Denton National Bank Holds Seventieth Stockholders Meeting
The seventy-ninth annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday Jan 13 saw director elections with J Roland Chaffinch as president and trusted officers reorganized. The bank posted a $15,000 dividend and $19,000 in undivided profits increasing total capital to $518,895.00 to protect depositors. Savings deposits earned $98,685 in 1958 the highest local payout since incorporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton National Bank
Gail F. Cooper
F. FE. Yeoman
George W. Beck
Martin L. Sutton
Francis A. Yeates
James A. Rochester
Marvin IH. Smith
Ormond L. Andrew
Ormond L. Andrew Serving As Tellers. Messrs. Lawnace A. Moore
Benjamin F. Johnson
Samuel Nowell
Messrs
J. Roland Chaffinch
James R. Chaffinch, Jr
Wilmer Fell Davis
Joseph M. Eaton
Charles L. Ellwanger
Dawson O. George
Elias W. Nuttle
W. Clark Quillen
D. Thompson
Chaffinch
James R. Chaffinch
Charles E. Kirby
William C. Leggett
Catherine E. Baynard
Ruth A. Pippin
Audrey A
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing earns full accreditation
The Memorial Hospital at Easton receives full accreditation from the National League for Nursing after a 1958 survey, the first time the School of Nursing has reached unconditional approval. Hospital president W. P. Chaffinch credits staff and donors for high standards and lasting community impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital At
Easton
National League For Nursing
Memorial Hospital
League
W. P. Chaffinch
Tri- County
Ruth R. Startt
Hospital
School of Nursing
National League
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Constance Burne
Patricia Hunt
Beatrice Conrad
Bernice Smith
Joyce Bramble
Polly Goldsborough
Ethel C. Roberts
R. N
University Hospital patient load doubles by 1957 58
University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore saw admissions rise from 7,074 in 1935 to 18,357 in 1957 58. Major operations doubled, emergency visits nearly tripled, and births quadrupled. Most patients remained local, with city wards and nearby counties contributing the majority.
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University of Maryland Hospital
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Baltimore County
Caroline
Cecil
Kent
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Wicomico
Somerset
Worcester
Maryland
University Hospital
Cooperative Extension Service Reports Record Year
The Cooperative Extension Service of the U S Department of Agriculture and state land grant colleges reports new highs in 1957 11 million farm and urban families assisted 10 million homemakers aided in product use 2 2 million 4 H Club members. Personal contacts 22 7 million and over 2 688 million educational meetings with 75 million attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Denton Woman's Club Hear Mrs Elizabeth Gordy
Mrs. Elizabeth Gordy of Ocean City Md spoke at the Denton Woman's Club January meeting on Civil Defense urging women to lead family disaster prep. A film Are You Prepared? was shown. pamphlets on home protection fall out and storage were distributed. The club discussed a nursing scholarship deadline February 1 and a request from Eastern Shore Public Service Co to place a guy wire, which the company offered to clear two dangerous trees in return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Gordy
Ocean City
Denton Woman’s Club
Civil Defense Agency of Maryland
Easton Hospital
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Electric Company
Maryland farmers approve new corn program referendum
Final tally shows 71 percent voting in Maryland and nationwide for a corn program. A total of 1,187 Maryland corn farmers participated, with 67.5 percent approving. The plan ends acreage restrictions for 1955 and later years and sets 1959 price supports near 1.12 to 1.15 per bushel, with floor parity at 65 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Department of Agriculture
Clinton H. Brown to Speak at Methodist Men Dinner
Clinton H. Brown of Wilmington will address The Men of First Methodist Church at a dinner Thursday Jan 22 at 6 30. He is Lay Leader of the Peninsula Conference and will share photos from his Tokyo World Conference trip plus talk on Methodist Men work locally and abroad. He has served as delegate to the 1958 Jurisdictional Conference and was elected to The Methodist Church Board of Pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton H. Brown
Wilmington
First Methodist Church
Mr. Brown
Peninsula
The
Methodist Church
Roselle
Del
Mt. Salem
Tokyo
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Brown
Board of Pensions
Maryland Legislators Back Down From Pay Boost
Maryland lawmakers rescinded a $10 per day expense allowance for the 90 day session amid opposition from Governor elect Tawes, who urged maintaining the $20 daily rate. Tawes, 64, outlined four guiding principles focused on foresight open information openness and faith as the state faces rising service demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Delegates
General Assembly
Tawes
A. Gordon Boone
Baltimore County
Service on Independence carrier names Lt Hart R Stringfellow Jr
Brooklyn NY Lt Hart R Stringfellow Jr Supply Corps USN son of Mr and Mrs H R String fellow of Gainesville Fla and husband of Ernestine Short of Denton serves on the attack aircraft carrier Independence under construction at Brooklyn Navy Yard The 60000 ton ship with a 3900 man crew will undergo sea trials after commissioning for a Caribbean cruise in the spring under Capt Rhodam Y McElroy Jr of Lebanon Ky
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Independence
Hart R. Stringfellow
Supply Corps
USN
H. R. Stringfellow
Third PL
Gainesville
Fla
Ernestine Short
Denton
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Ater
Rhodam Y. McElroy, Jr
Lebanon
Polio Drive Chairman List Now Is Complete
Joseph C. Brown, March of Dimes Director for Caroline County, announced completion of the volunteer chairman roster. He named John Boulais as Greensboro chairman, Pete Moxey for Federalsburg, and Norton Leverage for Denton. Brown praised the County Campaign’s past support and urged all citizens to join the all-out polio fight to protect children, noting his own battle with the illness and his rehabilitation through the National Foundation. He is a father of five and works as a bookkeeper for S. F E. Hallowell & Son. Support your March of Dimes.
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Joseph C. Brown
March of Dimes
Caroline County
Brown
John Boulais
Greensboro
Pete Moxey
Federalsburg
Norton Leverage
Denton
National Foundation
Golden-Beacom School of Business
S. FE. Hallowell & Son
Ford-Mercury
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Denton National
Memorial Nursing School
Katherine Childs
Theodore E. Fletcher
Miss Childs
Davidson
Travers
Palmer
Hammond
Mary Barnett Dixon Cullen
Elizabeth Wright Dixon
Weather Data
U. S
Wake Island
Versailles
Edgar Allan Poe
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Victoria
United Kingdom
Coop. Extension Service
J. Millard Tawes
State House
Annapolis
Theodore R. McKeldin
Mr. Tawes
James P. Devereux
McKeldin
William Preston Lane, Jr
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