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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1942
Page
5
Local notices cover rental ads and goods for sale in Denton including two rooms for rent and fruit prices. The town reports a fire incident, American Legion officers, a cannon disposal decision, a new Air Forces officer, Rotary Club picnic for Boy Scouts, a large Wright family reunion, deaths and funeral details, ferry service changes for Chesapeake City, and Camp Rodney Scout activities with merit badges earned.
Denton area social notes record weddings births and numerous visits. Henriet ta Quimby and Kenneth H. Butler wed in Ruthsburg with Butler stationed at McClellan Field. Eleanor Lux Goldsborough and John Leonard Hull marry in Baltimore. Various family visits and travel noted across Centreville Chestertown Wilmington and Rehoboth with numerous relatives staying guests and celebratory events.
Grace Methodist Church announces an August vacation with no services until September 6. Sunday School 9 45 a m worship 11 a m and 8 p m. sermons Power for Service and The Dangers of Idolatry. Midweek prayer Wednesday 8 p m choir Thursday 7 p m. Nazarene Church West Denton Rev L W Savage pastor lists prayer meetings Wednesday 8 p m Saturday 8 p m praise and song Sunday 2 p m Sunday School 3 p m preaching 7 p m Young Peoples service 7 30 p m preaching.
Rev R W Kirwan pastor leads 9 45 Sunday School 11 preaching service 7 30 evening service 8 00 official board meets first Wednesday Sunday School Board meets second Wednesday 8 00 Woman's Division second Thursday 7 30 Junior Epworth League Wednesday 4 pm Blue Ribbon Bible Class last Tuesday 7 30 pm Summer evenings offer half hour services after.
Pilgrim Holiness Church Greensboro announces Friday prayer meeting at 7 45 p m Sunday School and praise services with a Young Peoples service and preaching. Greensboro Baptist Church lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship 11 00 a m Baptist Training Union 7 00 p m Evening Worship 8 00 p m Bible study Thursday 7 30 p m Woman's Missionary Society meets on second Tuesday. Catholic Masses on August 23 in Denton and Ridgely at 8 30 a m and 10 a m with confessions at St Elizabeth's Denton at 7 45 a m Sunday morning.
George M Cahall aged eighty died August 10 in Chicago and was brought to Burrsville for burial in Wesley cemetery August 12. He was son of the late John A and Mary Jane Cahall and survived by his widow a daughter from a former marriage and brothers and sisters including Thomas E Cahall Mrs R H Thawley and Mollie Cahall all of Burrsville. Local notes mention various relatives visiting family in Maryland Delaware and Pennsylvania and Hillcrest Packing Co packing tomatoes daily.
Governor O Conor reports 2600 migratory laborers available for Maryland farmers on the Eastern Shore. Of these 690 are already here or en route, with 2000 more in North Carolina. A $5000 transport fund was set at a State House conference with Federal officials and Maryland Farm Bureau representatives.
In sad remembrance of Sallie Vickery who departed August 23, 1937. Her daughter Sallie Needles writes of her mother’s long illness and enduring faith. Jesus took her home where tears are gone, and her heavenly crown is won.
Grace Walters of Brooklyn visits Ridgely relatives as family plans outings to Silver Spring and Baltimore. Weddings, travel, and church group dressings lessons fill a busy week with neighbors and relatives from Wilmington Easton Georgetown and Philadelphia attending gatherings and services.
The Tuckahoe Homemakers Club held its annual picnic on Sunday evening August 16 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gannon with about forty attending. Guests enjoyed a social hour and a supper of franks, hamburgers, corn, salads, crackers, marshmallows, iced tea and coffee, thanking the Gannons for their hospitality as they departed.
Maryland Public Expenditure Council President Harry S. Middendorf urged Governor Herbert R. O'Conor to either cut all income and other tax rates or reduce state debt, arguing the $9,000,000 surplus should be returned to taxpayers with a small working fund. He praised economies but pressed drastic nonwar cost cuts and sought separate budgeting for war needs, recommending a war bonus instead of permanent salary increases and opposing prepaying postwar reconstruction with current surpluses.
Hobbs area gospel notices outline Sunday services at Hobbs Thawley Burrsville Piney and Caroline Circuit with Rev D E Wood minister. Visitors Rev and Mrs MacFarland Wilmington and Rev and Mrs Wood hosted dinner after Ocean City trip. Mrs Willey stayed with sister Mrs Merriken Federalsburg. Mrs Evans ill at home. Aiken family from Cape Charles visiting.
A digest of social notes from Hillsboro highlighting Miss Naoma Holland and Miss Carolyn Holland visiting family, with Baltimore guests William Morris and Virginia Rack among others. The column lists weekend guests, dinners, and departures at the homes of the Hollands, Blades, DeFord, and Larrimore, mentioning Crumpton, Reading, Milford, Wilmington, and Baltimore.
Next Sunday at Hillsboro Queen Anne church Rev. William H. Revelle Jr. of Wye Mills will preach at eleven o’clock. He was born here and is warmly welcomed by the congregation. Rev. Walter H. Stone will preach at Ebenezer Church Eas ton that morning while Revelle fills the local pulpit. Several residents and visitors are noted, with health updates for Mrs. Mulliken and social visits among families.
Thos. S. Holt, president of the Taxpayers' League of Caroline County, urges voters to cast informed ballots in primaries and resist machine politics. He calls for leaders who will guide Annapolis and Washington, notes underpaid representatives, and stresses patriotism as soldiers go to war. He asks residents to elect capable men who stand for principled government.
Henderson area families report weekend visits from Philadelphia and Maryland guests. Mr and Mrs Harry Fraze and child stayed with Mrs Berdie Pritchett. Mrs Hattie Seeney and Mrs Sara Leach were guests of Miss Lula Marvel. Winfred Gooden and sons visit W E Stubbs family. Cartwrights from Richardson Park hosted by Mr and Mrs Morton Bennett. Cohee family hosted by Ed Cohee. T H Gough and Harry Gooden visited Marshalston. John Schoppe and Philadelphia relatives spent Monday with town relatives. Eleanor Harman visiting Wilmington with C H Bickling. May Raughley spent weekend with her mother Anna Raughley.
The second annual reunion of John Riley Wright and Ann Kimmey Wright descendants drew sixty five attendees at M Estelle Wrights home in Choptank on Sunday August 16 1942. Officers were reelected: Martin M Wright Easton president M Estelle Wright Choptank vice president Myrtle E Messick Federalsburg secretary. Various Wright family members from Preston Seaford Baltimore and other towns joined in fellowship, meals, and moving pictures by Arthur M Willey of Preston.
Cpl Paul C Bickling of Greensboro promoted to sergeant on August 6 at Fort Knox Kentucky with the 8th Armored Division. Inducted May 18 1941 he served at Pine Camp New York with the 4th Armored before transfer to Fort Knox. He is the son of Mr and Mrs L C Bickling of Greensboro.
The fall indoor assembly points are set for the Mary Land Minute Men. Platoon 1 meets at the Andersontown Store at 8 p m Fridays, including Hobbs Williston Andersontown Hickman and Liden School squads. Platoon 2 meets at Old Central Church at 7 30 p m Thursdays, with Burrsville and Oil City squads assembling. Gouverned by Capt Thomas F Reilly, instructions on self protection and safety will be provided.
Eight German spies were captured and tried in Washington amid public pressure for swift justice. The case tested whether military tribunals could judge spies, with final authority balancing Congress Supreme Court and the President under civilian law standards.
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