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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1949
Page
4
At 9 45 AM Sunday School Walter Palmer 3B superintendent. 10 45 AM Morning Worship and sermon. 6 00 PM The Junior Fellowship. 6 45 PM The Methodist Youth Fellowship Mrs Oron F Smith speaker. 7 30 PM Evening Worship and sermon Mrs Hugh Ramsey soloist. Wednesday 7 30 PM Day Apart Service in place of regular Prayer Meeting Mrs Gilbert Rue conduct service. Friday 8 00 PM Senior Choir rehearsal.
The Church of the Nazarene in West Denton Maryland lists services led by Pastor Mrs Laura B Albright. Sunday school at 10:00 a m preaching at 11 a m youth meeting at 7:00 p m and prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 p m.
The property at Central Ave and Fifth St East, Gilbert Swann’s home, 100 by 180 feet, features a two story eight room frame house with porch and garages. Near new furnace burns oil, installed last October. One half cash day of sale, remainder financed by sellers if desired. Title papers and stamps at purchaser expense. E Lloyd and Minnie S Fooks owners. Wm E Andrew auctioneer.
Engineers describe a supervised electric eye that can detect objects at about 1000 feet and is virtually unaffected by weather or light. It promises uses in counting automobiles on highways, controlling traffic signals on vehicle approach, and securing restricted areas with automatic alarms and signals.
As of May 1948 the U S flag merchant fleet counted 3,542 vessels of 1,000 cross tons and over, compared with 3,577 on April 1. Of these, 1,948 were active, including 1,084 privately owned, 833 government owned under bareboat charter, 29 under General Appraisal Agency, plus two Panama Railroad ships. Inactive vessels totaled 1,594, with 48 privately owned, 138 under G A A, 1,407 in the reserve fleet, and one Panama Railroad vessel under repair.
Chinese government announces a Metasequoia conservation committee to protect the dawn redwoods in the Valley of the Tiger. Dr. Ralph W. Chaney notes the living fossils, discovered by Chinese scientists, once thought extinct for 20 million years.
Instructions emphasize quick cooking of asparagus in boiling water until tender, with tips protected by tying stalks in a double boiler or propping tips above water. A safety note cites Dr Claire Straith stating front seat passengers, especially those beside the driver, face higher facial injury risk in crashes. Also reported: U S farm workers totaled 10 368 000 on May 1 1948 with population around 140 million and a 100 000 rise from 1947.
Grace Methodist Church schedules Sunday service at 9 45 a m and 11 a m with superintendent John R Ricards head of Sunday school. Evening service and prayer meeting at 7 30 p m. M Y F meets 6 45 p m. Live Wire Class to gather Monday evening March 28 at Mrs Gorman Henrys home.
Rev. T. J. Turkington, pastor, leads morning service at 9 30 followed by Sunday School at Ames Chapel Hobbs.
Sunday worship at 10:00 with sermon The Good Samaritan Story three philosophies of life. Evening service at 7:45 I Glory In the Cross. Mothers Club to meet March 31 at 7:45 at Mrs. Dorothy Shaffer home. Special appeal for One Great Hour radio program March 26 10 to 11 p m. Posters at Fleetwood Hardware and Breeding Nichols Stores.
The church lists services for the Fourth Sunday in Lent on March 27 with Holy Communion at 8 30 A M Church School at 10 A M Morning Prayer at 11 and Catechetical instruction at 4 30 P M A Wednesday schedule includes Holy Communion at 10 A M and Litany with a sermon at 8 P M.
Denton Maryland Pastor W R Dudley leads Sunday School at 9 30 A M and praise at 10 30 A M with preaching at 11 A M Young Peoples meeting at 7 00 P M preaching again at 7 30 P M Thursday prayer service at 7 30 P M.
Greensboro Baptist Church under Pastor H DuBois lists Sunday School at 10 00 AM Morning Worship at 11 00 AM Training Union at 7 00 PM Evening Worship at 7 45 PM Prayer Meeting on Wednesday at 7 45 PM.
Rev. J. Francis McDonough pastor announces Masses for March 27 1949 at St Elizabeth's 8:30 and St Benedict's 10:00 Confessions Sunday at 7:45 Friday Mass at 8:00 Stations of the Cross and Benediction at 7:30 p m.
CHOPTANK offers worship at 10:00 AM and Sunday School at 11:00 AM Harmony has Sunday School at 10:00 AM and worship at 11:15 AM Grove Concord holds youth fellowship at 7:30 PM Chestnut Grove schedules Sunday School at 2:00 PM and worship at 3:00 PM American Corners Bloomery lists Sunday service with Sunday School at 2:00 PM preaching at 3:00 and 7:30 PM and a Wednesday prayer meeting at
Rev. T. Dixon, pastor, preaches at 2 30 p m on the first, third and fifth Sundays each month.
Rev Charles E Davis leads at Munster Church with worship at 11 a m. Morning services begin at 10 a m with Sunday school. M Y F devotional at 1 p m. Song and Praise at 7 40 p m. Weekly prayer on Wednesday 7 30 p m. Choir practice Saturdays 7 40 p m. First Thursday monthly Young Adult Fellowship meeting. Second Thursday monthly W S C S business meeting.
Rev P F Bean pastor leads Sunday School nine thirty to ten forty five and morning worship at eleven. evening worship at seven thirty. Wednesday prayer service at seven thirty. Denton GreenMsboro head W L Jump pastor. Sunday services include Sunday school in the afternoon at three and an old fashioned praise service with preaching to follow.
Elder Vernon Rees serves as pastor and invites all to attend Sabbath services at 9:30 a m Sabbath School and 11:00 a m sermon. Prayer Meeting is held Thursday at 7:30 p m with a hearty welcome to worship.
Maryland growers anticipate the 1949 turkey crop reaching 475 200 birds the second largest on record behind 1945. U S producers expect about a 25 percent rise overall and lower prices for consumers due to ample supply. Extension poultryman Wade Rice cautions beginners against over expansion and urges experience for success in turkey production.
Plant peas as early as possible under proper soil conditions per University of Maryland vegetable specialist Edward K Bender. Recommendations include preparing a seed bed on legume sod or manure plowed under recently, applying 500 pounds per acre of 5-10-5 seed drilled 4 inches deep, choosing well drained fertile fields, using 5 bushels per acre for Alaska varieties, preferring sweet or wrinkled peas for better flavor, and drilling fertilizer and seed in opposite directions for best results.
T L Bissell of the University of Maryland entomology department urges farms to intensify rat control now. He notes some farms may require another poisoning campaign while others should begin rat-proofing to protect summer crops. All farms should remove rat hiding places and eliminate food sources.
Tender white fish fillets baked in a wine flavored sauce with butter flour milk sherry and Parmesan cheese. The method includes seasoning with salt pepper cayenne and mustard then baking at 450 F for ten minutes to serve six people.
The University of Maryland announces the Second Annual Short Course for Motor Vehicle Fleet Supervisors at College Park Maryland from April 25 to 29. The 40 hour week course, in cooperation with national and State conservation and safety groups, is open to fleet owners operators safety and personnel directors fleet supervisors and safety engineers. Instructors include national authors Maryland safety experts and University faculty. Coordination under Amos E Neuhart of the Institute of Public Safety and Dean S S Steinberg will be the course director.
Dr A Lee Schrader of the University of Maryland hort department urges careful handling when moving young fruit trees from nursery to orchard or yard. After shipment roots are reduced. new roots must develop to supply water and minerals. Recommendations include staged fertilizer applications, strip cultivation with mulching, straw or hay mulch with manure or nitrate of soda, and between-row lime and fertilizer as per crop.
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