorial Services For Judge Knotts and Grand Jury Report
The spring term of Caroline County Circuit Court opens with memorial services for the late Chief Judge J Owen Knotts and the induction of John DeWeese Carter as his successor. The grand jury, led by Charles T. Dean, includes 16 women and seven men and reports eight true bills and 13 witnesses examined.
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Judge Knotts
Charles T. Dean
foreman
T. Olin Ford
Harry H. Heather
Margaret Smith
Elva Bilbrough
C. Wilbur Andrew
Maud Pritchett Brumbaugh
Lois E. Stafford
T Carville Fleetwood
Madeline C. Raynolds
Robin S Harris
Nellie G. Bonner
Eleanor Rieck
Grace S Knotts
Mary W. Wheatley
Delinette Blades
Catherine Clark Lynch
Myra Wright Cannon
Katharine Jarrell Eaton
Catherine Swing
Adam S. Hensinger
Nettie B. Meredith
S. Walter Liden
Helen Brannock
Harlan N. Pritchett
Alice E. Sylvester
Oscar Bishop
Louis Bishop
Agnes E. Carter
John R. Ricards
Lawnace A. Moore
J. Norman Pitts
Marguerite A. Walston
Dorothy S. Osteen
Leonard E. Legates
Robert W. Holt
Nellie Hill
Trice
Dale C. Elrick
Fred T. Wright
Wm. T. Cannon
Harry D. Allfather
i Fred H Flounders
Clifton E. Henry
Thomas C. Gaitley
Cornelia Lord Carroll
Lilian Willey
Walter J. Willey
Nellie M. Towers
Denton
Ridgely
Ridges
Madeline C. Reynolds
DeWeese Carter
Red Cross Quota More Than Doubled In County This Year
County Red Cross drive beats goal of 1365 with 3030.40 subscribed led by county chairman Robert W. Downes Jr. Surplus half kept locally across Federalsburg Denton Ridgely Preston Greensborough Hillsboro Goldsboro Marydel Williston Henderson Burrsville. Downes thanks supporters for campaign success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
American Red Cross
Robert W. Downes Jr
Downes
Federalsburg
Denton
Ridgely
Preston
Greensboro
Hillsboro
Goldsboro
Marydel
Williston
Henderson
Burrsville
Junior Auxiliary To Hold Silver Tea in Denton
The Denton unit of the Junior Auxiliary of Easton Memorial Hospital will sponsor a Silver Tea on Saturday April 5 at the home of Miss Ella Carter Franklin Street Denton from two to five p m Proceeds will aid the Children's Ward Easton Memorial Hospital Entertainers include Mrs Harry Grieves of Rehoboth Delaware Mrs Gilbert Rue and Mrs Lacy Orme of Denton and a program of selected recordings will be part of the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Easton Memorial Hospital
Ella Carter
Franklin street
Harry Grieves
Rehoboth
Delaware
Gilbert Rue
Lacy Orme
Denton Adopts Eastern Daylight Saving Time
At a Denton commissioners meeting on April 6 the government was ordered to observe Eastern Daylight Saving Time starting 2:00 a.m. April 24 and ending per Baltimore law.
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Denton
Commissioners of
Municipality of
Baltimore
Crochet And Knit Show Draws Big Crowds At Easton Armory
Several thousand lovers of needle crafts filled the Easton Armory for the Easton Fair Association's First Annual Crochet and Knit Show. Over 1 014 pieces were on display across 42 classes, with judges wrestling to decide winners as ribbons were awarded. An impressive display of afghans and bedspreads drew praise while space ran tight in the crowded venue.
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Easton Armory
Easton Fair Association
National Guard
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Washington and Lee Graduate
War Service
JUDGE J. DEWEESE CARTER
Schmidt
Dr. Devilbiss
P.T.A
B And P
Towson Police
Wit-Run
Leslie Bosley
John Rosch
Lion’s Club
North Eastern Shore Legion Auxiliary
John DeWeese Carter
U. S
State Tax Commission
D. Ralph Horsey
William Preston Lane
William R. Horney
Centreville
Floyd J. Kintner
James F. Evans
Circuit Court
Wesley E. Thawley
T. Hughlett Henry
Easton
Thomas J. Keating Jr
Richard Carvel
Henry T. Constable
J Owen Knotts
Caroline Bar
W. Brewster Dean
Calvert C. Merriken
John Fredrick Jarvis
Lulu Donlavy
Walter Donley
Mickey’s
James A. Wise
Roy F. Millman
George Washington Moore
Adam Holsinger
T. Carville Fleetwood
Catherine C. Lynch
Red Cross
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