Denton Area News Roundup and Community Notices
The issue compiles local items from Denton and Caroline County including business ads, theater schedules at the Dentonia Theatre, Christmas and New Year activities, Union Week of Prayer services, weather notes, and obituaries. Notable items include Nuttle Milling Co buying corn and wheat, rental listing on East Market Street, a corrected christening name, emergency teacher recruitment by the Maryland State Department of Education, and the death of Wilhelmina Todd at 89 with funeral in Concord Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Lord
Preston
Grove
Caroline
Journal
M. A. Brackett
Nuttle Milling Co
Denton
East Market Street
Fred E. Covey
R. L. Stevenson
Nuttle Lumber and Coal Company
Axlyn Mae Barrow
Axford Barrow
Dentonia Theatre
Sonya Henie
John Payne
Iceland
Jack Oakie
Sammy Kay
Concord M. E. Church
Maryland State Department of Education
Caroline High School
Bing Crosby
Fred Astaire
Irving Berlin
Sonja Henie
Church of the Brethren
Grace Methodist Church
Pilgrim Holiness Church
First Methodist Church
Easton
Easton Society of Christian Service
E. Z. Collings
Harvey Moore
Betterton
H. F. Kinnamon
W. F. Leggerton
Centreville
Horace Morgan
Queen Anne
William Finn
Carson Greenwood
Stilt Pond
Granville Hooper
Cambridge
Wilmer Fell Davis
Federalsburg
Robert Huey
Chestertown
Walter Stone
Wm. Myers
Oxford
Myrtle Downey
Rock Hall
Wilhelmina Todd
Willard C. Todd
Williston
Maryland
Board of County Commissioners
Canner, Miller
Todd
Delaware
Job
Margaret Anne Cane Willoughby
Bennett Todd
Trappe
Ulysses G. Todd
Minnie Todd
E. Paul Knotts
Concord Methodist Church
Lawrence E. Wimbrow
P. M. Schauer
Local society notes and engagements reflected in Denton area
Invitations hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Kern in Tuckahoe Neck honor daughter Merlyn and Lt Eldred Lowell Collins as they wed. Various local residents announce engagements, relocations, hospital stays, and Christmas gatherings across Rehoboth, Denton, and surrounding communities.
Adams Cross Roads Bloomery Aid Christmas Dinner Plans
Aid members set December 30 at 1 p m for a Christmas dinner at the club house with each member allowed a guest. Attendees should bring silver and plates and learn their Aid Sister from 1942. Local social notes list residents visiting, shopping trips, and family visits around Bloomery and Milford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomery Aid
Blanche Adams
Marian Robinson
Virginia Lee
Glenna Bullock
Jack Taylor
Walter Liden
Bloomery Church
Hennie
Crolla Johnson
Dover
F. W. Fountain
Mildred
Marguerite Fountain
Milford
Randall Custworth
Nancy
Chas. Fountain
Philadelphia
Ruth Mitchell
Virginia Lee Robinson
Inventory Lists for Meals and Sandwich Services 1942
The document catalogs inventories of all food and canned goods on hand as of December 1 and December 31, 1942. It also records all purchases during December 1942 and the total number of meals served in December 1942.
Christmas Church Notices Highlight Services and Meals
The church invites all home for Christmas to morning worship at 10 45 with choir music and a sermon on The Abiding Message of Christmas The second Youth Fellowship supper starts at 630 in the S S room with meal by W S C S members Florence Smith Ernestine Short Benj F Johnson Jr and George Beck Jr Wayne Barrow leads a musical program featuring Betty Smith Orme and Anita Rue All welcome and urged to notify committee members for planning The W S C S S monthly meeting is Tuesday December 29 at 730 at Mrs W W Sylvester Main Street New circles will be announced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence J. Kern
Kerndell
Tuckahoe Neck
Merlyn
Eldred Lowell Collins
Denton
Brick Hotel
Business and
Professional Women’s Club
Howard P. Sullivan
Olive Avenue
Rehoboth
Betty
James S. Steele II
Frank Steele
Baker, Ore
Steele
6001St Coast Artillery
Camden
N. J
Elizabeth Ann Butler
L. Edward Butler
Harriet Lane
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Lucille Bailey
Rehoboth Trust Company
Del
Miss Bailey
Provident State Bank
Preston
Cornelia Miller
Ada Ruth Ralston
Sheldon
Iowa
Miss Miller
N. J. Miller
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Olaf E. Smith
Pfe
Edward Smith
Greenland
Edward
Grace Methodist Church
T. J. Turkington
John R. Ricards
Harry Helemon
Joanne
Hickman
John Trice
Helemon
U. S. Army
Florence Seward
Little
Queenstown
2Nd Street
John
Olin Higgins
Hurlock
Sally Louise Brown
Ernest J. Brown
Jack Adams
Linwood Long
Wilmington
Chester
Louise Gray
Baltimore
Lucy Garey
Charles Wimbrow
Duke University
Ray Odell
Claymont
George Gray
Philadelphia
W. B. Deen
Youth Fellowship
S. S. Room
Florence Smith
Ernestine Short
Benj. F. Johnson Jr
George Beck Jr
Wayne Barrow
Betty Smith Orme
Anita Rue
W. W. Sylvester
Main Street
Grace Methodist Church Services and Holiday Program
Grace Methodist Church led by Rev T. Turkington announces Sunday services on the 27th with a morning sermon The Snare of Self Conceit and an evening Christmas program by the Sunday School A Wednesday prayer meeting and a Thursday 730 p m Christmas treat and entertainment for children in the Sunday School room.
Palace of Happiness Sermon and Christmas Program
Rev. N J Miller will preach on The Palace of Happiness Sunday morning. A Christmas program follows at 7 30 p m featuring music recitations and a short play titled The Christmas Story.
Christmas Choral Service With Holy Communion
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church invites all to a special Christmas Choral Service with Holy Communion at 11:30 p m on Thursday December 24. The public is welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Sermon by Rev Stockwell at Preston New Church
The Preston New Church invites all to a Sunday December 27 sermon by Rev John W Stockwell at 11 a m. Music will be performed by Mr and Mrs Irvin Smith. All welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Stockwell
Preston New Church
Irvin Smith
Service at Williston Sunday Evening
A service at Williston will be held Sunday December 27 at 2 30 PM. The event includes a welcome extended to all led by T S Dixon pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston
T. S. Dixon
Greensboro Methodist Church Schedule Highlights
Rev. R W Kirwan pastor. Sunday School 9 45 a m. Worship 11 a m and 7 30 p m. Official Board meets first Wednesday 8 p m. Sunday School Board meets second Wednesday 8 p m. Woman's Society meets second Tuesday 7 30 p m. Junior Epworth League Wednesdays 4 p m during school year. Blue Ribbon Bible Class last Tuesday 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Methodist Church
R. W. Kirwan
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Epworth League
Church Services Schedule for Greensboro Congregations
Pilgrim Holiness Church led by Rev A C Clark lists prayer meetings Sunday School and services daily with 1 pm Young Peoples service 7 45 preaching. Greensboro Baptist Church under Rev Paul F Burke offers Sunday School at 9 45 morning worship 11 00 Baptist Training Union 7 00 and evening worship 8 00 with Thursday Bible study and prayer plus a second Tuesday Women's Missionary Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples
Greensboro Baptist Church
Paul F. Burke
Baptist Training Union
Woman's Missionary Society
Christmas Mass Schedule for Ridgely and Denton
Christmas Masses in St Elizabeth's Denton and St Benedict's Ridgely are at midnight and nine o'clock. Confessions in St Benedict's Thursday 2 and 6 45. St Elizabeth's confessions Thursday 6 45. Sunday December 27 mass times are 10 o'clock at St Benedict's and 8 30 at St Elizabeth's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Denton
St. Elizabeth's Church
St. Benedict’s Church
St. Elizabeth’s Church
St. Benedict's Church
Christmas Homecomings From Washington College Students
Greensboro notes list Washington College students Robert Wright and Jackie Pritchett spending Christmas with parents Rus sell Wright and Ralph Pritchett in Chestertown. University of Maryland Dental College alumnus Edward W. Vandegrift returns from Baltimore to family in Greensboro. Beverly Goldsborough at Beacom's College Wilmington also home for holidays. Raymond Rawlings and Jack Boulais shopped in Wilmington, while Raymond Oglesby and family visited Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wright
Jackie Pritchett
Washington College
Chestertown
Russell Wright
Ralph Pritchett
Edward W. Vandegrift
University of Maryland Dental College
Baltimore
E. J. Vandegrift
Beverly Goldsborough
Beacom’s Business College
Wilmington
Byrd Urges Cut in Non-War Government Spending
Senator Byrd of Virginia receives strong backing for his push to reduce non-war government activities and curb spending. He argues Congress can save a billion dollars annually by trimming non-war expenses with his factual approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Virginia
Congress
Ridgely Wedding of Catherine Louise Zehring and Lt Noble Palmer
Rev i and Mrs J William Zehring announce the December 18 Greenville South Carolina wedding of their daughter Catherine Louise to Lt Noble Eugene Palmer son of the late Mrs Frank Palmer Kimberly Idaho. Palmer is a University of Idaho graduate and Army Air Base Greenville avi ation unit member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. William Zehring
Ridgely
Catherine Louise
Noble Eugene Palmer
Greenville
S. C
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Palmer
Kimberly
Idaho
University of Idaho
Theta Beta Pi
Aberdeen
Army Air Base
Ordnance Depot
Shippen School For Girls
Lancaster
Penn Hall School For Girls
Chambersburg
Philadelphia Conservatory of Music
Philadelphia
Fontainbleau
France
Carlos Salzedo
New York City
War Workers
Elkton
Camp Lee
James L. Palmer
Mildred Vick
Townsend Club
Harry Stayer
Washington
Edna Detwiler
Charles Cherry
Harvey O. Hufnal
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Davis
Oscar Smeil
William Marvel
Vernon Blades
Norris Jarrell
William Griffin
Orrell Saulsbury
Claude Towers
William C. Harrison
Claymont
Del
Harrison
Allen Burke
Gertrude
John Lane
Rocky Mount
N. C
George
Norman
Clyamont
William
Ronald Lane
Elizabeth Haymaker
Elmer Anthony
Haymaker
Elmer Jr
Centreville
Joseph Haymaker
Smyrna
Charles Haymaker
Cockeysville
Katherine McEwain
George B. Church
C. and P. Company
West Coast Training Center
U. S. Army Air Forces
Lake Field
Phoenix
Arizona
Army Air Corps
J. Boone Jarrell
William Jarrell
Cambridge
Jack
U. S. Marine
Solomon Islands
Charles Connolly
Fred Connolly
Bernard Connolly
C. D. Lynch
Thomas Gaitery
the Plains
Hilda Wilkinson
James Stack
The
Reformed Church
Patricia Saulsbury
Golden College
Carlton Marvel Jr
Drexel Institute
Methodist Church
Church of the Brethren
Clara Denny
Queen Anne
Tuckahee Homemakers Christmas Party at Queen Anne home
The Tuckahee Homemakers Club held its Christmas party at Mrs. Elwood Dulin's Queen Anne home on Friday December 11. members and families joined in gift exchanges games and a men versus women contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckahee
Smithville Homemakers Club
Orphans Court Proceedings List Administrations and Sales
The Orphans Court met with Judges Handy Dennis and Fooks. Letters of Administration granted for John Bickling unto Raymond B Rawlings and for James Lively unto J Virgil Moore. Appraisers named. Various accounts, releases, and orders filed. Decree for sale in Jerome Brown versus Frederick Waters case. Probate set for Isaac T Prattis December 29. Report of sale in Victor Reed estate. Inventory for I Jerome Chambers filed. Auto sale transfer petition filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Handy
Dennis and
Fooks
John Bickling
Raymond B. Rawlings
John E. Boulais
Albert Shields
James Lively
J. Virgil Moore
J. Ed Nichols
Lawnace A. Moore
Wilbert L. Merriken
Henry R. Lewis
Calvert C. Merriken
Jerome Brown
Frederick Waters
George Waters
Eliza J. Brooks
Margaret Elizabeth Taylor
Peir Travers
Mary Travers
Lillian Travers
Charles Travers
William D. Travers Jr
Henrietta Keene
Bertha Travers
Levi’ Travers
Eva Spedden
Calvin Cross
Viola Jefferson
Lena Tilghman
Isaac T. Prattis
Everett Nuttle
Victor Reed
I. Jerome Chambers
Francis Edward Jarrell
Meat order tightens control on farmers and slaughters
The order applies to all who slaughter and deliver cattle calves sheep lambs and hogs for others with penalties up to 10000 dollars or ten years in jail. Farmers who slaughter for home use are exempt. Records must show slaughtered animals and quantities shipped to civilians while limits mimic 1941 levels for large operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
OPA
Tribute to R H Dill by Burrsville neighbors and friends
The Burrsville community and family express heartfelt gratitude for the kindness and services shown during our father R H Dill's final days. Ira Dill and Bertie Wyatt acknowledge the generous support and lasting appreciation for those who offered help and sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Dill
Burrsville
Ira Dill
Bertie Wyatt
Merry Christmas Greeting to All Readers
A seasonal note wishes readers a merry Christmas and expresses warm wishes from the paper staff to the community.
Hillsboro Queen Anne Social Notes
Miss Eva Dickson of Greensboro stayed with Mrs. Ed gar Bindes Sunday. Miss Mildred Stenger visited Miss Betty Lynch Thursday night. Mrs. Milford Kline and Mrs. Helen Smith visited Baltimore Friday. Mrs. N. E. Knott hosted St. Pauls Guild Wednesday. Laura Virginian Fleming of St. Marys is home for holidays. Mrs. Brown Eaton and Billie Brown spent the weekend in Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Beaven visited Philadelphia Tuesday. Mr. Wm. Sherwood of Wilmington returned home for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Dickson
Greensboro
Edgar Bindes
Sunhday
Mildred Stenger
Betty Lynch
Queen Anne
Milford Kline
Helen Smith
Baltimore
N. E. Knott
St. Paul's Guild
Laura Virginian Fleming
St. Mary’s
Brown Eaton
Billie Brown
R. W. Beaven
Philadelphia
Wm. Sherwood
Wilmington
Truck wreck during storm injures Vernon Baker in Queen Anne
A truck loaded with lumber owned by Vernon Baker skidded and overturned in Thursday night’s storm on Queen Anne. Drive Ray Baker escaped unhurt. another Baker truck earlier froze and burst its radiator. Ensign William Chaires visits from his parents for a two week leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Baker
Ray Baker
Mr. Baker
Ensign William Chaires
John W. Chaires
Raymond Dougherty
Baltimore
Chaires
William C. Stevens
M. E. Diggans
James Mulliken
Shively
Wilmington
Bernard Sparks
Elwood Fleming
Sara Hollister
Levi Hollister
Bernard Sparks Jr
Horace Morgan
Lee
Elwood Dulin
Dover
Del
Reducing Winter Costs for Work Horses
University of Maryland expert Dr. DeVoe Meade advises lowering feed and labor costs by keeping horses in well-drained lots or sheltered fields, using roughage and meadow gleanings, and feeding grain only as needed. Maintain condition without fat. begin light grain before spring work and ensure salt and clean water are always available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeVoe Meade
University of Maryland
Local Social Notes From Centreville And Nearby
Ridgely residents visit family in Centreville while Miss Gabrielle Saulsbury of New York returns home. Grayson Winstead of Washington visits relatives over holidays as A O Saulsbury attends a Chicago canners convention. Mercy Hospital trainee June Lynch spends a short home leave. Raymond Bickling welcomes a newborn son at Fifer Hospital. Frank H. Kessler from Fort Monmouth stays near town for weekend. Lulu Meredith Clarence Knotts and Edna Detwiler spend a day in Easton. Norman Davis Wilson of Atlantic City visits family for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Connolly
Harry Gannon
Connolly Gannon
Centreville
Gabrielle Saulsbury
New York
I. T. Saulsbury Jr
Grayson Winstead
Washington
L. M. Winstead
A. O. Saulsbury
Chicago
June Lynch
Mercy Hospital
Baltimore
Raymond Bickling
Fifer Hospital
Frank H. Kessler
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Lulu Meredith
Clarence Knotts
Edna Detwiler
Easton
Norman Davis Wilson
Atlantic City
Memory Greetings from Denton Resident to Old Friends
A Christmas and New Year greeting from Rev W M Lister of Huntington West Virginia addressed to The Denton Journal readers. He recalls boyhood friends in Caroline County and notes past local festivities and neighbors, sending best wishes and memories across decades.
Christmas Seals Aid Maryland Tuberculosis Fight
The Maryland Tuberculosis Association uses Christmas Seals to fund a modern program including free clinics X rays tuberculin tests and health education. Activities reach all counties with emphasis on Negro communities through clinics exams lectures and physician institutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Samuel Woalman
State Department of Health
Claiborne
Wolman
Doctor Wolman
In Memoriam Billy Lord
In sad but loving remembrance of our dear son Billy Lord another sad Christmas for a loved one is gone Our family circle is broken Yes our hearts are still sad and weary We think of you each day and shed many tears For our dear boy who has gone away Sadly missed by Father Mother Brothers and Sisters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Lord
Greensboro Area Briefs Highlight Local News
Greensboro and nearby areas report Mary Evans, student at Golden Business College, injured in Wilmington after a fall. spine fracture casted. Community events include a capsule sister party with Santa Claus day by Lions Club and a heavy snowfall with record cold. Local civic notices and visits from merchants and service members mark the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Evans
Milo Evans
Greensboro
Golden Business College
Wilmington
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Adams Cross Roads
L. E. Wimbrow
Turkington
A. C. Clark
Senator Byrd
Hillsboro
Tuckahoe
Denton Journal
Owever
Caroline County
J. W. Fogel
Central Church
Emma
Kate
Louie Ramsdell
Anna
Jennie Wyatt
Hester Irwin
Sam Jones
Huntington
W. Va
Gary
Morgan
Roe
Towers
Evans
Pritchett
Cooper
W. M. Lister
14Th Street
Huntington, W. Va
Memoriam
Union
Ray W. Kirwan
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Baptist Church
John R. Meekins
William S. Briggs
Army Air Force
Miami
Florida
Enid
Oklahoma
Frank Hobbs
Robert Schreiber
Dundalk
Howard Shulties
Shulties
Benjamin F. Howard
Pet Milk Company
Daughters of Pocahontas
Nokomis Hall
Paul E. Gregg
William Blood
Goldie Dill
Charles Dill
Alden Bash
William Woodward
Dearborn
Mich
Carleton Smith
Memorial Hospital
Levin Taylor
Paul E. Sandford
Joan
Arthur Urry
Harry Karcher
Bernard Dunn
Grace Wooters
Raymond Rawlings
Helen Price
W. L. Taylor Jr
Edgar Thawley
Fred Monroe Sr
Melvin
Davis Bishop
Union Memorial Hospital
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