Local merchants advertise sales and farm notices
Denton Cleaners and Dyers promote linen suits and a 12 50 price for two pants and a vest. Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co offers garden trellises screens and cedar props. M K Newnam markets dry goods and Stoves while 4H girls plan a bake sale at Ford Garage July 11. Community notices list church services, school transportation discussion, weddings, obituaries and local baseball results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Cleaners
Nuttle Milling Co
Denton
Market Street
J. L. Everngain
Denton, Md
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
M. K. Newnan
Ford
Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co
Methodist Episcopal Church
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
Fordson Tractors
M. Kk
New Nam
Mid
Denton Journal
Simmons Co
Epiphany Mission
Preston
St. Andrew’s Mission
Hurlock
Liden
J. H. Morgan
John T. Dill
William Dill
Delaware
West Denton
Thomas Turkington
Methodist Protestant Church
North End
Bethel Springs A. A
Boothwyn
Greensboro
Cambridge
Maggie Messick
Federalsburg
Rachel Messick
John Riley Wright
Choptank
Caroline County
Martin Wright
Easton
Union Methodist Episcopal Church
Caroline County Farm Bureau
D. M. Cheetum
Quartette
J. W. Davis
F. M. Payne
Social and Personal News From Denton and Surrounding Areas
Denton social page notes Miss Helen E. George hosts a July 1 bridge party for birthday celebrates with a large group including Marguerite Young and Florence Strong among others. Visitors arrive from Seattle and Los Angeles. numerous local families host guests and attend summer events. The semi annual Jr O U A M council names officers and several regional families are listed as holiday guests and travelers. A WCTU picnic is set for July 13. many locals are mentioned visiting, returning from Montreal studies, or enjoying Fourth of July activities in Rehoboth and nearby towns.
Holiday visitors and guests in Burrsville households
Burrsville households welcomed relatives and friends during the holidays. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Price and two sons from Chester, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Price and three children, and Mr. and Mrs. George Price and three children of Harrington, and others from Stevensville, New Castle, Smyrna, and Harrisburg. Additional attendances included a carnival at Matapeake Ferry and visits to local families and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Price
Frank Price
Chester
Lawrence Price
George Price
Harrington
Henry Walters
Alfred Baughley
Matapeake Ferry
Stevensville
Harvey Griffith
Clayton Stafford
New Castle
Del
A. T. Garrett
Wm. Carroll
Harrisburg
William D Fleetwood Dies After Illness at 74
William D Fleetwood born January 29 1852 Sussex county Delaware died after a sudden illness. He lived on Tuckahoe Neck farm near Denton and later at Ridgely road home. Survived by brother Isaac T Fleetwood sister Mrs Saulsbury Sparks and brother Augustus G Fleetwood. Funeral at his Denton home with burial in Denton cemetery. Wife Zurilla Robertson died October 1926. no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Denton
William D. Fleetwood
Easton
Denton
Fleetwood
Tuckahoe Neck
Ridgely Road
Isaac T. Fleetwood
Rothier
Augustus G. Fleetwood
Saulsbury Sparks
Parnell Fleetwood
Waverly
Zurilla Robertson
Dorchester County
Delaware
Mr. Fleetwood
Sussex County
William and Mary Ennals Cannon Fleetwood
Indiana
Virginia
Maryland
Alice Butler Price Dies After Operation at 30
Hobbs community mourns the death of Alice Butler Price aged thirty wife of Samuel C. Price after a recent operation at Emergency Hospital Easton. She had been cared for by her parents Louis and Mrs Butler at home and funeral services were held at home conducted by Rev W L Jump and Rev John Mark. She is survived by her husband and extended family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Butler Price
Local notes round Marydel and area residents
Marydel of Mr Linwood Cohee met an automobile accident last week on the way to Greensboro. His wife, son, mother, and father traveled with him. none seriously hurt, but wife and mother were bruised and cut. Mr J Tyson Heather and family accompanied by Mrs Heather’s mother and sister spent the weekend at Atlantic City. The Ladies Aid Society of the M E Church hosted a meeting at Mrs Temple Smith’s home. Maud Hummer and Sara Glass, summer school students in Baltimore, spent the weekend in town. Dr J R Smith hosted his son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs E Drummond of Philadelphia over the Fourth. Mr John Starkey, formerly of here, now in Philadelphia, is visiting. Lois and Donald Lynch of Wilmington are on vacation here with their mother. Pr and Mrs Floyd Moore of Dover spent the holiday with his parents, Mr and Mrs Geo Moore. Mr Carroll Ware of Wilmington is visiting his mother Mrs Emma Morris. Miss Frances Hummer, visiting relatives in Baltimore, has returned home. Miss Peggy Gibson of Queen Anne visits her cousin Miss Evelyn Ford. Rev and Mrs C W Thomas spent the Fourth at Rehoboth Beach. Many locals spent the Fourth at Tolchester Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen E. George
Denton
Gerald M. Pine
Earle White
Talmage
A. R. Strong
Herbert McAllister
Blake Brooks
George Butler
Louis Butler
William Wolfe
Marguerite Young
Grace Stufft
Helen Chaffinch
Martha Beck
Lillian Timmons
Esther Raleigh
Elizabeth J .Towers
Melvin Bennington
Theodore Schmick
Vic Griffith
Russell Flaharty
James Pritchett
Harwood George
Paul Koerber
Sherman Griffith
Florence Strong
Gerald Pine
Charles Ellwanger
Howard Hopkins
R. Boon Beauchamp
W. J. Price
Richard Blackburn
Amos Crouse
Inside Sentinel
Harold Towers
Outside Sentinel
James R. FitzGibbon
Washington, D. C
John R. Renninger
Chester
Marietta Anthony
Samuel Ellwanger
Whiteleysburg
E. Paul Knotts
Montreal
Canada
Charles Lord
Baltimore
Paul Maloney
Emmett’ Lord
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Church of the Brethren
Charles W. Sylvester
Vocational Education
Charlotte
Annie E. Pippin
Andrew Thawley
Jack Shaeffer
Wilmington
Alberta Ross
Goldsboro
H. E. Ramsdell
Joe Lord
Lacy Lord
Huber
Philadelphia
Rehoboth
Mary Wright Silvey
Salisbury
Elbert Deen
Jack Weltin
Marc Bryant
Anna
Jane
Paul Horsey
P. W. Downes
Mildred Downes
Bermuda
Alice Butler Price
Samuel C. Price
Easton
Alice
W. L. Jump
John Mark
Messrs
F. N. Smith
Francis Smith
Harold Brooks
Charlie Butler
George
Lloyd Butler
Denton Cemetery
L. H. Thomas
Hopkins
J. H. Edgell
Neil
Elizabeth Bell
Dorothy Morgan
Jesus
J. H. Dandy
Hildebrand
Helen. Fearing
Warfield Anthony
Reading
Harry Anthony
Mabel Clark
Celeste Clark
Linwood Cohee
Greensboro
J. Tyson Heather
Bobby
Heather
Atlantic City
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Temple Smith
Maud Hummer
Sara Glass
J. R. Smith
E. Drummond
John Starkey
Our Town
Lois
Donald Lynch
Floyd Moore
Dover
Geo. Moore
Carroll Ware
Emma Morris
Frances Hummer
Peggy Gibson
Queen Anne
Evelyn Ford
C. W. Thomas
Rehoboth Beach
Tolchester Beach
Henry and
Nlorace Morgan
Bernard Messix
Harry W
Starry Flowers
Howard Sewell
Herbert Stayton
John
A. A. McNeer
Alderson
W. Va
B. W. John
Addie Morgan
Eugenia Morgan
S.T. Culver
Hebron
Herbert Trice
Poulkeepsie
N. Y
John Trice
Robly Wackett
New York
Europe
John Emory
Brown Eaton
Penn’s Grove
N. J
Horace Morgan
Oscar Bris_toe
Ocean City
Nellie Dean
Jeanette Dice
Laura Knotts
Laura Kustis
Dorothy Jump
College Park
Mary Moore
Harry Moore
Clarence Bennett
Ambrose Lucas
Eleanor Flowers
Shirley Morton
Alday Hanley
Myr
Richard Sneed
Hugh Brown
North Carolina
Fred Harrington
Charles Keeneman
Houston
Del
Christine Greenlee
William Boyce
Ben Broadhead
Indiana
George Swann
Louise
Clarence Russell
Emma Russell
George Russell
Frank Pyle
Wilson Thornton
Pyle
Grace Jarman
Linwood Hubbard
Centreville
Lloyd Taylor
Anne
Harvey Coursey
Mildred Bennett
Betty Orrell
Eleanor Taylor
A. G. Stufft
Mary
Cyrus and
David
Stufft
Charles Blades
Cambridge
Fred Tinley
John Nichols
Roland Dukes
Federalsburg
John Passwaters
Luella
Lucy Jane Stufft
Samuel Isaac
John Wyatt
Betty Wyatt
Thurman Passwaters
Billy
Clinton Edwards
Homer Starkey
Newark
Charles Walls
Lloyd Cannon
Preston
Mary Jackson
Ralph Thornton
Mary Wheatman
Smyrna
Edith Greenlee
Herbert Leger
Olin Price
Genevieve
Pennsylvania
Edna Walls
Marydel
Walter Engram
Zack Voshell
Joseph Edwards
Charles Sylvester
Penton
Charlie Pippin
Oscar Nichols
Shenandoah Valley
Tyson Cohee
Henderson
Francis Porter
Lawrence Jones
Rhoda Porter
E. F. Seward
M. B. Cooper
Mother Dolorosa dies at eighty seven in Convent
Mother Dolorosa last superior of the Benedictine Sisters at The Plains died Saturday July 4 at age seventy eight seven. A requiem mass was held Tuesday at nine o'clock with Rev Leonard Walker of Wilmington and Rev Dr Walker Temple of Wilmington assisting. Interment followed in the convent cemetery. She founded a home for sick and aged sisters in Maryland and purchased seven hundred fifty acres from Allen Thorndyke Rice. Her successor is Mother Margaret Mary Myers. Also noted: Fresh Air Fund children hosted by local families for two weeks, local church activities and several visits and social events through the week.
Fred Towers Dies After Long Illness at 18
Frederick Barton Towers 18 son of Mrs Ida Downes Towers and the late Thomas Towers of Denton died last Tuesday after a five year fight with sarcoma stemming from a July 1929 diving-board injury. He spent his final weeks with his uncle Lawrence Towers in Baltimore. Survived by mother sister Mary Eleanor and one paternal uncle Albert G Towers. Funeral held at Denton M E Church with Rev E C Hallman officiating. interment in Denton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Barton Towers
Ida Downes Towers
Thomas Frederick Towers
Denton
Rehoboth
Howard Kelley Sanitarium
Baltimore
Lawrence B. Towers
Albert G. Towers
Caroline High School
Wesley Collegiate Institute
Dover
Denton de Molay
L. B. Towers
E. C. Hallman
Denton M. E. Church
Emory Walston
Eldred Hirs
William Chambers
James Duffey
Robert Fleetwood
Burdette Nuttle
Elinor Wilison
Jean Kauffman
Terment
Towers
Denton Cemetery
Williston Community Club reports and local visits
The Williston Community Club met last week with Mrs. Harriet Pringte. Reports by Mrs. A G Gelletty on clothing and child training and by Mrs. Thawley on household administration and Parliamentary Law were thorough. A club song by Mrs. Jefferson was sung. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. C S Lehman and daughter from Manchester Indiana and Mrs. Clayton Dishong. they were in Maryland and at Rehoboth. Various locals and guests toured Atlantic City, Asbury Park, and Memory Lane, with other social visits noted. Next Sunday’s activities include Sunday School at 2 pm and preaching at 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston
Harriet Pringte
A. G. Gelletty
Mich
Maryland
Rehoboth
Elmer E. Wheeler
Willam Uhler Wheeler
Wallett
Billy
Baltimore
Frieda Rogers
Bridgeport, Conn
William D. Uhler
Memory Lane
Oak Orchard
Ergin Custer
Naomi Gohn
Johnstown
Custer
Webster, Pringle
Robert Craig
James Porter
William
May Whitcraft
Wilmington
James A. Collins
James Soward
Wildwood
N. J
Charles Hoagland
Wm. Willoughby
Jack Klutz
Schofield
Philadelphia
S. E. Hignutt
Mary Louise
Frances
James Collins
Margaret Uhler
Ocean City
Pinewood Poultry records May egg production leadership
Mrs. C. H. Howard reports a record May for Pinewood Poultry Farm with 500 White Leghorn pullets leading the state in commercial flock egg production. Flocks led by Toward, several hens laid extra large eggs while tracking weights. A birthday surprise for Louise Howard and holiday visits noted. Harry Sullivan listed as sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Howard
Pinewood Poultry Farm
Toward
Bellie
Sunshine
Hillsboro Queer Ante Letter Socials In Twin Towns
Miss Mary Louie Dodds returns from Chester Maryland and entertains her cousin Stella May Lewis. Numerous relatives and friends from Atlantic City Queenstown Baltimore Wilmington Denton and Ocean City visited or traveled for Fourth of July events. Regulars like Mrs I W Rowe and Mrs G S Lightner appear among many local names as families enjoyed gatherings sports and trips to Rehoboth and Felton Del.
Obituary notices and community notes from Preston area
Christian P. Holsinger 65 died July 2 after a long illness at his Ridgely farm home. Survived by wife Elizabeth Ebersole and children in Denton Ridgely and elsewhere. funeral at Church of the Brethren. Also reports Fresh Air children invitations, Homer S Hall 20, Preston Carnival July 24, local church notes and social visits, obits, tributes, and thanks from Mrs. Dill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian P. Holsinger
Bedford County
Pennsylvania
Holsinger
Maryland
Ridgely
Denton
Elizabeth Ebersole
Everett
Ralph Thayley
Lloyd E. Wolsinger
Earl Holsinger
Harry Wolsinger
Edward Bowman
David P. Holsinger
la Verne
Cali
John P. Holsinger
Jacob P. Holsinger
Mt. Morris
Paul Holsinger
Levi Stuckey
New Enterprise
Church of the Brethren
J. O. Krabill
Norman Leese
Denton Cemetery
Greensboro Mourns R J Raughley After Kent General Death
Mr. R J Raughley aged 78 died at Kent General Hospital Dover Delaware after a period of debility. He had lived in Greensboro forty years and funeral services will be held at his Main Street home Saturday at 2 PM with Rev A B Frye officiating. Interment in Greensboro Cemetery.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
M. K. Newnam
Hobbs
Rhgely
Dolorosa
Benedictine Sisters
the Plains
Leonard Walker
Walker Temple
John Walsh
Galena
Eugene Kramer
Butler
John Berg
Mt. St. Mary's Academy
Elk County
Sisters of Mercy
Greensburg
Allen Thorndyke Rice
The
North American Review
St. Gertrude’s Academy
Margaret Mary Myers
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Harry Klotz
M. H. Dragoo
Benedictine
Carlton Marvel
Beatrice Bowers
James Swing
F. P. Herr
Narry Hemmons
Marry Laird
Charles Starkey
Ladies’ Aid
Melvin Wheatley
Ruth
Melvin
Ira
Mitchell
Elma Wilson
George Wardner
Reformed Church
Reformed Church Messenger
Harry Lebb
Rosa
Media
Benn Weaver
Lobb
William Harrison, Jr
Il. S. Matthews
Frank Matthews
Brown
New Jersey
Methodist Church
Will Smith
Jacob Richards
Lof Dover
Joseph, Carroll
Alfred Smith
Emma Barnes
T. L. Day
Chas. Herney
Harry Robinson
Marcus, Hook
Harvey
Roe
Redden
Harry Zeigler
Christ
I. T. Saulsbury
Bateman Draper
Dr. Draper
Boonsboro
Herbert Jones
Nora Dunn
Isabel Anders
Catherine
Grace Nickerson
Ridley Park
John Bailey
Wye Mills
Maurice Dragoo
Lula Bartlett
Noward Quaintance
Silver Spring
John Davis
Harvey Sewell
A. W. Thompson
C. T. Marvel
Stroudsburg, Pa
Frederick B. Towers
Hillsboro
Tuckahoe
Mary Louie Dodds
Stella May Lewis
Webber
Nancy Jane
Jos
AP. Short
Doyle
Steward Lucas
Wra. Booker
Alberta Greaves
Queenstown
Milton Beaven
W. H. Morris
Dora Morris
U. R. Covell
Joseph Gritby and Son
Drexel Till
Aly
R. W. Beaven
S. N. Smith
Kiis
M. Kline
W. A. Hart
Cape Charles
G. Francis Beaven
Solomon’s Island
I. W.B. Rowe
FL . Fleming
Laura Virginia
Mederalsburg
Louise Gray
Robert
Wesley
Jn. Thawley
Rob, Willis
John Holt
Oscar Rice
Richard Greaves
Wye Island
Avery Story
Crumpton
TI. R. Covell
Sadie Wothers
J. J. Murphy
Edgar Blades
Virginia Blades
Sarah Stell
Chas. Fleming
Florence Beaven
Nelson Beaven
Nancy Jane Kline
Felton
Philip McConnell
Dorothy
Arthur Rosser
Hugh M. Frampten
Hugh
Frampten
Harriet McNash
John Cohee
Alma Werold
Howard Harris
Dora Harris
Mary E. Duhadaway
Raymond Meredith
Smithville
John Dietrich
Henry Beevers
Carl Krueger
Merritt
Parker
Wm. Lubba
Albert Krueger
Homer Samuel Hall
Maryland General Hospital
Hall
Preston High School
Bryant- Stratton Business School
M. J. Hall
Smithson
Virgil E. Hall
Harry B. Hall
Harold Dew
Smithson Church
Preston Fire Company
Preston Carnival
Church of the New Jerusalem
Earle M. Nelson
Trarrington
Nelson
Baltimore & Eastern R. R
Millard Whiteley
William T. Kelley, Jr
Harry Wright, Jr
Fllwood Bonner
William S. Kelley
Elizabeth Floyd
Julia M. Kelley
Oakland Grove
A. Fletcher Sisk
Sisk
Ocean
Nelson H. Fooks
Nellie
Mountain Lake Park
Harry C. Bradley
J. Elizabeth Kelley
Wm. K. Wrightson
Easton Hospital
James Bowling and Children
Silver Springs
A. K. Wrightson
Ella Mary Waddell
Lawrence
S. C
Enoch
Enoch George
H. Reese Dean
Dorothy Wright
James E. Douglas
Weirwood
Elizabeth Vickers
J. K. LeCompte
Inez Noble
Adirondack Mountains
Mr. Noble W. Kelley
R. J. Raughley
Kent General Hospital
Main St
A. B. Frye
Herman Cohee
Wesley Smith
Lester Draper
Greenwood
Paul Jones
Paul Davis
Wilsie Walraven
Whital Larrimore
Beverly Goldsborough
Thomas Price
Inlaw
B. L. Goldsborough
John Rixeey
B. C. Beckham
Kenneth Bostic
William Sipple
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