Denton Volunteer Fire Company launches honorary drive
The Denton Volunteer Fire Company begins its annual Honorary Membership Drive on Sunday February 15 with a 1 30 pm door to door campaign in Denton. Firemen will collect donations report receipts and issue Honorary Membership Cards while noting past activity including 71 alarms 15 average volunteers 580632 loss and 6730 ambulance miles. Donations help cover expenses not met by county funds and are tax deductible.
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Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Denton
Service Clubs
Merchants of
Two Indicted By Kent County Grand Jury 1953
Kent County Delaware grand jury at Dover in its first 1953 session indicted Carlton Crockett Laurel for grand larceny and Alfred Walter Craig Dover for assault with intent to rob. Crockett allegedly stole two cases of half pint whiskey and three cases of half pint bottles valued at 254 dollars from Austin D Smith Marydel on December 24. Craig and a 17 year old boy allegedly attempted to hold up Alfred Cawthorne in his Petersburg area store January 19, striking Cawthorne with a toy pistol. The jury ignored a bill charging Curtis Wallace Cain with robbery.
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Kent County
Del
Dover
Carlton Crockett
Laurel
Alfred Walter Craig
Crockett
Austin D. Smith
Marydel
Craig
Farm Bureau Directors Discuss Caroline Roads Burden
Caroline County Farm Bureau Directors met at Caroline High School to discuss the State Roads Commission 12 year plan and its impact on farmers. Attendees included Eveland Sparks and Denton Chamber president Robert W Downes Jr with arrangements for a future meeting and a March 19 banquet set, while illness prevented Dorchester officials from attending.
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Charles T. Dean
Caroline County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Directors
Caroline High School
State Roads Commission
Caroline County
Baker Robbins
Dorchester County Commissioners
Eveland and Sparks
Robert W. Downes, Jr
Denton Chamber of Commerce
Dean
Caroline
Armory
William Engerman
Frank D. Ziegler, Jr
Sibley to Address Denton Rotary Meeting
Hon Neal A Sibley longtime Baltimore Postmaster will address the Denton Rotary Club at the Brick Hotel next Tuesday evening. He will bring a timely message to Denton business men. He will be accompanied by a supervisor and Mrs Sibley and the supervisor's wife. The ladies will be entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs B F Johnson.
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Neal A. Sibley
Baltimore
Rotary Club of
Denton
Brick Hotel
Sibley
Maryland
B. F Johnson
Weather data for Maryland and Delaware
Rain and warmer Thursday. Fair and colder Friday and Saturday. Rain and warmer Sunday. Temperatures average three to five degrees above normal. Normal highs around 40 and mornings in the upper 20s.
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Maryland
Delaware
Workman Crushed as Moving House Structure Slips
Edward Joseph Falcey Jr. 32 of Ingleside killed when wheels of a house moving platform parted at Little Creek Delaware. The bungalow fell on him as he adjusted the tricycle mechanism. He died on arrival at Kent General Hospital. He left a wife Ella and one child. Coroner released body to Lane Funeral Home.
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Little Creek
Del
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Edward Joseph Falcey, Jr
Ingleside
Falcey
South Little Creek
Fahrey
Clarence Eley
Ella Fahrey
Lane Funeral
Church Hill
Marylanders Wounded in Korean Area Reported
Private First Class James F. Baublitz son of Mrs Bessie M Baublitz Owings Mills Private First Class Paul O Kiddy brother of Earl Kiddy Nikep Private First Class James W Rooney Jr son of Mr and Mrs Jas W Rooney Brunswick Private First Class Charles H Simpson son of Mr and Mrs Howard J Simpson 311 North Fourth St Denton
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Bessie M. Baublitz
Owings Mills
Paul O. Kiddy
Earl Kiddy
Nikep
James W. Rooney, Jr
Jas. W. Rooney
Brunswick
Charles H. Simpson
Howard J. Simpson
North Fourth St
Denton
Railroad to drop night trains to Cape Charles
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans March 1 discontinuance of the night train between Wilmington and Cape Charles Virginia on the Delmarva Peninsula and will end ferry service to Norfolk. A substitute inland route via bus between New York Wilmington Norfolk and Portsmouth is proposed. The Cavalier and Delmarva Express services would be altered with bus connections. Applications to ICC and Virginia Corporation Commission await filing.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilmington
Cape Charles
Delmarva Peninsula
Virginia Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk
New York
Portsmouth
Little Creek
Virginia Ferry Company
Carolina Coach Co
Carolina Coach Company
Kiptopeake
ICC
Maryland Civil Defense appoints Peter Lawson-Johnston deputy
Sherley Ewing announced Governor McKeldin approved Peter Lawson-Johnston as Deputy for Public Information in the Maryland Civil Defense Agency. Former deputy Leon S. Golnick resigned due to business pressures. Lawson-Johnston, ex Executive Director of the Maryland Classified Employees' Association, will lead a statewide public information program and work with Baltimore City and 23 counties. He is a Baltimore County resident and former Baltimore newspaper reporter.
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Sherley Ewing
McKeldin
Peter Lawson-Johnston
Maryland Civil Defense Agency
Leon S. Golnick
Lawson-Johnston
Maryland Classified Employees’ Association
Maryland
Baltimore City
Baltimore County
U. S
Choptank Electric Co op Set 15th Annual Meeting
The Choptank Electric Cooperative will hold its 15th Annual Meeting on March 2, 1953, at 1 p m at the Dentonia Theatre Denton. President Harry Moore will preside with treasurer Harry H Nuttle and manager Francis E Yeoman delivering reports.
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Electric Co-op
Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc
Dentonia Theatre
Denton
Harry Moore
Girl Scout Council Directors Met Here
The Peninsula Girl Scout Council of Delaware and Maryland held a February meeting at the new office. President K Thomas Everagam presided as officers and committee chairs reported routine business. Discussion covered the annual Rally in March and challenges securing a building large enough for intermediate Girl Scouts due to council growth.
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Peninsula Girl Scout Council
Delaware
Maryland
Denton
K. Thomas Everagamn
Denton Chamber Plans Dinner Meeting
Denton Chamber of Commerce invites business and professional people to a February 23 dinner at the Brick Hotel at 6 30 p m to promote community improvement. After the dinner, the annual officers election will be held. Members paying five dollars may participate. 150 invitations issued. Other attendees may notify committee members before February 16. Speakers will be members of other Chambers of Commerce.
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Denton Chamber of Commerce
Brick Hotel
Robert W. Downes, Jr
New Department Established At Electric Co
The article reports that Eastern Shore Public Service and Delaware Power and Light Company created a new operations department due to rising daily workload. Manager Edmund S Mortimer notes increased generating capacity at the Vienna plant and dual transmission lines ready for industrial expansion.
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Edmund S. Mortimer
Eastern Shore Public Service
Delaware Power & Light Company
Southern Division
Vienna
Mr. Mortimer
Bar Association Citizenship Program in Caroline County
The Caroline County Bar Association will sponsor a citizenship program at the Courthouse in Denton on February 19 at 2 p m as part of Maryland Bar Association Citizenship Week from February 12 to 22. About 160 juniors from Caroline High School and Lockerman High School are invited, with public attendance welcome. Former State Senator Herbert Balch of Easton will be the principal speaker. W Hyland Van Sant, president of the association, will speak briefly. The arrangements committee includes Marvin H. Smith State Senator Layman J Redden and Robert W Downes Jr.
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Caroline County Bar Association
Denton
Maryland Bar Association
Caroline High School
Lockerman High School
Herbert Balch
Easton
W. Hyland van Sant
Marvin H. Smith
Layman J. Redden
Robert W. Downes, Jr
Farmington Woman Fatally Shot In Accident
Mrs Belle Marie Collins Billings a 42 year old Farmington Delaware woman was accidentally killed by a shotgun blast in her kitchen her husband William E Billings 48 was in possession of the gun at the time police said no charges will be filed against him witnesses said she stood at the sink when he walked from the dining room with the .410 gauge shotgun he said he might have bumped the door casing the blast struck her in the back George Collins 81 father of the victim witnessed the accident and summoned help the physician arrived but she was dead Billings a meat cutter in Seaford had been laid off about a week ago the couple had no children.
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Belle Marie Collins Billings
Farmington
Del
William E. Billings
William Fleishauer, Jr
Kent County
Billings
Cyclorama at Reese Theatre In Feb 2021
The Reese Theatre in Harrington will close February 19 to finish installing the Cycglorama system guided by Frederic Rabe, a New York effects expert. The presentation, tested at the Reese and billed as the first in the East, will accompany films including Ruby Gentry.
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Jennifer Jones
Charlton Heston
Ruby Gentry
Reese Theatre
Harrington
Frederic Rabe
Radio City
Roxy Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
Tri-County Scouts Rally at Trappe School
About 150 scouts from Tri-County District gathered February 6 at Trappe School for a rally sponsored by Ship 190 Easton Explorers. Troops from Easton Trappe Denton Church Hill Grasonville and Kent Island competed in events including Three Legged Race Pyramid Building Signalling Fire by Friction Dressing Race and Knot Tying with Troop 195 Church Hill winning both the Three Legged Race and Pyramid Building.
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Tri-County
Trappe
Easton
Denton
Church Hill
Grasonville
Kent Island
Ship 190
License Applications To Be Mailed Out February 18th
Maryland license tag applications for passenger cars and motorcycles will be mailed starting February 18, 1953, as Commissioner Thomas B. R. Mudd announced. Tags go on sale February 24 with all tags expiring March 31. first use March 1.
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Maryland
Thomas B. R. Mudd
Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles
Department of Motor Vehicles
Department
Muda
Mudd
European flood relief appeal urged support in New York
A relief appeal seeks funds for flood victims across Europe. It lists Holland Flood Relief at 74 Wall Street New York NY as the contribution point. The item emphasizes large numbers in need and urges readers to donate.
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Holland
Wall Street
New York
N. Y
Maryland Read Project Faces Budget Adoption Fight
In the first month of Maryland's 90 day session the teachers pay bill advances with hearings finished. The governor's 1960,000,000 budget and a 12 year road program face strong Democratic opposition over financing. Critics argue about higher license fees and gasoline tax, while others question the long term commitment.
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Maryland
Maryland General Assembly
Senate Finance
House
Ways and Means
Theodore R. Mecheldin
Ways and Means Committee
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Fire Company Drive
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Weather Data
ARMY
PLA A
Harry H. Nuttle
Francis E. Yeoman
C. Harvey Freeman
Galena
Olin Davis
Queen Anne
Harry Nuttle
Milton Markus
Dorchester
Norris Twilley
Wicomico
Howard Hall
Worcester
Harry Keenan
Somerset
G. M. Worrilow
University of Delaware
Glee Club
Maryland State College
Princess Anne
Clarice Michaels
Girl Scout Council
Chamber of Commerce
Electric Co
Bar Association
Tri-County Scouts
Trappe School
Newspaper
Angely
Jim Tatum
College Park
Rotary Club
E. Kindleberger
University of Maryland, College Park
Denton Rotary Club
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