Bank holdup at Hartly nets about five thousand dollars
A gunman and two women robbed West Dover Trust Company in Hartly Delaware at noon last Monday taking about 5000 dollars. They bound the cashier his wife and another bookkeeper the bank patron priest and taped their limbs while the priest freed the others before the robbers fled in a yellow coupe heading east.
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West Dover Trust Company
Hartly
Lemuel Mackliewicz
Immaculate Corception Church
Marydel
Ethel M. Hughes
Hughes
Mary Moore
Hardy
Dover
Delaware
Silver Dollar Days In Denton Prompt Bean Guess
Today and tomorrow February 20 and 21 mark Silver Dollar Days in Denton. Stores display beans and entry cards with a 100 dollar prize. Cooper Furniture Everagram Breeding Nichols Melvin's Restaurant Ben Franklin 5 & 10 Jerry's Florist Gerardi Bata Adams Wright Western Auto Townsend Griffiths Clark Silco host bargains. beans counted Saturday night. winners notified by phone.
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Denton
Cooper Furniture Co
Everagam’s
Breeding & Nichols
Melvin’s
Ben Franklin
Jerry’s
Gerardi Bros
Bata Shoe
Adams & Wright Hardware Co
Western Auto Associate
Townsend’s
Griffith's Apparel
The
Clark Shop
Silco
Easton District WSCS Plans Day Apart Service
Mrs. Wm. Dore of Worton Maryland District Secretary announces Easton District Day Apart at St Pauls Methodist Greensboro on Wednesday February 25 from 1 to 3 p m The theme is Prayer Leader will be Mrs Wilbur Hoppengardner of Denton assisted by Mrs Dore and Mrs T H Maguire Everyone is invited to attend.
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Wm. Dore
Worton
Maryland
Easton
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Greensboro
Goldsboro farmer wins at Delaware Farm Week tomato contest
Christopher M. Lee of Goldsboro topped the 1958 15-ton tomato producer competition with 26.2 tons per acre at the University of Delaware Farm and Home Week. Gov. J Caleb Boggs presented the prizes and certificates to Lee and to G Lester Cleaver of Middletown, Baker Brothers of Middletown, Joseph Jackewicz of Camden, and Fifer Fruit Farms of Magnolia for their respective yields.
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Christopher M. Lee
Goldsboro
University of Delaware
J. Caleb Boggs
Lee
G. Lester Cleaver
Middletown
Baker Brothers
Joseph Jackewicz
Camden
Fifer Fruit Farms
Magnolia
Janice Lee Pippin Named Miss Welcome For Chicken Festival
Greensboro native Janice Lee Pippin was named Miss Welcome for the 1959 Delmarva Chicken Festival by the Miss Delmarva Pageant Committee. A 20 year old Golden Beacom College scholar, she previously held Greensboro’s Miss and Maryland titles and was runner-up to Miss Delmarva XI in 1958.
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Janice Lee Pippin
Greensboro
Janice Lee
Golden Beacom College
Delmarva XI
The
Lions Club of
Maryland
Delmarva
Pippin
Dover
Delaware
Specialist Mellits Climbing Pole for Radio Interview in Berlin
Specialist Fifth Class Allyn S. Mellits, son of Denton residents, climbs a telephone pole in GERLIN Germany for an American Forces Network Berlin 6th Infantry in Review radio interview with Private Charlie Holm of Two Harbors Minnesota. Mellits expects to leave active duty in June and plans to join his father at the Cross Roads Drive-In Theater.
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Gerlin
Germany
Allyn S. Mellits
Samuel Mellits
Denton
American Forces Network
Berlin
United States
Senatorial Scholarships Offered to Caroline County Students
The County Superintendent of Schools announces multiple Senatorial Scholarships for Caroline County students to University of Maryland Western Maryland College St Mary's Seminary Junior College St John's College and Washington College plus two to Johns Hopkins University College of Engineering. An exam will be held March 7 at 9 a.m. in Caroline High School library. Johns Hopkins candidates follow different testing. Contact Mr Hill by Feb 23.
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St. Mary’s Seminary
University of Maryland
James P. Hill
Still
Caroline County
Western Maryland College
St. John’s College
Maryland Institute
Mt. Royal
Market Place
Washington College
Caroline High School
Denton
Hill
Johns Hopkins University
College of Engineering
Board of Education
Denton Woman's Club Fashion Show Set for April 30
The Denton Woman's Club will stage a spring fashion show Thursday night April 30 at 7 45 in the Denton Armory. Hess Apparel and Clark Shop will showcase spring and summer outfits for all ages with refreshments served afterward. Mrs K T Everagam leads the event with Mrs George Beck Jr assisting and Ella Carter directing decorations.
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Denton
Denton Woman's Club
Denton Armory
Hess Apparel
Easton
Salisbury
Clark
K. T. Everagam
George Beck, Jr
Ella Carter
William Beers
Redmond Long
Jas, K. Cooper
Physical Therapist Appointed For Shore Easter Seal Association
Miss Mary Lou Sparklin named full time physical therapist for the Eastern Shore Easter Seal Treatment Center. She will serve counties on different days with doctor prescriptions, bringing enhanced therapy options to crippled children and adults across the Shore. Her background includes training in New Jersey and New York, with prior leadership at Loudoun County Hospital.
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Eastern Shore
Vacher A. Downes, Jr
Centreville
Downes
Maryland Society For Crippled Children
Easton Memorial Hospital
Salisbury
George Y. Herndon
Maryland Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Mary Lou Sparklin
Caroline County
Hillsboro
Caroline High School
Denton
Middlesex Rehabilitation and
New Jersey
Miss Sparklin
New York State Rehabilitation Hospital
Haverstraw
Loudoun County Hospital
Leesburg
Helen H. Sparklin
Caroline
Sue
Worcester
Somerset
Citizen Committee To Show Movie On By-Pass
A Denton citizen committee hosts a free 30 minute color film at Caroline High School auditorium to explain a proposed highway by pass. The Dow Chemical Company created the public service movie showing how engineers argue for by pass benefits. Two showings at 7 and 8 p m aim to involve all residents in planning discussions.
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Caroline High School
Denton
Dow Chemical Company
Denton Citizen
Heart Fund drive to peak in Caroline County Sunday
The 1959 Heart Fund drive reaches a peak Sunday February 22 as about 190 volunteers canvass Caroline County between 1 pm and 5 pm. Stivers says volunteers will wear badges and collect gifts in buff envelopes with preaddressed mail-in options if no one is home.
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Caroline County
O. O. Stivers
Heart Fund
The
Heart Association
Wilmer Fell Davis
Goldey Beacom Graduates Large Denton Area Trio
Goldey Beacom School of Business in Wilmington graduated a mid year class of 132 students. Three Denton area members included Carolyn Y. Cohee James E. Spicher and Wayne M. Spicher. Fifteen veterans studied under the Korean Education Bill. Principal speaker was Robert E. Slaughter of McGraw-Hill Book Co.
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Denton
Goldey Beacom School of Business
Wilmington
Carolyn Y. Cohee
J. Wilson Cohee
James E. Spicher
Preston Spicher
Greensboro
Wayne M. Spicher
Marion Spicher
Robert E. Slaughter
McGraw-Hill Book Co
Democrats Plan Two Special Events In March
Caroline County Democratic dinner at Carvel Hall Annapolis on March 2 is announced by Frank Ziegler and attended by Gov Tawes. The Young Democrats Club Jackson Day dinner and dance follows on March 7 at the Emerson Hotel with tickets from local committeemen and organizers.
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Caroline County
Carvel Hall
Annapolis
Democratic State Central
Frank Ziegler
Young Democrats Club
Emerson Hotel
Democratic State Central Committee
Gov, Tawes
Paul Croll
Federalsburg
Cliff Stafford
Denton
James Lynch
County Oratorical Contest At Legion Home Feb. 26
American Legion Post No. 29 hosts the County Oratorical Contest at the Legion Home on Thursday February 26 at 8 p.m. Open to all County High School students the prepared speech must cover a facet of the U S Constitution stressing citizen duties to government. First prize is a 25 dollar savings bond second prize 10 dollars and third prize is listed.
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American Legion
Legion
United States
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University of Pittsburgh
A. S. Mellits
Pvt. Holm
U. S. Army
Shore Easter Seal Association
Lege
Salisbury State Teachers College
Columbia University
New York
Brooke Login
Susan Slail
Carol Ann Mandrell
Donna Hill
Suzanne Willis
Mauricia Deane
Debbie Logan
Willi
Be Heart
Goldey Beacom School
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