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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1920
Page
5
Local items report wheat and fertilizer prices, real estate sales, livestock contests, a constable change, church events, a camp meeting start, a Red Cross meeting, a fish story at the electric pond, car sales offers, and upcoming exhibits and sermons. Notables include Noble Hubbard death, community youth baseball, and Denton campground crowding.
Mr. J. Huntly Sinclar is appointed to the psychology department at Smith College Northampton Massachusetts. The Sinclairs plan to move September first with Mrs Sinclairs mother Mrs RT Carter joining them. Numerous relatives and friends from Baltimore Philadelphia Eldridge Crisfield Boston and Wilmington visit or stay with locals, including Brumbaughs Downs Hakesleys Dukes and others. Several Denton residents plus travelers return from trips and visits to Niagara Falls Eas ton and Alurion Virginia.
Mr Zeb D Horsey died at his residence in Whitton last Saturday afternoon in his boyhood years. He lived a industrious life and was known as a true gentleman to all who knew him. He spent his youth in Ohio Maryland and Delaware and worked in farming and mercantile trades with ties to Seaford. Surviving children include Herman D and Hayward S Horsey and Mrs John Trice Mrs Howard Wheatley and Mrs James Wheatley. Interment at Concord after a brief service at home led by Rev A D Frye. He had not been a church member but was reading Christian literature and faced death without fear.
Teachers and parents embrace hot school lunches as agents from the U S Department of Agriculture and state extensions promote the program. Last year 2 929 schools adopted hot lunches and the work expands this year, facing local prejudice in some areas before success spreads to nearby schools.
In sad but loving remembrance of our dear sister Emia Willoughby who departed this life on July 16. Sleep on dear sister and take your rest God called you home it was best. Your memory is dear today as it was then and we could not save you though we tried. You are gone and not forgotten nor will you ever be. By her brother and sister Arena Bullock and W M Willoughby.
Burrsville items note the Wooters couple aging 83 and 59 years married 59 years, with family roles and visiting kin from Seaford. A surprise party for Rev. Jump at Greensboro, plus visits from Slaughter, Kaynard, Dische, Ivins, Willis, Jester, Singer, and others mark social ties. Illnesses and hospitalities thread through weekly gatherings and church events.
Henderson residents recount travels to Wihampton and Niagara Falls with Martha Johnson returning home for a rest of vacation. Local families including Raughley Burrsville Smith Goldsboro Walls Gooden and Dill host and visit relatives across Wilmington Ridgely Ingleside Greensboro Smithville and Smithville while farmers thresh wheat.
Hobbs visits from Baltimore families and local households mark a busy week. Guests include Hobbs residents C R Horney and Elmer Alorney, and Raymond and Grace Horney with Elizabeth Coleccot. A J Bailey hosted Frank’s eleventh birthday for about forty children. Norman Willoughby returned home after Easton Hospital. Several trips to Dover Atlantic City Philadelphia and Baltimore are noted, along with Willey and Jopp family business and Wheat splitting activity.
Countrywide report notes dwindling butter supply and rising demand for dairy from Caroline’s producers. Authorities urge increased output to stabilize market, with farmers deploying wider herds and new processing capacity to meet upcoming needs.
The Ridgely News Letter reports Mrs. Amandus Young died Saturday night after weeks of illness and two strokes of paralysis. Funeral held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Rev. J. M. Sterzg officiating. She is survived by husband and two daughters Mrs. Arthur Rentzheimer of Bethlehem PA and Mrs. James Walker of Ridgely.
On Tuesday in the Orphans Court Judges West, Eluper and Shawn presided. Charles J. Kinder, administrator of Lewis W. Ninder, deceased, filed and the court approved his account of sales, an interest account, and his first and final account of administration and distribution. Emily F. P. Wright and Charles B. Cartisan, administrators of Beverly W. Wright, deceased, filed and the court approved an account of sales of the personal property.
The Choptank bridge requires repairs while residents support a shorter Trolley line from Denton to Cambridge via Preston and Taust New Market. Citizens report saved miles by bypassing Lindhester and Alsood, with several locals sharing travel and social remarks.
The milk plant plans to expand its force with added machinery, aiming to process larger volumes as parts arrive. Local farmers in the region are expected to receive about a hundred thousand dollars monthly for milk. A list of social visits and hosts follows, including delegates at a Epworth League Convention in Dover and various Sunday gatherings.
Evangelist Melvin G. Morris of Wat Baltimore condemns the modern dance as unholy and dangerous. He argues dancing corrupts morals, harms health, and leads to societal ruin, urging churches to oppose dances and support biblical constraints. He cites biblical events and public school concerns while denouncing contemporary styles and venues.
The Federal Community Club met at Mrs. Dennis Nichols’s home on Friday July 2 with twenty members and six visitors. Discussion covered rhubarb and string bean canning, and an outdoor picnic was planned at Patton's near Oyster Shell Point. The program featured recitations by Mrs. Rosser Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Stone readings by Miss Towers and Mrs. Deen with violin and piano solos by Misses Mary and Anna Wright. Refreshments of ice cream cake and frit lemonade followed.
In Dorchester County Judge Wickes ruled last Friday that the court lacks jurisdiction to order ejectment in the Hughes versus Hughes case. Alex and Miriam Hughes denied any sale invalidity and remained in possession. The decision came as part of multiple local proceedings including a will contest by Wright heirs and a divorce case involving Solomon S. L. Smith.
An exhibit prepared by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction at the U S Department of Agriculture pleased agricultural editors in Washington on June 17. The display included cassava root dasheen tubers udo shoots passion fruit white sapale fruit chayote and notable mangoes all grown in the United States at Government stations. Some items are climatically limited to the South yet may enter northern western markets. the collection shows plants at the commercial stage. The ndo a Japanese celery like shoot thrives as far north as Nova Scotia and offers a new palate experience. The exhibit aims to show accepted agricultural resources beyond experiments. Maryland orchards are forecast to yield 226000 barrels of apples this fall if conditions hold, per S B Shaw secretary of the State Horticultural Society.
Transfers show Lawrence E. Lynch to Henry A. Shoemaker 24 acres in Seventh district for 3800 dollars and multiple deeds in Denton Greensboros Federalsburg and other districts with prices ranging from 0 to 13500 dollars. Names include Annie Elizabeth Smith Jester Bernard Nuttle Culver Meckvaine and others.
County Agent W Collins Thomas describes orchard demonstrations to show the value of proper spray timing and technique to control diseases and insects. He cites sprayed versus unsprayed trees, highlighting apples free of scab and pests at Zeigler’s near Denton and Lapham’s Goldsboro orchard as strong examples, urging visitors to compare with neglected plots and promising support from college specialists.
The piece explains real dog days as the period when every dog must be licensed and wear a tag. It warns dogs without tags may be “put out of existence,” underscoring the legal requirement for registration and licensing.
The new pastor will preach on The Social Life Glorified tomorrow at 10 30 am. Dr Woolf the ruling elder will deliver the 8 pm sermon.
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