Outboard Motor Races Draw Large Denton Crowd
At Denton Bridge last Sunday Earl Ivins led a record outboard race meet drawing over 1,600 spectators. The event featured fast, risky runs with no injuries, trophies awarded at the Cross Roads Drive-in Theatre, and praise for referee Harry Harrison Jr. Entries list boats and drivers from Salisbury Baltimore Millsboro Arbutus Virginia Dagsboro and Denton with names such as Bluebird 680 E Denton Devil Slick Chick IV Ark Lancia and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ivins
Denton Bridge
Cross Roads Drive-in
Denton Chamber of Commerce
Herbert S. Martin
Gil Hall
T. Carville Fleetwood
Harry Harrison Jr
H. P. Mercury
Bob Brown
Salisbury
Bluebird
Robert Smith
Baltimore
Charles White
Millsboro
Charlie Boy
Ted Thompson
Arbutus
Carolyn
Tom Young
Virginia
Charles Laver
Snow Hill
Denton
Denton Devil
Scott Straus
Sho Nuff
Norman Rand
Washington
Dugsan
Dean Worcester
Silver Spring
Rich Holt
Dagsboro
Keith Baker
Selbyville
Ridgely Notes of Visits and Local Events
Ridgely and area residents are listed visiting and hosting relatives in Norfolk Baltimore Cambridge Easton and Philadelphia. A spring rummage sale is planned May 7 by Ridgely Little Homemakers 4 H Club. The Rose Mary Primm School of Ballet funds a May 27 program at Ridgely High School featuring Les Sylphides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koenemann
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Easton
Karin Covington
Ridgely
Edgar Walls
Ingleside
Leonard Dean
Leonard Sparks
Stanley Zweck-Bonner and
Annapolis
M. F. Councell
C. H. Larrimore
Rose Mary Primm
Georgetown Speedway Opens May 14 Practice May 7
Georgetown Speedway promoter Charles N. Herbert announces the 1955 opening for Saturday May 14 with 8 p.m. green flag. The NASCAR sanctioned track will host practice May 7 from 7 to 10 p.m. for NASCAR members. public admission to grounds and grandstand is free. Located two miles south of Georgetown Delaware on U S Route 113.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Herbert
Georgetown
Delaware
National Association For
Nascar
Speedway
Betty Grable Stars in Three For The Show at Reese Theatre
The Eternal Sea headlines a May weekend bill at Reese Theatre with Betty Grable in Three For The Show and Johnny Weismuller in Jungle Moon Men. Republics film earns high praise from Ed Sullivan, starring Sterling Hayden and Alexis Smith. Screenings run Sunday through Tuesday May 8 9 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese Theatre
Betty Grable
Columbia
Johnny Weismuller
Ed. Sullivan
Sullivan
Republic
Sterling Hayden
Alexis Smith
Admiral Hoskins
Social Security Rep to Visit Denton Court House
Mr. O Regan of the Social Security Administration will be at the Court House in Denton on Monday May 9 starting at 10 a m to meet with the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
O'Regan
Social Security Administration
Court House
Denton
Delmar Racing Rained Out and Continued May 8
Stock car races at Delmar Raceway were wiped out by heavy rain last Sunday. Promoter Bill Clagett postponed the program about an hour before race time. One 25 lap feature was carried over to be run this Sunday May 8 as the opening event of the afternoon, with heats and a consolation also on the card under NASCAR sanction. Nine new stock cars were present and are expected back, along with many others. The first race is slated for 2:15 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar Raceway
Bill Clagett
Delmar Plant
National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc
Delmar Racing Oval
Queen Consort Defined as King's Wife
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king and does not rule in her own right. She shares the throne’s prestige and duties but lacks sovereign authority.
Preston Community Club Final Meeting and Luncheon
The Preston Community Club will hold its final meeting and luncheon on Tuesday May 17 at 1 o'clock at the home of Mrs Lee Noble. The piece notes several local social moves including residents returning to Florida, purchases, visits to Baltimore and a garden club event. Dr J Wilkinson Henry Jr will speak at the Caroline County Historical Society spring dinner in Denton on Friday May 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hobbs
Baltimore
Frank R. Flounders
John Knight
J. M. Boggs
Dover
Frank L. Slaughter
William Cannon
Norris Godwin
Millsboro
Wm. N. Raieigh
Ord Raieigh
David Walls
Heller Farm
Town
Henry Lister
Hattie Roberts
Greensboro
A. G. Keeneman
Calvin C. Covington
Allentown
Hagerstown
Oliver Friedel
Howard Ash
Trainer
Shenandoah
Florida
Fred H. Friedel
James Swing
Cambridge
Ridgely
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Lee Noble
Walter Clement
Gulfport
Fla
David Osteen
Clement
Dick Greenfield
Viola Brinsfield
Garden Club
Theodore Schmick
FE. J. Twiarris
Joseph Harris
Furnish
Baston
J. Wilkinson Henry Jr
Washington College
Chestertown
Caroline County Historical Society
Denton
Dot Halli
Virgil Hall
Elsie Spence
Deerfield I Hospital
Hattie LeCompte
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Kindleberger
Grace Vernon Smith
G. Lawrence Wilson
Memorial Hospital
Clinton W. Guthrie Sr
Mr. Guthrie
R. E. Williams
Norfolk
Edward Whiting
New York City
William Sparks
Barbara
William
Yeadon
William H. Rieck
Preston
David Holsinger
NPA
Peretti
NEW
Kiekhaefer
H.p
Batl
Will's Sporting Goods Store
Franklin St
Delmar
Hepcury
Community Club
Edna Carmine
Creighton Carmine
T. L. Trice III
J. L. Gallagher
Delmar, Delaware
Stoch
FORD
Airlane
Dearborn
Michigan
F.c.as
Stewart E. Hallowell & Son, Inc
Great TV
Ford Theatre
Channel 11
Aagal Vve
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