Hems of Mews from AH Parts of the County Solicited Under this Head
The Denton Journal runs briefs from various county areas under a regular column. This installment invites local notices and short items from communities within the AH district, requesting submissions and updates for public interest.
Denton Denton county notices and candidate bids
Local items list rooms for rent and sales, a Hotpoint range, and farm implements in Denton. George W. Beck and Henry W. Hughes announce campaigns for town commissioner. Voters urged to participate April 22. Community events include a bake sale May 11 and a card party for St Elizabeth’s Church. A dinner in New York features talks on banking reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Haymaker
Denton
Fifth Avenue
Journal Office
D. Ralph Horsey Hardware
George W. Beck
Ladies Aid of
Denton M. P. Church
R. H. Stafford
Henry W. Hughes
Denton P. T. A
Melvin C. James
J. Virgil Moore
Board of Town Commissioners
Moore
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Lawrence Lynch
J. Owen Knotts
E. Paul Knotts
Louis Knotts
Lola Willoughby
Louise Dukes
Dorothea O’connor
Andrew B. Linhard
Will Gardner
Greensboro
Reta Clark
Queen Anne
Calvin Lynch
Ridgely
Alfred Schrieber
Preston
Victor Dean
Federalsburg
Board of Town
T. Alan Goldsborough
Economic Club of
New York
Hotel Astor
H. Parker Willis
Columbia University
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
United States
Goldsborough
Charles Selby Roop
Carl Parker
Chester
Grasonville
Kent Island
J. Kirwan
Queenstown
Denton Cemetery
Roop
Joseph F. Roop
Emily Sullivan Roop
Andersontown
Carrie Wheat Roop
Parker
Urban Hemmerle
Easton
Joseph Kennard
Harry Roop
Edwin F. Roop
Howard Roop
American Corner
Georgia Garey
Anne Arundel
Board of Alleghany County Commissioners
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Denton Scout Troop hosts visit from Field Executive
Scout Field Executive Stanley Woodhead visited the Denton Scout Troop meeting to assist with the program and confer with Scoutmaster Layman Redden and Troop Committee chair Dr. M. A. Brackett about plans for the troop. Dr. Louis C. Welty attended as assistant scoutmaster and expressed optimism for a fine future for the Denton boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Peninsula
Stanley M. Woodhead
Mr. Woodhead
Evening Land
Redden
Woodhead
American Osteopathic Association
Withers
Denton Community Club
R. Ellis Clark
M. Kemp Newnam
D. Wilson Davis
Jacob B. Davis
Earle White
Lemuel R. Clough
Walter W.sylvester
Harry E. Ramsdell
William S. Wolf
Lee Wyatt
Louise Gray
Edna B. Green
Caroline County
Methodist Protestant Church
Richard L. Shipley
Baltimore
Methodist Protestant Recorder
Ross W. Sanderson
Maryland Council of Religious Education
Loyal Sons
M. P
Carlton Greenlee
Missionary Auxiliary
Willing Workers
M. P. Church
Addie Wilson
C. D. Collison
Fred Schlegel
R. M. Collison
E. Norman Thawley
Dewey Muhl
Frank Beardsley
H. Edward Wheatley
T. Wesley Bullock
Federalsburg
W. Harvey Shockley
Cumberland Lodge
Salisbury
W. T. Shockley
Dorothy
Market St
Richard Blackburn
Clarence Roe
M. F. H. Collison
Charles Elwanger
W. K. Scotton
Joyce
Janet Kern
Tuckahoe Neck
Audrey Jump
Ruth Quillen
Alfred Gelletly
Alfred
Louise Pladsen
Detroit
C. Jerome Brown
Walter Howard
Herbert Howard
Emma Howard
Philadelphia
Brown
Dorothy Lee Marsh
Wilmington
Francis I. Reynolds
Mount Vernon
N. Y
F. I. Reynolds
Julia McArdle
Clayton Reynolds
J. Owen Knotts
Rehoboth
Thomas Lanigan Jr
Washington, D. C
South Second St
Paul Howard
Chas. Howard
Talmage
A. R. Strong
Nancy Jean
Greenwood
Sallie Morgan
Elkridge
Emily M. Bullock
Judson Ramsdell
Harrington
Chalmers Brumbaugh
Easter Flowers Declared For Denton Orders
Cut flowers and Easter lilies offered by Gustav Good, watchmaker and jeweler of Denton Maryland. Orders now being taken for Easter season offerings and delivery possibly available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Good
Denton, Md
Easter services and programs listed for Denton area churches
Denton M P Church and other local congregations announce Easter sermons, pageants, and special programs. Details include morning service topics, Easter music, and Christian Endeavor leadership. Catholic, Presbyterian and Epiphany Mission schedules list confessions, Holy Mass, and sermons for Easter Sunday.
Harmony forms first Neighborhood Patrol of Boy Scouts
A Sunday investiture at Harmony Methodist Church welcomed six local Scouts into the new Neighborhood Patrol. Scoutmaster B B Cohee of Federalsburg presided as Stanley Woodhead, Field Scout Commissioner, praised the unit and noted the Boy Scouts’ twenty fifth anniversary. Led by Lyman F Barry the ceremony highlighted the Scout Oath and Laws with candle lightings and badges awarded to Malcolm Lord Wilbert Thomas Robert Todd Willie Todd Grayson Wright and Lloyd Flaharty. Easter services follow at Grove Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Protestant Church
Harmony
Collins
B. B. Cohee
Federalsburg
Stanley Woodhead
Boy Scouts of America
Grove
Barry
Mr. Woodhead
Boy Scout
Harmony Unit
Scout Movement
Preston
Easton
Caroline County
Greensboro
Denton
Woodhead
Scout
Lyman TF. Barry
Malcolm Lord
Wilbert Thomas
Robert Todd
Willie Todd
Grayson Wright
Lloyd Flaharty
Lord Baden-Powell of
Gilwell
Charles Carroll
Noble Carroll
New York City
B. R. Collins
William Collins
Lee Taylor
Grove Church
Local Farmer Lewis Roach Dies at 78 in Concord Area
Lewis Roach aged 78, a well known Caro line county farmer, died at his home near Concord last Wednesday evening. The funeral is set for 2 p m today at Concord Church with interment in the adjacent cemetery. He is survived by his widow formerly Miss Emily Cohee and two brothers Frank R Roach of Seaford Delaware and Charles Roach of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Roach
Caroline County
Concord
Emily Cohee
Frank R. Roach
Seaford
Del
Charles Roach
Philadelphia
Way of the Cross pageant and community events in Ridgely
The Church of the Brethren youth staged The Way of the Cross on Good Friday with Mrs. Joseph Rittenhouse directing the cast. A Barabbas pageant followed Sunday evening with a long cast list. The April Methodist Ladies Aid supper features fried and stewed oysters and other items for 25 cents. Community notices include school ground improvements a running track, a one day cheese making school, minstrel shows, local visits, and PTA earnings from a bake sale totaling 45 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Joseph Rittenhouse
Melisande
Caroline Ebling
Joseph Cherry
Rufus Wagner
Miriam Holsinger
Raymond Grouse
Mary
Jesus
Emma Wagner
Mary Magdalene
Annice Ebling
James
Elsie Ebling
Mildred Ebling
Thelma Bowman
Elwood Cherry
J. H. Brumbaugh
The
Reformed Church
Barabbas
Anna
Josephine Betton
Cleona
Violetta Morris
Deborah
Katherine Hoffman
Cleopas
Katherine Allfather
Mary Murphy
Joanna
Rebecca Morris
Elizabeth Klotz
Salome
Agnes Royer
Gaius
Otis Wharton
Lucius
Clarence Ely
H. E. Koeneman
I. E. Koeneman
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Church House
Maryland
J. T. Moore
H. L.holsinger
J. D. Davis
Lee Mitchell
Dorothy Mancha
Sara Ann Swing
Helen Saulsbury
Helen Marvel
Mulford Swing Jr
W. F. Rickards
J. Boone Jarreck
Norman Downes
Clarence Andrews
William Davis
Federalsburg
Cordova
F. P. Herr
Claysburg
Ridgely
Martha Frieze
J. H. Kelley
Goldie Yingling
R. R. Ringgold
J. K. Snowberger
Charles Hammond
William Snowberger
Claude Towers
Louis C. Welty
Caroline County
H. L. Holsinger
Fred Bowdle
Dover
Del
J. W. Mitchell
Harry Holsinger
Kathleen Messenger
Virginia Andrews
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Permanent reorganization of Caroline County Corn Hag Control Assn
The Caroline County Corn Hag Control Association has restructured with Martin C. Voss of Denton as president Clarence J Kerr of Denton as alternate allotment committee member Zeth Weaver of Greensboro as treasurer and George W Clendaniel of Denton as secretary An allotment committee is named with Voss Weaver and J Boone Jarrell of Ridgely among its members The eight district chairmen and directors are listed with residents from Denton Ridgely Greensboro Federalsburg Preston Marydel Hillsboro and Goldsboro among them
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Corn-Hag Control Association
Martin C. Voss
Denton
Clarence J. Kern
Zeth Weaver
Greensboro
George W. Clendaniel
Voss
Weaver
J. Boone Jarrell
Ridgely
Clarence J. Kerr
A. IF. Sittig
Marydel
Lewis Antal, Jr
Henderson
Henry D. Marvel
Goldsboro
John F. Stevenson
Linwood O. Jarrell
William M. Liden
Federalsburg
Williem S. Carroll
Herman Schmick
Preston
Norman E. Taylor
Robert J. Tisher
Luther A. Short
Hillsboro
A. P. Martin
Thomas H. Draper
Roy Cherry
Harry L. Sullivan
Frank M. Adams
F. H. Beauchamp
County School Attendance in March Reveals County Leaders
Preston schools led with 96 percent in high schools and 95.7 percent in town elementary. Marydel two room schools hit 97.4 percent while Friendship rural schools rose to 98.7 percent. Dover Road Colored 95.2 and Lockerman High 93.6 percent noted among top and low performers countywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Marydel
Friendship
Dover Road Colored School
Lockerman High
Denton
Ridgely
Federalsburg
Greensboro
Caroline
Ridgely Grammar
Denton Grammar
Goldsboro
Andersontown
Hillsboro
Henderson
Harmony
Burrsville
Moore’s
Hickman
Smithson
Hubbard’s
Bethlehem
Dover Road
Marsh Creek
Jonestown
Bethel
Denton Elementary
Bridgetown
Johns
Union
Hainesville
Mt. Zion
Castle Hall
Washington
Community House plays set for April 25 in Bethlehem
Bethlehem notices announce a Thursday evening performance at 8 o clock in the Community House with plays It s All Over Town Suds and Duds Love and Lather. A silver door offering funds kitchen repairs. Local residents including Mrs James Robinson and daughter Faye from Prospect Park visit family. Elma Legates returns home. Legates and Brades families travel from Tilghman Ocean City and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Robinson
Faye
Prospect Park
John E. Smith
Elma Legates
Norris Colby
Matthews
Willard Legates
Henrietta
Tilghman
Doris Hall
Addie Brades
Ocean City
N. J
Lester Christopher
Baltimore
John Brades
In Memoriam Payne
In loving memory of Thomas Freeman Payne who died April 17, 1934. A mother and father mourn a pure child, sweet little flower of heavenly birth, too fair to stay on earth. Also remembered by grandfather and grandmother Mrs. Maggie L. Freeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Thomas Freeman Payne
Card of Thanks for Fire Co Help in Chimney Fire
Mr and Mrs C J Kern express appreciation to the Denton Fire Co for prompt response to extinguish a chimney fire at their home. The notice includes a quoted poem about steadfastness and fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Fire Co
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter
Mr and Mrs John Wathers hosted a Ladies Aid silver tea on Monday April 15 with thirty guests involved in games music readings by Mrs Bernard Sparks Mrs Kelso and Mr Wothers. Refreshments followed. Various locals visited relatives and attended meetings and events across Hillsboro and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wathers
Ladies Aid
Bernard Sparks
Kelso
Wothers
Sadie
Chas, Jarrell
Joe Eaton
Charlanne
Ellinor
Depue H. Duffey
Washington
Jarrell
Congress of the Daughters of American Revolution
Hillsboro P
T. A
G. W. Clendaniel
Margaret
Friedell
Viola
Ernest Fogle
Dana and
LaRue
Walkersville
Fogle
Oscar Rice
Charles Jarrell
Lord Baltimore ‘Hotel
Easter Services at St. Paul's Queen Anne
Queen Anne Easter program at St. Pauls Church features Morning service with A Man Need Not Die and Evening performance The Disciple Who Understood directed and costumed by Mrs Clarence Fossett Cast includes Eliza Lightner Lynch Saulsbury Lloyd Fleming Rice Fossett Soloists Misses Sewell Reynolds Eaton Prayer Meeting on Thursday discusses the character of Simon Zealot Funeral of W J Barton in Centreville noted with family ties to local residents Community Club Easter program and social gathering reported Sick list includes Ruth Reynolds plus visits and appearances by local residents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Queen Anne
Mary M. Russell
Clarence Fossett
Elizapee Lightner
Elizabeth Lynch
Margaret Saulsbury
Lloyd Fleming
Joseph Rice
Howard Eley
W. J. Barton
Centreville
Mr. Barton
Jake Morgan
B. C. Barton
Horace Morgan
Howard Sewell
Bernard Sparks
D. M. Lee
Mesdames
Florence Stayton
Addie Morgan
G. BE. Stewart
Hillsboro
Lee H. Richcreek
Easton
Alma Osterberg
Cleveland
Ohio
Addie,Morgan
Byron Barton
Baltimore
Ruth Reynolds
Templeville Antioch M E Church Services and Visits
Templeville church announces preaching and song service Friday night at 7 30 Easter Sunday sunrise at 5 43 Sunday School 10 a m Epworth League 7 30 Sermon and special music at all services Visitors include Mr and Mrs J M Starkey and children Elmer and Jimmie at Emergency Hospital Easton last Sunday Mrs J T Knotts of Sadlersville Mrs Duras Hottel and daughters Alice and Amye Harrington of Brookline Mrs Kate Stafford and Mr Roland Knotts dinner guests of Miss Helen Heather Wilmington Sunday Louise Downes and Ruth Connor listed as sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch M. E. Church
A. m. Epworth League
J. M. Starkey
Elmer
Jimmie
Alice and
Amye Harrington
Brookline
Kate Stafford
Roland Knotts
Helen Heather
Wilmington
Louise Downes
Ruth Connor
Choptank Ladies Aid Meets at Coulbourn Home
The Ladies Aid of the M. P. Church at Choptank met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Coulbourn for the April meeting with strong attendance and new names added for the quilt. An Easter service is set for Sunday evening the 21st and the public is invited. A May meeting is planned for May 7 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. Spence. all are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
M. P
Choptank
Darcy Coulbourn
F. Spence
Berry Checks Request Sent to Journal by Border Officials
Authorities request berry checks be sent to the Journal for distribution. Officials emphasize timely submission and verification of berry quality, with border routes cited as the primary channel for processing and reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Preston Bridge Club entertained by Mrs Trice in Preston
Denton area social notes recount a busy weekend with Bridge Club host Mrs Thos L Trice and guests Edna Hobbs Blanche Hobbs Mary Hobbs Anne Lewis and others. Community Club met in Parish House with president Mrs H M Parrott guiding a program featuring local musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. L. Trice
Bridge Club
Edna Hobbs
Blanche Hobbs
Mary Hobbs
Anne Lewis
Winfield Nichols
Edward Breeding
W. C. Ledman
Denton
Katie Parker
B. W. Wright
T. B. Marden
Arthur Walley
H. M. Parrott
Blanche Croll
J. Max Chambers
Peter Hoffman
G. H. Rue
Frances Hackett
Federalsburg
Lloyd Cannon
Mary Jackson
Greensboro
Ethel Pritchett
Jack
Ruth Jackson
Princess Anne
Duke University
Edgar Wrightson
Preston
A. K. Wrightson
Robert Dulin
Johnson Bonner
Alva Blades
Haddon Heights
Clare N. Payne
R. W. Clement
Plainfield
N. J
J. T. Dennis
Edward Bonner
Tommy
Philadelphia
Sarah Smith
Wilmington
Robert Cannon
Salisbury
Noble
Ralph Townsend
Easton
Fred Edgell
Florida
Local families visit relatives this weekend in Maryland area
Mr and Mrs Earl Wilson and son of Westminster and Mr and Mrs Roy Kennedy and daughter of Easton visited C F Collins. Tilghman Bryan of Annapolis Naval Hospital spent the weekend with Uncle Alonzo R Willoughby. Various Willoughby and Collins relatives hosted and joined others at Sunday visits and gatherings across towns near Bridgeville and Hickman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wilson
Westminster
Roy Kennedy
Easton
C. F. Collins
Tilghman Bryan
Annapolis Naval Hospital
Alonzo R. Willoughby
Tessie Willoughby
Melvin Willoughby
Robert
A. R. Willoughby
Harold Collins
C. L. Perry
H. M. Towers
Hickman
Bridgeville
Harvey Patrick
F. Prager
Willis Fletcher Baker obituary and Easter church notices
Willie Fletcher Baker died at his home in Burrsville at 1 30 pm Wednesday aged about 39 after twenty five years of paralysis. Funeral services will be at Wesley Church Saturday at 2 pm with cemetery interment nearby. Easter program planned at Wesley Church on Sunday and Union M P Church Sunday School to present an Easter program Monday. Visitors from Maryland and nearby towns are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Fletcher Baker
W. T. Baker
Wesley Church
A. T. Garrett
Crawford
Walter Myers
Millington
Carroll Williams
Chestertown
Clifford Baker
Edwin Baker
Ernest Knotts
Chester
J. W. Price
Crawford Garrett
Union M. P. Church
Ellwang er Anniversary Party in Greensbor o Enlivens Local Social Scene
Mr and Mrs Samuel Ellwanger hosted last Monday night in Whiteleysburg for the first wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Leslie Ellwanger. A long list of guests attended including family friends, neighbors, and local residents from nearby towns.
Twentieth Century Club meets at Eliman home
The Twentieth Century Club gathered 21 members and two visitors at Mrs. Marie Eliman's home on April 10. The County Federation set for Concord on May 2. Transportation needs were organized, and the Library Committee led a program featuring reviews of Peel Traite, Shadows on the Rock, and A Lantern in Her Hand. Current events on war prevention sparked discussion of peace through international accord, limiting profits from war, and women's programs led by Carrie Chapman Catt. A war story, a Fosdick article, and a note on wartime horrors were shared. The next meeting at Mrs. Nellie Quidas on April 24 will include a Guess Who Game and bringing a first photograph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Club
Marie Eliman
Concord
Edna Flaharty
Transportation Committee
Library Committee
Joseph Lincoln
Howard Holden
Willa Cather
W. E. Dillon
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Fulton Noble
John Hopkins
W. R. Dulin
Carrie Chapman Catt
Fosdick
New York
Nellie Quidas
Adams Cross Roads Easter Program At Bloomery
Preaching and Sunday School planned for Sunday afternoon with a brief Easter program including recitations and Easter hymns. Visitors noted include Miss Sadie Devore Miss Blanche Stetler and Mr and Mrs George Terrell and son from Philadelphia. Local residents and relatives visited noted as well with several social calls among Adams Parker and Adama families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomery
Sadie Devore
Blanche Stetler
George Terrell and Son
Philadelphia
Fred Fountain
Glenna Bullock
Elizabeth
Blanche Adams
Edna
Charles Johnson
Gloria Mae
Greensboro
Harrison Trice
Federalsburg
Bernice Adams
Wilmington
Clarence Parker
C. W. Adama
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
the Local Department
Denton M. P
Christian Endeavor
Jean Temple
Louise Schlegel
Mattie B. Shannon
Blanche Walston
Ruth Bell
Robert Moore
Jack Rue
Marjorie Rue
T. J. Turkington
Mildred Woodrow
Margaret Collison
Edna Smith
Ralph Dukes
Piney
Hobbs
Thawley
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
St. Benedict’s
Church of the New Jerusalem
Williston
Epiphany Mission
Memoriam
Mrs. C. J. Kern
Tuckahoe
Templeville
Samuel Ellwanger
Whiteleysburg
Leslie Ellwanger
Kenneth Price
William Steward
H. C. Rawlings
L. C. Bickling
Wilbur Carroll
Roland Pippin
Freeborn Ellwanger
Harry Gordon
Purnell Dean
Carlton Carter
Carroll Laramore
Rev. G. Medairy
Holly Lynch
Eugene Laramore
James Steward
Walter Steward
Mildred
Elizabeth Ellwanger
Eloise Ellwanger
Leon Pleasanton
Donald Rawding
George Stutsman
Fred Tibbit
Gertrude Dean
Genevieve Gordon
Louis Holden
Manuel Buarque
Marie Hurd
Harold Lynch
Henry
Burton Satterfield
Charlotte Gordon
Betty Moore
A. W. Brumbaugh
F. D. Dove
Bridgewater
L. R. Brumbaugh
Bradford Turner
Gene
Earl Deaner
Elsie Ward
Maude Edwards
Elizabeth Deane
Ralph Pritchett
Jackie
John Passwaters
Woodrow
Thurman Passwaters
E. J. Vandergrift
Alvin Smith
Milton Roe
B. C. Beckham
Roberta Stufft
Alfreda
Anna Jane Blackburn
Hilda Weaver
J. E. Weaver
Town
Kenneth Austin
Wellsboro
Olin Price
Jennie Hopkins
Eddystone
Wilson Thornton
John Carrow
William Fulton
C. B. Jarman
Martha Richardson
Robert Davenport
Mary Tribbitt
L. R. Taylor
T. F. Dobson
Georgia Swann
Twentieth Century Club News
Adams Cross Roads
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