Dover Fire Destroys Dover Apartment Store Block
A Dover blaze heavily damages a southwest corner Loockerman and Queen Streets building housing Whalen's Typewriter Service and other shops. Tenants on the second floor flee into subfreezing air. fire crews from Dover and nearby towns battle to contain the smoke and flames. Fire Chief Boyer cites short circuit wiring as the probable cause. Mrs Nault and Sgt Roe receive praise for evacuating residents.
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Abel Wynder
John Lepore
Frank Lewis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pierce Marker
Boyer
Loockerman and
Queen Streets
Whalen’s Typewriter Service
Wharton and Barnett Auto Accessories
Dover Wallpaper Company
Knapp and Spence Furniture Storage
Nault
Robert Ennis
George Handges
Anne
Edward Hitlin
Hitlin
Dover
Florida
George Burton
Ennis
Jack T. Roe
Dover Fire Company
Roe
Mrs. Nault
Asc
Robbins Hose Company
Camden-Wyoming
Cheswold
Leipsic
Little Creek
Magnolia
Frederica
Byrd Files Gubernatorial Papers Amid Maryland Race
Dr. H. C. Byrd files his gubernatorial papers after the University of Maryland board of regents named T. B. Symons acting successor. Other contenders include George P. Mahoney and Mayor D Alesandro, with J. Millard Tawes surprised by Byrd action and silent on his own plans. Howard Wright, 72, of near Concord, dies. services held at Concord Methodist Church with burial in nearby cemetery.
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University of Maryland
University
Board of Regents
T. B. Symons
George P. Mahoney
Baltimore
D’alesandro
J. Millard Tawes
Byrd
Tawes
Dr. Byrd
Mr. Tawes
Crisfield
Poultry Dealer Fined 1500 for Selling Sick Birds
The case cites a shipment of 50,000 turkeys in December 1952, including an arthritic bird with enlarged knees and another with a decomposing tail. Inspectors later found turkeys with ruptured esophagi from forced feeding in a Newark shipment. The firm’s lawyer said no fraud was suspected and that forced feeding kept birds alive.
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Newark
N. J
Death of Bertha E Hart in Goldsboro Rites Held
Mrs Bertha E Hart aged 38 died Saturday in Kent General Hospital Dover after a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm from Rawlings Funeral Home with Rev Ray W Kirwan of Trinity Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Greensboro Cemetery. She was born in Maine daughter of Charles Helstrom and had lived in Goldsboro six years. Survived by husband Gilbert Hart two sons Carl Richard Christine all of Goldsboro two brothers Ernest Helstrom Smyrna and William Helstrom Boston and half brother Millard Helstrom Boston.
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Howard Wright
Concord
Cannon Charles
Mary Robinson Wright
Delma Lord Wright
Walter McCarty
Preston
Clifton
Federalsburg
Minns
Greenwood
Clarence
Newark
Del
Fred Johnson
Philadelphia
Concord Methodist Church
Guy H. McWilliams
Bertha E. Hart
Rawlings
Ray W. Kirwan
Trinity Methodist Church
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Gilbert Hart
Carl
Richard
Christine
Ernest Helstrom
Smyrna
William Helstrom
Boston
Millard Helstrom
Death of Mrs Ethel Dixon Revered Pastor’s Wife
The many friends of Mrs Ethel Dixon widow of the late Rev Thomas S Dixon report her death in Florida last weekend. Rev and Mrs Dixon previously served pastorates in Denton and Greensboro.
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Ethel Dixon
Thomas S. Dixon
Florida
Dixon
Denton
Greensboro
Ten Years Given Williams In Fassett Slaying
Judge J. DeWeese Carter sentenced Robert Lee Williams 33 to ten years in Maryland Penitentiary after a circuit court jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the Fassett killing of October. State’s Attorney James A. Wise noted Williams had three prior convictions for weapons and assault offenses in Baltimore and Cambridge dating 1940 1942 and 1944. Williams, married with two children, faces prison for the fatal act.
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J. DeWeese Carter
Robert Lee Williams
Maryland
Williams
Charles Fassett
James A. Wise
Baltimore
Cambridge
Maryland 4-H Alumni Recognized for 1958 Honors
Four Maryland 4-H Club alumni receive National 4-H Alumni Recognition plaques from Mathieson Chemical Corporation. Honorees include Mrs. Nelson Covey Federalsburg Allie Messer Le Teats Richard Wills McDonough and Mrs. Walter Gill Hall. Recipients are longtime 4-H supporters active in farming and community leadership.
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Ieets
Maryland
Nelson Covey
Federalsburg
Allie Messer
le Teats
Richard Wills
McDonough
Walter Gill
Thte Hall
Covey
Messer
Wills
McDonogh
Gill
Mathieson Chemical Corporation
Goldsboro social notes include travels and visitors
Mrs Roland Cartwright reports correspondent Greensboro 2187 John Milby family return from five days in Seaford Del Elbert Jarrell of Camden N J visited his father T Noble Jarrell Sympathy extends to the Hart family on Bertha Hart's death in Kent General Hospital Dover Mrs Lyman Scotton hosted a party for the plays cast and choir after Sunday's show at her home
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Roland Cartwright
Greensboro
John Milby
Elbert Connor
Seaford
Del
Elbert Jarrell
Camden
N. J
T. Noble Jarrell
Bertha Hart
Gilbert Hart
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Lyman Scotton
Water Shortage Hearing Held Here Last Week
A local water shortage hearing was held to address waste concerns. Experts testified ample water exists nearby except in industrial zones, and the Phillips Packing Company reported a flowing well. Maryland Broilers’ attorney KK Everngain, of Denton, presented the case as the commission chair Mr Stewart indicated a decision would be reached promptly.
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Phillips Packing Company
KK. T. Everngain
Denton
Maryland Broilers
Stewart
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Santa
E. Kindleberger
H. C. Byrd
The
Cooperative Extension Service
Mrs
Aliie Messer
Choptank Bar & Restaurant
W. Henry Brown
Catherine Downes
West Denton
Denton Home Supply
Denton, Maryland
Soil Service
Lancaster
Orangeburg
Dexter Wringer
Denton, Md
Ree RD
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