Local notices and social ads fill August pages
Miscellany of small ads and notices from Denton and surrounding towns. Includes ready-made glider covers, floor coverings, boiler work, party plans for the Unity Club at Garland Lake, a fatal Alaska plane crash involving Wiley Post and Will Rogers, Frigidaire offers, and weather notes. Also lost pocketbook, flower sale, camp for high school boys, a county farm bureau picnic, obituaries for Annie Lynch, and farm sale details at Reverdy Johnson place near Betterton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Newnam
E. D. C. Hegeman
N. 4Th Street
Denton
Unity Club
Garland Lake
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Point Barrow
Alaska
Journal
Gray Hill Gardens
Ridgely
Kirin G. Leister
Federalsburg
Weste Mara
Western Maryland College
Lawrence C. Little
School of Religious Education
Caroline Farm Bureau
Garland Park
Herbert Smoots
Ohio Farm Bureau
C. S. Richardson
University of Maryland
Caroline
Annie Lynch
John K. Lynch
St. Benedict’s Catholic Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Greensboro
Francis J. Hensel
Lawrence Lynch
Howells Point
Kent County
Chestertown
Pennsylvania Joint Stock Land Bank of
Philadelphia
Wilbert L. Merriken
Reverdy Johnson
Sassafras
Betterton
Evelyn Harris
Del-Mar-Va
Eugene Lynch
Downes’ Station
Caroline County
Fred T. Roe
Lynch
J. Owen Knotts
E. Paul Knotts
Judge Knotts
Inlaw
Owen Lynch
Lewis J. Lynch
Baltimore
Daniel C. Lynch
Personal and Social News from Denton area columns
A long list of social notes from Denton and surrounding towns covers promotions, transfers, and travel of local residents. George W. Towers Jr. is transferred to the Veterans Administration facility in Palo Alto after a promotion in Gulfport. Numerous visits, dinners, bridge parties, and weekend gatherings are noted among families from Denton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, and other nearby places, with many guests and host households named.
Household Hints from an Early Newspaper
Practical tips on ironing with cedar oil to smooth fabric and shine linens. Mildew removal by soaking in buttermilk and sunning. Mush browning with milk in the water. Use liquor from tart fruits as a substitute for boiled cider in mince meat. Sugar enhances stewed or creamed turnips. Open face fruit pies get a crumble topping with water dough and cream. Ink stains lifted with a damp match head. Vinegar on a cloth removes stove grease.
In Memoriam Russell Lee Todd 1934 remembrance
In loving remembrance of Russell Lee Todd who departed this life on August 11 1934. The stars are dimly shining on his lonely grave the darling boy we loved but could not save. Death has robbed the home and mother of one we loved so well. But safe away in Heaven he will dwell forever. Mother, Father, Sisters and Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Lee Todd
Safety slogans urge caution in hot weather clean water and flies
Go slow when you drink ice water these hot days. Avoid heat producing foods in hot weather. Impure drinking water produces typhoid fever. Know your drinking water is pure. Remember a wound in a bare foot caused by a rusty nail may cause lock jaw. Remember nothing is too filthy for a fly. Keep out the flies.
Unity Homemaker Club hosts weenie roast at Garland Lake
Local reports note Mrs. Henry Stafford hosting a Tuesday dinner and many visitors from Burbank Denton and Mechanicsburg. Unity Homemaker's Club plans a August 21 7 pm weenie roast at Garland Lake as a substitute for the August meeting. Nearby residents attend family gatherings and church events with multiple visits and parties across town and surrounding areas.
Williston Families Visit Norristown and Delaware County
Williston residents led by Mr and Mrs Lee Culver and son Douglas travel to Norristown Pa to visit Lacy Lord and tour Landsdale cattle show. Relatives and friends including Crane Towers Mace Hignutt Fisher and Miller families host others across Ridgely Baltimore Elkton and Philadelphia areas during a week of visits and returning home notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Culver
Douglas
Williston
Alfred Lord
Melvin Blades
May Ann
Ridgely
Norristown
Lacy Lord
Landsdale
Jennie Crane
Milo Crane
Gelletly
C. H. Towers
Evelyn
Clifford
Benson Towers
Oak Orchard
Robert Mace
New York
Q. G. Hignutt
Raymond Fisher
Denton
Denton, This Week. Mr. and Mrs. Mace
Hignutt
Fisher
G. B. Miller
Arthur Miller
Pennsylvania
Geo. B. Miller
Harold Miller
Local Social Roundup of Visiting Relatives This Week
Smithson miss Virginia Dew and Stewart Dew visit grandparents Mr and Mrs Hall. Alton Harding of Wilmington spends a few days with Mr and Mrs Howard Cole. Mrs L Worm and Miss May Willoughby visit relatives at Margea. Ethel Irene and Bertie Quidas visit sister near Philadelphia. Charlie Long and family visit Mr and Mrs James Toftami. Jack Shugars of Reading Pa visit Miss Lena Worm. May Willoughby and Mrs L Worm spend Wednesday in Wilmington. Raymond McCarty motored to Telchester last Sunday. Mrs F Friedly and children returned to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Dew
Stewart Dew
M. J. Hall
Alton Harding
Wilmington
Howard Cole
L. Worm
May Willoughby
Margea
Ethel
Irene
Bertie Quidas
Philadelphia
Charlie Long
James Toftami
Jack Shugars
Reading
Lena Worm
Raymond McCarty
Telchester
F. Friedly
New York
Joe Pritchett
Addison
Edward Gruwell
Dover
Gruwell
John Sands
Henry W. Miller
Strasburg
William McGill
Baltimore
Marilyn Thompson
Royal Oak
Payton Thompson
F. H. Thomas
Wm. H. Harding
Harvey Harding
Lewis Trice
Federalsburg
Alva Blades Jr
Preston
Alva Blades
Leonard Legates
Shirley
North
Tilghman
James Olson
James R. Christopher
Naomi Blades
Ann Legates
Norris Colby
Matthews
George Blades
Bradley
Trappe
John Christopher
Jack Reese
Smithson
Guy Harrington
Cassion Andrews
Bigerville
Dorothy Perry
Bobby Foster
Raymond Todd
J. B. Todd
Harley Davenport
Vienna
Longtime Ridgely resident William Sparks dies at 70
Mr. William B. Sparks died last Thursday at University Hospital Baltimore at age 70 after a long illness. A former farmer near Bridgetown, he spent the last five years running a filling station near Oakland. He is survived by his wife and four children Earl Edward Bertie and Mary Catherine Sparks and five sisters. Funeral service was held at his home with interment in Denton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Sparks
University Hospital
Baltimore
Sparks
Bridgetown
Oakland
Earl
Edward
Bertie
Mary Catherine Sparks
David Strite
Margaret Sparks
Philadelphia
Elizabeth van Sant
Elijah Dean
Ruthsburg
Vergie Sparks
Ridgely
Denton Cemetery
Henrietta Beal Swann
Gilbert Swann
Robert Lee Painter
Chester
E. 19Th St
Mary Brumbaugh
Harriet Curry
Palmyra
Martha Kreider
Lebanon
Leah Musser
Columbia
Franklin Cassel
Fairview
Donald Royer
Denver
Gladys Richards
Nelson
Nelson Richards
W. T. Temple
Leela
Maryland General Hospital
Kent Temple and Son
Bryn Mawr
Alice Ulmer
Wesley Honey
Ida Imler
Wharton
Irma Imler
Elmira
W. M. Wiley
Smyrna
Del
Wm. Matthews
Preston Conklin
Sussex
N. J
Arthur Sculley
Ella Carlisle
Ruth
Frank Seward
Carroll Sermon
Cambridge
Sermon
Marsh Gollner
George Gollner
Wheeling
W. Va
L. M. Winstead
Mallory Winstead
Heathsville
Robert Lord
Ralph Jones
Wilmington
Mildred Diecfenderfer
Wm. Morris
Claymont
Fred Friedel
Dorothy Mancha
Easton
Harry Hemmons
Harford Porter
Harrington
William Cooper and
Walter Bennington
Sara Rhoades
Glenn Rhoades
Johnstown
Marian Hemmons
D. M. Swing
D. T. Swing
Rehoboth
Grover Peiffer
Wilson Jackson
Arlington
Emma Jackson
Bryan Shockley
Goldsboro
Massey
Ridgely Depot
Houston Pennington
Laura Hardesty
Calvin D. Lynch
Ronald Lane
Bernard Sparks
Queen Anne
Selby Smith
Charles Kline
Olin Porter
William Wooters
George Wooters
T. L. Day
Wm. Day
New York
Walter Mitchell
Charles Hammond
Hendersons thanks for kindness during illness
Mrs. John D. Long is much improved and the family expresses gratitude for kindness and flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Morton Bennett entertained guests including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cartwright and grandsons from Richardson Park and Mr. Russell Anson from Philadelphia. The M. E. Sunday School picnic at Garland Lake was enjoyed. Various local visitations and visits to Wilmington, Dover, Canton noted among neighbors and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Long
Morton Bennett
Charles Cartwright
Jack Fuller
Richardson Park
Russell Anson
Philadelphia
M. E
Garland Lake
Harry Gough
Edith Melvin
Ruth Anna Shultie
Evelyn Walls
Dover
Bella Richards
Wilmington
John Pritchett
Robert Steffy
Mary Hershberger
Canton
Ohio
Wallace Jones
Ann Kimble
L. M. Jones
Helen Jarman
Hare’s Corner
Mary E. Jarman
Carleton Gooden
8. S. James
New York City
L. A. Gooden
Local residents host guests and extend well wishes
Bethlehem residents report visits from Rev. Henry W. Miller of Strasburg and Mrs. William McGill of Baltimore. Many families hosted relatives and friends over the week including Addi and Marilyn Thompson, the Gruwells, Sands, and Harding families, with health wishes for Mrs. Gruwell.
Weenie roast and community updates in Grove
Mrs Lee Taylor led a Sunday School party at Wrights Wharf with swimming, storytelling and a straw ride home. The group included Pauline Taylor and others. Two typhoid cases surfaced this week, Mrs Louis Lord in Easton Hospital and 12 year old Kenneth Flaharty at home. Local visits and upcoming no preaching services noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Taylor
Wright’s Wharf
Pauline Taylor
Frances Lane
Jennie Butler
India Hubbard
Ethel Lasier
Gertrude Covey
Rosa Trackus
Bernice Taylor
Louis Lord
Easton Hospital
Kenneth Flaharty
Alfred Flaharty
Joseph Clark
B. R. Collins
Foley
Alfred Scriver
Clark
Noble Carroll and Son
Dallas Carroll
Wilmington
Charles Carroll
Walter Beckwith
Lee Murphy
Elmer Kelley
Baltimore
Clayton Carroll
Denton
Greensboro
Calvin Betts
Franklin City
Illnesses Reported in Ridgely Community
RIDGELY Mrs Herbert Hammond near town has been on the sick list the last few weeks. Mrs A Koenneman is quite ill at this writing. Mr Fred Flounders has been ill this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hammond
A. Koenneman
Fred Flounders
Twin Towns News Highlights Local Visits and Travel
Hillsboro Queen Anne column notes Elwood Fleming and Mrs. Ralph Holland drove to Ocean Grove returning Monday with Mrs. Fleming Laura Virginia Naomi Holland and Gladys Gale. Numerous visits span Washington DC Rehoboth Ocean City Berlin and Baltimore with relatives friends and hosts including Duffey Sharp and Lane families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Fleming
Ralph Holland
Ocean Grove
Fleming
Laura Virginia
Naomi Holland
Gladys Gale
Charles Jarrell
J. M. Eaton
Depew H. Duffey
Washington, D. C
Charlanne
Ellinor
Alga Worth
Herman Worth
James Waters
Rehoboth
Bernard Mills
Stanley Larrimore
Baltimore
Edgar Blades
William Sherwood
Bill
Berlin
Mary Humphries
Ejla Pennington
John Sharp
Cumberland
Worth
Sterling Dodson
Ella i Pennington
George Sharp
A. C. Newnam
Richard Comegys
Clayton
Del
Chas. Jarrell
Wilmington
Brown Thawley
Burrsville
J. R. Downes
Newark
Mary Rowe
Cora M. Pippin
Elkton
Elva Hazelwood
Bride and Groom Mary Sewell and D Freeland Clopper Wed
Miss Mary Ruth Sewell daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Sewell of Queen Anne and Mr D Freeland Clopper of near Denton were married Saturday August 10 at one o clock in the bride’s home by Rev Clarence Louis Fossett. The maid of honor was Miss Dora Sewell and Mason Clopper was best man. The couple left for a motor trip after a luncheon. reception and guests noted, with social visits and club activities in Queen Anne and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ruth Sewell
Howard Sewell
Queen Anne
D. Freeland Clopper
Denton
Clarence Louis Fossett
Dora Sewell
Mason Clopper
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Virginia
E. B. Lightner
Ruth Reynolds
W. C. Stevens
Boston
Mass
Stevens
Ormond Andrew
Chester Barto
Edgewood
Thomas Hackett
Ruth Sewell
Kathryn Eastman
Glen Arm
Clare Wyle
Budd Lake
N. J
Louise Moore
Wyoming, del
Henry J. Davis
Bridgeton
Preston Club Hosts Bridge and Teas Across Town
Social notes detail multiple bridge parties and dinners with guests from Easton Salisbury Berlin and Baltimore. Highlights include Mrs Gallagher winning bridge prize, Mrs Schmick second, visits to Ocean City, and local church service adjustments until September.
Social Roundup of Visitors and Visits Across Town
Mr and Mrs Clint Marshall and son from New Jersey return home after a week with Mr and Mrs Algie Willoughby and family. Mr Herbert Hopkins and Miss Margaret Cheezum spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Charlie Layton. Mr Raymond Watkins of Philadelphia summers with Lester and Webster Towers. Mrs H T Shivery returned from yacht time at Hillsboro. Mr and Mrs Harry Towers hosted friends from Hickman. Miss Eleanor Wood of Wilmington vacations with Miss Edith Biscoe and Mrs Lily Hignutt visited sister Mrs Harry Towers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clint Marshall
New Jersey
Algie Willoughby
Herbert Hopkins
Margaret Cheezum
Charlie Layton
Raymond Watkins
Philadelphia
Lester
Webster Towers
H. T. Shivery
Hillsboro
Harry Towers
Hickman
Eleanor Wood
Wilmington
Edith Biscoe
Lily Hignutt
Adams Cross Roads Picnic Gatherings At Rehoboth
Mr and Mrs Earl Adams with daughter and sister visited at Rehoboth and at the Mary Ann Inn last Sunday. Grace Horsey and daughter joined by relatives spent Sunday at a cottage in Rehoboth. Dave Devore hosted his New York daughter and family for a week. A large crowd enjoyed the community picnic at the community building last Thursday. Emory Williamson and son spent Sunday with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Adams
John Adams
Althea
Minnie
Bernice Adams
Rehoboth
Mary Ann Inn
Grace Horsey
Walter Adams
Dave Devore
New York
Emory Williamson
Local Notices From Smithville Honor Visits and Travel
Rev and Mrs Fitz Randolph and family of West Virginia are spending a few days at Mrs Ida Fitz Randolphs home. Mrs J C Davis and daughter Catherine spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ed Wheatley. L W Spence of Prospect Park Pa spent the weekend with his parents. Harlan Clevenger and family visited relatives in Easton. T Thomas and wife visited relatives in Queenstown. Elizabeth Bullock spent Friday with friends in Marydel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitz Randolph
West Virginia
Ida Fitz Randolph
J. C. Davis
Catherine
Ed. Wheatley
L. W. Spence
Prospect Park
Harlan Clevenger
Easton
T. Thomas
Church Notices in Denton and Ridgely Hold Services
In Denton the M. P. Church morning topic is Help from the Hills and evening topic Our Adversary. Christian Endeavor at 7 15 led by Miss Pearl Taylor. Catholic masses listed for St Elizabeths Denton 9 30 and St Benedicts Ridgely 8. Epiphany Mission Preston has Evening Prayer and sermon at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton M. P
Christian Endeavor
Special Registration of Unemployed Held
The National Re-employment Service will hold a special registration for all unemployed not yet registered on Tuesday August 20 at Goldsboro Frank Lane's Store 11:00 to 11:50 am Denton Court House 11:30 to 12:00 noon Preston Harry Hollis' Store 11:00 to 11:30 am
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Goldsboro
Frank Lane
N. m. Denton
Court House
Preston
Harry Hollis
Card of tilanes bereavement gratitude note
Gratefully acknowledging and thanking the kind friends for expressions of sympathy in my recent bereavement.
Advertising keeps a business visible to customers
The line notes that regular advertising sustains awareness, while absence leads to customers forgetting the business. It emphasizes consistent promotion to remain memorable in a competitive market.
Greensboro Woman Edith Greenlee Dies at State Hospital
Edith Greenlee a lifelong Greensboro resident died early Tuesday at the State Hospital Cambridge after two years as a patient. She was 63, daughter of the late Jonathan Harrington of Greensboro, survived by son Paul of Greensboro and four Harrington brothers in Wilmington, St. Georges Delaware. Funeral services were at Rawlings Funeral Chapel Thursday at 2 p.m. The column also lists many local visitors and brief society notes from Greensboro and nearby towns, with multiple names and places mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Greenlee
State Hospital
Cambridge
David Stufft
Mary Anne
Fred Pierce
Ida Haeberla
Edgar Stufft
Philadelphia
A. G. Stufft
Coolidge
Barbara
Dolores Hubbard
N. K. Swanwick
Maurice Stewart
Easton
Harve de Grace
Ruth
Wanda Monroe
Ralph Selby
Asbury Park
Mary Palmer
Margaret Horny
Chas. Bilbrough
John C. Brown
Winfield Nichols
Denton
Edgar Dobson
Severn Crest
Annapolis
J. E. Weaver
Alfreda
Anna Jane Blackburn
Wilmington
iMiss Hilda Weaver
Ralph Bickling
Marcus Hook
Bickling
Bessie Langrell
Greensboro
la Verne
Jane Lerch
Harrisburg
Bertie Wood
Dover
Mary Russell
Anna Jane Morgan
David
Billy
Petersburg
Virginia
Frank Hicks
Dorotha
Rome
N. Y
Annie Hopkins
Clayton Porter
Francis
Bob
Lawrence Laramore
J. L. Rogers
Principio
Charles Nichols
William Phillips
Henderson
William Roe
James Roe
Virgie
Margaret Rinker
Mt. Jackson
O. W. Barton
Mary Jackson
Ethel Pritchett
Jackie
Rehoboth Beach
Oscar Nichols
John Nichols
Tolchester Beach
Theodore Orme
Elizabeth Hughes
Leonard Hobbs
Bert Hobbs
C. M. Jones
Betty
Washington
Town
Rey
Samuel Bilbrough
Mendakin
N. J
Milton Roe
Henry Detwiler
Charles Wieneke Jr
Elizabeth Wirts
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the Local Department
George W. Towers Jr
Veterans’ Facility
Northport
Long Island
Gulf Coast
Gulfport
Miss
Palo Alto
California
Veterans’ Administration
Harry Ritchey
Gardner Williams
Roland Trice
Concord
Lloyd Cox
Harmony
Raymond Fifield
Russell
Walter Rosser
St. James
Edwina Nichols
Elizabeth Pastorfield
Elias Nuttle
Anna Bryant
Layman Redden
Elbert Smith
Jacqueline Smith
Smith
Lola Willoughby
Clifford Willoughby
St. Mary’s County
J. H. Summerfield
Anne Anthony
Powell Martin
W. T. Martin
Tennessee
Nashville
Janice Wright
Kenneth
Long Branch
Kern
Tuckahoe Neck
J. W. Garton
Emily A. Garton
Nellie Byrnes
Winifred Wilson
Barclay
Alda P. Whitby
William Neill Smith
S. M. Smith
Indian Creek Camp
Eastville
James Duffey
Baltimore Fera
Mabel Duffey
Effa Patchett
Atlantic City
C. H. Sylvester
Pippin
Phyllis Leese
Sara Hollister
Douglas Fleetwood
E. M. Bing
Washington, D.C
Mark Smith
Betty Bishop
Marjorie Rue
Betty Walls
Grysfap
Memoriam
Henry Stafford
Walter Newcomer
Burbank
Cal
Melvin James
John Thawley
Fred Lewis
Unity Homemaker’s Club
Arthur Colescott
Lois
Los Angeles
Frank Colescott
Franklin
Mechanicsburg
John Colescott
R. H. Thawley
Ida Stevenson
Bethlehem
Will Simpson
Anna Downham
Mollie Cahall
Francis Stoneberger
Strawbridge
Frances Truitt
Camden
Martha Morris
Lula Pusey
Union M. P
Colgain’s Beach
Wesley M
Thomas Baker
Harriet Billings
Hobbs
G. L. Blades
Bertha Baker
Louise Messick
Edith Evelyn
la Verne McNeal
Crane
Hugh Allen
O. G. Hignatt
Webster Pringle
Wm. Wallett
W. D. Uhler
Memory Lane
Bell Beauchamp
Delaware
Hardesty
Wm. Uhler Wheeler
Wm. D. Uhler
Clara I. Rice
Anna Dukes
C. E. Rice
Elsie Barcus
Elma Harman
Twin Towns
Tuckahoe
Horace Morgan
Ocean City
Morgan
the Order of the Eastern Star
Madge
Dorothy Jump E
Laura Knotts
Hartford, Conn
Dorothy Jump
Pocono Mountains
Fred Jump
B. C. Barton
Centreville
Paul Brown
Jackie Gibson
E. A. Barton
Tolchester
Sonny Gibson
Fifer
C. L. Fossett
Charlie Barton
Blanche Wills
Cora Briscoe
Lake Erie
Byron Barton
Johnson Bonner
Bridge
Douglas Fooks
Herman Schmick
Emaline Wright
J. L. Gallagher
Katie Parker
Robert Dulin
McAllister
Gallagher
Schmick
E. B. Blades
Henrietta
Rebecca Blades
Myra Due
Katherine Due
E. H. Glass
Betty Lou
Brooklyn
J. P. Harris
N. H. Fooks
Nell Fooks
J. R. Phillips
O. A. Bartley
W. H. Collins
Edward Bonner and Son
Luther Andrews
T. D. Rudsill
J. K. LeCompte
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ruth Garey
S. E. Douglas
Emma Devins
John Schmick
Parnell Dennis
St. Paul
J. T. Dennis
James Gallagher
Victor Dean
H. M. Hollis
Epiphany Mission Guild
Jesse Marden
Marden
Howard Harris
Mann
T. L. Nugent
Hampton, Va
Max Chambers
Adams Cross Roads
Smithville
A. W. Betts
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