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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1915
Page
5
Local items report events from Caroline County including theatre acts, society gatherings, and fairs. Highlights mention a famed minstrel show in town, horticultural society leadership, a horse theft recovered near Greensboro, herring season catches, and a series of community meetings. Also noted are farm updates, new water projects, hotel sale, accidents, and several obituaries and estate records from area towns.
Mrs Gadd wife of Col Luther H Gadd of the Court of Appeals is dangerously ill in Atlantic City. Colonel Gadd has summoned to his wife bedside and will be away from duty. Mrs Gadd has stomach trouble and an aggravated cough and recently improved in Atlantic City after hospital care. Neighbors hosted a surprise 16th anniversary for Mr and Mrs Howard Wright at Tuckahoe Neck. A quiet wedding in Dover joined Miss Madeline Anderson and Mr Jacob Oscar Williams. Mr and Mrs Carmine celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary at Ridgely. Several other marriages and social visits are noted across Federalsburg Denton and Templeville with reports on engagements and health.
A group of Centreville women organized a garden club to encourage beautifying town yards. Garden clubs have boosted property values in many towns, and members believe beautified yards yield the greatest dividends.
Miss Miriam Todd and friends marked her fifteenth birthday at the Todd home near Andersontown. Other social notes mention hospital visits, marriages, travel, and local church revivals led by Rev. Cullum. Notable items include Merrick's hospital stay, a Showell agent stint, Willoughby's honeymoon return, and the Hobbs Engine shipment to Salisbury. Local obituaries note W. L. Cahall's death and Billy Sunday preaching draws.
Farmers replenish wood piles and tackle small tasks to light spring work. Roads toward Bridgeville are poor under heavy loads. Four carloads of oyster shells will be spread near Dublin Hill if local farmers haul them. Edits urge communal effort for road improvement in coming days. Mr and Mrs Charles H Melson hosted a kitchen shower with many gifts. Epworth League to meet with Miss Edith Melson leading on topic Evenings with great hymns. Attendance hoped for weather permitting after recent rain. Some youths attended Chestnut Grove box social and Nichols event. Miss Addie Wheatley improving after illness. Edward Bowman attended a social near Federalsburg Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Towers entertained guests Friday night at their home in honor of Miss Myrtle Von Nordeck of Baltimore. The party featured recitations, piano and vocal solos, dancing, and games, with a large list of attendees including the Deens, Towers, Baer, Payne, and Nichols families among others.
A parcel post entertainment is planned for February 8 by the Guild of Christ Church. The event aims to entertain attendees and showcase local talent through a themed delivery of performances and acts.
Mr J Oscar Williams and Miss Madeline Anderson of Dover married January 27 at 11 o'clock in the bride’s home. They will reside in Federalsburg where Williams runs a hardware business. Mrs Norman Poole and child traveled to Baltimore to spend winter with her mother Mrs Florence Muller. Chautauqua Association plans entertainments in the Opera House February 29 25 and 27. Miss Mabel Thompson of Seaford visited Katie Truitt. Mr H B Messenger made a business trip to Philadelphia and Wilmington. Miss Katie Truitt spent Monday with Miss Mattie Smith of Harrington.
Mr and Mrs W F Towers hosted a small group of friends last Wednesday evening in a tastefully decorated home. Myrtle Von Nordeck of Baltimore attended and a repast was served at midnight. Invited guests included C C Deen R Deen George Baer R H Towers and many others with several Smith and Towers family members present.
Chaptank residents and, especially in southern Caroline, will be glad to learn Walter M. Wright will accept the role of School Commissioner. He is a public-spirited citizen with broad views and excellent judgment, in close touch with public needs, and should fill the office ably to the people.
The funeral for Ira A. Cannon was held at St Pauls M E Church on Tuesday with Rev A P Prettyman officiating. Pallbearers were five of his brothers and a brother in law Alva William Zora of Preston Purnell of Philadelphia Clinton of Centreville and T Howard Hopkins of Easton. Cannon died in an Alexandria Indiana accident. He lived in Anderson Indiana and worked for a railroad for years. Survived by wife Mrs Cannon and one son about 15, five brothers and seven sisters. Mrs Cannon before marriage was Miss Curry, daughter of Thomas and Mrs Mary J Curry. Mr and Mrs Harry Harrington now reside in Norfolk Virginia after moving from Memphis Tennessee. Harrington in Uncle Sams service. Miss Pauline Nichols of Greensboro returned home with cousins Myrtle Roe and Anna Hignutt from Hobbs. Revival at St Pauls M EF Church has grown. altar crowded with seekers. Col O M Duke and mother Mrs Willard Dickinson visit. Duke from Atlanta, Georgia. Misses Pauline Nichols Anna Hignait Myrtle Roe and friends drove to Harrington last week. Mr J E Willis hosted relatives and friends including T Edwin Willis and Mr Conner of Felton. Rev A P Prettyman attended the funeral of his brother in law Mrs J B Prettyman. Mr RR Shull traveled to Baltimore then Richmond. Miss Katherine Russell visiting Philadelphia relatives.
Henderson notices list residents and visitors including Miss Katharine Downes of Millington visiting mother Mrs Kate Downes and others like Miss Edith Maslin of Massey, Mrs G V Denninson in town from Pencoyd, Pa, and tours by Mr Frank Gruwell, Mr Harry Robinson, Dr M Duke Smith, Delia Meredith, and Walter Redman among various family and relative visits statewide.
Hittsboro hosts include Mr and Mrs J T Sparktin with guests from Garrettson Smith and Mary Neal, Beauchamps and Elmyra, Rev W F Dawson, plus others. Dr and Mrs H W B Rowe hosted at dinner with Geo B Stewart and Thompson family. George B Stewart and Rowe families hosted again. MacSorley hosted tea with Flowers and Davis visitors. Prettyman of Rock Hall visited town.
Winston report: A. G. Gelletty nearly fatally shot his daughter Pauline with a chicken charge, injuring her legs. The Ladies Guild met at Mrs. A. Meredith’s with good attendance and will gather at Mrs. Howard Sullivan’s in February. Mrs. O. M. Hignutt and son Gilbert attended the funeral of cousin Ira Cannon in Greensboro. Cannon died in Indiana after a train fall. Addie Kline of Tuckahoe visited relatives near Williston. Commodore H. Doerr returned from New York on Sunday.
Woodenhawk and Alva Adams of Vienna visiting Mr and Mrs R F Adams in town. Miss Alice Jones of Farmington weekend with Miss Bessie Adams. Sophia and Edna Zott guests of Miss Ola Chaffinch Sunday. Hattie Everngain weekend with Mr and Mrs Jason Reed. John Chaffinch a Bridgeville visitor Saturday. Roads in this section very bad now. Mrs Norman Scott convalescing.
News from Marydel highlights a surprise 61st birthday dinner for Robert Moore at his Delaware Avenue home. The piece lists attendees including Bertha Monroe and family, and notes Marydel Sunday School officers elected for one year. Reports on church revivals, local housing activity by John Stafford, hotel renovations at Hotel Heather, and local visits by Misses Helen Moore and Ruth Hall.
Hickman hosts Epworth League with a large turnout and hearty refreshments. Rev. Westerfield of Denton preaches an engaging revival sermon. Families visit and host relatives from Concord, Lewes, Nichols, Cambridge, and Goldsboro, with several outings and trips noted.
Preston reports that the Methodist Episcopal Church will hold home prayer meetings every Thursday evening at members' houses. Visitors from Preston attended the Baltimore automobile show and the Eastern Shore banquet last week. A brother of W P Cannon, killed in a railroad accident, was brought for burial to Greensboro on Tuesday. Twenty nine joined church membership last Sunday morning. Miriam Dennis is hospitalized in Baltimore after a major operation. George Whiteley return from several weeks in Galax Virginia. Alex Noble had his nose operated on in Baltimore. Now is the time to subscribe.
Denton area notes a Pentecostal Grove encampment July 23 to August 161 under Willard Mitch ell as president and T L Trice treasurer with G L Helsby as secretary. Services directed by Rev John Hatfield Rev Winfred Cox and Missionary Charles Slater. Music by Mrs Etta Hoffman and Miss Cora Slocum.
Judges Clark Rawlings and Stevens attended the Orphans Court meeting. Proceedings included ratifying Luther W Jewell real estate sale. guardian accounts for Robert W Downes approved. multiple executors and administrators presented releases, inventories, appraisements, and distributions. orders to record and to sell at public sale granted. various estates including Gottwals, Dillon, Satterfield, Messick, Wright, and Longfellow were heard with accounts and distributions approved.
The Centreville Observer reports J H C Legg has announced candidacy for State Senate while C W Clements of Crumpton also enters the race. George W Legg seeks sheriff, Col W Hopper Gibson is mentioned for Orphans Court judge, and Edwin H Brown Jr aims to retain State’s Attorney post with James T Earle likely to run for Prosecution Attorney. Others named include Madison Brown Charles T Tucker H B W Mitchell and T J Keating without formal announcements.
A Pennsylvania clipping notes Senator W. Clayton Hackett of Northampton, son of the late J. Marion Hackett, joins the Senate as the minority on ten committees including Appropriations, Congressional Apportionment, Finance, Came and Fish, Judicial Apportionment, Law and Order, Military Affairs, Mines and Mining, Municipal Affairs, and Railroads.
Chancery Judge Adkins and Hopper convened the term as counsel argued the Porter versus Nichols and Nuttle case and Everngain versus Everngain. Jurors for the April term were drawn from taxables across eight districts, listing numerous named residents and local figures.
Poem recalls a sea voyage along Maryland waterways from Baltimore to Denton. Vivid images of Light Street, Patapsco River, Love Point, and the Eastern shore weave in strawberries, fruits, and seasonal bounty while a train and tides hint at reunion and longing. The piece centers on nostalgic travel and scenic coastal landmarks.
The will of George W. Adams, a Chapel district resident who died recently, is challenged in Talbot Orphans Court by several children Mrs. Altha Coutby Mrs. Roxanna Walls Huldah Ewing and William J Adams plus other offspring Emma Willis Lauder L Adams Harry Adams and Frank Adams Two grandchildren Dudley Adams and Helen Adams seek to uphold the will Counsel for caveaters are T Alan Goldsborough and Sethy Shehan Counsel for caveatees are J Frank Turner Harrison Vickers
Last week Mr and Mrs Wilbur Pennington traveling toward Ridgely near Caroline county crossed a bridge near Matthewstown. One horse of their team broke a hind leg through a hole in the flooring as the carriage pole broke when the animal fell. The horse was badly bruised after rescue. The bridge reportedly needed repairs for some time.
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