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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1944
Page
6
Oliver N Warren presents Slats Diary entries from a rural setting detailing weekly antics. Ant Emmy shares a sad letter about a Navy husband, O Connell’s drunken spree, a damaged windshield, and a ride to jail, with later apologies. The diary blends schoolhouse notices with Easter visits from relatives and local Army news.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Robinson hosted during the Easter holiday with guests Mrs. Harold Roe of Baltimore and Mrs. Redmond Long and children of Denton.
Under Maryland law a Denton election for one Commissioner will be held April 14 1944 voting 2 to 5 pm in the Fire Building Denton. Voters must reside within the town corporate limits and be municipal tax payers. Candidates must file with the Town Clerk by April 14 1944. George W. Beck president Walter Sparklin clerk.
A new church built at Harrington Delaware and the Seventh Day Adventist Church at Whiteleysburg on the Maryland Delaware line will be sold at public auction at the store of Ernest Longfellow in Terre.
The text lists seating locations for the first election district but ends abruptly. The fragment suggests an official notice or meeting plan detailing where attendees should sit within the district. Further details are truncated, preventing full reconstruction of the location and context.
Public auction to the highest bidder will occur at the Denton Court House Door in Carroll County Maryland on a date in 1944 between 2 and 4 PM. The sale includes a large tract of land described by metes and bounds in Caroline County with improvements and marsh land along Tuckahoe Creek. Terms offer one third cash and balance after ratification or all cash at buyer option.
In the Circuit Court for Caroline County, equity action No. 3858 seeks a decree to sell Mamie E. Griffiths Marydel property to divide proceeds among heirs including Elizabeth Mason Caroline Dabson Laura West Gertrude Righter Estella Conrow Florence Merrigan Edward Jones E Braddock Jones Jr Gertrude Jones Catherine Herbert Francis Burns and others. Administer of personal estate is prepared to finalize debts with over four thousand dollars to heirs. publication to nonresidents instructed before May 15 1944.
This notice from Caroline county Maryland administers the estate of George W Donovan deceased. Creditors must file claims with vouchers authenticated by October 13, 1944 or be excluded from benefits. Debtors must settle promptly. April 11, 1944. Cor a E Donovan Administratrix True Copy Test Carlton V West Ev revicles of Wills
Mrs Watson Booker hosts sister Mrs Carter visiting from Florida. Mr and Mrs Earle Sparks entertain Easter guest Miss Frances Ferrick of Elkton. Mrs Wm Sparks entertains her daughter Mrs Wm Houcke of Hampstead. Mrs A J Richard spent several days at home. Mrs Henry Covington is a patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
The subscribers of Caroline county invite claims against the personal estate of the deceased. Vouchers must be authenticated and presented on or before the specified deadline. This notice is dated April 11, 1944, with Madge G. Jump and Dorothy Jump as executrices and Carlton Y. West as Register of Wills.
Mrs Joseph Brumbaugh of Aber deen spent several days visiting friends here last weekend. Services were held on Good Friday at all the Ridgely churches. Lofs and Slaughter spent the Easter holiday at his home here.
Auditor's Notice to Creditors lists Wesley E. Thawley as Assignee and Lawrence B. Towers and Franceina W. Towers as his wife in an equity proceeding. Filed in County in Equity No 3783 Chy.
The Circuit Court for Caroline County orders the Auditor to publish notice to all potential claimants to the surplus proceeds of the County Flanigan Company sale held April 18, 1943. Claims must be filed by July 1, 1944. The order requires weekly publication in a Caroline County weekly newspaper for four consecutive weeks before May 1 or lose the right to share in the distribution.
Heed claims against the estate of Harry Fleming late of Caroline county by October 4, 1944, with vouchers. Debts must be settled promptly. Executrix Helen F. Smith signs March 31, 1944. True Copy by Carlton V. West, Register of Wills.
Late of Caroline county, deceased. All the same to the subscriber, with vouchers legally authenticat ed, on or before the 13th day of October, 1944, or they may otherwise. Given under my hand this 11th. Gustav Good, administrator. Carlton V. West, Register of Wills.
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