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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1951
Page
3
The National Cotton Council notes housewives swap for salvaged cotton sacks as if money. Listings include plant exchanges for sacks, baby items for bags, and lamps or car parts traded for 100-lb sacks, with five-week-old puppies valued at multiple sacks.
California hosts 3592 foreign students in its colleges and universities ranking second to New York's 5452. Across the U S for 1950-51, 29813 students from 121 countries studied, with Canada China Germany India as leading origins. Columbia UC NYU top campuses. engineering and liberal arts dominate fields.
The magnitude system measures a star's brightness with lower numbers = brighter. First magnitude is about 2 percent as bright as second, and one magnitude is 100 times brighter than the sixth. Sirius shines at minus 1.6, the Sun at minus 26.7, and telescopes can capture stars to about the twenty second magnitude, roughly 1/250 million as bright as first magnitude.
The BOOK HOUSE FOR CHIL DREN recounts Betsy Ross convincing General George Washington to use five pointed stars for the first American flag. Washington notes English heraldic six pointed stars, but agrees, declaring America’s star hers alone and hoping it guides her dreams.
Scientists identify bone fragments on Java as belonging to an animal with definite human characteristics. The specimen fits into the evolutionary series leading to modern humans and is dated to at least 750,000 years ago based on geology and zoology correlations.
Local notes record visits by Mr. E. W. Smith of Philadelphia to ridgely bee yards, birthdays and anniversaries for Walter Moore and Wayne Royer couples, travel to Easton and Greensboro, a Roe Blizzard wedding in Centreville, and the Ridgely Townsong Club annual picnic at Tolchester with seventeen members and two guests.
A collectors of social news reports visitors and guests across Hobbs Denton and nearby towns. Entries include Mrs L H Thomas entertaining W S C S, August and September plans, relatives visiting in Greensboro and Charlottesville, and local acknowledgments of residents moving, hospital stays and weddings.
The Orphans Court met with Judges Towers and Moore approving numerous estates. Letters of administration were granted in Alberta Lednum and Edith Bennett estates, appraisers appointed in several cases, bonds filed, creditors notices ordered, and final accounts and inventories filed for multiple decedents including Laura Emens John Carter Harry Langmaid and Myra Sylvester.
Miss Cynthia Nashold returns to Chicago after visiting family in Greensboro. NJ relatives John and Mrs Nashold with Kathy and Jack vacationing here. The Nasholds accompany Cynthia to Washington Airport. Denton, Wilmington, and Philadelphia area residents visit or host. Nancy Lee Porter born to Robert and wife. Circle No 1 W SCS resumes Sept 6 at Mrs Clayton Porter's home. Sullivan couple mark first anniversary in Wilmington. Clinton Edwards' daughter Géraldine Lennon visiting Ridgewood aunt.
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