Postal Rate Rise Favored by Senate Committee
The Senate Post Office Committee voted to raise rates from 3 to 4 cents for letters and beyond, part of a bill to boost annual postal revenue by about 363 million dollars. It also approved higher wages for postal workers and a separate measure to limit parcel post size and weight, with fourth class mail reforms restoring rate making to Congress.
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Senate Post Office Committee
Congress
Postmaster General
Interstate Commerce Commission
Post Office Department
air mail
Railway Express Company
Voss Family Holds Annual Get-Together At Garland Lake
The Voss family reunion hosted by James and Josephine Voss drew about fifty members and five visitors at Garland Lake on Sunday. Clayton Layton was elected president, Bertha Dean secretary, Ida Harmony treasurer. A bountiful basket luncheon followed in the lakeside grove. The group planned to reconvene on the second Sunday in August 1952 at Garland Lake.
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James Voss
Josephine Currey Voss
Garland Lake
Clayton Layton
Bertha Dean
Ida Harmony
Dover
lake
Ira Dill
Westtown
Lee Wyatt
Martin C. Voss
Annie Voss
Denton
Norwood Voss
Wilmington
Harvey Scott
Carlton Layton
Kenneth Willard
Paul Layton
Theodore Layton
Farmington
Annie Cannon
Dennis
Ronald
Greenwood
Josie Sullivan
J. Welton Sullivan
Harrington
Charles Stevenson
Ridgely
Bruce
Glenn Layton
Louise
Esther Layton
Leland Layton
Betty
Richard
Robert Garrett
Audrey
Bobby
Raymond Dean
Robert Dean
Bonnie
Dale Dean
Donna Faye
Janet Collison
John French
Sam Nuttle
M. Louisa Travers
Garlang Lake
Resigning Pastor Rev Robert Mitchell to Move to Harrisburg
Rev Robert Mitchell pastor of the Church of the Nazarene for a year and a half resigns to accept the call of the First Church of the Nazarene in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. He also has pastored Williston Church. A farewell service will be held at Williston Church Sunday at 2 30 pm and at Denton Church Sunday at 7 45 pm before moving to Harrisburg for new duties.
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Robert Mitchell
Church of the Nazarene
First Church of the Nazarene
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Williston
Dixon
Denton
Mrs. Mitchell
Frank Fleming Family Reunion Held Sunday
The Frank Fleming family reunion gathered at Garland Lake on Sunday August 12 with attendees including Mrs. Powell Fleming of Stevensville Mr and Mrs Francis Fleming and daughter Jean Mr and Mrs Henry Fleming and niece Miss Florence Cooper of Merchantsville New Jersey and her friend Mr Granville Rampmeyer Mr and Mrs Russell Fleming and children of Berwyn Pennsylvania Mr and Mrs Urban Bowman and children of Westminster Maryland and Mr and Mrs Sidney Willis of Washington DC Everyone reported a lovely time.
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Frank Fleming
Garland Lake
Powell Fleming
Stevensville
Francis Fleming
Jean
Henry Fleming
neice
Florence Cooper
Merchantsville
N. J
Granville Rampmeyer
Russell Fleming
Berwyn Pa
Urban Bowman
Westminster
Sidney Willis
Washington, D. C
Kent and Sussex Racing Meet Opens September 6 at Harrington
The Kent and Sussex harness meet at Harrington runs 20 nights starting September 6. General manager T Brinton Holloway expects 475 to 500 horses. purses mirror the spring meet with a $1000 nightly trophy race, an $800 co feature in two heats, and four $499 races daily double continues. Returning officials include Harvey Hartman, Dale Ferrow, George Enslen, E I Langford, and Eugene Anderson.
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Kent and Sussex Racing Association
Harrington
T. Brinton Holloway
Harvey Hartman
Dale Ferrow
George C. Enslen
E. I. Langford
Eugene Anderson
Holloway
Lloyd James
Cambridge
Mighty Boy
Bertha Rosecroft
Kent and
Sussex
James stable
Mary D. Honor Direct
Mary Rosecroft
Bright Majesty
Caroline High School Registration Dates Urged
All new students in grades 4 to 12 who expect to enter Caroline High School this September are urged to register on August 30th or 31st from 1 to 4 p m. Bring transfers or report cards from the school attended last year. Register before school starts if at all possible. If you know of any new families in your neighborhood please pass on this information to them.
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Caroline High School
Free Children's Movie Tickets at Dentonia Theatre
Local merchants offer free children's admission on Friday August 17 with a sales slip or receipt. The Dentonia Theatre will admit all children free for this one day only.
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Dentonia Theatre
Hickman Splits Twin Bill in Mar Del Contest
Mar Del League race tightens as Hickman and Wyoming compete for runner up while Millsboro battles Frederica. National- and local-players names appear, with Beebe and Diffie highlighted on the mound and Mitchell delivering late home run support in the Millsboro victory.
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Hickman
Clayton nine
Wyoming
Millsboro
Frederica
Allen Beebe
Princeton University
homesters
Freddie Clemence
Ed Holleger
Dick Kuehne
Wisconsin
Roy Kemp
Milford
Frederica aggregation
Kemp
Delaware National Guard
Jake Cannon
Bill Newman
Gran Diffie
University of Maryland
Howard Mitchell
Diffie
Bill Howlett
Dickie Brittingham
Bob Thompson
Two Year WAC Enlistments Open To Women
Technical Sergeant Joseph A Adams Jr announced a new ruling allowing women to enlist in the Women's Army Corps for two years instead of three. This is the first two year WAC enlistment since World War II. Eligibility requires ages 18 to 35, parental consent for under 21, unmarried with no dependents under 18, and a high school diploma. The Masonic Building Easton Army and Air Force Recruiting station offers daily information, with a WAC-WAF recruiting team on Wednesdays at 908 King Street Wilmington to interview interested applicants.
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Joseph A. Adams Jr
US Army
US Air Force
Army Corps
Adams
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Masonic Building
Easton
WAC
King Street
Wilmington
Del
Surgeons At Memorial Hospital Prepare Expanded Care
A Memorial Hospital program funds a $750,000 enlargement creating a recovery room with trained nurses and a full time pathologist. The upgrade aims to cut waiting lists, speed post op care, and expand annual capacity by about 2,000 patients.
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Memorial Hospital
4-H Club Week Draws Over 1200 Youngsters
State 4 H Club Week at College Park drew more than 1200 boys and girls with Dr N C Byrd warning on building character to meet communist challenges The event ran August 6 to 11 with assemblies classes in homemaking and agriculture Highlights included dress review with 65 girls from counties earning ribbons and trips to the National Club Congress in Chicago Caroline Kent and others earned blue red and purple awards and five Caroline County youths joined the All Stars Honorary Organization William Cooper was named to attend the National Youth Foundation Camp at Shelby Michigan
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College Park
N. C. Byrd
University of Maryland
Byrd
Gordon M. Cairns
James McHenry
Garrett County
Aliss Marjorie Leonard
Women’s College
Greensboro
N. C
University Extension Service
State
Rita Anne Rogers
Elma Jean Reed
Virginia Kerns
Caroline County
Ruth Gillespie
Kent County
National Club Congress
Chicago
Barbara Dean
Patsy Lister
Barbara Hager
Lois Anne Butler
Peggy Crouse
Barbara Butler
Virginia Lee Covey
Jane Ringgold
Lois Fuchs
Iktta Mae Willey
Mary Ellen ElRvanger
Mar
Joyce Crouse
Barbara Fuchs
Mary Joyce Crouse
All Stars Honorary Organization
Denton
William Cooper
Queen Anne
National Youth Foundation
Shelby
Michigan
Social Security Representative to Visit Denton Monday
A Social Security Administration representative will be at the Court House in Denton on Monday, August 20, at 11:00 a.m. Norman P. Foster of the Salisbury Field Office arranges the visit to assist area workers with Old Age and Survivors Insurance inquiries. Many eligible residents may be missing benefits by not applying.
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Social Security Administration
Court House
Denton
Norman P. Foster
Salisbury
Foster
Sculley Family Reunion Held At Bridgetown
The Sculley reunion of Bridgetown Maryland descendants of the late James Wesley Sculley gathered at the Walt-Mar Bridge Town country home of Walter E. Norris in Philadelphia on Sunday August 12. An old fashion Maryland dinner drew many relatives and friends. Noah Sculley celebrated her ninth birthday with a party hosted by fourteen children. Present were Mrs John Sculley Sr and family, the Alford and Sculley families from Beelar Kansas, the Manhattan Kansas group, Philadelphia Norris and Sculley relatives, Dover and Wilmington attendees, and others from Goldsboro Seaford and Ohio.
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Sculley
James Wesley Sculley
Bridgetown
Maryland
Walt-Mar Bridgetown
Walter E. Norris
Philadelphia
Noah Sculley
Manhattan
Kansas
John Sculley
Max
Janice
Hugh Alford
Ronnie
Beelar
Lenord Sculley
Noah
Bonnie
Lenard Norris
William Sculley
James Sculley
Jimmy
Wilmington
Del
Wallace Jones
Alan Dobson
Carolyn
Penny
Dover
Norman Sewarg
Agnes
Della Sculley
Goldsboro
Fred Sculley
Mildred
Frederick Sculley
Patricia Anna
Lillian Sculley
Paul Ellis
Seaford
Martha Stuffey
Ohio
Delaware Memorial Bridge Dedicated to World War II Dead
The 44 million Delaware Memorial Bridge linking Delaware and New Jersey was dedicated amid ceremonies led by Gov. Elbert N. Carvel with Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll. Medal of Honor recipients Set. James P. Connor and Lt. Carlton Rouh placed wreaths at a memorial plaque honoring the two states’ WWII sacrifices.
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Delaware Memorial
Delaware
New Jersey
Delaware River
Elbert N. Carvel
Alfred E. Driscoll
James P. Connor
Elsmere
France
Carlton Rouh
Lindenwold
N. J
Peliliu
Circle To Meet The Willing Workers
The Willing Workers Circle will meet Monday evening August 20 at 8 o clock at Mrs Ida Neighbors home. Mrs May Wright and Mrs Burt McKnott will be assisting hostesses.
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Ida Neighbors
May Wright
Burt McKnott
Water rate meeting notice for Denton August 20
The Denton Commissioners will hold an open meeting on August 20 at 8 00 p m in Firemen s Hall to discuss water rates All who are interested may attend Pw SPAPLRAA pet
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Commissioners of
Denton
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