Porch Light On For The Polio Marchers
James Owen Knotts named chairman of the 1958 Denton March of Dimes drive conducted by the Caro line County group. The two fold effort runs door to door January 28 from 7 to 9 PM and voluntary canister collections in town businesses. Residents are urged to leave outside lights on to identify solicitors and support the polio cause tied to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis originated by Franklin D Roosevelt. Post 29 American Legion contributed $50 to launch the local fund, praised as community service by Knotts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Owen Knotts
Denton
G. A. MecDaniel
Caroline County
Electric Company
March of Dimes
National Foundation For
Caroline Education Board President Resigns
Board members and employees of Choptank Electric Cooperative held a turkey dinner at the Denton fire hall for about 140 people, recognizing length of service by 25 employees. The event honored service years from five to fifteen and featured remarks by President Olin S. Davis and magician James Snow, followed by dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choptank Electric Cooperative
Denton
Co-op
Maryland
Francis E. Yeoman
Preston Bromley
Salisbury
Marie N. Passwaters
Phylis Smith
Charles Clough
John W. Faulkner, Jr
Randolph Griffith
M. Winder Harris
Leon McNeal
William Mills
Lloyd Uber
Paul R. Zier
Marion L. Adkins
Albert Aird
James C. Ellis
Roy L. Fields
Emma Kelly
Gertrude Lord
Margaret Marine
Robert McGrath
Edward McNamara
Doris Perry
John R. Smullen
Walford Palmatory
O. O. Stivers
Olin S. Davis
Golf
Mr. Davis
H. E. Hall
Berlin
H. H. Nuttle
See.treas
C. F. Barton
Queen Anne
Harry Keenan
Westover
Milton Markus
Cambridge
H. H. Mitchell
Middletown
H. A. Moore
N. B. Twilley
Delmar
W. L. Merriken
Mrs. Merriken
Mrs. Margaret Carroll Celebrates 100th Birthday
Mrs. Margaret Carroll, born January 29, 1858 in New Castle Delaware, marks her centennial next Wednesday. She lived in Denton for 60 years, married Joseph H. Carroll, County Treasurer and Register of Wills, and later moved to Philadelphia. She appears on Arthur Godfrey and It Could Be You TV programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Carroll
New Castle
Delaware
Joseph H. Carroll
Maryland
Philadelphia
Caroline
Ten Commandments At Dentonia At Dentonia Theatre
The Ten Commandments by Cecil B. DeMille arrives at the Dentonia Theatre January 29 and runs through February 8 with one 7 30 p m show nightly. Location shots in Egypt feature Charlton Heston and a Technicolor VistaVision production. Admission is 1 25 for adults 50c for children and 90c for colored balcony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. DeMille
VistaVision
Technicolor
DeMille
Dentonia Theatre
Egypt
Charlton Heston
County Teachers to Hold February Workshop in Denton
Caroline County teachers will meet for a two day workshop at Caroline High School in Denton on February 6 and 7. The aim is to revise the county curriculum amid a new building program and changing times. Fred G. Asilton chairs the Curriculum Steering Committee guiding ten discussion groups with three keynote speakers and panels from students and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur S. Hoppengardner
Caroline County
Caroline High School
Denton
Fred G. Asilton
Methodist Ministers At Buck Hill Falls Retreat
Rev. George W. Goodley and Rev. Thomas J. Turkington were among more than 100 Methodist ministers from the Peninsula Conference at the Washington Area Methodist Ministers Retreat held at Buck Hill Falls Pennsylvania early this week. Over 400 ministers from three area conferences registered. Bishop G Bromley Oxnam directed the third annual winter retreat and presided at sessions with speakers Dr George Buttrick Dr Eugene L Smith and Dr Edwin P Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Goodley
Thomas J. Turkington
Peninsula
Washington Area
Buck Hill Falls
G. Bromley Oxnam
Washington
Methodist Church
Oxnam
George Buttrick
Harvard School of Theology
Eugene L. Smith
Division of World Missions of
The
Edwin P. Booth
Boston University
National Safety Good Turn Kick Off February Event
Fifteen Choptank District scouting units have signed up for the National Safety Good Turn Kick-off on February 8 in Rodney Square Wilmington Delaware. The event opens at 2 p m with a parade featuring three Armed Service bands and dignitaries from three states. Thousands of Cubs Scouts Explorers and Scouters with safety groups fire trucks police and industry representatives are expected. The program rotates safety themes through the year with traffic safety in spring and outdoor and home safety in other seasons. District leaders include Dr Garey Kostens Alfred S Clark E R Fenimore George Mayer and more units expected to join before January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Square
Wilmington
Del
Easton
Trappe
Ridgely
Cambridge
Denton
Greensboro
Federalshoro
Garey Kostens
Alfred S. Clark
E. R. Fenimore
Trafic
George Mayer
Home Safety
Centreville Chapter 69 Elects and Installs Officers
Centreville Chapter No 69 Order of the Eastern Star installed officers led by Worthy Matron Flora E Brewer and Worthy Patron Rev Otho G Brewer Sr with Alyce Lane as secretary and Geraldine Benton installing marshal. Visitors attended from Baltimore Federalsburg Cambridge Salisbury and Princess Anne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centreville
Order of the Eastern Star
Flora E. Brewer
Hebron
Otho G. Brewer
Louise Cook
Price
Benjamin Walters
Barclay
Alyce Lane
Church Hill
Myrtle Bartlett
Vivian Chance
Della Richardson
Reba KX. Coleman
Chester
Marshal
Sarah Jane Stant
Lucy Walters
Adah
Katherine Burkett
Grasonville
Ruth
Clara Boone
Esther
Margaret Jewell
Martha
Millie Atkinson
Electa
Madeline Day
Warder
Evelyn Thomas
Sentinel
Helen Daniels
Stevensville
Geraldine Benton
Otho G. Brewer, Jr
Princess Anne
Pearl Vansant
Millington
Rachel Joiner
Worton
Charlotte Fesmyer
Baltimore
Federalsburg
Cambridge
Salisbury
Beall to Speak at Lincoln Day Dinner Feb 27
Senator J Glenn Beall will be guest of honor at the sixth annual Lincoln Day Dinner at Greensboro fire house at 7 pm on Thursday Feb 27. The event is sponsored by the Republican State Central Committee Caroline County Republican Women's Club and Caroline County Republican Men's Club. Tickets are 2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Glenn Beall
Greensboro
Republican State Central Committee
Caroline County
Republican Women’s Club
Republican Men's Club
Robert Stanton
Preston
J. Carlton Mandrell
Denton
Senator Beall
Senate
House of Representatives
Maryland
State Central Committee
Denton attorney named Heart Fund Drive chairman
Robert W. Downes Jr., attorney, was named General Chairman of the 1958 Heart Fund Drive for the Upper Eastern Shore Heart Association. The campaign runs February 1 to 28 with Heart Sunday on February 23, featuring door to door fundraising and local programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Downes, Jr
Heart Fund Drive
Denton
Thurston Harrison
Upper Eastern Shore Heart Association, Inc
Caroline
Dorchester
Kent
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Heart Fund
Upper Eastern Shore Heart Association
American Heart Association
Heart Sunday
District Fellowship Meal Planned By Brethren
The Mardela District Church of the Brethren cabinet met at Green Hill near Westover to plan a district fellowship supper at Fairview Church near Cordova on Sunday evening February 2 at six. Peggy Ringgold will be toastmistress with Dennis Todde presenting slides and a talk on Brethren Volunteer Service in Texas and the West Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mardela
Church of the Brethren Cabinet
Fairview
Cordova
Peggy Ringgold
Ridgely
Dennis Todde
Denton
Todd
Brethren
Texas
Easton
Edith Hamstead
Greenwood
Bruce Hutchison
Palmer Hutchison
Herman Wharton
Saulsbury Fisher
Jean Harvey
Barbara Mankamyer
Carol McDaniel
Milton
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Beulah Hartman
Westover
Howard Blizzard
North Carolina
Denton Church
Dale Fike
Green Hill Church
Norma Lee Fike, Easton
Mardela District
Church of the Brethren Youth Fellowship
Ford Leads In Stock Car Racing For 1957 Season
Ford takes early lead in 1957 stock car racing as NASC AR figures show Ford dominant throughout the season. Final box scores confirm Ford's supremacy across sanctioned events and establish early momentum for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
National Association For
Golden Age Club Will Meet Monday Evening
The monthly meeting of the Golden Age Club is set for Monday January 27 at 7 30 p m in Fellowship Hall at First Methodist Church. Open to all retired or less active adults regardless of church affiliation. Transportation will be provided for those who need it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Golden Age Club
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Cooper Appointed To Caroline County School Board
James K. Cooper of Denton was appointed by Gov. McKeldin to the Caroline County School Board, filling the unexpired term of Elias W. Nuttle. The swearing in occurred at the Court House on Monday. Cooper, a married father of three, and in business with his father in Denton, brings local ties to the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias W. Nuttle
Denton
Theodore McKeldin
Fiveman
Caroline County
Wilbur S. Hoppengardner
Nuttle
James K. Cooper
Theodore R. McKeldin
Court House
Cooper
United Fund Organized In Caroline County 1958
A United Fund of Caroline County was formed last Tuesday at the County Court House in Denton. Temporary chair Edwin Unger opened the meeting, H R Hughes read Articles of Incorporation, and the articles were unanimously adopted after State Tax Commission approval. Twenty four directors were elected with eight chosen to serve staggered terms. Officers named: W Edwin Unger president, H R Hughes vice president, W Clark Quillen treasurer, Mrs Herbert Horton secretary. The budget committee will seek member organizations to join and plan this fall’s drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Heart Association
Downes
Upper Eastern Shore Heart Association
William C. Lowe
Queenstown
United States
Upperastern Shore Heart Association
United Fund of
Caroline County, Inc
County Court House
Denton
Edwin Unger
H. R. Hughes
State Tax Commission
James Owen Knotts
M. H. Smith
W. Edwin Unger
W. Clark Quillen
Caroline Bar Association Elects Officers For 1958
The Caroline County Bar Association met in the County Court House and elected 1958 officers. President Marvin Smith of Federalsburg, vice-president Robert W. Downes Jr., treasurer James Owen Knotts, and secretary Harry R. Hughes were chosen unanimously. The outgoing president W A Stewart Wright presided. No further actions were taken before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Bar Association
Marvin Smith
Federalsburg
Robert W. Downes, Jr
James Owen Knotts
Harry R. Hughes
Denton
Stockholders Meet Caroline County Bank Elect Directors
Caroline County Bank stockholders and directors met in Greensboro fire house last Tuesday with Arthur W. Brumbaugh presiding. A luncheon by the Fire Co. Auxiliary under Miss Mildred Ginn preceded the business session. Brumbaugh reported 1957 results and noted bank modernization as a highlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Bank
Greensboro
Arthur W. Brumbaugh
Fire Co
Mildred Ginn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Caroline Education Board
James Snow
John Asher
Paul Zierl
John Faulkner
Winder Harris
Emma Kelley
Marie Passwaters
Phyllis Smith
Dentonia
Weather Data
Robert Burns
Michigan
Union
Thomas A. Edison
William McKinley
Mohandas K. Gandi
Delhi
Congress
George Washington
National Safety
Sen. Beall
Oldsmobile
Mercury
Pontiac
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Corvette
Dodge
United Fund
Caroline County Bar Association
W. A. Stewart Wright
RCH
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