Eastern Shore social news notes and events
The Eastern Shore Optometric Society met at Dr. Wright and Dr. Billmeier with Dr. Ivan Tellis of Baltimore as guest speaker on vision training. Local church and social events abound with visits, dinners, travel, and family news from Denton to Frankford, Federalsburg, and beyond, including baptisms and a jet accident remembrance.
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Eastern Shore Optometric Society
Wright
Billmeier
Ivan Tellis
Baltimore
Shore
First Methodist Church
Denton
Ella Carter
Anna Bryant
Madge Jump
Louise Gray
Marie Armstrong
Anna Mae White
Clyde A. Pentz
Rehoboth Beach
Clarence R. Pentz
Pottstown
William Beers, Jr
Nanticoke Hospital
Seaford
Allen Smith
Salisbury
William Beers
Mary A. Lord
John W. Lord
Perryville
Josephine L. DeFord
Town
Ocean View
Frankford
Del
John W. Asher, Jr
Federalsburg Women’s Club
Lavinia Bye
Wilmington
Sue Bye
Martin Pusey
William Thompson
Berlin
Georgianna Perry
Newark
Robert W. Downes III
Washington
Florida
R. W. Downes
Miami
Ernest G. Cooper
Westbury
N. Y
Carlton Robinson
Clinton Swayne
Ethel Taylor
Philadelphia
W. E. Collins
Mr. Collins
Peyton Thompson
Ellis Collins
Perry Collins
Leslie Fishell
Debra
Betty Collins
Nor
Rotary’s Third Quadrennium Community Service in Denton
The Denton Rotary Club, aided by the Denton Community Club and local Church Schools, carried out toy drives for Caroline High School, funded by Rotary, and supported a new softball league led by Rotarians Burdette Nuttle George Clendaniel and Kenneth Ramsburg. They helped revive the Denton Volunteer Fire Department Band, backed town improvements, and praised Rotary for uniting diverse ideas. Paul Singer became president after the September dinner meeting in Goldsboro.
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Terv
Denton Community Club
Church
Manual Arts Department
Caroline High School
Rotary Club
Burdette Nuttle
George Clendaniel
Kenneth Ramsburg
Denton Volunteer Fire Department
Denton
Rotary
County Firemen Elect New Officers For 1955
County firemen elect new officers for 1955 and approve a service format change to first Sunday gatherings. Meetings will rotate town to town with Federalsburg hosting in 1956, and dinners will replace regular meetings with dinner served at 7:30 followed by the business session. Summer meetings are suspended.
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Passed
Federalsburg
Circuit Court Opens For April Term On Monday
The April term of the Circuit Court opened Monday with remarks urging minors be excluded from premises serving alcohol. The Board of License Commissioners will implement the rule by April 30, 1955. The grand jury examined two witnesses, filed one presentment, and brought in one True Bill. The court commends State's Attorney James A Wise Sheriff Andrews and state troopers Koste Myers Weir and Morgan for their responsible law enforcement. Gratitude is extended to Judge J DeWeese Carter for his charge to the grand jury. Jesse W Porter Foreman Carleton Gooden Secretary Anne M Slaughter Asst Sec.
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Board of License Commissioners
James A. Wise
Andrews
Gus G. Koste
Emil C. Myers
Harold Weir
Merle Morgan
J. DeWeese Carter
Jesse W. Porter
Carleton Gooden
Anne M. Slaughter
Is US Citizenship Worth Half a Million Dollars
An Army sergeant faces a possible inheritance near 14 million dollars if he renounces his American citizenship. The April 10 issue of The American Weekly in color gravure with the Baltimore Sunday American presents the serviceman’s reasons for keeping U S citizenship.
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United States
American Weekly
Baltimore Sunday American
Death of B John Albert Seese, Denton educator and farmer
B John Albert Seese, 75, retired teacher and farmer, died at home in Denton last Friday. A native of Pennsylvania, he studied at Prince William Academy Virginia and Bridgewater College. He taught in Virginia schools, then farmed in Denton and later worked for Nuttle Lumber Co. Deacon of the Church of the Brethren, he is survived by his wife Letitia, a daughter and four sons, ten grandchildren, a sister and two brothers. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Brethren with interment in Denton Cemetery.
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John Albert Seese
Denton
Pennsylvania
Prince William Academy
Virginia
Tie
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Nuttle Lumber Co
Leese
Church of the Brethren
Ife
Letitia McDaniel
Arthur Reinhold
Chestertown
Paul Seese
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert Seese
Delphi
Indiana
Chester Seese
Baltimore
Warren Seese
Philadelphia
Susan Seese
Elmer J. Seese
Norman A. Leese
Headwater
Denton Cemetery
Emory Claude Conner Memory Obituary in Greensboro
Emory Claude Conner age 61 died at his Greensboro home Monday after a long illness. He was a World War I veteran, son of the late Richard Conner and Cora Corkran Conner, and member of Eastern Shore Bar rack No. 101. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Rawlings Funeral Home with Rev. Grayson Wheatley officiating. burial in Greensboro Cemetery. Survived by wife Helen Moore Conner, two sons Leon Claude Conner and John Elbert Conner, two grandchildren, three brothers Rol and Conner of Wilmington, Arlie and Lawrence Conner of Greensboro, and several nephews and nieces.
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Claude Conner
Greensboro
Richard Conner
Cora Corkran Conner
Eastern Shore Barrack No
Rawlings
Grayson Wheatley
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Leon Claude Conner
John Elbert Conner
Laurel, del
Roland Conner
Wilmington
Arlie
Lawrence Conner
Selfishness Drives Bad Manners, Study Finds
A new study argues selfish behavior is the core cause of rude conduct in social settings, linking excessive self-focus to diminished consideration for others and poorer manners in daily interactions. Researchers emphasize awareness and social norms to counteract the trend.
Keep Maryland Beautiful Committees To Meet Soon
The Caroline Keep Maryland Beautiful Committee and county chairmen plan rapid progress with several district meetings set for mid-April. Local districts hold meetings April 13 to 15 at varied venues with listed chairmen. The program promotes highway cleanup, centralized disposal centers, and stricter penalties for littering under a 1951 law.
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Maryland
Wallace Statson
Goldsboro
William Gardner
Greensboro
County Board Directors Listed and Invitation to Join
The County Board of Directors members include Dr Edwin G Riles Lee Butler Herbert Fooks James Voss Robert Bishop Dukes Roe Lewis Nafvinger A O Saulsburs A J Netcher Paul Lonefellow Mrs Robert Holt Mrs Robert Stanton Dr Riley invites cooperation and asks you to contact the committee member nearest you for participation in the endeavor.
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County Board of Directors
Edwin G. Riles
Lee Butler
Herbert Fooks
James Voss
Robert Bishop
Dukes Roe
Lewis Nafvinger
A. O. Saulsburs
A. J. Netcher
Paul Lonefellow
Robert Holt
Robert Stanton
Riley
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Laurel
Leroy Breeding
C. Harold Meredith
Mark Slignutt
Uss Haven
C. H. Meredith
NI. M. 3
H” Division
San Francisco
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Meredith
Seventh Street
Cesar Coalla
Bridge Club
Fred McCabe
Albert Fox
Patricia Townsend
St. Mary’s Seminary
Leonard Collins
Ralph Collins
Peggy
Edwin Collins
Margaret M. Rue
Gilbert N. Rue
James M. Clarke
J. Kemp Stevens
Hugh M. Morris
Mary Morris
Polly Drummond Hill
Delaware
Walter B. Palmer, Jr
Samuel Paul Rugh
Greensburg
Rugh
Georgia
Janet Hoffman
New York City
James Hoffman
Marguerite Downes
William G. Towers
Cornelius Lane
New York
Stewart Allan Smith
S/Set
Wilson R. Smith
Irvin Smith
Claude Towers
Frank H. Kessler
Paul Singer
McCrea
Bill Himes
Delaware Fire Chief’s Association
Charles Marvel
Seaford Company
Ewspapernadhiy
Mee
Drive-Er Theater
Sun
Walt Disney’s Cartoon Festival
Warner Bros. Present
Alan Ladd
Delmer
Daves
Gikema
Audrey Dalton
Marisa Pavan Seraees
Delmer Daves
Warner Bros
Pasa E Beativ
Spillane
Pat Obrien
Recoudto
Robert M Fel Pecerto
James Edward
Paul Fix Phiup MacDonald
James Edward Grant
Wayne Fellows Recoleres Grant
Ooi
Columbia Fictures Presents
Dakotas
Arning
Gary Mierrill
John Brompeld
Wallace MacDonald
Ray Nazapeo
Joan Albert Seese
Emory Claude Conner
Caroline
Iflealth Center
20Th Century Club House
Preston
John Williams
Methodist Church House
Ridgely
Pierce Adams
Concord
KMB
Caroline Farm Bureau
Caroline County Commissioners
Caroline Farm Bureau Committee
Wallace Sutson
Leroy Merriken
Frederick Schmick
Emitt Potts
Wm. A. Cooper, Jr
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REX Reason
William Talman
Sint.-Sun
Warnercolor
Araing Hii RA Reema
Halsey
Huter Aloe
Uris
Raoul Walsh
Orignal Mus
Max Stoner
Buffalo Brit Champicn
TNE
Roaring Wests
Tarring Marshall Reed O¢ Bill Cody
Osca
Cash
Annie Or Bury Actorgst Hieto
Noel Purcell
Laya
Mer Raine
Walt Dienella
Vanishing Prairie
Technicolo
Barbara Stanwyck
Ronald Reagan
Buffalo Bill
Irs
Ernest Cooper Fire & Liability Insurance
Denton, Maryland
Choptank
West Denton At the Bridge
Katherine Downes
The
Journal Today
Cinderella
FOX Brothers
Washington Street
Easton, MD
Karloff
Peter Lorre
Columbia
Evelyn Keyes
All Family
Squeez Cartoon Circus
Action Circus
Pal Vohing
Renegades
Genee
Phil Carey
Martha
William Evans
Hyer
Bishop
David Lang
Fred F Sears
Laff Circus
J. Arthur Rank Organization
Norman Wisdom
Margaret Rutherford
Lesion
Pancrat
20Th Centry Fes
Debra Paget
Robert Wagner
John Lund
Jeffrey Hunter
Frank Sinatra
Gene Kelly
Anchors Aweigh
Mon
Columbia Pictures
Rresen
Tyrone Power
Maureen O’hara
John Ford
Cinemascope
Robert Francis
Dora'd Crisp
Ward Bond
Betsy Palmer
Capey
Edward Hope
Marty Msher
Nard Reeder
Carpon
Robert Arthur
Movie Center
Walt Disney
Kirk Douglas
James Mason
Padt
Lukas Petd
Eran
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