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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1937
Page
2
A brief postal matter appears in the Denton Maryland post office record dated Saturday morning January 2 1937. The note marks second class main matter handling for that issue segment.
A reflective piece on time’s passage from youth to old age, contrasting longing for independence with the inevitability of time. It urges filling days with activity to avoid regret and trusts in a guiding power to lead life toward joy and accomplishment.
The National Association of Manufacturers outlined 11 industry driven suggestions to sustain prosperity and stabilize employment. Leaders call for better goods at lower costs, shared profits, public understanding, and joint efforts with government while stressing social security concerns and looming state relief funding debates.
The text notes rising importance of state issues across states, with California considering constitutional revision. It also highlights ongoing debate over a single six year presidential term, arguing the current reelection drive shapes early policy and predicting a bill to seek a constitutional amendment.
Mr. C M Falconer, president of the Automobile Club of Maryland, cites November fatal accident figures showing 31 highway fatalities of 46 total, with 28 killed after nightfall and 16 on straight stretches. He argues narrow main roads, head-on risks, and impractical speeds endanger life and demand safer highways.
An editorial highlights Evanston Illinois as America’s Safety City, citing three Grand Prizes in four years from the National Safety Council. The Rotarian notes safety is bought with well designed, enforced measures backed by citizens, not mere dollars, and urges firm action against reckless driving.
A new generation of engineers and police officers blends highway construction techniques with traffic regulation. They aim to apply a scientific approach to community safety, contingent on citizens demanding and funding well built roads, safety devices, and broad driver education for all motorists.
A 1930s newspaper column argues that despite safer cars better highways and stricter laws accidents rise. It notes many fatal and costly crashes occur on good roads in fair weather and blames aggressive drivers. The piece asks whether Americans will tolerate such carnage and urges change.
The Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland issues a holiday safety alert urging motorists and parents to guard against young riders on bicycles velocipedes roller skates wagons and scooters. Garrison P. Knox stresses drivers watch for unexpected child street forays and parental duty to teach traffic caution. The warning also notes sleds may pose risks later in winter.
In Chicago, a businessman A and a physician B discuss news from Rotarian Magazine about a fatal elevated train crash. They contrast a single dramatic disaster with the ongoing toll of automobile accidents, arguing for steady concern rather than sensational shock.
Caroline County residents spent 3 700 000 in 1935 across 269 stores owned by 271 proprietors employing 340 people. Payroll reached 240 000 with food stores leading at 801 000 from 79 outlets and 64 000 spent at eating and drinking places.
The saying observes a cynic who notes that many people chase vacations for escape rather than the fulfillment of travel or rest, implying a culture of distraction over genuine respite.
George Rector the noted culinary author lecturer and host will reside in Cambridge Maryland and serve as Master Chef of Phillips Packing Northern Kitchens. He will commute from New York City by air until settled and leads a push to expand Delmarva grown foods into national and foreign markets. Colonel Albanus Phillips announced Rector assumed duties immediately and will oversee new canned food lines.
Williston residents and relatives marked the holidays with family gatherings. Nat Frey and wife from Baltimore visited his mother and sister Mrs. Henrietta Frey and Miss Martha Frey. Numerous other couples and families from Denton Federalsburg Philadelphia Hobbs and Virginia shared dinners and weekend visits with the Towers, Crane, Rice, Gelletly, Ellwanger, and Neal households.
Mrs Dora Melvin and Catherine Melvin hosted visitors in Wilmington while Harman and Melvin families welcomed relatives from Dover and Philadelphia. George King from Atlantic City and S S James from New York stayed with local hosts. Carle ton Gooden and Ruthanna Shultie joined trips to Wilmington. local social visits extended to Philadelphia Baltimore and Trenton with multiple households hosting and hosting again. Buy at home is good advice.
The will of late J Thomas Kinder distributed 1500 to Union M E Church 1000 to Church of God 2600 to Christ M P Church and 7000 to Bethel M E Church near Federalsburg with 3000 to Concord M E Church plus a 6 percent cut after a probate dispute with niece Sarah Finnegan. Residue totaling 75000 goes to the Methodist Episcopal Conference board of stewards.
Burrowsville area highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McCarty of Easton visiting W S McCarty, and Mrs. T Ferrins and son Stayward of Federalsburg. Wesley Sunday School distributed its annual Christmas treat after services on December 27. Local residents Hurd, Blades, Beauchamp, and Perry share holiday visits and meals.
Carveth Wells hosts the first 1937 Conoco travel broadcast from Mount Vernon on WBAL at 7 30 p m Monday night. He highlights Washingtons Mount Vernon as a premier American site and explains the new format focusing on cities or vacation centers.
Harmony expresses gratitude to Mr. James L. Todd for gifts and candy for the children through Santa Claus at the Christmas entertainment, and to Mr. R. B. Todd for providing the candy at a reasonable charge. Telephones have been installed in the homes of R. B. Todd, Charles Fearins, Otto Steenken, Herman Steenken, Webster Todd, Claude Todd, and Norman H. Todd. Miss Helen Todd visits relatives in Newark and Chester. Miss Constance MacDonald spends holidays with Miss Louise Marine.
The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles warns that failure to notify of address changes causes inconvenience and may result in missing license applications or tags. In 1936, 616 license plate sets and numerous applications were returned for better addresses. Change of address blanks can be obtained from the Commissioner, dealers, justices of the peace, or notaries public across the state.
Mrs Oscar Clark returns from a week with her son Hugh Clark and family in Berwyn Maryland. Easton’s Wilson M Tyler called on Denton friends on New Year’s Day. Mrs R H Bryant of Petersburg Virginia visits her parents Walter and wife Sparklin. Eleanor Towers spends week with sister Mrs Raymond Mears in Centreville. Dorsey Nichols and family attend a turkey dinner in Federalsburg. Lucy V Garey of Baltimore visits Denton friends over holidays. Jennie Stafford hosts bridge evening. Tom Wright visits in Wilmington.
Mrs. Pearl Dodd of Marcus Hook visits her mother Mrs. Hannah Freeman while Miss Elizabeth Wilson of Newport stays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wilson for Christmas. F. Flounders and family in Baltimore for holidays. Charles Kline visits Easton. Arteus Sculley of Marcus Hook hosted by A. W. Sculley. Frank Stevenson visits Delmar. Mrs Harford Porter hosts Mrs Sally Mitchell of Wilmington. Fr ank Flounders hosts a dinner. T. W. Jones paints his house. William Ewing travels to Wilmington for business.
The passage emphasizes cooperation as key to community progress and a bright future, contrasting natural assets with spirit. It cites quotes from Christian Science Monitor and thinkers, urging unity and virtuous action while noting the place of a classified advertisement.
The Weather Bureau in Baltimore closed a meteorological year described as wet and warmer. Total precipitation exceeded normal by one and a half inches and the mean temperature was one degree above normal. Ridgely reported a high of 108 degrees on July 10 and a low of 6 below zero on January 23. December ended with a belated Indian Summer, Christmas sunshine, and highs near 63 on December 27 and 28, with a low of 12 on December 1.
A compact reflection praising libraries and literature as heirs to the spiritual life of distant ages, invoking gratitude for books as voices of the dead guiding present readers.
A roundup of local affairs recalls Walter S. Rutter buying a Chestertown hotel and William Sadler swapping Rich arsdstown property for a Burrsville farm. Obituaries note Frank A. Willis of Easton dying in Atlantic City at 75, with his family listed. Several weddings are celebrated in Goldsboro Bridgetown and Bethlehem churches, including Miss Edith May West and J Virgil Moore, Miss Marie Mae Harding and Harry Hubbard, Miss Sarah Blades and Hillard Dorobo, plus Rev Wilmer Jaggard presiding.
Slats records a rustic week narrated by a boy named Slats. He recalls gifts from Santa, a meal, an uncle pairing tobacco, a failed kiss joke, his mother’s minor arrest, a schoolyard lashing, and a jab at marriage as Jane and Elsey discuss matrimony and future plans.
Greens boro news notes Miss Elsie Ward daughter of Mr James Ward and Jas T Pinder of Greensboro were united in marriage Saturday evening in Denton by Rev T J Turkington. Also updates include Christmas visits and holiday travel among local families and residents.
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