Local sales offer big living room and bed room suits
Merchants advertise bargain living room and bed room sets plus farm and home items. Bake sale on Market Street Feb 12. Internal Revenue Service deputy to help filing taxes in Caroline County Feb 15 16 17 18. Community notices include cattle sales and 4 H awards. Revival services in Harrington Del run Jan 30 to Feb 13 with evangelist Hadley Hall and Savage Sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Stafford & Son
Job
Market Street
Townsend’s
Internal Revenue
Caroline County
Denton
Federalsburg
Elizabeth Todd Knotta
Willard C. Todd
Marjorie Todd Knotts
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Peterborough
New Hampshire
Princess Belle
Chestnut Meadows
W. Clarence Jones
Henderson
W. B. Collier
County Poultry Association
Baltimore
Caroline
Schofield
Wayne Cawley
Church of the Nazarene
Harrington
Del
James E. Hunton
Hadley Hall
Foster
Kentucky
David Dickerson
J. R. Watkins Company
Winona
Minnesota
Watkins Liniment
United States
Watkine Liniment
Young People’s Council of Religious Education
M. E
Ridgely
D. Thompson
Elmer Hoffman
Calvin D. Lynch
Frank R. Flounders
Madge Thomas
Irma Nichols
Maud Sleck
Delia Freidel
Mr. Clendaniel
J. Spencer Lapham
Linwood Jarrell
Frank D. Ziegler
H. H. Rieck
Nicholas Laigneil
W. Arthur Holt
W. A. Cawley
Harlan Harrington
Harry 5. Dailey
Chris Nagel
Birthday party honors Miss Hester Irwin in Denton
A surprise party marked Miss Hester Irwin's eighteenth birthday January 28 at her parents’ Denton home. Guests from Denton and Ridgely attended, gifts were given, and wishes for more birthdays were offered. Caroline County society minutes note a Baltimore gathering hosted by Mrs. Albert Packard and leadership for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester Irwin
Roland T. Irwin
Denton
Fred Cohee
William Irwin
Frank Hignutt
Charles Hignutt
Annie Taylor
C. Biger
Mesdames Ruth
Elva
Jennie Reed
Dawson Cohee
Magdeline Jones
Lucy Garey
Caroline County
Denton M. E. Church
Coretta Noble
Wilmington
Marvin Horney
Queenstown
Goldey College
Dupont
Miss Noble
Milton Willis
Bernice Willis
California
Willis
Lewis Hallowell
Federalsburg
W. Brewster Deen
J. Kemp Stevens
Florida
Havana
Wm. D. Uhler
Miami
Mrs Dukes Birthday Party At Home
A gathering at Mrs. E. Dukes home Friday afternoon celebrated her birthday with ice cream cake candy and coffee. Guests wished her many happy returns of the day. Other social notices mention visits by Mrs. Harry McMahan and Frances Mrs. Ralph McMahan and child Mrs. Walter Covey and two children from Preston and trips to Tanyard and Shivery homes. Remarks note improved health of the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Dukes
Mrs
H. T. Shivery
Denton News Update on WFBR Friday Broadcast
Denton residents can hear a weekly update on city affairs every Friday at 12 06 pm over WFBR. The segment covers local events, public notices, and community announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton News
WFBR
Boy Scouts Finance Drive Aims to Boost Tri County District
The Tri County Boy Scout Committee leads the annual budget appeal for Caroline Talbot and Queen Anne's counties. Benjamin Willis of Denton serves as Finance Chairman as Scouts benefit from camps, training, badges, and new troop support. Read of troop locations across Federalsburg Ridgely Greensboro Easton Centreville Queenstown Stevensville and Sudlersville with a 25 percent rise in Scouts. Local chairmen G L Duffey Clayton Reynolds Thomas H Chambers and John Davis oversee the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Tri-County
Boy Scout Committee
Benjamin Willis
Denton
Del-Mar-Va
Boy Scout Council
Rodney
Washington College
Charles R. Andreas Jr
Upper Peninsula
Caroline
Talbot
Queen Anne’s
Ridgely
Greensboro
Sadlersville
Sudlersville
Federalsburg
Talbot County
Easton
Hillsboro
Queen Anne
Trappe
Saint Michaels
Tilghman
Queen Anne’s County
Centreville
Queenstown
Stevensville
Andreas
Kent
Lower New Castle
Delaware
Cecil
Maryland
Friends of Scouting
G. L. Duffey
Clayton Reynolds
Thomas H. Chambers
John Davis
Denton Church Notices Highlight Prohibition Talk and Services
The Good Cheer Bible Class meets February 8 due to a Firemen's supper on February 10. Denton M E Church schedules morning Communion with topics The Suffering Savior and Roadside Religion, plus a union service February 13 featuring Dr. D Leigh Colvin on prohibition reform. Concord parsonage Bible study, and local church services and masses are listed with times above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Cheer Bible Class
Denton M. E
Denton M. P
Christian Endeavor
Acts
Concord
Epworth League
Loyal Temperance Legion
Concord Parsonage
Christian Comrades Class
Concord M. E
Florence Love
Deaths in Mercersburg and Harmony Areas
William A. Smith aged 88 died at his son in law and daughter’s home in Dension. He previously milled at Mercersburg then ran a Prospect Ohio hotel and later did business in Columbus. Survived by one daughter Mrs J W Funk of Denton. Funeral at nephew Seth Smith’s home Lemasters Pa and burial in Mercersburg Fairview. Elizabeth Williamson 78 widow of William J Williamson died in Felton Delaware. Burial Union Grove Harmony. Survived by three daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren and a brother Joseph Knowles Talbot County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Smith
John W. Funk
Frederick Smith
Mercersburg
Prospect
Ohio
Columbus
J. W. Funk
Denton
Florence
Delaware
Union Grove
Harmony
Williamson
Annie O'Day
Felton
Lida Lord
Laura Maloney
Williston
Joseph Knowles
Talibot County
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Benefit Card Party and Local Events
The Ridgely area hosts a February 14 benefit card party for firemen with a long list of committees led by Mrs G L Wilson and many club and church groups contributing. A Hobby Show at the church house drew about 30 exhibitors and 480 items. Various social visits, church meetings, and a Valentine social at the Methodist church are noted along with local engagements and minor injuries from a fall on the ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Wilson
Frank Flounders
Charles Stevenson
Herbert Koenemann
J. Applebaum
Jesse Fifer
J. K. Snowberger
Boone Jarrell
Sam Bear
William Richards
Harold Hafer
Beatrice Bower
Messrs
Wm. Davis
Mesdames
C. D. Lynch
A. O. Saulsbury
O. K. Raleigh
A. S. Thompson
Albert White
Ernest Jones
B. H. Holsinger
Walter Mitchell
R. R. Ringgold
Elmer Hoffman
Paul Hoffman
Herbert Jones
Russell Adams
Carleton Marvel
Page Jones
Charles Hammond
John Thomas
Wm. Mitchell
Ridgely Homemakers Club
Maud Sicek
H. E. Holsinger
Charles Richardson
LeRoy Winstead
Wm. C. Stevens
W. F. Richards
John Ebling
H. F. Hafer
Amos Crouse
Jesse S. Fifer
W. M. Bennington
Harry Klotz
Clifton Crouse
Edward Bowman
Ryland Fleming
Church House
William Jarrell
Frank Long
Anna Lee
Dorothy
Selbyville
H. Harrington
Howard
Ruth
Jennie Leager
Harold Fountain
Richard
Ridgely
E. C. Hallman
Dover
O. B. Reed
Edna Detwiler
Theodore Gelletly
Williston
Philadelphia
A. J. Mitchell
The
Methodist Church
Women’s International Fellowship
Norman Leese
Denton
Chas. Dean
Leelan Jackson
Earl Gillis
St. Michaels
Leona Jackson
Earl Flanagan
Wilmington
Grahame Porter
Centreville
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Homemaker Club activities fill February meeting list
The Furmans Grove Homemakers Club held a noon February meeting at Mrs. Clifton Crouse home with sixteen present. Officers and members discussed history scrapbooks, new songs, Sunshine committee work, and upcoming Local History projects while Miss Spafford demonstrated everyday financial practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furman’s Grove Homemakers Club
Clifton Crouse
Vernon Baker
Bessie Spafford
Charles Barton
James Stack
J. S. Rittenhouse
Harry Dodd
Roy Cherry
Barton
Rowe Wood
Federal
Furmans’ Grove
Jumptown
Twentieth Century Club
Mattie Voshell
Afton
Evelyn Holden
Emily Hall
Federal Community Club
Chestnut Grove
Victor Dean
Maryland
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Dinner Guests Named
Local notes list social visits and greetings from Hillsboro including Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Pepper hosting several Segars from Denton and Vic tor Pepper from Queen Anne. Community club meeting planned for Monday February 7 with 7:30 start.
Queen Anne Community Club Holds January Meeting
The Queen Anne Community Club met Tuesday night with a business session deciding a bake sale for February. A postmeeting program featured current events by Mrs. Henry Morgan a reading by Mrs. J M York and games led by Miss Gladys Booker. Hostesses were Mrs Henry Morgan Mrs Roy Hopkins Mrs J M York and Miss Gladys Booker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Morgan
J. M. York
Gladys Booker
Roy Hopkins
Bernard Sparks
Herbert Richardson
Mae
Howard Bolman
Howard Jr
Baltimore
Della Morgan
W. F. Dickinson
Florida
Sara Hollister
June
Tuckahoe Neck
Juanita Howard
Eloise Morgan
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society of
St. Paul’s Church
Harry Clark
Helen Chairs
Maryland University
John
Horace Morgan
Lenos Wright
Hurlock
Harry Moore
T. A. Geiser
Auto
Miami
Fla
Duard Bishop
Frank Messix
Social notes from Greenwood and nearby towns
Residents and visitors such as Mr. and Mrs. J H Edgell, Mrs. Thomas, Mr and Mrs Preston Abbott, and others share birthdays, gifts, dinners, and visits. Expressions of sympathy go to Orville Smith of Columbia on Roland’s death from pneumonia.
Rev Charles Beahm to preach at Church of the Brethren
Easton clergyman Rev Charles Beahm will preach at the Church of the Brethren Sunday morning. Mrs Mary Jackson of Greensboro visited Mrs Emma Jackson Tuesday through Thursday this week. Mr and Mrs Elijah Luff spent the week with Mr and Mrs Foster Clark in Henderson. Richard Fountain entertained the Boys 4-H Club Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crawford
Wilmer
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Ralph Ober
Clayton Kinnaman
Clayton Cole
Goldsboro
Charlies Bilbrough Sr
Greensboro
Florida
Clarence Jones
A. D. Quillen
Philadelphia
Quillen
Sadie Shockley
Hill
Milford
Harrington
W. J. Murphy
Martin
Chas. E. Wilson
Easton
Esther DeWitt
Helen DeWitt
Collingswood
N. J
Ladies Aid
Assembly Hall
Mollie Shockiey
Carroll Elliott
Evans
Sewing Circle
John Milby
Louise Milby
Bertie Schaube
Kate Cahall
Town
Alice Cordray
Laurel
Del
Paul Holsinger
Holsinger
B. H. Holsinger
Ridgely
Sadlersville
Woman's Work Council
Church of the Brethren
Chamber of Commerce
Harford Porter
Florence Ann
Olin Porter
Ray Frampton
Chester
Jennie Seager
Centreville
Emma Jackson
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Walter Moore
Florence Thompson
Alan Parsons
Will Cannon
J. M. Swing
Roland Fountain
Maplewood
Methodist Sunday School
Church House
Mattie Brumbaugh
Henry Sanger
Jesse Fike
John Dean
Katherine Cockey
R. G. Dean
Leo Meginney
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
C. S. Holsinger
Salisbury
Lacy Pepper
John Segar
Dawson Segar
Denton
Victor Pepper
Queen Anne
Mattie Smith
Meredith Uhrig
Reading
Charles A. DeFord
St. Paul’s
Henry Fisher
Red Bank
William Cooper
Mary Cooper
Norman Hicks
Elwood Fleming
Charles Beahm
Mary Jackson
Elijah Luff
Foster Clark
Henderson
Richard Fountain
Preston Community Club hears labor saving devices talk
The Preston Community Club met on Tuesday afternoon with acting president Mrs. Burton Proctor Jr. presiding. An Eastern Shore Public Service representative from Salisbury spoke on labor saving devices of today, as Mrs. A. T. Blades and Mrs. Luke Amato presented the program. Hostesses were Mrs. C. F. Noble and Mrs. S. E. Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Proctor Jr
Eastern Shore Public Service
Salisbury
A. T. Blades
Luke Amato
C. F. Noble
S. E. Douglas
Ladies Aid Society
Bethesda M. E. Church
Caroline County Firemen’s Association
Denton
Greensboro
Ridgely
Federalsburg
Preston
G. C. Carmine
H. M. Hollis
Willmer Fei] Davis
Wicomico Woman’s Club
Josephine Gallagher
Selma Wirtz
Philadelphia
Gallagher
J. L. Gallagher
Stieff
Baltimore
Raymond Poole
Easton Emergency Hospital
Martin Wright
Easton
Art Willey
Arthur Willey Jr
Preston Saunders
Elizabeth Vickers
D. J. Vickers
Columbia University
Harry Taylor
Will Whitely
Earl Whitely
Oliver Corkran
Fred Edgell
Preston Osteen Jr
Toma Institute
Medford Burgess
Rose Burgess
Mountain Lake Park
B. T. Robins
New York
Carville Fleetwood
W. H. Cannon
Hayward Dean
Marcus Hook
Lee Noble
Prone Pressure Resuscitation Saves Railroad Worker
A Pennsylvania Railroad worker, Arias Kenney, was shocked by 4400 volts at Delmar yard while rebuilding a signal pole. Fellow workers failed to revive him until Eastern Shore Public Service Crew foreman Larry Hudson applied prone pressure resuscitation, reviving him in under ten minutes. Hudson and his team Horace Pusey Samuel Phillips and Thomas Purcell are praised for applying trained first aid, a practice regularly taught by the utility company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arias Kenney
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delmar Yard
Kenney
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Delmar
Larry Hudson
Public Service Crew
Mr. Hudson
Horace Pusey
Samuel Phillips
Thomas Purcell
Eastern Shore Public Service
Weekend visitors seen in Greensboro notes
Miss Nancy Smith of Wilmington visits her mother Mrs Temple Smith in Greensboro while William Green of Washington visits his brother Joseph Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Smith
Wilmington
Temple Smith
William Green
Washington
Joseph Green
Greensboro 4 H Club Meets at Pearson Home
The Greensboro area 4 H Club gathered at Mrs Ernest Pearsons home with Miss Annice Ebling as president. Ruthanna Vanville read minutes, and plans covered a February 15 Valentine party, decoration ideas, and material distribution among members for upcoming activities. The next meeting is set for February 11 at An nice and Mildred Eblings home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Pearson
Annice Ebling
Ruthanna Vanville
Annice
Mildred Ebling
Mount Olive M. E. Church
Delaware
Goldsboro-Camden
Henry S. Kemp
Church Hill
Walter Beckwith
M. E. Church
Mount Olive Cemetery
Geo. Kemp
Goldsboro
Robert Kemp
Henderson
Margaret Melvin
Martha Allen
Willow Grove
Del
Mary Tribbitt
Wilmington
Nancy Soloway
Raymond B. Rawlings
Mary P. Garrett
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Mount Olive
James Baynard
Greensboro
John Baynard
Ridgely
William Baynard
Annie Edwards
Soloway
Daisy Tribbitt
Isaac Pearson
Georgia
Charles Wieneke Sr
Marion Swann
Baltimore
Union Memorial Hospital
Claudine Rawlings
Greensboro Baptist Sunday School
Clinton Edwards
Leslie Wyatt
Fox’s Bc
Denton Cleaners
William Pemberton
George Covington
Anna Leonard
Chester
Mary Russell
B. C. Beckham
Strode Beckham
Washington
Arlie Dingledine
T. F. Dobson
Effa Plummer
Jacob Dingledine
Miami
Fla
Harry Anthony
Louis Bickling
Albert
Ernestine Carroll
R. H. Wright
Robert
G. W. Riddleberger
Belair
N.J
Ladies Aid entertains at Bloomery M E Church home
SMITHVILLE The Ladies Aid of Bloomery M E Church were entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs Horace Robinson on Wednesday afternoon. After an interesting program ice cream and little dainties were served by the hostesses Mrs Robinson and Mrs Marion Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomery M. E. Church
Horace Robinson
Robinson
Marion Robinson
Floyd Smith
Edward Wright
Denton
Philip Beaven
Near Easton
Chester Scott
Mildred
Federalsburg
Blaine Bullock
Charlie Lyden
Robert Wright
Frank Wright
Mary Brown
Charles Sharp
Hillsboro
Ethel Wright
Emily Ann Wright
Frances Krieger
American Corner
Ola Scott
George O'Day
Fred Krieger
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the Local Department
Smithson
BOY Scouts’ Finance
Wesley M. E
Burrsville
Hickman M. E
Sunshine Club
St. Elizabeth's Church
Deyton
St Benedict’s Church
St. Benedict’s Church
Andersontown-Hobbs Homemakers Club
Ada Vickery
Advisory Council
Zora Nuttle
Bessie Brown
Corinne Thomas
Cora Stevens
Brown
Smithson Club
Quidas
Jesus
Toft
Harmony Club
Pliny Todd
Miss Spafford
Tuckahoe
Hobbs
J. H. Edgell
Greenwood
L. H. Thomas
Orville G. Smith
Columbia
S. C
Roland
Manning Merriken
Hugh Hamilton
J. C. Hardesty
Thos. Smith
John Spencer
F. E. Davis
Carlile Roe
O. J. Chaffinch
T. H. Towers
W. G. Holbrook
J. A. Willoughby
Beas Henry
Harris Satterfield
Catherine Towers
Anna Wieneke
Charles Wieneke
Spencer Moore
Frank Asilton
Kenneth Bostic
Noble Sipple
Lacey Wilson
Michael Ash
Smithville
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