Snowbound Buses Halt School Through Week
Three buses arrived on Wednesday with 40 percent student attendance. Miss Hearn Miss Clopper stranded in Baltimore and Miss Melson in Bridgeville. Snow and wind forced noon dismissal for safe bus returns. February 27 and 28 saw worsening weather and rising absences as five buses struggled through. Teachers returned by noon but roads remained treacherous ending week early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
Caroline High School
Mildred Woodrow
Caroline
Miss Hearn
Miss Clopper
Baltimore
Miss Melson
Bridgeville
Cahall
Flivver
Gulf Stream
Accurate claims to speed corn hog payment in adjustment program
County agent W H Evans urges accurate production claims on contracts for the corn and hog adjustment program to speed contract clearance and allow earlier payment. Claims must align with official county figures. records such as sales receipts support figures. Contracted production includes 1932 and 1933 corn acreages, past yields on retired acres, and hog litter data for payment calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Evans
Caroline County
Department of Agriculture
Adjustment Administration
Production loans must be well secured
The Denton Production Credit Association will not lend on insufficient security. J. K. Doughton of the Farm Credit Administration stresses loans must be amply secured and the program aims for a permanent, regular source of short term credit for farmers in Kent, Queen Anne, Caroline, Talbot, and Dorchester counties. Loan applications are taken by Victor Dean in Federalsburg, with county agents offering local information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Production Credit Administration
Kent
Queen Anne
Caroline
Talibot
Dorchester
J. K. Doughton
Farm Credit Administration
Denton Association
Doughton
Denton Production Credit Association
World War I Service Records of Local Men
Clarence Griffith Henderson and others from Greensboro area listed their enlistment dates, units, training sites, overseas service, and honorable discharges. Entries include Navy shipwright and aviator ranks, Army National Guard and infantry service in Meuse-Argonne, and early aviation postings at Pensacola, Cranwell, Guiparas, Treguier, and Pelham Bay with discharges in early 1919. Names include Willie M. Griffin, Marshall Gantt, John L. Gribb, Randolph Griffin, Center Sector Meuse-Argonne, and William J. Gwynn with multiple battalion and squadron assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Griffith. Henderson
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Naval Air Station
Cranwell
England
Naval Aviation Forces
Paimboeuf
France
Guiparas
Treguier
Pelham Bay Park
N. Y
Charleston
S. C
Pensacola
Fla
Willie M. Griffin
Greensboro
154Th Depot Brigade
372Nd Infantry
314Th Blois
5Th Co
Camp Dix
N. J
Marshall Gantt
Baltimore
National Guard
Maryland Field Artillery
110Th Field Artillery
John L. Gribb
Denton
Maryland Infantry
115Th Infantry
Meuse-Argonne
Randolph Griffin
116Th Infantry
William J. Gwynn
Aviation
Signal Corps
Kelly Field
Texas
508Th
Gerstner Field
Louisiana
Marshmallow Frosting For Chocolate Drop Cookies
Sugar salt and cream of tartar are mixed then water is added and the mixture is heated with the lid on until boiling. It is boiled to a thread about four inches long, then poured over beaten egg whites with quartered marshmallows folded in. The frosting is bent until stiff enough to spread and vanilla is added.
Marydel Social Scene Notices Feature Engagement
Marydel hosted a bridge luncheon last Saturday afternoon with guests Miss Arlene Gale Millington Miss Helen Norris Denton Miss Elizabeth Bullock Federalsburg Miss Mary Katherine Porter Greensboro Miss Ruth Scotten Dover Del Mrs Harry Heather and Miss Marietta Heather of Marydel Md. Mr and Mrs James H Scotten of Marydel Md announce the engagement of daughter Miss Roseine Elizabeth Scotten to Mr Richard Mareau Johnson son of Mr and Mrs J R Johnson of Cumberland Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseine Scotten
Marydel
Arlene Gale
Millington
Helen Norris
Denton
Elizabeth Bullock
Federalsburg
Mary Katherine Porter
Greensboro
Ruth Scotten
Dover
Del
Harry Heather
Marietta Heather
James H. Scotten
Rosiene Elizabeth Scotten
Richard Mareau Johnson
J. R. Johnson
Cumberland, Md
Brush Burning Still Main Cause For Forest Fires In County
Forest fire records show brush burning remained the leading cause of fires in Caroline County in 1933, with ongoing efforts urged for precaution as the 1934 fire season approaches. The report notes a decline in fires compared with 1932 and 1931, attributing reductions to resident cooperation with Forest Wardens and improved controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Alounty
Roosevelt Silver Proclamation Sparks Competing Views
After initial excitement, two views emerge on Roosevelt’s silver price move. Some expect a global rise in silver values restoring purchasing power. others doubt its impact without unlimited coinage at fixed parity with gold. The President’s rider to the Agricultural Adjustment Act gives authority, fueling expectations of imminent action. Silver producers warn gains depend on this next step for world economic recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
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Hardcastle
Parker Stone
Lillian Towers
Charlotte Anne Pasterfield
Miss Neville
Margaret Jane Knotts
Harry Allfather
Norman Leese
Jeremy Dawson Liden
Harvey
Mr. Cahall
Mrs. Stevenson
Ridgely
Ethel Hunter Home
Florida
Jimmy Foxx
Athletics
Order of
Redmen
Worthington Wachter
Order
M. S. Taylor
Edwin C. Hill
Olga Alban
Queen
California
Walter Meissner
ARMY
Army Air Corps
Belgium
Leopold of
Albert I
Maine
Aers
Essolene
Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey
Easo, Inc
Chagor
Del-Mar-Va
Denton, Md
Scrapple
IGA Tuna
Phillips
Eagle
IGA
Camay
P &G
Chipso Phillips’ Beans King
Porto Rico
Oxel
Bisquick Iga
George’s Sanitary Market
Re Cao
ICE Service Company
Nisi
J. DeWeese Carter
Assignee
Lloyd E Holsinger
T. Clayton Horsey
Assignes
Lloyd E. Holsinger
Blanche W. Holsinger
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