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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1959
Page
2
Editorial lauds J Edgar Hoover era and FBI stewardship. It highlights 1958 results with 96.8 percent conviction rate and over 132 million dollars recovered against 105.5 million appropriated, praising morale, budgeting, and administrative discipline as reasons for public confidence.
A Reader's Digest May article by John Strohm criticizes federal farm programs as failures and urges Congress to revise price policies. It discusses Brannan Plan style schemes and warns direct payments could cost billions, increase production, and keep inefficient farms alive while promising equality of opportunity and less government aid. It also notes social issues from farm poverty and suggests helping two million farming families find better opportunities.
Grace Vernon Smith notes a flurry of Sunday calls and weekend visits around Bridgeville Timonium Easton Dover Newark and surrounding areas. Families including Messicks Simmons Sculleys Benningtons and Ruth Harrison gather for Mother's Day events and dinners.
The Annual Conference opened at Bethesda Church Salisbury with Rev. John A. Irwin set to depart for Millsboro Delaware after the meeting. Community events include bridge clubs, a May Day program at Preston School led by May Queen Peggy Wharton, and engagements such as Charlotte Anne Cannon to Lawrence Fletcher Simmons. Local social visits and dinners round out the week.
Mr and Mrs Fred A Evans visited relatives in Baltimore and Philadelphia for several days last week. Mr and Mrs Ray Turner spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Virgil Turner in Chestertown. Mr and Mrs Roscoe Clough of Wyoming Delaware and Miss June Weaver of Greensboro were guests of Mr and Mrs
Mr and Mrs Harold Overfield of Dover celebrate a Sunday event while Walter Ik Kusmaul of Philadelphia visits his mother Mrs Rose Kusmaul. Adams Cross Roads hosts and Wilmington visitors are named A weekend with Darlene Johnson near Cannons and a May stay for Nancy Lee in New York City. The Smithville Club plans a meeting with Mrs Dorothy Breeding on May 20 at 1 30 pm. Earle Robinson family and granddaughter visit Johnnie Cannon and Mrs Grace Horsey Sunday evening.
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