C P Directors Approve Work on Maryland Network Upgrades
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone of Maryland board approved expenditures totaling about 78 million over the past year, with 3.2 million at the Jan 27 meeting. Funds include 245 thousand to rearrange and expand the Den ton cable and wire network for dial operation and service improvements, plus 20.5 thousand to add 12 voice channels between Rock Hall and Chestertown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone of
Maryland
L. Mercer Smith
Denton
Rock Hall
Chestertown
Weather Notes and Historic Births February Dates
The page lists weather outlooks for February 17 to 23 with changeable, cold, and wet conditions. It recalls events tied to February dates such as Susan B. Anthony's birth in Adams Massachusetts in 1820 and notable milestones from 1685 1803 1792 and 1825 including gas street lamps in Baltimore LaSalle Texas Ohio and Amherst College charter awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan B. Anthony
Adams
Mass
New Jersey
Baltimore
U. S
Texas
LaSalle
Ohio
Washington
Amherst Colleges
Aid Country Cub Cleanup Draws 100+ Volunteers At Club
Over 100 men women and children helped clear trees and brush in woods adjacent to Caro Line Country Club's golf course Sunday. Golf committee chairman Ed Pierce called the turnout gratifying and said work will continue on several more Sundays until the job ends. Pierce noted the rough areas were tackled first and representatives from business politics and firefighting joined in this county wide effort. Also mentioned is Herman L. Cooper USN son of Denton residents serving aboard USS Albany in the Mediterranean and visiting recent ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Country Club
Golf Committee
Ed Pierce
Pierce
Herman L. Cooper
USN
Robert L. Cooper
Route 2
Denton
Albany
Norfolk
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Republicans Hear Rep Jonas Lincoln Day Dinner Address
Representative Charles R. Jonas spoke to Caroline Republicans at the 12th annual Lincoln Day Dinner held at the American Legion Home near Denton on February 11. About 150 attendees braved a storm and advance reservations reached 241, a record high. Jonas denounced Johnson Administration budget tricks, arguing the federal budget hides deficits by shifting obligations and delaying payments to colleges, the Civil Service Retirement Fund, and other areas. He contrasted obligational authority with actual spending, noting a large proposed budget for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Charles R. Jonas
N. C
American Legion
Denton
Kennedy
Civil Service Retirement Fund
Jonas
Two Countians Killed In Separate Crashes
A motorist died and two passengers were injured Thursday evening September 6 after a car hit a disabled tractor trailer on State Route 328 east of Matthewstown. William Aubrey Boone, 56, of Denton, died at Easton Memorial Hospital from a fractured skull. Lacy Stevens Browne, 57, and his wife Dorothy Wright Browne, 57, of Denton, were admitted in satisfactory condition with chest injuries and facial lacerations. The wreck followed braking trouble of a tractor trailer driven by Hiram Denton, 40, of Pinegrove, Pa. Denton was charged with manslaughter by automobile and released on bond pending a February hearing in Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthewstown
William Aubrey Boone
Denton
Easton Memorial Hospital
Lacy Stevens Browne
Dorothy Wright Browne
Boone
Easton Hospital
Browne
Hiram Denton
Pinegrove
Donton
Easton
Frederick O. Asilton
Ridgely
Charles James Urry
Caroline County
Greensboro
Willow Grove
Norman Marshall Walls
Went General Hospital
Delaware
Rawling-Boulais Funeral Home
Louis Brarley
St. Rte. 404
Elwood FE
Lord
Virginia M. Watson
Seaford
Watson
Ridgely Fire Co Plans Supper
Ridgely Volunteer firemen plan a community supper at the fire hall on Wednesday Feb 26 from 4 to 8 pm. Donations of chickens potatoes cabbage and vegetables are welcome. Tickets cost 1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children under 12. Take-out meals require no dishes as containers are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Maryland Six Year Road Plan Picks 12 Caroline County Projects
The State Roads Commission unveiled a six year Maryland program to the General Assembly requesting 2.9 million for 12 Caroline County road projects. Highlights include resurfacing 4.3 miles on MD 313 and 7 miles south of Denton, plus rehabilitations on MD 313 and MD 312 with various costs and priority ratings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State Roads Commission
Caroline County
SRC
Maryland
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Federalsburg
Dorchester County
Denton
Watts Creek
Hillsboro
1St Street
Market St
Andersontown
Delaware Line
Ridgely
Downes
Bridgetown
Queen Annes County
Day of Prayer Program Is Set
The World Day of Prayer service will be held at Pilgrim Holiness Church 807 Market Denton on Friday February 14 at 7 45 p m A planning meeting of women from participating churches was held at 803 Market St Denton The service includes St Luke s Methodist Church Church of the Brethren Episcopal and Pilgrim Holiness The theme Let Us Pray Mrs Mark Bowman wife of the Pilgrim Holiness District Superintendent will give a short message on prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Market St
Denton
George E. Culver
St. Luke’s Methodist
Church of the Brethren
Episcopal
The
Pilgrim Holiness
Mark Bowman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Bureau
H. Coursey Edwards
Caroline
James Voss
Jas. Bigelow
State
Willard Oakley
Salisbury
State Farm Bureau
Noah Kefauver
Betty Saathoff
Caroline Farm Queen
Rankin Lusby
Francis Turpin
C&p
Max
Missile Cruiser
Barcelona
Spain
Naples
Italy
Palma de Mallorca
Rep
Howell O. Wilkens
St. John’s Methodist Church
Del
Europe
Russia
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Czechoslovakia
Poland
London
Geneva
Helsinki
Stockholm
Hague
Prague
Warsaw
Moscow
Tashkent
Samarkand
Uzbek Socialist Republic
Central Asia
Kiev
Leningrad
Berlin
Amsterdam
Frankfurt
Carl Soule
Division of Peace and
World Order of Gen
Eral
Methodist Church
Wilkens
World Order of the Peninsula Conference Board
United States
Mr. Wilkens
Rte. 480
Sumset Ave
Chevrolet
Verna C. Calloway
Queen Anne
Sunset Ave
Pontiac
Guy G. Patterson, Jr
River Road
Ford
Donald L. Allabach
Allabach
Plymouth
Elwood Raymond Layton
Richard Leonard Prahl
Bridgetown Road
Hollingsworth Crossroads
Betty Y. Hexter
Union Church Road
Leonard E. Church
Grove Road
Grove
Joe Ancrum
Preston
Nathaniel P. Green
Ridgely Fire Co
Martinak State Park
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