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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1926
Page
5
Local readers are invited tomeetings and socials across towns including Burrsville Williston and Bethlehem with church services, recitals, and fundraisers. Hogs are tallied by weight on a farm near Andersontown, and road plans include Ridgely Bridgetown as 1926 priorities while a hard surface option from Hickman toward Denton awaits funding.
The Journal analyzes sworn statements of ten Caroline county banks as of December 31, 1925. Primary reserve cash and due from reserve agents total 821,000 dollars, with a 77,000 dollar rise. secondary reserve at 1,180,000 dollars, up 76,000. Loans in local hands amount to 4,334,000 dollars, capital stock at 324,000 and surplus plus profits at about 605,000. Deposits exceed 5.5 million, with savings and special deposits near 4,000,000. The combined resources and liabilities stand at 6,456,021.08.
John Burnett aged 80 was found dead in Federalsburg last Sunday by the Hackett brothers after a neighbor family discovered his door ajar and his bare feet showing from the bed. He led a solitary life for forty years with holdings in bonds mortgages and real estate totaling about 15000 dollars. Letters of administration were granted to Alice M Patterson and Fred R Owens. A portion of the estate is bequeathed to persons in Ireland.
The annual stockholders meeting elected directors John T. Carter C Clarence Deen W Brewster Deen C Fulton Noble Willard C Todd D Wilson Davis J Iandson Taylor Jos N Carroll Harvey M Parrott Henry W Hughes Josiah A Beck Thomas N Draper Clement Drake James W Thawley. The board re elected officers John T Carter president C C Deen vice president George W Beck cashier Miss N Lucille Bailey teller W Brewster Deen counsel. Now is the time to subscribe.
Community members from Wilmington and Dover were listed visiting, hosting, or attending events last week. Attendees included Henderson and Walls families, Irvin Kenton and daughter Dorothy, Jones relatives, Gooden and James families, Cartwrights, Melvins, Pritchetts, and others. Visitors traveled from Baltimore and Felton, with several couples and individuals noted in town and nearby.
Hobbs. Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen Starkey wife of J Robert Starkey died Saturday about 10 pm after twenty seven years of rheumatism and twenty years confined to bed cared for by daughter Corinne Thomas. Funeral at Ames M P Church Tuesday with Rev C S Marshall assisting. Interment in church cemetery. Pallbearers listed. many relatives attended. local notices mention visitors and property changes.
Rev D M Baker leads the Hillshore revival for a third week with services Sunday morning and evening at the M E Church. An afternoon session at 3 o clock will be held at the M E Church South in Queen Anne. The P T A of Hillsboro school meets Thursday at 7 30 with slides of World Wonders. Local people noted include Irwin Sparklin Hugh Brown Paul Bordner Edna Clopper Louise Wright and Mrs Saulsbury Sparks. For sale or rent: the West Denton store building occupied by the late W C Pastorfield. Possession at once. Apply to J A Nichols administrator.
The Ridgely News Letter reports a Wednesday high school exhibit of seventh grade bird houses and upper grade tables and stands, plus sewing and cooking displays. A Mammy’s Lil’ Wild Rose play drew 457 attendees. community events include a Lyceum performance by The Clifton Mallory Players and a Woman's Missionary Society address by Mrs. Collins Brock.
The Burrsville Wesley M E Church held a reorganization of its Sunday School with officers led by Superintendent Norman Outten and assistants W H Wright and Miss Nettie Satterfield. Local social notes mention several visits and gatherings among church members and friends through late January and recent weekends.
Mr and Mrs John Cohee hosted Sunday dinner guests from Easton and Harmony including Merrick Cohee Webster Todd Benjamin Cohee Ruth Whiteside and others. Various Todd families along with Ivins Gibson Trice Fla harty and Cox households were mentioned as hosts or guests across multiple evenings and days.
The Goldsboro choir will hold its monthly evening of ampsre next Sunday, January 6, at 7 30 pm. All hymns lead to The Cross, to be seen. The service aims to be very attractive, and attendees are urged to be present.
Ridgely and nearby residents report travel for funeral in Schenectady New York visits with relatives in Clarksville Del and Baltimore Md. Promotions in Reserve Corps announced for Fred Madara from Second to First Lieutenant. Various residents listed as visiting ill or recuperating including Viola Jones and Mrs Harry Swann.
The husband and children express gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown during the death of our wife and mother, Alice B. Jones.
Greensboro mourns Robert Richard Shull longtime photographer merchant and community leader born September 27 1815 in Leipsie Delaware died after a brief illness at his daughter Hastings home He helped organize the counties first Boy Scouts served as magistrate and once ran the Greensboro Free Press Funeral at the Methodist Church followed by interment in Greensboro Cemetery Also noted are upcoming Junior League Week events and a roundup of local social visits from the area.
The steamship Chatham of Merchants and Miners Transportation Co will be launched at Newport News Virginia on February 3. At 368 feet long and about 7000 gross tons it is one of five new ships in the line’s fleet. The Chatham will carry 500 passengers. Alleghany and Berkshire are already in service, with two more sister ships due to launch before summer. The company operates routes among Boston Providence Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Jacksonville and Miami.
J H Nichols and Co announces a wanted request for side meat and lard. The note seeks supply from local producers or merchants and marks the firm's intention to purchase promptly.
The board accepted Frank M. Kintzel as principal at Greensboro High in place of Paul Phillips and Marie J. Gibson as Ridgely High School assistant, replacing Ruth Dotterer. Twenty six applications were filed. Kintzel is Pennsylvania trained. Gibson Ohio native with Oberlin and Penn graduate credentials. The panel deferred Williston-Denton consolidation and will add grammar help via collaborating Denton teachers. Samuel Vickery was named Central trustee replacing Edwood Lane. A deed transferred old Denton property to the Denton Community Club. The board discouraged school fund raising via candy and pencil sales, urging quality events instead. A Junior Prom was rejected. Assembly rooms were deemed ill suited for basketball.
The body of Rear-Admiral Albert R. Ross U S N retired who died suddenly last Saturday at Cocoanut Grove Florida was brought to Annapolis and interred on Thursday He was born in 1844 entered the Naval Academy in 1867 and graduated four years later He retired in 1908 but served as commandant of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station Chicago until 1912 He was recalled in 1917 as commandant of a temporary naval training station at Culver Indiana He was said to be the oldest Naval Academy graduate on active duty during World War I He is survived by his widow Mrs Enoch B Garey daughter of Admiral Ross and by Mrs Lansdowne widow of the Shenandoah commander as a granddaughter of the Admiral.
The Andrews bankruptcy filing shows a total distribution of just over 156000 dollars by Col Edward T Miller referee in bankruptcy in the matter of Joseph B Andrews and S Ellwood Andrews trading as J B Andrews Company bankrupts The largest distributees are A W Sisk Son of Preston to receive about 41000 dollars The case has been in court since 1921
Temple Lodge No.128 A F P A M held its Eighth Annual Banquet in Masonic Hall last Thursday evening. The event featured a renovated banquet hall, an address by Master Edwin W Breeding, and musical and comedic performances by Brice's orchestra and John J Sweeney of Baltimore. Several community figures attended, with tributes from Rev Francis W Kirwan and toastmaster T Alan Goldsborough. Also noted were new marriage licenses issued in Caroline County and various local society updates.
Orphans Court met with Judges West Harper and Shawn. The Denton National Bank was ordered to pay a minor from W Bateman Draper estate. Henry R. Lewis filed a final account for John W Ringgold real estate sale. T Alan Goldsborough released as legatee. John Burnett will proven and admitted to probate. Inventories and rent accounts for deceased estates approved. Laura Moore Fleming will proven and estate probated. Alice Patterson named executrix and administrator c t a with Fred R Owens. bond filed and creditors notice ordered. appraisers John N Wright and Lewis Weiland named.
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