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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1955
Page
4
Metropolitan Life reports health of Americans to be best on record with lower death rates for tuberculosis influenza pneumonia and several conditions while measles and whooping cough rise. Newsweek notes life expectancy lengthening and cancer hopes, arguing against socialized medicine and for free private medicine.
A busy social page lists visitors to Mrs Ethel Thornton and family including Nannie Milton Josephine Thornton of Denton Carl Thornton Lee Henderson and others from Centreville Wilmington Ridley Park Parkside and Dover. Birth announcements include William Wallace Harper and Joanne Kemp and a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Draper at Dover Kent General Hospital. A World Day of Prayer event is planned at St Pauls Methodist Church Friday Feb 25 at 7 30 PM with WSCS.
Local notes from Ridgely report visits across Maryland and Delaware. Families such as Ferrick, Connolly Gannon, Wilson, Davis, Saulsbury, Gillis, and Rittenhouse are mentioned with weekend gatherings, hospital stays, and birthdays. Fire calls by the Ridgely Volunteer Fire Department, plus new officers for the Ladies Auxiliary, are listed along with upcoming council gatherings.
C W Adams and George Wheatley attended a Friday banquet. Mrs Edna Adams hosted friends on Thursday. Mrs Iesther Johnson accompanied by her daughter Gloria visited the hospital Friday where Gloria had surgery Thursday at Peninsula Hospital Salisbury and is recovering well. Edna Adams recently installed a television. Randall Dustworth and daughter from New Jersey vacationed with his sister and father. William Dennis and daughter from Dover visited Mrs. Earle Robinson and family.
Fourteen members of the Marydel Ladies Auxiliary joined the regular Caroline County Auxiliary meeting in Greensboro on Friday evening. Church groups report illness as town residents recover. other social notes include visits, birthdays, and a roller skating party by the Marydel MYF at the Dover rink. A fire at a home caused minor burns to Elwood Stevens and his grandson, treated at Kent General Hospital. Calvary Church WSCS plans a turkey supper on March 23.
The Preston Monday Bridge Club gathered with Mrs. Lloyd Cannon. Several local couples visited relatives over the weekend including Mr and Mrs James Carmine and Mr and Mrs Glen Van Hess of Rydal Pa. Guests of note also included Mrs Ruth Dowding of Washington DC and Mr and Mrs Victor Griffith of Baltimore.
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