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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1937
Page
5
Denton merchants advertise housing and goods including apartments for rent, farm animals for sale, carloads of McCormick Deering tractors and Simmons beds. Community notices cover hatchery updates, Rotary officers, obituaries, public events, and a Masonic banquet.
Mr and Mrs Hersey Redden of near Ridgely hosted a turkey dinner with guests from Harrington Delaware Concord Maryland and Ridgely. Henrietta Morris wed Walter Dykes in Salisbury. Several couples visited Mount Vernon Washington for cherry blossoms. Sweden’s Mrs Frodi to spend spring with Denton relatives. Community activities include Concord Church class meeting and multiple showers and visits across local towns.
With grateful appreciation we acknowledge the sympathetic kindness of many friends who remembered us in our recent bereavement. Mrs. Lydia Nichols and family.
The Denton and surrounding churches announce sermons and events led by Rev. M. S. Andrews and speakers like Miss Ada Rose Demarest. Activities include prayer meetings, Christian Endeavor, a cafeteria supper, a peace play by Ridgely Young People, and a senior mothers gathering. Demarest speaks statewide on temperance education leaving April 23.
There was no afternoon service at Williston Community Church due to a funeral. A Sunday service is set for 2 30 p m with the sermon The Son of Man must be lifted up from John 3 18. Also notes Church of the New Jerusalem Preston and Epiphany Mission Preston with times and sermon themes.
Masses on April 18 will be at St Elizabeths Church Denton at 10 o clock and at St Benedicts Church Ridgely at 8 30 oclock There will be Sunday evening devotions in St Benedicts Church at 7 30 PM.
Adams Cross Roads residents share family visits and church activities. Fred Fountain returns from Philadelphia. W E Bullock to speak April 25. Johnsons and Lockerman visit Philadelphia hospital. Martha Tiley remembered. Epworth League hosts meeting. Elsie Savitz hosts Bloomery Aid April 28. J W Tiley and Lewis Lockerman visit Mrs Lockerman. Minnie Adams from Wilmington visits. Sunday School and preaching at Bloomery Church.
Bur rs ville residents Mr Ernest Knotts and Mrs Knotts of Chester visited Mr J W Price and accompanied him home for a visit. Miss Mary Smith of Washington spent days with her parents Mr and Mrs Everett Smith while Mrs Paul Beauchamp and children visited her parents Mr and Mrs C N Fountain last weekend. Mr Crawford Garrett of Chester was a weekend guest of his parents Mr and Mrs A T Garrett. Mr Wesley Thawley and family of Denton visited here. John Baker and Mr Everett Smith are quite ill at this writing.
In sad remembrance our dear father George F Noble departed life four years ago on April 15 1933. Days of sadness remain with us. Hidden tears often flow. Memory keeps him near though he died four years ago. God called him home it was His will. In our hearts we love him still and memory is dear today as always. By his loving children.
Mrs Edith Laigneil and Mrs Maude H Trice hosted the Federal Club on Friday with one guest and nine members sharing household hints. Mrs Harry T McMahon joined as a member. Sunshine fund 27 cents. Nine visits to the sick, eight cards sent, four boxes of fruit donated. Book reports by four members on Mother Cary's Chickens Prudence There’s Only One and Green Light. Current events lecture impressed all. Plans set for May 7 meeting, flower seed exchange, and Sick Room Needs project demonstrations by Mrs Karl Gullette.
April eighth meeting with seventeen members discussed St Patrick luncheon profit of 4.40 and a planned Spring Hike nine members favoring attendance. Scrap Book halted for year. Members mulling Tri County Federalsburg April 21 and Womens Short Course funding. Demonstration on Feeding the Sick by Mrs Bilbrough Jr followed by book reviews and current event on strike. Adjourned to May at Mrs Pierson with Elise Roe assistant.
Talbot Dorchester and Caroline homemakers meet at Federalsburg Theatre on Thursday April 22 for the fourth annual Tri County Meeting opening at 10 15 am with Caroline president Mrs C G Crouse presiding Senator Wilmer Fell Davis will give a welcome and the three county presidents will review extension work Lunch costs forty cents a plate and reservations are requested
Ridgely residents and relatives circulated among Philadelphia and Brooklyn visiting relatives and hosting guests. Notable events include a birth announcement from the Greiner family and several weekend visits to Easton Hillsboro Trainer Wilmington and Trainer areas with multiple family members mentioned.
Mr and Mrs Albert Cahall hosted a turkey dinner Monday with guests including Mrs Chas Dean Queen Anne Mrs Fannie Legg Stevensville and several others from Denton Reading Baltimore Greenwood Rock Hall Royal Oak Matthews Burrsville Chester and Chester area residents. The note also mentions visits by Nelson Beaven Laird Kratz Frank Fleming James Price and families.
Queen Anne notes a Saturday matinee party in East to celebrate Dolly Chairs birthday with Connie Messix Patsy Moore Betty Eley Francis Harrison and Neil Chairs among attendees. Other society confirms Epworth League social at the Eley home and brief visits by local residents including Mrs C L Howard Mrs Kate Ironmonger and visitors from Princeton East New Market and Norfolk.
The fourth quarterly conference of Caroline M P Charge was held in Ames on Saturday afternoon. Rev A E Sexsmith presided with Dr R L Shipley as guest. Delegates were chosen to attend the June annual conference at Westminster Western Maryland College. The meeting noted the pastor’s return and shared local fellowship events at the Community House. A plate supper raised 31 dollars. Local families and visiting relatives were mentioned with various social engagements and meetings through the week.
Mrs. Fritz W. Maile visits her mother Mrs. Agnes Gardner while Mr. Maile tours with the National Symphony Orchestra. Several local families host relatives from Philadelphia and Lansdowne. Ed. Engerman recovering from appendicitis. others enjoy dinners, birthdays, and weekends in Baltimore, Washington, and Atlantic City.
A Friday birthday gathering at Mrs Elva Smith's home included friends and relatives who brought refreshments and gifts. The same community mourned the death of Oscar Nichols formerly of Federalsburg with funeral services in Denton. Other social visits noted housed guests of local families.
In loving remembrance of my dear son Earle who departed this life April 14 1934 Do not ask me if I miss him There is such a vacant place Oft I think I hear his footsteps and see his smiling face Days of sadness come o er me Tears in silence flow Memory keeps him near me Though he left three years ago By His Mother
GOLDSBORO hosted guests from Selbyville Wilmington and Jarrettsville Md. Mrs T N Jarrell and family welcomed Russell Hill Madaline Neese and others. Funeral attendance in Snow Hill, visits to Denton and Cambridge noted along with sewing circle event and local callers including Miss Anna Cartwright Mildred Smith and Mrs Elbert Saunders.
We are grateful for the kindness and sympathy shown in the death of husband and father Thomas S Rathell Mrs Thomas Rathell and son acknowledge prayers flowers and support during this loss.
Miss Grace Williams of Atglen Pa and several families from Marcus Hook Chester Ridgely Reading Washington Wilmington Dover and Annapolis visited or spent time with local residents including Mrs Will Clark Mrs George Mitchell Mrs Oscar Wyatt and others over the weekend and midweek with multiple Sunday calls and gatherings noted.
A Maryland Medical and Chirurgical Faculty meeting at Easton Fire House Auditorium urges public education on early cancer signs. A prominent surgeon will speak, detailing signs from breast lumps to bleeding, hoarseness, swallowing issues, and digestion changes, stressing early detection and available treatments.
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