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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1959
Page
2
The piece argues Congress may fail to pass any labor bill and that unions resist reforms. It asserts monopoly powers in unions threaten both workers and employers, urging equal legal footing rather than punitive laws to curb abuses and restore balance.
The piece argues against raising the federal gasoline tax, noting current combined state and federal taxes average 9 cents per gallon and urging diversion of highway user taxes from the general fund to the highway fund. It cites Congressional votes and suggests extending the highway program rather than increasing the tax.
Mrs Henry Lucas and daughter Linda return from Smyrna to Greensboro while Elizabeth Cruser and Ralph Tieman visit from Smyrna. Local families attend races, visits to Rehoboth, Ocean City and St Michaels. WSCS groups plan rummage sales, birthday dinners and church events.
Grace Vernon Smith and Miss Mary Laird visit Ridgely as families host guests from Valley Forge and Baltimore. Birth of Teresa Anne Redden at Memorial Hospital Aston with courtesy calls to Concord. Local anniversaries, picnics, church events, and travels of residents and guests from Wilmington, Wayne, Pa., Chicago, Harrisburg, Greensboro, and Delmar fill a week of community activity.
Hillsboro area families and friends are described visiting relatives across Maryland and Delaware. Reunions include the Ixrahill grandchildren with Milford grandparents, Walters families moving into the Blunt property, and Grasonville guest Dick Greaves staying with the Lucas family. Local gatherings feature lawn parties and swimming at the Country Club while surgeries and short trips are noted for Cruickshank and others.
Mrs. Thomas Sparklin mourns the sudden death of Mr. Sparklin at Oxford Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Joan A Bennett of Centreville were Monday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bennett. Thurman Passwaters Ed Caudill and Pearl Joiner spent Saturday with Alfred Breeding and Jennings Bryant at Rumbley. Walter Sullivan and daughter Kathie and Patsy Edwards of Wilmington visited Clinton Edwards. Robert Schrieber and family and William Marvel and son visited their parents George Schrieber. Mrs. H L Haddick of Dover spent Sunday with Alvin Smith.
Annapolis reports Navy Midshipman John W. Asher III, son of Mr and Mrs John W Asher Jr of Denton, is undergoing intensive indoctrination at Annapolis ahead of the Naval Academy’s regular academic year. The new midshipmen, who entered July 7, are scheduled to graduate in 1963 with commissions as ensigns.
Mrs Esther Johnson and daughter Darlene spent part of the week at Rehoboth Beach with Mr Johnson joining for the weekend. Norris Todd and wife visited on Sunday and called on Mr and Mrs Earle Robinson. Edna Adams visited relatives in Wilmington. Marian Robinson Darlene Butler and a brother called on the Hugh Vincent and Howard Anthony families Friday. Earle Robinson attended Clayton Johnsons funeral Saturday. We extend sympathy to the family. Subscribe for The Journal.
Maryland Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee chairman William L Dudley outlines how wheat allotments affect future wheat history. The Q&A covers base acreage versus 1960 allotment, storing excess wheat, penalties, and how noncompliance or lease credits change history for 1960 and future years.
The passage lists the five ages of humanity as the Golden, Silver, Brazen, Heroic, and Iron ages, outlining a progression from perfect eras to a harsher future. It reflects ancient Greek myth on humanity’s decline and moral shift across ages.
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