Local notices and community events in Caroline county
Local advertisements announce sales at J H Nichols Co and Johnson’s Wax by M K Newnam, a January clearance, and farm home goods. Club meetings include Twentieth Century Club January 24 at Choptank Club House and Homemakers Club program planning January 31 in Denton Court Room. Obituary notes Mrs Gertrude Ramsdell dies in Port Stanley Washington after tuberculosis battle. Sophie Kerr play Big Hearted Herbert praised in New York reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson’s
M. KK
Newnam
M. K. Newnam
J. H. Nichols & Co
Twentieth Century Club of
Choptank
Choptank Club
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
R. R. Gilson
Salisbury
Caroline County
Greensboro
Bethlehem
Federalsburg
Cole
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
J. L. Everngam
Denton
Caroline County Firemen’s Association
M. E
Homemakers Club
Court Room
Bertha
Blades
Pauline Roe
CWA
Florence Strong
Kathryn Beauchamp
Bce
Concord Church House
Bessie M. Spafford
Gertrude Ramsdell
Hugh E. Ramsdell
H. E. Ramsdell
Seattle
Ramsdell
Caroline High School
Sophie Kerr
Anna Steele Richardson
Mr. Nugent
Youth and the Church conference at Denton M P Church
Friday February 2 at the Denton M P Church hosts a Young People’s Conference theme Youth and the Church Registration at 1 30, worship 2 20 to 2 46, address by Geo Newton Preston, discussion groups led by Fossett Albertson Leese and Lister, 4 15 reports, 4 30 recreation, 6 banquet with Marvin Smith as toast master, play Bathone by Denton M E Church youth, conference ends with dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton M. P
Geo. Newton
Preston
C. L. Fossett
Pauline Albertson
Norman Leese
Calvin Lister
Albertson
Marvin Smith
Washington College
M. E. Church
Caroline Council
Amos Crouse
Harold Towers
Melvin Blades
C. H. Roe
L. T. McNeal
W. K. Scotton
C. D. Collison
F. W. Kirwan
Emmett Lord
Owen Covey
Inside Sentinel
Lee Covey
Outside Sentinel
Samuel Nowell
Harry Wilson
Richard Blackburn
Roland Satterfield
J. C. George
Frank H. Doerr
James Hubbard
Easton
Dorsey Nichols
Federalsburg
Harry Murphy
Martha Frey
Henry Gelletty
Denton
Potters Landing
Baltimore
Fred
Charles Lord
State Farm Bureau
Kern
Byron Griffith
Caroline Farm Bureau
C. W. Sylvester
Gilbert Hagadone
Stanley G. Pippin
Wilmington
C. H. Sylvester
Progressive League of Maryland boards meet in Annapolis
Members of the Board of Governors for the Progressive League of Maryland will meet in Annapolis next week to finalize a permanent organization. Clarence W. Miles, interim chairman, announced the board’s composition excluding four counties and Baltimore City. The league seeks to curb domination by party leaders and has not endorsed any candidate. the Annapolis session will set bylaw, constitution, primaries plans, officers, and future meeting schedule with governors from Allegany to Worcester listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive League of
Maryland
Antonapolis
Baltimore
Clarence W.miles
Progressive League
Democratic Party
Annapolis
Allegany
Fuller Bernard Jr
Anne Arundel
James A. Walton
Edward H. Burke
Caroline
J. Edward, Nichols
Cecil
Reynolds Ash
Charles
Frank Mattingly
Dorchester
Emerson C. Harrington Jr
Frederick
W. Clinton McSherry
Harford
Wilmer Cronin
Howard
James Clarke
Montgomery
Edward Peters
Prince George’s
Clarence M. Roberts
Queen Anne’s
C. Hayden Metcalfe
Somerset
T. Edwin Haymon
St. Mary’s
A. F. King
Talbot
W. Earle Withoot
Washington
S. Rinehart Cahill
Wicomico
David J. Ward
Worcester
Edmund ’S. Johnson
Davis F uneral Held for Civil War Veteran in Federalsburg
The funeral for William Franklin Davis 92 a county native and Civil War veteran was held Sunday at Beth el Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev G E Leister and Rev R C Campbell officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery. Davis survived by two sons Norwood and Wayne near Philadelphia. A fox hunt fraternity and the Del Mar Va Funeral Directors Association meeting were noted in related local items on the same page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Franklin Davis
Peninsula
Frank Newell
Mr. Davis
Rachel Horn
Norwood Davis
Wayne Davis
Philadelphia
Beth el Methodist Episcopal Church
G. E. Leister
R. C. Campbell
Seaford
Waddell’s Corner
Dorchester County
H. W. Davis
Tubman Brothers
Preston
duPont Kennels
Frank S. Bradley
Ellwood Campground
Del-Mar-Va
Chestertown
J. J. Frampton
Federalsburg
Williston Visitors and Local Socials Highlight Week
Williston hosted gatherings at the Hignutt home with Mollie Taylor Katharine Thachey and Calvin Simpson. Emmett Lord's party celebrated Mrs. Lords birthday and Sonny Maloney. Lords return from Baltimore visit. Sadie Ritter and O M Hignatt visited Fred Carpenter at The Wigwam. Uhler reports sunny Florida. Williston Community Church no afternoon service. Sunday School at 10:30. Nelson Todd and B J Frazier hosts at Federalburg dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Hignutt
Mr. Hignutt
Mollie Taylor
Katharine
J. W. Thachey
Calvin Simpson
Shirley
Emmett Lord
C. Lord
Baltimore
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Sadie Ritter
Concord
O. M. Hignatt
Fred Carpenter
Pines
Garland Lake
Margaret Uhler
Templeville Ladies Aid elects officers for year
Templeville Maryland event notes officers elected for the Ladies Aid Society: President Mrs Medford Starkey, vice president Mrs Amos Wyatt, secretary Mrs Oscar Lord, treasurer Miss Mary Knotts. Visits and Sunday services details included with regional names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Lord
Mary Knotts
Ladies Aid Society
Lord
Medford Starkey
Amos Wyatt
Doris Ann
Irwin Moore
Hamilton
J. F. Raughley
Isabel Raughley
Greensboro
William H. Knotts
Harry
Nell Knotts
Hurlock
Dora Everett
J. L. Starkey
Massey
Funeral of James H. Smith Observed at Ridgely Home
The funeral for James H. Smith, born December 16 1868 on the Ridgely Smith homestead, was held Friday at their home. He was buried on the forty first anniversary of his marriage to Sally Cannon after eighteen years on the Tuckahoe farm. He was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and pallbearers included J. D. Davis and W. A. Cawley. Interment followed at Denton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Smith
W. D. Short
C. F. Smith
Risden Fountain
Anderson
Baltimore
Bartlett
Centreville
Barton
Hillsboro
Anthony
W. A. Cawley
Harry G. Gardner
I. E. Mason
I. T. Saulsbury
J. M. Swing
Denton Cemetery
Ruth Wheatley
Wilmington
M. E. Wheatley
Middletown
Ridgely-Greensboro
Calvin Lynch
G. L. Wilson
A. O. Saulsbury
Ridgely
Temple Smith
Irving Jones
Frederick Roe
Greensboro
Richard Blackburn
State Farm Bureau
State Breeders’ Association
Blackburn
Eastern Shore
Harvey Holsinger
Morton Holsinger
Prospect Park
Valley Forge
George Washington, Memorial
Samuel King
M. F. King
Harvard Medical School
Boston
Mass
Peter Brent Brigham Hospital
Harry Hemmons
Mary Laird
Ada Matthews
Riddle Memorial
Kent Temple
S. S
Washington
New York
Arthur Richards
George Goodley
Gordon Heights
Civil Works Administration aids Preston workers
The Civil Works Administration placed thirty seven men in Preston on two gravel road projects. One route runs from the O C Blades farm to Preston and the other follows Maryland avenue Millistreet and Ledman avenue. The payroll provides relief to local citizens. Community notices mention social clubs, visitors, and church services with several names and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Works Administration
Choptank
Preston
O. C. Blades
Maryland Avenue
Millistreet
Ledman Avenue
Lloyd Cannon
A. Fletcher Sisk
T. C. Crouse
Edwin Derrickson
Ruth Jackson
KE. P. Baylor
Miss Jackson
H. M. Hollis
James E. Douglas
Blanch Croll
Paul van Dyke
Stevens Brown
Easton
Noble Carroll
James
Brooklyn
N. Y
C. A. Carroll
Church of the New Jerusalem
Edwin Wright
Billie
A. T. Corkran
Hiram. Corkran
Norfolk
Myrtle Messick
Federalsburg
Hoke
J. M. Parker
Maurice Dean
Kenneth
Billy
Clayton Carroll
William Kraus
Harry Butler
New York
New Jersey
Epiphany Mission
N. H. Fooks
Theodore E. Fletcher
Chicago
Minnie Taylor
Newark
Del
Robert O. Dulin
Wm. Dulin
Raymond Cooke
Ralph
Wm. I. Norris
Denton
T. Conoven Crouse
James Bowling
Alfred Bradley
Salisbury
E. B. Blades
Local Social Roundup Includes Porter Thawley Visitors
Burrsville residents record a series of dinners and gatherings featuring the Porter Thawley families, Hicks Langmaid, Harrington guests, and Denton visitors. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thawley, Mrs. Laura Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Thawley, and Mr. Carroll Williams who recently moved near Chestertown after marriage. Illness notes mention Mrs. Elias Pearson slightly improving and Mrs. John H. Thawley being quite ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Porter
J. W. Thawley
H. T. Langmaid
Earl Davidson
Greensboro
Coursey Hammond
Harrington
Alfred Raughley
Austine Stafford
Wm. H. Roe
Shanley Roe
Henry Walters
Laura Porter
Georgia Breeding
R. H. Thawley
Fred Hopkins
Frederica
James Cahall
Vertie Cahall
Sallie Covey
Nettie Wooters
Wesley E. Thawley
Robert H. and
Wesley Jr
Denton
Annie Downham
Mollie Cahall
Wesley Thawley
Carroll Williams
Chestertown
Marjorie Baker
John Wallace Chance
New Jersey
Brown Thawley
Baltimore
Elias Pearson
John H. Thawley
In Memoriam Minnie L. Greenlee 1933 memorial note
In Memoriam for Minnie L. Greenlee wife and mother who departed this life January 16, 1933. Deep in our hearts you are fondly remembered sweet memories cling around your name. True hearts that loved you with deepest affection will love you in death the same. Signed, Husband and Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenlee
Minnie L. Greenlee
Hillsboro Queen Anne shower greets Dr Newnam family
Dr and Mrs Newnam welcomed as residents at a get acquainted shower hosted by Queen Anne Hillsboro communities. Numerous gifts noted. Several local residents and guests visited or shared meals at homes in Easton St Michaels Wye Mills and Greensboro. Ill list includes Frances Covell Newton Smith James Sloan Charlanne Eaton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newnam
Mary Rowe
Queen Anne
Hillsboro
Newnaom
Frances Covell
Newton Smith
James Sloan
Charlanne Eaton
Mary Louise Dodds
Milford Kline
Lorain Lane
Harrington
Robert Magrogan
Near Town
Lay Knott
Salisbury
N. E. Knott
Laura Wooters
St. Michaels
Harvey Wooters
Edgar Blades
Oswell Callahan
Wye Mills
Brown Thawley
Burrsville
John Carroll
Lester Carroll
Greensboro
Howard Dodds
Master Edward Lewis
Nyle Andrew
Easton
Ed. Davis
Jean Weathers
Sadie Wothers
John Skinner
Charlaine Eaton
Easton Hospital
Louise Gray
Denton
Young people to meet for discussion and worship in Queen Anne’s county
On Friday February 9 Protestant churches in Queen Annes county plan an evening at St Pauls Church with registration at 430 pm and program at 6 pm A banquet and recreation follow at 630 pm The Reverend Milton S Andrews of Denton will speak at 8 pm on Life at its Best Then Denton youths will present the play Bathane All are urged to attend Union revival services are under way in Hillsboro with visiting ministers each night next week at St Pauls Church Several local residents are noted as hosting visiting friends and spending time in nearby towns over the weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne’s County
St. Paul’s Church
Milton S. Andrews
Denton
Messrs
M. Spencer
Hob Startt
Easton
Frances
Hazel Eaton
Baltimore
John Lubeck
Percy Harrison
McDaniels
Everett Blades
Addie Morgan
Effa Plummer
Greensboro
Horace Morgan
Earl Howard
Shower honors Mr and Mrs William Ray at Towers home
A miscellaneous shower was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Towers on Tuesday in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William Ray with about 125 guests. Many useful gifts were received and later refreshments were served as the couple were wished many happy years. Mrs. Ray extends thanks to all who helped. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Lulu Beauchamp's home Wednesday with nine members and three visitors, served chicken salad and other treats, and adjourned to meet Mrs. Clara Deen in February. Mr. and Mrs. C W Towers hosted a turkey dinner Saturday. Olaf Smith and children joined Mr. and Mrs. Towers for a recent turkey supper. Several guests attended Friday evening for Mr. Towers' birthday as Owen Howard Jr of Washington stayed with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Nuttle
Daniel J. Layton Jr
Philadelphia
City
E. T. Orme
Crawford Shockley
Millsboro
Del
Mifflin Blackistone
Frederick
Dorothy Moore
New York
R. D., Blackistone
Elizabeth Knotts
Wm. Murphy
W. R. Fountain
Frank H. Doerr
Margaret Lord
Concord
Vincent Briscoe
Price
T. F. Johnson
Emily
Frances Johnson
Baltimore
Westminster
Claudia Meeks
Tuckahoe Neck
J. B. Patchett
American Corner
Lacey Stevens
E. Lynne Stevens
Wilmington
Wilbert Merriken
Wilbert Callaway
Washington, D. C
Ralph Smith
Robert V. Hastings
Louise Gray
G. A. Trice
Bridge
Sallie Covey
Bridgeville
W. P. Carroll
Easton Hospital
Ernest Towers
William Ray
Lulu Beauchamp
Maryland
Clara Deen
C. W. Towers
L. R. Towers
George Towers
Olaf Smith
Owen Howard Jr
Washington
Horace Howard
Greensboro-Ridgely Road
A. E. Shields
Albert Jr
T. E. Bastian
Enoch Strannahan
Kenneth
J. C. Ledbetter
Ruth
Fred Johnson
Luetta
Wilson Jump
W. Thomas Thornton
Carl Lee
Fred Monroe
Miss Wands
Frederic
Jessie Hall
Anna Hubbard
Claude Conner
M. A. Dragoo
Lillie Doty
Lulu Bartlett
Leo Evans
Elsie Briggs
Edward Pearson
Harry Flaharty
Joseph Edwards
Marion Swann
John Harvey Coursey
John Ray Luff
Dulin
Greensboro
Robert Shaw
Harold Nichols
Cordova
Ira Samis
Rena Samis
Denton
Elwood Morris
Town
Edgar Weaver
Douglas Cooper
Robert Sikes
Charles Vanville
Clarence Kibler
Calvin Butler
Edmond Smith
Anna Legar
J. H. Isaacs
W. H. Laramore
Joseph Laramore
Easton
C. H. Stonesifer
R. B. Rawlings
James Butler
Del-Mar-Va
Lacey Wilson
Carl Nichols
Raymond Bennett
George R. Horsey
Mary
Ellen
William Hubbard
Clinton Edwards
Elaine
Thomas Thornton
Fred Baynard
Johnander Shulties
Frank Hobbs
Clifton H. Lord
Cincinnati
James W. Lord
Ridgely
Stanley Draper
Mary Anna
Betty Lou
C. E. Collins
S. D. Carrow
L. R. Taylor
Clayton
Thomas Swain
Newark
Asbury Hubbard
Annie Wooters
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mildred Medford
Frank Covey
Chester
John Nichols
Charles Nichols
Henderson
Paul Dobson
Thomas
Mildred Ginn
Mable Rich
Nancy Smith
Beverly Nashold
Marie Eaton
Roland Pippin
Topsy Turvy Day at Grove M P Church
Children’s day event called Topsy Turvy will be held at Grove M P Church on Thursday evening January 25 with admission of 10 cents. An officers election is planned for Grove Sunday School next Sunday January 21. Mrs W H Deen visits daughter Mrs J Hudson Taylor. Mrs C A Carroll is on sick list. speedy recovery hoped. Mr Harry Butler visits his daughter in New York this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Marvel
Eugene Pennington
Philadelphia
Valley Forge
William C. Harrison Jr
Harrington
L. S. Matthews
Herman Mitchell Jr
Brunswick
Elbert Saunders
Goldsboro
William Marvel
Grove
W. H. Deen
J. Hudson Taylor
C. A. Carroll
Harry Butler
New York
Denton Resident Charles H. Sylvester Dies at 79
Charles Henry Sylvester a Denton resident of five years died at home last Monday in his 80th year after months of illness. Funeral held Thursday at home with interment in Greensboro cemetery. Survived by wife Carrie West Pippin. no children. Cousin W. E. Sylvester and three nephews also listed. Born in Caroline County, he later ran hat and fur business in Zanesville and worked as coal company representative in Chicago before WWI. He later worked for the government in Baltimore and spent years in the Midwest before retiring to Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Sylvester
Denton
Greensboro
M. S. Andrews
Denton M. E. Church
T. J. Turkington
M. P
B. H. Johnson
J. Kemp Stevens
Walter S. Rutter
E. Reb. Fleetwood
F. I. Reynolds
J. H. Emerson
L. A. Moore
F. R. Owens
H. Earle Smith
J. DeWeese Carter
Mr. Sylvester
Caroline County
Wesley
Sarah Sylvester
Goldsboro
Carrie West Pippin
Annie E. Pippin
Trustinee Pippin
Caroline
W. E. Sylvester
Hillsboro
Charles W. Sylvester
Baltimore
Frederick Gallaher
Owatona
Minn
Herman Gallaher
Sabina
Ohio
Sylvester
Zanesville
Chicago
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Middle West
Milwaukee
Rockford
Ill
Waterloo
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Smithville Homemakers Club Meeting Recaps 1934 Pal Draws
Smithville Homemakers Club held an all day meeting at the club room on Tuesday with a noon covered dish dinner. Many members attended and three new members joined. An afternoon business session featured a demonstration on Short Cuts to Attractive Clothes and a drawing for 1934 club pals. Several members and guests are listed as ill or visiting, with best wishes for speedy recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
John H. Lare
Sadie Holland
Salisbury
Ed Favinger
Mary
Earl
Walter
Betty
Milford
T. Thomas
Mildred
Wilmington Hospital
Mag Wie Clevenger
Elsie Savitz
Edward Wright
Harriett Ann
Ormond Wright
Denton
Vienna
C. R. Neal
Altha Lare
Lewes
Del
Wm. Dill
James Savitz
Walter Lyden
Shirley
Leon Meredith
George O’day
Hazel
Cambridge
Horace Robinson
American Corner
Little Wilson Meredith
Alice Robinson
An Editor in Love With You in 1983
A Western town editor muses on loving many women but declares in verse that, by 1983, he is one hundred percent for you the new girl Amelia, as he notes rivals Marguerite and others differ in flaws. He contemplates fame, readers, and his own bias toward the object of affection despite changing attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia
Marguerite
1983
Card of Thanks for Eliza Draper Baker's Death
The family thanks friends for sympathy and assistance during their mother Eliza Draper Baker's death. Floral tributes were greatly appreciated. James H. Baker and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Draper Baker
James H. Baker
Greensboro Community News Notes Shower and Club News
Greensboro and its environs report a miscellaneous shower for Mr. and Mrs. Horace Howard on the Greensboro Ridgely road with many gifts and refreshments. The 4-H Club held a January 15 meeting near town electing Edgar Weaver president and listing new members Douglas Cooper Robert Sikes and Charles Vannille. An Old Hen Day contest is planned for February 10 with a calf prize, plus various family visits and social gatherings across Greensboro, Ridgely and nearby towns.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Williston
Nelson Todd
B. J. Frazier
Templeville
Rhgely
Memoriam
Tuckahoe
Charles H. Sylvester