Sixth Annual NASCAR Speed Week at Daytona Beach
The February Speed Week at Daytona Beach features a 4.1 mile beach and road course with racers such as Jack Rutherford, Merritt Brown, Joe Littlejohn, and Bill Blair set for a series of one and multi day events. Officials include Bill France Ed Otto Sr Tom McCahill and Paul Whiteman. Present records cover speeds from 76 to 136 mph across multiple car classes. The schedule spans February 20 to 27 with practice, two way averages, and races culminating in the Grand National Championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speedway
Aff
Daytona Beach
Florida
Bill France
National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing
Ed Otto
Nascar
Tom McCahill
Paul Whiteman
Spark Plug Co
Jack Rutherford
Ferrari
Whiteman Perpetual
Steve McGrath
U. S
McCahill Perpetual
W. Brewster Shaw
Chrysler New Yorker
Merritt Brown
Studebaker
New York
Joe Littlejohn
Louise Bird
Joe Wolf
Fred Thompson
Lee Petty
Chrysler
Dick Joslin
Cotton Owens
Bill Blair
Olds
Marydel Scouts honor and community notices excerpt
Marydel Troop 248 awarded Billy Oxley First Class Badges including cycling carpentry and home repairs, plus attendance and one year pins during a 90 minute film of the 1953 Scout Jamboree. CYO Marydel hosted Harrington and Dover at a Valentine party. Several local residents shown with travel, health updates, and obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts Court of
Kenton
Del
Billy Oxley
Marydeel
California
Cyo
Marydel
Harrington
Dover
Wm. L. Oxley
Wilmington
Lee Roy Harman
Fort Lewis
Wash
A. L. Harman
Harry Heather
Miami
Fla
T. Olin Ford
Clarence Jones
Failing
Lakeland
Evans
Jones
Central Shore Basketball League Scores Of The Week
Girls' Division results include Chestertown 55 Easton 37 and Centreville 52 Denton 37 with Easton at Ridgely postponed. Also note a fire call at 2:15 am Sunday for Marydel Fire Co. Fifteen members responded to a small frame dwelling fire caused by an overheated stove and defective flue, destroying the Woodrow Williams residence. Sincere sympathy to the Birney family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestertown
Easton
Centreville
Denton
Ridgely
Maryvdel Fire Co
Woodrow Williams
Rock Hall
Local Briefs and Obituaries from Preston
The Preston community notes several travels and visits including Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Todd and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanton returning from Florida. The death of Tommy Lane, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lane, is announced. Social visits include Mrs. J. Frank Patchett and Mrs. Creighton Carmine in Baltimore and other engagements. Memorial Hospital patient Mrs. James Carmine and recovery stories from Johns Hopkins Hospital are mentioned along with club meetings and a square dance gathering at Plummer and Hall homes. Subscribe for The Journal Today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Logan
New Jersey
Jos. Dailey
Bear, del
S. J. Dailey
Elwood Birney
Ida
Elwood
California
Paul
Oakford
Francis
U. S. Army
Camp Meade
George
Ella Powers
West Virginia
Mary Cote
North East
Dorothy
Philadelphia
Betty Jane
Newark
Del
R. T. Jones
Cherry Hill
Lydia Heather
Harry Smith
Wright
Clayton
Harry Heather
Civic Club
Alan Thornton
Greensboro
Edgar Harman
John Stafford
Deso Link
Tommy Lane
Kenneth Lane
J. Frank Patchett
Creighton Carmine
Baltimore
K. E. Hurlburt
Hingham
Mass
H. B. Plummer
J. F. Patchett
Herman Schmick
Lee Noble, Jr
Epiphany Guild
Nellie Fooks
James Carmine
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Walter Morris
Johns Hopkins Hospital
The
Square Dance Club
Richard Hall
Community Notes From Henderson and Nearby Towns
Correspondent Catherine Melvin reports social visits across Greensboro Dover and Wilmington with families like Nichols Montague and Phillips. A church meeting featured Mrs Dawson Fearins and daughters with Janet Neal guiding a plane as local children remain home ill with mumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ries. Meloney
Claston Brown
Torbert
Dawson Fearins and Daughters
Denton
Janet Neal
LOCAL GUESTS AND SHARED EVENINGS AT MESSICK PARKS
Hickman Mr and Mrs Francis Messick and sons of Chester hosted relatives and friends including Mr and Mrs Isaac Noble Mrs Ella Breeding and others last weekend and Tuesday evening. The Ladies Aid met at the Community Building Wednesday with hostesses Mrs W F Torbert and Mrs Clem Melaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Everett
Skate Everett
Kenton
T. A. Montague
Dora B. Melvin
Catherine Melvin
Lewis EF. Shelton
Sadlersville
C. A. Shenton
Wilmington
Mary S. Pippin
Roy Medford
Billy
Billy Ixnotts
Templeville
Wm. A. Palmer and Sons
Dover
I. N. Smith
J. I. Walls
L. M. Jones
Carroll M. Jones
Francis Messick and Sons
Chester
Fred Messick
Isaac Noble
Ella Breeding
William Tull
Wayne
Bobby
Debbie
Dudley Ewing
Bridgeville
Carl Parker
Clarence Porter
Virgil Torbert
Greenwood
Ladies Aid
W. F. Torbert
Clem Melaney
Newest Teenage Rage Review Sparks Fad Roundup
A teen fashion pulse rounds up the newest fads with clip handcuffs for stead ies billboard jackets carved initials on shoelaces and wrist watches.
Read Up to Date Teen World in February American Weekly
In the February 20 issue of The American Weekly a color gravure magazine section highlights current teen trends. It covers fashion, hobbies, music, and social life reflecting the era's youth culture as published in the Baltimore Sunday American edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Weekly
Baltimore Sunday American
In Memoriam for Isaac T Quillen Sr
A widow commemorates her husband Isaac T Quillen Sr age 84 who died Feb 20 1954 one year ago. She notes the loneliness and sorrow of loss while affirming he lives on in memory and will be loved forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac T. Quillen, Sr
Gettine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Howard B. Logan
Central Shore Basketball League
Ton
Birney
Ers
Hillsboro Hardware CO
Hillsboro, MD
Preston
City Club
Edna Carmine
H. C. Todd
Robert Stanton
Journal Today
Henderson
S. Catherine Melvin
Charles Nichols
Wm. Phillips
Clarence Breeding
Mrs
L. H. Thomas
Bernard Thomas
Sallie Wroten
Hickman
Susie Noble
Ing
J. Virgil Moore
Charles V. Moore
Memoriam
Td Pence Billing Co
Irwin Feed Co
Denton, Maryland
Ford
F.c.as
Stewart E. Hallowell & Son, Inc
Ford Theatre
Frphives
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