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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1915
Page
5
County items from Denton and surrounding towns compiled under this weekly digest cover local happenings, agricultural notes, and community updates. Readers see brief mentions of events, minor incidents, and notices affecting residents across the area.
Local items report cash prices for corn and oats, and a large list of notices including sales of land and properties in Ridgely and Denton, church events, a Sunday bus service to Ocean City, summer camp meetings, and public entertainments. Mentions include H L Cooper assignee selling property, J H Nichols Co advertising reductions, and clergy notices at St Pauls Hillsboro and Denton Methodist churches.
A sequence of weddings fills Caroline County life with color. Miss Mary Virginia Roe marries Donald Le Thorne in Baltimore as many relatives travel from Philadelphia to Denton and Preston for ceremonies. Geraldine Lynch and Cary Callahan wed at Ridgely and Wye Mills amid family festivities. Mary Ella Shockley unites with Gr Clayton Austin in Denton as ties strengthen among local families and friends. The District and outlying guests depart for Baltimore Washington and Wilmington on celebratory tours.
William and Nathan Starr of Hope set out from their home on Thursday afternoon in a Ford to traverse the continent. They equipped themselves with a light waterproof tent and self supplied meals for the journey. William Starr is a young New York businessman and Nathan an undergraduate at Harvard University.
Mrs Effa Plummer and several neighbors took a Sunday trip to Philadelphia. Ruth Plummer returned from Ocean City New Jersey. Other residents visited Ocean City Townsend and Middletown Del while family groups stayed at Riverside Hotel and with relatives.
Mr E M Willey and family visited Cambridge Sunday and observed extensive crop destruction in Talbot. Mrs Charles Howard led an evening service in Adderton town. Several locals, including Miss Ethel M Paisley and Mrs M L Holbrook, attended events and trips. Agent Ricards bought 850 bushels of corn this week.
Henderson reports a string of visits and homecomings as pastors, families, and friends travel between Tilghman Island Queen Anne Rehoboth Snow Hill and Easton. Notable names include Rev Tyanhoe Willis and Miss Mildred Gooden with gatherings at Piney Neck and Magnolia, plus trips to Philadelphia and Eas ton.
The Ridgely News column reviews Independence Day programs with Rev. A M Rahn sermons on interdependence and song, reports on Miss Edith Dragoo’s hospital recovery and relatives visiting, and catalogs numerous local travels, visits, and illness happenings in the Seventh District community.
Bethlehem Eagles beat the Vienna club last Saturday 1 for. Harding struck out 17 and allowed 2 hits Cedars had four hits Legates and Walker fielded well. Many short notes report residents visiting hospitals and friends across Cambridge Preston Baltimore and Shore towns with various travels and visits.
Miss Gertrude Kemp plans a Sunday departure for Baltimore to attend Johns Hopkins summer school. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kemp, and Mrs. Kemp's brother, visited J. R. Wright. Alphonsa Dunham of Rehoboth and E. F. Dunham hosted guests. Lily Rumbold from Baltimore visited town friends. Addie Gale and sister from Baltimore stayed with H. B. Wright. Katherine Stafford of Preston visited Mrs. L. P. Stafford. Willis Wright of Baltimore spent time with Mrs. J. F. Spence. Anna Roe of Denton visited Miss Myra Wright and Hynson Wright from Baltimore visited town. Estelle Wright visiting Clara Todd near Bethlehem.
Children’s Day services at Wesley M E Church drew a large audience with Rev. B F Jester noting three collectors Misses Ruth A Harvey Addie Smith and Margaret Thawley Smith won a Bible for collecting the most. The event honored by Mrs Flames Sapp and Mary fl Stafford for careful training. Also reports a birthday party for Florence Morgan with about forty guests and outdoor games followed by refreshments. Funeral of Mrs Rebecca Outten at Wesley M E Church with interment in nearby cemetery. Survivors include son Mr Norman Queen and relatives from Dupont Florida and Baltimore. Attending guests included Lyman R Porter of Baltimore due ill with acute appendicitis. References to gatherings hosted by Mr and Mrs Robert H Thawley for son Wesley I Thawley. Daisy Satterfield and Clifton Nichols at weddings. visitors from Wyoming and Philadelphia. Various visits and social events noted including Miss Bertha Baker and Frank Rickards wedding from Greenwood.
Mrs Ida Nolan and family from Wilmington visited Rev W F Dawson over Sunday. Mrs Edgar Blanche Jr and her son from Baltimore stayed with the Blanches. John Lundy and family visited in Baltimore. The Ladies Aid Society met at Mary Coopers home. Mary Cooper attended the teachers association in Ocean City. Mary Hicks visited her parents Mr and Mrs Saulsbury Sparks. Laura Mason of Easton visited W L Mason. Katie Vesty of Easton stayed with Mr and Mrs E B Davis. Margaret Hackett of Washington visited town. Gladys M Gale was in Baltimore part of the week. Grace E Collins visits Philadelphia.
Woodenhawk residents Mr and Mrs Harrison Satterfield and friends traveled to Goldsboro Sunday. Miss Ruth Adams and Huey Vincent from Bethel visited Bridgeville Saturday. Anna M Chaffinch returned home after visiting Concord relatives. Emmanuel Pritchett and friends visited Caroline's Cape May Friday. Belle Prettyman of Greenwood visited Miss Bessie Adams. Jason Reed and John Hignutt visited Concord and Preston Sunday. T. C. Lockerman is ill at this writing.
Queen Anne reports Miss Virginia Mays visiting Mr and Mrs Francis Clark of Wilmington. Earl Short plans July Fourth with his parents followed by Baltimore guests. Cavalier of Baltimore guests of Howard Knotts this week. R Andrews and son moved a new store. Ernest Emory hosts his Washington nephew. S T Culver of Hebron visits town. Edna Morgan visits Greensboro friends. July 5th Pea Liquor day offers crabbing fishing and bathing with refreshments on ground.
The June term of the Circuit Court for Caroline County concluded with testimony in chancery cases Gootee Christopher vs Sitk and Messick et al versus Ada Chambers and Slaughter executors versus Thomas Green. Jurors to serve in October were drawn from districts one through eight and listed with asterisks marking selections.
Court of Appeals sides with the Caroline county School Board in Furman's Grove versus Henry W. Hinson. Decision: the dispute involves public school administration and should be settled by the State Board of Education, not the courts. Boundaries and pupil counts determine duty to open or consolidate the Furman's Grove district. Reuben Garey and T Alan Goldsborough argued for the School Board and petitioner.
The Ridgely area shipped 720 000 quarts of berries with Armour plant packing about twice that amount. Prices were strong and many farmers and hundreds of pickers gained financially. The Ridgely berry fields likely sold over 100 000 dollars and the county totals near a quarter million.
Mr Thomas H Cheezum of Denton died of heart disease while in Queenstown last Friday night aged fifty eight. His remains were brought to Denton and the funeral was held Monday at his late residence with Rev Thomas O Crouse and other ministers officiating. Interment followed in Denton cemetery. He was born in South Carolina the son of the late Thomas H Cheezum and Mrs Sarah Cheezum now widow. He leaves a wife Mrs Sarah Stadley and son Norman Cheezum. A bridge foreman for the Maryland Delaware and Western Railroad, he had long resided in the community and was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. He had worked previously for the B C and A road.
The annual summer encampment for the Eastern Shore Scouts runs July 12 to 30 at Deep Water Point on Trippe's Creek. About 400 boys from Denton Oxford Greensboro Goldsboro Ridgely St Michael's and Easton attend under scout masters R R Shull Henry Davies and Geo Juckin with Junior Scouts welcome. Food costs are $3 per week and entries close July 8.
Auto Commissioner Roe rounded up about six violators who ignored warning signs and state law during a trip on the peninsula. Each was fined 250 dollars plus costs.
The county rate was declared one dollar last Tuesday as previously indicated. Taxable basis now stands at 11,021,694 reflecting a five year gain of 4,661,335. A detailed list of appropriations follows including State's Attorney, clerk, courts, bridges, schools, roads, paupers, and bond payments.
A Denton public meeting at the Court House drew about 150 attendees to pledge residents to report law violations and refuse bail for violators. A fund target of 100 was over subscribed to about 125, with plans for continued cooperation with officers and another meeting next Tuesday.
Joseph B. Orrell, prominent Second district figure and former judge of the Orphans' Court, died at his Greensboro home at age eighty one. He retired from farming fifteen years ago and moved to Greensboro. Survived by a second wife Miss Etta Milliken, two sisters Mrs. Potts and Mrs. Quimby, and children from his first marriage. Interment is at Greensboro cemetery.
Edinburg residents Mr and Mrs John Helden and Miss Nellie Helden visited near Sadlersville with Mr and Mrs Joseph Gsell and family. Mrs Norman Seward hosted her mother Mrs James Sculley and brother Mr Fred Sculley. Lola Seward visited grandparents near Bridgetown. Amy Todd from Dover and Ethel Faulkner stayed with Miss Margaret Gsell. Mrs J L Faulkner suffered a serious attack of blood poisoning. Mr Daniel Heck has returned from a Baltimore hospital.
A Baltimore Chamber of Commerce committee on the crop-improvement movement will assist Maryland farmers with farm demonstration and extension work. J Collin Vincent chairs the group which will cooperate with the U S Agricultural Department to place agents statewide to advise on better land use, machinery, and scientifically tested methods.
J. H. Pastorfield Co advertises lightweight shirts ideal for summer heat and urges readers to subscribe to the JOURNAL for county news.
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