Denton notices offer rentals sales and events
Local da ily items list apartments for rent in Denton and Den ton Mary land. A January clearance sale by J H Nichols and Co. and various farm and home goods by R H Stafford and Son Burrsville Md are advertised. The Denton Volunteer Fire Company hosts a supper and theatre party with a Judy Garland film at the Dentonia Theatre. The Works Progress Administration projects for Denton and the abandoned Downes Station reno vation are noted. The Delmarva and Maryland press groups plan a January meeting in Wilmington with Senator Tydings as a speaker. The District Engineer reports on Marshy Hope Creek flood control delays to February 15 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WFBR
Journal
Bath
Hattie Dukes
Denton
Mary E. Pastorfield
J. H. Nichols and Co
Wm. D. Taylor
G. Nuttle
South Sixth Street
R. H. Stafford and Son
Burrsville
Maryland
Denton Court House
O. K
Cole
R. H. Stafford & Son
Samuel Mellits
U.S.S
Panay
Dentonia
Ridgely Theatres
Ridgley
Richard C. McMullen
Delaware
Harry W. Nice
Delmarva Press Association
Wilmington
Peninsula Group
Maryland Press Association
Hotel du Pont
United States
Millard E. Tydings
T. Alan Goldsborough
Washington
Baltimore
Hope Creek
Goldsborough
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Denton M. P
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
Sophie Tucker
C. Aubrey Smith
Ronald Sinclair
Dentonia Theatre
Koenig
Main St
Downes
West Denton
Redden’s Park
Emory D. Kimmey
William D. Binebrink
Wilson Binebrink
Maryland Institute of Art and Design
James Fisher
Denton Bridge
Personal and Social News Around Marydel Area
Mr and Mrs Nolan Steele celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary with a turkey dinner at their Marydel home joined by Rev Harry N Bailey and family and relatives from Deals Island Federalsburg Collingswood Wyoming and Tuckahoe Neck. Guests played music and gifts were exchanged. Several local couples marked anniversaries and hosted dinners with relatives from Federalsburg Denton Chester Pa Greensboro and Baltimore. A series of holiday dinners, visits and a radio appearance by Mrs Ruth Walker Reynolds of Denton were noted along with multiple family weddings and engagements including Laura Belle Hill and the Gap in Holt. The item catalogs numerous social events, dinners and guests across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan Steele
Marydel
Steele
Harry N. Bailey
Mildred
Helen
Ruth
Harry Jr
Billy
Gene
Deals Island
Bradley Steele
Virginia
Bradley Jr
Marilyn
Federalsburg
Harlan Steele
Harlan Jr
Elaine
Tommy
Nancy Ann
Collingswood
N. J
Albert
Milton Steele
Mildred Mumford
Wyoming
Del
Bailey
Albert Steele
George Pepper
Neck
Denton
Henry Bareford
W. H. Brubaker
Harvey Lord
Ernest Lord
Roland
Chester
Clyde Thomas
Lois Ann
Wilmington
Everette Gambrill
Gertrude Waldis
Mabel Todd
Harmony
Minnie Todd
Willard C. Todd
Alpheus Adams
Walter Adams
Norman P. Wooters
Margaret Elizabeth Perry
W. L. Perry
William Paul Kibler
August Kibler
Greensboro
W. L. Jump
Ruth Walker Reynolds
Wsal Salisbury
Julianne
Jeanne Reynolds
Clayton Reynolds
Eloise Downes
F. A. DeFord
Estelle
Elizabeth
Town
Edwin V. Ocheltree
Greenwood
Frank H. Doerr
J. Emily Hubbard
Baltimore
Clarence Atkinson
Robert Atkinson
James Curry Jr
Alice Jane Covey
Preston
L. M. Dean
Chas. B. Walls Sr
Charles Walls Jr
Easton
Frederick Walls
C. H. Henry
Julietta
Charles Sewell
W. B. Cook
A. B. Custer
Evelyn
Washington
Sallie Morgan
Emily Bullock
Clarence Rice
Alphoniso Meredith
Clarence Rice Jr
Judson Ramsdell
Mollie Cleaves
Mrs. J. Kemp Stevens to attend national conference in Florida
Mrs. J. Kemp Stevens leaves Washington by train for Coral Gables to join nearly six hundred Equitable Life agents and managers at a five day National Educational Conference at the Miami Biltmore Hotel. She is the only Equitable delegate from Caroline County and will visit Cuba after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Kemp Stevens
Washington
Coral Gables
Florida
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Miami Biltmore Hotel
United States
Stevens
Wilmington
A. B. Dalager
Equitable
Caroline County
Cuba
Lola M. Weber
Greensboro
Thomas L. Glenning
Bridgeton
N. J
Norman A. Leese
Denton
M. Duke Smith
Edward
Omar Shively
al Wilson
Long Island
Alford Breeding
Breeding
Barbara Passwaters
Linwood
Wilford Passwaters
Ralph H. Wooters
Norman F. Wooters
Carroll Satterfield
Good Cheer Bible
Denton M. E
Fred J. Wright
Marion H. Downes
Miriam Baughley
Elbert Wright
Glenolden
Clarence Atkinson
Talmage
A. R. Strong
Nancy Jean
Lee Barns
Fairlee
Evelyn Wright
Banks Business College
Clarence Wright
Prudential Insurance
G. B. Wells
Windsor Hotel
Milford
George M. Neighbors
Newark
Del
Wm. J. Richards
Dorothy Miller
South
Frank B. Wade
Port Tobacco
Lida M. Wine
Mattie Moore
Oscar Nichols
Nellie Sullivan
Alice Jane Covey
Preston
Miriam Atkinson
Swarthmore
James Duffey
Baltimore
Mabel Duffey
Sallie Morgan
J. Henry Morgan
Delaware
Francis Atkinson
Philadelphia
Lannace A. Moore
Salisbury
Ridgely weekly news note features clubs and society
The Furman Grove Homemakers Club met at Mrs. Jack DeFord's home near Queen Anne with fifteen members. The meeting included officers appointed for committees, a hair care demonstration, and refreshments. A February covered-dish luncheon is planned at Mrs. C. G. Crouse. Multiple local marriages, visits, and community notices follow, including a December wedding of Miss Mary Amanda Ebling to Henry Saulsbury Fisher, and various social visits, house moves, new births, and upcoming events in Ridgely and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furman’s Grove Homemakers Club
Jack DeFord
Queen Anne
Wildwood
Vernon Baker
J. DeFord
Edna M. Detwiler
Roe Wood
Brown
Wood
Roy Cherry
Charles Barton
Furman's Grove Homemakers Club
John DeFord Jr
Vernon Haker
St. Mary's
Little Brown
Edward Howman
County Homemakers’ Library
Ethel Towers
Sunshine
Rowe Wood
Charles Horton
Cherry
Eugene Brown
Barton
Clifton Crouse
Edna Detwiler
Bessie M. Spafford
Mary Callahan
Miss Spafford
Unity Homemakers Club
Thomas Ellwanger
Clyde Ellwanger
American Corner Social News Recaps Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Raymond Slocum hosted Friday's gathering with several couples and singles visiting including Mr and Mrs C W Towers and son Leon Mrs Olas Smith and children Edward and Eunice and others. Duck dinner January 2 at G L Blades. Ladies Aid meets January 12 hosted by Mrs pean Trice and Mrs Lily Daffin. Ruth Johnson visiting from Bridgeville and Lydia Garman visiting Federalsburg friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Slocum
C. W. Towers
Leon
Raymond Slacum
Olas Smith
Mr. Slacum
Cambridge
Eunice
Carl] Johnson
Ladies Aid
Pean Trice
Lily Daffin
Ruth Johnson
Bridgeville
Carl Johnson
L. R. Towers
Lydia Garman
Federalsburg
Local Guests Share Weekend Visits Across Town
Elizabeth Wilson of Newport Delaware stayed with Mr and Mrs Norman Wilson from Friday through Sunday George McGough of Wilmington visited his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Hammond Curtis Hardee of Endfield North Carolina joined Mr and Mrs Paul Hardee for a week Jonathan Harrington of Baltimore recently visited his parents near town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wilson
Newport
Del
Norman Wilson
George McGough
Wilmington
Charles Hammond
Curtis Hardee
Endfield
N. C
Paul Hardee
Jonathan Harrington
Baltimore
Homemaker Club activities and holiday gatherings noted
The report covers multiple club meetings from January through December, listing attendees, officers, new members, and planned events. It notes demonstrations on hair care, library book purchases, Christmas parties, carols, gift exchanges, and community service such as food donations to the Children’s Home.
Ferdinand Baynard Dies at 66 in Denton
Ferdinand Baynard longtime Denton Bank bookkeeper and former merchant died at home last Monday of heart disease aged 66. Survived by widow Addie Parris two sons Paul and Tomas and daughter Sarah. Funeral Thursday at Denton M E Church with Masonic rites at Denton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Baynard
Denton National Bank
Denton
Philadelphia Commission
Mr. Baynard
Thomas Hardcastle Baynard
Caroline County
Baynard
Temple Lodge
A. M
Edenton Royal Arch
Denton M. E
Addie Parris
Burraville
Paul
Chester
Tomas H
Sarah Baynard
QO. T. Baynard
Methodist Episcopal Church
Blades
E. C. Hallman
M. E. Wheatley
M. S. Andrews
Temple Lodge No. 128
Denton Cemetery
No pressure is comparable to standing upon I Truth
A pithy reflection from Francis Bacon on the weight of truth. The quotation emphasizes that true insight carries immense burden and consequence beyond ordinary pressure. It frames truth as a high, solitary peak demanding moral clarity and steadfast conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Bacon
Hillsboro Community Club hosts health nurse talk on improvised home nursing
Hillsboro community notes report Miss Mattie Smith, county health nurse, giving a talk on improvised equipment for home nursing as the first of a five part series including two first aid demonstrations. The column lists numerous Sunday visits, dinners, and social events among Hillsboro residents including the Fleming and Spry families, and notes club officers and upcoming guild and social activities.
Queen Anne Community Club Elects Year Officers
Queen Anne community notes a January meeting with monthly gatherings the first Tuesday. Officers chosen include President E B Lightner and Vice President D M Lee. Other posts filled by Horace Morgan Marion Covey Calvin Anderson Howard Flowers Bernard Sparks. February refreshment chair Henry Morgan with Geiser and Hopkins on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Lightner
D. M. Lee
Horace Morgan
Tressurer
Marion Covey
Calvin Anderson
Howard Flowers
Bernard Sparks
Lightner
Henry Morgan
T. A. Geiser
Roy Hopkins
Taylor Messix
Dorothy O’conner
Baltimore
Bernard Messix
Frances Taylor
Easton
Messix
Samuel Turbitt
Emma Rolph
Centreville
J. M. York
Richmond
Dorothy Jump
Betty
Sara Eley
Eloise Morgan
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
Addie Morgan
E. H. Gale
Noble and guests host January dinner gathering
Preston Mr and Mrs John W Noble entertained at dinner January 3 with guests Dr and Mrs T J Claggett Dr and Mrs William Noble Mr and Mrs Willard Davis Mr and Mrs William Hopkins Mrs Martin McHale Mr and Mrs C D Forney Easton and Centreville hosts Mrs W C Orrell from Centreville Mr and Mrs Luke Amato and Mrs Preston Osteen from Preston Miss Alva Lee Hollis hosted this week with Robert Tarring from Aberdeen a UVA student Mrs A M Warren Centreville weekend guest for Mr and Mrs Noble Warren recently returned from Europe serving in Consular Service Rt Rev George W Davenport Bishop of Eas ton will preach at Holy Communion next Sunday Burtons Proctor junior recovering from appendicitis in Emergency Hospital Easton Rear Admiral and Mrs G C Carmine spent last week visiting Baltimore and Washington Luke Amato and family spent New Year's Day in Havre de Grace and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Amanda Ebling
John Ebling
Ridgely
Henry Saulsbury Fisher
Red Bank
N. J
Jos. H. Rittenhouse
Church of the Brethren
Teachers’College
Salisbury
University of Maryland
Lalipte
Harry E. Holsinger
J. Richard Reed
Hagerstown
Gertrude Rowland
Anne Rowland
Maugansville
Harry Holsinger
Reed
Women’s Home Missionary Society
James Bishop
Dover
Joseph Neice
Reading
Flory
Bridgewater
Rufus King
Rockville
M. F. King
Clifton Crouse
H. B. Laird
Mary
Edward Stephens
Rehoboth
Adele Stevens
Harry Stedman
Central Avenue
Harvey Holsinger
Downes
Denton
Wilson Jackson
Wilson, Jr
Arlington
Emma Jackson
A. G. Gelletty
Theodore
Grace
Williston
Willard Barr
Bellewood
Pao
Charles Cherry
Allan Temple
Fifer Hospital
Del
Frank Klotz
H. Reed
Lincoln
James Beahm
Elizabethtown College
J. B. Mulliken
Patsy
Baltimore
Sadlersville
Grace Rickards
Wilmington
William Rickards
Hillsboro
Fleming
William Russell
James Price
Harry Price
Matthews, Md
C. B. Reese
George Stewart
Arthur Holt
G. L. Wilson
Francis Beaven
Pocomoke City
H. Lay Beaven
Blanche Spry
Rev. C. Spry
Washington
Ethel Allen
Hillsboro Community Club
Richard Beaven
N. C. Clark
Charles Jarrell
D. Ravell
Wye Mills
Powell Short
Jacquelin
Crumpton
Joseph Short
Ralph Holland
Carolyn
Naomi
Ralph Meredith
Peggy
Charlotte Spry
Blackstone College
R. M. Peacock
Mt. Airy
N. E. Knott
St. Paul’s Guild
T. Avery Story
Little Son
H. R. Covell
Frances
Jay S. Spry
Charlotte
Clayton
A. S. Handy
Mable Trego
Federalsburg
H. M. Thompson
Newell W. Mayers
Charles Spry
Frances Covell
Earle Sparks
Edgar Blades
Mildred Stenger
Harry Kemp
Hazel Dyott
Easton
Horace Duffey
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
Mary Rowe
Harry Wright
Preston
M. E. Church
Frank Fleming
Elwood Fleming
John W. Noble
T. J. Claggett
William Noble
Willard Davis
William Hopkins
Martin McHale
C. D. Forney
W. C. Orrell
Centreville
Luke Amato
Preston Osteen
Alva Lee Hollis
Robert Tarring
Aberdeen
Tarring
University of Virginia
Hollis
Penn Hall
A. M. Warren
Warren
Europe
Adams Cross Roads Social Roundup at Local Homes
Mr and Mrs Herman Fountain and Pennsylvania relatives hosted a turkey dinner. numerous visits noted among Adams, Fountain, Robinson, and Johnson families from Seaford to nearby towns. Guests included Elmer Robinson Jr and members from Earle, Blaine, and Hubbard households, with extended stays and weekend gatherings.
Dinner gatherings and social visits around Hobbs area
Mr and Mrs F N Smith hosted a six o clock dinner last Thursday with Elwood Johnson Virginia Bennett Bott and Carlton Tull among guests. Mrs W G Holbrook hosted Sunday School scholars at her home. Various couples visited, dined together, or attended religious services through the week. Celeste Clark visited her mother and Helen Moore had a tonsil operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. N. Smith
Elwood Johnson
Virginia
Denton
Elizabeth
Emily Abbott
Chincoteague
Carlton Tull
Salisbury
W. G. Holbrook
Esther
Sue
Wm. Cox
O. J. Chaffinch
Christian Endeavor Service
Frances Bennnett
Mesdames
B. B. Allen
Frances Bennett
J. R. Ricards
Celeste Clark
C. V. Clark
Helen Moore
Christmas Turkey Dinner Gatherings in Smithville
Mr and Mrs Horace Robinson hosted a Christmas turkey dinner with Virginia Robinson W R Ross Clarence Howdle Louise Howdle and Russell Andrew among the guests. The Ladies Aid held a turkey dinner last Wednesday with nearly fifty attendees and others visited family and friends over the holidays in Smithville Ridgely and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Robinson
Virginia Robinson
W. R. Ross
Clarence Howdle
Louise
Russell Andrew
Ladies Aid
Boyd Custer
Washington
Blaine Bullock
Agnes Breeding and Sons
Ridgely
Lacy Alford
Newark
Del
J. H. Spence
Floyd Smith
Walter Liden
Will Todd
John Todd
Greensboro and Environs Community Notices
Mrs. Susan Harrington celebrated her 87th birthday near Greensboro with family at the Hobbs home. Obituary notes include the death of Mrs. Attileen Weaver, widow of M. L. Weaver, with funeral at M E Church. Local clubs, theatre management changes, and a string of social visits and gatherings across Greensboro and nearby towns are reported.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Bethlehem Homemakers Club
Harry Blades
Todd
Smithson Club
Twentieth Century Club
Ford Sewell
Howard Holden
Fulton Noble
Marie Perry
Unity Club
Club
Charles Fuller
4-H Club
P.T. A
Samuel Leland Crosthwait
College Park
Tuckahoe
Adams Cross Roads
Herman Fountain
Pennsylvania
Charles Fountain
Taylor
Seaford
Fred Fountain
Reese Adams
Roy Adams
Near Seaford
C. W. Adams
Thurman Fountain
Earle Robinson
J. M. Adams
Earle Adams
Harrison Trice
W. S. Hubbard
Cox
Hobbs
Smithville
Susan Harrington
Thomas Hobbs
James H. Harrington
Eugene Jamison
Holly Oak
Fred S. Harrington
John C. West
Charles Keeneman
Houston
William Malcolm
Marcus Hook
Percy Malcolm
Cornelius West
Emily Studervant
Frederick Harrington
Chicago
Attileen C. Weaver
John Wyatt
M. L. Weaver
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Tilghman Smith
District Women’s Missionary Union
Greensboro Baptist Church
Kathryne Barnes
Maryland Women’s Missionary Union
H. C. Reynolds
Queenstown
Sadie Cohen
Joe Cohen
Charlea Rickards
Rickards
Baptist Women’s Missionary Meeting
B. C. Beckham
Effa Plummer
L. W. Taylor
Nelson Cooper
Eleanor Taylor
Western Maryland College
John Richard
Henderson
Earl Deaner
Russell
James Ward
Near-Town
James Pinder
Roberta Porter
New York
Carlton
Charles Sipple
Anna Blanche
Gon
William Sipple
Sipple
Thomas E. Hudson
William E. Joiner
Florence
Jerry Pine
Charles Wieneka
Charles Jr
Bertha Miller
J. H. Jordan
Anna Wieneke
Denton Road
Edward and
Oscar Jr
Sallie Nichols
Jack Wells
Clayton Austin
Emily
Harold
Alenoden
Joseph Lachmuth
G. Walter Riddleberger
Charles
Everett Walraven Jr
William Scarig
Whitall Laramore
Lester Draper
Harry Jones
Goldsboro
Will Clark
Fletcher
Jane Reed
Luella Stufft
Leon Greeley
Emma
Lenora
T. F. Dobson
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