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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1956
Page
3
Personal and social notices from Silver Spring to Centreville recount weekend visits and household moves.fire damaged Taylor home left family housed with Mrs Brown while Mrs Taylor recovers. neighbors and kin share visits and hospital stays across Easton and Federalsburg communities. Other items note military training milestones, church gatherings, births, and local visitations.
The Western Auto Associate Store invites customers to meet Home Electric Sewing Machine Company representatives on Saturday March 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the store. Learn about a fine electric sewing machine now priced at $39.95 and compare its features and value with other options.
In loving memory of our dear son and brother who passed away March 8 1940 It is lonesome here without you and sad the weary way For life is not the same since you went away We who loved you only know how much we lost 16 years ago Sadly missed by Father Mother Sisters Brothers
Wilbert Perry Butler 70 a prominent farmer died March 5 at Memorial Hospital Easton after long illness. He lived on the same Denton farm since his 20s, survived by wife Huldan and a large family including nine daughters and five sons. Funeral at Thawleys Chapel with interment in Denton Cemetery. Separate notices list services for a Federalsburg resident, with interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Mrs Lena Van de Visser aged 73 died at her Preston area residence early last Wednesday. A Holland native, she lived near Preston 39 years and is survived by husband William a son Peter, two brothers Jacob DeWilde Passaic NJ and Abraham DeWilde Lodi NJ, three sisters Cornelius Vanden Dorpel Lodi John Keppel Lodi and Anton Hazenbrock Paterson NJ, and four grandchildren. Funeral was held Saturday at 2 pm Frampton Funeral Home Federalsburg with Rev Vinton Shufelt of Harmony Methodist Church officiating. Interment followed at Junior Order Cemetery Linchester near Preston.
Walter Trice 70 died Sunday at his Federalsburg home after a long illness. A lifelong Caroline County resident he was born near Federalsburg to Lewis and Ellen Stevenson Trice. Surviving are his wife Deborah B. Trice two daughters Mrs William A. Hart of Columbia South Carolina and Mrs Richard Matthews of Federalsburg a son Theodore T. Trice of Washington D C two sisters Mrs W Brewer Deen of Denton and Mrs Arthur B.
Annie Elizabeth Wooters widow of William Wooters died at her Ridgely home on Wednesday morning March 7 aged 87. She leaves daughter Mrs Edwin Eaton of Ridgely and son George Wooters of Chester Pa plus two grandchildren one great grandchild and one great great grandchild and sister Mrs Lee Mitchell of Ridgely. Funeral from Moore Funeral Home Saturday at 2 p m with Rev Harry V Branford Ridgely Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Hillsboro Cemetery.
Mrs Florence Beatrice Corkran 67 wife of Howard Corkran died Wednesday morning at her West Denton home. She is survived by son John Corkran of Baltimore one grandchild sister Mrs Harry Robinson of Paterson NJ and brothers Dorsey Ball of Baltimore and Robert H Ball of Elizabethtown TN. Funeral service Sunday at 2 PM at Moore Funeral Home officiated by Rev T J Turkington with interment in Denton Cemetery.
George Baker aged 77 died Sunday after a three week illness at Mardela Maryland Services were held Wednesday at Smith Funeral Parlor Sharptown Reverend Robert Hayes of the Mardela Baptist Church officiating Interment was in St Mark’s Cemetery He is survived by two sons Carl Baker of New Castle Delaware and Robert Baker of Greensboro one daughter Mrs Nellie Green of Mardela and seven grandchildren
Mr and Mrs Mike Malott express gratitude for the kindness shown during Mrs Malott's hospitalization. The note thanks friends and neighbors for support and expressions of sympathy.
Tawes endorses George P. Mahoney as a strong, youthful candidate with proven campaign ability and broad support for the Democratic nomination. He says Mahoney embodies the party of the people and has his unhesitating endorsement in the statewide bid.
Denton Community Club meeting discussed cancer fatality data with Mrs. E Alan Armstrong presiding. Tea served by hostesses. Eastern Shore District Federation of Women's Clubs directorate meeting to be held at Town and Country Club Greensboro with lunch and officer nominations.
A Baltimore News-Post and American Showcase Feature presents the $1,000,000 Brink's robbery story. It details planning and arrest steps, tracing events from March 4 in the Baltimore American and continuing in the Baltimore News-Post.
Football award assembly set for March 15 with attendees including Johnny Gale Lloyd Uber Franc is Schuyler Phil Parsons Russ Parsons Milton Greenlee Billy Hollow ay Teenie Reddish Billy Bilbrough Richard Kerslake Roger Trice Wayne Schuyler Johnny Asher Eddie Asher and Charles Stafford.
In 1605 Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up the English House of Lords during the Gunpowder Plot. The aim was to kill King James I and Parliament members, but the conspiracy failed, leading to executions and lasting significance in British history.
The swastika was designated the national flag of Germany in 1935, marking a formal emblem change under the Nazi regime. This move established the symbol as a ubiquitous marker of state power and ideology during the era.
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