Local events and notices from Denton Journal
Community items list postmaster appointment in Garfield New Jersey during spring election results and church notices plus local meetings. Services in Preston Epiphany and St Andrews missions. strawberry ticket sales and cautions about old tickets. School trips, track meet May 16 at Denton, and county PTA and club news with lectures and Pig Contest results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Denton Journal
A. L. Butler
Denton
Lee Anderson
Tuckahoe Neck
Edenton Council
Daughters of America
Market Street
Caroline High School
Annapolis
Washington
Ladies Aid
Denton M. FE
T. H. Everngain
Concord
Epiphany Mission
Preston
St. Andrew’s Mission
Hurlock
Hughes Lumber & Coal Co
M. P. Church
Harvey Fleetwood
Fleetwood
Mary Young
John Baggs
Laura Parks
M. P
Ruth Duffey
R. W. Duffey
Oscar Clark
Mabel C. Duffey
R. Ellis Clark
J. Redden
Caroline County
Federalsburg
Henderson
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Ridgely
State Boards of Education
Playground Athletic League
Caroline County Federation of
J. de Weese Carter
Paul E. Titsworth
Washington College
J. Kemp Stevens
Social News Highlights From Denton and Nearby Areas
The schedule covers weddings and engagements in Denton and Wilmington including Florence V Hills and Elbert F Turner who wed at Mount Pleasant M E Church. Other notices mention Russell Griffin and Sara Mook’s Altoona marriage, upcoming engagements, birthdays, social events in Baltimore and Greensboro, and visits by local residents to Wilming ton Baltimore Towson and Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence V. Hills
Vinal E. Hills
Mount Pleasant M. E. Church
Denton
Elbert F. Turner
Wilmington
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church
Stills
Tris Clark
Helier Hanson
Mildred E. Geiger
Beatrice Hills
Vinal Eills, Jr
Willian J. Lowther
William Johnson
Hanna’s Tea Room
Pennsylvanian Avenue
Turner
Sillside
Weldin Road
Russell P. Griffin
Linotype
Sara
Griffin
Lewisburg
Jacob B. Davis
Emerson Hotel
Baltimore
League of American Penwomen
Albert C. Ritchie
Grace Thompson Seden
League
Frederick R. Huber
Mary Bernard Towers
Charles Harrison Symington
Albert G. Towers
Miss Towers
Josephine Bernard
Greensboro
Charles K. Evans
Mr. Evans
Harvey, Evans
Federalsburg
William Chambers
Andersontown
Dukes Roe
Dora Trice
Ruth Trice
Duke Smith
Edward and
Neil
Mark Smith
Second
Minnie Henry
Harry Pope
Swartimore
Oxford
Wilmer Parker
Bridge
Ira Fiske
Willow Grove
Mary Lord
John T. Clark
Goldsboro
Mario Eaton
Katherine Stewart
Anne Lewis
Local Social Roundup and Church Notices
Numerous guests visited area families including Mr. and Mrs. Starkey near Massey Mrs. Craig Johnson near Downes Chapel Mr. and Mrs. Millard Chase of Wilmington and others. Church services Sunday School at 10 and sermon at 7 10 led by Rev J W Easley with visitors noted from Smyrna Philadelphia and Hamilton Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lewis Starkey
Near Massey
Craig Johnson
Downes Chapel
Millard Chase
Wilmington
Eugene Everett
Ernest Wittington
Middletown
Samuel Buckey
Dundalk
Edina Cahall
J. W. Stout
Philadelphia
Blossom Cooper
D. C. Haynes
Smyrna
J. W. Davis
Grover Moore
Hamilton
Wright Robinson
J. W. Easley
Love Pirates of Hawaii staged by Caroline High Girls Glee Club
Caroline High School presented a two act operetta Love Pirates of Hawaii on April 19 before a large audience. Judy Wilson impressed as Dorothy Dear while Kathleen Moore led as pirate chief and the Boys Glee Club provided strong interludes. Mrs J Kemp Stevens directed with Mrs Rue as accompanist guiding a well trained chorus and a charming garden stage setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline High School
Hawaii
Judy Wilson
Dorothy Dear
Margaret Beck
Miss Primer
Kathleen Moore
Billy Wood
Anne Green
Blanche Walston
Ruth Wheatley
Gleen Club
J. Kemp Stevens
Orphans Court Passes Orders On Estate Proceedings
The Orphans Court met with Judges West, Harper and Shawn approving inventories, appraisements and orders to sell for several estates. Administrators Legates, Wyatt, Pritchett, Irwin, Colgain, Bullock, Hignutt, Trice, Torsey filed accounts, releases, and notices to creditors. letters of administration granted. appraisers appointed. order nisi passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
West, Harper and
Shawn
Laurence Legates
Earl L. Legates
Nathaniel Legates
Oscar Wyatt
Charles Wyatt
Ethel Jackson Pritchett
Ralph B. Pritchett
Elizabeth Irwin
John Irwin
Samuel Colgain
Joseph B. Colgain
John Allfather
Henry Kern
Indian A. Bullock
Charles E. Hignutt
D. Warner Hignutt
Fred. T. Wright
Elwood Wright
Richard A. Trice
Clara Trice
T. Clayton Torsey
Samuel F. Knox
Sunday School Officers and Local Visits in Henderson
The Henderson Sunday School reorganized with Superintendent G. W. Tomlinson and a full slate of officers including Mrs. J. R. Melvin and Miss Katherine Melvin. Several residents and visitors were noted in town, with relatives visited in Baltimore and guests staying at Mrs. P. A. Marvel’s home. Local residents and travelers from Wilmington and other places were mentioned in various social visits and preparations for the canning season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Tomlinson
J. R. Melvin
Wm. N. Goodwin
Tern Stabler
Katherine Melvin
Edith Melvin
Foster Clark
Thos. Love
Ruth
Tommy
Baltimore
Robert Jarrell, Jr
Frank Marvel
Jane
Marian Marvel
Edna Jarvis
Wilmington
P. A. Marvel
Eden Hall
Felix Murphy
San Francisco
Cal
Robert Conroy
Clayton Brown
A. B. Cohiec
Mary Cluff
Salisbury
Edgar Sturgis
Delia Meredith
Riverside
N. J
John Pritekett
Glenwood Sturgis
Ed. Thomas
J. P. Harris
Edward, Glass
New York
O. A. Bartley
Roy Tuff
Uri
Hurlock
Will Tuff
Harry Taylor
Alfred Bradley
Havre de
Twentieth Century Club Enjoys May Day Gathering
The twentieth Century Community Club met on the seventeenth at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Cheezum with good attendance. The next meeting is set for May 1 in the club room at Choptank with Mrs Grace Stewart and her sister Marie as hostesses.
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James Cheezum
Choptank
Grace Stewart
Marie
You don’t have to nurse a grouch very carefully to make it grow
A compact saying suggests temper or mood management can cultivate growth, implying patience and steady effort affect outcomes. the quote emphasizes restraint in nurturing negativity to yield lasting results.
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights Local Visits and Events
Seniors and juniors toured Washington events from Thursday to Sunday visiting the Capitol Smithsonian Institute and Mount Vernon among other landmarks. A PTA declamation contest featured Catherine Lynch and others with judges praising all performances. Community Club supper and Williston rally activities were noted along with various socials and church topics for Sunday sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Lynch
Charlotte Kibler
John Dean
Jonathan Harrington
Jesse Zeigler
Rufus King
Alaznanin Wood
Nellie Briscoe
Anna Frances Seward
Virginian Holsinger
Carolyn Ebling
Naomi Lynch
Alice Wood
Allan Temple
Washington
Prof. McBride
Frank Kibler
Miss Beste
Miss Moony
Trice
C. W. Moore
Girls’ Glee Club
Harry Holsinger
Earl Holsinger
Clifton Crouse
Harry Hemmons
Elsie Matthews
County Howe Demonstrator
Williston
James Swing
John and
Paul Stoffman
Frank Simon
Winstead
Willard S. Jones
C. P.o’day
Edwin
Ralph
Bridgeville
Margaret O’day
Hazel
Helen Tucker
Thelma Feyeraband
May Passwater
Edgar Morgan
Wahlton O’day
Edward Feyeraband
Church House
Frank Flounders
Mary Garrigues
Baltimore
Marguerite Tolsinger
Gonder College
Selby Smith
C. S. Holsinger
John Bromley
New York
Frank Stevenson
Graybill
T. A. Smith
E. D. Frazer
Chicago
Brower
I Federatsburg
T. L. Day
J. P. Swing
W. T. Temple
Mrs. Johnson
New York City
Johnson
Harry Roe
Jackson
Salisbury
John Lane
Maud Diefenderfer
Hitlin Bloxton
Samuel Jopp
Denton
Dudley Price
Trainor
Sam Price
Moore
Kemp Stevens
Stephanie Ford
Paul Holsinger
Davis
Will Smith
Bowen
James Temple
F. P. Herr
Florida
Walter Bennington
Smithville Community Club votes for Williston rally entrants
Smithville members held a Thursday meeting presided by Mrs. Walter Lyden and staged a Style Show with Miss Bessie M. Spafford discussing color and fabric. Four women were chosen to represent at the Home Makers Rally in Williston on April 23. Numerous local residents attended rallies and visits, with reports of ill health and family visits throughout the community.
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Smithville
Williston
Spafford
Wome Makers
Fred Fountain
Clarence Adams
Earl Adams
John Adams
Marion
Chester Scott
Horace Robinson
Blaine Bullock
Evelyn
Charlie Lyden
Oscar Alford
Walter Lyden
Floyd Smith
Frank Adams
Sidney Collins
Orlan Crosson
Beatrice
Mac Lockerman
Frank Wright
Easton Hospital
Leon Meredith
Raymond Meredith
Chas. Meredith
Salisbury
Alice
Wilson
John Williams
Cambridge
Betty Mac
George Butler
Denton
Wilbur Vanscoy
Ed. Wright
Walter Everagain
Henry Neal
George O’day
Liden's Community Club Eyes School House Purchase
Liden's Community Club met at Mrs. June Walling's home with ten members. A letter from the School Board about selling the school house was read. The group planned a May meeting with Mrs. Laura Torbert and a community meeting at Liden's School on Tuesday April 40 at 8 p m to discuss buying the school house for a center. Several members and visitors are noted visiting relatives and recovering from illnesses, with updates on Elon Wright and Mrs. Adams.
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Liden’s
June Walling
Francis McBride
Wilmington
Edward Adams
George Butler
Harriet Bess
Denton
Lena Bullock
Elizabeth Mast
Hobbs
Ida Melvin
Helen Melvin
Henry Neal
Federalsburg P T A Meeting At Chestnut Grove School
The Federalsburg P T A of Chestnut Grove School met on April 22 with large attendance. Mrs. John Todd presided. After prayers and a program by children the group heard Rev. A W Miller speak on Japan with curios. The meeting closed with the P T A song.
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Chestnut Grove
John Todd
Walter Everngain
Eloise Poyner
Poyner
Harmony Woman Surprised with Birthday Visit
Harmony Mrs Mollie Storey enjoyed a birthday gathering Saturday evening as her children and families from Philadelphia Wilmington and nearby areas arrived with ice cream nine gallons nine large cakes and several gifts. Attending the Williston rally from Harmony were Mrs Pliny Todd Mrs Roland Towers Mrs McConnell Mrs Roland Thomas and Mrs Mildred Marker. Mrs Mary E Duhadway returned home from a three month stay with her sick sister Mrs Annie Cook and Mrs John Christopher spent Tuesday with her daughter Mrs Ray Dean.
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Harmony
Mollie Storey
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Williston
Pliny Todd
Roland Towers
McConnell
Roland Thomas
Mildred Marker
Mary E. Duhadway
Annie Cook
John Christopher
Ray Dean
Hillsboro Queen Anne PTA Meeting Highlights and Socials
A Hillsboro Queen Anne PTA meeting Tuesday featured a varied program including a school song a laughable sketch a dog essay piano solo and a jokes reading followed by hiot dog sandwiches and coffee. Nearby social notices list visits from families including Mr. and Mrs. Thos D Garrison Cheswold Del and others. obituary news reports the death of Miss Ruth Duffey of Washington a niece of Mrs. Char Jarrell. several townspeople were noted as visitors and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Thompson
G. 8. Stewart
W. B. Sparks
Louise Wright
Howard Wright
Paul Dill
Thos. D. Garrison
Cheswold
Del
A. T. Geiser
Sadlersville
J. Tyson Heather and
Bobbie
Marydel
W. 3B. Sparks
Hillsboro
Ruth Duffey
Washington
Chas. Jarrell
County Agents Plan Dairy Improvement Drive in Five Counties
The Maryland Extension Service dairy campaign targets Caroline Queen Annes Kent Dorchester and Talbot counties to raise annual milk output from 5 million to at least 10 million dollars through an intensive community marketing effort. Agents Ernest Grubb J M McVearn Wm R McKnight R S Brown and T D Holder met in Centreville to finalize plans. The dairy sector has grown from 1 million to 5 million in six years, with leaders optimistic about rapid development using modern dairying methods.
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Caroline
Queen Anne
Kent
Talbot
Dorchester
Maryland Extension Service
Centreville
Ernest W. Grubb
Queen Anne's
J. M. McVearn
Wm. R. McKnight
R. S. Brown
T. D. Holder
Grow Healthy Chicks Plan Guides Poultry Raisers
Caroline Poultry Raisers adopt the Grow Healthy Chicks plan to cut disease losses and improve egg production. About fifty growers follow it this year, with concrete runs and ground cleaning to prevent contamination. Key steps include clean chicks, a scrubbed brooder, moving to fresh ground, clean litter, and strict sanitation plus record keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Remains of Amelia Ireland laid to rest in Queen Anne
Mrs Amelia Ireland of Philadelphia, formerly of this community, was buried here after dying at her niece’s home. The 92 year old churchgoer belonged to St Pauls M E Church South and Central Church in Baltimore. Rev Lee Richcreek delivered the sermon as pallbearers and out of town relatives attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Ireland
Philadelphia
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal’ Church South
Lee H. Richereck
Harry Jump
Howard Sewell
Everett Blades
J. E. Morgan
Horace Morgan
Geo. B. Stewart
J. Bealmear
Amelia
Lillian
Sarah Bealmear
Ray Boulden
Boulden Evans
Chicago
Richard Montgomery
Clayton
Montgomery
Howard Eley
Harry Knotts
Eley
Donald Flowers
Easton Hospital
M. E. Wilkinson
Ocean View
K. M. Barnette
Arthur Grace
Easton
Red Spider Injury on Strawberries and Control
According to P. D. Sanders assistant entomologist at Maryland two injuries from spiders affect strawberries. They suck sap in early spring lowering vitality and yield and suck sap from berry caps turning them brown. Adult spiders overwinter in curled leaves. control is finely ground sulphur dust applied in early spring with weekly to ten day intervals, 40 to 70 lbs per acre, best at 70 degrees daytime.
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P. D. Sanders
Maryland
Greensboro 4-H Club Formed For Dairy And Crops
A nine member 4-H Boys Club organized at Mr A C Bilbrough's home. Members include Chas Gottwals Alfred Bilbrough Abram Gottwals Ralph Bilbrough George Gottwals Jr Carlton Bilbrough George Bastain Es l Bilbrough and Francis Meredith. Projects are dairy animals and truck crops with monthly meetings at members homes. Next meeting is Wednesday May 1 at Local Leader C M Jones's home. Prizes and opportunities exist for proficiency and dairy and poultry judging team membership.
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Greensboro
A. C. Bilbrough
Chas, Gottwals
Alfred Bilbrough
Abram Gottwals
Ralph Bilbrough
George Gottwals, Jr
Carlton Bilbrough
George Bastain
Esl Bilbrough
Francis Meredith
C. M. Jones
Burrrsville Social Notes Guests and Church Services
Barrsville hosts Elmer and Andrew Evans parties from Philadelphia plus Parris visit. Wesley M E Church plans Sunday April 28 services with Sunday School at 10 and sermon at 11 on Abraham's Sacrifice, Hickman class at 2 and 3. Local residents and visitors from Wilmington Camden Felton Islip and Chester noted, with C W Stokes buying a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Evans
Andrew Berger
Philadelphia
Evans
John Parris
Wilmington
Parris
Wesley M. E
Abraham
Henry Hurd
Paul Collison
Herbert Ellwanger
Wilmington Business Colleges
Willard Blades
Camden
Del
G. L. Blades
H. R. Blades
Emmett Harrington
Near Felton
John H. Thawley
Melvin C. James
John Thawley
Jesse Baldwin
Islip
N. Y
Burrsville
Harvey Griffith
Chester
C. W. Stokes
Surprise Birthday Party for Mrs Adams and Mrs Bradley
A surprise party on April 18 honored Mrs Kemp Adams and Mrs Wilson Bradley who shared the same age that day. Attendees included numerous Bradleys Adams Wrights Sullivans and Collins family members along with friends and neighbors. Refreshments of ice cream cake candy and bananas were served as guests departed wishing many more birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp Adams
Wilson Bradley
Ambrose Bradley
Arthur Adams
Flora Bradley
Ormond Wright
Lawrence Wright
Horace Sullivan
Earl Bradley
Katie Wurley
Madeline Adams
Mildred
Mary
Grace Collins
Hattie Alford
Hattie Marvel
Bertha Moore
Blanche
Sallie Wiliams
Helen Bullock
Rhoda Bradley
Anne
Rosa Truitt
Reese Adams
Calvin Williams
Charles Johnson
Ernest Tull
Morris Love
Everett Hubbard
Kenneth Depew
Edward
Correction notice for birthday surprise attendees
Through an oversight last week the names of Elizabeth Bradley Sadie Merrill and W H Collins were omitted from the list of those who attended the birthday surprise party given Mrs Walter Twilley. The Journal regrets the omission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bradley
Sadie Merrill
W.H. Collins
Walter Twilley
Preston community notices span weddings and gatherings
Preston residents report a weekend in Philadelphia for the wedding of Edward T. Bonner and Dorothy Cloud at University Baptist Church. Various social visits follow, including bridge at Mrs. Edgar Wrightson’s and multiple family and club events. Declamation results at Preston High show Margaret Stewart first, Henrietta Blades second, Louise Payne third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. J. Bonner
W. E. Bonner
Hurlock
Anna Baker’ Bonner
Salisbury
Philadelphia
Wm. J Bonner
Edward T. Bonner
Dorothy Cloud
University Baptist Church
Edgar Wrightson
Bridge
Ottilie Travers
Baltimore
Harry Hollis
J. M. Chambers
Joseph Gallagher
William Wrightson
Merritt Parker
Alfred Bradley
Elizabeth Douglas
J. Gallagher
Preston Iigh School
Margaret Stewart
Henrietta Blades
Louise Payne
Kenneth Fooks
George Raughley
Chas. Kurley
Charles, Jr
Nellie Powell
Vermont
C. A. Sigman
Carol
Herman Schmick
Frank Patchett
Fred. Collins
Great Council of Maryland
Hagerstown
A. M. Wash
Wash
Esther Ledman
J. Max Chambers
Woman’s Club
Woman's Club
New Church
Gustafson
J. Frank Ledman
Richmond
Louise Linnerty
Manville Arney
Cambridge
Washington, D. C
Chas. A. Seymour
Trappe
Reese Deane
Ralph Pritchett
Jackie
Greensboro
Lloyd Cannon
James‘h. Swann
Louise
W. H. Cannon
Fulton Noble
Delvette
Lancaster
Greensboro Fire Carnival Dates Updated Amid Equipment Shortage
The Greensboro Fire men's Carnival dates move from June 21 to July 4 to June 28 to July 6 due to inability to secure a merry go round and ferris wheel. The Daughters of Pocahontas plan an indoor carnival May 11 with beano and booths, no door admission. Several local residents and visitors are noted with weekend visits and personal updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Daughters of Pocahontas
Lily Baynard
Easton Emergency Hospital
Allen Curry
Wilmington
James Curry
Easton
Richard Lister
Near Town
Marshall Hutson
Annie Edwards
Harvey Dobson
Howard
Lydia Dobson
Smith Sipple
Chester
William H. Sipple
Oscar Nichols
Charles Nichols
Mary Butterworth
Thomas Green
Oxford
A. D. Carrow
H.S. Starkey
Sadlersville
Elmer Stufft
Philadelphia
A. G. Stufft
William Wroten
Clayton
BM. B. Cooper
Billy Harper
Henry Porter
Roland Porter
Chestertown
Michael Ashe
Lacey Wilson
N. Alvin Smith
Mercy Hospital
Baltimore
Prodigal’s injury warns on economy and toil
A maxim from Confucius notes that prodigality leads to ruin and that those who refuse to economize will face suffering, implying thrift as the remedy. The remark frames financial discipline as a path to avoid hardship and wrenching effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confucius
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Millington
Harlan Horney
Annie Horney
Nell Knotts
Herbert Knotts
W. Easley
Kate O. Knotts
Orphans Court
Tuckahoe
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Barrsville
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