Local notices and ads from Denton Maryland archive
Local items list rentals, purchases and sales in Denton area with names and addresses. Notices include house for rent on Market street, calves wanted, wedding invitations printed locally, furniture sale prices, coal and wood stoves, a pony for sale, church and club meeting dates, disease reports in Caroline county, a criminal trial in Elkton, demonstrations by University of Maryland experts, and county club officer elections. The piece notes multiple community organizations and events across January and February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
J. L. Everngain
Denton
N. J. Clark
Harrington
R. C. A. Victor Radio and
Electrola
M. K. Newnam
Good Cheer Bible Class
Walter Sparklin
Besutyrest
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
R. HH. Stafford
G. H. Rue
Caroline County
Marydel
Ridgely
Preston
George Davis
Elkton
Elizabeth Lusby
Edgar Lusby
Kennedyville
Davis
Maryland
Euel Lee
Margaret McPheeters
University of Maryland
County Home
Caroline Club
Caroline Council No. 175
Charles Ellwanger
Howard Hopkins
William Price
C. H. Roe
R. B. Beauchamp
W. K. Scotton
J. Carroll
George
F. W. Kirwan
Richard Blackburn
Amos Crouse
Inside Sentinel
Carl Towers
Law Building
Masters’ Association
Caroline
Dorchester Counties
Masonic Hall
Edwin W. Breeding
T. J. Taylor
East New Market
H. M. Hollis
Chevier Davis
Federalsburg
John B. Rostelle
Cambridge
B. F. Johnson
Concord Church House
Andersontown-Hobbs Woman's Community Club
Victor Dean
Caroline County Farm Bureau
William H. Evans
Harryh. Nuttle
E. H. E. Thieroff
S. Walter Iden
Oscar Nichols
B. F. Griffith
H. E. Holsinger
J. B. Kibler
Greensboro
C. J. Kern
Denton Club meeting reports flowers birds and refuge talk
At the Denton Community Club meeting on January 1 stormy weather kept attendance light. The program covered conservation with Miss Virginia Horsey of Greensboro discussing wild flowers and lantern slides. Mrs. Ramsdell described the Bird Sanctuary at Mountain Lake Park Florida and the new Dorchester county bird refuge of 10000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Community Club
H. E. Ramsdell
Virginia Horsey
Greensboro
Ramsdell
Edward W. Bok
Mountain Lake Park
Florida
Dorchester County
E. Lee LeCompte
Horsey
Elinor, Wilson
Jean Kauffman
Hark
J. Kemp
Stevens
John Emerson
Reuben Raleigh
William Wolf
D. W. Davis
Elma Irene Seese
J. Albert Seese
Denton
Arthur Reinhold
Harvey Reinhold
Norman Seese
Church of the Brethren
Atlantic City
State Normal School
Towson
Caroline County
Maryland
Reinhold
Caroline High School
R. C. Tell
Doylestown
University
Social Notes Highlight Local Holiday Visits and Travel
Goldsboro residents mention guests from Philadelphia Washington D C and Baltimore with extended family gatherings. Names include Lane Griffin Shively Gibson Bunting Cartwright and Dennison along with university and city connections in Maryland Delaware North Carolina and Virginia.
Social Roundup and Local Happenings in Maryland
Marydet Stafford entertains at cards with Ken ton guests including Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins and Miss Skrivan. Changes in town as Walls move to a farm and Teat moves into the vacated house. Ladies Aid Society meets to plan a bake sale for January 9. Local residents travel between Dover Petersburg and East Orange for holidays and work. The Maryland Kennel Club plans its nineteenth dog show at the Fifth Regiment Armory Baltimore on February 5 and 6 with proceeds to charity. entries close January 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Stafford
Howard Hutchins
Henrietta Skrivan
Kenton
Helen Heather
T. O. Ford
J. Tyson Heather
Wm. Walls
Wesley Teat
Walls
Ladies Aid Society
Ruth
Arlesta Harman
Petersburg
W. Va
Harty
T. C. Ford
Evelyn
Annie Heather
J. R. Thomas
Salem
N. J
Peggy Gibson
Queen Anne
Evelyn Ford
Mame Smith
Dover
T. E. Heather
G. Wesley Smith
Jesse Thomas
Maryland
Maryland Kennel Club, Inc
Fifth Regiment Armory
Baltimore
Maryland Kennel Club
Park Bank Building
Albert C. Ritchie
Howard W. Jackson
The Journal Office Promotes Elegant Wedding Inscriptions
The Journal urges refined printing and engraving work for weddings and invitations. It promotes neat craftsmanship using the latest latyls type and design, branding The Journal as the headquarters for fine printing.
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Journal
Seventh District News Summary of Local Happenings
Mrs. Lee Mitchell died after her clothing caught fire and she was taken to Eas ton hospital. The service included Rev. Tawes and Rev. Zeigler and was held near Denton. Born Ruth Replogle in 1878, she lived near Martinsburg and married Irvin Lee Mitchell in 1903. Survived by husband, son David, and sister. Community events include New Year’s Eve party and Watch Night service, a library and welfare report by the Community Club, and upcoming plays and church activities in Ridgely and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Mitchell
Easton Hospital
Roy Tawes
Harry Zeigler
Denton Cemetery
Denton Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell Was Ruth Replogle, Born Near Martinsburg, Pa
David M. Replogle
Ridgely
Irvin Lee Mitchell
David
John P. Holsinger
Denton
Mitchell
Progressive Brethren Church
Methodist Sunday School
Vivian Holsinger
Joseph Snowberger
J. P. Swing
Grace Richards
Elizabeth Klotz
Junior Ringgold
James Lynch
Lucile Callahan
Bettie Johnson
Mildred Binebrink
Bernard King
Caroline Ebling
Jesse Zeigler
Mary Brumbaugh
Otis Wharton
Frank Flounders
Orrell Saulsbury
Library Committee
Welfare Committee
Mary Wharton
Reformed Church
Willing Workers’ Sewing Circle
Stella Matthews
L. S. Matthews
Detroit
Mich
Harms School
Arthur Peacock
Charles Starkey
Templeville
Jamaica
N. Y
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Alice Bennington
Frank Seward
Methodist Church
Tawes
Seven Hills
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
G. W. Wardner
Calvin J. Wagner
C. H. Wagner
Near Ridgely
Mary Light
Myerstown
I. E. Mason
C. H. Sylvester
Adam Holsinger
Norman Wilson
Elizabeth
Geo. Leeds
Newport
Del
Thomas McCloud
Dorothy Lundemuth
Philadelphia
Margaret McCloud
Ed. Morris
Clifton
Syracuse
Marvin
Harrrisburg
Swing Brothers
Harold Fountain
Baltimore
William Jarrell
Henderson Emma Gooden Marries Sweeney in Lansdowne
Emma Gooden, daughter of Henderson and Mrs. Ezekiel Gooden, wed Allen F. Sweeney Jr. of Philadelphia on December 24 1931 in Lansdowne Pa. The bride, Salisbury State Normal School graduate 1927, taught in Caroline then Huntingdon Valley. Sweeney, son of Philadelphia residents A Francis Sweeney, works in newspaper field. They will reside in Fox Chase after January 12 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Gooden
Ezekiel Gooden
Allen F. Sweeney Jr
Philadelphia
Lansdowne
Salisbury State Normal School
Caroline
Huntingdon Valley
Sweeney
A. Francis Sweeney
Fox Chase
Walter Redman
jGoldsboro
Wm. iGolf
Starrington
J. B. Todd
Preston
Raymond Todd
Robert Edge
W. E. Stubbs
Norman
Dan MccMullin
Earl Melvin
Near Petersburg
Wm. Gruwell
Florence
Fern Stabler
Baltimore
John Stabler
L. A. Gooden
Carleton
Jacob Melvin
Wilmington
Harry Wolf
Fred Friese
Richard Roden
Bradshaw, Md
Thomas Robb
Joseph Smith
Ridgely
Lilly Scully
Bridgetown
L. M. Jones
Mildred Gooden
T. H. Gough
Ed. Thomas
Della Meredith
Riverside
N. J
John Long
Fairlee
Harmony Christmas Ends With No Local Changes Yet
Harmony reports no notable changes amid the season. A large black snake, five feet long, was seen by Mr. H. C. Todd on his mail route Christmas eve. Local festivities included a successful Christmas entertainment with Old Santa. Multiple local families hosted dinners and visits over the holiday. Several residents recovered from illness, and moves included Wesley Butler relocating to Ray Deen's farm. Visitors included Henry Fleming of Wilmington and Leon Todd of Trenton, N J, and Pearl Willis returned home from the Western Shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony
H. C. Todd
Santa
Philip McConnell
Louise
Dorothy
Lewis Trice
Federalsburg
Carrie Collins
Oscar Fisher
Chestnut Grove
Arthur Rosser
Cora Todd
Linwood Todd
McConnell
Wesley Butler
Easton
Ray Deen
Denton
Charles Willis
W. P. Willis
Leon Todd
Trenton
N. J
Social Roundup From New Year’s Gatherings and Visits
Mr and Mrs L H Thomas hosted a New Year dinner with Neil Edgell Mrs Ann Elizabeth Bell and L Hopkins Thomas among guests. Esther Smith marked her sixth birthday with cake. Marietta Butler and Ethel Murphy visited Butler parents. Elmer P Butler entertained friends for their third anniversary. Betty Gray and Sarah Woodward joined holiday guests. Lillian Mark spent New Year with York, Pa, relatives. Mrs J H Mark attended her father Scotts funeral. Parker Barnes and son visited from Chester Pa. Community House event praised. Helen Towers returned to Washington College. Mrs Josephine Thawley from Centreville visited Tribbitts.
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L. H. Thomas
J. Y. Edgell
Neil
Greenwood
Ann Elizabeth Bell
Chestertown
L. Hopkins Thomas
Washington
Esther Smith
Marietta Butler
Ethel Jane Murphy
West Friendship
Lillian Mark
York
J. H. Mark
Scott Munnel
Pennsylvania
Parker Barnes
Little Son
Chester
Helen Towers
Washington College
Hillsboro-Queen Anne Letter Recaps Students’ Departures
After holidays with parents, local youths head to Duke Johns Hopkins Salisbury State Normal School and other posts. Community Club hosted a grammar school program. play Smile Rodney Smile scheduled January 15 at 8 pm with 35 and 25 cent admission. Social notes cover anniversaries church events and visits by residents to and from Swarthmore North East Centreville and Elizabethtown with names and places throughout.
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Francis Rowe
Duke University
North Carolina
William Cooper
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Mary Virginia Sherwood
State Normal School
Salisbury
Herbert Rice
Coudersport
Emma Nolland
Elizabethtown
Duane
Grammar School
Miriam
Gladys Gale
Rodney
Tri-County High School
Edgar Blades
Virginia Blades
Brown Thawley
William Helfrich
William Sherwood
Swarthmore
William Revelle
Sara
North East
Ralph Holland
Edgar Blanche
Jean
Rosanne Radcliffe
Centreville
Mary Louise Dodds
Glenna Heisey
Carolyn Holland
May Thompson
Ella V. Penningotn
Tri County High School dance queued for Friday
A junior and senior dance will be held Friday January 15 at 8 o clock in the auditorium with admission 25 and 35 cents. Several local residents are visiting relatives and attending events including Mr and Mrs Paul F Alexander Mr Carlton Pardoe Mrs Magdalene Pardoe Mrs Mary Macey Woolford and Miss Juanita Howard. Community members report illness recovery and social visits across Washington Easton Baltimore and Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Alexander
Mary Macey Woolford
Washington, D. C
Magdalene Pardoe
Easton
Carlton Pardoe
Smile
Rodney
Tri-County High School
Thomas Ozman
Dorothy
Baxter
Baltimore
Charlie Roe
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
W. C. Smith
Frederick
Paul Smith
Randolph-Macon Academy
Juanita Howard
Horace Morgan
Earl Howard
Jake Morgan
Ruth Morgan
MacNamee
Baltiimore
John
Herbert Trice
John Trice
Paul McQuay
St. Michaels
Howard Eley
Dorothy Jump
Louise Short
Isabelle Barton
Hazel Eaton
Jack Rice
Thurman Nelson
Morton
Washington
Chester Barto
Pittsburgh
Virginia Morgan
Ruth Reynolds
Erie Reynolds
Greenwood
Public meeting on 18th Amendment repeal in Ridgely
On Monday evening January 18 a public meeting at the Methodist Protestant Church will feature Rev Roy L Tawes of Ridgely speaking on Should the 18th Amendment be Repealed The speaker is noted for his broad view on spiritual welfare and other issues Special music is planned The event is under the auspices of the W C T U.
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Roy L. Tawes
Ridgely
Tawes
The
Preston At the Church of the New Jerusalem
Divine worship will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. Sermon theme The Vision of the Waters from Ezekiel forty seven one. Sunday School at 10 15 a.m. At Williston there will be no church service. Sunday School at 10 80 a.m.
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Preston
Church of the New Jerusalem
Ezekiel
Williston
Williston Hosts Many Guests Over Christmas Holidays
Williston residents entertained relatives during the Christmas holidays. Guests included Mrs. Lord's sister and husband from Springfield Pennsylvania with daughter Rosa, plus Mrs. Irene Keeneman of Cordova and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Weaver of Ridgely. The party also included Mr. Emmett Lord’s return from Spinnerstown Pennsylvania assisting his brother move to a farm and other local visitors from Philadelphia Federalsburg Baltimore Cambridge and Hobbs. The Williston Community Club plans a meeting January 14 hosted by Mrs. W. C. Todd and other social visits are noted.
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Emmett Lord
Williston
Lord
G. A. Deakyne
Chilton
Ladies of
C. G. Hignatt
Cambridge
Social Roundup of Local Visits and Entertainments
Ridgely and Philadelphia visitor Dorothy Mancha stays with cousin Mrs. Harry Hemmons. Mr and Mrs Herbert Jones host sister Elizabeth Jones from Centreville during holidays. Rebecca Willis of near Masons Branch dies. funeral Thursday. Lawrence Wilson hosts New Year gathering. Harold Hudson of Wilmington attends. Lewis Lynch of Baltimore visits father Eugene Lynch at Downes. Marian Hemmons returns to Johnstown where she works as librarian. Anna King of Elizabethtown visits her father M F King. Lora Lynch of Kingston, N Y visits her parents J K Lynch. Wooters host George Wooters of Chester. Rufus King of Winterthur visits locally. Margaret Saulsbury hosts New Year party. William Voss of Philadelphia visits briefly. Carolyn Mancha returns from Washington.
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Dorothy Mancha
Philadelphia
Harry Hemmons
Herbert Jones
Elizabeth Jones
Centreville
Rebecca Willis
Mason’s Branch
Lawrence Wilson
Harold Hudson
Wilmington
Lewis Lynch
Baltimore
Eugene Lynch
Downes
Marian Hemmons
Johnstown
Anna King
Elizabethtown
M. F. King
Lora Lynch
Kingston
N. Y
J. K. Lynch
W. H. Wooters
George Wooters
Chester
Rufus King
Winterthur
Ridgely
Margaret Saulsbury
William Voss
Carolyn Mancha
Washington
Concord Ladies Aid Meeting at Church House
Concord Ladies Aid met at the Church House on Wednesday January 6 with 45 attendees including visitors Mrs Josephine Wooters Mrs Gregg Federalsburg Mr and Mrs Raymond Wright Philadelphia Mrs Mollie Brown and daughter Bridgeville Miss Ruth Maloney Williston and Mrs Claude Wheatley Andersontown Social hour featured readings recitations games and singing Hosts were Mrs Mollie Everngain and Mrs Grace Satterfield After adjournment plans for February Capsule Sisters annual meeting and Evangelistic meetings beginning Sunday January 10 with the pastor assisted by neighboring pastors each evening Rev E C Hallman Monday night Rev W L McClint Tuesday Rev C W Clark Wednesday Rev A G Thomas Thursday and Rev J G Lynn Friday All welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Ladies Aid
Church House
Josephine Wooters
Gregg
Federalsburg
Raymond Wright
Philadelphia
Mollie Brown
Bridgeviile
Ruth Maloney
Williston
Claude Wheatley
Andersontown
Mollie Everngain
Grace Satterfield
Capsule Sisters
Concord
E. C. Hallman
W. L. McClin
C. W. Clark
A. G. Thomas
J. G. Lynn
Community Christmas Tree Gift Sparks Harrington Cheer
Citizens praised a large Christmas tree presented by Mr and Mrs R Wesley Ross. Turkey dinners were provided by families of Lewis Slaughter R Wesley Ross and Jack Evans. Mrs R Wesley Ross visited near Odessa Milford and Dentson. Ruth Peck Brown repainted residence and outbuildings. A Christmas entertainment occurred at Wesley M E Church. Clarence Collison enlarging his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrington
R. Wesley Ross
Lewis Slaughter
Wesley Ross
Jack Evans
Odessa
Milford
Denton
Ruth Peck Brown
Wesley M. E. Church
Clarence Collison
Adams Cross Roads Woodnhawk Club Announces First Meeting
The Woodenhawk baseball club announces its first meeting to be held January 14 at the Woodenhawk school house at 6 30 p m rain or shine. Mr Herman Fountain spent Christmas week with relatives in Philadelphia and Collingsdale Pa, with much entertaining by local young ladies.
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Woodenhawk
Woodenhawks
Rain Or
Herman Fountain
Philadelphia
Collingsdale
Community Club Meeting Held At Mrs Anna Cheezums Home
Choptank The Twentieth Century Community Club and visitors enjoyed the December 28 gathering at Mrs Anna Cheezums home. Rainy day bag proceeds were satisfactory. The next meeting is scheduled for December 13 at Mrs Florence Deans home with all members urged to attend.
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Anna Cheezum
Florence Dean
Greene County Notes and Obituaries Roundup
Mrs Martha Dill of Marcus Hook Pa dies of tuberculosis at 74 after fourteen weeks at home. Longtime Greens boro resident, survived by daughter Gertie and son Edgar of Wilmington and eleven grandchildren. Funeral at home then Greensboro cemetery. Stanley K Curry, 26, dies at State Sanatorium after ten months as patient. funeral at St Pauls Church with interment in Greensboro cemetery. Multiple brief society notices, visits, and family names from Greensboro area including Ed wards, Edwards, Weaver, Shields, and Warrington, with local engagements and moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Dill
Samuel C. Dill
Marcus Hook
Harry Clark
Trainer
M. E. Church
Greensboro
Stanley Kenneth Curry
James E. Curry
State Sanatorium
Paul
Allen
Wilmington
James
Philadelphia
Margaret Cohee
Jeanette Curry
A B. Frye
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Conrad Travers
James Butler
Comegys van Sant
Nolan Hubbard
Sam Wright
W. Hughlett Naylor
Joseph Edwards
Norman Edwards
Bobbie
Willoughby Edwards
Thomas Hughes Land
Mervin
Grace Woot
Grace Stufft
Harlan Edwards
Eva Dennis
Masters Robert
Luther Weaver
Zeth Weaver
Otto Schalk
W. W.sipple & Son
Milford
Charles W. Wieneke
Oscar Nichols
Jack Wells
Chester
Lacey Wilson
Nicholas Ash
John B. Nichols
Sarah Tinley
Charles Nichols
Town
Nolan Edwards
John Murphy
Thomas Hughes
Linwood Andrew
Mary A. Mitchell
H. B. Thomas
Anna Blackburn
Alfred Blackburn
J. E. Weaver
Frye
William Wroten
Clayton
M. B. Cooper
J. C. Ledbetter
A. E. Shields Sr
Albert Shields
Albert
George Horsey
Charles Ross
Jules
Mary Ross
Near
Felton
Annie Edwards
Strode Beckham
Washington
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the Local Department
Farm Bureau
Bureau
Harry Holsinger
Robert Downes
New York
Josephine Downes
Downes and Son
Hoboken
South America
J. H. Carroll
Flynn
MacDougall
Edward
Wilbur A. Clark
Cape May
C. H
Emily Taylor
John C. Rutter
T. Floyd Jackson
Calvert C. Merriken
S. N. Smith
Morgantown
West Virginia
R. €. Smith
Christ Church
Elizabeth E. Pippin
Derby
Charles P. Jump
Sara Murphy
Alice ‘Blough
Elizabeth Vickery
W. E. Bullock
I Salle A. Morgan
Emily Bullock
Howards
Hopkins
John L. George
J. Carroll George
Goldsboro
J. F. Lane
Rebeccna
Edith
Frank Jr
Ogle and Son
Harry Saunders
Elbert Saunders
Rosa Russell
Etta Mae
Marguerite Grifin
Jennie Griffin
Omar Shively
Harry Gibson
Delmar
J. W. Gibson
Luther Bennett
Frostburg
Jenkins
Paul Thomas
Howard Thomas
W. J. Murphy
E. S. Martin
Wilson
J. J. Bunting
Jack
Crisfield
J. C. Kinnaman
Ralph Ober
Assembly Hall
John Crawford
Edith Cartwright
Virgie Cartwright
R. E. Jones
Tilden Hughes
Hollandsville
Doris Cahall
John Sylvester
Will Melvin
Charles Welsh
Alfred Dennison
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
H. M. Waters
Edward Clark
Minnie Dennison
Rhgely
Henderson
Josephine Thawley
Sherman L. Tribbitt
Hillsboro
Tuckahoe
Vernon
Adams Cross Roads
Hilda Weaver
J. E. Weavler
Arlie Dingledine
Ohio
Mary Katherine Porter
Buena Vista
Susan Karcher
Medford Price
Elsie Ward
Stephanie Ford
Attie Weaver
Zack Voshell
Edwards
Charles Beaumont
Charles Adams
Newark
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