Laurel to celebrate 150th anniversary week in Laurel
Laurel Delaware marks its Sesqui Centennial with a week of events October 5 through 11 sponsored by the Laurel Chamber of Commerce. Highlights include a Queen contest beard-growing, a huge pageant The Laurel Cavalcade fireworks talent contest and a soapbox derby with a grand ball to close the week.
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Laurel
Delaware
Laurel Chamber of Commerce
Sussex County
Yesteryear
Fellowship Hall
Centenary Methodist Church
Seaford
Laurel Fire Department
Delaware Avenue
Personal notices recall servicemen and travelers
The column lists individuals and families visiting or traveling from Denton and nearby towns. Entries mention reporting to armed services on September 3, relatives visiting from Baltimore and Philadelphia areas, extended visits with friends, and plans from Maine to Puerto Rico with Sept. 26 travel dates. Several names: Mr. and Mrs. David Ellwanger, Denton. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Magruder Jr., Baltimore. Miss Louise Dukes. C. T. C. William D. Turkington. Master Sergeant John G. Roe. Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Martin. Rev. and Mrs. Thomas J. Turkington. others.
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David Ellwanger
Denton
Armed Services
Robert Green
J. B. Magruder
Baltimore
Louise Dukes
Charles G. Dukes
Lawrence Neighbors
Orlando
Florida
Earl Cohee
Louise
Malvern
Lyman Cohee
Downington
B. A. Roe
Lester Love
West River Road
Philip Shehan
Oxford
T. J. Turkington
William D. Turkington
Maine
Turkington
C.T.C
Puerto Rico
Sheeri Booton
Hyland van Sant
John G. Roe
Cherry Point
N. C
Herbert Martin
Richard
Ronnie
Camp
Thurmont
Harry Turkington
Thomas J. Turkington
Navy
William J. Mangold
Carlton V. West
John T. Wesner
Florence and
Messrs
Bobby
Whitestone
L. L
Frank Doerr
Millard C. Watson
Hillsboro Community Visitors and Vacation Guests
Hillsboro residents hosted and visited relatives during the week. Multiple families from Maryland Pennsylvania Delware and New Jersey spent weekends at local homes and attended reunions and trips to Rehoboth Beach Kokomo Indiana and Gar land Lake. No Sunday services due to pastor on vacation.
The Dairy Goat as a Backlot Farming Project
Guidance on keeping dairy goats for family use and potential profit outlines housing, feeding, milking on a stand, and strict sanitation. Highlights note goats eat weeds, not blue grass, require balanced rations, and rapid cooling of milk to 45 F or lower to preserve quality.
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Purina
Local and visiting residents share updates and travels
Mr and Mrs Lester Love are moving into a new home near town this weekend. Several Baltimore visitors including Dr and Mrs Herbert S Martin and Mr and Mrs James Williams visited local residents. Washington visitors and basing trips are noted for various locals. Caroline Choral Society concert at Epworth Church in Rehoboth Beach is mentioned alongside Greensboro Scout activities at Rodney Scout Camps where many scouts earned ranks under leader Daniel C Spence.
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Lester Love
Herbert S. Martin
N. Cooper
S. Rosenstock
Baltimore
Walter L. Hill
Jean
Walter Leonard
Emma Stewart
Frank Doerr
Seaford Harbor
Hicksville
Whitestone
L. I
Glen Mills
Milton S. Andrews
Wilmington
Gilbert H. Rue
Nancy Cropper
Caroline Choral Saiety
Epworth Methodist Church
Rehoboth Beach
Greensboro
Rodney
North East
Chesapeake Bay
Daniel C. Spence
Richard Mace
Allen Boyd
John Brown
Thomas Kemp
Gregg Wyatt
Larry Pearson
Robert Baynard
Richard Cheesman
Cleveland Hutson
Ienneth Moyer
Robert Dean
Bruce Riddleberger
William Minner
Hugh Williamson
Olin Rouse
Jonathan Longfellow
A. Donald Jones
Penn-Mar Racing Assn at Delaware Tonight
Open stock car racing sanctioned by the Penn-Mar Racing Association at Delaware Speedway tonight. Dick Kaufman, the Harrisburg Hurricane, returns on furlough to drive one of the racing mounts. Promoter Joseph stabilizes the guaranteed purse at 1000 dollars with a field of 25 or more cars anticipated.
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Penn-Mar Racing Assn
Delaware
Delaware Speedway
Penn-Mar Racing Association
Dick Kaufman
Harrisburg
Joseph
Smokey Says Free guide service at State House Maryland
The Maryland Department of Information runs a free guide service in the historic State House open daily including weekends. Fort McHenry draws seven hundred thousand visitors yearly as the birthplace of The Star Spangled Banner.
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The
Maryland Department of Information
Maryland
State House
Fort McHenry
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