Understanding the REA and its Cooperatives
A discussion contrasts the Rural Electrification Administration as a federal bureau with privately owned REA cooperatives. It notes co-ops borrow from REA at 2 percent, enjoy indirect taxpayer subsidies, and benefit from costs not paid by investor owned utilities, portraying them as special private enterprises partly taxpayer funded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Electrification Administration
REA Cooperatives
Federal Bureau
REA
Washington
Community Notes Highlight New Year Visits and Moves
Local residents shared New Year greetings and holiday travels. Foleys, family visits, and weekend gatherings involved many from Denton to Dover, Wilmington, Easton, and beyond. Recent movers include Bernard Dewey and family moving into Warrington. Missing items from the Greensboro Fire Hall prompted a plea for the return of card tables and chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chauncey
Great Bend
Miami
Fla
Donald L. Carter
David
Robert L. Mitchell
M. L. Mitchell
Cambria
Norris Hayman
Ridgely
Charles Hammer
Near Town
Harrisburg
Harry Karcher
Bernard Dunn
Robert Karcher
Baltimore
Colyle Minner
Ray
Salisbury
Teri Lynn Minner
Arthur Hutson
John Enright
Jack Enright
Allen Tribbitt
Wilmington
Weaver Lord
Wilson Jump
Jennie Hartnett
Greensboro
Card of Thanks for Howard Hopkins loss
The family thanks friends and neighbors for flowers cards and thoughtful deeds during the bereavement in the passing of their father Howard Hopkins from his children and grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hopkins
Death of Reverend J C Glessner Cited
Grace Vernon Smith reports the sudden death of Reverend J C Glessner of Leck Kill Pennsylvania once minister of the Reformed Church in Ridgely. Various local residents are noted for hospitalizations travel and family news including births and visits across Maryland and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Glessner
Leck Kill, Pa
Reformed Church
Ridgely
Local social notes span New Year visits and travels
Wilmington residents share New Year greetings with family in Smyrna and Hartly while others celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary with open house. The column lists visits from Baltimore to Akron and shows many families hosting dinners, bridges, and weekend gatherings among neighbors, with several illness updates and travel to Florida and Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Messick
Isabelle Day
Wilmington
Robert Day
Wesley Brown
Florida
Howard Bickling
Harry Seeny
Smyrna
John Canada
Akron
Courtland Buckaley
Mollie Murray
Ralph Wood
Jimmie
May
Upper Darby
Francis Pierce
Jesse Harman
Dover
A. Lee Harman
James, Allen
Ralph Plumley
Gerald Harman
T. Olin Ford
Harold Cherrix
Princess Anne
Harry Heather
Edward Wright
Clayton
Herbert R. Butts
Edward Smith
Marcus Hook, Pa
Preston Community Club and Local Family Updates
The Preston Community Club lists contact details for events. Mr and Mrs William Brunkhorst have returned home from visiting relatives in Bergen County New Jersey. Mrs Paul Van Dyke of Denton visited Mr and Mrs H M Hollis. Miss Estelle Wright dined with Mrs Hattie LeCompte and Mrs Mae LeCompte Fooks. Mr and Mrs Robert Poore and daughter Carolyn Dee have returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Temple
Wm. Johnson
Baltimore
Kennard Cook
Memorial I Hospital
T Easton
Kennard Blunt
Easton Hospital
Brenda Carole
Blunt
Carolyn Mullikin
James Sculley
Arthur Porter
Williston
Vinton D. Shufelt
Wayne Shufelt
Tampa
Florida
Charles H. Messick
Messick
Coulbourn
Deland
Margaret Swing
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Ronald Lane
Orlando
Mary Laird
Valley Forge Military Academy
Wayne
Ora Howell
Greensboro
Robert B. Phillips
Walter Resler
Huntington
Ralph Meredith
James Shively
Ridgely
Anita Knoblauch
Josephine Bodamer
Bodamer
Cheltenham
Claude Colbourn
Seaford
Arthur Cohee
Jewel Good
Amelia Blockston
First Street
Calvin C. Covington
Millard Jamison
Elkton
Anderson Redden
Herman Schmick
Herman Sechmick
Elwood Nuckols
Dover
Norfolk
Harry Hollis
Irene Stanley
Pittsburgh
Fannie Quidas
Carolyn Schmick
Washington
D. C
William Brunkhorst
Bergen County
New Jersey
Paul van Dyke
Denton
H. M. Hollis
Estelle Wright
Hattie LeCompte
Mae LeCompte Fooks
Robert Poore
Carolyn Dee
Teen Talk Translators Needed For March of Dimes Events
Suzie Willett an 18 year old TAP national chairwoman outlines 1963 March of Dimes teen activities including dances sock hops street sales and auctions as teens volunteer to support polio birth defect and arthritis research. She highlights teens’ idealism and desire to help communities through TAP nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation
March of Dimes
Suzie Willett
Wilmington
Del
Russell Sage College
Troy
N.Y
Delaware
Suzie
Jonas Salk
Taps
The
Denton School Menu Listed For Next Week
Denton school menus show main building meals for Monday and Tuesday with I Platter dishes including macaroni and egg salad options, and II Platter veggie and pork selections. A la Carte features doughnut and apricot salad, with fruit, milk, and side dishes noted for each line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
State's Attorney Disposes Of Several Cases In Courts
On January 4 before Magistrate John Tilghman in Federalsburg Hazel Deshields near Preston was held on $400 bail for bad check and larceny after trust of a check with the case set for Friday January 18 Isadore Brown of Federalsburg paid a $10 fine for speeding On Monday night January 7 before Magistrate Tilghman Willie Hudson of Preston was fined $29 50 forbeing found drunk on a public highway
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tilghman
Federalsburg
Hazel Deshields
Near Preston
Isadore Brown
Tilghman
Willie Hudson
Preston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Malihushed Tith
Melvin & Johnson
Benjamin F. Johnson, SR
Benjamin F. Johnson, JR
Malcolm Melvin
Market Street
Maryland
Caroline County
Itn Advance
Boy Fan Onecodem
En Nurie
Merrel Spence
FA James W. Smith
USN
San Diego
Calif
Mitchell Thomas
Harry Jones
William Jones
William Pippin
Paul Bickling
Town
Linda Allen
John E. Boulais
Cpl
Ralph Willis
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Bill
Folsom
Levin W. Taylor
Edward Caudill
Robert J. Walker
Fayetteville
Harry Gordon
Jean Gordon
Elsie
Annabelle
Irene Bilbrough
Laura Shively
Mabel Brown
Charles Vanville
Centreville
G. H. Nashold
Jack Nashold
Westwood
N. J
Gale Nashold
Arbutus
Bernard Dewey
New Glarus
Wis
Warrington
Sunset Avenue
Vernon Blades
Sandy
Fred Ireland
M. C. Hughes
Hyattsville
Carl Tucker
Jean
Greenwood
Ernest Pearson
John Wilding
Clarence Pearson
Ridgely Grace Vernon Smith
Marydel
H. R. Butts
Whiteoaks
Orville
Oho
Mrs
Charles F. Noble
Francs Fravel
John
Penn's Grove
Sophie Mchahan
H. H. Rieck
Thennual
Emerson Hotel
Carlton N. Robinson
Denver
Colorado
Consumer Credit Department of the
Denton National Bank
Denton National Dons
Denton, Maryland
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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