School Board To Improve Greensboro High School Addition
The Board of Education received word from Abel Wolman that a grant for construction of a Greensboro high school addition has been approved for 20 250 dollars. Plans call for four new classrooms two lavatories a teachers and a students rest room and a 425 seat auditorium. The two story building may later add two more classrooms. Total project cost not to exceed 45 000 dollars with a target under 415 000. Remodeling of the current auditorium into classrooms is planned.
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Board of Education
Abel Wolman
PWA
Greensboro
Maryland
Board of County Commissioners
Works Progress Administration
Denton
Lockerman High School
Popular Baritone in Recital at Denton M. E. Church
Denton residents will attend a Tuesday evening recital at the Denton Methodist Episcopal Church. James Arthur Richards, a Western Maryland College senior and Glee Club lead, will perform with Ruth Sherman Jones as piano accompanist. Edenton Trio adds several numbers including Narcissus. Admission is a silver offering. program organized by Rev. M. S. Andrews and the Willing Workers class.
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Denton
Methodist Episcopal Church
James Arthur Richards
Western Maryland College
College Glee Club
Ruth Sherman Jones
Peabody Conservatory
Edenton Trio
Gilbert Rue
Julia Wilson
Peter Hoffman
Narcissus
Nevin
Willing Workers
M. S. Andrews
Cooperative Advertising in Denton Boosts Local Trade
Merchants in Denton and beyond are urged to view advertising as a catalyst for overall sales rather than a zero sum game. National campaigns show manufacturers partnering with associations to sell the machine as well as the product, and local advertising should similarly stimulate the market so that all retailers gain a fair share of business.
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Denton
E. S. Public Service Has New Owner
The Associated Gas and Electric Company gained control of the Delmarva Public Service system and Virginia Public Service Company, with common stock held by Chase National Bank as collateral. The move preserves management and policy while shifting ownership, affecting about 115,000 customers across Maryland Virginia and Delaware. Directors include F W C Webb Salisbury and others from New York Dover Bridgeville and Cambridge.
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Delmarva Peninsula
Salisbury
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Chase National Bank
New York
Samuel Insull
Associated Gas and ‘Electric
Eastern’ Shore Public Service Company
Delaware corporation
Peninsula
Maryland
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Maryland Light and Power Company
Consumer’s Public Service Company
Delmarva Power Company
Virginia
State Public Service Company
Virginia Company
Associated Gas and Electric
Virginia Public Service Company
Eastern Shore Public Service
F. W. C. Webb
Alan Pease
Joseph T. Whittmore
Close National Bank
Wallace Woolford
Dover
Del
Harry Cannon
Bridgeville
P. Watson Webb
Cambridge
Jesse D. Price
Frank A. Mitchell
Graham Gunby
Roosevelt to attend shore bridge opening on Eastern Shore
President Roosevelt will visit Maryland on Saturday October 26 for the Choptank River Bridge opening ceremony announced by Senator Radcliffe. The bridge costing about 1 million dollars connects Easton and Cambridge. Plan calls for the Sequoia to break a ribbon and portions sold for Easton and Cambridge hospital funds. This will be his third mainland Eastern Shore visit after prior stays in Talbot county and Chester Town.
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Roosevelt
Maryland
Radcliffe
Easton
Cambridge
Jefferson Island Club
Talbot county
Chestertown
Washington College
Circuit Court Opens In Denton For October Term
The fall term of the Circuit Court for Caroline county convenes in Denton on Monday October 7 with 9 appearances, 57 trials, 2 petitions, 12 appeals and errors, 1 criminal continuance, 15 criminal appeals, 2 court recognizances and 8 recognizances. The criminal continuance concerns Gilbert Lare charged with breaking into and stealing from the Federalsburg storehouse of Jacob O Williams. Jurors are named by district, led by First District John T. Shults and others, across eight districts with lists of jurors including John F. Stevenson, Madison Towers, Harry B. Wright, Bernard C. Ringgold, and Frank H. Doerr among many names.
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Caroline county
Denton
Gilbert Lare
Jacob O. Williams
Federalsburg
John T. Shults
A.J. Chue
Edward W. Lapham
Allie Hudson
John W. Shewbrooks
Thos. E. Heather
John F. Stevenson
Wm. R. Gardner
Patrick H. McGee
Harry F. Butler
Ernest Kilson
B. C. Beckham
Madison Towers
M. Lee Wyatt
Walter T. Sparklin
R. Boone Beauchamp
Clyde B. Pentz
J. Frank Wright
Harry B. Wright
Harry M. Hollis
Conrad Fuchs
John Rumbold
Harry Rieck
J. Lee Taylor
Gilbert E
C. Clarence Deen
Chas. R. Neal
Ernest C. Collins
Walter M. Fountain
Harry P. Willis
The Bureau Slavery Relic Of Caroline Faces Oblivion
A derelict two story Freemen’s Bureau building near Federalsburg and Preston highways near Denton faces ruin unless restoration efforts succeed. Built after the Civil War to aid newly freed slaves, it sheltered and educated colored children on the upper floor until 1910 and served as a sanctuary and symbol of human rights.
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Bureau
Caroline county
Freedmen’s Bureau
Washington
Federalsburg
Preston
Denton
William M. Boyn‘ton
Major E B Garey Named State Police Head
Governor Nice selects Major Enoch B Garey a West Point graduate and former St Johns College president to lead the Maryland State Police, succeeding Major J Purdon Wright with a $4 000 yearly salary. Garey, 52, native of Caroline County, has a distinguished military and academic career including service in the Philippines China and France and as aide to Gen Funston and commandant at the Citadel. He co authored the Plattsburg Manual and later led St Johns College after resigning military posts amid a leave dispute.
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Nice
Enoch B. Garey
State Police Department
Major Garey
J. Purdon Wright
Wright
Caroline
Garey
Caroline county
St. John’s College
Garcy
army
St. John's
United States Military Academy
West Point
Philippines
China
Funston
Frederick Funston
Citadel
Charleston
S. C
Leonard Wood
Plattsburg
War College
Washington
France
Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University
St. John’s
Charles H. Muir
Third Corps
Camp Meade
Weeks
Oakington
Harford county
Tydings
Maryland
J. Purden Wright
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HENRY O'NEIL
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Warner Bros
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Lionel Barrymore
COLONEL Shirley
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Clark Gable
Jean Harlow
Wallace Beery
WILL ROGERS
Loretta Young
Jack Oakie
THe FARMERS & MERCHANTS STATE BANK
Columbia
ALBERT H. CARRILL
THE PROVIDENT STATE BANK
Preston, Md
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DENTON M. E. CHURCH
COOPERATIVE ADVERTISING
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E. S. Public Service
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