Dr J Walter Truitt 50 dies. Federalsburg pharmacist mourned
Funeral services were held for Dr J Walter Truitt 50 a Federalsburg pharmacist who died Saturday in Memorial Hospital Easton after a brief illness. He led Cantner s Drug Store for 22 years and held multiple civic church and professional posts including Lions International district governor and Eastern Shore Pharmaceutical Society president. He is survived by his wife four children two grandchildren and other relatives with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery Federalsburg and Denton Cemetery.
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Frampton
Federalsburg
J. Walter Truitt
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Truitt
Maryland
Cantner’s Drug Store
Eastern Shore Pharmaceutical Society
Nanticoke Lodge
Dr. Truitt
Delmar
Lions Club
Lions International
Union Methodist Church
James Moneymaker
Edgewood
James W. Truitt
Robert Richardson
Esther Truitt
Ralph C. Jones
Union Church
Frank A. Baker
Union
Grace Methodist Church
Salisbury
Hillcrest Cemetery
Mrs Florence Callaway, Harrrington restaurant owner, dies
Mrs. Florence P. Callaway 53 wife of Nile Callaway proprietor of Bridle-Bit Restaurant Harrington died Tuesday in Milford Memorial Hospital after brief illness. She leaves husband four daughters Gail Calaway Zeth Weaver and two others, one son Nile Callaway Jr., 11 grandchildren, four sisters and four brothers. Funeral at Berry Funeral Home Milford Friday 2 p.m. with Revs Ruth and Van Cleaf officiating. Interment Odd Fellows Cemetery Milford.
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Florence P. Callaway
Nile Callaway
Harrington
Milford Memorial Hospital
Reuben Bennett
Yorklyn
George Getty
Newark
Anne Collins
Elsie Welch
Dorothy Anderson
Milford
Thomas Passwaters
Eugene Passwaters
Risden Passwaters
Harrison Passwaters
Ridgely
Berry Funeral Home
Irving K. Ruth
Milford Baptist Church
Robert van Cleaf
Odd Fellows Cemetery
James Mullikin Dies by Own Action in Denton Area
James Alonzo Mullikin 71, a farmer near Denton, killed himself with a chest wound in his barn on Sunday. Deputy medical examiner Dr. Dawson O. George confirmed the self-inflicted injury. His wife’s father-in-law and neighbor aided, and Mullikin’s survivors include a son James Rumsey Mullikin and granddaughter Carolyn Mullikin. Burial followed at Hillsboro Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Alonzo Mullikin
Denton
Dawson O. George
Mr. Mullikin
James and
Mary Anne Wilson Mullikin
James Rumsey Mullikin
Carolyn Mullikin
Moore Funeral Home
Hillsboro Cemetery
Mrs Elizabeth Luff Dies at 55 in Dover
Mrs Elizabeth Luff of Marydel died Sunday at Kent General Hospital Dover she was 55. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at Rawlings Funeral Home Greensboro with Rev Charles E Covington officiating. Burial followed at Thomas Chapel Cemetery. Survived by husband Harry Luff five daughters Grace Cox Smyrna Louise Ogden Kirkwood Ethel Bowden Dover Nettie Luff Wilmington Mary Jane Luff Dover a son John Luff US Navy a sister Mrs Melvin Warner Rock Hall and two brothers Heston Cox Upper Darby Pa Irving Cox Smyrna Del.
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Elizabeth Luff
Marydel
Kent General Hospital
Dover
John T. Cox
Verna Culley Cox
Rawlings
Greensboro
Charles E. Covington
Methodist Church
Thomas Chapel
Luff
Harry Luff
Grace Cox
Smyrna
Del
Louise Ogden
Kirkwood
Ethel Bowden
Nettie Luff
Wilmington
Mary Jane Luff
John Luff
U. S. Navy
Melvin Warner
Rock Hall
Heston Cox
Upper Darby
Irving Cox
Willis Rites Held for Longwoods Retiree Clarence Willis
Clarence Milton Willis 80, of Longwoods, died Monday at his daughter Mrs E Mayo Calloway’s Arlington Virginia home after a long illness. Survived by three sons Benjamin C Willis Clarence M Willis Jr Orville L Willis two brothers William H Willis and Lewis C Willis Jr Funeral services were held Thursday morning at Clarks Funeral Home Easton with Rev Waldo Peterson officiating.
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Clarence Milton Willis
Longwoods
E. Mayo Calloway
Arlington
Benjamin C. Willis
Chicago
Ill
Clarence M. Willis Jr
Towson
Orville L. Willis
William H. Willis
Greenwich
Red Cross April Report Highlights County Efforts
Miss Mildred Ginn of Greensboro submits Caroline County Red Cross April 1955 activities. Fund Drive likely short of $3095 county quota. full report to come. Production Chair Miss Clara Hitchcock earns praise for pillows for a national demonstration. First aid reactivation in the county pursued. target expanded training and more instructors. Water safety committee plans life saving courses as summer nears. Home Service assisted 11 cases, 9 service men and 2 veterans, with total loans of $145. A veteran burial assistance case arose from insurance delays. Board plans May meeting ahead of the June annual.
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Mildred Ginn
Greensboro
Caroline County
The
American Red Cross
Edward Sparks
Ridgely
Clara Hitchcock
Veterans’ Hospitals
Red Cross
William Wirts
Federalsburg
Schadt
Home Service
Gregory Peck's The Purple Plain At Reese May 22 23
Movie Center ads announce a busy Reese Theatre schedule with Barbra Peyton in Murder Is My Beat and Boris Karloff in Sabaka on May 19 20. May 21 features Rod Cameron Yvonne de Carlo in Salome Where She Danced Roy Rogers in Hands Across the Border plus cartoons and a chimp comedy. Gregory Peck is expected to win an Oscar for The Purple Plain slated for May 22 and 23.
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Reese Theatre
Movie Center
Barbara Peyton
Rod Cameron
Yvonne de Carlo
Purple Plain
Sheriff's sale of lots in Caroline County Maryland
Writ of fieri facias issued May 3 1955 in the Circuit Court for Caroline County directs sheriff sale of John T Ricks and Louise Ricks real estate. Includes lots 4 5 and 6 on Calvert C Merriken subdivision fronting 50 feet on the Federalsburg to Three Bridges road and extending 200 feet back, part of the Merriken land deeded Oct 19 1948. Sheriff William E Andrew notes.
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Caroline County
Calvert C. Merriken
John T. Ricks
Louise Ricks
Maryland
Federalsburg
Three Bridges
John T. Prattis
Richa Stevens
Circuit Court
Mary E. Miley
J. Deweese Carter
Run For Cover screens with James Cagney
James Cagney returns to the screen in Paramount Vista vision Run For Cover presented by Movie Center on May 24 and 25. Harrington Rotary Club hosts its annual Beauty Contest on May 26 to select Miss Harrington for the Chicken Festival. Complete stage and screen show with admission 50c children 75c general and $1 reserved seats on sale now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cagney
Paramount
Movie Center
Harrington Rotary Club
Harrington
Predict Baseball to Share in $600 Bonds
Enter the exciting Oriole Sweep stakes contest. Any one of any age may enter. You may share in $600 U. S. savings bonds. Get your entry ballot in the Baltimore Sunday American.
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U. S
Baltimore Sunday American
Dottie
Baltimore
First Operation Fears Expressed by Patient and Doctor
A patient voices fear of surgery while the doctor reassures that this will be their first operation too, highlighting shared anxiety and procedural consent.
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J. W. Truitt
Emory D. Kimmey
Aly Carroll George
J. Wesley Perry
Anna Frampton
Philadelphia
Walter T. George
Mattie Carroll
T. J. Turkington
Denton Cemetery
Mrs
Florence Callaway
John L. George
Jarvis
Felton
John H. and
Mary Husbands George
Clarence M. Willis
Gregory Peck
Reese
Sheriff's Sale
Court House
William E. Andrew
David Cohen and Son
Russell Matthews
Moore-McCormack
Linthicum Farm
Anderson Lumber Company
Alton Ewing
Cordova
Hillsboro
L. H. Fiske
Denton-Greensboro Road
Nancy Fralls
Frank Boyles
Bowens Office Equipment Co
Dover St
Phone
John A. MckKenna
Noble Motor Co
Easton 245
Queen Anne
Harrison Farm
Medford
G. Emory Gottwall
Oklahoma
J. Harvey Quillen
Preston, Md
Breeding & Nichols
South Sixth Street
Samuel G. Nuttle
State Board of Health
R. Lee Butler
Double Hills
Perry
Preston
Minnehaha
Campground Road
Stewart Wright Real Estate Agency
Herman Drews
C. L. Stanley
Irwin Feed Co
Griffith’s Wallpaper and Paint Shop
Third St
Denton, Md
S. Caroline County
Mr. McVey
Market Place
Eugene Laramore
Carol Laramore Sr
Earl Love
Laramore
John Bacsak
Robert Maloney
Oscar Willey
Board of Drainage Viewers
Hertofore
Board of County Commissioners
John W. Eveland
Rachel Collison
Apply Day & Co., Inc
Federal St
Belmont
Mass
P. O. Box
Chestertown
State of Maryland
Peninsula
N. W. Breeding
Katherine Taylor Morris
Bowers Beach
Frederica
Merriken
2Nd Street
Caroline Home and Auto Supply
Fifth Ave
Ernest C. Collins
Clarke
Caroline Home & Auto Supply
Sherman T. Griffith
Glennville
Douglas
Minneapolis-Moline Farm Machinery
Wilson Bulk Milk Tanks
Oscar M. Drummer
Wye Mills
Starr
P. O. Centreville
Griffith’s
Ogden
A. P. Martin
Rutger
E. H. Hamstead
Greenwood
Denton Journal
Glidden
Griffith
Wingate Neal
Franklin Street
Minnie N. R. Needles
J. Norris Coulby
Mid
McCulloch
Will’s Sporting Goods
Franklin St
Carter Ave
Gateway Lane
Anna G. Lane
Nancy Hall
John M. Good
RFD
Choptank River
Gustav Good
Peter Md
Caroline
Calvert C. Merriken Denton
Townsend’s
Wesley E. Thawley
Chy
D. Ralph Horsey
Orphans’ Court
Harriet S. Dukes
Minnie A. Dukes
Executrix
Carlton V
William Dallas Thomas
Henderson
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