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Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1937

Page

6

New Dredge To Arrive Soon For Goldsboro Camp

Increased landowner interest in drainage work brings two additional dredges to the Goldsboro CCC Camp in Caroline and Queen Anne's Counties. Cooperation from Congressman Goldsborough and County Commissioners supports operation funding, with dredges to be trailer mounted for mobility. The project aims to accelerate large drainage work while freeing labor for smaller tributaries under the Goldsboro camp supervision and Mary land Delaware camps.

T. Alan Goldsborough Caroline Queen Anne’s Goldsboro CCC J. Frank Lane Caroline County Geo. W. Clendaniel M. J. Frere

Dentonia Theatre Big Double Feature Saturday

The Dentonia Theatre hosts a Saturday double feature including General Spanky and Drift Fence with star-laden casts. Also showcases Ready, Willing and Able with Ruby Keeler and Allen Jenkins and Swing High Swing Low with Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray, plus a political letter to the editor.

Hal Roach Dentonia Theatre Paramount Zane Grey Larry Crabbe Katherine de Mille Tom Keene Benny Baker Glenn Erickson Stanley Andrews Effie Ellsler Jan Duggan Texas Ranger Ruby Keeler Allen Jenkins Warner Bros Jenkins Miss Keeler Lee Dixon Carole Lombard Fred MacMurray Miss Lombard Panama MacMurray Sam Coslow al Siegel Leo Robin Ralph Rainger

Public Welfare and Justice in Historical Perspective

A reader argues that public welfare should guide moral treatment of others, noting the North’s victory under Lincoln on humane policy. The letter warns that some old slave drivers linger, seeking to influence people via outdated Supreme Court principles, enabling lawsuits to invalidate laws benefiting the majority.

Supreme Court Congress U. S Dred Scott Wall Street Lincoln South Supreme

Good Pastures Save Soil in Maryland Project

Pastures play a key role in erosion control for the Soil Conservation Service projects and camps near Hagerstown Maryland, as stated by C C Bruce the Maryland coordinator for the effort.

Soil Conservation Service Hagerstown C. C. Bruce Maryland

Pasture Upgrades Urged To Fight Soil Erosion In Maryland

The Erosion Service urges farmers to improve pasture on steep slopes across Maryland, noting 768000 acres of pasture and stressing dense sod to protect soil. Recommendations include delaying spring grazing to three inches of growth, applying superphosphate, lime, and sowing white clover, with guidance from county agents and local erosion control sites.

Erosion Service Bruce Extension Service University of Maryland Maryland

Good Old Days Rules From a Chicago Store in the 1880s

An 1880s Chicago department store rules excerpt notes long hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. year round, strict duties before opening, Sabbath limits, and a ban on leisure activities. It includes weekly church dues, Sunday School, and social restrictions for male employees while encouraging reading after fourteen hours in the store.

Chicago Rotarian

Harold Bell Wright thriller peak in Secret Valley

Harold Bell Wright's Secret Valley opens at the Ridgely Theatre with Richard Arlen in a fast moving Twentieth Century Fox drama. A Kiddie Klub at 9 p.m. accompanies the opening and reception.

Harold Bell Wright Secret Valley Twentieth Century-Fox Richard Arlen Ridgely Theatre Peter Lorre Europe Chamber of Horrors Nancy Steele Victor McLaglen Walter Connolly June Lang Robert Kent Ridgely

Wanted Farm Help and Housing Offered at Dairy Farm

Wanted a single white man to work on a dairy farm with good milking ability. Wages forty dollars per month plus room and board. Apply to H Hoopes at Shirley Farms in Glen Lock Pennsylvania or call Malvern 2104-1-1. Also listed: four to eight room house for sale in Denton Maryland at East Market Street in excellent condition with bath and porches. Apply to W H Rathell. WANTED Reliable single man with poultry farming knowledge. Board furnished. Reference required at Mulberry Point Farm St Michaels Maryland.

H. Hoopes Shirley Farms Glen Lock Malvern Denton East Market Street W. H. Rathell H. P. Brown Mulberry Point Farm St. Michaels, Md

Asparagus roots for sale at 7c per 100 or $5 per 1000

H A Reinhold advertises asparagus roots for sale, offering one large shoot cheap. Cap Dean at 4th and Guay Streets in Denton Maryland lists contact details for inquiries.

Mary Washington H. A. Reinholdd Denton Dean 4Th and Guay Sts Denton, Md

Winterset at Ridgely Theatre Opens Next Week

The Ridgely Theatre will stage Maxwell Anderson’s Winterset next Tuesday and Wednesday, touted as a high intensity drama. New York Dramatic Critics honored Anderson with a plaque for his work as season host. The same venue opens Three Smart Girls on Thursday and Friday, a light comedy about three Riviera sisters and an American millionaire. Thursday features Gift Night at Ridgely Theatre.

Maxwell Anderson Ridgely Theatre New York Anderson Bank Rall Universe Riviera

Moth Cocoon Gifted By Thomae Cawley At School

Thomae Cawley delivered a green caterpillar that hatched into a moth cocoon. The school plans to release the moth into the wider world once it awakens from its cocoon.

Thomae Cawley

cocoons in room await emergence of moths and butterflies

Ann Tuber reports three cocoons in the room with no emergence yet. She expects beautiful butterflies or moths and notes the fourth grade class context with Mrs Hignutt.

Tam Ann Tuber

School News Highlights Book Award and Moth Update

The P T A awarded the book If I Were Going for best parent attendance at the April meeting. The Cecropia moth in our room is observable, not fully strong enough to fly yet, with wings colored rust white gray black purple and brown and spots on the wings.

P.T. A Norway Lapland England Spain Africa

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