Denton Area News Briefs and Obituaries Dec 1938
A Denton real estate ad notes a 5 room for rent at Franklin and 1st streets. Community items include a Jan 6 talk by Nelson H. Fritz in Denton, a bicycle giveaway winner, debt settlement request, and a new weekly trash collection start Jan 6. Obituaries cover Mrs Laura Parks, Mr John Christopher, and the Rev W J Duhadway. Personal notices detail weddings, visits, and social events around Denton and Federalsburg with many local names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
1St Sts
Wm. D. Taylor
Denton
Nelson H. Fritz
Rawleigh
Commissioners
Laura Clark Parks
George H. Parks
Easton
James Temple
Denton Cemetery
Parks
Denton M. P. Church
Temple
Mark Smith
Lemuel Clough
John F. Christopher
Caroline County
Harmony
Christopher
Alonzo P. Christopher
Berlin
Andrew F. Christopher
Hurlock
Nora C. Deen
F. Douglas Milbury
Federalsburg
Hillcrest Cemetery
W. J. Duhadway
Bridgeville
Mr. Duhadway
Preston
Maryland
Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference
Northeast Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference
Wilmington
Fairmount
Louis Duhadway
Eve Duhadway
Cleveland
Harriett Corkran
W. Brewster Deen
Thomas J. Keating
William E. Andrew
Betteran Scott
Dover
Del
Thomas J. Todd
Todd
National Bank of
Smith
Marydel
State Road
New Castle County
State Board of Supplies
Robert P. Robinson
University of Pennsylvania
Masonic Fraternity
Denton Community Club plans music program Friday
The Denton Community Club will host a music program at the next regular meeting on Friday afternoon January 6 with Mrs Ruth Reynolds in charge and several Laurel Delaware musicians to participate. The public is invited.
Denton Md Church Services On New Year
Local churches report schedule for New Year Sunday services and observances. Denton M E and Denton M P Churches list morning and evening worships, Sunday School times, Epworth League, and Week of Prayer dates January 8 to 15 with guest speakers. Mass times noted for St Elizabeths and St Benedicts, confessions listed. Service at Williston Community Church at 2:30 p m. Servicea Lespedeza seed for sale by A P Martin Denton Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton’ M. E
Epworth League
Denton M. P
Mary
Jesus
Williston
Church of the New Jerusalem
Preston
Gallilee
Denton and
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
Marriage of Miss Catherine Klotz to Wilson Lyster in Dover
The wedding was held at noon Wednesday at the home of the officiating clergyman Rev Wilson C Moore in Dover. Miss Catherine Elizabeth Crumbaker served as bridesmaid and Alan Dragoo as best man. The couple, after a breakfast hosted by the bride’s parents, will reside north of Twenty-four of the Older Youth group held a recreational meeting at the Center. Delegates to the State meeting in Baltimore January 11 were named: Earl Hutchinson, Garman Riggins, Janette Stevenson, Sara Hollister. alternates George Clendaniel and Mrs. Earl Hutchinson. They will meet January 18 at the president’s home for a debate on whether girls should make the dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Elizabeth Klotz
Harry R. Klotz
Wilson Lyster
William Lyster
Wilson C. Moore
Dover
Catherine Elizabeth Crumbaker
Boothwyn
Alan Dragoo
Ridgely
Lyster
Baltimore
Washington
Virginia
Our Center
Earl Hutchinson
Garman Riggins
Janette Stevenson
Sara Hollister
George Clendaniel
Fred Friedel
William Moore
Marcus Hook
Harvey Porter
Harrington
Allen Temple
Henry Friedel
Claymont
Del
Oliver James Friedel
Spring City
Oliver Friedel
Catherine Jane Temple
Maude Hemmons
Paul
Herbert Moore
Centreville
Hemmons
B. M. Yorkdale
Arlington
Caroline Mancha
Mancha
Nina Muller
Easton
Committee On Citizenship and International Relalations
Margaret Swing
L. S. Matthews
Frank Klotz
James Wilson
Leon Woods
Betty Anne
Elsmere
Foster Clayton
Osterburg
Harry Klotz
Elizabeth
Our Catholic Church
Francis Hensel
Father Wetzel
Wilmington
Ronald Lane
Elizabeth Haymaker
J. E. Anthony
Elmer and
Haymaker
Joseph Haymaker
Thomas McCloud
Philadelphia
Edward Pearsaul
Edward
Swing
Ella
Larry Abbott
Edward Junior
Upper Darby
Pearsaul
William Longendyke
Theron Stewart
Seaford
Edward Timmons
Whaleyville
Clinton Guthrie
E. W. Guthrie
Addie Arthurs
Agnes Crossley
Caroline Crossley
Kenton
Frank Seward
Ella Carlisle
Ruth
Peter Hoffman
Norristown
T. C. Cahall
Wilson
Josephine
Alice Wilson
Edmund Pendleton
York
Walter Booker
Chambersburg
Kate Booker
Robert Dean
Eastern Shore counties split on roads control at special session
Nine Eastern Shore counties failed to reach a uniform decision on road maintenance and relief funding at a special session of the Eastern Shore Commissioners Association. Cecil Queen Annes Talbot and Caroline backed local roads control, while Kent Somerset Worcester and Wicomico opposed. Dorchester offered no commitment to study costs. Over fifty commissioners, attorneys and legislators attended, chaired by Charles R. Parker, with plans to form a county committee to work with lawmakers on relief. A meeting was set for Elkton on April 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Shore
Eastern Shore Commissioners Association
Cecil
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Caroline
Kent
Somerset
Worcester
Wicomico
Dorchester County
Charles R. Parker
Salisbury
John A. Baker
Association
Dudley Roe
Elkton
Community News Roundup With Numerous Holiday Visits
Local families share holiday greetings and visits across Preston Chincoteague Easton Swarthmore and Baltimore. Highlights include anniversaries Christmas programs fielding prizes for decorations and multiple guests staying with relatives and friends over Christmas week.
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Season's Socials Highlight
Local column lists numerous holiday gatherings and visits in Hillsboro Centreville and surrounding towns. Nancy Jane Kline hosts luncheon and alumnae dance. families from Crumpton Milford Red Bank Cheswold and Roanoke visit for Christmas and holidays.
Queen Anne Community Club Christmas Party Highlights
Queen Anne held its Christmas party Tuesday with Hillsboro Community Club as guests. After a brief business meeting a program included welcome remarks, readings, songs, a playlet, and Christmas stories followed by ice cream and cake. Gifts were given by Santa Claus. Revival services at Hillsboro M E Church begin next Sunday with two weeks of events. Funeral services were held for Mr Howard Anderson of Towson, an uncle of Mrs Emmett Barton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne Community Club
Hillsboro Community Club
Lightner
Byron Barton
Nazareth
Violet Gibson
Buzby
Horace Morgan
Calvin Anderson
Harry Gibson
Clara Price
M. S. Cooper
Tri-County High School
Santa Claus
Elizabeth B. Lightner
Bernard Sparks
Marion Covey
Oscar Briscoe
Hillsboro M. E. Church
A. W. Strickland
Robert Kaskie
Baltimore
Kaskies
Monroe Crouse
Denton
Albert Cahall
Mae
Hillsboro
Harris Lege
May Dean
Queen Anne
Russom Lege
Stevensville
Harris Legg
Crouse
Dean
Katherine Legg
Thelma Chew
Wilmington
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
South
Hillsboro M. EB. Church
Howard Anderson
Towson
Anderson
Emmett Barton
Christmas gatherings and community notes in Hobbs
Hobbs news recalls the Ladies' Aid Christmas gathering hosted by Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Schauer with prizes in a flower contest and exchanges. Christmas visits span Burrsville American Corner Oklahoma and Denton. Thomas Jordan birth announced. several locals receive bicycles. injuries reported as Filmore Davis breaks a wrist. Community dinners, visits to Greenwood and Wilmington, and church activities are listed along with local condolences and health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Schauer
Louis Randall
B. B. Allen
F. N. Smith
Thomas Smith
G. L. Blades
Harlan Blades
Russell, Leonard
Kennard
Charles
Burrsville
Olaf Smith
Edward and
Eunice
American Corner
May Fullerton
Oklahoma
O. F. Smith
Gustav Good
Denton
Roland Starkey
Atlantic City
N. J
Thomas Jordan
Starkey
Audrey Tribbitt
Sue Smith
Filmore Davis
Donald Smith
Esther Smith
Tommy Smith
L. H. Thomas
J. H. Edgell
Greenwood
John Spencer
Homer Rice
Wilmington
C. H. Roe
Filmore
Dan Green
New Jersey
Louis Butler
Kenneth Ramsburg
J. H. Dandy
Christian Endeavor Service
Grover Moore
T. H. Towers
W. G. Holbrook
New York
C. V. Clark
Delaware
Christmas Holiday Visitors and Local Socials Notes
Among students spending holidays with parents are Beatrice Todd Betty Taylor Eli Nor Taylor Dorothy Turner from St Marys and others from Washington College Bea nom College Western Maryland. Several auto accidents occurred Saturday and Sunday in and around our town with a severe crash at Tanyard injuring Mr and Mrs Harley Watkins and a young girl. Local families hosted dinners and gatherings including Clayton Taylor and daughter, T C Taylor and Marie Taylor, and guests from Wilmington Denton Baltimore New York City and other places. Ducking season brings local activity and Paul Van Dyke visited his mother in Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Flounders
William Rieck
Preston
James Wilson
Elsmere
Del
Walter Mitchell
Joanne
Jimmie
Walter Wright
Chestertown
Beatrice Bower
Naomi Jensen
Easton
William Lyons
Lola Temple
Baltimore
W. T. Temple
Paul Temple
Arthur Scully
Howard Perry
United States Army
Fort Totten
New York
Lawrence Wilson
John Allfather
Reformed Church
Methodist Sunday School
Thelma Bowman
Salisbury
Ed. Bowman
Mabel
Viola Jones
Price
Gabrielle Saulsbury
Western Maryland College
I. T. Saulsbury
William Cooper
Dorothy
Charles Scully
Lennox Park
Ord Raleigh
Charles Messick
Harry Robinson
Mary
Redmond Long
Swarthmore
Walter Delaney
Philadelphia
Edward McPherson
Harry Rutter
Queen Anne
Leonard Dean
Mary Murphy
John Murphy
Olwyn Winstead
Exston
H. E. Holsinger
Wilmington
Nettie Arnold
Beatrice Todd
Betty Taylor
Elinor Taylor
State Teacher's College
Dorothy Turner
St. Mary’s
Alva Lee Hollis
Josephine Gallagher
Washington College
Rebecca Blade
Beacom College
Teddy Fletcher
Western Maryland
Tanyard
Harley Watkins
Smith Beck
Clayton Taylor
Henry Beck
Wm. DeFord Jr
Denton
T. C. Taylor
Miss Marie Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
W. H. Beck
Nugent
Haddon Heights
N. J
C. F. Noble
Charles Dean
J. P. Wright
Butter Crisps Cookies From Household Hints
A vintage recipe outlines butter crisps baked at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Cream butter and sugar, add 1 cup flour then egg, heat well, add remaining flour and nuts, roll into shapes, chill, slice and bake or drop by teaspoon onto a buttered sheet. Delicate, tasty cookies.
Greensboro Lions Meet Guests and Look to 1939
The Greensboro Lions Club gathered at the Riveride Hotel with strong attendance. Guests Dr. Fred Dove and son of Bridgewater Va and Norman Raleigh and son of Denton spoke on community service. Magistrate Lapham sentenced two men to four months each in Maryland House of Correction for drunkenness and assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
J. Spencer Lapham
Goldsboro
Maryland House of Correction
Carl Hatings
Marydel
Denton
Edgar Thawley
Ingleside
Mary Jackson
Edgar Anderson
Charles Jackson
Bridgeville
Del
Lloyd Cannon
Jane
Preston
Ruth Jackson
Princess Anne
Thomas Attix
Mary
Clayton
Pearl Louise Quillen
William Quillen
Charles Leonard Bennett
Morton Bennett
Henderson
Harrisburg
Roy Musser
Philadelphia
L. W. Taylor
Harry Taylor
Sherman Todd
Virginia Taylor
Russell Todd
D. Todd
Lloyd Taylor
Anne
Reading
John Murphy
George
Ridgely
Mary Adline Murphy
Swarthmore
Thomas Draper
Fred Murphy
Susie Ford
Oscar Nichols
Lacey Wilson
Wilmington
Henry Shultie
Michael Ash
Carl Nichols
Joyce Anne
Paige Riddleberger
Joan
Norma Paige
Orville Travers
Annapolis
Robert Jarrell
Jarrell
Comegys van Sant
Karen
Lena Lewis
Leticia Parris
Easton
Harvey Porter
Porter
A. T. Longfellow
Salisbury
Lyman Scotten
William Briggs
University of Maryland
Edward Vandegrift
Edward
University
E. J. Vandegrift
Betty Wyatt
John Wyatt
Charles Nichols
William Philips
Martin
Misa Grace Nichols
Linwood
Sallie Nichols
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Norman Milligan
Williamsburg
Anna Seeders
W. E. Seeders
Rowland
East New Market
Claude Howard
Earl Love
Edwin
Preston Spicher
Douglas
Grove M. P. Parsonage
Marks
Preston High School
Excelsior Pearl Works
Preston Trucking Company
Elizabeth Satterfield
Rolard Satterfield
West Denton
Dorothy Webster
Calvin Ward
Theodore Schmick
Lillie D. Liden
Lacy Pepper
Mildred
Joyce
Whitford
Joseph Hill
Ridley Park
Gootee S. Roe
Frank Porter
Chester
Sidney Mitchell
Pittsburgh
Thomas Everngam
Gregg Everngam
Thomas Ever
Silver Spring
Thos. W. Bradley
Herbert Lane
Harper
Calvin Bradley
Allentown
Emma Meekins
Cambridge
C. E. Wilcox
Austin Wilcox
West Point
Harry Seher
Lansdale
Gladiolus Gardens
John White
A. R. Neal
Irving D. Lyons
John Sharp
E. M. Willey
Hobbs
L. Reyner Dukes
Roland Park
Denton M. E. Church
Annie Everngain
Elizabeth Stevens Hetzer
Kemp
Orlando
Florida
Public Health Board
Mattie Smith
Market Street
Eugene G. Anderson
Wm. H. Anderson
Good Cheer Bible
Walter Sparklin
Wm. Johnson
Felton
Aldridge Pepper
Charlotte Hignutt
Paul Johnson
Everett Pepper
Everett Nuttle
Federalesburg
Frank Nuttle
Wm. E. Reese
Everett Collins
George H. Wilson
Mary Pancoast
Franklin, N. 3
Edna Hobbs
Clarence Wright
Evelyn Louise Wright
M. Vincent Love
Fred R. Love
Fred Love
Newport
Paul Horsey
Mr. Horsey
Hayward S. Horsey
Harold Nuttle
J. W. Funk
S. G. Nuttle
Edna Brownell
Daughter
Canada
Jennie Crane
Lavinia Bye
Sue Bye
S. G. Bye
Mildred Woodrow
Evelyn Wright
J. Stanley Cooley
Winchester
Martin Voss
John W. Lord
Lillian Smith
Perryville
Mary A. Lord
Ann Dukes
Alphonso Meredith
C. E. Rice
Mildred Downes
P. W. Downes
Fletcher Wright
W. H. Nuttle
Alice Ross
Joseph Ross
Walter Murphy
C. M. Hignatt
Margaret Jean Lane
Adonia Bradley
Sericea Lespedeza
A. P. Martin
Denton, Md
Journal
Tuckahoe
Nancy Jane Kline
Fedon Niles
Henry Lewis
Paul Brudel
Bill Grettsinger
George Blevins
Howard Jester
Elizabeth Ennis
Catherine Anthony
Myrtle Lewis
Peggy Bryant
Hazel Jester
Grace Powell
Centreville Armory
J. M. Clarke
H. M. Thompon
Howard Flowers
Harry Flowers
Susie Thompson
Bill
Fred Beauchamp
Thos. Lockermian
Little Son
Milford Kline
H. R. Covell
Avery Storey
Bobbie
Crumpton
Olin Hunter
Mary R. Knott
Malory Winstead
Alice Scully
N. E. Knott
Edgar Blades
Brown Thawley
Milford
Jno. Thawley
Bernard Pinder
Barbara Ann
Howard Dodds
Henry Fisher
Red Bank
Jos. Thomas
Wm. Jones Sr
Rock Hall
Wm. Jones Jr
J. L. Knott
Roanoke
Francis Beaven
Pocomoke City
H. Lay Beaven
Frances Fisher
Willow Grove
H. S. Fisher
Edwin Gale
E. H. Gale
Billy Simpson
Trappe
Harry Kemp
Cheswold
Catherine Skinner
Ethel Skinner
Hazel
Mary Dyott
Vernon Baker
Ethel M. Hunter
Eastern Shore Public Service Co
EWSPA
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