Denton Attracts Busy Local Trades And Events
Denton hosts a crowded roster of summer happenings with fireman parades and a Camden-Wyoming carnival prize, plus religious services and the Wheatley family reunion. Community notices include disease reports, fairs, picnics, and a large open air evangelistic campaign in Greensboro with notable speakers and a blind gospel singer.
Summer visitors greet old acquaintances in Denton
Denton social notes list numerous visits and forays by former residents and friends. Phineas Morris of Aberdeen, ex-principal at Caroline High School, stayed with George H. Wilson. Miss Mary Pippin learned of a bedside summons from Paul C. Phillips of Asheville for Mary Carolyn. Reynolds and kin, teachers, and relatives from Greensboro, Collingswood, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other places are mentioned with weekend treats, trips, and stays at various homes.
Bible School Begins With Large Greensboro Enrollment
Greensboro reports the Bible School session starting Monday August 2 with about ninety members enrolled. Classes run from kindergarten through advanced Bible study for adults led by Dr. H. G. Budd, while many locals are noted visiting, sick lists updated, and several guests from other towns visiting Greensboro families.
Family and social weekend visits across Delaware towns
A list of local residents and guests visiting relatives over the weekend includes Rebecca Medford of Del aware Hospital visiting parents Mr and Mrs F P Medford Sr, Maude Southby of Chester, Elizabeth and Marietta Heather accompanying Mrs Maime Smith and daughter Anne of Ridgely, and many others from Wilmington Dover Farmington Sadlersville Marcus Oak Rehoboth and Wyoming.
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Rebecca Medford
Delaware Hospital
F. P. Medford
Maude Southby
Chester
Maime Smith
Anne
Ridgely
Elizabeth
Marietta Heather
Ward
Helen
Wilmington
Elizabeth Hall
S Helen
Ruth Hall
Dover
Ernest Warnick
Philadelphia
James Hummer
Jimmy, Jr
Farmington
Lowell Hummer
Anne Jump
Grace Jump
Walter Stevens
Sadlersville
Albert Robinson
Nora Lee
Washington
Lee Harmon
J. Olin Hummer
Frances
Betty
A. Hall
Oxford
George Long
Marcus Oak
Willian Walls
Pearle Jones
James
Reginald Smith
Rehoboth
George W. Smith
Eloise Jarret
Goldsboro
Wyoming
Emma Jump
Bethlehem Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Myra Christopher of Balti more visited her parents Mr and Mrs J R Christopher for the weekend. Ruth Sands and Bernice Prettyman spent Tuesday in Ocean City. Mrs J C Taylor and daughter Gladys are visiting in St Michaels. J R Christopher is slowly improving in health. Mrs Harry Hubbard is on the sick list.
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Myra Christopher
Baltimore
J. R. Christopher
Ruth Sands
Bernice Prettyman
Ocean City
J. C. Taylor
Gladys
St. Michaels
Harry Hubbard
Ridgely News Letter Hopkins Tolchester picnic and social notices
Large group from Ridgely picnicked at Tolchester on Thursday with many visitors traveling to Baltimore and back. Marriage announced for August 21 in Greensboro Methodist Church. Community notices include visits, hospital stays, camp, clubs, and a new Caroline county League promoting lawful government and enforcement of laws.
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League
Denton
C. A. Whisler
S. G. Bye
Walter Sparklin
Clarence H. Roe
F.C. Mac- Sorley
Caroline County
United States of America
Maryland
United States
Federal Congress
F. C. MacSoriey
Orphans Court Proceedings Record Administrative and Probate Actions
In the Orphans Court session Judges West Harper and Shawn approved and ordered recorded the first and final accounts of Powell Hopkins administrator for Truvilla Jacobs deceased and directed funds be deposited in Caroline County Bank for Ellsworth Jacobs minor until majority. Releases filed from Harvey Jacobs Nellie Ireland. Harrison administrator Wilmore Green filed sale account. Faulkner probate caveat filed by Wesley Thawley. executors Emma Jackson and Charles W Jackson Jr filed releases from Emma Tanted widow Bertha Jarrell Grace Fountain and Charles W Jackson Jr distributees.
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Orphans’ Court
West
Harper and
Shawn
Powell Hopkins
Truvilla Jacobs
Truvilla
Jacobs
Caroline County
Ellsworth Jacobs
Harvey Jacobs
Nellie Ireland
Charles B. Harrison
Wilmore Green
William J. Faulkner
Wesley E. Thawley
Emma Jackson
Charles W. Jackson
Emma
Bertha Jarrell
Grace Fountain
Charles W. Jackson, Jr
Smithville Social News Visitors From Nearby Towns
Mrs. Earle Pennypacker and son Smith and Mrs. Carrie Wubbard of Federalsburg spent Monday with relatives in Smithville. Mrs. Mollie Savage and granddaughter Alexine of Philadelphia were here. Lynn Case is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph. Ormond Wright and family from near Denton were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Adams. Lawrence Wright and family from near Denton were Monday visitors at Floyd and Mrs. Smith's home. Wilbur Wheatley of Washington has returned home after a visit with local relatives.
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Floyd Smith
Wilbur Wheatley
Washington
Hillsboro and Queen Anne Community News Summary
Local social rounds list guests from Indian Head Centreville Chester Ridgely and Baltimore visiting Hillsboro and Queen Anne. Church picnics at Tolchester, reed-work fairs, and club meetings feature Twentieth Century Club, Matthewstown Club, and Federation events with speakers, new members, and planned Farmers' Picnic at Concord.
Missionary Lecture Planned at M E Church Tuesday
Rev and Mrs W E Nelson missionaries from Africa will speak at the M E Church on Tuesday night August 17 with a male choir providing music.
Local notices from Ridgely and nearby towns
Miss Dorothy Davis and Iari etta Swann returned Monday after days in Philadelphia. Mrs. Elizabeth Sparks visited her daughter in Ruths burg from Friday to Tuesday. Mrs. Ida Dyer entertains her daughter and three children from Kent Island. Miss Irene Lynch is in Easton Hospital for appendicitis surgery. Mrs. Quentin Engle of Warren Ohio visits her parents. Miss Dorothy Beaumont returns from the Normal School term. Reformed Sunday School picnicked at Oyster Shell Point. Miss Elizabeth Wilson becomes bookkeeper for Swing Brothers. Mrs. Leonard McKnett hosts her brother from Oxford. Mr. Richard Sharp of Wilmington visits his mother. Mr. and Mrs. John Applebaum entertain his mother from Baltimore. Mr. Milbury of Elkton visited the Methodist parsonage. Ridgely residents attend the Easton bail game. Ridgely Catholics set lawn fete August 19 to 21. Miss Winnifred Hammond ill this week. Mr. Wilson Jackson travels to Newark New Jersey. Mr. Will Richards ill with typhoid warning. Saulsbury Bros to begin concern next Monday. Miss Helen Elliott visits Hampton Virginia. No vacant houses in town.
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Denton
Phineas Morris
Aberdeen
Caroline High School
Morris
George H. Wilson
Mary Pippin
Paul C. Phillips
Asheville
N. C
Mary Carolyn
Phillips
Greensboro High School
Aaron Statum
East Main Street
Thomas I. Clevenger
Doris Lillian
Collingswood
N. J
Roy CG. Smith
Morgantown
W. Va
Edward
Duke Smith
M. Duke Smith
Cambridge
Claude Rawlings
Greensboro
Dorothy Isabel
Charles Wilson Jackson
Frank Andrew
Passaic
James Phillips
Philadelphia
Myr
Theodore Phillips
California
Fred Towns
Ralph Cover
Paul
Westminster
T. Pliny Fisher
W. H. Bower
Martha Fisher
William Sparks
Wilmington
Del
Grayson Sparks
Richmond
Arthur Allston
Harry B. Mason
J. Frank Brown
Baltimore
M. Ella Anthony
Brown
J. Kemp Stevens
Mercy Hospital
Elizabeth Simon
Goldsboro
Robert E. Walsh
Worthington Downes
Dukes Downes
Laura Melvin
Johns Hopkins University
Vernon Hooker
Washington
G. J. Hooker
Dorothy Miller
Frank Miller
Clifton Forge
Lester S. Kauffman
North Carolina
C. S. Kauffman
John Wilson
G. H. Wilson
A. J. Robinson
Winfield T. Nichols
Florida
Lucy Y. Garey
D. O. George
Mary Comegys
Haddonfield
Eleanor Towers
Rehoboth
Edna Bearman
H. G. Budd
Genevieve Cooper
Frances Bullock
Whiteleysburg
Bates Wooters
Sallie Mills
West Virginia
George Wooters
Benjamin Bastian
Beacom’s College
H. B. Bastian
Howard Rice
Tolchester
C. L. Hobbs
Carrie Hobbs
Thomas Dobson
Williston
Earl McClyment
Charles Walls
Margaret Carrow
Leipsick
W. T. Thornton
Margaret Slammer
Queen Anne
Grace Mooney
D. Smith Edwards
Cedar Grove
Charles E. Walls
Telchester
Roland Long
Guy Pippin
M. B. Cooper
Joseph Merchant
Centreville
C. Orrell
Orrell
Philaelphia
Rose Robinson
D. Carrow
George King
Salisbury
Alice Comegys
Warren van Sant
M. E. Church
Ralph’s Wharf
Samuel Dill
Marcus Hook
Harvey Hutson
Louise Cohee
Henderson
Martha Carrow
Margaret Cross
Margaret Curry
Bowers Beach
BE. M. Noble
New York
J. J. Ivison
G. S. Hohn
Jennie Smith
Gertrude Deyo
Jol Hannaberry
Golt
Easton
William Vernon
Ida Smith
Hannaberry
Carroll Meredith
Henry Wilkinson
Burton
Leonard Dean
McKenny
Concord Camp
Paul Holsinger
Frances Pennington
Wadesboro
N.C
Pennington
T. L. Day
Oxford
Trappe
David Swing
Kathryn
Emily Mason
Swing
Thompson Swing
L. M. Goodwin
Calvin Lynch
M. A. Brackett
S. T. Saulsbury
Constance Wilson
Evelyn Lane
Emily Keeneman
Blanche Jackson
Paul Temple
Robert Dean, Jr
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Fort Eustis
T. W. Jones and Sons
Thomas and Landers
Paul Uemmons
Nelson Richards
William Matthews
Smyrna
W. M. Wiley
Oswald Tilglewan
Noble
T. Saulsbury
J. T. Saulsbury
Carolyn Manlove Saulsbury
Tom Temple
Kent
John Swing
Rebecca
Emil Rosennst
Merchantville
Selby Smith
Bernard Sparks
Chester Barton
Francis Jump
Eugenia Morgan
Mildred Trice
St. Michaels
Royal Oak
S. N. Pilchard
Hillsboro
St. Paul’s Church
G. GC. Moore
Mattie Price
Irene
Louise Price
Charlie Barton
Ocean City
J. C. Price
B. B. Barton
Mildred Price
Church Home Infirmary
Louis Cole
John DeFord
Howard Flowers
Howard Knotts
Byron Barton
Virginia
Mary Wooters
Paul Tobin
Lansdowne
Eva Barnes
New Jersey
Philip Price
Chester
Hillsboro M. E
Horace Morgan
Hebron
Keplar Barnette
Savannah
R. V. Whitehurst
Carmichael
Sidney Pinder
Howard Sewell
Elbert Turner
Ray Turner
Emmett Barton
Love Point
Austin Swann
Paul Bordner
Klutztown
Jane Stayton
Oak Orchard
Margaret DeFord
Dorothy Davis
Iarietta Swann
Elizabeth Sparks
Elijah Dean
Ruthsburg
Ida Dyer
Willard Sullivan
Thildren
Kent Island
Irene Lynch
Easton Hospital
Quentin Engle
Warren, O
W. F. Jackson
Dorothy Beaumont
Normeal School
Reformed
Oyster Shell Point
Elizabeth Wilson
Swing Brothers
Leonard McKnett
Smith
Richard Sharp
Mary Sharp
John Applebaum
Milbury
Elkton
Winnifred
Hammond
Wilson Jackson
Newark
Will Richards
Saulsbury Bros
Helen Elliott
Hampton
Ridgely
Burrsville Visitors Share Weekend and Weekday Visits
In Burrsville many relatives and friends visited from Wilmington Richmond McKeesport and Philadelphia over the weekend and midweek. Families including Sparks Collison Redden and Harvey traveled between Delaware Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania for gatherings at Slaughter Beach Snow Till Tolchester and homes of local residents.
Card of Thanks for Mark H. Smith
Mrs. Mark H. Smith thanks friends and relatives for their sympathy and service during the illness and after the death of her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark H. Smith
Potter's Landing Remembered In Eastern Shore History
Miss Mary Tharp Nuttle's essay on Potter's Landing and the Potters wins the Eastern Shore Society prize. The piece recounts the 1894 chancery sale of Potter's Landing near Denton, the Potters family impact, and Captain Zabdel Potter's origins. It notes the settlement's growth as a trade hub, the Potters' roles in militia and politics, and their humane treatment of enslaved people.
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Potter's Landing
The
Eastern Shore Society
Miss Nuttle
Frederick B. Nuttle
Denton
Shore Society
Potter’s Landing
William Potter
Caroline County
Maryland
Zabdiel Potter
Potter
Caroline
Rhode Island
Baltimore
Nathaniel
Zabdiel
Orphans’ Court
Stafford Company of Militia
Nathaniel Potter
Pompey
Farmer's Bank
Easton
Farmer’s Bank
Annapolis
General Potter
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My Lord’s Gift
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Snow
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McKeesport
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Arlington
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