Denton 1938 notices mix business sales and local news
Shavings for chicken houses and glass jars advertised. Local rentals and a wage change at Farmers Supply Co. Election filings for Caroline county officials. Local accidents, obituaries, and social notes. Openings for schools and public notices in Denton area.
Quotations on Truth and Virtue by Poets and Saints
A compact collection of aphorisms and biblical references. Notable lines include James Russell Lowell on truth and sound thinking, Ruskin on pride, Romans on overcoming evil with good, and Mary Baker Eddy on truth’s enduring reach across centuries, gathering the fallen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Eddy
Merchants Advertise to Sell in The Journal
Advertisers in The Journal boast about their goods while merchants claim attention with bold announcements. The piece notes that while many sell, only advertisers brag in print.
Local Social News from Hobbs and Nearby
Hobbs Mr and Mrs Wilson Smith host a party with Elliott, Stare, Stafford, and Love families from Wilmington Chester and Denton plus others. Rehoboth visits mark Catherine Towers birthday. Elizabeth Stafford hospitalized but recovering at home. Multiple dinners visits and church events noted. Cantaloupe crop short. canning plant operated. rural mail carrier substitution. several residents visiting kin and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Smith
Herman Elliott
Bertha Stare
Wilmington
Clarence Elliott
Chester
John Stafford
Marydel
Fred Love
Denton
T. H. Towers
Helen
QO. J. Chaffinch
B. B. Allen
Rehoboth
Saulsbury Russell
Philadelphia
Clarence Russell
Greensboro
F. N. Smith
Kathleen Whitman
Belleville
Anderson Redden
Near Ridgely
Parker Barnes
Robert
Betty
Marcus Hook
Sunday School Picnic Brings Old Friends to Goldsboro
The M E Church South held a Sunday School picnic at Telchester on August 11 with former pastor Rev. H M Waters and Sunday School superintendent Adam Crawford attending with families. Waters and daughter Virginia and sons Billy and George of Harmons Md visited local friends, while Crawford and son stayed with his parents. Numerous local residents and visitors from Philadelphia West Virginia Berlin Md Dover Wilmington and Rehoboth were noted as guests or visitors in the week surrounding the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Elizabeth Hull
William L. Hull
Easton
William I. Norris Jr
William I. Norris
Denton
Ebenezer M. E. Church
Joseph
Robert
Margaret
A. R. Case
Harrington
Herman Elliott
Bertha Stare
Wilmington
Clarence Elliott
Chester
John Stafford
Marydel
Fred Love
Dorothy Miller
George Walker
Washington
Wm. J. Richards
F. N. Nichols
New York
Edwina Nichols
Bernice Wooters
Bermuda
George E. Hunter Jr
Keene, N. H
Jane Moore
Hunter
Pocomoke City
L. B. Towers
Fifth Avenue
Baltimore
C. H. Whitby
Floyd Jackson
Martha Ann
Walter Rutter
W. W. Sylvester
Mary DeWeese
Brunswick
N. J
Fred R. Owens
Edna Green
Mary Hobbs
Leon Bryan
Charlestown
Joseph B. Blough
Catonsville
Franklin Knotts
Kenneth and
Mehrle
Marshallton
Del
Phyllis Ann Alburger
Selden C. Watters
Philadelphia
Allentown
Hayward House
M. H. Downes
Lulu Downes
Washington Hospital
E. Paul Knotts
Charles Darby
Goldie Owens
Milford
R. N. Hitchens
Milson Raver
Westminster
J. Virgil Moore
Maud Stewart
Wm. A. Stewart
Katherine Stewart
Wm. J. Kindley
Bel Air
Mary Dixon
M. E. Church South
Telchester
H. M. Waters
Adam Crawford
Waters
Virginia
Billy
George
Harmons
Goldsboro
Jean Melvin
Orville Melvin
H. B. Jarman
Berlin
Della Mullikin
Queen Anne
Carrie S. Jarman
Martha Smith
Maryland
Irvin Voshell
Dover
Virgie Cartwright
Ed Clark
Rehoboth
Susan Jones
Kate Jones
W. J. Murphy
Bess Jarrell
Sunday church notices for Denton and Piney M P Churches
Denton M P Church schedules morning service on Sunday with the topics The Thinker and The Body of Christ. Christian Endeavor portrait sketch focuses on Jehoshaphat. Piney M P Church opens at 3 PM with Rev H H Schauer absent and Rev S R Latham presiding. Catholic Masses listed for August 21 in Denton and Ridgely with confessions at St Benedict’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbstown
N. J
Denton and
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
Weekly Ridgely News Letter schedules and society notes
A change of schedule on the Oxford Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad went into effect last Saturday. Social notes record visits, illnesses, travel, and local events with many names and places including Ridgely Delmar Chesapeake Bay area. Residents report church sermons and community activities, births, travels, and a death at a ball game.
Hot Weather Food Facts From Maryland Health Officials
The Maryland State Department of Health advises avoiding foods and drinks that raise body heat in hot weather. Proteins and stimulants like tea and coffee can increase heat and chill the stomach. iced beverages do not cool effectively. Adults and children have different summer needs. a good breakfast and hot lunch remain important, and extra fluids plus electrolytes from salted water or salt tablets help prevent fatigue and heat prostration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Department of Health
Social visitors and local gatherings parade through town
Residents hosted relatives and friends from Wilmington Ridgely Rehoboth Beach Medford Dover Philadelphia Greensboro and Philadelphia for weekend visits and social events. The Epworth League plans an Eden Hall ice cream social on August 31.
Greensboro Visitors and Sojourns Note Ocean City Trip
Greensboro residents Mr and Mrs Alfred Blackburn and their daughters were Sunday visitors at Ocean City Maryland Miss Eleanor Goldsborough has returned home after visiting friends in Salisbury Miss Mary Pippin of Denton was the guest of Miss Elva Pippin last Tuesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Blackburn
Ocean City
Eleanor Goldsborough
Salisbury
Mary Pippin
Denton
Elva Pippin
All things change yet God remains quote by W A Ward
A brief quotation attributed to W A Ward notes that while creeds philosophies and outward systems change the core divine presence endures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
W. A. Ward
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter
A series of social notes from Hillsboro detailing visits and guests. Bobby Cowman visits his mother Mrs Irwin Spraklin in Baltimore. Attendees at the Rock Hall horse show include Mrs J M Eaton and daughter Charlanne and Miss Frances Fisher. Various local residents visit, dinner, attend funerals, or travel to Norfolk and Ocean Grove with relatives and friends in Centreville Easton and Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Cowman
Baltimore
Irwin Spraklin
J. M. Eaton
Charlanne
Frances Fisher
Rock Hall
S. B. Gafford
Walter Voshell
Anne Spry
Arthur Norris
Annie Anthony
Centreville
Dora Morris
H. R. Covell
Olin Hunter
Clifford Borden
Washington
Charles Jarrell
New York
Easton
Alan Moore
Norfolk
Sarah Higgins
Pitman
N. J
Russell Fleming
Wayne, Pa
Frank Fleming
Miriam
Mildred Gale
Ocean Grove
Mary Rowe
Denton
Louise Gray
Dorothy Hicks
Elba
Ohio
Laura Virginia Fleming
Irwin Sparklin
Carroll Bright
A Sudden Death in Queen Anne Parish
Mr. R. G. Sneed died suddenly of a heart attack on Saturday at age 55. He leaves four children, Richard Vincent Emily and Mary. a brother Lewis J.. two sisters. The funeral was held Tuesday at two at his brother’s home with Rev. Clarence Fossett officiating. He was a St Paul’s Church member, Bible Class and choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Sneed
Sneed
Samuel Sneed
Richard
Vincent
Emily
Mary Sneed
Lewis J
Clarence Fossett
St.Paul’s Church
Pauline Curry
Dora Sewell
Jack Gideon
St. Paul’s Church
Queen Anne
Sewell
B. B. Barton
Baltimore
Nelson Jackson
Port Huron
Mich
Chas. Smallwood
Horace M. Morgan
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Eloise
Henry Morgan
J. M. York
Rev. York
Tennessee
Pleasant Park
N. Y
Emily Sneed
Philadelphia
Webster Clark
Louisville
Harry Clark
Clarence I Jr
Henry
Detroit
Elizabeth Smallwood
Katie Steel
Washington
Dahl Lee
D. M. Lee
K. M. Barnette
Geo. Lorry
Cleveland, O
Cape May Court House
W. C. Stevens
Delaware
Clarence Kirby
Jake Sneed
Open Air Concert by Band of Delaware Lodge in Wilmington
The 26 piece Band of Delaware Lodge No I I C O F of Wilmington performed on the Court House green last Saturday afternoon under director Mr M C Buckley of Buckleys Food Market. The community expresses thanks to Buckley for funding the concert and hopes the band returns in the future to entertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware Lodge
Wilmington
Court House Green
M. C. Buckley
Buckley
Pursell Wright II wed at Preston home ceremony
Miss Edith Pauline Pursell of Petersburg and Walter M. Wright II of Preston married at 7 p.m. on Saturday August 13 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Harris. Rev. Preston Spence officiated. The bride wore tea blue with talisman roses. Wedding guests traveled from Petersburg Lynchburg Hopewell Greensboro Salisbury Bridgeville Newark Denton Brooklyn and Richmond. The couple will reside in Preston in Covey apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Pauline Pursell
Petersburg
Walter M. Wright II
Preston
Howard M. Harris
Near Preston
Annie Pursell
Lynchburg
Alice Pitts
J. Phillip Wright
Walter
Jennie P. Wright
Ormond Hubbard
Bethlehem
Preston Spence
Annie
D’arcy Pursell
Kendall Parker
Hopewell
Levin Taylor
Greensboro
David Silvey
Salisbury
Sherman Todd
Virginia Lee Taylor
Bridgeville
Del
Russell Todd
Newark
N. J
Stevens Brown
Elbert Deen
Denton
Clarence E. Glass
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hayward Cox
Richmond
Wright
Covey
Nannie Pastorfield
Elizabeth
Washington
Pasterfield
T. L. Trice
Max Chambers
John Sewell
Wm. K. Wrightson
Baltimore
P. W. Spence
Janet
Wilmington
Rev. Spence
Beatrice Todd
Easton
Mildred Taylor Blight
T. C. Taylor
Albert W. Sisk
Wm. McLean
Dorothy Osteen
Mary Jackson
Lloyd Cannon
Geo. Groff
S. E. Douglas
H. M. Hollis
Rehoboth
James H. Carmine
Dot O’connor
Burton Proctor Jr
Maryland Road System Needs Long Range Plan
C M Falconer of the Automobile Club of Maryland called the highway network critically out of date and urged a state wide, long range program. He noted eastern shore and Baltimore area deficiencies and said a fair plan must prioritize modernization, reconstruction, and hazard removal using updated traffic data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
C. M. Falconer
Automobile Club of Maryland
State Roads Commission
Baltimore
Death by overindulgence shocks Greensboro area
Edward Leon Chamberlain, 28, was found dead in a farmer's yard north of Greensboro. A coroner's inquest ruled death from overindulgence of alcoholic liquor after an autopsy. Chamberlain, once a Pet Milk Company worker, had abstained until a recent spree. Funeral services were held at St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church. The report also covers a car crash near Garland Lake injuring five, a death in Wenona, Md., and community social notices and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Leon Chamberlain
Greensboro
G. Walter Riddleberger
Chamberlain
Elkton
Young Chamberlain
Pet Milk Company
Joseph G. Chamberlain
Joseph P. Chamberlain
Oxford
Russell Chamberlain
Marvin Chamberlain
Miriam Hickman
Helen Thompson
Upland
Nannette Tabler
Chester
Florence Campbell
Kathryn Johnson
Edna Dunlap
Denton
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Cornelia Evans Dix
William S. Dix
Wenona
Maryland
Frederick P. Roe
Milton T. Dix
T. Simon
Washington, D. C
Emma §. Evans
Deals Island
Frederick Dix Roe
Genevieve Roe
C. W. Griffeth
Deals Island Methodist Episcopal Church
Deals Island Cemetery
Grace Wooters
Noland Edwards
Bates Wooters
Bob
Brooklyn
N. C
A. P. Morris
Paul and
Garey
Durham
Bates Wooten
C. E. Skidmore
Charles
Dragoo
Hubert Dill
Rehoboth Beach
The
Baptist Church
Addie Jewell
Bob Draper
Wilson Jump
Quarryville, Pa
Mary Ellen Draper
H. L. Haddick
Virginia
Skyline Drive
Luray Caverns
Roy Slaughter
Ridgely
Clifford Hernold
Wilmington
J. E. Weaver
Melvin Monroe
Baltimore
Fred Monroe Sr
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the Local Department
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
Koenig’s
Crosley Electric
D. Ralph Horsey
M. A. Brackett
Caroline Post
American Legion
Market St
Franklin Street
W. K. Cumming
J. Kemp Stevens
Farmers Supply Co
W. A. Cawley
Marion Spicher
Gurney Tarbutton
Ira D. Lewis
Jas. W. Thawley
T. Mark Breeding
B. R. Kaler
Orphans’ Court
Alva Blades
Senate
Walter Lyden
Nathan Willis
Harry Jopp
Charles Willis
Taylor Brown
Cecil County
Thomas Coleman Beaven
George F. Beaven
John W. Faulkner
West Denton
Faulkmer
William Ware
Sadlersville
Caroline County
Floyd Cromwell
Maryland Board of Law Examiners
K. Thomas Everngam
Kirwin F. Everngam
Thomas H. Everngam
Everngam
Caroline High School
Washington &Lee University
Lexington
Washington College of Law
District of Columbia
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Montgomery County
William L. Emens
Baltimore Corner
Bridgetown
Emens
Greensboro Volunteer Fire Company
Ridgely Fire Company
W. L. Wheatley
Federalaburg Canner
Spa
James Russell Lowell
Ruskin
Hobbs
Rhgely
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Harrison
Alan Burt
John Lane
Mary Burt
Elia May Lane
William Harrison Junior
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Claymont
Burt
Lillian Harrison
Lane
Maud Harrison
Frank Stevenson
Harry Gibson
Salisbury Hospital
Rittenhouse
Green Hill
Irving Lane
Lake Charles
Lewis Lane
Greensboro Baptist Church
Louisiana
John Applebaum
Merritt
Ben Greenley
Frank Seward
Peter Hoffman
Norristown
Hoffman
Ella Carlile
Emma Wagner
Bethel
H. C. Wagner
Viola Close
Strasburg
Page Jones
Richard Barrie
Carlton Marvel
Marvel Woodward
Narrows
Henry Rawlings
Delavan
Annapolis
Robert E. Smith
West
Lula Meredith
Ima Cooper
Henry Fisher
Frances Saulsbury
Fifer Hospital
Fisher
Amanda Ebling
Willard Jones
Viola
Nathaniel Jones
O. B. Reed
Larry Abbott
Upper Darby
E. F. Pearsaul
Abbott
Frank Flounders
Harry Rieck
Billy Rieck
George Wilson
Belair
G. Lawrence Wilson
Mattie Brumbaugh
Mary
Walter Mitchell
Walter Wright
Chestertown
Lindsey Bahney
Sussex
New Jersey
Arthur Scully
Pearl Groff
Selby
Marilynn
Dorothy Pitkin
Mary Emily Breeding
John Whiting
Delia Friedel
David Mitchell
Broadkill Beach
Reformed Church
Richard Sneed
Melvin Bennington
Walter Bennington
Harry Stedman
Henderson
W. N. Walls
Anna Raughley
Irvin Kenton
Chas. Simpson
Leroy Barrett
Margaret Raughley
Nathan Walls
Elsie Mae Raughley
George Thompson
George Thompson and Sons
Medford
Edith Thompson
Carroll Thompson
Bertha Pinder
Walter Ingram
Cordova
Freeborn Eljlwanger
Alan
W. F. Clark
Russell Anson
George Clark
Newport
Harry Frase
Bertie Pritchett and Sons
Chas. Cartwright
Richardson Park
T. A. Montague
Epworth League
Eden Hall
Bert Pyle
Kewanee
Florence DiNicio
John Stabler
Lewis Shelton
Dora Melvin
Clifton Cohee
Estella Cahall
Eleanor Harman
Mary Robb Roden
Near Town
Farnhurst
Anna Hemp
Hillsboro
Tuckahoe
Horace Burns
Freddy
Rebecca Blades
Arlington
Marie Taylor
Howard Holden
Medford Burgess
Rose Burgess
Irving Fooks
Columbus
Nell Fooks
Josephine Gallagher
William Henderson
South Main St
Misa Beverly Goldsborough
Patricia Saulabury
Georganne Cochran
Middletown
Percy Malcom
Lizzie Jamison
Thomas Hobbs
Edward Nichols
Davis Bishop
Clara Pinder
Ernestine Carroll
Hershey
Fred Neymer
Drexel Hill
Calvin Butler
Kent General Hospital
Captain Reed
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