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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1943
Page
5
Gospel of Mark Study on Jesus as Servant of God
A Sunday school lesson introduces a three month series on the Gospel of Mark. It presents Jesus entering ministry through baptism and temptation, highlighting His sinless substitution for humanity and the role of preaching, teaching, and calling helpers. The text urges reliance on Scripture over human methods and emphasizes being fishers of men.
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God
Christ
Jesus— I
Jesus
Satan
John
Capernaum
Moody
Church notices for services and officers installation
The church schedules a 9 45 A M church school led by E Theodore Orme, a 10 45 A M morning worship with Holy Communion, and a 7 30 P M evening worship featuring the installation of Women’s Society of Christian Service officers by the minister. Mrs Katherine Clark will sing. Installed officers include President Mrs Benjamin F Johnson and numerous vice presidents secretaries and committee chairs. Instrumental and vocal groups meet with junior choir Monday 7 15 P M senior choir Friday 7 30 P M and midweek prayer meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Theodore Orme
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Dale Palmer
Womans Society of Christian Service
Katherine Clark
Benjamin F. Johnson
Wallace Keys
Reese Brown
Walter Palmer
Ralph Horsey
Fred Nuttle
John E. French
Gilbert Rue
George Butler
Norman Irwin
Philip Downes
Harry Smith
Grace Methodist Church Sunday Services and Programs
Grace Methodist Church and Ames Chapel Hobbs announce service times. Rev T J Turkington leads a 11 am Communion sermon Welcome 1944 and an evening sermon A Recipe for a Harpy New Year. Sunday School 9 45 am. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 pm. Choir practice Thursday 7 pm. Ames Chapel Hobbs morning service 9 30 am followed by Sunday School and C E 7 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Chapel
Hobbs
Church Services Invite Attendance With Sermon Topic
Rev N J Miller leads Church of the Brethren services with a 10 a m school and 11 a m worship. Sermon titled What Shall I Let Go With the Old Year. Evening fellowship supper at 7 pm followed by no study hosted by the Women’s Missionary Society. You are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womer's
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Service and School
Rev. Carl E. Range presides at morning prayer and sermon at 11 o clock on Sunday with Church School meeting at 10 for a half hour. Local parish announces schedule for services and religious instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Carl E. Range
Pilgrim Holiness Church Weekly Services Schedule
Rev T S Dixon pastor leads Sunday School at 9 39 a m Praise Service 10 15 a m Preaching at 11 00 a m Evening service includes Young Peoples 7 30 p m Preaching 8 00 p m Also Williston preaching at 2 30 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Dixon
Young Peoples
Williston
St Pauls Methodist Church Service Schedule Greensboro
Greensboro church announces 9:45 am church school led by H Claude Rawlings, 11:00 am morning worship, 7:30 pm M Y F meeting, 8:00 pm evening worship. Wednesday 7:30 pm prayer meeting. Second Thursday Woman's Society of Christian Service. Third Thursday business meeting M Y F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul’s Methodist Church
Greensboro
Maryland
Ray W. Kirwan
H. Claude Rawlings
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
First Baptist Church Weekly Services
Rev Irving Lane pastor schedules Sunday services 945 AM Sunday School 1100 AM Morning Worship 7 PM B T U classes for all ages 8 PM Evening Worship 8 PM Wednesday Prayer meeting 8 PM W M A meets second Tuesday monthly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Greensboro
Maryland
Irving Lane
W.M.A
Bateman Announces Friday and Sunday Services
Rev Victor Bateman schedules a prayer service at 8 30 p m Friday Sunday School at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and a Young People's Service at 7 30 p m with preaching at 8 p m on the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Greensboro
Maryland
Victor Bateman
Bethesda Methodist Church Service Notice
Bethesda Methodist Church Preston Maryland announces Sunday January 2 1944 at 10 am Sunday School in charge of W J Bonner with Pastor A W Strickland leading the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethesda Methodist Church
Preston
Maryland
A. W
Strickland
W. J. Bonner
Meaning of the Sacrament Sermon at Morning Worship
At 11 a.m. a worship service will observe the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper during the morning service. The sermon subject is The Meaning of the Sacrament.
Bethlehem Methodist Church Service Plans
A Bethlehem Methodist Church notice lists Sunday School at 2 p m led by Ellsworth Sands, worship at 3 p m with the Lord's Supper and a sermon titled The Meaning of the Sacrament The sermon-lecture by Rev John W Stockwell is set for Sunday January 2 at 11 a m at Preston New Church All are welcome
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aa. W. Strickland
Ellsworth Sands
John W. Stockwell
Preston New Church
Mass Schedule for Denton and Ridgely Churches
Masses on Saturday and Sunday January 1 and 2 in Catholic Churches of Denton and Ridgely list times. St Elizabeth's Denton offers mass at 10 o'clock and St Benedict's Ridgely at 8 30 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton and
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
Declaration by Eleanor Alletta Chaffee on divine care
The poem reflects on God’s creation and sustained life, urging trust in “Thy days are in My hands” and the natural beauty from mountains to delicate plants. It closes by urging local church secretaries of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service to prepare and send end of quarter reports to district officers.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Local families share holiday visits and recoveries
Community notes show Mrs. E S Evans recovering at home in Hobbs after a heat attack and visiting kin in Philadelphia. Several relatives from Baltimore and beyond, including Miss Sara Roe and Mrs. L N Murphy, spent Christmas with local families. Multiple guests attended dinners and gatherings at the homes of the Butler, Ramsburg, and Willey households, with mentions of hospital stays for Manning Merriken and hospital recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Evans
W. E. Akin
Cape Charles
Mr. Evans
Philadelphia
Hugh Hamilter
New York
Richard Merriken
Walington
Manning Merriken
Easton Hospital
Merriken
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Sara Roe
Baltimore
L. N. Murphy
Monumental City
Lewis Butler
Kenneth Ramsburg
Marvin Butler
Elmer Butler
Kenneth
Ellen
Ann
Kenneth Rambure
Tuckahoe Neck
L. T. Thomas
Lena Cohen
Milford
Harold Brooke
Eugene
E. M. Willey
Boonsboro
Wilson Smith
Aberdeen
B. R. Smith
J. H. Edgell
Greenwood
L. H. Thomas
Elizabeth Murphy
Harry Murphy
Helen Towers
Sykesville
T. H. Towers
Convalescence and family notices in Milford
The report notes an illness described as grippe with medical care and convalescence. It mentions Mr F N Smith and wife and daughter Esther visiting Milford last Monday. Mrs Lewis Butler is advised of the death of her sister Mrs Martha Reed of New Jersey. Mrs F N Smith hosted the W S C S at her home last Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. N. Smith
Daugter
Esther
Milford
Lewis Butler
Martha Reed
New Jersey
Christmas Socials And Local Visit Notes
Mrs Rachel Baylor and many couples were at a Christmas party hosted by Senator and Mrs Olin Higgins. A 4 H Club handicraft exhibit at Fireman s Hall drew praise. Mrs W H Carmine suffered a minor head injury from a cellar fall. Mrs Harold P Klayhold returns from St Simons Island to be near her Hollis family while her husband serves in the Pacific. Luncheon at Mrs Wilmer F Davis s home in Federalburg. Harris brothers from St John s College and Charlotte Hall home for holidays. Several relatives visiting with Hollis and Carmine families for Christmas. Dorothy Lee, Jean Patchett, James Patchett spend Christmas in Baltimore. Eleanor Trice visiting her parents. G C Carmine hosts semi monthly bridge. Robert Dulin hosts cocktail party. S E Douglas visits Washington for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Baylor
A. T. Blades
Harry M. Hollis
J. W. Noble
Johnson Bonner
Lee W. Noble
Herman Schmick
Olin Higgins
W. H. Carmine
Harold P. Klayhold
St. Simons Island
H. M. Hollis
Ensign Klayhold
Pacific
G. C. Carmine
Wilmer F. Davis
Federalburg
Joe and
Smith Harris
St. John’s College
Charlotte Hall
E. J. Harris
Hagerstown
Inez Noble
Haddon Heights
N. J
J. W. Payne
Dorothy Lee
Jean Patchett
James Patchett
Baltimore
J. F. Patchett
James H. Carmine
Rydal
Eleanor Trice
T. L. Trice
Robert Dulin
S. FE. Douglas
Washington
Local Holiday Guests and Moves In Hillsboro Area
Hillsboro residents hosted and visited over Christmas with a wide circle of relatives and friends. Notable entries include Mr. and Mrs Vernon Good and others from Elizabeth town and Baltimore, and new arrivals Mr. and Mrs Robinson opening a Ruths Burg store.
In Memoriam Verse Echoes Memorial Reflections
Poem-like tribute recalling loved ones departed, imagining a distant land of glory beyond the sunset, where beauty never fades and reunions await when life’s tasks are completed. The verse uses imagery of blue and gold skies and a hopeful afterlife reunion.
Denton Boy Scouts Earn Red Star as War-Era Meeting Tale
Thursday meeting features James Knotts from Culver Military Academy attending. Del-Mar-Va Council leaders Wellington and Smeal renew Denton troop 165 charter. Rotary Club support praised as 23 scouts, 6 officers, and 4 committee members guide the troop toward broader Scouting including Cub Pack and Sea Scout Ship. Army and Navy praise Scouts training. wartime difficulties with leaders and senior program noted. nearly 10,000 former council Scouts in service. Summary of war heroes and casualties follows, ending with no meeting on the 30th and a next gathering January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Knotts
Culver Military Academy
Frederick Wellington
Del-Mar-Va
R. Oscar Smeal
Denton
Smeal
Axford Barrow
James Cooper
Donald Turner
Paul S. van Dyke
J. Carlton Mandrell
Alton G. Billmeier
Walter B. Johnson
Wellington
Del-Mar-Vay Peninsula
Denton Rotary Club
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Merchant Marine
del- Mar-Va
Del-Mar- Va
Bulkley
New Jersey
Colin Kelly
Florida
Butch O’hara
Chicago
Dick Ellis
Laurel, del
Governor Assures Maryland Won't Short of Coat
Governor O Conor sought help as coal shortages hit Maryland. Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator Potter promised efforts to avoid a solid fuels crisis and ordered a 50 percent cut in anthracite shipments on state contracts from January 1, with bituminous coal offered as a replacement for large buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Solid Fuels Administration
Maryland
Herbert R. O’conor
C. J. Potter
O’conor
Ickes
Potter
State Agencies Secure Fuel Stockpile Savings
The Governor announced that the State will not face inconvenience from the coal ruling. Through the Budget and Procurement Department, agencies were urged to take delivery of bituminous and anthracite in spring and summer, financed by the Revolving Fund, creating a stockpile to cut costs and guarantee fuel supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Budget and Procurement
Walter N. Kirkman
Ward Will Support Veterans Legislation
Congressman David J. Ward announces support for Maryland veterans recommendations from a December 10 meeting at War Memorial Building Baltimore. Proposals seek unified veterans laws, prompt care, rehabilitation, mustering out pay, 10 percent minimum disability rating, 15 percent veterans compensation increase, discharge safeguards, signature statements, discharge rating boards, and more hospitals for wounded service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Ward
Maryland
War Memorial Building
Baltimore
Poultry Council to Sponsor Show in Maryland Winter Meeting
The Maryland State Poultry Council will hold its winter meeting on January 12 with speakers from state and land grant universities. H L Shrader and Frank E Moore of the Department of Agriculture will discuss feed fuel ceilings and turkey improvement. Additional sessions cover egg production, broiler problems, disease control and poultry industry rehabilitation in occupied countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Poultry Council
H. L. Shrader
Department of Agriculture
Frank E. Moore
Maryland
H. C. Knandel
State College
Edmund Hoffman
University of Delaware
H. M. DeWolt
Maryland University
Morley A. Jull
R. E. Phillips
Ivins Family Feasts Christmas With Kin In Harmony
Harmony Delaware residents Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Ivins hosted a Christmas Day turkey and roast pig dinner for children and grandchildren including Clarence Wright Newark Delaware Vincent Love Newark Del Grayson Wright Fort Dix New Jersey and wife Wilmington Russell Morgan Myrel Federalsburg Cannon Wright Greenwood Webster Todd Alva and Ivins Knotts Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Towers Todd and relatives from Ridgely New Jersey and Delaware Also noted were dinners with the Lister Boss Todd Willis and other Todd family members over the holiday and Monday social visits.
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A. D. Ivins
Denton
Harmony
Clarence Wright
Newark
Del
Vincent Love
Pfc
Grayson Wright
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Wilmington
Russell Morgan
Myrel
Federalsburg
Cannon Wright
Towers Todd
Robert Lister
Ridgely
Dali Boss
Harry Todd
Ella Todd
John Willis
Maurice Todd
Ronnie
Webster Todd
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Harold L. Lundquist
The
Moody Bible Institute of
Aoe
Western Newspaper Union
First Methodist Church
Grace Methodist Church
T. J. Turkington
Church OF the Brethren
N. J. Miller
Bethlehem Methodist Church
the Methodist Woman’s
Eleanor Alletta Chaffee
Hillsboro
Vernon Good
Elizabethtown
Wh. Revelle
Naomi Holland
Ralph Holland
Nancy Jane Kline
Salisbury
Fred Beauchamp
American Corner
Robinson
Ruthsburg
J. C. Sherwood
Willard Russell
Blanche Morse
Jas. Price
Mildred Walters
Elkton
Jas. Walters
Susie Thompson
Herbert Beaven
Norma Hicks
C. R. Hicks
Laura Virginia Fleming
St. Mary’s
Memoriam
Ward
Poultry Council
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