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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1950
Page
2
John E. French leads morning worship at 9 45 a m with Sunday School by Walter B Palmer. Evening worship at 8 pm. Wednesday 7 30 pm senior choir rehearsal follows morning and evening services.
Grace Methodist Church on Main Street Denton Maryland lists Rev T J Turkington pastor Sunday School 945 Morning Service 1100 Evening Service 800 with Rev Albert Turkington and wife in charge if pastor absent Prayer Meeting 800 Thursday Choir Rehearsal 700 Details shown for July and August including supervision by superintendent John R Ricards and Y Y F designation unknown.
The notice lists Ames Methodist Church Hobbs Md with a 9:30 A M morning service and a 10:30 Sunday School led by Manning Merriken as Superintendent.
Rev. J Francis McDonough, pastor of St Elizabeth and St Benedict, presides at an 8:30 service in Denton Maryland.
The entry notes Edwin W. M. Johnson as Rector on the sixth Sunday after Trinity with Holy Communion. Jim Morning Praser and Sermon are listed as part of the service in this church record.
Rev E F Sherry sermon hour at 17 00 and 10 00 a XI marks church schedule. Night services close Vacation Bible School with sermonette. Mothers Club hosts weenie roast Thursday 7 00 p m at Mrs Havel Krabuls. Missionary meeting July 19 at Mrs John Shaffer’s home. Rev W E Dudley pastor 9 30 Sunday School 10 30 Praise service 11 00 preaching 7 00 Young People 7 30 preaching Thursday prayer 7 30
The Piney Community Church on Denton Greensboro Road lists events for Sunday including Sunday School at 2 00 PM Praise Service and Gospel Message at 3 00 PM Evening Worship at 8 00 PM and Prayer and Praise Service at 8 00 PM led by Pastor W L. The notice provides a brief timetable for worship activities.
Rev Robert Mitchell leads Sunday School at 10:00 A M Morning Worship at 11:00 A M Young Peoples Meeting at 7:15 P M Evening Worship at 7:45 P M MT Prayer Meeting at 7:30 P M
Melvin Kay pastor and J P Thompson associate lead Sunday worship and Sunday school at Concord Choptank Grove and Chestnut Grove locations on July 16 1950 with specific service times listed for each church final entry notes Chestnut Grove Bloomery as part of the circuit
Rev. T. S. Dixon will preach at 2:30 p m on the first, third and fifth Sundays of each month.
Thomas Donaldson acting rector and W Kellogg lay reader oversee morning prayer and sermon at 11:00 AM. Church and vestry house open daily from 10 AM to 4 PM with hostesses guiding visitors.
The Harrington church lists weekly services led by Pastor Melvin L. Hale. Sabbath School at 9:30 A M on Saturday, preaching at 11:00 A M, Prayer Meeting at 8:00 P M, and Wednesday evening session.
Greensboro Maryland church announces Rev Grayson H Wheatley as minister. Church School at 10 Worship at 11 M Y F devotional 7 Song and Praise 7 30. Weekly Prayer Wednesday 7 30. Choir practice Saturday 8. First Thursday monthly Young Adult Fellowship social meeting. Second Thursday monthly W S C S business meeting.
The fragment lists Rev P F Bean as pastor with Sunday School at 9 45 a m and Morning Worship at 11 00 a m. Evening Worship is at 7 30 p m with Wednesday 7 30 p m Prayer Service.
Goldsboro Maryland Trinity Methodist Church presents 9:45 Sunday School led by Roland Cartwright at 11:00 Morning Worship 7:15 Evening Worship with music directed by Mrs Noble Jarrell Sr A warm welcome and good music follow. Ridgel Baptist Church invites all to Sunday School at 9 00 and Worship at 8 00 with Rev Paul Bard preaching Wednesday prayer service at 8 00 night service open to all.
Scouts camped over 600 acres in Valley Forge National Park Pennsylvania enjoying tent cooking and exchanging items from horns to Texas toads. Visitors saw replicas of the Empire State Building and regional gateways while Philadelphia landmarks and notable speakers greeted them. Local troops and youths from Tri County attended with a note that a boss horned toad from Texas returned with local leaders.
A Chattanooga News Free Press cartoon contrasts Soviet price cuts with American market variety. It shows a worker earning 34.61 weekly while pork costs 4 a pound and bread 68 cents, arguing state control yields noncompetitive retailing, superior choice, and lower prices in the U S.
Land transfers dated 1950 across multiple districts list transfers from widows and couples to spouses or partners. Parcels of land are described in Seventh Eighth Third Fifth and First Election Districts plus towns Hillsboro Mars Denton Greensboro and related areas. Names include Howell Fleming Melunes Cox Krabill Tribbitt Todd Heather Thompson Bryant Nuttle Rathell Kinder Smith Merriken Steward Lone and others.
Denton's club fell 7 to 2 as Trappe's Blades rapped 15 hits led by Parker and Warner. Bartlett pitched a strong game for Trappe, fending off Denton bats while Blades made 17 strikeouts. Errors by Parker and Mundt aided the visitors as Noble Mayer and Parker drove in runs.
The piece explains the draft process under Colonel Stanwood. It notes a 30 to 60 day timeline to deliver men to the Army after local boards select quotas and complete physicals. Those who pass gain a certificate of eligibility, with a 21 day waiting period before induction.
The note outlines two main classifications 1-A and 1-A0 with the first selections. It states roughly half the inductees will be from Baltimore and the other half from surrounding counties.
Holiness camp and district conference set to begin July 27 at Denton with Rev M T Cookman representing general home missions on Missionary Day August 3 and Rev H D Dukes directing services. A baptismal at Williston Lake August 2 precedes a Hamilton quartet musical program. district conference August 7 and 8 will discuss denominational matters with Rev L W Stark presiding. Pastor W Dudle of Denton Pilgrim Holiness Church is recovering from an operation.
The Orphans Court session chaired by Chief Judge Ht Roland Towers and Associate Judges reviewed estates of Wright, Cahall, Dean, Friend, Carter, Heather, Silvester and others. Probate, executorships, sales orders, and publication notices were filed. various administrators and executrices approved, bonds posted, and debts to creditors directed to publish.
The county agent reports Japanese beetles are harmed by spore dust causing disease in larvae. Five hundred pounds of milky white dust will be spread in pastures and lawns in Caroline County to curb future beetle generations. The program is a joint effort of the University of Maryland and Caroline County. DDT is also cited as effective. two pounds of 50 wettable DDT per 100 gallons of water provides strong control. Additionally, 650 dairy cows were bred in Caroline County from July 1, 1949 to June 30, 1950, with 55 members inseminating 416 cows and 234 bred by non-members.
James Nelson Rickards 84 died Thursday July 13 at the home of Miss Dorothy Muller where he had lived about nine years. Survived by wife Anna Jones of Baltimore, two children Thomas J Rickards of Clarksburg WV and J Mortimer Joyce and J Nelson Rickards Jr of Baltimore, plus two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Wanted 1 or 2 unfurnished rooms in or near Denton Ridgely or Greensboro. Call Denton 495.
Several rental notices list properties in Denton Maryland and nearby Queen Anne details include rates and contact numbers. One advert promotes city bicycle friendly terms at Caroline Home and Auto Supply with phone references. Another calls for a large Denton house at 305 Franklin Street with six rooms bath pantry closet porch and storage shed ready July 15 1950.
ca FOR SALE 6 cu ft Kelvinator refrigerator in excellent condition. Call James N Trice at 222 in Denton Maryland.
William Downes 23 of Goldsboro Maryland and Betty Downes 18 of Chestertown obtain a marriage license joining them in a Maryland union.
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