Engagement and Wedding Announced in Lancaster Area
Miss Phyllis de Maurice Melvin will wed Mr. Robert G. Wigham of East Petersburg in Bethany Presbyterian Church Lancaster. Attendants include maid of honor Susan Davis, best man Harry L. Wigham Jr., ushers Raymond Starr and Philip Metzler, with Mary Nolt at the organ. The couple will honeymoon in Stone Harbor New Jersey and reside in East Petersburg.
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Phyllis de Maurice Melvin
Robert G. Wigham
H. L. Wigham
East Petersburg
Pennsylvania
Malcolm Melvin
Lancaster
Denton
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Warren H. Ball
Susan Davis
Baltimore
Harry L. Wigham, Jr
Raymond Starr
Rohrerstown
Philip Metzler
Mary Nolt
Landisville
Colony Room
Stevens House
Round Bay
Stone Harbor
N. J
Howard Melvin
Melvin
Pierre G. deMauriac
Bay Shore
Hempfield High School
Franklin and Marshall College
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
Officers Candidate School of the Navy
Newport
Rhode Island
Personal notices from Denton area residents and visitors
Mrs Roland Satterfield visits her brother and family near Seaford. Miss Cornelia Cannon visits Browne in Preston and Rehoboth. Mrs Melvin Bieber and family from Radcliff Kentucky visit E J Brown’s family. William L Schuyler Jr, son of Emma Council of Denton, graduates recruit training at Great Lakes. Dorothy Jump stays at Beach Plaza Ocean City. Rev William Turkington visits Rev Turkington in Middleboro. Thomas Carroll of Kingston NJ visits Willie Carroll. Rev J W Krabill celebrates 91st birthday with friends. William Behlke hospital patient at Memorial Easton. T J Turkington visits Cordova and attends tournament. Mike Malott welcomes birth of son James Michael at Memorial Easton. Wayne Butler of New Jersey vacations at Denton Camp and visits locals. Elsa Olsson from Sweden visits Clyde Pentz in Rehoboth Beach. Ralph Horsey spends vacation partly in Ocean City. George A Johnson and son George Arthur travel Baltimore to New England. Mrs Thomas H Baynard attends WWII Company D 501st MP reunion in Brooklyn with 58 attendees. 3rd reunion planned for 1968 in Chicago. Baynard tours Manhattan with Seventeenth Hook and Ladder Co. Blake E Brooks and Sharon home after New England trip. visit Harvey Walls in Somerville. Christian Hansen and sons visit Emma Wright. Mary Settle of Richmond visits Palmer family. Joseph Bourne of Washington visits Denton parents. Denton Volunteer Fire Co responds to chicken truck fire on Route 404 early Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Turkington
Middleboro
Mass
T. J. Turkington
Thomas Carroll
Kingston
N. J
Willie S. Carroll
J. W. Krabill
Krabill
William Behlke
Memorial Hospital
Easton
R. Paul Turkington
Cordova
Mike Malott
James Michael
Wayne Butler
New Jersey
Denton Camp
Denton
Elsa Olsson
Halsingbord
Shaw Province
Sweden
Clyde A. Pentz
Rehoboth Beach
Delaware
D. Ralph Horsey
Ocean City
George A. Johnson
George Arthur
Baltimore
James W. Thawley
New England States
William O. Richardson
Wycoff
Karl Peterson
New London
Conn
Thomas H. Baynard
Cooper's Hotel
Brooklyn
N. Y
U. S
New York
Chicago
Middle West
Baynard
Seventeenth
Hook and Ladder Company
Richmond
Walter B. Palmer
Joseph Bourne
Washington
Oscar Smith
Denton Volunteer Fire Co
Deaths: Mrs Blanche McCrea Federalsburg
Mrs Blanche McCrea 45 wife of Thomas S McCrea Federalsburg died last week at Memorial Hospital Easton from a heart attack She lived in Federalsburg all her life was on the Christ Methodist Church official board Survived by husband a daughter Mrs Edgar McGrath Ocean City a son Sgt Jay T McCrea Fort Bragg NC mother Mrs Martha Thomas Mardela two brothers Philip Salisbury Paul Centreville three sisters Mrs Clarence Torbert Mardela Mrs Nathan Morris Queenstown Mrs Elmer Walter Federalsburg and grandson Michael J McGrath Funeral held Saturday Williamson Funeral Home Federalsburg with Revs Donald O Clendaniel Frank O Baker officiating Interment Hill Crest Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche McCrea
Thomas S. McCrea
Federalsburg
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Hickman
Martha Hayman Thomas
Tennessee Thomas
Christ Methodist Church
Edgar McGrath
Ocean City
Jay T. McCrea
Fort Bragg
N. C
Martha Thomas
Mardela
Philip Thomas
Salisbury
Paul Thomas
Centreville
Clarence Torbert
Nathan Morris
Queenstown
Elmer Walter
Michael J. McGrath
Williamson Funeral Home
Donald O. Clendaniel
Frank O. Baker
Deal Island
Hill Crest Cemetery
Queen Anne's County Farmer Van G Clark Dies at 55
Van G. Clark a longtime Queen Annes County farmer died Friday in the office of Dr. H F Mc Pherson Centreville where he went for treatment of a heart condition He was 55 He was born October 26 1902 to Oliver Cromwell Clark and Sarah Dulin Clark He married Marjorie Hollingsworth March 7 1925 and leaves a son Van G Clark Jr and two daughters Mrs William Skinner of Baltimore and Mrs Theodore LeGates of Centreville plus five grandchildren He also leaves a brother Dilln O Clark and four sisters Mrs James Cosden of Barclay Mrs Carlisle Bennington and Mrs William Lynch of Ridgely and Mrs William Beaver of Centreville Funeral services were held at Lane Funeral Home Church Hill and interment was in Chesterfield Cemetery Centreville.
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van G. Clark
Queen Anne’s
H. F. McPherson
Centreville
Mr. Clark
Queen Anne’s County
Oliver Cromwell Clark
Sarah Dulin Clark
Marjorie Hollingsworth
van G. Clark, Jr
William Skinner
Baltimore
Theodore LeGates
Dulin O. Clark
James Cosden
Barclay
Carlisle Bennington
William Lynch
Ridgely
William Beaver
Lane Funeral Home
Church Hill
Chesterfield Cemetery
Mrs Ruth Dew White 86 longtime Federalsburg resident dies
Mrs Ruth Dew White widow of Newton M White aged 86 died after months of declining health. Born in Winsted Conn she lived in Federalsburg many years and was daughter of George W Dew and Martha Sears Dew. Survived by six children and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services were held at Frampton Funeral Home Federalsburg with Rev Donald Clendaniel officiating. Interment in Hill Crest Cemetery Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsted
Conn
White
Federalsburg
George W
Martha Sears Dew
Christ Methodist Church
George H. White
Carl D. White
Hobart Z. Wheatley
Ralph P. Bradley, Jr
Paul White
Walter E. Holt
Dover
Obituary Notice for Mrs Mary Pinder Near Greensboro
Mrs Mary Pinder aged 77 died at her son Norwood Pinder’s home near Greensboro last Saturday. Funeral service held Tuesday at Rawlings Funeral Home Greensboro. Burial followed at Greensboro Cemetery. Survived by sons Norwood Wilson and John. daughters Elizabeth McDough and Lillie Dean. 18 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. brother Samuel Vickery of Denbigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pinder
Norwood Pinder
Greensboro
Rawlings
Norwood
Wilson
Chester
John
Greenwood
Del
Elizabeth McDough
Lillie Dean
Seaford
Samuel Vickery
Denton
William H. Neal Sr. Dies Suddenly at 65 in Salisbury
William H. Neal Sr., 65, died suddenly last Tuesday at his Salisbury home from a heart attack. He was a salesman for E. G. Davis Candy Co. He was the son of the late Eugene and Leuonia Neal of Dorchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Neal, Sr
Salisbury
E. G. Davis Candy Co
Eugene and
Leuonia Neal
Dorchester
Lovelace Wins Harrington Modified Sportsman Championship
Gene Lovelace of Newport News Virginia drove Melvin Josephs 49 Jr to victory in Harrington raceway's 5000 plus crowd event. The lead shifted through several drivers including Griffith Martin McLaughlin Pobletts before Lovelace surged on lap 20 to take the checkered flag amid a late race accident and strong field of NASCAR modified sportsman chafeurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Lovelence
Newport News
Melvin Joseph
Nascar
Harrington Raceway
Galen Griffith
Johnny Martin
Jack McLaughlin
Pee Wee Pobletts
Lovelace
Pobletts
Eddie Anders
Dick Brown
Norman Bay
Tom Brown
Lorraine Hill
J. R. Jones
Eddie Adams
Russ Warrington
Gene Lovelace
Ed Lindsay
Ray Kable
Reds Eagle
Sunday School Picnic Planned at Chambers Park
Hobbs announces a church Sunday School picnic at Chambers Park in Federalsburg for this Saturday August 9. The item lists many local residents visiting relatives and friends, with names and towns including Boonsboro Millersville New Jersey Denton Baltimore Philadelphia Washington Greens boro Easton Williston Tuckahoe Neck and local families such as Butler Adams Maloney and Towers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers Park
Federalsburg
Kenneth Ramnsbore
Boonsboro
Lewis Butler
Budd Olsen Wins 100-Mile NASCAR Race at Trenton Speedway
Budd Olsen of Paulsboro New Jersey captured the 100 mile NASCAR stock car race, headline of a Sunday tripleheader at Trenton Speedway before 12496 fans on the mile paved track. Olsen edged Keansburg New Jersey's Bob Malzahn as the field battled miscues and a car blaze amid several caution periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budd Olsen
Paulsboro
N. J
Climax
Trenton Speedway
Bob Marshman
Collegeville
Bert Brooks
Paterson
Marshman
Tony Romit
Bronx
N. Y
Olson
Bob Malzahn
Keansburg
Malzahn
Brooks
Jack Murphy
Liverpool
Ed Lindsay
Randallstown
Bill Wark
Barrington
Watch Tomatoes Closely For Plant Diseases
During the week of July 20 tomato fields in Baltimore and Caroline Counties were examined. Vine growth was good but water damage and several diseases, notably Buckeye rot, Soil rot, and Bacterial Spot, have caused losses. Early Blight and Gray Leaf Spot threaten defoliation. control options include Zineb or Maneb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Caroline Counties
L. O. Weaver
Weaver
Plastic domes cover cellay windows in new design
Plastic domes resembling aircraft coverings are fabricated to seal cellar windows. The innovation aims to improve insulation and security by creating airtight, transparent covers that fit over existing openings, reducing drafts and moisture intrusion.
Not every man who studied Latin knows much about it
A concise remark noting that Latin study does not guarantee deep knowledge, illustrating gaps between schooling and actual understanding. The writer highlights uneven mastery among individuals who pursued classical studies.
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Wigham
Delaware Line
Cordova Chicken Plant
Wilbur Adams
Halton G. Cropper
Wilmington
G. H. Roe
Ralph Teague
Philadelphia
B. A. Roce
B. A. Roe
George L. Read
Andalusia
Jonathan L. Hughes
Lava Hot Springs
Idaho
Jonathan, Jr
J. L. Hughes, Jr
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Teton National Park
Prairies
Wyoming
Louise Neal
William Hf. Neal, Jr
Charles Cooper
Laurel
Thomas Cruikshank
Sadlersville
Paul Swain
Mamie Bell
Brookview
Chester Neal
Voorhesville
Marvel Funeral Home
Delmar
Brookview Cemetery
Roland Satterfield
Mrs
Gilbert Rogers
Cornelia Cannon
Preston and Rehoboth
L. Stevens Browne
Melvin H. Bieber
Radcliff
Kentucky
E. J. Brown
William L. Schuyler, Jr
Emma Council
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes, Ill
Dorothy Jump
Beach Plaza Hotel
Ocean City, Md
Newton M. White
Ruth Dew White
Harrington
Hobbs
Abs. L
T. H. Towers
Liden Adams
Millersville
Allen Adams
Frank E. Adams
Emmett Lord
Paul Maloney
L. H. Thomas
L. Hopkins Thomas
Tommy Lee
Valley Forge
Donald Dixon
Ellen Butler
Elmer Butler
Eddie Willis
Peggy
Catherine Corkell
Clinton Luff, Jr
Bob Maloney
Williston
Ann Butler
Michigan
Melinda
Susan Chaffinch
Ann
Stevie Clark
May Knipple
Robin
Darlene Marie
May Wright
Kate Johnson
W. G. Holbrook
Charlie Maloney
Reese Stacord
Louise Sharp
Paul Vernon
Ricky
Mrs. Roland Towers
Bows
Ann Maloney
Wesley Stafford
Wright. Ami
Joshua Porter
Clarence Porter
Clarence Porter, Jr
Chas. Wright
Janet Pippin
Tuckahoe Neck
Frank Fountain
F. E. Adams
M's. Louise Sharp
T. N. Towers
Trenton
Tom Johnson
Congress
Dan Trimper IH
Irs
Ernest Cooper Fire & Liability Insurance
Denton, Marykind
Caroline Home
4Th & Market Sts
Denton, Maryland
Gustav
J. D. Keller
Magnolia, del
Felton
Canterbury-Magnolia Road
Gripes
6Th St
Stockley’s
Drive-Etn Theater
Dollay
Betel
Sater
Fea: Enterprises, Int
RES
Mara Corday - Lita
Milan
Barbara Bostock
Mark Richman
Prairie Lise
Brant
Williams Lola Albright
Les Tremaine
Universal-International
William Faulkner
Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Anthony Franciosa
Orson Welles
Lee
Remick
Angela Lansbury
Pierrot
Regalscope
Regal Films Production, Inc
20Th Century-Fox
Regal Films, Inc
20Th Century Fox
Statens
Keith Andes
Maggie Hayes
Gene Evans
Lynn Bari
Feffrey
Stone
Ann Robinson
Wednes. & Thurs
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