First Methodist Church to Celebrate 137th Anniversary
The First Methodist Church marks its 137th anniversary with a 10 45 a m service featuring The Rev Dr Lowell Ensor president of Western Maryland College as speaker. An evening concert at 7 30 p m showcases soprano Virginia Dixon Duffett and lyric tenor F Warren James with organist Anna Lee Trader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Lowell Ensor
Western Maryland College
First Church
Ensor
Baltimore
The
Methodist Church
Virginia Dixon Duffett
Caroline Choral Society
F. Warren James
Anna Lee Trader
Duffett
Essay And Poster Contest Aimed At Handicapped Students
Eleventh and twelfth grade students across public private and parochial schools are invited to enter state contests running Oct 15 to Dec 15. The Governor's Committee to Promote Employment of the Physically Handicapped sponsors the events with theme The Physically Handicapped Competent Dependable Workers. Prizes include 100 75 50 and 25 in Savings Bonds for both essays and posters. top essay advances to national level with 1000 400 300 and 200 prizes.
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Governor’s Committee
N. Liberty St
Baltimore
A Day To Remember skit by WSCS at First Methodist
The Secretary of Missionary Education Mrs J E French and Circle No 5 present a skit A Day To Remember at the WSCS general meeting of First Methodist Church on Tuesday October 27 1953 at 8 oclock in Fellowship Hall. Members and friends are invited to attend and refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Missionary Education
J. E. French
Circle No. 5
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Librarian Receives Major Book Donations for Denton Library
The Denton Free Public Library opens Monday 2 4 pm and Wednesday 7 9 pm as donations arrive. Herbert C Fooks of Baltimore gifts include National Geographic magazines Prisoner's of War War and Peace and various novels. Charles Engrem of Greensboro contributes The Nymph and the Lamp Joy Street and more. Caroline Chapter No 62 O E S sends additional titles. The library will catalogue and offer these works for circulation with more gifts expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Free Public Library
Herbert C. Fooks
Baltimore
National Geographic Magazine
Mr. Fooks
Fooks
Gardner & Sherwood & Nelson
Dulles
Cathedral
Walpole
Trader Horn
Horn & Lewis
Shiras
Lea
Charles Engrem
Greensboro
Lord Johnnie
Joy Street
Old Gray Homestead
Antoine’s
Gabriel Horn
Xanadu
Cordelia
Fancy
Black River
Caroline
Allah
David Noble
Evangelistic Services At Concord Begin Sunday Evening
Evangelistic services will begin at Concord on Sunday November 1 at 7 30 p m. The pastor Rev Guy H Mc Williams will be evangelist. Mr Lewis Carroll of Easton will be soloist and song leader. You are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Guy H. McWilliams
Lewis Carroll
Easton
Social Security Representative To Be At Denton Court House
A representative of the Social Security Administration will be at the Court House in Denton on Monday October 26 beginning at 11 00 a m to assist the public with Social Security matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Court House
Denton
State Fire Prevention Group To Send Inspectors Here Next Wednesday
Denton hosts a town wide fire inspection next Wednesday October 28 with thirty five inspectors from the State Fire Prevention Association. Denton Volunteer Fire Co Emiory F Walston leads with Scouts aid to identify hazards in business houses churches and public buildings. Red tags will mark hazards while owners receive guidance books.
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State Fire Prevention Association
Denton Volunteer Fire Co.,, Inc
Emory F. Walston
Denton Fire Company, Inc
Boy Scouts
Denton Fire Company
Ladies Auxiliary
Capital Stock
Maryland
Caroline Health Unit Elects Staff Officers
Caroline County Health Association held its annual meeting at the health center. Harry H. Rieck of Preston was reelected president with Mrs. Olin T. Ford Marydel as vice president and Mrs. Rodney Holsinger Denton as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Health Association
Harry H. Rieck
Preston
Olin T. Ford
Marydel
Rodney Holsinger
Denton
Frank D. Ziegler
James P. Hill
Frank Tarburton
Virgil Carter
American Legion Auxiliary
Arthur Allston
Wilbert L. Merriken
A. J. Fletcher
Mattie M. Smith
William Behlke
Arnold Todd
Leonard Baker
Franklin Day
Patterson Kaufman
Annual Harvest Festival At C. I. S. Today
The Caroline High School hosts a fund raising Harvest Festival this afternoon and evening with indoor and outdoor games exhibits from Home Economies and Agricultural Departments. Cafeteria supper and apparel stands offer baked goods as PTA activities benefit local children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Caroline High School
Firemen's Supper And Theatre Party Oct 29
The Denton Volunteer Fire Co hosts an annual chicken and ham supper at the Denton Armory on Thursday evening October 29 starting at 5 p.m. Adults $1.25, children under 12 75c. Afterward a cinema at the Dentonia Theatre features The Sun Shines Bright with Charles Winninger and others. The Williston Guild meets Oct 30 at 8 p.m. at Mrs Lida Trice's home with Miss Elizabeth Hoffman as co host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Dentonia Theatre
Charles Winninger
Aileen Whelan
John Russell
Stepin Fetehit
Williston Guild
Lida Trice
Elizabeth Hoffman
Girl Scout Week Observed Across Nation and Local Activities
More than two million Girl Scouts nationwide observe October 25 31 in memory of Juliette Gordon Low founder born Savannah 1860. In Peninsula area events include Homemaking Citizenship Health and Safety International Friendship Day and Scouting Skills displays. Council fund drive coincides with the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Juliette Gordon Low
Savannah
K. Thomas Everngamn
Peninsula Girl Scout Council
Council
Denton
Juliette Low
Denton Athletic Association Scrap Metal Drive Begins Saturday
The Denton Athletic Association launches a scrap metal drive starting Saturday morning Oct 24 at 10 oclock to fund basketball soccer little league basketball and softball. A donated truck from Southern States Coop will collect scrap along town sidewalks and from rural areas by calling Melvin Hastings at Denton 446. Collections occur Saturdays Oct 24 31 and Nov 7 with usable items like machinery motors pipes tanks accepted and tin cans rejected.
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Denton Athletic Association
Melvin Hastings
Denton
Mental Hygiene Executive Committee To Meet
The Caroline County Chapter of the Mental Hygiene Society of Maryland will hold a meeting on Wednesday October 28 at 8 p m in the Board of Education Office Denton. President James P Hill says several urgent matters will be discussed. The Double Hills Homemakers Club also meets October 28 at 2 p m at Mrs Edward Quillen’s home.
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Caroline County
The
Mental Hygiene Society of Maryland
Board of Education
Denton
James P. Hill
Double Hills Homemakers Club
Edward Quillen
Methodists Plan Next Conference At St. Paul's, Wilmington
The Peninsula Methodist Conference will meet May 13 to 16 at St. Paul's Church in Wilmington. Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam will preside with out-of-town speakers planned. Dr. John N. Link says sessions return to St. Paul's after nine years, with appointments of pastors announced at the Sunday closing. Attendees include district leaders and clergy from Wilmington and surrounding churches.
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St. Paul's Church
Tenth and
Jackson Streets
Wilmington
John N. Link
St. Paul’s
Link
Peninsula Church
Union Church
Fifth
Washington Sts
G. Bromley Oxnam
Washington
Methodist Church
Oxnam
North Broome St
Dr. Link
Otis Figgs
World Service and Finance
Atonement Church
Claymont
Granville Hooper
Zion Church
Cambridge
Clinton L. Brown
Mt. Salem
Walter L. Beckwith
Smyrna
Gala Hallowe'en Celebration Here October 31
Denton to host a gala Hallowe en event on October 31 with masqueraders parade and music. The Chamber of Commerce and Denton Volunteer Fire Co will organize from 7 PM starting at the Fire House to the Armory featuring entertainment games costume judging and refreshments with prizes and supervision for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Denton
Chamber of Commerce
Denton Volunteer Fire Co
All Hallows
Caroline's Polio Patients Progressing News from Caroline County polio cases treated in Baltimore hospitals.
The County Health Association reports on patients Betty McWilliams Federalsburg at the Children's Hospital School with improved leg muscles and ability to walk though arms remain weak. Sandra Drayton Federalsburg admitted 7-18-53 with leg and hip weakness. Joseph Brown Denton transferred 9-12-53 with moderately severe paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Baltimore
County Health Association
Betty McWilliams
Federalsburg
Children’s Hospital School
Sandra Drayton
Children’s Hospital
Joseph Brown
Denton
Big Leaguer Greets Little Leaguers At Rotary
Bill Nicholson of the Phillies spoke at the Rotary Club of Denton to members and guests honoring Denton Little League. He advised the boys to play their own game and shared reasons big league clubs win pennants consistently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Nicholson
Philadelphia ‘Phillies
Rotary Club of
Denton
Bill
Crothers Dies After Collapse in Elkton Courthouse
Omar D. Crothers Jr., 44, chairman of the State Senate Judicial Proceeding Committee, collapsed fatally Tuesday afternoon while addressing a trial jury in the Cecil County Courthouse Elkton. Crothers, a member of a prominent Cecil County family, died shortly after the incident. Continued on page 10.
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Omar D. Crothers, Jr
State Senate
Cecil County
Elkton
Senator Crothers
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Charleston Musical Arts Association
James
University of Delaware
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Trader
Columbia University
WBOC
Handel
van Dewater
Mr. James
Divine Redeemer
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Divine
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Lord
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Duddy
Weather Data
Social Security
Caroline Health Unit
PTA
Girl Scout
Local Athletic Association
Mental Hygiene Executive Committee
Methodists
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Rotary
Crothers
Elkton Court
Sherwood
Sherwood Brothers
West Denton
G. D. Crouse
Hammond Iron Works
Warren
Crouse
Frank L. Slaughter
Central Ave
Right
Pennsylvania
Ridgely
Rudolph Sussman
Ogontz Center
Pennsylvania State College
Abington
Slaughter
Mr. Slaughter
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