Caroline County Rejects Road System Takeover
Caroline County Commission refuses to assume control of the county roads next fiscal year. Attorney Robert W. Downes Jr. says an old road law would hinder progress and force a 20 cent levy per $100 valuation with labor pay capped at one dollar daily. Most roads are unimproved. eight or more counties have reclaimed control from the State Roads Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Robert W. Downes, Jr
Downes
Russell H. McCain
Maryland State Roads Commission
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Wicomico
Dorchester
Short Course Club Holds May Board Meeting in Caro County
The Caro County Short Course Club met on Thursday May 14 with Mrs George T Lowe named temporary president and Mrs Hansen Hoffman temporary secretary. New assignments include Elmer Fearins added to Emblem and George Nichols to the Party Committee for Short Course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
George T. Lowe
Hansen Hoffman
Elmer Fearins
George Nichols
Mardella Camp
Kennard Holden
William Cooper
Howard Harris
George Lowe
High School Graduates To Hear Denton Pastor
The Rev. Dr. John E French of First Methodist Church will preach the graduation sermon for Caroline High School in the school auditorium on May 31 at 8 pm. Pastor invitations will be offered by Rev. Greer Baker and Rev. E F Sherry with readings by Rev. Turkington. music by the glee clubs will be directed by Mrs. Walter Palmer Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E French
First Methodist Church
Caroline High School
Denton
Greer Baker
Pilgrim Holiness Church
T. J. Turkington
Grace Methodist Church
Paul
E. F. Sherry
Church of the Brethren
Walter Palmer, Jr
Double Hills Homemakers Meet at Mrs Long's Home
The Double Hills Homemakers Club will meet at Mrs Redmond Long's home on Tuesday May 26. Miss Bessie M Spafford will attend the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Double Hills Homemakers Club
Redmond Long
Bessie M. Spafford
Telephone Pioneers Hold Tenth Annual Meeting in Ocean City
The Eastern Council of Maryland Chapter No. 44 of the Telephone Pioneers of America held its tenth annual meeting on May 16 at Bills Ship Cafe Ocean City Aid. Attendees included Mrs Nora Craft Mrs Julia Smith Miss Mary Rost from Denton with many Eastern Shore and Baltimore representatives. The president Mr James W Betts addressed the group as accordion selections and an invocation by Rev R Oliver White preceded a skit and quiz. New members and guests were introduced. A moment of silence was observed for deceased members followed by a brief business session and officers election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Council of Maryland
The
Telephone Pioneers of America
Bill’s Ship Cafe
Ocean City
Aid
Nora Craft
Julia Smith
Mary Rost
Denton
Eastern Shore
Baltimore
James W. Betts
Baltimore Visitors Tour Denton Chamber Hosts
About 100 Baltimore Chamber of Commerce members visited Denton last Tuesday hosted by the Denton Chamber of Commerce led by president R Hamilton Hallowell. A reception at Denton Community House followed, with Mrs K T Everngam appointing Mrs Earle White chair of arrangements. The four day tour included Easton, Cambridge, Salisbury and other towns to foster business ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
R. Hamilton Hallowell
Denton Chamber
Chestertown
Denton Community House
K. T. Everngam
Earle White
Hallowell
Denton
Easton
Cambridge
Salisbury
Rotary Club Musical Program Tuesday in Denton
The Denton Rotary Club plans a Tuesday May 26 program by a Federalsburg High School girls quartette. The group, inspired by the Cordettes, performs barbershop style arrangements learned over the past year. Bass Elizabeth Truitt, baritone Mary Jane White, Betty Henning, and tenor Barbara Cantler. Arranged by club secretary Fred G. Asilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro High School
Marvin Dallas Bolt
Hugh R. Butler
Thomas Robert Carter
Mervin Cole
Leonard D. Dunham
Barbara Ellwanger
William Louis Gardner
Thomas Robert Gray
James Alvin Mitchell
Theodore R. Nashold
George Nemith
Paul Donald Porter
Allen E. Urry
Frank Asilton
Agnes Marie Wood
William B. Wothers
Janice V. Boulais
Elizabeth Ann Butler
Joan MI. Hopkins
Edgar L
James Bradford Horsey
Philip Edward Love
Denyse Joan Maucere
Rosalie Belle Morris
Sally May North
Burton T. Parker, Jr
Norma Pitts
Virginia Elizabeth Thomas
June Daubert Wise
Barbara Jean Boyles
Shirley Ann Good
Elizabeth Alta Lord
Frances Jane Wood
Delores May Breeding
Mary Eloise Butler
Gladys Irene Collins
Lois Ann Dulin
Douglas Fleetwood, Jr
Gordon L. Pearson
Katherine Patricia Werner
Robert Wheatman
William Paul Adams
Robert Dean Baynard
Charles Mitchell Griffith
Edward Robert Lane
William Edwin Love
Robert Dukes Singer
Frank Lymen Niles Straub
Robert Paul Turkington
Kenneth Elmer Butler
Charles R. DeFord
Lawrence Lester Horner
James Allan Reed
Marion Miles Reed
Preston High School
James Ellsworth Brodes
William Thomas Cahall
Edwin Henry Collins
Carlton Marion Dukes
Darcey Gene McMahan
Margaret Lennis Schmick
Elane Burrows
Caroline Ernestine Fuchs
Carolyn Read Leight
Donald Francis Marth
Betty Ann Worm
Federalsburg High School
Dottie Ann Ayers
Shirley B. Bradley
Joseph Edward Collins
Kenneth Ray Cox
Robert Lee Culhane
Thomas R. D'Armi, Jr
Daniel Ray Dorman
Levin Avery Fishell
Jack Fisher
Charles Theodore Hullinger
Jeanette
Elaine Hulliger
Kay Jack
Samuel David Mackert, Jr
Jack Lennon Marine
James Lawrence Passwaters
Dale C. Reagan
Charles Lennon Ruf
Grace Lavenia Russell
Irma Irene Schmucker
Mary Elizabeth Sommers
John Clark Taylor
Cleo Lee Turner
Wanda Faye Turner
Ormond Arthur Wright
Barbara Jean Cantler
Edna Marie Donovan
Betty Henning
William Elbert Liden, Jr
Peggy Joyce Meredith
Donald W. Messenger
Ralph Clayton Rosser, Jr
Elizabeth Ann Truitt
Vernon Edwin Unger, Jr
Mary Jane White
al Billmeier
Denton Rotary Club
Arthur Godfrey
Federalsburg
Elizabeth Truitt
Barbara Cantler
Denton Community Club Holds Yearend Luncheon
The Denton Community Club held its final meeting of the year at the Club House on Friday May 15 with President Mrs K Thomas Everngain presiding. Newly elected officers for the next year include President Mrs K Thomas Everngain First Vice President Mrs Austin Murphy Second Vice President Mrs George Lowe Secretary Mrs William G Towers Assistant Secretary Mrs John Emerson Treasurer Mrs G Daniel Crouse Assistant Treasurer Mrs William Wolf Corresponding Secretary Mrs Carlton West Temporary Librarian Mrs Herman Keene Directors Mrs Wayne Cawley Mrs E T Orme and Mrs Willoughby Nowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Community Club
K. Thomas Everngain
Austin Murphy
George Lowe
William G. Towers
John Emerson
G. Daniel Crouse
William Wolf
Carlton West
Herman Keene
Wayne Cawley
E. T. Orme
Willoughby Nowell
Peninsula Methodist Conference Names 52 Pastor Changes
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam announced fifty two pastorate changes in the Peninsula Methodist Conference at Union Methodist Church Wilmington with Dover district receiving 16 and Salisbury 9. Dr John N Link of Wilmington was named district superintendent replacing Dr Hamilton P Fox. The roster lists new appointments across Wilmington District and many charges including Elders and Deacons ordained at Asbury with numerous supplies and reassignments for churches from Newark to Georgetown and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peninsula Methodist Conference
Wilmington
Union Methodist Church
G. Bromley Oxnam
Dover
Salisbury
Easton
John N. Link
Peninsula Methodist Church
Oxnam
Link
Hamilton P. Fox
Wilson Memorial Church
Baltimore
O. A. Bartley
A. J. Jackson
P. W. Spence, Jr
Asbury
A. G. Backus
W. G. Burwell
D. R. Daniel
Donald E. Devey
Connie Dickens
Richard Gibson
Rogert G. Henn
J. W. Holliday
Ralph E. Hughes
Ralph H. D. Hughes
Robert Johnson
Charles R. Leary
Harry B. Miles
Ronnie H. Payne, Jr
Dennis Shaffer
Guy H. McWilliams
Vinton D. Shufelt
Daniel O. Clendaniel
Richard H. Brady
Charles E. Covington
Arley B. Golden
Arthur H. Hastings
Robert C. Hicks
Daniel C. Higgins, Jr
Walter B. Martin
George H. Moore
Willard L. Robinson, Jr
Kenneth McC. Snyder
Ronald R. Seibert
Nelson B. Benjamin
Alfred J. Blundon
William B. Bundick
J. Thomas Church
George H. Coppage, Jr
Howard FE. Evans
William B. Hitchens
William A. Hill
Caroline Club Marks Second Birthday Celebration
Mrs. Kenneth Corkran of Federalsburg, president of the Caroline County Republican Women's Club, presided at a Denton Community House supper celebrating the club's second birthday. Miss Susan Seese reported on her two day National Republican Committee conference in Washington where 1200 delegates were welcomed by Mrs. Eisenhower. Seese attended a Statler Hotel luncheon with Eisenhower and a Maryland delegation breakfast hosted by Senators Butler and Beall. Seese visited her nephew Walter Seese in Washington. Corkran reviewed the club’s growth to 70 members. Planning help came from Mrs. Nuttle, Mrs. Friedel, Mrs. Nutle, Miss Seese, and Miss Holsinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Corkran
Federalsburg
Republican Women’s Club
Caroline County
Denton
Eisenhower
White House
Statler Hotel
John Marshall Butler
Glenn Beall
Maryland
Miss Seese
Walter Seese
Washington
Corkran
Harry H. Nuttle
Marvin Friedel
Frederick B. Nuttle
Susan Seese
Ruth Holsinger
Boy Struck By Truck In Denton Injured in Street Collision
Clifford Todd a 12 year old son of Mrs Bessie Todd living near the Bridgeville road Denton was struck by a State Roads truck from Greensboro Saturday noon then dragged several feet by a second truck He was taken by ambulance to Memorial Hospital Easton for treatment of head and facial lacerations wrist and hip injuries He is the youngest of nine children and was visiting at his sister Mrs A W Patton’s home in Denton at the time of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Todd
Bessie Todd
Bridgeville
Greensboro
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Todd
A. W. Patton
Denton
Mental Hygiene Society Elects Officers at County Meeting
Plans to improve services were discussed at the Caroline County Mental Hygiene Society annual meeting. William Martin of Tunis Mills, a representative of the Mental Hygiene Society of Maryland, announced a proposed institute for clergymen. Continued on page 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Mental Hygiene Society
William Martin
Tunis Mills
Shorefield
Mental Hygiene Society of Maryland
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Caroline County Bird Club
Marvin W. Hewitt
A. J. Fletcher
Alicia Knotts
Elsie Matthews
Naomi Hewitt
Annabell Bilbrough
Elsie Bilbrough
Sallie Messenger
J. A. Mitchell
Irene Bilbrough
Dick Kleen
Margarete Butenschoen
Jay Smith
Edna Detwiler
Bobby Fletcher
Salome Somers
Kindleberger
Weather Data
Delaware
Felton
John Bunnell
Rotary Club
Fred G. Asilton
Club
C. H. S. Glee Clubs
Genevieve Palmer
Aldersgate
G. A. Foster
Bayview
Bethel
E. W. Heavis
Chesapeake City
O. B. Reed
Cecil United
P. O. Hill
Cecilton-St. Paul’s
J. C. Smith
Charlestown
W. J. Robinson, Jr
Cherry Hill
J. W. Jones
Chester Bethel
Nelson Benjamin
Christiana
A. B. Goulden
Claymont
E. P. Thomas
Delaware City
T. B
Marshallston
H. K. Krams
Millington
O. G. Brewer
Mt. Lebanon
W. FE
Fosnacht
Newark
J. J. Bunting, Jr
New Castle
P. E. Reynolds
Newport
R. M. Green
North East
M. E. Wheatley
Perryville
R. S. Hodgson
Port Deposit
Frank Buckley
Red Lion
Glasgow
J. B. Pettus
Richardson Park
W. P. Kesmodel
O. P. Jefferson
Grace
W. IF. Dunkle, Jr
Harrison Street
Milton H. Keene
Hillcrest
G. W. Goodley
Madeley
W. IE
Abbott
McCabe
J. B. Dickerson
Minquadale
G. S. Ross
Mt. Salem
R. H. Collis
Peninsula
Scott Kingswood
Silverbrook
G. S. Sterling
St. Paul’s
P. E. McCoy
Trinity
C. EE. Davis
Union
G. H. Pigueron, Jr
Wilmington Manor
B. E. Reynolds
Wesley Community Chapel
G. N. Leister
Blades
D. T. Campbell
J. W. Wooten
Camden
I. H. Doyle
Cheswold-Downs Chapel
C. Dickens
Clayton-St. Paul’s
W. H. Hitchens
Dagsboro-Bethel
W. B. Bundick
Dagsboro
A. C. Backus
Dover-St. Paul’s
R. H. Payne, Jr
Dover-Wesley
J. A. Trader
Ellendale
O. J. Shockley
Farmington
C. W. Henn
Frankford
O. W. Barnard
Frederica
R. L. Jones
Georgetown-Grace
T. C. Mulligan
Georgetown-Wesley
W. C. Hackett
Georgetown
J.w.holliday, Jr
Greenwood-Trinity
H. H. Connor
F. B. Bailey
Laurel
Lee Elliott
Lewes
Dougherty
Lincoln
W. H. Revelle
Magnolia
C. M. Elderdice
Middletown
H. O. Wilkins
Milford Avenue
R. L. Tawes
Milford-Calvary
D. O. Wildey
Millsboro
J. E. Jones
Millwood
Milton
I. M. Vol
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Henderson
Preston
Hillsboro
West Denton
Ridgely
I Federalsburg
American Cornet
Caroline Club
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