Denton Christmas ads show heaters and furniture deals
Local merchants advertise gifts for the holidays including Allens Parlor Furnace at 45 dollars, cedar chests, hats cleaning, and a wide range of farm and home items. The notices also promote house rentals, a M.E. Church food sale, and a Christmas play at Caroline High School.
Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Durrrsville Area
Local residents hosted multiple Thanksgiving dinners and birthday celebrations. Guests came from Cambridge, Queen Anne, Marydel, Burrsville, Dover, Chester, Wilmington, Vernon, and nearby towns. Notable events include Miss Margaret Baker’s sixteenth birthday party and visits by extended family.
Church Notices from Concord M E and Nearby Churches
Concord M E Church outlines a full Sunday schedule with class meetings at 9 46 p m worship at 11 a m and Epworth League activities in the evening The Knudsen sisters Gospel Radio singers from Audubon NJ will perform at the morning service Evangelistic services at Methodist Protestant Church led by Rev Albert Turkington wrap Sunday night Sunday School tonight and 9 45 a m service tomorrow 2 30 p m sermon Death Watch Epiphany Mission Preston Holy Communion sermon 9 00 a m Sunday School 10 00 a m Church of the New Jerusalem Preston 1 a m sermon From Jerusalem to Jericho Luke 10 25 29 Sunday School 10 16 a m Williston Community Church Sunday School 10 30 a m no afternoon worship this Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord M. E
Epworth League
W. D. Maorer
Hurlock
Knudsen
Gospel Radio Singers
Audubon
N. J
Albert Turkington
Baltimore
Wm. D. Turkington
Philadelphia
Christian Endeavor
Epiphany Mission
Preston
Church of the New Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Jericho
Williston Community Church
Bethlehem Club Meets at Mildred Miley Home
The Bethlehem Club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Mildred Miley’s home with good attendance. Mrs. Elsie Thompson led a helpful demonstration and refreshments followed. The next meeting will be December 11 in the Community House with several hostesses. Names of visiting relatives and locals appear, noting Thanksgiving visits and other social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Club
Mildred Miley
America
Elsie Thompson
J. B. Todd
James Olson
Darcey Christopher
Clifford Fergerson
Baltimore
James R. Christopher
Ladies Aid
Anah Carroll
Martha Hubbard
Lewis Trice
Federalsburg
Ridgely Weekly News Letter Spotlight on Theater and Local Events
The Ridgely High School audience enjoyed the Wayne P. Sewell Producing Co. presenting Here Comes Arabella in the high school auditorium with leading roles by Margaret Saulsbury and Jos. Roche Jr. The article lists cast and chorus members, notes Miss Grace Zeigler's death, and covers church, civic, and social happenings including the formation of The Ridgely Booster Club and local attendance at dramatics and Thanksgiving activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Swing
Louise Wilson
Douglas Bennington
William Davis
Howard Harrington
Chas Messick
Otis Wharton
Lucille
Jean Callahan
Evelyn Cohee
Grace Richards
Miriam Roche
Joyce Saulsbury
Ladies’ Aid
Mary Cross
Shirley Applebaum
Virginia Friedel
Elizabeth Callahan
Virginia Friedell
Florence Ann Porter
Marjory Rush
June Lynch
Ruth Harrington
Jean Hammond
Anna Jones
Helen Marvel
Marjory Powers
Helen Saulsbury
Virginia Woodward
Robin Red
Barbara Lane
Jeanette Lynch
Martha Mae Moore
Myrtle Stevenson
Sarna Ann Swing
Eleanor Walls
Marian Wilkinson
Sally Pippin
North Carolina
Grace Zeigler
Roanoke
Fairview
Charles Dean
Barbara Jane
Leolan Jackson
St. Michaels
Leon Ross
Ridgely
Ridgely Booster Club.” E. L. Moore
Ridgely Theatre
Elizabeth Wilson
Newport
Hilda
Elizabeth Cherry
Bobby Ribier
Golden’s College
Wilmington
Billie Jones
College Park
Billie Raleigh
St. John's
Annapolis
Charlies Hammond
Claude Towers
J. K. Snowberger
William Snowberger
Louis Welty
Howard Quaintance
Phoebe Jane
Silver Spring
Donald Davis
Virginia
J. D. Davis
Donald
Manassas
Denton
Harry Hemmons
King
Harry Holsinger
Elsie Matthews
Caroline Ebling
Hafer
William Richards
Orrell Saulsbury
Helen
Orrell
Baltimore
Teressa Fountain
Retta Smith
Harold Fountain
Alice Bennington
Walter
Lansing
Chincoteague
Walter Bennington
Paul
W. D. Short
Oriole
Emil Rosenast
Merchantville
N. J
Paul Neff
Philadelphia
Walter Mitchell
Joanne
Walter Wright
Chestertown
Morris Wright
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Norman Wilson
Dorothy Holsinger
Kenneth Corgett
Neffsville
Adam Folsinger
Samuel Laird
Street
Walter Finley
Darlington
H. B. Laird
Emmett Potts
Betty
Chester and Pottstown
H. L. Holsinger
EB. G. Finney
Tragic Duck Hunt Missing Men Believed Lost Near Havre de Grace
Two hunters Harry P Porter and A Ross Garey vanished after a Saturday duck hunt on the Chesapeake near Havre de Grace. Their row boat and outer clothing washed ashore as search efforts by volunteers, Navy, Coast Guard, and Baltimore Police continued. Garey, 17, a Caroline native and head of Garey School at Oakington, was known locally. Porter, a Baltimore Polytechnic Institute faculty member, Snow Hill native, and 1905 Washington College alumnus who taught at Greensboro High School, left behind wife Ethel Bagley and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry P. Porter
A. Ross Garey
Chesapeake
Havre de Grace
Navy
Coast Guard
Baltimore Police Department
Enoch Garey
Caroline
Garey
Oakington
Aberdeen
Porter
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Snow Hill
Washington College
Greensboro High School
Oxford University
England
Columbia
Johns Hopkins
Cornell
Ethel Grace Bagley
Baltimore
Community notices from Caro line Charge events
Hobbs Rev W T Archer and parishioners attended the second quarterly conference at Piney Church with Rev Litsinger from Chestertown discussing Methodist Protestant Conference plans. Numerous local residents are listed as guests and visitors, with Thanksgiving and anniversary gatherings noted among families and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Archer
T. H. Towers
B. B. Allen
W. G. Holbrook
L. H. Thomas
Caroline Charge
Piney Church
Litsinger
Chestertown
Oak Orchard
J. A. Willoughby
Gon. Grover
Brantley Trice
Federalsburg
Kitty Eastman
Towson
Ruth Sewell
Queen Anne
Helen Mac Towers
F. N. Smith
Anderson Redden
Near Ridgely
Charlie Trice
J. H. Dandy
Local Services Highlight Rev Schlinke Return at Mt Olive
Dozens attended Sunday services at Mt Olive Church as Rev H L Schlinke former pastor now with Harrington M P Church preached to a crowd of twenty six who recalled his earlier tenure. Guests and relatives flocked to Thanksgiving gatherings across Greensboro Wilmington Burrsville and Bluefield with multiple family visits and home remodel notes also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Olive Church
H. L. Schlinke
Harrington M. P. Church
M. E. Jarman
W. J. Murphy
E. S. Martin
W. W. Sylvester
Denton
J. C. Kinnamon
Kinnamon
J. W. Price
Burrsville
Emma Wharton
Greensboro
Lewis Jones
Lewis Carrow
Ladies Aid Society
Chas. Phillips
Alberta Schaube
Charles
Philadelphia
Henry Marvel
Nathan Marvel
Henderson
Edward Jarrell
Edward
Bluefield
W. Va
Alec Butler
Edwin
Baltimore
Carroll Elliott
Wilmington
Thanksgiving Guest List From Hillsboro Queen Anne
A long Thanksgiving notice lists numerous guests hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fleming and other local families across Wilmington Washington Ridgely and Queen Anne. Names include Sparks Fleming Beaven Wilson Holt Gibbs Russum Legg Dean Sherwood Kline Jarrell Clark Kelso Skinner Gibbs Richards Cooper Fisher and many others with towns Wilmington Denton Baltimore Centreville and Stevensville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fleming
Will Sparks
Henry Fleming
Wilmington
Urban Bowman
Washington
Powell Fleming
Longwoods
H. Lay Beaven
G. L. Wilson
Ridgely
Geo. Wilson
Berlin
W. A. Holt
Lucretia Gibbs
Baltimore
Houston Russum
Fannie Legg
Stevensville
May Dean
Queen Anne
Albert Cahall
Henry Fisher
New Jersey
Frances Fisher
Willow Grove
Harry Fisher
Geo. B. Stewart
W. Stussell
Betty
Jas
Price
Matthews
J. C. Sherwood
Mary Virginia
William Sherwood
Milford Kline
Nancy Jane
Oscar Clark
R. W. Duffey
Denton
F. E. Jarrell
Roy Thawley
Centreville
H. R. Covell
Miriam
Mildred Gale
Edwin Gale
Rose Mary Kelso
Delaware College
Philadelphia
Sadie Wothers
Queen Anne hosts Ladies Aid at home
Mrs Harry Clark entertained the Ladies Aid and Missionary Society on Wednesday afternoon with refreshments including chicken salad biscuits pickles coffee pie and ice cream. Guests included Mr and Mrs Horace Reynolds of Bridgeville and Mr and Mrs Erie Reynolds and sons of Greenwood visiting family. Howard Jarman of Berlin visited with sisters Mary Diggans and Della Mulliken. Howard Flowers and daughter Elinor and Elinor Moore shopped in Philadelphia Monday. Lottie Morgan returned to Verona New Jersey after three weeks with Jake Morgan and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Rue
T. J. Turkington
Julia Wilson
Peter Hoffman
N. A. Leese
M. S. Andrews
Wm. Finn
W. S. Norris
Virgil Moore
Amos Crouse
George Gregg Evengam
K. F. Everngam
Denton
Riverside Military Academy
Sandy Beaver
Riverside
Hollywood
Florida
U. S. War Department
C. Harvey Towers
C. H. Towers Jr
B. B. Allen
O. J. Chaffinch
Hobbs
John R. Ricards
Milo Crane
Jennie Crane
Evelyn Towers
Clifford
Benson Towers
Towers
Jennie P. Crouse
Caroline Chanter
A. E. Miller
Elva P. Wolf
James W. Thawley
Mildred C. Johnson
Clara Wright
Bertha Taylor
Lulu Downes
Inez Wooley
Vivian Wooley
Weston Ellis
Lewes
Del
Chestertown
I Ai
George H. Wooley
Wilbert Callaway
Washington
Jacksonville
Margaret C. Hoey
William F. Towers
Albert Turkington
Thomas J. Turkington
Billy Turkington
Andrews
Fred Johnson
Emma Clark
Selden Watters
Philadelphia
C. D. Collison
J. L. Everagai
Nuttle’s
Tom Rathell
Collison
Carter
Fountain Ave
Marie Pentz
Cochranville
Mervin A. Pentz
Mervin Jr
Washington, D. C
C. A. Pentz
C. J. Kern
Jack Shaeffer
Charles Howard
Marie Murphy
Federalsburg
Mary Taylor
Baltimore
James H. Smith
Ridgely
East Market Street
Wm. D. Uhler
Halcyon
Miami
Joseph Long
North Wales
Charles H. Willis
J. F. Lednum
Preston
W. O. Lednum
T. Mason Baxter
Rehoboth
Mollie Gootee
Jones
Second Street
Alfred Baughley
Leonard
Cambridge
Harry Kemp
Queen Anne
Olin Ford
Marydel
H. A. Porter
W. T. Bullock
Henry Walters
W. T. Archer
Henry Stafford
Austine Stafford
Mary Smith
Friend
Edna Smith
Dover
Edgar Pearson
John Wooters
Pratt
Everett Smith
Fred Lewis
Walter Wilson
Hurlock
James Lewis
Vernon
Clayton Kinnamon
Dempsey
Buster
Church Home Hospital
Ann
James Hopkins
Harold Hopkins
Chester
Laura Belle Hopkins
Brownsville
J. W. Price
Amos Layton
Edgar Smith
Wilmington
G. L. Blades
John Thawley
Melvin James
Wesley Thawley
R. H. Thawley
Harry Clark
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
Horace Reynolds
Bridgeville
Erie Reynolds and Sons
Greenwood
Sam Reynolds
Howard Jarman
Berlin
Mary Diggans
Della Mulliken
Howard Flowers
Elinor
Elinor Moore
Lottie Morgan
Verona
N. J
Jake Morgan
Governor Ritchie Endorses Universal Bible Sunday
Governor Albert C. Ritchie urges Maryland churches to observe Universal Bible Sunday on December 9 marking the four hundredth anniversary of Luther's Bible translation. The American Bible Society promotes the observance and notes Bible outreach in over forty countries and languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Ritchie
Churches of
Maryland
Martin Luther
America
American Bible Society
Universal Bible Sunday
Ritchie
United States
Governor Ritchies financial report on Caroline county roads
The report covers October 1934 to September 1935 and shows Caroline county is owed 124 719 19 for debt service on road bonds county road maintenance and new state road construction plus possible federal funds. It credits cooperation between officials for a conservative program within available funds and contrasts with counties facing deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchie
Caroine County
Caroline County
Board of County Commissioners
County Roads Engineer
State Roads Commission
Hancock High School wins State Playground Soccer title
Hancock High School of Washington County edged Greensboro of Caroline County 3 to 2 on the Easton High field to capture the State Playground Athletic League soccer championship. Little at center half scored all Hancock goals as Greensboro’s penalties by Murphy tied late, then Sufflecool’s corner goal sealed the victory amid a 1500-strong crowd after a delayed start. Both teams earned regional titles previously, with Greensboro as Eastern Shore champion and Hancock as Western Shore winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wancock High School
Washington County
Greensboro
Caroline County
Easton High School
Easton
Little
Hancock
Murphy
Sufflecool
Kelley
Delmar
Western Shore
Towson
Preston community notes and social events grow
Miss Julia M. Kelley dined with relatives at Hurlock on Thanksgiving Day. Several local families hosted gatherings and bridge nights. A Brownsburg Indiana pair announced the marriage of Ella May Waddell to Philip Platter on November 29. Community Club planned meetings on December 10 and 15 to discuss education and bake sale. Numerous visits and travels among Preston residents, with many guests and returning travelers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia M. Kelley
W. Carlton Bradley
Nettie B. LeCompte
Hurlock
Bradley
Hambleton Grace
Bridge
Herman Schmick
Alva Blades
W. J. Bonner
Douglas Fooks
Myrtle Messick
W. T. Bell
Scott Waddell
Brownsburg
Ind
Ella May Waddell
Philip Platter
North Vernon
Community Club of
Preston
L. E. Brodes
H. M. Harris
D. J. Vickers
J. K. LeCompte
L. D. Fooks
D. H. LeCompte
Oak Orchard
E. T. Moore
Walter T. Covey
J. Lee Covey
Betty Lee
J. J. Garris
Southern Pines
N. C
Byron Waddell
Indianapolis
Stewart
Hollis
Dorothy Lee Patchett
Brooklyn
N. Y
Creighton Benson
New York
Emaline Wright
Howard Harris
Joseph
Dedication of New Wesley Church at Burrsville
Dedication services for the New Wesley M. E. Church Burrsville Maryland on the site of the old church destroyed by fire in February will be held Sunday December 16. District Superintendent E C Hallman will deliver the sermon at 10:30 a m and at 2 30 p m Rev Roy T Thawley of Centreville Maryland will preach. There will be special music at each service. Everyone is cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wesley M. E
Burrsville
E. C. Hallman
Roy T. Thawley
Centreville
Greensboro Holiday Visitors Share Time With Locals
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zacharias of Annapolis spent the holidays with relatives in Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Goldsborough returned home after two weeks in Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. William Holden of Dover visited Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Coursey. Mrs. N. A. Smith stayed a day with Dr. and Mrs. Hewitt Smith in Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Zacharias
Annapolis
L. W. Goldsborough
Baltimore
William Holden
Dover
F. N. Coursey
N. A. Smith
Hewitt Smith
Harrington
Rainbow Girls hold monthly Baptist class meeting in Greensboro
The Rainbow Girls Class of the Baptist Bible School held its monthly business meeting and social at the home of teacher Mrs G Clarke Phillips last Saturday. Miss Ruth Doty presided, reports were given, and November 100 per cent memberships were noted for Doty Langrell Strannah an and Phillips. Visitors Elsie Mae Luff and Mr Wilson Thornton attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Girls
The
Baptist Bible School
G. Clarke Phillips
Ruth Doty
Louise Langrell
Helen Strannahan
Phillips
Doty
Langrell
Sarah Tinley
Mary Laramore
Margaret Holland
Mary Alice Riddleberger
Mary Elizabeth Langrell
Margaret Weaver
Elsie Mae Luff
Wilson Thornton
Woodie Dill
Medford
Wilmington
New Baptist
D. W. Charlton
Noah Merchant and Son
Philadelphia
Rtalph Walls and Son
Church Hill
Norman Asilton
Frank As
Wayne Phillips
Arlie Dingledine
Ohio
Kenneth Bostic
Chester
Harry Jones
Goldsboro
William Sipple
Frank Hartnett
Dover
M. B. Cooper
Clara Seward
Charles Paige
Arthur Mitchell
Harvey Porter
Charles Sipple
Marcus Hook
Clarence Sipple
CCC Camp
Mary Dorman
Harry Norris
Centreville
W. B. Massey
H. L. Haddick
Herbert Legar
Ralph Thornton
Arthur Wheatman
Denton
Charles Nichols
William Phillips
Henderson
Herbert Stewart
Washington, D. C
B. C. Beckham
John Holland
Roland Hutson
John Long
Leslie Wyatt
Edgar Laramore
Eva Dennis
Wilbur Carroll
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Denton Journal
M. K. Newnam
Allens
Denton Cleaners
R. CG. A.-Cunningham Tubes
Market Street
T. H. Everngain
John White
W. D. Taylor
Axminster
R. H. Stafford
Denton Cleaners and Dyers
R. H
Stafford
Denton Catholic Church
Caroline High School
St. Gertrude’s Academy
Catherine L. Trice
Dorchester County
Charles Covey
Arthur Logan
Evelyn
Jean Logan
Henry W. Webb
Federal Housing Administration
Caroline Council
James L. Wilmeth
Thomas H. Walters
Reginald Smith
George S. Smith
Smith
Bernard Blades
United States District Court
Emmanuel Frana
Long Island
Charlies Blades
Bethlehem
Frana
Young Blades
Vincent Ryan
Ryan
Durrsville
Sherman Hubbard
J. F. Sutherlan
Near Bowers
Catherine Towers
Verma Archer
Christian Endeavor Service
W. E. Hubbard
Clarence Voss
Harry Cheezum
Parker Barnes
Robert
J. R. Ricards
J. A. Billings
Mollie Russell
Hillsboro
Thomas Smith
Twin Towns
Tuckahoe
Bible Sunday
Hancock Greensboro
Vantz Gelley
JH. Wheeler
Schaube
M. Wheeler
Bishop Powers
R.H. Edwards
Unger
C.H
NEW Wesley Church
Beneld
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