One Hell of a Fight Over Echo Park Dam
A coalition of 32 conservation groups opposes the Echo Park Dam in Dinosaur National Monument. They warn it would flood 322 square miles of canyon, destroying irreplaceable resources and exposing the big dam debate as a power grab masked as resource conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Echo Park
Dinosaur National Monument
National Wildlife Federation
Garden Clubs of America
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Planned Shipbuilding Program for American Merchant Marine
The piece argues for a multiyear national plan to replace aging ships by 1964, warning that current government policy and interagency disagreement stall essential payments and a modern fleet. It cites President Meany of the AFL-CIO urging Congress to act to save the merchant marine from extinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Meany
The
AF of L
Congress
Wordy society notes from Ridgely and Preston area
Residents and visitors populate a long list of local activities in Ridgely Preston and surrounding towns. Highlights include marriages, house moves, travel to Baltimore and Centreville, a garden tour speaker, a Ridgely High School junior trio performance, a Boy Scout jamboree film viewing, and hospital births in Easton Cambridge and Dover with deaths and injuries in a Denton traffic collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Saulsbury, Jr
W. T. Rickards
Adams Cross Roads Dinner Guests and Local Socials
Mr Charlie Atkins of Viola was a dinner guest of C W Adams and Marian Robinson on Wednesday. Mrs Edna Adams and Mrs Marian Robinson spent Thursday with Mrs William Dennis and daughter of Lewes. Rev Guy McWilliams called on Tuesday at the Adams homestead. C W Adams visits his daughter in Wilmington this week. Sunday they celebrated Miss Deedy Wheatley s birthday with Mr and Mrs George Wheatley and family. Sunday School and preaching at Bloomery at 9 30 a m. Mr and Mrs Lester Leeser of Federalsburg spent Tuesday evening with Mr and Mrs Earle Robinson. Marian s birthday cake and ice cream were enjoyed. Marian Robinson shopped in Dover on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Keenen
Kevin
Princess Anne
Baltimore
Leonard Sparks
J. Percy Bartlett
Dover
W. H. Valliant
W. H. Valliant, Jr
James
Bellevue
Robert Valliant
Irene
Bobby
Royal Oak
George Betton
Kathy
Trappe
Walter R. Moore
Woman's Society of Christ Ia
William S. Carroll
Louise Magruder
Annapolis
Southern Maryland Garden Tour Group
Ridgely Chamber of Commerce
Edward D. Sparks
Calvin D. Lynch
Magruder
Maryland
Ridgely High School
Patsy Lister
Dianne Blair
Lois Slaughter
William Spence
Ridgely
California
W. T. Richards
Glen Davis
Ridgely Boy Scouts
Firehouse
Charlie Atkins
Viola
C. W. Adams
Marian Robinson
Edna Adams
William Dennis
Lewes
Guy McWilliams
Adams Homestead
Wilmington
Deedy Wheatley
George Wheatley
Bloomery
Lester Leeser
Federalsburg
Earle Robinson
Marian
Land Transfers in Greensboro and Fifth Election Districts
Land transfers recorded from January 14 to January 19 1954 involve Velma P Sterns widow to Harold I Cohee parcel in Greensboro Hazel R Noble to The Denton National Bank parcel in Fifth Election District Howard Turner and wife to Medford Crumble parcel in Fifth Election District Thomas R Benson to Galen M Collison and wife parcel in Third Election District R H Stafford Sr et al to R H Stafford and Son parcel in Third Election District Walter A Schiff and wife to William I F Worm and wife et al parcel in Fourth Election District Russell F Trice and wife to C Virgil Bowdle and wife parcel in Eighth Election District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel R. Noble
Denton National Bank
Howard Turner
Medford Crumble
Thomas R. Benson
Galen M. Collison
R. Henry Stafford, Sr
R. H. Stafford & Son
Walter A. Schiff
William I F. Worm
Russell F. Trice
C. Virgil Bowdle
Orphans Court Proceedings Record Guardianship and Estates
The Orphans Court met in regular session with Chief Judge Towers and associate judges Moore and Brackett. Files show a guardian’s authority to accept funds for Wayne Lee Bonner minor, the first and final administration account for George A Stafford Gullette, Sperate debt and income accounts, and administration filings for Oliver W Handy deceased by Florence H Johnson. Release filings occur for Florence H Johnson and for John E Squires guardian of Kaye Virginia Luff deceased, with Millard F Squires and others as recipients, plus ongoing administration and distribution entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Hl. Roland Towers
Charles V. Moore
M. A. Brackett
Wayne Lee Bonner
George A. Stafford
Kathryn Stafford Gullette
Sperate
Oliver W. Handy
Florence H. Johnson
John E. Squires
Kaye Virginia Luff
Millard F. Squires
Elizabeth Florence Squires
John Millard Squires
Marydel notes births weddings and events in Feb
Local items report the birth of a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Calvin Lockwood in Kent General Hospital Frances Teat and Robert McClements announce a February Dover wedding Their home will be in Dover and Sears Roebuck and Co employs Mr McClements Lions game party February 18 at 8 pm at Community Hall More notices cover a nursing home funeral related matters and estate proceedings in Marydel and surrounding areas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Lockwood
Kent General Hospital
Lockwood
Frances Dumpert
Marydel
Frank Crout
A. L. Harman
Middle Atlantic Lumbermen’s Association
Atlantic City
Harman
Suzanne Thornton
H. B. Logan
New Jersey
Frances Teat
Robert McClements
Dover
First Baptist Church
McClements
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Marydel Lions
Lady Driver Hailed as Tired on Main Street
A woman on Main Street had minor parking trouble, prompting impatience from a passerby who horned at her. She replied politely that she could drive, recalling Miss Perkins and a 1954 citation from United States Brewers Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Miss Perkins
Conryright
United States Brewers Foundation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Melvin & Johnson
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Market Street
Denton
Caroline County
National Editorial Association
Ce Ee
Grace Vernon Smith
Henry B. Lister
A. Higgins
Philadelphia
A. W. Saulsbury, Sr
Florida
Edgar Greenley
Los Angeles
Preston
Community Club
Edna Carmine
J. C. Bateman
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Richard Frase
Warren Allen
Cambridge Hospital
Lee Noble
Herman Schmick
Del
Schmick
Noble
Dorothy Osteen
Asbury Park
N. J
E. J. Harris
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mrs
Harry Hollis
Mrs. Atwood Wash
Richmond, Va
Sherman Griffith
Glenville
W. H. Collins
Ed. Worm
Henrietta Stieff
Virgil Hall
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Greenwood
Velma P. Sterns
Harold I. Cohee
Greensboro
Grace P. Collison
Whiteoaks
Robert Covington
Garfield Park
L. H. Collison
J. Walter Huffington
Martha G. Huffington
Caroline Huffington
Caroline Huffington Slocumb
Charles M. Walker
Joe Marsh
Itor Fee Banking Service
Member
Federal Reserve System
Journal Today
Ideal
Calif
Freestone
Milrose
Bel Monte
Dole
Libby
Wincrest Coffee
ASCO
Ideal Coffee
Sor
Virginia Lee Bakery
Acme U. S. Gov't
U. S
Chuck Roast
Braunschweiger
Webco
Florida Celery
Cello Pligs
Orang
Seabrook Farms
Green Peas
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