Denton notices and local news items from July issue
A compact digest of Denton area notices includes prices on quart jars at 35 cents a dozen from Koenig’s Restaurant, rental ads for a five room house on Market Street and an apartment on North Second Street, and job inquiries at a service station. Community updates cover a WFBR radio program starting July 23, county audit beginnings, new homes under construction, local deaths and court actions, salt usage guidance, and a park beautification project for a Denton causeway with Piankatank support and a $500 county grant proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koenig
Denton
Market St
M. E. Pastorfield
Merlyn Kern
Law
Leese & Holsinger
Campground Road
P. O. Box
North 2Nd Street
G. L. Duffey
Greensboro
WFBR
Baltimore
Caroline County
H. L. Langrall and Company
Board of Education
Cape Cod
Caroline P. Redden
Stephanie M. Ford
Howard Pastorfield
East
Thomas Lockerman
Harry G. Cohee
Mt. Holly St
Woodlawn
Charles Fountain
Valma Marie Fletcher
Kent County Court of Common Pleas
Dover
Earl D. Willey
Kent County
Fountain
Public Health Service
Eliza Kemp
Henderson
Mt. Olive Church
Mary P. Garrett
Goldsboro
Elmer Guy
Talbot County
House of Correction
Guy
Ellen Z. Christopher
Silas E. Christopher
Maple Ave
Federalsburg
Preston
Christopher
J. D. Lynch
R. Cross
Wilmer Andrew
Oral Christopher
Church of God
Ralph A. Poole
J. W. Hallowell
Hillcrest Cemetery
Denton Chamber of Commerce
Calvert C. Merriken
Denton Causeway
Court House Green
American Legion
PEP
Local notables take tours and visits around towns
Mrs Alonzo Howard Dawson Howard Miss Mildred Mary Dixon and Mr John A Price visited Dupont Gardens in Longwood Pa on Friday. Various relatives and friends from Concord Baltimore Ocean City Winchester and Philadelphia were listed as visiting or returning from trips with names and places.
Bur rsville Residents Move as Thawleys Sell Home
Mr and Mrs Brown P Thawley sold their Bur rsville property to Mr Robert Garrett and moved to Milford Delaware where Thawley has been a dealer in International farm implements and trucks Mrs Annie Price formerly near here died at her Harrington home Funeral held Thursday at 2 pm with interment Greensboro cemetery Mr and Mrs John Colescott hosted their Philadelphia relatives and others from Chester Pa Mrs Wm Langer of Boston visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Parker Rev Ira Crum had nose surgery at Methodist Hospital Philadelphia Harvey Fountain of Chester visiting his parents Mr and Mrs C N Fountain Mrs Harvey Griffith of Chester spent last week with her parents Mr and Mrs A T Garrett Harold Hopkins and his wife spent weekend with Howard Hopkins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Howard
Dawson Howard
Mildred
Mary Dixon
John A. Price
West Chester
Ruth Dixon
Dupont Gardens
Longwood
Christian Comrades
Concord M. E
Dorsey Nichols
Louise Smith
Easton
Concord
John R. Price
Baltimore
A. A. Price
Jane Redden
Layman J. Redden
Clarence Gough
Washington
T. A. Goldsborough
Lucy V. Garey
Maine
William Willis
Marguerite Tracy
Mary Willis
Norman Tucker
R. H. Bryant
Petersburg
Walter Sparklin
Wesley E. Thawley
Robert and
Wesley Jr
Ocean City
Wm. K. Cumming
Cumming
Winchester
Mardela Springs
Salisbury
L. Rey
Chester
Denton
Brown P. Thawley
Robert Garrett
Milford
Delaware
Greensboro Cemetery
John Colescott
Frank
Philadelphia
Wm. Langer
Boston
Mass
Fred Parker
Ira Crum
Methodist Hospital
Harvey Fountain
C. N. Fountain
Harvey Griffith
A. T. Garrett
Harold Hopkins
Howard Hopkins
Charles Nichols
Greensboro
William Phillips
Here
Frank Kulhanek
Dover
Russell Anson
Leonard Bennett
Martin Bennett
Bobby Stubbs
Norman Stubbs
Kent General Hospital
Pearl Jones
James
Jake Melvin
Clayton Brown
Harrington
A. B. Cohee
Kitty Montague
Wilmington
T. A. Montague
Anna Hemp
Edward Coffin
Tolchester Beach
Clarence McElivee
Newport
Del
Lena Goodwin
John Cooper
Laura Morrison
Penn’s Grove
N. J
John Pritchett
Matilda
Olga Racz
New York City
Louise Jones
Farnhurst
5. S. James
L. A. Gooden
Lacy Alford
Newark
J. B. Medford
Teddy Rohman
Clayton
Leslie Meredith
Cambridge
McKinley Wilkinson
Claymont
Frances Gooden
Boy and Girl Campers Capture Summer Camp Joy
In busy railroad terminals crowds of boys and girls head to summer camps. The piece celebrates the pure happiness seen in their smiling faces and the appeal of camp life with swimming, forest trails, and playful imitations of the wild.
Hughes urges curb on ruthlessness at Amherst graduation
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, vigorous at 75, urged the curb on ruthlessness and said educators must graduate students prepared with knowledge and self control. He warned against demagogues and irrational zeal, and left current problem answers to the experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Evans Hughes
Roosevelt
Amherst
Church Notices Across Denton Area Sunday Services
With the pastor away at Asbury Summer School in Collegeville Pa Dr S R Latham of Gibbstown N J will preach at the Denton M E Church morning service no evening service also short sermons at Denton M P Church tomorrow Bluff in the morning and Glass in the evening Christian Endeavor study Acts 4 Williston Community Church williston 9 am morning service text And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes Rev 7 17 Church of the New Jerusalem Preston 11 am morning text Hap py is that people whose God is the Lord Ps 144 15 Epiphany Mission Preston evening prayer and sermon 7 30 pm Masses Sunday July 18 St Elizabeth Denton 9 30 St Benedict Ridgely 8 Confessions St Benedict Denton Saturday 7 pm and Sunday 7 16 am
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury
Collegeville
S. R. Latham
Gibbstown
N. J
Denton M. E
Denton M. P
T. J. Turkington
Christian Endeavor
Williston
Church of the New Jerusalem
Preston
St. Elizabeth's Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
Ridgely
Death of Mrs Deborah Morris Towers at 76
Mrs Deborah Morris Towers 76 died at home on Friday July 9 after months of illness. A Delaware native, daughter of Hezekiah and Ellen Morris, she is survived by husband Samuel E. Towers a retired farmer son Otis Towers and four grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 1 30 p m at home with Rev O B Reed officiating interment at Greensboro Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Morris Towers
Greensboro Cemetery
E. M. Stephens
Rehoboth
H. B. Laird
Stephens
Adele
Edward
Ridgely
Fifer Hospital
Joseph Roche
J. R. Meekins
Greensboro
Meekins
Chas. Messick
Johanna
Messick
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Norman Wilson
Mary Laird
Honolulu
Sam Bear
Phillip Goldstein
Joseph Goldstein
Teitlebaum
Baltimore
Ocean City
Rachel MacKenney
Crompton
Leonard Dean
Mary Emma Richards
W. M. Bennington
Paul
Carlisle Bennington
O. B. Reed
Tolchester Cottage
Methodist Sunday School
Tolchester Beach
Gilmore Thomas
Norma Jean
Chester
Booker’s Wharf
Paul Hardee
C. A. Hardee
Spurgeon Hardee
Infield
N. C
Paul Hemmons
Chas. Jubb
Indian Landing
Severn River
Alice Bennington
Kenneth Bennington
White Crystal Beach
Carroll Sermon
Carroll
Billy
Salisbury
Jos. Roche
James Lane
Lulu Hevalow
Philadelphia
Clinton Stoopes
Percy Stoopes
Cordova
Calvin Lynch
Addison Callahan
Centreville
C. D. Lynch
Clarence Johnson
E. Ross Farra
Grand Rapids
Mich
James Wilson
Franklin
Elsmere
Del
Renee Sellers
Hurlock
Leelan Jackson
St. Michaels
Charles Dean
Barbara Lane
Jeannette Lynch
Maynard Louright
Bethlehem
Alice Lane
Clara Denny
Elma Wilson
Anne White
Margaret Saulsbury
Coursey Hemmons
Wilmington
Frank Samis
Dorothy
New Telephone System for Preston Affects 180 Lines
Preston readers learn Chesapeake and Potomac Tele phone Company will install automatic dial equipment within months. The system, used in Wilmington and Richmond, speeds calls by dialing directly and reduces rural ring noise. About 180 phones connected to the Preston central office will switch with no rate increase, and installation should finish before year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Ireland
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Preston
Wilmington
Delaware
Richmond
Virginia
Greensboro
Ridgely
Maryland
Preston Central Office
Templeville Hosts Sunday Services and Community News
Templeville observances include Sunday School at 10 and sermon by Mrs. R G Conner at 11 while Mr Conner attends Summer School in Pennsylvania. Local residents and visitors share travels, visits, and family events from Hebron to Wilmington, with several marriages and a newborn celebrated.
The Trailer Comes of Age in Public Debate
An editorial in Rotarian Magazine likens the trailer to a growing youth. It asks how a rising trailer population affects taxation, education, camps, sanitation, and social relations, urging communities to consider policy and control measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotarian
Go on with life another mile lighting the way
A brief poetic line attributed to Edwin Markham about moving forward with kindness and guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Markham
Homemaker Club Notes and Delegates Report
The Federal club held a summer meeting with a program of business and songs. Four visits were made and four sympathy cards sent. thirty one cents added to the treasury. Mrs Harold Dew spoke on modern educational knowledge. nine members and six visitors attended. Unity club meets July 22 at Mrs Turkington's. date changed. Mrs Fred Johnson offers reading kits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Club
Treasury Fund
Harold Dew
A. B. Rosser
Fred Trice
Unity Club
Turkington
K.W.S.C
Fred Johnson
A's Regain Top Position in Shore League
Federalsburg Athletics reclaim the Eastern Shore League lead with five wins and two losses this week. They beat Easton Brownies, Cambridge Cardinals, Easton, Crisfield, and Centreville, with Zschaw earning his first win and Legates delivering a homer and two doubles. The Dover and Salisbury gaps narrow as the race tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg Athletics
Easton Brownies
Feds
Federalsburg
Crisfield Crabbers
Cambridge
A’s
Cardinals
Easton
Crisfield
Athletics
Zschaw
New Moundsman
Caroline Boys
Centreville Colts
Scully
Legates
Centreville
Queen Anne’s
Colts
Dover
Salisbury
Children on Vacation Lessons in keeping busy and responsible
The piece argues that affordable, productive activities keep children from idle time and negative influences. It suggests playgrounds and helping at home as beneficial occupations, warns against overindulgence in sports, and presents cooperative family work as a route to better mood and future success. It notes that light child labor like delivering papers can be safer and happier than idleness when not overdone.
Social Roundup from Queen Anne and Surrounding Areas
Easton and Ruthsburg residents visit relatives and guests over the weekend. Notables include Rumsey Mulligan Barton and Harry Robinson joining family gatherings at Barton and Eley homes. Visitors from Wilmington and Pittsburgh also mingle with local families. hospital updates note Horace Morgan’s tonsil surgery.
Town News Travelers and Visitors Visit Greensboro
Mrs. Mary Jackson spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cannon at Preston. Master Albert Tribbitt visited his grandmother at Harrington on Saturday. Mrs. Mary Baggs of Philadelphia is spending two weeks at her Greensboro home. Mr. John Lankford of Washington was a town visitor this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jackson
Lloyd Cannon
Preston
Albert Tribbitt
Harrington
Mary Baggs
Philadelphia
John Lankford
Washington
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter
Mr Francis T Rowe joins a summer industrial art course at Colorado State College of Education after a ten day Model T journey to Greeley. Several local residents and guests visit in Maryland Delaware and Baltimore, including Beaven and Blanche families with social gatherings and bridge events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis T. Rowe
Colorado State College of Education
Rowe
Greeley
William Thompson
James Sherwood Jr
Bernard Kibler
James Eveland
National Guard
Cascade
H. Lay Beaven
Francis Beaven
Virginia Holt
Sadie Fishack
Silver Springs
Burton Parker
Havre de Grace
Wilmer Parker
Joe Lee Parker
Denton
Milford Kline
Herbert Beaven
Bridge
Mesdames
W. A. Thorington
Grace Brown
Centreville
Edgar Blanche
Jean
Baltimore
Blanche
Julia Blanche
Jessie Jones
Alice
Francis Zeigler Jr
Louis Lane
Leroy Detwiler
Bobby
Wilmington
Kemp Stewart
Edgar Blades
Edward Bryan
Trappe
Clinton Wheatley
Kennard Brown
Richard Beaven
Miriam
Mildred Gale
Del
Wanaque
N. J
Mildred Stenger
Roland Blades
Tuckahoe Neck
Epworth League to hear Conner speaker in Marydel
Sunday evening at 7:30 Epworth League meets with leader Mrs. Stafford. worship at 8:00 features a talk by Mrs. R G Conner due to Rev. Mr. Conner’s absence at Ursinus College summer school in Collegeville Pa. Attendees include Mrs Anna Heather and daughter Helen of Wilmington returning from Homeopathic Hospital. several local families visiti
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Stafford
R. G. Conner
Conner
Ursinus College
Collegeville
Anna Heather
Helen
Wilmington
Homeopathic Hospital
Robert Conner
Roberta
Boothwyn
Carl Heinle
Irvington
N. J
T. E. Heather
Catherine Welch
Aspers
Ruth
Helen Conner
Harry Smith
Salisbury
Horsey Brown
Sarah V. Jacobs
Edith Moore
Dover
Henry Davis
Geo. Smith
Harry
Adams Cross Roads Bloomery Aid Meeting Rescheduled
Bloomery Aid group will meet next Wednesday July 21 at the community building due to Harrington Fair. Hostesses are Mrs Janie Cannon and Mrs Esther Johnson. Randall Dustworth of Philadelphia is visiting relatives in Bloomery for a week. D F Johnson and sisters visited Cambridge relatives last Sunday. Sunday School starts at 10 a m at Bloomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomery Aid
Janie Cannon
Esther Johnson
Randall Dustworth
Philadelphia
New England
D. F. Johnson
Cambridge
Bloomery
Bridges and visitors mark Ocean City week
Mrs. Cookman Orrell hosted five bridge tables Friday with Ledman first Van Dyke second Carmine floating and Noble consolation. Visitors over Sunday included Clara Payne Patty Eleanor Trice Inez Noble Rachel Baylor and others. Local visits note Camp Ritchie Norfork and Rehoboth trips and several residents seen in Baltimore and Ocean City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cookman Orrell
Ledman
Hurlock
James Carmine
Philadelphia
Detroit
Miss Holt
Dover
Max Chambers
Paul van Dyke
Harry Hollis
Russell Marker
R. O. Dulin
John Noble
A. T. Blades
G. C. Carmine
T. L. Trice
Rachel Baylor
Atwood Wash
van Dyke
Carmine
Noble
Ocean City
Clara Payne
Patty
Eleanor Trice
Inez Noble
Marjorie Ann
Reese Deane
Alva Lane
Harry Wright
Katrina
Frances Smith
Douglas Fooks
Bridge
W. J. Bonner
A. Willey
Courson
T. Taylor
H. Dean
J. L. Gallagher
McAllister
van Buren
Dean
Gallagher
James Douglas
Isabel Douglas
Rehoboth
Herman Williams
William Bowman
Ed Gease
J. P. Harris
Camp Ritchie
Cascade
Arthur Willey
Nanetta
Arthur Jr
Norfolk
Contract Club
Lee Noble
Atwood Wash and Son
Wash
James, Douglas
Weirwood
Alva Lee
Baltimore
T. B. Marden
Sudden death saddens Henderson town
The community mourns the sudden death of the little son of Mr and Mrs Charles Nichols of Greensboro. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs William Phillips. Sympathy is extended to the family as friends note other local visits and hospital news. Several residents and visitors are listed among weekend gatherings and travels in nearby towns and states.
Revival Meetings Near Denton Continue All Week
Evangelist A W Hastings of the Church of Christ leads Gospel Services at the Central Church two miles northeast of Denton with his son M W Hastings assisting. Services Sunday at 10:30 am 3:00 and 7:30 pm and nightly at 7:30 pm through Friday. No collection at evening services. Basket dinners welcome. Topics include The Divine Order of Worship Christian Unity What Does the Church of Christ Stand For The Apostasy Reform and Restoration How Are We Saved What does the Bible Say About Baptism The Identity of the New Testament Church A Way That Can Not Be Wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Hastings
Church of Christ
Central Church
Denton
M. W. Hastings
Greensboro Residents Attend Rural Carriers Convention
Mr and Mrs Charles Bilbrough of Greensboro and Mr and Mrs Paul Plutschak of Preston attended the Rural Mail Carriers Convention in Hagerstown Maryland. They traveled from Gettysburg Pa via Cham bersburg Pa and Lily Pons near Frederick before reaching Hagerstown. A government guide led a tour of the Model Penal Farm and Senator Millard E Tydings spoke at the carriers banquet on Monday evening. Funeral services were held for Billy Nichols 22 months old of Greensboro. He died Sunday in Dover Delaware after a short illness. Interment was in Greensboro cemetery. Many friends and relatives from Delaware Pennsylvania and Maryland attended the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bilbrough
Greensboro
Paul Plutschak
Preston
Hagerstown
Bilbrough
Plutschak
Caroline County
Gettysburg
Chambersburg
South Montain
Millard E. Tydings
Lily Pons
Frederick
John William Nichols
Billy
Charles Nichols
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Ruth
Betty
Anne Nichols
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
A. B. Frye
Lewes
Del
Little Billy Nichols
Grover Elliott
Claymont
Earl Nichols
Grace
Catherine
Linwood
Edward Phillips
Church Hill
George Redman
Cecil
Chestertown
Henry Rash
Cordova
William Phillips
Henry Pippin
Henderson
F. H. Freidel
Ridgely
Rehoboth Beach
L. S. Jones
Oscar Wyatt
Harry Kinnamon
E. J. Vanderegrift
Lex Simpson
J. R. Meekins
G. Walter Riddleberger
Leon Greeley
Harry Barttle
Elwood
Helen Bartile
Zadee Clede
Samuel Myers
Ruth Daltry
Andrew Myers
Baby
Philadelphia
Myrtle
Dorothy Wyatt
Lenarc Hills
John Wyatt
Wyatt
Hubert Dill
Magnolia
Walter Raver
Alfred Clark
Elizabeth
Allen
Carvil Tribbitt
Conrad Travers
Ruthanna Biles
Charles Sipple
Chester
William Sipple
Kenneth Bostic
N. K. Swanwick
A. G. Smith
Hateva
Grayson
Owings, Md
Grayson Smith
J. C. Davenport
Dorothy Davenport
J. Wilkins
Bowling Green
Robert Davenport
Smith Longfellow
Lumberton
N. C
Laura Longfellow
Nettie Reading
Clinton Martin
Loraine
Marcus Hook
William Wheeler
Edgar Anderson
Ruth Ellen
Bridgeville
Ethel Pritchett
Jack Boulais
Jack Jr
Bertha Miller
Anna Wieneke
Baltimore
Rehoboth
Katherine Lane
David Bishop
Sallie Nichols
Hyde Knight
Effa Plummer
Robert Jarrell
Annapolis
George Lake
Sea Isle City
N. J
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Burrsville
Epiphany Mission
Journal
Templeville
Pennsylvania
D. C. Haynes
B. Cooper
John W. Davis
Cooper
B. J. D. Phillips
Hebron
Phillips
Becker
Marietta
Ohio
Paul T. Shelton
Roy Riddleberger
J. F. Raughley
Burton
Wright Robinson
M. B. Kinnamon
P. QO. S
C. E. Goslin
Cambridge State Hospital
Wm. H. Knotts
Temple Stafford
Ww. L. P.c
Easton Non Ee Ee
Crisfield Aee Ee
Eee
Ee Ee
Pocomoke Eee
Ewe
Queen Anne
Rumsey Mulligan
Roberta Barton
Harry Robinson
Ruthsburg
Emmett Barton
Francis Jump
Harold Jump
Howard Eley
Robly Hackett
Pittsburgh
Hackett
Lee Hitchcreek
J. E. Morgan
Edith Dudley
Helen Chaires
Dale Short
Horace M. Morgan
Easton Hospital
Harry Gibson Jr
Massanetta Springs
Junior Lynch
Eva States
Hillsboro
Twin Towns
Tuckahoe
Marydel
Adams Cross Roads
Aou
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