Denton Third DDT Spraying Planned This Year
The Denton Lions Club thanks donors for funds to spray the town with DDT a third time this year. Spraying will occur when weather allows. At the September 7 bi monthly meeting a committee was formed to study up to date telephone service in Denton. A Donkey baseball game report noted Denton Lions Club defeating the Denton Rotary Club two to one. The club supported placing sanitary trash cans at street corners in the business section in endorsement of a Chamber of Commerce program.
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Denton Lions Club
Denton
Denton Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Seeders Named Recreation Director for Annapolis
E. R. Seeders, longtime director of boys work at South Congregational Church and Olivet Community House in Springfield Massachusetts, is named recreation director for Annapolis Maryland. He has 26 years in Boy Scout roles and holds Eagle Scout honors with his son Robert. Mrs. Seeders teaches at Center School Longmeadow.
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E. R. Seeders
South Congregational Church
Olivet
Springfield
Mass
Annapolis
Seeders
Interchurch Recreation Council
Robert
Toyko
Japan
Eisenhower
YMCA
Washington
Springfield College
Delta Pi Honor Society
Maryland
Chamber of Commerce
Anne Arundel County
Diamond Emblem Awarded Denton C P Employee
Three employees with 95 years of service in the telephone industry were honored with jeweled emblems. Sapphire pins went to Miss Lillian D. Phillips and Mr Geo T Parker of Salisbury for 30 years with the company. Francis A. Greaves of Denton celebrated 35 years and received a diamond emblem. All recipients are with the Eastern District Plant Department of the Telephone Company.
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Lillian D. Phillips
Geo. T. Parker
Salisbury
Francis A. Greaves
Denton
Eastern District
the
Telephone Company
Caroline County Democrats Plan Campaign for Beck and Truman
Six members of the Democratic State Central Committee of Caroline County met last Thursday to organize the campaign. They pledged full support for Scott Beck Jr., the Congressional candidate, and Harry S. Truman, the Presidential candidate. Several meetings are planned before the November 2 election.
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Democratic State Central Committee
Caroline County
Scott Beck Jr
Harry S. Truman
University of Maryland issues babysitting circular
The Extension Service at the University of Maryland released circular No. 15 outlining duties for babysitters and employing mothers. Free copies are available from Miss Bessie M. Spafford, Home Demonstration Agent.
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Extension Service
University of Maryland
Bessie M. Spafford
Camden-Wyoming Clinches Mar Del Pennant In Dramatic Playoff Push
Camden-Wyoming clinched the Mar Del pennant on Labor Day with a 4 to 3 win over Chestertown in 3 innings. Rock Hall, Chestertown, and Camden-Wyoming battled for second as playoff schedules tangled with venue changes and start times. Delaware defeated Maryland 4 to 3 in the Marvel League All Star Game in Dover before 700 fans.
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Maryland
McGillen
Melvin
Chestertown
Rock Hall
Dover
Camden-Wyoming
Dover Park
Greensboro
Camden - Wyoming
Chestertown Legionnaires
C W
Jack McGillen
Lambert Coakley
Coakley
Legion
Felton
Houston
Marty Quillen
Denton
Carroll
Hughes
Camden
200 Firemen Take Course At U of M
Two hundred volunteer firemen from across Maryland opened their fifteenth annual short course on fire fighting at the University of Maryland Tuesday. Governor Lane and university president Dr. C Byrd were on the program but did not appear. James W Just welcomed the group and outlined a five day schedule of lectures demonstrations and experiments. Landon Walston urged the association as a speaker. Firemen are housed in a dormitory and eat in the student cafeteria.
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University of Maryland
Lane
C. Byrd
university
James W. Just
L. C. Davis
Washington
Davis
public works
Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy
Landon Walston
Maryland State Firemen’s Association
Beck Named Head of Kent Institution
S. Scott Beck Jr., Ches tertown native and Democratic candidate for Congress from the Eastern Shore, was named president of the Chestertown Bank of Maryland at a regu lar board meeting on Wednesday. Howard S. Leaverton of the Maryland Farm Bureau was promoted to vice presidency, a role Beck held before his election. Beck previously served as attorney for the Chestertown Bank of Maryland before joining the Navy as an Ensign and later rising to Lt Commander after Pacific combat service.
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S. Scott Beck Jr
Chestertown
Congress
Chestertown Bank of Maryland
Howard S. Leaverton
Maryland Farm Bureau
Beck
armed services
United States Navy
Pacific
Young Man Burned To Death At Arnold Md
William H. Doran Jr., 32, of Belvedeer Beach Arnold Maryland, was burned to death last Friday morning September 3 while at the home of his workman Preston Jones who was rescued and hospitaled in Annapolis. Surviving with his parents he leaves his wife and one son two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were held at Taylor Funeral Chapel Annapolis and burial was in the National Cemetery Baltimore with military honors. Doran had served in the U S Navy.
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William H. Doran, Jr
Belvedeer Beach
Arnold
Preston Jones
Annapolis
Baltimore
Doran
Walter Downes
Denton
George Bray
Germany
Raymond Doran
Charles Doran
New Jersey
Stevens Attends Heating School in Kalamazoo
Mr. C. M. Stevens of Kalama zoo Sales and Service Co. Hurlock returned from Kalamazoo Michigan where he attended a week long training at the Kalamazoo Stove and Furnace Company learning the latest in warm air heating and installation techniques.
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C. M. Stevens
Kalamazoo Sales and Service Co
Hurlock
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Kalamazoo Stove and Furnace Company
Stevens
Del Mar-Va Peninsula Promotes Opportunities Banner
A publicity poster and billboard campaign titled A Land of Opportunities will promote the Del Marva Peninsula. Three 11x40 foot billboards will greet travelers at Blackbird Route 13 Matapeake and Cape Charles with a kneeling farmer image. D Ernest Matthews of Salisbury chairs the campaign.
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Del-Mar-Va
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
Peninsula
Route 13
Blackbird
Del
Matapeake
Cape Charles
Ernest Matthews
Salisbury
Cook Book From Easton Hospital Auxiliary Planned
Junior Auxiliary of Easton Memorial Hospital announced a cookbook titled A Cook's Tour of the Eastern Shore with sale by November 2. Recipes were abundant. only the first submissions could be included. Funds from auxiliary events and plate rentals support hospital and nursing activities. a nurse picnic is planned.
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Easton Hospital
Easton Memorial Hospital
Teal Point
Anne B. Perry
William Lane
Barbara Bromfield
Charles Morris
Walter McCord
Paul Dietrich
Dutchman's Lane
Easton
United States Must Not Yield In Berlin Says Legion Leader
James F. Daniel Jr. told the Ocean City American Legion Convention that the U.S. must not yield in Berlin. He urged continued presence and voiced support for universal military training and Mundt Nixon legislation. Daniel joined six candidates for national commander as 7,000 delegates expected for Maryland events.
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American Legion
U. S
Berlin
United States
James F. Daniel Jr
Ocean City
Daniel
Department of Maryland
the
Legion
Legionnaires
Munich
Kansas City
Missouri
Congress
South Carolina
Maryland Legionnaires
James F. O'Neil
Harry S. Allen
Laurel
American Legion Auxiliary
T. Frank Lynch
Baltimore
J. Nelson Tribby
Baynard Hughes Reunion Held on Baynard Lawn
The Baynard and Hughes families held their second reunion on Sunday September 5 on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. John Baynard Sr of Williston. A picnic lunch was shared under the trees. Many relatives from across Delaware Pennsylvania and North Carolina attended including families Baynard Harrington Hughes Buckley and Foote and others from Bridgetown Felton Springfield Boothwyn Townsend Salisbury Wilmington Greensboro and nearby areas.
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Baynard
Hughes
John Baynard Sr
Williston
Earl Harrington
Francis
Pauline
Bridgetown
John Baynard Jr
Oscar
Paul
Milton
Frank Baynard
Everett Burns
Sharon
Roland Hughes
Myrtle Coulter
Chester
Emil Hughes
Mattie Smith
George Buckley
Townsend, Del
Herman Hurley
Salisbury
Ralph Moore
Shirley
Paul Longfellow
Marion
Jack
Rebecca
Clayton Lister
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Denton C&P
U of M
Niewspaper
Wyoming
Delaware
Dover Phils park
Rock Halls
Camden-Wyoming Chestertown
Hardy
Kent Institution
busi
Howard Bloomfield
cook book committee
John Todd
Easton Woman's Exchange
Grosse Coate
Agnes Tilghman
rie B. Hardin
Jonathan Wilford Jr
Howard Kinnamon
Harry Wilson
J. Ramsey Speer Jr
Jas. F. Stewart
Elliott Wheeler
Charles Bowman
hospital liaison
Mckesson
Gordon Harris
Roy Walsh
Red Cross
Frank Gregson
Federalsburg Times
Denton Journal
Gregson
WSAL
WANN
WCMD
Cambridge
Elsie Mullinix
Oretha Swartz
Tribby
Baynard-Hughes
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