Public Hearing On Tuckahoe Bridge In Denton Maryland
War Department approval sought by Maryland State Roads Commission for a fixed bridge across Tuckahoe Creek near Easton Denton Road. Hearing at Denton Courthouse at 1 00 P M September 9 1946. Written statements welcomed. plans show 40 ft horizontal and 18 ft vertical clearances. Executive Officer Joseph A Kuhn Jr issues notice.
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Maryland State Roads Commission
Baltimore 3
Maryland
War Department
Tuckahoe Creek
Choptank
Easton-Denton Road
Denton
Phone Officials Explain Problems Before Denton Club
A Denton Rotary Club dinner heard Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone officials led by A B Haneke address delays in new equipment and service expansion after a formal complaint. The event also covered electricity issues tied to rising loads and new rural customers amid grid and transmission strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Rotary Club
Denton
Chesapeake and Photomac Telephone Company
A. B. Haneke
Baltimore
Brick Hotel
Haneke
G. M. Armor Jr
Salisbury
Clarence M. Mullican Jr
Easton
Public Service Commission of Maryland
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Delaware Power and Light Company
Charles Hadaway
E. Paul Knotts
Paul S. van Dyke
K. Thomas Everngamn
George W. Clendaniel
Mar Del All-Star Game Under Lights
Last weekend results include Rock Hall 7 over Camden-Wyoming 6 in 11 innings and Denton 7 over Houston 5 in 11 innings. Camden-Wyoming 10 over Felton 5 in 11 innings. Hardy 31 over Church Hill 1 and Greensboro 9 over Rock Hall 1. This weekend Felton visits Houston and Camden-Wyoming travels to Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Hall
Camden-Wyoming
Mar Del League All Star Game at Dover Park
The Mar Del League All Star Game will be played on Wednesday evening September 4 at Dover Phil's Park starting 8:15 p m with Delaware Club hosting Maryland Club. Managers Wood and Loller lead respective squads with coaches and umpires named. annual league event moving from Milford and Federalsburg to Dover.
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Dover Phils Park
Dover Phil
Naylor
Jackson
East
George
Milford
Federalsburg
Hartly and Rock Hall face off in Mar Del League clash
Hartly and Rock Hall meet Friday evening at Dover Park for the final regular season Mar Del League game. Expected full rosters, with Bobby Knight or Earl Hummell starting for Hartly and Walt Plummer for Rock Hall. Under lights for the first time this season, attendance expected high.
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Hartly
Rock Hall
Dover Park
Dover Phil
Hardy
Wood
Bobby Knight
Earl Hummell
Hummell
Loller
Walt Plummer
Mar-Del League Playoffs Begin September 8
After close finishes, Hardy, Rock Hall, Camden-Wyoming and Denton clinch playoff spots. Rock Hall beat Camden-Wyoming 7 to 6 in 11 innings to take second, while Camden-Wyoming edged Felton 10 to 5 in 11 innings to claim third. Harty trounced Church Hill 11 to 1 at Hartly, and Greensboro Cupids beat Rock Hall 9 to 1. Denton edged Houston 7 to 5 in 11 innings to secure a fourth-place playoff berth. Remaining games set finale and Labor Day matchups with Houston, Felton, and Camden-Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy
Rock Hall
Camden-Wyoming
Denton
Camden- Wyoming
Stan Mikell
Club
C-W
J. Strong
Orr
Mears
Cuthrell
Harrington
Felton
Mikell
Harty
Church Hill
Hartly
Bill Palmer
Bobby Knight
Brownie Coleman
Greensboro
Cupids
Hill
Edler
Joe Simpson
Lanky Bilbrough
Jones
Lord
Morris
Houston
Dentonians
Postles
Willey
Scurto
Holland
Most Outstanding Player Jimmy Stevens Leads Eastern Shore Poll
Jimmy Stevens Centreville centerfielder named Most Outstanding Player in the Eastern Shore Baseball League by the Eastern Shore Sports Writers Association. He topped Milford’s Grady Wilson by one vote. other one vote recipients include Mike Gast Bunky Longgood and Don Marshall. Walt Millies, Milford Red Sox manager, is Outstanding Manager with Jimmy McLeod and Hal Contini following. Trophies ordered and Certificates of Merit printed for top players with ceremonies soon.
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Eastern Shore Sports Writers’Association
Eastern Shore Baseball League
Jimmy Stevens
Centreville
Eastern Shore League
Eastern Shore Sports Writers Association
Stevens
Milford
Grady Wilson
Mike Gast
Bunky Longgood
Don Marshall
Walt Millies
Milford Red Sox
Jimmy McLeod
Salisbury
Hal Contini
League
S. L
Horse Racing Starts At Harrington Oct 5
Preparations are rapidly under way for Delaware's first trotting races at Harrington with pari mutuel betting for 15 days starting October 5. Night races under lights may total eight per day, with post in weather contingencies. A 15-day permit has been granted by Delaware Trotting Race Commissioner J Wirt Willis, and flood lights installation is underway at the Kent and Sussex Fair Grounds. A special train to the track from Philadelphia is being negotiated to boost attendance. The pari mutuel betting law, enacted in 1945, is now in operation this year, with conditions similar to Delaware Park horse racing.
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Delaware
Harrington
Kent and Sussex Race Association
J. Wirt Willis
Kent and
Sussex Fair Grounds
Philadelphia
Delaware Park
State Draft Pool Is Set At 56 881
Maryland will provide its quota of 614 men for service in September from a total overall pool of 6 881 registrants 19 to 29 inclusive Col Henry C Stanwood director of selective service said yesterday The pool includes 24 178 in the 4 F category Classifications are being rereworked and 1 A s may be drawn from them Ground rules may require the boards to rake and scrape to fill the needful eligibles by March 31 Local boards face appeals from 1 A classified entries about 11 000 fathers are in the pool with some among the 4 F s Relatively few 19 year old fathers estimated
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Maryland
Henry C. Stanwood
Selective Service
County Vets Get Terminal Leave Blanks
Caroline county veterans may secure terminal leave applications at the Denton post office, with blinds available 8 am to 6 pm and no ID needed. Nearly all local veterans who served are eligible for some payment, with four filing steps outlined by Treasury War and Navy Departments.
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Caroline County
Ofice
Denton
B. F. Johnson
Treasury
War and Navy Departments
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Wesley Junior College Reaches Capacity in Dover
Wesley Junior College opened four years ago under the Peninsula Methodist Conference will reach capacity with a record freshman class of 126 for the September 20 start. President Dr. O A Bartley says enrollment is almost double prior years, with a diverse group of international and local students. no more entries unless cancellations occur. Dormitories nearing completion, temporary housing planned if Federal Public Housing Authority delays arise. Freshman Week-End set for September 20 21 22 with Bishop Fred P Carson as convocation speaker. Renovations include interior painting and library expansion. Six ornamental lights will illuminate the campus at night.
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Wesley Junior College
Peninsula Methodist Conference
Wilmington Conference Academy
Dover
O. A. Bartley
Wesley Collegiate Institute
Vermont
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Michigan
Bermuda
Canton
China
Shanghai
Venezuela
Corinth
Greece
Bartley
Federal Public Housing Authority
Fred P. Carson
Philadelphia
The
Methodist Church
Dickinson College
Maryland State Contest For Food Preservation
A Maryland homemaker who earns the most sweepstakes points in Timonium Fair home preserved foods will receive a trophy as state champion. Entries go into 134 classes from fruits to juices, with both quality and quantity weighed. Enter by 4 p.m. September 1. instructions available through county extension agents and the household department at the fair.
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Maryland
Margaret McPheeters
University of Maryland
Katherine E. Braithwaite
Miss McPheeters
Household Department
Extension Home
National Garden Institute
Enlistees Seek Army Air Forces and Regular Army
Howard Leroy Keen Jr of Preston applies for a three year Regular Army Air Forces enlistment. He is the son of Howard L. Keen Sr of Wilmington Delaware and Naomi Jacobs. Keen will study airplane mechanics and use the GI Bill after service. Linwood Paul Spence of Denton applies for an eighteen month Regular Army enlistment. He is the son of Lula Spence and has worked as a truck driver for Arthur Green.
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Howard Leroy Keen Jr
Preston
Howard L. Keen Sr
Naomi Jacobs
Wilmington
Del
C. C. Lang and Son
Maryland
Keen
Linwood Paul Spence
Denton
Lula Spence
Arthur Green
Free Press Vital O Conor Urges Open World News Flow
Governor Herbert R. O Conor told Del Mar Va Press Association members in Ocean City that discussions at the upcoming United Nations assembly on world freedom of information will interest Marylanders. He praised the American press for upholding free information flow and urged global extension of unfettered news to speed international peace. He credited Maryland publishers for keeping citizens informed about state government and said public access to intents and accomplishments has increased citizen convergence.
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Assembly of the United Nations
New York
Herbert R. O’conor
Del-Mar-Va
O’conor
America
United Nations
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Maryland
OPA Extends Spare Sugar Stamps 51 and 49
The OPA announced spare stamp 51 will be valid for five pounds of sugar from September 1 to December 31. Spare stamp 49 remains valid for five pounds of sugar through September 30. The agency cited supply uncertainty from Cuba and Puerto Rico and ongoing needs for famine relief shipments abroad.
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OPA
Cuba
Puerto Rico
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Tuckahoe Bridge
Joseph A. Kuhn, JR
Corps of Engineers
Denton Club
Choptank Electric Cooperative
Rural Electrification Administration
Camden
Wyoming
Hardy Rock Hall
Hock Hall
A Rich
Ss.c
Willis
Grant
Cole
Watson
Tucker
Vital O’conor
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