Washout on Williston Hill road made passable
Twenty five years ago this week reports on road repair progress after rain damage. Williston Hill road now passable. Waldorf estimates $30,000 in losses to four Caroline bridges and many culverts and bridges countywide. Several residents travel, visit relatives, and a local wedding is noted amid the flood’s aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard C. Todd
Wihiston Hill
J. W. Norris
Theodore Brown
Frank Brown
Indiana
Caroline
Norris
Buick
Gettysburg
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Moore
Caroline County
Caroline Mosquito
Robert Duvall
S. J. Hurst
France
Ernest C. Porter
New York
Porter
Tuckahoe Neck
Messrs
S. G. Nuttle
Owen C. Blades
Boston
George Irving Ditty
Ralph Horsey
Helen Roe
C. S. Kauffman
Blanche Shaube
Rehoboth
John J. Ghingher
James W. DeVore
Argonne Forest
Debbie Fountain
Hickman
Fannie Waiton
Woodlynne
N. J
David D. DeVore
Federalsburg
Belgium
King Albert
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Camden
Waldorf
Boyce Mill
Nichols Road
Bloomery
Pennypacker’s
Bloomery Bridge
Pennypacker
Wilson Bridge
Greensboro
Ridgely
Burnt Mill
Denton
Hobbs
Bunker Hill Branch
Bill Ed Fountain
Beck’s Hill
Williston Mill Pond
Deen Hill
Wilkins Bridge
Ery
Smithville
Hog Creek
Slats Diary captures week of Elzy Filbert family chatter
Diary entries recount twin girls’ arrival, music tutoring plans, academic quips, travel jokes, and family banter. Notes include Elzy’s misgivings about a piano tutor, linguistic slips, and humorous exchanges about science, dishes, and rural to urban migration estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elzy Filbert
Elzy
Ben
Social Round of Weekend Visits Across Town and States
Henderson residents Ruthanna Tribbitt Ada Lister and Raymond Lister joined relatives in Henderson and Wilmington. Philadelphia and Willow Grove visitors stayed with the Shops and Montagues. Others came from Milford Hopewell Chester and Catonsville to see kin. Local trips included Philadelphia and Wilmington excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruthanna Tribbitt
Ingleside
Ada Lister
Raymond Lister
Henderson
Charles Cowgill
Church Hill
Ben Davenport
Philadelphia
Walter Weiss
Willow Grove
Del
Edward Shoppe
W. C. Gooden and Sons
Milford
Z. C. Gooden
Edw. Stubbs
T. A. Montague
George Montague
Wilmington
George Montagie
Sharonsville
Ohio
Arthur Hayman
Gloria
N. Arlington
N. J
Andrew Martin
J. A. Eggebreche
Hopewell
Wm. Swafford
Chester
Edward Swafford
Charles Shewbrooks
John Meredith
Lula Marvel
Nathan Marvel
Charles Marvel
Rising Sun
Charles E. Cartwright
Richardson Park
Dora B. Melvin
George Raughiey
Catonsville
Elwood Jones
Pennsgrove
Doris Lee Harman
Mary Gray
Goldsboro
Earl Thompson
Joyce
Rockaway Beach
N. Y
W. H. Goodwin
W. F. Clark
Pearl Jones
Relatives Visit in Wilmington and Sick List Update
Days last week with relatives in Wilmington noted. Mrs. Addie Lister is on the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Addie Lister
Infantile Paralysis Fund-Reaches Record 1944 Total
Basil O Connor announces that the 1944 March of Dimes fund drive for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has raised a record 10 973 491 dollars. He notes epidemics in twelve states and outlines expanded aid and research as Army and Navy donations from abroad join nationwide giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For
Basil O’connor
O’connor
National Foundation
North Carolina
Kentucky
New York
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
Michigan
Maryland
Mississippi
Indiana
O’connore
Mrs. America
Polio Fund Drive Supports Local Aid and National Efforts
The article explains that half of the annual funds raised each January from President's Birthday celebrations remains with 3,000 county chapters to aid polio victims. The other half supports the National Foundation for research epidemic aid and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation
Social Security Coverage Question for Excluded Workers
The Social Security Board states that excluded workers cannot join voluntarily by paying the tax. protection comes only through covered employment. About 20 million U.S. workers remain uncovered, and the current act requires amendment. For details contact the Social Security Board office in Salisbury, Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Office of the Social Security Board
Salisbury
Order Fertilizer Now For Fall Seeded Crops
Maryland Extension agronomist John W. Magruder urges early fertilizer orders to secure dealer stocks for expected heavy fall demand. Maryland consumption rose 16 120 tons last year, with wheat acreage likely boosting fall use. National fertilizer use surged from 17 548 000 tons in 1938 to 11 548 000 tons in 1943, elevating wartime crop output. Maryland soils vary. bags show weight brand and specify grade to guide application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Magruder
University of Maryland
Maryland
Magruder
Guaranteed analysis guides fertilizer purchases
The article urges buying fertilizers on an analysis basis per county agricultural agents recommendations. Plant food content per ton rose 10 percent since 1938, signaling a shift to higher analyses. Despite nitrogen shortages in 1942 and early 1943, supply has improved, yielding more available nitrogen than in any prior year.
Traffic Fatalities Lowest In July 1944
Maryland reports 924 traffic accidents in July 1944 with 21 deaths and 454 injuries. Baltimore City had 685 accidents causing 5 deaths and 295 injuries, counties 289 accidents with 16 deaths and 159 injuries. This is the lowest monthly fatalities in nine years, eleven less than July 1943 and eight less than June 1944. Through August 1, year to date deaths total 206, up 8.4 percent from 190 a year ago. Baltimore City’s 5 deaths mark the lowest month since April 1942. counties 16 deaths the lowest since June 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Baltimore City
July Traffic Fatalities Down Across Maryland Counties
Maryland reports no fatalities in three counties and a sharp drop in pedestrian deaths in July with six killed versus fourteen in July 1948, a 57 percent decline. Governor O Conor and the Maryland Traffic Safety Commission praise citizens and urge continued careful driving to sustain safety gains and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert, Garrett
Kent
O’conor
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
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