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Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1954

Page

12

Frost-Damaged Sycamores Face Disease Threat

Maryland plant pathologists warn frost damaged sycamores may suffer severe anthracnose blight. Infected leaves show brown vein spots, leading to defoliation. twig ends and small cankers die. Fungus overwinters in cankers and leaves, so pruning helps little. Copper spray programs, started at bud break, with 8-3-100 Bordeaux mix and spreader-sticker, offer some control but may be too late for this year.

University of Maryland L. O. Weaver W. F. Jeffers

Short Course Club Plans Trip This Year

At a May meeting of the Short Course Club and Board, plans were made for this year’s course. Mrs. William Cooper of Queen Anne chairs the refreshment committee while Mrs. Kennard Holden leads the Party Committee. Mrs. Herbert Craft serves as treasurer and has emblems for first-time participants. The program will be published soon.

William Cooper Queen Anne Kennard Holden Herbert Craft

Reese Theatre Forum To Discuss Entertainment

Milford and surrounding towns will meet at the Reese Theatre Harrington for a general Round Table on how the cinema can better serve the community. Topics include sound large screen CinemaScope Vitavision and patron comfort with decorators and sound engineers explaining technical points. A private preview of Executive Suite starring Holden Allison Stanwyck Pidgeon follows.

Milford Farmington Greenwood Hickman Burrsville Denton Ridgely Greensboro Goldsboro Reese Theatre Harrington Metro-Goldwyn Wm. Holden June Allison Barbara Stanwyck Walter Pidgeon

What a Vacation Should Do for You

The piece considers why people vacation and what it should accomplish. It contrasts physical rest mental relief and mental stimulation and asks readers to decide their true goal before planning summer trips. It mentions a woman who moves her family to a lake cottage and maintains routines, highlighting differing vacation needs.

Lake Cottage

Wicomico Jury Acquits D'Alesandro of Perjury

A Wicomico jury cleared D'Alesandro of perjury after a prior morals trial in which he faced a statutory rape charge. The defense portrayed the evidence as a parade of trash, with Mary Ann Jankowski testifying she spent evenings with him while his accuser’s relatives recanted key statements.

Wicomico D’alesandro Sherbow Mary Ann Jankowski Europe

Prospective Graduates Listed For County Schools

Prospective graduates for the county schools are listed by course and school. Mary Ann Bradley and others appear under Commercial, General, and Vocational programs with commencement dates noted for Ridgely and Lockerman groups.

Mary Ann Bradley Hazel Marie Dukes Elinore Berretta Moore Mary Catherine Nichols Irene Williamson Passwaters Margaret Ann Crolle Patricia Mae Watt Kathleen Nesfield Williams Russell Jackie Waldis Robert Lee Wright Ridgely Norris Edward Diefenderfer, Jr Mary Elizabeth Jones Thomas Harper Lane Patsy Lee Lister Elizabeth Mildred Rampmeyer Granville Arthur Rampmeyer William Donald Redden Sara Jane Ringgold Lockerman

Lebanon Valley Gospel Band at Henderson June 6th

The Lebanon Valley Gospel Band will play at the Holiness Church in Henderson on Sunday June 6 in the church anniversary service. Pastor Rev Grover C Tharp celebrates his fifty eighth birthday and his thirty fifth wedding anniversary with Mrs Tharp. Rev Roy Musser of York Pa will preach the afternoon service. Services at 10:30 am 2 pm and 7 pm. All are invited.

Lebanon Valley Gospel Band Henderson Holiness Church Grover C. Tharp Niversary Roy Musser York Tharp

Burrrsville Social Guests and Church Activities Report

Callers at the Stafford home included Melvin and Mary James Milford W Ray Stafford Easton Bertha Pitcher Baltimore Rev Reginald Wheatley Annie Welch and Norman Outten. The Wesley Church WSCS met May 21 with Pauline Hopkins hosting. Nearby visitors included Mr and Mrs Wm Joyce Wilmington at H A Porter’s. Wheatleys moving to the parsonage next week with Rev Todd moving to Goldsboro.

R. Henry Stafford Melvin James and Son Milford W. Ray Stafford Easton Bertha Pitcher Baltimore Reginald Wheatley Roland Draper Annie Welch Norman Outten WSCS Wesley Church Pauline Hopkins Wm. Joyce Wilmington H. A. Porter Clarence Collison R. H. Stafford Rehoboth Todd Goldsboro

First American Paper Mill and Newspaper Beginnings

The first American paper mill was erected at Germantown Pennsylvania in 1690 the same year the first American newspaper was attempted.

Germantown Pennsylvania

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