Ridgely Notices and Social Happenings This Week
Local residents return from hospitals in Easton and Baltimore with updates on moves. Events include World Day of Prayer observance, a Valentine dance by The Organized Teens, and new tenants at the Eley and Second Avenue homes. Alfred A Thompson sells the Ridgely garage business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Ringgold
University of Maryland
College Park
George Terrell
Easton
Ridgely
Memorial Hospital
Wilson Davis
Carl Snowberger, Jr
Suzanne Swing
Penn Hall Junior College
Chambersburg
Charles Downes
King Farm
William Smith
Baltimore
First Avenue
Third Street
West
James Stack
Harry Stayer
Marion Redden
Phillip Lee
Eley
Central Ave
Louis Geller
Richard Blackburn
Geller
Second Avenue
East
Walter Bennington
Paul Bennington
Bridgeville
Harry Laird
Mary Laird
Stevens
Louise Cogswell
John Jackson
John
Leelan Jackson
Paul Schoenfelder
Homemakers’ Club
Robert Smith
Alfred 8. Thompson
Sigler
Smith Brothers
Central Avenue
Bell Avenue
W. M. Williams
Ridgely Supply Company
Civil Defense Program
Ridgely Methodist Church
David S. Rittenhouse
Emma Thompson
Doris Thompson
Chester
Herman Rayne
Herman, Jr
Shirley Ann
Ridgely Methodist Parish House
Donald Cooper
Lofland Slaughter
Goldsboro Quarterly conference notes pastor return
The Goldsboro quarterly conference at Trinity Methodist Church, led by Rev. Preston Spence, voted to invite Rev. Omro Todd to return as pastor for another year. WSCS members attended a Widening Fellowship Visitation program by Greensboro WSCS. Various local visits and social gatherings are listed, including dinners at homes of the Milbys, Jarrells, and others, with a film showing of All That I Have at Trinity Church and a large Ladies Auxiliary dinner for 400 firemen and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist Church
Preston Spence
Omro Todd
WSCS
Greensboro
Jennie Griffin
Marjorie Williams
John Milby
T. Noble Jarrell
Ft. Lauderdale
Florida
Elbert Jarrell
Camden
N. J
Wm. Ross
Clifford Hughes
Dickie Hart
Smith Shockley
Ruth
Ann Butler
Bess Ross
Phil Evans
Ladies’ Auxiliary
David King
Ross Cahall
Bill Baker
Roland Cartwright
Baynard Harper
Hurlock
Susie Smith
New Schoolroom Needs in Maryland Drafted for 1960s
The Maryland Council on Education released an Education Fact Sheet estimating over 6,700 new public school classrooms are needed by 1960 to accommodate 104,000 additional students and reduce class sizes. It also details per capita debt, debt service by county, and notes debt burden varies, with Calvert County highest in debt service as a share of income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Maryland Council On Education
Baltimore City
Washington County
Montgomery County
Calvert County
Leslie Abbe
Rockville
Council
Arthur B. Hamilton
Hamilton
University of Maryland
Maryland State Grange
East Read Street
Baltimore 2
What Makes Many Marriages Hold
The piece outlines three phases of marriage per University of Maryland expert Mrs Jeanne Moehn. The first years focus on closeness, the crisis period tests finances discipline and parent relations, and the final phase shows couples valuing each partner as they understand real love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Moehn
University of Maryland Extension Service
Mosha
Conservation Practices Boosted By Water Scarcity
Maryland farmers partnered with soil conservation districts in 1954 to conserve water and improve efficiency. Records set include 400 ponds built, new drainage projects, sprinkler irrigation, and total irrigated area, with 1,255 new cooperators raising active participants to 14,115 across about 40 percent of farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
John W. Bernard
U. S. Soil Conservation Service Office
College Park
Bernard
Soil Conservation Service
University of Maryland Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station
Maryland Department of Forests and Parks
Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission
Eastern Shore embraces industrial future amid controversy
Two and a half years after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opening the Eastern Shore weighs a shift to industry led by the Port of Chesapeake Authority. Talbot County could host a Bay Hundred seaport tied to a Pan American refinery proposal, provoking zoning disputes and local debates over jobs versus heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Certificate of Necessity
Port of Chesapeake Authority
Office of Defense Mobilization
Alonsita Walker
Aldace F. Walker
Chesapeake Bay
Port of Chesapeake Authority, Inc
Talbot County
Bay Hundred
Delmarva Peninsula
Tidewater Chamber of Commerce
Queen Anne’s County
Caroline County
Chestertown
Kent County
Kent Manufacturing Company
Easton
Wicomico County
Salisbury
Talbot
Pan American Refining Corporation
Wade's Point
Five Bay Hundred
Pan American
Talbot Planning and Zoning Commission
Maryland to Have Fine Skeet Trap Range
The League of Maryland Sportsmen announced plans for a premier skeet and trap range at Loch Raven near Jarrettsville Road. About 50,000 will fund five courses with night lighting, masonry trap houses, electric traps, and a clubhouse. Open to the public, completion is set for early spring. The league emphasizes conservation and outdoor recreation for its members and the general public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
League of Maryland
Russell S. Orr
League
Maryland
Orr
League of Maryland Sportsmen
Loch Raven
Dulaney Valley Road
Jarrettsville Road
Glenn L. Martin
Mr. Martin
East Lexington Street
Baltimore
Piney 4-H Club News February Meeting and Plans
The Piney 4-H'ers met February 8 at Mrs. Roy Adams home with new president Barbara Henry leading the pledge and business. Guest Mrs. William Miller discussed teen etiquette and answered questions, following an earlier Jan 24 discussion led by Mrs. O. O. Stivers. The group plans a roller skating party in Seaford on February 18 hosted by Mrs. Gil Hall and her daughter Terry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Adams
Barbara Henry
William Miller
O. O. Stivers
Seaford
Gil Hall
Terry
Corpsman earns Meritorious Unit Commendation in Japan
Army Cpl. William E. Thomas 21 son of Phillip W. Thomas Sr Route 2 Preston is a member of the 58th Engineer Floating Bridge Company cited for bridge building under severe weather while supporting UN operations in Korea. He entered the Army March 1953 and trained at Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matsushima
Japan
William E. Thomas
Phillip W. Thomas
Preston
58Th Engineer
Korea
Thomas
Army
Indiantown Gap
Outside my window poem by Hilda K Wiggin
Poem reflects on outside window birds and a contemplative sadness. The speaker notes singing birds despite inner sorrow and cites a guiding God who assigns each being a task. Observes natural imagery of sparrows and cold morning outside the window.
County Holstein Breeders To Meet Here March 15th
Caroline County Holstein breeders will hold their annual meeting and banquet in Fellowship Hall of First Methodist Church, Denton, on Tuesday night, March 15, at 7 o'clock. Richard Hough, a Maryland 4-H Dairy Judging Team member, will speak with slides from England. Reports on state and national breed activities will be given by John Morris and Thomas Bentley. Tickets $1.75 from local organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Denton
Richard Hough
Maryland
England
Young Hough
University of Maryland
John Morris
Thomas Bentley
National Holstein Association
William E. Meredith
Federalsburg
R. Calvin Lister
Greensboro
Frank Covey
Cordova
Richard Roden
Henderson
Joe Edwards
Health for All Atomic Energy Works for Health
The article notes atomic energy already aids medical research and disease prevention in laboratories while discussing how labeling substances helps researchers study effects. It emphasizes peaceful uses of the atom in health and future technologies in a laboratory context.
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Grace Vernon Smith
Goldsboro
Piney
Hilda K. Wiggin Love
US Atomic Energy Commission
University of Chicago
F. H. Yeates
W. & N. Lumber CO
Dolly Madison Ewels
Gustav
Denton, Maryland
Niewsraperh Abhly
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