Local Denton Notes Highlight Community, Markets and Visits
Mr Hoover is urged to listen as local updates praise thrift stamps and a large fund drive in Caroline County for the YMCA. Visitors include Mr Roland V Reed of Wilmington and Mr George Herbert Wilson of Henderson. Coasting fun, farm club meetings, weather notes, car tags for 1918, and church services fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Roland V. Reed
Wilmington
J. Frank Saulsbury
Annapolis
George FE. Saulsbury
Baltimore
Denton
H. W. Davis
Caroline
Caroline County
George Herbert Wilson
Henderson
Second Street
Farmers’ Club
Court House
Mason
Calvert C. Merriken
Canada
L. Merriken
Alberta
Baughman
Post Office Department
Washington
R. W. Downes
Roanoke
Princeton
Merion H. Downes
Tomato Growers’ Association
Carroll Behr
Idaho
J. E. Hummell
Hummell
Kent
Fairlee
H. L. Cooper
Maryland
Emerson
Maryland State Horticultural Society
Maryland Agricultural Society
Horticultural Society and Crop Improvement Association
Dairymen’s Association
Preston
J. E. Smith
Heaven
Williston
J. T. Richardson
Preston M. E
Epworth
Bethlehem
Ridgely
Clarence V. Williams
Federalsburg
Iva Phippen
Salisbury
Zeth Weaver
Leacy Edwards
Greensboro
Tilghman W. Moore
Sarah Elizabeth Russell
Alonzo H. Dean
Maggie V. Turner
Home Economics Club
Chestertown
W. F. Cannon
Tuckahoe Neck
West Denton
W. T. Chance
Pennsylvania
Spurry
Frank Ewing
Talbot
Gilbert Segar
FE. L. Ewing
Clough
Gootee S. Roe
George Farm
Neck
Pritchett
Edgar Welch
J. T. Sylvester
Red Cross Service Flags Encouraged This Christmas
Denton residents are urged to display Red Cross Service Flags in windows this Christmas to honor family and household service. A list publishes names of Denton Red Cross members already entitled to the flag, including Mollie Hutchinson, J Kemp Stevens, P Roland Fisher, J Roland Chaffinch, Z P Steele, and many others across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Denton Red Cross
Mesdames Mollie Hutchinson
J. Kemp Stevens
P. Roland Fisher
J. Roland Chaffinch
Z. P.steele
James J. Cooper
M. DB. Stephens
Octavia Russum
A. E Cooper
Mark H. Smith
H. Clay Hobbs
George C. Skirven
R. Waldo Emerson
Lucetta
V. Stevens
T. Pliny Fisher
J. Frank Saulsbury
Harry A. Roe
T. Alan Goldsborough
Harnett Anderson
H. L. Cooper
George A. Deakyne
G. Lacey Stevens
Dawson O. George
W. A. Smith
H. Earle Smith
C. H. Redden
Emily D. Seney
B. B. Brumhaugh
R. M. Raleigh
Henry W. Hughes
J. Dukes Down
O. J. Redden
Kate Dowell
E. W. Liden
R. T. Carter
J. W. Field
A. P. Whitby
J. E. Wilson
A. E. Miller
W. H. Nuttle
R. Leslie Merrick
Owen C. Garey
E. M. Willey
Miriam Downes
Robin B. Page
F.K. Owens
Gen. Dever
Lucy Garey
Myra Ramsdell
Katharine Taylor
Clara Skirven
Nellie Richardson
Anna Anthony
Helen Hagadone
Alina Merwin
Jane Redden
Ruth Nobie
Anna Fisher
Emma Clark
Elizabeth S. Dukes
Harriett Murphy
Mary Nutte
Louise Dukes
Sue Smith
Louise Nuttle
Ella Carter
Lizzie Clark
Esther Raleigh
Cora Mercer
Hattie Dukes
Myrtle Dukes
Muriel Ramsdell
Lelia Covey
Sherman E. Flight
J. H. Pastorfield
J. R. Chaffinch
Wm. Wolf
Wedding of Marguerite Melvin and Thomas Spoon
Miss Marguerite Phryn Melvin daughter of Dr and Mrs James A Melvin of Forest Park Baltimore married Lieut Thomas Luther Spoon US Army at their home Wednesday afternoon. Rev Thomas H Lewis cousin of the bride performed the ceremony. maid of honor Miss Esther Bell Melvin. Reception followed and couple left for South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Phryn Melvin
James A. Melvin
Dalrymple Avenue
Forest Park
Baltimore
Thomas Luther Spoon
U.S. A
Camp Sevier
Greenville
US. C
Thomas H. Lewis
Western Maryland College
Esther Bell Melvin
South Carolina
Dental Department
University of Maryland
France
Caroline
Dorchester
Bates K. Lucas
Denton
Cecile R. Proper
Qwosso
Michigan
Baltimoore
G. W. Haddaway
Starr Methodist Protestant Church
Red Cross at Goldsboro Circles Members List
Following is the Goldsboro Red Cross Circle roster listing Mesdames A G Dennison M T Tabler Robert Jarrell Charles Griffith Mrs Cook W J Murphy W L Cooper Willi Melvin Bo Jarrell Jn W E Mitchell Andrew Quitlen W T Jarrell E J Saunders T H Shockley C L Jarrell J A Jackson J S Lapham Nina Boyce Miss Esther Quillen Carolyn Lapham Evelyn Johnson Mary Chue Kathryn Shockley Alice Shively Agnes Shively Pearl Singer Myra Saunders Marjorie Griffin Elsie Greenlee Louise Gray Ruthannah Gray Mildred Hudson and Messrs Robert Jarrell Jr William Saunders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Goldsboro
Red Cross Circle
A. G. Dennison
M. T. Tabler
Robert Jarrell
Charles Griffith
Mrs. Cook
W. J. Murphy
W. L. Cooper
Willi Melvin
Bo Jarrell
W.E Mitchell
Andrew Quitlen
W. T. Jarman
E. J. Saunders
T. H. Shockley
C. L. Jarrell
J. A. Jackson
Household News Notes Visits and Social Rounds
Woodenhawk reports Mrs. George Zott visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pritchett. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Adams spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Zott
Thomas Pritchett
Clarence Adams
Fred Fountain
Death of Jerry Teats Shocks Marydel Community
The Marydel area mourns the death of Jerry Teats a respected farmer from the Cleaver farm near town following stomach cancer surgery at Delaware Hospital. He died Sunday morning. Funeral services were held at his home Tuesday at 11 a.m. with interment in Camden cemetery. The piece also notes local social events visits by Rev E H Collins and Mr Wingate and various town residents and family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Teats
Cleaver
Teats
Delaware Hospital
Camden Cemetery
Marydel M. E
E. H. Collins
Marydel
Wingate
Wilmington
Lowell Hummer
Collins
Epworth League
Taylor Medford
Frank
U. S. Signal Corps
France
Gild Smith
Pittsburg
George W. Smith
Chas, Voss
F. E. Heather
Harry Dailey
Philadelphia
Bertha Raytor
Trice
J. P. Stafford
Joshua Sparks
Oxford
Burrsville Community News Tells of Moves and Revivals
Burrsville reports Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Voss left for Wilmington where he secured a pantry with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Rev. Melvin E. Wheatley and Rev. Clinton T. Wyatt visited the M E parsonage as revival meetings closed at the M E Church with several conversions. Elizabeth Sapp and Lowder of Harrington visited E H Sapp family. Alfred Baughley recovered enough to be out after illness. Coal sugar and salt remain scarce and a topic for many housewives. David Eltwanger bought a new Ford, selling his team to Marion Beck at Denton. Revival meetings continue at the M F P Church led by Rev. Lawson Jump. Holly season begun with many partaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrsville
Clarence C. Voss
Wilmington
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Melvin E. Wheatley
Concord
Clinton T. Wyatt
Denton
W. N. Conaway
M. E. Parsonage
M. E. Church
Elizabeth Sapp
Lowder
Harrington
E. H. Sapp
Alfred Baughley
David Eltwanger
Marion Beck
M. FP
Lawson Jump
Holly
Local Notes on Hog Weights and Community Events
Hobbs and Kelleys reported hogs weighing 1600 pounds total while Lords posted 574 pounds. Christian Endeavor services were led by Mrs. J R Ricards with the topic Here Am I Send Me. Navy man Samuel Spence visited grandparents last Monday. Gypsies in the neighborhood attract youths with claims of artifices. Mrs. J H Merriken marked her 77th birthday on Thursday the 6th. Mrs. E E Wright and children returned from Wilmington Delaware. E R Seeders returned to Dover Conference Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
J. F. Kelley
W. H. Lord
Christian Endeavor
J. R. Ricards
Samuel Spence
U. S. Navy
J. H. Merriken
E. E. Wright
Wilmington
Del
E. R. Seeders
Conference Academy
Dover
Sacrifice social in Ridgely proves popular event
The Community Club hosted a sacrifice social at Mrs. Charles E. Turner's home on Friday night. Prof. Evans won a steel engraving for guessing a dollar bill size, Miss Margaret Swing took the consolation prize, and 71 attendees raised 49.30 dollars for the Liberty Bond. The evening featured readings, singing, and rhymes about how the money was earned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Turner
Prof. Evans
Ridgely High School
Margaret Swing
J. H. Hemmons
Gladys Smith
Victrola
James Swing
Williams
Smyrna
Methodist Church
Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church
Ruthsburg
Miss Cannon
Swing, & Company
Matthew McDaniel
Canton
Ohio
L. R. Brumbaugh
Sociable Smithville Notes and Local Movements
Miss Myra Wright hosted a party for her brother Virgil Wright and Mildred Hall of Chester PA. A patrons meeting and box social at the school wes well attended with singing recitations and readings. Calvin Scott moved to Wm E Brown place near Federalsburg. John Holland occupied the Scott farm. Virgil Wright and Mildred Hall visited the Wright home. Howard Alford of Chester PA visited. David Devore left for Philadelphia for a new job. Miss Myra Porter secured a Baltimore Johns Hopkins Hospital position. Mrs L N Alford shows slow improvement after prolonged illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Wright
Virgil Wright
Mildred Hall
Chester
Calvin Scott
Wm. E
Scott
Frank Wright
Howard Alford
David Devore
Philadelphia
Myra Porter
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Templeville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Moves
Templeville social column reports Mrs. Irwin Moore and Mrs. M. E. Moore hosting and visiting. Miss Emma Sparks returns from Roe and Ridgely. Kenneth Biddle and family relocate from near Sadlersville to town. Herbert Knotts sells a Maximwell car and buys a Studebaker. David Walls of Barclay visits friends in town Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Moore
Wilmington
M. E. Moore
Emma Sparks
Roe and Ridgely
Kenneth Biddle
Sadlersville
Herbert Knotts
Studebaker
David Walls
Barclay
Beacom College student pursues bookkeeping course
Concord notes Miss Lynnie Wright is taking the bookkeeping and banking course at Beacom Business College in Wilmington. Edna Fleming of Hurlock has returned home after a three week visit with her sister Mrs Emmett Hignutt. Mrs Peter Everngain on the sick list is slowly improving. Community members stay busy with butchering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Smith, Jr
Camp Meade
Lawrence Lynch
Walter Lnnd
First Avenue
Fifth Street
Ridgely High School
Annie S. Dean
Eva and
Lucy Meads
Marcus Hook
Ridgely
Ray McGibbon
Baltimore
T. A. Smith
C. L. Herzog
Seaford
H. H. Dean
Frank Long
Concord
Lynnie Wright
Beacom Business College
Wilmington
Edna Fleming
Hurlock
Emmett Hignutt
Peter Everngain
Harmony Ladies Aid Fun and New Members Added
Harmony society news notes Mrs Belle Dean hosted the Ladies Aid on the 5th instant. Attendees included Mesdames Thomas Collins Todd Chambers Willis Baker Cohee Arringdale Towers Lord Williamson and others plus Rev W H Johnson and Miss Sallie Hignutt. Five new members joined. Food and games followed by snacks. Members planned a Christmas entertainment. Porker Eugene Ferrins weighed 435 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Dean
Mesdames W. R. Thomas
C. E. Collins
H. C. Todd
A. IE. Chambers
A. A. Willis
C. H. Baker
J. W. Cohee
H. Arringdale
W. F. Towers
F. L. Lord
E. E. Williamson
W. H. Johnson
Sallie Hignutt
Harmony
W. B. Willis
John Hutliger
City
Wilkins Farm
Mr. Morgan
McConnell Farm
E. Dukes
John Higgins
W. P. Willis
Finley McFarland
Orlan Kelley
Leon ‘Todd
Todd
Washington, D. C
W. R. Thomas
Roland Towers
Roland Thomas
Floyd Messick
Royal Oak
Andrew Christopher
Hurlock
Raymond Deen
Roland and
Webster Todd
Fred Stafford
Chester
Goatee Todd
Eugene Ferrins
Porker
Yellow Bridge Community Notes in December
The Ladies' Aid met at the Coulbourn home and plans to meet Bowdle couple on December 21. Elizabeth Cohee from Elwood underwent three surgeries last week. Many moving houses take advantage of good weather. A box supper will be held at Zion school house on December 20. Nora Corkran is recovering from a summer stroke. Ida Johnson and Roger from Concord visited Thawelys. F H Corkran was in Baltimore buying holiday goods. Blanche Lane is ill with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Coulbourn
E. R. Bowdle
Elizabeth Cohee
Raymond Cohee
Elwood
Zion School House
Nora Corkran
Ida Johnson
Roger
Concord
C. E. Thawely
F. H. Corkran
Baltimore
Blanche Lane
Auditors Recommend Stricter Public Accounts Classification
County auditors urge reclassification of public accounts under clear headings and scrutiny of court costs. They propose the attorney to audit costs on paroled defendants and those billed in out of county removals, noting $75 from J P fines is too small and costs of Justices of the Peace totaled $405.69. They state Justices are State officers, not county audit subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auditors of Public Accounts
William S. Crouse
Charles W. Hobbs
William H. Deen
J. P
Justices of the Peace
Orphans' Court Proceedings In Greenage Estate Case
Judges Liden Moore and Covey heard the Orphans Court on Tuesday with the estate of William F. Greenage. Answers of adult and infant defendants by guardian ad litem filed. warrant to appraise real estate issued to John W. Emory and William Waples. appraisers' return filed. general replication and petition to take testimony filed. Leave granted. Harry M. Carroll executor filed an inventory of personal property and was directed to deliver bequeathed property to legatee. Executors Clark were authorized to assign mortgage. Imler estate filed first and partial account, which was passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Liden, Moore and Covey
William F. Greenage
John W. Emory
William Waples
Harry M. Carroll
John W. Carroll
Clayton E. Clark
J. Norman Clark
James M. Clark
Lewis & Knotts
Sadie K. Imler
Nathan Brubecker
Samuel N. Wolf
Postal War Tax on Interstate Parcels Explained
The article states a penny tax for each 2 cents or fraction thereof of postage on interstate parcel transport when postage is 25 cents or more, with no tax below 25 cents. Insurance and COD fees are untaxed. For 25 cent postage the tax is 1 cent. 26 to 50 cents yields 2 cents. higher brackets follow. Postage stamps do not cover this tax and must remain uncancelled by the sender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Insurance and Co. O. D
Front-Line Letters Describe French Castle Camp and Rail Work
Lieutenant J Woodall Green of the 117th Trench Mortar Battery reports from a camp near a famous 13th century French castle with deep underground passages and moats. Lieutenant Hackett H Downes of the U S Engineering Corps writes on locomotives and light railways serving the front, noting busy days and Baldwin Works locomotives. Winfield T Nichols of the Rainbow Division in France describes green fields, thatched houses, daily rain, and good health since leaving Camp Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Woodall Green
117Th Trench Mortar
France
Denton
Hackett H. Downes
U. S. Engineering Corps
Round House
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Wilmington
Lel
Winfield T. Nichols
Rainbow Division
Storing Car Tires For Winter Care And Storage
A good authority advises winter tire storage with tires removed and car jacked up to relieve weight. Clean casings and inner tubes with soap and water, inspect for damage, wrap in cloth or black paper, store flat in a cool dark room away from light to prevent actinic rubber damage.
Champion light weight hog tops local farm stock
Hickman notes the two year old champion hog from Mr. E. J. Adams' farm weighed sixty pounds dressed, beating Will Hardesty's famed porker by about fifteen pounds. The item ends with a nudge to subscribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickman
E. J. Adams
Will Hardesty
The Questionnaire Starts Today At Camp Meade
The drafted men begin receiving the questionnaire with specific names listed from Federalsburg Denton and Greensboro. The process runs daily until all are supplied, with blanks to be filled within seven days of mailing. The Legal Advisory Board meets December 17 to aid draftees, and offices are leased on Main Street. Pay scales for draft officials have been raised with caps and time-based pay for clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Meade
Charles Norman Davis
William David Betton
Leonard I. Williamson
Federalsburg
Isaac Vernon Brumbaugh
Edward Herman Eaton
Denton
William Edward Totheroh
Greensboro
Norman Wesley Bordley
Hobbs
Legal Advisory Board
Harvey L. Cooper
Henry R. Lewis
Fred R Owens
W. P. Draper
Court House
Caroline
Main Street
Masonic Building
Ruling on the Draft and dependent exemptions
The Provost Marshal declares draftees with dependents may be taken last, but not exempt. He says war requires universal inconvenience and that the draft law exempts no one for dependency. The War Department opposes extending the draft before current registrants are used up. Adding new classes would disrupt the system and require new registration and reallocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Miss Emily Bissell's Red Cross Christmas Seal Idea
Nine years ago Miss Emily P Bissell of Wilmington Delaware launched the Red Cross Christmas Seal to fund tuberculosis education and relief. The program proved immensely successful with 105 million stamps sold last year and total sales reaching 4.3 million dollars. This year a 300 million stamp goal aims to raise 3 million dollars to fight consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily P. Bissell
Wilmington
Delaware
Red Cross
Bissell
Jacob Riis
American Red Cross
National Association
Miss Bissell
Halifax Explosion Devastates City And Surroundings
Two thousand people were killed when the Mont Blanc munition ship exploded in Halifax harbor after colliding with the Belgian relief ship. Thousands more were injured. vast portions of Halifax North End were wrecked and millions in damage were expected. Darmouth across the harbor also suffered extensive destruction. wreckage reached North Street Station Africville and Bedford Basin area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Darmouth
North Street
Africville
Bedford Basin
Richmond
Greeting from a Navy Sailor in Hampton Roads Base
Me George W Towers Jr writes from the U S Naval Training Station at Hampton Roads Virginia detailing life at the base and daily routine aboard the ships. He notes his Maryland nurse background and service in the Maryland naval militia medical corps and invites readers to send books or magazines for convalescing patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W.towers, Jr
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Navy
Old Caroline
Naval Base
Maryland
Medical Corps
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Old Point Comfort
Atlantic
Caroline
U.S. Naval Training Station
Naval Operating Base
Navy Enlistment Opens Before December 15 For Selective Draft Men
Washington rules allow registrants to enlist in the Navy prior to December 15 with a local board certificate showing no need for a deferred quota. Maryland must supply 36 firemen third class by December 15 and 106 apprentice seamen by February 22. The Navy also seeks machinists electricians and colored mess-attendants. Full enlistment details available from postmasters and Navy recruiting offices in Baltimore Cumberland and Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Maryland
Bureau of Navigation
Calvert and
Lexington Streets
Baltimore
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Federalsburg Red Cross Ships 60 Christmas Boxes
The Federalsburg Circle of the American Red Cross sent 60 Christmas boxes for local soldiers with 36 shipped directly to camps and 24 sent to Washington for dispatch from there. Every Federalsburg service member received a box, including colored men. In Caroline county a total of 180 boxes were shipped to men in camps and those Somewhere in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Amercan Red Cross Society
Washington
Caroline County
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Messrs
Robert Jarrell, Jr
William Saunders
Woodenhawk
Brooklyn
N.Y
Eva Whiteley
James H. Barrow
Mary Bowen
Berlin
Ferrill Reynolds
Creighton Benson
Cambridge
Harry Whiteley
George Flaharty
THE
Ridgely News
Smithville
Templeville
Yellow Bridge
War
George W. Towers, Jr
Naval Base, Hampton Roads
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