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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1922
Page
5
Local notices report Easter services and music in churches, a postmaster appointment recommended, and tax rate cut to 30 cents per hundred. Denton events include Chautauqua in June, theater bills, sales of farms and cars, bake sales, minstrel show, and community fund efforts for a new community house. Several obituaries and school notices round out a busy week.
The fifty fourth annual Episcopal Diocese of Easton convention convenes May 1 at Emmanuel Church Chestertown with a sermon by Rev. Dr. James E Freeman of Epiphany Church Washington and addresses by Bishop Davenport Rev Benjamin T Kemerer Rev George B Gilbert and Rev James L Ware. Delegates to the General Convention will be elected. Carol ine county Sunday School Association meets May 17 at Denton with a notable program. Also Holiness Church in Hickman to be dedicated April 16. Easter sermons at Preston and Williston. M P Church adjustments in Chestertown. evangelistic meetings planned in Greensboro Tabernacle.
Among local students home for Easter are Virginia Davis Virginia Thomas Louise Cohee Catherine Cohee Blanche Chaffinch Louise Noble of State Normal School Howard Melvin of Washington College Aliee Allaband of Princeton University Miss Willifred De weese of Drexel Grace Rutter of Maryland University and Dr and Mrs B Sargent Wells of Baltimore. Several Baltimore visitors and Denton residents are noted with moves and visits. Preston talent will present The Minister s Wife s New Bonnet in Masonic Hall Denton April 29 for the Ladies Aid of the Denton M E Church Admission 25 and 35 cents.
Mr Henry Fisher of Maryland University and Miss Frances Fisher of Fort Loudon Seminary are home for Easter. Louise Fleming and Hilda Elben of the State Normal School spend the vacation with their parents. The Everett and Stevens families of Millington visited with Sparks family. Margaret Sauer of Philadelphia stays with Mrs Allie Thawley. Kemp Stewart and Francis Beaven of Maryland University spend Easter at home. Helen Fleming and Jean Morgan were week end guests of Mr and Mrs S T Culver. G L Wilson and Virginia Holt were St Michaels visitors. Irwin Sparklin of Washington College is week with Viola Nichols of Preston. Mrs J H Wothers and I T Sparklin visited Chester Town. Emma Lock and granddaughter Harriett are visiting relatives in town. Rev T Q Baynard and family arrived at the parsonage last Thursday. H S Fisher spent the first of the week in Baltimore. Isabel Connolly of Easton visits friends in town. The Guild was entertained by Mrs J H Holt on Thursday. Mrs C H Dean spent Friday with Mrs Albert Cahall. Mrs Albert Cahall spends the week in Baltimore.
The Woman's Club presented the play The Minister's Wife's New Bonnet some time ago and will repeat it Tuesday night to raise funds for the town baseball club. It will also be staged at Denton and East New Market soon. Miss Alice Jones of Philadelphia is visiting Miss Evelyn Harris, who honored guests Thursday night. Mr A W Sisk and Mr J T Dennis are recovering from appendicitis operations in Baltimore and Easton hospitals. The Ridgely high school beat the home team in the local baseball game. C W Elzey and H Wright visited Philadelphia last week on business. Mr and Mrs C W Elzey spent Sunday with his parents in Sharpstown. Miss Esther Lednum returns from Richmond for Easter. Mr James Moore and Mr Douglas Fooks are home briefly. Mrs J Frank Lednum spent a few days in Baltimore. Miss Grace Dennis is home for a short visit.
Mr Charles B Chance of Sadlersville and Mr J B Medford with family from Henderson were guests of Mr and Mrs F P Medford. Paul Smith finished Beacom's Business College training and visits his parents. Enos Walls and family from Newark stayed with Mr and Mrs J F Stafford. Pearl Spence visited Miss Mary Scotton. Jesse Harman of Beacom's College visits his mother Evta Harman. Maud Hummer and Effie Heather visited Wilmington area. I N Smith and son Melvin toured Wilmington and Baltimore. Ann Jump joined Mr and Mrs J T Heather for a Sadlersville visit. William Boyce visited Goldsboro. William Voss guests here for weekend. Herman Cohee and family spent Sunday with relatives. Taylor Medford visiting his parents.
Miss Lillian Starkey finished a Baltimore business course and visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Starkey. Visitors to the Willey home returned to Virginia. several local church and school events were noted including a P T A meeting, an epg hunt, and the Christian Endeavor service led by Mrs. C T Williamson. Walter Mer tiken's family welcomed guests, a horse was lost by M Merriken, and Rev A W Wetts has been returned.
John L. Barcus died Thursday evening about 7 o'clock in Cambridge Hospital from gallstones. He was 68. He is survived by one son Warren Barcus of Dudley Missouri and a sister Mrs. Robert Jarman who lives nearby.
Mr James Daniel Wilson died Monday at seventy six after frail health. Funeral held Thursday with Rev Habart of Wilmington and Rev Matthews of Ridgely. interment at Denton. He lived in Caroline county most of his life, worked in farming then milling, married Mary Swann about fifty three years ago. survived by two daughters Sadie and Bessie and three sons Norman Harry and James, the latter in Elsmere Delaware. His wife died last January. Also details on local church activities, scarlet fever cases, and community notes.
Queen Anne notes church attendance at St Pauls and Harris Chapel with Easter exercises planned for St Pauls Sunday evening. Several residents traveled to Baltimore on Tuesday, including Mr and Mrs Rowens and Mr and Mrs Harry Fisher. Little Harry Knotts celebrated his sixth birthday Monday. Mrs Cortelyou shows improving health after weeks of illness. Wilbur Clark returned to Westminster College Monday. Mrs Howard Flowers and children visited Easton on Thursday. Mrs Jake Morgan has been indisposed, Eugenia Morgan stayed at Hebron Friday night.
Mrs Evelyn S Kelley sues Huber Baking Co for 75000 damages over a collision between a touring car and a truck. Trial in Cecil county removed case last week, with testimonies concluded and arguments set. Plaintiff from New York, traveling to Florida when accident occurred. defendants Delaware corporation headquartered in Wilmington. Lawyers listed for both sides. Case to conclude April term.
Denton Community Club recalls a row of willows once lined the causeway and were mutilated for wires. They plan to replace them with cypress trees, install a sign to curb visible refuse, and urge all residents to protect and care for the new plantings as part of making the drive an attractive approach to town.
The Caroline County Federation of Women's Clubs schedules a 2 p.m. April 1 round table at the Court House on county health problems with Maryland Tuberculosis Association representatives. At 5 o'clock that evening at Bryant's Palace Theatre in Denton, the same group will host a free health lecture and motion pictures, featuring Dr. J. S. Bowen and a film on Claiborne Preventorium.
Daniel Altfather a well known farmer of the Sixth district died suddenly at his Denton area home Tuesday night. Born March 11 1847 in Berlin Somerset County Pa he lived in Caroline 19 years. Survived by widow and children John W Denn ton D Nevin Harry M Altfather Mrs H C Hay Berlin Pa Mrs C L Southard Washington DC and Mrs I F Kemp Baltimore. Also a brother William F Altfather Weatherford Texas and sister Mrs Susan Dively Berlin Pa. Funeral held at home Thursday and burial in Berlin Pa.
The advisory parole board heard last week the petition of George O Calloway the Stevensville Bank cashier seeking release. He was represented by Congressman Alan Goldsborough and many supporters attended with his parents. The board deferred action until the next monthly meeting. Calloway has served about five months of a one year sentence handed down in November by the Circuit Court for defalcation.
The Maryland Annual Conference at Chestertown announced yearlong listings of appointments for preaching assignments. Names include Accomace W. C. Mulford at Alexandria, Amelia L. Gordon, Baltimore Allnutt Memorial Louis Randall, and many others across Baltimore, Cambridge, Chestertown, Easton, Georgetown, Salisbury, and beyond. President Straughn read the appointments. to be supplied posts noted where applicable.
Goldsboro readers are invited to a meat supper hosted by the Ladies Aid Society in the vacant Andrew Quillen house on Saturday evening. Rev A B Sapp and family recently moved to Remington, Virginia after visiting parents. Local clergy Rev J H Schooley and Rev R M Wheeler assisted in a revival service this week. Noble Jarrell bought the Gray property and will move in soon. Robert Jarrell Jr. is erecting an office opposite Clark Hotel. Esther Quillen is listed as sick.
The record lists transfers: Meredith to De Fries Dion two parcels in Eighth district. Garey to Nuttle Denton property exchange. Slaughter to Cook 12 acres in Second district. Collins to Dickerson 40 000 square feet Fifth district for 55 dollars. Ledman to Towers West Denton property 331950 dollars. Nuttle to Frederick Howard Denton property. Engrem to Hughes two tracts First district for 4000 dollars. Hughes to Engrem Goldsboro property 1500 dollars. Christian to Webber Greens boro property 100 dollars. Nuttle et al. to Kemp 15.2 acres Fifth district 2500 dollars. Hubbard et al. to Hubbard 30 square perches Fifth district 3180 dollars. Starkey to Rash Ridgely property 1000 dollars. Handy to Coulbourn Federalsburg property exchange. Hutchins to Thawley 1 acre Seventh district 30 dollars. Andrew et al. to Small Denton property 1 dollar. Wright to Holt Federalsburg property 33500 dollars. Wilson to Morris 35 acres Seventh district 3000 dollars. Nicholls to Williamson Federalsburg property 530 dollars. Merriken trustee to Williamson Federalsburg property 146 dollars. Hattie Roberts to Ridgely Commissioners Ridgely property 350 dollars. Nichols to Ritchey parcel Third district exchange of land. Ritchey to Nichols Ridgely property exchange of land.
In Orphans Court Tuesday Judges West Harper and Shawn presided. The Register of Wills granted letters testamentary on James C. Collins estate to Catherine Collins and Ernest C. Collins. Appraisers named as William H. Deen and William R. Fountain. Administrators Thawley and Conner filed inventory for Charlotte Ann Porter estate. Hannah Davis filed final account for Fannie Wise. Collins executors filed inventory. Tilghmane Andrews will filed for probate with notice to kin for April 25. Harvey Cooper filed inventory of Jacob Ira Griffith real estate with sale orders issued.
Mrs. Mary J. Joiner died April 16 after a life of faith and service. Born October 22, 1836 near Milton Delaware, she was daughter of William and Susan Fisher and widow of Levin Pritchett and later William Joiner. Survived by six children including Sallie Horsey Denton Shields Neal and others. two from first marriage. Funeral held Wednesday with Rev A W Bell s burial in Denton cemetery. pallbearers J P Neal Albert Shields George Horsey Grant Alburger Willie Shields Ed Morgan Easton.
A Den ton Auto Co passenger bus overturned near halfway to Greensboro on Monday afternoon after a Ford coupe with Pennsylvania plates cut in and struck the bus front wheel causing the flip. No serious injuries reported though passengers missed their Greensboro train. A road officer followed the PA car to Chestertown where the driver posted bail.
A brief civic exhortation urges residents to wake up, look up, get up, clean up, and pay up to support community duties and local initiatives. The concise message emphasizes personal initiative and collective responsibility.
The Circuit Court with Judges Adkins and Wickes held memorial services Tuesday for J Kemp Stevens a longtime Denton lawyer court official and clerk of the Caroline county court. Bar members including Goldsborough Henry R Lewis and T Pliny Fisher praised his life service and character. The court adjourned in his memory and the memorial was urged to be a permanent record of the court. Stevens born March 31 1872 died March 18 near fifty had served as clerk since 1909 and studied under Robert J Jump.
An advocate laments high dropouts and urges parents to preserve a child’s birthright of schooling. State funds support free education, and the piece lists attendance by school in Denton and surrounding areas, highlighting top performers and banners awarded to Baltimore Corner, Bridgetown, and Tuckahoe.
Mrs Mary E Reynolds of Preston learns from Detroit friends that her son Rev Henry F Reynolds a young Detroit clergyman missing last November has been found dead in a lake near Bay City Michigan The body will be brought to Maryland for burial for funeral arrangements remain to be announced
The State Council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics will hold a two day session in Salisbury starting next Tuesday. Delegates elected by Caroline Council of Denton are Clarence H. Roe and Jacob T. Alburger with alternates C. Kauffman and J. Walter Beauchamp. Also noted are items from H. Bailey's including children's socks best work shirts and percale shirts.
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