Local social notes from Dover and nearby towns
Miss Ann Jump of Wyoming visited Miss Annabel Clark. Mrs Dora Melvin entertained on Saturday. Mrs Harold Overfield Mrs Norman Connell and daughter Linda Sue of Dover attended Sunday visits by Mr and Mrs Lewis Shelton and daughter Bonnie Lou of Sadlersville. Several townsfolk visited or hosted gatherings including Mr J E Walls Dover and Mr H L Melvin in Wilmington. Marion W Gooden fractured a shoulder and hip in an ice fall and was treated at Memorial Hospital Easton before returning home. Aliss Gloria Quillen Ridge ly spent a week with the Baughley family Patty. James Jones and son visited Norman Stubbs and family, Newport Del. W F Clark and Annabel visited H Benton and Laura Luff at Sadlersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Jump
Wyoming
Annabel Clark
Dora Melvin
Harold Overfield
Norman Connell
Linda Sue
Dover
Lewis E. Shelton
Bonnie Lou
Sadlersville
J. E. Walls
G. M. Bachman
Mike
Newport
Wm. A. Palmer
Donnie
Ricky
Woodrow Montague
T. A. Montague
Marion W. Gooden
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Aliss
Gloria Quillen
Ridgely
John Baughley
Patty
James Jones
Del
Norman Stubbs
W. F. Clark
Annabel
H. Benton
Laura Luff
Rodney Whitby
Tilghmans
J. E. Wothers
Susie Thompson
T. A. Geiser
Centreville
Harry Kemp
Raymond Poole
Preston
Charles de Ford
Meredith Uhrig
Reading
Stacey Harrington
Baltimore
Brown Eaton
Air Matowa
Adams Cross Roads Community Notes
Mrs Debbie Fountain spent the weekend with her son and daughter in law Herman and Mrs Fountain of Preston. Miss Virginia Lee Robinson and Bernice Lare with the Sophomore art class visited Washington Saturday. Mrs Helen Harrison and son of Greenwood were at the Adams Homestead Sunday evening. The trustee will meet Friday evening at C W Adams home. Mr J L Adams had several friends to call Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Lester Lesser of Federalsburg spent Thursday evening with Mrs Marion Robinson and daughter. Marion Robinson thanks friends for birthday cards and gifts. Sunday School at 10 am next Sunday at Bloomery. Plate markers arrived and may be purchased from Marion Robinson Grace Horsey Nellie or Hazel Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debbie Fountain
Herman Fountain
Preston
Virginia Lee Robinson
Bernice Lare
Washington
Helen Harrison
Greenwood
Adams Homestead
C. W. Adams
J. L. Adams
Lester Lesser
Federalsburg
Marion Robinson
Bloomery
Bloomery Church
Grace Horsey
Nellie
Hazel Williams
Dont Cat Nap Behind The Wheel
Drowsiness behind the wheel is a real danger warns Keystone Automobile Club manager August G. Detlof of Maryland. He urges safe practices such as stopping for a nap or taking short breaks on long trips and keeping attention on the road to prevent fatal accidents from daytime sleepiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August G. Detlof
Keystone Automobile Club
Maryland
Canners Absorb 91 Percent Of Maryland Vegetable Crop
Maryland’s seven major commercial vegetables total about 360000 tons in 1950 with canners taking over 325000 tons. The 1949 figures show canneries absorbed 286350 tons, about 89 percent of production for fresh and canning markets. Egyptian reference to Leng appears as stray text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
American Can Company
Can Company
Birthday Party Honors Louise Baker in Burrsville
Mr and Mrs Francis D Baker hosted a party at Burrsville Community Hall Saturday night January 27 honoring their daughter Louise on her 16th birthday. Guests from Burrsville Harrington Milford and Wilmington attended. Revival services began in Union Church last Sunday evening led by Rev Roy Phillips with visiting ministers. Bud Ellwanger of Camp Meade visited his parents over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis D. Baker
Louise
Burrsville
Catherine Baker
Ada Baker
Lawrence Collison
Ronnie
Martin Pusey
Rosalie Morris
Nancy Like
Margaret Baker
Jimmy Wright
Eloise
Frank
Paul Butler
Joan
Jean
John Thawley
Betty Cannon
Louis Brown
Janet Collison
Janice Holloway
Billy Bowdle
Jack Carpenter
Randall Smith
Shirley Hudson
Richard Wilson
Alice Tiernan
Donald Bullard
Gladys Mackfill
Joanne Dumont
Charlotte Noble
Donnie Jester
Walter Messick
Simeon Bullock
Harrington
James Saulsbury
Milford
Edward Bullock
Winder Harris
Harold Bullock
Edward Carter
Denton
Bud Werner
Wilmington
Patsy Baker
Carole Ann Tharp
Vernon
Del
Franklin Butler
Andrewville
Melvin James
Freg Lewis
Henry Stafford
Union Church
Roy Phillips
Bud Ellwanger
Camp Meade
Mrs
Herbert F Ellwanger
L. H. Thomas
James C. Hardesty and Son
Carlton
Bill Parks
Cleveland Henry
Phillips Host Sister and Family in Georgetown Del
Rev and Mrs Roy Phillips entertained the former's sister and her family in Georgetown Del on Sunday, keeping a warm family gathering in a quiet Sunday visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Phillips
Cof Georgetown, del
Family visits and illness updates across Harrington and Denton
Mrs L N Murphy spent the week with granddaughter in Tuckahoe Neck. Relatives from Harrington, Burrsville, Greenwood, Centreville, Marydel and Florida returned home after visits. Frances Bennett convalesces. Edna Gray cared for. Amos Scott hosted New Jersey kin. Denton Fire Company fought a chimney fire at Hobbs farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Scott
New Jersey
Denton Fire Company
Hobbs
James Wright
Earliest US coal reference from Joliet expedition
The oldest known mention of coal in present United States territory appears in Joliet’s 1673 Mississippi River expedition accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Territory
Joliet
Mississippi River
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Henderson
Adam’s Cross Roads
Moses
Bobby Willis
Clinton Luff Jr
Vernon, del
Eva Spencer
Virginia Stafford
J. H. Edgell
Martin Voss
John Lister
Masters Glenn
Wayne Wise
George Wise
George Wise Jr
Lillian Towers
Scotten
Marydel
Florida
Frances Bennett
Edna Gray
Elmey Butler
Greensboro
I. L. Stafford
Edden Tribbitt
Penecostal Church
Horace Roberson
Olympia
Washington State
Assemblies of God
Horace J. Carter
Oleo
Filberts
Clover Farm
Maine
Uncle Green
Corkhill
Vienna
APPLE
Hadaway
Scrapple
Creamery
Phg
Betty Crocker
Fleetwood Food Market
Swarts
Carlton N. Towers
Howard M. Mezick
R. H. Ledman
Cordova
Hillsboro
James MacFarland -Ridgely
Hiouse
Denton Eee
Lespedera Hay
Walter Bennet
Old Ridgely Road
G. H. Rue
L. M. Nafzinger
Goody Lespedera
New Holland
Earl S. Minner
Whitleysburg
Felton
Southern States Farmers’ Supply Coop
Eshelman—khulti
Clinton
Orme’s
Denton Baseball Club
Benton
Charles Ellwanger
Harry F. Anthony
New Castle
Williston Guild
Silco
Main Street
Diesel
George and Lynch, Inc
Water Street
P. O. Box
Mr. McVey
Candler Bldg
Nid
Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co
Denton, Md
THE
Willis & Cowell CO
Caroline Home & Auto Supply
H. B. Wright
S. Church St
West Chester
Gov’t
Shadowlawn
Emory Gottwals
S. E. Hallowell
Breeding & Nichols
Ricard’s
Bridgeville
O. M. Griffith
Greensboro-Denton Road
Hot Point Water
F. P. Roe
Noble Motor Co
Easton 245
Nelson Cherry
Mason’s Branch
New Motor
Caroline
Nancy Hall
Howard F. Joiner
D. Zeigler
Denton National Bank
Lincoln
R. Fleetwood
Ridgely Methodist Church
Cal Price
Tel
Peoples Bank
E. Theodore Orme
Emma Gregory
Tunis Mills
S. O. Rice
Olive
Todd
Allen Valliant
Dr. Collins
Virginia
Isskay Co
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