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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1955
Page
10
Community readers prioritize practical reporting on local events and civic matters, with emphasis on timely notices, school updates, and neighborhood developments that affect daily life and public services. Discerning audiences seek concise, reliable coverage over sensational material.
Miss Nettie Taylor of the Enoch Pratt Library extension service tells Denton Community Club members foreign library practices and Maryland county wide service progress. She notes county libraries’ home book access, film showings, and the need for county-wide cooperation, plus upcoming officer elections and a May concert event.
Poem reflecting that God works through storms to blessing, with lines on rain reviving flowers and growth, and the idea of a divine plan guiding all lives despite troubles, ending with a note on seeking His love and guidance.
Well over 100 Guernsey breeders 4-H and FFA members attended the first Eastern Shore Guernsey Judging and Type School at the John A. Fuchs farm near Denton on March 31. Prizes included gold tie clasps and framed pictures for top finishers, awarded by the Maryland Guernsey Breeders' Association.
A Maryland General Assembly act funds Hood College Frederick scholarships starting September 1955. Awards arise from competitive exams to be announced and administered by the County Board of Education. Recipients must bond to teach in Maryland public schools for a specified period after graduation, with Caroline County applicants judged by Hood College's Scholarship Board.
Provisions by the 82nd Congress provide farm training for all eligible Korean veterans or others who have served in the Armed Forces. Veterans with an Honorable Discharge may apply under Public Law 550 and should contact the County Superintendent of Schools or Howard S. Beulah in Denton. Subistence details are available from the local instructor.
Mrs. William Wolf announces the annual Cancer Society drive open April 1 and running through the month. Denton volunteers will lead districts including Court House Square, Gay and Fourth, and many more, with detailed district coordinators listed.
The Rev and Mrs Louis Dennis missionaries in Borneo mailed the Methodist Borneo Calendar of 1955 to friends in Caroline County The calendar shows mission work in the Far East with a frontispiece of the Chinese Methodist Church in Sibu the mother church of Methodism in Sarawak The Dennises priorly served in the Concord circuit of the Peninsula Methodist Conference before going to China as missionaries His wife Madeline Kelso a public health nurse in Caroline County returned home for a year when Communists gained control of China then were assigned to Borneo.
The Eastern Shore 4-Hers will sponsor and finance a foreign exchange student with a 4 H Square Dance Jamboree at Hurlock on Saturday April 16 from 8 to 12.
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