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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1937
Page
4
Frank Parker Stockbridge argues that over 200 U S newspapers exceed 100 years old, with half being weeklies. He notes Annapolis Gazette as the oldest, 1727, and contends weeklies thrive despite daily competition, serving communities with local news and everyday life.
Newsweek questioned 40 leading economists about the 1937 business outlook. Of 24 who answered, forecasts varied with three predicting a further slump while others anticipate uneven improvement. The panel spans conservatives, government analysts, industry insiders and leftists, signaling diverse views on recovery strength.
Newsweek surveys 24 economists on the Federal Reserve industrial index. May expected around 81.1 on average, June about 81.8, with little room for optimism or sharp shifts. Majority foresee a slow improvement by summer, with conditions likely unchanged in the near term unless major foreign events or policy shifts occur.
Opinion piece argues the United States remains wealthier than other nations yet suffers from unemployment and waning consumer demand. The author praises American salesmanship, laments nationwide lack of confidence, and urges Congress to adopt wiser statesmanship to restore prosperity and better human conditions.
Professor Criswell from College Park led a home fire hazards demonstration on Wednesday morning at the Ridgely high school with fifth grade pupils taking part. Mrs J H Brumbaugh and daughter spent Easter in Martinsburg Pa. The Women’s Sewing Circle of the Reformed Church schedules a mother and daughter banquet for May 11. Centreville visitors included Mr and Mrs R R Lane and daughter Barbara. Mrs Frank Flounders hosted her sister and niece from Rutherford NJ. Miss Viola Smith of Easton visited her mother Mrs Bertie Smith over Easter. Mrs Elmer Redden stayed with Mr and Mrs George Cherry Thursday. The Ladies Aid Society plans a bake sale this Saturday at Davis' Drug Store. Mrs Clark Murphy will host the Sewing Circle next week.
Constance Bennett and Brian Ahern star in a Dentonia Theatre bill with Merrily We Live on Monday and Tuesday April 26. The cast features Shirley Temple in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm with a top New Season lineup. Also showing is Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars in a 15 part serial created by Universal with Buster Crabbe and Jean Rogers leading the cast.
A speaker recalls Ben Franklin saying a stitch in time saves nine. The narrator jokes about a silk stocking run observed by his wife’s young cousin Annabelle, noting the idea that a quick repair would have outpaced Franklin’s wizardry.
A rustic barn dance is a highlight in Clarence E. Mulford's Hopalong Cassidy tale Rustlers Valley, opening Friday and Saturday April 22 and 23 at Ridgely Theatre. Also at Ridgely Theatre on April 26, Hollywood Hotel is shown, followed by Damaged Lives on April 26 27 with Diane Sinclair, and Women in Prison on April 28 featuring Wyn Cahoon Scott Colton Arthur Loft Mayo Methot and Sarah Paden in a Lambert Hillyer film.
Hobbs Sunday School class will hold a supper in the community house next Thursday evening April 28. Supper price is thirty cents and all are invited. Several residents and visitors are noted, including Mr Culver Smith from East Orange and families of Smith and Bennett. Courtly engagements and local club meetings are mentioned with visits by J K Calloway of Baltimore and others. Mr T H Towers will lead the Christian Endeavor service tomorrow evening. Lambs Tommy and Donald Smith hosted friends Easter Monday.
Local families from Burrsville Chester Harrington and Goldsboro visited relatives in Price Cannon and Satterfield circles during Easter. Guests included Ernest Knotts George Price Clayton Kinnamon and extended visits with Everett Smith Arthur Scott Jr Woodrow Cannon and Frances Truitt. Other scenes included tutelage in Philadelphia Dover and Salisbury with members of the Scott Truitt and Collins families.
A fragmented diary by Oliver N. Warren recounts a boy’s week with his parents and neighbors. Sunday centers on the preacher’s Good Husbands subject, Monday hovers over marital tensions, Tuesday jokes about a neighbor with one wife too many, and Wednesday to Saturday cover school crushes, engagement talk, home life, and chores amidst domestic humor and casual miscommunications.
An all day athletic contest for Caroline schools is set for Saturday April 26 on the high school grounds. Manager Neville's baseball team opens the season vs Easton on Fourth Street. The paper notes local marriages, church events, bids for Denton to Willow Pond road, a bascule drawbridge, and various social visits.
Public auction in front of Denton Court House Door to sell the property known as No 516 Gay Street Denton Caroline County Maryland described in the mortgage from Octavia G Flamer et al to Frank W Redden dated January 1 1925 and last assigned to Wesley E Thawley Improvements include a two story six room frame dwelling with electric lights
One half of the purchase price to be paid in cash on day of sale with balance due on ratification or all cash at purchaser option. Deferred payments if any bear interest from sale date. Taxes and assessments adjusted to sale date. Title papers and documentary stamps are paid by the purchaser.
Two lake front tracts totaling 16.8 acres on Williston Lake with 6.2 and 10.6 acres offered separately or together. Includes 33 acres in Parcel No. 2 with frontage on Providence and Hog Creek Mill Roads. Improvements feature a 6 room dwelling, barn, and outbuildings. Also described is an 80 acre farm in the Sixth Election District with a good dwelling and outbuildings, half a mile from Denton on the Denton Matapeake highway, suitable for dairy and farming.
Southern Caroline seeks renomination for the House of Delegates with visitors present in Denton on Tuesday. Potential rivals include Mr. Fooks and Mr. George H. Wilson of the First District, who would run if constituents desire. At a Federalsburg bank stockholders meeting, directors for the year were elected: Thomas H. Chambers, J. Mark Wright, Fernandes Davis, Alexander Noble, Jerome J. Framp.
Maryland voters hear support for county commissioners as closest to the people. Hungerford argues governors lack essential facts for policy, urges regular meetings with county boards to address local and state problems. He notes Maryland’s diverse needs from Worcester on the Atlantic to Garrett atop the Alleghenies complicating governance.
Francis Ludlow endorses The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings as April’s best seller and Book of the Month choice, praising its simple, unpretentious tale of Jody Baxter in Florida’s backwoods. Also highlighted are On Borrowed Time by Lawrence Edward Watkin, Acts of Black Night by Kathleen Moore Knight, The Doctor of Bitter Almonds by James G Edwards, and other Baxter family chapters with vivid character comedy and nature’s world.
Travel writers note Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware offer premier blossom viewing as mild winter leaves roads clear. Keystone Club reports heavy interest with garden clubs of Virginia opening 100 historic homes and gardens for visitors. Events span April to May across Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, and the Del-Mar-Va peninsula with dogwood and various fruit blossoms on view.
Assignee offers forty four acres in the Fourth Election District of Caroline County on the Preston to Friendship road. Bounded by Murphy Patton and Lydian Todd heirs, land records show a 1917 deed from Everett C. Kelley to William H. Deen and later devised to Carl R. Deen. Improvements include a seven room dwelling barn implement shed corn crib and outbuildings.
One third cash on day of sale with the balance in two equal installments at three and six months. Deferred payments bear interest from the sale date and are secured to the undersigned. Alternatively, purchaser may pay all cash. Title papers and revenue stamps are at purchaser's expense. James Temple, Auctioneer.
Under authority of a mortgage dated June 21 1934 from Carl R Deen and Nellie Deen to The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Denton Maryland an assignee will expose at public sale to the highest bidder in front of the Court House Door in Denton between 2 and 4 p m parcels of real estate The mortgage is recorded in Liber T C H No 31 folio 309 and there is an assignment to W Brewster Den for collection default in covenants has occurred and the assignee will proceed with the sale
Public sale set for May 17 1938 before the Court House to dispose of three parcels in Caroline County. Tract 1 covers 39 acres adjacent to Oliver Taylor and others with a 4 room dwelling. Additional Williston parcels include a 27 195 square foot store site with a 15 foot right of way and a 10 920 square foot residential lot with a good dwelling.
The directors organized by electing officers T. H. Chambers as president E. E. Nuttle as secretary H. W. Davis as cashier and H. D. Williams as assistant cashier. George E. Noble Edward E. Nuttle and W. W. Kinder are named among the participants in the formation process.
All that piece or parcel of land sit Williston in the Third Election District of Caroline County lying on the west side of Tract No. 2 above described with a frontage of 42 feet on the County road from Todd's Mill to Williston and running back 210 feet to an alley.
One-fourth cash on day of sale and balance in two equal installments at 3 and 6 months with interest from sale date. Purchaser may pay all cash. Title papers and revenue stamps at purchaser cost. Liquidating Committee names Josiah A Beck George W Beck and Harry E Holsinger of Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Denton Md with W Brewster Deen attorney and James Temple auctioneer. Public notice invites inquiries to committee or attorney W Brewster Deen.
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