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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1961
Page
6
Devotional reading links 1 Corinthians 13 with Ephesians 4 11 24 and Ephesians 1 15 23, noting love as supreme virtue and spiritual wisdom granted through Christ. This brief study contrasts personal affection with church roles and prayer for spiritual enlightenment.
A December 31 1961 meditation urges looking back over the past year to measure true personal growth. It contrasts outward aging with inner renewal through Jesus Christ, urging self examination, prayer for the Holy Spirit, and striving toward spiritual perfection as the Christlike standard.
Obituaries and social notices from a 1936 issue recount the death of James A Reynolds Jr in Gainesville Florida and burial plans in Denton beside his father, alongside the death of Annie G Clark of Harrington Delaware. It covers a 25th wedding anniversary party for Mr and Mrs J Virgil Moore with guests from Seaford Salisbury and other towns, Bethel No. 13 Job’s Daughters honors night, Mary Wright and Marion Spicher marriage, a 31st anniversary dinner for Mr and Mrs Clarence Atkinson, and local marriages, Grange activities, and a death of Emma Wyatt at Kent General Hospital with surviving family.
Maryland farm front reports the January 31 1962 deadline for price support on 1961 crop grains including barley oats rye soybeans and wheat. It lists loan rates by commodity and grade with penalties for low moisture ergot content and quality factors, covering farm and warehouse storage in multiple counties and Baltimore.
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Funeral services were held Wednesday at St. Pauls M E Church with Rev Poole officiating. Edward Dean and Frances Thompson united in marriage near Denton last Saturday evening. They plan to reside in Greensboro where Dean works for the Maryland State Roads Commission. Also notes on mortgage warehouse wheat pricing in Baltimore with price details and grade discounts.
Haiti marks January 1 as independence day. In 1804 Jean Jacques Dessalines declared freedom from France after Toussaint L'Ouverture led a slave revolt. L'Ouverture died in a French prison but Dessalines rallied Haitians to defeat French forces in 1803.
A reflection on New Year resolutions urging practical, common sense aims. It advises avoiding promises you are sure to break, suggesting worthwhile resolutions should correct a flaw, require sacrifice, and be made only if you feel inclined and capable of keeping them.
A traditional New Year custom once saw peasants bake a special cake and dash it against the door. Family members gathered the broken pieces and ate them to ward off hunger and want in the year ahead, a prayerful hope for abundance.
A dated piece urges readers to greet 1962 with joy and a fresh start while urging serious reflection on the past year. It says the old year brought new experiences and challenges and that lessons from successes and failures should shape efforts for the new year.
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