Two Fires Test Denton Area Fire Response
Twenty five years ago Denton volunteers answered two alarms this week. At Burrsville an outbuilding with a lighting system and oil was destroyed. Federalsburg saw a Holt Oil Company fire with five out of town companies aiding. A worker died from burns after a tanker blaze and house and warehouse damage followed. Total loss estimated at $65,000.
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Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Burrsville
Federalsburg
Holt Oil Company
Denton
Cambridge
Seaford
Hurlock
Bridgeville
W. T. Bradley
M. E. Church
Good Cheer Bible Class
Maryland
Kent County
Joseph Wickes
Louise Akers
Rock Hall
Talbot County
Virginia Willis
Oxford
Somerset County
Samuel Chase
Singer
J. Lorenzo Landon
Crisfield
Dorchester County
Dorchester
Elizabeth A. Mace
Cecil County
Helen C. Reynolds
Elkton H. S
P. O. Iron
Martha W. Goldsborough
Caroline H. S
Wicomico County
Josephine van Pelt
Sharptown
Ruth L. Stevenson
Worcester County
Raymond B. Jones
Jones
Cambridge Hospital
Stewart
Mark Wright
Wallace Wheatley
Federalsburg Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Wheatley
Leslie Jones
W. F. Pennington
Hillsboro
Caroline County
William and
Frances Pennington
Pennington
Emma Thawley
Robert and
Emaline Thawley
Ella Pennington
Lofton Sawyer
North Carolina
Alan Pennington
Columbus
Ohio
F. W. Kirwan
Public notice on Pennsylvania Railroad bridge draw regulations
The Pennsylvania Railroad Eastern Region Delmarva Division Cape Charles Virginia seeks Army approval to modify draw regulations for the Choptank River bridge at Denton. Under proposed rules the owner may with 30 days notice operate the draw, with current 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. rule requiring eight hours notice and no opening 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. The draw has not opened for vessels since 1945. comments invited by July 25, 1952 from navigation interests and local officials.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Eastern Region
Delmarva
Cape Charles
Virginia
Department of
Choptank River
Den
Secretary of the Army
Corps of Engineers
Inglis Praises Lewis On His 80th Birthday
Maj. W. W. Inglis, dean of the anthracite industry, praises John L. Lewis on Inglis's 80th birthday in Scranton. Inglis calls Lewis a wonderful man and 100 percent honest, noting their 23 year history at union-management conferences. Lewis sent a congratulatory message to Inglis.
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Scranton
Maj. W. W. Inglis
Glen Alden Coal Co
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Inglis
Lewis
Harvard's Founding History Traced to 17th Century
Harvard, planned in 1636 and founded in 1639, is highlighted as the oldest university in the United States, tracing its origins to colonial era efforts and early colonial education.
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Harvard
United States
Marine Private Jump Earns Silver Marksman Badge
Service Short Parris Island S C announces Marine Private First Class Wilson E Jump son of Mr and Mrs Wil son Jump and husband of Mrs Eunice E Jump Greensboro has completed recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot by earning a promotion to his current rank and the silver badge of Marine Marksman He mastered military subjects and field tactics during basic training and qualified with the .45 caliber pistol carbine and Browning automatic rifle.
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Parris Island
S. C
Wilson E. Jump
Wilson Jump
Eunice E. Jump
Greensboro
Marine Corps Recruit
Ostrich Farming and Trade in the 19th Century
Ostriches largest and most powerful flightless birds have been kept in enclosures and farmed since 1857. Before that time plumes sold on fashion markets in Europe and America were secured by hunting wild ostriches.
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Europe
America
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Mary Lane
Ruth Beauchamp
Esther Statum
Irvin Smith
J. M. Chambers
Louise Nuttle
DeKiatte Noble
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