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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1955
Page
6
Marydel and area residents share gatherings and visits. Notices include birthdays celebrated at home, hospital stays, and varied travels to Wilmington New York City and Washington. Community groups host events, Halloween plans, and auxiliary meetings with officers honored and a 59th anniversary observed.
Prestonians attend meetings and socials across the region with Mrs Edna Carmine hosting the Monday Club and Mrs Creighton Carmine hosting the 20th Century Club. Residents and guests traveled to Baltimore Oxford Pa Easton and enjoyed theater trips and a Lions Club charity tea for the Preston High School faculty and the Children’s Home donation event.
Mrs. George Smith recovers from tonsil surgery. Laura Torbert hosted by Ida Passwaters. Reese Brown of Denton visited his mother Sadie Brown. Louis Torbert weekend in Norfolk. Harry Gilbert and wife with Charlie Stevens family. Isaac Noble in Philadelphia. Sympathy to Rev Omro Todd on loss of brother Wilson Todd and wife. Ola Wroten visiting Sallie Wroten. William Croll called on Ida Hollis. Seymour Good from Essington visit. Mrs Harry Willis and Frank Beauchamp visit their father. Mr Drummond is improving after confinement at home.
Dr. Edwin G. Riley, public health officer from Denton, led a discussion at the Caroline County Health Association annual meeting on the need for a nursing home in Caroline County. The session highlighted the county's top health problem and the urgency for improved elder care facilities.
Dr. Riley urges caring for older people with a non profit nursing home. A 20 bed facility is discussed to replace almshouse care, funded partly by Hill-Burton federal aid. County to consider selling the old farm or using it for the home. Denton meeting set for Nov 28 with Health Association and commissioners. Officers and directors of the Caroline County Health Association are listed.
The Pony Express in 1860 61 operated between St Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California delivering mail across the western United States.
The Keystone Automobile Club denounces Halloween vandalism to costly cars and urges parents teachers and police to warn youths that such acts are criminal. Manager August Detlof of Maryland calls for punitive action and notes damage from chalk paint glass and missing caps. The club advises securing cars in garages and expanding patrols with support from the American Automobile Association.
The PTA Safety and Grounds Committee led by John Fuchs works with school officials to expand the safety patrol beyond grounds to 18 dangerous intersections. Today and tomorrow they will collect statistics on crossing volumes to determine permanent stations.
The Association for the Aid of Retarded Children invites parents in Caroline County to a party for children at St. Mark's Methodist Church Easton on Wednesday November 2 at 1 pm. The event aims to help those denied regular schooling gain group activity and could lead to a monthly series and a potential summer camp. contact Miss Lucretia Gibbs in Denton for more information.
Grace Methodist Church hosts a Halloween party for children and groups go door to door collecting UNICEF donations. UNICEF stands for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund and contributions are appreciated.
In the October 30 issue of the American Weekly Baltimore Sunday American color gravure, the article examines what a 17 year old is made of and estimates that a teenager costs parents about 16000 dollars, discussing the impact on families and finances.
The League of Nations was formed on June 28, 1919, and ended its functions in April 1946, marking an early attempt at international cooperation before the United Nations era.
A brief note records that slavery was abolished in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865.
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