Local notices and events brighten Denton area
Easter home visits across colleges. church services at Taylor's Woods and Central School events. bake sale by Women's Foreign Missionary Society. pie social with prize cake at Central School. Notices of disease cases in Caroline County. sermon topics at Preston New Church. three motor bus permits by Shore Transit Line. sock social at Methodist Protestant Church. Finnell lectures at Church of the Brethren. Court case of Catherine Francks verdict 322,500. death of farmer William Cheezum. County PTA meeting May 1 with Dr Albert Cook address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Hill
Hobbs
L. B. Towers & Bro
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
M. PB
Den-Mar
Central School
Ida Hollingsworth
Kent County Court
Wickes and
Keating
Caroline County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Denton Community Club
Caroline County
Preston
Ridgely
Greensboro
J. E. Smith
Williston
Christa
Shore Transit Line, Inc
Public Service Commission
Goldsboro
Marydel
Dover
Del
Denton
Church Hill
Claiborne
Fairbank
Talbot County
McDaniel
Wittman
Sherwood
Methodist Protestant Church
Virgil C. Finnell
Church of the Brethren
Finnell
Catherine Francks
Victory Sparkler and Specialty Company
Elkton
Miss Francks
William H. Cheezum
Prestoo
J. P. Outten
Cheezum
J. A. Davis
Messrs. W. Oiland
Clayton N. Cheezum
R. Dulin
Chestertown
Thos. Flaharty
Bradford Bigger
Wilmington
County
Parent-Teachers Association
Court House
Albert S. Cook
Baltimore
Maryland
Dr. Cook
Meadowbrook Farm Hosts Hilda Kathryn Wiggins Wedding
Hilda Kathryn Wiggins became the bride of George Thomas Lowe of Greenwood Delaware on Saturday April 1 at Meadowbrook Farm. Rev Levi K Zeigler officiated as the couple planned a short wedding trip and will reside in Marcus Hook Pennsylvania after the ceremony.
Civil Service Exams For Junior Engineers Nationwide Soon
On May 7 the Civil Service Commission holds examinations for junior engineer positions across branches of the federal service. About 2,000 civil engineers work for the government, with roughly 8,000 engineers in civil roles nationwide. The Water Resources Branch will hire 50 junior hydraulic engineers and the Bureau of Public Roads 20 junior highway engineers. Full details and blanks from the Civil Service Commission in Washington or the local Denton post office secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Civil Service Commission
Ue Water Resources Branch
Geological Survey
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Denton
Community Notes From Goldsboro and Nearby Visits
Goldsboro updates list residents moving into a Marcus Hook house and Swanswick garage construction serving the public. Easter Sunday visits feature many names: Gertrude Griffith Baltimore Lillian Griffith Easton Pope Oxford Fletcher family Preston, plus Criger Cahall Shively groups from Wilmington, Denton and Philadelphia. Several other residents hosted, with numerous social calls and Easter gatherings noted.
Easter Holiday Guest List at Burrsville
Burrsville residents hosted a wide circle of visitors over the Easter holidays. The assembling guests included Price family members from Wilmington Philadelphia Harrington and Delaware City plus relatives Blades Smith and Breeding households and others from Vernon Chester Mayo Denton Marcus Hook Essexton Wilmington and nearby towns. Several local residents entertaining and visiting are noted including cataract surgery planned for Mrs Slaughter and a broken arm suffered by Mr Thawley.
Concord Birthday Party for Miss Sallie Vickery
Miss Sallie Vickery celebrated her nineteenth birthday on Tuesday evening April 22 at her home. Guests included Misses Margaret Neal Ada Linn Bessie Vickery Ruth Passwaters Helen Adams Helen Noble Virgie Vickery Mildred Adams Ruth Fountain Sallie Vickery and Messrs. Wilbur Vanscoy Lester Hayman Deweese Passwaters Norman Adams Carl Fountain Ervin O Day Claude Noble Sam Vickery Clayton Brown Aaron Willoughby Lee Jester Marvin Lister and Roland Vickery. Also note: discontinued cows and springers for sale with six months credit offered by Will Higgins Tuckahoe Neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Vickery
Margaret Neal
Ada Linn
Bessie Vickery
Ruth Passwaters
Helen Adams
Helen Noble
Virgie Vickery
Mildred Adams
Ruth Fountain
Wilbur Vanscoy
Lester Hayman
Deweese Passwaters
Norman Adams
Carl Fountain
Ervin O'Day
Claude Noble
Ridgely News Letter memorials and community notes
Mr. C. W. Jackson dies after fifteen weeks illness, age 60. Funeral at home and interment in Sadlersville cemetery. Jackson, born Ingleside 1855, built a long mercantile career, married Emma Seager, and raised a family active in Ridgely Methodist affairs. Many mourners attend. survivors include wife and three children. The issue also covers local birthdays, church news, theatre plans, visits, and societal notices across Ridgely community events and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Jackson
Sadlersville Cemetery
Mr. Jackson
Ingleside
Richard Jackson
Templeville
Emma Seager
Robert Leager
Ridgely
Railroad Avenue
Methodist Church
William E. Jarrell
Harold Fountain
Charles Wilson Jackson
Community Club and Easter Guests Reported
The Community Club meets Monday evening with Miss Grace Vernon Smith slated to present a paper on Colonial Architecture. Easter visits span Marcus Hook, Wilming ton, Baltimore, and Philadelphia as residents host relatives and friends new and old.
Social visit roundup from Wye Mills to Philadelphia
Mr and Mrs William Golt and daughter Louise of Wye Mills spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Long. Miss Helen Long accompanied them home for an extended visit. Messrs John and Francis Schoppe of Philadelphia visited their parents near town. Miss Nettiebel Greenlee and sister Mrs Florence G Connor of Trenton visited their parents J E Greenlee. Mr Lankfont Sanders and sister Flina of Wilmington visited their parents William and on Sunday. Mrs Irvin Kenton and daughter Dorothy of Wilmington joined Mr and Mrs Nathan Walls for Easter. Mr and Mrs Howard Cohee of Wilmington visited Mr and Mrs Alonzo Cohee for Easter. Miss Ruth Richard of Jersey City spent Easter with her parents T P Richard. Miss Ruth Tomlinson of the State Normal School at Towson visited her father Friday. Mr C M Wingate principal of the high school spent Easter with his parents near Cambridge. Mr Robert Edge returned home after a week with relatives in Philadelphia. Miss Lillian Meredith of Philadelphia visited her mother Mrs Quillen. Mr Clarence Pritchett of Wilmington was a town visitor Tuesday. Mr Albert Kusmaulis visiting relatives in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadowbrook Farm
John W. Wiggins
Hilda Kathryn
George Thomas Lowe
Greenwood
Del
Lee Wyatt
Mary Wiggins
Dorothy Singer
Philadelphia
Ruth Singer
Marcus Hook
William Savage
Levi K. Zeigler
Easton
C. G. Stewart
Elsie and Benton
New York
Thomas Mason
Mary
Laurel
N. D Rickards
Anna M. Cook
Federalsburg
C. H. Harrison
Penn State
Atlantic City
N. J
Caroline County
Eastern Shore Society
Baltimore
Addie Nutile
Denton
Edwin R. Downes
Edwina
W.P. Draper
Bateman
Mise Evelyn Long
Alice Melvin Tubbs
William R. Trippe
Edna Shipman
Miss Shipman
Wire
Gilbert C. Clark
Elaine
Carney’s Paint
F. A. Clark
F. B. Nuule
Easton Hospital
Clarence Chaffinch
John Chaffinch
Caroline Redden
J. Lester Everngain
Madeline Clark
Charlotte Cox
Woodbury
George 3. Shawn
Washington
W. J. Shawn
Robert W. Downes
Mather
Josephine Hi, Downes
Harriet Anderson
Church Hill
T. Pliny Fisher
Dorothy Todd
R. H. Bryant
Petersburg
Virginia
H. M. Locke
N. D. Richards
Stephen P. Shipman
Norfolk, Va
Dorothy Flounders
Ella Pearsaul
Lola
Vianna Mitchell
Clifton Morris
Normal School
Evelyn Lane
Malory Winstead
A. S. Thompson
Methodist Sunday School
Reformed Sunday School
Walter Bennington
Wilwington
Lee Bennington
Chester
Mir
Carlile Bennington
Centreville
Elizabeth Rhoads
Cinderella and
the Glass Slipper
Claire Dixon
J. K Lynch
Lucy Lynch
Blue Ridge College
Ridgely
Margaret McCloud
Florida
Thomas McCloud
Girard College
Anna Richard
Wilmington
Franking
Dover
Miss Adams
Sam Lane
Stanley Lane
Edith Dasher
Irwin Dasher
Methodist Church
Margaret Ludwig
Philippa
Rebecca Swing
Merchantville
New Jersey
E. O. Rasenast
Agatha
Order of
Harry Hemmions
Edna Detwiler
Eastern Shore County
Sunday School Association
Elaine Saulsbury
Corcoran School of Art
A. G. Saulsbury
James Wilson
Elsmere
Delaware
Frank Klotz
Edward Morris
Clifton
Los. Matthews
Elsie
Chestertown
James Swing
David Swing
James
University
Harry Simon
Oscar Simon
Harold Hatfield
Georgetown
Alfred W. Thompson
Grace Vernon Smith
Alfred Porter
Wescott Porter
Lucile Hammond
Herbert Hammond
Sarah Merrill
Edgar Anderson
Bridgeville
C. W. Jackson
Harry Nuttle
Andersontown
Parks
Brackett
James Walker
Frank
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
Leonard Dean
James Dukes
Clarence
George Camper
Charles Hammond
George Slaughter
Harry Royer
Amelia Royer
Joseph Carroll
Myrtle Thompson
Hilda Meeds
Frank Flounders
Harry Hackett
Emma Ent
Dorothy Davis
College Park
Joe Smith
Addie
John Swing
West
T. J. Day
Covey
Harry Hemmons
North Carolina
Harvey L. Holsinger
Fred Flounders
William Golt
Louise
Wye Mills
John Long
Helen Long
Messrs
John and
Francis Schoppe
Ed. Schoppe
Nettiebel Greenlee
Florence G. Connor
Trenton
J. E Greenlee
Lankfont Sanders
Flina
William Sanders
Irvin Kenton
Dorothy
Nathan Walls
Howard Cohee
Alonzo Cohee
Ruth Richard
Jersey City
T. P. Richard
Ruth Tomlinson
State Normal School
Towson
C. M. Wingate
Cambridge
Robert Edge
Lillian Meredith
Quillen
Clarence Pritchett
Whlmington
Albert Kusmaulis
H. Lay Beaven
E. H. Gale
Elwood F. Fleming
G. Lawrence Wilson
Lay Beaven
Elwood Fleming
John H. Volt
R. W. Beaven
Charles Fleming
Wn. Arnaudot
Elizabeth Cooper
Dawson O. George
Tri County Council
Hillsboro Theatre
Isle of Lost Ship
Alga Worth
Cumberland
Herman Worth
Myra Date
Sallie Worth
Charles E. Stewart
Jeanette
G. Lawerence Wilson
Frances McNealie
W. F. Vickerson
Elia Pennington
W. L. Mason
City Point
Frank Seward
J. T. Sparklin
Charles Sauer
Margaret
Emma Lock
Harry E. Messick
Betty
Anne
W. Arthur Holt
Edgar Blades
Powell Short
George Carson
Davis
Bertha Rice
Oscar Rice
Joe Taylor Aod
Trappe
James C. Sherwood
J. T. Sparklin, Jr
Seward Smith
Lizzie Evans
Henry Fisher
North East
Harry Fisher
Harvey Jump
Annie Jump
G. L. Hardesty
Seaford
Edgar Clades
Raymond Evans
N. Rice
Delmar
Anna Stevens
Milford Kline
H. W. B. Rowe
St. Paul's Church
Norman Clark
Federation to Meet in Denton
The Denton Community Club hosts the Caroline County Federation on Friday May 2 in the Sunday School room at the Denton Methodist Protestant Church. Assemble at 9 30 the morning session covers business topics with Mrs J Kemp Stevens directing singing a debate on daily devotional exercises in public schools Folger McKinsey Bentztown Bard will give the afternoon address Miss Addie Nuttle performs Caprice Viennois and Miss Pauline Nichols sings Roses of Picardy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Denton Community Club
Caroline County Federation
Denton Methodist Protestant Church
J. Kemp Stevens
Folger McKinsey
Bentztown
Kreisler
Addie Nuttle
Pauline Nichols
Suit Compromised in Talbot Court Case
Dr. Stevens sued John S. McDaniel in Talbot county, removed to trial last week, and reached a settlement. McDaniel pays 250 dollars and costs. Stevens, a longtime Talbot physician, was represented by Alfred Lee Tharp et al. McDaniel, secretary of the Emergency Hospital board and a State Senator, was represented by Wm. Mason Shehan et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Stevens
John S. McDaniel
Orphans Court Grants Administrations and Guardianships
In the Orphans Court Judges West Harper and Shawn presided on Tuesday. Letters of administration were granted to Calvert C Merriken for Jane Downes estate with bond and creditor notice. Appraisers named were Albert S Handy and Isaac H Morris. Guardianship orders and releases were issued for multiple estates and guardianship of minor A Courtland Whiteley granted to Ella H Whiteley with bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
West
Harper and Shawn
Register of Wills
Calvert C. Merriken
Jane Downes
Albert S. Handy
Isaac H. Morris
Sylvester Cornish
Catherine Cornish
Perry Cornish
Calvert
Warren van Sant
B. B. Comegys
R. E. Comegys
W. W. Comegys
Ella H. Whiteley
William A. Whiteley
A. Courtland Whiteley
Otho B. Smith
Guardian
Eastern Shore Trust Company
Bank of Federalsburg
Lawrence H. Smith
Benefits of Co operation in Caroline County Farmers
A group of six farmers in Caroline county formed a spray ring to share a power sprayer for pink and petal fall sprays. By purchasing one machine and adopting a formal constitution, they solve the cost and timing issues of spraying about one thousand trees, gaining same services as individual buyers at one-sixth the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Maryland and Delaware Coast Railroad set to start May 1
Jesse Rosenfeld president announces at Baltimore directors meeting that the Maryland and Delaware Coast Railroad will begin operations May 1. The plan includes a colonization project to move 2,000 families along the route and promote scientific agriculture the Eastern Shore and Delaware. Directors, many bankers, sanction the program and back intensive farming on small farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland and Delaware Coast Railroad
Jesse Rosenfeld
Baltimore
Eastern Shore
Delaware
Late Dr Evans in Thaw sanity case in Philadelphia
Proceedings in a Philadelphia court focus on Harry K Thaw seeking sanity and release from a Pennsylvania asylum. The case recalls Dr Britton D Evans formerly of Templeville who testified in New York during Thaw’s sensational trial and helped secure commitment to an asylum rather than execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Evans
Thaw
Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
New York
Pennsylvania
Caroline
Britton D. Evans
Templeville
Morris Plains Asylum
Evans
Fatal Fire Destroys Saulsbury Brothers Plant at Ridgely
A 16 year old, Howard Betson, died after entering the burning Ridgely packing plant with others to open doors. The fire, likely starting in the garage or pea cleaner house, consumed the building and much equipment. Fire units from Easton and Denton aided but could only protect neighboring property as rebuild plans begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Betson
Ida Betson
Saulsbury Brothers
Ridgely
Young Petson
Hetson
Iass
Easton
Denton
Saulsburys
Community Club elects officers at Nuttle home event
Andersontown Hobbs Community Club held a Wednesday meeting at Mrs H H Nuttles where officers were elected: President H H Nuttle Vice President E T Orme Secretary E M Willey Treasurer M Merriken Director R H Walling Also news on Rev C F Cummings arrival from Vienna Virginia Easter program and egg hunt Ida Moore crowns egg hunt winner and various visits and gatherings reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andersontown-Hobbs
C. F. Cummings
Vienna
Virginia
Ida Moore
Samuel Price
Federalsburg
Catherine Cohee
Baltimore
Louise Cohee
Philadelphia
B. B. Cohee
Christian Endeavor Society
G. L. Jopp
Wilson
Grace Jopp
Dorothy Yost
The Covered Wagon Arrives at New Opera House Dover
The film adaptation of Emerson Hough’s The Covered Wagon opens at Dover’s New Opera House on Monday April 28, showing two matinees and two nights. It follows pioneers on the Oregon Trail with two Liberty Missouri cavaliers and a Sanganamon County Illinois heroine amid frontier adventures. Music features Forty-Niner era songs with a 20‑piece orchestra under Hugo Reisenfeld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Emerson Hough
New Opera House
Oregon Trail
Liberty
Sanganmon County
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Diamond Dick
Susannah
Atlantic
Pacific
Hugo Reisenfeld
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the Local Department
Bowdle
Farmers Supply Co
Taylor's Woods Church
Swanswick
Gertrude Griffith
Lillian Griffith
Pope
Oxford
J H. Fletcher
Alfred Griffith
Criger
Katie Cahall
Catherine Schaube
Charles Schaube
Rebecca Lane
Carlotta Silver
Paul Cartwright
Selbyville
Devolston Cartwright
Oscar Hutchinson
William Roe
Howard Thomas
Allen Smith
Pottstown
David Greenlee
Nerva Wharton
Emma Wharton
Mooroe Saunders
Woodside
E. J. Saunders
Eloise Jarrell
Josephine Bernard
A. Breeding
FE. M. Newnam
Thomas, Shockley
Arthur Lewis
J. H. Schooley
Edward Lapham
Burrsville
Annie Price
Myrtle Price
Blanch Price
Wallace McFaul
Milford
A. J. Moore
Price
Minnie Price
Harrington
Clifford Price
Edwin Baker
James Breeding
William Baker
A. P. Moore
Pearl Baynard
Elmer, N. J
Harold Cain
A. Boughley
Henry Walters
Kent Island
Robert Brubaker
George Wyatt
W. Clifford Baughley
Essexton
Airs
George Collison
Andrew Slaughter
Milford Hospital
Dorothy Collison
Clyde Wyatt
Harry Whitaker
Brown Thawley
H. A. Porter
Concord
Higgins
Tuckahoe Neck
Ridgely News
M. H. Swing
Harry Marts
Swing
Wildwood
E. E Weaver
Reformed Church
Weaver
Walter Hoffman
Donald Davis
Mont Alto
Will Smith
Frank Collins
Lacy Griffith
G. L. Griffith
Olaf E. Smith
Farm Bureau
Martin Hunt
Laura
Altoona
O. H. Howard
Tommy Daffin
Norris
F. J. Phillips
Olaf Smith
Edward
Hillsboro
Journal
Gordon Holbrook
Newark
J. R. Ricards
Roland Starkey
Isaac Starkey
T. P. Towers
T. Houston Towers
Christian Endeavor Service
Ursula Slaughter
J. S. Slaughter
Esther Willey
Reyner Dukes
Salisbury
W. E. Hubbard
Aberdeen
J. K. Calloway
Garvey
Henry J. Mueller
William Luebbers
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