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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1931
Page
5
The Denton Journal notes Everngam's Annual White Sale starts Tuesday and runs five days with bargains for the whole family. Local businesses announce doors open events and special offers while community notices cover church services and Red Cross fundraising progress.
Denton Community Club officials and members joined the Maryland federation of women's clubs in Baltimore on January 23. The club’s recent programs featured readings and music, with new member Mrs Ormond L Andrew welcomed as the group reports a warm kitchen floor improvement.
The three day Chautauqua in Denton features top performers, including Judge Frank Travers and the Fiechtel Swiss Company. Guarantors seek support to meet a $425 apportionment as Robert Blaylock leads two three act comedies and two musical programs on day one, followed by more performances day two and three.
Mr. Robert W. Clark of Grove and Miss Louise Schuyler of Anderson town were quietly married on Saturday February 7 at Denton. The couple will reside in Federalsburg.
The funeral for Mrs. Mary H. Nuttle wife of S G Nuttle was held at her Denton home Wednesday at 2 pm. Rev E C Hallman led services with Eastern Star rites. she was a charter member of the Denton chapter. She was a daughter of Henry and Julia Mowbray and the last survivor of her Federalsburg family, spent sixty years in Caroline as a teacher and church member. She leaves husband Harold C Nuttle of Baltimore, daughters Mrs Martin C Voss of Denton and Mrs J Stanley Cooley of Strasburg Va, and a son.
Caroline County Orphans Court met with Judges West Towers and Fleetwood. Administrators filed inventories and appraisements, orders to sell real and personal estates granted, wills proven, executors and guardians appointed, creditors notices ordered, and various accounts and petitions approved including selling indebtedness to legatees and maintenance withdrawals for minors.
The Methodist Ladies Aid met at the parsonage with 25 members and two new ones. They voted to hold a turkey supper on February 24 and appointed co chairs for aid activities. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Dean celebrated their ninth anniversary with family. Doris Dragoo celebrated a Greensboro friends party. Local church services, community meetings, and birthday events were noted along with road surveys from Scully's corner to Greensboro and Ridgely. Several visits from relatives, anniversaries, and school activities filled the week.
Contributions to the Denton Community Welfare Fund continue as the week adds a $15 gift from the Denton Community Club, bringing total receipts to $1,142.88. With winter deepening, canned fruits and jellies are in short supply. residents are urged to donate at the Community House as relief work proceeds through the winter and into April.
The Rev F W Kirwan rector announces Lent services across Protestant Episcopal churches starting Ash Wednesday February 18. Holy Communion at St Pauls Hillsboro 10 am, Christ Church Denton 11 am, Holy Trinity Greensboro 7 30 pm. Lent midweek and weekly services follow in Denton Hillsboro and Greensboro on specified nights.
An educational meeting for poultry raisers is set for Thursday February 19 at 7 30 p m in the Denton Court House. Speaker Prof H D Munroe, former Penn State College official now with Allied Mills Inc, is billed as a nutrition expert with a strong message on timely poultry production issues. The event is sponsored by Summit Poultry Farm Ridgely MD B F McKnott Harrington DE and Elden Cooley Hatchery Bridgeville DE.
Caroline High School releases its January honor roll. Distinction recipients include Olive Butler. Merit recipients feature Corey Brown Clayton Long Charles Moore Forbes Whisler Elizabeth Walls Salome Somers Mary Orme Elizabeth Hake Louise DeFord and numerous other students across grades.
An essay notes Caroline High School opened a cafeteria in 1928 to ensure nourishment for students at low cost. It argues the lunchroom benefits health, unity, and time on school grounds, aiding both students and faculty. It emphasizes meals under five cents and that the cafeteria is not profit driven.
Dover program lists The Princess and the Plumber with Charles Farrell and Maureen O'Sullivan, a comedy travelog, then De Molay's musical extravaganza for Kent County Hospital. Friday brings The Royal Family of Broadway with Frederick March, plus Mickey and His Gang and Mickey Mouse. Saturday matinee features a children’s special. Subscribe for the Journal.
Twin Towns along the Tuckahoe report a string of social visits and local happenings. Notables include Miss Virginia Blades hosting a turkey dinner and Miss Genevieve Yonkers visiting from Polish Mountain Maryland. 4 H club officers were elected at our school.
The Federal Loan offers 45 million dollars to drought stricken U S farmers with credit at banks exhausted. Security is a crop mortgage. Funds must be used for seed fertilizer feed for work stock and tractor fuel. Applications available from County Drought Committee members or the County Agent's office in Denton.
Poultry raisers across Caroline county are invited to a meeting at the Denton Court House on Thursday evening February 19 at 7:30. The program will feature an address by Prof. H. D. Munroe, former Extension Poultry Specialist of Pennsylvania.
Caroline County Poultry Association officers and directors organize the annual spring meeting for the first week of April in Denton. The event will include the regular officer elections and a program highlighting poultry developments, tours, and a three day county show.
Farmers in Caroline County prepare hot beds to advance tomato and pepper seedlings. Fresh manure heats the pit, 16 to 20 inches of material covered with soil, then sashed to retain heat. Tomato seed may start around February 20. peppers around February 15 to 20, with some growers transplanting to cold frames before field planting. Local pepper producers cited include James Dew, John Rosser, and W H Wharton near Federalsburg. University of Maryland expert W R Ballard will discuss planning an early vegetable garden March 3 at 2:00 pm, location TBA. Flower Project Demonstrators to meet in three groups February 16, 19, and 28 to discuss bulbs, perennials, soil, planting, staking, and disbudding. full attendance expected.
Queen Anne residents travel and visitors populate a week of social events. Byron Barton and family vacationed in Baltimore with Mrs. Mary Rice returning home. several Mrs. Hackett and friends attended a funeral in Denton. Eugenia Morgan and college friends visited. numerous hosts and guests share meals and gatherings across Centreville Hillsboro Denton and Marydel. Mrs. Richard Sneed recovers at home after illness.
The Church of the New Jerusalem in Preston holds service at 11 a m on Sunday February 15 with Sunday School at 10 30 a m and a sermon on Is there a Purgatory The Sunday School lesson is The Unjust Steward Luke XVI 1 8 Also Williston hosts Sunday School at 11 a m with a 7 30 p m young peoples meeting led by Miss Anita Frank Social and hostess events include Mr and Mrs Arthur Willey hosting dinner for local guests and variousBridge and club gatherings Mrs Rachel Baylor wins first prize at the Monday Contract Bridge Club and several residents visit Baltimore Atlantic City Miami and nearby locales Mrs Clara Payne hosts a family reunion dinner with relatives present.
Burrsville residents are informed the Unity Club will convene at 1 30 p m on February 18 at the home of Miss Pauline Hopkins for a routine meeting.
Mrs Harriet Phillips aged 66 died at her home near Smithville last Thursday after a illness of flu and pneumonia. She was formerly Miss Harriet Blades daughter of Susan and Sarah Blades and was thrice married. Survived by two daughters Anna and Ida of Philadelphia three sons David Henry and Gardner Federalsburg two brothers one sister and several grandchildren. Funeral at Bloomery Church Rev Hanby officiating. Interment in adjoining cemetery.
Fifty members of Caroline County Firemen’s Association attended the quarterly meeting in the Federalsburg municipal building. Elections named Clarence Rue of Denton as president and W J Bonner of Preston as vice president with Jacob O Williams of Federalsburg as secretary and Walter Bennington of Ridgely as treasurer. An income bill for fire company maintenance was unanimously approved. The group discussed replacing annual carnivals with other funding methods and an orchestra provided entertainment during the evening. Next meeting will be in Ridgely in May.
The young folks' club met at the Hoffmans with officers in charge and an entertainment segment. Mrs. Lyda McNeal, 31, wife of Lester McNeal, died February 6 in Wilmington, with funeral at Concord Church and interment in the nearby cemetery. Jacob Boczon visited his sister at Pine Bluff Sanatorium, Salisbury, with Roland Wheatley accompanying. Clifford Towers has shown improvement after illness.
Phyllis Shewbrooks daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Shewbrooks underwent an appendicitis operation at Kent General Hospital Dover last Saturday and is recovering well. Mr and Mrs J E Walls and daughter Evelyn Mr Harvey Walls and Miss Katherine Melvin were hosted Sunday by Mr and Mrs Norman Smith of Goldsboro. Mrs S E L Fogelsanger and daughters, visiting here, returned to Manchester Pa. Mrs S S James, visiting relatives, returned to New York Saturday. Mr Morris Sylvester and children attended Mrs Stephen Kish funeral in Camden Sunday. Mrs James Richards of Wilmington visited her parents Mr and Mrs John Pritchett Tuesday. Miss Rosanna Richards of Wilmington spent the weekend with her parents. Mr Norman Melvin spent the weekend with friends in Central Valley N Y. Mr Wm Phillips visited Marcus Hook Saturday.
In loving remembrance of our daughter Lyda McNeal who departed this life on Friday last February 6th My dear Lyda how we miss you Miss you more than tongue can tell Every hour and day that passes Brings us nearer with you to dwell Friends may think we'll soon forget you And our wounded hearts be healed But they little know the sorrow That's within our hearts concealed She is gone but not forgotten She will meet us here no more But we hope some day to meet her on that happy golden shore By Mother and Father.
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