For Sale and Lost Items and Local Notices in Denton
Classified listings include Wilson soy beans for sale in Denton by A. P. Martin and a 136 acre farm near Burrsville. Also wanted laundry work, sale of flowers and bulbs, lost a bird dog, duplex for rent, church circle meetings, funerals, marriages, Easter events, and community notices from Denton and surrounding areas with multiple local names and dates.
Church Notices for Denton Area April 24 Services
Local church notices list Denton M E and M P services with Sunday School times and morning and evening sermons. Concord, Burrsville, Thawley, Williston, Preston, and Ridgely churches also schedule classes and services, with dedications and masses noted.
Tragic Collision Claims Two Local Residents
The community mourns Camille Millerman and Bradley Donohoe killed in a Sunday automobile crash while returning from Easton. Donohoe died at the scene. Millerman died hours later at Easton Hospital. Donohoe had lived here as a youth and is survived by his parents and a brother. Millerman by her mother and a brother. The report lists several local families hosting visits and social gatherings in recent days, including the Reeses, Rhodes, Willoughby, and McCarty households, with travelers from Easton and Philadelphia visiting area relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camille Millerman
Bradley Donohoe
Easton
Donohoe
Miss Millerman
Easton Hospital
Preston
Jack Reese
Merrill Rhodes
Algie Willoughby
Claude
Emma Reese
Earl Christopher
Tanyard
Raymond McCarty
Janice Ann
W. S. McCarty
A. Felka
Washington
James Taft
Hilton Watts
Philadelphia
Fred Quidas
Ralph McMahan
Harry McMahan
Joseph Worm
Frank Walker
Charlie Perry
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Meeting in Goldsboro
Mrs. R F Cartwright hosted the society on Thursday night. Visitors included Mrs. Sadie Shockley and her mother Mrs. Hill who returned from Denton. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. C C E Russell of Greenwood Del and Mr and Mrs M E Jarman. Eleanor Crawford of Easton visited the Crawford home. Ed Clark’s daughter and husband from Wilmington visited Sunday. Ralph Cheffins was taken to Easton Emergency Hospital. Jean Melvin spent holidays with Aunt Mrs Wm Hutson in Wilmington. Mrs Howard Shockley held a silver tea Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
R. F. Cartwright
Sadie Shockley
Hill
Denton
C.C. E. Russell
Greenwood
Del
M. E. Jarman
Eleanor Crawford
Easton
John Crawford
Ed. Clark
Wilmington
Ralph Cheffins
Jean Melvin
Wm. Hutson
Howard Shockley
Luther Bennett
Linwood Bennett
Linwood
Luther Bennett Jr
Archibald Bennett
Philadelphia
Dallas Cartwright
Preston
Paul Rash
Virgie Cartwright
Irving Voshell
Dover
Russell Hill
Selbyville
Madalyn Neese
T. N. Jarrell
Jennie Griffin
Marjorie Williams
Tilghman
Marguerite Griffin
Washington
Norman Smith
Milford
New Milford Hospital
Goldsboro Church
Calvin Daisey
Bryn Mawr
Marthe Williams
Naomi Cartwright
Edward Jarrell
Bluefield
West Virginia
Cole
W. J. Murphy
Emma Thawley
Elise Roe
Greensboro
Rebecca Lane
J. F. Lane
Martha Smith
Charleston
Calvin Richard
Ladies Aid Meeting Elects New Officers
The Ladies Aid society met with thirteen members and two visitors. Mrs Lulu Beauchamp was elected president, with Sallie Towers as vice president, Gula Johnson secretary, Minnie Huey assistant secretary, and Grace Sullivan treasurer. Hostesses served pie, cakes, coffee, and candy. Lydia Nichols and Louise Collins to entertain in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Willey
Ida Towers
Lulu Beauchamp
Sallie Towers
Gula Johnson
Minnie Huey
Grace Sullivan
Lydia Nichols
Louise Collins
Illness Touches Harmony Residents In Local Notes
Harmony residents report Miss Pearl Willis is very ill at home with friends wishing her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanton visited Wilmington after returning Miss Louise Todd to Golden College. Mollie Lowry returns to Harmony from Richwood West Virginia. Chester Towers spent Easter with his parents H R Towers. Miriam Todd enjoyed Easter with her parents Norman and Miriam Todd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Willis
Robert Stanton
Wilmington
Louise Todd
Golden College
Mollie Lowry
Harmony
Richwood
W. Va
Chester Towers
H. R. Towers
Miriam Todd
Norman Todd
Harmony Club
Albert Willis
Pliny Todd
Louise Marine
Hillsboro Queen Anne Bride Quiet Hillsboro Ceremony
Mrs Pearl Smith Sparklin married Mr James Erdman Bramble of Centreville in a quiet Thursday morning ceremony at the bride's Hillsboro home. Rev Charles W Spry officiated and the couple left for a motor trip to Washington and Virginia before settling in Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Smith Sparklin
James Erdman Bramble
Centreville
Hillsboro
Charles W. Spry
Washington
Virginia
Bramble
Mary Rowe
Ruth Beaven
Gladys Gale
Norman Clark
Frank Fleming
Elwood Fleming
Miriam Gale
Federation
Ridgely
Henry Fleming
Wilmington
Emma Gardner
H. M. Taylor
Sharon Hill
Richard Beaven
Samuel Powers
Joe Smith
Baltimore
Loraine Lane
Norma Hicks
Spry
Pittsville
William P. Sparks
Brown Thawley
Milford
Edgar Blades
Rembert Simpson and Son
Harry Kemp
Strickland
Mildred Stenger
Marjorie Baker
Hair Care Demonstrations Highlight Homemakers Club Events
Unity, Greensboro, Tuckahoe, and other area homemakers clubs met in April and April 14 21 22 with hair care demonstrations led by Mrs. Clyde Ellwanger Mrs. Raymond Fifield Mrs. Charles Bilbrough Jr and Mrs Howard Gannon plus book reviews on Freckles Gone With the Wind Hoosier Schoolmaster and Virginia and reports from Tri-County and 4-H leaders The groups planned attendance at rallies and short courses and adjourned with Easter themed refreshments and social activities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Homemakers Club
Lee Walston
Clyde Ellwanger
Raymond Fifield
Sara Murphy
College Park
Gene Stratton Porter
Thomas Ellwanger
Easton
Chester Baker
Greensboro
Margaret Mitchell
Charles Bilbrough Jr
Tri-County
East
William Hubbard
Tuckahoe Homemakers Club
Freepond Clopper
Hoosier
Howard Gannon
Denton
Caroline County
Vernon Baker
Hillsboro
Harold Hafer
William Richards
Ridgely
Clifton Crouse
Furman’s Grove
E. J. Pearson
William Gardner, Jr
Personal mentions of Baltimore visit and Delaware guest
Mr. Robert George returned to Baltimore last Saturday after a week with Denton relatives. Miss Lillian Coverdale of Felton Delaware spent Sunday as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Walter George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert George
Baltimore
Denton
Lillian Coverdale
Felton, del
Walter George
Queen Anne social notes from Easter week events
Mrs Horace Morgan attended the forty seventh Congress of the D A R in Constitution Hall Washington and Maryland State luncheon at the Mayflower Chinese room Also Miss Addie Morgan with Miss Edith Richards attended events in Washington Other residents hosted and visited during the Easter holidays including Luncheons with Mrs Clifford Cortelyou Louise Short and Mrs Norman Clark gatherings with Rev and Mrs J M York and delegates from the Baltimore Conference Mr Keplar Barnette of Detroit spent Easter with his wife in town and returned to Baltimore Other local families noted visiting relatives and guests over the holiday weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Denton
Ruth Cooper
Harry S. Cooper
Greensboro
John Wallace Lynch
Seaford
Delaware
Milton S. Andrews
Markland Benson
Upperco
Maryland
Homer Lynch
New York City
Sea Island
Georgia
Marguerite Young
Samuel L. Young
Calvin Ward
T. J. Turkington
Denton Methodist Protestant Church
Atlantic City
Ward
James Ward
Third
Louise Long
Lynn Long
Jack Adams
Frank Adams
Hobbs
Pilgrim Holiness Parsonage
T. S. Dixon
Joyce Kern
Janet Kern
Emma Turkington
Betty Hubbard
Florence Smith
Barbara Cooper
Ruth Allfather
Ida Mae Allfather
Audrey Arrington
Ida Mae _Cawley
Charlotte Ann Smith
Mary Alice Smith
Rosetta Bailey
Marian Lutz
Betty Lutz
Ella Marie Brown
Bertha Jane Brown
Ethel Belle Brown
Betty Jane Faulkner
John W. Faulkner Jr
Olivia P. Roe
W. H. Nuttle
Nuttle
Duke Smith
Edward
William Neill Smith
Cambridge
Ed. Phillips
North Carolina
Thelma Brown
William Brown
Felton
Glenn Waldo Crouse
Harry Crouse
Ridgely
J. W. Krabill
Bernard Hopkins Thomas
R. B. Jones
Dickerson
L. Hopkins Thomas
George Evans
J. D. Garrison and Son
Washington
Melvin Bennington
Walter T. George
Earle White
Bridge
Gordon Charles
McDonogh School
A. J. Messick
Bethlehem
Mary Alice
Charlotteann
Alfred Smith
West Denton
Nevin Allfather
Oscar Smith
L. Reyner Dukes
Lou and
Potter
Martin
Midway Farm
H. A. G. Westerfield
Port Deposit
F. R. Owens
Horace Morgan
Constitution Hall
Mayflower Hotel
Addie Morgan
Edith Richards
Madge
Dorothy Jump
Clifford Cortelyou
Philadelphia
Louise Short
Hagerstown
Norman Clark
Hills
Freeland Clopper
Tuckahoe Neck
E. S. Bowens
Queenstown
Howard Flowers
Sonny Gibson Jr
Jack Bishop
Sunday Guests Fill Homes Across Towns
A string of visitors from Linwood Pennsylvania Dover Philadelphia and Wilmington joined local families for Sunday. Local events included the Goldsboro Church cantata The Third Day drawing a large audience and Mrs Sadie Shockley and Mrs Naomi Cartwright hosting Sewing Circle gatherings.
Meeting on rural electrification in Denton Court House
Mr C O Falkenwald of the Rural Electrification Administration leads a Denton meeting to explain how federal aid can extend electric lines to countryside neighborhoods. Attendees will gauge interest and determine potential action, following a Washington conference with REA officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Falkenwald
The
Rural Electrification Administration
Court House
Denton
Washington, D. C
Messrs. H. H. Nuttle
Geo. W. Clendaniel
Preston Auto Crash Kills Two Injures One
Bradley Donohoe died en route to Easton hospital after a Sunday morning crash that also killed Miss Camille Millerman, a Preston High School graduate. Edward Garey survived with bruises. Millerman’s funeral was held Tuesday at the Lutheran Church with interment in Preston cemetery. Donohoe's service followed at Federalsburg Church of God with burial in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Donohoe
Camille Millerman
Edward Garey
Easton
Donohoe
Easton Hospital
Miss Millerman
Garey
Preston High School
Lutheran Church
Preston Cemetery
Federalsburg
Cambridge
William Pemberton
Chester
Mary Russell
Jennie Hopkins
Greensboro
Edward Derrickson
Milford
W. H. Cannon
County Federation
Ridgely
Edwin Henry
Robert Cannon
Lee Noble
Lloyd Cannon
Lee Noble Jr
Easter Sunday Guests Gather from Nearby Towns
Henderson hosts a large Easter gathering with relatives and friends from Riverside Dover Philadelphia Wilmington Marcus Hook Sayre Trenton and beyond visiting Mr and Mrs W N Walls and families, and others including the Montagues Goodens and Schoppes.
Lions Club Charter Night in Greensboro Delights Guests
A gala Charter Night is planned at the Greensboro High School Auditorium with the Lions Club receiving its charter from District Governor Bert Piers of Washington. Linwood Jarrell leads a fine program including Judge Knotts, the Sadlersville quartet, and a Daughters of Pocahontas banquet, with many visiting Lions and wives expected from nearby clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Lions Club
Bert Piers
Washington
Linwood Jarrell
Judge Knotts
Denton
Sadlersville
Daughters of Pocahontas
Eastern Shore
Delaware
Ginger Snowberger
Margaret Jean
Charles Alan Wright
Bridgeville
Del
Norma Jean Dodd
Jack
Janis Boulais
Betty Pippin
Barbara Butler
Edwin Jump
Nancy
Jane Clark
Sara Murphy
A. G. Stufft
Homer Stufft
Henderson
David Stufft
Mary Anne
Cyrus Stufft
Viola Clark
Philadelphia
Harry S. Cooper
Ruth Marie
John Wallace Lynch
Seaford
Josephine Bastian
H. B. Bastian
Jack Tabor
Morgan Anderson
Eastern Seminary
Lloyd Taylor
Anne
Reading
Alvin Edwards
Mary Elsie Edwards
Edwards
Joseph E. Green
Hazel Brittingham
Cecilton
C. E B. Davis
Zion M. E
Green
Helen Naylor
Walker Taylor
Carter
F. R. Malone
Baltimore
Fred Malone
Leesburg
Ida Clark
Fletcher
Jane Reed
Harrington
Oscar Kinnamon
Marcus Hook
Martin Adams
George Adams
Elizabeth
Minus Williamson
George Hollingsworth
Edward Hollingsworth and Son
Harrisburg
Winder Brockway
Westminster
Kenneth Bostic
Chester
Noble Sipple
Virginia Laramore
Banks Business College
Whital Laramore
John Medford
Oscar Wyatt
Mary Louise Bennett
Wilmington
Dobson
Georgetown
Mary Jackson
Ralph Pritchett
Lloyd Cannon
Preston
Frank Hartnett
Dover
Eddie
Wilbur Carroll
Carl Nichols
Henry Shulties
Valley Forge
Anna Wieneke
Floris Jones
Charles Wieneke
John Wyatt
Nelson
Mildred Bennett
Chincoteague Island
Frank Asilton
Elwood Moore
Ingleside
Will Roe
James Roe
Virginia Roe
Wallace Thornton
Kent General Hospital
Edgar Todd
James Todd
Betty Wyatt
Mae Deemer
Ovid Langrell
Lacey Wilson
Michael Ash
E. J. Vandergrift
Ison
Wellsboro
Mary Tribbitt
L. W.taylor
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
E. W. Adams and Bros
Donald MacDonald
Andersontown
Hickman
J. Lester Everngain
M. E. Church
M. P. Church
Mark Smith
Hinderer
Brubaker
John Kelly
Williston
St. Paul's Church
Jeanette Cannon
Walter Cannon
Burrsville
Arthur Scott
W. L. Jump
Towers
Ames M. P. Church
Herbert Hitchcock
Irvington
N. J
Newark
Hitchcock
Josiah Hitchcock
William Pratt Chaffinch
South Harrison Street
Lawrence Chaffinch
Harry Nevins
Trappe
Louise Warburton
Spring Hill Cemetery
Garland Lake
H. F. Hafer
Dawson Roe
Lynn Cheezum
Clyde Pentz
Henry Meredith
Thomas Baynard
Brethren Church
Louis Dennis
John W. Harms
Council of Churches and Christian Education of
Lillian E. McCormick
Don W. Griffin
Arlie L. Cooper
Christian Missionary Alliance Church
West Fifth Street
Mt. Salem
Cooper
Christian Missionary Alliance
Samuel J
Caroline Hubbard Cooper
Lida Latimer Cooper
Earl Cooper
Enoch Cooper
Schenectady
Willoughby Nowell
Denton M. E
Epworth League
Denton M. P
Concord Church
Hus
Thomas
Catherine Wheatley
Caroline
Ziba Adams
Burrsville M. P
Thawley
Christian Endeavor
New Burrsville
Church of the New Jerusalem
Jesus
St. Elizabeth’s Church
St. Benedict’s Church
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
S. S
Viola Jones
Methodist
H. B. Laird
J. S. Fifer
George A. Waters
Dr. Waters
Robert Dean
R. G. Dean
Japan
India
Chickasaw City
John Dean
Miriam T. Bishop
Carmichael
Dean
J. Walter Booker
Kate Booker
Helen M. Slother
Chambersburg
Cavalry Episcopal Church
Annapolis
Harry Robinson
James Wilson
George Shields
Edith Nicum
Lena Nicum
Betty Nicum
Altoona
Robert Nicum
Saltello
Oscar Theis
Virginia Holsinger
Millersville
Kenneth Corbett
Neffsville
Adam Holsinger
Wiley
Herbert Hammond
C. W. Guthrie
Kenton
Norman Wilson
St. Petersburg
Florida
Davis
W. O. Cohee
Arthur J. Richards
Calvin D. Lynch
Walter Bennington
J. B. Garrison
J. B. Jr
Fred Friedel
Delia
David Mitchell
Oliver Friedel
Spring City
T. C. Cahall
Josephine Cahall
Wilson Cahall
Edmond Pendleton
York
George Kirch
Harry Kirch
Phyllis
Plainfield
A. S. Thompson
J. A. Mitchell
Joanne
Edna Detwiler
A. G. Gelletty
D. T. Swing
Johns Hopkins Hospital
George Baynard
Howard Perry
Fort Totten
N. Y
Jas. S. Johnson
O. B. Reed
Harry Lobb
Springfield
Ernest Jones
Elizabeth Cherry
Roy Cherry
Frank Seward
Peter Hoffman Jr
Norristown
William Voss
Yeadon
John Starkey
Charles Stevenson
Mary Laird
Edward Stephens
Rehoboth
Emma Jackson
Wilson Jackson
Arlington
Charles Dean
Leelan Jackson
St. Michaels
Redmond Long
Herbert Bickling
Fred Koenemann
Clifton Morris
Geneva
Ed Morris
Herbert Koenemann
Alex Dawson
M. C. Meredith
William Sharpley
Chincoteague
Alice Bennington
Smithson
Goldsboro
Twin Towns
Tuckahoe
Talbot
Dorchester
Frank Zeigler
J. Kemp Stevens
Queen Anne
George Thompson
Burgis
Riverside
Emma Thompson
Carroll Thompson
Pauline Conley
Dorothy Thompson
Church Hill
Irvin Kenton
Charles Simpson
Nathan Walls
W. N. Walls
McKinley Wilkinson
Wilbur Griffin
Daisy Quillen
Theda Pippin
Allan Sweeney
Winfred Gooden
E. C. Gooden
Frank Yeager
Boothwyn
Carroll Meredith
Dora Melvin
Lewis Shelton
Elma Harmon
Myles Walraven
Thos. Hugel
Florence de Nicio
John Stabler
Henry Shultie
Clayton Brown
A. B. Cohee
Chas. Shewbrooks
Marydel
T. A. Montague
Clayton Brittingham
W. L. Sanderson
Henry Geiger
Sayre
Harry Frese
Bertie Pritchett
Francis Schoppe
Buena Vista
Edward Schoppe
Edith G. Cooper
W. H. Goodwin
Olivia M. Coffin
David Cartwright
S. S. James
L. A. Gooden
Olivia M. Goffin
Trenton
Eva Snyder
W. F. Clark
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