Genevieve Poore to Wed Donald Racier in December
Greensboro couple Mr and Mrs W Byron Poore announce the engagement of their daughter Genevieve Ann Poore to Donald Racier of Washington DC. Poore is a Greensboro High School graduate and University of Maryland alumna employed at Harris Research Laboratories. Racier served in the U S Air Force in World War II, is Holy Cross College graduate, and attends Georgetown University School of Dentistry. The wedding is planned for late December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Byron Poore
Greensboro
Genevieve Ann Poore
Donald Racier
Washington, D. C
Arthur Racier
Marlboro
Mass
Greensboro High School
University of Maryland
Harris Research Laboratories
U. S. Air Force
Pacific
Holy Cross College
Georgetown University School of Dentisty
Christmas Visits and Social Roundup in Local Town
Relatives and friends visited Rev. J W Krabill and other residents over the weekend. Attendees included Havel and Kra bill families, Holsinger family, Melvin Krabill from Dover, Zeigler family, Anna Knox, Olivia Lord at Harmony Church WSCS, and other locals. Notes mention travel, home visits, Christmas program, two needy families helped, and several attendees at gatherings. Also reported are hunting trips, hospital discharge, and residents moving or hosting guests in Easton and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Krabill
Havel Krabill
Verlin Krabill
Bill
Pocomoke City
Harold Holsinger
Allen
Myra
Ridgely
Melvin Krabill
Dover
Harold Krabill
Linda
Stevie
Frank Zeigler
W. E. Roe
Irene Roe
Baltimore
Phares G Crouse Rites Held At Denton
Phares G Crouse 71 retired Sinclair Oil distributor died suddenly at his Second St home last Monday He moved from Berks County Pa in childhood and later served as Sinclair distributor for 14 years He is survived by wife two sons and a daughter seven grandchildren two sisters and three brothers Services were held at J Virgil Moore and Son Funeral Home Denton with burial in Denton Cemetery Edgar Taylor Smith 79 dies near Greensboro
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phares G. Crouse
Sinclair Oil Company
Second St
Mr. Crouse
Queen Anne
Sinclair Oil
Order of
United American Mechanics
Rotary Club of
Denton
Daniel K
Emma Gibble Crouse
Berks County
Bessie Smith
T. Conover Crouse
Caroline High School
G. Daniel Crouse
C. Rodney Layton
Centreville
Mary Jackson
Newark
Del
Ada Shipley
Baltimore
Monroe G
Harry G
Ridgely
Clifton G
Europe
J. Virgil Moore and Son Funeral Home
John E. French
First Methodist Church
Denton Cemetery
Edgar Taylor Smith
Mary Smith
Greensboro
Culpepper
Martin and
Lavella Vaughan Smith
Edna Lee Schrider
Richmond
Ashley Smith
G. H. Wheatley
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Rawlings
Greensboro Cemetery
Willoughby Nowell 79 Denton contractor dies at home
Willoughby Nowell a retired contractor and builder aged 79 died at his Denton home on Monday evening December 7. He was born in Delaware son of Samuel and Mary Elizabeth Booth Nowell. Survived by wife Ethalinda Nowell a daughter Mrs Walter Newcomer of Burbank California two sisters Mrs Bean Beauchamp and Mrs Thomas Porter and a brother Mr Samuel Nowell. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Moore Funeral Home with Dr John E French and Rev Thomas J Turkington officiating. Interment Denton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Watson
Donna Lou
M. C. Watson
Louella Davis
Washington, D. C
Madge Jump
Herman Drews
Chicago
Paul Kubler
Easton
Robert L. Schall
Fred J. Wright
Memorial Hospital
Alfred Reddish
William Beers
Berlin
William G. Towers
Cesar Coalla
James Wright
Mason Clopper
Norris Coulby
Richard Behlke
Louis Nafzinger
Willoughby Nowell
Denton
Delaware
Samuel
Mary Elizabeth Booth Nowell
First Methodist Church
Ethalinda Nowell
Walter Newcomer
Burbank
Cal
Bean Beauchamp
Thomas Porter
Mrs Elinor Knotts Horsey RitesHeld in Chestertown
Mrs Elinor Knotts Horsey 43 died Sunday night at Kent and Queen Annes County Hospital Chestertown after a three month illness Surviving husband John S Norsey Ocean City New Jersey parents Howard and Mrs Knotts Chestertown sisters Mrs C R Humphreys Wilminton Del Mrs Harry O Gray Findlay O brother Howard D Knotts Havre de Grace funeral Tuesday 1 pm J Willis Wells Funeral Home Chestertown Rev Hudson Chestertown First Methodist Rev Graham Borman officiating Interment Greenmount Hillsboro
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor Knotts Horsey
Kent and Queen Anne’s County Hospital
Chestertown
John S. Norsey
Ocean City
N. J
Howard D. Knotts
C. R. Humphreys
Wilmington
Del
Harry O. Gray
Findlay
Mrs Mabel Comegys Dies at 72 in Greensboro
Mrs Mabel Comegys 72 wife of Carroll Comegys a Hillsboro carpenter died at Riverside Nursing Home Greensboro Sunday. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs William Jones of Price's Station. Surviving Roger W Baker Sr of Reading Pa a son two sisters Mrs August Kibler Greensboro and Mrs Fred Dill Wilmington two brothers Noble Jones Wilmington and Lawrence Jones Chester Pa Services held 2 pm Tuesday at the Funeral Home of J Virgil Moore and Sons Burial in Hillsboro Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Comegys
Carroll Comegys
Hillsboro
Riverside
Greensboro
William Jones
Price’s Station
Roger W. Baker, Sr
Reading
August Kibler
Fred Dill
Wilmington
Noble Jones
Lawrence Jones
Chester
J. Virgil Moore and Sons
Hillsboro Cemetery
Denton Soldier Killed in Alabama Bus Crash
Robert Lee DeFord 25 of Denton died in an auto accident at Anniston Alabama. A corporal in the Army stationed at Fort McClellan near Anniston, he was released six months ago and was driving a city bus in Anniston. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Charles A DeFord of Hillsboro. He
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee DeFord
Denton
Anniston
Ala
Fort McClellan
Charles A. DeFord
Hillsboro
Christian Comrade Class Christmas Party at First Methodist
The Christian Comrade Class of First Methodist Church held its annual Christmas Party in Fellowship Hall with 49 members. Decorations were arranged by Mrs. Calvert C. Merriken, and a turkey dinner was served by a committee. An offering supported clothing for Strawbridge and Kelso Homes children. The class elected officers led by Mrs. J Theodore Orme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Calvert C. Merriken
John Emerson
Clifford Stafford
Roland Lord
Ernest Lord
Richard Garey
Joseph Jordan
Strawbridge
Kelso
Oron F. Smith
J. Theodore Orme
Gerald Huffman
James Cooper
Walter G. Kerslake
Orme
Mahoney Files Candidacy for Governor in Maryland
George P. Mahoney announces he will file his gubernatorial candidacy with the Maryland Secretary of State in Annapolis on Monday morning December 7 at 9 30 o clock. He lives at Prospect Farm Owings Mills Md and says he will discuss campaign issues frankly with voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Annapolis
George P. Mahoney
Prospect Farm
Owings Mills
Obituary Mention Survives Wife and Two Children
The deceased is survived by his wife, the former Anna Brubaker, and two children, Jacqueline and Robert Lee, along with a sister, Mrs. Meredith Uhrig of Birdsboro, Pa. The funeral was held Thursday and burial was in Hillsboro Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Brubaker
Jacqueline
Robert Lee
Meredith Uhrig
Birdsboro, Pa
Hillsboro Cemetery
Funeral held for 14-year-old Donald Eveland near Ridgely
Funeral services were held at the Eveland home near Ridgely for Donald Eveland 14 who was killed in a gun accident Sunday afternoon. He was in the 10th grade at Ridgely High School, son of Mr and Mrs John W Eveland, and survived by sister Mrs Grayson Winstead and brother John W Jr. Rev Arthur Blundon of Hillsboro Queen Anne Methodist Church presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Eveland
Ridgely
Donald
Ridgely High School
John W. Eveland
Grayson Winstead
John W., Jr
Arthur Blundon
Hillsboro-Queen Anne Methodist Church
West Denton Merchant George Cohee Dies at 63
George Clifton Cohee, 63, a respected West Denton merchant, died suddenly Saturday night December 5. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Moore's Funeral Home with interment in Denton Cemetery. Born near Denton in 1890, he was the son of M. Jefferson and Margaret Beck Cohee and had run the Denton mercantile business for 24 years. He was a member of the Denton Chamber of Commerce and Jr. O. U. A. M. He is survived by his wife Miss Florence Downes, one son J Wilson Cohee and six grandchildren. The community mourns the loss of a trusted citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clifton Cohee
West Denton
Moore’s
Denton
M. Jefferson Cohee
Margaret Beck Cohee
Florence Downes
J. Wilson Cohee
Cliff
James C. Lord 81 longtime resident of American Corner dies
James C. Lord, 81, a retired farmer and merchant, died Tuesday morning December 8 at Memorial Hospital Easton after a 14 day illness. A native of Talbot County he lived at American Corner 25 years. Survived by brother Chas H. Lord Federalsburg half brother J Percy Blades near Federalsburg and stepdaughter Mrs Irving W. Trice near Federalsburg. Funeral Friday at 1 30 p m Frampton Funeral Home with Rev Ralph C. Jones and Rev Arthur F Bebee officiating. Interment Hill Crest Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Lord
Memorial Hospital
Easton
American Corner
Talbot County
Elisha and
Elizabeth Saulsbury Lord
Chas. H. Lord
Federalsburg
J. Percy Blades
Irving W. Trice
Frampton Funeral Home
Ralph C. Jones
Union Church
Arthur F. Bebee
First Church of God
Hill Crest Cemetery
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Merriken Named To Succeed John W Logan in State Bloc
C C Merriken named to replace John W Logan amid seven candidates with prior State Legislature experience. A 1942 delegate, Merriken served a four-year term and was third in the 1950 Democratic Caroline primary behind Logan and Blades. WWI veteran and long-time Denton lawyer, he hails from a politically active family. County Democrats deny a party split while listing five other State Central Committee members: Sutton, Stafford, Wood, Walston, and Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Merriken
Logan
Blades
Denton
Croll
Redden
Caroline County
State Central Committee
Mr. Croll
Martin L. Sutton
Ridgely
Clifford L. Stafford
George W. Wood
Hillsboro
E. Landon Walston
FE. J. Harris
Preston
Shore Publisher Delivers Pictorial Bay History Book
Chesapeake Bay A Pictorial Maritime History from Cornell Maritime Press presents nearly 300 photographs with minimal text. Author M. W. Brewington, a Salisbury native, traces Shore ancestry to 1669 and stamps the volume as a valuable addition for libraries and historical societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Bay
Cornell Maritime Press
Cambridge
Maryland
Bay
M. W. Brewington
Salisbury
Card of Thanks from Mrs Cora Thomas
I thank relatives friends and neighbors for the nice cards flowers and visits while I was a patient in Memorial Hospital Easton and since my return home Mrs Cora Thomas 405 Gay St Denton Md
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Cora Thomas
Gay St
Denton
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Christian Comrade
Woolen Stores
Vanity Fair
Mary Baron
Ry Sv
Madamoiselle
Joyce
Sandler
Rusty Tatleta
Gary and
Vogue
Bates
Maco
Daniel Green
By Archer Berkshire Hanes
Skinson’s
Easton, Maryland
C. C. Merriken
John W. Logan
Shore Publisher
Cresss Roads
Dray Eow Theater
Sat. & Sun
Edward Small
Matz
George Montgomery
Gale Stormes
Jerome Courtland
Hoah Beery, Jr
William Bishop Reen
Richard Schayer
Bernard Shall
Phil. Karlson
RED Skelton
Sally Forrest
MacDonald Carey
JN Entertainment
Jack Blanco
Joan Fontaine
Tangiers
Stanley Clements
Wild Bill Hickok
Andy Devine
Southern Lines
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Allied Artists
Gregory Peck
Jeanne Crain
Vicki
Joseph Cotton
Bluepriny
Joan Crawford
Michael
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van Heflin
Julia Wey Tex
George Dolenz
Abbe Lane
Universal-International
BE Huniz Alban Allied Artists Production
Captain Kidd
Pirates
Columbia
Ward Bond
Joseph E SY Precreoer
Eph Bernhard Roy Rowland
Toryano
Niven Busch
Warner Bros
Glenn Ford
Gloria Grahame
Jogelin
Brandon Rexanter
Scouby
Evemac
Wot McGlera
Arthur
Fritz Lan
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