Denton area notices and local news of 1932
Local items report a February furniture sale continue to March 10, rental listings on Franklin Street and Kern property, bake sale at Denton M P Church on February 25, and sickness cases in Caroline county. Prohibition fate to states after Blaine resolution. Washington Masquerade postponed. Eastern Shore Dental Society meeting in Denton March 2. Internal Revenue filing aid visits scheduled March 8 9 and March 10 11. Transient room rates listed. Mrs H Ross Coppage to speak on Home Economics. George B Bishop dies in Washington D C. services in Wilmington. Denton Fire Department net proceeds from February 15 supper. Pool tournament Denton vs Ridgely prize $20. Reckless driving case exonerates Cherry, fines Hollis. Roosevelt shell package found in Washington mail. crank suspected. investigation underway from Watertown NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Butler
Denton Md
F. J. Wright
Journal Office
M. K. Newnam
Franklin Street
W. D. Taylor
Denton
Ladies Aid
Denton M. P
Market Street
2Nd
Kern
West
C. J. Kern
Caroline County
Federalsburg
Senate
Washington
Eastern Shore Dental Society
Caroline County Medical Association
Brick Hotel
Internal Revenue
Wm. H. Alderson
W. Saratogea Street
Baltimore
H. Ross Coppage
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
WCAO
Maryland Home Economics Association
George B. Bishop
Washington, D. C
W. J. Shawn
Wilmington
Denton Volunteer Fire Department
Fred E. Covey
Ridgely
Gilbert Bradley
Wilson Dennis
Clayton Long
Russell Flaharty
Earle Nowell
John Lane
Robert Wrightson
Irvin Blockston
Carlton Marvel
William Snowberger
Joseph Cherry
White
William Hollis
Negro
Centreville
Anna Spicher
Henry R. Lewis
Cherry
Hollis
Lewis
Denton-Ridgely
Roosevelt
William Satterfield
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington Post Office
Watertown
New York
Satterfield
Social and church gathering marks Washington's birthday
A Denton social at Christ Church Parish House drew about seventy guests for a supper and program led by Bishop Davenport, with songs and talks stressing spiritual as well as material values. A Three in One Christian Endeavor Union meeting and multiple club and church events followed, highlighting community ties and local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Church Parish
Washington
Bishop
Davenport
M. A. Brackett
Bishop Davenport
Addie Clark
Christ Church
Christian Endeavor Union
Dorchester
Talbot
Caroline Counties
Methodist Protestant Church
Edith Towers
Denton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Church of the Brethren of
Concord Methodist Episcopal Church
Calvin Twilley
Cambridge
Lucille Bailey
Order of Eastern Star
Easton
Clara E. Wright
Jennie Crouse
Ella Hitchens
Ida Kauffman
Myra Sylvester
Ella Raleigh
Lulu Downes
Bertha Taylor
Mildred Kelley
Elva Wolf
Ethel Moore
Emily Swiss
Sallie Walston
Mildred Johnson
A. E. Miller
Floyd F. Garey
Caroline Council
No. 175
Harrington
Del
Caroline County
del- Mar-Va
The
Ladies Aid of the Methodist Episcopal Church
John Chaffinch
John Hitch
Benj. Colgain
Allen Russell
Ferdinand Baynard
Alfred Smith
Ulysses Robinson
Noble Handy
Robinson
Moral revival urged to save the nation
Hobbs argues national downfall stems from internal moral decay not external foes. He calls for a revival of New Testament religion and righteous citizenry, urging church support and sober realignment of public mind. Local notes include moves, meetings, and social updates from Andersontown and Denton communities.
Cordova Club Programs Highlight Evening of Music Drama
Thirty members and friends of the Cordova Community Club attended a church house program featuring a sextette performing Old Man Moon, monologues, sketches, a playlet, a tableau with George and Martha Washington, and a finale All Through the Night. Jeanette Beekman also performed Still at the Pictures. games followed with ice cream and cake served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova Community Club
Church House
Old Man Moon
William Frink
Norman Saulsbury
Frank Cooper
Margaret Wooly
A. G. Keeneman
Ford Adams
Alice Ames Brinsfield
Tommy
Edith Robinson
Mesdames Fink
Adams
Koeneman
Saulsbury
Oscar Hunter
Raymond Miller
Hans Harnsen
Pearce Rowe
George
Martha Washington
Martha
Jeanette Beekman
Ridgely
Our Church House
Furman’s Grove
Harold V. Holsinger
Federation
George Bastian
Theodore Robinson
Denton
Edgar Weaver
Greensboro
Douglas Bennington
Wilbert Cawley
Vivian Holsinger
E. G. Jenkins
Maryland
Wilson Johnson
Conover
College Park
Otis Wharton
Addie Williams
Homemakers Club
Doris Kirwan
Mary Wharton
James Swing
Paul Hoffman
Victor Dean
Farm Bureau
Regulation urged to curb subsidized transport trade
The Denton Journal editor argues unregulated competition harms transportation firms and farmers. He calls for rate controls and legislation to ensure fair returns, livable wages, and stable employment, warning that covert price cutting by small operators erodes profits and damages the broader economy. The piece urges public action and regulatory measures to redirect trade to reputable, financially sound carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Journal
J. Y. Boggs
Orphans Court Passes Orders in Caroline County
The Caroline County Orphans Court held a regular session with Judges West Towers and Dennis. It approved transfers of bonds to Nicholas Laigneil administrator of Martha Laigneil deceased and directed payments from Federalsburg Bank to Celeste Cox. Renunciations and administration letters were granted for James G Walls. appraisers named Harry Spicer and T Fred Brown. Real estate sale ratified, inventories filed, and guardianship and final accounts addressed for several estates including Teressa Lucznik and Shadrach Liden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans' Court For
Caroline County
West
Towers
Dennis
Nicholas Laigneil
Martha Laigneil
Edward E. Nuttle
Wm. E. Cox
Federalsburg ‘Bank
Eastern Shore Trust Company
Celeste Cox
James G. Walls
Thomas S. McCrea
Harry Spicer
T. Fred Brown
T. Clayton Horsey
Mary E. Butterworth
Abbie Layton van Sant
William Bateman Draper
Alice Y. Handy
Roland P. Handy
Albert S. Handy
Y. Robert Fleetwood
Isaac T. Fleetwood
Charles B. Harrison
Teressa Lucznik
Milton R. Liden
Sallie E. Bradley
Thomas W. Bradley
The Farmers Decalogue by C A McCue 1932
A concise farming creed urges families to grow and store vegetables and fruit, ensure fresh milk eggs and home grown meats, provide feed for livestock, with thrift to keep yearnings within earnings. It reflects 1932 advice still relevant for 1993 readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. McCue
Delaware Agricultural College
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Highlights Local Visits
Mrs Wm Freestate and Mrs F S Wharton with child and Miss Emma Meredith of Centreville called on Dr and Mrs Dickinson. Norma Hicks, ill since December, improves and leaves hospital. Mrs Carrie Fleming hosted Rev F W Kirwan and family at six o clock. Various visits: Mrs Milton Beaven, Mary Louise Dodds to Queenstown. Mrs Edgar Blades and Louise Blades with Mrs Brown Thawley in Burrsville. Ruth Helfrich with Mrs Thawley. Ernestine Carroll from Greensboro. Susie Rice of Centreville with the O Rice home. Dora Morris from Centreville visited H R Covell. Rev and Mrs Fairbanks of Trappe with Lorain Lane. Betty Moore of Queen Anne stayed with Mrs Fleming. Virginia and Ethel Holt in Dent. Guild meeting set for Thursday afternoon March 2. Blanche Horsey of Tuckahoe Neck visiting Vernon Baker. Lorain Lane improving after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Freestate
F. S. Wharton
Emma Meredith
Centreville
Dickinson
Norma Hicks
Carrie Fleming
F. W. Kirwan
Milton Beaven
Mary Louise Dodds
Queenstown
Edgar Blades
Louise Blades
Brown Thawley
Burrsville
Ruth Helfrich
Ernestine Carroll
Greensboro
John Carroll
Susie Rice
Oscar Rice
Dora Morris
H. R. Covell
Fairbanks
Trappe
Lorain Lane
Betty Moore
Queen Anne
Virginia
Ethel Holt
Dent
Guild
Blanche Horsey
Tuckahoe Neck
Vernon Baker
Community Club selects new president at regular meeting
The Community Club held its regular Tuesday meeting with new president Mrs. Harry Moore presiding. Attendance was strong and Mrs. John Chairs was named chairwoman for the March meeting. Several local residents visited relatives and attended social events including Messix and Trice families in Cordova and Easton. Easton Star members celebrated the Sth anniversary of the Easton Chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Moore
John Chairs
Bernard Messix
Byard Messix
Cordova
Arthur Grace
Easton
Grace
Paul McQuay
Philadelphia
Jake Morgan
Ruth Sewell
Catherine Eastman
Clare Vallee
Howard Sewell
Wm. Schmidt
Baltimore
John Trice
Title Guarantee and Trust Co Placed in Receivership
George W. Page appointed receiver for Title Guarantee and Trust Co by Judge Eugene O Dunne in Circuit Court No 2. William L Marbury Jr named counsel. Prudential Securities sues for Mortgage Guarantee Co. Louis Rice seeks receivership for mortgage firm amid solvency concerns. Betty and Simna Rice guardian alleges unpaid mortgage guarantee of 2800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Page
State Bank
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Eugene O’dunne
William L. Marbury Jr
Albert H. Dudley
Mortgage Guarantee Company
Prude
Adams Cross Roads Hosts Large Turkey Dinner
Adams Cross Roads Mr and Mrs John Adams entertained fourteen relatives and friends at a four o'clock turkey dinner last Sunday. Guests came from Wilmington Federalsburg Hickman and Adams Cross Roads. A 30 pound turkey topped the meal and the gathering proved very enjoyable. Bernice Adams visited family and is thriving at Benacom s taking a business course. Mrs John Adams and sister Edna and Miss Ola Scott visited Mrs Earl Adams and Miss Lillie. Altha Adams and Jack Mears of Wilmington spent the weekend with her sisters. Rev and Mrs S L Hanley hosted the Bloomery Aid at the parsonage on Wednesday. The Smithville Community Club met Tuesday at 2 PM. Sunday School and preaching planned at Bloomery Sunday afternoon. Mrs Jennie Cannon has entertained her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
F. D. Carpenter
Williston
G. L. Jopp
Linthicum Heights
Baltimore
Sewell Abbott
Miller
Jopp
Harry Nuttle
Andersontown Hobbs, Homemakers Club
L. H. Thomas
Ladies Aid
Denton
T. H. Towers
Christaan Endeavor
F. N. Smith
Esther
Sue
J. A. Billings
Harlan Blades
Parker Barnes
Robert
Chester
Hungary
Russia
Holland
Jobyna
Delia Friedel
Otis Wharton
Margaret Saulsbury
Ruth Stauffer
Reba Lawman
Grace Zeigler
Thomas Grey
Edward Thomas
William Prince
Ralph Callahan
Bernice Wooters
Roland Fountain
Betty
John
Loraine
South Orange
N. J
John Swing
Kermit Laird
Street
Harry Laird
Townsley
Caton
Wesley Hong
Imfer Wharton
Philadelphia
Ida Imfer
Mary Wharton
Alfred Gelletly
Theodore
Walter Bennington
Isaac Mason
John Davis
Middletown
Del
Henry Friedel
Roy Tawes
Oxford
Walter Moore
Frank Flounders
Charles Hobbs
Cambridge
Lula Hevalow
Greensboro
Annie Hevalow
Roger Ringgold
Joy Hoffman
Ella Bowen
Sadlersville
R. E. Fountain
Orrell Saulsbury
Onerlia Tawes
Luke Andrews
Adelaide Crosby
Margaret McCloud
Grippe
John Adams
Wilmington
Federalsburg
Hickman
Adams Cross Roads
Bernice Adams
Bernice
Benacom’s
Ritchie Drops Sales Tax Abandoning General Plan
Governor Ritchie has abandoned a general sales tax and will trim $1.0 to $1.5 million from 1934 35 budgets. He plans new revenue from race track bets and other indirect taxes to fund Baltimore unemployment bonds and local tax relief with committees reviewing the cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchie
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Baltimore
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Upcoming Play
The column lists social visits across towns including Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Gooden and Mrs. S. S. James hosting in town, plus guests from New York City and Centreville. It notes upcoming Ladies Aid play Always In Trouble, and updates on illnesses and weekend visits among residents including the Longs, Walls, Montagues, Gruwells, and Harman families.
Lent Prayer Services Planned Across Episcopal Churches
Next Wednesday Ash Wednesday Holy Communion at Hillsboro 9 a.m. Denton 11 a.m. Greensboro 7:30 p.m. Weekday services follow on Wednesday Thursday Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. Sundays during Lent maintain usual hours throughout Hillsboro Denton Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Denton
Greensboro
Greensbor o and Its Environs Obituary and Local Notes
Frank Nealan aged 66 died at his home near Moores Mill after long illness confined since January 27. Survived by widow and three children Esta Gallagher Dessie Morris Lonnie Nealan plus two sisters. Funeral at Baptist Church with Rev J C Ledbetter. interment Greensboro Cemetery. Also notes on Edward Smith in Philadelphia hospital for acute sinus trouble after a transfusion, dieting talk in Caroline, a funeral in Choptank, a public sale of F P Roe canning plant, and various local visits and hospital returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Nealan
Moore’s Mill
Cambridge Hospital
Nealan
Barton
Ohio
Esta Gallagher
Wheeling
W. Va
Dessie Morris
Lonnie Nealan
Edward
Caroline
Harvey Porter
Avery Ledman
Dudley Price
A. L. Dunham Jr
Linden Morgan
Marcus Hook
E. I F. Dunham
Choptank
F. P. Roe Company
Peninsula
Olin Price
Wellsboro
Kenneth Austin
Harry Williams
Wilmington
Joseph S. Edwards
Annie Edwards
W. H. Harman
Milford Hospital
John Matson
Philadelphia
Mary Nashold
Georgia Swann
Louise
James
Marian Swann
Jessie Wyatt
Cora Wyatt
W. L. Goldsborough
Baltimore
Charles Webber
Marriage of Charles Noble and Irene Baker in Denton
Charles Noble and Irene Baker wed on Saturday February 18 in Denton officiated by Rev T J Turkington of the M P Church. The bride is the Baker daughter of Hurlock. the groom the Noble son of Preston. They will reside in Preston after a Salem trip and March first. Local society notes cover visits, dinners, and gatherings among families including Frampton Hubbard Elzey Wright Chambers and Payne households. Church services and hospital nurse Louise Payne are also mentioned along with moves and illnesses in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Noble
Irene Baker
Denton
T. J. Turkington
M. P. Church
Charles Baker
Hurlock
C. Fulton Noble
Preston
Salem
N. C
Collins
Clarence Frampton
Hilly
Virginia Hubbard
American Corner
Charles Payne
C. W. Elzey
H. B. Wright
J. Max Chambers
Arthur Willey
T. Clayton Taylor
Howard Holden
Taylor
James Flaharty
Penn’s Grove
N. J
Charlie Whiteley
Celia Kelley
J. Dallas Blades
Federalsburg
Atlantic City
Church of the
New Jerusalem
Jno
Epiphany Mission
Louise Payne
Cambridge Hospital
Ofr
John H. Collins
Manin Street
Lena Williamson
P. E. Guild
Charles F. Engerman
Florence Hubbard
Josephine Gallagher
Hazel Donovan
Emma Lord
Marie Perry
Helen Spies
Lare and relatives visit Milford and Rehoboth
Mr and Mrs Palmer Lare and Mrs John H Lare with children Altha and Arthur visited relatives in Milford on Sunday. They were joined by Mr and Mrs Ed Favenger and daughter Betty and visited Mrs John H Lare's brother and wife at Rehoboth in the afternoon. Mrs Janie Hickman has returned home after weeks with relatives near Chester. She was accompanied home by relatives who spent the weekend with her. Mr and Mrs Clarence Bowdle and Mrs Addie Bowdle and Mrs Annie Horsey with children were visitors at Herman Bowdle and wife near Atlanta Del.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Lare
John H. Lare
Altha
Arthur
Milford
Ed Favenger
Betty
Rehoboth
Janie Hickman
Chester
Clarence Bowdle
Addie Bowdle
Annie Horsey
Herman Bowdle
Atlanta
Del
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Stevens Brown
Stevens
Taylor Brothers
J. Kemp Stevens
Eastern Shore Community Singing
Dorchester County Federation of Women's Clubs
Lizzie Clark
Miss Clark
John Statum
A. Statum
J. Virgil Moore
Willing Workers Bible Class
Second Street
Samuel Lewis
L. A. Lewis
Leonia
Christ’ Church Guild
J. B. Davis
Duke Smith
S. M. Smith
Sallie Brown
Albert C. Ritchie
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore City
Maryland University
Experiment Station
O. K
A. G. Gelletty
Maryland Manual
University of Maryland, College Park
Hobbs
Journal
Cape Charles
Tuckahoe
Title Guarantee and Trust CO
Henderson
L. A. Gooden
S. S. James
New York City
H. F. Silver
Goldsboro
T. H. Gough
Near Town
Esther Clayville
Worton
Orrell Draper
Laura Stubbs
Calvin Shenton
Odessa
Darius Pippin
Wm. Golt
John Long
Ruth Jones
Dover
Evelyn Walls
Geo. Jones
Cumley Gruwell
Laura Gruwell
Doris Lee Harman
Smithville
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