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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1956
Page
4
The Topeka Daily Capital denounces socialism and warns that private electric power advocates seek to privatize government plants. It frames the dispute as a clash between free enterprise and a tax spending monopoly, urging vigilance against a centralized, government dominated system.
The text laments that parcel post has long operated at a loss, subsidized by nonusers, and urges reform. It cites Hoover Commission findings on hidden indirect costs and calls for rates that cover all costs, ensuring users pay the proper charge and that subsidies end. It also notes attempts in Congress to realign pricing and curb competition with private carriers.
Greensboro notes celebrate Sarge Griffith's fourth birthday with 20 relatives and friends, games, and ice cream and cake. The column catalogs numerous visits to relatives, weekend guests, and social gatherings across Dover Easton Wilmington and nearby towns, naming multiple families and places.
Mrs. Chas. Rich hosted luncheon guests from Pilgrim Holiness Church on Friday. Robert Andrews and Ginger Darling spent the day at Tolchester. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Shorts and their Pittsburgh family visited Mr. and Mrs. William Dyer. Bradford Cooper and sons joined brother Jesse Fivans from Seaford to visit Miss Jane Evans at Rosewood School near Baltimore. Jack Pritchett and daughter vacationed in Rehoboth Beach. Spedden Pinder of Baltimore also visited. William Tolson of Grasonville and Edward Dean hosted Willie Harris’s mother. William Jones of Rock Hall visited Earl and Mrs. Comegys. Orville Lewis and daughters Adele, Gertrude and Dawn of Boothwyn stayed with Edward Dean.
Local social news lists visitors and family events in Ridgely and surrounding communities. It notes visits to Broadview and Chester Pa, a birth announcement for Sheila Ann Councell, a birthday picnic for C. Tilghman Bishop family, and various callers at homes and church events with names and places including Seaford Gwenhurst Ridgely Queenstown Millington and Easton.
A neighbor tells how Curley, left in charge by His Mrs., enforced a strict bedtime around seven p.m. by reading his paper and turning back any footstep heard on the staircase. Three or four times he ordered youngsters to bed before Mrs. Miller’s inquiry about her son interrupted the quiet. The voice from upstairs then spoke, “Here I am, Mom,” revealing the child.
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