Health department activities for December 1912
December 1912 health department summary outlines physical exams in county high schools for Victory Corps enrollment, a new First Aid course at Ridgely High School, and a January drive for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. It details orthopedic nursing work, two annual clinics in Caroline County with Dr. Robert Johnson, social work support for hospitalizations, and charity funding for needy cases via the Maryland League for Crippled Children and local Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The piece emphasizes home nursing guidance to prevent orthopedic deformities through posture, proper positioning, supportive bedding, and regular repositioning.
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Roosevelt
Congress
America
U. S
WPB
War Department
Navy
OWI
Elmer Davis
Solomons
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Shortland Island
Stimson
North
Afrca
First Army
Baizerte
Russia
Caucasus
Pacific
New Guinea
Mark Wayne Clark
Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
OPA
Victory Corps
Ridgely High School
National Foundation For
Caroline County
Denton Health Center
Robert Johnson
University of Maryland Hospital
Maryland League For Croplec Children
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Food Distribution Aims to Stabilize Shortages and Prices
The FDA plans local and state committees with government and industry reps to target critical food shortages before rationing. They will handle complaints, verify shortages, and route unresolved cases to Washington. Butter production is reserved for war needs, and citrus juice after Jan 9 will be reserved for war requirements and to conserve tin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Food Distribution Administration
Wichard
FDA
Hendrickson
Washington
American Meat Institute
Health Department urges prevention of orthopedic defects and infections
The Health Department stresses better diet, cod liver oil for infants, and nursing after injuries or congenital issues. Public health nurse will discuss venereal diseases next month. December counts show cases of chickenpox, gonorrhea, pneumonia, syphilis, tuberculosis, whooping cough, with clinics and numerous examinations and visits. Walter B Johnson, MD, Deputy State Health Officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Walter B Johnson, MD
Marriage Of Miss Metzner And Ensign Smith At Ridgely
The marriage of Miss Patricia Catherine Metzner and Ensign John Webster Smith occurred at 8 o clock last Saturday morning at St Benedicts RoC Church in Ridgely with Rev Francis Hensel officiating. Mrs Smith is a New York trained office worker with duPont in Seaford. Ensign Smith, a Federalsburg High School and Washington College graduate, recently commissioned after studies at Notre Dame and Columbia, is assigned to naval duty in Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Catherine Metzner
Florence Metzner
Ensign John Webster Smith
Frank L Smith
Federalburg
St. Benedict’s Roc. Church
Ridgely
Francis Hensel
Smith
Cathedral High School
N. Y
Good’s Business College
New York
duPont de Nemours Company
Seaford
del Ensign Smith
Federalsburg High School
Washington College
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Columbia University
Norfolk
First Methodist Church
Josephine Orme
Florence Hager
Edna Shipman
J. Olan Stockwell
China
Dorothy Brown
Dorotthy Brown
Josephine Pine
Madalyn Brown
Leon Ma‘Toney
Neigborhood
Leon
Bobby Dull
Ralph Dill
Mit
Everett Pepper
Second Street
A C. Bryant
Denton
Fifer Hospital
W Marion Spicher
Wayne
Wilmington
Clifton Whight
Frederick Asilton
David Foter
Blanche
Edna Hobbs
Baltimore
W. H. Nuttle
Denton National Bank Holds Sixty Third Stockholders Meeting
The Denton National Bank’s sixty third annual stockholders meeting was held January 12 in the Director's room. Elections re elected directors for one year, with J. Percy Bittle and J. Roland Chaffinch among those chosen. Officers were reaffirmed and noted growth in deposits and a shift away from real estate holdings. The session also highlighted wartime banking activity and strong financials reflecting postwar resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton National Bank
Birch Hotel
Philip W. Downes
George W. Beck
M. Kemp Newnam
Samuel Nowell
Everett Townsend
Emory D Kimmey
Benjamin F. Johnson
J. Petcy Bittle
J. Roland Chaffinch
J. Lester Everngam
Dawson QC
George
J. Frank Lane
Frank L. R. Nuttle
J. Percy Bittle
I. Robert Fleetwood
John R. Ricards
Hilda C. Fowler
Naom
Holland
Emily L.montgomery
Wesley E. Thawley
Chaffinch
Peoples Bank of
Denton
Marsland
William Croll
H Clay Hobbs
Harry H. Nuttle
E. _Theodore Orme
H. Earle Smith
Roger R. Ringgold
Ridgely
George Jo Wobler
Joseph M Short
Hillsboro
United States
Ameriea
Stabilizer Byrnes Seen Pivotal Beyond Supreme Court
Stabilization Director Byrnes, dubbed Tammy by some reporters, is described as an unseen power in Washington. He is accused of influencing gasoline and fuel oil policy, striking in with AFL and CIO officials, and possibly shaping Henderson’s successor as Congress readies to grill action in the Senate and House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrnes
Supreme Court
Leon Henderson
Congress
Senate
House
Tammy
Christian Endeavor and Town Social Notes Show Weekend Activities
Hobbs Mr T W Towers led the Christian Endeavor service last Sunday evening. Mrs H Thomas will present a program tomorrow evening titled What Is God Doing Today. J A Willoughbys spoke with son Grover, a U S Navy member nearly four years, who is in California. Women of the adult Sunday School class met at Mrs T H H Towers home and planned a bake. Enoch Strannahan Jr and children Bobby and Joyce from Tennessee visit Mrs C V Clarke. O H Henry attended the funeral of George Vincent near Andrewville Del. Roland Towers, stationed at Fort McClellan Ala, talked home last Sunday. Rev and Mrs D E Wood visited with Mr and Mrs Harry Porter of Burrsville. Miss Sara Roe visited sister Mrs Marvin Butler at Tuckahoe Neck. Mrs Richard Lister of Greensboro visited daughter Mrs Elmer Butler for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T .W. Towers
Christian Endeavor Service
H. Thomas
God
J A. Willoughby
Grover
California
U. S. Navy
T H H. Towers
Enoch Strannahan Jr
Bobby
Joyce
Tennessee
C. V. Clarke
O. H Henry
George Vincent
Andrewville
Del
Roland Towers
Fort McClellan
Alabama
D E. Wood
Harry Porter
Burrsville
Sara Roe
Marvin Butler
Tuckahoe Neck
Richard Lister
Greensboro
Elmer Butler
Albert Anderson
Gay Street
Denton
Caroline County
Caroline
Kent County
Connelly
Chestertown
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church
C. T. Wyatt
Greensboro Cemetery
Norman Cheezum
Fourth Street
Cheezum
Wicomico
Anna Dickerson
Methodist Protestant Church
Martha Wilhelmina Diggins
Luther and
Marthe Diggins
J. Milton Arringdale
Ruthsburg
J. M. Arringdale
O. D. Hynson
Thomas H. Barcus
Church Hill
Death notices in Caroline County area obituaries
Obituaries from Caroline County recount the deaths of Charles Jarrell near Hillsboro and James Fletcher Walls near New Bridge with funeral details. Additional notices list George S. Davis near Ruthsburg Irene Haddox near Denton and William E Wathley near Denton with service times and interment plans. Also noted are ferry schedules between Matapeake Annapolis Romancoke and Claiborne and biographical notes on local residents.
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Charles Jarrell
Caroline County
Memorial Hospital
Eaton
Hillsboro
Walter H. Stone
Jarrell
Charles
Elizabeth Ellen Jarkell
Hubbard
Hillsboro Queen, Anne Bank
Liberty Bank of
Easton
Nannie E Duffey
Joseph M. Eaton
Charlanne
Elinor Eaton
James Fletcher Walls
New Bridge
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Denton
Denton Cemetery
Walls
Wm. Davis
Fred Love
Kemp Walls
State Roads Commission
George S. Davis
Ruthsburg
New Hampshire
Caroline ‘County
Centreville
Lewis Davis
Alfred C. Clark
Walter
George
Frank
Dorothy
Allen Davis
Elizabeth
Allen Clark
al O
Abbott P Davis
Pompton Plains
Randall
Methodist Church
Ruthburg
Mary P Joyner
Holy Cross
Greensboro
William E Wathley
New York
Sunny Slope
Bronx
Orphans Court Actions Include Appraisers and Admin Grant
The Orphans Court met with Judges Hangy Denmis and Foith approving letters testamentary for Isaac T Prattis estate and administration for Paul G Meredith. Appraisers named for Sewell Noble and Wilmer Noble. bank and stock actions in multiple estates. Creditors notices ordered and orders to turn over funds and transfer stock issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Hangy
Denmis
Foith
Isaac T. Prattis
S.anto Everett Nuttle
Notie
To. Sewell Noble
Wilmer S. Noble
John G Poore
Harriett Herring
Lavinia Snyder
James Calloway
Laura E. Poore
Savings Department
Caroline County Bank
Greensboro
Maryland
Learn G. Calloway
Jacob Gubson
Peoples Bank of
Denton
Alice T. Seeders Howard
Suales
H. Gadow
John K. Lynch
Paul G. Meredith
Russell A. Meredith
J. Walter Mitchell
Gems of Thought on Prudence and Righteousness
A quotation collection contrasts John Mason on prudence as conformity to reason truth and decency with Mary Baker Eddy praising love and righteousness as limitless for humanity, asking what they cannot achieve together. The pair links moral restraint to progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mason
Mary Baker Eddy
Signs for Sale at the Denton Journal
Notices show trespass rent and gale signs offered for sale by the Denton Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Journal
Rent
Gale
Funeral for Mamie Voss Held at Boyer's Funeral Home
The funeral of Mrs. Mamie Voss widow of John Voss and resident near Brownsville was held at Boyer's Funeral Home in Harrington on Sunday January 3. Survivors include daughter Bertha Dean son Clarence Voss and two grandsons Robert and Dale Dean with brothers and a sister. Other items note Rev and Mrs R L Kirby unable to return home due to Mr Kirby's illness, Mrs Joe Willoughby improving in Johns Hopkins Hospital and various local visits and illnesses among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Voss
John Voss
Bertha Dean
Brownsville
Boyer
Harmington
Fred Lewis
Robert Stafford Jr
Houston
Del
J. W. Price
Chester
H. A. Porter
Philadelphia
Community Notes From Greensboro Area Residents
Local society items list residents visiting relatives and traveling abroad. Mentions Doris Elaine Minner returning home from Wilmington holiday visit while Lt Ruth Jackson, Army Nurse Corps, visits her mother Mary Jackson at Greensboro. Several families host gatherings, visits to relatives in Wilmington Chester and Philadelphia, and personnel transfers noted for Joseph Bernard and Pvt Clay Monroe overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Elaine Minner
Geo. Cowgill
Wilmington
Ruth Jackson
Army Nurse’s Corps
Ft. Dix
N. J
Mary Jackson
Georgia Swann
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Main St
Fred Monroe Sr
Pvt
Clay Monroe
U. S. Army
Paul Burke
William Joiner
Denton Road
Joseph Bernard
St Petersburg
Florida
Lawson General Hospital
Atlanta
Georgia
Lacy Wilson
Pardon My Gun and Eyes of the Underworld At Dentonia
Movie listings show Pardon My Gun a Columbia western with Chas Starrett Alma Carroll and Ark Hunniutt at the Dentonia Theatre Saturday January 16. Universal’s Eyes of the Underworld stars Richard Dix with a strong supporting cast also at the same venue. Humphrey Bogart leads Across the Pacific at the Dentonia on Wednesday January 20 with Sydney Greenstreet as a foil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Husky Chas
Starrett
Dentoma Theatre
Alma Carroll
Arthur
Arkansas
Hunnicutt
Texas
Jim Lewis
Lone Star Cowboys
Richard Dix
Lon Chaney
Universal
Dentonia Theatre
Wendy Barrie
Don Porter
Bily Lea
Lloyd Corrigan
Bogart
Pacific
The
Gestapo
Warner Bros
Humphrey Bogart
U. S. Army
Secret Service
Sydney Greenstreet
Twenty Five Years Ago In Caroline County Storm Damage and Weddings
A weekend storm damaged buildings and roofs across Caroline county with many window panes broken. Local nuptials include Rev A O Reiter of Pottsville and Miss Jean de Ronde Davis of near Greensboro at the Brier in Ridgely with a reception at Walter Hoffman’s home. Several other marriages are noted along with funeral notices for James Porter, Thomas Corkran, Albert Anderson, and Mrs Norman Cheezum, all reflecting a quiet era of community life in Denton, Bridgeville, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ™. Fassitt
O. M Hignutt
Madison Towers
Clarence Rice
Forms for 1942 income tax returns and filing deadlines
Government guidance on tax return forms for individuals corporations and trusts. Describes Form 1040, 1040A, and 1040F, eligibility criteria, required information, accompanying instructions, and the March 15 1943 filing deadline with penalties for late submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
United States
Divine ruling brings prudence and energy to mind
A Mary Baker Eddy quotation on spiritual restoration notes that divine ruling banishes envy rivalry and evil thinking and speaking. It says mortal mind is purged and peace and power accrue outside of itself. The excerpt emphasizes moral reform through spiritual law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker ‘Eddy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woering
Tor
Hobbs
Mamie Sipple
George Murphy
Ellis Murphy
Helen Price
L. W. Taylor Jr
Noble Sipple Jr
Frank Usiltan
Carleton Smith
Goldsboro
Greensboro High School
Alan Dabson
al Dabson
Medford Price
Pardon MY Gun
A. O. Reiter
Pottsville
Jean de Ronde Davis
C. C.troxell
Sarah Hoffman
Irene Neff
Mendelssohn
Harry Roberts Jr
Ethel Gantt
St. Mark’s Protestant Episcopal Church
San Antonio
J. Gibon Gantt
Claymont
Roberts
Harry Roberts
Eston
St. John’s College
Star Democrat
Aviation Corps
France
T. C. Smoot
Federalsburg
George L. Murphy
Grace Snively
Elkton
George P. Jones
M. E. Church
Murphy
Walter Stevenson
Laura
Fred Sylvester
Felton
W. F. Corkran
Union M. E. Church
William Bullock
M. M. Mowbray
James Porter
Porter
Wesley M. E. Church
W. N. Conaway
Thos. F. Corkran
Jesse Legar
Bridgeville
Fowling Creek
Harmony M. E. Church
Mary
Yar
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