Local notices and social news from Denton Maryland
Numerous small ads and notices: farm for sale and produce listings, chicken supper at Hickman Church House, Benefit chicken supper and farm machinery exhibit in Burrsville, and a March harvest of pullets. Also obituaries for Miss Mamie V Addison and Mrs Cora Breeding. church and civic events, lectures, and club meetings announced with dates in January and February 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Moore
Denton
Maryland
T. W. Lewis
Hobbs
M. E. Pastorfield
Hickman Church
Earle Smith
Gilbert H. Rue
Wilmington
Salisbury
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church
R. H. Stafford and Son
Burrsville
Burlington Liar’s Club
American Weekly
Big
Baltimore American
Mamie V. Addison
Baltimore
J. W. Moore
Addison
W. E. Addison
Denton P.T. A
Tuberculosis Seal Fund
Phillips Packing Company
Fred B. Nuttle
Wayne A. Cawley
Cora Griffith Breeding
Federalsburg
Washington, D. C
Hillcrest Cemetery
Douglas Milbury
Union Methodist Episcopal Church
Breeding
William R. Breeding
Caroline County
Earle G. Breeding
T. Mark Breeding
W. Ford Breeding
Seaford
Del
Dentonia Theatre
Dixie
Jane Withers
R. W. Thomas
Marine Corps
Marine Barracks
Parris Island
D. C
Sea Soldiers
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Delmarva
Preston
Leona Courdry
Anna Smith
Beulah Sterling
Crisfield
Essie Purnell
Berlin
Emma Holland
Agnes Brittingham
Katie M. Wirtz
Cambridge
Norma Bunting
Bertin
Matilda Parrell
Gertrude Colbourn
Alma W. Thornton
National
Katherine Benger
Department of Maryland
Margaret Watts
K. Blanch
Mrs A P Lewis antique collector dies in Harrington
Mrs Anna Pennewill Lewis 77 widow of Dr B L Lewis of Harrington died Sunday night at Homeopathic Hospital Wilmington after a long illness. She lived with a niece in Denton Md before returning. She connected with Delaware families. husband served on boundary survey commission in 1889. cousin of Simeon Pennewill and James Pennewill. She had no children and was active in Harrington town affairs and DAR. Funeral at Harrington home Wednesday at 2 pm. Interment Dover Christ Protestant Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Pennewill Lewis
B. L. Lewis
Harrington
Homeopathic Hospital
Wilmington
Thomas F. Bayard
John Hoffecker
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Dover
Caleb S
Emily Raughley Pennewill
House of Representatives
Cemetery of Christ P. E. Church
Denton M E Church to Hold Sunday Services and Lent Events
The pastor Rev M S Andrews will lead morning and evening services this Sunday January 24 at Denton M E Church Sunday School starts 945 am Epworth League meets 645 pm A Lent series begins Ash Wednesday February 10 with speakers Dr Frank Herson Milford Dr George W Humphreys Salisbury among others An Epworth League covered dish supper will be held January 28 in the Sunday School room
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Andrews
Denton M. E
Epworth League
Frank Herson
Milford
George W. Humphreys
Salisbury
Denton M P Church Announces Sunday Services and Study
Denton M P Church advertises Sunday worship with morning topic The Penalty of Selfishness and the Reward of Service and evening topic Ancient Sins in Modern Garth. Bible study at 6 45 p m covers 3rd Epistle of John. Ladies Aid to meet next Tuesday evening the 26th at Mrs Jennie Crouse home with Mrs Statum as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton M. P
Jennie Crouse
Statum
Sunday church services announced across Burrsville and area
The Rev. Ira E Crum announces Burrsville M E charges Sunday services with Sunday School at Burrsville 10:00 preaching 11:00 am and Hickman 2:00 Sunday School 1:30 worship at Williston 2:30 with theme The Lord's Interest In Wandering Men. Masses listed for Denton and Ridgely at 8:30 and 10:00. Confessions at St Elizabeth's 7:46 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira E. Crum
Burrsville
M. E. Charge
Hickman
Williston
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denton
St. Benedict's Church
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth's Church
Templeville Church Services and Local Visits Report
Templeville Antioch M. E. Church holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. and Epworth League at 7 30 p.m. led by Louise Golt with a sermon by the pastor at 8 p.m. Local residents and guests, including Norman Wyatt and family, visited friends in Millington and nearby towns. Various social visits and Farm Bureau activity noted among residents of Beach Haven Salisbury and Wilmington areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch M. E
Epworth League
Louise Golt
Norman Wyatt
Roland Porter
Jimmie
Millington
Medford Starkey
Oscar Lord
Mary Knotts
Lord
Lottie Golt
Walter Crammer
Beach Haven
N. J
Paul Shelton
Doris Marie
Elwood Weller
Sadlersville
Gurney Knotts
Amos Wyatt
Marydel
D. C. Harris
Blossom Cooper
Cora Twilley
Salisbury
Hulda Purnell
Hartly
Lida Kinnamon
Arthur Sittig
Farm Bureau
Baltimore
William Garrett
Wilmington
Howard West
Erva Butts
Melvin Kinnamon
In Memoriam Willie Marine 1919 Death Note
A grieving mother remembers her son Willie Marine who died January 20 1919 with a message of enduring love and remembrance. She writes that in life and in death they loved and missed him, asking for peace and sweet rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Marine
Too Good To Win Grace Finds Few Offers
Cartoon dialogue centers on Grace lacking marriage proposals. The exchange notes she would be a good wife and a good husband, highlighting social expectations and smart rebuttal about mutual suitability in relationships.
Ridgely Methodist Conference Notes and Local Updates
The weekly Ridgely News Letter reports Rev E C Hallman presiding at the fourth quarterly conference with annual reports from the Sunday School Ladies Aid Society and Woman's Home Missionary Society. It lists appointments, invites Rev O B Reed to return, announces student operettas by Girls Glee Club and boys, and covers community club posts, church board officers, and local visits, travel, and events through January and into February.
Faulkner Family Thankful for Community Aid After Fire
Mr and Mrs John W Faulkner who moved to West Denton after a fire destroyed their Barclay area home express gratitude to the community for many courtesies and for contributions that replaced lost items. Grateful acknowledgment is made by their daughter Miss Gladys Faulkner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Faulkner
West Denton
Barclay
Gladys Faulkner
Homemaker Club Meeting Sets 1937 Plans in Preston
The Twentieth Century Club opened 1937 January 19 at Mrs. Creighton Carmine’s home Preston with fifteen members and two visitors. New member enrolled. Rebecca Voshell demonstrated entertaining guests and a buffet luncheon. Basket of fruit to two sick Preston residents approved. Committee lists and next meeting January 27 at 1:30 p.m. at Mrs. Nugent’s home. County nurse to attend. Smithville Homemakers meet with ten members, three new, Sunshine reports cards and visits, Mattie Smith talks about being a good neighbor, February 16 covered dish planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Club
Creighton Carmine
Preston
Rebecca Woshell
T. L. Nugent
W. E. Dillion
Florence Dean
Jessie Lane
G. C. Carmine
Fulton Noble
Howard Harris
Effie Davis
John Noble
Sunshine
H. A. Spies
W. R. Dulin
Maud Venable
Howard Holden
Blanche Todd
Marie Ellman
Evelyn Harding
Inez Wright
E. V. Lang
D'Arcy Coulbourne
Rebecca Voshell
Edna Patrick
W. FE. Stewart
Isabel Pritchett
W. E. Dillon
E. V.lane
Smithville Homemakers Club
Sunshine Committee
Mattie Smith
Elmer Robinson
Greensboro Homemakers Meet at Pierson Home
Greensboro Homemakers Club met January 14 at Mrs. E J Pierson's home with seventeen members and five visitors. Mrs. John Stevenson retired as president, Mrs. Pierson elected new president, six current events discussed, book review of Dream's End by Joseph McCord, and Miss Mattie Smith spoke on Being a Good Neighbor. Future meeting at Mrs. Oscar Nichols. Den ton banquet on January 28 features Roads topic and address by Venia M. Kellar. tickets 656 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Mattie Smith
Bouch
Denton
Venia M. Kellar
Smithville Club Meeting Amid Stormy Weather
The Smithville Club met Tuesday afternoon with only ten members due to a storm. Miss Mattie Smith spoke on Being a Good Neighbor and refreshments were served by Mrs. Elmer Robinson. The group plans a February 16 covered dish dinner and many local families were noted in visits and social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
Mattie Smith
Elmer Robinson
S. Walter Lyden
Shirley
Josephine Wooters
Easton
Edward C. Wright
Denton
Frank Wright
Nora Vanscoy
Walter Lyden
Charlie Wright
Idlewild
George Thawley
Herbert Beauchamp
Rosa Noble
Orland Closson
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Happenings
Social notes from Hillsboro and Queen Anne list visits and guests at local homes. Several residents travel or host gatherings with relatives in Baltimore Washington Newark and Denton. Local residents on sick list include Mrs Eveland Mrs Dodds and Mrs Jump. PT A meeting announced for January 26 with invitation extended.
Queen Anne Club Confers 2024-25 Committees and Events
Queen Anne Community Club held its regular meeting with 24 attendees. President Mrs Lightner announced Finance Welfare Membership Program committees and hosted a program featuring a trio, current events, and readings. A February slate and a spelling match were noted. Mrs Henry Morgan and Mrs J M York led teams. Funeral attendance for George Eaton, longtime resident, was reported. Horace Morgan hosted turkey dinner for guests. many town residents visited the Hickses for fiftieth wedding anniversary. Hardware convention attendees from the area were listed. Madge Jump hosted a silver tea for Ladies Aid. E S Bowens and Howard Flowers hosted a Sunday dinner. illness of Mrs Harry Rutter noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lightner
Calvin Anderson
D. M. Lee
Horace Morgan
Rita Clark
Sydney Pinder
J. M. York
Chas
Barton
Mesdames
E. B. Lightner
Howard Flowers
B. B. Barton
Mesdames Flowers
George Eaton
Edwin Eaton
Ridgely
Eaton
Brown Eaton
Easton
George Jr
Penn’s Grove
Edwin France
Berlin
John Lubeck
Baltimore
William Davis
Jimmie
Cambridge
C. D. Howard
East New Market
Wm. Murphy
Harry Deane
Nellie
Ruth Deane
Wallace and
Webster Hurley
James Hicks
Hillsboro
Robert Eveland
Lloyd Fleming
Harrisburg
S. T. Culver
Hebron
Jake Morgan
Madge Jump
Ladies Aid
E. S. Bowens
Simnday
Harry Rutter
George Moore
Winter Camps Thrill Scouts During Christmas Holiday
Scouts across the nation enjoy Christmas holidays as winter camps offer skating, sleighing, ice hockey, tracking, nature study, and starlit fireside games. Northern camps host seasoned campers while southern troops face heat, with New Year’s Eve programs and a big communal feast concluding the holiday stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Preston Community Club Meeting and Local Social Notices
The Preston community section lists a January 12 meeting chaired by Mrs. G. C. Carmine with an Oriental program by Carmine, Mrs. W. E. Collins singing Chinese songs, and Miss Louise De Ginther playing melodies. It notes Hearts and Aces Club prizes won by Mrs. Robert Thompson and Stevens Brown, a dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Messick with several guests, bank officers reelected at a January 16 stockholders meeting, and multiple dinners and entertainments at Federalsburg, Easton, and Miami, with attendees including local families and professionals. Also mentions Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Dulin, and J. Dallas Blades traveling to Chicago for the National Canners Association, inaugurations attended by local residents, and recurring social clubs led by Mrs. Elma Blades and Mrs. Paul Van Dyke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Carmine
W. E. Collins
Louise de Ginther
Easton
Hearts and Aces
Hl. W. Dean
Robert Thompson
Centreville
Stevens Brown
Denton
Josephine Berry
A. J. Messick
J. T. Dennis
Dora Noble
Federalsburg
R. M. Messick
Robert Messick
Janet Hope
Drexel Hill
Lee W. Noble
J. Dallas Blades
G. Fulton Noble
Lewis Hallowell
Milton Willis
Bernice
Blanche Willey
Theodore Fletcher
Robert Dulin
A. W. Sisk and Company
Chicago
National Canners Association
J. P. Harris
Preston Spence Jr
Harold Plummer
H. M. Harris
John Noble
Miami
Elma Blades
Paul van Dyke
Local Dinner and Visit Notes From Burrsville
Burrsville residents recount dinners and gatherings over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Harry A Porter hosted relatives including Hammond Hockspedler Russell Thawley and others from Harrington Milford Greensboro and beyond. A large variety shower for James Wilson was held at J W Price home with many gifts. The couple will live in Harrington where the groom works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Porter
Coursey Hammond
Viola Hockspedler
Harrington
Clarence Russell
Milford
Emma Thawley
Greensboro
Henry Walters
Alfred Raughley
Austine Stafford
Bubb Bullock
Henry Stafford and Son
Walter Gough
James Wilson
J. W. Price
Harriett Billing
Hobbs
Olaf Smith
American Corner
Harlan Blades
Paul Beauchamp
Marcus Hook
N. Fountain
Crawford Garrett
Chester
A. T. Garrett
James Lewis
Maryland
Florence Truitt
Camden
N. J
Lulu Pusey
Brown Thawley
Edgar Blades
Hillsboro
W. T. Bullock
Annie Jones
Delmar
Adams Cross Roads Community Notices and Visits
Miss Mary Neff of Philadelphia returns home after a twelve week stay with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Fred Fountain Thurman Fountain has been home a week with his parents Bloomery bake sale at Covey and Williams store Federalsburg on Saturday Jan 23 at 10 am to sell fresh items for Sunday church benefit hosted by Mrs John Adams and daughter Mrs Earl Robinson at Mrs Adams home on Wed Jan 27 at 2 30 Edna and Reba Adams hosted Epworth League Friday night Mrs John Adams and Edna visited Mrs Joe Brown of Denton on Tuesday Mrs Graff of Philadelphia spent five days with Mrs Ethel Wright recent Sunday School and preaching at Gleomery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Dorchester Counties
Masonic Hall
Denton
Messrs. Blades
Preston Lodge
Sowers
Choptank Lodge
East New Market
Pine
Temple Lodge
Mace
Cambridge Lodge
Nuttle
Nanticoke Lodge
Fereralsburg
Benjamin F. Johnson
Harry B. Wright
Grand Lodge of
Maryland
Harry C. Mueller
Order of the Eastern Star
Smith
Harry Parker
T. L. Trice
E. H. Grace
Federalsburg
Phillip Matthews
J. D. Carter
D. FE. Corkran
W. S. Noble
Harry Wright
Elias W. Nuttle
Grippe
Wesley E. Thawley
George W. Humphreys
Asbury Church
Salisbury
Simpson
John C. Trice
Laura Patten
Hickman
Del
Seppa Passwaters
Fletcher Phillips
Loleta Phillips
Arrengel Patten
Naomi
Norma Lee
Catherine Stevens
Louise
Evelyn Adams
Violet Trice
Jack Adams
Dawson Hubbard
Billy Lord
Bobbie Trice
Herbert Passwaters
Lulu Downes
Mary Pastorfield
H. M. Detwiler
P. W. Downes
P. G. Crouse
W. O. Swann
John T. Carter
Leland T. Short
Dover
Kent County Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Richardson Hotel
Eastern Shore District
Maryland Federation of Women’s Clubs
Harry L. Harcum
J. Kemp Stevens
C. A. Pentz
Church of the Brethren
Congregational Council
California
Isaac Noble
Doretta
Carrie Andrews
Woodrow Passwaters
Linwood
Philadelphia
Mary Emily Alburger
County Register of Wills
Joseph H. Carroll
Pauline Roe
Women’s
Eastern Shore Society of Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Woodrow Hurst
Harmony
Easton
Charles T. Baker
Journal
Easton Hospital
H. Clay Hobbs
Beulah Clopper
Caroline County Welfare Board
M. K. Newnam
New York
John R. Ricards
Benson B. Allen
Florida
Louise Adams
Violet E. Trice
Sadie Wothers
Beatrice Bower
Wm. Pearson
Ridgely
Hillsboro
Joseph Eaton
Charlanne
N. E. Knott
R. B. Thompson
Brown Thawley
Burrsville
Edgar Blades
Francis Fleming
Jean
Wye Mills
John Eveland
Near Town
Mary Rowe
J. R. Downes
Newark
Delaware
Mary Louise Dodds
Baltimore
Richard Beaven
Washington
Oscar Clark
Charles Jarrell
Howard Dodds
Mary Neff
Fred Fountain
Thurman Fountain
Earl Robinson
Virginia Lee
Covey and Williams
Ethel Wright
Gleomery
Greensboro Area Socials and Local Director Status
Recap of Sunday visitors from Greensboro and surrounding areas plus a list of annual officer directors re elected at Caroline County Bank. News on hotel management changes at Riverside Hotel, residents traveling to Dania Florida and Owings Maryland. Several residents attend church and visits across Wilmington Baltimore and Dover with health notes and weekend trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mitchell
Alfred Blackburn
Alfreda
Anna Jane
J. E. Weaver
Anna Blackburn
Greensboro
Homer Stufft
Ridgely
Harry Dodds
Wilmington
Caroline County Bank
Harry Bilbrough
John c. Brown
Arthur Brumbaugh
W. W. Goldsborough
T. Clayton Horsey
W. J. Murphy
J. W. Price
R. H. Stafford
P. S. Roughley
B. H. Bittle
Riverside Hotel
Marcus Mitchell
New Jersey
Mitchell
A. G. Smith
Miss Grayson
Owings, Md
Smith
Prince Frederick Hospital
James Butler
Hugh
Dania
Florida
L. Calvin Butler
Earl Passwaters
Chas. Beaumont
Mary Draper
M. B. Cooper
Clara Seward
W. Thomas Thornton
Carl Lee
Alan Thornton
Gilbert Carrow
Dover
Harry Draper
Mary Ellen
Bob
A. G. Shockley
Ralph Sharp
Carvil Tribbitt
Down Town Church
Baltimore
J. H. Jordan
Percy
Anna Wieneke
Charles Wieneke
Charles Sipple
Purnal Blanche
Chester
William Sipple
J. Harvey Coursey Jr
Mabel Coursey
Joseph Edwards
House to House Peddlers Questioned by Den ton Citizens
Den ton residents are urged to be wary of house to house peddlers offering oriental rugs and cheap goods. The editorial warns of advance agents for thieves, fake college students seeking deposits, and shipments that never arrive. It urges comparing offers with local merchants and notifying police if in doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
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the Local Department
A. P. Lewis
Church of the ‘New Jerusalem
Jesus
Epiphany Mission
Templeville
Memoriam
E. C. Hallman
Ladies Aid Society
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Lee Mitchell
Walter Bennington
W. T. Temple
Ada Matthews
Harold Fountain
Charles Dean
Mary Laird
Anna Frances Seward
Frank Seward
Norman Wilson
Walter Moore
J. D. Davis
W. Bennington
I. E. Mason
I. L. Mitchell
W. M. Bennington
Elwood Cherry
Jack Davis
J. Boone Jarrell
Hansen Hoffman
Ray Crouse
Jack Jarrell
Arthur Cohee
Richard Roche
Billy Taylor
Allen Bennington
Tilghman Rash
Fred Friedel
Viola Jones
H. B. Laird
Ridgely Community Club
Civics Committee
J. DeWeese Carter
Carter
Methodist
S. S. Board
Elma Wilson
Ellen Swann
Harold
Baltitimore
Robert Lord
Geneva Butler
Benjamin Colgain
Tuckahoe Neck
Elsie Matthews
Walter Mitchell
Walter Wright
Chestertown
Albert White
Murphy
Wharton
Clarke Murphy
Church House
Davis
Linnie Swann
Ruthsburg
Charles Kline
Olin Porter
Kent Temple
Bryn Mawr
William Marvel
Fred Koenemann
North Carolina
Richard Rampmeyer
Mattie Brumbaugh
Barbara Poor
Massey
Betty Shockley
Annie Wilkinson
Richard Detwiler
Sunady
Tuckahoe
Queen Anne
Adams Cross Roads
Fred Johnson
Richard Ledbetter
Havre de Grace
Carrie Hobbs
Burt Hobbs
J. C. Ledbetter
Richard
Robert Davenport
Harry Clark
Hattie Wheeler
Carrie Dobson
Paul Ross
Linwood, Pt
Walter Raver
Mary Jackson
Clayton
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