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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1959
Page
2
Safety programs by farm equipment makers aim to minimize hazards but accidents remain high due to carelessness and ignorance. A Iowa State Fair survey found 599 participants blamed human factors, not machines, and urged slower, alert, proper use of shields, lights, maintenance, and keeping children away from gear.
Virginia D Towers reports Miss Mary Draper spent last Tuesday in Wilmington. Several residents visit family across the region including trips to St. Petersburg Harrisburg and Baltimore. Neighborhood birthdays funerals and social visits are recorded with multiple relatives and friends named, reflecting a broad pattern of local life last week.
Astream of visitors and gatherings fills Hillsboro as Meredith Uhrig and relatives from Birdsboro and Allentown join the DeFord family for a weekend. Across town, picnics, church activities, and youth camp events unfold with families from Wilmington Dover and Baltimore joining local residents for social and religious activities.
On Sunday Mr and Mrs Wm Clark with Mrs W F Clark Miss Annabel Clark and Mrs Mary Breeding visited Mr and Mrs Wesley Breeding at New London Pa Mrs Dora B Melvin and Miss Catherine Melvin attended a family picnic at Tolchester Beach Also Mr and Mrs Roy Medford spent Sunday in Snow Hill Salisbury and Newark Md In Maryland State House Flag Room the only flag carried in both the Revolution and War of 1812 was displayed William Bachelor carried the flag home at the end of the Revolutionary War His son carried the flag in the War of 1812.
The Henderson WSCS met at Mrs. Francis Thomas’s home for a covered dish supper with members families and guests. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Evans shared slides from Yellowstone National Park and other sites. Mrs. Pearl Jones visited Granville Gruwell family and Woodland Beach. Mrs. Keith Webb stayed with her mother Mrs. H L Melvin. Roland C Thompson hosted relatives for Lorraine Thompson’s 17th birthday. Mrs Dora B Melvin and daughter Catherine were guests last Wednesday.
The Maryland fort completed in 1794 carries the name of James McHenry, who served as George Washingtons Secretary of War during the Revolutionary era.
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