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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1937
Page
5
Denton Maryland notices cover a modern six room house for rent with garage and several community events. Bake sales, church activities, a radio broadcast from Boston, school furniture repair by NYA workers, postal and street improvements, and the death of Louise Bates Fisher are reported with local names and dates.
Caroline Chapter No 62 of the Order of Eastern Star hosted nearly two hundred members from surrounding chapters and Delaware for its fifteenth anniversary. Miss Lulu Downes welcomed guests as the Worthy Matron, with a program by Mrs. Carrie Morgan and a candlelit cake ceremony. A one act play titled Men Not Wanted and vocal selections by Ruth Walker Reynolds highlighted the event.
A wartime poem urging sacrifice and vigilance as fathers and sons face threats. It contrasts lullabies and boyhood with plans for stronger weapons and deadly gas, urging a nation to pursue lasting peace while honoring those who serve.
Church notices list sermons and services for Denton area churches. Topics include Visions in the Valley and The Great Appeal at Denton M P Church, plus Christian Endeavor study on Acts 26. Brethren services, Eastern Shore meeting, Wesely M E Burrsville preacher Rev Ira E Crum, Thawleys M E Hickman service, Sunshine Club, Epiphany Mission Preston schedule.
The Denton National Bank of Denton held its annual stockholders meeting last Tuesday January 11 with dinner for directors at the Brick Hotel. Directors elected included J Percy Bittle J Roland Chaffinch Harry S Dailey Dawson Q O George Frank L R Nut tle and Frederick B Nuttle. Officers were then chosen with Chaffinch as president Dailey vice president and others named as cashier teller bookkeepers and assistants. In a separate Denton Maryland Peoples Bank meeting also on January 11 directors were elected and officers appointed including Hobbs Nuttle Smith Orme Nuttle and others with Hobbs as president and Smith as secretary. The meetings praised rising local business activity and bank earnings. The Denton Volunteer Fire Company will host a supper and theatre party February 10 at 5 PM at the Denton M P Church with a 6 PM showing of Thoroughbreds Dont Cry at the Dentonia Theatre. tickets are 60 cents. The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Patrolman Wildlife Refuges and Patrolman Boatman at 1200 yearly at Blackwater Wildlife Refuge Cambridge MD with applications due February 3 1938 and available at local post offices.
Ridgely residents Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Lynch and Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Gollner from Salisbury spent the weekend in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. William Matthews and children of Smyrna Del visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wiley. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Voss from Philadelphia were guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Starkey. Mrs. A. J. Mitchell visits cousins Elmer and Mrs. Simon in Philadelphia for a few weeks. Mr. Elijah Luff spent two days last week in Wilmington.
Ridgely Chamber of Commerce dinner follows meeting at church house. Abandoned primary school building placed on sale by school board with options for community center private apartment or factory. Local events include Boy Scout report library program and new poetry readings. Marriages of Fried Koenemann and Mary Frances Bickling noted in Reading Pennsylvania.
Dr. C H Halliday of Baltimore and Dr. George Waters led a week of tuberculosis surveys across the county, with clinics in Federalsburg and a luncheon at the hotel hosted by Miss Mattie Smith. The program emphasized sanitation, tuberculosis, and syphilis, with field nursing visits and community demonstrations supported by county clubs and Red Cross efforts.
More than three hundred fifty progressive volunteer firemen across the state enroll in University of Maryland College of Engineering Fire Service Extension courses. Curtis C. Larrimore leads sessions in Easton Salisbury and Chestertown with fourteen class groups and eighty plus participating companies this season.
A string of social visits fills the Hillsboro Queen Anne column. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taylor from Easton, Mr. and Mrs. James Sherwood, and the Crosley couple. Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Spry hosted Clayton guests. Federalsburg visitors Byron Griffith and Elwood Bailey called on Edgar Blades.
Queen Anne residents celebrate the twenty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cahall of Hillsboro at home. A large card party at Tri County High School raised about 50 dollars with attendees from Denton Ridgely Centreville Queens town and Hillsboro. Various social visits and events reported include dinners, hospital checks and gains in mobility for Mrs. Ella Jump.
During Sunday service a motion upheld the current Sun Day School board including Manning Merriken as superintendent J H Dandy as assistant superintendent Catherine Towers as secretary and T H Towers as treasurer L H Thomas as pianist B B Allen as assistant pianist and teachers T H Towers Manning Merriken L H Thomas W E Hubbard and Louise Adams. Local social notes report dinners and gatherings involving the Towers and related families with guests from Wilmington and nearby communities. Mrs B B Allen plans to lead the Christian Endeavor service tomorrow evening while Mrs Holbrook recovers from illness.
SMITHSON Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Coleman spent Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Algie Willoughby. Mr. and Mrs. J. Taft visited Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Willoughby on Wednesday evening. Miss Edna Wright was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McCarty last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Rhodes have moved to Longwoods.
We express sincere appreciation to the church and town friends for kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and death of our husband and father. Mrs. F. Baynard and Family.
Preston Mrs Clyde Elzey hosted a bridge party with a large guest list including Mrs Philip Wright and Mrs Johnson Bonner. The PTA met at Preston High School with speaker Dr Blackwell of Salisbury Teachers College and a library fund vote. Members attended a Baltimore luncheon with Hollis and discussed Chesapeake Bay Fair footage. Extra guests joined Saturday Bridge Club. Epiphany Mission Guild elected officers. Visitors from Minneapolis and Oxford joined local residents for family visits.
A six week series of Thursday evening meetings for dairy men will be held at Greensboro High School beginning January 20. Topics include Bangs Disease lime feeds and feeding pasture management and dairy breeding with specialists from the University of Maryland Extension and Pet Milk Company. Attendance encouraged for full benefit and open to all dairymen.
Henderson social notes list out of town visitors including Mr. and Mrs. G H Playter of New York and Mrs Mabel H Culver and Mrs Naomi B Hall of Philadelphia. A birthday dinner honors Mr. Medford with many relatives and friends present.
The Greensboro P T A met January 10 led by vice president Irvin Brumbaugh. Reverend Thomas J. Turkington spoke on My Trip to Ireland, detailing passport needs and immigration checks aboard the American Importer. Local deaths include J C Snedeker and Arthur J Rich. attendances at events and visits across multiple towns are listed.
The Smithson Homemakers January meeting joined the Bethlehem Club in the Bethlehem club room. Demonstration agent Miss Spafford was unable to attend both clubs. Hair dressing demonstration enjoyed by all. Next Smithson Club meeting set for February 2. Local social notes include visits by Mr and Mrs Toft to Mr and Mrs LeGates of Tanyard, Mr and Mrs W S McCarty visiting Mrs L Miley, Michael Hissler from Baltimore with A R Willoughby, and Mrs Charlie Perry visiting her parents in Cannons Delaware.
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