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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1959
Page
6
A Christian education column examines the Book of Ecclesiastes as a cynical yet faintly religious text. It contrasts worldly emptiness with rare glimpses of faith, noting debates on immortality and the author’s struggle to find meaning.
Saturday, August 4, 1934 reports new appointments across Caroline County schools. Greensboro High names G Linden Duffey as principal with staff including Grace Williams and Marguerite Holsinger. Ridgely High adds Bernice Wooters Ford Secrist and Jane Wine Hunter among others. Transfers include Miss Blanche Chaffinch to Denton grammar, Julia Wilson as part time music instructor at Caroline High. Also noted are Hoke resignation, staffing splits between Ridgely and Preston, and an August 27 accident involving Lawrence Stayton in Denton. A garden party honors Mrs. Eno Ziegler, and 4-H Club Week prep, church rebuilding plans, and local obituaries and showers complete the local notices.
Dover residents hosted visits from Detroit, Hickman, Baltimore and Washington guests with kinship gatherings across the week. Obituary sympathy shared for Estelle Ruggerone. Kent and Sussex Fair ribbons earned by Mrs. O W Turner and prizes for ponies, cakes, and cookies at Harrington. Local travel and school notes conclude with a car safety reminder.
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Mrs. Ann Wright Agnew of Ithaca and two other Wrights visited town on Sunday. Families including Trice and children enjoy Ocean City. Bonner family tours New England States. Bridge clubs meet at Plummer and Cannon households. Noble daughters at Rehoboth Beach. Larry Simmons Jr. visits Hebron parents. Ruby Moore visits Baltimore friends. Two table bridge club gathered at Cannon home. Hermann Schmick and Mrs Eg.
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