Six Navy Airmen Die In Kent County Crash
Six naval airmen were killed when a four engine Constellation from Patuxent Naval Air Station crashed near the Chester River on Tuesday as it practiced landings at Friendship Airport. The craft plunged into a new house site, injuring two workers. debris and flames hindered rescue efforts as Navy investigators began examining the wreckage.
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Navy
Kent County
Naval
Chester River
Chester Town
Patuxent Naval Air Station
Maryland
Friendship
Walter T. Roach
Rock Hall
Church Hill
Centreville
Chestertown
Edmund T. Higgins
Narbeth
Albert Raleigh
Oasis Purchased For V. F. W. Home
The Oasis on the Greensboro Denton highway was bought by Greensboro Land Company for use as the post home of VFW Post No. 7937 Greensboro. The transfer was from Fred Jarvis and Temple Dean. Opening is tentatively set for Saturday evening July 18 with plans for a dance.
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Greensboro-Denton
Greensboro Land Company
VFW
Greensboro
Fred Jarvis
Temple Dean
Red Men's Lodge
Greensboro 4th of July Celebration Highlights
Greensboro hosts a Saturday start with youth games at 10 30 a m then a Soap Box Derby and a Eastern Shore League Baseball game in the afternoon followed by a sparkling parade Lions Club climaxing a full gala day Fifteen dollars in prizes were awarded in the races with winners named Jimmy Flatson Ronnie Hutson Betty Shorts Elsie Dyer Alan Boyd Jimmy Hutson Joe Pinder Charles Toth Joe Pinder Arthur Wright Lee Butler and Jimmy Minner Elimination heats decided the Derby top three positions (Continued on page 5).
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Lions Club of
Greensboro
Jimmy Flatson
Ronnie Hutson
Betty Shorts
Elsie Dyer
Alan Boyd
Jimmy Hutson
Cleveland Hutson
Deanna Taylor
Sandy Weaver
Joe Pinder
Charles Toth
Lee Butler
Arthur Wright
Jimmy Minner
E. Railroad Ave
Butler
John Hutson
Richard Mace
E. Kindleberger
New Rotary Officers Take Over Tuesday In Denton
The Rotary Club of Denton elected and installed new officers and committee chairs at a Tuesday meeting at the Brick Hotel. Officers include President Robert W. Downes Jr and Vice President Alton G. Billmeier with Fred Asilton Jr as secretary-treasurer, plus directors for Club Service Vocational Service Community Service International Service and others.
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Rotary Club of
Denton
Brick Hotel
Robert W. Downes, Jr
Alton G. Billmeier
Fred Asilton, Jr
Chas. V. Moore
Byron H. Nuttle
Mervin A. Pentz
William A. Kegan
John E. French
John W. Haycock
Theodore Orme
Walter B. Palmer
James Kk. Cooper
T. Carville Fleetwood
George W. Clendaniel
Nils O. Isachsen
Harry H. Nuttle
Jas. R. Chaffinch
Caroline County Dispensary Reports Five Day Receipts
The new Caroline County Dispensary on Third Street has reported receipts totaling 1600.83 dollars to the County Treasurer via store accountant John Wilson. Earnings cover a five day period after opening on July 1, with extended hours through the week.
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Caroline County
Third Street
John Wilson
Local Tomato Council Forms In Easton Md
A new organization named Tomato Council Inc based in Easton Maryland aims to boost canned tomato production and sales. It includes 46 canners from Delaware Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania and Virginia led by president Harvey J. Jarboe secretary John W Rue and manager Calvin L Skinner.
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Tomato Council, Inc
Easton
Omato Council, Inc
H. H
B. E. Nuttle
Denton
Byron Nuttle
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
United States
Macaroni Institute
Harvey J. Jarboe
Harrison & Jarboe
Sherwood
John W. Rue
Calvin L. Skinner
Denton Adopts Stable Tax Rate For Property Within Town
Denton commissioners keep the tax rate at five tenths of a dollar per hundred valuation with payments due October 1. Discounts apply: 2 percent in August and 1 percent in September. August 1 bills. Tax rate unchanged despite numerous improvements. New spraying solution used quarterly to control flies and insects.
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Denton
Greensboro Pet Milk Plant In Operation Thirty Three Years
The Pet Milk Company's Eastern evaporated milk plant marked 33 years of operation on July 5, 1953. It began receiving milk on July 5, 1920 with 5000 pounds and now processes up to 750000 pounds daily. The plant credits dairy farmers for its growth since horse and buggy days and notes many equipment and staffing improvements over time.
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Greensboro
Pet Milk Company
Winners named at Greensboro Carnival drawing
In the Greensboro Volunteer Fire Co carnival final night four winners were announced Heath Bowman won three hundred dollars in bills Sam Price won the steer Floyd Price won a kitchen set Temple Dean won a bicycle and roller skates The last two items went to the same winner On Tuesday July 14 Rotarians are invited to family night at Cross Roads Drive-In Theatre with Mr Samuel Mellits hosting starting about 9 pm.
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Greensboro
Cross Roads Drive-In
Samuel Mellits
Miss Eastern Shore Contest At Cambridge July 24
The Cambridge Lodge Elks announces a Miss Eastern Shore pageant at American Legion Park Cambridge Md Friday July 24. Sponsored contestants will receive awards and the Miss Eastern Shore winner advances to Cumberland for the Miss Maryland title.
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Cambridge
Cambridge Lodge
B.P.O.E
American Legion Park
the Elks
Dorchester
Eastern Shore
Cumberland
Polio Aid Arrives for Caroline County Families
Arthur McDaniel of the Caroline County National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis pledged financial aid for polio patients and their families. He said funds, if needed, would come from March of Dimes collections elsewhere, to cover medical care and bills for local cases. Federalsburg, Md is the county address with phone Federalsburg 3011 for families to contact immediately.
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Caroline County
Arthur McDaniel
National Foundation For
National Foundation
Federalsburg
McDaniel
Lions Committees For New Year Are Announced
President Walter G. Kerslake Jr leads the Denton Lions Club into 1953 54 naming 1st VP Tayloe Lewis 2nd VP James P Hill 3rd VP William Wunderlich secretary O O Stivers treasurer D Ralph Horsey lion tamer James L Wright Jr tail twister Harold Towers directors 2 year George Dutton 1 year Roy Slaughter 1 year committee chairs listed with names and roles in administrative finance auditing membership and activities including light conservation Lions Information Norman Irwin and others participate in the 1953 54 slate.
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Walter G. Kerslake, Jr
Denton Lions Club
Mr. Kerslake
Tayloe Lewis
James P. Hill
William Wunderlich
O. O. Stivers
D. Ralph Horsey
James L. Wright, Jr
William Gniecke
Harold Towers
George Dutton
Roy Slaughter
Herbert Hudson
Caesar Coallta
Herbert Mastin
J. Redden
Fred Stafford
James E. Harris
Everett C. Townsend
Alan Armstrong
Roy R. Adams
Howard H. Trice
Ulric R. Towers
Jamboree City Set for National Scout Rally Weekend
Thirty thousand Scouts occupy a 3,000 acre Irvine Ranch site near Newport Beach planning a national jamboree. Fifty thousand more will arrive by train bus and car for a week of camps, pageants, hikes, rodeos, and meals on paper plates under open skies. Medical teams and helicopter ambulance service will support the event with pre trip and arrival physicals for all boys.
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Pacific
Boy Scouts of America
Irvine Ranch
Newport Beach
Los Angeles
Three One Car Crashes with No Fatalities in County
MeckKinley Ford of White Plains New York failed to negotiate a sharp left curve while southbound from Templeville toward Marydel last Thursday night and struck a telephone pole causing about $300 in damage. He was charged with operating at a speed greater than reasonable and proper.
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MeckKinley Ford
White Plains
N. Y
Templeville
Marydel
Lockerman St
Fish Hatchery Rd
Mary Urqhart
Wilmington
Del
William H. Johnson
E. C. Myers
Bridgetown
Rayfield D. Jarrell
Price
Jarrell
Gus Koste
Missionary Home For Rest After Long Liberia Service
Aliss Mary Martin, veteran missionary to Liberia on five trips for the United States for liberated slaves, plans to return after a year’s rest. She describes Monrovia’s growth with Firestone’s rubber, a Dutch mining firm, and American machinery, plus a Monrovia Free Port and a Marshall Plan driven Point 4 program. She has organized a Bible Training School and writes study lessons for Liberia’s English territory.
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Aliss Mary Martin
Liberia
Miss Martin
Republic
United States
American Colonization Society
Equatorial
Monrovia
Delta Line
Assemblies of God
Martin
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Oasis
W. Edmond Neal
House of Delegates
Memorial Hospital
Smithville
V. F. W. Color Guard
Railroad Avenue
Carnival Grounds
Rotary
Caroline
Light Conservation Committee
Norris Coulby
Walter Turner
Fred Wright
Lions Information
Norman Irwin
Jamboree City
Calif
Southern California
Missionary Home For
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