Denton News and Local Events Mix in Busy County
Denton reports an active period with school exams on August 15 and 16, a ten-day Shiloh camp near Hurlock, and statewide Delaware primaries on August 19. County schools open September 11 for whites and September 16 for colored, while local sports fans attended a Cambridge Parkeley game. Community notes cover home improvements, new dwellings, and civic meetings amid health updates, church events, and a seaside excursion planned for August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Shiloh
Hurlock
Delaware
Cambridge Parkeley
Cambridge
M. K. Newnam
Board of Education
D. O. George
C. Leslie Walls
George E. Culver
A. W. Short
Seventh Street
Randolph Avenue
Rufus Crouse
Leslie Yeoman
Citizens Training Camp
Camp Meade
Mt. Zion
Caroline County
J. A. Dudley
Deer Park
Epworth League Institute
Dover
Florence Hills
Addie Nuttle
Walraven
Ingleside
Louis Plugge
Lawrence 8
Towers
Blackiston
Third Street
James D. Sparklin
John L. Sparklin
Georgetown M. E. Church
Caroline
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Layton
Frank W. Redden
River Front
South Second Street
Barnhart
Katherine Healy
Baltimore
Prammar
Gertrude Morgan
Olivia Coffin
M. Bates Stephens
Methodist Protestant Church
J. E. Smith
Preston
Williston
Atlantic City
Queen Anne
Ridgely
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Selina Roe and J Fletcher Wright wed in Denton
The Ridgely News Letter reports the July Denton wedding of Esta Selena Roe to J Fletcher Wright at the bride’s brother in law’s home. Rev James A. Dudley officiated with Mrs Charles Finley playing the wedding march. After a breakfast, the couple will live in Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selena Roe
J. Fletcher Wight
William H. Nuttle
Fifth Avenue
James A. Dudley
Methodist Protestant Church
Charles Finley
Philadelphia
Lohengrin
Olivia P. Roe
Emily Wright
Preston
Wilmington
Wright
Emily DeFord
J. 5
Ethin
Thurston
Emily
Elizabeth
James
Mary
Waycross
Rodney F. Pierce
Franklin
Ann
G. C
Catherine Hubbird
Greensboro
Melvin G. Morris
Norman Hutson
Elizabeth Downes
J. Roland Howard
Linwood Heights
G. Walter Downes
Marcus Hook
Caroline Redden
Europe
Great Britain
France
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Esta Selena
J. Fletcher Wright
Denton
Elmer Downes
J. R. B. Howard
Mildred
Virginia Powell
Brookville
Margaret Martin
Tuckahoe Neck
J. H. Fisher
Burdette Nuttle
Benjamin Hopkins
West Chester
Roy C. Smith
Margantown
W. Vu
Mark H. Smith
W. Collins Thomas
Easton Hospital
Richard Merriken
Charles Merriken
Tulsa
Oklo
George A. Dever
Keanny Dever
Parksley
Chalmers Brumbaugh
Baltimore
B. B. Brumbaugh
James FitzGibbon
Washington, D. C
Marietta Anthony
Emily Kellageg
Waco
Tex
Edward Kent
Larry
William Hl. Anderson
H. E. Ramsdell
Annie Lewis
Harrington
Lynne Stevens
Lacey Stevens
Hayward S. Horsey
New Haven
Conn
Ella Downes
Lynchburg
Burrsville and Elmer Residents Linked by July Wedding
Burrsville Miss Florence Slaughter wed Harold Kane of Elmer New Jersey on July 3 at the M P parsonage in Hobbs. After a brief honeymoon the couple will reside in Elmer New Jersey. The notice lists numerous local visitors and guests with brief mentions of travels, visits, and family gatherings across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Slaughter
Harold Kane
Elmer, N. J
M. P
Hobbs
A. W. Betts
Marydel Community News Notes Seasonal Farm Struggles
Farmers say they must toil early and late to beat prass and weeds after recent rains. Marydel residents share travel, visits, and health updates as State road work advances. Helen Heather leaves for Columbia University summer course. others recover from illness and enjoy Tolchester Beach outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Voss
New York
Emma Milbourne
Mehaha Pippin
Elkton
L. N. Hummer
Ross
Herman Cohee
John Cohee
Helen M. Heather
Columbia University
Ann Jump
Walter Stevens
Masters Price
James Kahler
Tolchester Beach
Maud Hummer
Maggie Taylor
T. Olin Ford
Grafton Heather
Summer visitors and local guests in Smithville area
Smithville hosts include Mr. and Mrs. J B Medford of Henderson and Mr. L N Spence of Philadelphia visiting at J Hpence and T M Holland homes. Rev Henry Koeling of New York and Fred Shure, Wm Parker, Blaine Bullock with daughter Rosell spend the 4th at Ocean City. Others guests from Philadelphia Darby and Wilmington. Miss May Lockerman visits relatives. Mrs Horace Robinson at summer school. Hattie Alford listed as sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Diehl
Rock Hall
Norman Outten
Robert Thawley
H. Walters
Alfred Raughley
Baltimore
Kent Island
Sadie Garrett
Millington
Walter Meyers
Petigrew
Jean
Hempstead
New York
J. Baldwin
Harry Cheezum
Easton
Robert Stafford
Fred Good
Thurman Harris
Helen and
May Hopkins
Harrington
J. B. Medford
Henderson
L. N. Spence
Philadelphia
J. Hpence
T. M. Holland
Henry Koieling
Fred Shure
Wm. Parker
Blaine Bullock
Rosell
Ocean City
Mollie Savage
Alexine Williams
Laura Cohee
Darby
Walter Fountain
May Lockerman
Wilmington
Del
Henderson Visitors and Relatives Highlight Domestic News
Miss Nettie B. Greenlee visited cousin Miss Lucy Pierson of Harrington for a week. They spent Friday in Dover with friends. Miss Anna McMichael of Henderson spent a week with relatives in Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie B. Greenlee
Lucy Pierson
Harrington
Dover
Anna McMichael
Henderson
Wyoming
Obituary and social notes from Ridgely community
Miss Amanda Saulsbury died in a Baltimore hospital on Sunday morning. Funeral held at her brother LT Saulsbury's home Tuesday afternoon, with Rev. Frank White of Centreville presiding assisted by Rev. Melvin Wheatley and Rev. Samuel Troxell. Burial in Denton cemetery. The piece surveys church work, a prayer-book author, and a busy social calendar with many local families and travel notes across Ridgely, Maryland communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Saulsbury
Baltimore
Saulsbury
Frank White
Centreville
Melvin Wheatley
Ridgely
Denton
Saulsbury Ridgely
Methodist Church
Frank Seward
Willam Ringgold
Roger Ringgold
Joe Snowherper
Herbert Jane
Rehoboth
Harold Fountain
Marion Smith
Teressa Fountain
Teressa Smith
Cambridge
Harvey Holsinger
Elizabeth Wilson
Inpleside
Pauline
Bessie Sparks
Washington
Local planter Kibler claims record in plant transplanting
William C Kibler of Federalsburg proclaims himself champion at transplanting strawberry tomato and sweet potato crops. He cites vast totals and rapid times including 2 500 plants per hour and 46 plants in 31 seconds. News notes bean season at Brower Andrew cannery and optimistic tomato and bean outlook in tri state area. Captain Kemp injury and upcoming work on a new First National Bank building are also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Kibler
Federalsburg
Brower & Andrew
Tri-State
James Kemp
Kemp
Bell Mall
First National Bank
Williston Social Notes Include Travel and Club Meeting
Williston residents report Mae Ringe and Ralph Gambel drove from Philadelphia to Walliston and back, taking Mae Ringe’s mother along after a week there. Edith Crane travels from here to Michigan before heading to China. The Community Club shifts its July 20 meeting to Mrs. Harry Cooper’s residence with full attendance urged. Catherine Thawley visited grandparents O. M. and Mrs. Hognuts. J E Smith of Philadelphia to be hosted by Mrs. O. M. Hignutt next week. O G Hignutt and wife were in Baltimore this week. Girls Club of Williston at Green’s Point Rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Ringe
Ralph Gambel
Philadelphia
Walliston
Miss Ringe
Misa Hdith Crane
Baltimore
Girls’ Club of
Williston
Green's Point Rest
Queen Anne Community Notices and Events
Queen Anne area announces moving pictures, lecture, and music at the High School Auditorium this Saturday evening free for all. The Ladies Aid Society met Mr. and Mrs. Kemp for refreshments and social hour. Sunday sermon continues Pilgrim's Progress second part with pictures and praise. Harris Chapel services at 2 and 3. Mr and Mrs Gibson welcome a new family member. Mrs Rhodes leaves for Columbus for vacation. Farmers threshing busy with better yields. Lathe Jump returns to Philadelphia. Everett Blades family on vacation.
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Public Health Association of
Queen Anne's County
Ladies’ Aid Society
Harry Kemp
Pilgrim’s Progress
Harris Chapel
Gibson
Lathe Jump
Philadelphia
Everett Blades
Ridgely Social Notes Include Visits And Changes
Ridgely residents share visits and social updates. The Willing Workers Sewing Circle sold dupch at the Altfather sale on Wednesday. Mrs Frank Long and children visit Mrs C E Anderson in Hridgeville. Mrs August Koenemann visits son Charles in Trappe. Mrs Paul Neff hosts sister Mrs Harry Stoops of Kennett Square. Mrs Harry Lane entertains niece Miss Inez Richardson of Baltimore. Miss Emily Koenemann becomes Bear store clerk succeeding Mary Slaughter. Miss Annie Turner visits her sister in Wilmington. Mrs Carolyn Mancha recently visited in aston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Bennington
Chincoteague Island
Lawrence Feddeman
Frank Long
Charles Starkey
Easton
Harry Lane
Harold Fountain
William Jarrell
Charley Starkey
Sadlersville
T. Frank Seward
J. C. Hemmons
Wilmington
Harry Gibson
Delmar
Joseph Lee
John Lee
T. Lo‘ Day
Emma
Catharine Barnes
Harry Kemmons
New Jersey
Dupch
Altfather
Wedneway
C. E. Anderson
Hridgeville
August Koenemann
Charles Koenemann
Trappe
Paul Neff
Harry Stoops
Kennett Square
Inez Richardson
Baltimore
Annie ‘Turner
Carolyn Mancha
Aston
Mr Mills to Leave Maryland Counsel for Anti-Saloon League
J Bibb Mills long time Baltimore lawyer for the Maryland Anti-Saloon League announced he will leave the city. He sold his house at 3508 Duvall Avenue and did not specify his next steps. Mills has spent much of his career as league counsel and is known across the counties for league business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bibb Mills
Anti-Saloon League
Baltimore
Maryland
Tyoe
League
Igog
Happenings at Goldsboro
News from Goldsboro reports Mrs. DeWitt’s death after surgery at Cambridge Hospital. Funeral held at home with Rev. J H Schooly officiating. Interment in Greensboro cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were six Ladies' Aid Society members. Several local social notices and upcoming games are included along with numerous visits and travels of residents to nearby towns and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Cemetery
Ladies’ Aid Society
DeWitt
Lancaster Meredith
Emmett Jones
Malone
Ridgely
Goldsboro
Centreville
Dover
William McDonald
Albert McDonald
Annuk
Robert Jarrell
Bowers Beach
Miriam
Anna Jackson
Green's Point Rest
Joseph Akst
Hoboken
N. J
Alfred Dennison
Kriste
Wilmington
J. H. Shively
Margaret Griffin
Philadelphia
J. K. Hannabury
Caston
Alda Jackson
George Sylvester
Evelyn Johnson
Mt Freedom
Maryland Boys Win British Prize In Livestock Contest
The Maryland American livestock judging team from Cecil county defeated thirteen state teams at the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta to win a trip to the English Royal Stock Show at Cambridge. Composed of George Worrilow Warren Rice and Joseph Glackin, the trio also claimed the July 5 victory over English boys. They were trained by E G Jenkins W C Smarr and C L Chambers and praised by Dr. Thomas B Symons for showcasing rural youth opportunities through club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil County
Cambridge
England
Atlanta
Georgia
Thomas B. Symons
University of Maryland Extension Service
George Worrilow
Warren Rice
Joseph Glackin
Wornlow
Timonium
St Paul
St Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Europe
E.G. Jenkins
Maryland
W. C. Smarr
Montgomery County
C. L. Chambers
United States Department of Agriculture
University of Maryland I Atension Service
Health Station for Shore Establishing Eastern Shore Bacteriology Lab
The State Department of Health plans a bacteriological laboratory on the Eastern Shore as a branch of the Baltimore lab. Target operation is by September 1 with equipment purchased this month. Delays in examining cultures from tuberculosis diphtheria and typhoid cases prompt the site search for quick transport to all Eastern Shore counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Baltimore Laboratory
R. 5. Salter
Bureau of Bacteriology
Walter N. Kirkman
State Purchasing Bureau
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Delmar boycott prompts railroad shop removal talks
Citizens of Delmar boycott the mechanics sent to replace 35 striking workers. Pennsylvania Railroad officials reportedly consider moving the shops to another point on Maryland's Eastern Shore as the strikebreakers face refusals of food and service and increasingly harsh residence conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar
Pennsylvania Railroad
Maryland
Ihe
Orphans Court Proceedings in County Probate Court
Orphans Court with Judges West Harper and Shawn heard filings from Harvey L. Cooper executor of Mary Detwiler deceased releasing parties Amanda Solman Ella Calvin Mary Blosser Wm Detwiler Frank Detwiler Melissa Mitchell Henry M Detwiler L C Detwiler Edna M Detwiler Martha Zeigler Ida Mitchell Tryphena Gelletty Edna M Detwiler executrix of Viana Detwiler deceased Edward B Carter executor of Sallie May Carter deceased filed additional inventory and appraisement of personal estate In the estate of James H Fisher executor T Pliny Fisher authorized to sell real estate John N Wright Jr administrator of Balsray Brodes filed a sales account for personal property approved The will of Mary Ann Hood deceased filed by custodian Lillian Hood Collins The register of wills to notify kin will stand for probate July 28 at 11 am The will of Ophilius W Porter filed by custodian Laura A Porter admitted to probate Laura A Porter executrix qualified Notice to creditors ordered appraisers William H Saverfield and M F H Collison named
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Orphans’ Court
West
Harper and
Shawn
Harvey L. Cooper
Mary Detwiler
Amanda Solman
Ella Calvin
Mary Blosser
Wm. Detwiler
Frank Detwiler
Melissa Mitchell
Henry M. Detwiler
L. C. Detwiler
Edna M. Detwiler
Martha Zeigler
Ida Mitchell
Tryphena Gelletty
Balsray Brodes
Mary Ann Hood
Lillian Hood Collins
Register of Wills
Theophilus
World War Soldier Cycling Marvel to Los Angeles
Robert K. Noble a Maryland native known as Battery Bob finished a 41 day continental bicycle trip from Federalsburg to Los Angeles riding the Columbia bike. He averaged 78 miles daily and credits the ride with regaining his health after war wounds in Meuse Argonne and Alsace Lorraine.
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Noble
Robert K. Noble
Federalsburg
Los Angeles
Cal
Examiner
Young Noble
Battery Bob
Columbia
United States
Maryland
Meuse
Argonne
Alsace-Lorraine
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Mohave Desert
Cadman Delivers A Moving Chestertown Lecture On The Mission Of Our Republic
Dr Parkes Cadman, famed in Chestertown, spoke on The Mission Of Our Republic after an introduction by Congressman T Alan Goldsborough of Denton. The address drew a receptive crowd and a lively, humorous delivery that left listeners upbeat as they returned home past the Choptank region’s berry patches, corn fields, and wheat shocks under a clear summer sky.
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Chestertown
Parkes Cadman
T. Alan Goldsborough
Denton
Cadman
Chester Town
Queen City
Caroline
Queen Anne's
Chester
Tri County Baseball League formed in four towns
Representatives from Chestertown Centreville St Michaels and Easton organized the Tri County Baseball League after fears of losing local play. Independent home player teams will compete in league games starting next week with a schedule to be arranged by a committee. Clement E Bray of Easton was elected president amid continued high baseball interest locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestertown
Centreville
St. Michaels
Easton
Tri-County Baseball League
Eastern Shore League
Clement E. Bray
Getting Ready for the New Assessment in Caroline
State supervisor M. J. Lindsay visited Denton on Wednesday to confer with Local Supervisor Whitby and County Commissioners about the upcoming re assessment in Caroline. Lindsay addressed newly appointed assessors, explaining re assessment details and the aims of the State Tax Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Lindsay
Denton
Whitby
Caroline
Mr. Lindsay
State Tax Commission
Maryland Delaware fruit prospects show patchy June recovery
Crop prospects across Maryland and Delaware improved from May, though frosts in April trimmed major fruit crops. Across the region apples peaches and pears are forecast at about 45 percent of normal, with total production well below the ten year average. Caroline county notes three quarters of an apple crop and small early apples due to drought. peaches on sound trees look good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Delaware
Crop Reporting Board
United States Department of Agriculture
Caroline County
Mystery of Dead Trees After Land Survey
In Dorchester county near Vienna a twenty acre timber tract shows every sizable tree dead along a survey line that split two parcels. Local lore ties the event to an old Civil War veteran who lost land after a white neighbor’s survey. Both men are now dead. the cause of the tree deaths remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Dorchester County
Wicomico
Chesapeake and Potomac plans $700000 Maryland expansion
Directors authorize $25665 for damages from February 16 storm on the Eastern Shore as part of a $103000 Maryland storm item. Maryland summer work totals $700000 to add plant and facilities for 1500 new telephones by October 1. Revenue goal set at $100000 for hunter licenses. 68525 licenses being sent to county clerks, compared to 60063 last year with $96330 raised. Also notes political candidate Arthur M. Willey for Wilmington district, Rev Ransom P. Nichols leaving Smyrna M E Church for work in Wilmington Conference, Frank E. Loomis appointed as judge of Dorchester Orphans Court, Mrs Newman D. Rickards offering plain sewing, Natile Milling Co. selling seed buckwheat at $1.50 per bushel, and today begins Delaware’s first of five license registration days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Comany
Maryland
Wwarden
State Game Department
Arthur M. Willey
Wilmington
Willey
Delaware
Ransom P. Nichols
Smyrna M
Newman D. Rickards
Market Street
Natile Milling Co
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Philadelphi
Homer Rice
Bloxom Daupherty
E. D.C. Hegeman
J. Owen Knotts
Virginia
N. P. Kern
Lancaster
Ella George
J. W. Perry
Charles Howard
Susan 2. Bowman
T. Pliny Fisher
Mary Lewis
G. [. Johnson
W. ‘Pt. Bradley
Charles and
Billy
Edith Towers
Sublsbury
Burrsville
Beauchamp
William Beauchamp
McFarland
Pauline Hopkins
Hillsboro
C. R. Fleming
Claude
Edna Fleming
Sadie Wothers
L. A. Wilson
Wilbur Fleming
Torchester
Edith T. Sparks
C. T. Sauer
J. Earl Wothers, Jr
J. E. Wothers
Edgar Blades
Dorothy Beaumont
Louise Fleming
Hilda Wothers
Airs
John Wothers
R. M. Harding
H. S. Fisher
W. Bo. Sparks
Marydel
Vesty
EF. B. Davis
Sadie Sharp
Annie Tarr
Annie Jump
Smithville
Horace Robinson
Little Hattie Alford
Vacation Bible School
Daily Vacation Bible School
Krauss
Ada Matthews
Samuel Troxell
LS. Matthews
Harry Hemmones
Alfred S.thompson
Myrtle Thompson
Rebecca Swing
Clara Ireland
Prof
Goodman
Epstein & Blum
Blum's
Lucky Corner
Elizabeth Smith
Mercy Hospital
Robert Smith
Ernest Sith
Frank Stayer
Lancaster City
J. A. Ivans
Emily Koenemann
Mary Slaughter
Bear
Mr. Mills
Shore
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Dr. Cadman
Maryland Fruit Prospects
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