Denton Area Notices and Upcoming Events Summary
The article lists a February schedule across Denton Caroline County with a W T U meeting at Mrs Elizabeth Dukes on February 11, skates on town streets, a shadow social at Camp Grove school February 22, a bake sale for the Denton Community Club February 24 at the old M E S parsonage, and dairy cattle sales by Harvey L Cooper and J Owen Knotts on February 27. It notes road improvements boosting car traffic after a sunny Sunday and a deputy revenue agent visiting Preston Federalsburg and Denton to assist tax returns.
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Elizabeth Dukes
Denton
Camp Grove
Harvey L. Cooper
J. Owen Knotts
Edward J. Coefield
H. M. Parrott
Harry Pullen
William Kraus
Fred Wright
J. R. LeCompte
W. H
Internal Revenue
Caroline
Preston
Federalsburg
Ganey's Wharf
Marydel
Greens Boro
Greens Borg
Irving A. McGrew
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Christ Church
McGrew
Greensboro
Hillsboro
Caroline County
William H. Carson
H. S Burns
Burns
Dover
Schwartz
Delaware
Senator Towers
Frederick B. Nuttle
John T. Caner
Ernest G. Cooper
Frederick N. Nichols
Dorchester
Kent
Game Department
Maryland
Wilson
Towers
Versailles
Personal and Social News Weddings of Interest
Several weddings of interest are noted including Frank R. Flounders of Ridgely wedding Florence Roe of Wilmington at Peninsula Methodist Protestant Church in Wilmington. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. F C MacSorley with Rev. Smith assisting. The couple will reside in Ridgely after visiting Virginia points. Other marriages include Oscar Swann and Lilian E Boyce in Denton. The item also lists various social visits and travels of local residents, reflecting a busy social scene.
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Frank R. Flounders
Ridgely
Florence Roe
Wilmington
Peninsula Methodist Protestant Church
F.C. MacSorley
Federalsburg
Mr. Smith
Joseph Williams
Fred H. Fiounders
Mildred Massey
Germantown
E. H. Roe
Caroline County
Flounders
Washington
Virginia
Oscar Swann
James H. Swann
Greensboro
Lilian E Boyce
C. Boyce
Centreville
Denton
C. Nadal Jones
Methodist Episcopal Church
George S. Bennett
Andrew Reiter & Co
McShane
James H. Pollard
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ruth Greaves
Harry Fleming
Hillsboro
George B Stewart
Asbury Greaves
James Callahan
W. F. Towers
Adalene Fisher
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Seaman
Goldsboro
Wesley E. Thawley
Emily Swiss
F. A. Greaves
Ed. Lapham
Louise Fisher
Salisbury
T. Pliny Fisher
Eugene Anderson
Florida
Emily Wallis
Clayton Melvin Dead in Goldsboro Area
Clayton Melvin, 44, lifelong farmer near Goldsboro, died at home on Friday February 1. Survived by wife Virginia Wood, seven children Earle Lillian Clifton Ethel Wired Pauline Ruth, his mother, and brothers William of Goldsboro and Frank of Miami. Funeral Monday at Henderson MFE Church with Revs. Hanbey and Schooley officiating. interment in Greensboro cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Clayton Melvin
Goldsboro
Virginia Wood
Earle
Lillian
Clifton
Ethel
Wired
Pauline
Ruth
William Melvin
Frank Melvin
Miami
Florida
Henderson M. FE
S. L. Hanbey
J. H. Schooley
Greensboro Cemetery
Grieving Community Mourns Clayton Melvin Death
Last Friday evening the town learned of the sudden passing of Clayton Melvin. Funeral services were held Monday with interment at Greensboro cemetery. Community members note the loss of the family and share condolences as neighbors visit familiar faces and attend Sunday School.
Burrsville Social Roundup Notes and Visits
Burrsville residents report family visits and local events. Jacob Price and family dined with daughter in Vernon, Mary E Raughley and Mrs R H Stafford hosted a Friday match, the patron's meeting tied and agreed to a rematch soon. Various locals, including Miss Lucy Pierson and Miss Evelyn Willis, are listed among the sick, visitors, and travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Price
Vernon
Rachel Price
Lawrence Price
Mary E. Raughley
Atrs
R. H. Stafford
Mre. E. Wright
League
Greensboro
Henry Walters
Kent Island
Nora Blades Derr
Chester
Laura Porter
Ella Redden
Denton
William Stafford
Clayton Stafford
Russell Day
Philadelphia
Clinton Hale
Swarthmore
Lucy Pierson
Local Socials and Casual Visits Across Greensboro Area
Mr E E Smith and family of Greens boro Mr Noble Shively and family and Mrs H T Williams were entertained at dinner last Sunday by Mr and Mrs C T Griffin. Mrs J E Hutson is treating her house to a new coat of paint. Jarman ro s are having a lighting plant installed.
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E. E. Smith
Greensboro
Noble Shively
H. T. Williams
C. T. Griffin
Elijah Taylor
Annie Taylor
Hutson
Robert Porter
Imla Hubbard
Calvin Porter
Marcus Hook
Porter
J. W. Shively
Clayton Kinnamon
Pauline Bennett
Haidgeville
Arthur Bennett
Joseph Roche
Lee Roy Cartwright
Wilmington
Alle Griffith
John Fletcher
Preston
Thomas Shockley
Bryan
Golt
A. C. Ayers
American Corner Visitors at Griffiths and Smith Homes
Mr and Mrs Oscar Nichols with son Veron and Mr and Mrs O H Edward with family visited the Griffiths and Olaf Smith last Sunday Mrs Lizzie Hubbard Miss Martha Griffith and Mr Lacy Griffith also called Will Davis and party from near Hobbs spent Tuesday with the Griffiths and Olaf Smith family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Nichols
Veron
O. H. Edward
Lizzie Hubbard
Martha Griffith
Lacy Griffith
G. L. Griffith
Olaf FE. Smith
Will Davis
Hobbs
G. [. Griffith
Fo Smith
Death of Mr J W Arnold at Ridgely aged 76
The Ridgely News Letter reports the death of Mr J W Arnold on Saturday February 2 at age seventy six. Funeral was held at his home Tuesday with Rev L R Brumbaugh and Rev Charles Cherry officiating. Burial followed at Denton cemetery. He came to Ridgely in 1909 from Ohio and lived on the Haga done place before moving to town four years ago. He was a Church of the Brethren member and survived by his wife two foster children Miss Nettie Arnold and Mr Charles High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Arnold
L. R. Brumbaugh
Charles Cherry
Brumbaugh
Denton
Arnolds
Ohio
Hagadone Place
Town
Third Avenue
First Street
Sylvester Smith
Church of the Brethren
Nettie Arnold
Charles High
Wenonah
Elsie Matthews
Guardian
Ada Matthews
Elizabeth Cecil
Pauline Elliott
Edna Detwiler
TI. C. Cahall
Josephine
Edmund Pendleton
Cahall
Alice Wilson
Snow Hill
Worcester County
Wilson
Arizona
Mary Madara
J. C. Madara
Mere
Roger Ringgold
Martinsburg
Pennsylvania
Madara
Ridgely
A. G. Saulsbury
Nyoda
Mire
R. E. Fountain
Wayne
Fountain
Roland Fountain
Irvington
New Jersey
William Mitchell
W.F. Hynson
Mildred
Walmington
J. E Percy
Easton
Melvin
Alice Bennington
Vera Sharpley
Wilmington
Samuel Thomas
Dover Collegiate Institute
Kelso
Frank Stevenson
Frank Flounders
Pauline Wiley
Smyrna
Card of Thanks for Virginia Melvin and Family
We thank friends who assisted us during our bereavement. Mrs. Virginia Melvin and Family. Now is the time to subscribe.
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Virginia Melvin
Grove Church Notes and Visitor Highlights
Grove Church revival closed as I J Phillips plans meetings at Elkwood with help from G F McDorman and John A Wright. Local Ladies' Aid Society met at Clayton Taylors, with next gathering planned in March. Visitors include James Carroll of Springfield mass returning from Baltimore Philadelphia Wilmington Caroline County.
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James Carroll
Springfield
Mass
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Caroline County
Carroll
Grove Church
I. J. Phillips
Eilwood
G. F. Mc. Dorman
Federalsburg
John A. Wright
Hurlock
Ladies’ Aid Society
W. EL Collins
Roy Line
Near Here
Arthur Butler
Edwood
John Butler
Grove MD
Harry Beck
Denton
Clayton Taylor
Joseph FE Clark
Robert
Washington
Ropers Host Mite Society Meeting at Central M E Church
Mr and Mrs Qus Ropers entertained a large Mite Society gathering at their home on January 31. The program included hymns prayers music readings and recitations. Officers for the year were elected: President Mrs Otis Ropers Vice President Miss Jennie Wyatt Secretary Mrs Viola Vickery Assistant Secretary Miss Ruth Johnston Treasurer Mrs Robert Butler. The group planned the February meeting at the Wyatt home.
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Qus Ropers
Mite Society
Central M. FE
Evelyn Wyatt
Katherine Johnston
Elizabeth Johnston
Elizabeth Vickery
Alverta Rovers
Lee Wyatt
Williston Library Opens for Saturday Afternoons
The Circulating Library at Williston now welcomes members and nonmembers for a 25 cent yearly fee. Books will be distributed next week from the 11th to the 16th. Librarian is Effle L. Hignutt. Reads listed include many classic and educational works across varied subjects.
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Williston
Effle L. Hignutt
Sky Pilot
No Man’s Land
Fool's Hill
Emma McChesney & Co
South Seas
Tolly
Eve
Obediah
Anne of
Riley
Old Swimming Hole
Great West
Remembrance of Ethel and Elbert Wright
In sad remembrance of Ethel Wright who died five years ago February 4 1919 and Elbert Wright who died five years ago February 7 1919. The grief has been heavy and their deaths the hardest to bear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Wright
Elbert Wright
Hillsboro and Queen Anne Community Notes 1923
January perfect attendance at Hillsboro School lists Ed ward Eveland Howard Knotts William Thompson Francis Fleming Charlie Hammer Francis Rowe Cooper Elben Grace Ireland Doris Samis Agnes Ham mer Mary Jane Winchester Anna Wood Jeanette Sharp Mary Virginia Sherwood Naomi Holland William Clark Robert Eveland Arthur Hammer William Short Thomas Irveland James Sherwood George Samis Stanley Starkey Aileen Barton Mary Louise Dodds Roberta Barton Hilda Seward Enza Perry Edna Clopper Pearl Scy1 sur Audrey Samis Gertrude Perry Kathleen Hammer. Mr and Mrs Frank Fleming celebrate their twenty third wedding anniversary at The Maples Tuckahoe Neck. Various local visits, theatre ads, and a Jump biography of Stephen Parrott Jump born 1840 near Queen Anne, with details of his life and public service. Community lyceum events, St Pauls appeal, and local store opening noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro School
Edward Eveland
Howard Knotts
William Thompson
Francis Fleming
Charlie Hammer
Francis Rowe
Cooper Elben
Grace Ireland
Doris Samis
Agnes Hammer
Mary Jane Winchester
Anna Wood
Jeanette Sharp
Mary Virginia Sherwood
Naomi Holland
William Clark
Robert Eveland
Arthur Hammer
William Short
Thomas Irveland
James Sherwood
George Samis
Stanley Starkey
Aileen Barton
Mary Louise Dodds
Roberta Barton
Hilda Seward
Enza Perry
Edna Clopper
Pearl Scy1 Sur
Audrey Samis
Gertrude Perry
Kathleen Hammer
Frank Fleming
Maples
Tuckahoe Neck
Louise Fleming
Decatur Heights
Harry Fleming
Collingswood
N. J
S. Lee
Decath Heights
Harry Fisher
Westminster
Mary Frances
Mary Miles Minter
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Hillsboro Theatre
Katie
Grace Vesty
Baltimore
Edward DB. Days
G. Francis Beaven
Washington College
H. Lay Leaven
Lawrence Wilson
University of Maryland
GL. Wilson
Clifton R. Hicks
Theodore Schwaninger
Trappe
Edgar Blades
Virginia
William Helfritch
S. Newton Smith
Philip Thompson
Centreville
Norris Pilchard
Salisbury
S. N. Pilchard
G. Lawrence Wilson
State Insurance Commission
Harry Covell
Morris
Leroy Harris
Wilmington
D. Branford
Louise Gray
J. W. Daly
Stephen Parrott Jump
Queen Anne
Henry
Harriet Baynard Jump
William F. Parrott
James W. Thompson
R. G. Chaney Institute
Harry L. Jump
Fred P. Jump
Philadelphia
M.el Church
William Jennings Bryan
Ele
Frank Brown
Hillsboro
Lyceum Fund
Harald Moton Kramer
Tri County
Community Lyceum
Near East
Orphans' Court Proceedings Review Trusts and Estates
Orphans Court sessions with Judges West Harper and Shawn appoint executors and administer estates. Letters testamentary granted to Hannah C Elben for William Sherman Elben personal estate. bonds, creditor notices, and appraisers named. Real estate sales ratified for Charles E Carroll in Thomas J Carroll estate. Administrators and executors filed inventories and appraisements. orders to sell issued. Various renunciations, administration grants, and commissions noted for multiple estates including Mary E Wright Susie E Patton W Temple Smith Martha Everngam and Martha Johnson. Financial dispositions include payments and distributions from Eastern Shore Trust Company Bank Federalsburg to executor John L Everngam.
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Orphans’ Court
West
Harper and Shawn
Hannah C. Elben
William Sherman Elben
Frank Fleming
Philip Downes
Charles E. Carroll
Thomas J. Carroll
Leonard F. Covey
James H. Davis
William F. Dickerson
Harvey L. Cooper
Mary F. Dickerson
Sadie K. Harley
Carrie H. Zeller
Charles A. Davison
Emma K Davison
Susie E. Patton
Charles B. Harrison
Mary E Wright
J. Frank Wright
W. H. Nutts
J. Roland Chaffinch
Hannah T. Elben
W. Temple Smith
Addison A. Christian
Harvey L Cooper
T. Clayton Horsey
Eastern Shore Trust Company
Bank of Federalsburg
John LL Everngam
Martha Everngam
Franklin T. Johnson
Martha E. Johnson
Epworth League Sets Sunday Night Discussion Series
The Epworth League of Denton Methodist Church hosts a 6 30 PM Sunday gathering in the Sunday School room with the topic Youth and Citizenship. Speakers include F Baynard Daniel Crouse Miss Matthews Miss Addie Nuttle and others leading nine discussion prompts on training for citizenship law respect Lincoln civic duty and the role of public officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church
F. Baynard
Daniel Crouse
Miss Matthews
Addie Nuttle
Flaharty
Nadal Jones
Mrs. Jones
Miss Martin
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Haymaker
W. J. Norris, Jr
Miss Simmons
Mary Emily Walls
Hugh Ramedell
Esther Kauffman
Philip Nuttle
Edith Straughan
Mr. Sparklin
Charles Walls
Miss Shipman
Mary Nuttle
Hog Cholera in Maryland Report for January 1924
Maryland reports January hog cholera on 26 premises, down from 12 in January 1923. Primary outbreaks total 18, secondary 8, with several backyard and farm cases. Kent leads with five, Montgomery three, others tied or with one or two. spread via garbage feeding and moving hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent County
Montgomery
Somerset
Caroline
Howard
Washington
Baltimore
Worcester
Prince George
St. Marys
Wicomico
Carroll
Cecil
Expression of thanks in bereavement note by Clare N Payne
A brief appreciation message from Clare N Payne thanking friends for consolation and help during sorrow and bereavement. The note expresses gratitude for support received in a time of mourning.
Ex President Wilson Dead After Long Illness
Former U S president Woodrow Wilson died Sunday at 11 15 a m after a prolonged illness of general arteriosclerosis and haemoplegia. The war president’s career spanned Princeton Wesleyan and New Jersey governance before his 1912 to 1920 presidency and League of Nations advocacy. He was born December 28 1856 in Staunton Virginia and died February 3 1924 at his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
White House
League of Nations
Mr. Wilson
Joseph R
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Davidson College
Princeton
University of Virginia
Atlanta
Johns Hopkins University
Ellen Louise Axson
Savannah
Bryn Mawr College
Wesleyan
America
Boston
France
New York
Wichita
Kan
Women taxpayers and tax totals for 1923 outlined
The article notes that about 800,000 women filed returns in 1921 with over 111 million dollars in tax. It details separate returns by wives, heads of families with exemptions, and single women, totaling tax collections around 58 million for single women and 43.5 million from wives, plus guidance on exemptions for widows and separated spouses and a prompt to file early to avoid office congestion.
Medal Lost On State Road To Easton And Greensboro
Lost last Monday on the State road from Easton to Greensboro via Denton, a 1915 Mutual Life Insurance Company blue enamel and gold medal. Engraved on the reverse with Awarded to Leander R Hooper Eas ton Maryland. Finder rewarded if contacting Leander R Hooper phone 328 Easton Maryland. Newnam's February furniture sale begins on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Greensboro
Denton
Mutual Life Ins
Leander R. Hooper
Maryland
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Board of Trade
Board of Trade of
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Commercial
T. Fred Towers
John T. Carter
J. Ed. Nichols
B. H. Johnson
George T. Redden
W. FE. Thawley
W. T. Bradley
Alda P. Whitby
Monroe G. Crouse
W. S. Norris
E. D. Kimmey
George W. Beck
Clayton Melvin
Alda Montague
J. D. Long
Willian Golt
Wye Mills
5. C. Johnson
Ike Smith
Naomi Stafford
Ed. Walls
R. P. Nichols
J. F. Quillen
Quillen
Con
Mabel Steele
Katie Heather
W. F. Clark
I. A. Gooden
Alex. Gooden
Wye Malls
Wilson Parvis
Burrsville
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Grove
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