Not July 4: early celebration of Independence Day
Researchers note the first celebration occurred July 1 1776, with John Nixon reading the Declaration from Independence Square. Bells rang all day as crowds cheered and a Venus observation platform stood nearby, leading to an annual tradition later broadened nationwide, though July 4 remains not a U.S. legal holiday.
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Congress
Philadelphia
Independence Square
John Nixon
American Philosophical Society
Venus
John Adams
Christ Church
Trenton
United States
Card of Thanks and Local Notices in Greensboro Hillsboro
Card of thanks expresses appreciation for kindness sympathy and flowers after bereavement of husband and father. Local items note visitors residents travels reunions and events with numerous names and places including Camp Meade Wilmington Rehoboth Beach Atlantic City and Baltimore. Fireworks carnival dates July 2 to July 14 and requests residents to assist firemen.
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Nannie Melton
Childs Sharp
Child Development Club Hosts Picnic at Messicks Home
The Child Development Club held a Tuesday picnic at Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Messick's home. Joseph Harris and Larry Van de Visser are attending the Methodist summer camp in Centreville.
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Child Development Club
Mrs
Raymond Messick
Joseph Harris
Larry van de Visser
Methodist
Centreville
Doran Family Member Receives Class of 1951 Scholarship
James Thomas Bray of 50 Broad Street Road Dundalk Maryland is named the sole recipient of the Class of 1951 scholarship. He is the son of Captain and Mrs. George Bray, with his mother formerly Anna Mae Doran of Denton, and is grandson of Mr. and Mrs. William Doran of West Denton. The report notes his honored status and family ties.
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William Doran
West Denton
James Thomas Bray
Broadship Road
Dundalk, Md
James
George Bray
Anna Mae Doran
Denton
Naval Cadet Linhard Begins Advanced Flight Training
Service Short Leo D Linhard USN son of Mr and Mrs Andrew B Linhard of Denton reported to Naval Auxiliary Air Station Cabaniss Field Corpus Christi Texas this week for advanced flight training Linhard a Greensboro High School graduate entered the Navy in 1948 at Salisbury Maryland and received primary and basic flight training at Pensacola Florida before joining Cabaniss Field where carrier type planes such as AD Skyraider F8F Bearcat and F6F Hellcat are taught Linhard had a brother Walter R in the U S Navy aboard the USS Latimer Forty two percent of last years motor vehicle accidents involving injuries happened in the dark.
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Leo D. Linhard
USN
Andrew B. Linhard
Denton
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Cabaniss Field
Corpus Christi
Texas
Linhard
Greensboro High School
Navy
Salisbury
Maryland
Pensacola
Fla
Bible Crosswords feature in Baltimore Sunday American explainer
Test your knowledge with Bible Crosswords puzzles appearing weekly in the Baltimore Sunday American. The crosswords invite readers to recall scriptures and solve within a daily habit, highlighting the newspaper’s popular weekly feature.
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Baltimore Sunday American
South
Preston wedding and local notices in Maryland
Mrs Mary Elsie Todd of Baltimore sold her farm near Preston to Secretary Branch Stevens. Erna Courson hosted a bridge luncheon opening a series of gatherings. Marilyn Belle Noble and Robert E Aldrich Jr. wed at Avondale Easton, with John and Mrs. Noble as parents. Barbara Sisk, Joan Noble and Fletcher Sisk planned a week in Ocean City.
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Mary Elsie Todd
Baltimore
Preston
Branch Stevens
Erna Courson
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Greensboro
Hillsboro
Paul R. Scarborough
Wilmington, del
Mildred M. Ginn
Merrel Spence
Camp Meade
Lilian V. Ginn
Wilmington
Thomas Dabson
Betty Lou Dabson
John Wyatt
Rehoboth
Mae Pippin
Samuel Schlossburg
Leah Cochran
Rehoboth Beach
Josephine Bastian
Harry Bastian
Cpl
Leon Griffith
William Flowers
Pensylvania
John J. Lennon
Ridgewood
N. Y
Russell Wright
A. W. Brumbaugh
Atlantic City
N.J
Carlton Smith
Effa Plummer
Matapeake
Bay
John Wickler
Harris
R. L. Mitchell
Ain
E. T. Parrish
Myron Smith
Wichita
Kansas
Harry Karcher
Earl Davidson
Harry Langmaid
Sky Line Drive
Charles Rich
Claymont
Alvin Smith
Maple Ave
The
Journal Today
M. W. Beaven
Jean and
Margaret Beaven
Sadie Wothers
Wildwood, N. J
Connie Stoops
Frances Covell
William Morris
Wm. Sherwood
Jimmie
Mary Rowe
Johnnie George
Sachlersville
Thos. Cruickshank
J. W. Taylor
Milford Kline
John R. Broome
Stephen
J. M. Eaton
Virginia Beach
Irwin Sparklin
Goucher College
Sparklin
Elizabeth Deussen
Wm. S. Thompson
Susie Thompson
Thompson
Germany
Harry Kemp
Europe
Italy
France
Switzerland
Frankfort
University of Maryland
Linharg
Walter R
U. S. Navy
USS
Latimer
Ed Don
Chubby Norris and His
Cowboy Kings
Walter C. Dillon
P. M
Ninwspaper
NSUR
Ucn
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