This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Thanksgiving clan and railway move mark 25 years
Twenty five years ago Mr and Mrs George A Butler hosted Thanksgiving inviting Maynard Hope of Blue Ridge College New Windsor MD Virginia Spicher and Melvin Andrew of near Denton Then William Leaverton and daughter Shirley Mae visited Howard Leaverton near Rock Hall A 10 pound baby boy arrived to Mr and Mrs Harry A Gordon on Nov 23 with mother and child reported well Nearby E H Roe will become vice president and general manager of Union Transfer Company Dec 1 Roe a Wilmington resident since 191? with long service at Pennsylvania Railroad led to leadership at Union Transfer overseeing operations in Wilmington Philadelphia Baltimore Camden Atlantic City Ocean City Reading Roe comes from Maryland Eastern Shore family and Lions Club involvement Also P T A Hillsboro held a Thanksgiving program and summer hosts Theodore Warren delightful evening at Burrsville including multiple local guests A quiet wedding occurred at Goldsboro M E parsonage Ruth Carrow and Clayton Porter wed with plans to reside in Greensboro Federation Campfire Girls in Federalsburg elected new officers and welcomed new members Tragic electrocution of Russell J Bell 40 while erecting a radio pole on East Gay Street Denton caused by contact with 23 000 volt line leaving four children and widow Martha Bell and others in grief.