Thanksgiving visits and holiday social in Ridgely area
Grace Vernon Smith reports weekly social notes from Ridgely with numerous Thanksgiving gatherings. Families like Walls, Guthries, Leonard, Downes, Swing, Hollingsworth, Laird, Ferrick, Snowberger, Sparks, and others share meals and greetings across Salisbury, Rehoboth Beach, Newark, Wilmington, and Centreville. Airline Santa Claus Day slated December 5 with community tree and free movies. Local drives push toy deliveries by the Fire Department and Lions Club for Christmas Eve.
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Ridgely
Ridgely High School
Centreville
Grace Vernon Smith
Denton Community
Wilmington
Wilson Saulsbury
Valley Stream
N. Y
Elva Cannon
W. C. Mitchell
Rumsey Mullikin
Carolyn
Edward Goodhand
Queenstown
Greensboro Social Roundup of Parties and Visits
Mr Ralph Sharp enjoyed a surprise birthday party with church friends. Greensboro Homemakers Club held its annual Christmas Party at Mrs IE Hodgsons with a turkey dinner, program, gifts exchanged. Cadet Robert Kelly from Valley Forge Military School spent holidays with his parents. Robert Wothers returned to the States after 1 year 11 months in England and is stationed at Dover Air Base. Thanksgiving guests included Mr and Mrs William Dean of Bowers Beach and others hosted by Mr and Mrs G R Kelly and Mr and Mrs Robert Edge Frederica Del.
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Hansen Hoffman
Dan Hollingsworth
Daniel Hollingsworth
Harry Laird
Mary Laird
Edward Stephens
Rehoboth Beach
Ennis Ferrick
Sidney Dixon
Millington
Joseph Snowberger
Pine Bluff Sanatorium
Claude Towers
Thomas Shortall
Whiteleysburg
Jane Ringgold
Sandra Calhoun
Newark
Del
J. A. Mitchell
Edna M. Detwiler
A. G. Gelletty
Williston
Earl Sparks
Sparks
Korea
Fort George G. Meade
Clifton Morris
Swarthmore
Morris
John Shewbrooks
William Sparks
Yeadon
Leonard Sparks
Ralph Sharp
Greensboro Homemakers Club
IE. O. Hodgson
Ajl
Charles Bilbrough, Jr
Irene Bilbrough
Dover Air Base
Harry Kinnamon
Melissa Webber
William Dean
Bowers Beach
Alfred Blackburn
Clayton Wyatt
Frances and
Gary
Robert Edge
Frederica
Thanksgiving visits and Harvest Home in Hickman
Denton residents and relatives from Bridgeville Federalsburg Preston and Chester visited kin over Thanksgiving weekend. Harvest Home will be held at Hickman M E Church on Sunday December 6 at 3 p m with music and singing. Community members discuss butchering and holly wreaths preparation.
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Reese Brown
Denton
Sadie Brown
Helen Zimmerman
Seaford
William Tull
Wayne
Bobby
Bridgeville
Clarence Breeding
Edward Fountain
Turner
Preston
J. C. Fountain
Katie Parker
William Croll
Bart Frerer
Leonardtown
August Croll
Federalsburg
Crolls
Thurman Adams
Isaac Noble
Norman Breeding
Harvest Home
Hickman M. E
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Thanksgiving Dinner Guests Across Cities
Goldsboro families hosted gatherings on Thanksgiving Day with relatives from Dover Delaware Swarthmore Pennsylvania Wilmington and Salisbury. In Goldsboro guests included Jimmie Shively Linda Mumford and Fletcher Smith among others. Another table featured Percy Meredith Susie Smith and J C Kinnamon seniors.
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Harold Shively
Noble Shively
Jimmie
Roland Mumford
Linda
Dover
Del
Wilson Smith
Percy Meredith
Swarthmore
Edward Ross
Wilmington
J. C. Kinnamon, Jr
Salisbury
Susie Smith
Fred Morgan
Fletcher Smith
Bridgetown
J. C. Kinnamon
Goldsboro
Card of Thanks from Purnal T Dean and Family
The family expresses gratitude for the kindness shown during the hospital stay at Delaware Hospital Wilmington and after returning home. They thank friends relatives for cards flowers visits calls a fruit box from WSCS and neighbors for planting wheat and reaping soybeans. Best wishes to all.
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Delaware Hospital
Wilmington
WSCS
Purnal T. Dean
Thanksgiving Day Visits Reported Around Town
Mr and Mrs Wallace Hutson entertained on Thanksgiving Day. Denton guests included Mr and Mrs J C Kerns and Mrs Thos Ober with son. Greensboro visitors were Mrs Perry Woshell and children and Mr and Mrs Wilmer Jackson and son. Sunday gatherings featured Mr and Mrs John Milby Mrs Elbert Connor and Wayne of Seaford, plus Mrs Esther De Witt with Mr and Mrs William Quillen. Mrs Jennie Griffin Mrs Marjorie Williams and Mr and Mrs Tim Williams and boys spent Sunday in Washington.
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William Walls
J. C. Kinnamon, Sr
J. T. Pinder
Clark Quillen
Peggy
Dick Lane
Chestertown
Wallace Hutson
J. C. Kerns
Denton
Thos. Ober and Son
Greensboro
Perry Woshell
Preston
John Milby
Elbert Connor
Wayne
Seaford
Esther de Witt
William
Quillen
Jennie Griffin
Marjorie Williams
Tim Williams
Washington
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Hickman
Susie Noble
Trailways Thru Liners
Ient
Percy TE
SR Aera
Pablo
Ody
Denton To
New York
Cambridge
Baltimore
Roland Cartwright
A. D. Quillen
Wilmer Jackson and
Olin Phillips
Famous Anchor Hocking
New Mid-City
Bill” Fearins
C.O.E
Fifth & Gay Streets
Denton, Maryland
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