Christmas Holiday Greetings Across Ridgely and Nearby Towns
A long list of holiday visits and gatherings from Ridgely and surrounding areas details residents spending Christmas with family. Names include Fred Walls, Mary Glanding, Betty Towers, Stella Reynolds, Iris Suttan, William Sparks, Patricia Saulsbury, and many others visiting relatives in Chestertown, Harrington, Felton, Denton, Salisbury, and Easton. Minor notes mention Norris Diefenderfer on leave from Camp Gordon and local church attendance, with several University of Maryland students home for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Walls
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Betty Towers
Salisbury
Claude Towers
Mary Glanding
George Carter
Chestertown
Fred Kessler
Frank Kessler
Wm. Bateman Draper
Arlington
A. Orrell Saulsbury Sr
Clinton W. Guthrie Sr
Joseph Leonard
Edwin Eaton
Wm. Wooters
Lee Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Denton
R. F. Ball
Juniata Gap
Ridgely Methodist Church
University of Maryland
College Park
Barbara Covington
Jane Ringgold
Thomas Dean
Charles King
Calvin C. Covington
Richard Yost
Houston
Del
George Walls
Ross Simon
Mary Wharton
Clark Murphy
Town
Wesley Hong
Irma Imler
Elmira
N. Y
Miss Imler
Imler Wharton and
Amelia Blockston
Irvin Blockston
Wilmington
Hessy
Irwin T. Saulsbury
Headley
Dorchester County
Col
Wm. Bateman Draper Jr
J. R. Mackey
Leelan Jackson
Christmas Day Visits Among Denton and Nearby Families
Mrs. Paul VanDyke and daughters Peggy and Sarah of Denton visited her parents on Christmas Day. Other callers included the Torberts, Fearins, and Wroten families from Greenwood. Several households enjoyed turkey dinners with relatives, plus Christmas visits across Denton, Wilmington, and Seaford. Crypto School placement noted for A3c Ralph Breeding. Mrs. Willie Breeding listed as sick with wishes for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul VanDyke
Peggy
Sarah
Denton
William Croll
W. F. Torbert
Laura Torbert
Jesse Fearins
Lyman Wroten
Greenwood
Edgar Wroten
Sallie Wroten
Clarence Breeding
Bill Tull
Isaac Noble
Wilmer Nagel
Bonnie Johnson
Dianne Bullock
Ralph Breeding
August Breeding
Ralph
Scott A. F. B
Crypto School
Clayton Reynolds
Alexandria
Laura Chaffinch
Seaford
Willie Breeding
Olin Melvin
Prestonians Share Christmas and Winter Gatherings
Prestonians hosted and visited kin across Maryland and nearby states during the Christmas holidays. The report highlights church events, a school Christmas program, a community club gathering, weddings in Salisbury and Bethesda, and numerous family dinners and visits involving residents from Elizabeth City College Park Wilmington Norristown Baltimore Rehoboth Chestertown and Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Log Haven
Easton
Theodore Fletcher
Asbury Methodist Church
Salisbury
Wicomico Hotel
W. J. Harris
Baltimore
Smith Harris
Army Air Force
Mississippi
E. J. Harris
Emory Mitchell
Norristown
Mitchell
Lloyd Cannon
Harry Temple
Memorial Hospital
Dick Greenfield
J. L. Gallagher
Cornelia Cannon
Rehoboth
W. H. Cannon
H. M. Hollis
Herman Schmick
Dorothy Osteen
Creighton Carmine
S. E. Douglas
Soldier Fishell Participates in Germany Field Exercise
Augsburg Germany Army private first class David W Fishell 21 son of James A and Mrs James A Fishell Federalsburg Md recently took part in a field training exercise held by the 5th Infantry Division in southern Germany Realistic field problems and maneuvers form part of an intensive training program conducted by the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augsburg
Germany
Army Pfe
David W. Fishell
James A. Fishell
Federalsburg
5Th Infantry
Red Diamond unit runs southern Germany training program
Private First Class Fishell of the 11th Regiment Company C began Army service January 1954 and trained at Fort Knox before arriving in Europe in March 1955. He attended Federalsburg High School. Earl R. Cohee, 19, of Preston, Maryland, participated in a battalion field training exercise with the 5th Infantry Division in Germany, with the 1st Battalion of the 11th Regiment, Company A, having entered service August 1954 and overseas for ten months. Fleet Street, London, hosts England’s newspaper offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Diamond
Germany
Seventh Army
Fishell
11Th Regiment
Army
Fort Knox
Europe
Federalsburg High School
B. Cohee
Preston
Cohee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grace Vernon Smith
Ridgely
Mary Laird
Delia Thomas
Harry Laird
Jarvis Nursing Home
Felton
Mervin Redden Sr
Aic
Mervin Redden
Elmer Redden
Illinois
Hickman
Susie Noble
Harry Gilbert
Mrs
Charlie Stevens
Thurman Hayman
Emily Bissell Sanatorium
Woodrow Passwaters
Comu
City
Edna Carmine
R. M. Sawyer
Elizabeth City, N. C
J. C. Bateman
Geo. Hemming
Mrs. Hemming
Lee Noble
Douglas
Mary Elizabeth Graff
Bethesda, Md
George C. Graff
Harold Klnhold
Ivy
Esther Griffith
W. J. Bonner
C. David Osteen
Harry Lewis
Richard Hall
Ghling
Oldsmobile
Pfe
Earl R. Cohee
Fleet Street
London
England
Ing
J. Virgil Moore
Charles V. Moore
Southern States
Southern States Farmers’ Supply Cooperative, Inc
Denton, Maryland
Putes TU
Blades & CO
Chevrolet
Fifth & Gay Sts
Horace M. Morgan
Eastern Shore
Queen Anne, Md
Hillsboro
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