Local Denton ads offer goods and rentals at low prices
The Denton page lists summer dresses at 3.95 and men and boys suits sale at J H Nichols. Mahogany piano priced 64 dollars. Rentals for Market Street house and fourteen room home on Franklin Street. Various items from Cedar line props to rugs, curtains, stoves and moth proof bags. Community notices include services at Liden’s House and a church camp update. Weather and county audits noted with agricultural yields and July rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Nichols & Co
M. K. Newnam
Market Street
J. L. Everngam
Denton
Journal
Cedar
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
M. K
Wm. D. Taylor
C. Leslie Walls
Elbert Hubbard
Franklin St
Liden’s
R. J. S. Bullock
Thos. H. Everagam
M. K. New Nam
Denton Journal
Simmons Co
Caroline County
Greensboro
Ridgely
Camden
Dover
Del
R. G. Finch
Kingswood
Shiloh Campground
Dorchester County
Cambridge
Caroline
Kent
Talbot
Dorchester
Rufus King
George Bastian
David Mitchell
Roland Ebling
Clinton Gray
United States Weather Bureau
Agricultural Experimental
University of Maryland
Albert White
Bert Kline
Harold Lesher
Howard Morgan
Benjamin Lichtman
John P. Herr
Board of County Commissioners
Philip W. Downes
Elmer T. Orme
J. Frank Lane
Goldsboro
Ellwanger daughter to wed Paul Fletcher Carroll
Mrs. Charles W. Ellwanger invites guests to the August 12 wedding of her daughter Hannah Ann to Paul Fletcher Carroll of Trappe Maryland at Pilgrim Holiness Church Denton. The social notes also list numerous visits travels and gatherings of local residents and former Denton residents visiting family and friends through early August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Ellwanger
Hannah Ann
Paul Fletcher Carroll
Trappe
Maryland
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Denton
Margaret
Jane Knotts
Loday
Dunkirk
N. Y
Virginia Semlow
Elsie Green
Wilmington
W. Huber
Philadelphia
Watters
Howard Shields
J. A. Reynolds
Gainesville
Fla
Alex, McWilliams
Allen, Jr
Reynolds
G. Roy Brooks
Pimlico Baptist Church
Baltimore
James M. Clarke
Brooks’ Peer
Walter Sparklin
R. H. Bryant
Petersburg
James, M. Clarke
Rehoboth
R. N. Hitchens
Charles T. Fisher
Catonsville
Frederick
Braddock Heights
T. Alan Goldsborough
University of Maryland
J. M. Collison
Mary Thawley
Minnie Henry
W. Massey
O. H. Smith
Chester
Towers Family Guests On Holiday Trip To Rehoboth
Baltimore visitors Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cook and Mrs. Chester L. Towers with son Chester visit Misses Lillian and Georgia Towers in Rehoboth on Sunday. Other Towers relatives from Baltimore and Northport enjoy vacations with George W. Towers Sr. at Ellwood Camp and attend Harrington fair. Quillen and Woerner noted. Dirth on sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Evelyn
Ellwood Camp
Chester L. Towers
Chester
Baltimore
George W. Towers
Georgia Towers
Harrington
Harvey Quillen
Wyoming
John Woerner
Wilmington
Bob McCracken
Trappe
E. Dirth
Federalsburg marks camp baptism and local notices
A home town bulletin details the Ellwood Camp meeting at Linchester Pond near Preston with six candidates baptized by Rev. C. E. Howard and Rev. Adam W. Miller. It notes regional Church of God congregations, radio audition contest leadership by Miriam Stowell and Miss Frances Hackett, an engagement announcement for Joslin Floron and I Sewell Morris, a Federalsburg Fire Carnival profit of $2000 from a $5000 gross, and William Wagner chairing. Charles P. Wright unveils a rare Egyptian lotus lily specimen planted on his property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood
Linchester Pond
Preston
C. E. Howard
Gambrill
Adam W. Miller
Church of God
Federalsburg
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Miriam Stowell
Caroline County
Easton
Cleveland Smith
Frances Hackett
Joslin Floron
I. Sewell Morris
Russell Ackerman Fleron
Trenton
N. J
Morris
I. Henry Morris
United States Military Academy
West Point
Miss Fleron
Martha Washington Seminary
Washington
New York School of Fine and Applied Arts
New York
J. Frank Short
Federalsburg Volunteer Fire Company
William Wagner
Carnival
Charles P. Wright
Local social notes reflect area gatherings and visits
Hobba Mesdames Joslin H T Nuttle H H Nuttle Geo Torrode and L H Thomas attend Federation meeting at Choptank. Mr and Mrs F N Smith entertain visiting Arthur Billings and children. Families travel to Choptank crabbing and to Ocean City. Children stay with grandparents near Bowers Beach. Philadelphia visitors Ben Lawless group with others. Visits to Choptank and Tolchester noted, with rain shower praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Joslin
H. T. Nuttle
H. H. Nuttle
Geo. Torrode
L. H. Thomas
T. M. Todd
Jack Stevens
Charley Edgell
B. Law
Federation
Choptank
F. N. Smith
Arthur Billings
Donald
Peggy
Virginia Lee
Wilmington
F. E. Davis
F. P. Stafford
Harold Brooks
Joe Willoughby
Katherine
Sherman Hubbard
Ocean City
Russell Hubbard
J. F. Sutherlan
Near Bowers Beach
Bobby Slamon
Francis Turney
Francis Gowan
Philadelphia
Ben Lawless
E. M. Willey
L. R. Dukes
Lou
O. C. Blades
Charlie Todd
Federalsburg
Hobbs Manufacturing Co
J. K. Calloway
Baltimore
O. J. Chaffinch
J. H. Mark
York
Helen and
Catherine Towers
Ruth Adams
Tolchester
Joslin
Harry Nuttle
C. E. Bright
Monumental City
George Henry
Dover
Templeville Church Sunday Services and Social Notes
Templeville church services Sunday include Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and preaching in the evening at 8:00 o'clock. The column records visitors and visits from Dundalk Brandywine Summit Easton Marshallton Wilmington Ridgely Sadlersville and Denton with references to local residents and a lumber company advert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Buckey
Dundalk
William Cahall
Alonzo Boyles
Brandywine Summit
Del
Gurney Lowman
Melvin Kinnamon
Easton
Harry Knotts
Allen Stafford
Marshallton
Bertha Goodrich
Benjamin Hayes
Wilmington
Norman Wilson
Ridgely
Gurney Knotts
Franklin Green
Sadlersville
Thomas Golt
Marriage Notice in Ridgely Weekly News Letter
Announcement reports the July 26 marriage of Miss Edith M Palmatory of Ridgely to Thomas Lemuel Robinson of Ingleside at the Hillsboro parsonage. Rev. Willard Everett presided. The couple will reside in Ingleside where Robinson farms.
Caroline County Women’s Club Picnic Highlights Mid-Summer Event
The Caroline County Federation of Women’s Clubs held its mid summer gathering in Choptank Park. Guests enjoyed a river picnic and an afternoon program featuring music, a toast to the picnic’s “Mother,” and speeches on fruit and vegetable standards, cooperative spirit, and youth club expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Federation of Women's Clubs
Choptank
Federated Jesubts
W. R. Dulin
Frank Flounders
Federation
Ridgely
T. J. Turkington
Denton M. P
S. B. Shaw
University of Maryland, College Park
Iie
Alphonso Boley
St. Michaels
Eastern Shore District Federation of Women’s Clubs
Clubwommen
Federation Department of Mothercraft
F. P. Roe
Greensboro
Turkington
A. W. Betts
Local society notes from Crisfield and area residents
Rev J J Bunting of Crisfield returned from Ocean Grove after ten days and stayed with Mrs Gibson in Goldsboro overnight before heading back to Crisfield with his wife and son. Nearby visitors include families from Greenwood Delaware Salisbury and Anne arundel areas plus residents on motor trips to Frostburg and Denton. A theatre outing to Daddy Long Legs and Sewing Circle gathering complemented a week of visits and family updates among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Bunting
Crisfield
Ocean Grove
Goldsboro
Ruth
Annapolis
J. F. Lane
Capital Theatre
Daddy Long Legs
Sewing Circle
John Crawford
Martin Shockley
Riverside
N. J
Alberta Ross
Helen ‘Cheezum
Denton
Eleanor Taylor
Greensboro
Betty Smith
Anna Zacharias
Helen Roche
John Balderson
Virginia
Linwood Bennett
Linwood
Rotary Bay Cruise for Chesapeake Rotarians
About 160 Rotarians from the thirty fourth district aboard the steamer John Cadwallader cruised the Chesapeake Bay ending at Tolchester. They toured Chester town visiting Washington College led by Dr. Paul E. Titsworth, and the Chester River Yacht clubs. A banquet at Tolchester presided by Governor Titsworth followed. The group then moonlit cruised back and spent Tuesday cruising with business meetings. The trip concluded in Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon with H. H. Nuttle among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Bay
John Cadwallader
Rotary International
Tolchester
Chestertown
Washington College
Paul E. Titsworth
Thirty
Rotary District
Chester River
Es Clubs
Totel Tolchester
Titsworth
Baltimore
Lancaster
Hagerstown
Georgetown
D. C
Bay
H. H. Nuttle
Rotary Club of
Denton
Hillsboro Queen Anne Notes Social Roundup
Mrs Isaac Sparklin and Mrs Nettie Seward vacationed at Green Point near Cambridge with the Garrettson Smiths. Rev Johns has departed for West Virginia after inspiring sermons. Various locals visit family and friends in Baltimore Ocean City Trappe Rehoboth and Kent Island with updates on travel visits and returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Sparklin
Nettie Seward
Green Point
Cambridge
Garrettson Smith
Johns
West Virginia
Edgar Blades
Virginia Blades
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
John Wothers
Sadie Wothers
Earl Wothers
Rehoboth
James Sicks
Elwood Fleming
Ocean City
Norma Hicks
Theodore Schwaninger
Trappe
J. R. Mac
Church echoes farewell and social visits in Alderson area
Rev and Mrs B W John and family left Alderson West Virginia after occupying St Pauls Church parsonage for a month. They made many friends here while in service. Several local residents entertained guests from Baltimore New York and other places during the week. An Anti-Saloon League talk is scheduled in Hillsboro August ninth at 10 45 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. John and Family
Alderson
W. Va
St. Paul’s Church
West Virginia
A. A. McNeer
Horace Morgan
Myr
Howard Gordy
Marian Oakley
New York
C. W. Jefferson
Salisbury
A. W. Kline
Gordy
Odel Cordrey
Jean
T. W. Gordy
Hebron
W. C. Stevens
Rural Carriers’ Convention
Los Angeles
Calif
Emmett Barton
Bonnie
Baltimore
Roberta Barton
Towson
Altoona
Selby Smith
Bryan Turbitt, Jr
Ridgely
Rawley Garrigues
Alegre
Sarita Alegre
Chester Barto
Eugenia Morgan
Rehoboth
Paul Brown
Neta Barton
Centreville
B. C. Barton
Harry Gibson
Louise Short
Harold Jump
Wm.Sherwood
Swarthmore
Ruth Sewell
Tolchester
Harry Knotts
Milton
Oscar Briscoe
Wilmington
Harmony locals share news from travels and visits
Harmony residents report trips to California via southern route in a week. Families return to Massachusetts and Yonkers visiting relatives in town. Federation meeting attendees include Mrs. Philip McConnell and children, Mrs. J. F. McConnell, and Mr. Earl McConnell. Ellwood Camp visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Storey Frampton and Ferrins. Carrie Collins hosts Oscar Fishell and daughter from Chestnut Grove. Al Willis of Wilmington enjoyed calls with old friends. Harmony Community Club picnicked at Oyster Shell Point. Mrs. Walter Butler visited Mrs. Carrie Collins family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stanton
California
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Robert Brown
Ray
Massachusetts
Ellwood Camp
S. ©. Storey
Nat Frampton
Charlie Ferrins
Russell Marker
Collins
Yonkers
New York
al Willis
Wilmington
Harmony Community Club
Oyster Shell Point
Walter Butler
Ray Deen
Bank Merger Announced Between Ridgely and Denton Banks
Stockholders at a special meeting unanimously voted to merge the Bank of Ridgely with the Peoples Bank of Denton Maryland effective immediately. The Peoples Bank will run Ridgely operations, reelecting G Lawrence Wilson as cashier. The merger creates a bank with over one million dollars in resources and positions the Peoples Bank as Ridgely’s local institution with plans for a new banking house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Ridgely
Peoples Bank
Denton
Maryland
Bank of
Ridgely
G. Lawrence Wilson
The
Charles Jarrell
Hillsboro
Charles L. Hobbs
Hillsboro-Queen Anne Bank
Caroline County
Charess L. Hobbs
Eastern Shore Trust Company
Spart
Henry T. Nuttle
H. Clay Hobbs
Thomas A. Smith
Henderson Couple United in Maritime Era Nevada Style
Henderson Mr John William Supper of Chesapeake City and Miss Esther Rebecca Armour of Northeast were married on Saturday with Rev J Gilber Lynn officiating. Armour had previously attended a charge of Lynn at Bay View Northeast. The article then lists multiple local social activities and visits across Caroline County including tours to Harrisonburg Virginia, a baseball game trip, summer school in Newark Delaware, and various family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Supper
Chesapeake City
Esther Rebecca Armour
Northeast
J. Gilbert Lynn
M. E
Alda Montague
Pearl Jones
George Clayville
M. W. Gooden
Cleveland
William Priest
Wilmington
T. H. Gough
Katherine Melvin
Newark
Del
Harry Karcher
Greensboro
John Pritchett
Irvin Kenton
Nathan Wailis
S. S. James
L. A. Gooden
Carleton
Washington
John Roeschlein
Chicago
Oliver Ernest
Margaret Kusmaul
Cape May Court House
N. J
Emma Newlee
Edward Barcus
Marydel
George Clark
Cape Charles
Norman Bickling
Preston Volunteer Fire Co
Cambridge
Hurlock
Federalsburg
Sharptown
Hebron
Alva Thompson Blades
Alva Blades
Preston
William McClelland
Protestant Episcopal Church
East New Market
Katherine Healey
Philadelphia
James Whaley
W. E. Pritchett
J. Edward Gruwell
Dover
Delaware
Denton
E. C. Hallman
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sparsonage
Hollis
Card Club
Runkles
Baltimore
Dallas Blades
Johnson Bonner
Reese Deane
Emaline Wright
Merritt Parker
Inez Noble
Noble W. Kelley
Atlantic City
William T. Kelley, Jr
Resolutions in Memory of Mrs Alice Butler Price
On the morning of July 5 1931 Mrs Alice Butler Price was called to her eternal reward The Ladies Aid of Ames M P Church express sympathy to her loved ones and trust Gods grace will sustain them A copy of these resolutions will be recorded sent to her family and to the county paper committee members listed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Butler Price
Ladies Aid of
Ames M. P. Church
O. J. Chaffinch
C. Thomas
B. M. Towers
E. B. Smith
Local Social Notes Include Visitors and Visits
Mrs. Lydia Wilson and Mrs. Sarah Pippin returned from Denton Camp. Mr. and Mrs. H E McBride of Chesapeake City visited in town. Mrs. Calvin Lynch and children returned after a stay at Rehoboth. Miss Margaret Swing hosted luncheon. Miss Mary Laird spent the week at Rehoboth. Mr Swing Pearsoll secured a position with the State police. Mrs Nelson Rickards is visiting relatives in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Horsey
Wilmington
H. S. Horsey
Maine
Melvin C. James
Easton Hospital
J. R. Rochester
Annie Rochester
Philadelphia
Marc Bryant
P. M. Redden
New York
Ss. M. Lowrey
O. J. Redden
Denton
Hopkins
Maryland University
Evelyn Huey
Chester
Essington
Elbert Nuttle
Jack
Billy
Baltimore
Marietta Anthony
Samuel Ellwanger
Whiteleysburg
O. H. Smith
M. B. Henry
Martin C. Voss
S. G. Nuttle
J. Carroll George
Louise Fisher
T. Pliny Fisher
Kathryn E. Hirs
Kathryn Yeoman
Bennett Todd
S. R. Hetzer
Kemp
J. Kemp Stevens
Mary Emily Alburger
Dorothy Koenig
Elinor Wilson
Miracle House
Clairborne
John W. Lord
Mary A. Lord
Lydia Wilson
Sarah Pippin
Denton Camp
H. E. McBride
Chesapeake City
Calvin Lynch
Rehoboth
Margaret Swing
Mary Laird
Swing Pearsoll
State Police
Nelson Rickards
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Hobba
Templeville
Nuttle Lumberland Coal Co
Denton, Md
Edith M. Palmatory
William E. Palmatory
Thomas Lemuel Robinson
Charles Robinson
Ingleside
Willard Everett
George Cherry
J. J. Ivison
Harry Hemmons
Beatrice Bowers
Frank Stevenson
Harford Porter
Franklyn Klotz
James Wilson
Bellwood McGuirk
Margaret Wilson
Delmar
Hannah Gibson
Florida
D. M. Swing
Thompson Swing
Ohio
Emil Rosenast
Merchantville
John Swing
Lane
Lang
Maple
A. G. Saulsbury
Hitch
Stone Harbor
Walter Sylvester
M. W. Wiley
Reformed
Harvey Holsinger
Miss Onella
Gunthoro
Wilson Cahall
Columbia University
I. T. Saulsbury
Thomas Gaitley
Annie Cahall
Leonard Dean
Caroline County Women’s Clubs
Tuckahoe
Queen Anne
Henderson
Paul VanDyke
Bliss Louise VanDyke
Chautauqua Lake
Niagara Falls
Thousand Islands
James Clark
Levin Morris
A. W. Sisk
C. Orrell
Preston Osteen and Sons
C. F. Noble
Emma Willis
New England States
F. B. Dulin
Charles
Josephine Gallagher
Louise Payne
Helen Quidas
Cornelia DeWilde
College
Jeanette and
Howard Dise
George F. Newton
Harry Whiteley
Millard Whiteley
Howard Harris
Main Street
P. C. Douglas
Fletcher Sisk
N. H. Fooks
Walter Twilley
Hayman
Pittsburgh
Irene Baker
Marie Taylor
John Noble
Harlan Davis
Doris Henry
Edgar Wrightson
Jean Jefferson
Blanche Croll
Rachael Baylor
Isabel Douglas
J. P. Harris
Louise Gray
H. B. Wright
George Whiteley
Harry Taylor
Pere Phf
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