01 Jun 1935
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1935
Page
1
Journal office ad offers tomato plants selected seed by P C Douglas Preston Md and a RCA radio with volume control and short wave two months old for 45 dollars. Marian S Oliver Denton Md invites berry checks and urges readers to send orders to the Journal at 618 Main St Denton Md.
Executors of John L. Everangam deceased offer at public auction real estate in Caroline and Kent counties Maryland and Rehoboth Beach Delaware. Parcels include 220 acre Peter Everngam Farm, 129 acre Sallie Layton Farm, 115 acre Hab Nab venture portion, 125% Redden Farm, 27 acre Stutzman Farm, 80% Howard Farm, 61-10 acre Concord area, 266 acre Edward B. Carter Homestead in Delaware, 11 parcels in Denton town and Ridgely plus two Delaware seashore parcels at Rehoboth Beach with dwellings. Sale begins 2 p.m. at Denton Court House. payment terms set. possession dates specified. Thawley attorney, Temple auctioneer.
The Civilian Conservation Corps camp to drain 49 600 acres in Queen Annes and Caroline counties Maryland and neighboring Delaware will be built on a ten acre tract near Goldsboro on the Goldsboro to Sandtown road The lease runs one year with optional two year extension The site approved by Army officers and local officials start of construction within three weeks Dormitories for 260 men a camp hospital garages and a water system planned
Mrs John Hopkins hosted the Twentieth Century Club on May 22 with 23 members present and 3 visitors. The Finance Committee urged a dollar meal by Christmas and a poetry task to explain earnings. Members donated welfare items to Mrs Sarah Covey for the needy. Two members visited the Old Ladies Home on Donation Day. The club will meet only on the last Wednesday of June and July.
The article cites Travelers Insurance on haste behind the wheel causing nine of ten automobile deaths. It lists speeding, reckless passing, wrong-way driving, and right-of-way violations as key forms, noting about 30,000 deaths last year and vast injuries and property losses. It argues many drivers hurry without genuine need, urging restraint to save lives.
Walter W. Head announces Dan Beard, pioneer and founder of the Boy Scouts of America, as Honorary Camp Chief for the National Jamboree in Washington from August 21 to 30. Roosevelt invites 30,000 Boy Scouts to attend the encampment this summer.
Metropolitan Opera star Grete Stueckgold returns as guest soloist with the Ford Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Victor Kolar on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour June 2. The broadcast runs 9 to 10 pm EDT on CBS coast to coast.
Ken Maynard stars in Mascot's Mystery Mountain, booked for Friday and Saturday at the Dentonia Theatre. The serial will run twelve consecutive weeks, promising high action and a hair-raising plot with Maynard's ace cowboy persona driving the thrills for local audiences.
Maryland drivers facing license suspensions will have hearings held by a state examiner in county seats starting June 3. Hearings occur in the same building as license issuance, with dates set by docketed offenses and mailed notices three days prior. Commissioner Rudy hopes to spare travelers from long trips to Baltimore and expects county cooperation.
County Extension news details a renewed canning contest for women with Ball Jar Company backing. Entrants may use glass or screw top jars in pints or quarts, submitting one jar of fruit and one jar of vegetables, tomatoes accepted. pickles and preserves excluded. October date TBA. prizes based on turnout. Also outlines Rural Women's Short Course enrollment, deadlines, and canning demonstrations led by Miss MacPheeters at Bethlehem and Greensboro on June 6 with 10:30 and 1:30 sessions.
A survey of 20,000 people shows 98 percent remain poor investors and 64 out of 100 left nothing in assets. Only one in eleven owned an estate that could yield 50 dollars a year at six percent. Experts say the pattern would be grimmer today, prompting more wage earners to begin investment plans focused on safety, like life insurance and trust funds.
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