Local Notices, Sales and Bank Meeting Highlights
Heated apartments for rent and furnished options offered by Mrs T F Johnson and Mrs J Frank Wright of Denton. Descriptions include seed for sale and local bake sales plus a firemen supper theater event in Denton. Public notices cover Liston Range Rear Light Station sale details, Delmarva and Maryland press association meeting in Annapolis, and a $500000 bridge collapse at St Georges. Bank stockholders meetings in Denton feature directors elected and new officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Johnson
Denton
J. Frank Wright
T. H. Everngamn
M. P
Adolph Menjon
Jack Oakie
Jack Haley
Tony Martin
Armory
Liston Range
Delaware
Space Control
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Delmarva Press Association
William B. Asilton 3d
Chestertown
Maryland Press Association
Carvel Hall
Annapolis
Millard E. Tydings
Herbert R. O.conor
David S. Jenkins
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
St. Georges
Robert Quinn
William F. Oakes
Norman Sparks
Peoples Bank of
William Croll
H. Clay Hobbs
Harry H. Nuttle
H. Earle Smith
Jenton
Roger R. Ringgold
Ridgey
George J. Kibler
Greensboro
Joseph H. Short
Hillsboro
H. ‘Jay Hobbs
Harry H. Tuttle
H. Earlemith
E. Theodore Orme
W. H. Nuttle
G. Lawrence Wilson
Frances F. Johnson
Maud G. Sleek
J. DeWeese Carter
Frank L. R. Nuttle
Frederickb. Nuttle
Denton National
J. Roland Chaffinch
Harry S. Danley
Robert Fleetwood
Jol
R. Ricards
Charles K. Noble
Hilda C. Fowler
Naom Holland
France
Lee Cooper
M. Wesley E. Thawley
Social notes mark services and weddings in Denton area
The Community Club mourns Prof. R B Criswell and reshuffles program to include more music. Mrs Hearn and Mrs Stallings performed piano duets, Mrs Reynolds sang, with Mrs Cooper at the piano. Christmas baskets and sun shine baskets aided locals. handkerchiefs were sent to tubercular patients. Madaline Cheezum and W Reese Brown wed in Denton with a wine velvet gown. Families and friends gathered for dinners and visits across Denton, Ridge ly, Easton, Wilmington, and Philadelphia. Several social visits and illnesses are noted, with dinners, appendectomy for Catherine Stevens, and regular Junior Mother's Club plans.
Ladies Aid hosts meeting at Mrs Sullivan home
The Ladies Aid met at Mrs Grace Sullivan's home with Mrs Lulu Beauchamp assisting. Fifteen members and seven visitors attended. Two new members joined, Maggie Brown and Helen Lewis. After business, readings were enjoyed and the group planned to meet with Mrs Lola Lewis in Federalsburg in February. Delicous doughnuts and punch were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Sullivan
Lulu Beauchamp
Maggie Brown
Helen Lewis
Lola Lewis
Federalsburg
Henry Garman
Ivan Garman
Charlie
Olaf Smith
Edward
Eunice
Nora
Raymond Slacum
Anna Mae
Pauline Patchett
Eldorado
Slocum
Cecelia Dukes
Leon Meredith
Mary Jane
Carl] Johnson
In Memoriam for Andrew Slaughter
In memory of my dear husband Andrew Slaughter who died one year ago on January 14 1938. The face I loved is laid low his loving voice is still the hand I held lies in death’s cold chill. I sit and think of him when alone for memory is the only thing grief can call its own. His loving Wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Slaughter
Help Give a Child a Hot Lunch in Denton
Denton P T A leads effort to feed schoolchildren with noon meals as a long standing program. They seek community donations of supplies and cash to provide nourishing soup and food, arguing hot lunches have become essential to student health and achievement.
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America
Denton
P.T. A
Week of Prayer Services Across Denton Area
Sunday January 15 church notices list events at Denton M E Church Denton M P Church Church of the Brethren and local parishes Prayer speakers include O G Christgau Ante Saloon League and Cantor music by Bridgeville Methodist choir Professor Wendell Johnson directs music Families attend Epworth League and Sunday School times given Mass schedule for St Elizabeths Denton and St Benedicts Ridgely with confessions Sunday devotions at St Benedicts lower town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Bridgeville
Christian Endeavor
Church of the Brethren
Res
W E. Tombaugh
Rodney
Mich
PLD
Christian Workers
Women’s Missionary Society
Harry Ritchie
Church of the New Jerusalem
Preston
Williston
Denton and
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth's Church
St. Benedict’s Church
St. Benedict's Church
Drowsy Driving Warned By Keystone Club
The Keystone Automobile Club cites the Interstate Commerce Commission to distinguish fatigue from drowsiness and urges rest breaks during long drives. Monotony, engine hum, and sunlight can induce drowsiness, while brief rests help drivers regain alertness, enhancing road safety for truck, bus, and passenger car operators.
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Keytone Automobile Club
Interstate Commerce Commission
IC. C
Keystone
Production Credit to Meet in Denton January 20
The fifth annual meeting of the Denton Production Credit Association will be held at the Dentonia Theatre at 1 20 p m on January 20. The body serves about 500 farmers across Caroline Dorchester Talbot Queen Annes and Kent counties with roughly 913000 in loans in the past five years. Victor Dean of Federalsburg serves as secretary treasurer and office is in Denton. The association operates as a short term lending financial institution in the region and was incorporated under the Farm Credit Administration Act of 193%.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Production Credit Association
Dentonia Theatre
Caroline
Dorchester
Talbot
Queen Anne's
Kent
Victor Dean
Federalsburg
Denton
Farm Credit Administration Act
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Prominent Local Notices
The Methodist Ladies Aid met at the parsonage with about twenty members and new president Mrs Charles Dean presiding. Guests included Mrs Paul Holsinger from Greensburg and many area residents. The group planned a January 19 covered dish luncheon, with members to bring a dish and a quarter, and non-members welcome with a dish and a quarter. A long list of local visits, births, funerals, and community events followed, including church lectures, moving pictures, and recreational group activities. Numerous residents from Ridgely and nearby towns were mentioned in social calls, hospitalizations, and travel for public events and family milestones.
Andersontown-Hobbs Woame Makers Club Party at Church House
The Andersontown Hobbs Woame Makers Club held its annual party at Church House Concord on Monday afternoon. Members attempted to obey a playful request, staged stunts caused laughter, gifts were drawn, and Mrs L H Thomas won a pretty Chinese kerchief amid a well laden table and festive mood. The Bethlehem Homemakers Club met January 10 at Mrs James B Todd’s home with new president Mrs Guy Hinling presiding. After opening exercises and readings, the layette project was completed, two dollars funded song books, and refreshments followed as plans were made for February visits.
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Andersontown-Hobbs = Woamemakers Club
Church House
Concord
Tey
New Orleans
H. T. Nuttle
Annie Seeders
Indies
L. H. Thomas
Bethlehem Homemakers Club
James B. Todd
Guy Hinling
Bethlehem
Thomas
Thompson
Teckahoe 1-H Farm Products Show at Hillsboro Elementary
About fifty pupils, parents and teachers attended a joint 1-H Club meeting at Hillsboro Elementary School on Tuesday evening January sid. The program featured recitations, dialogues and playlets by the Evans Junior 4-H Club directed by Miss Dorothy Jones and a farm and home products exhibit by both boys and girls. Exhibiting boys included Robert DeFord, Leo Wood, M. M. Skipper Jr, Jans Whitby, Billy Blades, James Blades, Neavitt Rice, Eugene Skinner, Mary Lou Cade, Shirley Reed, Ruth Rice, Manfred Stenger, Charlanne Eaton and Ann Watts. Boys showed forty four exhibits such as field corn, popcorn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, eggs, wheat, soy, beans, pumpkins, peanuts, buckwheat, walnuts, coverseed, turnips, onions, sunflowers and apples. Girls entered twelve exhibits including canned peaches and beets, asparagus, home baked cakes and artistic items like burnished wood and hand painted plates. M. M. Skipper Jr received sweepstakes awards for most blue ribbons in crop exhibits and for highest scoring egg exhibit. Farm items were judged by Kenneth Ramsbury, Denton High School Vocational Agriculture Instructor. girls’ exhibits by Mrs. M. M. Shipper Sr. and Charles Fuller, Assistant County Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro el Mentary
P-T.ag
Jans Whitby
Billy Blades
James Blades
Neavitt Rice
Eugene Skinner
Mary Lou Cade
Shirley Reed
Ruth Rice
Manffred Stenger
Charlanne Eaton
Ann Watts
M. M. Skipper, Jr
Ere
Kenneth Ramsbury
Denton Iigh School
M. M. Shipper
Charles Fuller
Henderson Dinner Hosts Honor Mrs Medford Birthday
Henderson residents gathered for a Sunday dinner honoring Mrs. Medford on her sixty sixth birthday. Numerous relatives and friends from Wilmington, Sandtown, Marshallton, Newark, Goldsboro, Trenton, and beyond joined the hospitality at the Medford and Sanders homes, with many guests from neighboring towns.
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Calendar of Visits and Hosts
Mrs. Monroe Crouse of Denton entertained her mother Mrs Legg and several guests including Mrs May Dean of Queen Anne Mr and Mrs Albert Cahall and daughter May of Hillsboro and Mr and Mrs Haris Smith of Willow Grove. Visitors Mr Wallace Clark and Mr and Mrs William Clark and two children from Easton called on Edgar Blades Sunday afternoon. Bernard Allen and friend of Baltimore and Ross Allen of Wise Mills were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Fleming. Mrs H Lay Beaven hosted Guild of the Episcopal Church Friday afternoon. Mrs William Helfrich and Ruth visited Edgar Blades last Tuesday. Mrs W Strickland is on the sick list. Master Robert DeFord spent Sunday with Master John Howard of Denton. Community Choir meets Monday evening January 16. Miss Louise Gray of Denton has been visiting Mrs Mary Rowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Crouse
Denton
Legg
May Dean
Queen Anne
Albert Cahall
iMay
Hillsboro
Haris Smith
Willow Grove
Wallace Clark
William Clark
Easton
Mars
Edgar Blades
Bernard Allen
Baltimore
Ross Allen
Wse Mills
Shis
Pranas Fleming
H. Lay Beaven
Guild of the Episcopal Church
William Helfrich
Ruth
Trappe
W. Strickland
Robert DeFord
John Howard
Chuir
Louise Gray
Mary Rowe
Lions of
Greensboro
King Lion Duffey
Froi Brumbaugh
Railroad Co
Goldsboro Crossing
Henderson School
Hurlock
Riverside Hotel
Amber Sikes
Nolan Edwards
John Murphy
George
Alan Dragoo
Ridgely
Nelson Forney
Clinton Edwards
Kellar Edwards
Horace Howard
W. Thomas Thornton
A. Eb.shields
Fred Monroe
Wallace Thornton
Elsie Mae Luff
Elaine Edwards
Raymond Dultry
Sikes
Greensboro Baptist Church
Paul Burke
Burke
Marion
Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
South Carolina
Floyd Travers
Camden
N. J
Conrad Travers
Milford
Orville Travers
Charles Travers
Henry Weaver
Isons
Whiteleysburg
Ralph Sharp
W. W. Weaver
Town
Oscar Nichols
Sallie Nichols
George Cherry
George Redman
Chestertown
Arthur Davis
Near Town
Henry Cohee
J. C. Longfellow
Bertha Longfellow
Frank Longfellow
Davis
William Wroten
Clayton
Frank Hartnett
Margaret Raughley
Dover
M. B. Cooper
Clara Seward
Henry Shulties
Henderson
Carl Nichols
Shulties
Clifton Cohee
William Dill
Earl Dill
Melvin Monroe
J. Harvey Coursey Sr
Harry Maley
Alvin Edwards
Oscar Bernard
Kent General Hospital
Mary Katherine Porter
Sherman Howard
Betty
Marcus Hook
Charles Nichols
Earl Nichols
Linwood
St Pauls and Shipsborne Societies Postpone Meetings
Queen Anne area reports St Pauls Ladies Aid and Woman's Missionary Societies postponed their gatherings after the prior day’s funeral of Miss Addie Morgan at St Pauls Church. Shipsborne Ladies Aid also shifted its meeting to Friday to honor the services, as Morgan was widely mourned. Nearby, a tram car collision killed Newton Smith of Hillsboro, with funeral plans noted. Mr Smith survived by his widow, formerly Helen Fleming. A wedding shower for Mr and Mrs Harry Robinson occurred near Ruthsburg, with gifts from friends. Local illnesses include flu and colds, with several residents reported sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Paul’s Ladies’ Aid and Woman’s Missionry Societies
Addie Morgan
St. Paul's Church
Shipsborne Ladies’ Aid Society
Miss Morgan
Newton Smith
Hillsboro
Fudas Evenmpe
Harry Clark
Ha Guippe
Ida Dyer
Raymond Whitby Jr
Local Social Notes From Goldsboro and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Luther Bennett and son Luther Jr with Greens boro friends, Linwood Pa relatives, visit Linwood Bennett. Den vile visitors G H T Mastings and Ernest Adams with Murphy family. Lewis Jones and son Lewis Cariow visit Philadelphia mother Kate Jones. Mrs Harry Gruwell visiting sister-in-law Sadie Shockley. Smith Shockley welcome with birth at Fifer s Hospital. Sewing Circle entertained by Leroy Cartwright and A D Quillen party. Cartwrights host Chestertown guests. Wilson Smith and Scott Clough hosts. Mollie Shockley returns from Wilmington visit. Mrs Arthur Mortis from Cent sle visits. Mrs Harry Jones calls on Wall Sipple family. Yoder and daughter return from Fifer s.
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Luther Bennett
Luther Jr
Nelson Wyatt
Greensboro
Linwood Bennett
Linwood
G. H. T Mastings
Ernest Adams
Denvile
No J
W. J. Murphy
Lewis Jones
Lewis Cariow
Philadelphia
Kate Jones
Harry Gruwell
Harrington
Sadie Shockley
Smith Shockley
Fifer’s Hospital
Leroy Cartwight
A. D. Quillen
Wm. Quillen
Bridgeville
Leland Price
Chestertown
Leroy Cartwright
Wilson Smith
Scott Clough
Church Hill
Mollie Shockley
McDonnell
Wilmington
Arthur Mortis
Centesle
Harry Jones
Wall. Sipple
Yoder
Fifer's Hospital
Bur rs ville Wedding and Local News
Miss Evelyn Collison and Ralph Dukes wed on Friday January 6 near Greens bor o. The bride, a Caroline High School graduate, will live on a Greensboro area farm. Also noted is the last quarterly conference of Bunsville M E charge and several Sunday visitations and local moves across Wilmington Chester and Dover areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Collison
Hatly Collison
Ralph Dukes
Greensboro
W. L. Jump
Denton
Caroline High School
Wilmington
Bunsville
M. E
Wesley Church
FE. C. Hallman
Bill Joyce
George Culver
Martha and
Dorothy Lloyd
H. A. Porter
Harvey Griffith
Chester
Walter Myers
Millington
A. T. Garrett
Edwin Baker
Datushter
Carroll Willams
Chestertown
Pauline Hopkins
Recorder of Deeds Office
Dover
Del
Frank Price
J. W. Price
Mollie Cahall
Wyoming
1938 Motor Vehicle Fatalities in Baltimore Area Decline
A Baltimore City and County report shows 517 deaths from motor vehicles in 1938, down from 590 in 1907 and a 20.3 percent decrease. Pedestrians accounted for 52 percent of deaths, with 106 city accidents causing 107 deaths and 287 county accidents causing 310 deaths. Most fatalities involved passenger cars driven by white males aged 20 to 29, on weekend evenings, on dry concrete roads, often from right angle crashes and excessive speed.
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Baltimore City
Baltimore
Prince Georges County
Charles
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Adams Cross Roads Sailors of Community Gatherings and Notices
Mrs John Adams and others attended capsule sister dinner and Christmas party at Mrs Raymond Towers home in American Corner. Homemakers Club plans a covered dish luncheon inviting husbands to cut wood and share noonday meal. Attendees at John Nichols funeral in Bethel included Mrs John Adams grand daughter Virginia Lee Robinson and others. Doris Beauchamp stayed with family while visiting from Baltimore to Washington. Local families hosted and visited including Col lins Trice and Lord. Sunday School meets at Bloomery at 10 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
Glenna Bullock
Fred Fountain
Earl Adams
Grace Hoisey
Virginia Lee Robinson
Raymond Towers
American Corner
Smithville Homemakers Club
Ira Adams
John Nichols
Bethel
Doris Beauchamp
Baltimore
Washington
Earl Collins
Harrison Trice
Ralph Lord
Roland Melson
Conn Harmon
Ralph
Lin Taylor
Rev
L. R. Dennis
C. W. Adams
Bloomery
Local social notes from Hobbs and area
Mr and Mrs H C Towers near Williston hosted guests including Mr and Mrs B B Allen and Mrs C J Chaffinch. Liden Homemakers Club held a luncheon with Mrs Wm Murphy attending. Andersontown Hobbs Homemakers Club to meet at Concord church. Mrs India Todd and Miss Mary Hubbard were guests of Mrs W E Hubbard. Regular visits reported among area families with T H Towers improving after a month of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Towers
Williston
B. B. Allen
C. J. Chaffinch
Wm. Murphy
Liden Homemakers Club
Andersontown-Hobbs Homemakers Club
Church House
Concord
India Todd
Mary Hubbard
W. E. Hubbard
B. B Allen
O. J. Chaffinch
J. H. Edgell
LH. Thomas
Christian Endeavor Service
Kenneth Ramsburg
Louis Butler
BB. Allen
Washington
T. H. Towers
Thought Is Valuable When It Is Generative
A compact aphorism on the value of ideas, arguing that thought gains substance and power through productive creation and practical outcomes. The phrasing elevates creative thinking as essential to progress and impact.
Greensboro Lions meet as King Lion absent due to illness
The Greensboro Lions held their regular meeting with Brumbaugh chairing in King Lion Duffey’s absence. Reports included signaling at the Goldsboro crossing, care for a Henderson schoolchild, and plans for the next zone meeting at Hurlock. An Amber Sikes birthday surprise, numerous local visits, and church and community notices filled the evening.
Dust Be Gone with Ink The Ink Keeps Merchandising Pristine
To keep dust off your merchandise apply printers ink then it will not sit on shelves long enough to gather dust and spoil the display.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
R. B. Criswell
University of Maryland
Carlton Hearn
John Stallings
Laurel
Ruth Reynolds
Gail Cooper
Welfare Committee
Madaline K. Cheezum
W. Philip Cheezum
W. Reese Brown
S. P. Brown
Hickman
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church
Milton S. Andrews
A. F. Zimmerman
Sea
Robert Collins
J. W. Makens
Harold Collins
Edward Rash
Till Rash
John Carroll
John Allfather
Frank and
Edward Mitchell
John Segar
Victor Pepper
Helen Segar
West Whitehand
Poole
Moore
Dawson Segar
George B. Shawn
Hartford
William J. Shawn
Malinda
Idamae Altfather
J W. Makens
Harold Altfather
Edward C. Wright
Floyd Smith
Philip Heaven
William Gonce
Albert Graham
North East
E. D. C. Hegeman
Mother’s Club
Mervin Pentz
Wilson Dixon
Millis
Mass
Hilda Cade
Philip Beaven
Catherine Stevens
J. L. Stevens
Milford Hospital
Sophie Kerr Underwood
New York
J. Kemp Stevens
Fred Torbert, Sr
Sallie Morgan
Memoriam
Methodist Ladies Aid
Charles Dean
Paul Holsinger
Greensburg
Nettie Arnold
Ella Swann
Ada Matthews
QO. B. Reed
Emily Ehman
H. I. Ehman
Overbrook
Mis
Koeneman
SE August Koeneman
West Philadelphia
William Koeneman
WD. Koeneman
Upland
Harniy
John Herzog
North Wales
A. G Koeneman
C. G. Christgau
Ant-Safoon League
Munster
Epworth League
Thue
Hewitt
Moving Picture
August Rheeneman Jr
Cordova
August Koeneman
Herbert
Cales Koeneman
Thine Weaver
Harry Holsinger
Joseph Snowberger
Ronnd Lane
Barabara
Catherine McElwain
Mesdames Elmer
Charhs Anthony
Grace Moore
Centreville
Orlando
Florida
McElwain
Fifar Hospital
Chales Rubrough
Marguerite Lee
Benjamin Scott
Ruth Loretta
Smith Stockles
Goldsboro
Button Wilkinson
Walter Mitchell
Walter Bennington
Roger Ringgold
Frank Stevenson
Janus Wilson
Marion Stoop
Evelyn Cohee
Blanche Yorkdale
Arlington
Caroline Mancha
Leonard Dean
Mollie Hopkins
E. Mason
Melvin Wheatley
Elkton
Mero William Jarrell Jr
College Park
Matuie Brumbaugh
Beathie Bower
Miss Ball
Baltimore Force
Charlotte Roche
Charlotte Anne
Joanne
Cambridge
Frank Kibler
Mary Jackson
Ethel Pritchett
Eammua Jackson
Robert Dean
Easton Hospital
Rulgery
Walter Wright
David Holsinger
Ernest Buckle
Graham Porter
Teckahoe
J. B. Medford
Medford
Belle Brittingham
Harington
Ella Cahall
Sandtown
Henry Marvel and Sons
Henry Medford
Fannie Temple
Marshallton
Lacy Alford
Newark
Roy Medford
James Medford
Verona
Edwin Medford
H. C. Brittingham
Lankford Sanders
Leroy Hutton
Dorothy Anderson
James Sanders
Wim Sanders
Frank Scull
Woodrow Montague
Sadlersville
H. C. Hudson
John Richard
Cuele
Helen Melvin
H. M. Burns
W. Pepper
H.R. Wagamon
Milton
W. OT. Clark
Annabel
L. VM. Jones
Clinton Silvester
Edward Gooden
Estella Hesner
Chicago
T. A. Montague
Olivia M. Coffin
Trenton
Marvdel
Vernon Jones
Farnhurst
Tuckahoe
Burrsville
Adams Cross Roads
Hobbs
Grace Nichols
Clifford Bowman
Della Arnold
Noble Sipple
Harvey Porter
Roland Porter
A. E. Shields
Ralph Palmer
Rehoboth
Harry Draper
Lola Jones
William Sipple
Frederic Monroe
Frank Lituski
Addie S. Jewell
L. Edward Nichols
Niew Spa Peref