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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1937
Page
1
Garrison P. Knox of the Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland asks Governor Nice to form a State Safety Commission to coordinate all highway safety activities under a central head. He argues centralized control is needed to create a concrete program and accelerate safety progress for Maryland motorists.
Last week drawn jurors for the April Term 1937 are listed by district. First District Norman Smith W Foster Clark Jas A Turner John T Shultz A T Sittig Thos Gray Second District P N Magee Howard W Grace Wm Williams Jas Ward J S Edwards E C Carter Jr Third District Chas G Evans Jos M Wyatt Martin C Voss Samuel G Nuttle Wm Waples Ernest G Cooper Fourth District Jos P Harris Harry M Hollis Gustav C Rieck S E Douglas E W Wrightson Sherman T Griffith Fifth District Harry Kinder Geo A McDaniel Jr Reuben D Segars John A Hyland Gilbert E Wright Chas P Wright Sixth District Harry S Fisher Geo B Stewart Milford Kline Geo A Butler Alex Noble Levi Hollister Seventh District W M Bennington Francis Lynch Thos W Jones Roy Cherry John W Ferrick Otis Towers Eighth District Harry P Willis Harvey B Lord W Kelley Turner Brantley H Trice Raymond T Andrew Geo L Griffith
A compact collection presents moral reflections from Shakespeare Marcus Aurelius and the Christian Science Monitor. It links mental state to well being and notes a shift from material to spiritual thought with Christ as a guiding influence.
A Denton MD notice lists one fine Percheron stallion for sale by Arvery B Lord on Williston Concord road. Also offers 8 week old pigs for sale at 5.00 dollars per pair near Double Hills by William Ostermann Route 2 Denton MD.
The County Public Health Board met on Tuesday March 2 with Mrs Nuttle Mrs Summerfield Mrs Brumbaugh and Mrs Ramsdell and two nurses present Mrs Irvin Brumbaugh became treasurer Nurses split duties Miss Smith runs the lower county Miss Buch the upper part Reports show cooperation in tough cases Regular school work includes Schick testing eye corrections and other routine tasks Two patients admitted to sanatorium one TB free the other left against advice Fourteen vaccine treatments given a colored boy for rabies Seventeen morbidity visits to a syphilis patient with typhoid fever funds from Red Cross to board a patient Welfare Board provided money for glasses Planning National Negro Health Week Lulu D Ward to be general county chairman Plans to coordinate Welfare Board Home Demonstration Agricultural Agents Boards of Education PT A and Health Department include interview with County Superintendent of Schools to use schools for garden and canning projects and hot lunches Meetings and demonstrations to aid nutrition and budgeting with Welfare Workers and Nurses
The Senior Class will present the comedy Dollars to Doughnuts on Friday evening March 12 at the high school auditorium. Tickets cost adults 30 cents and children 15 cents. Cast includes Grover Willoughby as Mr Boland and Elizabeth Moore as Flossie Hill, with multiple other roles listed.
A 1937 letter from Cary T. Grayson to Miss Blanche Hobbs of the Caroline County Red Cross thanks the Denton Maryland chapter for its flood relief efforts. It notes the chapter’s quota was greatly oversubscribed and praises the community’s zeal and effectiveness.
A dialogic fragment contrasts teasing wisdom with a gruff retort about power and temptation. One Arm Jack and another speaker discuss if beating a weaker opponent mirrors taking candy from a child, hinting at rough humor and power dynamics.
A brief cited quote from Phillips Brooks stating happiness springs from duty.
More than 2,000 firemen and auxiliary members are expected for the Maryland State Firemen's Association forty-fifth annual convention in Easton June 23 to 25. Curtis C. Larrimore announces a three day program including a Choptank River moonlight cruise with dancing, a midnight show, a crab and beer party, and a banquet by the Fire Chief's Club of Maryland. A parade will close the event with fire companies from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia in line.
A light exchange between a city boy and his father about drawing a cow for a picture. The boy asks how many kinds of milk exist, and the father replies with a playful explanation about faucets on the cow.
A witty remark contrasts the frustration of actors with interruptions by latecomers versus relief at audience departures. The line highlights stagecraft irony and audience dynamics in live theater.
President Harry H. Nuttle announced six standing committees to carry forward the Maryland Farm Bureau program. P. C. Turner of Baltimore County chairs the legislative committee with a slate including Fred Jones Harford County Linwood O Jarrell Caroline County John Bushey Carroll Francis Shillinger Talbot A G Ensor Harford Ellis Bowen Calvert Roby Mullinix Howard A K Austin Dorchester and A M Etzler Frederick. Members listed for cooperative business include H S Leaverton Kent Samuel Linton Charles D B McDowell Cecil A G Ensor Harford P C Turner Baltimore R C F Weagly Washington J W Jones Montgomery and Chas T Cockey Jr Baltimore. The Agricultural Policy committee comprises H H Nuttle Samuel Linton Charles Walter E Burrall Fred erick T Roy Brookes Harford J W Jones Montgomery and Dr T B Symons University of Maryland. Program and Membership is led by Wilbert L. Smith Frederick W R C Connick Prince George s John W. Smith Queen Anne s C C Phillips Wicomico Dr Symons Mrs R C F Weagly Washington Ralph Shockley Worcester M F Carver Somerset M L Sutton Kent. Home and Community work is led by Mrs R C F Weagly Washington Mrs R G Speerlein Carroll Mrs Harry T Williams Kent and Miss Venia M Kellar University of Maryland. The tax committee includes Nuttle Etx ler Weagly Secretary C E Wise Jr Turner J H Blandford Prince George s and Chas I Boyles Queen Anne s.
Maryland motorists paid 75 million in gasoline taxes since 1922 with 8.3 million in 1935 and 7.1 million in nine months of 1936. Joseph P. Lanigan of the Maryland Petroleum Industries Committee cites the tax’s 18th anniversary and calls for Congress to repeal the federal duplicating levy while ensuring highway funds are used for roads.
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