Caroline Doctors Elect Officers For New Year
The Caroline County Medical Society held its annual meeting at Tidewater Inn Easton to elect officers and conduct business. Officers named: H F Silver president, R Wright vice president, E G Riley secretary treasurer, C Winnacott delegate to the State convention, H Plummer alternate. Plans include hosting the Upper Eastern Shore Medical Society meeting January 21 in Denton and forming a Women’s Auxiliary chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Medical Society
Tidewater Inn
Easton
H. F. Silver
Goldsboro
Robert Wright
Greensboro
Edwin G. Riley
Denton
Charles Winnacott
Ridgely
Baltimore
Harold Plummer
Preston
Upper Eastern Shore Medical Society
Kent
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Caroline Counties
Winnacott
W. E. Lennon
Frederalsburg
Women's Auxiliary
Denton Man Sentenced to Year for Dual Assaults
A. J. Judge, 30, of Denton, was found guilty on two counts of assault and sentenced by Judge J. DeWeese Carter to eight months for assaulting Elizabeth Hower and four months for assaulting Erwin W. Wendt. Sentences run concurrently in Maryland House of Correction after prior magistrate court conviction and fines of 50 dollars each. Witnesses testified Judge punched both victims after a July incident near Denton when rocks were thrown at a car returning from Rehoboth Beach.
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A. J. Judge
Denton
J. DeWeese Carter
Elizabeth Hower
Washington
Erwin W. Wendt
State Department
Maryland House of Correction
James A. Wise
Caroline
Miss Hower
Wendt
Rehoboth Beach
Water Shortage Hearing Held Here Last Week
Arthur W. Stewart led a Maryland geology and water commission public hearing in Denton on West Denton residents' water supply problems linked to the Maryland Broilers plant. Other officials noted seasonal low water, with wells deepened and a two-layer underground system cited as cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Stewart
Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources of
Maryland
Caroline County Commissioners
Denton
West Denton
Victor Cushwa
Harry R. Hall
Richard W. Cooper
Joseph T. Lingewald, Jr
John C. Geyer
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Maryland Broilers, Inc
Paul A. Croll
Federalsburg
Maryland Broilers
Maryland Chicken Cooperative
J. Wilson Cohee
Oscar Smith
Edward Neal
Emory Shimmey
West
Fire Bites Dover Building Housing Four Stores and Five Apartments
A two story frame Burton Building in Dover housing four stores and five apartments was destroyed by fire early Friday. Chief Ralph Boyer of Robbins Hose Co. estimated losses at 150000 dollars. Custodian Lionel Nault ran barefoot to City Cab to report the alarm around 1 30 a m. Fire under control by 4 30 a m as ice froze water lines. Fireman George Scarborough slipped on the ice and injured his knee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Dover
Ralph Boyer
Robbins Hose Company
Lionel Nault
City Cab Company
George Scarborough
Byrd Files Gubernatorial Papers Shocks Maryland Politics
Dr. H C Byrd, University of Maryland president, formally enters the Democratic race for governor. His filing last week surprises political circles and challenges rivals to act, ending months of noncommittal behavior as he stated the move to dispel false impressions about his candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi. C. Byrd
H. C. Byrd
University of Maryland
George P. Mahoney
Mahoney
Byrd
Seven County Rescue Truck Housed In Easton
A rescue truck funded by state and federal civil defense agencies is housed in Easton to serve Talbot Caroline Queen Annes and Somerset Counties until others are equipped. The $10000 vehicle, one of three in the state, will be on call for disasters across the seven county area and later manned by an eight person crew. It will be exhibited at fire stations in January under John Bailey and George Mayer.
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Talbot
Easton
Caroline
Queen Anne’s
Somerset
George Mayer
Dorchester
Wicomico
Mayer
John Bailey
Flames Kill Aunt As Nephew Sits In Next Room
In Federalsburg a 78-year-old woman Miss Bertie Moore died after her clothes caught fire in the living room while her nephew Dor sey Moore, who is hard of hearing, sat in an adjoining room unable to hear cries for help. The body was found beside the stove after the fire burned out. Dor sey Moore raced across the street to summon help, but Miss Moore could not be saved. The fire company and Dr Frank Anderson responded. The nephew later told firemen his aunt complained of cold prior to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Bertie Moore
Dorsey Moore
J. I. Ross and Company
Robert Corkran
Hurlock
Edward Williams
Moore House
Corkran
Williams
Miss Moore
Federalsburg Fire Company
Frank Anderson
Moore
Double Funeral for Major Garcia and Wife
A double funeral was held at Rawlings Funeral Home in Greensboro for Major Charles Garcia and his wife Betty Shockley Garcia. Interment followed in Greensboro Cemetery. Major Garcia, a 47 year old flight surgeon at Bolling AFB, was killed in a Milford Delaware crash last Friday evening. Mrs Garcia died in Weisbaden Germany on November 26 at age 34.
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Rawlings
Greensboro
Charles Garcia
Betty Shockley Garcia
Garcia
Weisbaden
Germany
B. J. Shockley
Major Garcia
Milford
Del
Lyle Maybee
Dover
Delaware Hospital
Wilmington
Maybee
Milford Memorial Hospital
Milford Hospital
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Elton
Dover Barracks
Bolling Air Force Base
Washington, D. C
Symons Named Acting President of University of Maryland
Dr. Thomas B. Symons 73, former dean of agriculture and Extension Service head, named acting president by the university regents. He will serve until a permanent president is elected, with a $15,000 salary, while H. Byrd becomes president emeritus and pursues gubernatorial candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Symons
University of Maryland
Thomas B. Symons
Extension Service
College Park
H. C. Byrd
Symons
Washington Bank
Regents
William P. Cole, Jr
Cole
Byrd
Old
Maryland Agricultural Colege
University
Poultry Firm Fined 1500 For Sick Birds Sold
Federal inspectors found a turkey with arthritis among sick birds shipped by Caroline Poultry Farms Inc the large Federalsburg plant. The firm pleaded guilty in Baltimore Federal Court to adulterated poultry in interstate commerce and was fined 1500 by Judge W Chesnut. Assistant US Attorney Paul C Wolman Jr outlined the three counts after the guilty plea. About 20 million broilers were processed by the company last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Food and Drug
Caroline Poultry Farms, Inc
Federalsburg
Baltimore
W. Calvin Chesnut
Paul C. Wolman, Jr
United States
George Hackett Dies in Delaware Crash
George B. Hackett a 73 University Avenue Wilmington man and a linotype operator for the Wilmington Sunday Star died after his car collided with a Greyhound bus at the DuPont Parkway Basin Road intersection Sunday morning. Seventeen bus passengers were injured or shaken. the bus struck a tractor trailer off the roadway causing further damage. Coroner C Everett Kelley said Hackett died of an intracranial hemorrhage from a fractured skull. He served four years in the Navy and was formerly with Federalsburg Times. Survived by widow Frances Brown Hackett two brothers two sisters and other relatives. Funeral services held at Frampton Funeral Home Federalsburg with burial at Hill Crest Cemetery.
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Wilmington Manor Park
Greyhound
duPont Parkway
Basin Road
George B. Hackett
University Avenue
Wilmington Sunday Star
Delaware Hospital
C. Everett Kelley
Hackett
Federalsburg
Federalsburge Times
Wilmington
Hooper Hackett
Stella Bender Hackett
Frances Brown Hackett
Milford
Harry Hackett
Carroll Hackett
Dawson Anthony
Richard LeCates
Salisbury
Frampton
William Hackett
Georgetown
Del
Hill Crest Cemetery
Merriken Takes Office as Newly Named Delegate
Calvert C. Merriken is sworn in as a Maryland House of Delegates member to fill the unexpired term of John Wood Logan. The ceremony in Caroline County Court Room was attended by about fifty friends and political supporters including Senator Layman J. Redden and Delegate O. B. Blades.
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Calvert C. Merriken
Maryland House of Delegates
John Lubher
House
Mr. Merriken
Caroline County Court Room
John Wood Logan
State Tax Commission
Layman
J. Redden
Democratic State Central Committee
O. B. Blades
Luther
Merriken
Caroline County
Maryland
State Central Committee
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