Local notes reflect early 1925 community life
The county area announces spring millinery and coal supplies, a Harmony Church social, a turkey supper at Queen Anne club, and church services in Williston. It reports disease cases in Caroline, a dredging petition to Congress, Denton school building bids, a Crosley radio contest winner, and tributes to notable locals including lawyer W. Kemp Neal and Dr. William Burdick. An Oration at Greensboro Baptist Church marks First Anniversary Dedicatory Week with large Sunday crowds and potential church expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne
Christ Church Guild
Caroline
Goldsboro
Denton
Ridgely
Greensboro
Ingleside
Queen Anne's County
Kent
Dorchester
Talbot
T. Alan Goldsborough
Kent Island
Chester River
John T. Carter
Theodore W. Pietsch
Baltimore
American Bar Association
State Conservation Commission
Elsie Melvin
George T. Melvin
William Burdick
Playground Athletic League
Baltimore Sun
Allegany
Maryland
Preston
Court House
Stanley Horsey Neal
James P
Mary Towers Neal
William Street
Greensboro Baptist Church
Morris
Social and Club Gatherings in Denton area
Denton volunteers gathered for a banquet at Christ Church Parish House with nearly all active members and guests. Rev. McGrew gave the invocation and Rep. Goldsborough served as toastmaster. Easton Orchestra provided music and a Baltimore entertainer performed for the benefit. The evening continued with a Palace Theatre show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Christ Church
Irving A. McGrew
T. Alan Goldsborough
Wesley E. Thawley
Ernest G. Cooper
Easton Orchestra
Baltimore
Palace Theatre
Bryant
Young Women's Guild of
The
M. P. Church
J. Virgil Moore
Franklin and
Second Streets
Moore
Elva Perry
Elinor Willis
Carlotta Kinnamon
Caroline High School
Cambridge
Easton
Margaret Ringgold
Oklahoma
Constance Johns
Australia
Caroline Redden
Howard Wheatley
New Haven
Conn
Hayward S. Harsey
Sixth Street
Arthur Allston
Wilmington
Laura Verne
Chicago
Puest
T. Pliny Fisher
Adeline
Western Maryland College
Asbury Greaves
Virginia
William J. Irwin
Sherman L. Tribbitt
A. L. Dunham
Esther
Chester
F. A. Greaves
Hillsboro
Newton Smith
Elizabeth Bryan
Riverton Avenue
Nettle Haymand
Hickman
John Chaffinch
Joseph H. Carroll
J. A. Mackintosh
A. T. Longfellow
Philadelphia
Mark H. Smith
Saulsbury Buys Delaware Orchard at Bridgeville
Mr. Saulsbury of Baltimore bid 93,300 to take the 80,000-tree Delaware Apple Co orchard tract at Bridgeville and resell it, keeping half of any amount over the sum. The receiver Henry Ridgely rejected all other bids to consider the proposal. The land had opened with top bids of 44,200 for quarters, 38,000 for halves, and 25,000 for the whole. 6 to 10 acre lots reached 38,457.38. The orchard includes equipment and about 80,000 bearing trees. Personal property not included. Saulsbury is a Denton native formerly active in life insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Saulsbury
Delaware Orchard
Delaware Apple Co
Bridgeville
George E. Saulsbury
Baltimore
Henry Ridgely
Saulsbury
Apple Company
Denton
Better Homes Campaign Launched by Caroline County Clubs
Caroline County Federation of Women's Clubs joins the national Better Homes in America movement, led by Herbert Hoover as president of the campaign’s national sponsors. Mrs. Leo Walz of Greensboro chairs the county effort with eleven club chairmen. Prizes of 10 dollars will be awarded to high school students for essays on the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Homes
Caroline County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Tn America
Herbert Hoover
Leo Walz
Greensboro
Caroline County Federation of Women's Clubs
County Federation
Eastern Shore District Federation
Denton
Treasury Warns Of Counterfeit Ten Dollar Bills
Treasury Department alerts in Washington that two counterfeit ten dollar bills are circulating. One mimics the 1914 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland note with drawn ink silk thread lines. The other is a bogus Buffalo note made by bleaching a Philadelphia issued one dollar bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Washington
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Busy Bee Club Meets at Mrs Alford Home
Smithville notes report the Busy Bee Club gathering at Mrs L N Alford on Tuesday evening with refresh ments and games after the busy hour. The column lists local visitors and guests including Adams Bullock Fountain and Robinson families visiting relatives in nearby towns.
Burrsville Social News Briefs Highlight Church Pulpit Visit
Local notices list Sunday dinner hosts including Mr and Mrs Powell Hopkins and families from Harrington and Greensboro. Rev G Q Bachus of Washington to fill Union M P Church pulpit February 15. Several residents named for visits, guests, and illness. travel mentions include Mollie Cahall in Wyoming and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Raughley
P. S. Raughley
Greensboro
T. Wilton Porter
Twila
Wilmington
H. A. Porter
Harry Collison
Noah Dearth
George Wyatt
Little Son
Andrew Cohee
Near Town
Mollie Cahall
Wyoming
Philadelphia
Wesley E. Thawley
Denton
Thawley
Frank Harrison
Margaret Simpson
Ruth
Concord Social Roundup and Local Updates
Concord notes week of gatherings as Harry Wheatley hosts a rock event with Summers Carroll Elwood Lord and several Lords in attendance. Local families report illnesses improving with grip season and Baltimore connections. Rev C H Atkins finishes a new chicken house with electric lights as Roland Lord, Mrs Beauchamp, and Laura Sullivan are listed as ill nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wheatley
Rock
Summers Carroll
Elwood Lord
Harry Nuttle
Miriam Todd
Atwood Todd
Edna Lord
Hilda Lord
Mary
Dorothy Lord
Goldsboro
Lee Covey
Melvin Blades
Preston
Walter Lord
Fred Wright
Laura Sullivan
American Corner Visitors and Social Notices
American Corner lists visitors and social visits from Burrsville and nearby areas. Families mentioned include Ambrose Griffith with sister, Warren, Vasey family, Nichols family, Will Davis’s group, Smiths, Turner, Lord, Culver, and Beauchamp Knox. Several people are noted as sick or recovering at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Griffith
Jesse P. Warren
Homer Vasey
Wollaston
Richard
West
Oscar Nichols
Phillips
Grave
Harvey
Hazel Baker
Near Here
Will Davis
Hobbs
G. L. Griffith
Claf E. Smith
Edward
Harrington
Burrsville
Kelley Turner
Mabel
George Lord
Charlie Culver
Lulu Beauchamp
Bertha Knox
Martha Griffith
Alva Griffith
Card of Thanks for Mrs. James P. Neal's bereavement
The family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during the recent bereavement of Mrs. James P. Neal. Signed by Mrs. Grant Alburger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Neal
Mrs. Grant Alburger
Ridgely Community Club Discusses Movement and Local News
The Ridgely Community Club met at Church House with twenty seven members present. A Better Homes campaign was endorsed and plans launched. Talks covered the Abraham Lincoln photo-play, local store losses, property moves, and community updates including illness, funerals, and church events among residents such as the Detwiler program and Hagadone house occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church House
Ridgely
T. W. Jones
Abraham Lincoln
Edna Detwiler
Walter Camp
Harry Hemmons
John Applebaum
Hagadone
Mary Hagadone
Hattie
T. A. Smith
Mary Laird
Nora Harrison
Marcus Hook
William Harrison
L S. Matthews
Quentine Engle
Donald
Marion
Ohio
James Jackson
Wilmington
W. F. Jackson
J. T. Saulsbury
Mary Rebecca Saulsbury
New York
Marian
Melvin E. Wheatley
Denton
Lola Mitchell
Vianna
Baltimore
State Normal School
Methodist Church
Frank Seward
Herzog
Harvey Sewell
Seward
George Fitz
John Thomas
John Burns
Stella Diefenderfer
Charles Kline
West of Town
Berkey Place
Harold Fountain
Richard
Downingtown
Emma Jackson
Henry Lister
Philadelphia
Hursch Redden
Ruthsburg
M. F. King
Harvey Holsinger
Wilsons
Ingleside
Joseph Muller
Easton
Carolyn Mancha
Maud Ford
Federalsburg
Calvin Lynch
A. C. Brower
J. P. Swing, Jr
Cambridge
Mollie Richards
Evelyn Lane
Blanche Jackson
Melvin
George Roberts
Adam Holsinger
T. M. Ryan
J. F. Elliott
Anne Saulsbury
I. E. Mason
Edwood and relatives gather for Sunday visits
Edwood Mrs Gorman Bailey and daughter Edna return home from Philadelphia and Wilmington visits. Mr and Mrs Raymond Cohee host John Cohee of Harmony for dinner. Elwood Cohee family visit Frank Cohee. J C Coulbourne hosts Annie Majors and Al Bradley with Arthur. Arthur Butler and T Caulk visit. Alice Bailey visits Elsie Coulbourne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorman Bailey
Edna
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Raymond Cohee
John Cohee
Harmony
Elwood Cohee
Frank Cohee
J. C. Coulbourne
Annie Majors
al, Bradley
Arthur
Dover
Arthur Butler
T. Caulk
Alice Bailey
Elsie Coulbourne
Orphans Court Proceedings Names Executors and Admin Actions
In the Orphans Court Judges West Harper and Shawn presided. Nancy Thomas, executor of William A. Thomas, filed inventory and appraisal of personal property, examined approved and an order to sell granted. Mary E Noble and Linden C Noble filed inventory separate debts examined approved and recorded. Letters of administration granted to Mary Doerr and Frank H Doerr. Bond approved notice to creditors ordered appraisers named. Philippine Roth appointed appraiser for estate of Micheal Roth. Releases from Ella Fleetwood Minnie Mills John Mills recorded. Glencoe K Kelley empowered to assign mortgage in Tilghman E Kelley estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
West, Harper and Shawn
Nancy Thomas
William A. Thomas
Mary E. Noble
Linden C. Noble
Solomon M. Noble
Commodore H. Doerr
Mary Doerr
Frank H. Doerr
William T. Love
Walter Howard
Micheal Roth
Philippine Roth
Lewis Kibler
Michael Schreiber
Leonard F. Covey
Sallie E. Andrew
Ella Fleetwood
Minnie Mills
John Mills
Tilghman E. Kelley
Glencoe K. Kelley
Funeral of Mrs Kinnamon Held at Methodist Church
Mrs Kinnamon died aged 91 two days shy of 92. Funeral service was at the Methodist Church with interment in Jones burying ground. Visitors included Mrs Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Avery Dennison of Middletown and Mrs James Moore of Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinnamon
Methodist Church
Old Jones Burying Ground
Elizabeth Bennett
Avery Dennison
Middletown
James Moore
Dover
Thomas Shockley
Devolston Cartwright
Easton Hospital
Holiness Church
Nace
Craig
Wyoming
J. W. Shively
Nerva Wharton
Wilmington
Wharton
Kathryn Shockley
Smyrna
Henry Wilkinson
Ridgely
Gibson
P. H. Kinnamon
Tamora
Neb
Walter Elliott
Frank Roe
Magnolia
Annie Mitchell
Family and social visits across towns reported
Mr and Mrs Ed Thomas and others visited relatives in Wilmington Greensboro Philadelphia Barclay and Felton over the weekend. Epworth League held a meeting at Miss Katherine Melvin s home. Miss Lillian Meredith visited Federalsburg. Rev and Mrs S L Hanby guests in town. John Quillen and Harry Bostic hosted visits from Felton. Mrs Ed Thomas visited her parents Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Thomas
James Thomas
Wilmington
Harry Karcher
Greensboro
Clarence Pritchett
John Pritchett
Warren Bossart
Philadelphia
Alfred Carter
Goldsboro
Audley Butler
Barclay
Howard Sylvester
Epworth League
Katherine Melvin
Lillian Meredith
Ruth McCrea
Federalsburg
L. C. Cole
Carroll
L.hanby
L. Hanby
Fairlee
John Quillen
Harry Bostic
Felton
Arrests in Wilmington Suppress Poultry Theft Ring
Ollie Henry Frank Henry Melvin Dolby and Lotta Keiser were arrested in Wilmington on Tuesday of last week and jailed at Centreville. Police say the gang confessed to burglaries from Hurlock through Kent to Cecil, stealing turkeys chickens blankets and auto parts. Howard Stewart identified missing poultry near Church Hill. The group traveled from Hurlock to Wilmington stopping at poultry houses en route then fled to Chestertown to dispose of loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Henry
Frank Henry
Melvin Dolby
Lotta Keiser
Wilmington
Centreville
Dalby
Hurlock
Kent
Cecil
Howard Stewart
Church Hill
Dolby
Henry
Denton
Chestertown
In sad but loving remembrance of my dear husband
A widow recalls George H. Berry who departed this life one year ago on the gth of February 1924. She laments his absence, notes his failings as a husband and father, and expresses hope of a reunion in the future. The brief elegy closes with devotion from his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Berry
W. Thomas Hignatt
Community notes from Hillsboro Queen Anne area events
Local society gatherings fill pages with visits and hostesses. Mrs George Moore Jr and Mrs Minnie Morgan led a Ladies Aid Society evening in Queen Anne with music and refreshments while many families and friends visited relatives in Perryville Baltimore and beyond. Community Club plans a February 21 supper and St Pauls offers sermons and a junior choir as churches report good attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moore, Jr
Minnie Morgan
Ladies’ Aid Society
Queen Anne
W. B. Sparks
Susie Thompson
William
Ralph B. Thompson
Philadelphia
Walter Stevens
Sadlersville
County PTA Meeting in Court House February 19
The County Federation of Parent Teachers Association will hold the first meeting of the current school year in the Court House, Denton, on Thursday evening, February 19, beginning at 8 o'clock. Dr. Paul E. Titsworth of Washington College will give a special address. Miss Harwood, Supervisor of Schools, and Prof. A. L. Leary will speak on assigned sub topics. Special music will accompany the program as a reorganization of the Federation is effected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Federation of Parent Teachers Association
Court House
Denton
Paul E. Titsworth
Washington College
Harwood
A. L. Leary
Wa. I. Norris
Improvements for Ocean City on track for coast resort appeal
A plan to finance a six mile beachfront highway from Ocean City to Selbyville and a link to the Du Pont Boulevard aims to boost tourism and connect Maryland and Delaware routes. Promoters expect spring start, citing recent jetty work that stabilized the beachfront and protected the boardwalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean City
Baltimore
Washington
Jersey
Philadelphia
Selbyville
du Pont
Del
Maryland
Delaware
Berlin
Maryland Avenue
Sinepuxent Bay
Isle of Wight Bay
Delaware Territory
Inley
Sinepuxent Hay
Sinepuxent
Peninsula Fair Dates Set For This Year
Dates for the Peninsula fairs were announced last week with Cambridge from July 21 to 25 Harrington from July 28 to August 1 Pocomoke from August 4 to 7 Tasley from August 11 to 15 and Salisbury from August 18 to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Harrington
Pocomoke
Tasley
Salisbury
Preventing Diphtheria Through Vaccination in Maryland
Dr. R H Riley outlines diphtheria prevention using vaccination for children, with three weekly doses to confer permanent immunity. The Maryland Health Department provides vaccine material free to families with consent, while anti-toxin remains available to treat cases and protect exposed individuals at cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Nome
Maryland
R. H. Riley
Bureau of Communicable
United States
State Department of Health
Judge Soper Rules Dudley Trust Not Spendthrift
Judge Soper holds that Hiram G. Dudley Jr does possess a trust estate from his father's will that is not spendthrift and thus part of his bankruptcy assets. Located in Talbot and Queen Annes counties, the trust may be exempt from creditors under challenge. the matter was sent to court for construction and a higher court appeal, if any, remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soper
Hiram G. Dudley, Jr
Dudley
Talbot County
Queen Anne's
United States
Baltimore
Epworth League Delves Into China's Revolution Theme
Epworth League programs cover China's revolution and its possible outcomes. The last lesson on February 15 features songs, readings, and talks by Walter Sparklin, Emily Walls, W S Norris Jr, Anna Jackson, and others on China’s Crisis, America's Help, and related spiritual themes. The service opens at 6 30 to allow time for the program before evening worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
China
Mary Nuttle
Margaret Allaband
America
Walter Sparklin
Emily Walls
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Fane
the Local Department
Smithville
L. N. Alford
Althea
Minnie Adams
Graham and Mears
John Adams
Elizabeth
Hattie Alford
Roselle Bullock
Agnes
Clementine Fountain
Fred Parker
Maggie Meredith
Greenwood
Fred Fountain
Concord
Ridgely News
Edwood
Tuckahoe
Ida Rice
Farnhurst
Oscar Rice
Franklin
Wurl
H. W. B. Rowe
Clayton Taylor
Edgar Blades
Norman Clark
Ella Jump
John Skinner
Thomas Kennard
George Moore
Ladies’ Guild
St. Paul's Church
Mr. Emmett Barton
Mrs
Charles Cannon
Harry Dulin
W. ©. Finch and Son
W. F. Dickinson
Mary Cooper
M. E. Aid Society
Ray Turner
Mark
EM. Neste
Epworth League Services
Cali Denton
V. R. Fritz
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