Denton Local News Roundup and Events
Caroline county residents read about boat races at Claiborne and various town notices. Denton hosted ball games with Bridgetown 6 2, and upcoming events include church services, a League of Women Voters meeting, and a reunion planned for Blue Ridge College veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claiborne
C. Leslie Walls
Nuttle Hardware Co
Preston
Denton
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
L. B. Towers & Bro
Pacific Coast
L. B. Towers
George W. Bailey
Calvert C. Merriken
Federalsburg
Caroline County
Fred Small
R. M. Raleigh
Thos
Denton Community Club
Deep Shore
Pak Chu Chane
Atlanta
Harris Chapel
Queen Anne
Phillips & Neal
Hillsboro
Bridgetown
Irwin
Bowdle
Denton Boys
League of Women Voters
W. €. Beckwith
Thomas Bradley
Cambridge
Bradley
George H. Twilley
Democrat and News
J. Owen Knottsgras
Franklin Street
R. Goslin
P. H. McShane
Shore Transit Line Inc
Harvey Lawson Wooters
William Thomas Wooters
W. L. Jump
Piney Cemetery
Mary Ann Wilhelm
Walter Wilhelm
Burrsville
Second Street
Main
Chevrolet
T. Dukes Roe
Fisher & Roe
den Mar Mobile Co
Rayman Kibler
Louis N. Kibler
Greensboro
Joseph A. Lee
St. Elizabeth’s
Holy Cross Cemetery
State Road
Hugh Allen
Bank of Waverly
Waverly Dispatch
U-Needa-Five
Waverly
Allen
M. P. Allen
Blue Ridge College
Church of the Brethren
Murphy
Personal and Social News from Denton Area
Denton and nearby towns host a flood of visitors and residents traveling for the Fourth of July. Names span Blair Blairsville Rehoboth and Baltimore with dozens of relatives and friends visiting or returning to town. Highlights include Layman J Redden entering Blair School accompanied by family and Prof Norstedt, and many Baltimore guests staying with local families during the holiday period.
Birthday Party and Community Notices in Local Endnotes
Miss Nellie Thawley hosts a 15th birthday party with family and friends including Thawley and Hubbard families. Hopkins Thomas celebrates with 25 children fireworks on the Fourth. Local residents and visitors from Baltimore, Morris Oklahoma, Montgomery WV, and Philadelphia are noted. Church service by Mrs. William Hubbard announced. Several local visits and property transactions reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Thawley
W. T. Thawley
E. T. Hubbard
J. H. Quillen
Edward
Dunstan
Marietta Butler
Helen Hubbard
Ethel Camegys
Helen Towers
Ruth Hubbard
Catherine Towers
Elmer Butler
Charles Wothers
Marvin Davis
Carroll Bright
Herbert Gain
Paul Moore
Smith Heck
Floyd Wothers
Edward Towers
Hopkins Thomas
George Wothers
Miss Thawley
Master Hopkins Thomas
Elmer J. Jones
Baltimore
Fred Paisley
Elmer, Jr
L. E. Smith
Morris
Oklahoma
Lola Willoughby
Montgomery
West Virginia
F. T. Willoughby
Christian Endeavor Service
William Hubbard
James Hardesty
Beauchamp
Starkey
Thomas
Elizabeth Merriken
Wilmington
Manning Merriken
J. R. Starkey
S. G. Nuttle
James Lord
Calvin Betts
Franklin City
A. W. Betts
Harry Quillen
J. Robert Starkey
Salisbury
Mary Nuttle
Philadelphia
H. T. Nuttle
John Moore
B. L. Wathers
Louis Butler
Esther Willey
Denton
Lillian Starkey
Harmony Hosts Guests for Fourth of July
Harmony society notes list numerous visitors and guests around the Fourth of July. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Roland Towers, Mr. John Clopie, Freddy Clopie, Messrs. John and Gottlieb Hermansdorfer of Baltimore, and Mrs. Smick. Also present are Mrs. Hermansdorfer, and travelers from Philadelphia, Denton, Federalsburg, and Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Towers
John Clopie
Freddy
John and
Gottlieb Hermansdorfer
Baltimore
Smick
Hermansdorfer
H. R. Towers
Lewis du Hadway
Philadelphia
DuHadway
Mildred Collins
O. H. Fishell
Chestnut Grove
Anna Stack
Denton
Harry Atringdale
Sam Payne
Federalsburg
Leon Todd
Belle Dean
Laura Dean
Eugene Fearins
Wilmington
Harry Arringdale
Hattie McConnell
State Normal School
Elsie Todd
Preston
Vera
Deen
Twentieth Century Club Meets at Woplar Grove Farm
The Twentieth Century Community Club met with Mrs B Wash Wright at Woplar Grove Farm. A Baltimore youth, Wm H Shannahan, drowned at M Sudinas shore near here Sunday. Visitors included L J K Blades of New York with his parents, J T and Mrs Blades. J T Stafford and Mrs Stafford of Baltimore visited relatives here during the holidays. Mrs M E Wright visited Delaware and Pennsylvania for two weeks. Lloyd Dillon of Baltimore and W E Dillon were Fourth of July visitors. Local entertainment centers on Wrights Wharf with dancing and bathing evenings. Mrs F F Whiteley and children spent two weeks with Baltimore friends. Elizabeth Strobridge of Baltimore spends the summer here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Cover
Baltimore
T. Pliny Fisher
C. H. Whitby, Jr
Charles
James H. Fisher
Benjamin Hopkins
West Chester
Robert B. George
Carroll George
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Stevens
Baltimore County
Walter Sparklin
Second Street
John C. Rutter
Washington
Denton
Henry Wilson
John E. Wilson
H. E. Ramsdell
Hugh
Havre de Grace
J. Roland Chaffinch
Rehoboth
Alexander Hardcastle
Samuel Lowery
O. J. Redden
William G. Day
St. Louis
Somers Blake
William D. Abler
Harrisburg
H. Earle Smith
Marc Bryant
Anna
Jessie Passapae
J. H. Summerfield
C. T., Trazzare
Doris
Smyrna
M. D. Livesay
Waverly
O. F. Smith
Twentieth Century Community Club
B. Wash Wright
Woplar Grove Farm
Wm. H. Shannahan
M. Sudina
Pear
L. J. K. Blades
New York
J. T. Blades
J. T. Stafford
L. P. Stafford
M. E. Wright
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Dillon
W. E. Dillon
Wright's Wharf
F. F. Whiteley
Elizabeth Strobridge
A. W. Thompson
Ord Raleigh
Harry Shillingsworth
George Stevens
Chicago
J.I. Stevenson
Will Richards
Newark
N. J
HW. Frank Richards
Thompson Swing
Wilmington
David Swing
Teresca Fountain
M. C. Smith
Margaret Andrews
Marcus Hook
Belle Andrews
Virginia Hayes
Margaret
Betty Smith
Willie Klotz
Frank Klotz
Methodist
Simon
Swing Brothers
Milton Smith
Hignutt Builds Riverside Park at Praded Hill
Mr 608 M Hipgnutt advances a riverside park on his property at the high hill. Rustic seats dot the shade and flowing springs provide water. A sandy beach may draw bathers as picnickers visit. plans include houses and a dancing pavilion. The resort will be christened Hignutt's Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hipgnutt
Hignut
Hignutt’s
Ridgely News Letter brings in many visitors and sports
The Ridgely News Letter lists numerous relatives and friends visiting from Baltimore Wilmington and Virginia over the Fourth. Local families hosted guests and attended church and social events. Millington and Greensboro baseball results are noted with two wins and one loss, plus a busy schedule of visits, picnics, and community activities across town and nearby areas.
Visitors fill our town for holiday weekend
Miss Margaret Sparks of Philadelphia and many relatives from Wilmington Baltimore Washington Clayton Ruthsburg Newport Del and Towson gather at the Sparks and Knotts homes. Summer visitors include Helen and Dorothy Tarring Collingswood N J and the Knotts family with extended kin from Long Island and Washington. Our little town was thronged with visitors for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Sparks
Philadelphia
Elijah Deen
Ruthsburg
J. Vansant
Clayton
Wa. Sparks
Ralph Golt
Wilmington
Grover Moore
Baltimore
Albert Robinson
Washington
Helen
Dorothy Tarring
Collingswood
N. J
W. N. Bowen
Mary Cahall
Olivia Knotts
Towson
H. Knotts
Nell Knotts
Cooper Carter
L. Frick
George Leeds
Newport
Del
Gurney Knotts
G. Luning
Long Island, N. Y
F. Luning
Emma McKnett
Washington, Vis
Edgar McKnett
Pearle Cooper
D. T. Rickards
Anna Davis
Tarr
Pocomoke City
F. Maske
Mary Knotts
Sadlersville
Death at home of James Saunders near Goldsboro
Mr James Saunders died last Saturday at his daughter's home near Goldsboro and was buried Tuesday in Greensboro cemetery. He was 87. Several local residents and visitors from Baltimore Philadelphia and Hillsboro were mentioned in social notes and weekend visits. The Ladies Aid Society plans an ice cream festival in the church grove on July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mantie Truax
Baltimore
M. M. Luzader
James H. Nichols
Kate Dowell
Rehoboth
Harry Knotts
Harry
H. Clay Hobbs
G. R. Percy
Willard Hynson
Chester
Ida Hynson
W. P. Draper
Lina Aughtry
Louise, Downes
Matthew Garey, Jr
Pauline Roe
James Saunders
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Saunders
Ella Kauffman
Lloyd
Mildred Anderson
J. H. Schooley
Ladies’ Aid Society
Church Grove
Everett Roche
Philadelphia
Joseph
Tolchester
Louise Gray
Hillsboro
T. E. Gibson
Wm. Cooper
Louise Milby
Thomas Shockley
Walter Sapp
Haymond Stafford Wedding At Mt Airey
Hickman notes report the marriage of Miss Naomi E. Haymond to W. Ray Stafford on Saturday morning July 2 at Mt. Airey officiated by Rev. A. A. Smith. The bride wore white georgette and satin with matching accessories. The couple will reside in Baltimore after a brief wedding trip. Now is the time to subscribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickman
Naomi E. Haymond
J. E. Haymond
W. Ray Stafford
Burrsville
Mt. Airey
A. A.smith
Preston
Denton Celebrates Independence Day With Old Fashioned Pride
Denton marks Independence Day with baseball wins over Preston 9-4, a grand parade, decorated floats, and a street dance. Newcomer homered, Tall and Irwin dominate on the mound, and community groups host singing, refreshments, and a choral tribute to the Declaration of Independence. Fireworks moved to Towers Park due to town limits. celebrations culminate in a late street party and hope to repeat in twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Preston
Newcomer
Irwin
Lednum
Trippe
Orrell
Neal
Clark
Tall
Meredith
P. Wright
Noble
Hughes
Denton Auto Company
Mildred Plummer
Nuttle Hardware Company
den Mar Mobile Company
W. G. Wrooters
Edwina Downes
Jane Blackiston
Caleb Winslow
G. H. Rue
Carl Parker
Eloise Thawley
Eliza Hall Goldsborough
Dorothy Hammond
Park
Bunting
Johnson
Ledman
Cortelyou
Draper
Bye
Bowdle
F. Wright
Dukes
Emerson
Court House
George Arthur McDaniel
Towers Park
Vacation Church School at Church of the Brethren
A daily vacation church school starts Monday July 11 at the Church of the Brethren for two weeks with sessions from 9 am to 12 m daily except Saturdays and Sundays. Rev. Levi K. Ziegler directs and invites children aged 6 to 14 to enroll. emphasis on Bible instruction and missions. aims for self supporting operation with a 50 cent per child contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Levi K. Ziegler
Independence Day Celebration Draws Five Thousand Attendees
Twenty five hundred people attended the Independence Day celebration here on Monday. Prize winners across events include Floats won by Daughters of Pocahontas Salvation Army and Miss Lillie Doty, with Walter Hutson taking a goat and cart prize. Elijah Smith tops horseback riding, Sharp dominates running races, Irvin Van Sant wins boys race, and Ridgely seizes both local ball games. Also reported: engagements, marriages, deaths, sermons, travels, and local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gio
Daughters of Pocahontas
Salvation Army
Lillie Doty
Walter Hutson
Elijah Smith
Sharp
Stanley Curry
Irvin van Sant
James Butler
Ridgely
Thomas Edwards
William T. Edwards
Audrey Jewell
Greensboro
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Henderson
C. D. Sharpless
Bryan
Bryan Meredith
Cambridge Hospital
M. G. Morris
the Baptist Tabernacle
Grace Stufft
Bessie Edwards
Towson
Henry E. Jarrell
J. Harvey Coursey
Clinton B. Jarman, Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
A. A. Christian
Philadelphia
Riverdeen
Harry Langmaid
Dempsey-Carpentier
Jersey City
H. B. Thomas
Church of the Holy Trinity
Joseph Lees
Phoebe
Clara Harper
F. R. Malone
Helen Taylor
Mildred Ginn
Townsend
L. W. Taylor
Local notices speak of visitors and new pastor arrival
Mrs Norwood and children returned to Marcus Hook with Mr Pawn and Mrs Herman Halteman after a month with relatives. Rev Forester of New York becomes Burrsville M E pastor and will move his family here. Services scheduled for next Sunday and midweek prayers at Wesley Church amid Fourth of July outings at county seat and nearby Pentecostal Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dever
Denton
John Dever
Virginia
Charles Hobbs
Hobbs
Greensboro
John Mitchell
Ridgely Boys
Millington
George Leeds
Henry
Nellie
Newport
Del
Norman Wilson
Elizabeth
Elma Wilson
Elsmere
Wilmington
J. A. Dave
Margaret
Cloverdale
Church of the Brethren
Pealiquor
Pearsaul
S. A. Troxell
Jonas Shaner
Howard Betson
Irene Neff
Sara Hoffman
Carolyn Mancha
Rehoboth
Fred Dove
Fred, Jr
Rey
Ls R. Brumbaugh
Daleville
C. W. Jackson
Wilson
Frank Flounders
Dorothy
Harry Laird
E. E. Pendleton
Charles Samis
Philadelphia
Lewis Lane
Fred Flounders, Jr
Dorothy Flounders
Dorothy Beaumont
Dorothy Davis
Dorothy Mancha
Mildred Swann
Robert Headley
Robert
Sweedesboro
N. J
I. T. Saulsbury
Headley
A. G. Saulsbury
Wesley Honey
George Imler
Simon's Grove
Roland Fountain
R. E. Fountain
John Swing
Inez Richardson
Baltimore
Viola Skinner
Harry Lane
Frank Long
Armel
Long
Selbyville
Ocean City
Harvey Holsinger
Henry Wilkinson
Burton
Mary F. Dukes
Miss Bertie
James Dukes
Centreville
Ray Mason
Grace
Glenrock
I. S. Mason
Mesdames Mason
Mary Garrigues
Joe Shipley
Stella Diefenderfer
Norwood Pawn
Marcus Hook
Pawn
Herman Halteman
Mr. Forester
New York
Burrsville
M. E. Church
Wesley Church
Sadie Garrett
Thelma
Dorothy Collison
Gladys
Catherine Chance
Edith Simpson
Gretna
Margaret Simpson
Harvey Fountain
Virgil Moore
Tilghman Harvey
Fred Powell
James Good
Fred C. Powell
Calithampians
Harrington
M. F. H. Collison
Federalsburg
Death of James E Bennett at Cambridge Hospital
Federalsburg notes the death of James E Bennett age 46 of Ybistons in Cambridge Hospital after an auto trip and emergency operation. He leaves a widow and three children. Funeral at Christ M. P. Church with interment at Mardela. Also reports lightning killed George Donovan, 16, near Chestnut Grove during a storm, with funeral in Federalsburg cemetery. Federalsburg Fourth celebration featured a long parade with 40 floats and a New York speaker, plus games and sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E Bennett
Ybistons
Cambridge
Bennett
Harry
United States Navy
Mabel
Nellie
Christ M. P
J. L. Nichols
Mardela
George Donovan
Maryland Horticultural Society to meet at Noftsinger orchard
The Maryland State Horticultural Society holds its summer meeting this year on July 28 at the orchard of A. H. Noftsinger in Cockeysville. The event resumes after wartime hiatus and follows last year’s inaugurating gathering in New Windsor, Carroll County, by invitation of the Baltimore County Farmers' Federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Horticultural Society
New Windsor
Carroll County
Baltimore County Farmers’ Federation
A. H. Noftsinger
Cockeysville
Charms of Eastern Shore and Its Scenic Rail Route
A descriptive tour of Maryland's Eastern Shore praising its beauty hospitality and summer appeal. The narrative covers rail routes from Baltimore via Claiborne to Ocean City touching towns like Easton McDaniel St Michaels Royal Oak Hurlock Vienna Salisbury Berlin Tilghman Oxford Bellevue Cambridge Denton Secretary and bridges across Sinepuxent Bay. It notes boarding houses farm abundance and recreational options along Choptank Nanticoke Wicomico and Piankatank rivers and contrasts with crowded metropolitan resorts. It mentions Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railway and Annapolis ferry linking routes to cities and accessible shore leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Claiborne
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
Baltimore
Ocean City
Atlantic Ocean
Cheasapeake Bay
Easton
McDaniel
St. Michaels
Miles River
Royal Oak
Tred Avon
Choptank
Nanticoke
Wicomico
Hurlock
Vienna
Salisbury
Berlin
Tilghman
Oxford
Bellevue
Cambridge
Denton
Secretary
Sinepuxent Bay
Pocomoke
Occohannock
Piankatank
Tidewater
Virginia
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia
Annapolis
Orphans Court Grants and Administrations Names
In the Orphans Court Tuesday judges West Harper and Shawn presided. Letters of administration on the estate of Iram G Crouse were granted to Daniel K Crouse and Charles F Cherry with bond filed and approved. Creditors notice ordered. appraisers named J Olin Clark and William K Melvin. Multiple inventories and appraisements filed. orders to sell granted. Guardian Thomas A Schlegel filed final account. Willis V Davis filed final administration. Guardianship re investments approved. Mary Melvin named administrator for Howard Melvin. Court and notice products urged subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
West, Harper and
Shawn
Iram G. Crouse
Daniel K. Crouse
Charles F. Cherry
J. Olin Clark
William K. Melvin
Fiam G. Crouse
Thomias A. Schlegel
M. Alfred Schlegel
Willis V. Davis
Lillis Louette Thayer
Nettie L. Davis
Lillian R. Cox
Jerome R. Cox
Jerome A. Cox
Charles M. Turner
Sarah E. Cohee
Sarah Emily Swiss
Elijah W. Swiss
Emily R. Swiss
Howard Melvin
Mary Melvin
Benjamin F. Johnson
Z Potter Steele
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Dentonians
Layman J. Redden
Blair School
Blair
George T. Redden
Marrett S.redden
A. C. Norstedt
Delaware Water Gap
George M. Christie
Joel R. Harrington
Katherine
Ruth Boarman
Everett Pepper
Tuckahoe Neck
Miss Boarman
Pepper
G. Parker Westervelt
Andersontown
George H. Kispert
Margery Ann
Woodlawn
Allen T. Russell
Elwell Goldsborough
Laird
Norwalk
Neb
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Dukes
Clarence Dukes
Elizabeth Dukes
Emma Willis
Rex Willis
Harold C. Nuttle
Howard Messick
Mamie Miller
Sybilla Miller
Willoughby Nowell
Edward H. Ringgold
Audubon
N.t
R. N. Hitchens
Victor C. Hitch
B. Sargeant Wells
Wells
John L. Everagain
Worsthington Downes
John Mullin
J. Dukes Downes
Martha Fisher
May Fisher
Faith Burkett
Merchantville
R. Harrison Bryant
Greensboro, N. C
Wi Winiston
THE
Ridgely News
Samuel Bear
Louis Goldstein
Maurice Goldstein
A. R. Neel
Harry MacMahon
Rachel
Corrinne MacMahon
James Pippin
Mary Quackenboss
Pippin
Helen Haymaker
J. M. Haymaker
Joseph Lee
Callahan and
Ryan
Lester Downes
Bedford
Vachel Downes
George Turner
Iris Seager
Louise Allen
Chestertown
Willard Jones
James Swing
Wilson Jackson
Joseph Betton
George Slaughter
Easton Hospital
Templeville
Vacation Church School
Orphan's Court Proceedings
Journal
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