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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1927
Page
5
Denton area notices include calls for ads on February prices, a February groundhog forecast, and the Denton Community Club luncheon and card party on February 12. Upcoming tax help from the Internal Revenue Bureau is set for March 7 and 8, with bank directors and health reports also noted.
Hobbs and Ders Andersonstown Hobbs Community Club members meet with club president Mrs Harry Nuttle to outline activities for the coming year. Club women and husbands to be entertained Feb 17 at the Nuttle home. Revival services at the Church concluded with nine conversions. Various visits and social gatherings noted among residents and guests.
Cottage prayer meetings at the homes of Joseph Roche and Mrs. Mitchell continue weekly through March. Local residents visit relatives in Baltimore at University Hospital and attend funerals in Ridgely. Various residents travel to Wilmington and Philadelphia. The Ladies' Aid and Sewing Circle meet. several names listed for social visits and illnesses.
Miss Carrie Hobbs of Washington College and other residents including Miss Mabel Rich and Mr Paul Dobson visited family and friends across town over the weekend. Multiple households hosted guests from Wilmington Ridgely and Philadelphia while church class gatherings and illness recoveries are listed among recent town happenings.
The Ridgely News Letter reports the death of Mr. John T. Stevenson at Delmar on Thursday evening last week. The funeral was held at his home Monday with a full Episcopal and Reformed Church service, sermon themes, and a children-filled tribute. He left a large family and was long a Sunday School superintendent.
A kitchen shower honored Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jester at their Federalsburg home with many attendees listed by name, while Eastern Shore Gas and Electric Co. advances a three month town electrical rebuild replacing poles wires transformers and enclosing the sub station with cyclone fencing. A large white cat admired for spoiled city life causes farm return request. A birthday party for Myrtle Towers included family and friends. Students finish mid year exams and prepare for Caroline County High School Declamation semi finals. James Johnson injured at A. S. Handy saw mill during log unloading. Union Methodist Church hosts five week School of Religious Education led by Rev. J. B. McCabe. Mrs. Henry C. Barton, 82, suffers a broken hip from a doorway fall.
Scraping of the roads has rendered Ridgely streets more passable. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wiley visited his sister Mrs. Myra Jackson in Denton last week. William Ewing attended the Canners' Convention at Atlantic City. Ruth Wheatley of Denton spent the weekend with Miss Anna Frances Seward. The Community Minstrels plan an entertainment for late winter or early spring. Edna Detwiler is home after a stay with her brother in Greensboro. Mrs. John Applebaum entertained her father Mr. Fox of Baltimore. Foster Clark of Henderson visited his uncle Will Smith on Tuesday. Mrs. R. E. Fountain is out again after illness. Mrs. Charles Starkey is ill. Little Miss Louise Wilson remains ill.
Adams Cross Roads at Woodenhawk school lists pupils with perfect January averages including Hazel Pritchett Addie Vincent Louise Melson Nellie Mitchell Catherine Lowe Cora Seely Donald Melson Marvin Pritchett and Frederick Seely. Local figures note funerals for Roger E Adams at Todds Chapel and Will Wright at Barratts Chapel. Grace Adams of Federalsburg returns home after visits. George Chaffincli h improves after preaching at Bloomery.
Community notes from Hillsboro and Queen Anne detail sermons and service times at local churches, club meetings, and social visits. The Queen Anne funeral of Robert H. Barnes is reported with survivors named, and community club plans for an upcoming play to settle old debts.
Henderson reports a bake sale Saturday morning at Mr J E Walls store featuring cake pies doughnuts candy and other refreshments for sale. Senior and junior high classes posted 100 percent January attendance with overall high school at 97.08 percent.
Smithville reports the death of Roger Adams after a brief illness with funeral services at Todd's Chapel. Nearby, Herbert Bullock returns home after hospitalization in Cambridge. Weekend visits include John Harris at his brother’s funeral near Centreville and several social calls among local residents. Sunday services at Bloomery are noted along with a calendar of church times.
Mrs. Edna Cahall returns home after weeks with her children near Middletown Delaware and Wilmington. Revival services led by Rev H N Bailey to begin in Marydel Sunday evening February 66. Local visits include Elva Warner with Dorothy Knotts family, Hyland Seaman family near Millington, Anna Smith Crumpton with the Golt sisters, Fred Masko and son in Wilmington, Perry Carter hosting nephew Jennings from Des Moines Iowa, Blossom Cooper visiting relatives near Salisbury. Church services set for Sunday with Sunday School at 10 a.m.
Powell Hopkins and Jacob Price brought home Miss Rachel Price from Philadelphia where she had been seriously ill. Raymond Fortney, about 16, died in Baltimore and his body was taken to his parents near the state line. Jack Slaughter hosted his daughter Elizabeth Cole her husband and two children of near Templeville on Sunday. Annie Raughley and daughter Mary E. Raughley joined Mrs Stone to Milford on Tuesday. D Collison and daughter Ellen of Denton visited relatives here on Sunday.
The Twentieth Century Community Club held a profitable gathering in Bethlehem, with Miss Spafford attending to share advanced ideas for the year. The next meeting is set for the home of Mr and Mrs W E Dillon on the 29th.
The Harmony Community Club announces its next meeting on February 9 inviting all members and interested ladies to attend. An engaging program is planned for the year and the club urges attendance to not miss future activities.
The Caroline county Orphans Court met with Judges West Harper and Shawn. It granted letters of administration for Samuel G Sadler Ira L Butler and other estates to named executors and administrators. Probat e of Charlotte Zippe s will. bonds appraisers notices to creditors and real and personal property settlements were ordered. Final ratification of James E Wright estate sale approved. dividends declared.
The Bank of Waverly in Sussex county, led by Parnell Fleetwood, absorbed the First National Bank of Waverly on January 15. The merger yields about 1.5 million dollars in assets. Historical dispatch notes the Bank of Waverly’s long service since 1900, its conservative policy, and its capital growth from 15 000 to 100 000 with steady dividends and a large surplus.
Mr James M Hill a respected Dorchester and Caroline counties resident died at his daughter Mrs Roland B Trices home near Denton on Friday morning at 9 80 o clock He was 75 years 2 months and 12 days old Survived by his widow two sons and three daughters H Lloyd Hill in Havana J Gorman Hill of Cambridge Nellie Trice Denton Maud Coulby Baltimore Della Selnick Baltimore Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 pm Rev G J Hooker Denton and Mrs Walter Coulbourne Federalsburg officiating Interment Hillcrest cemetery Federalsburg.
The IP T A holds its regular monthly meeting next Monday evening February 7 at 8 o'clock in Caroline High School. Guests W J Holloway principal State Normal Salisbury and Miss Wilson English teacher are expected to speak on PTA objectives and life at the school. A discussion on recent examinations may follow and an old fashioned spelling match will close the evening.
Mr Ben Lord and Mr and Mrs Lacy Lord of Greensboro with Mr Elwood Lord Miss Edna Lord of Concord spent last Sunday at Newport and Wilmington Miss Lillian Phillips of Newport is spending a week with Miss Edna Lord of Concord
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