Georgetown Opener Promises Big Stock Car Field May 14
Charles H. Herbert announces Georgetown Speedway near Georgetown Delaware will open the 1955 NASCAR sanctioned season this Saturday May 14 at 5 p.m. A field of over 35 Sportsman racers from the East Coast is expected with drivers including Horace Williams Elwood Tucker Billy Priestly Norris Reed and many others from Delaware Maryland and Pennsylvania. The half mile banked clay oval has been resurfaced and records are expected to fall.
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Charles H. Herbert
Milltown
N. J
Georgetown Speedway
Georgetown
Del
U. S. Rt. 113
National Association For
Nascar
Horace Williams
Elwood Tucker
Billy Priestly
Bridgeville
Lawrence Tucker
Farmington
Norris Reed
Denton
Paul Walker
Milton
Johnny Martin
Lewes
Eddie Adams
Rising Sun
Twilley Brothers
Magnolia
Vince Conrad
Kutztown
Jack Hart
Chester
Norwood Ellingsworth
Dagsboro
Windy Bailey
Dickie Beauchamp
J. R. Jones
Salisbury
Dick Maddox
Jr. Parker
Delmar
Ridgely Area Notes On Births Visits And Church Events
Local families report births in Memorial Hospital Easton including a May 7 daughter for Donald F. Cooper and a May 7 son for James Donald Glover. Weekend visits occur among Ridgely, Easton, Cambridge, Wilmington, and Salisbury residents. Baptisms take place May 1 at the William Henry Hotel. Community members attend Open House at Eastern Shore State Hospital and join the Talbot County House and Garden Pilgrimage starting at Old Wye Church. Church activities include evangelistic services May 11 to May 27 led by Rev Edwin C Martin and Soil Stewardship Sunday observances.
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Donald F. Cooper
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Franklyn Stayer
Lancaster
Ridgely
Clayton W. Larrimore
Leolan Jackson
Leona Jackson
Wilmington
J. A. Mitchell
Edna M. Detwiler
Elsie Matthews
Wm. T. Temple
Ross Simon
Norris Diefenderfer
C. W. Guthrie Sr
A. E. Culley
John Hardike
George W. Smith
Baltimore
Joseph F. Leonard
Tommie and
Joey
Salisbury
C. W. Guthrie Jr
Karen
Leonard and Sons
Leonard Sparks
Charles Davis
Crumpton
Florence Jacoby
Pleasantville
N. J
Robert Dean
Tilghman Rash Jr
Tilghman Rash Sr
Alfred S. Thompson
William Harrison
Grace Vernon Smith
Talbot County
Maryland House
Old Wye
Wye House
Lloyds
Ridgely Methodist Church
Ridgely Pilgrim Holiness Church
Edwin C. Martin
Atadena
California
Martin
Women’s Work Council
O. O. Stivers
Choptank Electric
Social Roundup of Dinner Guests and Military News
The report lists numerous dinner and visit events across Harrington Federalsburg and surrounding areas, including Hickman and Adams families hosting guests from Philadelphia Vernon and Wilmington. It notes Lt Barbara Brown completing anesthesia training at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital and heading to Ft Benning. A discharge at Camp Kilmer follows S/SG Louis Breeding’s Rhine Main service, with William Campbell visiting and Airman Campbell now at Dover AFB.
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Tiarry Freedman
Edward
Philadelphia
Stephen Adams
Vernon
Sallie Wroten
Ola Wroten
Seaford
Barbara Brown
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital
Clayton Brown
Ft. Benning
Georgia
Edith Hickman
Wilmington
Margaret Breeding
and Mirs
William Wood
Washington
James Hickman
Little Son
Arthur Exrouse
Harrington
Manila Dukes
Fred Coulbourn
Federalsbureg
Isaac Noble
Isaac Noble Were Entertained At Dinner At Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Nagel
Federalsburg
Louis Breeding
States
Rhine Main Air Base
Germany
Camp Kilmer
N. J
William Campbell
Breeding
Campbell
Michigan
Dover Air Force Base
Delmar Raceway Auto Races Rained Out. May 15 Carryover
Promoter Bill Clagett canceled last Sunday’s Delmar Raceway program due to heavy rain over the Lower Delaware oval. The same program is moved to Sunday May 15 with a carry‑over 25‑lap feature from opening day, followed by three heats, a consolation, and a 25‑lap feature. First race at 2 15 p.m. under NASCAR banner.
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Delmar Raceway
Bill Clagett
Delaware Automobile Oval
Nascar
Delmar Races Rained Out Again Rescheduled May 15
For the third consecutive week Delmar Raceway postponed the Modified and Sportsman Stock events due to rain. Officials announced a makeup date set for May 15, with track conditions evaluating overnight to determine final start times.
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Delmar
Britain seeks multilateral defense pact to replace alliance
Britain plans a multilateral security treaty with Mid-Eastern and Western nations to supersede the current British Iraqi accord, signaling a broad realignment of its defense commitments. The move aims to create a more inclusive framework involving several regional and Western powers.
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Britain
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Edward Waters
Barbara Ann
Johnny and
Gerard
James Shively
Denton, Maryland
Raabhiye
Hickman
Susie Noble
Ternoon
Thurman Passwaters
Lois
Greensboro
William Croll
August Croll
Paul van Dyke
Peggy
Sarah
Harry Gilbert
Charlie Stevens
Harvey Scott
Ida Harmoning
J. C. Fountain
Jesse Trotto
Floyd Messick
Irvin Ritz
Fred Mes
Harold Messick
Newark
FOX Brothers
Washington Street
Easton, MD
Mrs
Aden
Kiekhaeker
H.p
Wiull’s Sporting Goods Store
Franklin St. Johone
Delmar, Delaware
Ford
America
F.day
Stewart E. Hallowell & Son, Inc
Denton NawsparerhalHlye
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