C P Purchases Site For Dial Center in Denton
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company bought property at Fourth and Randolph to house a future Denton dial center. W O Mills says the purchase begins a program for modern service, with engineering studies, plans for equipment, and building designs to convert from manual to dial operation linking to the nationwide network.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Fourth and
Randolph Streets
Denton
W. O. Mills
Telephone Company
Mills
Greensboro P. T. A. Meets For March Session
The Greensboro P. T. A. met Monday evening March 14 with Mrs. Wallace Hutson presiding. Harold Jopp led the flag salute. a James Committee hearing in Annapolis was reported. A motion passed to sponsor a Pack flag for the Greensboro Cub Pack. Nominating committee members were named. The National Convention was announced for Philadelphia May 22 to 25. The Programs Committee presented a program on physical education stressing health safety good sportsmanship attention obedience leadership and equipment care. Students from grades six to eight performed exercises stunts and dances.
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Greensboro P. T. A
Wallace Hutson
Harold Jopp
Greensboro
James
Annapolis
Vaughn Hutson
Carlton Porter
Walter Fountain
Glenn Smith
Goldsboro
Philadelphia
Oren Lewis
Griffith
Scott
H L Hager Heads Caroline Republicans
Howard L. Hager of Denton was elected chairman of the Caroline County Republican State Central Committee succeeding Marvin H. Smith who remains on the committee after resigning the chair. Hager has served on the committee since 1954 and ran for the House of Delegates in 1958 promising an active campaign and urging big registration on April 12 led by Charles V. Moore Miss Hilda Covey and James K. Cooper. News notes include March and April historical dates and events.
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Howard L. Hager
Denton
Marvin H. Smith
Republican State Central Committee
Caroline County
Smith
Eastern Shore Republican Committee
Hager
House of Delegates
Republican Party
Charles V. Moore
Hilda Covey
James K. Cooper
Jet Plane Crashes Into Home Killing Three in Denton
A unmanned B57 jet on an acceptance flight crashed into the Denton home of Willard Brown, killing his wife Jessie and grandchildren Laverne 6 and Darr en 4. Pilot Capt William F. Smith ejected with leg fractures. The crash caused school damage and minor injuries among students at Lockerman Consolidated School for Negroes.
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Denton
Gan
William F. Smith
Wrama
MQF
Robbins Afb
Georgia
Camp Ground Road
Glenn L. Martin
Middle River
Willard Brown
Jessie
Laverne
Darren
Brown
Thomas Brown
Morgan State College
Lockerman Consolidated School For Negroes
John Hammond
Linda Wheatley Named Miss Welcome for Delmarva Festival
Linda Wheatley, current Miss Bridgeville and third place in last year’s Miss Delmarva Pageant finals, has been chosen by the Miss Delmarva Pageant committee to serve as Miss Welcome for the 13th Annual Delmarva Chicken Festival in Selbyville Delaware. A Bridgeville High School senior set to graduate in June, she will greet contestants and visitors and extend greetings of the poultry industry during the June 17 and 18 event.
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Linda Wheatley
Delmarva
A W Reddish Wins Rotary Youth Award
Alfred W. Reddish receives the Denton Rotary Club annual Youth Award for five years of service to the Denton Little League Association as manager coach and president. He chaired Youth and Scout committees, aided school officials with a basketball court project, organized fields and refereeing, and supported Halloween youth events. Previous winners include Mrs. Chauncey Downs and Mr. Charles Willis.
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Denton Rotary Club
Alfred W. Reddish
Reddish
Denton Little League Association
Rotary
North Caroline
Denton School
Hallowe’en
Chauncey Downs
Charles Willis
Second Report Of Grand Jury To The October Term Circuit Court
Caroline County grand jury convened March 21 1960 for October term submits final report. Eleven true bills found from six witnesses. 4 committees formed Court House Jail County Farm Roads. thanks to State's Attorney Knotts and Judge Carter. officers and officers’ reports summarized.
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Theudges
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Helen H. Ford
Nellie T. Todd
C. Wesley Taylor
Christian Nagel
Paul A. Croll
David W. King
Elmer Bolden, Jr
John H. Cook
Herbert Lee Donahue
Virginia L. Harris
John Wesley Johnson
Wayne Burton Mumford
Thomas Nelson
Oscar Franklin Porter
Russell John Powell
Paul Eugene Thomas
Emil C. Myers
George J. Quillen
Vernon T. Bledsoe
Glenn W. Pippin
Franklin E. Horseman
Donald E. Weir
Court House
Rosa A. Hignatt
Grace S. Knotts
Margaret Blackburn
James H. Wooters
Thomas W. Jones
Bessie H. Jarrell
Florence E. Sharp
Beulah B
Denton Rejects Sewer Bond Proposal 2 To 1
Denton voters reject a sewer bond issue by 201 to 92, opposing funds for a state health department sewer plan. Project cost is estimated at 600000 with 125000 from federal and state sources, while officials face a health department complaint over river pollution. Also notes the Eastern Shore Spring Hog Show on March 30 at Easton School with hogs 180 to 260 pounds judged by a University of Maryland specialist.
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State Health Department
Health Department
Eastern Shore
Easton School
University of Maryland
Mission effort aids Ecuador church workers and locals
Rev. Walter K. Mahan of Rehobeth Maryland assists a six week program at the Church of the Brethren Mission in Ecuador. Missionaries Rev. and Mrs. B Merle Crouse formerly of Queen Anne serve there. Mahan who grew up in Cuba leads a short course for native workers while local pastors help Ridge ly Green Hill Church services near Westover. He plans a late April return.
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Walter K. Mahan
Rehobeth
Church of the Brethren Mission
Ecuador
Merle Crouse
Queen Anne
Mahan
Denton and
Ridgely
Cuba
Roy Judy, Jr
Alton McDaniel
Greenwood
Green Hill Church
Westover
Kindergarten Enrollment Open At Denton March 30
Registration for the 1960-61 kindergarten term will be held at the Denton School on Wednesday March 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pupils must be numbered in order of registration for possible two sessions. Bring birth and vaccination certificates. children born in 1955 are eligible.
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Denton School
Old Caroline High School
4Th
Randolph Streets
4 H Older Youth Meet Here March 31
The Caroline County 4 H Older Youth meeting will be held Thursday March 31 at 5 p m in the Home Demonstration Agent's Conference Room Denton. The group will finalize plans for their 1960 program with officers Karen Hackett president Bobby Price vice president Sarah Lane secretary and Dorothy Billmeier treasurer invited are all youths 15 years or older.
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Caroline County
Denton
Karen Hackett
Bobby Price
Sarah Lane
Dorothy Billmeier
Civil Defense Official to Attend Pikesville Meet
Caroline County Civil Defense Alternate Director Paul J. Yoash will attend the March 29 dedication of Maryland's State underground Civil Defense Control Center in Pikesville with Gov. Tawes and Leo A. Hoegh. March 30 hosts a full day of Civil Defense briefings and a national Exercise Operation Alert discussion. Also reported: on March 21 magistrate Wright found Frank Lewis and Gary Hutson guilty of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and petty larceny with fines totaling 94 dollars and 60 days in jail. a grand jury issued 11 indictments, including welfare fraud charges.
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Paul J. Yoash
Civil Defense
Caroline County
State Underground
Pikesville
Yoash
J. Millard Tawes
Leo A. Hoegh
U. S. Office of Civil Defense Mobilization
Maryland
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
OCDM
State Department
W. A. Stewart Wright
Frank Lewis
Gary Hutson
Grocery Clerks Union Loses Big Vote at American Stores
An 318 to 76 defeat marked a major setback for the Grocery Clerks Union as American Stores Co employees statewide rejected unionization. Votes were held Tuesday and Wednesday across Newark Delaware to Cape Charles with 395 of 415 eligible voters participating and one ballot challenged. twenty were unable to vote due to illness or other reasons.
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Grocery Clerks Union
American Stores Co
All American Stores
Newark
Del
Cape Charles
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Moore Funeral Home
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Roselle Kelly
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Beulah B. Trice
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