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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1918
Page
5
The local ice crop is described as the biggest in years. Reports note a Stratford Opera Company visit on January 31, O F Smith selling the Maryland Almanac, and various community notices. Draft classifications and bank director changes are recorded, along with a concert for the Jr. Red Cross and multiple local meetings.
The report covers several marriages including Rev A O Reiter of Pottsville Pa and Mrs Jean de Ronde Davis near Greensboro wed in the Brier sun parlor with Rev C C Troxell officiating. It notes guests, attire, and a post ceremony dinner and travel plans. Additional items list licenses issued and local residents serving or awaiting service, plus social events and visits.
Sunday School at 7 30 AM and preaching at 10 30 AM with Epworth League at 7 30 PM. Topic Young Christians Reaching Upward. Various local residents visit, study, or recover, including Linnie Wright, Peart Fountain, and the Wrights. Echoes of community activities and illness notes fill the week.
A series of revival meetings at the First Baptist Church of Milford Del led by Rev Thomas C Davis with Pastor Reed reports twenty converts at one altar. Many inquirers attend as the meetings continue with Pastor Reed praising Mr Davis as safe sane and sympathetic and recommending his calling to other pastors. Several local residents and visitors are noted as attending or visiting during the period with routine updates on illness travel and social calls.
Henderson notes Nathan and Lula Marvel attended the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Marvel near Wyoming. Nearby visits include T. A. Montague and C. E. Montague with Martin Bennett in Goldsboro, Lillian Meredith of Wilmington visiting J. F. Quillen, and W. H. Gosden visiting daughter in Wilmington. Additional mentions include W. G. Carrow in Wes Freeborn Illwanger, W. L. Goodwin in Clecker, Will Huton in Goldsboro, R. H. Dill with Wilmington relatives, H. H. Clark visiting Wilmington, and other Wilmington area exchanges.
The Ladies Aid of this place met at Mrs Flora Taylor's Thursday afternoon. Attendees included Nettie Thomas Flora Taylor Anah Carroll Louisa Legales Mollie Harding Willie Pritchett Elsie Thompson Iphia Harrington Janie Hall and Isabell Carroll. They accepted an invitation to meet with Mrs Janie Hall on February 4 at 2 o clock. Mildred Hotz returned to Baltimore Saturday after holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Hotz. Mrs Margaret Brades, bed bound for weeks, remains not much improved. Mr Lloyd Brades returned home from the city last week.
Mr Alfred Scarborough of Harrisburg Pennsylvania son of Rev and Mrs Scarborough was married on Wednesday January second at the winter home of his bride in Pine Bluff North Carolina. Mr Jake Garvey and Mr Roy Hubard have gone to Wilmington where they expect to secure employment. Revivals are again in progress at Grove and Mr Eddie Butler has returned to town.
The third number of the lyceum course will be given next Saturday evening the sixth by Miss Anna Therese Davault a reader. Heating plant repairs at the High School push the event to the Methodist Church. Numerous residents and visitors are noted in social mentions and travels.
The report lists Saynard-Huss Co. of Wilmington greeting Mrs. Georgia Butler and her son Norris, G Earl Nichols of Goldsboro, Miss Nelle V Wooters of Dunham with her parents, Sterling Sadler of Marcus Blook visiting, Eda Worthington spending the weekend in Havre de Grace, Miss Margaret Reed of Suryron visiting town, Pred Ssiveter returning home Saturday, Sallie Vickitate back in Wilmington, and Eugene Reading being home this week.
Mr. Lee Denean son of Mr. Thomas Denean died at his parents home Friday January on Funeral services were held at the home Interment was in Linchester cemetery Mrs W J Emerson spent Tuesday and Wednesday with her sister Mrs C M Chambers Miss Mary Chambers visiting Mr C B Turner and family Mr Zora Hubbard visiting Mr Joe Cheezum and family Miss Alice Chambers Harmony visiting sister Mrs Emmett Perry Mr Fred Blades returned home after Baltimore Mr James Covey returned home after New York Miss Lotte Chambers visiting her brother Mr Roland Chambers Mr Fred Wright is very sick at this writing.
Federalsburg stockholders elected Bayard Nichols W T Higgnatt Lee Morris A P Grimes C R R Neal T J Todd Robinson Nichols R W Messenger C M Walker T S Holt C H Clark O W Handy I W Sullivan C H Kinder Bridgeville L RK Towers Hobbs H A Joyce Jr Cambridge The board organized naming Nichols president Higgnatt Holt vice presidents Islandy secretary Wright cashier Nichols assistant cashierTribbell Fountain Holt Federalsburg entrants Beacom College Decree by Cardinal de Lai dated December 16 1917 bans modern dances including tango and maxixe with strict enforcement.
Burrsville notes James Porter died at his Brownsville area home last Thursday after living alone. He was 33. Funeral services were held at Wesley M. E. Church Sunday morning officiated by Rev. W. N. Conaway. The column also records local visits, livestock sales, and social happenings including grain barn plans by C. W. Ellwanger and a 2,800 pound ox sale to Jacob Hughes of Greensboro for $218. Skating is popular among local youths this winter.
A large group from town and nearby areas visited the parsonage on Friday night, leaving with warm thanks after a festive exchange. A freight brakeman near Tron Hill was struck by a car roof and suffered a bad scalp wound but survived hospital care and planned to join his family soon. Local store owner Harvey Morris traveled to Wilmington and Philadelphia for new stock, while Jefferson and Professor Willam Shelton visited from Seaford. Miss Cora Pippin, school principal, returned home with a sprained ankle. Infant Arthur Cahall, son of Mr and Mrs Cahall, died in Wilmington and was brought home for burial. Residents Jm Jarrell Sr and family were seen in Preston.
Hobbs Mrs John Bacsak recovering after operation at Easton Hospital and doing well. Husband ill through fall. Ames Sunday School reorganized Sunday with same officers and teachers. Measrs William H Lord Lacy Lord Roland Starkey drove to Dover and Leipsic. Lacy Lord moved family to Elmira New York. Revival services ongoing.
Thomas F Corkran died at 88 years in Bridgeville at his daughter Mrs Jesse Lepar's home. He formerly lived at Fowling Creek and was a prominent Republican and Harmony M E Church member. Survived by two daughters Mrs Charles Sheridan and Mrs Jesse Legar, a step son George Camper, a niece Mrs Clarence Deen. Funeral at Bridgeville home by Rev Terry, interment in Denton Cemetery. Also noted US Fuel Administration plan to supply tags for twenty million school children for a Tag Your Shovel Day on January 30.
Multiple notices note the deaths of Albert Anderson of Denton classed by pneumonia at home on Gay street and the town’s prominent residents. Also listed are Abraham J. Gadd of Sudlersville and Hillsboro contractor roots, Norman Cheezum of Denton amid parasympathetic illness, and Martha Wadhelmina Diggins of Caroline county with survivals and relatives.
Farmers should market wood when prices peak due to coal strikes and fuel shortages. With high firewood demand and limited supply, many farms waste wood that could be profitably turned to firewood. Promote timely harvesting while protecting future fuel stocks to ease urban fuel distress.
Energetic fishermen Lewis Wright John Hopkins Charles Hopkins and Walter McCarthy faced biting wind to cut holes in the ice on the Choptank. They loaded nets into cars, travelled to Ton Kingston and Picture Hill, cut a 12 to 15 inch hole, pulled nets 76 yards to High Banks, and hauled a large catch of rock perch and other fish onto the ice.
Capt William Ashley and his brother Cleveland Ashley and Selby Beck, residents of Rock Hall, skated across the Bay from Rock Hall to Bay Shore Park during a day last week. No mishap occurred on the trip, which required 24 hours.
House committee assignments include Covey as chairman of foreign relations and Wright heading civil service reform. Bills proposed cover women’s suffrage registration, abolishing racetrack gambling, removing county road control, wage safety lights, federal aid for vocational education, and shoe top length rules with skirt changes.
Judges Liden Moore and Covey presided as various administrators filed first and final accounts. Inventories and appraisals were approved. real estate sales ratified and private sale orders granted. Guardians bond approved for Myra Parker. Fuchs will probate set for January 29 at eleven o clock.
Denton Red Cross Circle reports scarce funds hindering sweater knitting for cold weather camps. An entertainment at Mason Hall before mid February seeks public support to fund yarn. Local members listed include Mrs. Gordy, Mrs. Cannon, Miss Beck, Miss Sylvester, and others. Caroline County Chapter shows 2071 members after Christmas drive, with Denton circle totaling 600 members and other towns totaling 1,471.
The body of Joseph Evans, a colored man, was found mutilated on the railroad near Trappe last week. He was shot, likely by a trap gun set for chicken thieves, a blood trail leading from Mr. Charles Willis’s farm to the track. It is believed Evans dragged himself toward home, collapsed, and died after three trains passed over him.
Rotary and Chautauqua unite with the War Department to launch Liberty Theatres in Soldier Cities. Smileage Books sell for 2 dollars or 5 dollars, coupons redeemable for camp performances, supporting front line morale. Y M C A venues provide sixteen auditoriums, Library Theatre in fifteen cantonments, Chautauqua tents in Southern camps, and Rotary and Chautauqua assign communities to support the effort. A Denton meeting and Preston organization are planned to promote sales.
Richard Bennett Carmichael died at his nephew Richard Davidson Carmichael’s home on January 6 from pneumonia. He was the last male descendant of the Carmichael family, who emigrated from Ireland centuries ago. His father Judge Richard B. Carmichael was arrested by U S authorities for southern sympathies and imprisoned at Fort Lookout Maryland, with harsh treatment by Federal troops recorded in Talbot history.
The Boston Monitor argues scripture implies avoiding visible evil. It asserts exposure to repulsive surroundings harms aesthetics and reading trash dulls taste, claiming society cannot keep people amid ugliness without degrading judgment.
The Easton Gazette reports spectacular river ice along the Chesapeake and its tributaries. Icebergs twenty to thirty feet high line river banks at Ashford on Ferry Neck and Benoni's Point. Residents recall unprecedented sights as Mr. Valhant ferries by automobile over the ice from Bellevue to Oxford while teams carry oysters over the frozen river.
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