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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1961
Page
1
Caroline County letters urge residents to fund raise with IT ALL DEPENDS ON ME. By Nov 20 the fund stood 69.2 percent of a 235462 goal. appeal targets FAIR SHARE from all, urging mail contributions to United Fund Denton MD and Thanksgiving reflection.
Announcement states Denton Cub Pack 265 is reorganizing sponsored by St. Luke's Methodist Church. Leadres include Cubmaster Harry J. Hubbard and Assistant Cubmaster Gordon L. Mears. Pack Committee chair Harold Harding and members Hoppengardner Hignutt Cooper Parenteau Walls Stafford etc. Den Mothers named. plan five Dens meeting weekly with December start after training. List of 40 plus joining boys and eligibility 8 to 11 years. Contact Hubbard for applications.
Burrsville Wesley Church will host a home coming service this Sunday at 2 p m in Wesley Church Burrsville Rev Wm Dore of Sadlersville is the speaker The Todds Church choir will lead the music with additional performances all are welcome to attend
The Women's Democratic Club of Caroline County met at Ridgely Methodist Church House on Tuesday November 14 with Cmdr. George F. Moran of the Navy Special Projects office as main speaker on the Polaris Submarine. Guests included Sen. Hughes and Delegates Blades and Wise. President Mrs. C. P. Merrick Jr presented a Certificate of Merit from the Maryland Democratic State Central Committee. Gov Tawes plans reelection. club invites more members.
Members and the Auxiliary of the Veterans of World War One Bar racks 101 invite all to a special meeting and social at the home of Wicomico Bar racks 378 in Salisbury this Sunday November 26 at 2 p m Notify Lewis McNeal or Roy Groban by Friday night to confirm attendance
A devotional Thanksgiving poem praising God for sight taste smell hearing breathing and the natural world. The speaker lists blessings including sun moon stars winds clouds and fragrant flowers and asks for continued grace from God. The verse expresses gratitude and reverence.
Growers have until December 1, 1961 to sign up for the 1962 winter wheat stabilization and 1962 feed grain program for winter barley. Participants receive payments for diverting acreage to conservation and qualify for 1962 crop price support. The 1962 wheat support starts at at least 2.00 per bushel. barley support is not lower than 1961 level.
Diane Brown of Denton was chosen by judges as the best essay writer on Why I Want To Go To College for a Pyrofax Gas contest. She advances to one of 36 preliminary baking contests in 27 Eastern and Midwestern states in November with 117 prizes totaling up to 1500 dollars in scholarships and various cash, appliance, and school awards.
Harmony Methodist Church hosts an hour long World Vision documentary A Cry in the Night on Sunday at 7 30 featuring Bali Tokyo and Bali scenes with a leper nurse. The film won first in the Winona Lake Film Festival and supports foreign missions through a special church offering.
Pilgrim Holiness Church of Denton scheduled a Sunday dedication for its new pulpit furniture at 2 30 p m after a year of interior renovations including repainting and oak flooring. Rev Mark Bowman will preach at 11 am and Mrs Jennie Helsby will speak before the dedication, inviting the public to attend and greet past and present members.
Dr W E Peterson of Minnesota and Dr E S Harrison of Harden Farms will speak at the Second Maryland Dairy Cattle Breeders Institute on December 4 and 5. Sessions run 10 a m to 3 p m at Walkersville Fire Hall and Centreville Fire Hall, with a concluding panel moderated by Dr Gordon M Cairns of the University of Maryland. The event aims to showcase leaders in the dairy industry and is open to the public.
Final date for grain sign up in the Wheat Stabilization Program is December 1, 1961. Wheat producers must file Form ASCS-654 with the local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office to qualify for 1962 price support and adhere to the 1962 farm wheat allotment.
Maryland cattle and calf production is expected to increase by about 15000 head in 1961 per an Extension Service publication by Dr. Ray A. Murray of the University of Maryland. Beef demand rose to about 92 pounds per person in 1961 while Maryland cattle prices for the first nine months of 1961 trailed 1960 but rebounded in August and September.
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