Church Notices Suspend Midweek Service and Vacation Sundays
There will be no mid week service on Wednesday. All other services will be suspended until September 9. Vacation Sundays will be August 26 and September 2.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1945
Page
5
There will be no mid week service on Wednesday. All other services will be suspended until September 9. Vacation Sundays will be August 26 and September 2.
Grace Methodist Church announces Rev. T. J. Turkington as minister. Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship at 11 a m sermon subject Joy Evening service at 8 p m sermon subject Listening In Wednesday prayer meeting at 3 p m Thursday choir practice at 7 30.
Rev. T. J. Turkington presides at Ames Chapel Hobbs with morning worship and sermon at 9 30 followed by Sunday School.
Rev Carl E Range rector announces regular Sunday morning services will be omitted through August for the rector s vacation month.
Morning services proceed as usual with Church School at 10 and Worship at 11. Beginning tonight at 8 p m Prof Fisher will lead a music institute through Sunday night, hosted by Church of the Brethren under Minister N J Miller.
P R Schauer announces no church services in August while the building undergoes painting and renovations. Community members are advised to note the temporary suspension.
The Church of the Nazarene in West Denton Maryland lists Rev. John Andrews as pastor with Sunday School at 2 30 p m preaching 3 30 p m Young People's Meeting at 7 p m preaching 7 30 p m and Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 8 p m
Frank McCorkle announces church activities with Sunday School at 11 a m and 2 p m services, union worship at 11 a m, young people meeting at 8 p m led by Mrs McCorkle, and Hickman service at 3 p m asking for attendance.
Greensboro Maryland church announces ministers and service times Rev Charles Davis 9 45 a m church school superintendent H Claude Rawlings 11 00 a m morning worship 7 30 p m M Y F 8 00 p m evening worship Wednesday prayer at 7 30 p m second Thursday Woman's Society of Christian Service third Thursday business meeting M Y F
Rev Victor Bateman leads a Friday 8 30 p m prayer service and Sunday School at 10 a m with preaching at 11 a m. A Young People’s service is at 7 30 p m followed by preaching.
Rev Irving Lane outlines Sunday services with Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship at 11 00 a m B T U at 7 00 p m and Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 8 00 p m The W M A meets the second Tuesday monthly St Elizabeth s R C Church in Denton and St Benedict s in Ridgely announce Masses on Sunday August 26 at 830 a m and 10 00 a m Confessions at St Elizabeth s on Sunday morning at 700 a m
Harrington Delaware pastor David G. Fleagie leads Sabbath School Saturday at 10 a.m. Preaching follows at 11 30 a.m. Prayer meeting is Wednesday night at 8 p.m.
The Smiths Memorial Pilgrim Holiness Church in Bethlehem Maryland lists Sunday School at 10:00 A M, preaching at 11:00 A M and 7:45 P M, and Wednesday Prayer and Praise at 8:00 P M. All are welcome and a quotation by F W Nichol about the meaning of succeed appears.
Mrs J C Smith returns from Wichita after sister's death, Byron and Mrs Earl Clarkson Jr. accompany. Barbara Lee stays in Ithaca. Mr and Mrs Fred Dove and Barbara Lee visit A W Brumbaugh. Barbara Lee extends stay. Luncheon hosted for Cross Dore guests near Trappe. Parsonage sale to Baptist Church. Rev Irving Lane moves in. Cpl Harry McMichael and family visit Arlington relatives. Trips to Waynesboro and Rehoboth noted. Birth of a son to Milton Robert Bishop. Various visits, surgeries, and birthdays mentioned.
Bur rs ville residents host Elmer Wilson of Houston Del recently discharged from nearly four years service in Iceland France Belgium and England. Lt Bruce Bowdle on furlough and family from Camden N J visit. Cpl Dean Fountain back from France. Wheat threshing ongoing in fair condition amid wet weather. Wesley Church W S C S hosted at Henry Staffords Aug 17. Roland Draper new to village. Porter family in Wilmington. Rev Frank McCorkle ill.
Hillsboro residents greet relatives and friends visiting from Hannibal Greensboro Centreville New York and Ocean City. Tours and visits include Mr James Duffey Mrs Linden Duffey Mrs E H Hyde Miss Bessie Chambers Anna Chambers and Fran ces Covell with Dora Morris. Army Lt Ira C Nelson from Camp Livingston La visited Harry Kemp family.
Brown, Miss Wm. F. Dickinson and Mrs. Oscar Clark of Denton visited Rehoboth. Mrs. Joseph Thomas and children of Stevensville spent time with her parents, the Dodds. The Eatons and Ellinor, and Mrs. Jarrell were in Baltimore Monday. Verdin Cantrell and Gladden of Salisbury visited Nancy Jane Kline over the weekend. Milford Kline and George Moore families drove to Atlantic City for the weekend. Raymond Fisher and Louise Fleetwood of Denton called Monday evening. Bernard Allen of Baltimore visits daughter Francis Fleming. Sharon Stewart visits grandparents Roy Detwiler in Wilmington. Kemp Stewart and Blanche Morse spend the week at Rehoboth. Mrs James Sherwood has visited Mrs Edward Sherwood in Easton.
Mr and Mrs L H Thomas and Master Bernard H Thomas with Mrs James C Hardesty drove to Rehoboth last Sunday afternoon. Miss Catherine Towers with Mrs Elsie Brooke and Miss Norma Lee Morgan were seen at Oak Orchard and Rehoboth recently. Miss Margaret Ashe and Miss Celeste King, visiting Mr and Mrs Lewis Butler, returned to Washington. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ramsburg of Boonsboro spent a week with the Butlers. Mr and Mrs Charlie Butler and Mrs Emma Long of Denton were guests of Mrs Lewis Butler. Mr Lewis Butler visited his son Marion Butler of Tuckahoe Neck. Navyman Dawson Fountain of Rhode Island spent last week-end with his wife here.
Maryland will inspect all school buses before the new school year and require drivers to undergo physical examinations for the first time. State superintendent Dr. Thomas G. Pullen Jr. announced exams are under way in 28 counties, with bylaws adopted by the State Board of Education, exams to be completed by September 1.
New regulations set driver age limits 21 to 60 with grandfathering for pre July 1 1945 hires. Drivers must prove fitness to drive to a DMV examiner or designated official. Buses must be inspected at least three times yearly with a mandatory major overhaul annually. Unsafe buses must be removed from service until repaired and rechecked. Maryland plans to add more than 90 new buses as material availability improves.
On Wednesday evening Captain Geo Bastain spoke of his travels including the Holy Land and visiting Major John J Watson, former pastor. The church bought a parsonage, the former home of Mrs Bessie E Stevenson. Rev Lane and wife moved in Friday. Semi annual bank openings will continue to cover the cost.
A poem by Jonathan Johns and J M Hodges laments the loss of the St. John’s College cradle tied to Francis Scott Key. It condemns Naval Academy land grabs, cites Pearl Harbor and Old Glory, and argues to preserve the historic campus as a symbol of freedom across land air and sea.
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