Leonard Willis engagement linked to Johns Hopkins student
Towson couple announces the engagement of June Hobbs Willis to John William Leonard Jr. of Wynnewood Pa. She is a Notre Dame Preparatory School and Goucher College student. he is a Johns Hopkins senior. A June wedding is planned at home but under medical care at Memorial Hospital Easton. Various local social notes follow including visits, gatherings, and moves. Elizabeth Roe birth announced at Memorial Hospital Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence M. Willis
Towson
June Hobbs Willis
John William Leonard Jr
John William Leonard
Wynnewood
Miss Willis
Notre Dame Preparatory School
Baltimore
Goucher College
Lawrenceville School
Leonard
Johns Hopkins University
Gibson Connolly Wedding Invitation Set for May 12
Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Miss Carolyn Faye Gibson daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob A Gibson Sr of Queen Anne to Mr William Joseph Connolly of Ridgely. The ceremony will be at two o'clock Saturday afternoon May 12 at St Benedicts Catholic Church Ridgely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Faye Gibson
Jacob A. Gibson Sr
Queen Anne
William Joseph Connolly
Ridgely
St. Benedict’s Catholic Church
Wedding of Miss Charlotte Magrogan and John Pappa at St Benedicts
Miss Charlotte Magrogan and John Pappa wed at St Benedicts Church in Ridgely Wilmington with Rev Francis McDonough officiating. Attendants included maid of honor Teresa Wood and best man Charles Pappa. After a reception the couple plans to reside in Wilmington following a southbound honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Benedict’s Catholic Church
Charlotte Alice Magrogan
Robert J. Magrogan
Ridgely
John Joseph Pappa
Mary Pappa
Daniel Pappa
Wilmington
Francis McDonough
Teresa Wood
Charles Pa
Maid of Honor
Mrs Kathryn Stevens Lewis to wed T Noble Jarrell in Goldsboro
Announcement of the marriage between Mrs Kathryn Stevens Lewis of Wilmington and Mr T Noble Jarrell of Goldsboro. The ceremony occurred Saturday April 14 at 2 p.m. at the Jarrell home conducted by Rev Omro Todd of Trinity Methodist Church. Attendants were Mrs David W King and Mr T Noble Jarrell Jr. The couple planned a wedding trip south and will reside in Goldsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Stevens Lewis
Wilmington
Gootee Stevens
T. Noble Jarrell
Goldsboro
Jarrell
Omro Todd
Trinity Methodist Church
David W. King
T. Noble Jarrell, Jr
Community Notices and Births In Easton Area
Wises of First Methodist Church meet April 24 at 8 p m in Fellowship Hall Circle No 3 to present program Double Hills Homemakers Club gathers April 24 at 1 30 p m at Mrs Raymond Flack's home Miss Gladys Mae Shawn funeral held at Bloomingdale near Queenstown Mr Gordon L Shawn father of Miss Shawn is cited Mrs Fred Love attended uncle Rev Wesley Walls funeral in Reading Pa over last weekend Mr and Mrs William Kindley of Salisbury visit relatives over weekend Mr and Mrs M Kemp Newnam Sr of Rehoboth Beach guests here over weekend Mr S Robert Fleetwood a patient at Memorial Hospital Easton Mr and Mrs Arthur L Rairigh and family of Madison NJ vacationing with his parents Mr and Mrs Norman L Rairigh Mr and Mrs W Henry Hollingsworth of Ridgely welcome birth of daughter Carol Jane on April 12 at Memorial Hospital Eas ton Donald Trice recently hospitalized at Memorial Hospital Easton Dukes Hennings home near town destroyed by fire Saturday Capt Andrew M McCauley Otis AFB Cape Cod MA spent last week with family Frank Dennis retires as Chief of Town Police after 30 years service due to ill health.
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Wises
First Methodist Church
Denton
Fellowship Hall
Circle No. 3
Double Hills Homemakers Club
Raymond Flack
D. Ralph Horsey
Gladys Mae Shawn
Bloomingdale
Queenstown
Miss Shawn
Gordon L. Shawn
Shawn
Horsey
Fred Love
Rev
Wesley Walls
Reading
William Kindley
Salisbury
M. Kemp Newnam Sr
Rehoboth Beach
S. Robert Fleetwood
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Arthur L. Rairigh
Madison
N. J
Norman L. Rairigh
W. Henry Hollingsworth
Ridgely
Carol Jane
Donald Trice
Dukes Hennings
Andrew M. McCauley
Otis Air Force Base
Cape Cod
Mass
Frank Dennis
Deaths: John W. Baynard 72 Greensboro resident
Funeral services for John W. Baynard 72 lifelong Greensboro resident were held Monday at 2 p m at Rawlings Funeral Home Greensboro with interment in Greensboro Cemetery. The Rev Lis ton Moyer of Pilgrim Holiness Church officiated. Baynard died Friday at Deer's Head State Hospital Salisbury where he had been a patient for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Baynard
Greensboro
Rawlings
Liston Moyer
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Mr. Baynard
Deer’s Head State Hospital
Salisbury
Mer man J Ira Fisher 89 of Willow Grove dies
J Ira Fisher a retired merchant aged 89 of Willow Grove Pennsylvania died on Tuesday April 17 He was the son of the late James H and Sarah Emily Fisher Survived by four nieces Emily and Frances Johnson of Denton Mrs James Turco of Baltimore and Mrs William J Kindley of Salisbury Interment Friday at 11 am in Hatboro Pennsylvania
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ira Fisher
Willow Grove
Ife
James H
Sarah Emily Fisher
James Turco
Baltimore
William J. Kindley
Salisbury
Emily
Frances Johnson
Denton
T. Pliny Fisher
George Fisher
T. Fred Johnson
Hatboro
Obituary of Mrs Martha A Love of Federalsburg area
Mrs Martha A Love 79 wife of Howard W Love died Sunday at Memorial Hospital Easton. They lived on the Reliance road near Federalsburg. Surviving: husband two children Norman C Love Washington Mauris W Love near Federalsburg two grandchildren one sister Nora Kelly and one brother Will Cox near Pres. Services Frampton Funeral Home Federalsburg Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev Milton C Milliner pastor Gethsemane Methodist Reliance officiating Rev Vinton D Shufelt Harmony Methodist assisted. Interment Hill Crest Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha A. Love
Howard W. Love
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Milton C. Milliner
Gethsemane Methodist Church
Reliance
Vinton D. Shufelt
Harmony Methodist Church
Hill Crest Cemetery
Death of Lynford Cordrey at 55 in Denton
Lynford Cordrey of Nuttle Lumber Company died last Friday at his home from a heart attack at age 55. He is survived by his wife two sons from a former marriage Rodney and Stanley a stepson Wayne Hutson and a sister Mrs Lester Brittingham of Pittsville. Services were held Sunday at 2 p m at First Methodist Church in Denton with Rev Dr John E French officiating. Interment followed at Denton Cemetery.
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Lynford Cordrey
Nuttle Lumber Company
Rodney
Stanley
Wayne Hutson
Lester Brittingham
Pittsville
First Methodist Church
Denton
John E. French
Denton Cemetery
Norman Wyatt Dies. Longtime Millington Dispensary Clerk
Norman Wyatt, 60, clerk of the county dispensary at Millington, died at his home April 10. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Wyatt, and four daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Wyatt
Millington
Martha Wyatt
Four Millingon Sisters and Kin Attend Funeral Service
Catherine Reynolds and eight other relatives from Millingon Millington and nearby towns gathered for funeral services Friday at 2 p.m. at Edward Fellows Funeral Home Millington. Interment followed in Millington Cemetery with Rev. Nelson Benjamin of Millington Asbury Methodist Church officiating.
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Catherine Reynolds
Mildred Freeman
Louise Wallace
Jean Freeman
Millington
Lottie Lemans
Edith Porter
Nora Starkey
Sadlersville
Pearl Fromm
Chelsea Estates
Wilmington
Amos Wyatt
Marydel
Edward Fellows
Nelson Benjamin
Millington-Asbury Methodist Church
Death of Mrs Aurelia M Corkran in Cambridge Hospital
Mrs Aurelia M Corkran 86 widow of Alga J Corkran died Saturday in a Cambridge hospital after long illness. Born in Dorchester County she lived in Federalsburg area all her life. Surviving daughter Mrs Lewis E Hallowell Federalsburg granddaughter Ralph W Wagner Wilmington sister Mrs Rowena Beckwith Hurlock brothers James N and T Coursey Medford both of Hurlock. Services held Monday Rev Ralph C Jones Union Methodist Church officiating. Interment Hill Crest Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia M. Corkran
Alga J. Corkran
Cambridge
Dorchester County
Federalsburg
Corkran
Lewis E. Hallowell
Ralph W. Wagner
Wilmington
Rowena Beckwith
Hurlock
James N
T. Coursey Medford
Ralph C. Jones
Union Methodist Church
Hill Crest Cemetery
Stephen Seiler 79 Dies in Memorial Hospital Easton
Stephen Seiler age 79 died Sunday afternoon in Memorial Hospital Easton after years of poor health. A native of Budapest, Hungary, he came to the United States in 1900 and to Greensboro 40 years ago. A blacksmith by trade he worked until illness forced retirement. Surviving are his wife Mary, daughter Mrs. Louie Angle of Valley Stream Long Island, three sons Stephen Jr. of Camden Delaware Wendell and Alex Seiler of Greensboro and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 pm from Rawlings Funeral Home Greensboro with burial in Greensboro Cemetery.
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Stephen Seiler
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Budapest
Hungary
Greensboro
Mary Seiler
Louie Angle
Valley Stream
Long Island
Stephen, Jr
Camden
Del
Wendell
Alex Seiler
Rawlings
Butler receives amphibious training with 1st Cavalry Division
Specialist Third Class Martin L. Butler, 22, of Preston, will take part in amphibious landing training in Japan with the 1st Cavalry Division. The exercise includes a beach landing on Iwo Jima with warships aircraft and a simulated atomic attack. Training covers landing craft use and tactical classroom work.
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CAV
Japan
Martin L. Butler
Elbert R. Butler
Preston
1St Cavalry Division
Iwo Jima
61St Field Artillery Battalion
Butler
Army in February 1954 and Arrived Overseas the Following July
A brief note states that the Army left in February 1954 and arrived overseas in July of the same year, marking the timeline of deployment and relocation for personnel involved.
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Army
Brummel Joins 3d Infantry Division at Fort Benning
Fort Benning Ga specialist third class Charles E Brummel Jr 23 father lives near Federalsburg reassigned to the 3d Infantry Division known as the Rock of the Marne after three years in the Far East Brummel an aidman in the division s 7th Battalion entered the Army in December 1953 and completed basic training at Fort Sam Houston Texas
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Fort Benning
Charles E. Brummel, Jr
Federalsburg
3D Infantry Division
Far East
Marne
Brummel
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Walker to ship for Germany in Gyroscope rotation
Fort Knox Army Pvt. William L. Walker 19 with wife Esther Henderson set to depart for Germany next month under Operation Gyroscope. He serves in Company C of the 13th Infantry Battalion, 3d Armored Division, rotating to replace the 4th Infantry Division in Europe after enlisting in 1955 and a Centreville High School graduate in 1953.
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Fort Knox
William L. Walker
Esther
Henderson
U. S
Germany
Army
Walker
3D Armored Division
4Th
Europe
Home Management Leaders To Meet April 25
The committee is chaired by Mrs. Richard Thom as of Denton. Other members include Mrs. Alan Bennington of Ridgely Mrs. Raymond Grime of Federalsburg Mrs. Victor Rieck of Preston and Mrs. Lee Walston of Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Thomas
Denton
Alan Bennington
Ridgely
Raymond Grime
Federalsburg
Victor Rieck
Preston
Lee Walston
Card of Thanks for Alvah H. Dobson
The family thanks those who sent flowers cards and acts of kindness during the illness and death of husband and father Alvah H. Dobson. They also thank the WSCS of St Pauls Methodist Church for their kindness. Wife and Children.
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Alvah H. Dobson
WSCS
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Community expresses gratitude after bereavement
We appreciate the many acts of kindness and sympathy shown by friends and neighbors during our bereavement in the death of Lynford Cordrey Mrs Betty Cordrey Rodney Stanley and Wayne.
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Lynford Cordrey
Betty Cordrey
Rodney
Stanley
Wayne
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Riverdale
G. Daniel Crouse
J. C. Waldeck
Anna Cohee
Carl Frampton
H. Earle Smith
Virginia
Harry R. Hughes
Elizabeth Roe
James H. DeLara Jr
Norfolk
Edna W. Shipman
Helen
Bessie Liden
Circle 4
Carlton V. West
Caroline Slocumb
Martha Huffington
Mary A. Lord
Regina Burns
Willing Workers Circle
Samuel Nowell
Carl Collison
Louise Gray
G. H. Rue
O. O. Stivers
Circle 1
Stivers
Ella Carter
Mary DeWeese
E. Paul Knotts
Gilbert Hignutt
Raymond Fisher
Edward Lapham
W. Henry Brown
Plaindealing
Mary E. Eveland Baynard
John Eveland
Hillsboro
Annie Wyatt
Sophia Langrell
Bessie Riddleberger
Lillie Raver
Ray Spence
William
Norman
Fred
David
Pappa
Jarrell-Stevens
Wapaprrekh
Vicky Vaughn
Lowenstein
GSS
Wm. Holden
Kim Novak
John Lund
Sohn Lund
William Bendix
Keefe Brasselle
Richard Boone
William Leslie
Columbia
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Sun.Mon
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Paramount Presents
Bing
Donald Crosby
Oconnor
Jeanmaireitz
Phil Gaynor
Harrisin
James Cagney
Ea Py
Bad Man
Grace Kelly, Stewart Granger
Grace Kelly
the Swan
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Tne Journal
Drive-En Theater
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Randolph Scottrage GO
Dawn
Forrest Tuder
Mala Powers
Carrol Rash
Sae Vy Technicolor
Frankie Keefe
Brasselle
Constance Towers
Elt Hughes
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Richard Egan
Lori Nelsor
EKO
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Guy Madison
Brian Keith
Victor Guy
Robert Mature - Madison - Preston
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Momel Whitmore
Anne Bancroft
Russell Collins
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Battee
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Keefe Brasselie
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Marta English
Bill Williams
Hugh Beaumont
Chet Baker
Sun
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Burt Anna
Lancaster
Williams
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Gordon Scott
Jack Elam
Zippy
Courtay Technicolor
Vivien Leigh
Kenneth Mor
Eric Portman
Emlyn Willias
London
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