Years Ago at Preston and Surrounding News Card
Twenty five years ago Mrs. Clare N Payne appointed acting postmaster at Preston to succeed her late husband John W Payne. The death of Mrs Bell M Downes at American Corner leaves six children and a sister. Marriages include Edna Meluney and Norman Marvis in Chester Pa and Theresa Keel and William Ryan at Milford Del. Wright and Hudson wed in Georgetown. Caroline Federation Women’s Clubs met in Greensboro with talks on equalization law and forestry. Hillsboro School pupils with perfect attendance listed. Miss Helen Briscoe hosts birthday gathering near Queen Anne. John L Hisgnuit dies at Woodenhavk aged 11, survived by widow, four children and siblings. funeral in Bloomery. Mary land and Delaware Coast Railroad sale advances. Rosenfeld announces outlet from Baltimore to Eastern Shore and Delaware with new line West Denton to Lewes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare N. Payne
Preston
John W. Payne
Bell M. Downes
Eli W. Downes
American Corner
Laura Reess
Federalsburg
Ollie Williams
Williamsburg
Henry Downes
Cora Meloney
Philadelphia
Stella Trice
Rada Robinson
Lou V. Downes
Milford
C. H. Atkins
Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Chester
Edna Viola Meluney
John Meluney
Marcus Hook
Burrsville
Norman Marvis
John Quann
Anna Davis
Sarah Luff
Fred Watten
Harvey Avenue
Linwood
Theresa Eleanor Keel
W. R. Keel
Greenwood
Del
William Norman Ryan
Annie J. Ryan
W. S. Ryan
J. R. Strausburg
Ryan
Shawnee
Jesse A. Wright
Seaford
Pauline A. Hudson
Georgetown
Arthur Allston
Wilmington
Charles Shawn
Caroline Federation of Women’s Clubs
Greensboro
Beautiful Baptist Church
Small
Roland Fisher
Dudley
Ethel Stevens
Denton
Joan L. Hisgnuit
Woodenhawk
Arthur E. Hignutt
Trenton
N. J
George W. Hignutt
Harry E. Chaffinch
Grasonville
Alex. R. Noble
Concord
Messrs. Burt
Bennie Hignutt
Charles Hignutt
Smithville
Warner Hignutt
Deborah Dukes
Oak Grove
Ida Everngam
Martha Chaffinch
Dora Dixon
Bloomery
C. FH. Atkins
Waller
Karl Adams
Orrie Adams
David Devore
Fred Johnson
Clarence Parker
Maryland and Delaware Coast Railroad
Baltimore
Delaware
Jesse Rosenfeld
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia
West Denton
Lewes
Rosenfeld
New Railroad
Harry E. Karr
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the Journal of 25
Hillsboro School
Russell Fleming
Howard Knotts
Charles Wood
William Thompson
Charlie Hammer
Francis Rowe
Leslie Wright
Grace Ireland
Doris Samis
Anna Wood
Jeanette Sharp
Mary Virginia Sherwood
Naomi Holland
Louise Horsey
Emma Holland
Helen DeFord
Robert Eveland
Arthur Hammer
Mason Clopper
James Sherwood
Marion Wood
Viola Sard
Marie Sard
Emma Perry
Alleen Barton
Mary Louise Dodds
Roberta Barton
Edna Clopper
Audrey Samis
Gertrude Perry
Anna Fooks
Helen Briscoe
Queen Anne
Miss Briscoe
Mary Detwiler
Mary Emma Porter
Winifred Hammond
Miriam Gale
Mildred Trice
Mary Ruth Blackiston
Mabel Eaton
Helen Eaton
Helen Dulin
Edith Lynch
Florence DeFord
Messrs
Joseph Eaton
Clarence Bennett
Thurman Dulin
Marion Morris
Briscoe
Mr. and
Mrs
William Morris
the Peoples: Bank of Denton
Carolines Friendly Bank
the Dunning Caroline
Washington College
Dunning
Caroline County
H. A. B. Dunning
Dunning Science Hall
Gilbert W. Mead
Chestertown, MD
Chrysler
Royal
Studebaker
Dodge
Plymouth
Buick
Commander
Denton Motor Co., Inc
Denton, MD
Gay Streets
New
Eudson Automobiles
Reese L. Adams
Windsor
Frigidaire
General Motors
Cooner Furniture Company
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