Wheat Referendum Meeting Set in Denton Fire Hall
The County Agent announces a June 20 meeting at the Denton Fire Hall to discuss price support for wheat. Dr. Max Beal of the University of Maryland will address the topic and answer questions. Farmers growing wheat are invited to participate in the discussion.
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Denton Fire Hall
Max Beal
University of Maryland
Jack Sanders
West Virginia
Bright Star
Maryland
Jackson Mills
Young Sanders
Jimmy
Maryland's Farm Front This Week Wheat Support Updates
Maryland wheat price support details announced for Baltimore and Philadelphia terminals set at $2.48 per bushel for No. 1 grade. Includes discounts for garlic and contamination, with final rate pending on July 1 and regional variations based on distance from markets. Also notes 1956 minimum support of $1.81 per bushel tied to marketing quotas adoption on June 25, with penalties for quota violations and eligibility conditions.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Maryland
George B. Reeves
Maryland Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Reeves
Food and Drug Sanitation
Department of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Perralaivye
Preston Community Notes Update From Local Visits
Mrs Milbourne Cannon and daughter Nell Christopher of Baltimore arrived to visit Mrs Lee Noble and will spend the summer with the Noble family. Several residents attended club meetings and visits, with Kay Noble set to join the Del Mar Va Chicken Festival activities after being named Miss Preston of 55. Local graduates include Joseph Harris, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Harris, from the University of Delaware. A lawn social at Immanuel Lutheran is planned for June 29, and a new baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs E J Mitchell of Norristown. Margaret Rose Bateman visits her grandmother in Elizabeth City, with Charlotte Cannon accompanying.
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Milbourne Cannon
Nell Christopher
Baltimore
Lee Noble
Cannon
Kay
Onancock
Wm. Wrightson
Del-Mar-Va
Preston
Howard Harris
University of Delaware
Newark
Del
Joseph
Bethesda Church
Dorothy Osteen
Isabelle McClean
Wilfred Temple
Detroit
Mich
Harry Temple
Ella Harrison
Immanuel Lutheran Church
E. J. Mitchell
Norristown
Mitchell
Jane Cannon
Lloyd Cannon
Margaret Rose Bateman
R. M. Sawyer
Elizabeth City
N. C
Charlotte Cannon
Give GOD a Chance NOW Proclamation on summer worship
Vacation time is near and many travel to distant places yet faith must be expressed daily through meditation and weekly church worship. No matter where you are, a Protestant church is within reach. On Sunday morning stop for worship and invite others to church while you travel.
Three Big Days At The Dentonia June 19-21
Hollywood castings drew 200 plus teen boys to a four acre Dentonia backlot field where director Richard Brooks and producer Pandro S. Berman judged faces and manners for film roles in Blackboard Jungle. The event capped a nationwide talent hunt evaluating 650 juveniles for 30 parts as Dentonia Theatre hosted screenings June 19 to 21.
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Hollywood
Richard Brooks
Pandro S. Berman
M-G-M
Dentonia Theatre
Private Wilson participates in Operation Air lift training
Pvt. Robert H. Wilson, 23, son of Mrs. Marguerite Wilson of Ridgely, recently took part in Operation Air lift, a 5th Infantry Division training maneuver in southern Germany. The exercise involved air transports.
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Angsburg
Germany
Robert H. Wilson
Marguerite Wilson
Ridgely
5Th Infantry Division
Soldiers practice combat maneuvers during landing drills
Loaded with jeeps, trucks and men were put through banking and turning maneuvers usually encountered in combat. After landing, the soldiers began the tactical phase of the operation. Wilson, a machine gunner in Company K of the 11th Regiment, worked for Vita Foods Products in Chestertown before joining the Army in July 1954. He completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C.
Soldier of 1st Engineer Battalion celebrates 109th anniversary
Kitzen gen Germany event honors the 1st Engineer Battalion in its 109th anniversary review. Corporal Robert W. Allen, wife Louise and Maryland relatives from Marydel, Md., note his Army entry in May 1953 and basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
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Kitzengen
Germany
Robert W. Allen
Louise
Clarence Allen
Marydel
Corporal Allen
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Colored Farm Activities 4-H Week Observed in Maryland
The Negro 4-H Club Week runs June 18 to 24 at Maryland State College Prince Anne with theme Improving Family and Community Living. Leader Mrs Jean Roach of Federalsburg accompanies girls Constance Magee Gertrude Roach Martha Ricketts Alice Beulah Federalsburg Sara Foster Phyllis Friend Roberta Friend Preston Maryetta Brown Lorraine Taylor Denton.
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Maryland State College
Princess Anne
Jean Roach
Federalsburg
Constance Magee
Gertrude Roach
Martha Ricketts
Alice Beulah
Sara Foster
Phyllis Friend
Roberta Friend
Preston
Maryetta Brown
Lorraine Taylor
Denton
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O. O. Stivers
4-H
Choptank Cooperative
Baltimore-Philadelphia
Community Club
Edna Carmine
H. B. Plummer
Sherman Griffith
Glenville
Chas. Seymour
Easton
Reese Deane
Dentonia
Natural Bridge
Classmate
FOX Brothers
Washington St
Barrick
Walter B. Palmer
Agricord
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Willis & Cowell Co
Ing
J. Virgil Moore
Charles V. Moore
Aden
Sherwood
Sherwood Oil Heat
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