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Twenty Five Years Ago This Week Highlights Denton News
Twenty five years ago this week in Goarboro Denton and surrounding areas saw Jules W Thawby elected director of Merchsafe Bank of Denton replacing a resigning official. A barn near Greensboro burned with hundreds of bushels of corn and feed. Walter Stevenson suffered heavy losses but livestock were saved. Martha E Griffith of Denton wed Charles Miller in Baltimore with a reception and multiple relatives attending. Other notes include weddings of Eliza Carroll to Joseph Pritchett in Bethlehem and multiple family travels to Newport News and Colerain. Local obituaries mark the passing of Captain John Hurst aged 79 and Kendall Legates aged 51 with services held in Denton and Easton Hospital.
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Jules W. Thawby
Goarboro
Fperesers
Safe Bank of
Denton
Vince
R. H. Steward
Martha E. Griffith
Charles Miller
Salem Street
Baltimore
Sophia Miller
Olin Griffith
Harrison Shock
Pimlico
Mr. Horn
United Brethren Church
G. C. Roane
Paunelle
Emily DeFord
Newport News
Eva Deford
Eva Deford. Miss DeFord, In Company With Mrs. Emily D. Seney, of Newport News
Colerain
N. C
Clarence Beasley
Florida
Eliza Isabel Carroll
Joseph Pritchett
Bethlehem M. E. Church
J. T. Richardson
William S. Carroll
Riverside
W. E. Pritchett
Jessie Cohee
Tanyard
Mildred Collins
Harmony
Mary Waddell
Junior Handley
Philadelphia
Clement Bowdiz
Charlie Perry
Lloyd Brodes
Bethlehem
East New Market Cemetery
Hurst
Willey
Dorchester
Capt Hurst
Alee
Solomon J. Hurst
New Hlarmons
Prank Marshall
Cambridge
Aire
Jacob Willoughby
Caroline County
Kendall Legates
Easton Hospital
G. L. Helsby
Holiness Church