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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1960
Page
4
Maryland Farm Bureau reports 7,379 fewer farms now than in 1954, after classification changes remove 1,621 units. Census figures for 1959 show fewer farms overall but larger sizes, with cropland harvested totaling 1,435,527 acres. Farm operators average 51.5 years, tenancy stable at 16.1 percent, and about one third worked off the farm 100+ days yearly.
The Burrsville Methodist Charge invites the community to a Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday the 16th at Burrsville Community House. WSCS provides turkey and staples. attendees bring a covered dish and a pie. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m., followed by a service at Wesley Church led by Rev. Henry C. Perdue.
Army Pvt. Stephen L. Brian, 19, son of Carlton E. Brian of Federalsburg, finished the final phase of six months active training Oct 29 under the Reserve Forces Act at Fort Bliss Texas. He trained as a radar crewman after basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky and attended North Dorchester High School Hurlock.
Hobbs Mes. City correspondence notes the Charge-wide MYF gathering at Burrsville Community House last Monday evening and a Thanksgiving dinner for WSCS members next Wednesday. It lists local visits, arrivals, and social calls among families including Thomas, Butler, Stafford, and Willoughby, with a brief health update for members on the sick list.
The Furman Grove Homemaker's Club met with 8 members and 1 visitor on Tuesday November 1. Final plans were made for the annual Christmas Party at 6:30 p m on Tuesday December 13 in the Methodist Church House Ridgely. Gifts were exchanged among members husbands and children. Miss Amita Dell spoke with colored slides about six months in South America with the IFYE. Esther Crouse and her husband Clifton are traveling in Ecuador to visit their son Merle and family.
Revival services began Tuesday evening at Wesley Church with Rev Henry Perdue of Bowling Green Kentucky in charge. Attendance welcome nightly at 745 PM. Local residents and visitors joined Home Coming Services on Sunday as part of the ongoing revival program.
William Gaines expresses gratitude to friends for visits gifts and kindness during hospital stay at Nantico ke Hospital and after returning home.
A compact aphorism notes that when one believes the world must conform to personal ideas, the result is a lonely, self enclosed view with no room for others. The saying cautions against absolute certainty and promotes openness to diverse perspectives.
The Denton School honors list for the first marking period includes eighth graders Vicky Moore Roger Hloppengardner Georgeann Long Ginny Pitts Sondra Layton David Crosson Elaine Wilson. Seventh graders Mary Kay Fountain Mary Eleanor Duffey Larry T. Lewis Doris Scott. Sixth graders Sharon Lee Brown Phyllis Saathoff Sarah Webber Carolyn Hubbard Barbara Stubbs Long Thompson Dorothy Wood Donna Collison Dorothy Petroski Karen Leese Carol Ann Kreigh Gaye Wise.
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