Local notices and events from Denton area August week
The itemized Denton area column reports on auctions and sales including a mantelpiece and doors from Mrs J Kemp Stevens in Denton md and theater ads for The Pagan at Palace Theatre priced 25 and 35 cents. Fire, flood and health updates follow with fire responses in Denton and St Michaels, a barn fire on the Irvin Brumbaugh farm, a lightning strike near Tom Knox, disease cases in Caroline county, a court ruling on a road location from Denton to Andersontown, and local social notes plus a yacht race won by The Antares Emerson’s boat. Obituaries note Harry P Cannon of Bridgeville and Robert H Nichols of Federalsburg. A Bell Mont Golf Club driving contest August 18 invites members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Kemp Stevens
Denton
Ramon Novarro
Renee Adoree
Palace Theatre
Fisher Perry
Caroline County
Federalsburg
Denton Volunteer Fire Co
St. Michaels
Antares
Victor Emerson
Essington
Tri-State Yacht Club
Emerson
Epiphany Mission
Preston
St. Andrew’s Mission
Hurlock
Harry P. Cannon
Delaware
Bridgeville
Caroline
Goldsboro
Henderson
Andersontown
State Roads Commission
Jerry Walling
Uncle Joe
Baltimore
Maryland
Odd Fellows and Red Men
Hampton Roads
Irvin Brumbaugh
Tom Knox
Denton-Greensboro
Greensboro
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Rex Research
Robert H. Nichols
Cambridge Hospital
Mr. Nichols
J. W. Nichols
Iris
Mary Bowdle
Nichols M. E. Church
R. E. Ralph
Hillcrest Cemetery
Clarence
Walter
Surrey
Lacy
Robert Nichols
Byron Griffith
Bell Mont Golf Club
Blades
Social News Highlights From Curwensville and Nearby
A long list of local visits and family reunions spans Curwensville and Landsdowne Pa., with guests including Miss Gladys Chance and Mrs Reba Stafford. Attendees join the Read Chapman reunion and Delmarva Peninsula trips. multiple families host gatherings, birthdays, travel plans, and nursing staff movements across Maryland Delaware and North Carolina communities.
Community Guests and Local Socials Across Towns
A long list of visitors and social calls fills this week’s local column. Families from Henderson to Philadelphia hosted relatives, while several residents report guests at Dover, Bloomfield, and Uniontown. Interments and church events nearby are noted, with Vacation Bible School starting August 19 under Miss Bragadon.
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights Local Trips and Visits
A reader busy with club travel notes shows Mrs. Harry Hemmons and several Misses and Messrs traveling from Ridgely to College Park for Boys and Girls Club week. Prizes and honors go to Brumbaugh, Holsinger, Seward, and Crouse in clothing contests and related events. The column lists numerous family visits, hospital news, picnics, and community happenings around Ridgely, Rehoboth, and nearby towns, with social teas, repairs, and garden parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Boys and Girls Club
Harry Hemmons
Edna Crouse
Vivian Holsinger
Mary Brumbaugh
Anna Frances Seward
Louise Smith
Thelma Hunter
Bridgetown
Joseph Cherry
Rufus King
Roland Ebling
David Mitchell
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Church House
Viola Jones
An Western College
M. W. Wiley
Harry Swann
China
Ada Matthews
Ellen Swann
Elsie Matthews
In Memoriam Anna Mae Spence Died August 16 1924
In loving memory of our dear sister and daughter Anna Mae Spence who departed this life on August 16 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Mae Spence
Mr Harry Caire Addresses Rotary Club
Mr Harry Caie of Cairo Illinois addressed the Rotary Club of Denton on Tuesday the thirteenth with The Work Rotary Has Done in Cairo as his subject He is a decade long Rotarian and officer in Cairo s club He praised Cairo s work for crippled children and local welfare and praised Denton for its fine club spirit He runs a florists wholesale and retail business and spends summers in Caroline with his father U M Cade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club of
Denton
Harry Caie
Rotary
Cairo
Caie
Illinois
Cade
Denton Club
Mid- West
Caroline
U. M
Minnie Todd Visits Buffalo NY
Miss Minnie Todd is visiting Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Todd
Buffalo, N. Y
Local Social Roundup From Piney Village and Vicinity
Hobbs and Hopkins Thomas return from Washington with Edward Davis a Rider College graduate and former resident. Families travel to Betterton and Tolchester while church reopening promises Rev Clark S Marshall leading services. Local gatherings include Federation meeting at Choptank and a Ladies Aid Society organized at Piney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Hopkins Thomas
Washington
Edward Davis
Rider College
Our Village
F. N. Smith
Esther
Ernest ‘Whitman
Oron Smith
Sue Smith
Betterton
Clark S. Marshall
H. H. Nuttle
Thos. Everngam
Kirwin Everngam
L. H. Thomas
Richard Merriken
Rehoboth
Wm. Chambers and Son
William
Roland Seeders
John Cahall
Philadelphia
W. T. Archer
Madison
Cambridge
Albert Pierce
W. H. Lord
Fred Lorden
Harry Sorden
Milford
W. H
Kirwin Smith
Piney
Roy Chance
Baltimore
Louis Butter
Catherine Towers
Ruth Adams
Martin Smith
Chester
Carrie Wright
Federalsburg
M. Mertiken
Betty Johnston
Lewes
Del
Helen Towers
Lida Williamson
A. W. Betts
Linwood Walridge
Newark
Stanley Strannahan
Cambridge Fair
L. R. Dukes
State-Wide Horseshoe Tournament Dates Across Maryland
Schedule for county championship contests lists dates and venues by county. Play begins at noon with the county champion earning chromium horseshoes and a spot in the State championship at Patterson Park Baltimore on September 13 and 14. Counties include Allegany to Worcester with specific town pairings and August dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson Park
Baltimore
Allegany
Cumberland
Anne Arundel
Annapolis
Towson
Calvert
Prince Frederick
Caroline
Denton
Carroll
Westminster
Cecil
Elkton
Charles
la Plata
Dorchester
Cambridge
Frederick
Garrett
Oakland
Harford
Bel Air
Howard
Ellicott City
Kent
Chestertown
Montgomery
Rockville
Prince George's
Upper Marlboro
Queen Anne’s
Centreville
Local Notables Share Sunday Visits Across Town
Smithson reports Sunday visits as Mr. and Mrs. John Young of Federalsburg stop by the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davis. Washington D C visitors Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Custer and their children stay with relatives. The Wrights visit the Adams residence, and many locals travel to Rehoboth. T Thomas and children spend Sunday in Denton. The Davis couple remain ill at home nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel Treacy
Stella Matthews
Ada
Washington
Ada Matthews
Ridgely
Mr. Treacy
Detroit
Michigan
Harold Holsinger
Richard Blackburne
George Messix
Cambridge Fair
Edna Crouse
Louise Smith
Spafford
Lizzie Morris
C. J. Marvel
Stroudsburg
Morris
Rachel McKenna
Centreville
John Starkey
Philadelphia
Voss
Ed. Morris
Clifton
Baltimore
Ocean City
Emma Jackson
Wilson
Newark
N. J
Harold Franklin
Elsie
Russell Treacy
Rehoboth
L. S. Matthews
Treacy
Harry Crouse
Eno Zeigler
Denton
Culp
Youngstown
Ohio
John Young
Federalsburg
Henry Davis
Boyd Custer
Washington, D. C
Ormond Wright
Austin Adams
T. Thomas
Wm. Davis
Weston Hicks
Blanch
John States
Wye Mills
Ella Pennington
Robert Sawyer
Reba Sharp
In Memoriam of a Sister Gone Yet Not Forgotten
A solemn notice remembers a sister with broken hearts left behind loved by father mother sisters and brother. Though gone, she is not forgotten as family mourns and holds memories dear.
Card of Thanks for Nichols death and floral tribute
We thank friends who aided us during illness and at the death of our cousin Robert H. Nichols, and express appreciation for Nichols M. E. Church floral tribute. William C. and John R. Andrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Nichols
Nichols M. E. Church
William C
John R. Andrew
Twin Towns News Items From The Tuckahoe
Hillsboro Queen Anne notes list numerous visitors and guests from Wilmington Philadelphia Baltimore Cambridge Ridgely and Denton among others visiting local families and attending picnics fairs and relaxing weekends Readables include many named individuals and households with short reports of visits and summers.
Sixteenth Birthday Party for Ruth Sewell in Denton
Queen Anne Mr and Mrs Howard Sewell hosted a lawn party Saturday for about thirty guests in honor of Ruth Sewell s sixteenth birthday with out of town attendees from Denton Hillsboro and Philadelphia Ice cream cake and gifts were shared Sunday church schedule announced with no service for August evenings Rev Lee H Richcreek led worship and several locals noted visits and trips among relatives and friends to Cities across the region
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Sewell
Ruth Sewell
Ruth Wheatley
Elizabeth Downes
Denton
Anna Wood
Naomi Holland
Mary Virginia Sherwood
William Short
Charlie Hammer
Hillsboro
Ruth
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Lee H. Richcreek
Clara Price
Virginia
E. H. Dashiell
Mazie
Francis Jump
Delmar
Howard Eley
Howard Flowers
Laurel
Charlie Smallwood
Baltimore
Byron Barton
Roy Whitmore
Staunton
Ida Nabb and Robert Dulin Wed at Federalsburg Home
Miss Ida V. Nabb daughter of Mr and Mrs Tristram D Nabb of Federalsburg and Mr Robert O Dulin of Preston were quietly married at noon Saturday July 20 at the bride's parents home by Rev O A Bartley of Preston. After the ceremony the couple toured the District of Columbia and Virginia and will reside in Preston where the groom is employed by A W Sisk Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida V. Nabb
Tristram D. Nabb
Federalsburg
Robert O. Dulin
Preston
0. A. Bartley
District of Columbia
Virginia
A. W. Sisk & Son
Webster Taylor
Washington
Levin E. Taylor
Wellsville
N. Y
Taylor
Edward B. McLean
The
Washington Post
A. W. Sisk
Ocean City
Eloise Orrell
Centreville
Sisk
Lawrence Blades
South Africa
New York
Walter Twilley
Main Street
Manville Arnett
Washington, D. C
William T. Kelley
Julian M. Kelley
J. S. Kelley
Noble W. Kelley
William T. Kelley, Jr
Harold B. Scarborough
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Walter Wright
Salisbury
Messrs. Sherman
Victor Griffith
Fredericksburg
Richmond
Raleigh
N. C
M. E
O. A. Bartley
Max Chambers
R. Lee Rosson
Culpeper
Eugenia
Mary Riedy
Monongah
West Virginia
Clare Payne
Edgar Wrightson
Preston-Easton Road
Norman Todd
Lloyd Brodes
A. K. Wrightson
Card Club
Ralph Ledman
Hurlock
E. P. Baylor, Jr
Virginias
Cushman Kleinfelter
John Noble
Thomas L. Trice
Rehoboth Beach
Calvin Twilley
Cambridge
Orphans Court Proceedings in Caroline County
The Caroline county Orphans Court met in regular session with Judges West Harper and Shawn pres ent. Letters of administration on the estates of Michael A Todd and Robert H Nichols were granted to Jacob N Coulbourn and William C Andrew respectively. Appraisers were named for the estates. The will of Adaline C Tantum was presented for probate with Everett Nuttle named administrator cum testamento annexo. Executrix Lillie L Ferrins filed an account of sale for John F Ferrins. Inventory and appraisements were filed for Robert H Nichols estate. Velma T Yeoman widow renounced. letters of estate Frank E Yeoman granted to Francis E Yeoman. Olivia P Roe filed inventories and related debts. Grace Vernon Smith filed first and final account. Everett Nuttle also filed an account of sale for J Atwood Todd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
West
Harper and Shawn
Register of Wills
Michael A. Todd
Jacob N. Coulbourn
Wilmer S. Noble
Donald E. Jefferson
Robert H. Nichols
William C. Andrew
Harvey N. Nichols
Josiah A. Beck
Adaline C. W. Tantum
Everett Nuttle
Harry W. Davis
Edward E. Nuttle
Lillie L. Ferrins
John F. Ferrins
Velma T. Yeoman
Frank E. Yeoman
Francis E. Yeoman
H. Earle Smith
Elmer T. Orme
Olivia P. Roe
Alexine J. Chaffinch
Grace Vernon Smith
E.t.a
Ida’ Vernon Smith
J. Atwood Todd
Yeoman Family Thanks For Sympathy And Services
Mrs. F. E. Yeoman and Family express sincere gratitude to friends for sympathy and services extended during their great sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Yeoman
FRED TOWERS SHOOTS SELF IN DENTON OFFICE
Thomas Frederick Towers aged fifty one, a Denton firm member, died after shooting himself in his office shortly after seven. An inquest was deemed unnecessary by coroner Henry R. Lewis and Dr. Fred N. Nichols. He left a nervous legacy, directed the Denton National Bank, and was a Mason and Jr. O. U. A. M. member. Survived by wife Ida Downes Towers, daughter Eleanor, and son Frederick B. Towers. Funeral at two this afternoon with local business closures from 2:00 to 2:05. Pallbearers named from his family and associates. Interment in Denton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Frederick Towers
L. B. Towers and Bro
West Denton
Fred N. Nichols
Henry R. Lewis
Denton National Bank
Hughes Lumber and Coal Company
Ida Downes Towers
Eleanor
Frederick B. Towers
Caroline County
Albert G. Towers
New York State
Fred
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Baltimore
Lawrence B. Towers
W. Francis
Mary Garey Towers
Albert G. Towers, Jr
Enoch B. Garey
Robert S. Garey
Edwin R. Downes
Denton Cemetery
Maryland 4-H Club Week Ends With Awards and Campfire
About 550 Maryland 4-H youths concluded a six day program with a zoo visit and a final campfire on the Agriculture Department grounds where awards were given in canned goods and clothing judging. Caroline county girls won several prizes including Edna Crouse for canned fruit and vegetables, and for children's clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Zoo
Department of Agriculture
University of Maryland
R. A. Pearson
T. B. Symons
Maryland
de- Nafta
Caroline
Mary Brumbaugh
Ridgely
Vivian Holsinger
Dorothea O'Connor
Denton
Edna Crouse
Cornelia de Wilde
Hubbards
Anna Frances Seward
Visitors Introduced by Local Families at Rehoboth and Wilmington
Mr and Mrs W T Love and their son William visited Wilmington on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs O M Hignutt and daughter Charlotte hosted visitors from Rehoboth and Nichols. Mr and Mrs W S Wright hosted visitors including Lester McNeal of Wilmington. Hugh Allen of Waverly Virginia stayed with sister Mrs O G Hignatt. Wm U Wheeler of Baltimore was a week end guest of Aunt Mrs Uhler. Mrs M Freyer of Baltimore is a guest at Memory Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Meginney
S. E. Atkinson
Larry
Baltimore
Watson Booker
Stout
Virginia Ames
Florida
Mary Wharton
Applebaum
Franklin Meredith
John Saulsbury
William R. Jones
Rehoboth
Catherine Wilson
Elsmere
Burton Wilkingon
R. H. Bunney
Youngstown
John Lynch
Chester
Harry Robinson
Maud Diefenderfer
Claymont
Josiah Shaw
Kenny
Philadelphia
A. D. Stanton
M. W. Brashears
Ellen
Wilmington
St. Augustine
Fla
Brashears
Ernest Fogle
Frederick
Ida Rice
Cambridge
Oscar Rice
Nevitt Rice
Centreville
Della
Johns Hopkins
Blue Ridge Summit
Ira Andrews
Clarence Andrews
Ridgely
Edgar Blades
Roberta Rowe
Margaret Warner
Trappe
Warner
I. T. Sparklin
Smith
Clara Thompson
Virginia Blades
Mary Frances Taylor
Easton
Mary Virginian Sherwood
A. C. Bushey
Nan Barton
Norman Clark
Christine Wilson
H. Lay Beaven
William
Thompson
Francis
Rowe
Jimmy Sherwood
Willard Everett
Finois
John Murphy
Washington
Sadie Wathers
Knott
N. E. Knott
Howard Dodds
Herbert Beaven
Prices
Florence Beaven
Richard Beaven
Clifton Hicks
Louise “Tarbutton
Waynesboro
Mildred Tarburton
George Davis
W. T. Love
O. M. Hignutt
O. G. Hignutt
Charlotte
Joe Smith
Nichols
Lester McNeal
W. S. Wright
Hugh Allen
Waverly
O. G. Hignatt
Wm. U. Wheeler
Uhler
M. Freyer
Memory Lane
Trip of Cohee, Murphy and McNeal to Hudson Mountains
Messrs Benjamin Cohee Lee Murphy and Charles McNeal returned Friday from a trip visiting Lakehurst Wilmington Norristown New York Niagara Falls and Canada camping along the mountains on the way back Mrs John Cohee had a scare finding a four foot black snake under a hen which had eaten the eggs The snake was killed Ida Whiteside returned to her home in Pottstown Pa after spending ten days with her cousin Mrs John Cohee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Collison
Gladys ‘Chance
Swarthmore
Reba Stafford
Vernon
John Singer
Greensboro
William Andrew, Jr
William, Sr
American Corner
H. A. Fieber
Roland
Phyllis Wilhelm
Landsdowne
Theodore Bachman
Langhorn
J. H. Vansant
C. H. Meredith
Philadelphia
Dela Mar Va Peninsula
Delaware
Caroline
Queen Anne’s
Fred Cohee
Loyal Sons
Willing Workers
M. P. Sunday School
J. W. Kirk
R. H. Dill
Ida Seward
M. L. Wyatt
John Ree
Belmar
N. J
Luther Barcus
T. A. Goldsborough
Thomas Alan
Hawley
George
Dan Beard
Anne Wilson
Easton
Henrietta A. Liles
J. Kemp Stevens
North Carolina
Ruth Wheatley
Elizabeth Downes
Ruth Sewell
Queen Anne
Levi Spicher
Dorothy Casper
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Anne Henzen
Denton
Geo. Timmons
William McComas
Elmer
Towson
Ellen L. Collison
Carrilla Roe
Federalsburg
Emma Marie Willis
Nathan Willis
Sara Focht
Reading
Lizzie Butler
Goldsboro
Walter Long
al. Matthews
Ridgely
Earl White
Wilmington
Niagara Falls
Canada
Irvin Smith
Rock Hall
Wm. Johnson
Patsy
Fort Howard
Zella Reed
A. Cooper
Doris Trazzare
New Castle
Clifford Trazzare
South Fourth Street
Verna Henzen
W. Oscar Collier, Jr
B. F. Johnson
Miss Kirk
New England States
Stephen P. Shipman
Norfolk
Minnie Murphy
Lord
E. F. Withers
Marcus Hook
Virginia Bradley
Cambridge
G. H. Rue
Connecticut
Whiteley Dill
Redman Long
Lida Williamson
Hobbs
Messrs
Benj. Cohee
Lee Murphy
Chas. McNeal
Lakehurst
Norristown
New York
John Cohee
Ida Whiteside
Sher
Pottstown
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