Local rental and bargains fill Denton area listings
Rent sought for four room apartment or small house in Denton with payment not to exceed 12,008 dollars monthly. Advertisements promote Axminster and Congoleum rugs and farm home supplies from R H Stafford and others. Community events include a Denton Primary School bake sale January 26 at Theis showroom, and a three act comedy It’s A Ming at Caroline High School auditorium January 31 to benefit the Catholic Church in Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Denton Journal
Axminster
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
Theis
Theis Show Room
Atwater Kent
M. K. Newnam
Caroline High School
St. Gertrude’s Academy
James
Dentonia Theatre
Del-Mar-Va Press Association
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
duPont
Wilmington
Buck
Mayor Speer
Albert W. Cummins
Denton Cemetery Association
Alda P. Whitby
Philip W. Downes
Marc Bryant
Russell Flaharty
E. E. Pippin
R. I. Fleetwood
D. O. George
Sophie Kerr Underwood
P. Roland Fisher
Whitby
Flaharty
James Corkell
Chester
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
Father Hensell
Ridgely
Corkell
Caroline County
Chester Hospital
John Corkell
Roland Corkell
Harry Corkell
Hobbs
Maryland State Medical Society
Louis S. Weliy
Annapolis
Wilmer Fell Davis
Federalsburg
Walter Mitchell
Alda Whitby
Mitchell
Chesapeake Bay
Porter
Harry P. Porter
Charles B. Clark
Washington College
Park
J. Merritt Hurd
Dover
Whiteleysburg
Caroline
Hurd
Orphans’ Court of
Democratic Arty
Anne Short
Sophie Kerr honored at Denton Rotary ladies night dinner
Mrs Sophie Kerr Underwood was the guest of honor at a Denton Rotary Club dinner at the Brick Hotel. The event featured flowers and music and reflected on Kerr’s literary fame and Denton roots. Also noted were a January 8 wedding in Sunray Virginia and several local family reunions and social visits around Denton and nearby towns.
Denton Churches Schedule Lincoln Lecture and Local Events
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church to host Dr. George W. Humphreys on Lincoln's Birthday with no admission charge. Also notes Bridgewater College male quartet at Denton Church of the Brethren, and various Sunday notices including sick ministers and adjusted services at other local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church
Milton S. Andrews
George W. Humphreys
Salisbury
Lincoln
Washington
Humphreys
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bridgewater College
Church of the Brethren
Denton
Church of the New Jerusalem
Preston
Williston Community Church
Epiphany Mission
Bur rsville couples wed at Ridgely parsonage in double ceremony
Walton Willis and Elizabeth Baggs united in marriage at Ridgely M E parsonage by Rev Leon Ross and will live in Greensboro. Tilghman Outten and Delema Paskae also wed at the same parsonage and will live on a farm nearby. Both couples receive best wishes for a happy future.
Eastern Shoremen Plan Annual Banquet
The Eastern Shore Society announces its 22nd annual banquet on January 24, 1935, at the Rennett Hotel with prominent speakers expected. Committee chair Edward D. Martin leads a regional roster including George L. Radcliffe and Walter R. Gale, with county vice-presidents named from Kent, Talbot, Somerset, Dorchester, Cecil, Queen Annes, Worcester, Caroline, and Wicomico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Eastern Shore Society
Rennett Hotel
Edward D. Martin
Kent
James W. Chapman
Talbot
Charles C. Duke
Somerset
Lewis M. Milbourne
Dorchester
U. S
George L. Radcliffe
Cecil
Douglas G. Hanson
Queen Anne's
John T. Tucker
Worcester
Samuel K. Dennis
Caroline
John J. Ghingher
Wicomico
L. Irving Pollitt
Percy G. Skirven
Walter R. Gale
W. Lester Baldwin
L. C. Fairbanks
J. Fred Johnson
Kenneth B. Jones
George Ross Veazey
Wm. J. McFeeley
G. E. P. Truitt
Bruce B. Brumbaugh
Wade G. Bounds
In Memoriam for Charles Bernard Blades
In loving remembrance of our dear son and brother Charles Bernard Blades killed January 20 1934 aged 24 One year has passed since that sad day God called him home but in our hearts we love him still His smiling way and pleasant face are a pleasure to recall He had a kindly word for every one Sadly missed by Mother Daddy Brothers and Sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bernard Blades
Ridgely High School Dramatic Club presents three one acts
The Dramatic Club of Ridgely High School staged a program of three one act plays in the high school auditorium on Friday. Casts included Adeline Holsinger James Lynch Grace Richards Mary Murphy and Rylan Fleming in Not Quite Such a Goose Evelyn Cohee William Walls Mildred Binebrink Howard Starrington Joyce Saulsbury and Frank Walker in King Sargon's Jars Miriam Mfolsine er Lucille Callahan Annice Ebling Norman Downes and Joseph Galanti in Not On The Program. Proceeds fund stage equipment and office materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dramatic Club
Ridgely High School
Adeline Holsinger
James Lynch
Grace Richards
Mary Murphy
Rylan Fleming
King Sargon’s
Evelyn Cohee
William Walls
Mildred Binebrink
Howard Starrington
Joyce Saulsbury
Frank Walker
Miriam Nfolsineer
Lucille Callahan
Annice Ebling
Norman Downes
Joseph Galanti
Margaret Baynard
Eugene Callahan
William Jarrell
Joseph Knusseman
Bernice Wooters
Iarlan Harrington
Margaret Swing
O. K. Raleigh
A. O. Saulsbury
Boone Jarrell
Linwood Jarrell
Emma Jackson
Harold Fountain
Church House
John Martin
Wilmington
Veterans Meet Planned at Cambridge Dorchester Post 91
Dorchester Post No. 91 of the American Legion plans a large veterans gathering on Sunday January 27 at 2 p.m. in the Grand Theatre Cambridge Maryland. Speakers include John Thomas Taylor discussing the Adjusted Service Certificates and the Legion legislative program along with Legion officials and a concert by orchestra quartet and radio soloist. Ladies welcome and all Shore veterans urged to attend for vital updates and light entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester
American Legion
Grand Theatre
Cambridge
Maryland
John Thomas Taylor
Legion
John F. McNulty
Our Legion
Walter W. Bergel
J. Bryan Hobbs
Sickness From the Catching Diseases in 1931
Maryland health records show 60 652 cases of communicable disease in 1934, with measles and other childhood diseases accounting for most. Baltimore City reported 36 607 of these cases, while the counties had 23 915. Measles reached 26 808 cases, and whooping cough, scarlet fever, and chickenpox appeared in lower totals. Downward trends occurred for typhoid fever and tuberculosis. No smallpox cases were reported in 1934, 1933, or 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
State Department of Health
Baltimore City
American Corner Ladies Aid enjoys warm gathering
The Ladies Aid of American Corner met at Mrs. Lydia Nichols's home on Wednesday afternoon January 9 with ten members and six visitors. After business the group planned a February meeting with Mrs Teen Trice and Mrs Lily Daffin. Delicious homemade ice cream and cake were served. Several local families visited others throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Corner
Lydia Nichols
Teen Trice
Lily Daffin
Olaf Smith
Fred Smith
Hobbs
Harlan Blades
Russell
Charles
George Blades
Burrsville
Billy Ray
Ray
Virginia
Bridgeville
Ernest Towers
Sophia Howard
Greensboro
Hannah Howard
Everett Towers
Gertie Morgan
Anita Frank
Elva Smith
Howard
Edward
Harvey Lord
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter about visits and club meeting
Mrs C Harvey Diggans of Delray Beach Florida visits cousins Mr and Mrs Frank Fleming. She dined with Misses Virginia and Ethel Holt Tuesday. Community Club meets at the Club House Monday night January 21 with officer election. J Norman Clark Nicholas Knott Kemp Stewart attended Philadelphia automobile show. Mr and Mrs Chas M Watts Clayton Del were guests of Mrs H R Covell Tuesday and Wednesday. William Cooper Baltimore spent weekend with his mother Mary Cooper. Mrs Oscar Clark visited Mrs Charles Jarrell Tuesday. Pauline and Marjorie Baker visited Mildred Stenger Sunday. Mrs Isaac Sparklin visiting Mrs Frank Seward Ridgely. Miss Louise Gray Denton visiting Mrs Mary Rowe. Mrs Clara Thompson visiting relatives in Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Kerr Underwood
Rotary Club of
Denton
Sophie Kerr
Rotary
Elias W. Nuttle
Ignatius Edward Blazejak
Stella Sonday
B. Sonday
Norfolk County
Virgina
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Sunray
Chodweike
Dorothy Simmers
Westhaven
Ann Sonday
Lucy Szymanski
Annie Sonday
Bernice Sonday
Anna Kruazyski
Stella Kowalski
Rose Broda
Helen Broda
Helen Zavada
Katherine Crawford
Lloyd Sonday
Henry Blazejak
Joseph Dragon
Charlie Biernot
John Kowalski
Edmond Zavada
Mike Koziak
Frank Cickorz
Daniel Sweeney
Stanley Barto
Henry Kerpenski
Sunray Dance Hall
M. Blazejak
Williston
Robert Collins
Harold Collins
Chester
Cleave Crumbacker
Talbot
Linwood
Geo, Vincent
Albert
Phil
Farmington
Earl Griffith
Helen
Hugh Vincent
Lillian
Ruth Ann
Harrington
Walter Willey
Irma
Ida Towers
American Corner
Tean Henry
Hobbs
Tilghman Rash
Gladys, Tilghman
Joyce
Ridgely
John Carroll
Johnnie
Eugene
Oliver
Margaret Jane
Virginia Lee
Eleanor
Hillsboro
Lester Carroll
Fay
Norma Lee
Greensboro
Robert H. White Jr
Lewis White
Panama
John T. Carter
Wm. G. Wooters
Kent County Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Dover
Del
Paynter
Georgetown
James S. Ross
Frank H. Doerr
P. Howard Hubbard
Cordova
W. R. Fountain
Bates Lister
L. R. Hubbard
J. Emily Hubbard
Easton
Addison Lister
William H. Jones
the Reformed Church
H. F. Keeneman
Sarah Hoffman
The
Methodist Church
Grace Smith
Florence Thompson
Alan Parsons
Henry Truitt
F. A. Stayer
Caroline County
J. H. Roche
Isabelle Andrews
Roy Speakman
Bernard Sparks
Queen Anne
Frank Stevenson
Harry Gibson
Delmar
Richard Blackburn
State Farm Bureau
Baltimore
A. S. Thompson
Philadelphia
Ray Frampton
Wilmington
Harford Porter
Boone Jarrell
Frank Seward
M. C. Meredith
Washington
Weaver Jones
Ford Motor Company
Joseph Brumbaugh
Paul Temple
C. Harvey Diggans
Delray Beach
Florida
Frank Fleming
Diggans
Virginia
Ethel Holt
Messrs
J. Norman Clark
Nicholas Knott
Kemp Stewart
Chas. M. Watts
Clayton
H. R. Covell
William Cooper
Mary Cooper
Oscar Clark
Charles Jarrell
Pauline
Marjorie Baker
Mildred Stenger
Isaac Sparklin
Louise Gray
John Harper
Greensboro Community Club
T. Clayton Horsey
Division of Literature
Crittenden Harper
Woman's Club of
St. Michaels
Greensboro Station
Mr. Hubbard
Clinton Edwards
Elaine
Granville Williamson
C. C. Williams Jr
Eddie Carroll
Lulu Hevnlow
Maude Edwards
Grace Wooters
Harlan Edwards
M. B. Cooper
Clara Seward
Clayton Porter
Bob
Burt Hobbs
L. R. Taylor
Smyrna
Lewis Jones
J. E. Weaver
Baptist Woman’s Missionary Society
D. W. Charlton
James Thawley
Coursey Hammond
Carrie Hobbs
W. Thomas Thornton and
Carl Lee
Ralph
Leipsice
Hubert Trice
Oscar Wyatt
Sara Donovan
Erma White
Lewes
John Wyatt
William Wroten
Jessie Wyatt
Cora Wyatt
Wilbur Carroll
Edward Hollingsworth
Roberta Jackson
T. C. Curry
Bridgeville
Lydia A. Dobson
G. C. Phillips
Sadlersville
Henry Porter
Barton
Frank Asilton
Wilson Thornton
John Carrow
Susie Ford
Price’s Station
Linwood Andrews
Josephine Dyar
Charles Dyar
Queen Anne Weeknight Services at St Pauls Church
Queen Anne church hosts nightly services with Reverend George G Oliver of Hyattsville leading evangelistic messages aimed at youth. Friday is Young People's Night with Sunday School and Young People attending together. Fossett to preach Sunday morning on Jesus Christ’s meaning. Lord's Supper to be observed Sunday evening. Local residents hosted and guests noted. Community Club meets Tuesday. various homemakers and visitors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Queen Anne
George G. Oliver
Oliver
First Methodist
Hyattsville
Maryland
Fossett
Jesus Christ
Virginia Whitby
W. C. Stevens
Dad Dashiells
Mt. Vernon
Geo. Coulbourne
Salisbury
Holland Parks
Princess Anne
Geo. Sharp
Town
Horace Morgan
Henry Morgan
Oscar Briscoe
Harry Kemp
Wye Mills
Bernard Messix
Marion Taylor
Howard Flowers
Harry Moore
John Chairs
Donald Flowers
Baltimore
Addie Morgan
Everett Gale
Hillsboro
Howard Eley
Philadelphia
Local Residents Share Social Visits and Anniversaries
Hobbs hosts eleventh wedding anniversary dinner with Rev. and Mrs. Archer and others from American Corner and nearby towns. Guests include Mrs. Holbrook Bennett Chaffinch and Allen. Week-end visits feature Mrs. Parker Barnes and son Robert from Marcus Hook and Mrs. Paul Moore from Swarthmore. Various Sunday and weekday visits span Washington and Templeville locales with several families hosting and attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. N. Smith
W. T. Archer
QO. Smith
American Corner
W. G. Holbrook
Frances Bennett
O. J. Chaffinch
B. B. Allen
H. C. Hobbs
Joe Johnson
Esther
Sue
Frank Raughley
Templeville
Verma
Leon
Virginia
T. H. Towers
L. H. Thomas
J. R. Starkey
Nanticoke Chapter Installs Officers in Federalsburg
Mrs Anna Mc Clure of Pocomoke assisted by Mrs Bessie Handy installed Nanticoke Chapter No 64 O E S officers for the year. Named are Worthy Matron Rebecca Goslin and Worthy Patron William Wheatley Jr with other officers including Associate Matron Reba Wright Secretary Emma Weiland Treasurer Marguerite Longaker and Chaplain Lydia Charles plus Conductress Margaret Liden and Warder Alice Howard among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna McClure
Pocomoke
Bessie Handy
Marshall
Nanticoke
Rebecca Goslin
William Wheatley, Jr
Reba Wright
Wilmer F. Davis
Margaret Liden
Anna Davis
Emma Weiland
Marguerite Longaker
Lydia Charles
Myrtle Messick
Adah
Maude Davis
Ruth
Grace Vickers
Esther
Martha
Susan Griffith
Electa
Sue Mowbray
Alice Howard
Sentinel
Mary McCrea
SMALL TOWN EDITOR IS YOUR FRIEND FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE
A reflective ode to the local newspaper editor who chronicles a resident’s life from birth announcements to obituaries. It extols the editor’s role in shaping a community’s memory, noting how achievements, engagements, illnesses, and deaths are publicized to keep a small town’s story on the map.
Adams Cross Roads Community Notices and Visits
Mrs. John Adams and sister Edna visited Mr and Mrs Colm Harmon and newborn Ralph Morris Harmon on Wednesday. A covered dish luncheon at Smithville Community Building is set for Tuesday January 22 from 12 to 1 30 pm. Mr and Mrs Ormond Wright of near Denton spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Adams. Mr and Mrs Blaine Bullock and daughter Elizabeth visited C W Adams and family. Illness of influenza reported but improving. Trustees held their yearly meeting at C W Adams home last Thursday. Mrs George Chaffinch and daughter Elizabeth of Trinity visited Edna Adams Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Harrison Trice visited relatives here Sunday. Sunday School at Bloomery Sunday at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton Willis
Charles Willis
Elizabeth Baggs
Fred Baggs
Greensboro
Ridgely M. E. Parsonage
Leon Ross
Tilghman Outten
Norman Outten
Delema Paskae
Farmington
Ridgely Parsonage
IH. A. Porter
John Murphy
Martin
Goldsboro
Cornelia Rapalje
Brooklyn
N. Y
Coursey Hammond
Harrington
Clarence Russell
Milford
Alfred Ruughley
W. T. Bullock
R. N. Stafford
Unity Homemaker’s Club
T. E. Ellwanger
Pauline Hopkins
Epworth League of Wesley Church
Parsonage
George Blades
Harlan Blades
Mite Society of Union M. P. Church
Laura Porter
Austine Stafford
N. A. Porter
Rosa Hurd
Porter
Clifford Baker
Betty
James Larimore
Linwood
Vernon
J. W. Price
Virginia Robinson
Fred Parker
Maggie Morgan
Ollie
Philadelphia
Fred Lewis
Federalsburg
John Adams
Edna
Colm Harmon
Ralph Morris Harmon
Smithville
Ormond Wright
Denton
Arthur Adams
Blaine Bullock
Elizabeth
C. W. Adams
George Chaffinch
Trinity
Edna Adams
Harrison Trice
Bloomery
Worthwhile Government Program for Grade Crossing Elimination
The proposal to include railroad grade crossing elimination in federal relief gains support from safety authorities railroad workers state governments and the public. It would reduce crossing deaths boost employment and spur heavy industry while funds benefit workers and suppliers like cement and steel. The nation faces about 30 000 unprotected crossings with thousands of deaths yearly, a federal program could save lives and aid the public welfare.
Lloyd George Plans Slum Clearing and Bank Control in England
Lloyd George proposes a New Year package for England focusing on slum elimination relief works swamp reclamation and reforestation. The plan also repeats the demand for state control of the Bank of England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
England
Bank of England
Greensboro Centenary Club Meeting and Local Fire Loss
Greensboro residents recall local history as the Greensboro Community Club previews a program of letters from 1835 read by Mrs Crittenden Harper, linking past and present. A blaze on the John C Brown farm near Greensboro station destroys a home, with most belongings lost though insurance partly covers the structure. the owner plans a quick rebuild as the family finds temporary quarters.
Fine potted plants for sale in Denton
G Good watchmaker in Denton Maryland advertises available potted plants priced at 35 and 50 cents each. The notice emphasizes affordable greenery and local commerce from a neighborhood shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Good
Denton, Md
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J. Purdon Wright
Mattie Moore
Andrew Freeland
Addie Wilson
W. M. Moore
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Rhgely
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Tuckahoe
John Edwin Price
Adams Cross Roads
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