Civil Defense Classes Demonstrations Planned August Sundays
Talbot County Civil Defense sponsors four 2 p m sessions on August 2, 9, 16, and 23 at Bates Lister farm near Matthewstown Road. An old building will be burned in a controlled fire on the final day to demonstrate firefighting methods under Robert Creag tan Edward Sparks invited observers from surrounding counties to view the rural drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot County Civil Defense Headquarters
Bates Lister
Black Dee Alley
Matthewstown Road
Civil Defense Fire Service
Robert Creagtan
Robert Senson
Civil Defense
Robert Burns
Marinland Fire Service
Evan B. Nutt
Talbot County
Edward Sparks
Caroline County
Banks Adopt Armored Car for Daily Check Transport
Denton National Bank and Peoples Bank hire Armored Carrier Corp of Bayside New York to move checks daily to and from the Federal Reserve Bank in Baltimore. Previously the mails were used. Carriers have started an expanding route serving county and shore banks with nightly pickups and deliveries to small steel cylinders beside the Denton National and in front of the Peoples Bank. A full currency transportation service is expected soon by armored car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton National Bank
Peoples Banks
Armored Carrier Corp
Bayside
N. Y
Federal Reserve Bank
Baltimore
Denton National
Peoples Bank
Discussion Group Met With Mr and Mrs Calvin Lister
Discussion group met Tuesday evening July 21 at the Listers home. They planned an annual picnic at Garland Lake Saturday at 7 pm. Mrs. Dulin noted time and place. Mrs. Martin Voss led a discussion on Farmers Asked To Speak with ideas on looking beyond our frontiers and whether a foreign program should be trade or aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Lister
Robert Dulin
Garland Lake
Martin Voss
Lee Murphy Named to F H A County Committee
Lee Murphy of Harmony area was appointed to the Farmers Home Administration county committee for Caroline County for a three year term by E Marshall Newton State Director in Baltimore. The appointment, announced by William N Starkey, will help review loan applications and value farm security while advising on farm management. Murphy succeeds Frank Zeigler. continuing are Charles Hammer and Harold Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Murphy
Preston
Farmers Home Administration
Caroline County
William N. Starkey
E. Marshall Newton
Baltimore
Murphy
Harmony
Starkey
Frank Zeigler
Denton
Charles Hammer
Greensboro
Harold Adams
Federalsburg
Two New Dispensaries In Greensboro and Federalsburg Prep
Two county dispensary storerooms at Greensboro and Federalsburg are being decorated and improved. The facilities are expected to open sometime in August, according to the latest reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Federalsburg
Public Drinking Fountain Donated To Town By Lions
The Denton Lions Club donated a new public drinking fountain in Denton, installed by Denton National Bank. Committee members Roy Slaughter and George Dutton organized the project with town commissioner Lawnace A Moore arranging water and sewer connections. After considering Market and Second Streets and the Green in front of the Court House, the present site was chosen with bank president Roland Chaffinch and the bank directors approving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton National Bank
Lions Club
Denton
Emory Kimmey
Roy Slaughter
George Dutton
Lawnace A. Moore
Market
Second Streets
Court House
Roland Chaffinch
The
National Bank
J. Roland Chaffinch
Walter G. Kerslake, Jr
Denton Lions Club
Lions Fountain
Lannace A. Moore
Enlistments Open For Air Force Aviation Cadet Program
M/Sgt. Joseph A. Adams, USAF recruiting sergeant in Easton announces that qualified men with a high school diploma or equivalent may apply for enlistment in the Air Force Aviation Cadet Program for training as an observer. Applicants must be 19 to 26 15 years old, single, physically and morally qualified. contact Sergeant Adams at the U S Army and U S Air Force Recruiting Station Xiasonic Building Easton or call Easton 1257 J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Air Force
Joseph A. Adams
USAF
Army
Air Force
Easton
Set
Adams
U. S. Army
U.S. Air Force
Xiasonic
Social Security Representative To Be Here
A Social Security Administration representative will be at the Court House in Denton on Monday August 3 at 11:00 a.m. to answer inquiries on Old Age and Survivors Insurance. Norman P. Foster, manager of the Salisbury field office, says many eligible workers miss benefits by not applying. Anyone who may qualify should file or seek information, as amendments expand coverage and benefits. Do not delay your inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Court House
Denton
Norman P. Foster
Salisbury
Foster
Wright Reunion Held At Choptank Sunday
The John Riley and Ann Kimmey Wright descendants met Sunday July 26 at Estelle Wright home Chop tank Md. A business meeting was followed by piano numbers from George Messick Milford Del and Mrs R L Jump Houston Del with group singing The Lord's Prayer and Bless Be The Tie. Ralph Wright Villas N J and George Messick gave inspirational talks. A buffet lunch and moving pictures were shown and future reunion hopes were expressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Riley
Ann Kimmey Wright
Estelle Wright
Choptank
George Messick
Milford
Del
R. L. Jump
Houston
Ralph Wright
Villas
N. J
Leon Wright
Dr H C Byrd To Speak At Caroline Land Week Field Day
Dr H C Byrd president of the University of Maryland will address Caroline Land Week on the Norris Coulbourne farm near Preston Friday August 14 at 1:00 p m DST W S Carroll chairman notes Byrd helped found Soil Conservation Districts and boosted Maryland farm programs Walter Davis national association president and W E Unger will attend and act as master of ceremonies
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C
Curly) Byrd
University of Maryland
Caroline County
Byrd
Walter Davis
National Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Lake City
Texas
W. E. Unger
Federalshuro
Theodore R. McKeldin
G. M. Cairns
Carl Feucht
Maryland State Council of Homemakers’ Clubs
Harry Reich
Theis Returns Home After Polio Battle Near Salisbury
Charles Theis, 25, returned home in an iron lung after a 106 mile move from Baltimore to Deershead State Hospital. He remains nearly immobile but expressed optimism about resuming life with his wife, two children, and supporters nearby. Trooper Robert Burkhart led the motorcade as neighbors lined the route to greet him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Theis
Baltimore
Deershead State Hospital
Iron Lung
Robert Burkhart
Operation Check Up to Be Held in September
A statewide Civil Defense drill titled Operation Check Up will test warning dissemination from Keypoint Warning Centers. The exercise, directed by Edward D. Sparks for Caroline County, covers RED and WHITE warnings with public evacuation, vehicle halts, and continued emergency operations while radio and TV broadcasts coordinate the alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Sparks
Caroline County
Plans Feet Mil At Seaford
Plans for a new automatic feed mill at Seaford Delaware by Southern States Cooperative were announced after a Salisbury meeting. The $1 million plant will yield about 73 000 tons per year on one shift and 135 000 on two, with bulk grain handling and water rail or truck shipment. Groundbreaking in two months, completion by fall 1954, and a strong aim to provide low cost top quality feed to Eastern Shore farmers. The facility will also buy local grains and serve as a grain market for farmers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaford
Del
Southern States Cooperative
W. T. Steele, Jr
Richmond
Salisbury
Southern States Mills and Cooperative Service Agency
Nanticoke
Southern States
O. EE. Zacharias, Jr
Maryland 4-H Club Week Sets August Dates
Caroline County delegates numbers exceed 30 as 4-H Club Week opens August 4 at College Park. Participants from multiple towns join 4-H governance with classes in homemaking, agriculture, and personal development amid a program spanning five days featuring tours and demonstrations for both younger and older members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
University of Maryland
College Park
Joanna Barynard
Greensboro
Fay Butler
Lois Arm
Denton
Peggy Callahan
Frances Fisher
Lois Fucks
Barbara Hager
Williston
Jo Anne Jackson
Furman’s Grove
Fann Jones
Federalsburg
Ann Iserns
Mary V. Kerns
Nancy Lane
Preston
Calva Lister
Patsy Lister
Ridgely
Ann Moore
Betty Moore
Kay Noble
Janice Pippin
Nancy Rice
Furman’s
Jane Ringgold
Rita A. Rogers
Nancy Sehall
Connie Stoops
Pegs Sutton
Ruth Turner
Ellen Wilson
Wayne L. Bradley
Stuart Coulbourne
Jack Sanders
James Richard
Henderson
Byron W. Poore
Maryland
College Student Wins Beauty Contest Miss Eastern Shore 1933
Meta Travers Justice, 19, Crisfield, a Western Maryland College music major, won Miss Eastern Shore of 1933. She will vie for Miss Maryland next month at Cumberland. Gov. Theodore McKeldin crowned her Friday night before about 1500 at American Legion Park Cambridge. Runners-up were Ruth A. Heplinger, 19, Cambridge and Sallie Patricia Possell, 19, Easton, daughter of Helen Jepson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apetite
Western Maryland
Meta Travers Justice
Crisfield
Eastern Shore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. & Wirs. Lister
F.H.A
Air Force Aviation Cadet Program
Wright
H. C. Byrd
Theis
Legion
Walter
Caroline Post No
American Legion
R. Hamilton Hallowell
Philip C. Wheatley
Francis Yeates
L. Stevens Browne
Lacey Orme
Harold J. Allfather
Lewis T. McNeal
George Wise
Howard Joiner
Paul T. Shoemaker
J. Edward Walter
Cambridge
Marion Lieby
Centreville
Marvin H. Smith
A. Russum Orme
E. Paul Knotts
Hackett H. Downes
Philip Wheatley
Harry Tannen
Taurianna Foucantns
Jupp Gamman
CrIeEastpesteree the Auxiliary
E. Kindleberger
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