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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1956
Page
1
A Denton Journal letter reviews auto drivers passing halted school buses in Caroline County. It notes state police involvement, a bus driver’s refusal to sign a warrant, and argues for mandatory driver cooperation and stricter penalties. It ends with a George Washington tribute.
A milk truck driver from Denton, Norman Winfield Wright, 40, faces manslaughter and reckless driving charges after a collision near Arnold, Maryland killed two seven year old girls and injured four other children. The incident occurred at a traffic light where a crossing guard reported the truck ran a red light. The truck overturned while carrying 125 cans of milk bound for Baltimore.
Mr. Ogden Driggs announces Peninsula Girl Scout Council officers for the 1956 cookie sale to run March 9 through 17. Chairman Mrs Donald G Barlowe Seaford co chair Mrs Louis White Easton treasurer Mrs William Potter Seaford and Newspaper Publicity Mrs Paden Dismore Seaford. The fundraiser supports the girls scouting program during National Girl Scout Week.
Charles W. King of Denton and Barbara Wyatt of Greensboro named to the Dean's List at Washington College for the first semester. King, a Washington junior, and Wyatt, a freshman, each hold a grade index of 2812.
The Edenton Homemakers Club met February six at 8 PM at Mrs Jack Quillens Second Street Denton home. New president Mrs L T Blades led nine members through a roll call and a household hint.
A discussion of income tax progressivity and its impact on investors and small businesses cites NAM plans to reduce rates without shifting burdens. It notes T. Coleman Andrews’s view on moderating surtax rates and highlights the 1956 Caroline County Farm Bureau membership kickoff in Denton, with C. J. Kern and Carl Rieck leading efforts, aided by county and state officials.
The State Teachers College at Salisbury announced the Dean's List for the first semester 1955 56 with seniors Barbara Bailey Marvin Barry Frances Phillips LaMotte Maurice Borman Herbert Ball Clinton Bradway E Neil Carey Arthur Ellis Esther Harrington Anne Strickland Hope Joanne Jones Jean Powell McGrath Anne Merriman Charles Spedden. juniors Ruth N Clark Catherine Collins Alice Colback Charlotte Lynch Roberta Burns Mason Mahlon Trout Mary Jane Wright. sophomores Barbara Butler Rebecca Matthews. freshmen Thelma Hackett Laura Hammerman Mabel Failes Madden Lester Hatton Richard Marshall Charles Morrison William Lilliston James Bradford Virginia Brown Mesick Jean Pusey Barbara Skinner.
Several youths from Brethren CBYF will travel to Baltimore for a weekend work camp this Friday evening. Participants include Robert Garey Paul Garey Martin Shaffer Jean O Day Pat O Day Joanne Breeding and Rev Lloyd Haag. The Knox Church at Broadway and Gay Street hosts weekend and summer camps to aid housing and slum clearance around The Pilot House Project, sponsored by the Brethren Service Commission.
U S Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay leads the speaker lineup for the 47th Maryland Press Association convention at the Lord Baltimore Hotel Baltimore February 16 18 The banquet February 17 will feature special guests Gov McKeldin and Senators Butler and Beall Philippine Wagner editor of the Baltimore Sun will be toastmaster Sessions with the Chesapeake Association of the AP run concurrent with Maryland Press activities C Neill Baylor is MPAs president William F Schmick Jr heads the Chesapeake AP Saturday includes a news photography clinic led by Robert F Kneische and Richard Sarno Oscar Morris editor of The Salisbury Times will chair the clinic Theodore A Serrill of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association closes the morning program with a discussion of the Mid Atlantic Newspaper Mechanical Conference to be held in Baltimore in March C L Roy Ray will speak at the Saturday lunch conclude proceedings
Centreville Troop 129 won the Tri-County District Rally at Easton Armory, marking the first time a troop has won twice in nine years. Troop 276 Cordova came in second, Troop 190 Easton third, with several units and contests including signaling, friction fire, knot tying, and pyramid building.
Christ Episcopal Church Guild of Denton will sponsor a musicale with tea at 105 Gay Street on Sunday afternoon February 26 at 3 30. The program directed by Mrs W Stewart Fitzgerald features pianists Miss Mary Lee Nuttle Miss Connie Koste Gus Koste Jr and Ormond Andrew Jr violinist Miss Barbara Reccius vocalists Mrs James Dike Miss Allen Brumbaugh and Mrs R Lee Butler and accompanists Mrs Gilbert Rue and Mrs Fitzgerald.
Ridgely Volunteer Firemen and Auxiliaries plan a Leap Year Dinner on February 29 starting at 5 p m to fill the public. Proceeds go to the Building Fund. Claude Towers chairs. Henry Fleming and Clarence Sutton co chairmen. Menu features Eastern Shore ham chicken and Chincoteague oysters with extensive trimmings. Tickets adults 1 25 children 75c. Over 100 invitations mailed. gala crowd expected.
Emma Florence Conley a 34 year old Denton mother of five was found guilty of manslaughter by automobile and received a one year suspended sentence. She was fined 25 dollars plus costs for reckless driving and another 25 dollars for failing to stop at a stop sign. The victim Eleanor McCuthcheon 54 of Sayreville New Jersey died after a collision on January 24 at Route 19 and the Blue Star Memorial Highway ten miles north of Centreville. She died the next day at Kent Queen Anne's Hospital Chestertown from a heart attack contributed to the accident.
Approximately 65 4 H'ers parents and leaders attended the Training Meeting at the Community Club House in Denton at 1 30 Saturday. The Assistant Home Demonstration Agent explained the meaning of a demonstration and suggested calling it Show How Tell How to aid understanding. Judy Thornton and Ann Segar of Aunt Pearl's 4 H Club Hillsboro demonstrated a good Show How Tell How on making Baking Powder Biscuits and the group discussed the girls' method and urged all 4 H'ers to participate in the county contest in July.
Salisbury State's Attorney Hamilton P Fox Jr. announces candidacy to unseat Rep Edward T Miller in the First District election. Fox, 36, conservative Democrat from Wicomico County, aims to challenge the five term incumbent in November, banking on a proven electoral record and local recognition as Young Man of the Year.
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a 1956 farm bill on February 10 aimed at curbing surplus via 90 percent price supports for basic crops drawing dissent from Eisenhower, the Baltimore Sun, Senator Aiken and Farm Bureau. It creates Soil Bank and a conservation reserve with limited payments, encourages land retirement up to ten years, and seeks to align production with consumption while covering corn wheat rice cotton reforestation and surplus reduction.
A Caroline County Teenage-Parent Valentine Dance will be held at the National Guard Armory on Saturday night February 18 from 8 to 11 30. The event is open to all county teens and their parents with thorough chaperones for attendees and accompanying adults. Hostesses from across the county will assist, with music by the Eastern Show Notes. Proceeds benefit the recreational fund for the Caroline National Guards unit.
An 18 year old Henderson youth, John Franklin Dixon Jr., was indicted by the Kent County Grand Jury for manslaughter by auto in the death of James Melvin Walls. The incident occurred when Walls was struck while walking to a school bus stop in Marydel. Dixon faces charges of failing to keep a proper lookout driving negligently and driving at a speed greater than prudent.
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