People and Places in Virginia and Nearby Homes
Virginia and Wilmington visitors spend holidays with relatives and friends in town. Denton, Centreville, Tilghman’s, Easton, Salisbury, and Rock Hall are mentioned as hosting guests. Names include Lucretia Gibbs, Susie Thompson, Elwood Fleming, C Collins, Tether Holt, Geiser, Wothers, Cummings, Fleming, and Eveland among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Mr. Harvey Baker
Wilmington
Lucretia Gibbs
Denton
Tether Holt
Susie Thompson
T. A. Geiser
Centreville
Elwood Fleming
C. Collins
Clifton Hicks
Barton Butler
Milford Kline
Salisbury
Urban Bowman
Westminster
Frank Fleming
Powell Fleming
Stevensville
Florence Thornton
Greensboro
Carrie Fleming
Lawrence Thornton
Joe Thomas
Maine
Sadye Wothers
Wm. Cummings
Tilghman’s
Ross Allen
Rock Hall
Leo Schleupner and Son
Baltimore
Ralph Holland
Bernard Allen
Pikesville
Francis Fleming
Thos. Eveland and
Washington
John Eveland, Sr
Maryland 4-H Members Win Trips to Chicago 1953
Four Maryland 4-H Club members earned all expense trips to the 32nd National 4-H event in Chicago for notable work in Dairy Achievement, Dress Revue, Health, and Tractor Maintenance programs. Summaries of their achievements follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Chicago
Maryland 4 H Dairy Honors Won by Dorsey and Monnett
Robert Dorsey 18 of Boyd receives Dairy Achievement Award for modern sanitary dairy practices and 4 H Congress visit as guest of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work. Suzanne Monnett 18 of Ade lina wins State Dress Revue trip to Chicago with a bouffant purple gown and 40 garments total. honored as All Star girl and junior club leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Robert Dorsey
Boyd
Robert
National Committee On Boys and Girls
Waterloo
Suzanne Monnett
Adelina
Chicago
Suzanne
Simplicity Pattern Co
Centreville 4-H member earns trip to Congress
Henry Comegys, 16, of Centreville, Maryland, wins a 4-H Tractor Maintenance award from American Oil Co. He earned a trip to the 4-H Congress after three years of study and practice in tractor operation and maintenance, ranking high in personal achievement and helping peers. He is son of Fletcher Comegys and treasurer of the Look out 4-H Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comegys
Centreville
Henry Comegys
American Oil Co
Baltimore
Maryland
Henry
Fletcher Comegys
Lookout
Maryland 4-H honors Eleanor Smith for health program
Eleanor Smith, 17, of Flintstone, wins 4 H Health Improvement program recognition and a trip to the 4 H Congress as Kellogg Co guest. With club leader Mrs Russell Smith she helps improve family and community health, promoting salad demonstrations and health habit scorecards while teaching games at ten club meetings under Cooperative Extension Service guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Smith
Flintstone
Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Russell Smith
Eleanor
Maryland
Recreation Laboratory
Hillsboro Community Club Christmas Party and Visitors
The Hillsboro Community Club held its Christmas Party at Mrs. Clifton Hicks’s home on December 15. Several local families shared Christmas Day visits and dinners, including Harringtons, Eatons, Fishers of Milton Delaware, Tarburtons, Jarrells, Todd family, Ledman, Hutchison, Wilson, Taylor, and Baker, with multiple relatives spending the holiday with friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Charles Jarrell
Norman W. Harrington
Tom Higgins
Easton
Oliver Todd
Carroll Ledman
Tilghman’s
Rufus Hutchison
Towson
Thos. Griffith
Gladys Ann Wilson
Denton
Mort Taylor
Ridley Park
R. W. Beaven
Vernon Baker
Card of Thanks for Memorial Hospital Care
I express sincere thanks for the cards flowers fruit and many acts of kindness shown to me while a patient at Memorial Hospital Easton and since my return home Russum A Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Russum A. Lord
Christmas thanks from confined patient Emory D Kimmey
Emory D. Kimmey sends thanks to everyone who remembered him this Christmas while he remains at home recovering from a major operation in November. He extends best wishes for a Happy New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory D. Kimmey
Thankful note for polio illness support and hospital care
A grateful message expresses thanks to all who offered kindness since polio confinement at City and Children's Hospital. It cites fund drives at Acme Market and other businesses, baskets of fruit, Get-Well and Christmas cards, gifts, and personal visits as deeply appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City and Children’s Hospital
Thankful note from Baynard family for 1953 classmates
Mr and Mrs John Baynard Jr express sincere gratitude to relatives friends and the Class of 1953 for kindness sympathy and floral tributes following the loss of their son Bobby Baynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Clopper
Tuckahoe Neck
Earl States
Clopper
George Eaton and Son
Easton
Brown Eaton
Bobby Baynard
John Baynard, Jr
Passing of Mrs Corinne Beauchamp in church notice
The Woman's Society of Christian Service records the death of Corinne Beauchamp, praising her loyalty and talent. The notice offers heartfelt sympathy to her family and commits to prayers for her peaceful rest. Committee members Mrs Lillian Willey, Mrs Audrey Cox, and Mrs Florence Love sign the tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Corinne Beauchamp
Lillian Willey
Audrey Cox
Florence Love
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Earl Bailey
Washington, D. C
Estelle Meintzer
Wm. Whitby
Rodney Whitby
Alfred Gadow
Club No. 13
Jacqueline du Bief
U.S
Carmen Fiore
Brooklyn
Kisser
Phil Kim
Hawaii
George Nemeny
Marilyn Wilkins
San Diego
A-H
Suzanne Monnet
The
Cooperative Extension Service
Journal Today
Singer
MFG. CO
Dover
Cambridge
Loeckerman St
Race St
Irwin Feldman
L. H. Fiske
Greensboro-Denton Rd
Write Wall Co
Muncie
Ind
Alton Ewing
Cordova
Anderson Lumber Company
Caroline Home & Auto Supply
Clarke
Calvert C. Merriken
N. R. Harrison
Federalsburg
Denton, Md
G. Emory Gottwals
State of Maryland
Peninsula
Wes
Southern States Farmers Supply Coop., Inc
Denton, Maryland
Delkleaners
Breeding & Nichols
Noble Motor Co
Easton 245
Caroline Home and Auto Supply
Bath
John H. Mast
Del
Creighton
Wingate Neal
Preston
J. E. Thompson
West Denton
Williston
O. G. Hignait
Denton Journal
Stockholders’ Meeting
Denton National Bank
Robert Fleetwood
I. R. Fleetwood
Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Corinne N. Beauchamp
Louise B. Mueller
Carlton V. West
Register of Wills
General Assembly of Maryland
Stanley H. Klemm
Bel-Mar Tavern
Board of License Commissioners of
Court House
Board of County Commissioners
Rachel Collison
Spa
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