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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1954
Page
9
Preston readers learn of travel to Cranford N J for a niece's wedding, the funeral of Mrs Erna Griffith Courson with local clergy, interment at Grove Cemetery, and numerous weekend visits and social gatherings across nearby towns including Snow Hill Georgetown Centreville and Baltimore.
Miss Minnie Adams has returned to her home in Wilmington after five weeks with her niece Marian Robinson. Mr and Mrs Arthur Adams and family entertained recently. Mr and Mrs George Wheatley entertained Mrs Dominick and two daughters of Wilmington on Saturday. The Smithville Homemakers Club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs Mildred Sullock as hostess. The WSCS of Bloomery will meet with Mrs Mary Noble on Tuesday.
Ichabod Crain and L T Eden, two Maryland pacing stars, will clash in the 3000 dollar Pennsylvania Pace at Ocean Downs July 30th opening at Ocean City Maryland for twenty nights. The meet features 16 top sidewheelers with both Crain and Eden aiming to break the track record of 2 08 4 as they race August 7th alongside contenders like Albert Dean Trustful Hanover and Shamrock Bonnie in a strong field.
Vince Conrad, 1953 Sportsman Division champion, won a NASCAR sanctioned 25 lap main at Georgetown Speedway and set a track record for 54. In a dominant performance he led all laps, with Paul Walker finishing second after Walker’s tire failure on lap 22. Johnny Martin finished third behind Beardsley and Cumens in the top five.
Due to high interest the Delmar Raceways owned by George W. Bower will remain closed for the hot summer months. Repairs are underway on the last one quarter mile asphalt oval with a fall reopening to be announced later.
COPPS KORJA August S Kemp son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Kemp Preston recently promoted to corporal while serving in Korea with the 73d Engineer Combat Battalion Corporal Kemp is a crane shovel operator in Headquarters Company of the battalion a member unit of X Corps training as part of the U S security force in Korea He entered the Army in November 1952 and arrived in Korea last July Pennsylvania has about 200 agricultural fairs annually The Farm Show at Farrisburg every January is the greatest attraction of all.
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