Celebrations and Social News From Denton Area
Mr. Charles Taylor marked his 89th birthday with 35 relatives across four generations at his son in law and daughter Henry and Mrs Detwiler’s home. Born July 6 1846 in Kent county Delaware near Willow Grove he married Hannah Blood and later farmed near Queenstown. The column lists numerous marriages birthdays travel and local gatherings including a Denton Bible School start and local visits by several families and clergy.
Ormond Wright Dies After Leaving Death Note
The body of Ormond Wright was found in Tuckahoe Creek near New Bridge four miles from Coward's Point after he disappeared Tuesday. A note in a milk can said Wright intended to take his life, and a rope from his father Edward Wright’s barn was found from a nearby tree. Inquest ruled unnecessary. Wright had been in poor health. He is survived by his widow and farms with his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ormond Wright
Caroline County
Tuckahoe
New Bridge
Coward’s Point
Ben Kemp
Wright
Edward Wright
Unity Homemakers Club June meeting and local notices
Burrsville items note the Unity Homemakers Club June gathering at Miss Pauline Hopkins home with oldest hat or wedding dress theme and storage demo ideas. July meeting to be at Mrs Chester Baker's in Denton with delegates reporting from Rural Women's Short Course. Various local visits and church events listed with names and places across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Homemakers’ Club
Pauline Hopkins
Chester Baker
Denton
Carlton Greenlee
Lee Walston
Maud Johnson
Union M. P. Church
Flater
Caroline Charge
Friend
Vienna
H. A. Porter
Epworth League of Wesley Church
Clarence Voss
Harry Cheezum
Hobbs
Bob Hunn
Little Son
Philadelphia
Annie Downham
Betty Baker
John Singer
Greensboro
Brown Thawley
Baltimore
R. H. Dill
Emile Sapp
Felton
Mary Smith
Washington,d. C
Everett Smith
A. T. Garrett
Chester
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights and Local Notices
The Ridgely weekly page reports on Vacation Bible School with 80 pupils across kindergarten to intermediates, 49 certificates, and 89.8 percent attendance. It notes community funding, a list of 12 teachers and helpers, and a manual training lead by Rev. Hafer. Obituaries include Albert Jerome Evans of Grand View Heights and funeral details. Multiple Society, schooling, and local visit items follow, with residents attending events in Rehoboth, Easton, and Philadelphia. a Marine enlistment and local staff changes are also listed.
Wrights Announce Niece's Marriage in Baltimore
Mr and Mrs Joseph Mowbray Wright announce the marriage of their niece Miss Margaret Stockley Wright to Mr John Harry Schad on Saturday June twenty ninth in Baltimore Maryland. They will be at home after September fifteenth at 403 Southway. Numerous local residents including Mrs W Henning and Mr and Mrs Fred Odenwald with daughter Jean from Ozone Park Long Island visited Mr Richard Henning. Master Robert Moore son of Mr and Mrs J Virgil Moore is a Johns Hopkins Hospital mastoid operation patient. The Funk and Smith families returned from a ten day trip to Ohio and Pennsylvania. Miss Ellen L Collison summers with her maternal grandmother Mrs Corilla Roe in Federalsburg. Mr and Mrs Abe Goncharsky host Miss Jeanne Bredt of Glenburnie. Mrs W Carroll Pastorfield of Washington DC visits Mrs L B Towers. Mr Fred Stack of Baltimore visits Ridgely and Denton. Mrs Earl Wright entertained at bridge Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Newnam
Meyers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Baltimore
Denton
Caroline Council
No. 175
National Council
Order
Legion
Dentonia
Nelson H. Fooks
Preston
Caroline
University of Maryland Hospital
Fooks
Today
New Castle County
Wilmington Board of Education
David J. Reinhardt
Ella C. Mode
Gilpin Avenue
Harry B. Eaton
Boulevard
Wilmington Board of
Dover
William Willoughby
Williston
Greensboro
Delaware
Smithville
Job
Sarah Willoughby
Willoughby
Philadelphia
Anna Collins
Lillian Hoagland
Ocean Grove
N. J
Herbert I. Jacoby
Eugene R. Knoblauch
George H. Bodamer
Pennsylvania
Woodland Cemetery
Charles Taylor
Henry Detwiler
Mr. Taylor
Kent County
Del
Willow Grove
Hannah A. Blood
Camden
Queen Anne’s County
My Lord’s Gift
Queenstown
Thomas K. Dudley
Carmichael
Ben Surran
Linwood
Roxanna J. Taylor
John B. Taylor
Wilmington
Joseph Taylor
Easton
Charles E. Taylor
North Carolina
William C. Taylor
Pueblo
Colorado
Sarah Stewart
Queen Anne
Taylor
Katherine Elizabeth Mettee
Andrew Mettee
Mr. Mettee
Maryland
Charles Henry Whitby
Wilkinsburg
Charles Henry Whitby Jr
Thomas Hanna
James Young
Patrick Powers
Pittsburgh
Robert Joyce
University Place
Penna
Carl H. Towers
Lillian Timmons
Earle White
Gerald M. Pine
Louis Butler
William G. Towers
Herbert McAllister
Harry R. Timmons
Annie Parsons
Rosalie Timmons
Margaret Brown
Helen Chaffinch
Marguerite Young
Elizabeth Satterfield
Dorothy Timmons
Elizabeth Towers
Ann Melvin
Ella Mae Wright
Carl Dingledine
van Corkran
Ira Nichols
Bud Deardorf
Russell Flaharty
James
Ward Tipmons
Raymond Timmons
Etimmons
Denton Vacation Bible School
Marie Pentz
Mattie Moore
Myrtle Dukes
Anna Bryant
Emily Gray
G. Clayton Austin
George C. Jr
Oscar and
Carvil Shockley
Annapolis
Ralph Palmer
Joe Dutton
Rehoboth
Clinton Shockley
Chester
Wm. Skinner
Hayden
N. A. Leese
Caroline High School
June Walling
duPont Hotel
Wheeler
Spencer Corset Company, Inc
Edna B. Green
Alan Reynolds
Gainesville
Fis
Roberta J. Hake
Sherman C. Lloyd
Still Pond
South Second St
Marc Bryant
Anna
Jane Bryant
Elbert Nuttle
W. H. Nuttle
L. B. Towers
Fifth Avenue
Paul Howard
Joseph Mowbray Wright
Margaret Stockley Wright
John Harry Schad
Southway
W. Henning
Fred Odenwald
Jean
Ozone Park
Long Island
Richard Henning
Robert Moore
J. Virgil Moore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
J. W. Funk
William Smith
Ohio
Ellen L. Collison
Corilla Roe
Federalsburg
Abe Goncharsky
Jeanne Bredt
Glenburnie
W. Carroll Pastorfield
Washington, D. C
Fred Stack
Ridgely
Earl Wright
Bridge
Church Notices Denton and Concord and Epiphany Services
Denton M P Church schedules morning message A Message from Four Old Friends and Communion. Chris tian Endeavor at 7 15 on Why is Profanity Harmful. Missionary Night features The Story of the Great Missionary Hymn. Missionary Auxiliary picnic Tuesday 6 pm at Miss Clara Hitchcock home. Concord M E Church holds Sunday School 9 45 and service 10 45 Rev Louis Dennis preaches The Triumph of Faith. Epiphany Mission Preston Sunday School 10 am Morning Prayer and sermon 11 am. Subscribe for the Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Hitchcock
Concord M. E. Church
Louis Dennis
Epiphany Mission
Preston
Typhoid Fever in 1935 Carried by County Expected
Health officials project 20 Caroline County residents will contract typhoid next year, totaling about 350 days of illness. They cite contaminated water milk and ice cream as main sources and urge vaccination to prevent unnecessary sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Health Department
Canada
Europe
Mexico
Community Notes from Bethlehem and Surrounding Areas
Local society items list visits and guests across Bethlehem Royal Oak Federalsburg Easton Tolchester and Preston. Families including Thompson Harding Stevens Christopher Todd Legates Perry Lane and Blades share gatherings travels and hospital updates as community club plans a July meeting.
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Comings and Goings
Mrs Urban Bowman returns to Washington DC after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Fleming. Relatives and friends travel from Baltimore Elizabethtown Philadelphia and Ocean Grove for visits and hospital stays. Local residents attend bank meetings and funerals while others visit relatives and enjoy vacations in Boston and Boston area.
Funeral Services for Henry Segelkin at Queen Anne Home
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Queen Anne home for Henry Segelkin 65 who died suddenly Sunday. Union Lodge No. 5 A F and A M Middletown Del. past master, led the rites with Revs. Fossett and Kelso assisting. He was Baltimore born, survived by widow Katherine Bates Segelkin and son W Harry Segelkin, plus two sisters Anna Bridges and Lawrence Lemone and brother Charles Segelkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Segelkin
Queen Anne
Union Lodge No. 5
A. F
A. M
Middletown
Del
Clarence L. Fossett
Methodist Episcopal Church South
John Kelso
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hillsboro
Baltimore
Carson C. Segelkin
Katherine Bates
Oxford
W. Harry Segelkin
Anna Bridges
Lawrence Lemone
Charles Segelkin
Sparrows Point
Poison oak injury keeps Templeville woman home
Mrs. Oscar Lord is confined to her home for two weeks with a severe poison oak infection from moving the plant from her house side. Extensive social notes list visits and illnesses among residents including Doris Ann Wyatt staying with grandparents, and several local church and family activities across Templeville and nearby towns.
Local notes and visits from Ridgely and nearby areas
Ridgely residents Mrs Henry Wilkinson and family spent the Fourth in Rehoboth. Mr and Mrs William Davis announce birth of a son born last Saturday at Dr Fifer hospital. Mrs Stanley Zweckbronner of Newark visits her parents Mr and Mrs J M Swing. Pearl Clark returns to Swarthmore for summer school. Bertie and Mary Catherine Sparks visit Philadelphia. Marsh Gollner and son spend Sunday in Washington. M C Meredith of Washington spends the weekend in Ridgely. Paul Smith visits Philadelphia relatives. Jessie Ruggles spends time in Ocean City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urban Bowman
Washington, D. C
Frank Fleming
Washington
Vernon Good
Isaac Hollinger
Elizabethtown
Ralph Holland
Emma Holland
Messrs
Chas. Jarrell
H. P. Plowers
Henry Morgan
Jas. Eaton
Baltimore
Cora Reese
Harry Germer
W. S. Russell
J. Tyson Ieather
Bobby
Susie Thompson
W. E. Sylvester
G. B. Stewart
H. W. B. Rowe
Nat Bowen
Templeville
Hf. M. Thompson
Jean Wothers
Baston
J. E. Wothers
Betty Bishop
Boston
Mass
Wothers
Miriam
Mildred Gale
Ocean Grove
N. J
R. B. Thompson
Ella Pennington
James Walters
Philadelphia
Henry Wilkinson
Burton Wilkinson
Marian
Rehoboth
William Davis
Fifer
Marsh Gollner
Ison
M. C. Meredith
Ridgely
Paul Smith
Jessie Ruggles
Ocean City
Waliett Uhler Wheeler guests at Memory Lane and OC
Mr and Mrs William Waliett and son Billy and Mr William Uhler Wheeler of Baltimore spent the Fourth at Memory Lane as guests of Mrs Wm D Uhler. Mrs E E Wheeler spent Sunday at Ocean City and returned to Baltimore Thursday after a fortnight at Memory Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Waliett
Billy
William Uhler Wheeler
Baltimore
Memory Lane
Wm. D. Uhler
Gilbert Hignutt
Charlotte Hignutt
E. E. Wheeler
Anna Moretz
William D. Uhler
Ocean City
Preston Card Club Guests and Ocean City Rehoboth Visits
Mrs. Frank Patchett hosted the Saturday card club with guests including Mrs. Spence Phelps, Mrs. C. C. Crippin and others. Ocean City and Rehoboth weekend attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John Noble and family, Miss Henrietty Blades, Miss Rebecca Blades, and several others. Continued mentions of trips, cottages and summer plans arise among Wilmington and Palatka residents, with several spouses and relatives noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Patchett
Spence Phelps
C. C. Crippin
Orville Corkran
Murlock
James Douglas
Katie Parker
Edwin Wright
Edgar Wrightson
Raymond Poole
Robi. Dulin
Harry Taylor
Alva Blades
Reese Dean
Fletcher Sisk
Lee W. Noble
John Noble
Rachel Baylor
Ocean City
Rehoboth
Henrietty Blades
Rebecca Blades
Eleanor Trice
Winfield Trice
Arthur Willey
Johnson Bonner
Herman Schmick
Bonner
Geo. Spence
CG. W. Spence
Wilmington
Preston Spence
Little Janet
Walter Clement
Plainfield
N. J
Blades
Aberdeen
Howard Harris
Wakefield
Milbourn F. Cannon
Baltimore
John Parris Jr
Agnes Gardner
Eloise Orrell
Dorothy Reidy
Camp Wright
Clayton Taylor
Marie
Lelia Purcell
Dora Noble
Federalsburg
J. T. Dennis
Ernestine Gardner
Washington
Orland Blades
Clyde Elzey
Mountain Lake Park
Columbia University
Messrs. Noble
Wilson Reidy
Camp Rodney
Conover Crouse
Ross entertaining guests and storm claims cow loss
Mr and Mrs James E Ross hosted guests including Mrs Martha Ireland and family from Ridgely and Greensboro visitors. James E Ross visited his in law Otis Wooleyhand. William Ross visited parents. Little James Ross Jr with Florence Wooleyhand. A storm last Saturday killed Mrs Maggie Cole's cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Ross
Martha Ireland
William Ireland
Bernice
Lawrence Smith
Shirley
Ridgely
Norris Diefenderfer
A. Clark Smith
Thomas Brown
Jesse Schuyler
Oscar Murphy
Julia Walls
John Darling
Greensboro
James Ross
Otis Wooleyhand
William Ross
Little James Ross Jr
Florence Wooleyhand
Maggie Cole
Pleasantville Visitors Gathered at Adams Cross Roads
Mr and Mrs Edward Brown and Miss Grace Adams of Pleasantville N J visited relatives here on Sunday Grace stayed a week with her sisters Miss Grace Adams was joined by Blanche Stetler and Sadie Devore of Philadelphia who spent Sunday with Mrs Fred Fountain Gladys Trice from near Federalsburg visited Sunday and Monday with Miss Louise Melson Mr and Mrs Earl Robinson and daughter Virginia Lee spent Sunday with her grandparents Mrs Marie Cregg spent last week with her parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Parker
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Brown
Grace Adams
Pleasantville
N. J
Grace
Blanche Stetler
Sadie Devore
Philadelphia
Fred Fountain
Gladys Trice
Federalsburg
Louise Melson
Earl Robinson
Virginia Lee
Marie Cregg
Clarence Parker
People’s University Movement Founder Urges Community Learning
Trygve Narvesen, founder and president of the People’s University Movement in Lansing Michigan, says human resources for instructors and students exist in every community and should be organized. He calls for unselfish programs and available evening space to create classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trygve Narvesen
People’s University Movement
Lansing
Michigan
Rotarian
A Good Action Becomes a Treasured Guarded Asset
A noble maxim quotes that good deeds are never lost but stored as a treasure for the doer’s needs. The speaker emphasizes enduring value of virtuous acts and prudent anticipation of future need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calderon
Lightning Strikes Farm Barn In Greensboro Area
Severe storm last Thursday set the Howard Sylvester farm dwelling aflame then burned the barn to the ground. A child on a bed caught fire but escaped injury. stock was removed and hay destroyed. Greensboro Volunteer Fire Company battled the blaze. damage partly insured. Nearby, Elwood Lane of Frederica Delaware died Tuesday in Milford Hospital. Interment in Greensboro cemetery. Several locals and visitors noted in weekly notices, with weddings and travels listed among Greensboro residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Sylvester
Henderson
Morton Bennett
Bennett
Greensboro
Davis Bishop
Archer Foster
Joan
Helen Bilbrough
Wilmington
Milton Roe
Steve Seiler
Ruth Pinder
Herbert Pinder
D. W. Charlton
Mary Louise Bennett
Mildred Bennett
Goldsboro
Nelson
Leslie Wyatt
Edward Bearman
Atlantic City
N. J
N. K. Swanwick
Nolan Hubbard
Maurice Stewart
Easton
Rehoboth
Arthur Mitchell and Son
Harvey Porter
Hilda Weaver
J. E. Weaver
T. Morris
Baltimore
B. L. Goldsborough
Dorothy Swann
Wilmingston
Georgia Swann
Sorden
Dagsboro
Del
Alvah Dobson
A. O. Reiter
Allentown
Charles Wieneke
Ethel Pritchett
Jack
Lloyd Can- Inon
Preston
Charles Bilbrough Jr
New York City
Ella Whiteley
Bridgeville
L. W. Taylor
Florence Smith
Port Clinton
Ohio
Nancy Smith
Fred Tinley
Chester
Mildred M. Ginn
Middletown
Bennett Family Thanks for Fire Service Promptness
Henderson mourns a recent fire and thanks Mr. and Mrs. Morton Bennett for promptness and excellent work. The notice lists numerous visitors and relatives from Goldsboro Wilmington Philadelphia Waterford New Jersey Trenton Chestertown Clayton and New York visiting local residents, with several trips and family connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Bennett
Greensboro
Dora Melvin
Edith
Catherine
Elma Harman
Virgie Cartwright
Goldsboro
Harry Cohee
Sam Jones
Billie Sneed
Wilmington
Wallace Jones
Susan Jones
Marguerite
Marietta Bennett
Philadelphia
Near Town
John Meredith
Lawrence Meredith
Waterford
N. J
Mildred
Mary Louise Bennett
Kitty Montague
Thomas Cahail
T. A. Montague
Anna Hempy
Trenton
Olivia Coffin
Annabelle Rohman
Clayton
Leslie Meredith
Marian Jones
Harvey Jones
New York
Susie Reed
Chestertown
Harry Seward
How to Appreciate Art by Making and Seeing Art
Lorado Taft argues that true art appreciation starts with making art and then viewing humanitys artistic history. He suggests building a personal museum of sculpture, either replicas or originals, to open wider views on life and educate the observer through direct engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorado Taft
Rotarian Magazine
Nwspaper
Alyr
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Ani
Burrsville
H. F. Hafer
O. B. Reed
Mary Laird
Anna Frances Seward
Margaret Wilson
Hilda Cherry
Caroline Ebling
Amanda Ebling
Mary Brumbaugh
Daniel Davis
Louise Wilson
Ellen Swann
Albert Jerome Evans
Grand View Heights
Evans
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co
Church of the Brethren
A. Emerson Evans
Harrisburg
Anna Evans
Lancaster
Stayer
E. P. Meredith
H. E. Reininger
Meredith
Kennard Porter
Stevensville
Furman’s Grove Homemakers’ Club
Robert Schall
College Park
Edna Detwiler
Pearl Eveland
Sarah Samis
Clifton Crouse
Sara Ann Swing
Helen Saulsbury
Nancy Lee Rosenast
Merchantville
Betty Jane Fountain
Maplewood
Mms. A. Orrell Saulsbury
H. H. Ziegler
J.H. Brumbaugh
Jesse Ziegler
Neffsville Home For Children
Neffsville
Dorothy Saulsbury
A. G. Saulsbury
Marshall Hitch
Marty
Reuben Rittenhouse
Howard Holsinger
Santa Cruz
California
James Frank Walker
Ridgely High School
U. S. Marines
Parris Island
S. C
Earl Pennypacker
Carrie Hubbard
Harvey MacDowell
Harry Steadman
Tilghman Rash
Mary Francis Bickling
Kent Island
Bertie Smith
George Sturgeon
David
Philip Montgomery
John Nevitt
Howard Cade
C. T. Pinder
Laura Murray
James Downing
Emma Spano
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Jos. Brumbaugh
Mary
Otto Sanger
Carlton Marvel
Co. D. Lynch
Carroll Sermon
Carroll and
William
Salisbury
Rufus King
Bridgewater
Milton King
J. P. Swing
Ethel Lee
Winnie Mae Swing
Cambridge
Calvin D. Lynch
D. M. Swing
D. T. Swing
Paul Hardee
Mattie Ryan
Viola Smith
Ernest Jones
Harry Lobb
Rolla
Springfield
Walter Mitchell
C. J. Mulliken
Fred Flounders
Urd
McDonogh
Journal
Wasserman
Bethlehem
Maryin Thompson
Royal Oak
Payton Thompson
F. H. Thomas
Maude Harding Trice
Ernest Stevens
Nina Mac
Wm. C. Harding
Patty Ferguson
James R. Christopher
J. B. Todd
Beatrice Todd
Mary Wright
Teddy Legates
Norris Colby
Matthews
Eugene Coulbourne
Elkton
Roy Legates Jr
John E. Smith
Gifford Bowdle
Addie Blades
Lawrence Legates
Edgar Todd
Irene
Dorothy Perry
Tolchester
Mamie Legates
Heber Lane
Twin Towns
Oscar Lord
Doris Ann Wyatt
Marydel
Gurney Knotts
William Hickey
Antioch M. E. Church
R. G. Connor
Daisy Haines
Blossom Cooper
Joseph Messick
Belle Garring
Dorothy Willis
Durham
N. C
Herbert Knotts
Isabel Baughbey
Joshua B. Baughley
Pauline Tarburton
Hazel
Sadlersville
Millett
Ella Smith
Fred Maske
Erva Butts
Herbert Butts
Annie Jones
Elwood Weller
Paul Shelton
Adams Cross Roads
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