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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1951
Page
7
Jean and Jimmy, engaged and planning a wedding after Jimmy's expected raise, work at Mammoth Store to save for furniture. Hawkeye the store detective eyes Jimmy, doubting the couple while Jean hopes for a Christmas wedding and a promised salary raise.
Mrs Judy Wilson plans to spend Christmas with her sister in Caracas and George Wilson teaches at a private school there. Many relatives travel, including Lt. Carlton V. West Jr returning from training and service in Korea. A Christmas wedding follows a work romance as Jean and Jimmy’s hidden gift scheme leads to an engagement and promotion, with family gatherings noted in Maryland and Virginia communities.
Mrs Katherine Elliott aged 69 died Sunday at her daughter's Wilmington home after a short heart illness. Funeral from Rawlings Funeral Home Greensboro was led by Rev P F Bean with burial in Greensboro Cemetery. She leaves three daughters and a son plus eight grandchildren, a sister and brother, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs Ernest D Fogle formerly Bertha Rice of Hillsboro died December 11 at Frederick Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. She taught school at Woodsbury for over 25 years and is survived by two daughters LaRue and Donna, a brother in Hamburg New York, a sister Mrs Loran Markham of Glen Burnie, and her parents of Hillsboro. Funeral services were at Woodbury Lutheran Church with interment in Woodsbury Cemetery.
Greensboro Homemakers gathered for a Christmas party with a memory test game won by Mrs. Er. J. Vandegrift. Poore was noted as the overall winner, gifts were exchanged, Miss Annabelle Bilbrough handed out packages, and refreshments followed as hostess Mrs. Bilbrough announced them.
In the first half of 1951 American oil men completed more than 15,000 miles of drilling as they chased prospects across fields and basins. The effort underscored sustained activity in exploration and development during the period.
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