Social Notices Highlight Local Engagements Across Maryland
Mrs. Truman H. Richard of Marydel announces daughter Dorothy M. Richard engaged to Foster C. Shahan of Millington. Dorothy teaches at Galena High School. Foster farms. Abram Z. Gottwals announces sister Grace Louise Gottwals engaged to Howard H. Babb of Dover. They plan early spring marriage in Dover. Mrs. Elizabeth Knotts Davison and two children sail from New York to join Dr. Perry W. Davison in Germany for over a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman H. Richard
Marydel
Dorothy M
Foster C. Shahan
Horace G. Shahan
Mr. Shahan
Millington, Md
Richard
State Teachers College
Salisbury
Galena High School
Shahan
Millington High School
Abram Z. Gottwals
Upper Marlboro
Maryland
Grace Louise Gottwals
Howard H. Babb
Dover
Delaware
Mr. Babb
Miss Gottwall
Geo. W
Annie E. Gottwall
Greensboro
Her and Sons
Isle of
Engagement Notice for Marian Bartlett and Morton Smith
Mrs Wirt Draper Bart lett of Centreville announces engagement of daughter Marian Smith Bartlett to Morton Robison Smith son of Mr and Mrs Morton Snowden Smith of Pittsburgh Pa Bartlett a Centreville High School graduate now attends Golden Beacom School of Business in Wilmington Smith a McDonagh School graduate who attended two years at Washington College and is a student at Kansas State University
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirt Draper Bartlett
Centreville
Marian Smith Bartlett
Morton Robison Smith
Morton Snowden Smith
Pittsburgh
Miss Bartlett
Centreville High School
Golden-Beacom School of Business
Wilmington
Smith
McDonagh School
Washington College
Kansas State University
Personal notices from a Delaware town gathering and farewells
Mr and Mrs Franklin Johnson hosted a turkey dinner for Mr Johnsons birthday with relatives from Seaford New Castle Greensboro and Lewes Also various families visited and attended services with the Denton Junior Auxiliary noted Funeral attendances included Mrs Kerslake and Mr Dick Printz and the Foxwells returning from England to Oil City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Johnson
Mr. Johnson
W. E. Meloney
Paul Meloney
Seaford
Carl Johnson
Angelo Varisco
New Castle
Bill Shorts
Greensboro
George Johnson
Ollie Robison
Frank Wright
Doris
Franklin Perry
Edwin Wright
Charles Wright
Wilmer Wright
Wesley Stafford
Dale
Edward Smith
Eddie
Lewes
Del
Olaf Smith
J. Owen Knotts
K. T. Everngam
J. Lester Everngam
William Dempsey
Denton
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Jeanne Reynolds
Washington
Clayton Reynolds
Magnolia
Concord
B. F. Somers
Dick Printz
Luray
Virginia
W. E. Foxwell
John Jesse
England
Oil City
Foxwell
E. B. Bad
Caroline County Bank Elects Officers For 1954
Caroline County Bank in Greensboro Maryland held its annual meeting January 16 with 5374 of 6000 shares represented. Directors for the year include Bilbrough Brumbaugh Duffey Heather Murphy Porter Stafford Thomas Wright. Officers elected January 21: Murphy president Brumbaugh vice president Ginn executive vice president Bailey cashier. Everngam re-appointed attorney. Riddleberger teller Witten bookkeeper Riddleberger bookkeeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Bank
Greensboro
Charles S. Bilbrough
Arthur W. Brumbaugh
G. Linden Duffey
J. Tyson Heather
William J. Murphy
Jesse W. Porter
R. Henry Stafford
Howard B. Thomas
Russell H. Wright
Mildred M. Ginn
William D. Bailey
K. T. Everngam
Joseph B. Riddleberger
Teller
Anna Z. Witten
Helen C. Riddleberger
Cub Scout Leaders To Take Training Course
Cub Scout leaders in ten towns of the Tri County District are invited to attend a Scout Leaders Training Course. O Dale Pittinger Easton chairman says sessions begin February 3 at 7 p m in the County Auditorium Easton with topics including fundamentals of scouting program planning den meetings and pack administration plus games ceremonies stunts crafts and songs. John Kyle and H Bruce Ayars assist. No charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Dale Pittinger
Easton
Tri-County
County
Pittinger
John Kyle
Tri- County
H. Bruce Ayars
Discussion Group Two Met With Mr Gardner
Discussion group two met at the home of Mr and Mrs Wm Gardner on Tuesday evening Jan 19. A large group attended despite bad weather with Mrs Calvin Lister leading the discussion. Mr and Mrs Frank Zeigler were asked to report on the Farm Bureau meeting in Baltimore and trench silo topics sparked discussion. Group singing led by Mrs Lewis Nafzinger was enjoyed as Mr Lewis Nafzinger presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Gardner
Calvin Lister
Frank Zeigler
Farm Bureau
Baltimore
Trench
Lewis Nafzinger
Blaze Kills 20 Cattle One Fireman Injured
A barn at Paul Jones's Route 331 farm between Preston and Easton burned last Friday night. Twenty pure bred dairy cattle perished and a fireman, David Nordberg, 25, was hospitalized with possible concussion after a hose incident. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars, with part covered by insurance. Firefighters from Faston Oxford and Preston battled the fire. cause suspected as faulty wiring and hay loft combustion amid sub freezing temperatures. An adjoining milk house was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jones
Route 331
Preston
Easton
David Nordberg
Preston Volunteer Fire Co
Easton Memorial Hospital
Faston
Oxford
Greensboro Fire Report For 1953 Announced
The Greensboro Volunteer Fire Company report for 1953 by Charles E. Nichols records 34 alarms with 9 in town and 25 in rural districts. Volunteers aided two other towns, two false alarms. fires included woods, grass, buildings, oil burners, chimneys, autos, a house trailer, tractor, tar, motorcycle, and two accidents. It notes 534 men in service for 535 hours 5 minutes, property value $18,775, loss $7,475, 3100 feet of 1 inch hose and 1900 feet of 2 1/4 inch hose, and pumpers worked 10 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Volunteer Fire Company
Charles E. Nichols
Homemakers Meet At Health Center For Study
The last group of Caroline County Homemakers' Clubs met at the Health Center on Tuesday to study Modern Concepts of First Aid. Red Cross First Aid Instructor William Wirtz of Greensboro assisted Public Health Nurses with talks and demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
William Wirtz
Greensboro
Red Cross
Pre-Clinical Nursing Students Begin Field Observation
Misses Tall Brown and Lucas lead the Nursing School pre clinical group at Memorial Hospital Easton as they start field observation with Caroline County Public Nurses on Wednesday. Additional groups of nine or ten students will begin in the county on February 3 and February 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tall, Brown
Lucas
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Caroline County
First Pennsylvania Newspapers History Note
There were nearly 300 daily weekly and semi weekly newspapers published in the Keystone State. The Pittsburgh Gazette, issued in 1786, was the first newspaper west of the Alleghenies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone State
the Alleghenies
Pittsburgh Gazette
Poultry Association Dinner Hears Report On Conditions
Edward Karpoff of the U S Department of Agriculture spoke on broiler conditions along the eastern Shore noting Delmarva fell from 34 percent of U S broilers a decade ago to 14 percent today due to competition and reliance on New York dressed birds. The Delmarva area ships mainly New York dressed poultry while eviscerated poultry outlets declined. future shifts remain unpredictable. Maryland fried chicken dinner was served by Immanuel Lutheran Church ladies as music and leadership from local Poultry Association directors wrapped up the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Karpoff
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Karpoff
Department of Agriculture
Department
United States
Delmarva
New York
Chicago
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Les Howard
Seaford
William R. McKnight
Caroline County Poultry Association
Puncke
H. H. Rieck, Jr
Roy Adams
Leo Frase
H. H. Rieck
William Kleinwachter
E. W. Vandegrift
Everett Potts
Harold Klahold
Claude Howard, Sr
Unity Club Meeting at Mrs Walston Home January 20
Unity Club gathered at Mrs Lee Walston’s home with cohostess Mrs Thomas Ellwanger on Wednesday afternoon January 20. Mrs Norman Raleigh spoke on international relations noting religious differences pale beside communism’s materialism and the group discussed future tours by bus. Plans for a modern First Aid demonstration at the Health Center January 26 were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Club
Lee Walston
Thomas Ellwanger
Caroline Homemakers
Juanita
J. A. Leese
Norman Raleigh
Raleigh
Wm. G. Towers
Social event attendees listed for club gathering
Attendance at a club gathering included Mrs. Herbert Craft, Mrs. Geo. Shaffer Jr., Mrs. Pete Shaffer, hostess Mrs. Ellwanger, sunshine Mrs. Lee Walston, membership chair Mrs. Towers, and Mrs. J. J. French among others.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gardner
The
Journal Today
Aden Cleavers
Health Center For Study
Poultry Association
George Clendaniel
O. F. Smith
Florida
George Lowe
D. Ralph Horsey
T. J. Turkington
Earl M. Crouse
James Henry
Walter Fountain
Francis Yeoman
Charles Ellwanger
George Shaffer, Jr
Herbert Craft
J. el. French
Pete Shaffer
J. A. Seese
Lee Wyatt
Susan Seese
J. Kemp Stevens
Equitable Life Assurance Society
U. S
Denton, Md
Fred J. Wright
Alton Billmeier
C. Elsie Billmeier
Optometrists
Gustav Good
I Movie Center
Thurs
Hugo Haas
Cleo Moore
Thy
Dan Duryea
Foo
Ape Sterling Joy J.carroll
Hayden
Naish
Bomba
America Cartoon News
Sun
Joan Fontaine
Ida Lupino
Edmund O’brien
St. Bernadette Church
Song of
Bernadette
Jennifer Jones
Columbia
Daniel Taradash
James Jones
Buddy Adler
Fred Zinnemanh
Philadelphia
Add
Brick Hotel
2Nd & Main St
Maureen Ohara
Jf Chandler
Suzan Ball
Jor McNtire
Universal International
Columbia Pictures Presents
Randolph Scott
Technicolor
Claire Trevor
Joan Weldon
George Macfeady
Alfonso Beloya
Kenneth Gamet
Scott Crown
Harry Joe Brown
Andre Cetoti
Pranton Space
Man
Monster
Tra United Artsis
Mon
Mes
Payne
Evelyn Mags
the Waterfront
Larenie
United Artists
Technicglor
Cypress Gardens
Gio * Or
MGM
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