New Ferry Governor Nice Opens Across Chesapeake Bay
The 207 foot 730 passenger steel motor ferry Governor Harry W Nice completed its maiden voyage from Annapolis to Claiborne Md carrying numerous political figures. Built at Maryland Drydock Baltimore the vessel features an 8 cylinder Fairbanks Morse diesel engine and 1400 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Nice
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
Claiborne, Md
Maryland
Emerson C. Harrington
Claiborne- Annapolis Ferry Company
Fairbanks, Morse
Koppers Company
Maryland Drydock Company
Baltimore
Claiborne
Public Health Board Plans Work for Next Year
Public Health Board sets agenda for next year. Miss Eloise Buch to return in June for three months. Mrs. Louis Dennis to remain active. Miss Alice Wilson of Ridgely appointed County Chairman in Mrs. Max Chambres absence. Volunteers praised for infant and pre school clinic support during Negro Health Week, especially in transportation. Caroline may be in line for national recognition based on clinic action and gardening projects. Mid wife meeting on birth certificate procedures. A tuberculosis suspect child admitted to Harriet Lane at Johns Hopkins. Nurses appreciate volunteers keeping monthly records. Field Day at Lockerman School required no extra first aid. Three eye corrections made. glasses arranged. Easton Hospital to admit tonsil operations when space allows. one patient had a nose reshaping operation using rib bone. Special corset and built-up shoes planned for another orthopedic patient. Chest clinic referred four patients to sanatorium care. 4-H Club girls instructed on tobacco and marijuana effects. Junior Mothers Club of Brethren Church discussed child behavior and donated infant lean closet items. Caroline first county to report cooperation with public health nurse per National Division letter. Nurses attended Baltimore meeting of State Health Department. new ideas and methods discussed.
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Public Health Board
Eloise Buch
Louis Dennis
Alice Wilson
Ridgely
Max Chambres
Caroline
Harriet Lane
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Lockerman School
Easton Hospital
Junior Mothers’ Club of the
Brethren Church
Public Health Office
National Division of Mothers Clubs
Baltimore
State Health Department
May Day Health Drive At Caroline County Schools
Caroline County Health Department launches a May Day campaign to speed children on the road to health emphasizing prenatal care, vaccination, and regular checkups. Preschool clinics are scheduled at Henderson Goldsboro Greensboro Denton Preston Federalsburg Ridgely Andersontown Hillsboro schools from May 9 to June 3 to examine entrants and discuss immunization with families.
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Children’s Bureau
Health Department of
Caroline County
Henderson
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Denton
Preston
Federalsburg
Ridgely
Andersontown
Hillsboro
Maryland Rep Wins Test Case for Veterans Family
Representative T. Alan Goldsborough of Maryland announced a three year battle with the Veterans Administration that secured a precedent setting decision for the family of a Crisfield veteran. The Board of Veterans Appeals reversed a Roanoke office ruling and granted total disability benefits to the veteran's dependents after the veteran disappeared.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Maryland
Veterans’ Administration
Crisfield
Goldsborough
Jesse H. Davis
Davis
Board of Veterans Appeals
Furniture business changed hands Tuesday
Effective Tuesday May 3 the retail furniture business of M K Newnam was sold to Gail F Cooper and will be conducted in the same building as the Cooper Furniture Company. Mr Newnam has run the business fifteen years and is known on the Eastern Shore as a progressive merchant. He expects to continue handling Frigidaire appliances. Cooper has been employed by Newnam for fourteen years and has wide experience in the business.
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M. K. Newnam
Gail F. Cooper
Cooper Furniture Company
Mr. Newnam
Cooper
Josephine Rice Creelman
Mr. Sherwood
Caroline High School
Salisbury
Sherwood
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indiana
George Westinghouse
A. U
The Rewards of Fire Prevention
Winter ends and outdoor trips begin. Be careful with fire to protect forests, wildlife, and people. Break matches in two, carry a shovel and bucket, build rock fireplaces away from flammables, keep fires small, and fully extinguish them. The outdoor reward is preserved beauty for next year.
Musical Exhibit And Amateur Show Next Week
May 9 brings a musical program with girls and boys glee clubs and C. H. S. orchestra. May 10 offers an exhibit and amateur program with free admission. Also preview of upcoming events includes senior portraits and classroom features from Caroline High School.
Weather and Crops Report For The Week
A warm dry week with seasonable cooling on April 30 and May 1. Light local thundershowers and damaging hail occurred April 29 30 in parts of DC Prince Georges Talbot Sussex. Week sunshine up 20 percent, mean temp 8 degrees above normal. Crops show good to excellent growth. wheat rye oats corn tobacco potatoes peas both beds. Fruit trees bloom and set fruit early. growing season 10 16 days ahead. JOHN R. WEEKS.
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District of Columbia
Prince Georges County
Talbot County
Sussex County
LaPlata
Chevasville
Snow Hill
Easton
Allegheny Mountain
John R. Weeks
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George Murphy
Robert Montgomery and
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Nelson Eddy
Leo Carrillo
M-G-M
Ws Ney
Monarch Electric
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Watchmaker & Jeweler
Denton, MD
Winston
Monarch
Davenport
Royal
Cecil Beardsley
New Hampshire
Quality Poultry Farm
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Columbia
Ridgely Theatre
Nan Grey
Donald Woods
Edgar Kennedy
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Dudley Nichols
Hogar Wilde
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20Th Century-Fox
America
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Ernst Lubitsch
Dentonia Theatre
Lupin Vircinea
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H. W. Hughes
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King’s College
Old South Church
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Keppers Company
Nice
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John L. Daniels
Jackson
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Emerson C. Harrington II
Kent Island
Margaret Ann Sherman
B. Frank Sherman
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Romancoke
Governor Nice
Public Health News
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Bing Crosby
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Shirley Temple
State Department of Physical Education
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L. E. Smith
Strayer College
Washington, D. C
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