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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1949
Page
7
Church notices list 9 45 A M Sunday School with Walter B Palmer Superintendent 10 45 A M Morning Worship and Sermon All Sunday evening and mid week services are cancelled until September.
Sunday School at 9 45 a m with John R Ricards as superintendent. Morning service at 11 00 a m evening service at 8 00 p m. Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 00 p m Thursday choir rehearsal 7 00 p m Friday special meeting at 8 p m featuring Emma Watts guest speaker School of Narcotics in Washington D C.
Ames Methodist Church Hobbs Maryland lists Rev T J Turkington as pastor. Morning services at 9:30 and Sunday School at 10:30 with Manning Merriken as superintendent.
Rev. E. Sherry, pastor, announces Church School at 10:00 A M and sermon at 11:00 A M to mark the Hiroshima atomic bomb anniversary. The sermon centers on peace with text Blessed are the Peace Makers. In the evening service the youth will lead with a brief sermon.
Rev J Francis McDonough is listed as pastor with services on August 7 1949 at St Elizabeths 10 00 and St Benedicts 8 30. The item records church schedule details for readers planning attendance.
Concord Grove and Harmony Concord groups hold worship at 10 and 11 formats with Sunday School at 11.00 am and 16.00 am in Grove. Bloomery notes no services during August. Chestnut Grove and American Corners appear in notices.
Rev. T. S. Dixon serves as pastor with preaching at 2 30 p m on the first third and fifth Sundays each month delivering spiritual guidance to the parishioners and community.
Piney Community Church on Denton Greensboro Road holds Sunday School at 2 30 P M Worship 3 30 P M and evening preaching at 8 P M Prayer Meeting at 7 45 P M Rev Grayson H Wheatley ministers in Greensboro Maryland Church School at 10 A M Worship at 11 A M M Y F devotional at 7 P M Song and Praise at 7 30 P M Wednesday prayer at 7 30 P M Saturday choir practice at 8 P M First Thursday Young Adult Fellowship business social Second Thursday W S C S business meeting
West Denton Maryland notices list Mrs Laura B Albright as Pastor with Sunday School at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m on Sunday. A Prayer Meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m and Young Peoples meeting Sunday at 7 p m followed by Evangelistic preaching at 7 30 p m.
Rev Dudley presides with Sunday School at 9 30 A M. Praise service at 10 30 A M. Preaching at 11 A M. Young Peoples meeting at 7 P M. Preaching at 7 30 P M. Thursday prayer service at 7 30 P M.
Mrs L R Brumbaugh aged 87 died after a prolonged illness at her daughter Mrs N L Raleigh in Denton Md She was widow of Rev L R Brumbaugh a longtime leader in the Ridgely Church of the Brethren Survived by four children a brother five grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 30 pm at Denton Church of the Brethren with burial in Greensboro Cemetery
Funeral services for Charles Irwin Bennett 65 retired Nuttle Lumber Company employee were conducted Tuesday afternoon at J. Virgil Moore and Son Funeral Home by Rev. Thomas S. Dix. Burial followed at Denton Cemetery. He died Saturday at his Denton home. He was the son of Cornelius and Rhoda Adams Bennett. His wife survives.
Local families and visitors gather at Rehoboth Beach and nearby towns for weekends and dinners. Notables include Lt Col William Draper and guests, the Slaughter and Armour families in Houston and Wilmington, and Roscoe Daniells recovering from polio at home in Elizabeth, West Virginia. Also notes patients at Easton Memorial Hospital and social calls across Sussex County. Temper is one thing that improves the longer you keep It.
Hobbs residents Mrs. and Mr. Richard Merriken spent days with Mr. Manning Merriken before he returned to Washington. Philadelphia visitors include Mr. Euphonius Smith and Mrs. Ruth Miller. Local families host relatives from Burrsville, Baltimore, and Vernon. Nelson Henry bought a new car amid other short calls and visits by Rev. and Mrs. Lewis Adams to sisters in town.
Dr and Mrs David Marine of Rehoboth Beach along with Mrs Rhoda Marine Abbott of Bristol and Miss Charlotte Abbott visited Memory Lane on Tuesday. Minnie B Todd stayed with sister E Paul Knotts at Rehoboth. Mrs William D Uhler guests at Memory Lane and Belhaven Hotel Rehoboth Beach. Mrs A G Todd returned home after Cape May visit. Mr Stewart Fullerton of Potter Hall sails back to France. Mr and Mrs Iri Daffin drove from Rehoboth to visit Daffin’s mother.
Miss Betty Ann Klahold visits grandmother in College Park Maryland. Mrs Alvin Weil visits Mrs Dorothy Osteen. Mr and Mrs Hayward Dean of Linwood Pennsylvania stay with Mrs Florence Dean. Mrs William D Uhler of Williston guests of Mr and Mrs H Calvin Todd. The Hollis couple vacationed in Ocean City last week. Hayward Dean and son Larry accompany Florence Dean to Ocean City. Methodist Sunday School picnic held at Cedar Grove on Tuesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Robert Stanton spend...
Auction announced for August 10 with multiple lots of household goods to satisfy unpaid storage charges. Also offers private consignments of fine furniture and antiques. Lunch will be served.
Public sale begins at 10 30 A M under owner Mrs Minnie L Baggs listing a 13 piece living room suite Philco radio piano Becker Bros trol a records antique sofa 10 piece dining set dishes beds goose feather pillows wardrobe bureaus desk stove Frigidaire mirrors lamps and more Auctioneer William Andrew supervises items in rain or shine.
Calvert C. Merriken, assignee, will auction the Hickman village lot in Caroline County Maryland on sale day between 2 and 4 PM. The parcel covers about 10 275 square feet with improvements in good repair and an electric service. Terms: one half cash day of sale, balance after ratification or all cash. Purchaser bears title and transfer costs. Auctioneer William E. Andrew.
Several days in Trenton New Jersey were spent visiting relatives. Miss Grace Covey of Wilmington spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Covey. Mr and Mrs J Lee Covey spent last week at their cottage at Fenwick Island.
Melvin E Brown owner lists 8 purebred Shorthorn cows 3 to 6 years old 10 Guernseys and Holsteins 3 to 7 years old 1 purebred Shorthorn bull 2 1/2 years old 4 purebred young Shorthorn bulls 6 to 7 months 6 purebred Shorthorn and heifer combinations 1 year to 18 months the stock TB tested and mostly vaccinated Also advertised are an International H tractor plows cultivators 52 R combine 11 June disc other tools and equipment sold cash day of sale on the farm at Tuckahoe Neck one mile from Denton New Bridge Road Auctioneers William E Andrew Clerk Ormond L Andrew.
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