Millington Flood mess with heavy rains and repairs
Twenty five years ago this week Millington faced widespread flooding after record rains. Weather observer H B Mason reported over nine inches of rainfall, the heaviest in years, with Easton four inches less. Damages included broken Smithville dam spillway Hog Creek dam breach and Deen mill dam driveway gap, likely increasing county repair costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millington
H. B. Mason
Easton
Smithville
Hog Creek
Deen Mill
G. A. Fisher
Sam
France
Antwerp
Belgium
Denton
Harry Cuthbert Wheatley
Laura Myrtle Hansen
M. E. South Parsonage
J. P. Stump
Goldsboro
Lou Porter
Clarence Atkinson
William Turner
Starrington
Homer G. Jones
Hagerstown
James Fleming
Queen Anne
Jesse Reed
Hobbs
Ruth Murphy
Samuel Ell‘wanger
Greensboro
Trenton
N. J
Evelyn
Roselle Covey
Federalsburg
Andrew Covey
Henry C. Cuthbert
Laura Myrtle Hanson
Francis E. Ye
Ridgely
Alexander Dil
Wilmington
R. H. Dill
E. H. Sapp
Nichols
Cambridge
Caroline County
Law Building
Henry R. Lewis
Jesse W. Porter
House of Delegates
Charles E. Andrews
J. Frank Wright
Arthur W. Brumbaugh
Orphans’ Court
Elisha Harper
William J. Shawn
Richard ‘T. West
Register of Wills
J. Howard Pasterfield
Owen N. Dulin
State Guard celebrates Chester Town unit annual encampment
Company E of the 5th Battalion Maryland State Guard at Chester Town marked its training and encampment with a dinner at the Firehouse, a military demonstration at the Armory, and a social dance. A joint officers meeting aligned the battalion’s training for a stronger winter program under Major George W. Clendaniel and Captain W. J. Stenger, stressing citizen duty and national service.
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5Th Battalion
Maryland State Guard
Chestertown
State Guard
George W. Clendaniel
Denton
W. J. Stenger
Chestertown High School
Stenger
GEMS OF THOUGHT Quote by George Moore
Thought alone divides right from wrong and elevates or degrades deeds. Moore argues mind shapes every action and value. The excerpt emphasizes the primacy of thinking in ethical judgment and human conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moore
Danger Traffic Jam Ahead in Postwar Road Fight
An eastern state report recalls a two-bus collision at a poorly visible intersection. No deaths but two score injured and two war-worker buses out of service. It argues modern separated road designs cut fatalities and urges postwar safety planning, highway funding, and coordinated education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
Chicago
American Road Builders’ Association
National Safety Council
National Interregional Highway Committee
Interregional Highways
Slats Diary fragment shows town gossip and mishaps
A diaried week in a small town notes Milly Cray’s visiting husband, Ant Emmy tampering with underwear, Curtin at the Poor House, a grass seed swap, a bath scandal, Ike Womble’s drunken forgetfulness, and Blisteres’s ancestry hush money. Authorities not named, events described in plain speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmy
Ez Curtin
Carling
Wensday
Illness after movie outing prompts swift medical aid
Greensboro reports Mr. John R Moeekins fell ill returning from a Saturday movie. Doctors acted quickly and he was transported home for care, then moved to his own house where he is improving slowly. The item also lists local births, visitors, travels, and health updates from Steward Nursing Home and area households.
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John R. Moeekins
Charlie Rich
R. B. Rawlings
Railroad Avenue
Steward Nursing Home
Preston Anthony
Denton
Thomas Baker
Joe Faber
Barclay
John Woods
Goldsboro
Thomas L. Steward
War Department
Lewis O. Steward
Italy
Addie S. Jewell
Bridgeville
Del
Mary Ellen Draper
Washington
Robert A. Draper
Staunton
Harry Draper
Ernest Nichols
Margaret
Billy
Nichols
Gregg
Oil City
Oak Orchard
George Stevenson
Wilmington
Gregory
Louisville
Frederick Hickman
Paine Field
Herman Hickman
G. E. Godwin
Georgia
Leonardtown
Harrison Nashold
Joseph Roche
Richard
England
Ervin Welch
Laurel
Delaware
J. C. Ward
Jay B. Godwin
Phyllis Anne Nashold
Jospeh Roche
Dan Cherry
Easton Hospital
CANNING CENTER BUSY AT GREENSBORO WEEKEND RUN
The Greensboro Canning Center canned 1268 cans in four days ending August 19, with a high of 429 on Tuesday. The center offers free use to all and invites inquiries to Mrs. H. F. Butler or Greensboro 2671. It will be open Tuesday Thursday and Friday until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
H. F. Butler
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Journal of
Frank Ledman
Harry S. Dailey
Joseph H. Carroll
State Central Committee
Harvey L. Cooper
Robert Jarrell Sr
Charles B. Harrison
T. Alan Goldsborough
Second Judicial Circuit
Charles M. Upham
American Road Builders’ Assn
Washington, D. C
Ben
Milly Cray
Fred J. Wright
Alton Billmeier
C. Elsie Billmeier
Optometrists
Lee
America
Coca-Cola Company
Easton Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc
Coca-Cola
Elizabeth Satterfield
Hilton Dabson
New York
Dabson
Thomas Dabson
R. E. Jones
Norman Baynard
William Fulton
Clinton Jarman
H. T. Langmaid
Boston
Cave Cod
Mass
A. O. Sanborn
Laird Goldsborough
Baltimore
Pete Campbell
Newark
Oscar Wyatt
Annie Wells
Pomona
Cal
Arlie Dingledine
Woodie Dill
John Shultie
J.w.thawley
Bryan & Hopkins
Drug Store
Maryland
Kem
Beauty Shoppe
Market St
Moore's Funeral Home
Ole
American Express
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
the Peoples Bank OF
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