Personal and Social News From Denton Maryland
A long column notes address changes and social updates from Denton and surrounding towns. It highlights the Collins family stationed at Fort Missoula Montana, local reunions, a sixty first wedding anniversary, weddings in Denton, travel, educating and remodeling news, and numerous visits among relatives in Maryland Delaware and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlyn Kern
Denton
E. L. Collins
Fort Missoula
Montana
Missoula
Flathead
Horse Heaven
Seven Devil Mountains
Wild Horse Lookout
Washington
Children Of The Week Names By Denton Families
A photographed feature lists weekly children by family groups in Denton with names and parental ties. The lineup places multiple siblings from Turner Wooters Breeding Brogley Shively Hall Swann Clopper Hicks Anthony Slaughter Van Dyke towns in first through fourth rows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Carol
Garland Lee
G. L. Turner
Coldsboro
Dorsey Lee
Doris Louise
J. H. Wooters
Hobbs
Nancy Jean
Joan
Frank Breeding
Denton
Carolyn Jean
Anna Mae
James A. Brogley
Easton
Carolyn
Jean
H. L. Shively
Goldsboro
Billy and
Russell
H. E. Hall
Patricia Ann
Bobby
R. S. Swann
Larry
Norma
L. N. Clopper
Louise
Patsy
C. E. Hicks
Shirley
Preston
Preston T. Anthony
Charles
Eleanor
N. L. Slaughter
Margaret Louise
Sarah
Paul S. van Dyke
Denton Woman to Join Diplomat Son in Paris
Mrs Hugh Fullerton of Potter Hall near Denton sails on the John Erickson for Marseilles to join her son Hugh 8 Fullerton consul general in Paris. The family linked to Potter Hall bought the estate during his embassy duties, and Mrs Fullerton has spent two decades in Europe, building a wide circle of French acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mount
N. C
Jimmie
Tolchester Beach
Frank Brown
Baltimore
Denton
Brown
Fred Covey
Wm. J. Kindley
Emily
Frances Johnson
Edna Downes
East New Market
Ada Lister
Ingleside
Ernest Pepper
Washington
John Segar
Queen Anne
Gootee S. Roe
Joyce Pepper
Chester
B. A. Roe
Steintz
Lupin Lodge
Hugh Fullerton
Williston
Potter’s Landing
Homecoming for 88th Construction Battalion sailor
J. Orland Fluharty of the 88th Construction Battalion returned home on August 3 after exactly two years overseas and twenty eight months away. His unit worked on Pacific islands including the Philippines. After a 30 day furlough with his wife Dorothy Steverts Flaharty and families, he will report to Philadelphia Navy Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Orland Fluharty
Flaharty
Pacific Islands
Philippines
Dorothy Steverts Flaharty
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Denton Methodist burying ground holds ancestors lineage
In Franklin street cemetery the speaker’s grandparents rest, marking the site of the first Methodist Church in Denton where many prominent local families are interred. The old Quaker meeting house across the Choptank River predates by 1802. Methodist societies formed in private homes by Asbury and Lee preceded church erection in Caroline County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Street
Denton
Choptank
Caroline County
Francis Asbury
Jesse Lee
Francis Sellers
Hillsboro
Infant daughter of Bennington family dies in Easton
The infant Diane Bennington, born August 8 at Memorial Hospital in Easton, died Sunday the 12th. Parents are Mr and Mrs Douglas Bennington and the father, Private Bennington, recently joined the U S Army and returned from Camp Blanding Florida earlier this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Cora Ann Roe
B. A. Roe
Denton
Vernon R. Hammond
Herman Hammond
Ridgely
Hammond
First Methodist Church
John E. French
Gootee
S. Roe
Betty Roe
Joyce Pepper
Caroline High School
United States Army
Caroline
Chester
Clarence E. Palmer
Adele
Washington
Maple Grove
Edward B. Allen
Lucille
Woodbury
N. J
Lois Scott
Kennett Square
Charles Fink
Mary Estell
Kensington
Lottie Bauserman
Flora Foltz
Laniel Sours
B. F. Somers
Luray
Wye Island
Salome Bryan
Minne Miller
Frederick
Roberta
T. Carville Fleetwood
Thomas Carville
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Fleetwood
Mary Ann
Margaret Frances Moore
Centreville
Winfield Timmons Wright
J. Lawrence Wright
Thomas J. Turkington
Grace Methodist Church
Wilmer Nagel
Sue Ann
Ralph Nagel
Henry Nagel
Kanorade
Kansas
Madeline C. Brown
Starke
Florida
W. Reese Brown
Camp Blanding
Charles Nichols
Patricia
Agnes Andross
Fred C. Brown
Douglas Bennington
Diane
Bennington
U. S. Army
Fla
Field Trials for Coon Hunters on August 19 Near Kennedyville
Eastern Shore Coon Hunters Association holds field trials Sunday August 19 one mile north of Kennedyville on Route 213. Junior and Senior events offer cash prizes with 100 percent payoffs and specific heats. Entries close at noon for juniors and 1 pm for seniors. all junior dogs must enter the senior trial to run junior heats. For information contact Edward Lusby, secretary, Chester Town, Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Shore Coon Hunters’ Association
Kennedyville
Edward Lusby
Chestertown
Music Institute in Denton Church Dates Announced
Prof. N. W. Fisher will conduct a music institute at the Church of the Brethren in Denton on August 24 and 26. The institute will feature two evening sessions, announced by Pastor Rev. Newton J. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Fisher
Church of the Brethren
Denton
Newton J. Miller
Sonja Henie Promotes Royal Crown Cola Taste Test
International star Sonja Henie urges readers to try Royal Crown Cola in a taste test gimmick. She endorses RC as the best, says she paired with the film It’s a Pleasure and invites fans to say RC for a frosty bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonja Henie
International
Royal Crown Cola
Doctor supervises cemetery clean-up in August return
Dr. J. Robert Rochester of Philadelphia oversees the annual cemetery clean-up as he spends August at his summer home. He supervises weed removal and maintenance, continuing a longtime local tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Robert Rochester
Philadelphia
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J. Walter Huffington
Colored Schools of
Maryland
A. P. Slocum
Martha Huffington
Pennhurst Avenue
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Taylor
H. M. Detwiler
John B. Taylor
Wilmington
T. K. Dudley
Thomas
Clark Taylor
Bill
Rachael
Y. Fletcher Taylor
Dale and
Syliva
Madge Jump
Dorothy Jump
Joseph M. Brown
Howard Anthony
Harrington
Mr. Brown
William H. Brown
Jacob C. Brown
Bridgeville
S. P. Brown
Charles Wright
Federalsburg
A. T. White
Edward W. Brown
Atlantic City
Clarence Brown
Bridgeton
Gootee S. Brown
Greenwood
Del
Ernest J. Brown
Wayford W. Brown
Greensboro
Charles Starrett
Son Chaney
Dr. Death
Cammurt
Ery Illary
Franchot
Phantom Lady
Veronica Lake
Sonny Tuffs
Charles W.boston
Charlie Boston Way
Diplomat Son
Paris
Orn
Denton Church
Nehi Bottling CO
Dentonia Theatre
Thurs. & Fri
Columbia
Betti Laglazing
Chanics
Starrett As
Fred Hel
Ena
Nh Hee
Henry Hathaway
Andre Daven
Dick Powell Claire Trevor Anne Shirley
Maxwell House
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