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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1942
Page
5
Daily life notices from Denton Maryland include rental ads for a four room apartment on Market Street and a five room unit on East Market Street, plus a Philco radio sale and toy bicycle listing. Community items cover a Christmas theater matinee, Red Cross blood drive plans, local officers and committees, and a busy social calendar with dances and club meetings.
Mr and Mrs Thomas H Evernam celebrate their sixty first wedding anniversary at home near Concord. Two children and two grandchildren. Mrs Evernam formerly Miss Sidney Green, daughter of Foster Green. Axford Barrow’s infant daughter christened at Christ Episcopal Church with Rt Rev Wm McClelland as bishop. Sponsors were Emory Walston and Noma Barrow. Wayne Barrow served as proxy for Walston. Pfe James Percy Daffin of Duncan Field Texas visited Denton and Seaford after emergency furlough for birth of a son in Salisbury. Mrs Daffin formerly Miss Hilda Joseph. News also of Jopp family: William H Jopp Jr arriving in Algeria, Army Medical Corps. James W Jopp on leave in Brooklyn. Harold D Jopp stationed in Banana River Florida. Lieut Orme George of Harrisburg visited parents. Mrs Henry Detwiler and Miss Elizabeth Detwiler in Baltimore. Mrs Lawrence B Towers closes Denton home for winter in Baltimore. Mrs Lawnace Moore and son Donald in Wilmington. Mrs William Gniecko visited West Stockbridge MA. Mrs Wilbert Callaway wintering in Richmond Hill NY.
Church notices announce December 20 and 21 Christmas services. Sunday schedule includes 9 45 Sunday School for children and 10 45 morning worship with Christmas anthems, 7 30 youth cantata The Christ Child by Hawley, and a 7 30 prayer service on Wednesday. Easton District MYF Christmas service on December 21 at 8 p m at First Church Denton with carols story and Holy Communion invites all young people.
Regular Sunday services are planned for tomorrow December 20 with sermons on Good Will Toward Men and Christian Imperatives. On Monday the 21st at 9 30 Willing Workers Circle meets at Mrs Edna Satterfield s home with assistants to the hostess for a capsule sister Christmas party and annual officer elections. Officers for Grace Church W S C for 1943 are President Sallie Walston Vice President Juanita Turkington Secretary Clara Hitchcock Treasurer Jennie Crouse Corresponding Secretary Ruth Johnson Meetings in winter to be held at members homes.
Greensboro Methodist and Pilgrim Holiness Church announce Sunday services and midweek meetings led by Pastor R W Kirwan and Pastor A C Clark. Baptist Church lists Sunday School Morning Worship and Evening Worship with Bible study and a missionary society meeting. Catholic churches in Denton and Ridgely schedule masses on December 20 with midnight Masses on Christmas Eve.
University of Maryland expert C F Winslow says Maryland fuel wood output can rise 15 to 20 percent this winter without cutting forests. He urges thinning dense stands and removing low value trees, noting labor shortages and transport limits hinder supply. Much wood waste from tops and limbs could be utilized to boost fuel supplies and curb fire risk. Early cutting is advised to season wood for efficient burning.
Weekly Ridgely News Letter reports Christmas activities at the Reformed Church with pageants and music, plus a discussion group on Consumers and Prices and various family visits. It notes christenings, new births, church services, engagements, postmaster induction, and holiday gatherings across Ridgely and neighboring towns.
The Greensboro Homemakers Club held its Christmas party at Mrs. Harry Cooper’s home on Friday December 11 with fourteen members and seven visitors. Festive decor, carols, readings, and gift exchanges opened the afternoon, followed by a talk from Miss Fulton County Health nurse about her year in England. January’s meeting will be at Mrs. John Stevenson’s home. The Furman’s Grove Homemakers Club annual party at the Fire House drew about sixty attendees, featuring a radio program with station FGHC broadcasting assorted skits and songs, punch and cookies served afterward.
Ensign William Sapp Merriken, in Georgia training, visited Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Willey before heading to San Antonio. Mrs. B. B. Allen led the Christian Endeavor last Sunday evening. W G Holbrook to present program Sunday evening. Kenneth Ramsbury and his mother Mrs Louis Butler shopped in Salisbury last Saturday. L H Thomas and Mrs Lena Cohen visited. Mrs C V Clarke returned from Frederica Delaware. T H Towers and B B Allen shopped in Wilmington. Roland Towers and Lester Smith were in Baltimore last Wednesday. Ida Adams of Federalsburg visited Manning Merriken recently. F N Smith shopped in Salisbury last Tuesday.
Quote by Mary Baker Eddy emphasizes that true devotion to Christ shows in deeds more than in words. It urges active living of faith grounded in practice within and beyond church life.
Mrs Florence Beaven widow of George Beaven died Thursday December 10 at 86. Funeral at St Johns Episcopal Church with burial in adjoining cemetery. Survived by children Lulu, Herbert, R W, Lay, Milton Beaven all of Hillsboro and several grandchildren. Distance attendees from Wilmington and Beltsville Md. Hillsboro Community Club held its annual Christmas party December 14 with readings, a talk, carols and gifts. Various local residents and guests were noted visiting or traveling between Hillsboro, Matthews, Trappe, Baltimore and Centreville for social visits and events.
In Caroline county Maryland the hardware businessman D Ralph Horsey tried to appoint his chief deputy clerk after winning the Circuit Court clerkship But three judges blocked two earlier picks citing lack of training They ultimately approved Gerald M Pine who has held the post sixteen years and ordered Horsey to back him up with a supporting bar association letter
Mr. R. Harry Gibson Jr. of the U.S. Air Corps, stationed in Georgia, spent six days at home on furlough. Elwood Dulin hosted the Tuckahoe Neck Homemakers Club Christmas party. Bernard Sparks Jr. of Baltimore visited his parents. Mrs. B. F. Sparks and Rawley Sparks called on the Whites in Denton. Helen Lee Short and Sara Frances Short vacationed near town. Rose Marie Holland stayed with grandparents Crenshaw in Price. Mrs. William F. Dickinson hosted sister Miss Mary Saulsbury from Baltimore. Howard Eley entertained the Jump family from Easton.
Miss Eva Plutschak and Pvt William Edgar Slaughter Jr married at the groom's parents home on Goldsborough Street in Easton on December 9. Slaughter has returned to Florida camp and Mrs Slaughter will keep her position here. Others visiting family include Admiral G C Carmine and wife Emalene Wright, Marion and Mrs Chambers from Ohio visiting E B Blades, and Mary Flaharty with Mrs Davis. The Epiphany Guild held its annual Christmas party at A R Poole's home. The school play last Friday night was a success.
RIDGELY Miss Virgie Sparks visited from Friday to Monday with her sisters in Philadelphia. Mrs. Henrietta Payne spent some days last week with her sister in Queen Anne. Pvt. Oscar Payne visited his mother, Mrs. Henrietta Payne, over the weekend. Mr. Frank Matthews is employed with the American Stores in Baltimore. Ensign David Perry has been transferred to Camp Miami, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Davis of Price were in town on Monday. Mrs. Jesse Fifer is convalescing from her recent accident. Mr. Charles High is recovering from his recent illness.
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