Denton Maryland notices and events mix in January
Denton residents read of a 6 room house for rent and a bake sale at Townsend's vacant store room. Community groups plan church events, a radio broadcast from WEEI, and a January meeting for the Church of the Brethren Mothers Club.
Eastern Star chapter marks fifteenth anniversary in Denton
Denton scene as Caroline Chapter No. 62 Order of Eastern Star hosts nearly two hundred guests from surrounding chapters and Delaware to celebrate 15 years of service. Highlights include a candlelit cake ceremony, a one act play Men Not Wanted, vocal numbers by Ruth Walker Reynolds and a Cemetery Moon dialogue, with Past Matrons and Patrons honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Order of Eastern Star
Denton
Delaware
Lulu
Downes
Carrie H. Morgan
A. E. Miller
Josephine Pine
Anna Mae White
Myra Sylvester
Ethel Moore
Helen Gibson
Mildred C. Johnson
Ruth Walker Reynolds
Gainesville
Florida
Ira Jenkins
John Jenkins
Tom Layton
Wilmer Layton
Betty
Fred Love
Vincent
Orville Layton
Harry Flaharty
Johnnie
Lawrence Flaharty
Preston
William Handy
Federalsburg
Lloyd Jenkins
Edith Sparks
China
Hawaii
Thawley Sparks
C. P
United States Navy
Fleet Air Base
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Denton Community Club
Ella Scott
Charles Porter
Mary Wise
Emma Radcliffe
Easton
Charles Sewell
Queen Anne
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
Edwin Haislett
Francis Goldey
Wilmington
Elsie Holtgrove
S. K. Wolfe
L. J. Towers
E. M. Willey
Baltimore
L. Reyner Dukes
Roland Avenue
Unity Homemakers Club
William R. Gardner
Oscar Clark
Ellis Clark
Hugh Clark
Berwyn
C. W. Holtgrove
Holtgrove
K. Wolfe
Paul Maloney
William Emmett
Your Boy and Mine Poem by Norman E Peterson
A wartime poem urges restraint and peace as mothers and fathers watch their sons follow into uniform danger. It contrasts lullabies and childhood with plans for stronger weapons and deadly gases, reflecting wartime anxieties and the desire for lasting peace. The piece links private family hope with national duty and questions if the nation gains any real progress through war.
Church Notices: Denton M P Brethren Epiphany Mission
Denton M P Church schedules sermons Visions in the Valley and The Great Appeal tomorrow with Christian Endeavor studying Acts 26. Brethren events include 10 am Sunday School 11 am worship 2 pm Brethren representatives meeting 7 pm B P D gathering. Rev Ira Crum preaches at Wesley Burrsville 11 am. Thawleys M E Hickman 3 pm with 2 pm Sunday School. Sunshine Club meets Thursday 7:30 pm. Epiphany Mission Preston Sunday School 10 am Evening Prayer and sermon 7:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton M. P. Church
Church of the Brethren
Churches of the Brethren
Ira E. Crum
Wesley M. E
Burrsville
Thawley
M. E
Hickman
Sunshine Club
Epiphany Mission
Preston
Denton Banks Hold Annual Stockholders Meeting
Denton National Bank of Denton held its annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday January 11 with directors elected J Percy Bittle J Roland Chaffinch Harry S Dailey Dawson Q George Frank L R Nuttle and Frederick B Nuttle The meeting discussed local finance and noted the bank once reached two million dollars in assets Officers were elected including Chaffinch as president Dailey as VP and Fleetwood cashier The Peoples Bank of Denton Md also held its meeting on the same day electing directors and officers with Hobbs as president Nuttle as VP Orme cashier and several bookkeepers and attorneys sworn in
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton National Bank of
Denton
J. Roland Chaffinch
Brick
J. Percy Bittle
Harry S. Dailey
Dawson QO. George
Frank L. R. Nuttle
Frederick B. Nut
I. R. Fleetwood
John R. Ricards
Hilda C. Fowler
Naomi Holland
Frances Lee Cooper
The
Peoples Bank of
William Croll
W. R. Fountain
H. Clay Hobbs
Harry H. Nuttle
H. Earle Smith
Paul Holsinger
Roger R. Ringgold
Ridgely
Geo. J. Kibler
Greensboro
Joseph M. Short
Hillsboro
E. Theodore Orme
W. H. Nuttle
G. Lawrence Wilson
Frances F. Johnson
Maud G. Sleek
J. DeWeese Carter
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Denton M. P
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
Sophie Tucker
Aubrey Smith
Ronald Sinclair
Dentonia Theatre
Koenig
Main St
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Blackwater Wildlife Refuge
Cambridge
U. S. Civil Service District
Mather Bldg
G. St
N. W
Washington, D. C
Caroline County
Federalsiburg
Local Social Notes From Ridgeley and Nearby
Ridgely and Salisbury families travel in New York City for a weekend visit. William Matthews and children from Smyrna, Delaware, are guests of W. M. Wiley. Wm Voss of Philadelphia visits his parents, the Starks. A J Mitchell stays with cousins Elmer and Mrs. Simon in Philadelphia. Elijah Luff spends two days in Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Lynch
Marsh Gollner
Salisbury
New York City
William Matthews
Smyrna
Del
W. M. Wiley
Wm. Voss
Philadelphia
John Starkey
A. J. Mitchell
Elmer Simon
Elijah Luff
Wilmington
Ridgely News Highlights Community Club Actions
The Ridgely Chamber of Commerce met at the church house with a dinner for members. Discussion covered selling the abandoned primary school building, possible community center use, or private sale for apartments or a factory. Reports ranged from Boy Scout activities to library programs and plans for a new local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Noble
Mellits
Public Health Review Highlights Tuberculosis Survey Efforts
Dr. C H Halliday and Dr. George E Waters from Baltimore led a county tour and luncheon briefing on tuberculosis survey and clinic work. Clinics in Federalsburg every other month cost about 15 dollars. a Baltimore origin tuberculin test program is referenced. Public health outreach includes nutrition, school health, and mobile nursing with community clubs and P T A hot lunches funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Halliday
Baltimore
George E. Waters
Mattie Smith
Halliday
Dr. Waters
Alice Wilson
Ridgely
Maryland
Miss Smith
Easton
Miss Wilson
Long Island
Waters
R. W. Johnson
Denton
Dennis
Grange
Farm Bureau
Religious and Welfare Boards
Manney
University of Maryland
P.T. A
Bureau of Child Hygiene
Health Board
Watera
Lennon
Preston
H. H. Nuttle
A. W. Sisk & Sons
Caroline High School
Summerfield
University Fire Service Training Expands for Maryland Volunteers
More than three hundred fifty progressive Maryland volunteer firemen enroll in the University of Maryland College of Engineering Fire Service Extension program. Fourteen classes meet weekly at Easton Salisbury and Chestertown with Curtis C. Larrimore coordinating. Indoor lessons run two months, then outdoor drills using full apparatus as weather improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland, College of Engineering, Fire Service Extension
Curtis C. Larrimore
Easton
Salisbury
Chestertown
E. H. Closson
August Conomos
James C. Covey
James K. Dillon
Norris G. Elliott
Fred Eberhard
Ivan T. Morton
George Mayer Jr
Frank Quathamer
Edward V. Startt
Henry Schroeder
Levin F. Morris
Trappe
H. Price Sinclair
Henry Wilcox
Oxford
Russell Morgan
Harvey Robinson
Claudel Wright
Federalsburg
Towers Irwin
George Koenig
C. H. Roe
William Finn
Lee Walston
Denton
Charles Hammond
J. K. Snowberger
Harry Swann
A. §. Thompson
Ridgely
State University
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Social Guests List
Residents and visitors across Hillsboro and surrounding towns are listed hosting and visiting events over the past week. Names include Sherwood Taylors Beavens Sprys Blades Dodds Rathall Kline and others, with engagements from dinners to anniversaries and illness notices.
Anniversary Celebrate at Cahalls Home in Hillsboro
Queen Anne area observed the twenty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cahall at their Hillsboro residence Monday night. Attendees from town included Rev J M York and family among others. a large turnout from Denton Ridgely Centreville Queens town and Hillsboro attended a Tri County High School card party Tuesday night netting about 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Cahall
Hillsboro
J. M. York
Jake Morgan
Howard Flowers
D. M. Lee
Harry Clark
Florence Stayton
Madge Jump
Denton
Ridgely
Centreville
Queenstown
Tri-County High School
Horace Morgan
Harry Deane
Nellie Deane
Wallace Hurley
James Murphy
Cambridge
Robly Hackett
Thomas Hackett
Churchville
Taylor Messix
Baltimore
Bernard Messix
Marion Covey
Easton Hospital
Ella Jump
Reorganization Keeps Sun Day School Officers
At last Sunday’s Sun day School reorganization a motion passed to retain the existing officers and teachers. Manning Merriken remains superintendent, J H Dandy assistant superintendent, Catherine Towers secretary, T H Towers treasurer, L H Thomas pianist, B B Allen assistant pianist, with T H Towers and Merriken among the teachers. Social updates note dinners and gatherings involving the Towers and associated families, with Holbrook returning from illness and women in charge of upcoming services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning Merriken
J. H. Dandy
Catherine Towers
T. H. Towers
L. H. Thomas
B. B. Allen
T. H. ‘Towers
W. E. Hubbard
Louise Adams
J. H. Edgell
Virginia Rawlings
Neil Edgell
Eldred Towers
Carson
Cambridge
Christian Endeavor Service
W. G. Holbrook
Local Social Visitors And Neighborhood Moves
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. Mr and Mrs Merrill Rhodes have moved to Longwoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Coleman
Algie Willoughby
J. Taft
Melvin Willoughby
Edna Wright
McCarty
Merrill Rhodes
Longwoods
Card Of Thanks From Baynard Family
The Baynard family thanks the church and town friends for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our husband and father. Mrs. F Baynard and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Baynard
Preston Society Notes Show Bridge Party and PTA Meeting
Preston hosts a Friday bridge gathering with a long list of guests then the P T A holds a Tuesday night meeting at Preston High School with Dr Blackwell as guest speaker and a library fund vote. Harry Hollis and J M Chambers attend Baltimore luncheon featuring Chesapeake Bay Fishing Fair reels and Rock Hall clips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Elzey
Philip Wright
Johnson Bonner
Luke Amato
A. T. Blades
Caroline Martino
Mildred Harris
Edward Butler
Ruth Smith
Early Harris
G. C. Carmine
H. M. Hollis
T. L. Trice
E. B. Blades
Dorothy Osteen
J. L. Gallagher
P. C. Douglas
H. R. Taylor
H. B. Wright
Burton Proctor
Paul van Dyke
Rachel Baylor
J. M. Chambers
Reese Deane
Ralph Ledman
Frank Patchett
Lee Noble
P.T. A
Preston High
Sportman’s Club
Baltimore
Hollis
Chesapeake Bay
Solomon’s Island
Rock Hall
Carville Fleetwood
Denton
Reese Dean
Luke Ama
John Robinson
Mildred Griffith
John P. Dennis
John
Minneapolis
Winter Meetings for Dairymen in Greensboro
A six week series of Thursday evening meetings at Greensboro High School features top state experts discussing Bangs Disease lime feeds pasture profits and dairy breeding. Speakers include Dr. Mark Welsh, F Weldenburg, J A Conover, J E Metzger, A B Hamilton and others. Dairymen are urged to attend all sessions for maximum benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood O. Jarrell
Caroline County Farm Bureau
William Henderson
Greensboro Vocational Agricultural
Kenneth Ramsburg
Denton Vocational Agricultural
Robert Davenport
Pet Milk Company
Harry Clark
John A. Conover
University of Maryland
Geo. W. Clendaniel
Greensboro High School
Bang
Mark Welsh
F. Woldenburg
J. A. Conover
M. J H. Berry
College Park
J.E. Metzger
A. B. Hamilton
Local social notes of New Year gatherings and visits
Henderson Mr. and Mrs. H Cardeen Cooper hosted out of town friends on New Year’s Day including G H Playter of New York and Mabel H Culver of Philadelphia and others for a week’s vacation. A birthday dinner at J B Medford’s honored Mr. Medford with guests from Sandtown Greensboro and Ridgely. Various relatives visited, sewing circle met, and Miss Elfreda Snyder from Buena Vista Va visited Annabel Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Cardeen Cooper
G. H. Playter
New York
Mabel H. Culver
Naomi B. Hall
Philadelphia
Frank Price
Francis and
Harry
Chester
Marvin Knox
Smyrna
Del
H. Courtland Cooper
Wilmington
J. B. Medford
Medford
William Cahall
Sandtown
Henry Medford
Greensboro
Henry Marvel
Roy Medford
James Medford
Verona
Edwin Medford
E. ©. Gooden
Allen Sweeney
Sweeney
Yeadon
A. B. Cohee
Carlton Pratt
Ridgely
Howard Pratt
Roy Marvel
Sadlersville
Charles Griffith
Anna Phillips
Elfreda Snyder
Buena Vista
Annabell Clark
Greensboro and Environs P T A Hears Ireland Trip
The Greensboro P T A met January 10 with Irvin Brumbaugh presiding. Reverend Thomas J. Turkington of Denton spoke on My Trip to Ireland describing passport needs and immigration checks aboard the American Importer and a slow train tour of the country returning on the S S California. A Jewish? ship details included. Two deaths were noted: J C Snedeker near Greensboro and Arthur John Rich of Greensboro. A temple chimney fire at the Jarrell farm prompted a swift extinguishing by the local fire company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T. A
Irvin Brumbaugh
Linwood Jarrell
Thomas J. Turkington
Denton
Ireland
Mr. Turkington
Lindbergh
America
S.S. California
Turkington
J. C. Snedeker
Greensboro
Steven Snedeker
Wayport
Louise Leonard
Carbondale
Norris Snedeker
Leroyville
Sarah Rollison
Holmesdale
Elizabeth Lord
Chester
Helen Hopkins
Joseph
John
Marvin
Samuel
Lucy
Greensboro Baptist Church
John J. Watson
Arthur John Rich
Philadelphia
Rich
Warren van Sant
Temple Jarrell
Wesley Tribbitt
Harvey Porter
Maudel Brumbaugh
C. B. Jarman
Miasles Mae Pippin
Mabel Rich
Mary Katherine Porter
Alice Sylvester
Goldsboro
Betty Wyatt
Jane Clark
Mildred Bennett
Nelson Wyatt
Mae Deemer
Miss Wyatt
Lawrence Jones
Genevieve
Madeline
Linwood
Frank Asilton
Oscar Wyatt
Bobby Dill
William Collison
Lincoln City
Del
H. B. Thomas
Anna Mae
J. E. Weaver
Ernest Wahl
Wilmington
Frank Usilton
Lew Usilton
Wye Mills
Joseph Case
Annie Hopkins
James Pinder
Norman Cahall
Centreville
Clayton Portland
Chestertown
Smithson Homemakers Join Bethlehem Club Meeting
The Smithson Homemakers met with the Bethlehem Club in the Bethlehem club room due to Miss Spafford’s absence. A hair dressing demonstration engaged attendees while the afternoon proved enjoyable. The next Smithson Club meeting is set for February 2. Mr and Mrs James Toft stayed with Mr and Mrs Leonard Legates in Tanyard Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs W S McCarty visited Mrs L Miley Tuesday at her son J Miley’s home. Mr and Mrs Michael Hissler of Baltimore spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs A R Willoughby. Mrs Charlie Perry visited her parents in Cannons Delaware last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bennington
Alice Bennington
H. C. Bennington
Ridgely
Elizabeth Haymaker
Helen Haymaker
Charles Haymaker
Centreville
Melvin Bennington
Washington, D. C
Women’s Work Council of
The
Church of the Brethren
L. R. Brumbaugh
Greensboro
Brumbaugh
Elmer Crouse
C. D. Lynch
Thomas Gaitley
Blackfield
N. C
Jas. S. Wilson
Norman Wilson
Martin Sellars
Renee Sellars
Hurlock
Paul Tinley
Fred Tinley
Marcus Hook
Hartly
Del
Fred Dukes
Leonard Dean
H. F. Hafer
H. L. Holsinger
Dover
Baltimore
Leola Temple
Pat Beckwith
W. T. Temple
Miriam Roche
Wilmington
Smithson Homemakers
Bethlehem Club
Bethlehem
Spafford
Smithson Club
James Toft
Leonard Legates
Tanyard
W. S. McCarty
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Wm. D. Taylor
Denton M. E. Church
Townsend’s
Fred J. Wright
Chicago
C. H. Bullock
Stewart
Carter Building
Third Street
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Denton M. E
S. S
Roselth Knapp Breed
Weei Boston
Junior Mothers Club
Mervin Pentz
Bankhead
Smithsonian Institution of Representatives
Goldsborough
Cannon
Missouri
Gifford
Massachusetts
Ladies Aid of Grove Church
Kenneth Boston
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
F. A. Greaves
C. & P. Telephone Company
Willard Brown
N.Y.A
Board of Education
Lawrence Laramore
T. Alan Goldsborough
Mr. Goldsborough
Ravine Park
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Federal Governent
Louise Bates Fisher
Union Memorial Hospital
Westminster
Ralph Cover
Western Maryland College
Baker Chapel
Denton Cemetery
Maud Johnson
Miss Fisher
T. Pliny Fisher
W. J. Kindley
Bel Air
Fisher
W. J. Sturgis
Nassawadex
Caroline P. Redden
Margaret Parks
Kennard Melvin
Swarthmore College
Norman E. Peterson
Frank M. Jarman
American Legion
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
T. W. Jones
J. J. Ivison
Albert White
Grace Smith
G. L. Wilson
Fried Koenemann
A. G. Koenemann
Koenemann
Mary Frances Bickling
Norman Bickling
Eaton
Colorado
Elmer E. Coblentz
Second Reformed Church
Reading
Alex Dawson
Stone Hurst
Public Health News
Tuckahoe
William Sherwood
Joseph Taylor
Saulsbury Sparks
James Sherwood
Dudley Crosley
William H. Wroten
R. W. Slaughter
Clayton
C. W. Spry
Byron Griffith
Elwood Bailey
Edgar Blades
Frank Fleming
Jean
Norman Straughn
Royal Oak
Edwin Gale
Everett Gale
Gardner Beaven
Richard Beaven
Arthur Holt
Sadye Wothers
Milford Kline
Brown Thawley
Milford
Mary E. Rathall
D. Rathall
Joseph Thomas
Howard Dodds
Nancy Jane Kline
State Teachers College
Nelson Beaven
Martha
Florence Beaven
Earle Sparks
Frances Covell
Newton Smith
Hobes
Smithson
Henderson
WSPAP
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