Local births weddings and community notes from Ridgely area
Clarence Mundy announces the birth of a daughter January 14 at Memorial Hospital Easton. Several residents, including Carl Snowberger and Mrs. Holsinger, are noted as hospital patients. Families relocate within Queen Anne’s and nearby areas. A/3c Eugene W. Slaughter spent days home from McGuire AFB. St Pauls Sewing Circle hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Fleming with guests from Baltimore and Elsmere. Scout Troop 171 observed the total lunar eclipse. Caroline Firemen held memorial service. Funeral of John Guthrie Sr. attended by family. Norma Lee Glover treated as patient. Lions Club Safety Committee to study Ridgely bypass and railroad avenue signs. Genevieve Seman and James Donald Glover wed January 15 at Ridgely Methodist Parsonage. attendants Norma Lee Glover and John Seward. small reception held at Eaton home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. Mundy
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Carl Snowberger
David Holsinger
Harry Rittenhouse
Queen Anne’s County
Smith Farm
Ridgely
Eugene W. Slaughter
McGuire
N. J
Air Force Base
St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Rylan Fleming
J. Arthur Geschwind
Baltimore
James S. Wilson
Elsmere
Del
Franklin Wilson
Richard Blackburn
Fire House Hall
A. Orrell Saulsbury, Jr
Caroline County
Hillsboro-Queen Anne Methodist Church
Alfred S. Thompson
John Sculley
John Guthrie
Philadelphia
Penna
John Webb
Dover
Walter R. Moore
Norma Lee Glover
State Roads Commission
Genevieve Florence Seman
Wendel Seman
James Donald Glover
Roy Glover
Wilson Davis
John Seward
Grasonville
Harry Eaton
Town
America’s Motor Travel Surges in 1952 Traffic
Data from the Automotive Manufacturers Assn shows U S cars trucks and buses travel over half a trillion miles annually with 28 percent of vehicles built 11 years ago. Motor fuel use exceeds 4.014 billion gallons yearly and 54.7 million registrations are projected. Road taxes total 5.3 billion dollars. 29 cents of every auto sale dollar goes to taxes. 31 million families own autos. fatalities reach 7.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, the lowest on record. Highway spending remains below prewar buying power. Women comprise 29 percent of drivers. Over 914 million Americans work in highway transportation. Three of every four cars sold last year replaced scrapped models. About 5.5 million pupils ride buses to school. 23 million dwellings receive their heating fuel by motor truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Automobile Manufacturers Assn
U. S
Orphans Court Proceedings Record Multiple Estates
The Orphans Court met in regular session led by Chief Judge H. Roland Towers with judges Moore and Brackett. Proceedings include probate of wills for Samuel Edward Brown and Willoughby Nowell, administration grants to Samuel Nowell, appraisers named, accounts filed for estates including J Hudson Taylor Milo Evans and Laura Balas, and various orders to publish notices, secure bonds, and permit funeral bill payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
H. Roland Towers
Charles V. Moore
Maurice A. Brackett
Samuel Edward Brown
Willoughby Nowell
C.t.a
Samuel Nowell
J. Lester Everngamn
Ormond L. Andrew
J. Hudson Taylor
Bertha FE. Taylor
Executrix
Sperate
Elizabeth D. Messick
D. Freeland Clopper, Sr
Ruth S. Clopper
In Memoriam Lena Venable Remembrance Poem
In memory of my dear daughter Lena Venable who passed away five years ago on January 21 1949. The years pass yet her dear face beams in our hearts. Time does not heal all sorrow and we still miss her dearly. Sadly missed by Mother and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Venable
Also Mentioned on This Page
Copenhagen
Trixie Friganza
RCA Victor
Grace Vernon Smith
C. S. Holsinger
Laura M. Balas
Anthony G. Ballas
Everett Nuttle
J. Russell Carroll
Memoriam
Moore
Denton, Maryland
Lancaster
Orangeburg
Dexter Wringer
West Denton
TRAC
Kelly
Journal Classifieds
J. Kemp Stevens
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Denton, Md
A. E. Fletcher
Gale Electric Company
Fred J. Wright
Alton Billmeier
C. Elsie Billmeier
Optometrists
Tye Olivier Sis
Ford Victoria
Mercury
Chevrolet
International
Gay Streets
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