Community notices and sales in Denton Md and surrounds
Farmers' Supply Co in Denton Md offers standard binder twine. The Ladies' Aid of the M E Church to host ice cream sales this Saturday evening at the old parsonage. A bake sale by the Ladies' Aid of the M P Church follows on Third Street next Saturday July 9. July sales at Mudd's Shop Unique promo hats ribbons and hosiery. Poplar Neck Methodist Protestant Sunday School class presents Ruth the Loyal. Dr. Samuel E. Shannahan of Easton elected chair of State Aid and Charities board. Harmony Community Club to meet July 13 with charting the figure. Dorchester Water Co adopts Byron Jackson Deepwell Turbine Pump for Cambridge. Rev J C Ledbetter to preach at Greensboro Baptist Church on July 3 with E C Baker. District Sunday School Convention at Thawleys July 8 with talks on The Survey. Dr E Paul Knotts returns to practice after Harvard work. Vacation Bible School opens July 18 at Church of the Brethren Denton. Denton Fire Company responds to two alarms this week at Burrsville and Federalsburg with multiple out-of-town aid. Firemen's Parade at Greensboro draws thirteen companies. Easton wins best appearance, Denton best stand, Rehoboth longest distance. Band plays in Oxford parade with no prize. Junior Order suspends weekly meetings for summer. installations of new officers reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Supply Co., Inc
Denton
M. E. Church
M. P. Church
J. H. Nichols & Company
Third Street
Mudd
Poplar Neck Methodist Protestant Sunday School
Ruth
Loyal
Samuel E. Shannahan
Easton
The
Star-Democrat
Board of
State Aid and Charities
State Charities
Philip Briscoe
Harmony Community Club
George A
Dorchester Water Company
Cambridge
Del-Mar- Va
J. C. Ledbetter
North Carolina
East New Market Baptist Church
Greensboro Baptist Church
E. C. Baker
Thawleys
Venerables
Budd
V. P
Federalsburg
E. Paul Knotts
Harvard University
Boston
Massachusetts
Bible School
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Burrsville
Holt Oil Company
Denton Company
Seaford
Hurlock
Bridgeville
Greensboro
Chestertown
Hartly
Dover
Millington
Harrington
Centreville
Smyrna
Sharptown
Rehoboth
Oxford
Lacy C. Murphy
Roland A. Satterfield
J. Carroll George
R. Boon Beauchamp
Francis W. Kirwan
W. R. Dulin
Social notes and farewell for Mrs. Bradley in Denton
Denton society column records a farewell for Mrs. W T Bradley at the M E Church courtesy of the choir and Good Cheer Bible Class. Other items note Mrs. William D Uhler returning from Baltimore with guests Memory Lane in Williston, and a birth announcement for J Dwight junior to Mr. and Mrs J Dwight Biscoe of Baltimore.
Federalsburg Obituary and Fire Disaster Report
The community mourns Mrs. Lewis Trice Sr in a June funeral at Federalsburg with Rev Melvin E Wheatley and local clergy. Separately a Holt Oil Plant fire fatally burned Raymond B Jones, injuring nearby homes and warehouse. total loss around 65000 dollars. A N Russell denies his death after false obituary reports and plans a family reunion for his 85th birthday. Also notes visitors, illness recoveries, and local social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Trice
The
Journal
Town
Melvin E. Wheatley
Denton
J. B. McCabe
Leister
M. E. Church Choir
Federalsburg
Trice
White Hall
London
England
New York
Edith Laigneil
Carrie McMahon
Fannie Trice
Mattie V. Rosser
Walter
Lelia
Eva Laigneil
Elizabeth
Margaret Trice
William
Lester
Leta Trice
Katherine Rosser
Pennsylvania
John J. Stevenson
Long Island
N. Y
Joseph Stevenson
Methodist Protestant Church of
Ladies’ Aid
New York Christian Association
Hillcrest Cemetery
Holt Oil Company
Raymond B. Jones
Jones
Cambridge Hospital
Stewart
Mark Wright
Wallace Wheatley
Federalsburg Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Wheatley
Leslie Jones
A. N. Russell
Mark Twain
Lancaster
Mr. Russell
Helen Kemp
Lakeland
N. J
T. S. Kemp
John W. Hurlock
Main Street
Eastern Shore Prizes Awarded in Historical Essay Contest
The Eastern Shore Society of Baltimore City held a special meeting Thursday where nine county prizes of twenty dollars in gold were awarded for the best essays by senior high school students across Maryland's Eastern Shore counties. Ruth L. Stevenson won the Shore Prize for Worcester County with Worcester's First Residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Shore Society
Baltimore City
Maryland
Eastern Shore
Kent County
Joseph Wickes
Louise Akers
Rock Hall
Talbot County
Virginia Willis
Oxford
Somerset County
Samuel Chase
Singer
J. Lorenzo Landon
Crisfield
Dorchester County
Dorchester
Elizabeth A. Mace
Cambridge
Cecil County
Helen C. Reynolds
Elkton H. S
P. O. Iron
Denton
Wicomico County
Wicomic County
Josephine van Pelt
Sharptown
Ruth UL
Stevenson
Worcester County
Encouraging Report on Linwood Shockley's Training Progress
Linwood Shockley, a crippled young man from Caroline County, was sent to the Institution For Crippled And Disabled Men in New York City on April 1. County Commissioners, Children's Aid Society and Red Cross funded his schooling. a letter from Miss Knapp reports weekly pay of 15 dollars, mastery of touch typing, addressograph and mimeograph, and reduction of Maryland maintenance funds. Now is the time to subscribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Shockley
Caroline
New York City
Children’s Aid Society
Red Cross
Miss Jackson
Shockley
Miss Knapp
Maryland
Denton Fire House Construction Under Way
Construction of the Denton fire house has begun with bricklayers building the walls. By July 4 the Fire Company will launch a drive for 1927 honorary members and to join the Block System, urging citizens to contribute directly to reduce borrowing and interest costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Caroline's Flood Relief Contribution Record
Caroline County raised and sent 1800 to the National Flood Relief Fund, double the first quota. Thanks are extended to town workers for promoting and forwarding donations and to churches banks societies clubs schools and individuals who answered the appeal. Signed M S. J Spencer Lapham executive secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Caroline County
M&s. J
Ocean Shops Expand With New Coastal Line
Retailers announce plans to stock a wider range of marine themed goods as new oceanfront outlets open. Consumers explore expanded selections from nautical decor to seafood products, with prices and local promotions highlighted.
Weekly Ridgely News Letter highlights social visits
Mr and Mrs Harvey Holsinger attend hatcherymen association events in Georgetown and plan a Wilmington Board of Trade banquet. Alfred Rickards visits Ridgely. Mollie Rickards returns home. Several residents travel for visits, hospital care, and church activities. Local gatherings include poultry meeting, concerts, and summer plans.
Local families share visits and outings this weekend
A sequence of social calls and holiday outings across nearby towns includes the Shockleys of Massey visiting parents near town, Elliott family in Wilmington, Milby and Susan Milby visiting Howard Milby, and many locals attending Children’s Day at Irwin's Chapel. Visits span Richmond Virginia and Maryland towns with extended stays and carnival attendance noted.
Local Social Notes Highlight Garden Visits and Visits
Hobbs Mrs. Fred Smith hosted the Ladies Aid with ice cream and cake. Residents and guests travel between Glenolden Delaware and Greensboro with visits among Billing Reynolds Betts Kee Draper and Wille. Wheat harvest activity noted as farmers cut wheat.
Social visits spread across Greensboro and beyond
Mr and Mrs Janes Burge of Greensboro and Mrs Taylor of Millington hosted guests with Mr and Mrs F B Sweeney on Sunday. Other households welcomed visitors including Mr and Mrs W E Cartwright and Esther of Wilmington, and Mr and Mrs Loren Pritchett with Billy of Norwood Pa. George Moore’s parents received a Montague family visit, Tolchester friends gathered, and more relatives welcomed guests from Queenstown Marcus Hook Belair Marcus Hook and Felton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes Burge
Greensboro
Taylor
Milllington
F. B. Sweeney
W. E. Cartwright
Esther
Wilmington
L. A. Gooden
Loren Pritchett
Billy
Norwood
William Pritchett
F. A. Montague
George
George Moore
George Clayville
George Clark
Jacob Melvin
Harry Schoppe
Tolchester
Carroll Jones
Queenstown
J. F. Quillen
Belair
W. F. Clark
Helen Long
Marcus Hook
John Long
Annabel Rohmann
Clayton
Leslie Meredith
Pearle Jones
Jimmy
Marydel
Frank Hitchins
Felton
Adams Cross Roads Social News Roundup
Mr and Mrs Frank Fountain and four children of Hobbs join Mr and Mrs Fred Fountain for a Sunday visit. Mrs Blanche and Miss Edna Adams attend the Hickman Ladies Aid meeting held in the hall with many present. Dave Devore returns from Ohio for a two week stay with his sister. Thelma Neal, back from Philadelphia, has a week of vacation. Mr and Mrs Clarence Love shop at Milford with Mrs Adams. Art Edwards of Philadelphia visits. Myrtle Kilman visits sisters at Horsey's Cross Roads. Miss Parker visits Miss Martha Tiley. Sunday School at Bloomery set for 10 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fountain
Hobbs
Will Moore
Hickman
Fred Fountain
Blanche
Edna Adams
Hickman Ladies’ Aid
Dave Devore
Ohio
Thelma Neal
Philadelphia
Clarence Love
Clarence Adams
Milford
Art Edwards
Myrtle Kilman
Horsey's Cross Roads
Marie Parker
Martha Tiley
Bloomery
Denton Auto names contest seeks student ideas
The Denton Auto Company invites Caroline county school children including graduates to suggest a name for the filling station at the Denton-Greensboro and Denton-Burrsville roads intersection. Ten dollars goes to the best name. Submit at Denton Auto Company Denton Md within one week contest closes July 9. Two Caroline county school teachers will judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Auto Company
Caroline County
Denton-Greensboro
Denton-Burrsville
Denton
Pennington Death Shocks Hillsboro Community
Mr W F Pennington died at his Hillsboro home on Friday June 24 after years of poor health. A retired farmer, he ran a Millsboro store for four years and was known for cheerfulness. Survived by three children Ella Pennington Lofton Sawyer and Alan Pennington. Funeral by Rev F W Kirwan and Hillsboro cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Pennington
HiLlsboro
Caroline County
William and
Frances Pennington
Pennington
Millsboro
Emma Thawley
Robert
Emaline Thawley
Ella Pennington
Lofton Sawyer
North Carolina
Alan Pennington
Columbus
Ohio
F. W. Kirwan
Hillsboro Cemetery
James Sherwood
Saulsbury Sparks
Denton
William Whiteley
Cambridge
Marion Sherwood
Delmar
Del
Margaret
Oak Ridge
N. C
Ushers' Union Monthly Meeting Highlights Activities
The Ushers' Union held a well attended meeting with music readings and a D Crouse address from Denton. Refreshments followed. Committee members for July include Rev. R V Whitehurst Turpin Mitchell E Stevens and George Sam Lightner. Many local residents attended meals visits and travel plans as families and friends scattered for summer activities. An eye catching note mentions an infant son of Mr and Mrs John Skinner being ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ushers’ Union
Dr. Crouse
Denton
R. V. Whitehurst
Turpin Mitchell
E. Stevens
George Sam Lightner
Louise Short
Eaglesmere
Philadelphia
Clifford Cortleyou
Sneed
Keplar Barnette
Annie Jump
Hillsboro
Polly Calloway
Ella Jump
Lide Smith
Harry Gibson
Olan Ford
Marydel
Violet
Peggy
Pocomoke City
Harold Jump
Camp Whip-poor-will
Beulah Callahan
Greensboro
Ella Richards
Dora Taylor
Baltimore
Charles Rhodes
Bridgetown
Mabel Eaton
Everett Blades
St. Michaels
Mollie Diggans
Goldsboro
E. H. Dashiell
Salisbury
E. B. Lightner
John Skinner
Evening Sun Band To Play Here In Denton
The Evening Sun Newsboy Band of sixty five will give a concert in Denton on the Court House Green Tuesday July 12 at two o'clock under the Denton Rotary Club. The band arrives about eleven with Rotary committee members to meet them before lunch and a town tour. After the concert they travel to Cambridge for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Sun
Newsboy
Denton
Court House Green
Denton Rotary Club
Rotary Club
Messrs
Lawrence B. Towers
J. H. Summerfield
J. Roland Chaffinch
B. F. Johnson
M. K. Newnam
J. Lester
Everngain
J. Frank Wright
Cambridge
Seventh Grade Pupils Join County Thrift Club Prizes
More than 200 seventh graders promoted to eighth grade or first year high school will join the County Thrift Club this summer and compete for prizes announced at closing exercises in Denton. Contest emphasizes earning, saving, and investing money wisely with daily money records and budgeting to form thrift habits for youth and future financial responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Thrift Club
Denton
Orphans Court Actions in Caroline County Session
Caroline County Orphans Court met with Judges West Harper and Shawn. Letters of administration granted in multiple estates including Joshua Holland to Edward Nuttle and Ellen M Trice to Walter Trice. Revocation of prior administration for Thomas R Green and appointment of T Pliny Fisher. Inventories, appraisements, and final accounts filed and approved for several estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Orphans’ Court
West, Harper and Shawn
Register of Wills
Joshua Holland
Edward E. Nuttle
Isaac H. Morris
Harvey H. Long
Ellen M. Trice
Walter Trice
Harry W. Davis
Donald Jefferson
Thomas R. Green
Anna D. Green
Harvey L. Cooper
T. Pliny Fisher
de Bonis Non
Renal
Grant Alburger
Sarah Downes
Mary Elizabeth Faulkner
William J. Faulkner
William E. Brown
Martha B. Walters
Bessie Driggs
Otie Campbell
Charles B. Harrison
Benjamin Lucznik
Teresa Lucznik
Local Social Roundup From Hamilton and Nearby Areas
Mr Grover Morris of Hamilton visited Mrs Wright Robinson from Saturday to Monday and she accompanied him home. Amos Wyatt of Queen Anne spent the weekend with his wife at her parents home, Mr and Mrs Gurney Knotts. Master Cooper Davis spends this week with grandparents Mr and Mrs George Davis in Kenton Delaware. Alonzo Boyles of near Massey visited her parents Mr and Mrs Gurney Lowman on Sunday. Sunday services include Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11. Estelle Morris and Helen Golt left for Beach Haven New Jersey for the summer. Marie Purnell of Sadlersville visits sister Mrs M B Kinnamon. Isabel Baughley visits aunt Mrs Alfred Blackburn in Greensboro. J F Raughley and family visited Tolchester on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Holsinger
Delware-Maryland-Virginia Haatcherymen’s Association
Georgetown
I. L. Watson
Wilmington
Wilmington Board of Trade
New Henlopen Hotel
Rehoboth
Alfred Rickards
Ridgely
Mollie Rickards
Marie Smith
Ann
Richards
Marydel
Sarah Hoffman
Paul Neff
Oak Lane
Philadelphian
Elmer Coblentz
Reading
Hobart Lessey
Ruth Richards
Trenton
New Jersey
Troy Ashcraft
Troy
William Carter
Wadesboro
N. C
Carter
Frank Flounders
Dorothy Flounders
Dorothy Davis
College Park
George Fitz
Ephratah
Oxford
Norah Bright
Friendly Montague
Hartly
Goldsboro
Montague
Hardy
D. J. Moore
Methodist Hospital
Philadelphia
Moore
Steven Lynch
Mary Elizabeth
Helen DeFord
Alice Ferricks
Brown Elliott
Ennis Percy
Eugton
Melvin Hubbard
Henrietta May
Federalsburg
William Mitchell
Hannah Freeman
Steven Snowberger
Jack Orem
Martin Blanch
James
Marcus Hook
Laddie
The
Reformed Church
Willard Jones
Mary Wallace
Nathan Jones
Wyoming
Del
Elizabeth Sparks
Davis Strite
Leonard Sparks
Billie
Stella Matthews
Detroit
Michigan
L. S. Matthews
Maud Starkey
University
Frank Kibler
George Heinsel
Heinsel
Louise
Harold Fountain
Emma Jackson
Garrison
Baltimore
T. L. Day
Emma Day
Clara Denny
Harry Denny
Wye Mills
Edith Denny
Lawrence Lynch
Pennsylvania
Valley Forge
J. F. Eliott
Rachel McKenny
Samuel Sennett
William Weshell
Kenton
M. A. Brackett
J. T. West
Maggie Durney
Miss Rhodes
Edward Rhodes
Willoughby
D.G. Connelly
Centreville
A. W. Saulsbury
Harry Zeigler
Stella Diefenderfer
Kenneth Biddle
Camden
Wilson Cahall
Robert Pippin
Mabel Hastings
Greensboro
Wesley Bower
James Walker
Denton
Robert Headley
I. T. Sautsbury
Grover Morris
Hamilton
Wright Robinson
Estelle Morris
Helen Golt
Beach Haven
N. J
Marie Purnell
Sadlersville
M. B. Kinnamon
Isabel Baughley
Alfred Blackburn
J. F. Raughley
Tolchester
Preston area farm sale to Cannon couple noted as premier property
Mr. George Whiteley and wife sold to Mr. Lloyd C. Cannon and wife the Levin T. Williams home farm in the northwestern suburb of Preston. Described as one of the finest and best located farms in lower Caroline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Whiteley
Lloyd C. Cannon
Levin T. Williams
Preston
Lower
Caroline
Harrington Team to Play Denton on July Fourth
A Harrington baseball team travels to Denton for an afternoon game on the Fourth of July. Denton officials plan an interesting lineup to challenge the visiting team from across the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrington
Denton
Denton Boys
Tentative Assignments Made for Caroline County Teachers
Superintendent E M Noble announced tentative teacher assignments in a letter to staff. The list includes Marydel Bertie Sparks Greensboro Elementary Bridgetown Burrsville Den ton Williamson Oaks Willoughby Anderson town Wickman Yarmony Smithson Preston High Preston Elementary Choptank Hubbards Bethlehem Federalsburg High Federalsburg Elementary Hickory Hill Ridgely High Ridgely grammar Ridgely primary Concord Smithsville Chestnut Grove Friendship American Corner and more. Manual training teachers Irvin Smith J M Chambers and home economics staff Louise Nuttle and Deliatte Noble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
E. M. Noble
The
Board of Education
Marydel
Bertie Sparks
Henderson
C. M. Wingate
Esther Fertig
Maud Hummer
Elizabeth Bilbrough
Ruth Tomlinson
Bee Tree
Ellen Cole
Goldsboro
Sarah Glass
Elizabeth Heather
Elizabeth Evans
Moore’s
Ruth Trice
Marguerite Griffith
Greensboro High
W. K. Cumming
Katherine Cox
Louise Wright
Greensboro
Wing
Louise Dennison
Neta Richard
Elise Roe
Bertha Shull
Elsie Bilbrough
Bridgetown
Anna Pearson
Burrsville
Hester Wyatt
Liden
Louise Cohee
Caroline High
J. W. Johns
Stephanie Ford
Eleanor Willis
Mildred Nuttle
Denton Grammar
Raleigh
Louise Short
Louise Norris
Frances Case
Denton
Alice Hignutt
Hilda Cade
Gertrude Morgan
Alice Trice
Edith Straughn
Williamson
Sadie Fisher
Oaks
Marietta Butler
Willoughby
Esther Kelley
Andersontown
Elizabeth Cannon
Wickman
Sarah Gooden
Yarmony
Jirren Downes
Lola Mitchell
Smithson
Katherine Kline
Preston High
Hilda Elben
Hilda Bowdle
Rita Hallowell
Alice Bailey
Florence Messenger
Hickory Hill
Ruth Forier
Hillsboro
Josephine Blades
Blanche Chauffinch
Ridgely
H. E. McBride
Ellen Brown
Mary Wooters
Olive Wood
5. E. Parsons
Blanche Croll
Irma Nichols
Grace Rutter
Concord
Dorothy Beaumont
Smithsville
Hattie Atkinson
Chestnut Grove
Ruth McCrea
Mary Lane
Ruth Beauchamp
Esther Stajum
Irvin Smith
J. M.’ Chambers
Louise Nuttle
Deliatte Noble
Flag Etiquette Rules for Display and Handling
The flag should be shown on all national and state holidays and on historic occasions. In processions the flag belongs on the marchers right or in front of the center when others are present. When flags are grouped, the U.S. flag stays at the center or highest point. On platforms the flag is above or behind the speaker, or to the speaker’s right if on a staff. Bunting blue white red is used for desks and platform décor with blue on top. Do not use the flag to cover platforms or statues. Do not drape it over vehicles. attach a staff to a car chassis or radiator cap. Never let the flag touch the ground or trail in water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
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W. T. Bradley
Good Cheer Bible Class
Bradley
Wildwood
William D. Uhler
Memory Lane
Hollingsworth
Ida S. Hollingsworth
William Brevoor
James Shields
M. F. Kibler
Johns Hopkins University
Bridge
J. Kemp Stevens
Franklin Street
Pauline Adams
Agnes Cooper
James Wise
Paul
J. Owen Knotts
Jean Kauffman
Shirley Mae Leaverton
Fairlee
Eugene G. Anderson
Harry Wagenseller and Son
Grace Ensor
Edwina Downes
Eleanor Towers
Emory D. Kimmey
Lewis Dukes
Bryan Shockley
Massey
Thomas Shockley
Carroll Elliott
Stanley Taylor
John Milby
Susan Milby
Howard Milby
Irwin’s Chapel
Thornton
Pauline
Richmond
C. R. Curtis
Noble, Jr
Elbert Jarrell
Charlestown
T. N. Jarrell
Ruth Curtis
Baltimore and
Govans
Victor Carmine
W. J. Murphy
Anna Saunders
Jane Wright
Bess Ross
Jack Chue
William Sylvester
George Sylvester
Ella Harris
Fred Smith
L. H. Thomas and Son
Hopkins
W. B. Reynolds
Glenolden
F. N. Smith
J. A. Billing
Martin Betts
New Castle
Catherine Cohee
Stanley Draper
William Murphy
Carter Kelley
F. E. Davis
Mary Butler
Towson
Adams’ Cross Roads
Tuckahoe
Queen Anne
Evening Sun Band
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Templeville
Near East Religious Education
Nolan R. Best
Federation of Churches of Baltimore
Near East Relief Committee
Best
Near East Relief
Nuttle Millinig Company
Deny ‘Ton, Md
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