James H Knox Feted At Retirement Party Denton Occasion
James H Knox retired Line Fore man for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland was honored at a Denton American Legion Home party attended by about one hundred friends and coworkers. Presents included a Polaroid camera from Mrs Paul Baynard along with remarks by Preston Keith and Robert J Allen Jr. Knox ends 36 years with the company, last decade as Denton Line Foreman. He and wife Anna Willey Knox reside at 301 South Seventh Street in Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Knox
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
American Legion Home
Denton
Jim
Paul Baynard
Knox
Preston Keith
Robert J. Allen, Jr
The
Telephone Company
Easton
Woman’s Club Luncheon Fashion Show at North Caroline High
The Denton Woman’s Club hosts a Saturday luncheon fashion show at North Caroline High Cafetorium with ticket sales limited and advance reservations required. First 100 guests receive Charles of the Ritz powder certificates, door prizes include a crystal necklace set and summer handbag. featured soprano Neil Graf and organist Albert Rinner provide music. finale features a June bride with family roles outlined. proceeds fund clubhouse renovations and debt.
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North Caroline High School
Woman’s Club of
Denton
Hugh Gordy
Charles
Ritz
Emmanuel's of
Dover
Emmanuel’s
Mervin Pentz, Jr
John W. Asher, Jr
Dorsey Scott
Dorothy J. Billmeier
Malinda Pentz
Paul Palmer
Rinner
Morgan E. Williams
K. Thomas Everngamn
Woman’s Club
Dedication Address Opens Peninsular WSCS Meeting
Bishop John Wesley Lord spoke on Dedicating Our Discontents at the Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Peninsula Conference WSCS in Wesley Church Dover Delaware on May 11. Morning program included a worship service by Dr John A Trader with greetings from Mrs J H McKee and Dr Roy L Tawes. Mrs W H Fuller keynote on Missions and Witness. Missionary Pledge set at $58000. College choir and installation led by Bishop Lord. Officers elected for 1961 63 include Mrs Walter B Palmer president and four district leaders.
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John Wesley Lord
Washington Area
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Peninsula Conference
The
Methodist Church
Wesley Church
Dover
Del
John A. Trader
J. H. McKee
Wesley Local Society
Robert Parker
Wesley College
Bishop Lord
Walter B. Palmer
Denton
John W. Simpers
Wilmington
Richard Hamilton
Goldsboro
Carroll Bounds
Salisbury
Memorial Day Services At St Johnstown Church
Memorial Day services are planned at St Johnstown Methodist Church one mile east of Greenwood on Sunday May 28 at 239 pm Guest speaker will be J Allen Frear former U S Senator and Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission Special music will be provided by church choirs guest ministers from neighboring churches will assist Greenwood Memorial Post No 7478 and the Auxiliary to Post No 7478 will attend and the Post will conduct graveside services after the church service
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St. Johnstown Methodist Church
Greenwood
J. Allen Frear
Securities and Exchange Commission
U. S
Greenwood Memorial
Concord Charge Bible School Dates Set for June
Planning committee completes Vacation Bible School setup for Concord Charge. Sessions run Tuesday to Friday mornings beginning June 13 from 8 to 11 o clock for two weeks except Mondays. Closing exercises Sunday, June 25 at 7 30. Theme Living For Jesus with listed faculty for Nursery Beginners Primary and Junior departments.
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Charge Vacation Bible School
Jesus
Virginia Rosser
Carolyn Hubbard
Ann Neal
Audrey Williams
Christy Dominates Choplank Marathon Races
Donald Christy of Baltimore swept five of eight hydro events at Denton winning five race trophies and the high point award. Weather reduced entrants. Earl Ivins and Ed Russell praised the meet's conduct and hoped for better conditions. Final class results list multiple drivers and boats across Stock and ASH to DSH categories with clubs and locations in Maryland and Delaware.
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Donald Christy
Baltimore
Denton
Earl Ivins
Choptank River Boat Club
Ed Russell
Boat Club
Greensboro Methodists Honor Retiring Pastor
About eighty five members and friends of St. Paul's Church in Greensboro gathered for a fellowship supper on May 9 to honor Rev. Grayson H. Wheatley on his 35 years in ministry. He served St. Paul's for twelve years since arriving in 1949 as Lay Leader and Board of Trustees president. The church renamed its new educational building Wheatley Fellowship Hall and presented Wheatley a $100 love offering as tribute to his service.
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St. Paul’s Church
Grayson H. Wheatley
St. Paul's Church
Greensboro
Board of
Carlton Porter
Wheatley Fellowship Hall
Porter
Raymond Rawlings
Wheatley
St. Paul’s
Rawlings
Rev
Earl W. Paswater
WSCS
Reginald F H. Wheatley
The
American Bible Society
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Central America
Spring Dramatic Revue At Denton School May 25
The Denton School hosts a threefold Spring Dramatic Revue on Thursday May 25 at 8 p.m. The Dramatics Club presents The Highland Fling with Glee Club and dances, plus a teen comedy Springtime For Dan. Hall's Little Theatre Group performs The Cleanest Town in the West. Admission 25 cents benefits the Student Council. judges, jury and court await the audience.
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Denton School
Scotland
Glee Club
Garry
Mary
Dan
Dramatic Club
Hall
Little Theatre Group
Red Gulch
Wildcat Saddlesore
Fizzy
Galoots
Laramie
Dude Rascal
Delilah
Cynthia
Cactus
Model Airplane Meet at North Caroline High School
More than a thousand attendees watched 65 competitors from across the Shore and State at the Greensboro Lions hosted event near Denton. Dan Shaffer of Denton placed fourth in Beginner’s Circle, his first big meet, as jets from the Delaware Air National Guard were expected but did not fly due to low ceilings. The meet featured the Caroline County Queens float, prize awards, and multiple radio controlled, line controlled, and beginner competitions.
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Greensboro Lions
North Caroline High School
Denton
Shore
State
Dan Shaffer
Caroline County
Air Meet
Lions Clubs
Caroline
Delaware Air National Guard
New Castle
North Caroline High
Queens
Carlton Porter
Russell Wright
Greensboro
Manuel Buarque
Charles R. Cumberpatch
Air Force
Arthur Brumbaugh
Carter
Rasin
Janice Dembrocki
Oxford
Washington
Paul Sharp
Charles Bilbrough
Eta
Allen Smith
Cambridge
Paul Ennis
Salisbury
Graham Lomax
Wilmington
Bob Gaede
Baltimore
Dave Chavanac
Dover
R. D. Johnson
Frederick May
George Caldwell
Russell Gardner
Pat Rodgers
Glen Burnie
R. D Johnson, Jr
Robert E. Carr
Jan Stepanek
Steve Bittner
Glenn Davis
William Boyd III
Robert Hooper
Howard Weir
Ralph Gardner
Montgomery Ward Opens Catalog Store in Denton
Montgomery Ward plans a catalog store in Denton, opening in June. The store will occupy the Carter property beside Townsend's on Market Street. A Ward official is due to visit soon to announce services offered, marking the third major change in Denton’s shopping center this year.
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Montgomery Ward
Denton
Carter
Townsend’s
Market St
Rie
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Anna Willey
Mrs. Knox
South Seventh Street
Denton Journal
St Luke’s Church
St. Luke’s Church
First Church
Grace Church
Otho Brewer, Jr
St. Luke's Church
Board of Trustees
St. Matthew
Grace Methodist
Weather Data
Columbus
Valladolid
Spain
Whitsunday
U.S
Namu Island
Denver
California Gulch
Kit Carson
Fort Lyon
Colo
Morse
Federal Convention
Philadelphia
Robert Morris
National Bank
Continental Congress
Neil Graf
Albert Rinner
St. Johnstown
Concord Charge
Christy
Bud Pinto
Woodbury
Nalin
Creepin
Agony
Chas, Lemke
Cheverly, Md
Hunter Grimes
Alexandria, Va
John H. Reese
Lancaster
Ray Timmons
Milford
el Toro
Red Devil
Doug van Rossom
Faust
J. David Augustine
Greenbelt
Mis Luci
BSH
Rowe Pleasanton
Sarah
John DiFebo
CSH
Red Devil III
Joe DiFebo
Letty Luck
DSH
Ned Berry
Sunnytown
Richard H. Bready
Minquadale
T. D. Mylrea
Newark
Carlos C. Crawford
O. E. Mangum
Jonathan S. Willis
Earl Sylvester
Harrington
Granville Tyndall
Rehoboth
Wm. Dore
Sadlersvile
William H. Sterling
George Nelson
Delmar
J. Howard Link
Smyrna
Wesleyan Service Guild
Dorothy Platts
Corporation Committee
James W. Lattomus
Granville Hooper
A. W. Tawes
Crisfield
M. M. Keen
Calvin Dean
Omro Todd
Princess Anne
John Trader
F. D. Milbury
James H. Wertz
Peninsula Conference News
G. Marshall Townsend
Camp Council
Don Christy
Earl C. Ivins
Greensboro Methodists
Jersey
Elkton Farms
Elkton
Cecil
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Caroline Counties
J. Hansen Hoffman, Jr
Ridgely Boys
Jay
Carl Bourne
Old Lynne
Conn
Jersey Breeders
Maryland Extension Service
Maryland State Fair Board
Fire House
Girl Scouts and Brownies of
Denton Volunteer Fire Co
O. E. Roberts
Upper Caroline
Peninsula Council
Upper Caroline Association
Walter Kerslake
Mary Eleanor Duffey
Rosalie Greenlee
Nancy Kerslake
Susan Scudder
Susan Trice
Suzanne Chike
Bonnie Lance
Cheryl Kelley
Cook
Peggy Scudder
Jean Scudder
Jean
Edward Vandegrift
Clifford Calloway, Jr
J. K. Cooper
Eugene Knott
Debbie Cooper
Susan Garey
Sarah Jean Knott
Debbie Logan
Patty Quick
Tom Johnson
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