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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1917
Page
5
Local notes seek items under this head for Saturday morning circulation. Readers are invited to send brief notices from any part of the city and surrounding areas to share events, arrivals, and community updates with fellow residents.
Local notices report new bank planned for Trappe by March 1 and a farm bank at Baltimore set to operate soon. Lent starts February 21 with Easter on April Sth. Community groups hold meetings at Court House and M. P. Church. State road project eyed from Easton to Claiborne this spring.
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore of Cambridge announces the marriage of her daughter Ola Belle to Theodore E. Fletcher of Preston on November 5 1916 at the Wrights in Lloyds with Rev FE Hubbard officiating. The couple will reside in Preston where Fletcher works with his brother in law Col A W Sisk. Miss Minnie Shay departs for Baltimore after two weeks as evangelist at the M E Church. May Smith and Clarence Phillips wed at the Marydel M F parsonage. they will live on a farm near Marydel. J Owen Jr, recovering from illness in Wilmington, is convalescing. Dr Paul Smith heads the hospital. Marriage licenses issued to Collins Wizer near Greensboro. Walter Cole near Goldsboro. Lucy Murvill of Queen Annes. Louis J Knotts returns from University Hospital Baltimore after auto accident injuries. Alpheus Rue and Mrs Mabel Fierith and daughter Dorothy of Philadelphia visit Satterfield family at Tuckahoe Neck. George T Redden and son Marriott attend canoes convention in Cleveland amid record cold. Mrs Albert Satterfield visits Milford Neck and Hanington friends this week.
A severe Canadian cold snap struck the region last Friday and persisted into the weekend. A fierce storm followed a snowfall, causing pumps and pipes to fail and rivers to freeze shore to shore. Navigation stalled on several rivers, with the Choptank ice locked and landings blocked near Claiborne. The Cambadge diverted to Baltimore, sending passengers via Wilmington. The week’s official weather report from Mason records sharp temperature swings from February 3 to 7, including a record low near 17 below zero in 1881.
The Institutes Next Week will run in Preston Federalsburg and Denton with morning afternoon and evening sessions on multiple dates. Topics include soil fertility crop rotation farm fertilizers dairying livestock and more. Separate women institutes at Preston Federalsburg and Denton led by Miss Pritchett and Miss Kellar will focus on household economy.
Judges Liden Moore and Covey presided Tuesday as Helen F. White guardian to George and Susan Hess filed and had approved a second account. Henry R. Lewis, solicitor for Alfred Baughley, answered the caveat of Mrs. Mary Esama Lock to the will of Shadrach J. Baughley, deceased.
The seventh graders lead poster work for the Patriot Day celebration on February 16 with praise for their good work. Eighth graders selected the entertainment name and are making clever ads. Come to the Patriot Jubilee and invite friends to join.
Burrsville reports severe cold with the thermometer dropping below zero on a winter weekend. Superintendent W A Wise held a fourth quarterly conference at Burrsville and preached at Central on Sunday. Emile Sapp, formerly of Burrsville, now in Wilmington, underwent surgery at Delaware Hospital and is improving. Notables include paralyzed Harr y Layton, marriage to Katie Burke, and visitors Elsie Benson Lona Fountain David Ettwanger Olaf Smith. Local residents and ill leave updates as of early month.
In Preston on Saturday about 35 farmers attended a meeting to hear the committee report. An organization was formed and a constitution and by laws adopted. A later meeting was set for February 16 at 7 30 p m. Also notices of church services and events at Preston Methodist Episcopal Church are listed with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 45 a m. Mrs Twiford Williams suffered a fire loss at Linchester last week with crops destroyed.
The Methodist Protestant and Methodist Episcopal churches on Choptank elected officers for the year. Dulin and Cox named superintendent and assistant at the Protestant church. Wright and Andrews chosen leaders at the Episcopal church. Clerks, treasurers, librarians, and assistants named for both. Local social notes mention visits from Baltimore relatives and town residents, plus ongoing ice on the river and several sick neighbors.
Federalsburg brief items report Miss Mollie Martino visiting her father Capt. John Martino at Cambridge Hospital on Wednesday. Floyd Williams returned home after a three month lay at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs R W Messenger Sewell Noble and J R Charles attended the canners convention in Cleveland. Jannie Stant is recovering from pneumonia. Fifty conversions reported in the Methodist Protestant Church in the meetings now closing. Little Caroline daughter of Orson Martino recovering from diphtheria. W A Wheatley Jr visited his parents at Chestertown Sunday. Telegraph Operator Davis visiting Bridgeville friends. Mrs Ford Breeding visiting her parents in Seaford.
Local Ridgely notes reflect plans to cement the Hillsboro road from Stevenson's to the railroad crossing and a prior subscription effort to open Sixth Street. The column records social visits to Pepo's Grove and Camden and updates on residents health and travel, church meetings, a valentine social, a double funeral, and various travel and mishap incidents around town.
An Ames meeting Tuesday evening kept the old board of officers in place for another year. Various local residents were mentioned visiting relatives in Easton Baltimore Chester and Camp Grove School stayed active with Miss Cathell Ward teaching for the week. The brief notes itemize small travels and local family visits among Hobbs and surrounding communities.
Mrs Vanscoy's horse ran away narrowly avoiding a serious accident. Mrs Hignatt sick list but improved. Mr and Mrs Keel visited the latter's parents. Mr Thawley and grandson Ross recovering from illness. Noble entertained friends. School reopened after three weeks. Emmett Hignutt returned home from visit. Pearl Fountain visiting aunt Nira. Rev Wise preached Sunday. Lacey Colting sick. G H Hubbard quite ill.
Queen Anne and Cecil Wilson with Edward Culver hosted by J E Morgan in Hebron. Mrs H W B Rowe led the Hillsboro Ladies' Aid at M E Church South Tuesday. Mrs C H Cordrey recovering after Emergency Hospital operation in Easton. G LeRoy Jump attends canners' convention in Cleveland. Rev E HL Dashiell visiting Mrs Josephine Barton. C H Cordrey short weekend visit with Jack Wright in Easton.
Greensboro scout officials invite the county troop to attend Sunday morning worship at Paul’s M E Church where Dr Ompe will preach from John 1 14. Parents and friends are urged to join the congregation. Harold Bapge of Atlantic City accompanied his parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Baggs and relatives to Bala Moo for the winter. Mrs QO Wo Barton and sister Miss Ella Rinker visited Philadelphia over the weekend. Miss Rinker plans to stay in Mount Jackson Va for several weeks. Scout Rawlings and friend George Turner of Preston were guests of Uncle Raymond Rawlings earlier this week. Mrs Harrington hosted the Ladies Aid on Thursday evening. Mrs KR Shull has been quite sick on Maple Avenue this week. Miss Grace Greenley spent the weekend with Miss Ethel Jackson.
Mr and Mrs Fred Fountain and Eva Devore hosted friends on Thursday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Adams and Arthur Adams with several Adams children, Grace Fountain and Grace’s relatives, and Miss Eva Devore visiting from Dear Hicknan. Other gatherings featured Mr and Mrs John Elrich with John Glime of Fenervalsburg, and Thurman Adams of Greenwood visiting R. F. Adams. Sophia Zott and daughter visited Woodenhawk relatives, while Pauline Adams suffered from whooping cough.
Hillsboro announces a Tuesday evening February 13 gathering at 7 30 in the High School Auditorium with a mock aid and vocal music by Edwin White. Attendees include Chas Stewart James Stuane Charles Jarrett and wife attending the National Canner's Convention in Cleveland Ohio. The Ladies Aid of the M E Church South met at Mrs H W B Rowe's home Tuesday afternoon. Miss Beatrice Cannon of Ruthsbury visited Miss Helen Flemming last week. Miss Louise Gray of Goldsboro visited Mrs H W B Rowe. Mesdames Annie Beaven and Molthe Eaton are on the sick list. Miss Lillian Jones of Easton was in town this week.
Mr Frank Cuppett hosted many relatives and friends on his last Sunday in Maryland. Miss Ola Faulkner visits her parents Mr and Mrs William Faulkner. Mr Joseph Getrl returned from New York. Mr John Shults and son Kennard visited near Ingleside. Miss Mildred Norris spent the weekend with her parents. Monday reportedly the coldest day of the winter.
American Corner and Mr and Mrs George Griffith with Mr and Mrs Lacy Griffith and Mrs Kate How ard were guests of Denton and Tuckaho e Neck relatives one day last week. preaching Sunday evening February 11 and a young peoples meeting organized. Everyone welcome. Mr Eart Alford of Smithville visited with Ernest Griffith. Misses Ida and Maggie Daffin hold positions in Chester Pa.
Windy Hill resident Miss Ruth Kennedy traveled to Baltimore in the middle of last week to buy goods for Mr. Henry Hillritch's new store. The river remains frozen with no steamboats for nearly a week due to ice. Miss Agnes Cheezum and Miss Mary Cox visited Misses Mellie and Louise Eason on Sunday, and Mrs. Belle Caleman is sick.
February sixteenth event at the Masonic Hall features Denton school pupils presenting songs drills and patriotic acts. Admission is five and twenty cents as the crowd witnesses a colonial theme including Betsy Ross and George Washington reenactments.
Editor notes national market risks from canned tomato prices and producer packer tensions. A letter from H. B. Messenger cautions against extortionate pricing and market manipulation, warns of potential consumer boycott and grower surcharges, and urges fair treatment and prudent planning amid war news and price volatility.
Directors of a newly formed tomato growers association in Caroline county held their first meeting last Saturday at the Court House. Membership rose over forty percent with many names still to report. The charter remains open and members are urged to recruit neighbors. A mass meeting is planned for the near future and the next board meeting is set for Saturday, February 17 at 1 p m. Miss Katherine A. Pritchett and Miss Keller to lecture in Denton during the farmers institute, February 16 and 17, on home economics for farmers wives.
The Pple Spratford Operatic Company performs Mikado in Japanese costume at Masonic Hall on Friday evening February 23. The program includes operatic scenes and varied concert items, described as highly entertaining with broad appeal. Community attendance urged for a strong audience turnout.
The Public Conservation Commission plans to push a bill in the next Legislature to ban nets across river mouths and cap net lengths in Chesapeake Bay. The move follows the Havre de Grace fish hatchery closure and aims to restore shad and other fish by removing nets that block spawning rivers. The Maryland Conservation Commission supports removing the cause of depletion and will work with the federal government, though powerful local fishermen near river mouths have resisted earlier measures.
The Office of Home Economics of the U S Department of Agriculture reports potatoes are a valuable food adding readily digestible starch and minerals while helping maintain neutral to alkaline body fluids. They complement meats but do not provide all needed protein and fat. government valuation of potatoes gains interest amid high food prices.
Dr. G G Deaver, Philadelphia physi cal examiner at the West Branch Y M C A, warns that the skatemobile p lays a one sided workout causing dropped shoulders and spine curvature in about half of 206 boys examined this month. He notes 500 boys under fourteen are periodically checked for development and a few show spine issues from the toy. Executive secretary W H Crown calls it a favorite sport, though tanning and minor spine defects are common yet treatable.
Multiple obituary notices from a Maryland newspaper describe the deaths of Joseph F. Roop in Denton from paralysis after a stroke, and Augustus T. Warren in Binghamton New York with ties to Caroline county and the Gansevoort Bank. Also noted are Mrs Hannah Parris widow of I Brown Parris whose funeral was held in Burrsville. Edward W. Lapham of Clayton Delaware died suddenly in Lakeland Florida with funeral planned in Clayton. Surviving relatives include children and siblings in various Maryland Delaware and New York communities. Interments are in Denton cemetery and adjacent church cemetery as listed.
Poem in a nostalgic voice praising national pride and patriotic figures. Mentions Washington and Virginia Cooper in a playful acrostic style with lines about flags and Yankee spirit. Reflects historical ceremonial tone and festive display imagery.
The Nichols school hosts a mothers meeting this Monday at two o clock in the afternoon. The school will hold Washington exercises on Friday evening February 23.
A brief note of gratitude from Mrs. Mabel Towers and family for kindness shown during recent illness and bereavement.
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