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Ridgely Remembers Roosevelt and Local News
A Ridgely memorial service for Franklin D Roosevelt was held April 16 at Ridgely School with prayer, flag salute, and President Truman’s congressional address. Locals hosted visitors, military updates, and community events including a style show, P T A officers, hospital visits, and numerous family and town notes from April.
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Ridgely School
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Donoho
America
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Charles W. Jackson
Mary Jackson
Ethel Pritchett
Claude Rawlings
Greensboro
Walter Bennington
Rehoboth
Fred Harrington
Wilmington
Harlan Harrington
Robert F. Kibler
Ridgely
Frank H. Kibler
Germany
Hillsboro
War Department
Kibber
Furman’s Grove
Tuckahoe
Miss Shelby
University of
Adah Matthews
Harry Swann
John Sculley
P.T. A. of
Clinton W. Guthrie
Dorsey Donoho
Bernice Lawless
Charles Dean