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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1952

Page

7

Brownley Bottomley Couple Wed in Goldsboro Parsonage

Miss Charlotte Ann Bottomley eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas H Bottomley of Price marries James Walter Brown son of Mr and Mrs W D Brown of Henderson in a quiet ceremony at the Pilgrim Holiness parsonage Goldsboro on Saturday evening April 12 at 7 30 o clock Rev P F Bean officiating Their future home will be near Ingleside.

Brown—Bottomley Charlotte Ann Bottomley Thomas H. Bottomley Price James Walter Brown W. D. Brown Henderson Pilgrim Holiness Parsonage Goldsboro P. F. Bean Brown Ingleside

Personal Notes From Easter Week Social Roundup

S Sgt and Mrs Orrie William Dean travel with parents through Concord to Maine by car. Numerous visits and gatherings across Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware mark the holiday period with relatives and friends. Easter parties, hospitalities, and family reunions highlight the social scene, including Knotts grandchildren festivities and local club events.

Orrie William Dean Orrie Dean Concord New Mexico Maine

Short Course Club Elects At College Park Meeting

Home Demonstration agents and club officers gather for a week of classes on homemaking, public speaking and radio at College Park. Freshman members are honored in the reception line. Caroline County delegates and cookies for Fiesta Day support the club building fund, with last year’s proceeds near four thousand dollars.

Byrd Pahlman Dorchester Talbot Caroline Counties

Denton Model Airplane Club Organized

The Denton club plans a summer air show with speed events precision acrobatics combat flying and free flight. Earl Shaffer will teach beginners to fly safely helping about twenty boys age 10 to 15 last year in Milford. A meeting is set for Friday April 18 at 7 30 pm over Breeding and Nichols Store for officer election.

Els Earl Shaffer Nichols The American Legion Wm. Mordock Caroline High School

Easter Services at Grace Church Draw Large Crowds

Easter services at Grace Church drew record attendance with a packed 11 o'clock service, full choir, inspiring sermon titled Great Expectations, and a $1057 offering. Sixteen joined the church as flowers honored loved ones. evening Primary Room service also packed with recitations and music.

Deaths James A. Smith 84 retired farmer and mill operator

James Alfred Smith 84 a retired farmer and saw mill operator died in a Greensboro nursing home on Monday April 14 after long illness. He was born to James and Jane Slaughter Smith of Burrsville and survived by seven sons Oscar Denton Lawrence Ridgely James Homer of Greensboro Charles Gilbert and Harvey New York City, two daughters Mrs Ithel Brubaker and Mrs Mildred Gorman Denton, 23 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev W R Dudley and Rev Grover Thorpe. Interment Denton Cemetery.

Perry W. Davison Princeton N. J E. Paul Knotts John Lawson Roselle Stoll D. Kemp New Market J. Frank Wright Judy Ann Legg Madison College Harrisonburg Russum’ Legg Esther Kauffman Washington S. Kauffman Blanch Shaub Atglen Donald Turner Leonardtown Clifford L. Stafford Edward Trevarthen Butler Lillian Kauffman Tom Galpin Ernest Roe Edgar Roe Chester Lester Love Cora Ann Nichols Robert Diane Nichols Burton A. Roe Carol Lonsdale Millville Quentin R. Walsh J. Owen Knotts George Huber, Jr River Hall New Castle Del G. S. Roe Denton Joseph Hill Milmont Park Roe Melvin H. Bieber Glenburnie Raymond C. Alden and Son Silvery Spring Ernest J. Brown Alan Greenly Mount Wilson James Satterfield Wilmington Burton Satterfield Harrington Earl Cooper Philip Wheatley Paul Hall Salisbury Edna Satterfield Harold C. Nattle Nancy Baltimore Louise Cooley Fredericksburg Alfred Gelletly Philadelphia J. W. Funk Samuel G. Nuttle Clyde Ellwanger Milford Mary Ellen Tommy Lucy Garey Frederic N. Nichols Dawson O. George Orme George, Jr Houston Texas Eastern Airlines George L. Griffith Hattie Dukes Minnie Dukes Maude Long Claymont Henry Beck Sadie Beauchamp Joe Thomas J. Turkington Harold Skinner Camden Bessie Porter Gilbert H. Rue Halton G. Cropper Elmhurst Charles Ankeney Clear Spring John W. Rue Easton James Alfred Smith Greensboro James Jane Slaughter Smith Burrsville Oscar Lawrence Ridgely Homer Charles Gilbert Harvey New York City Ithel Brubaker Mildred Gorman

Annie Marie Masden dies at 84 in Grove vicinity

Annie Marie Masden 84 died April 14 at daughter’s home in Lynch Mill area. Survived by daughter Mrs. Stockley, another daughter Mrs. Roy Scott, sons Willie Carl and Henry Masden, 20 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Moore Funeral Home with Rev. Thomas J. Turkington officiating. Interment Grove Cemetery.

Annie Marie Masden William B. Stockley John Sarah Flaharty Grove Vicinity Stockley Roy Scott Lynch, Md Willie Eaton Carl Eaton Henry Masden Wilmington Moore Funeral Home Thomas J. Turkington Grove Cemetery

Easter program highlights and local social notes

The Easter program at the church Sunday evening drew interest and a collection of 73 dollars and 37 cents. Sunday School teachers and children enjoyed an egg hunt Monday afternoon. Local residents, visits, and hospital updates follow with multiple names and family connections across Boonesboro Denton Rahway Seaford Easton Vernon Greenwood and Harrington.

Kenneth Ramsburg Boonesboro Lewis Butler Paul Stafford Denton F. L. Stafford James P. Hilliard W. G. Holbrook Rahway N. J Bernard H. Thomas R. B. Jones Dickerson L. H. Thomas Geo. Fountain Mildred Hamilton Easton Ralph H.wooters Neil Russell Harrington Matthew Russell Greenwood John Wooters Clinton Luff, Jr Vernon Eddie Willis M. A. Brackett W.G. Holbrook

Burrrsville Church Services and Local Visits

Burrrsville announces church services for Sunday April 20 with Union Church School at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m Wesley Church School at 10 a m and revival at 7 30 p m. Local residents note visits and household guests including Fred Lewis in Sykesville Edwin Baker Carroll Williams near Chestertown and Norman Wix ill health of Mrs Wix. Rev T J Lard of Bellefonte Wilmington assists Rev Roy Phillips at Wesley Church. Theo Warren hosts guests from New Jersey and Martha Short with son L T and Mrs Henry Stafford shopped in Wilmington.

Union—Church School Wesley—Church School Fred Lewis Sykesville Edwin Baker Carroll Williams Chestertown Charlie Welch Norman Wix Daniel Gooden Dover

Greensboro Fire Company Drive Underway

A Greensboro Fire Company fundraising drive proceeds amid lists of donors and sponsors including Ethel Steinman, Wm. Bullock, Pet Milk Employees, Hartford Fire Insurance, Caroline County Bank, Dan Perry and many others. The campaign mobilizes community support through local businesses and individuals across the region.

Ethel Steinman Wm. Bullock Pet Milk Hartford Caroline County Bank Dan Perry Gustav Miller C. Frederick Norris Otis Towers Corsia Langmaid Samuel Carrow C. F. Cherry Wm. Gray Paul Shoemaker Jane Ingersoll Wesley Tribbitt Henry Lucas S. C. Porter A. W. Brumbaugh Lillie Legar Edward Caudill Walter Dillon Andrew Altis Norman R Elsie M. Schall Reese Cora _ Bickling 7Zeth Weaver, Jr

Greensboro Homemakers Met Last Week

Greensboro Homemakers Club met April 8 for a program on house plants and care. Mrs. Thomas Everland led with guidance from Mr. Thomas Ober, a local florist, on lilies azaleas hydrangeas and gardenias and planting, pruning and storage tips. Mrs. Charles Wothers and Miss Mae Pippin hosted the meeting with refreshments.

Greensboro Homemakers Club Thomas Everland Thomas Ober Greensboro Ober Charles Wothers Mae Pippin

Term Of Enlistment For United States Navy

Navy offers a minority enlistment for youths aged seventeen to eighteen with parental consent. Enlistment extends to twenty first birthday. Local recruiters available in Cambridge Veterans Administration Building 8:30 am to 4:30 pm daily except Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays.

United States Navy Navy Veterans Administration Building Cambridge

Legion Supports County Blood Program

Legion members urge contact with Red Cross chairman Mrs Turkington or committee for information on making a donation when the Bloodmobile visits the county.

Legion

Denton Adopts Daylight Saving Time Start Date

At the Monday meeting the Denton Commissioners voted unanimously to resume Daylight Saving Time this year. Clocks move forward to 2:00 a.m. on April 27, 1952, and end at the same time as Baltimore City’s practice.

Denton Baltimore City

Firemen's Auxiliary Meeting Set for Thursday in Denton

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Denton Volunteer Fire Co. will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, April 24, at 8:00 p.m. at the fire house. Mrs. Marie Trice and Mrs. Catherine Downes will hostesses. Trustees meet at 7:30 p.m. All members urged to attend.

Denton Volunteer Fire Co Marie Trice Catherine Downes

WSCS Circle to Meet at First Church Monday Night

WSCS to meet in Fellowship Hall at 8 pm Monday. Mr Parker Stone will speak on his trip to Mexico with lantern slides of old cathedrals and articles made by locals. Members urged to attend this fine program.

Circle 2 WSCS First Church Fellowship Hall Parker Stone Mexico

Watery pressure rises with depth and loads depths

A concise scientific note explains that water exerts about one ton per square inch for each mile of depth, illustrating how pressure scales with vertical water column height.

No sea-bottom plants below sunlit depths

The statement notes that no plants grow on ocean floors where light cannot reach. It implies photosynthesis cannot occur beyond illuminated zones, restricting plant life to sunlit depths and shaping marine ecosystems.

Homemakers Club Plans Fashion Show Meeting

The Double Hills Homemakers Club will meet Tuesday afternoon April 22 at Mrs. Margaret Longs home with Mrs. Hester Stafford assisting. Members are reminded to bring or wear clothing for the upcoming fashion show.

Double Hills Homemakers Club Margaret Long Hester Stafford

Circle To Meet The Willing Workers

Circle will meet at the home of Mrs. Samuel Nowell on Monday April 21 at 730 p m The assisting hostesses will be Mrs John Towers and Mrs Addie Wertz All members are urged to be present and ready to participate in the planned program and activities.

Samuel Nowell John Towers Addie Wertz

Hours For Draft Board Office Open Hours Denton 1952

Draft Board office at 302 Market St Denton will be open 8 00 a m to 4 30 p m DST Monday through Friday effective April 28 1952.

Draft Board Market St Denton

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