Preston School Opens With Enrollment of 390
Preston School's 1955-56 term began September 6 with 390 students enrolled. First graders total 43, a small class, while seventh graders number 39 with full attendance. The school launched grade activities including safety patrols, hobby clubs, and student councils, as staff introduce new teachers and organize projects. The student body plans a magazine drive to raise funds to a $1200 goal.
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Preston School
Higgins
Butler
Carol Preston
Bobby Price
Elaine Hall
Wilbert Thomas
Michael Todd
Ann Sanders
Evey
U. S
Joe Voshell
Teddy Wright
Joan Marth
Rosalie Arnie
Frances Pittinger
Patsy van de Visser
Roberts
Kenneth Baker
Billy Engle
Mary Ellen Dulin
Ruth Dolby
Ellen Wheedleton
Jo Ann Scullin
Bobby Taylor
Hall
Donald Cox
Margaret Bateman
Anne Plummer
Eugene Plutschak
Charlotte Cannon
Gladys Frampton
Shirley Cowgill
Smith
Barbara Seaman
Joyce Harrison
Janet Hopkins
Ronnie Tyler
Fiona Reed
Elzey
Buster Lord
Webster Flaharty
Janet McMahan
Jack Sanders
Johnny Fishpan
Bobby van de Visser
Ladies' Auxiliary Birthday Calendar Sponsors 1956
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Denton Volunteer Fire Company sponsors a 1956 birthday calendar. To cover rising costs, individual birthday cards are discontinued. names can be added for ten cents each. Calendars are given to families and advertisers, with proceeds aiding firemen.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Record hailstone size in USA history
The largest hailstones ever measured in the United States weighed 1% pounds, reached 17 inches in circumference, and were nearly 544 inches in diameter.
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USA
Orphans' Court Proceedings Record Administrative Actions
The Orphans' Court met in regular session led by Chief Judge M A Brackett with Judges Carroll and Schrieber. It examined and recorded estates including Luman Strong and Bertha S Shull, Katherine E Westbrook, Wingate Neal, and George R Westbrook with accounts, releases, and guardianship actions. Letters testamentary granted for Wingate Neal. bonds filed and approved. notices to creditors ordered. numerous filings and releases documented.
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Orphans’ Court
M. A. Brackett
C. T. Carroll
Robert F. Schrieber
Luman Strong
Bertha S. Shull
Clara H. West
Katherine E. Westbrook
Harry R. Hughes
Marvin H. Smith
Iva Jane Leer
J. Redden
Wingate Neal
William J. Neal
Enoch E. Baker
George R. Westbrook
John Curtis Bullock
William Ernest Murphy
Irene Murphy
Charles Francis Murphy
P T A Planning Group Met At Greensboro School
The Greensboro P T A planning committee met to plan for the year with aim Know Your School Better. Newly elected president Mrs Calvin Lister presided as Principal G B Hastings outlined needs and planned programs including a Oct 10 meeting for parent questions and a weekly newspaper report.
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Greensboro P. T. A
Calvin Lister
G. B. Hastings
Hastings
Here today gone tomorrow bonds pitch line
A brief promotional line urges investing part of earnings in United States Savings Bonds to secure future funds, contrasting fleeting today with a safer tomorrow. The message emphasizes the government backed bonds as a reliable savings vehicle.
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United States
Greensboro Town and Country Club meets to plan year
The Greensboro Town and Country Club held its first fall meeting on Monday September 12 at the home of Mrs Edward Weaver Jr. New president Mrs Max R Stirn presided and officers and committees were named for finance program welfare gifts publicity and more with plans for the annual teachers reception and an Eastern Shore District board meeting in Ocean City Md. Members attending include Mrs A T Bash Mrs Max Stirn Mrs John Berger and Mrs Richard Garey Jr.
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Greensboro
Max R. Stirn
J. E. Weaver Jr
John Biffle
Leslie Wyatt
John Berger
Charles McClyment
Horace Edwards
Luther Bennett Jr
Richard Garey Jr
J. Edw. Derrickson Jr
A. T. Bash
O. T. Lewis
Walter Dillon
Max Stirn
Edw. Weaver Jr
Clarence Pearson
Walter Fountain
Charles F
Homemakers President To Attend State Meetings
Mrs. Robert Stanton of Preston, president of Caroline County Homemakers Clubs, will attend the Maryland Council of Homemakers Clubs meeting at College Park on September 28 and 29. The Caroline Council held its annual meeting on September 20.
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Robert Stanton
Preston
Caroline County
Homemakers’ Clubs
Maryland Council of Homemakers’ Clubs
College Park
Caroline Council
First American Zoo Opened in Philadelphia in 1874
A note records that the first zoo in America was established in Philadelphia in the year 1874. It marks a historic beginning for public zoological displays and urban recreation.
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America
Philadelphia
Bar Owner Fined $40 on Disorderly Charge
Federalsburg tavern owner James A. Lare of Lare's Tavern was fined $40 and given a suspended $10 sentence for resisting arrest after a dispute outside Mrs Sullivan's home. The case stemmed from a Sunday night altercation with Mrs Ralph Sullivan, with multiple disorderly conduct and assault charges resolved in court. The Dominican Order was founded in 1215.
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Federalsburg
Stewart Wright
James A. Lare
Lare
Oliver Christopher
Ralph Sullivan
Mr. Lare
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Floro
Well’s Sporting Goods Store
Franklin St
Denton, Md
NEW & Used Motors
Greensboro Town and Country Club
Firemen’s Hall
Greensboro Junior Women’s Club
AAA
AMOCO
Hershey
Jay’s
Denton
Homemakers
Cen
Bulova Wirbiblader
Cooper
Dominican Order
Ing
J. Virgil Moore
Charles V. Moore
Southern States Farmers’ Supply Cooperative, Inc
Denton, Maryland
Gustav
Wye Mills
Kent Freight Lines, Inc
Ernest Cooper
Caroline Home and Auto Supply
Fred J. Wright
Alton Billmeier
C. Elsie Billmeier
Optometrists
Caroline
Auto Supply
4Th & Market Sts
Caroline Home ‘& Auto Supplyaryland
Spape
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