Storm and fires across the region fill news page
A Thursday snow storm disrupted travel and exams while town authorities fought a major fire in Felton. Firemen lacked water until assistance from nearby towns arrived, with damages estimated at $75,000. The issue also notes several local social events, obituaries, and funeral notices detailing residents of Ridgely, Denton, and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willoughby Homestead
Hobbs
Felton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrington
Dover
Walter H. Moore
Luff
Alex Lord
Paul Maloney
Harvey Lord
Ed. Maloney
Clarence Beauchamp
Sadie Ritter
Emmett Lord
J. Ben Welch
Mildred
Jean Beauchamp
Helen
Mildred Lord
Billy Lord
Growth of Churches Amid Population Boom 1940 to 1975
The report notes dramatic church enrollment growth from 64.5 million in 1940 to 92.3 million in 1952, predicting at least 120 million by 1975. With births every 12 seconds, America may need about 390,000 churches and 105,000 new structures costing roughly 7.5 billion dollars under current growth rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Service Shorts Details for Navy and Army Promotions
Jas Tuneff of Henderson and Sioux City married to Shirley Tuneff advances to aviation machinist mate second class aboard USS Salisbury Sound on January 1. Bert R. Butler of Preston reports a week’s leave from Korea at Kobe Japan. Butler joined the Army in February 1954 and arrived overseas in July 1954 with the 49th Field Artillery Battalion Battery A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Fleet
FSTNC
Jas. Tuneff
Mary Tuneff
Henderson
Shirley B. Tuneff
Sioux City
USN
Salisbury Sound
Bert R. Butler
Preston
Korea
Kobe
Japan
Corporal Butler
49Th Field Artillery Battalion
Gemmill Joins Navy Supply Dept at Kingsville
Walter I F Gemmill seaman USN has reported for duty with the Supply Department at Kingsville Naval Auxiliary Air Station. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Seifert of Greensboro and attended Greensboro High before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsville
Tex
U. S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Supply Department
Walter IF. Gemmill
USN
Oscar Seifert
Greensboro
Gemmill
Greensboro High
Navy
Butler Crowned Son of Local Family in Kobe War Report
Kobe Japan report notes Cpl. Martin I Butler, 21, son of Mr and Mrs El outcome listed with military service details. The brief item identifies his carrier in the U S armed forces and his family connection as the piece highlights a local man involved in the broader wartime context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kobe
Japan
Cpl
Martin I. Butler
Mrs. el
Social Security Coverage for Farm Rental Income
The excerpt explains that renting out a farm does not count as self employed farming. Rental income remains real estate income and is not taxable for Social Security purposes, so it cannot be reported as earnings from self employed farming.
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Cordova
James Cannon
Wm. T. Cannon
Henry Havens
Tuckahoe Neck
Roland Pippin
Marvin
Wilbur Carroll
Louis Dukes
Linwood Eaton
Marie Eaton
Denton
Washington College
Baltimore Sun
Helen Norris
Beatrice Deen
Louise Crouse
Gus Surendorf
Ruth
Carl Collison
Ellen
Carlislie Roe
Emma Seward Williams
E. G. Foster
Fly Creek
N. Y
Williams
Mary
Joshua Seward
Ridgely
George Williams
Hillsboro
Robert
Ferne
Frances Foster
Willie Seward Dulin
Richfield Springs
Howard Long
Maryland
Earl Dulin
Syracuse
Fred Dulin
Foster
H. W. Thomas
Elizabeth Flounders
Frank Stevenson
James Smith
Harry Swann
Joseph Snowberger
Herbert Koeneman
Rugged
Harper Lang
T’rank Stevenson
Orrell Saulsbury
Ord Raleigh
John Davis
Harry Laird
Jisboro
Flounders
Methodist Church
Alice
Fred
Frank Flounders
William Rieck
Fred Flounders
MacDonogh School
Baltimore
R. C. Flounders
Miss Murphy
Camden
Del
James Good
Burrsville
John Good
Near Ridgely
Harry Roop
Chester
Lawrence Orwell
Theodore Baker
Farmington
R. H. Stafford
Howard B. Wright
University of Maryland Hospital
Denton Cemetery
A. W. Betts
Union Grove
W. T. Archer
Thawley’s Church
Philip W. Downes
D. M. Clopper
W. C. Reed
Clayton Roe
Charles Kline
F. A. DeFord
Wright
James FE
Mary Ellen Cooper Wright
Caroline
Reuben Raleigh
Marion Downes
Edw. C. Wright
Hi. C
J. Frank
W. R
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Bertha Towns Wright
Clifford
Ralph
Leslie
Louise
Walter Sapp
Goldsboro
Balengee
Goldsboro M. S. Church South
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Delaware
Sarah Booth
A. B. Sapp
Laurel, Md
M. K. Newnam
Albert Sapp
James Townsend
Masten’s Corner
Hezekiah Masten
John Harrington
George Smith
West Denton
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Denton, Maryland
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