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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1935
Page
5
M K Newnam and R H Stafford & Son advertise a wide stock of appliances including Frigidaire porcelain and Majestic and Quick-Meal ranges. They promote heating stoves, washing machines, living room suites, and door to door bargains for farm and home. Also notices on a Denton bus restriction and local civic events.
Caroline County Red Cross receives the distinguished roll call achievement certificate sent by Dr. Cary T. Grayson of Washington to Miss Blanche Hobbs, praising a roll call that more than doubled the national goal of 400 members. Rev. C. Irving Carpenter led the county effort, with Rev. T. J. Turkington in Philadelphia for his brother's wedding.
Channing Pollock, popular American playwright, says in Rotarian Magazine that the art of kindness is a fine art. He recalls warm Christmas phone calls and argues courtesy needs a two way street. He notes simple acts like lending a seat or offering guidance lift spirits and ease life’s burdens.
A brief compilation presents aphorisms on home love prayer and wisdom. The lines cite anonymous proverbs about faith and patience, plus a Guizot saying on secrecy and Grace E. Hall on worry. The tone is reflective and moral.
Revival services begin Sunday night December 29 and run through Sunday January 12 with evangelist Rev. C. B Greenman of Trappe Md. He starts Monday night December 30 and conducts services each night at 7 30 except Sunday when it is 7 00. Pastor Rev H E Uhrig invites all.
Maryland farmers from across the state will converge in Baltimore the second week of January for the Maryland Agricultural Society and Maryland Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting. The four day event January 14 to 17 includes numerous group conferences, 4-H and vocational programs, awards for youth, and a new baby chicks and eggs display. Regional attendees from Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, and Vermont are expected to join Marylanders for discussions and planning. Secretaries and organizers outline a broad program across several farm organizations and related associations.
The Rotarian Magazine quotes Walter B. Pitkin saying there is still room at the top for ambitious youth but the room is smaller. He warns today’s young people must work longer in jobs below their full abilities and build local connections as the ladder of success climbs more slowly. He lists ten qualifications including health energy persistence thoroughness training social sense self knowledge adaptability and local awareness. He notes there is no room for millions able to work and that business leaders are aiding youth adjustments.
A compact reflection urging inner dignity and tranquil demeanor. It contrasts personal honor with others' opinions and counsels quiet, steady action without haste. The quotes emphasize maintaining calm spirit and steadfast righteousness in life.
Early Christmas carols woke residents as a Brethren service opened Christmas Day observances. A midnight mass was held at St. Gertrude's Academy chapel. December 29 promises vows in the Order of St Benedict. 4-H elected officers for the Ridgely club as plans unfold for the county banquet with leaders meeting the boys. Various local residents and visitors travel, study, and host gatherings across Ridgely and nearby towns. A Frigidaire prize was won at the theatre. many plan holidays in Baltimore and Washington areas.
State Roads Commission advertised for bids to reconstruct the Wil liston mill dam washed out in September flood. Plans include a 7 by 9 foot concrete flooddrute to supplement the existing flood gate. Bids open January 7. Ulysses G. Todd to control gates and supply fill. commission assumes future washout repairs unless Todd was negligent.
Mr Henry Fisher of Red Bank New Jersey and Miss Frances Fisher of Willow Grove Pennsylvania spend Christmas with parents Mr and Mrs H S Fisher. Mr and Mrs Vernon Baker and family move into house vacated by Mr John Sharp. Gen B Stewart hosts Rev and Mrs Fossett at dinner. Miss Lulu Beaven of Virginia visits mother Mrs Florence Beaven. Mrs Carrie Fleming to entertain St Pauls Guild on Thursday Jan 2. Mr J E Eveland and family move from farm into town.
Maryland University student Betty Moore and Eleanor Moore stay with relatives for Christmas. Numerous local families host relatives and friends for holiday gatherings, dinners, and card club meetings across Wilmington, Hillsboro, Denton, Centreville, and surrounding areas.
Dr. R. H. Riley describes how a family of 25 from the West moved to Maryland and sparked a scarlet fever outbreak. The county health team moved swiftly, tracing cases, isolating sick children, and enforcing daily school inspections. eight children contracted the disease before control measures stopped further spread.
Marydel residents share holiday activities as Evelyn Ford of Salisbury Normal School visits with T O Ford. Edw Wright and family call on Harry Heather in Clay ton. J Tyson Heather and kin spend Christmas with Heather kin in Sadlersville. Dorothy Shultie hosts a party for friends. Harry Conner returns from Dickinson College for the holidays. Wesley Shewbrooks and Wesley Walls travel to Virginia. Maud Hummer recovering and now able to be out. Joseph Swartz visits family in town. Helen Heather and Ruth Conner listed as sick.
A compact selection of maxims from Tennyson Goethe and others on casting care to God mastering self and ruling justly. It asserts that true beneficence centers on God and that public safety reflects divine law, with multiple authors cited.
The Public Service Commission announces a negotiated rate cut by the Eastern Shore Public Service Company of Maryland. Interconnected system rates on the Eastern Shore will drop about 78 500 dollars per year, effective after January 1936 meter readings following months of study and negotiations with company management.
Mrs A Fletcher Sisk entertained twenty four guests at luncheon and bridge on Saturday. Prizes were won by Mrs E B Blades first, Mrs Conover Crouse second, Mrs H Reese Deane eating prize, and Miss Henriet ta Blades consolation. Funeral services were held Friday in the M E Church for James H Corkran, interment in Junior Order Cemetery. Miss Inez Noble of Haddon Heights N J visits sister Mrs Clare N Payne over Christmas holidays. Illness of H B Wright Jr in University Hospital Baltimore reported. Mr and Mrs Theodore Fletcher hosted Sunday guests Mr and Mrs Harold Stark of Aberdeen. Mr and Mrs Paul Van Dyke entertained at bridge last Friday.
A fragment argues that a minority defense lobby seeks two or three large warplanes, claiming airplanes cost less than battleships and that other nations, including Italy, surpass the U S in some areas. It criticizes high defense programs in Washington as excessive.
In this reminiscence Rev. W. M. Lister recalls fall and winter traditions of rural life. He notes revival meetings, old-time foods like Johnny cake and corn husking, Christmas customs with Kris Kringle, Christmas crackers, and family gatherings. The piece reflects on warmth, faith, and community from earlier days.
A Maryland Tuberculosis Association appeal highlights tuberculosis as a foe to health and creativity. Noting figures from Chopin to Napoleon, it argues Christmas Seals fund prevention and treatment, urging universal use on letters and packages to shrink deaths and make TB a community priority.
A quotation from the Christian Science Monitor asserts that the sole basis for the brotherhood of man is love for God good and love for man in God's likeness. Health is described as the condition of wisdom cheerfulness and openness.
A terse clipping notes Jesuita Clark promoting spiritual healing while Jesus leads sickness relief. The piece references Christian Science Monitor style coverage and mentions Pyrofax gas changes with M. K. Newnam.
Mrs Annie H Shockley wife of A G Shockley of near Ridgely died in Emergency Hospital Euston Wednesday morning last after an operation and heart attack. Survived by husband three children Rev J Edgar Shockley of Brillington Va and two daughters Mrs Harry Draper and Mrs Samuel Jewell four grandchildren one sister Mrs Lizzie Jump and two brothers Robert Hutson and Charles Hutson. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm from daughter Mrs Samuel Jewell home Rev D W Charlton officiating. Interment Greensboro Cemetery.
RIDGELY Miss Stella Matthews of Detroit is spending two weeks at her home here. Mrs. A O Saulsbury has been quite sick the past week. Mr A T Saulsbury was a Baltimore on Saturday. Tudwig is quite ill at his.
Mr. Brookers and son Georges and Mrs. Cecil Kutan of New York spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Powers and family. Mrs. F J MacWilliams and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watkins spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Towers.
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