Local notices and events in Denton Maryland area
A denton MD community page lists events and notices including bake sales by Mite Society and By Kota Club, a hen owner offered horses and mules for sale, a missing gold bracelet reward, church suppers and recitals, a car accident injuring Edward Henry, Red Cross meeting to elect officers, medical society gathering with orthopedic talk, obituaries, and fire losses. It also notes cemetery improvements and historical notes on local canning factories and the White and Dunning Company heritage in Denton.
Denton Social News Highlights Birthday Toasts and Club Sessions
Mrs W L DeFord of Denton hosts a six oclock dinner honoring three generations with W Henry Beck celebrating his 70th birthday February 8 and family ties to Boothwyn Pennsylvania An active Democratic worker and longtime Caroline County official Beck supports church and community efforts. Mrs Florence Love leads Concord M E Church class with 25 members at her home as Lincoln birthday games and red valentines entertain guests. Christ Protestant Episcopal Church guild elects officers and Mary Bunney hosts 62nd anniversary dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. DeFord
Denton
W. Henry Beck
DeFord
Wm. L. DeFord Jr
Boothwyn
Beck
Caroline County
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Clayton Taylor
Preston
H. R. Beck
Clayton
Del
J. W. S. Beck
Florence Love
Concord M. E. Church
Rebecca Love
Church House
Lincoln
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Guild of
T. Alan Goldsborough
Maurice A. Brackett
Mary Bunny
Ruth Reynolds
Asbury Greaves
Seese
Bridgewater College
Ernest ©. Collins
Ella Saulsbury
Earl Love
William Edwin
Frank Doerr
Harry Wheatley
Washington College
Parker Stone
Frank Fountain
Elon Wright
Edna Wright
Leroy S. Merriken
Veteran
Canada
Federalsburg
Lyle
Marie
Jean
Samuel Ellwanger
Leslie A. Ellwanger
Lester Smith
Washington
Ladies Aid
Denton M. P. Church
Baltimore
Calvert
Merriken
Denton Chamber of Commerce
Oscar Clark
Hugh Clark
Berwyn
Death roll obituary notices from Denton and nearby areas
A sequence of obituaries from Denton and adjacent Delaware areas notes the deaths of Charles C. Jump of Derby Connecticut former Denton journalist. Mollie R. Berry wife of ex Sheriff George H. Berry. Samuel Ewing retired farmer and bridge tender. and Margaret Vickory Griffith wife of Charles W. Griffith. Funeral details and survivors listed for each.
Maryland Silver Service portrays state history in 48 pieces
Commander Harry W. Hill prepares a forthcoming publication detailing Maryland’s silver dinner service gifted to the cruiser Maryland in 1906. The 48 piece set uses over 1000 ounces of silver and depicts nearly two hundred historical scenes by county, with Caroline’s dish showing Denton’s old courthouse and the manor at Oakland Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Harry W. Hill
Denton Journal
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights Local Events
The Ridgely weekly column reports a fire company benefit party drawing about two hundred from Ridgely and nearby towns netting over 250 dollars. Prizes included 60 high and 60 low, with 60 movie tickets donated by theater manager Mellits. Various society meetings, weddings, club events, and visits across Ridgely, Denton, Salisbury, and surrounding areas are noted along with holiday plans and hospital recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Mellits
D. W. Davis
Denton
Walter Moore
John Griffin
Harry Moore
Queen Anne
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Seward
Elsie Matthews
Viola Jones
America
Norman Wilson
Homemaker Club activities span several groups in Denton
The Twenty First Century era notes multiple homemaker clubs meeting in February. Mrs Evelyn Holden hosts with Miss Marie Perry presiding and visitors present. Programs feature Lincoln readings and everyday business practices. Unity Harmony and Andersontown clubs report meetings, scrapbooks, and demonstrations. A large Denton council session is announced with Mrs Agnes Newman speaking on parliamentary law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Club
Evelyn Holden
Emily Hall
Marie Perry
Republic
Library Committee
John Hopkins
Abraham Lincoln
Effie Davis
Charles A. Dana
Lincoln
Isaac N. Arnold
Pres. W. H. Taft
Evelyn Harding
Mrs. Hopkins
Jessie Wilmore Norton
Denton
Jessie Lane
Hillsboro and Queen Anne Social Notes
Mr and Mrs Thomas Garrison of Cheswold Del Mrs Tyson Heather and son Bobbie of Marydel Miss Ruth Evans of Wilmington Mr and Mrs T A Geiser of Queen Anne were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Susan Thompson. Mr Robert Dill of New Castle Del was the dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Edgar Blades on Sun. Mr and Mrs George Stewart attended the National Wildlife Show in Baltimore last Sunday. Hillsboro PTA will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening February 22. Master Robert DeFord spent Sunday with Junior Howard in Denton. Mr and Mrs Norman Clark spent part of the week in Baltimore. Mrs Gaylord Ivins spent Tuesday with Mrs Harry Kemp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Garrison
Cheswold
Del
Tyson Heather and
Bobbie
Marydel
Ruth Evans
Wilmington
T. A. Geiser
Queen Anne
Susan Thompson
Robert Dill
New Castle
Delaware
Edgar Blades
George Stewart
Baltimore
Hillsboro P.T. A
Robert DeFord
Junior Howard
Denton
Norman Clark
Gaylord Ivins
Harry Kemp
Funeral of Mrs Emma Short in Queen Anne мест
The funeral of Mrs Emma Short widow of Hiram Short was held at St Pauls Church in Queen Anne after a lingering illness. She spent all her married life in the town and is survived by Earl Washington Mrs Clifford Cortleyou Philadelphia Mrs A M Altwater Baltimore and Miss Louise Short a Hagerstown High School teacher. Pallbearers were Harry Clark Howard Flowers John Chairs Horace Morgan Harry Gibson and W C Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Short
Hiram Short
Clifford Cortelyou
Philadelphia
St. Paul’s Church
A. M. Altwater
Baltimore
Louise Short
Hagerstown High School
Harry Clark
Howard Flowers
John Chairs
Horace Morgan
Harry Gibson
W. C. Stevens
J. M. York
Iglehart
Stuart
Ingleside
A Letter About the Denton Cemetery
Sophie Kerr Underwood writes to urge community support for Denton Cemetery improvements. The board reports land expansion, tree clearing, new planting, sod, and three pumps for grave flower care. Entrance work awaits Road Commission widening but upkeep funds are established for ongoing care with gifts to Dr. Dawson O. George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Cemetery Association
State Road Commission
Dawson O. George
Jonathan W. Kerr
Cemetery Association
Sophie Kerr Underwood
Orphans Court Notices of Estate Actions
On application letters testamentary for James Wright Garton were granted to Mary H. Garton with bond, appraisers named, inventory filed, and order to sell granted. First and final accounts filed for Silas Hill and John W. Hurlock estates, with stock assignments, notices to creditors, and real estate sales reported. Orders to sell and inventories filed across Burton Proctor Louise M. Downes estates. injunction suit authorized for George F. Noble estate. stock sale authorized for Carrie Deen estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wright Garton
Mary H. Garton
George E. Waters
J. Henry Summerfield
Silas Hill
John W. Hurlock
Lizzie V. Todd
Burton Proctor Estate
Louise M. Downes
Philip H. Noble
George F. Noble
Circuit Court
E. Elbert Deen
Carrie Deen
Atock
Personal notices of parties and visits in a local community
Miss Janet Pitts celebrated her sixth birthday with a small party Tuesday afternoon with a long guest list. Various residents and visitors were noted including Mr and Mrs Harvey Lord, Miss Gertrude Waldis, Mr Oscar Willey and family, and Jesse Phillips returning from hospital care. Several residents were mentioned as traveling or visiting Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other nearby locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Pitts
Local Visitors Pause at Several Homes This Week
SMITHSON reports Mr. and Mrs. Harry McMahan and Mrs. Ralph McMahan with their little son visited Mr. and Mrs. J. Worm and Mrs. T. Willoughby with son visited Mr. A. R. Willoughby on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Perry and daughter Aileen spent Sunday with relatives at Cannon's in Del. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McCarty entertained friends from Camden, N. J., on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walker of Easton recently visited Charlie Perry. Miss Edna Wright visited Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McCarty and family last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McMahan
Ralph McMahan
J. Worm
T. Willoughby
Lee Willoughby
A. R. Willoughby
Charlie Perry
Aileen
Cannon's
Del
W. S. McCarty
Camden
N. J
Frank Walker
Easton
Edna Wright
Greensboro and Environs Obituaries and Local Notices
George E. Smith a former Greensboro merchant died last Saturday on his 81st birthday at his Whiteleysburg Felton road home after nine years of ill health. He had been manager of Riverside Hotel and worked with Pet Milk and B&O at Chester. Survived by wife Ella Sapp Smith two sons A Clark and Elijah, four grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral held Tuesday at 1 30 pm with Rev Ora Baynard. interment Greensboro cemetery. Burt Hobbs sold his Greensboro general store to Nichols Grocery run by L Edward Nichols. Nellie E Jopp died aged 69 after paralysis. Survived by husband George L Jopp a navy son Wilson H Jopp and siblings Albert Miller Bertha Hook Hettie Kreiner Ruth Jackson Alma Feier. 4 H Ster Club met at Mrs William Gardner home. needlework project. Next meeting Feb 19 at Jane Harper. Announcements include marriage of Hildred Oakes to James Barbour Beck ham January 29 1938. Farlee and Jones wed at St Pauls M E parsonage February 12. Many local visits and socials listed with families Carroll Ash Nichols and Wilsons guests in Wilmington and other towns. John Wyatt hosted visitors from Magnolia Del and Greensboro. Mary Katherine Porter hosted bridge. Fred Harrington of Wilmington visited. John Mattison of Philadelphia visiting Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
WFBR
G. Nuttle
R. H. Stafford & Son
Mite Society
Thawley’s
Hillsboro
Denton-Greensboro
Addie Williams
Goldsboro
M. E. Church
Market Street
Townsend’s
Ladies Aid of
Denton M. P. Church
6Th and
Franklin Sts
J. Lester Everngain
Mulford Swing
Caroline High School
Edward Henry
Tuckahse Neck
Kemp Walls
Fleetwood
Sixth Street
Caroline County
American Red Cross
Margaret Lewis
Caroline County Medical Society
Queen Anne’s County Medical Society
Caroline County Society
Robert W. Johnson
Baltimore
Anna Rochester
Ovid Rochester
J. R. Rochester
Philadelphia
Norman A. Leese
Thomas J. Turkington
Marc ‘Bryant
Denton Cemetery Association
Cannnery
Matthew Chilton
West Denton
Elizabeth Towers
Josiah Whit
Charles A. Dunning
Harry A. Roe
Lawrence B. Towers
Carolina County
Marlborough-Blenheim
Atlantic City
Josiah White
White and Dunning Company
Charles C. Jump
Derby
Connecticut
Robert J. and
Laurette Jump
Seareer
Evening Sentinel
Inte
J. Marion Emerson
Jump
Emerson
Emerson Publishing Company
Birdseye Agency, Inc
Oak Cliff Cemetery Association
Derby and Shelton
Elizabeth E. Pippin
Mary Anna Birdseye
Mollie R. Berry
George H. Berry
Ethel Wright
Downs Chapel
Del
Downs Chapel Church
Ladies Aid
Wm. A. Berry
Felton
VanCleaf
Clayton
Wilson Moore
Dover
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Smyrna
Samuel Ewing
Denton Bridge
Pennsylvania
Choptank
Denton Council
Margaret Vickory Griffith
Charles W. Griffith
Ernest F. Griffith
Randolph Griffith
Harvey L. Griffith
Charles Griffith
Roland Griffith
Lillian Bullock
Helen L. Haymaker
Centreville
Ronald R. Lane
Ridgely
Brandywine Summit
W. E. Habbart
Miss Haymaker
Jos. M. Haymaker
Elizabeth Haymaker
Lane
New York
Central Avenue
Harry L. Harcum
Salisbury
Eastern Shore Federation
Stella Matthews
J. S. Fifer
Clifton Crouse
Milton King
Charles Stevenson
G. L. Wilson
Fifth Regiment
T. J. Turkington
Virgil Moore
Edna
Blanche
Mary Hobbs
Frank Flounders
Franklin Stayer
J. A. Mitchell
Edna Detwiler
Joanne Mitchell
Herman Mitchell
Middletown
Alice Wilson
Maple Avenue
Ridgely Grange
Herbert Hammond
Ridgely Fire Company
Thomastown
I. T. Saulsbury
A. O. Saulsbury
Draper
Boonesboro
Annie Wilkinson
Burton Wilkinson
Florida
Isabelle Andrews
Rey Speakman
Wilmington
D. M. Swing
D. T. Swing
University Hospital
Charles Dean
Leelan Jackson
St. Michaels
Wm Ewing
Cordova
Marilee Holden
Nelson Rickards Jr
Nelson Rickards
Reanie Sellars
Hurlock
Jas. S. Wilson
Marsh Gollner
C. D. Lynch
Albert Saulsbury
Qdella Saulsbury
Olin Porter
Ray Frampton
Chester
Thelma Bowman
Teachers College
Margaret Saulsbury
Anne White
Wayne
P. W. Downes
Park Drive
Sue Lewis
Easton
Geo. E. Waters
W. E. Lennon
Federalsburg
J. L. Gallagher
A. M. Willey
Bridge
Johnson Bonner
Firemen’s Hall
Messrs
Noble W. Kelley
H. Harris
Gov. Nice
Jackson
Harry B. Wright
Preston
Cannon
Greensboro
Sarah Fletcher
Epiphany Mission
E. B. Blades
Lloyd Cannon
G. C. Carmine
Geo. Poole
Robert Dulin
G. Christopher
Luke Amato
Max Chambers
A. T. Blades
Fulton Noble
Harvey Lord
Clyde Thomas
Lois Ann
Gertie Smith
Roland Lord
Everette Gambrill
Gertrude Waldis
Oscar Willey
Etta May
Orville, Smith
Concord
Jesse Spencer
Beatrice Griffith
Spencer
Jesse Phillips
Children’s Hospital School
Sophie Ringe Coyle
May Ringe
Mary R. Reichmann
Kenuuck
Williston
Charlie Reichmann
Coyle
A. Powell Martin
West Coast
California
Mexico
E. C. Martin
Santa Monica
John T. Carter
J. DeWeese Carter
Ella Anderson
Frinda Morris
Hammond School of
T. H. Everngain
George E. Smith
Whiteleysburg
Felton Road
Mr. Smith
Pet Milk Company
Riverside
B. & O. Railroad Company
Smith
David W
Mary Etta Cahn Smith
Delaware
Ella Sapp Smith
A. Clark Smith
Elijah Smith
Wilbur Smith
Dora Trice
Sallie M. Hughes
Harrington
Emma S. Knox
Norfolk
Thomas C. Smith
Ora Baynard
Blades
Nellie E. Jopp
George L. Jopp
Wilson H. Jopp
United States Navy
Norfolk Training Station
Albert Miller
Bertha Hook
Hettie Kreiner
Viola Kreiner
Alma Feier
Hildred Oakes
Edward Green Oakes
Bowling Green
Kentucky
James Barbour Beckham
B. C. Beckham
Joseph A. Farlee
Trenton
N. J
Sara Elizabeth Jones
Worton
St Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Tilghman Smith
Lester Carroll
Fay
Norma Lee
Ernestine Carroll
John Carroll
Michael Ash
Oscar Nichols
Edward and
Junior
Lacey Wilson
John Wyatt
Hubert Dill
Magnolia
John Mattison
Maurice Stewart
N. K. Swanwick
Swanwick
Joseph Zacharias
Annapolis
Paige Riddleberger
Mary Katherine Porter
Fred Harrington
Local Social Notes Houston Area Hobbs and Federalsburg
Hobbs Mr and Mrs B B Lawless and daughter Bernice were Tuesday evening guests of Mr and Mrs L H Thomas for birthdays. Mrs H H Nuttle Mrs Wm Murphy and Mrs L H Thomas attended the R W S C Club luncheon at Federal Club House last Friday. Mr and Mrs F N Smith and daughters Esther and Sue and Mrs J A Billings were recent Federalsburg visitors. Mrs L H Thomas to entertain Ladies Aid February 22. Mrs T B Frazier entertained at dinner Mr and Mrs F E Davis and son Fillmore. Mrs H T Nuttle entertained Mrs Cannon and Mrs Edgar Todd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Lawless
Bernice
L. H. Thomas
Mr. Lawless
Mr. Thomas
H. H. Nuttle
Wm. Murphy
R. W. S. C. Club
Federal Club House
F. N. Smith
Esther
Sue
J. A. Billings
Federalsburg
Ladies Aid
T. B. Frazier
F. E. Davis
Fillmore
H. T. Nuttle
Cannon
Edgar Todd
Harmony Bridegroom Otto Steenken to wed in Harmony
Mrs. R. M. Tismar visiting daughters in Philadelphia plans return for the upcoming marriage of Miss Katharine S. Tismar to Mr. Otto Steenken Jr. in Harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Tismar
S. Griffenberg
N. P. Allen
Philadelphia
Mrs. Allen
Misa Katherine S. Tismar
Otto Steenken ,Jr
Harmony
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Ladies Aid Society
O. B. Reed
Reba Bennington
Nellie Dean
Adam Holsinger
J. T. Moore
Buckle
Wm. Richards
Stedman
Unity Club
William Gardner, Jr
Ruth Theis
Lee Walston
Chester Baker
George Lowe
Raymond Fifield
Clyde Ellwanger
Johnson
Ida Gordon
Mary Stafford
A. M. Dulin
Geo. Clendaniel
Ellwanger
Geo. Lowe
Fifield
Harmony Club
H. Roland Towers
Juanita
Olin Thomas
Pliny Todd
Norman Todd
Andersontown-Hobbs Homemakers Club
Dorsey Nichols
Nichols
Advisory Council
Murphy
Seeders
Harold Scott
Homemakers Council
M. P
Agnes Giles Newman
Newman
Pope
Twin Towns
Tuckahoe
Orphans’ Court
Smithson
Ster Club
William Gardner
Jane Harper
Mary Jackson
Jane
Edgar Anderson
Ruth Ellen
Eunice Pilchard
Ruth Jackson
Princess Anne
Hobbs
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