Local notices and town updates from Denton Md
Various local notices list rooms for rent in Denton and nearby areas, lost watch inquiry, a candidate withdrawal for Denton commissioner, an Institute in Hurlock, farm implements arrival, council visits and meetings in Preston and Ridgely, a Mary Mowbray estate sale, local business ads, National Reemployment Service presence, and several public works projects in Caroline County. A fire alarm misidentified as smoke and a court criminal cases session in Denton are reported, along with a hit and run injury near Denton and investigation updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Haymaker
Denton
T. Fred Johnson
Fifth Avenue
Journal Office
Denton Journal
William Finn
Tri-County
Baptist
Hurlock
R. H. Stafford
Caroline Council
Preston Council
Preston
Law Building
Elizabeth T. Fleetwood
Mary M. Mowbray
Harry Roop
National
Denton Court House
Columbia Broadcasting Co
Frigidaire Corporation
M. K. Newnam
Frigidaire
Caroline County
Maryland
General Assembly
Annapolis
Pride of Preston Council
Daughters of America
Tuckahoe Neck
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
A. G. Saulsbury
Ridgely
Edna Shipman
Frederick Kelly
Wicomico County
John E. H. Rine
Baltimore
Lockerman Colored High School
Greensboro
Railroad Avenue
Federalsburg
United States District Court
W. Calvin Chestnut
Bernard J. Flynn
United States
T. Warren Rice
William Anthony
E. Paul Knotts
Rotary Denton elects officers at annual meeting
J Lester Everngain was named president of the Rotary Club of Denton at the regular annual election. Prof. B C G Willis was chosen vice president, Ormond L Andrew secretary treasurer, Dr J H Summerfield sergeant at arms, and H Earle Smith a director. Two directors will be elected next Tuesday due to a voting tie. The Caroline County Garden Club plans a 2 30 pm meeting Wednesday April 10 in Denton at Mrs T Alan Goldsboroughs home and will meet monthly on the second Wednesday. New members are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club of
Denton
J. Lester Everngain
B. C G. Willis
Ormond L. Andrew
J. H. Summerfield
H. Earle Smith
Remainig
Caroline County Garden Club
Wilmington
Del
M. P. Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Edenton Council
Daughters of America
Eastern Shore
Caroline
Kent
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Dorchester
Brick
James H. Trice
Willie Trice
Ohio
Ida West
Easton
E. F. With
Nelson Hubbard
Oscar Maloney
W. H. Maloney
Claymont
Federalsburg
E. F. Withers
Osteopathic Hospital
Philadelphia
Margaret Jane Knotts
Baldwin School
Bryn Mawr
Community notes and visits in Federalsburg and nearby towns
Local social visits include Mr. and Mrs. W H Harding and others in Federalsburg and Dover. Ladies Aid meets next Thursday at 2. Mrs Isabel Brodes and Miss Ruth Sands host. Several visits to relatives in Baltimore Easton Preston Seaford and Hurlock. A new Rural Patrol scouts unit organized in Harmony with six members awaits formal investiture. Melvin C James candidate for Denton town commissioner in this month election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Harding
Harvey Harding
Marie Hubbard
Ormond
Lewis Trice
Federasburg
Ladies Aid
Isabel Brodes
Ruth Sands
John Sands
Joseph Pritchett
Addison
Edward Gruwell
Dover
Marilyn Thompson
Royal Oak
Payton Thompson
Norris Colby
Matthews
Marilyn
Hurlock
Woodrow Baynard
Little Son
Easton
Anah Carroll
Club
John Brodes
Cassion Andrews
Cambridge
Guy Harrington
Charles Perry
James Miley
M. E
Seaford
Alva Blades
Preston
Orland Blades
Irene Perry
Melvin C. James
Denton Volunteer Fire Co
Denton
Denton church notices list spring services and meetings
A sequence of church notices outlines upcoming events across Denton area congregations. Denton M E Church hosts a reception for Rev Milton S Andrews on Friday at 7 30 pm. morning and evening services at the Denton M P Church cover sermons on community service and the nail pierced hand. Christian Endeavor candlelight consecration led by Dorothy Shockley and Mildred Woodrow. Burrsville Piney and Har rington hold Sunday School and preaching. Brethren Church in Denton runs a week of special meetings April 14 to 21 with Dr F F Holsapple as visiting minister. Epiphany Mission Preston schedules 10 00 am Sunday School and 11 00 am morning prayer. Lenten service Friday 7 30 pm. New Jerusalem Preston will preach Sunday 11 00 am on The Mansions of Heaven. Williston Community Church holds 2 00 pm service with sermon To the Church in Sardis. Sunday School times vary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton M. E. Church
Milton S. Andrews
Denton M. P
Christian Endeavor Society
Jesus
Dorothy Shockley
Mildred Woodrow
M. P
Caroline Charge
Burrsville
Christian Endeavor
Piney
Christian Education
Methodist Protestant
Harrington
Brethren Church of
Denton
F. F. Holsapple
Washington
D. C
Epiphany Mission
Preston
Church of the New Jerusalem
Jne
Williston
Sardis
Twentieth Century Club News Delegates elected for Rural Women course
Twenty-one members and two visitors attended at Mrs. Gilbert Lane home on March 27. A new member, Effie Davis, welcomed. Delegates to Rural Women's Short Course at College Park in June named. Club sold its Choptank clubhouse to the M. P. Church Ladies Aid funds to buy a central location. Sunshine and Reading Contest reports. Demonstration by Miss Spafford on Farm Water Systems with plans and costs. Free university engineering advice offered. Pictures shown and framing discussed. The program on Courtesy in the Home featured Miss Bertha Blades and readings. Next meeting April 10 with Mrs. Mariel Ellman to discuss Prevention of War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Club
Gilbert Lane
E. V. Lane
Effie Davis
College Park
Elmer Flaharty
Walter Covey
Howard Holden
D. M. Cheezum
Fulton Noble
John Engerman
Florence Dean
Choptank
M. P. Church
Sunshine Committee
Library Committee
Helen Ekin Starrett
Anne Cleveland Chaney
Mariel Ellman
Social News Notes of Wilmington and Nearby
Greensboro resident W. W. Moore visited his brother H. H. Moore while in town. Mrs. Carrie Sylvester of Denton spent Tuesday with friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rogers were visitors in Wilmington last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Taylor traveled to Baltimore on Monday. Miss Addie Griffin is spending some time in Ridgely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Moore
Wilmington
H. H. Moore
Carrie Sylvester
Denton
J. R. Rogers
L. W. Taylor
Baltimore
Addie Griffin
Ridgely
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights Local Happenings
Mrs. Jessie Ruggles visits Park Drive Hotel. Bridgewater College quartet performs spirituals at Church of the Brethren with Prof. Hoffman, Shufelt, King, Ziegler and Ruth Weybright. Community Club plans Federalsburg visit April 10 and bake sale April 13, marking 20 years since founding. Civic projects improve the railroad area funded by the Civil Works Administration. Notable locals attend Wilmington Conference and Daytona Beach trip. Winners include W. T. Temple in a Sparkle dessert contest and Alice Eileen Bahney of Newark earns honorable mention. Other items cover church pageant plans, social visits, theater show, and various local arrivals and departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Ruggles
Park Drive
Bridgewater College
Church of the Brethren
N. T. Hoffman
Paul Shufelt
Rufus King
Jesse Ziegler
Ruth Weybright
Federalsburg
Beatrice Bower
R. R. Avenue
Solsinger
Memorial Park
Leon Ross
Carlisle Bennington
Thomas L. Day
Daytona Beach
Florida
J. H. K. Shannahan
Charles Herzog
George Smith
Day
Baltimore
Ridgely
W. T. Temple
Alice Eileen
Newark
L. M. Bahney
Bahney
Arthur Sculley
George B. Wilson
Lawrence Wilson
Berlin
Fred Iglehart
Bertie Fleetwood
Price
A. W. Marvel
William Marvel
Carlton Marvel
Edward Stephens
Edward, Jr
W. T. Sharpley
W. T. Sharpley Jr
Chincoteague
H. B. Laird
Reformed Church Choir
H. E. Keeneman
Wesley Bower
Robert Groff
Middletown
Bower
Furman’s Grove Homemakers’ Club
Fifer
R. R. Lane
Lane
Harford Porter
Calgain
Wilmington
Del
North Wales
Clim Porter
Queen Anne
Farm Bureau
Columbus
Ohio
Walter Roe
Virginia
Boone Jarrell
A. O. Saulsbury
Margaret
Joyce
Ord Raleigh
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Harold Fountain
Edward Morris
Morris
Thadeus Snowberger
Walter Bennington
Camden
Philadelphia
Estelle Williams
Sykesville
Charles Dean
Leona Jackson
Annie Wilkinson
Miami
Fla
Fred Flounders
Edwin Eaton
Icolleen Ross
4 H Girls Hold Banquet in Greensboro
The Baptist Church hosted a March 29 4 H banquet drawing over 150 girls leaders teachers parents and friends. Centered on the ships theme the event featured blue decor stage scenes and a program highlighting leadership friendship and sportsmanship with songs readings and a candle service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Greensboro
John Fuchs
Helen Pavlosky
Goldsboro
Lily Plutschak
Preston
H. E. Holsinger
Ridgely
Annice Ebling
Harriet Burns
Dorothy Emerson
4-H
Dorothea O'Connor
Caroline Ebling
Eloise Thawley
Ruth Voshell
Virginia Holsinger
Will‘ing Workers Club
Nancy Lee
G. H. Rue
Lillian Collins
Bessie M. Spafford
Burrrsville Pastor to Lead Easter Services and Local Guests
Rev Walter Glass, appointed to the charge, will preach at Wesley Church on Sunday April 7 at 11 am with Sunday School at 10 am He also preaches at Hickman at 3 pm Local residents visit relatives and guests include the Chance Andrew and Davis families. hospital returns and social visits noted in Milford Federalsburg Henderson and Wilmington communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Glass
Wesley Church
Hickman
Austine Stafford
Milford Emergency Hospital
Hugh Vincent
Daniel Adams
Federalsburg
Warren T. Moore
Harrington
R. H. Stafford
Washington, D. C
Mite Society of Union M. P. Church
Laura Porter
Catherine Chance
Lloyd Davis
Chester
Harvey Griffith
Crawford Garrett
A. T. Garrett
Emma Satterfield
Wesley Poole
Henderson
William E. Andrew
American Corner
C. N. Fountain
Griffith
Mollie Cahall
Harringston
Henry Stafford
Wilmington
Will Roe
Near Town
Marriage of Mollie Evern gam and Herman D Horsey in Concord
The marriage occurred at the bride’s home on Monday March 26 with Rev W M Parker officiating in the presence of close friends. The couple will reside in Concord Md. The bride is active in Concord Church Ladies Aid and Homemakers Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Everngam
Concord
Herman D. Horsey
Wilmington
W. M. Parker
Horsey
Concord Church
Ladies Aid
Homemakers Club
Olivia Lord
Easton
C. H. Atkins
C. W. Edgell
Louis B. Dennis
Artery Nichols
T. H. Everagain
Louisa Porter
Dover
Del
A. B. Frye
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Highlights Social Visits
Mr and Mrs Brown Thawley and Mrs Louise Blades hosted a birthday dinner for Mrs Edgar Blades. Guests included Mrs George Blades and Harlan Blades with son Charles from Burrsville, Willard Russell party, and Denton residents plus conference attendees at Seaford. Francis Rowe of Duke University visited his mother H W B Rowe. Norman Straughn hosted Fleming weekend guests at Royal Oak. Kelso family returned for another year. Chas Jarrell and Jos Eaton visited Baltimore. Mildred Stenger and Gladys Gale also spent time there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Thawley
Louise Blades
Edgar Blades
George Blades
Harlan Blades
Charles
Burrsville
Willard Russell
Charles Jarrell
J. M. Eaton
Oscar Clark
Denton
Seaford
Fossett
Queen Anne
G. B. Stewart
Francis Rowe
Duke University
H. W. B. Rowe
Frank Fleming
Norman Straughn
Royal Oak
Kelso
Cha
Death Calls Mr John Barto Cordova Corns Home
Queen Anne couple Chester and Mrs Barto of Pittsburgh mourn the sudden death of Mr John Barto of Cordova. They visit remaining relatives with Mrs Barto and the Morgans. Also notes a high school supper and a Wayne Sewell minstrel, DA R event, and community visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Barto
Pittsburgh
John Barto
Cordova
Barto
Henry Morgan
Margaret Saulsbury
Tri-County
Wayne Sewell
C. L. Fossett
Jarrettsville
Washington
Palmer Pippin
Pauline Curry
Stanley
Everett Blades
Chestertown
Horace Morgan
Samuel Turbitt
Howard Eley
Wilmington
Dixie Blackbird Minstrel at Hillsboro Tri-County High
The Dixie Blackbird Minstrel sponsored by Hillsboro Community Club runs April 9 and 10 at 8 p m in Tri-County High School auditorium. Local talent performs in five acts with roles across Interlocutor end men and chorus. Miss Julia Sullivan leads the production with Miss Mary Virginia Sherwood at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Bozo
Vaughn Pepper
Bones
Jimmie Sharp
Shirley Reed
Jean MacGrogan
Eleanor Eaton
Sharon Stewart
Ann Beaven
Anna Scott
Pete
Laura Virginia Fleming
Barbara Waters
William Sherwood
Echo
Joe Eaton
Sciatica
Bill Thompson
Epsom
Roe MacSorley
Useless
Jimmie Briscoe
Dick Fleming
Kemp Stewart
Clifton Hicks
Bernard Kibler
Charles Hammer
Sis” Hammer
Gardner Beaven
Edward Lewis
Dixie Blackbirds
Margaret Kelso
Elizabeth Lynch
Tri-County High School
Julia Sullivan
Wayne P. Sewell
In Memoriam for Homer Hall Birthday Remembrance
In memory of Homer Hall musician born April 9 and died July 1 1931 at age 20. Family notes his vacant chair recalls his voice and smile. Poem expresses love loss and remembrance from mother father and siblings. Also references Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co as an unrelated line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Hall
Preston Social Notes Highlight Local Bridge and Visits
Preston residents hosted the Saturday bridge club with guests from Preston Easton Denton and Federalsburg. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Gallagher and Mrs Leib. Mrs Engerman celebrated Ollie Todd’s surprise birthday with attendees including Lane Flaharty Holden Covey Todd and others. Community members attended services and visits across Baltimore Wilmington Linwood and Hadden Heights as Rev Spence plans another year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Gallagher
A. F. Sisk
Reese Dean
Douglas Fooks
W. J. Bonner
Harry Taylor
Latamus
Dulin
Crouse
A. M. Wiley
Preston
Leib
Easton
Fiecetwood
Denton
Henry Morris
Victor Dean
Federalsburg
Max Chambers
John Engerman
Ollie Todd
Roland Lane
Elmer Flaharty
Howard Holden
Walter Covey
Charles Todd
E. B. Blades
Fleetwood
Trice
Chambers
Lee Noble
P. C. Douglas
Gallagher
J. R. Downes
H. B. Wright
Fred Edgell
Florence Dean
Hayward Dean
Wilmington
Del
Linwood
Sara Smith
Golden’s College
Helen Smith
Burton Proctor Jr
Aberdeen
Burton Proctor
Samuel Smith
Cambridge
Clara Payne
Inez Noble
Hadden Heights
N. J
Preston W. Spence
Klinefelter
Baltimore
John W. Noble
Kenneth Fooks
Lloyd Fooks
R. P. Agnew
Ithaca
N. Y
W. E. Wright
H. B. Wright Jr
Louise van Dyke
Herman Schmick
Lloyd Cannon
Ella Whiteley
Harmony lumbermen aid Grove Community House project
A party led by William Collins hauled four wagon loads of timber to the Grove Community House site despite soft ground. Plans call for cutting and sawing to finish timber this spring to begin building soon. Stanley M. Woodhead inspected Harmony Farm Patrol and may recognize it as part of the Boy Scouts of America. A fire destroyed the Carroll dwelling in Georgetown, Del., while the couple were away, with only a few furnishings saved. Friendship Grove Community Club grows as Mrs. L. F. Barry and Mrs. Marie Gordy join. George Burr visiting from Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Collins
Grove
Stanley M. Woodhead
Boy Scouts of America
Dover
Harmony
Woodhead
Scout
Scout Organization
Eugene Carroll
Georgetown
Del
Williston Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Travel
Miss Tamar A Oberly and Mrs Clarence Rice visited Mrs Sam Ellwanger in Whiteleysburg on Friday. Mrs W S Wright visited her hospitalized husband in East on Friday. Tamar Oberly stayed with Claudell Wright in Federalsburg Saturday. W G Todd from Rochester spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs W C Todd. O M Hignutt reports a good shad catch this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamar A. Oberly
Clarence Rice
A. R. Neal
Sam Ellwanger
Whiteleysburg
Claudell Wright
Federalsburg
W. S. Wright
East
Vineland
N. J
C. E. Rice
W. G. Todd
Rochester
N. Y
W. C. Todd
O. M. Hignutt
Greensboro and Environs Community Notes Apr 1935
The Friendship District B U P U held its quarterly meeting at Greensboro Baptist Church with president John E Satcher presiding. Devotional by Rev Edgar Shockley. Members from Cambridge and Greensboro Training Unions presented programs. Eleanor Horsey, Cornell University junior, elected Balch Hall vice president and active member of the Dramatic Club. Numerous local residents and visitors attended events and visits across Greensboro, Wilmington, Denton, Elkton, Philadelphia, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship District B. ¥. P. U
Greensboro Baptist Church
John E. Satcher
Easton
Edgar Shockley
Brllington
Cambridge
Greensboro
Greensboro B. A
Eleanor Horsey
T. Clayton Horsey
Cornell University
Balch Hall
Misa Horsey
Cornell Dramatic Club
Kappa Delta
T. H. Robinson
Remberton Robinson
Wilmington
Earl Robinson
Preston
Lacy Robinson
Cordova
Clinton Wright
Denton
Will Elliott
U.S.S. Minneapolis
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Long Beach
Cal
Minneapolis
J. Harvey Coursey
Brady Baggs
Mra. Mae Dean
Queen Anne
Mary Cahall
Hillsboro
Fannie Legg
Stevensville
Frances Stevenson
Harrington
Delaware
James Temple, Jr
Elkton
Wm. Irwin
Marian Simpson
Raymond Ferber and Son
Washington, D. C
Elsie Booker
Lucy Davis
Sadlersville
Charles Walls
Catherine Covey
Marie Berry
Fletcher Clark
Buck Mason
Oscar Kinnamon
Marcus Hook
Sarah Pritchett
Adeline
William Woodward
Lloyd Taylor
Anne
Reading
Alvin Edwards
A. L. Foster
Helen Bilbrough
Milton Roe
Arlie Dingledine
Oscar Wyatt
T. F. Dobson
Griffin
Washington
Ithaca
N. Y
T. C. Horsey
Dorothy Swann
Gale Rasin
Georgia Swann
Alvin Tribett
Rosie
Hiram Kenton
Philadelphia
Myrtle
Dorothy Wyatt
John Wyatt
Betty Lee Young
George White Dawson
Seaford
Del
Mary Ross
Swarthmore
Annie Edwards
Temple Smith and Son
Temple
Glen Lock
Thomas Edwards
N. A. Smith
Betty Woodward
Anna Wieneke
J. ER. Meekins
C. B. Jarman
Baltimore
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the Local Department
Bethlehem
Lyman Berry
New York City
Twentieth Century Club News
Tuckahoe
Dixie Blackbird Minstrel
Memoriam
Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co
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