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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1955
Page
8
A ten year old girl sells church cards to Old Martin, the town’s meanest man. He buys them to spite her, then secretly repairs his home with the cards. Needy townspeople receive anonymous cards and money, and Old Martin prays on Christmas Eve after thirty years of coldness.
A 6 year old boy from American Corner suffered a serious eye injury after a knife incident. Caroline County elected J Frank Lane as president of the County Commissioners with Walter S Rutter as clerk and W Brewster Deen as attorney. Various local residents celebrated anniversaries and hosted visitors while Eastern Star officers were elected. Chestertown defeated Chestertown by 4 to 0 in a regional soccer final at Harmony Field in Denton.
Maryland farm fronts tighten wheat sanitation rules as the FDA sets a July 1 1956 start for stricter limits. George B Reeves urges early compliance for grain in the ground while George P Larrick notes improvement yet calls for lower allowable rodent pellets and insect damaged kernels after 1955 testing.
The following registrant was inducted from Caroline County during the month of November: Theodore T. Trice of Federalsburg.
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