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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1955
Page
4
COMMENT by Walter Chamblin Jr notes the winter challenge for the Admin and Congress to craft a long range program to defend freedom against the Iron Curtain. It examines compulsory service, reserve readiness, costs, industry impact, and effects on education and home life, warning time is running short to find answers.
Health feature discusses Type A influenza threat and influenza lessons from 1918. It stresses monitoring symptoms, avoiding crowds, and following physician guidance. Emphasizes rest, gradual activity, and antibiotics for secondary infections, with no specific cure but relief of discomfort and prevention of complications.
A crowded social column notes visitors and movers among Ridgely and surrounding communities including Penn's Grove Centreville and D. people such as Mrs C C Griffith Mr and Mrs Percy Arrington and Mr and Mrs Walter Ressler visit relatives in Greenborough and Albany. many call on friends in Crumpton Dover and Easton with New Year greetings and a hospital birth reported for Harold Ebling in Chestertown.
Adams donated a new Bible to Bloomery Church in honor of the Adams family. The Johnson sisters entertained relatives over the weekend. Several neighbors and relatives, including the Lare, Willin, Lare, Adams, and Liden families, were listed as visitors or hosts across Saturday and New Year’s weekend activities.
Poem reflects on lifelong learning and daily life lessons. Life's school teaches through changing days, offering challenges to shape character. Each person makes choices that determine growth or decline, as life turns its leaves.
The article surveys enduring New Year superstitions from olden times to modern days. It notes the dipping method with a family Bible, first footer traditions with dark-haired men, and belief in lucky or unlucky crossings. Anglo-Saxons even climbed roofs to witness events, while many communities make noise to ward off evil.
New Year in France is described as the day par excellence in France January 1. It features gift giving and doorbell calls by friends and tradespeople, with visits, compliments, and toasts. Families visit graves, churches are crowded, and rural villages bless cattle at the church for protection in the new year.
Ancient Egypt and Rome observed New Year in spring with calendar cues from the Nile and Babylonian March starting points. Romans hung Bacchus masks on trees for fertility while Scottish youths toasted with tree trunk antics and households baked and dashed New Year cakes to keep hunger at bay through the year.
Sympathy is extended to the family of William J. Murphy who passed away last week. Numerous guests visited and dined with local families including Fred Martin of Denver Colorado Mrs Carlton Marvel Beverly of Frederick Maryland Rose Russell Greenwood and Grace Riggin Wilmington. Weekend visitors included Jemma Johnson Clifford Hughes Bess Ross Ann Butler and Josephine Thomas. Mr Cahall celebrated his 91st birthday with Marie Cahall and Thomas Cahall. Additional guests were Wm Palmatory Felton Louis Palmatory US Marine Norfolk and Roland Cartwright family.
Local residents from Gordy Estates Newport Wilmington Richardson Park Delaware and nearby states share New Year’s Day visits with family and friends. Recurring gatherings include Montague Cameron Pippin Houseal Clark Melvin Stubbs Jarman Wallss and Medford households hosting multiple guests from Wilmington Clayton Dover Greensboro Felton and Marydel. The WSCS meeting also noted at Miss Annabel Clark’s home and various familial dinners occurred through the weekend.
Greensboro residents attended a burial in Greensboro Cemetery for William Jarrell of Annapolis. A string of dinners and visits followed among Kinnamons, Smiths, Jarrells, and others in Salisbury Harrington Linwood Philadelphia and New York area. A Friday January 14 games party is planned at the Community Hall by the Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary.
The passage defines a majority as more than half of the votes and a plurality as the largest vote share among candidates while still being under 50 percent. It clarifies the key difference in election terminology and outcomes.
The Rose Bowl began as a 1902 football showcase with Michigan routing Stanford and has spurred a host of bowls nationwide. After a brief 1903 chariot race experiment, it returned to college football in 1916 and has continued as a longstanding New Year ritual featuring many named bowls.
In a frank exclusive, Marlon Brando discusses his childhood, career, and friendships. The American Weekly issue dated January 9 features Brando’s inside facts, presented in color gravure and linked to the Baltimore Sunday American.
Mrs. Mary F Freeman aged 78 died last Friday at her home in Jersey City New Jersey. She is survived by her son Charles Vogt four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 10 from St Elizabeth's Catholic Church Denton with Father Francis McDonough officiating. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery.
The family moved to Annapolis in 1932. He had graduated Greensboro High School in 1931. Survived by his widow Edna Jarrell, a son William, three brothers and three sisters in Annapolis and nearby Virginia. Funeral at Taylor Funeral Home in Annapolis. Burial in Greensboro Cemetery.
Services held at Frampton Funeral Home Federalsburg for Charles R. Clark a Pennsylvania Railroad station agent and farmer. He died New Year's Day at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Seaford. Burial in Hillcrest Cemetery Federalsburg. Survivors: wife Lillian Keys Clark two sons Charles Melvin Clark Towson and Robert Keys Clark Middlebury Conn four grandchildren and sister Mrs A Noble Callaway near Bridgeville.
Hiram Guessford retired farmer of Ridgely died at his home last week at age 186. He leaves son Charles M. Guessford of Ridgely and daughters Mrs Arthur Cohee of Ridgely Miss Lillian May Guessford of Cambridge and Mrs Claude Coulbourne of Seaford, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren, and brother Presley Guessford of Stevensville. Funeral services Sunday at Moore's Funeral Home at 2 PM with interment in Ridgely Cemetery.
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