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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1943
Page
4
The piece argues that reconversion will rapidly reshape the US economy after victory. It foresees auto and truck production resuming in months, millions of new jobs, use of new materials for houses, widespread private airplanes, and breakthroughs like helicopter planes. It notes risks of booms and depressions and possible upheavals as veterans return.
The House’s Boren Halleck Committee will probe OPA rules on grade labeling and standardization seen as eroding trademarks and production. Led by Rep. Lyle H. Boren, hearings begin May 24 to assess impact on consumers and industry amid war-time controls.
Eric Johnson of the United States Chamber of Commerce warns America risks a slide to totalitarianism if the government is seen as endlessly wise and solvent. He decries bureaucratic growth, rising debt, and the domination of private enterprise, urging preservation of individual initiative as essential to national strength. The piece casts the nation as the last hope for a better civilization and condemns government idolatry.
Greensboro Denton and Federalsboro Sunday School contest figures show attendance and offerings, with Bible readers and chapters read for each location. A graduation program at Greens boro High School includes processions, hymns, sermons, and prize awards, followed by commencement exercises tonight with diplomas presented by Roger Ringgold and prizes by G Linden Duffey.
Sunday visitors gather across town as Eleanor Horsey of Wilmington visits with T C Horsey. Zeth Weaver Jr. and wife welcome a baby daughter born at Fifer Hospital Ridgely. Curry and Cohee families travel, with Norman Cohee hosts. Various other visits include Burke family in Savage Md and local kinships in Bainbridge Halloway Beach Dover and Federalsburg.
Mr and Mrs Marilen Parker of Berlin MD and others hosted dinners with guests from Camden Swarthmore and Baltimore. Corporal George Locke and Mrs Thomas Fox visited Em mal Smith. Kenneth Cleaves of Georgetown Pa plans army entry in Harrisburg. Rev R L Kirby and wife move to Vienna for another year. Grace Fiernan buys Lida Thawley home in Doylestown. Harrison Kirby visits from Baltimore. Florence Truitt Swarthmore weekend with relatives. Mrs Richard Bullock Harrington visited. R H Stafford hospitalized in Milford.
RIDGELY Fifer Hospital reports births: May 5 a daughter to Wilson Cohee of Denton. May 7 a son to Martin Williams of Ridgely. May 11 a daughter to Edward Quillen of Greensboro. May 8 a daughter to Wm Holden of Ingleside. May 15 a son to Charles Vogt of Greensboro. May 17 a daughter to Zeth Weaver Jr. of Greensboro. May 17 a son to Frederick Connolly of Queen Anne. High school program Sunday evening featured Mrs. Koeneman on music. Rev. Fike read Scripture and prayer. Rev. Zehring delivered sermon. Airplane spotters note Liberators and Flying Fortresses. concern over enemy planes. Chief Observer Sparks class meets weekly. Junior 4-H Club demo on Minute Tapioca Cream. club donated $5 to ambulance fund. Clergy attend Peninsula Conference at Wilmington. several minister transfers noted. Love Feast and Communion set for May 23 at Church of the Brethren. Women’s Work Council met May 14. Local residents active with military service. Jack Tarburton in England as mess sergeant. Ruth Naomi Bray marries in Ridgely. others away on duty. Local social visits and property purchases noted among Ridgely and nearby residents.
Ill and undergoing major surgery in a Washington hospital. Frank Brauchle returned home after weeks at Wilmington General Hospital. Robert Harper of the U S Naval Training Base Bainbridge Md spent the weekend with Mrs Harper. Reverend Walter A Donaway will not be returning. Clarence Mason entertained Easton guests. Mrs Robert Todd visiting with the Todds. Mildred Griffith made a business trip to Baltimore. W J Bonner and wife spent Tuesday in Baltimore.
Harry Stedman entertained Rev and Mrs Paul Fike and Mr and Mrs Henry Lehman of Cambridge last week. Pvt Irvin Blockston on furlough from Camp Forrest Tennessee. Mrs David Strite of Philadelphia visiting relatives nearby. Mr and Mrs I E Mason visited Grenlock New Jersey for two weeks with Ray Mason. Helen Saulsbury home from Washington College for weekend. Albert Davis Willard Jones in town with Mrs Lee Dolan visiting husband at Camp Wheeler Georgia. Archie Carroll dined with Gene Stedman. Mrs Bernard Connolly ill for two weeks.
Queen Anne held commencement Tuesday with Rev Joseph B Dicker son of Zion Methodist Cambridge Md as principal speaker. Five graduates gave brief remarks Misses Marjorie Baker Miriam Clopper Peggy Covington Mabel Gene Ivins Charlanne Eaton. Stay connected with local families as social visits and blood donation news unfold.
Mr and Mrs Horace Morgan attended the annual conference sessions in Wilmington on Thursday and Friday of last week. Dr Thomas E Pullen visited the Morgan home Sunday afternoon. Mrs Mary White of Ruthsburg returned home after a visit with her daughter Mrs Jerry McDonnell and family.
A poetry excerpt praising humble virtue and shared good. It envisions a world where nature and ordinary people cultivate a common good. The speaker laments prideful greatness and elevates selfless gifts that build a temple to peace, love, and children at play. Shared by M. J. M. Bethlehem Maryland May 17 1943.
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