Denton County notices and bank meetings in brief
Local notices announce Our Mid-Winter Furniture sale starting Wednesday the 22nd and a Unity Homemakers Club meeting at 2 PM at Mrs. Ellwanger’s home. Lost dog described. rewards offered. A non jury circuit court term convened with judges Shehan Keating and Knotts. A chest disease clinic funded by Christmas Seal sales will be held January 21 at the county health center with Drs Hurdle and Welty. The Denton Production Credit Association stockholders meet January 27 in the courthouse with speakers Crain Brown Skinner and Dean. Congressmen Goldsborough and others discussed twelve Coast Guard vessels and President Roosevelt’s veto. action to secure approval continues. The Denton National Bank and The Peoples Bank held annual stockholders meetings, electing directors and officers. bank presidents delivered optimistic year-end summaries. Civil and administrative reports cover CCC work at Goldsboro, personnel transfers, and educational activities, plus a survey of drainage projects on Long Marsh Ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Newnam
Unity Homemakers Club
Tom Ellwanger
Easton
Roland Butler
Denton
Caroline County
W. Mason Shehan
Thomas J. Keating
Centreville
J. Owen Knotts
Cecil County
County Health Center
Seth H. Hurdle
Salisbury
Louis S. Welty
Mattie Smith
Denton Production Credit Association
Kent
Queens Anne’s
Talbot
Caroline
Dorchester
Bennett Crain
Production Credit Corporation of
Baltimore
Emmett Brown
Church Hill
John S. Skinner
Cambridge
Association
Victor Dean
Federalsburg
T. Alan Goldsborough
Coast Guard
Bland
Dem
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Goldsborough
Kennedy
Hamlin
McCormick
Mass
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Denton National Bank
J. Percy Bittle
J. Roland Chaffinch
Harry S. Dailey
Dawson Q. George
Frank L. R. Nut
John R. Ricards
Ferdinand Baynard
Hilda C. Fowler
Eleanor Towers
Brigh
CCC
Goldsboro
Long Marsh Ditch
Queen Anne’s
Ray W. Carpenter
College Park
John Volz
Goldsboro Camp
Third Corps Area Quartermaster
New Cumberland
Lester D. Dugan
Camp D-I
Vienna
Camp D-2
Ernest Bell
Franklin Pond
Calvin Jenkins
Goldsboro Methodist Episcopal Church
R. L. Mitchell
the Peoples Bank
William Croll
William R. Fountain
H. Clay Hobbs
Paul Holsinger
George J. Kibler
Henry T. Nuttle
Harry H. Nuttle
Roger Ringgold
Joseph M. Short
H. Earle Smith
J. Frank Wright
William H. Nuttle
G. Lawrence Wilson
Theodore Orme
Frances F. Johnson
Maude G. Sleck
J. DeWeese Carter
Denton Leaders Elected At Masonic Banquet Cambridge
Benjamin F. Johnson of Denton was elected president and Elias Nuttle of Denton secretary of the Past Masters Association of Caroline and Dorchester counties at a Cambridge banquet. Speeches by State Senator Wilmer F. Davis and Fred R. Waddell followed.
Church Notices Highlight Weekend Services and Programs
The Denton M P Church announces Rev. T J Turkington will return from Philadelphia to preach tomorrow with morning and evening services titled Behold He Prayeth and As It Was So Shall It Be. A Mothers and Daughters program on Ideals of Home Life is set for Sunday at 7 45 pm under Mrs C A Pentz. A Junior Mothers Club will form January 23 at 1 30 pm at Mrs Amos Crouse’s home. Concord Church hosts The Strife of the Centuries Sunday. Epworth and Junior Leagues are active with Nina Lee Wheatley and Philip Wheatley leading respectively. Epiphany Mission Preston holds 10 am Sunday School and 7 30 pm Confirmation and sermon by Bishop Davenport. Masses at St Elizabeth’s Denton 10 30 am and St Benedict’s Ridgely 9 am with confessions at 8 45 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Johnson
Denton
Elias Nuttle
Caroline
Dorchester
Cambridge
Wilmer F. Davis
Federalsburg
Fred R. Waddell
Hurlock
Augustus Stewart, Jr
W. W. Harper
East New Market
John W. Davis
Eastern Shore
Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs
Alan Hurlock
J. T. Caruthers
Salisbury
J. K. Land
Pocomoke City
J. H. Summerfield
Gilbert Russell
Elkton
E. R. Buck
St. Michaels
Amos Creighton
T. Alan Goldsborough
Florence Evelyn Monk
Greensbboro
Snow Hill
Queen Anne
Corinne Thomas
Hobbs
Helen Thawley
Mary Fifer
Ridgely
Billy Lord
Denton High School
Joseph H. Johnson
People’s Bank of
Evelyn Horsey
James Lester Christopher
James R. Christopher
Bethlehem
Louise White
George White
Hagerstown
Wilmington
Newark
Del
J. Kemp Stevens
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Kurtz
Home Office
Nelson Bishop
Greensboro
Thelma Louise
Warren Hyland van Sant
Chestertown
van Sant
Caroline County
Charles V. Moore
Western Maryland College
American Academy of Embalming and Mortuary Science
New York
Jerome Frampton
Academy
Mary K. Favinger
E. W. Favinger
Linwood Andrews
Chester
Milford M. P. Parsonage
John T. Bailey
Sadie B. Ritter
Concord
Washington
Styattsville
Waterboro
N. C
F. D. Zeigler
Alfred Gelletly
Zeigler
Walter Sparklin
Laura Newell
Thelma Truitt
M. P. Allen
Hopkins Thomas
Bernard
Motor Tor
C. A. Pentz
Amos Crouse
Concord Church
Nina Lee Wheatley
Epworth
Philip Wheatley
Epiphany Mission
Preston
Burtsville Social Roundup Hosts Weekend Guests
Burtsville residents entertain relatives and visitors from Dover Philadelphia Harrington Hobbs Wilmington Chest er Chester Frederica and New York over the weekend. Families visiting include the Blades Smiths Wooters and Ashs with extended calls to Dill Garrett Cahall Price Gough Porter and Hopkins among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Blades
Fred Smith
Narriott Billing
Jobbs
Olaf Smith
American Corner
Narlan Blades
Alex Dill
Wilmington
Ira Dill
Drexel Ifill
Lee Wyatt
Denton
St. WW. Dill
Sylvan Ash
Dover
John Wooters
Pratt
Everett Smith
Crawford Garrett
Chester
A. T. Garrett
Mollie Cahall
Vertie Cahall
Harrington
Philadelphia
Eastern Shore Homecoming Poem by Anne Horner Thomas
A nostalgic verse laments returning to Maryland's Eastern Shore, praising the land of birth and memory. The poet recalls roses, birds, and reverence for ancestors who blazed the path for future generations, framing the region as a cherished homeland with enduring courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Anne Horner Thomas
Harvey C
Heaven
Ridgely Notes From Farm Bureau Meeting and Local Doings
Ridgely residents attended a Baltimore Farm Bureau meeting and banquet this week. Charles Messick returned Sunday from Easton hospital after an appendicitis operation. Wesley Breeding lost a finger while sawing wood last week. Richard Rampmeyer and family moved into the Green property opposite the Primary School. Norris Difenderfer and wife welcomed a son on January 10 at Fifer hospital. Mrs J W Davis hosted the library board club at her home Tuesday. Mrs Henry Wilkinson spent the weekend with Anna May Barnes in Easton. Harry Stedman made a business trip to Wilmington on Wednesday. Senior card club dined in Dover on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Farm Bureau
Baltimore
Charles Messick
Easton Hospital
Wesley Breeding
Richard Rampmeyer
Green
Norris Difenderfer
Fifer Hospital
J. W. Davis
Library Board Club
Henry Wilkinson
Anna May Barnes
Easton
Harry Stedman
Wilmington
Card Club
Dover
Mrs Laura Roe Dies in Burrsville at 76
Mrs Laura Roe wife of William A Roe died at her daughter Mrs Harry A Porter home Burrsville Tuesday morning Jan 14 of paralysis aged 76. She leaves husband and children Mrs Mary Gough New York City Cornelius Roe Edna Yeager Baltimore Anna Porter Burrsville and Shanley Roe. Funeral at Mrs Porter's home Thursday 2 p.m. Rev Roy Thaw Wey Centreville assisted by Rev Flater. Interment Greensboro Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Roe
William A. Roe
Harry A. Porter
Burrsville
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights Local Society Activities
The Woman's Home Missionary Society met at Mrs. Fountain's home with Miss Mary Laird leading a study on Evangelism and youth movements. Activities included a Copper Resolution letter-writing push to senators, a bake sale, and reports on the National Council of Methodist Youth. The Ridgely P T A, Grange installations, and Ladies Aid Society elections followed. Community events feature a fashion show, a domestic science store purchase talk, a grief of local accident, and a benefit movie by the Ridgely Community Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Harold Fountain
H. F. Hafer
Jesus
Mary Laird
Pacific Coast
Davis
Seward
Ridecly P. T. A
Jack Davis
Boone Jarrell
Jacqueline
Gabrielle Saulsbury
Hanson Hoffman
Julia Wilson
Nome Economics Department
Jenkins
Preston
William Richards
Layton
Ridgely
Church House
Edmond Thomas
Easton
George W. Clendaniel
Chas. Dean
Anna Frances Seward
J. K. Snowberger
Maude Sleek
Dorothea O'Connor
Henry Detwiler
HL FP
Hoofer
Ceres
Laura Clendaniel
Pomona
Margaret Ensor
Flora
Esther Brooks
Charlotte Stayer
Wheeler, Ensor
Methodist Ladies' Aid Society
Frank Seward
Reed
Carlisle Bennington
H. C. Swann
J. T. Moore
A. C. Swann
J. D. Davis
Elina Wilson
W. T. Manson
Hopewell
N. J
Mary Kinnard
Juanita
Harrington
Del
John Wolfman
Ellen Wolfman
Elmer Hoffman
Jr. E. Wafer
Paul Hoffman
Courtland Matthews
the Plains
Academy
Walter Bennington
William T. Sharpley
Alma
Clifton Adams
Chincoteague
Elizabeth Haymaker
Helen
Denton
Alice Bennington
Leslie Wright
Tuckahoe Neek
Cole
Sewing Circle
Beatrice Bower
Ridgely Community Club
Charles Dean
Little Son
Leelan Jackson
St. Michaels
Harry Reininger
Charles Igh
Henry Lister
Maryland
Florida
J. W. Mitchell
Walter Wright
Chestertown
Margaret Swing
Marsh Gollner
Salisbury
Measles Declared A Winter Epidemic By Health Officials
Physicians report nine measles cases with many unreported, and officials warn against relying on quarantines. The health department emphasizes isolation only for preventing complications, especially in children under three, and urges care, bed rest, limited caregivers, and eye protection. A December activity list follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Charles V. Chapin
Providence
R. I
Baltimore
Adolph Weinzirl
Reported communicable diseases and home visits data
The report lists diseases such as typhoid measles scarlet fever and pneumonia with counts or indicators, plus home visits for communicable disease prenatal and infant care, school work visits, children examined and given physicals, defects corrected, hospitalizations, and laboratory examinations including Wasserman tests and cultures for diphtheria.
Hillsboro Queen Anne Social Notes Brief Encounters
Hillsboro Queen Anne area social column lists visits and travels. Philadelphia residents Mr Bradley Wible and Mr Frederick Kelso with Miss Rosemary Kelso spent weekend with Rev John M Kelso. D A R chapter met at Mrs Charlie Jarrell's home. Local families from Wilmington Houston Del Stevensville Denton Eas ton Baltimore enjoyed weekend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Wible
Frederick Kelso
Philadelphia
Rosemary Kelso
Wilmington
John M. Kelso
Samuel Turbutt Wright
Charlie Jarrell
Milford Kline
Nancy Jane
William Thompson
Florida
William Colbourne
Houston
Del
John Kelso
Frank Fleming
Powell Fleming
Stevensville
Edward Covington
Herbert Beaven
James Sherwood
Saulsbury Sparks
Denton
Ella Jump
Queen Anne
H. M. Thompson
Mary Rowe
Elizabeth Lightner
Elva Hazelwood
Baltimore
Lorin Lane
Mary Virginia Sherwood
Sadie Sherwood
Easton
Queen Anne Services at St Pauls Church Queen Anne
Sunday services at St Pauls Church in Queen Anne feature morning sermons A Stitch in Time and an evening second sermon in the Ten Commandments series with Mr Fossett preaching Young People discussion led by Mr Harold Nichols The midweek service Thursday at 730 will cover The Need of Faith The Choir will rehearse after prayer service Community notices include dinners and visits among local families and congratulations on a birth Mr Moore welcomed a son and many residents were recorded in recent Sunday activities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Queen Anne
Fossett
Harold Nichols
Horace Morgan
C. D. Howard
East New Market
Harry Dean
W. J. Murphy
Nellie
Ruth Dean
Messrs. Webster
Wallace Hurley
Hicks Howard
Nancy
Baltimore
Morgan
Ambrose Lucas
Della Mulliken
Mary Diggans
Goldsboro
Jake Gibson Jr
Jack Bishop
Queenstown
Licks Howard
George Moore
Miriam Gale
Hillsboro
Addie Morgan
Mary Rowe
E. B. Lightner
Marydel social and local visits fill community page
The Ladies Aid Society held a successful Covered Dish Social at Mrs. T. E. Heather's home with over seven dollars raised. Local residents noted visits to Elkton for medical care, family dinners in Dover and Cheswold, and several attendees highlighted by Mrs. Emma Gooden, Miss Maud Hummer, and Mrs. J. Tyson Heather. The fourth quarterly church conference is slated for Jan. 20 with Dr. Hallman presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
T.E. Heather
B. R. Kaler
Price
Elkton
Kaler
Emma Gooden
Fred Bowdle
Dover
Maud Hummer
Bess Cleaver
J. Tyson Heather
Emma Jump
Anne
Helen Heather
Hallman
T. E
Adams Cross Roads Homemakers Meet Move and Dues
Adams Cross Roads Smithville Homemakers Club shifts its monthly meeting from January 21 to January 28 due to Miss Spafford home demonstration agent attendance. January is dues month for 1936. Several local residents hosted and attended gatherings at various Adams and Cambridge Md. homes including Mr. Claude Adams and Mr. Walter Adams families. Epworth League leaders and Sunday School details noted among Smithville and area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
Wilmington
John Adams
Glenna Bullock
Epworth League
L. B. Dennis
Crumb
C. W. Adams
Clarence Parker
Sidney Collins
Doris Beauchamp
Earl Robinson
Wickman M. E. Church Ladies Aid to Host Supper
The Ladies Aid of Wickman M. E. Church will hold a covered dish supper in the church house on Thursday evening January 30 beginning at 4 30 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of
Wickman M. E. Church
Caroline our Caroline a Maryland shore song
A lyric tribute to Caroline in Maryland describing loyal residents of the shore. It evokes the Choptank River and local pride with lines about the honeysuckle breeze and daughters who gain fame yet love their county. Mrs Edwin Meeds is named as part of the tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Baltimore
Edwin Meeds
Local News Briefs From Preston and Nearby Towns
Preston notes Rev T L Nugent drove to Fort Worth to bring home Mrs Nugent after her father’s illness and death. Mrs Fulton Noble and daughter Joan. Miss Edith Noble travel to Jacksonville for winter. Edith to stay with brother. Ladies Aid Society elected officers. Dinner guests from Greensboro and Bridgeville visited the Cannons. Denton groom Joseph Reed and Eleanor Era wed at M E parsonage. Episcopal Guild met at Mrs S E Douglas’s. Sparklin visitors to James Carroll home. Bishop Davenport to preach at Parish House. Mrs J H Swann of Greensboro visited Mrs W H Cannon. Women’s Club hosted by Mrs E B Blades. social at Mrs W H Cannon’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Nugent
Ft. Worth
Florida
Bonner
Brodes
Brades
Lloyd Cannon
Orlan Blades
E. B. Blades
Mary Jackson
Ethel Pritchett
Greensboro
Cha
Victor Sparklin
May Sparklin
Jas. Carroll
Bishop Davenport
J. H. Swann
W. H. Cannon
Women's Club
Phillips Jr. Accepts Virginia Post With G L Webster Canning
B H Phillips Jr resigns from Eastern Shore Public Service Company Salisbury after five years as Advertising Manager and Public Relations head to join G L Webster Canning Company Cheriton Va as Assistant Sales Manager. He has taught, served in Maryland National Guard and will travel. remains in Salisbury circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Phillips, Jr
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Salisbury
G. L. Webster Canning Company
Cheriton
Phillips
Utilities
Thait
Virginia
United States
B. H. Phillips
Wicomico High School
Western Maryland College
Wicomico
Hebron
Maryland National Guard
Ladies Aid entertained at Mrs Alice Alford’s home
The Ladies Aid met Wednesday afternoon with nine members and visitors. After business, a social period followed, ending with plans to meet again in February with Mrs Teen Trice and Mrs Lily Daffin. Ice cream and cake were served. Guests included Olaf Smith family at a Burrsville duck dinner with G L Blades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Alford
Teen Trice
Lily Daffin
Olaf Smith
G. L. Blades
Burrsville
G. L. Griffith
Harvey Lord
Ellis Collins
Dorsey Nichols
Harvey Lord and Sons
Grove announces marriage of Pauline Collins and Charles Carroll
The marriage of Miss Pauline Collins daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Collins Georgetown Del and Charles Carroll son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Carroll Preston Md took place in Denton Md on Dec 25 with Rev W L Jump officiating. Mrs Tim Jones of Franklin City Va visits her daughter Mrs Calvin Betts near Preston. The Friendship Grove Homemakers Club meets with Mrs W F Gadowl on Jan 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Collins
Edward Collins
Georgetown
Del
Charles Carroll
Charles A. Carroll
Preston
Denton
W. L. Jump
Tim Jones
Franklin City
Calvin Betts
Friendship Grove Homemakers Club
W. F. Gadowl
In Memoriam for Chas Bernard Blades and Margaret Blades
Poignant remembrance of Chas Bernard Blades killed January 20 1934 and Margaret J Blades who died January 20 1918. Family expresses enduring grief and faith they will meet again in heaven. Memorandum from mother father and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Bernard Blades
Margaret J. Blades
Witson
Three injured in Greensboro Goldsboro road collision
A head on crash on the Greensboro Goldsboro state highway injured H. T. Green of Washington and Greensboro and George Balder son of Goldsboro. Green and Balder son were both damaged, Miss Sadie Cohen of Greensboro suffered serious injuries. The accident occurred when Balder son attempted to pass a school bus near the Macomber farm. The injured were treated by Dr. Stonesifer and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro- Goldsboro
H. T. Green
Washington
Greensboro
George Balderson
Goldsboro
Mr. Green
Sadie P. Cohen
Balderson
Macomber Farm
Miss Cohen
Green
Stonesifer
Pet Milk Company
Greensboro Baptist Church
Robert B. Davenport
E. J. Vandergrift
Thomas E. Webb
Paul D. Ross
Norman Baynard
Norman Walls
Norman
Jane
Thomas Simpson
Joe Simpson
Wilbur Carroll
S.N. Harris
Messrs
Chas. Dill
Joe Tinkes
Roy Eddinfield
Boots Strannahan
Frances Thompson
Mary Fleet‘wood
Velma Howard
Ernestine Carroll
Elizabeth Adams
Helen Strannahan
Margaret Gardner
Clarence Dill
Philamon
Calvin Dill
Kenton
Del
Minner
John Wyatt
Masten’s Corner
Dorothy Swann
Galen Rasin
Wilmington
Georgia Swann
Bates Wooters
Brooklyn
N. Y
Annie Wooters
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the Local Department
Ewspaper
Churcie
Mrs
Wasserman
Tuckahoe
Marydel
Adams Cross Roads
Hickman
Memoriam
Mother
Dad
Oscar Nichols
Sallie Nichols
Conrad Travers
Milford
Charles Travers
Clarence Russell
George Russell
Peggy Smith
Washington,d. C
Temple Smith
George Murphy
Isaac Quillen
Mary Russell
Oscar Wyatt
C. A. Downing
Cape Charles
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