Worker Killed After Falling Through Factory Roof
Roger L. Johnson, 59, died instantly Monday after falling about 15 feet through a roof he was repairing at the Wright canning factory addition in Hynson four miles west of Federalsburg. Deputy medical examiner Dr. Dawson O. George ruled a fractured skull. A deaf and mute co worker witnessed the fall. Johnson, a Caroline County native, was a member of Nanticoke Lodge No. 172 A F & A M. Survived by his wife Ruth and two sisters, a brother, services were held Thursday at Frampton Funeral Home with Masonic rites at Hill Crest Cemetery. He had worked five years for Wilmer Fell Davis Co. The factory is owned by John N Wright of Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger L. Johnson
Dawson O. George
Caroline County
Johnson
Wright Canning
Hynson
Federalsburg
James Moore
Willard and
Ida Scott Johnson
Nanticoke Lodge
A. F
A. M
Ruth L. Johnson
Annie Ocheltree
Greenwood
Sallie Thawley
Carl T. Johnson
Frampton Funeral Home
George H. Moore
Christ Methodist Church
J. Francis Turpin
Christ Church
Hill Crest Cemetery
Wilmer Fell Davis Company
John N. Wright
4-H Older Youth Leadership Training Conference Held at The Rocks
Joyce Harrison Jack Sanders and Ellen Wheedleton joined 65 delegates from Caroline County at the 4-H Older Youth Leadership Training Conference held May 25 26 27 at Harford County 4-H Camp The Rocks. The program featured assemblies discussion classes square dancing and campfire to train youths in leadership duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Harrison
Jack Sanders
Preston
Ellen Wheedleton
Bethlehem
Marybelle Remsburg
the Rocks
Harford County
Caroline County
Two-vehicle crash at Double Hills intersection halts two
At 1:55 pm Tuesday two cars collided at Routes 404 and 16 near Denton. Edith Marshall of Wittman failed to yield at a stop sign and struck Fred Spence of Milton Del. Both vehicles sustained extensive damage and Marshall was charged with failure to yield. The driver blamed a blackout. This is the second crash at the site in recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Double Hills
Denton
Cpl
Koste
Maryland State Police
Edith R. Marshall
Wittman
Talbot County
Fred G. Spence
Milton
Del
Miss Marshall
Marshall
John W. Logan Named Delegate To Chicago Democratic Convention
John W. Logan of the State Tax Commission and Caroline County Democratic chair led a four member Eastern Shore delegation to the Maryland State Convention in Baltimore. Martin Sutton and A. Fletcher Sisk Jr served on key committees while the group backed Mahoney Tawes and Birmingham, voting against a delay that helped their faction take party control. Logan will join 35 Marylanders as a National Convention delegate with 18 votes to cast for a presidential candidate, voting as a unit on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Logan
State Tax Commission
Caroline County
Baltimore
Logan
Martin Sutton
Democratic State Central Committee
A. Fletcher Sisk, Jr
Sutton
Mr. Sisk
Millard IE. Tydings
George P. Mahoney
J. Millard Tawes
J. Michael Birmingham
Mahoney
Maryland
Democratic Party
Caroline
Mr. Logan
Proclamation Urges Slow Down and Live Campaign
Mayor G Daniel Crouse of Denton Maryland urges citizens, businesses, and industry to join the nationwide Slow Down and Live safety drive. The proclamation, dated May 30, 1956, calls for cooperation to reduce highway deaths and injuries as part of a state and national effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
G. Daniel Crouse
Denton
Caroline
Insurance Firm Honors Dentonian For Service
Mrs Frances C Cooper a Denton insurance woman representing Continental Insurance Company a member company of the America Fore Insurance Group received the firm s gold lavaliere marking more than fifty years of representation Presentation was by P J Hess with a letter from President J Victor Herd praising her rare half century of service and loyalty to the Old Guard of the America Fore Group The Journal adds congratulations and best wishes for her long distinguished service to the community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances C. Cooper
Denton
Continental Insurance Company
America Fore Insurance Group
P. J. Hess
J. Victor Herd
Old Guard
America Fore Group
Journal
Cooper
Maryland Trooper Myers Tops Pistol Experts Standings
Emil C. Myers, a Maryland State Trooper based in Denton, led 31 officers at the IXaston barracks pistol qualifications last week with a total score of 283 points, edging Cpl. Walter H. Dobson by one point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil C. Myers
Maryland
Denton
Ixaston
the. Myers
Cpl
Walter H. Dobson
Mrs J Frank Lane Leads Denton Junior Hospital Auxiliary
Mrs J Frank Lane was elected president of the Denton unit of the Junior Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital Easton at the year’s last meeting on May 28. Officers named for 1956 57 include vice president Mrs Carlton Mandrell secretary Mrs E W Nuttle treasurer Mrs Reese Brown and others. The group planned Uncle Sam hat tray favors for July 4 and ten pink puppets monthly for the children’s ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Lane
Denton
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Reese Brown
Carlton Mandrell
E. W. Nuttle
Frank Gunther
Ronald Nevins
Uncle Sam
Gerald Warwick
Dorsey Donoho
James Merriken
George Dutton
K. T. Everagam
J. O. Knotts
Fred Asilton
Jonathan Hughes
J. W. Logan
James Wright
H. E. Smith
H. R. Hughes
Percival Merrick
Brown
William Fleetwood
C H S Chess Club closes year with clean sweep
Caroline Senior High Chess Club reflected on a successful year with four matches won. The top four players were Terry Dutton Jimmy Ward John Osinski and Eddie Segar. Community match beat adults 6 to 4. J Byers King sponsored the club. G Dan Crouse reelected Denton town commissioner with 31 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Senior High
Harrington High School
Cambridge High School
North Dorchester High School
High School
Terry Dutton
Jimmy Ward
John Osinski
Eddie Segar
Richard Martin
Francis Schuyler
Lee Crowe
Hank Nuttle
Russell Parsons
Robert Schall
Franklin Perry
Wayne Wheatley
Robert Saathoff
Reece Conley
Frank Papianni
Freddy Hubbard
Philip Reed
John Cannon
Tommy Cahall
Billy Good
Roger Adams
Freddy Somers
Imler Wharton
Dale Cox
J. Byers King
G. Dan Crouse
Denton
Crouse
Rev George W Goodley Named New Denton Pastor
The Rev George W Goodley was appointed minister of First Methodist Church Denton at the Peninsula Conference in Dover. He comes from Hillcrest Methodist Wilmington Delaware where he pastored since 1948 and has a long record in military chaplaincy education and youth work. The Goodleys and their two children will move into the parsonage on Fifth Avenue body. Dr French leaves First Methodist to lead Salisbury District and church members welcome the new pastor and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Goodley
First Methodist Church
Denton
Dover
Goodley
Hillcrest Methodist Church
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia Methodist Conference
Charlestown
Newark
Asbury Church
Salisbury
Goodiey
Army Air Force
Randolph Field
Texas
North Africa
Middle East
U. S. Army Reserve
Rev. Goodley
Peninsula Conference Board of Conference Claimants
Conference Board of Education
Board of Temperance
Wilmington Council of Churches
Department of Christian Education
Brandywine Hundred
Lions Club
Math Students Honored Again In School Magazine
The June issue of School Science and Mathematics recognizes Caroline High School students on the national Honor Roll for correct solutions to a February problem. Richard J. Kerslake Henry L. W. Nuttle and Charles W. King are named, solving a Trigonometric identity. J Byers King is noted for 18 magazine solutions in two years. Robert F. ORegan will visit the Denton Health Center on Monday June 4 at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline High School
Richard J. Kerslake
Henry L. W. Nuttle
Charles W. King
Washington College
J. Byers King
Robert F. O’regan
Social Security Administration
Denton
Pastoral Changes Made At Peninsula Annual Conference
At Wesley Methodist Church Dover Bishop Oxnam spoke on The Significance of The General Conference The conference elected Clinton H Brown Wilmington as Conference Lay Leader to replace Granville Hooper Cambridge who retired Hooper served eight years as lay leader and received an appreciation resolution The Board of Lay Activities named lay leaders for Dover Easton Salisbury and Wilmington districts and a Youth Council was elected with President Kendall McCabe Berlin Vice President Conrad Cohen Milford Secretary Eleanor White Princess Anne Treasurer Tommy Reed Denton Area leaders include Penny Krams Carolyn Powell Alice Hearne Ronald Warren Charles Duff Richard Nelson Mae Paul Anne Durgan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Bromley Oxnam
Peninsula
Methodist Church
Wesley Methodist Church
Dover
Oxnam
Granville Hooper
Cambridge
Clinton H. Brown
Wilmington
Brown
Hooper
Fulton J. Downing
W. E. Matthews
Paul M. Powell
John Rogers
Easton
Walter B. Palmer
Carl Plummer
Horace Morgan
John Clarence North
Raymond Simmons
David King
Salisbury
Elton Parsons
John T. Bruehl
William R. McKnight
Elton Whittington
Clifford T. Foster
Davdl R. Montgomery
Thomas L. Lodge
Lawrence S. Gibson
W. T. Graham
Methodist Youth Felowship
Kendall McCabe
Berlin
Conrad Cohen
Milford
Eleanor White
Princess Anne
Treas
Urer
Tommy Reed
Denton
Penny Krams
Carolyn Powell
Bishopville
Alice Hearne
Hebron
Ronald Warren
Charles Duff
Clayton
Richard Nelson
Smyrna
Mae Paul
Anne Durgan
Bellefonte
Brethren Sponsor Refugee Family From Rumania
The Church of the Brethren learned a Romanian refugee family would arrive on Tuesday May 29 under the Emergency Refugee Act of 1953. Nikolaos Ioannou family fled Romania in 1950 and lived in Greece, with an eight-year-old son. The church arranged housing at Oil City, arranged furnishings and employment support, and pastors planned to meet them at Idlewild Airport after travel from Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Nikolaos Ioannou
Brethren Service Commission
Church World Service
Romania
Greece
Oil City
Haag
New York
Idlewild
Athens
Church
Wesley Junior College to be Discontinued
Wesley Junior College in Dover will be discontinued after debate by the Peninsula Annual Conference of The Methodist Church. A 50 cent per member contribution, yielding about $30,000 yearly, will continue for scholarships for prospective ministers. Assets will be decided by a special committee, with a library at Westminster Theological Seminary proposed. Closing timing rests with the college board of trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Junior College
Dover
Peninsula
Methodist Church
Wesley Methodist Church
Westminster Theological Seminary
Maryland
District 4-H Orators To Speak At Denton Tonight
The North Eastern Shore Public Speaking Contest takes place at 8:00 p m at the Brethren Church in Denton. Kent Talbot Queen Anne's Dorchester and Caroline counties are represented with one boy and one girl each. Bethlehem’s FEHen Wheedleton, Caroline winner, participates. Denton residents Rev. Lloyd Haag John W Asher and Parker Stone serve as judges. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Eastern Shore
Brethren Church
Denton
Kent
Talbot
Queen Anne’s
Dorchester
Caroline
Fehen Wheedleton
Bethlehem
Caroline County
Lloyd Haag
John W. Asher
Parker Stone
Fire Co Auxiliary Holds May 24 Meeting at Fire House
Mrs. Leon Maloney, president, presided over the Ladies Auxiliary monthly meeting on May 24 with fourteen members present. Membership openings require a member to submit names to Mrs. Gorman Henry, chairman of trustees. The group now serves 200 to 270 at banquets after purchasing 28 tables and recently served the Masons and wives, Girl Scouts, and the Chamber of Commerce. A Class of '41 reunion is planned soon. Refreshments were provided by Mrs. Gorman Henry and Mrs. Arthur Scott Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Maloney
Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire Co
Gorman Henry
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Scott, Jr
State Entomologist Feted At University of Maryland
Dr. Ernest N. Cory state entomologist and head of the University of Maryland Entomology Department was honored at a testimonial dinner at the university dining hall. Nearly 500 guests witnessed a bound collection of letters, a portrait unveiling, and a fund in his name to aid College of Agriculture students as Cory retires after 47 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest N. Cory
University of Maryland Entomology
Cory
College of Agriculture
Dr. Cory
Alden
N. Y
Maryland
American University
Graduation Planned at Caroline High on June 4
Caroline High School sets graduation for June 4 at 8 p m with commencement sermon by Rev H Grier Baker of Pilgrim Holiness Church. Dr Thomas G Pullen of Baltimore will deliver the address. E W Nuttle and Frank Gerhardt will present diplomas and awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline High School
H. Grier Baker
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Ruth Hynson
Russell Hall
French
First Methodist Church
Lloyd D. Haag
Church of the Brethren
Robert Sutton
Christ Episcopal Church
Thomas G. Pullen
Baltimore
E. W. Nuttle
Board of Education
Caroline County
Frank Gerhardt
T. J. Turkington
Grace Methodist Church
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Wheedleton
Weather Data
Midway Island
Chicago
A. Fletcher Sisk, Sr
Alvin Bursha
M. Baker Robbins
A. B. Highley
Dentonian
E. C. Myers
C. H. S. Chess Club
Brethren
Rumania
University of Maryland
Caroline High
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