Denton News Roundup From Maryland Town Notes
Local notices report job ads for a chambermaid and bellboy at the Brick Hotel, and seed sales by F B Elwanger. Denton Rotary to skip a meeting August 18 for a Garland Lake picnic. Navy duty postings, family visits, and gas rationing plans appear alongside dairy cattle records, a local pioneer Armistead Williams obituary, church activities, Red Cross campaigns, and farm bureau planning. Mayors, teachers, and club leaders are active in Caroline County events and training programs for youths and scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambermaid
Brick Hotel
Denton
F. B. Elwanger
Greensboro
Marshall’s
Market Street
Miss Marshall
Denton Rotary Club
Garland Lake
Clayton Reynolds
Earl R
Wade
Fort Bragg
Port Tobacco
South
Caroline County
Austin R. Murphy
Hickory
Jane
Maryland
American Guernsey Cattle Club
H. J. Rosebrook
Preston
G. de 8
Canavarro
Queenstown
Armistead Williams
Philip W. Downes
Edward Williams
Mittie Wiliams
First Methodist Church
Shadowlawn
G. H. Rue
Angie Crouse
Florence Hager
Stephanie M. Ford
Red Cross
William Wolf
Ford
Kita
Caroline County Farm Bureau Association
Richard Blackburn
Ridgely
Blackburn
James Wesley Jopp
Wiliam Harry Jopp
Naval Training School For Electricians
Kentucky State Teachers College
Morehead
Kentucky
Jopp
Navy
U. S. Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Bessie M. Spafford
Crouse’s Mill
Hillsboro
Choptank
Harmony
Grove
Bethlehem
Smithville
Medford's Mill
Henderson
Goldsboro
Dorothy Emerson
Maryland State Girls
Knowles
University of Maryland, College Park
Becks celebrate fiftieth wedding anniversary in Denton
Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Beck hosted 109 guests at their Denton home on August 8 to mark their 50th anniversary. Their daughters Mrs. William L. DeFord Jr. and Mrs. T. Clayton Taylor assisted, with son Smith Beck in attendance. another son Harry R. Beck could not attend. The couple, both natives of Caroline county, have nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Mr. Beck, 74, retired after 35 years overseeing the Denton almshouse farm. The social column also notes a garden birthday party for a three year old, various visits, and local movements of residents and travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Beck
Denton
William L. DeFord Jr
T. Clayton Taylor
Preston
Smith Beck
Harry R. Beck
Clayton
Del
Beck
Caroline County
James Messick
Laura Melvin
Mr. Beck
Mollie Louise Long
Almshouse Farm
Robert Roberts
Baltimore
Alice Fitzgerald
New York
J. Roland Chaffinch
Gordon Holbrook
F. A. Greaves
Dawson
O. George
W. &. Fitzgerald
Ella Carter
J. A. Goldsborough
Kale Johnson
Lois Anne Butler
Marion Butler
Tuckahoe Neck
Mary Ellen Ellwanger
Janet Lou Butler
Carolyn
Peggy Cohee
Helen Mae Butler
Corp
Richard L. Simpson
Army Air Forces
Roswell
New Mexico
Kitty Simpson
R. N
Frederick County
Emmitsburg
Betty Jackson
Anne Willis
Alfred Smith
Charles Willis
Hippodrome
Tommy Dorsey
Salome Somers
Montgomery Ward
Edgewood Arsenal
Daisy Breeding
George Butler
Towson
Leslie Lutz
Matilda Heinel
Lee Lord
Betty Pfiefer
Ocean City
Leslie
G. A. Thuns
Ella Swann
Ellen
Ridgely
Joseph Carroll
Henry Beck
H. C. Wright
Earl Wright
Winchester
Dorothy Jump
University of Maryland
John
Dorothy Poole
Prospect Park
Dorothy Howard
J. E. Ellwanger
Sallie L. Covey
H. C. Nuttle
Nancy Nuttle
J. W. Funk
8. G. Nuttle
Jean Deauchamp
Easton Hospital
Lillian Thompson
Rosedale
Long Island
May Thompson
Fred Heinel
Heinel
G. A. Thuna
Louis Tuckerman
Stanley Cooley
Martin Voss
Sally Holsinger
Elizabethtown
George W. Beck
Bridge
Gail Cooper
Harry Whitby
L. B. Towers
Emily
Frances Johnson
Floyd Garey
Ashland
New Jersey
Church Notices for August Services and Events
Sunday services listed for August 16 include Church School at 9 45 a m and Morning Worship at 10 45 with music by the senior choir and a sermon Christ's Test of Discipleship Visitors are welcome A vacation to workers is announced for August 23 and 30 with services resuming September 6 Grace Methodist Church lists sermons Can You Identify Yourself and A Well that Gives Satisfaction plus midweek Prayer Meeting and choir practice Willing Workers Bible Class and Loyal Sons Bible Class meet August 20 at Mr and Mrs DeFord with a watermelon party Transportation offered Nazarene Church West Denton Rev L W Savage pastor Wednesday Prayer Meeting Saturday praise and song Sunday School at 2 pm preaching at 3 pm Young People service at 7 pm preaching at 7 30 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Clarke
Grace Methodist Church
Willing Workers Bible Class
Loyal Sons
Frank DeFord
Nazarene Church
West Denton
L. W. Savage
Young Peoples
Greensboro Methodist Church Weekly Schedule
Pastor Rev. R W Kirwan leads Sunday School at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 00 a m Morning services run 30 minutes into summer. Official Board meets first Wednesday 8 p m Sunday School Board second Wednesday 9 p m Woman's Division meets second Thursday 7 30 p m Junior Epworth League weekly after school Blue Ribbon Bible Class meets last Tuesday 7 30 p m Evening services half hour later in summer months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Methodist Church
R. W. Kirwan
Woman's Division of Christian Service
Epworth League
Pilgrim Holiness Church Greensboro Service Schedule
Frid ay 7 45 p m Prayer meeting 2 p m Sunday School 3 p m Praise and song service 7 p m Young Peoples service 7 45 Preaching service Rev A C Clark pastor Greensboro tentatively lists weekly church activities and times for Friday Saturday and Sunday services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Greensboro
A. C. Clark
Young Peoples
Greensboro Baptist Church and Catholic Mass Schedules
The Greensboro Baptist Church lists Rev. Paul F. Burke as pastor with services Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday School, 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship, 7:00 p.m. Baptist Training Union, 8:00 p.m. Evening Worship, and Thursday 7:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer. Second Tuesday notes Woman's Missionary Society. Catholic Masses on Sunday August 16 at St Elizabeth's Denton 10:00 a.m. and St Benedict's Ridgely 8:30 a.m. Masses on Saturday Feast of the Assumption at St Elizabeth's 8:35 a.m. and St Benedict's Ridgely 7:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Baptist Church
Paul F. Burke
Baptist Training Union
Woman's Missionary Society
Denton and
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth's Church
Denton
St. Benedict's Church
Navy career for young men urged by Maryland recruiter
Lieutenant Paul R. Warmee, officer in charge of Navy recruiting for Maryland, urges young men 18 to 20 to enlist in the regular Navy as a life career. Trade schools offer about $1500 value and pay while learning. Naval Reserve also available but may release after six months unless transfer to regular Navy. Pay ranges from $78 to $126 monthly with housing food and care included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Warmee
Maryland
United States Navy
Naval Reserve
Warmee
Navy
Construction Regiment
Continental
United States
Godliness and Christianity Quote by Mary Baker Eddy
A Mary Baker Eddy statement asserts that godliness is a human necessity and essential to intelligence health hope and happiness, claiming life without it is impossible. The quote emphasizes spiritual sustenance as central to well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Eddy
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights Meetings and Events
The Women's Society of Christian Service met with Mrs. Walter Moore for prayer and readings. Contributions and appeals were discussed to fund the airplane and Red Cross efforts. Hospital birth reports and surgical cases were noted along with church activities, visits, and community announcements including schedules for the Townsend Club and local visits.
Homemakers Club Plans 1943 Program Over Supper
A small group of homemakers met on August 6 at Mrs Wayne Cawleys for a supper of hot dogs hamburgers and sides. They discussed 1943 program ideas focusing on floors and fixing electrical appliances. Letters from Miss Spafford and about saving waste fats were read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Cawley
Orphans Court Proceedings in Caroline County
The Caroline County Orphans Court met with Judges Handy Dennis and Fooks approving numerous administrator letters and appraisals. Estates including Maud F Johnson Irene Tribbitt Clara H Davis Henry Medford and C Virginia Robinson saw letters issued bonds filed notices to creditors and appraisals. Final items include sales reports and multiple estate administrations and probate actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
Handy, Dennis and
Fooks
Maud F. Johnson
Emily F. Johnson
Frances F. Johnson
J. DeWeese Carter
E. Theodore Orme
Irene Tribbitt
Ola I. Satterfield
Nettie L. Hignatt
Leonard E. Covey
Charles Wright
Benjamin F. Dalious
Eliza J. Brooks
J. Redden
Chas. W. Lawson
Clara H. Davis
Mary E. Davis
Wilmer F. Noble
T. Sewell Nobie
Edith G. Laigneil
Nicholas Laigneil
Donald Jefferson
J. O. Williams
Henry Medford
John B. Medford
John C. Brown
James Ward
Charles H. Barrett
Wesley E. Thawley
Henry Shulties
Robert Edge
C. Virginia Robinson
C. Fred Robinson
Albert Liden
Thomas QO. Kirk
Robert E. Jarman
Arthur J. Rochester
Sherman L. Tribbitt
J. Virgil Moore
Samuel G. Nuttle
James Lewis Murphy
Raymond L. Murphy
Harry Price
Charles A. Tull
Local Visitors and Health Update in Ridgely
Ridgely residents and relatives share visits and health news. Mr and Mrs Paul Temple of Seaford stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs W T Temple Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs Steve Lynch hosted her sister and niece from Dover. Mrs Mary Richards hosted Jesse Lynch of Wilmington and Sara Ann Swing of Easton with her grandmother Anna Swing. Arthur Richards is home from hospital and improving. Joseph Golstein of Baltimore visited brother in law Samuel Bear on Sunday. John Davis fell ill Wednesday and was taken to Fifer Hospital. Mrs Dave Holsinger visits daughter Roy Archer in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Walter Moore
Harvey Hufnal
Maud Hufnal
Harold Fountain
Clarence Andrews
U.S.S. Tennessee
Howard Quaintance
Anna Swing
John Davis
Fifer Hospital
George Conley
Ingleside
Charles Marley Jr
Marley Brown
Henderson
Raymond Thompson
Patricia Ellen
Paul Smith
Ridgely
Vivian Lee
Leon Nichols
Greensboro
Herman Sander
Cordova
Alton Coppage
Church Hill
Edward Lee Jr
Edward Kelley
Wye Mills
Donald Redden
Queen Anne
Suzanne Swirg
Melvin Faulkner
Earl Cummings
Easton
Methodist Church
Lucy Francis
Verma Waldron
Edgar Greenley
Mount Olive
Del
Greenley
Philadelphia
Francis
Boothwyn
Leonard Dean
Townsend Club
William Powell
Morton
John Sculley
Norristown
Lulu Meredith
Catonsville
Letitia Brown
Burrsville
Peter Conover
St. Louis
Charles Herzog
Herzog
Conover
Preston
Frank Flounders
Williams
Rutherford
N. J
Nettie Arnold
Delaware Hospital
Wilmington
Harry Robinson
Harvey
Federalsburg
Martin
Mobile
Alabama
Edna Detwiler
Joan Mitchell
A. G. Gelletty
Williston
Glenn Rennie
Ann Polk
Baltimore
James Sculley
Arthur Sculley
Gertrude Cannon
Annie Turner
Henry Kern
Denton
Bertie Smith
Viola
Paul Temple
Seaford
W. T. Temple
Jesse Lynch
Mary Richards
Sara Ann Swing
Arthur Richards
Joseph Golstein
Samuel Bear
Dave Holsinger
Roy Archer
Steve Lynch
Dover
Emma Elizabeth Guessford
Claude Edward Coulbourn
Greensboro Baptist Pastorium
Paul F. Burke
Greensboro Baptist Church
W. F. Burke
Pocomoke City
Arnold Roesch
Havre de Grace
John R. Luff
A. P. Hill
John Ray Luff Sr
A. P. Morris and Son
Gary
Durham
N. C
Grace Wooters
Edward Vandegrift
University of Maryland Dental College
E. J. Vandegrift
Oscar Nichols
Oscar Jr
Gertrude Longfellow
Lewis Dunne
Woodlynne
Claude Rawlings
Lawrence Thornton
Layton Jefferson
Milton
Ruth
Ann Nichols
Wm. Phillips
Ruth Wyatt
Harrington
Florence Thornton
Charles Nichols
Betty
Friedel
H. F. Case
Levin Taylor
Harry Draper
Bob
Addie Jewel
Bridgeville
al Dobson
Washington
Wesley Smith
Clarence Jackson
Jane Dodds
Sara Murphy
Charlotte
Howard Asilton
Janice Boulais
Jack Boulais
Jack Jr
Betsy Ann Taylor
Barbara Case
Robert Draper
Nora Pritchett
Smyrna
Davis Bishop
Hillsboro and Nearby Residents Visit in Maryland
Mr and Mrs Charles Jarrell and Mr and Mrs Joseph M Eaton visited Chesapeake City Happy Valley Camp Port Deposit Md Sunday. Ellinor Eaton celebrated a birthday. Visitors Included Mrs Raymond Street Mrs Neese Harris of Baltimore and Miss Drucilla Mitchell of Salisbury. Raymond Street Jr returned home with his mother and Nancy Jane. Others traveled to Baltimore and Preston for family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jarrell
Joseph M. Eaton
Chesapeake City
Happy Valley Camp
Port Deposit
Charlanne
Ellinor Eaton
Diane Duffey
Ellinor
Raymond Street
Neese Harris
Baltimore
William Jones
Little Raymond Street Jr
Milford Kline
Nancy Jane
Drucilla Mitchell
Salisbury
Louise Gray
T. Noble Jarrell
Hillsboro
Mary Rowe
Preston
Harry Wright
Miller Whiting
Ridgely
Margery Baker
Francis Pinder
Pat Briscoe
Nick Pinder
Bernard Allen
Francis Fleming
Tommy Lynch
Gladys
Mildred Gale
Mildred Stenger
Doris Ivins
Willoughby
Sadie Wothers
Queen Anne Wedding in Hillsboro Methodist Church
Miss Margaret Fay Gibson and Se t William Emory Roe wed in a Sunday ceremony at 2 o clock conducted by Rev. Walter Stone. The Bride’s sister bridesmaids and Army officers attended. A reception followed and church funds funded devotions for service members. Local residents and guests noted in community column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Margaret Fay Gibson
Robert Harry Gibson
Queen Anne
William Emory Roe
William E. Roe Jr
Centreville
Walter Stone
George T. Pratt
Nancy Kline
Eleanor Flowers
Spedden Delahay
United States Army
Robert Blair
Corp
James Stewart
Chestertown
Gibson
Mulford Swing
Easton
Betty Smith
Goldsboro
Hillsboro- Queen Anne
Bernard Sparks Jr
Baltimore
Rawley Sparks
William Goldsborough
Sparks
Marie C. Hutchison
Homer Hutchison
Stella B. Hutchison
College Park
Charles Schall
F. M. Stayton
Wilmington
Canning Peaches With Limited Sugar Guidance
Nutrition specialist Miss Margaret MacPheeters of the University of Maryland outlines sugar efficient peach canning methods endorsed by USDA home economists. She favors sliced peaches packed hot in juice, with sugar added before heating to draw out juice, then processed in a water bath. For halves a light syrup is used, with a five cup sugar per gallon water ratio, and substitutions like honey or corn syrup suggested to fit sugar rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret MacPheeters
University of Maryland Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Preston neighbors host weekend visitors in Preston area
Preston residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over the weekend. Guests included Lucy Owens, Lloyd Owens, Milton Willey and son Marshall from Philadelphia, and Marion Chambers who visited Elmer and Alice Blades before heading to Ohio. Several other local residents were noted visiting Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, and Wilmington for short trips or family occasions.
Henderson Hosts and Visits Across Town and Beyond
Mr and Mrs Ben Cohee and their children from Felton joined relatives in Henderson for a weekend visit. The Geniesco and Raughley families and friends in Catonsville and Wilmington hosted and were hosted by local households. Preaching by Rev Pitcher from Baltimore is announced for Henderson Gospel Mission on Friday the 21st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Cohee
Charles
Felton
Norman Cohee
Greensboro
D. Carrow
A. B. Cohee
Wm. Palmer
Geo. Montague
Wilmington
T. A. Montague
Anna Raughley
Edward Quillen
Joyce
Geo. Raughley
Catonsville
Frances Petosi
Irene
Pawtucket
Rhode Island
Wasel Geniesco
Morton Bennett
Howard Quillen
Stanton
Jean Bennett
Wyoming
Rev. Pitcher
Baltimore
Henderson Gospel Mission
WBAL
James Geniesco
Philadelphia
Elma Harman
Doris Lee
Lewis Shelton
Sadlersville
Merrill Pritchett
Fort Benning
Berdie Pritchett
George Whitam
Chester
Wallace Jones
Joseph Riddleberger
Roy Medford
Charles Nichols
William Phillips
Betty Montague
William Hill
Marion Gooden
Catherine Melvin
Harvest Home 4-H Camps Aim to Forge Wartime Training
Juvenile 4-H Club members begin annual camps after wheat harvest. The piece lauds government support, noting youths practice farm skills learned at home while at camp. It emphasizes agronomic talks, livestock judging, canning, terracing, and the prospect of martial training benefiting postwar prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-Hers
Death and Weddings in Greensboro and Environs
Funeral services for Harry Luff, 50, held at Rawlings chapel after his death August 6 in Baltimore. Survivors include widow, father John Luff of Greensboro, and children Edward, Paul, Virginia, Catherine, Alan, Irwin, and Allen Luff with siblings and in laws named. Emma Elizabeth Guessford wed Claude Edward Coulbourn at Greensboro Baptist Church. Numerous visits and social notes record residents and friends visiting or traveling in Delaware, Maryland, Philadelphia, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlings Funeral Chapel
Harry Luff
Maryland University Hospital
Baltimore
Ray W. Kirwan
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Greensboro Cemetery
John Luff
Greensboro
Edward Luff
Church Hill
Paul Luff
Virginia Squires
Wilmington
Andrus Endorsed by Eastern Shore Milk Producers
L A Andrus of Queenstown Maryland runs for Congress in the First District and has secured endorsement from the Eastern Shore Milk Producers Cooperative. The board cites Andrus long experience with dairy issues and pledges to support dairymen, with a formal resolution sent to state officials and interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Andrus
Queenstown
Congress
Maryland
Eastern Shore Milk Producers Cooperative
Andrus
American Water Foods Association
Idairy
Eastern Shore Milk Producers Cooperatives Inc
Rock Hall
Eastern Shore Milk Producers Cooperative, Inc
Floyd Schaeffer
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the Local Department
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the Orphans’ Court
Tuckahoe
Lucy Owens
Lloyd Owens
Plymouth
Milton Willey
Marshall
Arthur Willey
Marion Chambers
Elmer Blades
Ohio
Johnson Bonner
Jean McAllister
Dorchester
Cedar Grove
Elwood Bonner
Fort Eustace
Carville Fleetwood
Mary Ann
John Noble
Jack
Bill
Harry Hollis
Lee Noble
Victor Dean
Mamie Gallagher
Charles Dean
Frank Flohr
Theodore Schmick
G. C. Carmine
Boston
Rudolph Schmick
Schmick
Joe Lecompte
Rahway
Hattie LeCompte
Jennie Pritchett and Nephew
Fulton Noble
Elwood Chance
Esther Griffith
Milford
Eaglesmere
Floyd Cannon
W. M.hunt
Tye