Open Letter Praising Preston School Fire Response
Principal William Murdoch thanks Preston School faculty students and community for unity and support after the fire. Firefighters from Preston Easton and Federalsburg battled the blaze from 2 a.m. to daybreak and plans to resume schooling were helped by board of education county staff and nearby communities.
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Preston School
Preston
Easton
Federalsburg
Hoppengardner
Board of Education
William Murdoch
Christmas Services In Church Of The Brethren
The Denton Church of the Brethren sets a Christmas program with an 11:00 a.m. organ prelude and readings by Kenneth Shaffer Jr and others, a 7:00 p.m. musical presentation led by Merle Knotts and Miss Phyllis Leese, plus a sermon by Pastor Galen Blough titled A Trip to Bethlehem. Public invited.
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Denton Church
Mr. Knotts
Newark
Del
University of Delaware
Korea
NASCAR Champs Get Invitation For Daytona Race
NASCAR champs from nine states earned invitations to the 250 mile modified sportsman race at Daytona Beach on Feb 13 1960. The list includes 30 drivers with home towns and tracks where they won 1959 titles across Airborne Park Speedway Stafford Springs Winchester and other venues.
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Nascar
Daytona Beach
Florida
Christ Church Welcomes New Rector This Sunday
Christ Church on Denton's Court House Green invites The Rt. Rev. Dr. Allen J. Miller on Sunday at 11 AM to institute The Rev. B. DeFrees Brien as Rector of St. Mary's White Chapel Parish. Wardens Butler and Vandegrift host, Bishop Miller reads the charge, and parish keys are presented. Special music by Christ Church Choir. A 7 PM Christmas party for children follows. A Holy Eucharist is planned Thursday at 10 AM with sacrament reserved for the sick and Prayer Group visits.
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Christ Church
Denton
Court House Green
Allen J. Miller
B. DeFrees Brien
St. Mary’s White Chapel
Episcopal Diocese of
Connecticut
R. Lee Butler
Edward J. Vandegrift
Father Brien
Miller
Christ Church Choir
J. B. Dike
W. L. Merriken
Ladies of Christ Church Guild
Peoples Bank Increases Stock Dividend By 9%
The Peoples Bank of Denton announced at its Tuesday meeting on Dec 8 1959 an extra 9 percent dividend in addition to the regular 3 percent. Stockholders of record as of Dec 15 1959 will receive this year end 12 percent plus a mid year 6 percent for a total of 18 percent on par value, the highest declared.
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The
Peoples Bank of
Denton
State Trooper Activity During The Past Week
The State Police report details several incidents from the past week in Maryland. Incidents include a multi-vehicle collision near Deep Branch road southwest of Denton with injuries and charges for Trice Cain and Murray. A second crash on State route 328 near the Chicken Plant resulted in a speeding violation. A third incident involved Naomi Cornish being injured then released after a ride with James Henry Wilson. Leon Sylvester Hunt was stabbed while intervening in a fight at the Hitching Rail and treated at Memorial Hospital Easton. A racial note states all involved in the accidents were colored. Maryland and Delaware authorities detained Reese Mumford and George Jones, both white, for questioning over multiple burglaries and larcenies across several counties. Detainers with Delaware are in place awaiting trial.
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Denton
Russell Arthur Pearson
Naomi Cornish
Easton
James Henry Wilson
Memorial Hospital
Leon Sylvester Hunt
Stevensville
Maryland-Delaware
Reese Mumford
George Jones
Millsboro
Del
Maryland
Salisbury
Wicomico
Worcester
Caroline Counties
Delaware
Juvenile Delinquency Help Sought in Caroline County
A county article says there is no real juvenile delinquency problem in Caroline County yet, but several troubled youths exist. Agencies seek time and private foster homes to keep a white boy of about fifteen from an institution, with support from Health Department official Dr. Edwin G. Riley. Families willing to help should contact him in Denton.
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Caroline County
The
Agency
Edwin G. Riley
Health Department
Denton
VFW Children’s Christmas Party Planned Sunday
The Caroline Memorial Post 7937 Veterans of Foreign Wars will host a Christmas party for children twelve and under on the Denton Greensboro road Sunday at 2 PM. Movies will be shown and Santa will give a treat to each attendee.
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Pst
Caroline Memorial Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Denton-Greensboro
Santa
National Leader Discusses Interest Rate Problem Here
Kermit Overby of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association spoke to 36 Eastern Shore community leaders at Choptank Electric Cooperative headquarters about REA loan rates. He defended current policy, warned against rate hikes that threaten co op survival, and noted rural electrification progress and upcoming Assateague Island line energization.
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Kermit Overby
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
REA
Choptank Electric Cooperative
Congress
Overby
Choptank Electric Board
Olin S. Davis
Golt
Minutemen
Rev Meacham to Address Denton Rotary Christmas Program
The Rev Mr C H Meacham a Unitarian minister from Anne Arundel County will speak at the Denton Rotary Christmas program on Tuesday Dec 22. Meacham who arrived in Annapolis last July previously served Unitarian parishes in Nantucket Island and Athol MA He is a Harvard Divinity School graduate class of 1954 born in the St Lawrence Valley NY state and educated at Atlantic Union College He spoke via tape to the Denton club on Dec 15 from a Denton England club and a two minute film from the Cricknic event accompanied the session as part of an international friendship effort.
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C. H. Meacham
Unitarian Church
Anne Arundel County
Annapolis
Denton Rotary Club
Meacham
Nantucket Island
Athol
Massachusetts
Harvard Divinity School
Mr. Meacham
St. Lawrence Valley
New York State
Atlantic Union College
Lancaster
Mass
Rotary Club
Denton
England
Cricknic
Christmas Candlelight Service At First Church
First Methodist Church Denton will host a Candlelight Carol Service on Sunday at 7 30 pm. The service features Christmas meditations scripture stories poetry and special music directed by Mrs Dorothy W Rue with solos by R Dale Palmer and Mrs Morgan Williams. Rev Otho G Brewer Jr serves as minister.
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First Methodist Church
Denton
Dorothy W. Rue
R. Dale Palmer
Morgan Williams
Otho G. Brewer, Jr
First Church
Caroline County Medical Society Elects Officers at Brick Hotel
The Caroline County Medical Society elected Dr. Henry Trapnell as president at its Dec 10 meeting in Denton. Officers include Dr. Edwin Riley as VP and Dr. Charles H. Winnacott as secretary treasurer. Delegates to the State Convention are Dr. Harold Plummer and Dr. Robert Wright as alternate. The group opposed the Forand bill and plans an January 1960 dinner at the Brick Hotel. Committee chairs were Daw son George for dinners, E Paul Knotts for speaker arrangements, and William E. Lennon for fellowship.
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Henry Trapnell
Federalsburg
Caroline County Medical Society
Brick Hotel
Denton
Edwin Riley
Caroline County
Charles H. Winnacott
Ridgely
Harold Plummer
Preston
Robert Wright
Greensboro
Forand
Congress
The
Medical Society
Dawson George
Meiss Named Chairman of March of Dimes Drive
Clarence Meiss a Caroline County teacher is named county chairman for the March of Dimes campaign to support polio research and new disease areas such as arthritis and birth defects. Geo L Radcliffe state chairman announced county directors as Maryland prepares January fund drive and stresses ongoing fight against polio.
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Clarence Meiss
Caroline Public
Caroline County
Maryland
U. S
Geo. L. Radcliffe
Radcliffe
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Appenaly
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Concord
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Schenectady
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Dick Nephew
Riverside
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Ridley Park
Alcyon Speedway
Pitman
N. J
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Jack Burgstresser
Phillipsburg
Flemington
al DeAngelo
Queens Village
Runt Harris
Richmond
Electric Autolite Company
Peoples Bank
Deep Branch Road
Edgar Donald Trice
Queen Anne
George P. Cain
Marydel
Joseph S. Murray
Cain
Trice
Murray
Denton Primary School
Denton School
VFW
F. E. Yeoman
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March of Dimes Drive
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