County News Roundup Solicits Local Items
Community members are invited to submit brief notes and happenings from across the county. Submissions cover events, personal notices, civic activities, and small items of local interest for the next county column.
Local notices and events mix in Denton area crowding
Community page reports shopping and millinery activity in Denton with Miss Leila Mudd on buying trip. A sale event invites participation at Thawley Hall with a chicken dinner and parcel sale. Revival meetings at Church of the Brethren continue with planned services and Bible school enrollment nears one hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mudd
Leila Mudd
Concord Camp
F. J. Wright
E H. Hirs
E. H. Hirs
Kelly Spring
Caroline County
Just
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
Denton
Williston Mill Pond
Ida Hollingsworth
Philadelphia
Denton Vacation Bible School
Alton Scott
Ridgely
Frank Baker
Easton
Dagsboro
Bloomer Girls
Easton Gazette
Wilson M. Tyler
J. Waters Russell
Chestertown
Ralph Hubbard
Grove
Cambridge Hospital
Grave Church
Sarah C. Patterson
Patterson
Joseph L. Patterson
Lee Anthony
Denton Hill
Anthony
Easton Hospital
Federalsburg
O. E. Sproull
Smithson
H. T. Spence
Bridgeville P. H. Church
Mr. Spence
Bridgeville
Church of the Brethern
Ladies of Thawley’s M. P
Thawley’s
Smoot Wins Warfield Scholarship To Maryland Medical School
Merrill C. Smoot, son of Reverend T. C. Smoot of Denton, earned one of five Warfield scholarships for Maryland University. The four year award enables him to enter as a medical student September 1. The town reports a social week with many visits and guests in Wilmington, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Centreville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill C. Smoot
T. C. Smoot
Denton
Rowland
Medical Department
Maryland University
Smoot
T. W. Wooters
G. Roe
Charles Allen
T. L. Wooters
Wilmington
Ella Aumack
Willow Grove
Samuel D. Chubb
Rolla
Los Angeles
Cal
T. F. Johnson
Lewis McCallister
Raymond
Alex. Sedgewick
Seaford
David H. Tubbs
Marguerite Hendricks
Manheim
Marietta Anthony
Franklin Street
Neal Richardson
Kathryn Schaube
Margaret Hladdon
Philadelphia
Norman R. Poole
Baltimore
William WW. Noble
C. P. Dunning
John C. Rutter
Jennie Stafford
Atlantic City
William H. Nuttle
J. Fletcher Wrigh
W. R. Emerson
J. M . Haymaker
J. M. Haymaker
sn.Charles
J. Elmer Anthony
Centreville
J. Kurtz Miller
Paul
C. A. Whisler
Ruth Noble
University of Maryland
Ernest Collison
Melva Sharpley
Kermit
Newman. Richards
Mabel
Washington
J. E. Burch
Leila Mudd
Linnie Bryant Percy
Mace Bryant
Blanche Chaffinch
Helen Chaffinch
Lucille Bailey
Important Case Decided in Goldsborough Jarrell Suit
The court ruled that the plaintiffs must post court approved security indemnifying Charles Jarrell for potential losses and guaranteeing value of stocks he takes in part payment. The Edmonton area case involves Murray L Goldsborough Easton Canning Co and Jarrell over a Hillsboro factory sale valued around 116000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray L. Goldsborough
Easton Canning Company
Charles Jarrell
Keating
Denton
Easton
Adkins
T. Hughley Henry
Alfred J. Tharp
Murray Lloyd Golsborough
T. Alan Goldsborough
Wim
Mason Shehan
Jarrell
Open Season For Plover Birds Announced By State Warden
State Game Warden E. Lee LeCompte announced the hunting season for yellow legged black breasted and golden plover opens today and runs to November 30. He noted the birds are plentiful on the Eastern Shore this year and clerks statewide are issuing licenses to hunters. The season for squirrels doves rail birds and reed birds opens September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lee LeCompte
LeCompte
Social Notes From Bethlehem Area Visitation List
Miss Margaret Cannon of Dover Del visits Miss Myra Christopher. Miss Margaret Marshall visits in Cambridge. Mr and Mrs Lewis Trice of Federalsburg visit her parents Mr and Mrs William Harding on Sunday. Mr Ollie Carroll of Philadelphia visits sister Mrs J R Christopher and relatives this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Cannon
Dover
Del
Myra Christopher
Margaret Marshall
Cambridge
Lewis Trice
Federalsburg
William Harding
Ollie Carroll
Philadelphia
J. R. Christopher
Local social notes from Marydel and surrounding towns
Marydel and nearby communities report visits and returns. Philadelphia residents Mr and Mrs Lee Nickerson travel with Miss Rosiene Scotton. Farmington guests Mr and Mrs James Hummer visit. Ruth Harman and Edith Lane siblings attend events. several students and families return home from Baltimore Washington and Newark visits. local outings include Tolchester picnic and Concord camp attendance. numerous relatives host and visit in Goldsboro Ridgely Kennedyville Henderson Dover and Wilmington areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Nickerson
Philadelphia
J. H. Scotton
Rosiene Scotton
James Hummer
Jimmy, Jr
Farmington
Lowell Hummer
Ruth Harman
Albert Robinson
Washington
Edith
Rebecca Lane
Margaret Griffin
Elizabeth Heather
Elizabeth Hall
Baltimore
Bryant and Stratton School
T. H. Davis
Owen Mootre
Newark
Henrietta Harman
Joseph Isaacs
Wallace
Greensboro
Charles Isaacs
B. R. Kaler
Standerson
New York
Kaler
William Johnson
Wilmington
Temple Smith
Harry Gibson
Marydel
Tolchester
William Boyce
William Jarman
Goldsboro
Anne Smith
Ridgely
Virginia Smith
Pritchett
Kennedyville
Esther Clayville
Henderson
Burrsville Social Roundup Highlights Visiting Relatives
Local residents report a flurry of guests from Philadelphia Wilmington Palm Beach and New York City with cousins and friends enjoying weekends. Rev E N Wright will preach on the question Will A Man Rob God as services resume at Wesley Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy A. Cahall
RB. L. McQuiston
Hetty
Roy
Theodore Cahail
Frank Garvin
Pittsburgh
Evelyn Willis
Henry Lister
Philadelphia
Raymond Johnson
Wilmington
Windell Miller and Son
Palm Beach
Florida
Charles Willis
Howard Bradley
Washington
Fred Hubbard
New York City
Marabell Bradley
Howard
Evelyn
Walton Willis
Burrsville
E. N. Wright
Wesley Church
William Breeding
Lena Wallock
Smithville
Ed. Hand
Hand
James Morgan
J. Lo Everngain
Roland
Harvey Griffith
Emily Baynard
Katie Smith
Harrington
Harlan Blades
G. L. Blades
C. W. Stokes
Tolchester
R. H. Dill
Greensboro
Dill
Leonard Voss
Fred Powell
Mary Ellen Harvey
Lawrence Larrimore
Hobbs
Mary J. Harvey
Calvert C. Harvey
Henry Porter
Porer
Clifford Raughley
Chester
Harry Whitaker
New Jersey
A. T. Garrett
Robert
Mildred Porter
Marshallton
Arthur Russell
G. L Blades
Harvey Fountain
Harvey Dean
C. N. Fountain
Arthur Dearth
Marcus Hook
Ridgely Club Ladies Gather for County Federation
Ridgely residents attended the County Federation of Women’s Clubs at Chop Tank on Thursday. A long list of attendees includes Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ivison, Ada and Elsie Matthews, A. G. Saulsbury, Andrew Mitchell and families, and many others. A week of community events was noted, including screenings at the Community Theatre to benefit the Church House and updates on the new building. Several visitors arrived from Wilmington, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, with many families spending weekends with relatives in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Holsinger
Dorothy
New York
Baby Peggy
Church House
Ladies’ Aid
High Seas
Wilson Jackson
Kennard Pindar
Rehoboth
Walter Mitchell
Fred Madara
Fred Flounders
Tony Lumpkin
Russell Swann
Harvey Reininger
Wilmington
Harry Reininger
Gilbert Johnson
Federalsburg
Marjorie Johnson
Local Visitors and Summer Guests Gather in Choptank Area
Community notes list residents and visitors spending time with families across nearby towns including Chester Marcus Hook Bethlehem Baltimore Chestertown Pocomoke City Preston Union Grove Hurlock Houston Del Washington and Secretary. Guests include Mr and Mrs John Smith Mr C M Stafford and sons Gordon and Jack Mrs L P Stafford and others visiting relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Wright
John Smith
Chester
Calvin Blades
Marcus Hook
Gifford Bowdle
Bethlehem
C. M. Stafford
Gordon and
Jack
Baltimore
Mr. Stafford
L. P. Stafford
Carroll Dulin
Charles
Chestertown
Dulin
Watson Flaharty
Denton
Wilbur Jump
Jump
W. J. Wright
Ruth Whiteside
John Cohee
Union Grove
Hilda Williamson
Thomas Baynor
Hurlock
Ralph Jump
Houston
Del
Ray Dillon
Helen Carmine
Washington
Ella Carmine
Alice Saunders
Raymond Saunders
Wade Ruimbold, Jr
Death of Henderson’s Uncle Nathan Chirk noted
Nathan Chirk known as Uncle Nathan died at his Henderson home Thursday afternoon last week at 4 10. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 oclock with Rev L Hanby and Rev C C Sharpless officiating. Interment followed at Greensboro Cemetery. Nearby guests included Mr and Mrs William Carrow and son Billy of Cape Charles Virginia and Mr and Mrs Archie Ogle of Frederick. Various relatives visited town and extended family gathered in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Chirk
Uncle Nathan
Nathan
L. Hanby
C. C. Sharpless
Greensboro Cemetery
William Carrow
Billy
Cape Charles
George Carrow
Archie Ogle
Frederick
C. Cole
Freeborn Ellwanger
Greensboro
Maxine Goodwin
Wilmington
Gladys Walton
Dover
Annabel Clark
James Rickards
Beatrice Wood
Hilda Wilke
Easton
Emma Gooden
Howers Beach
Rey
C. D. Sharpless
Lite Bully Goodwin
Chester
Samuel Jones
Ruth Cole
Marian Ogle
Sunday School Picnickers and Visiting Folks in Delaware
The Reformed Sunday School group picnicked at Rehoboth while Kermit Sharpley of Chincoteague visited relatives. Mrs. Lydia Wilson spends a month with siblings at Milford. Many neighbors travel to Dover Philadelphia Wilmington Delmar Waynesboro and Kalli more for relatives employment or visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed
Simon's Woods
Kermit Sharpley
Chincoteague
Lydia Wilson
Milford
Lew Lane
Alice Samis
Philadelphia
Delina Smith
Wilmington
T. W. Smith
The
Brethren
Rehoboth
J. T. Stevenson
Delmar
Thomas Gaitley
Frank Long
Dover
J.W. Simon
Pennsylvania
Sam Lane
Richards Groff
Kallimore
George Fitz
Waynesboro
Blanche Tevalow
Karl Cecil
John Hoffman
Bloomer Baseball Girls Return to the East Coast circuit
After a three year absence the New York Bloomer Girls, female baseball champions, tour the Mid-Atlantic starting August 18 in Aberdeen Maryland and continuing to Massey Greenwood Dagsboro and Denton Maryland. Established since 1907 this is their 15th season with a perfect female team record and a noted 9 to 8 win over the Baltimore Dry Docks Club at Oriole Park in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East
Baltimore Dry Docks
Oriole Park
Baltimore
Hillsboro and Queen Anne News of Neighborhood Guests
Numerous residents and relatives visit family homes across Hillsboro and Queen Anne with trips to Niagara Falls Philadelphia Wilmington Betterton and Atlantic City. A boy sustains a thigh wound requiring eleven stitches during Magnolia Hall swimming event.
Williston Social Ties Strengthened at Federation Picnic
Families from Williston Community Club joined the Federation picnic at Choptank last Thursday. Guests included Messrs Gelletley W C Maloney Oscar Maroney Pringle Hignutt and Cooper. Attendees praised Twentieth Century Club hospitality and notable visits moved through local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston
Denton
William D. Abler
Manning Merriken
Janie Chaffinch
Hobbs
Hignatt’s Pavilion
Roland B. Haynie
Baltimore
Bennett Todd
John K. Calloway
India Rice
Piano boxes for sale by M. K. Newnam
About twenty four piano boxes in good condition offered at 21 50 each by M. K. Newnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Newnam
Federation Picnic Welcomes Visitors at Choptank Park
The Caroline County Federation of Women's Clubs held its annual picnic at Choplank Park on August 7 with 224 attendees. Host Twentieth Century Club greeted visiting clubs and guests, featuring music, talks by J F Spence and Prof Jump, and a health lecture by Dr Thomas B Symons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
J. F. Spence
Bessie Spafford
Emily Kellogg
Federation
United States Extension Service
Prof
Jump
Wyoming
Paradise
Mary Malone
Elizabeth G. Walz
Thomas B. Symons
College Park
Orphans' Court Proceedings Reported in Early Term
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday Judges West Harper and Shawn presided. J Robert Butler administrator of Sarah C Butler deceased filed releases from Catherine Carter and Paul Butler distributees approved and ordered recorded. The court ordered executor David L Morris to advertise and sell real estate of Mary Emily Wooters deceased. Isaac T Sparklin executor of Thomas B Sparklin filed inventory and appraisal of personal property and an order to sell granted. Letters of guardianship granted to Anna B Swanwick mother of Hazel C Hubbard and Nolan H Hubbard infants. Bond filed and approved. Will filings: William W Wrightson deceased by custodian Calvert C Merrikin and Rudolph W Spinka deceased by custodian Mary A Spinka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
West, Harper and Shawn
J. Robert Butler
Sarah C. Butler
Catherine Carter
Paul Butler
Mary Emily Wooters
David L. Morris
Isaac T. Sparklin
Thomas B. Sparklin
Hazel C. Hubbard
Nolan H. Hubbard
Anna B. Swanwick
Bond
William W. Wrightson
Calvert C. Merrikin
Rudolph W. Spinka
Mary A. Spinka
Jurors Listed For Fall Court Drawn By Keating In Denton
Judge Thomas J. Keating drew the October juries in Denton. The official list names 1590 potential jurors across eight districts with selected jurors marked by stars. The record enumerates dozens of individuals by district, including Alonzo B. Cohee, Samuel P. Conley, Louis Walls, Andrew Baggs, J. C. Longfellow, William A. Roe, J. H. McMahan, Isaac Andrew, Winnie Alford, and many others in First through Eighth Districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Keating
Denton
Alonzo B. Cohee
Frank P. Medford
Chas. P. Cowgil
Samuel P. Conley
B. Ross Duling
A. Clark Smith
Walter T. Elliott
Thos. E. Heather
Wm. T. Jarman
John R. Jones
Burt R. Kaler
James R. Melvin
John T. Milby
Local residents host friends and relatives this week
Hobbs and Cummins families welcomed visitors and returned from trips. Miss Mildred Schneider came back from Richmond Va. to her aunt Mrs. C. F. Cummins. A list of other guests and weekend visits includes Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Stafford with Albert Dukes, Ralph Meredith, Mrs. Flynn, Mrs. Robert Morris, and daughter from Pasadena, Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F., Cummins
Washington
Mildred Schneider
C. F. Cummins
Richmond Va
Fletcher Stafford
Albert Dukes
Ralph Meredith
Hillsboro
Flynn
Philadelphia
Robert Morris
Pasadena
Cal
Robert Neighbors
Willard
Virginia Adams
Greenwood
Fred Stafford
New York
Concord Camp
Arthur Cummins
Fairfax
Betty Rohrbaugh
Hanover
Afiss Esther Willey
Marietta Butler
Ruth Johnston
State Normal School
Towson
J. Robert Starkey
Florence Buckwater
E. W. Smith
Fred Smith
In Memoriam Grandmother Rachel Collison
In loving remembrance of Mrs. Rachel Collison who died August 13 1920. Grandchildren Mildred and Margaret Collison express sorrow and faith that they shall meet again. The poem speaks of missing her, longing for comfort, and heavenly healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Collison
Grandma
Mildred
Margaret Collison
Charlotte A. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
C. F. Cummings
Union M. 2
Milford Hospital
John H. Thawley
Milton Price
Allan Garnett
Kattan
Ridgely News
J. C. Hemmaans
William Lewis
Frank Tolan
Lewis
Tolsan
Paul Holsinger
Lee Mitchell
David
J. & Holsinger
Pottstown
J. P. Holsinger
Mr. Mitchell
John J. Bunting
John
Smyrna
Henry Wilkinson
Lawrence Lynch
Norman Wilson
Frank Stayer
Lancaster
Camden
Stella Diefenderfer
George Dutton
George, Jr
T. A. Smith
Mary Catherine Sparks
Bridgetown
Elizabeth Sparks
Verpie
Kent Island
Paul Temple
S. S. Stane
S., Jr
I. T. Saulsbury
Harry Crouse
Alice Bennington
Vera
Zelma Sharpley
Lucile Hammond
J. K. Hannaberg
Il. W. Smith
Margerie Corone
Catherine Porter
Arthur Scully
Mary Rebecca Saulsbury
Lucy Cunningham
West Virginia
Willard Jones
Edgar
Edwin
the Bloomer Baseball Girls
Queen Anne
Tuckahoe
Magnolia Swimming Hale
Richard Brown
Wesley WW. Holland
Cincinnati
J. A. Rood
Eva Barnes
Huldah Swann
Mabel Dickerson
St Pauls
A. G. Hummer
St. Paul's Church
Elizabeth Lightner
Sallie Jump
Elizabeth
Ocean City
Horace Morgan
Lottie Morgan
Hebron Camp
Edward Keets
Nancy
Howard Sewell
S. Blades
Claiborne
Jane Stayton
Harvey Sewell
Hilda Covey
K. M. Barnette
State Department of Health
Maryland
Bureau of Child Hygiene
John S. Fullon
Judge Keating
Th. H. Gough
Oy S. Dailey
F. Quillen
Louis Walls
Andrew Baggs
Thomas H. Draper
S. Ellwanger
Wm. M. Garey
T. H. Gibson
Thomas H. Hobbs
Asbury Hubbard
Charles L. Jarrell
John F. Jarman
Louis N. Kibler
J. C. Longfellow
W. P. Manlove
Carroll H. Pippin
William A. Roe
H. C. Rawlings
George Schrieber
J. F. Stevenson
Ralph Swann
James W. Thawley
Martin P. Allen
Joseph Laramore
Wm. C. Andrew
Fred B. Nuttle
W. T. Beauchamp
Harry A. Roe
Linwood Cohee
Leland T. Short
Lemuel R. Clough
Wm. T. Thawley
Thos. A. Cleaves
J. Atwood Todd
D. W. Davis
Thomas H. Wyatt
Isaac L. Dukes
William F. Wolf
John L. George
C. E. Andrews
I A. D. Ivins
Charles Bladen
Wm. A. Lewin
W. H. Alderson
Atley E. Lord
John W. Noble
William Cannon
William F. Perry
W. E. Collins
W.levin C. Reid
J. F. Collins
C.john F. Spence
Geo. H. Flaharty
Levin E. Taylor
J. L. Gallagher
Harry B. Wright
J. Frank Ledman
J. H. McMahan
T. Fred Brown
Albert E. Poole
Wim. R. Breeding
W. Lowe Collins
Mark H. Willin
T. H. Chambers
James B. Wright
William E. Cox
Isane H. Morris
G. A. Donovan
T. Whitby White
John W. Hurcock
Rufus F. Noble
Harry EB. Kinder
Charles M. Walker
H. R. Merriken
Harvey Long
John H. Meredith
H. Lay Bexwen
Ee Kern
Neers H. Carroll
Re . Mayrogan
D. M. Clooppat
M. Thompson
Wallace Clark
Ts . Knotts
William L. DeFord
T. Clayton Roe
Wm. P. Fleming
Charles W. Aes
A. P. Hammer
Joseph M. Short
W. Arthur Holt
Isaac T. Lee
Edward Jarrell
Joseph L. Swartz Milford Kline
Arville Cherry
Robert E. Smith
Robert G. Green
Frank P. Simon
Austin Durney
F. M. Stevenson
Thomas P. Gaitley
W. T. Temple
Thomas W. Jones
H. C. Harrington
Herbert T. Jones
James H. Pippin
A. Koeneman
Harper Lang
Jonas Shaner
Isaac E. Mason
R. Blackburne
A. W. Marvel
Isaac Andrew
Winnie Alford
Raymond Andrew
H. J. Beauchamp
Ernest Collins
Joseph E. Clark
Clayton Covey
James H. Dew
T. H. Everagam
Walter Fountain
Lee Hignutt
Solomon J. Hurst
Charles E. Liden
Oscar Nichols
James H. Neal
Emmett Hignutt
Wm. W. Parker
Harvey Quillen
God of Love
Aunt Charlotte
Marian Haker
Newnam
Journal
Rupe
Meee
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