Denton Notes Parade Local Happenings and Events
The local paper lists February activities including a Concord Ladies' Aid meeting at Mrs N M Vanscoy's home next Wednesday, a Jopp's Studio February offer, a Palace Theatre showing Mockery with Lon Chaney this Friday and Saturday, and a Women's Home Missionary cake sale at the Old Parsonage on January 28. Other items report church services, evangelistic meetings by Rev T O Crouse, dental and charity events, and civic notices including Junior Order anniversary plans, Island Export Co expansion on the Eastern Shore, and a Denton Fire Company callouts with property damage only brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Bullock’s
Ida Hollingsworth
Concord Ladies’ Aid Society
N. M. Vanscoy
Jopp
Denton
Palace Theatre
Lon Chaney
Women’s Home Missionary Society of
M. E. Church
Old Parsonage
Wm. Bullock
Willys-Knight and
Willys-Knight
Baltimore
Harmony Methodist Protestant Church
T. O. Crouse
Christ
Albert Satterfield
Alpheus N. Roe
Philadelphia
la Grippe
Denton Methodist Protestant Church
J. W. Kirk
J. Edward Nichols
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
Salisbury
Emerson Hotel
Harry E. Parkhurst
East Denton
Dover
Pocomoke City
E. H. Hirst
Eastern Shore
Denton Fire Company
Gilbert Breeding
Preston
Hobbs
Hughes
Frank Davis
Ora A. Carroll
J. W. Krabill
Krabill
Church of ‘the Brethren
Fifth
Sixth
Mr. Carroll
Austin
Church of the Brethren
Personal and Social News Highlights from Denton
Denton social notes recount visits by Mr and Mrs H Clay-Hobbs and H Earle Smith to DeLand Florida and a golf scene with John D Rockefeller who gave each guest a 1926 dime and posed a riddle. Local events include B E Willis addressing the Community Club on public school work, Mrs C T Fisher singing with Miss Anne Anthony on piano, and several family visits from Wilmington Buffalo and Baltimore. An upcoming marriage of Myra C Jackson to William W Sylvester is announced for January 17 in Aztec New Mexico with a home to follow in Denton after May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Clay-Hobbs
H. Earle Smith
Denton
F. T. Covey
DeLand, Fla
Ormond
John D. Rockefeller
Dentonians
B. E.’ Willis
Caroline High School
Denton Community Club
C. T. Fisher
Anne Anthony
Anne Lewis
G. H. Wilson
Lynne Stevens
Wilmington
Ross Stevens
Buffalo
N. Y
Lacey Stevens
Ross
duPont - Rayon
Tennessee
Myra C. Jackson
William W. Sylvester
Aztec
New Mexico
S. I. Arnold
G. A. McDaniel
Tri- County
Easton
J. Lester Everngain
University of Maryland Hospital
Baltimore
John T. Carter
J. DeWeese Carter
Eugene G. Anderson
Clara M. Sutherlan
D. Cartwright
Johnson’s Hotel
Bowers Beach
Violet Higgins
Augarette Butler
John C. Darby
Frederica
Raymond R. Fisher
T. Pliny Fisher
Westminster
William FP. Wolf
Bridge
Harrington
Deaths in Henderson and Easton Obituaries
The Death Roll notes Mrs. Mariana Melvin Todd widow of Elijah Todd died Monday in Henderson after moving from Denton. She had lived in Denton twenty five years, born in Caroline, sister of three, survived by two daughters and three sisters. Funeral at her former home with interment in Denton cemetery. Also Bessie Connelly Turner 49 of American Corner died January 13 after cancer. Funeral at Concord Church and burial beside the church. Survived by husband William K. Turner and son Roland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariana Melvin Todd
Elijah Todd
Henderson
Denton
Caroline
Thomas and
Mary Frances Melvin
Melville
Norman ‘Bickling
Marydel
Kirkman Short
Sarah M. Anderson
Alice M. Tubbs
Laura Melvin
Francis W. Kirwan
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Bank Directors Re-elected at Caroline County Bank
At the annual election on January 21 1923 stockholders of The Caroline County Bank Greensboro Md re elected directors for the ensuing year: Harry Bilbrough J C Brown A W Brumbaugh E A Cole J B Gibson W W Goldsborough T A Goldsborough W J Murphy J W Price P S Roughley Jonas Shaner R H Stafford Also re elected officers including W W Goldsborough president T C Horsey cashier L I Jones teller Mildred M Ginn secretary Helen Naylor clerk Hon T A Goldsborough attorney and W J Murphy secretary to the Board Provident State Bank Preston Md held its annual stockholders meeting January 21 1923 electing directors Albert W Sisk Walter M Wright S Elbert Douglas Edward T Moore A Fletcher Sisk Arthur J Messick Chas B Harrison Nelson H Fooks and officers Albert W Sisk president Walter M Wright vice president S Elbert Douglas secretary cashier James A Trazzare assistant cashier James E Douglas bookkeeper Anne M Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Bank
Greensboro
Harry Bilbrough
J. C. Brown
A. W. Brumbaugh
E. A. Cole
J. B. Gibson
W.W. Goldsborough
T. A. Goldsborough
W. J.murphy
J. W. Price
P. S. Roughley
Jonas Shaner
R. H. Stafford
W. W. Goldsborough
T. C. Horsey
L. I. Jones
Mildred M. Ginn
Helen Naylor
W. J. Murphy
Provident State Bank
Preston
Albert W. Sisk
Walter M. Wright
S. Elbert Douglas
Edward T. Moore
A. Fletcher Sisk
Arthur J. Messick
Chas. B. Harrison
Nelson H. Fooks
In Memoriam for Charles H. Lister Nine Years Later
A daughter recalls the passing of Charles H. Lister nine years ago on January 29 as she laments the sad month. Denton 4 H clubs announce a bake sale today in Miss Spafford's Law Building office opening at 10:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles. H. Lister
Cora
Denton
Smithville Community Club Elects Officers and Plans Year
Smithville on January 17th held a meeting to elect officers and organize the year. All officers were unanimously re elected. New members joined Federalsburg. Committees mostly unchanged, program committee elected Mrs Elbert Lyden Mrs Walter Lyden and Mrs Oscar Alford. Various social visits and illnesses noted as residents relaxed with sewing curtains and refreshments.
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Smithville
Pederalsburg
Walter Lyden
W. R. Hines
Horace Robinson
Orland Classon
Beatrice
Raymond Meredith
Alvin
Fred Fountain
Ruth Fountain
Martha Tiley
Richard Hines
Virgil Turner
Charles Johnson
Charles Fountain
Clarence Adams
Edward C. Wright
J. Lawrence Wright
David Hanns
Denton
Floyd Smith
Thomas O'Neil
Lynn Case
New Brunswick
Fritz Randolph
University of Maryland Hospital
Baltimore
Headburg
John Kern
Cambridge Hospital
Igaae Adams
Ruth Webb
Greenwood
George Tucker
Elizabeth Bullock
Salisbury Normal School
Blaine Bullock
William Davis
Henry Davis
Leon Meredith
George O’day
Frank Adams
William Cavender
Oscar Alford
W. M. Fountain
Kate Hurley
Seaford
Earl Alford
Margaret Cook
Burrsville Social Notes Mark Visits and Church Services
Community members attend a surprise birthday in Greensboro for Mrs. Bill ing and visit relatives in Houston, Salisbury, Wilmington, and Philadelphia. Church events at Wesley M. E. include the fourth quarterly conference led by Rev. Omar E. Jones D. D. today. Several locals, including Blades and Thawley families, are listed with health notes and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Blades
Harlan Blades
John H. Thawley
J.W. Price
Brown Thawley
J. A. Billing
Greensboro
J. W. D. Tubbs
Joe Hayes
Houston
Del
Tubbs
M. E
Wesley M. E
Salisbury
W. R. Tubbs
Wilmington
Wesley M. E. Church
Omar E. Jones
D. D
Olaf Smith
Denton
George Wright
Montana
Philadelphia
Jennie Wright
Wm. Collison
Elmer Taylor
Collingdale
R. H. Stafford
Edward Hand
Maggie Morgan
James W. Thawley
Allen Garrett
Easton
Annie Baughley
Jennie Baldwin
Grace Willis
R. H. Thawley
Will Wilson
Harrington
Communicable Disease Reports Across Caroline County
Cases of infectious illness reported January 16 to 23 include tuberculosis and chicken pox in Denton, measles in Greensboro, influenza and bronchial pneumonia, with one case near Ridgely. The spread covers multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Denton
Greensboro
Grecensery
Ridgely
Weekly Ridgely News Letter highlights Denton Club program
The Community Club met at the Church House with a large Denton Community Club audience. The program featured water lilies by Martha Goldsborough and others, pantomime of The Great Spirit, Nokomis, and Hiawatha, plus dances and songs, praised for costumes and music. Rosettes and ice cream were served. the visit was welcomed as an annual potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church House
Martha Goldsborough
Margaret Beck
Kathleen Moore
Julia Wilson
Anne Green
Eleanor Towers
G. H. Rue
Holy City
Rue
Ethel Stevens
Denton Club
Ridgely Club
Saulsbury
Thompson Swing
John Swing
Mulford Swing
I. T. Saulsbury
Fred Flounders
Frank Flounders
L. M. Goodwin
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Russell Swann
Chester
Henrietta Swann
Collingswood
N. J
Paul Litus
Mason
Bill Opher
Wildwood
Howard Quintance
John Davis
William Davis
John
Methodist Church
D. J. Moore
Thompson
Harrison Holsinger
Orrell Saulsbury
Chicago
Gilbert Swank
Russell
Leo Meginney
Walter Bennington
Roger Ringgold
Baltimore
Harry Zeigler
Harold Roe
Federalsburg
Mary Jane
Harry Robinson
William Cooper
Dorothy
Lennox Park
Leonard Dean
Rachel McKenny
Sparks
Bridgetown
Swing Brothers
Howard Smith
New York State
Will [Smith
Dennie Rhodes
Howard
Community Theatre
M. A. Brackett
R. G. Townsend
Maurice
Easton
Eastern Shore Dental Association
Vera Sharpley
Chincoteague
Wilmington
Carroll Meredith
Mamie Smith
Two Meetings Planned In Caroline for Del Marva Support
Two meetings will be held next week in Caroline to decide the level of business and agricultural support for the Del Mar Va Eastern Shore Association over the next three years. Greensboro on Monday January 30 at 3 pm in the Greensboro School auditorium and Denton on Wednesday February 1 at 8 pm in the Court House. Local leaders urge farmer and business participation as Dr Franklin Bomberger and Carl Monsee of the association outline plans and review past work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Del-Mar-Va
Eastern Shore Association
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Marydel
Ridgely
A. W. Brumbaugh
Robert Jarrel, Jr
Semitor
L. B. Towers
Court House
Denton
Franklin B. Bomberger
Association
Carl H. Monsees
Caroline
Local High School Girls Eligible for National Meat Story Contest
High school home economics teachers were informed of the Fifth National Meat Story contest run by the National Live Stock and Meat Board. Last year about 14,000 girls nationwide entered. the present event closes March 15. Prizes and scholarships target home economics studies to empower future homemakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Rose Gertrude Schmidt
Moorestown
N. J
In Memoriam: Remembrance of Bessie Turner and Family
A Memorial verse set recalling Bessie Turner who died January 13 1928 with lines from her husband W K Turner and her son Roland Turner. Also poems by Myrtle Newlee Barcus’s mother Mrs E C Newlee and daughter Mrs. E. C. Newlee. passages express enduring grief and hopeful reunion in Heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Newlee Barcus
P T A program and community notices from Hillsboro area
The Hillsboro P T A had a well attended Monday meeting with songs recitations and readings by local pupils. Rev Wm P Taylor will speak on Drifting and Christian Love. Community Club hosts a benefit card party this Saturday evening. Various locals attended events and visits, including travels to Baltimore and Easton, with several social and illness notes among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Sparks
Norma Hicks
Edgar Swann
Emma Wilmot
Easton
Omar Jones
Samuel Thomas
Ridgely
M. E. Clauirch
Hillsboro
Charles Jarrell
J. M. Eaton
Baltimore
James Seward
Pearl Pippin
Centreville
T. R. Seward
Harry Covell
Taylor
D. M. Woolford
H. W. B. Rowe
William Sherwood
Wilmington
J. C. Sherwood
Clifton Hicks
J. Norman Clark
G. L. Wilson
Elizabeth Evans
E. C. Dill
Robert Thawley Sawyer
Ushers' Union elects officers and church events noted
The Ushers' Union met at the parsonage on Tuesday night electing Rev. R. V. Whitehurst as president Howard Sewell as vice president Howard Eley as secretary and Emmett Barton as treasurer They plan the next meeting for February 24 at the Church House The W F M S Missionary Committee met at Mrs Henry Morgan's The pastor reported on a Baltimore Missionary Institute News notes include moves of Mr and Mrs Milton Beagen to Hillsboro and Mrs Keplar Barnette moving spring several local visits and school assignments with Mrs Howard Sewell substituting at the Primary School and Mr Keplar Barnette visiting from Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ushers’ Union
R. V. Whitehurst
Howard Sewell
Howard Eley
Emmett Barton
Church House
Henry Morgan
H. W. B. Rowe
Miriam Gale
Stevensville
Eley
Tri- County High School
Charles Rhodes
Bernard Messix
Byard Messex
Cordova
Keplar Barnette
Baltimore
B. B. Barton
Leonard Dean
Ridgely
Harry Rutter
Harold Jump
Salisbury
Robly Hackett
Baltiimore
Adams Cross Roads Social Notes Update
Mrs Blanche Adams and sister Edna spent part of last week with sister Grace and Mr and Mrs E W Adams of Federalsburg. Mr and Mrs W J Hubbard visited the ill Frank Wright last Sunday. E W Adams entertained at rock last Friday and Sunday evening. Horace Adams and family at home. Bloomery Sunday School at 10 oclock. Gladys Atkins visited Reba Adams Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Adams
Edna
Grace
E. W. Adams
Federalsburg
W. J. Hubbard
Frank Wright
Rock
Horace Adams
Bloomery
Gladys Atkins
Reba Adams
Lord Calvert Quintette to Broadcast on WRC Friday
The Washington radio program on WRC at 9 30 p m Eastern Standard Time for Friday February 3 features the Lord Calvert Quintette directed by Henri Sokolov. Selections include Rubinstein Valse Caprice Justa Wearyin for You Jacobs Bond, Paderewski Minuet, Wagner Siegmund Love Song from Die Walkure, Popper Cello Solo Gavotte, and Albeniz Spanish Dance from A Night in Seville. Subscribe for The Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WRC
Washington
Lord Calvert Quintette
Henri Sokolov
Valse—Caprice Rubinstein
Ballad—Justa-Wearyin
Jacobs-Bond
Minuet Paderewski
Siegmund
Wagner
Gavotte Popper
Seville
Albeniz
Proctor's Leghorns Now Lead In Egg Laying Contest
The University of Maryland Experiment Station reports Proctor's Leghorns lead with 557 eggs, followed by L R Douglas 549 and Maple View Poultry Farm 544. Weekly honors go to Proctor with 62 eggs. Isle of White Farm second with 49. Three pens tie for third at 49. Average to date 34.8 eggs per bird. Leading varieties include Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, and Barred Plymouth Rocks with farm and breeder names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland Experiment Station
T. B. Proctor
Preston
L. R. Douglas
Kinsale
Maple View Poultry Farm
Reisterstown
Confidence Farms
Anacostia
D. C
Gibbsboro
N. J
Pratt’s Experiment Farm
Morton, Pa
Dr. L. E
Lynn Heasley
Grand Rapids
Mich
Leon Bonner
Kilmarnock
Isle of White
Pratt
Rhode Island
Homer R
Rowell
Lynden Farm
Groveland
Mass
Sunday School Talk and Meetings Highlight Local News
Miss Russell spoke at a mid week prayer service in Baltimore using a chart to illustrate Sunday School primary grades. The Win-One Bible Class met Monday evening with many in attendance and refreshments served. Numerous local residents were noted as guests visiting relatives and attending meetings in Harrington Easton Templeville Wilmington and Marydel with several births and social visits mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Baltimore
W. J. Murphy
E. S. Martin
T. E. Hammond
Harrington
C. R. Curtis
Noble Shively
A. G. Dennison
Easton
Alvin Melvin
Walter Elliott
Will Kinnamon
Templeville
Bill Ross
Harry Gruwell
Sadie Shockley
Howard Thomas
Paul
Wilmington
Jennie Griffin
Harry Smith
Marydel
W. T. Jarman
Nina Moore
Lock Raven
T. N. Jarrell
Dover
Mrs. Tuniff
New York
Pritchetts and guests visit in town over weekend
Marydel and Wilming ton residents led a weekend of family visits with the Pritchetts while Mildred Medford from Salisbury Normal School visited her parents. Harry Pritchett and family from Wilmington were in town, Miss Sara Scotton came from near town to see Miss Virginia Smith, Mrs. Thomas Dobson and Hilton Dobson of Greensboro dropped by, a P T A supper on Friday night drew a large crowd, and Ann Jump from Wyoming visited friends here over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Pritchett
Helen
George LeCompte
Wilmington
T. E. Pritchett
Mildred Medford
Salisbury Normal School
Salisbury
Airs
F. P. Medford
Harry Pritchett
Sara Scotton
Near Town
Virginia Smith
Thomas Dobson
Hilton
Greensboro
Ann Jump
Wyoming
Twentieth Century Club Meets at Bethlehem Home
The Twentieth Century Community Club enjoyed a January 18 gathering at the homes of Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Thompson in Bethlehem with full attendance. The next meeting is set for February 1 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Cheezum, with expectant planning and hopes for full member participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Death of Mrs. Samuel Jewell in Greensboro area
The death of Mrs. Samuel Jewell at 6 30 am after several weeks of grippe shocks Greensboro residents. She was a Methodist Episcopal Church member and active in the Daughters of Pocahontas loreal council. Survived by husband a daughter Mrs Thomas Edwards and two grandchildren. Numerous local residents and visitors are named in brief society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Jewell
Railroad Avenue
Jewell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Loreal Council
the Daughters of Pocahontas
Thomas Edwards
Samuel
Ellen Edwards
Ida Clark
Charles Rich
Clayton Porter
Fred Porter
Wilmington
Francis
S. D. Carrow
John Garvin
Walker Cline
Rising Sun
Margaret Garvin
A. G. Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Pemberton Manlove
Perry's Point
W. P. Manlove
Bayard Adams
Marguerite Reynolds
Harrington
Genevieve Cooper
Lacey Wilson
Michael Ashe
Thomas Darling
Felton
Anna Pearson
Bridgetown
Isaac Pearson
Harvey Dabson
Lydia Dabson
William Wroten
Clayton
M. B. Cooper
Norman Walls
Emil Sapp
Near
R. H. Dit
William Roe
Philadelphia
Emma Roe
Luke Andrew
Frank Hobbs
B. C. Beckham
Claymont
Rosiene Scotton
Marydel
Virginia Luff
Stanley K. Curry
J. E. Curry
Edward Sparks
Town
Wind Storm Rips Federalsburg Causing Major Damage
Federalsburg residents reel from a Tuesday night wind storm described as among the town’s worst. Homes, garages, and business windows were damaged, trees uprooted, and debris filled streets. Farm losses run to thousands. Local prize winners in Federalsburg High School exhibitions announced. A Federalsburg Gun Club formed after recent shooting matches, planning weekly events. Mr and Mrs Earl Pennypacker and Mrs Hubbard visited Mrs John Savage in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Long and Short’s
J. J. Frampton & Son
Undertaking Establishment
Windsor Wright
Bruce Wilson
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Federalsburg High School
Ruth Donovan
Jennie Wharton
Viola Collins
Mary Wright
Blanche Nichols
Earl Pennypacker
Hubbard
John Savage
Philadelphia
Bullock Couple Tours Baltimore Auto Show
Mr and Mrs Wm Bullock made a business trip to Baltimore and attended the Auto Show. Mr Bullock drove home two new perfected Whippets one coupe and one coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm.‘Bullock
Baltimore
Bullock
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Proctor
Leghorns
Maple View
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Erstown
Homer R. Rowell
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Plymouth Rocks
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Pratt Experiment Farm
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