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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1953
Page
8
A collection of Christmas letters from Denton Maryland children dated December 1953. Wayne Williamson requests a steam engine hot rod two guns and holster a cowboy suit and more. Bennett Todd Kenneth Shaffer Edward Adams Carole Ann Koenig ask for toys books dolls and clothes.
A six year old first grader asks for a train a truck a gun holster and a car for Christmas. He also asks for games candy nuts and oranges and to remember his teacher Miss Gale. Wayne Adams
A series of land transfers dated November 9 through November 24 1953 are listed across several election districts. Names include William J Murphy Norman Hutson Laura L Ober James A Wise Jo seph P Laramore Calvert C Merriken Carroll Smith Clarence F E Smith Jr Jesse J Blazejak Mary L Sharp LeRoy R Venable Charles W Dolby A J Judge Robert Veal J Robert Eddington Calvert Merriken Joseph Frank Short John H Williams William P LeCompte George W LeCompte Joseph P Kane Walter J Truster W Clark Quillen Rachel Collison Clara A Quillen Orme treasurer and others. Parcels are in the First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh and Eighth Election Districts. Dates range Nov 9 to Nov 24 1953.
A man spends over three decades behind bars despite never facing a crime, trial, or hearing. The American Weekly December 13 feature exposes this shocking injustice alongside other color gravure stories in The Baltimore Sunday American.
In memory of our father Captain Alonzo H Dean who died December 10 1949. The stars shine on a silent grave for a precious one we loved but could not save. Devoted children and son in law J.
A list of marriage licenses issued to couples from Dover Milford Camden and nearby towns including Delaware and Pennsylvania. Names include Laurence Brooks and Betty White both of Dover, John Ludwig and Thelma Haas of New Holland and Fast Earl, Charles Vogt and Frances Wood of Greensboro and Denton, Donald Tompkins and Rachel Pfeiffer of Dover, and others from Seaford Federalsburg Wyoming Swarthmore and Milford with ages ranging from 18 to 55.
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