Georgetown Stock Car Feature Wowed By Ed Lindsay Victory
Ed Lindsay from Randalls town Maryland roared from the 17th starting berth to win the Georgetown Speedway 25 lap stock car main in a 1949 Plymouth coupe No. 11 at speed near 65 mph. Lindsay nosed Ray Kable’s 90 by five car lengths while several incidents and heat results followed including Steve Elias colliding with Kable and a high turn flip by Rodney Hazel.
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Ed Lindsay
Randallstown
Kable
Johnny Roberts
Dick Marr
Bill Priestley
Bob Kincaid
Kincaid
Tom Brown
Lindsay, Kable
Steve Elias
Pee Wee Pobletts
Vince Conrad
Horace Williams
Bob Tester
Carl Henderson
Bob Hall
Paul Walker
Lawrence Tucker
Henry Short
Johnny Martin
Dean Pelton
Rodney Hazel
Hazel
Maryland Converts Cropland to Conservation Uses
Maryland farmers in 23 soil conservation districts converted nearly 5000 acres of cropland to grass and trees last year. Edward M. Davis, state conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service, notes the shift reflects farmer interest in conservation practices and land stewardship.
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Maryland
Edward M. Davis
The
Soil Conservation Service
Maryland Farm Front Details Soil Bank Goals and Programs
Maryland farmers and the Soil Bank program push to convert cropland to permanent grass and trees. The state aims to shift 152000 acres to grass and 68000 to trees, part of a national 1957 goal of 20 million acres. Summary notes show extensive conservation actions by 15,000 farmers across 23 districts, plus 2700 soil conservation districts nationwide.
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Soil Bank
Maryland
SCS
Davis
Gordon M. Cairns
University of Maryland College of Agriculture
State Soil Conservation Committee
Poultry and Vegetable Judging Set for University of Maryland
The annual state 4-H Club poultry and vegetable judging competition will be held at the University of Maryland on Friday, October 19, with events and judging activities announced for the day.
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Merle TL. Tlowes
Maryland
Boston
Andy A. Duncan
Horticulture Department
Wade H. Rice
Howes
University of Md
University of Maryland
Youth Workshop at Camp Mardela Oct 12 14
The Mardela District Church of the Brethren Youth Workshop will be held at Camp Mardela near Denton on October 12 13 and 14 with theme Putting Our Christian Beliefs Into Action Oretha Miller of Cordova chairs the annual gathering Youth from district churches will participate Registration led by Dale Fike Easton and Ray Schall Denton starts 5 p m Friday A panel on Choices We Need To Make will open the program featuring Miss Miller David Layton Eugene Hartman Wilbur Rittenhouse Joan Weisbrod and Alvin Walbridge Other panels include Questions Youth Ask Sunday morning s message will be delivered by David K Hanawalt executive secretary of the district CBYF groups are urged to attend.
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Mardela
Church of the Brethren
Camp Mardela
Denton
Oretha Miller
Cordova
Dale Fike
Easton
Ray Schall
Miss Miller
David Layton
Greenwood
Eugene Hartman
Wilbur Rittenhouse
Queen Anne
Joan Weisbrod
Alvin Walbridge
Clifton Crouse
Farmers Hire Handy Help From Town Youths
Advertisement from a rural column notes farmers lacking hired hands contract with young town workers. Hap Hooper lives rent-free on Easy Roberts' farm and works about 100 days a year for farmhand pay, then remains employed by his regular boss the rest of the year. Buzz Ellis, the electrician, speeds up his business when Hap assists and slows it when Hap is unavailable.
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Hap Hooper
Easy Roberts
Hap
Buzz Ellis
Buzz
Different Views Unite For Happier Community
A speaker extols cooperation across backgrounds and viewpoints. The speaker urges more residents to work together, sharing drinks and conversations to improve town life. The message emphasizes kindness and mutual assistance over differences.
Four Caroline 4 H Boys Show Hogs At Centreville
The Eastern Shore Market Hog Show and Sale at Centreville on September 26 featured Caroline County 4 H exhibitors Wheatley Neal Denton Alan Holsinger Greensboro Robert Sutton Ridgely and Donald Sutton Ridgely. Robert Sutton won first in light division Donald Sutton won second in the contest and had the Grand Champion Trio. Of eighteen Caroline hogs, thirteen were blue ribbon winners, one red and four white.
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Centreville
Caroline County
Wheatley Neal
Denton
Alan Holsinger
Greensboro
Robert
Donald Sutton
Ridgely
Robert Sutton
Caroline
Fox for State Attorney of Wicomico County
Ham Fox a Maryland native and family man serves his second term as State's Attorney for Wicomico County. A 1947 University of Maryland law graduate and Navy veteran, he stems from early Eastern Shore settlers and has led church boards and civic groups including the Kiwanis Club and Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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becausuSes
Fox
Wicomico County
Hamilton P. Fox
University of Maryland
Ham Fox
Asbury Methodist Church
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Senior Chamber of Commerce
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