Engagement of Alice Jane Davis to Paul R Jenkins
Miss Alice Jane Davis of Federalsburg and Rehoboth Beach plans a fall wedding to Paul Reiber Jenkins of Pittsburgh. Davis holds degrees from Chatham Hall Wheaton College and University of Michigan. Jenkins attended Shadyside Academy Princeton and Michigan Law School, member of Tower Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Fell Davis
Federalsburg
Rehoboth Beach
Alice Jane
Paul Reiber Jenkins
Paul W. Jenkins
Pittsburgh
Miss Davis
Chatham Hall
Chatham, Va
Wheaton College
Norton, Mass
University of Michigan
Jenkins
Shadyside Academy
Princeton University
Tower Club
University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor
Dean of Women Dove to Wed J Bradford Shawn
Mrs. Frederick D. Dove dean of women at Juniata College will resign at year end to marry J. Bradford Shawn of Denton Maryland. The wedding is set for mid June. Dove has served as dean since 1952 and Shawn formerly led maintenance for DuPont in the Wilmington Delaware area. The couple will reside in Hagerstown Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick D. Dove
Juniata College
J. Bradford Shawn
Denton
Dove
Shawn
DuPont
Wilmington
Delaware
Hagerstown
Maryland
Deaths Mrs Ruthannah Gray Thawley Denton Attorney's Wife
Mrs Ruthannah Gray Thawley wife of Wesley E Thawley prominent attorney in Denton died at home Thursday evening May 17 Born December 6 1896 she was daughter of the late Mary Jarrell and Hooper Gray of Templeville Maryland She was a member of First Methodist Church Denton Woman's Society of Christian Service Denton Community Club and the Auxiliary of the Eastern Shore State Hospital at Cambridge Maryland Survived by husband two sons Robert Slooper Thawley Albany NY chief accountant Montgomery Ward Co and Wesley E Thawley Jr Wilmington DE in real estate four grandchildren one sister Miss Louise Gray
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruthannah Gray Thawley
Wesley E. Thawley
Denton
Mary Jarrell
Hooper Gray
Templeville
Maryland
Robert Slooper Thawley
Albany
New York
Montgomery Ward & Company
Wesley E. Thawley, Jr
Wilmington
Delaware
Louise Gray
Gray brothers mourned in North Carolina and Delaware
Funeral services for Thom as Gray of Goldsboro and Robert N. Gray of Wilmington were held Sunday at Moore Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. John E. French officiating. Interment followed in Denton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Thomas Gray
Goldsboro
Robert N. Gray
Wilmington
Delaware
Moore Funeral Nome
John E. French
Denton Cemetery
Prominent Burrsville Hardware Merchant Robert H Stafford Dies
Robert Henry Stafford Sr 69 longtime Burrsville resident and hardware store operator with IH agency died last Saturday in Memorial Hospital Easton. Services were held 2 pm Tuesday at J Millard Cooper Funeral Home Harrington officiated by Rev Omro Todd and Rev Henry Covington. Burial Denton Cemetery. Survived by wife Mary and son Robert Jr, plus siblings and nieces and nephews. He served as Caroline County Bank director and Kent & Sussex Fair director and belonged to Masonic Denton chapter and Edenton Royal Arch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Henry Stafford
Memorial Hospital
Easton
J. Millard Cooper
Harrington
Omro Todd
Goldsboro
Henry Covington
Burrsville
Denton Cemetery
Mr. Stafford
Mary H. Stafford
Delaware
Agency For International Harvester
Robert Henry Stafford, Jr
Stafford
Caroline County Bank
Greensboro
Kent & Sussex Fair Association
Edenton Royal Arch
Masonic Order
Denton
Death of Mrs Gertrude Crossan Cottman
Mrs Gertrude Crossan Cottman wife of Carl D Cottman of St Dunsons Road Baltimore died Thursday of last week She was born in Wilmington and was formerly married to the late Elmer Deen an attorney of Denton Funeral services were held at Henry W Jenkins and Company Baltimore at 111 am Monday Interment followed at Druid Ridge Cemetery Baltimore
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Crossan Cottman
Carl D. Cottman
St. Dunson’s Road
Baltimore
Mrs Regina Hoffecker Dies at 71 Near Henderson
Regina G Hoffecker aged 71 died at her home near Henderson on Saturday. Born in Germany she had lived in Caroline County for 12 years. There are no surviving relatives. Funeral services were held Monday from Rawlings Funeral Home Greensboro with Rev Grayson Wheatley officiating. Interment followed at Greensboro Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina G. Hoffecker
Henderson
Germany
Caroline County
Rawlings
Greensboro
Grayson Wheatley
Greensboro Cemetery
Wright to Graduate From Naval Academy in June
F Edward Wright of Denton is set to graduate from the U S Naval Academy on Friday June 1 1956. He will receive a Bachelor of Science degree and be commissioned Ensign USN. Wright entered the academy in 1952 via a Congressional appointment from Maryland and served as Platoon Sub-commander in his senior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Edward Wright
Frederick F. Wright
Denton
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Dahlgren Hall
Wright
USN
Naval Communications
Washington, D. C
Naval Academy
Maryland
Caroline High School
Ivins participates in 75th Army College anniversary
Pvt. Charles E. Ivins 19 son of Mr and Mrs Earl C Ivins Sr of Denton joined the 1st Infantry Division in Fort Leavenworth Kansas for the 75th anniversary celebration of the Army's Command and General Staff College. The college honored by parades and artillery salutes as Ivins an aidman in Medical Company 16th Regiment at Fort Riley Kan entered service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Ivins
Earl C. Ivins
Denton
Army
Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Ivins
Fort Riley
Soldier from Federalsburg assigned to Germany rotation
Pvt. John R. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Taylor of Federalsburg, departs from Fort Knox with the 3d Armored Division for Germany as part of Operation Gyroscope. He joined the Army in August 1955, trained at Fort Knox, and is a 1954 Federalsburg High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Knox
John R. Taylor
John W. Taylor
Federalsburg
U. S
Germany
Army
Taylor
3D Armored Division
4Th
Europe
Federalsburg High School
Local Air Force graduate to report to Shaw AFB
Robert D. Singer was graduated at Keesler Air Force Base on May 15 after completing Aircraft Electronic Counter-measures Repairman training under Air Training Command. On furlough at home with parents in Denton, he will report May 31 for his next assignment at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. A 1953 Caroline High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Singer
Keesler Air Force Base
Air Training Command
Robert
Paul C. Singer
Denton
Shaw Air Force Base
South Carolina
Caroline High School
Kerr Avenue: From Kerr Place to New Denton Rise
In the 1870s Mr. Kerr founded a large nursery near Denton drawing leading horticulturists to the Kerr Place. His home hosted the scientists and his wife and daughters Jessie and Sophie. Now a new Denton is rising on Kerr soil. Excessive speed caused most traffic accidents in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr
Denton
Kerr Place
Jessie
Sophie
Workshop at Camp Mardela ends spring series
Miss Dorothy Ssmerson from the State 4 H Office led a two day workshop at Camp Mardela Tuesday and Monday attended by Mrs Judith Pheil and Miss Annie N Rogers from the University of Maryland Extension Service. Mrs Clifton Crouse Director served lunch both days. This was the final homemakers workshop this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mardela
Dorothy Ssmerson
State 4-H
Judith Pheil
Annie N. Rogers
University of Maryland Extension Service
Clifton Crouse
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Alice Jane Davis
Toa
Bradford Bachrach
Shawn-Dove
Anne Orme and
Martha Jane Orme
Henry Muessen
Betty Jane
Old Westbury, N. Y
Lillie Nichols
John Whealton
Chincoteague Va
Thomas J. Turkington
Wilmer B. Parker
Joseph L. Parker
Seaford
B. R. Sutton
Temple Lodge
A. F
A. M
T. J. Turkington
Arthur W. Dowell
Theodore R. Manlove
Albert Rinner
G. M. Pine
E. W. Nuttle
Luther T. Bennett, Jr
Philip H. Beaven
E. C. Townsend
Rotary Club
Talbot Country Club
Christian Comrade
Concord
Church House
Denton Fire Hall
Byron H. Nuttle
Leslie Lutz
First Methodist Church
K. T. Everngam
Jesse Fearins
Laura Torbert
Ida Passwaters
Linda Passwaters
Eldridge Downes, Jr
Eldridge Downes III
Anna Bryant
James Wright
Quentin Walsh
Tayloe Lewis
John W. Asher
T. C. Fleetwood
Suz
Howard Perry
Newark
Martin Pusey
Herman Reiley
Delmar
Rowland Seeders
William Beers
C. H. Godwin
Parksley
Dulin Fearins
Campground Road
Walter Bounds
Circle No. 4
Bradford Stetson
Clara Whitby
Merle Gordon
Wayne A. Cawley
Charles F. Willis
Charles Alan
Milford
W. Dukes Meeks
Addison Thawley
Belleview
Florida
Mollie Beck
Mna C. Fleming
Ina Caroline Fleming
Ridgely
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Gertrude Cottman
Fort Leavenworth, Kan
USD Theatre
Harringten
Thurs
Columbia Pit
Jane Russell
Lee Technicolor
Howard Welsch
Luther Adler
Joseph Calleia
Mahal Rasumay
Jesse Lasky, JR
Tail Mas
Nicholas Ray
Mary “Vamp” Davies In
Giant
Beverly Michaels
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Ford -Borgnine
Technicolor
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The
Three Stooges
Era Lea Ry
J. Be
Leslie Caran
John Kerr
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Summy
Dana Andrews
Linda Cristal
United Artists
Sun.Mon
Columbia Pictures Presents
Ford-Borgnine Steiger
Faramount Presents
Danny Kaye
Istavision
Dune
Aramount Presents
Onkay
Sittbe
Jeanmaire
Phil Gaynor
Harrison
Yistavision
Kerr Avenue
McA
Warner Bros
Starr
Jack Shelley Pavance
Winters
Lori Nelson Lee Marvin Gonzalez
T Gonzalez
R Burnett
Ty Stuart Heisler
Sterling Samuel
Coldwyr, IR
G.le CW
Richard Conte
Pegeie Castle
S. E
Briggs & Stratton
Caroline Home & Auto Supply
4Th & Market Sts
Audie Murphy
Barbara Rush
Ladd
Allyson
Connell Story
Warnercolor
Stertomone
James Whitmore
Io Rep
Ty Henry Blanke - Conson
Douglas
BT AL Steiner
Yi YY Spar
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