Denton Area Community Notices and Local Meetings
The Junior Chair of Denton M E Church to hold a bake sale on Saturday January 29 in the vacant store room near Townsends. Denton hosts a Farmers Supply Company directors meeting with Southern States Co operative and three Caroline county vocational agriculture teachers at the Brick Hotel. Wayne A. Cawley of Denton leads the Farmers Supply Company. Congress member Goldsborough reports White House approval for WPA project No 20111 in Denton Maryland reconstructing sanitary sewers costing 1725 with 1063 federal and 662 sponsor funds. Del Mar Va Press Association marks 25th anniversary with joint meeting in Hotel du Pont Wilmington DE featuring dignitaries. Obituaries include Jesse Spencer of West Denton aged 35 and Andrew Slaughter of Burrsville aged 72. The Federal Theater hosts a cancer control fundraiser movie 100 Men and a Girl at the Federal Theatre January 31 and February 1 with Blanche Hobbs selling tickets for the Denton area. The Caroline County Medical Society met January 13 at the Brick Hotel with plans to invite orthopedic Dr Robert W Johnson for February 9. Denton Volunteer Fire Company to hold a supper and theatre party February 10 at Denton M P Church with 60 cent tickets and a racehorse film Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry at Dentonia Theatre, show starts 6 pm. donations of chickens welcome at Koenig’s Restaurant. Denton Production Credit Association reports a 73 percent year over year growth with loans rising to 282,718 and members to 404, and director re-elections for M C Sherman and Franklin Baker along with other board members. Denton Community Club served dinner to over 300 guests at the Dentonia Theatre events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton M. E. Church
Townsend’s
Farmers’ Supply Company of
Denton
Southern States Cooperative
Caroline County
Brick Hotel
Wayne A. Cawley
Farmers’ Supply Company
T. Alan Goldsborough
Works Progress
Millard E. Tydings
Harry Nice
Richard C. McMullen
John G. Townsend Jr
James H. Price
Walter W. Bacon
Wilmington
Jesse Spencer
West Denton
Philip and
Laura Bayne Spencer
Katherine Virginia Doran
Jesse Philip
Howard Leroy
Mary Katherine
Pearl Clark
Swarthmore
James Miller
Pennsylvania
Denton Cemetery
Andrew Slaughter
Burrsville
Kent General, Hospital
Dover
William and
Elizabeth Biddle Slaughter
Delaware
Jack Slaughter
Ella Anthony
John Collison
Hattie Pinder
Emily Ivins
Newark
Del
Hillsboro
Cancer Control
Woman’s Club of
Federalsburg
Federal Theatre
Deanna Durbin
Stokowski
Blanche Hobbs
Caroline County Medical Society
Brick
F. N. Nichols
D. O. George
E. Paul Knotts
Nichols
Robert W. Johnson
Baltimore
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Denton M. P
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
Sophie Tucker
C. Aubrey Smith
Ronald Sinclair
Dentonia Theatre
Koenig's
Main St
Victor Dean
Denton Production Credit Association
Geo. W. Beck
J. H. Karns
Washington
Walter P. Quintin
W. G. Wysor
Guy R. Phillips
Vienna
M. C. Sherman
Queenstown
Franklin Baker
Trappe
Herman Crew
Worton
Austin Murphy
Russell P. Smith
Cambridge
Denton Community Club
Greensboro Community Club
Cub House
Bertha Shull
F. P. Roe
Irvin Brumbaugh
Greensboro Orchestra
Shull
Veterans Administration
Perry Point
George E. Waters
Watera
United States
F. N. Coursey
Mae Pippin
Edward Nichols
Alice Wieneke
R. B. Rawlings
Geo, Cannon
Charles Wieneke
Roberta Jackson
Alfreda Blackburn
Home Department
Sallie Butler
Addie Pritchett
Anna Pearson
Lena Lewis
Thelda Roe
Martha Bickling
Geo. Cannon
Caroline County Bank
Harry Bilbrough
John C. Brown
Arthur W. Brumbaugh
T. Clayton Horsey
William J. Murphy
J. W. Brice
R. H. Stafford
H. B. Thomas
W. J. Murphy
Goldsboro
W. W. Goldsborough
Mildred M. Ginn
Ralph O’neal
Atlanta
Pet Milk Company
Ross
North Carolina
O'Neal
University of Kentucky
Louisville
Kentucky
Greensboro
Fred Smith
Hobbs
A. W. Brumbaugh
Clarence Russell
Oscar Wyatt
Louise Swann
Smith Edwards
Viola Clark
Cyrus Stufft
Philadelphia
William Morgan
A. G. Stufft
John Andrew
Louella
Mary Stufft
Homer Stufft
Henderson
Earl J. Tribbett
Daisy Tribbett
Martha Louise Dill
Earl Dill
John White
John Baynard Jr
Harry S. Cooper
Near Town
Ruth Marie
John W. Lynch
Seaford
George Lynch
Georgetown
Liz Smith
Susan Cooper
Hyson Cohee
Magnolia
Laura Spicher
E. F. Seward
Seward
Enterprise Office
Henry L. Cohee
Mable Mitchell
Will Cannon
Near Ridgely
Mary Jenkins
Austin Longacker
Luther Bennett
Edward Wilson
Janis Cotes
Cleveland
Ohio
Laura Longfellow
Lacey Wilson
Michael Ash
Kenneth Bostic
Chester
William Sipple
Pauline Pippin
Kent General Hospital
Denton social notes include anniversaries and gatherings
Mrs A T Cahall celebrated twenty fifth anniversary with guests from Queen Anne Barclay Hillsboro Harrington and Wilmington. Denton Cemetery Association members met for annual session with officers re elected. Various parties gifts and visits noted plus church society events and a radio broadcast compliment to a Denton native.
Funeral for Mrs Hester Baughley Wyatt in Harrington
Mrs Hester Baughley Wyatt 55 a longtime public school teacher in Eastern Shore and Delaware died at her brother's Harrington home. Funeral held at Harrington Methodist Protestant Church with multiple pastors. burial in Denton cemetery. Survived by husband Thomas H Wyatt and children Mary Anna Thomas J Raughley and William Burnley Wyatt. seven brothers and one sister all named Raughley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester Baughley Wyatt
Eastern Shore
Delaware
Thomas H. Wyatt
Denton
Harrington
Harrington Methodist
G. E. Turner
J. T. Bailey
Milford
Ira Crum
Burrsville
W. L. Jump
W. A. Roberts
Denton Cemetery
James Raughley
Berton Raughley
Austin Smith
Lyman Porter
Ormond L. Andrew
J. DeWeese Carter
Wyatt
Raughley
Joshua B
Annie M. Raughley
Caroline County
Mary Anna
Thomas H. Jr
J. Raughley
William Burnley Wyatt
R. Emmett Raughley
W. Clifford Raughley
Internal Revenue Department of Delaware
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Hobby Show and Club Notes
A Ridgely community page reports a Hobby Show by the Women's Home Missionary Society to be held Wednesday and Thursday January 26 and 27 with 6 cent admission and a $1 prize for a student exhibit. Four exhibit classes include art and photography collections handicrafts and household arts. Ribbons prize and volunteer exhibit drop offs are noted. The column also covers Library gains Carnegie donations new shelves 2000+ books and several local social notes from the Community Club and W H M S auxiliaries including marriages births and meetings with various local residents and visiting guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Church House
Ridgely School
Stella Matthews
Thompson Swing
Eugene Field
Little Boy Blue
Carnegie Foundation
Church Notices Bring Sunday Sermons and Meetings
The Denton M E Church hosts morning and evening services this Sunday January 23 with 9 45 am Sunday School and a 6 46 pm Epworth League. A Caroline County branch meeting of the International League for Peace occurs Wednesday 2 30 pm with Eleanor Eaton as speaker in the Sunday School room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. 8. Andrews
Denton M. E
Epworth League
Caroline
Women’s International League For Peace
Eleanor Eaton
Washington
Caroline County
Denton M. P. Church
Wayne D. Mower
Hurlock
Christian Endeavor
Turkington
Cambridge M. P
Smithsonian Regents Meet Discuss Building Plans for 1946 Centennial
The January 13 meeting of Smithsonian Regents, including Chief Justice Hughes and Vice President Garner, focused on the institution’s building program. Congress earlier authorized two wings for the National Museum and a Gallery of Art but funding is lacking. a 1946 completion for the centennial was urged. Informal talks followed on scientific developments from the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
John N. Garner
M. M. Logan
Senate
Alban W. Barkley
T. Alan Goldsborough
House of Representatives
Charles L. Gifford
Clarence Cannon
Frederic A. Delano
Washington, D. C
John C. Merriam
C. G. Abbot
Alexander Wetmore
Congress
National Museum
Gallery of Art
James Smithson
Washingiton
In Memoriam for Chas Bernard Blades Four Years On
In loving memory of our dear boy Chas Bernard Blades who was killed January 20 1934. There is someone who misses you sadly and finds the time long since you went. There is someone who thinks of you always and tries to be brave and content. The best are always the first to die. By his loving Mother Father Brothers and Sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Bernard Blades
Adams Cross Roads Community Notes Busy Week
Adams family hosted gatherings Tuesday and Wednesday with numerous relatives and friends. Miss Althea Adams from Wilmington visited C. W. Adams and family, Bloomery Ladies Aid set a January 26 meeting, and Sunday services are announced for Bloomery with 2 pm Sunday School and 3 pm preaching. Sympathy extended to D. R. Adams family. C. H. Parker and companion visiting Florida for a while.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elon Wright
Fred Fountain
Earle Robinson
Anna Robinson
Fred Payne
D. R. Adams
Minnie Adams
Winnie Graham
Wilmington
Card Of Thanks For Kind Friends And Neighbors
To all kind friends and neighbors who assisted during the illness and death of my husband I extend my heartfelt thanks. Mrs. Elizabeth Slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Slaughter
Governor Nice Highway Opened In Maryland Event
Governor Harry W Nice inaugurated the modern dual highway from Baltimore to Havre de Grace by severing the silken tape. The bridge of remarks highlighted Maryland’s push to superior roads and noted a 1937 gasoline tax payment of 10.59 million dollars, a record and up from 1933 by about 3 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Nice
Baltimore
Havre de Grace
General Assembly
Maryland
Nice
Smithson Family News in Easton and Camden
Walter McCarty and two sons Raymond and George of Easton attended William McCarty’s funeral in Camden New Jersey on Monday. The Smithson Club held its annual family supper Tuesday evening followed by cards and games. Mrs Merrill Rhodes of Longwoods visited Wednesday with her parents Algie and Mrs Willoughby. Mr and Mrs James Toft were guests of the Willoughbys last Monday. Little Billy Bryan is on the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter McCarty
Raymond
George McCarty
Easton
William McCarty
Camden
N. J
Smithson Club
Merrill Rhodes
Longwoods
Algie Willoughby
James Toft
Melvin Willoughby
Little Billy Bryan
Joe Thomas
Baltimore
James Thomas
Chester
Howard Dodds
J. Gardner
Marian Gardner
Tilghman’s Island
Frank Fleming
Epworth League
Elwood Fleming
Dorothy Jones
Charles W. Spry
S. G. Jones
Kent Island
Joseph Taylor
James Sherwood
Edgar Blades
Mildred Stenger
Brown Thawley
Milford
Norman Hicks
Annville
Ralph Holland
Floyd Cahall
Prices
John Skinner
Dora Samis
Amos Warner
D. Rathell
H. R. Covell
Centreville
Olin Hunter
Eleanor Noble
Federalsburg
William Sherwood
Harry Connolly
Wilmington
H. Lay Beaven
Allen Hicks
Frances Covell
Earl Sparks
Ridgely
Mary Rathell
In memory of Nettie Dean by her daughter Agnes Hurlock
In memory of my dear mother, Nettie Dean, who departed this life one year ago, January 20, 1937. Though you sit lone and broken hearted, memory softens everything. The grave its victory, death its sting. Gone but not forgotten. By her daughter, Agnes Hurlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Dean
Agnes Hurlock
Record Crop Surplus Sparks Market Questions
A major 18 percent million bale crop tops records, prompting concern over the surplus. Critics warn the size may appear favorable but worry about finding buyers and markets. The note questions where the vast harvest can be sold.
Hilesboro Queen Anne Letter Socials and Visits
Local society notes list numerous visits and guests across towns. Baltimore residents Mr and Mrs Joe Thomas and Mr and Mrs James Thomas are among dinner hosts with Tilghman Island and Kent Island attendees. Frequent calls and weekend stays include Easton, Milford, Centreville, Ridgely, and Annapolis area residents.
Queen Anne Woman Laura Knotts in Serious Health Battle
Mrs Laura Fisher Knotts a leading Queen Anne civic and church figure suffered a paralytic stroke at home. Widowed to merchant David H Knotts she had extensive farming interests in Caroline and Queen Anne counties. Local social news notes visits and family gatherings follow the health update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Fisher Knotts
International Harvester Company
Horace Morgan
Eloise
Earl Howard
Juanita Howard
S. L. Culver
Hebron
Jake Morgan
Caldwell Wilson
Easton
Harry Clark
Willis Wilkinson
Connecticut
J.M. York
Preachers
Baltimore
Byron Barton Jr
E. B. Lightner
Bur sville residents reshuffle homes as New Year moves occur
A number of Bur sville residents changed residences this New Year including John Collison moving onto the John Parris farm and Enos Cleaves relocating near Maple Grove School. James Hopkins bought a farm near Greensboro replacing him, and Floyd Baker and his wife moved to Denton. Several social notes follow including a 71 year old death, funeral details, births, and hospital updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Collison
Denton
Enos Cleaves
John Parris
Cleaves
Maple Grove School
R. H. Thawley
Earl Messick
James Outten
James Hopkins
L. P. Voss
Greensboro
Perry
Floyd Baker
James Huey
Andrew Slaughter
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Slaughter
Ira E. Crum
W. L. Jump
Hillsboro Cemetery
R. H. Stafford
John Thawley
Daniel Adams
Federalsburg
John H. Thawley
Mary Stafford
Robert Stafford
Melvin James
Hester Raughley Wyatt
Harrington M. P
Walter Cannon
Webster Ivins
Ella Lewis
Edward Lewis
Lola Lewis
Magers
Ola Scott
Bill Parker
Easton Hospital
Clarence Collison
Harrisburg
Henry Hurd
Sabillasville
Preston Community Club Meets With Health Clinic Plan
Preston community group met Tuesday with president Mrs. G C Carmine presiding. Welfare reports showed baskets and clothing given to needy families. A heater was approved for the firehouse assembly room for Health Department clinics. Visitors from Hurlock Club spoke on club value and health plans for Caroline county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Community Club
G. C. Carmine
Covey
County Welfare Board
Hurlock Women’s Club
Edgar Bradley
Eastern Shore District Federation
George E. Waters
Denton
Caroline County
Salome Downes Edgeworth
Dover
New York
Europe
Delaware
Johnson Bonner
Lloyd Brodes
H. M. Hollis
Lee Noble
Luke Amato
Herman Schmick
Jake Harris
Arthur M. Willey
Bridge
Burton Proctor Jr
E. B. Blades
Edwin Numbers
West Virginia
A. F. Sisk
Ralph Ledman
Hurlock
Ida Davis
Boston
John Noble
C. W. Elzey
Henderson couple celebrates golden wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs H C Cooper marked their golden wedding anniversary at home near Henderson. Married January 11, 1888 in Greensboro Maryland they lived decades near Felton and later moved to Maryland. They have six children and received many gifts and well wishes from friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Cooper
Here
Nathaniel Horsey
Greensboro
Wm. H. Hutchin
Felton
Delaware
Maryland
Henderson
Mabel H. Culver
Philadelphia
Geo. H. Playter
New York
Frank Price
Chester
Louis N. Cooper
Hartford, Conn
Naomi B. Hail
Cortland Cooper
Wilmington
Harvey Thompson
Carroll Meredith
George ‘Thompson
Medford
N. J
Pearl Jones
James
Agnes Meredith
Catherine Melvin
Salisbury
W. F. Clark
Annabel
Freeborn Ellwanger
Carl Nichols
Katherine Montague
Rey
J. H. Thornton
Richard Roden
Elma Harman
Dover
Dora B. Melvin
Mary R. Roden
Ladies Aid celebrates at two homes and visits noted
The American Corner reports the Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. Lily Daffin and Mrs. Teen Trice with eleven members and three visitors. Social hour led by Mrs. Louise Collings followed by refreshments. Separate birthday gathering for Robert Slocum with gifts and ice cream and cake. Various visiting guests and health update on Olaf Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Daffin
Teen Trice
Louise Collings
Sallie Towers
Aid
Raymond Slocum
Robert
Jesse Gregg
Denton
John Patchett
George Huey
Ernest Towers
C. W. Towers
Leon
Olaf Smith
Carl Johnson
Homer
Norma Daffin
Baltimore
Greensboro Community Club Catalogs January Activities
The Greensboro Community Club met January 18 with Miss Bertha Shull presiding. They planned a January 31 covered dish luncheon for Cancer Control Day, with Mrs. F. P. Roe and Mrs. Irvin Brumbaugh as chairs and a $1 donation requested. Dr. George E. Waters spoke on tuberculosis cancer and syphilis, showing a film titled For All Our Sakes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Pvps
A. T. Cahall
Herbert Statum
Lee
Madge Jump
York
Howard Flowers
Dean
Queen Anne
Spry
Jones
Charles Jarrell
Gladys Booker
Barclay
Sam Ellwanger
Sherman
Pinder
Denton Cemetery Association
P. W. Downes
Marc Bryant
I. R. Fleetwood
E. E., Pippin
Sophie Kerr Underwood
P. R. Fisher
Russell Flaharty
Harry H. Nuttle
Christian Comrade
Concord
M. E
WMAL
George Herbert Wilson
Roland Satterfield
Elizabeth Satterfield
Irene Towers
Lillian Timmons
Ruth Reynolds
Coretta Noble
la Grippe
Golden College
Florida
Gainesville
Ladies Aid
John Statum
Jennie Crouse
S. S
Jennie Stafford
Kepler Barnett
W. D Jamison
Walter Semlow
Montpelier
R. D. Blackistone
Mary Bauman
E. F. Pearsaul
Larry Abbott
Upper Darby
C. Jackson Jarrell
J. Boone Jarrell
Hansen Hoffman
Rodney Holsinger
Arthur Cohee
Jack Davis
Rufus M. King
Montgomery County
Irwin J. Hevalow
Margaret Katherine Gambrill
Royal Oak
St. Michaels Methodist Protestant Church
Stromberg
James Bishop
Co-Operative
David Holsinger
Carleton Marvel
Bessie Porter
Charles Hammond
Graham Porter
Johns Hopkins Hospital
B. H. Holsinger
Paul Holsinger
George Walker
J. N. Williams
William Richards
Edward McPherson
Paul Hemmons
Walter Moore
Harold Fountain
W. W. Seward
Anna May
Norman Wilson
Clinton Stoops
Jas. S. Wilson
Elsmere
Robert Groff
Selby Smith
Beatrice Bower
Elsie Matthews
Tri-County
Walter Wright
Chestertown
J. W. Mitchell
Harriet Reed
Audrey Warrier
O. B. Reed
Percy Allen
Cordova
Fifer Hospital
Alice Wilson
T. C. Cahall
W. M. Wiley
Roland Cherry
L. M. Winstead
Dudley Price
Marcus Hook
William Sculley
John Whiting
Fred Flounders
Charles Kline
Nelson Bowdle
William Jarrell Jr
University of Maryland
St. Benedict’s Catholic Church
Marjory Power
The
Twentieth Century Club
Fulton Noble
Marie Perry
Wildwood
H. A. Spies
Jessie Lane
Isabel Patchett
Rebecca Voshell
John Hopkins
W. E. Stewart
Effie Davis
Evelyn Holden
Virgil Hall
Sunshine
W. R. Dulin
Clarence Perry
Maude Venable
Evelyn Harding
Inez Wright
Mattie Nusbaum
T. L. Nugent
W. E. Dillon
Mattie Voshell
Spafford
Lawrence Wright
Burrsville M. E
H. B. Kelso
Frederica
Palestine
Hickman
Sunshine Club
Wesley Church
E. C. Hallman
Epiphany Mission
Preston
Smithsonian Regents
Memoriam
Adams Cross Roads
Smithson
Hilesboro
Twin Towns
Tuckahoe
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