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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1948
Page
2
For sale items include desk blotters mimeograph paper cardboard carbon paper and various sizes of legal paper. Also offered are 25 new oil burners nine eleven and thirteen inch pots and new bottle gas ranges. Seller R J Conner Division Street Dover Delaware. (11-21-t1 £)
Rev John E French presides at 9 45 Sunday School Walter B Palmer leads the morning service 10 45 The Junior Fellowship 6 00 PM Methodist Youth Fellowship 6 45 PM Evening Worship and Music Mrs Charles Ankeney Mrs James M Clarke and Mrs Gilbert Rue contribute to the musical. Monday 7 15 PM Junior Choir rehearsal 7 30 PM Christian Worker’s School first session Ebenezer Methodist Easton continues all week Friday 7 30 PM World Day of Prayer union service at Church of the Brethren W S C Circles meet next Monday Nos 1 2 3 4 at listed locations and times
M Clarke and Mrs Gilbert Rue present a Lent en program at First Methodist Church Denton on Sunday evening February 15 at 7 30 pm. The program features soloists Mrs James M Clarke and Mrs Charles Ankeney with a set of sacred solos duets and an accompanist Mrs Gilbert H Rue. The public is invited.
Grace Methodist Church lists Rev T J Turkington as pastor Sunday School at 945 with John R Ricards as superintendent Morning service at 11 Y F at 645 Evening service at 730 Dr Irwin A Moon of Moody Bible Institute will show the sound color film God of the Atom on Sunday evening Wednesday prayer meeting at 730 Thursday choir practice at 7 Each line reflects a readable portion of the week’s church activities and the special film event.
Morning service at 9:30 followed by Sunday School, details noted for church attendance and programming.
Rev Wayne Wheeler leads Church School at 11 am and Morning Worship at 7 pm in the home of Mrs J A Leese on Market street. A fellowship supper and School of Missions follow. Ladies Aid recalled on Wednesday. Young Peoples Valentine Party is set for Saturday February 14 at 7 30 pm in the parsonage. Achievement offering to be taken February 15.
The World Day of Prayer will be observed in Denton on Friday February 13 in a union service to be held at an unspecified church. Local congregations gather to mark the global event with shared prayers and reflections.
At 7 30 p m the Church of the Brethren will host a service with brief addresses by four local pastors Rev Wayne Wheeler Rev T J Turkington Rev W C Beard and Rev John E French The theme will be The Lord's Prayer.
In Denton the Pilgrim Holiness Church will give a special award to Sunday School pupils with perfect attendance for the five Sundays in February 1948. The rare five-Sunday month, first since 1920, applies to both old and new members.
Snowy day did not stop Concord W S C S from holding their annual capsule sister party on February 4 at the church. Women enjoyed a luncheon, welcomed three new members, learned their sisters from the prior year, drew new sisters for the coming year, and closed with a singing of Blest be the tie that binds.
Goldsboro Maryland Rev P F Bean Pastor leads Sunday School at 9 45 A M with Morning Worship at 11 A M and a 7 00 P M song service followed by preaching at 7 30 P M Also 7 30 P M Wednesday prayer service listed.
In West Denton Maryland Rev. G B Schlosser hosts Sunday services with a 2:00 p m Sunday school a 3:00 p m sermon and 7:00 p m young people meeting followed by an evangelistic 7:30 p m service all are welcome to attend.
Pastor Rev T S Dixon delivers sermons at 2 30 p m on the first third and fifth Sundays each month inviting parishioners to attend.
Rev John Howard Link outlines church activities including 10:00 am church school led by Ellsworth Sands, Sept 7:15 pm long service with young folks meeting, 7:45 pm worship hour. Encourages all to attend and make Sunday evening service a regular gathering.
Piney Community Church lists Sunday schedule with a 2.00 p m service and 3.00 p m Sunday school followed by an old fashioned praise service and preaching. The notice invites participation in these services.
Rev H C DuBois pastor. Sunday services 11:00 a m morning worship 7:00 p m B T U for all ages 8:00 p m evening worship. Prayer meeting 8:00 p m each Wednesday. W M A meets second Tuesday monthly.
Rev Charles E Davis minister the church offers a school at 10 a m worship at 11 a m M Y F devotional at 1 p m song and praise at 7 30 p m weekly prayer service Wednesday 7 30 p m weekly choir practice Saturday 7 45 p m first Thursday each month Young Adult Fellowship business and social meeting second Thursday W S C S business meeting
Prayer service at 7 30 p m Wednesday. Preaching at 11 a m Sunday. Sunday School at 10 a m. Young People's service at 7 30 p m. Preaching at 8 p m.
In Bethlehem Maryland Alfred C. Clark serves as pastor at Smith's Memorial Pilgrim Holiness Church. Sunday School begins at 10:00 a.m. with services at 11:00 a.m. and 7:45 p.m.
Clark Street Harrington Bel district Pastor Wilfred B Robinson Local Elder Joshua B Lister Sabbath School Saturday 9 30 a m Morning Worship Saturday 11 00 a m Prayer Meeting Wednesday eve ning 7 30 p m Everyone welcome
Frederick N Coursey aged 67 died Friday morning at his daughter's home in Dover after a long illness a heart attack. Funeral services were conducted at St Pauls Methodist Church Greensboro by Rev Charles E Davis with burial in Sadlersville cemetery. He was a retired 45 year Pennsylvania Railroad ticket agent. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Holden and Mrs Lynn Cheezum three grandchildren and two brothers J Preston Coursey and C Elwood Coursey.
The obituary notes the death of Judge Walter A Powell age 92 at his Dover Delaware home on Friday February 6 following a long illness. Born in Delaware he studied law after Dickinson College and practiced in Kansas City where he served as a circuit court judge before retiring to Delaware. He authored The Pilgrims and their Religious Intellectual and Civic Life (1923) and A History of Delaware (1928) and engaged in religious and literary work. Survived by his wife Mrs Ray (Heydrick) Powell, with cousin James A Trazzare in Denton. The notice blends his passing with a public auction listing by attorney in fact Jerome Patterson for Carroll County Maryland including various household goods and two parcels of land in Caroline County Maryland to be sold at 10:30 AM at the Patterson home in Greensboro.
Mrs Gertrude Heath Carroll aged 67 died Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs L B Otwell in Wilmington Delaware after a lingering illness She was a Baltimore native daughter of the late Joseph and Melvina Fitchett Heath She lived much of her life near Preston and resided in Wilmington for nine years Her husband Charles A Carroll died last September She is survived by three other daughters besides Mrs Otwell
Mrs W Claude Hubbard Mrs Leslie J Clarke and Mrs Russell E Satter field all of Wilmington five sons Dallas H Nelson J Charles A Carroll Jr all of Wilmington J Noble Carroll of near Felton and R Eugene Carroll of New York 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren a brother Robert A Heath of Baltimore and several nieces and nephews Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Union Grove Methodist Church near Preston with Rev H J Savage and Rev J M Kay officiating Interment was in the nearby cemetery
Improvements include a two story seven room frame dwelling with electricity running water and bath a garage coal shed and wood shed The dwelling has a large front porch and two small back porches All buildings in good repair Possession available immediately Personal property to be paid in cash on sale Real estate half cash day of sale balance in thirty days or all cash at purchaser option Deferred payment if any bears interest from sale title papers at purchaser expense Wesely E Thawley attorney in fact James Temple auctioneer
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