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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1926
Page
5
Local reports note J L Everngam & Son showing window upgrades and multiple church and club activities. Upcoming events include a May 6 federation meeting in Greensboro, a Friday circle gathering in Denton, and a young peoples conference at Greensboro Baptist Church. Public notices announce tax assessments revision hearings May 3–4 and a real estate sale in West Denton.
Miss Mary Adeline Fisher, daughter of Mr and Mrs T Pliny Fisher, wed William J Kindley of Baltimore Thursday at 8 30 PM in Denton Methodist Protestant Church. Rev B W Kindley and Rev Geo J Hooker officiated with music by Marjorie Turner and Gladys Smith. The ivory satin gown and carriage of flowers marked a ceremony attended by relatives and guests from Baltimore Westminster Frederica and other towns. The couple will live in Baltimore where Kindley works with Falconer Company.
Misses Emily and Frances Johnson hosted a kitchen shower and bridge for cousin Adeline Fisher, soon to wed William Kind ley. Guests from near and far enjoyed a menu with chicken salad and sherbet as gifts were given. Rev. Edwin T. Mowbray was reappointed district superint endent in the Baltimore M E Conference, with brother Rev. Alpheus S. Mowbray placed on the retired list. Charles L. Bryant and Ethel Pearl Wright wed at the Kemp Harper home, then a reception and wedding trip. Further social notes include a luncheon for Ella Marguerite Carter ahead of her May 1 wedding to Eugene G Anderson, a Denton motor visit by Philadelphia and Jedburg guests, retirement of Dr Thomas O Crouse to Denton, and local guests at Hurlock and West Denton homes.
A two night carnival will be held in Eden Hall featuring The Jolly Jesters of Fairlee and a modern bazaar. Admission is 20 cents with doors opening at 7 30. Weekend events promise minstrel acts and carnival novelties. Nearby church and school news accompany social notices and local visits.
In Burrsville during the conference year Sunday School at ten and preaching at eleven will be held at Wesley M E Church each Sunday. On April 25 Prof. W H Jump of Wyoming Del will discuss Facts About the Life of Jesus Christ. Rev E N Wright is the pastor and Rev A W Betts has been assigned to Caroline Circuit. Local social news covers showers visits and hospital stays among area residents.
The Community Club met at Church House Monday evening and the 1 H Girls Club with about twenty members wore green caps with four leaf clovers. Caroline Ebling presided. Virginia Holsinger was secretary. The club voted to bake Saturday near the post office and join the County Federation of Girls Clubs. Entertainment included music and a pageant. cocoa and wafers were served. The Ridgely High School Senior class presented Booth Tarkington’s Seventeen on April 10 and 20 at the Community Theatre. several actors are named and the run cleared more than $140. A new cooling station opened last week. milk shipments go to Breyer Ice Cream Co. in Philadelphia. The old station will be removed to improve town appearance. A baby clinic, the Young People’s Conference in Greensboro, and a missionary address at the Church of the Brethren were noted. Various residents and visitors and upcoming events are listed, including marriages and sick lists. A lost Pennsylvania license plate request appears at the end.
A barn on the Cressy Williamson farm tenanted by Cress Williamson burned on Saturday night with extensive stock losses. Fifty six years old and once the largest in the area, the structure and most farm implements were destroyed. Twenty one cows nine horses and mules and nearly all corn were lost. Insurance partially covers the damage. Citizens extend sympathy to the Williamson family amid the blaze.
Chopland club held an all day event at the Lith home of Mrs John Todd in Bethlehem with hat making and a sewing demonstration. Miss Spofford praised as apt pupils. A pot luck supper planned for Thursday the 29th in the Chopland club room with twenty five cents cost and covered dish meals. Public invited.
Goldsboro residents and relatives visited kin in New Jersey and North Carolina over the weekend. The Win-One Bible class and Sewing Circle held gatherings hosted by Mrs Thomas Shockley and Mrs CR Curtis. Dr Ch PL Silver entertained Aberdeen friends. Mrs William Melvine visited relatives near Harrington. Wiley Bell family moved to Marcus Hook.
Hillsboro PTA held a meeting last Thursday praising Frank Fleming for playground apparatus work. Proceeds from the evening reached about twelve dollars. St Pauls P E Sunday School planned a parcel post sale. Queen Anne Usher Union met with a large crowd, speaker Mr Wright discussed The Man Worth While, and local residents visited and hosted guests in nearby towns.
Funeral services were held for 75 year old Williston area farmer Mr A Clark who died after months of ill health. He leaves widow and four children including Mrs Samuel Nowell Denton and Mr Gilbert Clark Carneys Point. Interment Concord cemetery. Also noted is the death of Preston native Kranen Lee Cheezum in Phoenix, with services upcoming.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd C Smth entertain with Jacob Smith and Wrights. A quilting party at Mrs Chester Scott's. Bloomery M E Church Ladies' Aid plan a quilt sale for the church. Mr and Mrs L Alford of Federalsburg visit. Church meeting set for D R Adams home on April 28. Athletic Day prep at the school. Local residents visit Washington DC. Measles recovery for Edward Hurley and Clarence Tucker. Weekend with Wardner Randolph from New York. Snow and hail return as winter thoughts arise. Earl Pennypacker and son Smith visit. Grand Deen of Harmony visits George Tucker. Frank Wright visits Floyd C Smith. Mrs Kemp Adams ill.
A succession of Sunday visits among local families including Websters Todds Ivins Wrightson and Todd households with Woodrows Kellys and Brumbaughs. Several relatives travel between Burrsville Federalsburg Denton and Centreville as health updates note Mrs P White’s passing and Mildred Todd improving.
The annual meeting of the Association of County Commissioners of the Eastern Shore was held in Snow Hill on Monday. Judge William F. Johnson welcomed delegates, with remarks from W. H. B. Mitchell of Queen Anne's County. Topics included tax payer welfare, county cooperation, value tax sale steps, cooperation by the association, and slag and gravel road construction. Del-Mar-Va Association advertising plans were discussed, but no formal action was taken on aid, with counties leaning toward conservative expenditure.
A Church of the Brethren audience enjoyed a Sunday musicale by the Y B P D with tableaux monologues and duets led by Miss Ruth Krabill. An April 24 Eastern Shore Rally is planned at the Denton Church with registration at 9 a.m and a conference portion. Rev Sto ver Kulp, missionary to Africa, speaks at 8 p.m. and again Sunday at 11 p.m. Sara Arnold, Pastor.
The Orphans Court met with Judges West Harper and Shawn. Administrators filed first and final accounts inventory appraisements and bonds were approved. Will probates were recorded and set for probate on April 27. Additional inventories were approved and distributions recorded for several estates including Dean Patchett and Roe.
Dorchester county farmers near Cambridge and Hurlock Md approve a new crop venture with 500 acres to be grown for packing by Phillips Packing Co of Cambridge. The Middletown District Women’s Foreign Missionary Society ME Church meets at Betterton Thursday at 10 AM with a morning and afternoon program and box lunches requested. Recent cold weather damaged fruit, alarming local growers.
The Ladies' Aid Society records the death of Mrs Elizabeth C Pennewill a faithful member noted for her cheerful devout manner loyalty to church and friends and hopeful faith in God Her loss is mourned by bereaved relatives and Society members H E Ramsdell F R Owens and E D C Hegeman extend their sympathy to the family
Leonard Adams 35, a Black man, was shot and killed early Sunday by Edna Haines, a Black woman he had been pursuing. After a jury viewed the body, the hearing found her in her own recognizance for grand jury action. The note also mentions cement delivery and rental apartments in town.
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