Denton News Items Highlight Fire Band Plans and Poultry Tour
Community notices report concrete gutters around the Court House and a firemen parade in Camden where the Denton Fire Company won a $20 prize. The Caroline County Poultry Association led a 115-strong tour of farms and facilities from Federalsburg to Denton, shaping plans for a fall Poultry and Egg Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Nuttle Milling Co
Denton
Court House
Denton Fire Company
Camden
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
Caroline county
Ridgely
Preston
James P. Reese
Maryland State Firemen’s Association
Emory D. Kimmey
Denton Volunteer Fire Co
Market Club
Masonic
Courthouse Square
J. W. Krabill
Josiah Massey
Chestertown
Kent county
Court House green
College Park
Marguerite Vansent
Mary Sparks
Naomi Lynch
Bridgetown Club
Anne Green
Jane Wine
Margaret Beck
Rebecca Wheatley
Denton Bluebird Club
Elizabeth Hake
Denton Junior
Hazel Donovan
Chestnut Grove
Cecilia Hubbard
American Corner
Ruth Voshell
Choptank
Cornelia DeWilde
Hubbards
Mr. Brown
Talbot county
Kathleen Moore
Sarah Williamson
All-Star
Caroline
Caroline County Poultry Association
T. D. Holder
Federalsburg
R. J. Fisher
Handy Poultry Company
H. A. Spies
broiler
J. P. Harris
Peninsula
Sunshine Poultry Farm
W. H. Rice
Maryland
M.C. Vaughn
Sussex county
Del
Greensboro
Eglantine Poultry Farm
Oscar Schmidt
George Shaffer
Wedding of Virginia Ruth Spicher to Maynard K Hoke reported
A pretty wedding was held Wednesday afternoon August 8 at the home of Mr and Mrs W A Spicher for Virginia Ruth Spicher and Maynard K Hoke of Roanoke La The ceremony by Rev J W Krabill followed a simple family gathering The couple left for Niagara Falls and will reside at Middletown Pa after September 1 Hoke a teacher at Middletown High School Also noted are visits by relatives and friends from New Jersey Delaware Maryland and beyond with social engagements and travel plans throughout the region.
Federalsburg church funeral for Aaron Wright held
Aaron Wright aged 86 died last Friday at his daughter Mrs Isaac Willin near Bridgeville Del. His funeral was held Monday at Christ Methodist Protestant Church Federalsburg with Rev G E Leister and former pastor Rev G E Mac Dorman of Baltimore and Rev F C MacSorley of Wilmington officiating. Interment in Hillcrest cemetery. Wright linked with Federalsburg as a prominent citizen. his wife died in 1926. Survived by two daughters and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Wright
Isaac Willin
Bridgeville
Del
Christ Methodist Protestant Church
G. E. Leister
G. E. MacDorman
Baltimore
F. C. MacSorley
Wilmington
Union Methodist Episcopal Church
Federalsburg
Hillcrest cemetery
Wright
Richard Andrew
New York
the Patriotic Order Sons of
Temple Theatre
Hurlock
East New Market
Cambridge
Gilbert Johnson
Cann Stevens
Pederalsburg
Church of God
EIlwood
Johnson
Steven
upper Academy avenue
Preston
Wheatley
eds
Newell
Greenwood
Feds
Emma Corkran
Hilda
Ruth Covey
Mildred Scott
Mariam Wright
Grace Brown
Harrisburg
Rehoboth
Lee Vickers
Dover
Grace Vickers
Ames M. P Church elects officers at midweek meeting
The Ames M. P Church membership meeting elected officers including trustees M Merriken W H Lord T H Towers H Love and J H Dandy as steward class leader and organist T H Towers. Mrs L H Thomas assistant. Various social visits noted with neighbors from Hungerford Baltimore Wilmington Tolchester and Salisbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames’ M. P. Church
Messrs
M. Merriken
W. H. Lord
T. H. Towers
H. Love
J. H. Dandy
L. H. Thomas
B. B. Cohee
Frank Wilson
Mervyn Wilson
Ocean City
Helen
Catherine
Tolchester
Marietta Butler
Baltimore
Hagerstown
J. Paul Moore
Dorothy
Rehoboth
A. W. Betts
Reese
J. Robi. Starkey
Salisbury
Catherine Cohee
Pittsburgh
Mrs. Sarah Pippin Dies at Ridgely Home
Weekly Ridgely News notes the death of Mrs. Sarah Estelle Pippin near Ridgely last Wednesday the 8th. Funeral today at 2 p.m. at the residence. burial at Greensboro. She was daughter of Henry E. and Elizabeth Russon Smith of Denton. Survived by husband James H. Pippin, one daughter Mrs. Leo Meginney, two brothers Robert and William Henri Smith, two sisters Mrs. Marietta Anthony and Mrs. Laura Brashears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Estelle Pippin
James H. Pippin
Ridgely
Greensboro
Pippin
Henry E
Elizabeth Russom Smith
Denton
Martha J. Smith
Charles A. Smith
Leo Meginney
Robert
Henri Smith
Marietta Anthony
Laura Brashears
Ossining
N. Y
Coursey Hemmions
Wilmington
Harry Hemmons
Dorothy Mancha
Carolyn Mancha
Elmer Coblentz
Reading
Reformed Church
J. C. Glessner
George Sitz
Ephratah
Robert Dean
Fort Meyer
Cavalry
Babe Ruth
A. G. Koeneman
William Koenemaon
Harry
Eileen
Vivian
Emily Elman
Mulholland
Overbrook
H. Applebaum
Dorothy
Cleveland
Ohio
Applebaum
Shavitz
Elvera
Baltimore
I. T. Saulsbury
S. S. Stone
Saulsbury
Stone
Fred Flounders
D. M. Swing
T. W. Jones
Reho
D. J. Moore
Harry Swann
Harrington
Willard Jones
Mary Moore
Marydel
J. D. Moore
Viola Jones
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Allen Temple
New York
Paul Temple
Blanche Shaube
Nora Baker
Harvey Holsinger
Bessie Sparks
Washington
Atlantic City
L. M. Goodwin
Thompson Swing
Rehoboth
Orrell Saulsbury
John Dean
College Park
Oscar Simons
Dorothy Flounders
Preston
Tolchester
Lawrence Lynch
Oxford
Pao
I. E. Mason
New Jersey
Harvey Wolsinger
Ocean City
John Davis
Painter
Centerville
Mabel Jones
George Cherry
Chest disease clinic in Law Building Nurse's Office
A chest diseases clinic will be held in the Nurse's Office, Law Building, Denton, on Wednesday, August 15, at 9:80. Subscription rates for The Journal are listed as 1 dollar for Caroline and 1.50 dollars for Outalde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law Building
Denton
Journal
Caroline
Outalde
Elects Delegate At M P Church Meeting In September
Harrington church elects Mrs. George Potter as delegate and Elwood Gruwell as alternate to the Maryland Annual Conference at Lynchburg Virginia on September 13. Pastoral return of Rev. H B Jester is preferred by voters and a two person committee is named to inform him. Various local residents are listed as visitors and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P
Maryland
George Potter
Elwood Gruwell
Jester
Wilbur E. Jacobs
Harry Boyer
William Potter
Westminster
Norman Masten
Samuel Layman
Penn's Grove
N. J
Norris C. Adams
Everett Messick
Anne
Albert Harrington
Margaret Taylor
Phoenix
Arizona
H. C. Holden
Atlantic City excursion draws crowd and tickets sold
Town residents flocked to last Thursdays Atlantic City trip with forty two tickets sold from the station. Local people and visitors were noted at various gatherings including a Tolchester Beach picnic and social visits across Salisbury Baltimore Philadelphia Rehoboth. Many residents return from trips and school activities with several names appearing in the social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Carlotta Silver
Sara Grags
Louise Dennison
Marguerite Griffin
Baltimore
Emma Martin
Goldsboro
Fred Martin
Salisbury
Mesdames Addie Simpson
Hattie Matthews
Wilmington
T. H. Cahall
I. C. Curtis
C. R. Curtis
Mabel Van Wert
Sadie Shockley
Luther Bennett
Tolchester
M. EB. Jarman
Davis
Philadelphia
Kathryn Shockley
Methodist Sunday School
Tolchester Beach
Frances Stickell
Ruth Curtis
Clayton
H. S. Thomas
H. Carter
near town
A. C. Smith
Rehoboth
Archibald Bennett
W. J. Murphy
Bethlehem News Notes and Local Socials Update
The column reports Mrs Tamzy Harmon aged 81 and her daughter Mrs Walter Tinley are bedridden and very ill. Miss Mary Blandes returns home to Centerville after visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Warry Hubbard. August Sunday School will be at 10 AM each Sunday. Local families visit and host, including Bowdles, Robinsons, Gablers, and Pritchetts. Irene Perry recovers after tonsil removal. Ocean City day trip mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamzy Harmon
Walter Tinley
Clement Bowdle
W. E. Pritchett
James Robinson
Royal Oak
George Harrington
Will Gabler
Marcus Hook
Gifford Bowdle
Agnes Wegates
Alan Blades
Roland Carroll, Jr
New York
Frank Patchett
Preston
Frank Plitt
Baltimore
Myra Christopher
Irene Perry
Ocean City
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Highlights Local Visits
Edith Lynch of Cordova and Brownie Reynolds of Baltimore called in Hillsboro last Sunday. Various residents visited New York, Jersey City, and nearby towns, with trips to Tol Chester Rehoboth and Philadelphia noted. Guests and locals alike shared weekends at Blue Ridge Summit, St Michaels boat races, and Anderson’s Lake swimming, plus multiple social calls and visits across Maryland and Virginia.
Vacation and visits mark Baltimore area social notes
Miss Mildred Trice of Baltimore vacations with grandparents Mr and Mrs John Trice along with friend Mrs Harry Chenelle. Mr Henry Barlowe suffers paralysis and his Wilming-ton children are at his bedside. Miss Hilda Covey and friends tour Pen Mar Blue Ridge Summit and Camp Ritchie then return. Mr and Mrs Howard Flowers and children take a drive through Pennsylvania and New York visiting relatives. Family reunion hosted by Mr and Mrs J E Morgan as Mr and Mrs Charles Rhodes attend a postmasters convention at Telchester. Mrs Dyer and daughter Grace John Dyer enjoy time in Atlantic City. Prof and Mrs H E McBride and son visit their mother Mrs Mary Barnes. Miss Eloise Trice visits Mrs Margaret Uhler Williston. Mr and Mrs Bernard Messix and children spend Wednesday in Ocean City. Miss Aileen Barton weekends in Baltimore. Mrs Showard Culver visits with her parents. Miss Jane Stayton visits Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith, Lynch
Cordova
Brownie Reynolds
Baltimore
C. R. Wicks
Clifton, Jr
New York
Jersey City
Wan, Sherwood
Bob Hickman
Edwin Gale
Wilmington
Hillsboro
Allen Pennington
Margaret Pennington
N. C
Ela Pennington
Susie Thompson
Tolchester
William
William Cooper
Florence Beaven
Lulu Beaven
Philadelphia
Al Morgan
Manassas
H. P. Flowers
St. Michaels
C. H. Stewart
Mildred Worth
Rehoboth
Frances Fisher
Mary Quinn
Chestertown
Urban Bowman
Washington, D. C
Louise Fleming
T. Noble Jarrell
Goldsboro
Anderson's Lake
N. M. Thompson
Clayton
C. R. Hicks
Trappe
J. N. Clark
H. W. B. Rowe
Mildred ‘Trice
John Trice
Harry Chenelle
Henry Barlowe
Hilda Covey
Denton
Pen- Mar
Blue Ridge Summit
Pao
Camp Ritchie
Howard Flowers
Pennsylvania
J. E. Morgan
Charles Rhodes
Telchester
H. E. McBride
Mary Barnes
Eloise Trice
Margaret Uhler
Williston
Bernard Messix
Ocean City
Aileen Barton
Showard Culver
Jane Stayton
Cambridge
Rural Mail Route Changes From Hobbs Maryland
Rural route from Hobbs Post Office is discontinued on August 16 1928. Denton routes 1 2 and 3 receive new paths including intersections at Theis garage Lee Wyatts corner Three Bridges and Beauchamps woods with instructions to use approved mailboxes and notify the carrier or postmaster for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
Denton
Denton P. O
Burrsville
Beauchamp’s woods
Chamber's corner
Opossum Hill
W. T
Smith’s corner
P. C
Adams Cross Roads Bloomery Sunday School Picnics at Cedar Grove Beach
Adams Cross Roads Bloomery Sunday School picnicked at Cedar Grove Beach on Friday of last week with one hundred and fifteen present. Bathing music and ice cream for all. We hope for another outing next year. Miss Glen Wright of Federalsburg and Miss Edith Melson of Bridgeville visited Mrs Earle Adams and family. Mrs Josephine Wooters was entertained at Mrs W J Hubard's home. Miss Catherine Lowe spent the weekend with Miss Catherine Williams near Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomery
Cedar Grove Beach
Glen Wright
Federalsburg
Edith Melson
Bridgeville
Earle Adams
Josephine Wooters
W. J. Hubbard
Catherine Lowe
Catherine Williams
Fair View Rabbitry Owner Dominates Kent and Sussex Fair
Greensboro merchant Greens boro W Thos Lockerman owner of Fair View Rabbitry won first prize with 22 Flemish Giant and Chinchilla rabbits at the Great Ninth Annual Kent and Sussex Fair staged in Starrington from July 24 to 28. His stock collected 69 first prizes in major New England rabbit shows within six months. The Tolchester outing drew many Greensboro residents including the Carrows Manships Sipple and others for a Sunday visit. Births, travels, and social visits populate the local scene amid a busy week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Thos. Lockerman
Fair View Rabbitry
Starrington
New England
S. D. Carrow
Irank Manship
Martha Carrow
Margaret Sipple
Thomas Dobson
Paul and Hilton
Harry Boblitz
J. R. Meekins
Joseph Roche
Tolchester
Richard Bullock
M. B. Cooper
Genevieve Cooper
Margaret Reynolds
Clara Seward
Wilmington
Conshohocken
John Luff
Oscar Nichols and
Carl and
Edward
Niagara Falls
Paul Dobson
Baltimore
John Tinley
Chester
Fred Friedel
Lester Stevenson
Fannie Beckham
Washington
B. C. Beckham
Kenneth Price
Rehoboth
Allen Thornton
Pacific Coast trip highlights local visitors and tours
Henderson, Hortense Downes, and Margaret Merrick of Ingleside Md returned from a Pacific Coast tour via Canadian Rockies and Yellowstone visiting twenty two states and three Canadian provinces. They traveled with Miss Eliza G Miller of Culpeper Va. Others visiting or entertaining include Johns Hopkins summer students Sara and Emma Gooden, Ed Schoppe and family, Chas Cartwright and children, Harry Cohee and Anna Jones, Kenneth Price, Al Kusmaul, Denny Taylor and daughter, Whitely Quillen, Mrs James Melvin and daughters, Clayton Brown, Geo King and children, and J E Walls receiving hospital treatment in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hortense C. Downes
Margaret T. Merrick
Ingleside
Pacific Coast
Canadian Rockies
California
Mexico
Yellowstone Park
Canadian
Eliza G. Miller
Culpeper
Sara
Emma Gooden
Johns Hopkins University
Walter Schoppe
Carlisle
Albert Hindmann
Philadelphia
Ed Schoppe
Chas. Cartwright
Wilmington
Alda Montague
Harry Cohee
Anna Jones
J. R. Jones
Kenneth Price
Greensboro
Howard Sylvester
Al Kusmaul
John Kusmaul
Denny Taylor
Marcus Hook
Whitely Quillen
Chester
Chas. Quillen
James Melvin
Katherine
Edith Melvin
Tolchester Beach
Clayton Brown
Hickman
A. B. Cohee
Geo. King and children
Atlantic City
Ed Walls
J. E. Walls
University Hospital, Baltimore
L. A. Gooden
Ruth Love
Baltimore
Delphin Harmon
Messrs
L. M. Jones
Harvey Walls
Harmony guests and Delaware visits noted
Harmony Messrs Gilbert Gibson and Ben nett Todd were guests of friends in Wilmington for several days the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Banning and son of Bridgeville spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. Roland Todd. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Marker visited Preston on Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brodes. Mrs. Merrick Cohee and her little son returned home to Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Gibson
Bennett Todd
Wilmington
Lee Banning and son
Bridgeville
Roland Todd
Russell Marker
Preston
Lloyd Brodes
Merrick Cohee
little son
Philadelphia
Wheat yield reports pour into The Journal
Farmers submit large wheat yield figures to The Journal, highlighting bumper crops and rising harvest expectations. Local growers, coops, and agribusinesses report state and county totals, with prices monitored and market implications noted by editors.
Preston area social notes announce wedding and visits
Mrs and Mrs Reese Dean hosted a dinner party at their Railroad avenue home. The notice details numerous local guests and relatives, then reports the marriage of their daughter Helen Dean to Walter Edison Gambrill of Federalsburg performed by Rev G Ellis Williams. The item lists ongoing visits and travels of many residents, with several returning from Ocean City and Mountain Lake Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese Dean
Railroad avenue
Dean
Easton
Wm. McAllister
Van Lear, Ky
Clara Rumbold
Mae LeCompte
Douglas Fooks
David M. Cheezum
Poplar Grove Farm
Preston
Helen
Walter Edison Gambrill
Federalsburg
G. Ellis Williams
Frederick
LeCompte
J. F. James
Seaford
Harry James
New York
Will Towers
Mary Trotty
little son
M. M. Parker
Frank Albaugh
Cambridge
Nita Russell
Philadelphia
John Rumbold
Harry Hollis
Alvalee
Ocean City
Youngstown
Ohio
Niagara Falls
Elizabeth Vickers
Baltimore
D. J. Vickers
Ellwood
William McAllister
Van Lear
Kentucky
May LeCompte
Elbert Douglas
Ruth Garey
Edward Garey
Spencer
Mt. Airey
Wm. Wrightson
Audrey Corbett
Wm. Collins
Eugenia Reddie
Clare N. Payne
Nelson Fooks
Mountain Lake Park
Clyde Elzey
John T. May
Tilghman
J. L. Gallagher
Dorothy Flounders
Ridgely
Arthur Willey
Theodore Fletcher
Patty
Ralph Ledman
Hurlock
A. F. Sisk
bridge
A. W. Sisk
Lloyd Fooks
Community Notes From Templeville and Vicinity
Templeville residents share visits with relatives in Dundalk Baltimore and Millington. Melvin Kinnamon attends P O S of A convention in Hagerstown. Local families host guests from Marcus Hook Philadelphia and Tacony Pa. Sunday services include Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11.
Puzzle of Names and Clues From an Enigmatic List
A cryptic 1900s style puzzle lists numbered clues leading to first names last names and author names. It mentions an English author, an American novelist, a defeated presidential candidate of 1904, two American poetesses who are sisters, a girl's name, and a phrase about happiness tied to God. The text ends with the solution to last week's enigma.
Also Mentioned on This Page
The Local Department
W. A. Spicher
Virginia Ruth
Maynard K. Hoke
Roanoke
Mary Spicher
Melvin Shisler
Wernfield
Mark Walker
Richardson Park
Middletown High School
S. Leslie Lewis
Lewis
Samuel Lewis
James F. FitzGibbon
FitzGibbon
Joseph Monroe
Barry
Hyattsville
G. Nuttle
Monroe
Eleanor Barnhart
Edmund Miller
Dorothea
John
Lillian Dunlap
Mount Union
Albert DeFord
Charles Walls
State Roads Commission
C. A. Sennett
Delia Nelson
Russell Nelson
Minnie Henry
Elwood Sennett
Ruth Paul
Shamokin
Charles W. Grubb
Malcolm Baxter
Cincinnati
Oscar Clark
E. H. Hirs
Kathryn Hirs
E. B. Blades
Henrietta
Rebecca Blades
Del-Mar
Ross Stevens
Buffalo
Lacey Stevens
H. E. Ramsdell
C. J. Kern
M. K. Newnam
Melvin E. Wheatley
Keyser
W. Va
Mareese Roe
Delmar
Philip W. Downes
Alabama
C. W. Horn
Betty
Billy
I. Vernon Brumbaugh and son
St. Louis
B. B. Brumbaugh
M. A. Perkins
Ridgway
Melvin Andrew
Geo. A. McDaniel
George Arthur
Canada
Helen DeFord
T. Fred Towers
Eleanor
Allen Sennett
Boothwyn
Co. A. Sennett
E. T. Sennett
Betterton
Henry Smith
Waverly
Oron F. Smith
Grace Rutter
Ormond Andrew
Virginia
W. A. Cawley
Dorothy Ottens
Elen Hubbard
Thomas D. Evans
George Porter
Louis Grauer
C. A. Smith
Jennie Morris
Marian Sibitsky
Paul Clifton
J. W. Clifton
Bethlehem
Tuckahoe
Queen Anne
Adams Cross Roads
Henderson
The
Templeville
Melvin Kinnamon
Owen Purnell
Sadlersville
Samuel Buckey
Dundalk
Edna Cahall
Hyland Seamans
Millington
Medford Starkey
Norman Wyatt
Amos Wyatt
Winfield McKnett
Laura McKnett
Charles Ackerman
Eugene Everett
Herbert Knotts
Mary Katherine
Harlan Horny
Annie Horny
Milton Hunter
Reesville
Katie Stafford
Paul Scotton
near Marydel
Roland Golt
Annie Greer
Tacony
M. E. Perkins
Joseph C. Lincoln
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