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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1955
Page
7
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day bring peak traffic deaths with last year’s toll over 10 000 injuries and 515 deaths. Officials urge organizers to arrange rides or taxis, promote car pools, and share the message If you drive don’t drink if you drink don’t drive to reduce holiday crashes.
Preston residents joined several clubs for Christmas events including the Monday Bridge Club and Dance Club gatherings. Notable visits included Mr. and Mrs. George Burr from New York and Mrs. Peter de Wilde visiting Washington, D. C. The Lions Club hosted its Christmas dinner, and Bethesda Methodist Church presented its Sunday School Christmas program with gifts to be distributed by the Lions Club. Rev. Preston Spence preached due to the illness of Rev. H. C. Jeffers.
Marydel correspondent reports on local birthdays parties and visits including Miss Margaret Nutt turning 16 at The Rainbow Room, Christmas dinner by Marydel Civic Club, and the birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Roger McClements in Dover. Also noted are wedding trip news, anniversaries, church services, hospital updates, and holiday travel among Marydel residents and nearby towns.
Mr Robert Cowman of Freehold New Jersey visits his mother Mrs Irwin Sparklin and family. Mr C Kemp Stewart stays overnight with his daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Herbert Honecker and daughters of Silver Spring Maryland. Merle Shaner couple celebrate birth of son Ronald David. Mrs Joseph Griffith of Betterton visits Mr and Mrs R W Beaven. Meredith Griffith of Baltimore visits Rufus Hutchison and Stanley. Ruth Ann Merchant of Centreville guests Frances Murphy.
A December 16 1955 letter from a Denton Maryland child to Santa requests gifts including a B B gun and a football, expressed in simple holiday style. The fragmentary note shows a child's Christmas wishlist with plain longing and missing items toward the end.
A brief note from a student to Mrs Brooks mentions a wallet watch cars and trucks and candy and asks Santa to bring something nice for the teacher. The sender signs off as your little friend.
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