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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1937
Page
1
The document lists total deposits of 1 617 763 09 with capital accounts showing preferred stock 1875 shares at 40 00 par retiring at 40 00 and common stock 1000 shares at 100 00 par. It also cites surplus undivided profits net 21 155 38 and preferred stock retirement fund 6 898 1 summing total capital 18 066 659 56.
The Maryland Board of Public Works will resume plans for a new Annapolis state office building after a Court of Appeals ruling allows proceeding with a $1,000,000 bond issue. The decision waives the referendum requirement and lets the board advertise $100,000 bonds for sale while leaving building size to board discretion.
Maryland entomologists Dr. Ernest N. Cory and Dr. George S. Langford report beetle swarms in Baltimore City and towns along the Eastern Shore. Ornamental plants grapes and fruit trees are defoliated or damaged. Homeowners spray lime mixtures while lead arsenate and rotenone dust are used. Limited funding hampers retardation and research, but new traps baits and nursery stock inspections are being explored for 1938 and 1939.
The 1937 Agricultural Conservation Program performance checks will begin in Caroline County in July. Local supervisors will visit farms to verify practices tied to payments, gathering details on crops, soil-building work, legumes, grasses, lime, and manures. Farmers must assist with reports. expenses will affect total payments.
A father and mother in a rural setting reflect on “social security” as a simple, enduring ethic. The father milks and plans, the mother insists they have enough, cupboards full, preserves, potatoes, and a pork barrel. The piece notes basic, timeless living principles amid today’s complexity.
University of Maryland extension service plant pathologist Robert Jehle advises planting late potato varieties in Maryland areas below 1000 feet during the first to third weeks of July. Dakota Red is preferred for late planting though tubers may be undersized. seed quality affects yields and disease. Seed certification totaled 6950 bushels last year, with grower names available from county agents or the university specialist.
The Caroline County Farm Bureau urges members to vote against creating a fourth judgeship for the Second Judicial Circuit in the 1938 election. It says current three judges handle Talbot Queen Annes Kent and Caroline counties well and notes the salary for another judge would be 8500 dollars annually. The group also praises property reassessment efforts, mentions a local $160 protest spend, and supports rural electrification in Caroline county under the Rural Electrification Act.
Questions cover when a student must obtain a Social Security number and how marriage affects benefits. Answers explain that students may need an SSN for summer jobs, how wages affect a woman's benefits, and that teachers or camp counseleurs must apply for Form SS-5. Employers with two workers must obtain SS-4 and deduct taxes using Form SS-1, with help available at the Baltimore Social Security Board office.
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