Local notices and town developments in Denton MD
Several small notices cover local business sales apartment rentals and job openings in Denton and nearby towns. Highlights include a $45 milk cooler deal, furnished apartments for Labor Day, a new bookkeeper appointment at Denton National Bank, and a posting of W P A sidewalk funds for Preston. Also reported are a meteor sighting near Baltimore and Marine Corps recruiting vacancies. The piece notes rapid Denton growth with over 50 lots selling, new stores, and a memorial obituary for Walter Lauriston Black of Summit NJ.
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Journal
Robert Burns
M. K. Newnam
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Rehoboth Avenue
Naomi Holland
Hillsboro
Denton National Bank
Eleanor Towers
Denton
Federalsburg
Theis Motor Company
Maryland
Easton Hospital
E. D. C. Heeeman
N. 4Th Street
T. Alan Goldsborough
Main Street
Railroad Avenue
Maryland Avenue
Preston
American Weekly
Baltimore Sunday American
Baltimore
Clarence E. Beauchamp
Concord
Marine Corps Recruiting Station
Post Office
Burrsville
Harrington Road
D. Short Lumber Company
Harrington
Ray Wood
Goldsborough
Cecil
Worcester
Washington
Market Street
J. Owen Knotts
Courthouse Square
Walter Lauriston Black
Summit
N. J
Sharon
Connecticut
Black
Maine
Alice L. M. Tubbs
Walter Lauriston Black, Jr
Julia Lee
Anne Lauriston Black
Mr. Black
Central States Service Company
Central States Edison Company
Chicago
New Jersey
Maryland Public Service Commission
Denton Socials and Nuptials Highlight Week
Miss Mary Eleanor Towers wed Mr Linden Duffey at Valley Forge Pennsylvania with plans to reside in Greensboro after a Canadian motor trip. Numerous Denton residents attended visits, travel and engagements including Mrs Booth moving to Atlanta and Miss Saulsbury resuming Winchester teaching positions as the community notes weddings, visits, and travels.
Poultry Diagnostic Laboratory Moves to Salisbury Court House
A disease diagnosis lab, started three weeks ago at Maryland State Teachers College Salisbury by the Live Stock Sanitary Service of Maryland, will relocate to the new court house once quarters are ready. The free service aids poultry owners and tests Bang’s disease in cattle. Dr. J. M. Moulthrop, D. V. M., heads two assisting veterinarians. The lab serves the Eastern Shore, focusing on diagnostic work and disease eradication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Teachers College
Salisbury
Live Stock Sanitary Service of Maryland
New Court House
Bang
J. M. Moulthrop
In Memoriam for William Co. Andrew
In loving remembrance of a dear husband and father William Co. Andrew who died six months ago February 23 1996. Happy days are memories now since our circle is broken. He rests at the Savior's feet while we mourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Co. Andrew
Pedestrians urged to face traffic to survive headlight glare
Engineering director William S. Canning warns drivers and pedestrians about headlight glare. At 40 mph a car travels 59 feet per second and needs about 164 feet to stop. with one second of blindness the stop distance grows to 213 feet, endangering pedestrians within 200 feet. He urges motorists to slow or stop and pedestrians to walk facing traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Canning
Keystone Automobile Club of
Maryland
Resolutions on the Death of J Frank Wright by Denton Rotary
The Denton Rotary Club notes with deep regret the untimely death of J Frank Wright a charter member and former president and a leading figure in founding the club His passing leaves a vacancy in the organization and community The club expresses heartfelt sorrow and sympathy to his family and will publish the resolution in the Denton Journal and send copies to his relatives Committee: J Deweese Carter J Roland Chaffinch Ormond L Andrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Wright
Denton Rotary Club
Wilereas
Denton Journal
J. Deweese Carter
J. Roland Chaffinch
Ormond L. Andrew
Church notices announce Sunday services and talks
A district church notices list upcoming services and speakers. W E Bullock of Liden will speak at Liberty Church on Sunday afternoon August 30, with other brethren expected to discuss Bible topics. Williston Community Church has no afternoon service August 30, and September 6 worship resumes at 11 a.m. at Liberty. Mass schedules for August 30 are listed for St Elizabeths and St Benedicts with confessions at St Elizabeths at 7:15 a.m.
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W. E. Bullock
Liden
Liberty Church
Federalsburg
Bridgeville
Williston
Church of the New Jerusalem
Preston
St. Elizabeth's Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Harmony Church Seeks Summer Attendance Boost
Harmony notes camps are over and urges larger Sunday School and preaching service turnout. Brother and Sister Cliff praised for past charge. Master Jack Cohee and Madeline Cohee head to Philadelphia Sunday after visiting grandparents John and unnamed Mrs. Cohee. Family attended Jr O U A M picnic at Buffet's last Monday. Mrs Ray Deen back from visit with daughter in Wilmington.
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Cliff
Jack Cohee
Madeline
Philadelphia
John Cohee
Buffet
Ray Deen
Wilmington
Weekday Ridgely News Letter reports vows at St Gertrude's
Thursday service at St Gertrude's Chapel marked three Scholastics taking perpetual vows and one postulant receiving the religious habit. Miss Elizabeth Spiegel becomes Sister Mary Bernard as Most Rev. Edmund J. Fitzmaurice officiates with several priests. Relatives and Ridgely residents attended. many local names appear among visitors, travels, and community notices.
Fire prevention tips for farm buildings urged by expert
The article stresses farm fire dangers and practical prevention. Hydrants at strategic points offer quick water supply, hoses fed by farm systems aid early control, and replacing kerosene lamps with electricity reduces fire risk. Proper ventilation also helps, though fires can still occur, so preparation is essential.
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Ray W. Carpenter
University of Maryland Extension Service
Carpenter
Vaccination urged before school entry by Maryland health head
Dr. R H Riley, Director of the State Department of Health, urges parents to vaccinate children for smallpox and to immunize against diphtheria before school starts. He notes Maryland’s strong smallpox record due to enforcement, while diphtheria cases have fallen with toxoid immunization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Riley
State Department of Health
Maryland
Local Residents Attend Visits Across Towns
Henderson Mr and Mrs Willard Satterfield and children and Mr and Mrs Wm Seward and daughter of Marcus Hook visited Mr and Mrs Joseph Satterfield this week. Lankford Sanders and children and Mrs Elma Hutton and children from Wilmington spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs W L Sanders. Telcchester visitors on Sunday included Mr and Mrs T A Montague and family and Mrs Anna Hemp and children. Russell Anson and Leonard Bennett of Philadelphia spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Martin Bennett. Mrs C H Bickling and son Bobby of Wilmington spent a few days with Mrs Dora Melvin and family. Pauline and Alice McMullen visited their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs W E Stubbs. John Cooper of Wilmington visited Mr and Mrs W H Goodwin over the weekend. Wilmer Edge and sons of Marcus Took visit Mr and Mrs Robert Edge. I Barry Freese of Philadelphia visited Mrs Bertie Pritchett over the weekend. James Pepper spent the weekend with friends at Norwood, Pa. Subscribe for the Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Satterfield
Wm. Seward
Marcus Hook
Joseph Satterfield
Lankford Sanders
Elma Hutton
Wilmington
W. L. Sanders
T. A. Montague
Anna Hemp
Russell Anson
Leonard Bennett
Philadelphia
Martin Bennett
C. H. Bickling
Bobby
Dora Melvin
Pauline
Alice McMullen
W. E. Stubbs
John Cooper
W. H. Goodwin
Wilmer Edge and
Marcus Took
Robert Edge
I Barry Freese
Bertie Pritchett
James Pepper
Norwood, Pa
William Neundorf
Flushing Long Island
Bradley Mackey
Los Angeles
Calif
Jesse Mackey
Chester
East
Edward Healingsworth
Harry Lerch
Stanley Hooker
Harrisburg
Wilbur Carroll
Greensboro
Lerch
Hollingsworth
Charles Taylor
Buddie Wright
William Taylor
Benjamin Gasgal
Taylor
Melvin Mitchell and Sons
Newport
Rhode Island
Mary Mitchell
H. B. Thomas
Bridgetown
Roy Slaughter
J. E. Weaver
Sara Tinley
Sallie Nichols
Tinley
Ruth Jackson
Somerset County
New York
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Havana
Sipple
Nelson Wyatt
Mildred Bennett
Thomas Edwards
Bethany Beach
Del
Edwards
Calvin Butler
Harry F. Butler
Anna Lee Gooden
Edward Gooden
Henderson
Elkton
Frank Manship
Rehoboth
Frank Rice
Earl Rice
Alfred Blackburn
N. L. Raleigh
Arthur Lee
Denton
L. R. Brumbaugh
Bridgewater
Floyd Travers
Charles Travers
Camden
N. J
Mary and
Marthe Long
Catonsville
Dorothy Anthony
Centreville
Eleanor Goldsborough
A. T. Longfellow
Lewis Longfellow
Norman Edwards
Fifer Hospital
Ridgely
T. C. Curry
Bridgeville
Ralph Moore
Goldsboro
Roland Blades
Cordova
Harry Draper
James R. Lake
Baltimore
Marian Hevalow
Birdsboro
Mae Luff
Paige Riddleberger
Joan
Annapolis
James Curry Sr
Churchland
Paul Curry
Arthur Cahall
Orville Weaver
Sarah Pritchett
Hillsboro Queen Anne Guests and Local Visits
Hillsboro and Queen Anne residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from Washington Wilmington Baltimore Philadelphia New Jersey Ohio and Maine. The social circuit included bank staff changes, extended family gatherings and weekend trips to Rehoboth Ocean Grove Tolchester and Harrington with multiple byline hosts and visitors.
Community Notes From Queen Anne Gatherings and Visits
Mr and Mrs Howard Eley and children Betty and Sara joined supper guests at the Boyles Boarding House near Matapeake on Sunday. Cordova residents Mrs Henry Morgan Showard Culver Lottie Morgan Mrs Addie Morgan and Mrs Harry Kemp drove to Cambridge for supper. St Pauls Sunday School held its annual picnic at the Cambridge bridge with a large crowd. Claude Howard and family of Baltimore visited Horace Morgan. Mrs Showard Culver visited her Hebron family. Culver stayed over weekend. Mollie Altwater and Mrs Clifford Cortleyou visited their mother Enma Short. Howard Flowers and children Donald Eleanor and Helen Chairs spent Sunday at Reho. Dorothy Jump returns from two weeks in the Pocono mountains.
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Chas. Jarrell
J. M. Eaton
Charlanne
Ellinore
Frances Fisher
Virginia
Chincoteague Island
Naomi Holland
Denton National Bank
Denton
Ella Pennington
R. A. Pennington
Columbus
Ohio
Rehoboth
William
Francis Short
Elizabeth Short
Frank Seward
Ridgely
Ida Mason
Hopewell
Eugene Gibbs
Lucretia
Baltimore
Virginia Holt
Hillsboro-Queen Anne Bank
Eleanore Moore
Elwood Fleming
Laura Virginia
Ralph Holland
Leo Weber
Jerry
James Sloan
Frank Sparks
Philadelphia
Susie Thompson
W. B. Sparks
Houston Russum
John Russum
Albert Cahall
Miriam
Mildred Gale
Ocean Grove
N. J
Betty Bishop
Boston
Wothers House
Maury Virginia Blades
Ellen Blades
Queen Anne
Edgar Blades
Kennard Brown
Howard Johnson
Richard Beaven
J. T. Sparklin
John Brant
Maine
Edwin Gale
Wilmington
Everett Gale
Bernard Pinder
New Jersey
Howand Dodds
Samuel Breckenridge
Lee
Herbert Beaven
Ela Pennington
Leslie Gardner
New Orleans
Harrington
Asbury Greaves
Mary Elaine
Newton Smith
William Cooper
Salisbury
Mary Cooper
Elsie Skinner
J. W. Skinner
Dorothy Neighbors
Ruthsbury
Nancy Jane Kline
Mildred Stenger
Tolchester
Lay Beaven
Howard Eley
Betty
Sara
Harold Jump
Louise Short
Boyle
Matapeake
Mesdames
Henry Morgan
Showard Culver
Lottie Morgan
Addie Morgan
Harry Kemp
Cordova
Cambridge
St. Paul’s
Cambridge Bridge
Claude Howard
Horace Morgan
Hebron
Jake Morgan
Culver
Mollie Altwater
Clifford Cortleyou
Enma Short
Howard Flowers
Donald and
Eleanor
Helen
Dorothy Jump
Pocono Mountains
Orphans Court approves Ludwig will probate Sept 1 1936
Caroline County Orphans Court met with Judges Towers Handy and Dennis. The will of Jos hua M Ludwig, filed by custodian Mabel I Ludwig, stands for probate on September 1 1936. Ida DB Towers estate debts listed. Wallace Thornton seeks sale of Nancy E Thornton real estate.
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Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
Towers
Handy
Dennis
Joshua M. Ludwig
Mabel I. Ludwig
Mary Eleanor Towers
Ida DB. Towers
Wallace Thornton
Nancy E. Thornton
Food for Thought Inspires Self Made Men
A compact aphorism set contrasts good nourishment with intellectual effort to fuel personal enterprise. The quotes stress that age should not limit genius and that disciplined thinking builds a fit company for oneself.
Preston Chronicle Social Roundup Delights Preston Del
A Preston family reunion at W Oliver Carmine's Wyoming Delaware home gathers relatives from Easton Cockeysvile Wilmington and Preston area. Guests include Ella Carmine Malcolm Carmine Ruth Helen Maynie Johnson Bonner and more. Local professors and families attend visits to Ocean City Richmond and Boston with events from LeGrande Stores contest to a Chevrolet prize and a Sinclair Oil Station build.
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W. Oliver Carmine
Wyoming
Del
Ella Carmine
Malcolm Carmine
Easton
H. D. Eskridge
Wilmington
G. H. Carmine
Ruth
Helen
Maynie
Cockeysville
W. B. Ambrose
Milton
Billy
Russell Marker
Collins
State College
L. E. Brodes
Marker
Annapolis
le Grande
Tolchester
Creighton Carmine
Boston
London
England
Standard Oil Company
Esther
Iva Griffith
W. Johnson Bonner
Ocean City
O. B. Blades
Beverly
Robert Wherry
Clarksville
Richmond
Lloyd Brodes
Roger Covey
Virginia Brown
Media
Todd
Preston Spence Jr
John L. Parris
Agnes Gardner
A. F. Sisk
Theodore Fletcher
Howard Hoot
Baltimore
Madaline Cope
South Main Street
H. Calvin Todd
Pennsylvania
New York
Buffet’s
R. P. Baylor
California
Residents Attend Funeral and Visit Relatives in Seaford
Mrs Alva Blades Sr visits Seaford this week to attend the funeral of her brother in law Avery Hobbs. The column lists numerous local family and guest visits including Blades family members and relatives from Trappe Centreville Ridgely Federalsburg Wilmington and Baltimore with a new baby born in Easton Emergency Hospital.
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Alva Blades Sr
Seaford
Avery Hobbs
Hobbs
George Blades
C. F. Willis Jr
Clara Dorsey
Malcolm Bradley
Lois Bradley
Trappe
J. H. Furbush
Harry Thawley
Harry Blades
Carlton Lane
Weaver Jones
Geneva Wilson
Ridgely
Leonard Legates
Easton Emergency Hospital
Virginis
Marjorie
Lela Mae
Betty Morris
Centreville
Lewis Trice
Federalsburg
Wm. H. Harding
Eleanor Legates
Doris Hall
Wilmington
Charles Christopher
Baltimore
John Blades
Ed Bryan
Virginia Morris
Grove Social News Highlights From Frankfort and Wilmington
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Evans of Frankfort Del. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Betts on Sunday. Miss Vivian Hubbard visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll this week. Noble Carroll and Miss Eunice Carroll with others spent several days in Wilmington last week. Frances Lane stayed over weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lane of Trappe.
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Harry Evans
Frankfort
Del
Calvin Betts
Vivian Hubbard
Charles Carroll
Noble Carroll
Eunice Carroll
Wilmington
Frances Lane
Ray Lane
Trappe
Greensboro Area Family Reunion Highlights Wide Network
A large Greensboro family gathering at Mrs. Mackey's Woodside Delaware home drew many relatives from across the region. Attendees included Norman Rickards and Wilmer Webber of Greensboro along with Mackeys from Pittsburgh and Dover, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. The note lists extensive visits and social rounds at multiple households, with several travels and local events noted, including a marriage, hospital visit, and neighborhood hospitality from Dennisport to Bridgeline.
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Linden Duffey
Mabel Duffey
A. L. Duffey
Valley Forge
Ella Downes
Lynchburg
Bradford Academy
Magss
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Duffey
St. John’s College
Canada
Ladies Aid
Denton M. E. Church
Sallie Covey
Riverton Avenue
J. Frank Booth
Susan Saulsbury
Nellie Mitchell
Leroy Ford
J. W. Krabill
C. N. Tombaugh
John
Laura Tombaugh
Lansing
Mich
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N.Y
Winfield Nichols
Bridge
Grace Bowdle
Rochester
Jane Bryant
Poultry Diagnostic Laboratory
Memoriam
St. Bernard
Abbott
Docter
St. Gertrude’s Chapel
Andrew Toscik
St. Benedict
Elizabeth Spiegel
Mary Bernard
Mary Anselma Eiseadi
Balto
Mary Trmina Stahl
Mary Dolores Bessinger
East Orange
Edmund J. Fitzmaurice
Francis J. Hensel
John C. McGee
the Plains
Edward Leinheiser
Tmmacultite Conception Church
Marydel
William Jarrell
QO. K. Raleigh
Harold Fountain
H. E. Keeneman
Samuel Thomas
Fred Keeneman
Richard Blackburn
Norman Wilson
Jack
Louise Wilson
James Wilson
Donald
Richard Roche
Little Carroll
Billy Sermon
J. H. Boche
H.C. Hemmons
Marian
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Walter Mitchell
Paul Hemmons
Dorothy Saulsbury
Green Pastures
Walter Bennington
Harlan Harrington
Ronald Lane
Willian Lynch
Boston Red Sox
Leola Temple
Maryland General Hospital
W. T. Temple
W. E. Matthews
Smyrna
W. M. Wiley
Hersey Redden
Ruthsburg
J. J. Ivison
Phillips Delicious
Reese
Florence Ann Porter
Reed Cottage
Bobby Hendley
J. T. Saulsbury
Wayne
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H. C. Rawlings
Antapolis
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Walter Sharp
Paulsburg
Harry Ludwig
Fred Flounders
McDonagh’s
Oliver Friedell
Reading
Fred Friedell
Bessie
Sadie Wilson
Hiram Kenton
Ruth Leslie
Trenton
Arthur Richards
Kajah Lui
Lutt
Withington
Thomas McCloud
Alice Lane
Anna Frances
City Paint
Roy Archer
David Holsinger
Paul Hardee
Thomas Gaitley
Mary Sharp
Emily Beede
Michigan
Leelan Jackson
St. Michaels
Marian Slemmons
Johnstown
Carolyn Maneha
Nina Muller
Samuel Beard
Heis
Mary Frances Bickling
Tuckahoe
Frank Fleming
Irvin Bowman
Henry Fleming
Russell Fleming
Wayne, Ta
Bethlehem
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