County Sets 1956 57 Tax Rate At $1.50 Per $100
County Commissioners met in special session Friday June 12 to adopt a budget for the 1956 57 year. The levy raises assessable basis by 160690 with total budget 654318.77. State rate 10.9 cents per 100 and county tax rate set at 1.50. Detailed expenditures listed include salaries, court costs, elections, and services. Continued on page 5.
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Onancock Girl Crowned Miss Delmarva IX
Joyce Harris of Onancock Va was crowned Miss Delmarva IX after judging in Ocean City Md. Five semi finalists from Maryland Delaware and Virginia were named along with state winners Linda Lynch Ocean City Md Susan Murray Georgetown Del Sandra McCabe Selbysville Va and Joyce Harris who won Miss Popularity.
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AMliss Joyce Plarvis
Onancock
Virginia
Miss Tlarris
Delmarva
Linda Lynch
Ocean City
Delaware
Sandra McCabe
Selboville
Gail Parks
Exmore
Susan Murray
Georgetown
Del
KRobbi Lloyd
Salisbury
Belaware
Marshand
Delmarva III
Joyce Harris
Qonancock
Marland
Mary Jo Phillips
Denton
Bobbi Lloyd
Nathleen Workman
Milton
Anita Johnson
Milford
Sellesville
Bonnie DBoxce
Laurel
Ronnie Nock
Parksley
Billie Long
Belle Traven
Sexmore
Caroline County Homemakers Attend Short Course
Caroline County homemakers were among 2000 women at the Rural Women’s Short Course June 15 to 23 on the University of Maryland campus. The 30th year of College Week for Women included dormitory living, meals, classes, assemblies, and discussions on homemaking and world affairs.
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Caroline County
University of Maryland
Maryland
Walter Pimim
Greensboro
Richard Thomas
Denton
Robert Stanton
Preston
Margaret Myers
Redmond Lane
Ars
Nelson Coves
Federalsburg
Howard Jarris
Emma Lord
Ridgely
George Nichols
Federalsboro
Kennard dlolden
Nora Craft
Gertrude Gronbech
Tlome
Ralph Horsey
Brown graduates from Geldey Beacom Business School
Joseph Charles Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Brown of Denton, joined 169 classmates in the Geldey Beacom School of Business Wilmington Delaware semiannual graduation June 22. The 170 graduates included 32 veterans under the Korean Educational Bill. Principal speaker was James M. Tunnell Jr., Delaware State Bar Association president. Brown earned an Associate in Arts degree in Accounting and Business Administration.
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Ernest J. Brown
Denton
Geldey Beacom School of Business
Wilmington
Delaware
James M. Tunnell, Jr
Delaware State Bar Association
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Joseph C. Brown
John G. Leach
Golden Beacom School of Business
Del
E. J. Brown
Betty
Greensboro Fourth of July Celebration promises largest ever
The Greensboro Lions Club leads a full day of activities at the ball park starting 9:30 a.m. with a Little League game for ages 6 to 16, followed by games, races, free ice cream, a river bank fishing derby, and a married men vs girls softball match. An adults’ horse shoe contest and a coon chase unfold before a final ball game Greensboro vs Trenderson. The parade, co sponsored by the Greensboro Volunteer Fire Co and Lions Club, features floats, bands, VEW, Red Men, Boy Scouts and a unit from Dover Air Base, ending at carnival grounds with fireworks. Schedule and entries listed. contact Thomas Smith or Thomas J. Wright.
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Farm Bureau Picnic Set At Garland Lake July 19
Caroline County Farm Bureau plans an all day picnic at Goatland Lake near Denton on July 19. Joint event with Associated Women aims to include farmers wives and children with contests for babies and county farm queen, who may advance to the State fair in Timonum in August. Queen must be unmarried 16 to 18, on farms of at least three acres, with home economics training. Babies contest led by Mrs Went and Mrs Holden, with staff at OntSale in charge. event targets farm children ages 6 months to 4 years.
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Denton
Caroline County Farm Bureau
Alrs
William Lynch
Ridgely
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Caroline County
Timonum
Auegust
Homemakers Receive Their Honor Certificates
About 166 homemakers earned certificates for a year of attendance at the Rural Women's Short Course held on the University of Maryland campus. Forty six received silver pins for years of attendance. The event marked the 30th year of the course with some 1,000 registered and 300 visitors on graduation day.
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University of Maryland
Maryland
Wilson Tf. Elkins
Svenneth D. Wells
Freedoms Foundtion
Valley Force
State Council of Homemakers’ Clubs
Caroline
William Cooper, Jr
Queen Anne
Albert W. Saulsbury
Ridgely
Howard Harrison Preston
Sheriff Andrew Takes 2 Prisoners To State Gaols
Sheriff Andrew last week escorted Ollie Bolden to the Maryland Penitentiary and Joseph Meekins to the Maryland House of Correction. Bolden was sentenced by the Circuit Court to 18 years for second degree murder, while Meekins was sentenced by Magistrate L Claude Howard of Federalsburg.
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Sherri William EE. Andrew
Ollie Bolden
Maryland
Ife
Joseph Meekins
Maryland House of Correction
Meekins
L. Claude Howard
Federalsburg
Church School Scrolls Awarded At Closing Program
Certificates were given at the Vacation Church School closing at First Methodist Church Denton. Sixty-two children enrolled. 52 earned certificates for excellent work with at most one absence during the 10 day sessions. Teachers and assistants from the kindergarten primary and junior departments are named. a refreshment chairman organized the event.
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Vacation Church School
First Methodist Church
Denton
Maryland Girls State Embraces Future Leaders in Annapolis
In Annapolis the 1956 Maryland Girls State session gathers 113 high school juniors including six from Caroline County. Run by the American Legion Auxiliary the program trains girls in city county and state government with two selected for Girls Nation in Washington. It aims to foster justice freedom and democracy shaping future communities states and nation. (Continued on page 5)
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Annapolis
Maryland
Caroline County
American Legion Auxiliary
Washington
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