Local notices advertise products and services in Denton MD
Various local ads from the Denton Journal list sales and offerings. Chicks hatch April 30 at 8 per 100 and furniture at low prices. farm supplies, seeds, and equipment from Nuttle Milling Co., Nuttle Lumber, J. L Everngain, A. L. Butler, and M. K. Newnam. A tuberculosis clinic is planned in Federalsburg. church notices, and a death of James R. Pratt, former rail executive near Lewes, Del. The Eastern Shore Inter scholastic meet is set for May 16 at Washington College with events for boys and girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L Everngain
Denton
Chix Hatch
A. L. Butler
M. K. Newnam
Nuttle Milling Co
Denton, Md
Johnson
Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
Everagam’s
Fordson
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
M. E. Church
Lulu Downes
Carland
Benton
Denton Journal
Downes & Beck
Downes’ Stable
North Third Street
James R. Pratt
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Protestant Church
Reuben Rairigh
Rairigh
Elias Hinderer
Susan Smith
Pickering
Caroline County
Ridgely
Greensboro
Federalsburg
Thomas B. Twilley
Eddystone
Nellie A. Bradley
G. Walter Twilley
Preston
Cambridge
East New Market
Washington College
Omar “Dutch” Crothers
Orme Bride, Shockley News From Denton and Harrington
Frances Orme of Denton marries Crawford Warfield Shockley of Pittsville Md in Wesley Chapel near Rock Hall Rev J W Baxley officiates Mrs Baxley plays music. couple plans a motor trip to Shenandoah Valley and home in Harrington Del Shockley works with Eastern Shore Public Service Co. Mrs Shockley trained nurse from Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore lifestyle notes follow with social items and local visits etc
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer T. Orme
Denton
Frances
Crawford Warfield Shockley
Arthur Shockley
Pittsville
Wesley Chapel
Rock Hall
J. W. Baxley
Mary Orme
William Shockley
Shockley
Shenandoah Valley
Harrington
Del
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Atlanta
Reynolds
Edna Cochrane
Bucken Village
Edward Cook
Linwood
Jane
Jane Cook
John Voss
Glorena Mayo
Florida
R. F. Pierce
Emily DeFord Seeney
Pierce
Newport News
Rodney Floyd, Jr
Selden C. Watters
Wm. Huber
Philadelphia
Herbert A. Harmon
Portland
Maine
Fannie Shields
Alex McWilliams
Banfield Manor
Oxford
Wm. A. Stewart
Maud Stewart
Baltimore
Ida Simmons
H. B., Simmons
Chestertown
Avon
Edwin C. Martin
Frankfort
Ind
W. J. Martin
Alexander Hardcastle
Ida Wilson
Everngam
Jonathan Hughes, Jr
County extension clubs hold spring rally events
The Caroline County Wo men s Clubs plan a spring rally at Concord Church House on April 29 starting 10 30 a m with music led by Mrs H E Hol singer and a noon exhibit of handwork. Dr T B Symons will speak in the afternoon, followed by the Ridgely Home makers play Goose Money and a 4 H program including a morality play House of the Heart. The May 2 Girls 4 H rally at Concord Community House features kit chen demonstrations a Mrs Wiggs play style show and a council circle with Miss Dorothy Emerson. attendees should bring lunch and ice cream will be for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Concord Church House
Concord
H. E. Holsinger
T. B.symons
University of Maryland
Wisconsin
Denton Club
Wiggs
Ridgely
Dorothy Emerson
Local families gather for weekend visits and steps of misfortune
Cheptank Blades entertain guests from Beulah Easton Poplar Neck Laurel and Philadelphia while relatives visit Federalsburg Preston Harmony and Marcus Hook. Notices include several Sundays spent with kin and a scalded foot to Mary Flaharty, plus social visits by Jones Kell y and Waldron families.
County Teachers Hold Spring Conference At Denton
County teachers from Caroline county gather at Denton High School for the annual spring meeting Saturday. Prof. E M Noble will open at 9 am with talks on interpreting schools to the public and character building. Lectures cover social, natural, mathematical, vocational, and extracurricular contributions plus reading and university extension possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Noble
Caroline County
Caroline County Teachers’ Association
Denton High School
Noble
Irvin Smith
A. Nuttle
Clara Wing
J. Lankford
Grace Best
T. Johnson
G. Morgan
Mary Elzey
Alice F. Hignatt
E. Guseman
Linden Duffey
Wilson Cahall
Mary Moore
E. C. Fontaine
Eastern Shore
B. C. Willisland
W. K. Cumming
Local residents visit families across state lines
A string of visits highlighted weekend social activity with guests from Centreville Harrington Church Hill Goldsboro Wilmington Templeville Dover Manchester and Philadelphia. Notable gatherings included the 30th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ww. E. Cartwright in Wilmington and relatives hosted by J. Meredith T. Cahall and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Redman
Centreville
Wm. Golt
Louise
Harrington
Theodore Hall
Alston Long
Church Hill
John Long
LeRoy Cartwright
Roland Cartwright
Virgie Cartwright
James
Goldsboro
L. A. Gooden
Carleton
T. H. Gough
Geo. Clark
Ww. E. Cartwright
Wilmington
Chas. Cartwright
Edward Cartwright
Templeville
Rosanna Richard
T. P. Richard
Harry Cohee
Anna Jones
J. R. Jones
Harry Moore
Frank
Dover
T. A. Montague
Thos. Cahall
John Meredith
E. L. Fogelsanger and Daughters
Manchester
Clarence Pritchett
Billy
Edward Welch
Philadelphia
Path Across the Hill play benefits Fire Company in Ridgely
The weekly Ridgely News Letter reports a benefit play The Path Across the Hill with Rev Roy Tawes and Mrs Edward MacPherson in leading roles. Contortionist Odelle and W D Binebrink entertained between acts. net proceeds are about 200 dollars. The Community Club held a meeting with nominating committee and delegates named for the Eastern Shore Federation May 7 at Port Deposit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Tawes
Edward MacPherson
Odelle
Ridgely
W. D. Binebrink
Downes
J. J. Ivison
M. W. Wiley
Harry Hemmons
Beatrice Bowers
Elsie Matthews
Eastern Shore Federation
Port Deposit
Frank Flounders
Lawrence Lynch
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Baltimore
Flounders
Mollie Rickards
Wilming
Will Smith
Alfred Rickards
Owen Lynch
Lee
Dover
Stephen Lynch
Charles Haymaker
Earl
Edward Sparks
Clark Murphy
Herbert Lane
Denton
C. P. O'Day
Walton
Bridgeville
James Moore
Seaford
Willard Jones
Jones
Viola
Marydel
Charles Herzog
T. L. Day
Walter Bennington
Melvin and
Paul
Helen George
Washington
Coursey Hemmons
Wilmington
Howard Lewis
Harry Lewis
Wilkes Barre
Alice Bennington
Emma Carter
Elmer Anthony
Catherine McElwain
Centreville
William Harrison
Harrington
L. Ss. Matthews
Frank Matthews
Ronald Lane
Harrison Holsinger
Walter Mitchell
Roy Archer
Philadelphia
Westcott Porter
Annie Hevalow
James J. Lane, Jr
Church of the Brethren
Clifton Crouse
Carlile Bennington
Will Clark
Cambridge
Hattie Hagadone
Gilbert Hagadone
Howard Quaintance
Clear Spring
John Davis
Fred Sewell
Not Dumb Driver Saves Girls in Chestertown Ride
Preston Miss Julia Elizabeth Kelley while visiting Baltimore in a Pierce Arrow with four friends drove to Chestertown. A fox fur lay on the road and a masked pair appeared. the driver sped off, narrowly avoiding capture as the friends realized the danger and escaped with their money and jewelry. Local Daughters of America officers and visiting lodges attended a meeting, with new initiations and praise for the Preston lodge charter drafting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Elizabeth Kelley
Julia M. Kelley
Oakland Grove Farm
Baltimore
Chestertown
Miss Elizabeth
Baltimore Athletic
Daughters of America
Leer
Sue Brown
Cecil
Primrose
Denton
Emma Hall
Milton
Del
Robert Dulin
Ethel Pritchett
Ruth Jackson
Lloyd Cannon
Duffy
Detroit
Mich
Norman Taylor
O. A. Bartley
New Castle
H. B. Wright
Raymond Poole
H. M. Harris
Washington
Final School Declamation Contest Names James Duffy Winner
Final declamation event during assembly chose James Duffy as Caroline High School representative for county finals on May 1. Margaret Jane Knotts placed second and Earl Wright third. County attendance reports show elementary 92.4 percent and high school 93.8 percent, helped by drought relief efforts and welfare programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jane Knotts
James Duffy
Earl Wright
East and West
Miss Thompson
Stone
Kirwan
Caroline High School
Earl
Wright
Caroline
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Highlights Weekend Visits
Wilming ton’s Robert Hickman and Wm Sherwood of Phila were Sunday guests of James and Mrs Sherwood. Frances Fisher from Willow Grove Pa visited her parents Mr and Mrs H S Fisher. Edgar Blades Virginia Blades and Brown Thawley were guests near Trappe Sunday. R W Beaven and son Gardner spent the weekend with a Beaven sister in Chester Pa. Mrs Chas Morgan of Baltimore and Carl Nevins of Easton visited Annie Jump. Home Missionary Society of M E Church met Mrs I T Sparklin last Tuesday. Oscar Rice and Neavitts Rice with children spent the day with friends on Wye Island. W E Sylvester and Mrs M S Cooper entertained Philadelphia friends last Sunday. Liston Bennington of Millington were town visitors Sunday. Grace Vesty of Fairmount NC called on friends. Ethel Holt has a severe cold confinement this week. Joseph Eaton returned from a Pittsburgh trip. S N Smith and Milford Kline were in Baltimore Monday. P T A will bake in Community House on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hickman
Wilmington
Wm. Sherwood
Philadelphia
Jas. Sherwood
Frances’ Fisher
Willow Grove
H. S. Fisher
Edgar Blades
Virginia Blades
Brown’ Thawley
Trappe
R. W. Beaven
Gardner
Wye Island
W. E. Sylvester
Cooper
Liston Bennington
Millington
Grace Vesty
Fairmount
N. C
Ethel S. Holt
Joseph Eaton
Pittsburgh
S. N. Smith
Milford Kline
Baltimore
J. Norman Clark
Y Community House
Community Club elects officers for the year
The Community Club held its regular meeting with 18 members present. Officers for the year starting in May were elected: President E B Lightner, first vice president C Rhodes, second vice president Everett Blades, recording secretary Horace Morgan, treasurer Howard Flowers, corresponding secretary Mabel Dickerson. The State Federation report was given by Mrs. Oscar Briscoe. Hostesses were Reynolds Murphy, Minnie Morgan, Clara Price and Palmer Pippen. Services at St Pauls Church were announced by Rev A A McNeer with Sunday School at 9:30, sermons at 10:45 and 7:30, and Thursday prayer meeting at 7:30. Additional social notes mention visits by several local residents and trips to Philadelphia, Washington, Wilmington, and Ocean View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Lightner
Chas. Rhodes
Everett Blades
Horace Morgan
Howard Flowers
Mabel Dickerson
State Federation
Baltimore
Oscar Briscoe
Reynolds Murphy
Minnie Morgan
Clara Price
Palmer Pippen
St. Paul’s Church
A. A. McNeer
Eugenia Morgan
Dora
Ruth Sewell
Catherine Eastman
Harry Gibson
Violet
Peggy
Junior
Jake Gibson
Philadelphia
Thurman Covey
Stanley Curry
Dora Sewell
Washington
Keplar Barnette
Ocean View
Ruth Reynolds
Hazel Eaton
Greenwood
James Mullikin
Goldsboro
Mollie Diggans
Wilmington
Eloise Trice
Towson
Adams Cross Roads Socials and Visits Round Bloomery Aid
Mrs Earl Robinson hosted the Bloomery Aid on April 22 with business followed by ice cream and cake. Epworth Aid met at Mrs Harry Wilson's home with 18 attendees. Visitors from Collingdale Pa Mr and Mrs George Terrell and son joined the Fountain family. Elsie Savitz improves from a fractured limb. Mrs Bill Jones visits Ada ms. Clarence Parker entertained St Michaels visitors with Sunday School at 2 and preaching at 3. Mrs Dave Devore spent last week in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Robinson
Bloomery Aid
Blanche Adams
Edna
Reba
Epworth Aid
Harry Wilson
George Terrell
Ison, Davis
Collingdale
Williard Cohee
Fred Fountain
Elsie Savitz
Bill Jones
Earl Adams
Clarence Parker
St. Michaels
Bloomery
Dave Devore
New York
Smithson Meeting Draws Large Attendance
Demonstration at Mrs A Prager’s home led by Miss Spafford on Monday was well attended. Next gathering set for May 12 at Mrs H T Shivery’s home. Sunday School at Smithson Church at 2 pm followed by 3 pm preaching by Rev Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Prager
Baltimore
Ernest Dukes
Martin
Charles Todd
Greensboro
C. L. Perry
Bridgeville
H. Patrick
Laurel
Del
Ocean City
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Wright Federalsburg
Mrs Annie Wright 78 wife of James B Wright died at home here Saturday of pneumonia after five days illness. Services were held Monday at Christ Methodist Protestant Church with Rev G E Leister. Burial in Hillcrest Cemetery. Survived by husband, son Charles P Wright of Federalsburg, brother Thomas Taylor near Preston, sisters Mrs Ida Gambrill Beulah and Mrs Elizabeth Patton Redlands Cal. Father Perry D Taylor was a Caroline county landowner. Mrs Chas Miller and daughter Ruth Cohee of Baltimore visiting Mrs Miller's sisters Mrs Richard Lister Greensboro and Mrs Willis S Wright near Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Wright
James B. Wright
Pnaemonia
Christ Methodist Protestant Church
G. E. Leister
Hillcrest Cemetery
Wasted Hours on a Sunlit Hill
A reflective verse recalls an April hillside day filled with wind drifting clouds and dancing peach trees. The narrator laments wasted hours and recalls warm grass, harrowed fields, and a bluebird’s wistful song, noting one day remains haunting.
Burraville Sunday Guests and Local Visits
Burraville residents hosted relatives and friends from Andrewville Dover Powellville and Denton on Sunday and throughout the week. Visitors included Mr Sam Andrews Mrs Norris Wright and families Mr and Mrs John Thawley Mr Austine Stafford Miss Mollie Cahall Rev H Hum nal and others. Social calls and attendance at the Easton Air Circus marked weekend activities with extended family gatherings in Burraville and nearby towns.
Orphans Court Proceedings Record Several Estates Actions
The Orphans Court met Tuesday with Judges West Towers and Fleetwood. It granted letters of administration to J DeWeese Carter for James Meisterich, with bond and creditor notice. Administrators filed sales accounts, inventories, appraisements, and releases for multiple estates including Bowdle McMahan Cox Carroll Wooley and Meisterich, with orders to sell where appropriate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
West
Towers
Fleetwood
James Meisterich
J. DeWeese Carter
John R. Jones
Lemuel Jones
Addie Bowdle
Daniel G. Bowdle
Ada M. McMahan
Thos
UH. McMahan
Linnie Cox
Charles B. Harrison
John W. Cox
Hayward Cox
Lewis R. Carroll
William R. Carroll
Linwood O. Jarrell
Otis Wooleyhand
Ollie Wooleyhand
In Remembrance of J Paul Moore One Year On
In sad but loving remembrance of my dear husband J Paul Moore who departed this life one year ago on April 25 1930. A loving wife Helen Moore recalls the day and the quiet suffering he bore. Death cannot break the memory or the chain of love that ties us, and he is forever missed by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Paul Moore
Paul
Helen Moore
Pliny Fisher Dies After Surgical Operation
T Pliny Fisher a noted Denton attorney died at Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore last Wednesday, twenty four hours after surgery. He had been a hospital patient for weeks. Funeral at his Denton home at two this afternoon, burial in Denton cemetery. He led a long career in Caroline county affairs and held roles with Denton National Bank, the Circuit Court, Mar Mobile Company and Westminster Theological Seminary board. Survived by wife three daughters sister brother and several nieces and a grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Pliny Fisher
Denton
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Denton Cemetery
Fisher
Caroline County
Courthouse Square
Denton National Bank
Circuit Court of
Caroline
den- Mar Mobile Company
Methodist Protestant Church
Maryland
M. P. Church
Westminster Theological Semiinary
Holy Land
New Orleans
Delaware
James H
Sarah Emily Smith Fisher
Borth
Joshua Bryant
Ella Saulsbury
Wm. E. Saulsbury
Tuckahoe Neck
Ralph Cover
Westminster
Jwm. J. Kindley
Louise Bates Fisher
New York
Iri
Western Maryland College
T. Fred Johnson
J. Ira Fisher
Willow Grove
Paul Fisher Cover
Emily
Frances Johnson
Emma Fisher Chubb
Fof
Los Angeles
Calif
Death of Greensboro Blacksmith Wilson A Thornton at 70
Wilson A Thornton 70 a well known Greensboro blacksmith died Sunday morning at Kent General Hospital Dover from complications of diseases after nearly five months illness and one operation He leaves a widow five sons Frank F Thornton Lawrence W Thomas and Wallace Thornton of Greensboro Clinton B Thornton of Boothwyn Pa and nine grandchildren Funeral services were held at his late residence Wednesday at 2 pm conducted by Rev A B Frye Interment Greensboro cemetery Attending out of town were Dawsons Gordy Z M Smith of Whitesville Del and Charles R Wheatley of Hurlock Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson A. Thornton
Greensboro
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Thornton
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank F. Thornton
Lawrence
W. Thomas
Wallace Thornton
Clinton B. Thornton
Boothwyn
A. B. Frye
Greensboro Cemetery
Dawson Gordy
Z. M. Smith
Whitesville
Del
Charles R. Wheatley
Hurlock
D. R. McCreary
George McCreary
Susan McCreary
Shellsburg
Richard Blackburn
Charles Stevenson
Ridgely
J. B. Weaver
Gilbert Carrow
W. Thomas Thornton
Sophia Howard
Catherine Towers
Calvin Ward
Horace Howard
Philadelphia
Hilda Weaver
Wilmington
J. E. Weaver
Maggie Sylvester
Joseph Edwards
Harry Kinnamon
Marcus Hock
C. Ledbetter
Chester
iPa
Notable Visitors and Calls Across States and Capitals
Messrs Richard Blackburne Harrison Holsinger and Mulford Swing visited the State Capital recently. Mr Custis Burton of Philadelphia visited the home of Mr and Mrs Burton Wilkinson. Messrs Davis Wilson Paul Temple and John Briscoe arrived from Florida on Saturday. Mr and Mrs John Emerson and Miss Mary Pippin of Denton called in Ridgely on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Herman Mitchell of Warwick were here for Mr Owen Lynch's funeral. Rev Harry Zeigler entertained Rev David Kilhefner of West Chester on Tuesday. Mr John Swing visited his daughter Mrs Fountain in South Orange NJ this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Blackburne
Harrison Holsinger
Mulford Swing
Custis Burton
Philadelphia
Mfs
Burton Wilkinson
Davis Wilson
Paul Temple
John Briscoe
Florida
John Emerson
Mary Pippin
Denton
Ridgely
Herman Mitchell
Warwick
Owen Lynch
Harry Zeigler
David Kilhefner
West Chester
John Swing
Mrs. Fountain
South Orange
N. J
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J. T. Blades
Perry Messick
Beulah
Edgell
W. E. Stewart
Stewart
Marie
Poplar Neck
Jesse Jones
Francis Kelley
Harmony
J. T. Spence
Frank Chambers
Gilbert Waldron
Henderson
Rwgely
Hillsboro
Tuckahoe
Queen Anne
Adams Cross Roads
Smithson
Burraville
Sam Andrews
Norris Wright
Andrewville
Andrews
Charlie Messick
Fred Lewis
Melvin James
John H. Thawley
Austine Stafford
A. T. Garrett
Ernest ‘Raughley
Mollie Cahall
Wyoming
H. A. Porter
Laura Porter
Sp. Wilton Porter
Stanton
H. 0. Humnal
C. W. Willis
Charlie Dunham
Clarence Voss
W. L Littleton
Powellville
R. H. Thawley
Wesley E. Thawley
G. L. Blades
Harlan Blades
Elmer Evans
John Parris
Catherine Chance
Florence Trice
Easton
John Chance
John, Wallace
Henry Beck
John T. Chance
John Moore
W. S. Littleton
Mr. Bradford
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Memoriam
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