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Two Die in Rural Crash North of Henderson in 1939
Twenty five years ago on a Sunday night near Henderson Charles Thorpe 63 was killed after his car ditching on State highway left him on the road with his grandson Edward 2. Elwood Wayman a Philadelphia Negro was driving the other car and faced a coroner verdict of voluntary careless killing. Edward was slightly injured and the Thorpe family also included Mrs Elizabeth Thorpe and others in the vehicle. Funeral details and local notices follow including church obituaries and marriages in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thorpe
Henderson
Elwood Wayman
Philadelphia
Edward Thorpe
Thorpe
Elizabeth Thorpe
Earl Thorpe
Dorothy
Edward
Bobby
William Klecan
Goldsboro
William Thorpe
Willow Grove
Del
J. Spencer Lapham
Wayman
Bethel Holiness Church
Mary P. Garrett
Templeville
Temple Lodge No. 128
A. F
A. M
G. Linden Duffey
T. Wilson Cahall
Benjamin C. Willis
E. W. Nuttle
B. F. Johnson
Florrie E. Sapp
Emil H. Sapp
Harrington
Berry Funeral Wicme
Felton
Mount Holly Cemetery
Sapp
Robert H
Alexine Dill
Burrsville
M. E. Church
Robert William Sapp
Ira A. Dill
Drexel Hill
Queen Anne funeral notes and local society items
Miss Morgan of Queen Anne is mourned at a large funeral held at the M E Church South with Rev J M York officiating. Survivors include her parents a sister and two brothers. Marriages and community notices include Josephine Quidas wedding to Harvey Singe and Army retirements, visits, and WSCS program details from St Pauls Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Morgan
Lee Richcreek
Baltimore
Marion S. Oliphant
Salisbury
Geo. B. Stewart
Harry Kemp
Hillsboro
Charles Barton
Emmett Barton
Heoward Eley
Queen Anne
Showard Culver
Hebron
Henry E
Horace M. Morgan
Fred Quidas
Miss Josephine
Harvey Iingle
Richard
Community Holiday Gatherings Reported Across Delmarva
Families from Long Island Delaware and Virginia spent Christmas and New Year with relatives in Marydel and nearby towns. Guests included Whitmarsh Heath Rose Phillips and Harman families with multiple dinners visits and travel from Dover Felton Seaford Milford and Medford. Several people listed as sick or recovering include chickenpox cases and a virus. Sympathy sent to the Fortney family after a sudden death.
Preston Church Group Plans Annual Meeting in Preston
The Caroline Dorchester Past Masters Association schedules its annual meeting in Preston for Friday January 10 with a dinner at Bethesda Methodist Church Fellowship Hall at 6 p m served by WSCS members. Officers include James N Trice President Allen L Smith 1st Vice President and Wm L Merrick Jr 2nd Vice President. A first session of four discussions on Our Missions Today was held January 5 in the church hall. Other items note residents returning to colleges after holidays and a birth announcement for Katherine Jane Lord on December 31 at Easton Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline-Dorchester
Past Masters Association
Preston
Bethesda
W. J. Bonner
Fellowship Hall
Bethesda Methodist Church
Carlton Walston
Jack Plummer
University of Maryland
Patsy van deVisser
Hood College
Frederick
Larry Phillips
University of South Carolina
Richard Hall
Denton
Harold Lord
Clarence Phillips
Harold Plummer
Preston Community Club
Denton Women’s Club
Frank Patchett
Joseph Gallagher
Lee Noble
Lloyd Cannon
Community Notes from Goldsboro and Nearby
Local social column lists several holiday visits and travel. GOLDSBORO T Edward Schaube heads to Fort Gordon for duty. Mrs Hildy Seamans returns to Wilmington after visiting friends. Wayne Connor of Seaford visits grandfather John Milby. Elsie Richard and Martha Smith spend holidays at home before returning to Indian Head Maryland where Miss Smith teaches. Addie Clough visits Mrs Laura Meeks in Greensboro. Wilson Smith guests include families from Wilmington Salisbury Greensborough Felton and Denton. John Gavoille and daughter Lynnette host with John Sylvester. New Year’s Day dinner hosts include Horace and Shively Spiering family, William Shively and Wil liam Shively, and others. Ward Meloney, Pearl McAllister, Charlotte McAllister, and Donald Pearson host visits. Travers Shively and son Travers Jr. visit Mae Shively in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lyons
Patti
Wilmington
R. B. Rawlings
Clayton Wyatt
Gary
Ricky
Gregg Wyatt
Jack Adams
Robert Edge
Frederica
Del
Levin W. Taylor, Sr
Horace Gambrill
Ralph Dean
Marion
Lyda Thorpe
Ruth Ann Holden
Harrington
Robert Dean
Kenneth Dennis
Marion Dean
Greensboro
Louis Goodley
Newport
Robert Carter
Carlton Carter
Blair Jackson
Richard
Edward
Frances
Bradford Cooper
Albert Boulais
Jackie
Diane
Swarthmore
William Houston
Marie
Philadelphia
William Anderson
Lester, Pa
Louis Donseely
Cooperstown
John Ix. Boulais
Boulais-Epperly
Stevensville Methodist
Louis Walls
Cahall
Easton Hospital
Harry Boys
Louis Taylor
Spencer Failing
Felton
Samuel Carrow
John Cahall
Byard Cahall
Anna Sipple
Clarence Sipple
Rockville
Wm. Sipple
Kenneth Bostic
Chester
Lawrence Sipple
Howard Klinger
Frank
Jennison
Washington, D. C
Charles Toth
Salisbury State College
Robert Toth
Marie Paranello
Vineland
N. J
W. I. White
St. Meade
Col. White
EE. J. Vandegrift
Mr. Vandegrift
Wayne Connor
Seaford
John Milby
Elsie Richard
Martha Smith
Indian Head
Miss Smith
Addie Clough
Laura Meeks
Wilson Smith
Percy Meredith
Mattie Meredith
William Baughley
J. C. Kinnamon
Salisbury
Lemuel Kinnamon
William Baker
Fletcher Smith
Town
Ben Cohee
John Gavoille
Lynnette
John Sylvester
Donald Shively
Horace Shively
David Spiering
Goldsboro
William Shively
Wheaton
Ward Meloney
Denton
Pearl McAllister
Charlotte McAllister
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Caroline County
Asghefatian
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Benjamin F. Johnson, Sr
M. Lee Wyatt
Nellie Hanby
S. G. Hanby
Lincoln City
Chester-Bethel Church
Hanby
Brandywine Hundred
Pierce
Delmarva Peninsula
Concord M. E. Church
Hanley
Alma Martine
Samuel E. Cloud
Joseph Roche
Miriam
Martin Williams
William Martin Williams
Bridgetown
James P. Sampson
Edythe Elizabeth
Wilmer C. Collins
Federalsburg
Washington Memorial Chapel
Valley Forge
Huey Ave
Lorin Spence Pritchett
Norwood
W. Henry Cheadle
Mr. Meredith
Addie D. Morgan
Merrell Spence
Walter Cooper
Wyoming
Mrs. Cliford Shulties
Stanley Morris
Joan Smith
Betsy Blades
Dorothy Duggan
Sadlersville
Kay Morris
Carl Coulbourn
Edgar Thawley
Trainer
Ralph Moore
Robert Morris
Edward Morris
Ingleside
Islmer Morris
William Morris
Church Hill
Grayson Chance
Centreville
Laura Shively
Howard Babb
Dover
White
Wellsboro
Susan Setteners
Brooklyn
N. Y
James Hubbard
Fether Dulin
Easton
Luther Bennett
Linwood Bennett
Green Ridge
D. B. Gallagher
WSCS
St. Paul’s Church
Wheatley Hall
Dorcas Circle
Marydel
H. R. Butts
Stuart Whitmarsh
Long Island
Thomas Heather
Norval Rose, Jr
Samuel Feyl
William Heath
Alexandria
Charles Heath
John
Middleford
A. Lee Harman
Grafton Heather
Harty
Jesse Warman
David
H. K. Shults
W. H. Paxson
Sharon Brooks
John Shults
Edward Bower
Kent General Hospital
Gower
Son
Bower
Ray Antal
Gerard Harman
Jeff Tuxward
Lewis Cochran
Nitra
W. Va
Harry H. Heather
Lindy
Virginia Jones
George Luff
South
Kathy Plumley
Camp Pecometh
Mest
May Shewbrooks
Ervin
Wynette
Sandra Ware
Jackie Jones
Milford
Leslie
Jason
Vernon Kerr
Almina Farrow
Lyn Brown
Archie Poore
Smyrna
Margaret Smith
Herbert Butts
Robert Brown
Eli Platt
Medford
Thomas Clark
G. W. Fortney
James O. Plumley
James Gamble
Reynolds Meyers
Tennessee
Irene Concillio
Camden
Elizabeth Brown
Ralph Wood
Francis Pierce
Irene Pierce
Community Club of
Cheon
Edgar Anderson
Bridgeville
Mrs
Fletcher Sisk
Palm Beach
Florida
Sunset Blvd
Samuel Lord
Katherine Jane
Roland Cartwright
Phone HU
T. Edward Schaube
Alverta Schaube
Fort Gordon, Ga
Hildy Seamans
Minnie Slaughter
Helen Bennett
Floyd Jackson
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Denton Nation
Ent Bank
Delmarva
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Denton National Bend
Denton, Maryland
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