Local and Society News Highlights and Birth Announcements
In recognition of thirty years of meritorious U S Navy service Captain George William AcCormick of Montivideo Uruguay is named Rear Admiral by the U S Government. Mrs Frances Lee Cooper of Denton is his wife. Mrs Lillie Statum observes her 82nd birthday with a gathering including Clara Hitchcock and Ida Statum. Genealogist Lindsay Brien hosts a tea and is noted for her publications on wills, deeds and genealogies. Several visits, musical tea at the Nichols home, and church society meetings are listed along with multiple births at Memorial Hospital Easton and community events across Denton and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
United States of America
Moore McCormack
Montivideo
Uruguay
George William AcCormick
McCormick
Journal
Frances Lee Cooper
Denton
Lillie Statum
Pearl Koenig
Fifth Avenue
Constantina Koste
Hood College
Mary Lee Nuttle
Western Maryland College
Russell Hall
Peabody Institute
Episcopal
Woman's Society of Grace Methodist Church
William W. Wakumski
Deborah Ann
Memorial Hospital
Easton
James L. Dunn
Ridgely
Linda Valerie
Woman’s Society of First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Ashby Slocumb
Martha Huffington
Gale Messick
Ogden, Pa
Millard Tawes
Government House
Annapolis
Woodrow Cannon
Robert
Sandra
Marguerite Brubaker
Worton
Laura Maloney
Charles A. Hollingsworth
Charles Alan I
William E. Darling, Jr
Genevieve Poppe
Wilmington
Walter B. Palmer
Martin C. Voss
Amos Crouse
Elkton
Albert Stokes
Redmond Long
William Beers
Pikesville
Nanticoke Hospital
Seaford
Double Hills Homemaker's Club
Death notice for Stella Murphy Carroll 71
Funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. at Gay Street home for Stella Murphy Carroll 71 daughter of the late John and Lena Collins Murphy and widow of John Carroll. Survived by two sisters and ten plus grandchildren, interment Denton Cemetery. Services by Rev. Otho G. Brewer Jr. Friends may call Friday evening.
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Gay Street
Stella Murphy Carroll
John and
Lena Collins Murphy
John Carroll
Edmund Tolson
Denton
Lester Carroll
Salisbury
Davis Bishop
Greensboro
Eugene Carroll
Easton
Herbert Glandon
Wyoming
Del
Wesley Covington
Queenstown
Otho G. Brewer, Jr
Denton Cemetery
Mrs Rose L Carroll Dies. Philadelphia Widow Had Denton Ties
Mrs Rose L Carroll 87 widow of William P Carroll died suddenly at her Philadelphia home on Monday March 14. She long resided in Denton and leaves sister Mrs Hattie Price of Atlantic City N J. Funeral services were held Thursday evening in Philadelphia with burial Friday morning at Concord Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose L. Carroll
William P. Carroll
Philadelphia
Carroll
Denton
Hattie Price
Atlantic City
N. J
Concord Cemetery
Plane Crash Kills Three Near Denton Home
A small plane crashed into a five room frame house along Route 313 near Denton. The three aboard were killed and explosions followed as fire crews from Denton Greensboro and Ridgely battled the flames for over an hour. An Air Force detachment arrived to guard the wreckage while police urged spectators to stay back. Eyewitness Walter B. Palmer Jr. described the impact like a flying leaf as the pilot fought to escape the seat. Investigators listed the fuel capacity at 1877 gallons and the craft’s bailout height under 5000 feet. Air Force scrutiny and a request for congressional investigation were announced by Rep. Thomas F. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Denton Volunteer Fire Co
Smith
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Denton
Walter B. Palmer
Brown
Palmey
William Fleetwood
Maryland 313
Greensboro
Marsland
Corp
Donald Weir
Femil Myers
T. W. Bledsoe
William FE. Andrew
Caroline County
Dovey Air Force Base
Teens will grow into the ignorance they mock today
A remark notes that in twenty five years teenagers may reach the same level of ignorance as their parents now. The statement underscores generational knowledge gaps and predictions about future understanding.
OcLA Security Representative To Be Here Monday
Mr. Robert Allen Snedeker of the Social Security Administration will visit the Fire House in Denton next Monday March 28 starting at 10 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocla
Robert Allen Snedeker
Social Security Administration
Denton
Mrs Margaret A Schuyler Dies at 74 in Hobbs
Margaret Anna Schuyler, 74, died last Wednesday at her daughter Mrs Mamie Willis home in Hobbs. She leaves a brother Clay ton Stubbs of Wilmington and ten other children including Elwood Paul Noble Schuyler Mildred Hubbard Linwood Harvey Louise Clark Raymond Leonard Elsie Mulholland and many grandchildren. Funeral was held Saturday at Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev Edward M Wheatley officiating and interment in Concord Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Anna Schuyler
Mamie Willis
Hobbs
Clayton Stubbs
Wilmington
Elwood
Paul
Noble Schuyler
Mildred Hubbard
Denton
Linwood
Harvey
Salisbury
Louise Clark
Federalsburg
Raymond
Stanton, del
Leonard
Greensboro
Elsie Mulholland
Milford
Del
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Edward M. Wheatley
Concord Cemetery
Charles B Thompson 80 dies at Templeville home
Charles B Thompson, 80, died at his Templeville home Monday. A retired farmer, he attended Busic Church near Templeville with Rev. James Rees of Ingleside Methodist Church officiating. Interment followed at Bush Cemetery. Survived by daughter Bernice Coleman of Millington, sons William Lawrence Thompson of Templeville and Paul Thompson of Avondale, Pa, a grandchild, two sisters Mrs. Harry Faulkner of Chestertown and Mrs. Frank Teat of Crumpton, and two brothers Howard Thompson of Marydel and Carleton Thompson of Templeville.
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Charles B. Thompson
Templeville
Busic Church
James Rees
Ingleside
Chestertown
Frank Teat
Crumpton
Howard Thompson
Marydel
Carleton Thompson
Arthur Solomon Trice 62 Dies at Memorial Hospital Easton
Arthur Solomon Trice 62 a retired farmer died Saturday in Memorial Hospital Easton He is survived by wife Mildred Fisher Trice two sisters Mattie S Long and Catherine McGinnis two daughters Jeannette McDowell and Jean T Spence one son Donald Trice and five grandchildren Services were held at Moore Funeral Home Denton with Rev Edward M Wheatley Pilgrim Holiness Church officiating Interment Denton Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Solomon Trice
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Mildred Fisher Trice
Mattie S. Long
Marshallton Heights
Del
Catherine McGinnis
Kenton
Jeannette McDowell
Wilmington
Jean T. Spence
Denton
Donald Trice
Moore Funeral Home
Edward M. Wheatley
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Elizabeth Barton Lightner funeral held in Queen Anne
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Barton Lightner longtime Methodist Church organist in Queen Anne were held Friday. She died Wednesday at the Portsmouth Virginia home of her son the Rev. George S Lightner III. She was born in Queen Anne to the late S Tatum and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Joseph Lightner
George S. Lightner
Sallie Barton Jump
Queen Anne
Elizabeth Barton Lightner
Methodist Church
George S. Lightner III
Portsmouth
S. Tatum
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Frank Willoughby
Maryland
Raymond Smith
S. H. Krabill
L. Jay Smith
Iaston
Dorothy Emerson
A. L. Harman, Inc
Harold Miller
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Washington
U. S
Thomas F. Johnson
D-Md
Johnson
James H. Douglas
Breyer
Johnny Unitas
Baltimore Colt
Larry Semerad
Avon
Goldsboro
Delaware
Redfield
Gary Tony Grant
Gurtis
Icp
Sthraie
Lewes
Lancaster Pumps
Cohee’s Store
J. Wilson
Winnie Cohee
Margaret A. Schuyler
Pettigoat
Eastman
TMA
OUR Service
E. T. Orme & Sons
Phillips Service
Bob Phillips
Prop
Denton, Maryland
North 6Th St
Arthur
Trice
Gerardi Bros
Federalsburge
WPA
PRR
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