Miss Delmarva Semi Finalists Chosen At Laurel Event
Twelve semi finalists for the Miss Delmarva XII title were named after a Laurel selection as part of the Delmarva Chicken Festival. The pageant drew 22 contestants, with Miss Helen Lee Pittard of Georgetown present. The School of Missions planning at Wesley College in Dover runs July 12 to 17, featuring four study tracks taught by noted instructors and assisted by regional church leaders.
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Laurel
Del
Dover Field House
Delmarva XI
Helen Lee Pittard
Georgetown
Miss Harrington
Linda E. Humes
Delmar
Janice Elliott
Patricia Lee Jones
Pocomoke
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Peninsula
Arthur Benjamin
Port Deposit
Milfred Keen
Wilmington
Wm. H. Sterling
Dover
Earl Sylvester
Harrington
Denzell Wildey
J. Paul Slaybaugh
Wesley College
Holt Chapel
Lowell B. Hazzard
Washington, D. C
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Wesley Theological Seminary
Washington
Christian Mission In
Africa
Florence Hooper
Baltimore
School of Missions
Goucher College
Methodist Church
Southern States Held Meeting in Denton Yesterday
Members of the Southern States Denton Cooperative Board of Directors and the local Farm Home Advisory Committee plus their spouses met at the Brick Hotel in Denton to plan the 1959 Southern States Cooperative annual membership meeting. They nominated candidates for vacancies on both bodies with elections to occur at a later membership meeting. Retiring directors Clifton Wright and Harold Adams of Federalsburg and retiring advisory committee members Mrs. James Cannon and Mrs. Marion D. Wood of Denton were announced.
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Southern States Denton Cooperative Board of Directors
Southern States Farm Home Advisory Committee
Brick Hotel
Denton
Southern States Cooperative
Clifton Wright
Harold Adams
Fderalsburg
First Illegal Possession Case Under A New Law
Robert Orvel Walls was convicted for illegal possession of alcoholic beverages by a minor under 21, the first conviction under a 1959 act. Beverly Jackson was fined 100 for DUI. John E. Dorrell was found guilty of driving on a revoked license with plates, fines partially suspended. Several dated historical notes follow.
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Robert Orvel Walls
Beverly Jackson
John E. Dorrell
Camp Wright Enters 29th Year Serving Shore Youth
Camp Wright, two miles south of the Bay Bridge near Matapeake, marks its 29th year serving boys and girls ages seven to fourteen. Open to all, applications require parish approval. Two camping periods run in July with girls four weeks and boys three weeks, cabins grouped by age. Registration and catalogs available from Rev. Joseph E. James. Last year Denton children attended, including Rusty Orme and Gary Greenley. Also notes meetings for Veterans of World War One and wheat marketing card reminders for early July.
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Camp Wright
Shore
Wright
Joseph E. James
Box 206
Denton
Maryland
Rusty Orme
Arthur Melvin
Jeffrey Nuttle
Andrew McCauley
Charles Nuttle
Gary Greenley
Oliver Melvin
Woody Logan
Gerard Warwick III
Sandy Wright
Lawrence Tayloe Lewis III
David Lewis
Vacation Bible School Closing Exercises at Pilgrim Holiness Church
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Pilgrim Holiness Church concludes Sunday evening June 28 at 7 30 with a program featuring 62 enrolled pupils. Craft work and achievements will be on display. About 40 will receive perfect attendance awards and certificates will go to those missing two evenings. Director Mrs Edward Wheatley leads the staff with several assistants and refreshments provided each evening. public invited.
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Pilgrim Holiness Church
Edward Wheatley
Sam Martin
Lois Ann Butler
Norman Rust
David McCreary
James Coulby
Esther McCreary
Sharon Cannon
Earl Redden
Marion Butler
Social Security Represen tative To Be Here Monday
Mr. Robert F. O Regan of the Social Security Administration will be at the Fire House in Denton next Monday June 29 beginning at 10 a m.
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Robert F. O'Regan
Social Security Administration
Wille
Denton
Beauchamp Hot To Win Daytona Firecracker 250
Beauchamp seeks the Daytona Firecracker 250 win on July 4 as the final NASCAR late model stock car race of 1959. The Harlan Iowa veteran, driving a 1959 Ford Thunderbird formerly run by Fritz Wilson, faces rivals including Lee Petty and Joe Weatherly. Organizers expect speeds around 140 mph on the fast Daytona track with three T-Birds entered and tire tests completed by Pistone, Beauchamp, and Weatherly. The 11 a.m. start on Independence Day marks a premier speed classic on the calendar.
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Johnny Beauchamp
Harlan
Iowa
Daytona International Speedway
Beauchamp
Lee Petty
Randleman
N. C
Fritz Wilson
Denver
Colorado
Bob Burdick
Omaha
Neb
Bob
Roy Burdick
North Carolina
B. C. White
Orlando
Joe Weatherly
Norfolk
Curtis Turner
Charlotte
Tom Pistone
Chicago
Trenton
N. J
Martinsville
Pistone
Weatherly
Daytona
Bill Trance
Denton Water Tank Gets Its Periodical Cleaning
The Denton water tank underwent a thorough cleaning by out of town experts over Monday to Wednesday. The tank was drained and water from pumps entered the mains causing irregular pressure at times. Water may have issued from fire hydrants to regulate pressure and prevent mains bursts. This periodic job occurs every five to six years to improve service for residents.
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Denton
Little Homemakers Entertain Their Mothers
The Little Homemakers 4-H Club hosted a mothers event on June 11 at 10 30 am in Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church. Sixteen members two Junior Leaders plus four leaders and several committee members contributed to decorations refreshments and exhibits tied to ABCs of sewing and project reports.
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Little Homemakers 4-H Club
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Edwina Quillen
Jack Stafford
James A. Wise
Melvin Brown
F. M. Rogers
Julie Arnold
Karen Leese
Connie Stafford
Wise
Dorothy Petroski
Carol Fountain
Susan Brinsfield
Kathy Luff
Stafford
Edna Scudder
Susan Rogers
Sunday Orme
Rogers
Brown
Miss Quillen
Sharon Brown
Carolyn Hubbard
Carol Ann Kreigh
Cathy Koenig
Gaye Wise
Miss Dell
Joanne Allston
Little Homemakers
Girl Scout Camp Todd Opens For Season On Lake Todd
Camp Todd near Denton Maryland officially opened on June 8 with 259 Girl Scouts and 30 adults from 11 towns. Activities include camping, swimming, hikes, nature studies, and conservation projects. Regular season starts June 28 with two week sessions for scouts across the Eastern Shore. Camp Director Miss Dorothy Gamber notes a Belgian exchange counselor Miss Bette Ludwig will share camp lore from Europe. Openings remain in later sessions. contact Camp Todd for details.
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Camp Todd
Lake Todd
Todd
Dorothy Gamber
California
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Bette Ludwig
Belgium
Europe
Gamber
Denton
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Mona Kewish
New York
Miss Kewish
Salina
Kansas
Kansas City National College For Christian Workers
Williams College
Tulane University of Social Work
New Orleans
United Nations
Wm. Strother
Philadelphia
Dillard University
University of Cincinnati
Temple University
Rosalie Jenkins
Salisbury
Genevieve Poppe
Miss Jenkins
Brazil
Miss Poppe
Riddle Memorial Deaconess
Mary T. Gambrill House
Miss Denton
James Nathaniel Cole
James Lee Dunn
Harry Flaharty
Landis Riley
David Thomas
Gordon Spidle
David Clopper
Thomas Sutton
Donald English
Milton Greenley
Roger Trice
Jerry Lee Fountain
Lawrence Clopper
Herman Wharton
James Dallas Neal
Steve Chike
James Stark
Wayne Hutson
Saulsbury Fisher
Dennis Edwards
Paul Fugitt
Charles Good
Robert Harris
Lawrence Blazejak
Lewis Goodley
Rodney Cordrey
Walter Griffin
William Eveland
Harvey Lee Quick
Charles Ireland
Philip Parsons
Ormond L. Andrew, Jr
David van Sant
Margaret E. Cohee
Ginger Corkell
Evelyn Harrington
Sondra Lord
Nancy Flaharty
Deanna White
Olwyn Whitby
Elaine Willis
Margaret Ann Todd
Olivia Dee Wheatley
Mary Jane Lane
Frances Hammer
Beverly Eaton
Mary Jean Cole
Carol Ann Love
Loreen Butler
Lois Slaughter
Ann Decker
Elizabeth Towers
Bottom Row
Mary Lee Nuttle
Alice Flack
Ann Butler
Barbara Henry
Elva MacDonald
Carol Jean Larrimore
Billie Frances Bedsworth
Martha Thomas Bonner
Normalee Good
Orban Studio
Weather Data
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Henry Clay
Department of Indian Affairs
Congress
Amherst
Williams
Admiral Cervera
Calvin Coolidge
Plymouth
Sun
Department
ASC
Fri
Sat
Vacation Bible School
Caroline County
Amita Dell
Josephine Corwin
Margaret M. Myers
Dorothy Shaffer
Rose Merriken
Emma Lord
George Lowe
Robert Stanton
Rudolph Coulbourne
Kennard Holden
Maurice Todd
Fred Schlegel
Redmond O. Long
Lawrence Wright
Eunice Wright
Norris Todd
William A. Cooper
Nelson Covey
Albert W. Saulsbury
Hot
Daytona Firecracker
Denton Water Tank
Girl Scout
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