Officers Elected At Tri- County WCTU Convention
Mrs. Ida D. Plummer was named president of the Tri County WCTU with a largely new slate of officers and directors reflecting the recent illness and death of the local president. The group planned a memorial for Rachel Moore, installed officers, and pledged continued prayer and persistence in opposing liquor traffic. The next meeting will be a picnic at an announced time and place.
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Tri- County
WCTU
Pal
Walls of
Jerusalem
Nehemiah
Jesus
Maltbie D. Babcock
Ida D. Plummer
Robert Roberts
Talbot
Lola Lee Vickers
Dorchester
Elsie Matthews
Caroline
F. B. Harper
J. W. Franklin
C. W. Hastings
Child Welfare
N. W. Reed
Plummer
Flower Mission
Norman Messick
Hastings
Miss Matthews
Mary Hardcastle
Anna Hutchinson
T. H. Maguire, Sr
Harper
F. A. Holland
Mary B. Dorman
Susie Collins
Wagner
Dorman
Greensboro
Caroline County
Chas. W. Hastings
Rachel Moore
Hurlock Union
Roberts
Easton
Maguire
Hospital addition contract awarded for $1.2 million
The board awarded the hospital addition contract with a low bid of 1,198,882 dollars. Total project cost reaches about 1.5 million, with one third funded by the Federal Hill-Burton Act and administered through the State Health Division. Construction to begin late this month or early July, adding a four story south wing for new beds and planned summer 1954 occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill-Burton
Division of Hospital Services
State Department of Health
George D. Olds
Friends of the Hospital
Olds
Baccalaureate and Commencement At Salisbury TLC
Salisbury's TLC holds baccalaureate and commencement with Dr. Wilson M. Compton delivering the address on education as a mission. Dr. Caruthers presents 33 baccalaureate degrees. ten associate arts degrees are awarded. The mixed ensemble performs, and 13 top scholastic students receive keys before a luncheon in the college dining hall.
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L. Randolph Field
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Princess Anne
Chopin-Ringwald
Ringwald
Wilson M. Compton
Washington, D. C
Princeton
Hamilton College of Law
George Washington
Dartmouth College
State College of Washington
U. S
Japan
Voice of America
T. J. Caruthers
J. D. Blackwell
Howard E. Bosley
Dr. Blackwell
Jerome Frampton, Jr
Federalsburg
State Board of Education
Thomas G. Pullen, Jr
State Superintendent of Schools
Londonderry Air
Frances Johnson
Ann Thorne
Field
Aida
Report on Relief Goods From Local Churches To World Aid
The Harmony Womens Community Club packed 740 lb in sacks for Church World Service. Bethany Church of the Brethren contributed unmarked clothing and 13 gallons of lard plus 100 lb of other foods and 13 dozen empty cans for European aid. The Brethren and local community gave 12 sacks of 40 lb and 35 gallons of stale soap grease to make soap for the needy, with 300 lb from the Milford Presbyterian Church and other items like old eyeglasses and outgrown shoes. Total shipped weighed 1517 lb, the depot's largest in five years, underscoring friendship over war in relief efforts. A few sacks were marked for Korea. more unmarked may go there. No further donations are being solicited now. A car to New Windsor is en route this weekend for late contributions.
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Center For
Church World Service
Harmony Womens Community Club
Bethany Church of the Brethren
Church of the Brethren
Baptist Church
Greensboro
Presbyterian
Milford
Korea
New Windsor
Butler 40-foot elevator building meets farmers needs
Butler Manufacturing Company presents a new all purpose steel farm building after a three year survey. It features 12 foot sidewalls and 20 foot clear span sections for large equipment, 36 foot interior clear span, and modular 20 foot bays allowing lengths of 20 40 60 or 80 feet. Doors windows can be placed at walls, stock or feed storage is easy, and maintenance is low with steel bolted deep corrugated galvanized sheeting.
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Butler
Butler Manufacturing Company
Kansas City
BPW Elkton Convention Highlights A Maryland Speech
BPW clubs held their Elkton convention with a Presbyterian Church service at master of West Nottingham Academy. Anna Nicht presided over the breakfast in the High School Auditorium. Mrs. Hester Proven sen of the University of Maryland Speech Department delivered a sermon titled Friendship urging that one must be a friend to have a friend. Following the Post Convention Board meeting, the 24th annual meeting closed. It notes coal use by railroads and vast South coal reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Nottingham Academy
The
Presbyterian Church
Anna Nicht
Hester Beall Provensen
University of Maryland
Seventy Years of Night Baseball Celebrated Nationwide
On June 2 1883 Fort Wayne Indiana hosted the first night baseball game under arc lamps. The 70th anniversary was marked with official approval by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick as night games spread nationwide. Electric light transformed recreation and work in American life making weekday games accessible to workers.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Ford Frick
Barbiturate Danger Warned By AMA Doctor
Dr Donald A Dukelow cautions in Today's Health that 1951 barbiturate production exceeded 688000 pounds, with over half reaching illicit channels. Proper medical use with physician supervision brings value, but improper use risks personality destruction crime and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Today’s Health
American Medical Association
Donald A. Dukelow
Lucky Totem Shows Low Man Tops Jasper Pole
Pretty Winnie Kay rises as the low man on a British Columbia totem pole at Jasper Park Lodge, a famed Canadian Rockies resort, proving there is nothing unlucky about the position.
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Renes
Winnie Kay
British Columbia
Jasper Park Lodge
Canadian Rockies
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Wallace Bennett
Utah
Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
St. Petersburg, Fla
Connie McDonald
Mothers’ Corps of Nurses
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
SuGa
Salisbury S. Tlc
Pate
BPW
Elkton
South
Blue Ridge Parkway
Lincoln Memorial
Shenaondooah Park
Shevpolet Motor Division
America
New Mexico
New Jersey
Jasper Pals
Natl
Rwys
W. S. Jarvis
Jasper
Miette
Jarvis
CNR
Prince Rupert
Canadian National Railways
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