Local notices and sales items from Denton Maryland
Listings cover goods for sale including screen doors seed buckwheat and used appliances. Real estate housing at 509 Market St and a 1928 Chevrolet for sale appear with personal notices of births marriages and deaths. Community news includes a ferry project post and local social events and obituaries.
Sunday church notices across Denton and environs
The Denton area churches list July 24 services with morning and evening sermons, Sunday School times, and special programs. Denomination notices include Denton M P, Church of the Brethren, Quaker Meeting House, Burrsville, Hobbs, Williston Community Church, Church of the New Jerusalem, Liden’s Community House, and Catholic services at St Elizabeths and St Benedicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Andrews
Denton M. P
Christian Endeavor
Adam
Church of the Brethren
Quaker Meeting House
West Denton
Peter
Caroline M. P
H. H. Schauer
Burrsville
A. Stafford
Piney
Hobbs
M. Merriken
Williston Community
Church of the New Jerusalem
Liden’s
Henry Meredith
Denton and
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
Death of William H Ringgold at age 80 in Ridgely
William H Ringgold died Monday after a three day illness of angina pectoris. He was born June 3 and lived on a Ridgely farm before building a home there. Survived by widow, two daughters Mrs John Bonney and Mrs Herbert Lane, two sons Bernard Co. and Roger R. Ringgold, and sister Mrs Anna Jones. Funeral Friday at 2 pm led by Rev. O B Reed with interment Greensboro cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Ringgold
Hillsboro
Elisha P
Anna Cahall Ringgold
Ridgely
T. S. Day
Methodist Church
John Bonney
Harrington
Del
Herbert Lane
Bernard Co
Roger R. Ringgold
Anna Jones
Morrisville
O. B. Reed
Jos. Rittenhouse
Greensboro Cemetery
Woman’s Work Council of the Brethren Church
John Ebling
Paul Holsinger
Ebling
Clifton Crouse
Harry Anson
Philadelphia
Melvin Williams
S. Meeds
Preston
Harold Roe
Federalsburg
Harry Robinson
T. W. Jones
Dean
George E. Dutton
University of Delaware
Newark
Dutton
Thomas A. Smith
D. Thompson Swing
Rehoboth
Otto
Janet
Marietta
Ohio
L. M. Goodwin
Baltimore
Donald Morgan
Allentown
Morgan
Lucy Lynch
J. K. Lynch
Patricia Ann
Fifer Hospital
Maryland Pharmaceutical Association
John D. Davis
Paul Bennington
Buddy Applebaum
Junior Marvel
Grayson Winstead
Camp Rodney
North East
L. M. Winstead
John Beechman
Roland Fountain
J. M. Swing
Emma Jackson
Wilson Jackson
Arlington
N. J
Morton Holsinger
Prospect Park
James Stack
People’s Life Insurance Co
Ocean City
Ley Knotts
Roanoke
Mallory Winstead
George Cherry
Roland Cherry
Tolchester
Wilson
Norman Wilson
Molly Rickards
Wilmington
Elijah Luff
David Kline
William Sparks
Bertie
Mary Catherine
William James
Frank Denny
Easton
Frank Samis
Bernard Sparks
Queen Anne
Selby Smith
Albert Kershaw
Aberdeen
Walter Kershaw
W. M. Bennington
Melvin Wheatley
Elkton
D. T. Swing
Rehoboth Cottage
Page Jones
Fred Voshell
Dover
Jas. Walker
Bethlehem
Ida Dyer
Leroy Sard
C. L. Corkran
Trappe
Methodist Parsonage
Cordelia Green
Smithson Church holds Sunday services pause till September
Smithson Sunday evening meetings are discontinued until September while prayer meetings continue on Wednesday night and Sunday School on Sunday morning. Local residents from Federalsburg Easton Reading Laurel Del Reedng Pa contact for travel and family visits noted. Families including Ferrins McCarty Worm Prager Isner Willoughby Cole Perry are listed with weekend visits and hosting across Easton Laurel and Reading areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithson Church
T. Ferrins
Hayward Ferrins
Federalsburg
Edna Wright
Concord
R. McCarty
G. McCarty
Easton
Walter McCarty
Carl Selak
Bernard Nolly
Reading
Joseph Worm
F. Prager
Gus
Earl Prager
M. L.isner
H. Patrick
Laurel
Del
May Willoughby
Rehoboth Beach
Frank Cole
Howard Cole
Aileen Perry
C. Truitt
Charlie Perry
Alma Cole
Social News From Choptank and Nearby Towns
Rev H H Schauer and family attended a Ladies Aid social of Choptank last Tuesday evening. The Schauer family were also guests at the Baughley home for dinner last Thursday. Mrs J A Billings returned home after weeks with her sister in Burraville. Esther Smith joined her parents from Rehoboth trip, and Miss Louise Chaffinch visited Miss Betty Somers at the Holbrook home. Laides Aid hosts next Wednesday at the community house. J H Dandy hosted Iowa relatives recently. Sue Smith returned from Burrsville visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Schauer
L. H. Thomas
Schauer
Choptank M. P
F. N. Smith
Rehoboth
Esther
Louise Chaffinch
Betty Somers
W. G. Holbrook
J. A. Billings
G. L. Blades
Burraville
O. J. Chaffinch
B. B. Allen
Laides’ Aid
Alfred Baughley
J. H. Dandy
Iowa
Sue Smith
Burrsville
Picnic Planned by Burrsville Wesley M E Sunday School
Burrsville Wesley M E Sunday School schedules a picnic in the grove near the church on Saturday July 23 at 230 pm Former members and friends are invited as well as current members Guests include Mr and Mrs Harry Ramsdell of Denton and Mrs B J Hillary of Boonton N J Little Sue Smith of Hobbs is visiting grandmother Mrs Harriet Billings at the Blades home George Locke of Washington and Mrs John Weaver of Pennsylvania visit relatives here Mrs Minnie Thawley Hillary of Boonton spent several days with Mrs Henry Stafford. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free Cowper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. E
Chhurch
Harry Ramsdell
Denton
B. J. Hillary
Boonton
N. J
John Thawley
Little Sue Smith
Hobbs
Harriett Billings
G. L. Blades
George Locke
Washington
Dover
John Weaver
Pennsylvania
Laura Parris
Rosa Hurd
Minnie Thawley Hillary
Henry Stafford
Homemaker Club Meetings Report in Concord and Greensboro
The Andersontown Hobbs Homemakers Club gathered at Church House Concord on July 20 with twelve members and five visitors. The Greensboro Homemakers Club met July 14 at Mrs. Harry Cooper’s home with nine members and two visitors present, planning a picnic and a trip to Betterton on August 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andersontown-Hobbs Homemakers Club
Church House
Concord
H. H. Nuttle
Lynnie Nichols
Bessie Brown
Olivia Lord
Mildred Scott
Sallie Lord
L. H. Thomas
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Highlights Local Socials
Hillsboro and surrounding towns swap news of dinners visits and relatives traveling to cities such as Waycross Newport News Baltimore Ridgely and Philadelphia. Readers learn of guests including Mrs E S Elkins Mr Brown Thawley and families as well as several extended visits to Washington Elizabethtown and Atlantic City with relatives and funeral notices in the region.
Henderson obituary and local social notes from Camden area
Miss Julia Cooper aged 86 dies and is buried in Odd Fellows cemetery Camden Del. Funeral services held Thursday. Dottie Cooper and Cooper relatives among many visits and social gatherings including Montague family, Satterfields, Melvins, and local residents from Dover Wilmington and Philadelphia with multiple visits to White Crystal Beach and nearby towns.
American Corner Ladies Aid Meeting Notes
The Ladies Aid were entertained at Mrs. Carl Johnsons home with Mrs. Elva Smith assisting. About 37 attended and the group adjourned until October, with no meetings planned for August and September. A picnic is set for Saturday afternoon July 23 on Mr. Harry Sullivans lawn. Recent visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Griffith and daughter at Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Smiths. Mr. Robert Patchett of Pennsylvania returned home due to his grandfather’s death. Mary Bette Griffith of Chester Town visited Eunice Smith, and Ruth Johnson of Bridgeville spent Sunday with her parents, near Mr. and Mrs. George Huey hosted Pennsylvania relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Johnson
Elva Smith
Harry Sullivan
Ernest Griffith
Olaf Smith
Robert Patchett
Pennsylvania
Mary Bette Griffith
Chestertown
Eunice Smith
Ruth Johnson
Bridgeville
George Huey
Parsonage Social Notes From Queen Anne District
Queen Anne residents and visitors are noted in a series of social items. Mrs Howard Flowers and Mr and Mrs Howard Knotts toured New England and Connecticut where Eleanor Knotts works as a registered nurse. Detroit visitor Keplar Barnette vacationed with his wife, with Mrs Barnette returning from Baltimore. The Eastern Shore ministers and wives held an Ingleside picnic near Trappe. The Eley family spent a month at Rehoboth with outings to Atlantic City. Louise Short returned to Philadelphia after a week with Mrs Howard Eley. Mrs D M Lee remains at home. Vernon Clark and the Jump sisters hosted guests from Hyattsville and Finkaburg. The Showard family visited, and St Pauls Sunday School held a Matapeake picnic. Rev J M York did a Baltimore visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.S. Elkins
Caroline
Waycross
Rodney Pierce
Rodney
Newport News
Charlotte Packard
Baltimore
Ralph Meredith
Ridgely
Ralph Holland
Brown Thawley
Milford
Del
Edgar Blades
Mildred Stenger
Charlanne
Helen Lee Short
Spry
Pittsville
Sallie Jones
Clayton
Ralph B. Thompson
F. Elwood Fleming
Anneville
L. T. Vansant
St. Michaels
Harry Messick
Wilmington
Holt
J. C., Bramble
Marion Sherwood
Milton Beaven
Florence Beaven
Rehoboth
Urban Bowman
Ison
Fleming
Dora Morris
New York
Harry Covell
Henley Beaven
J. Lay Beaven
New York City
J. N. Clark
S. N. Smith
Milford Kline
Philadelphia
Luther Short Jr
Carlton Short
Atlantic City
Mary Cooper
Wm. W. Cooper
Salisbury
Howard Flowers
Howard Knotts
Chestertown
New England
Connecticut
Eleanor Knotts
Keplar Barnette
Detroit
Mich
Barnette
J. M. York
Ingleside
Trappe
Howard Eley
Roy Hopkins
Louise Short
D. M.lee
Vernon Clark
Hyatteville
Dorothy
Madge Jump
Geo. Showard
Finkaburg
Mary Diggans
St. Paul’s
Matapeake
Horace Morgan
Rev. J. M. York
Don’t Grate While Driving Safety Message From Keystone Club
The Keystone Automobile Club warns against drivers turning to look at passengers as hazardous. Manager Matthew P. Hanley cites unknown accident counts and notes drivers see only 58 to 73 feet ahead at speeds from 40 to 60 mph. The club urges keeping eyes on the road and suggests a back seat observer to nudge the driver back to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Automobile Club
Matthew P. Hanley
Eastern Shore
Legion
Keystone Safety
Moral and well-bred man balks affronts Cowper quote
A fragment quotes Cowper declaring that a moral sensible and well-bred man will not affront me and no other can. The line emphasizes gentility and restraint as a standard of conduct.
Preston and Choptank Barn Fires Sting Local News
Lightning struck two Maryland barns during storms. Peter DeWilde’s barn burned with a horse killed and the owner injured while rescuing it. Alva Blades’s barn at Choptank burned the following day. The Twentieth Century Club of Preston picnicked at Rehoboth Beach hosted by Mrs. Dallas Blades with several Preston and Dover residents guests and visits to Ocean City and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter DeWilde
DeWilde
Alva Blades
Choptank
Twentieth Century Club
Preston
Rehoboth Beach
Dallas Blades
Blades
C. F. Noble
Clayton Taylor
Pritchett
Dover
Del
McDaniel
Jerome Frampton
Federalsburg
Rehoboth
Johnson Bonner
Lloyd Harrington
Baltimore
Leon Mitchell
Dora
John Rumbold
Walter Covey
Elsie
Eloise
Oak Orchard
T. L. Nugent
Ocean City
N. J
Dietz
Haddon Heights
Manville Arnie
Linertz
Arnie
Florida
Lloyd Brodes
Pliny Todd
Marjorie Ann Chambers
Mountain Lake Park
Elzey
Douglas Mills
Harrington
Jennie Pritchett
Rehoboth Cottage
H. C. Cannon
Warrenton
W. H. Cannon
Phil Wright
Marie E. Taylor
Elmhurst
Delaware
Harry Kemp
Hillsboro
Geo. Poole
J. Lee Taylor
Bernice
Frank Turner
Turner
Lee Noble
Viola Brinsfield
Cambridge
Lee Noble Jr
Robert Cannon
Salisbury
Adams Cross Roads birthday gathering and Ocean City visits
Mr and Mrs Elmer Robinson and family hosted a birthday duck dinner and celebration including son Earle Breeding Jr, while Miss Pearl Eveland attended. Several relatives and friends visited Ocean City this week, with multiple appearances at the Atlantic Hotel and Ocean City engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Robinson
Earle Robinson
Pearl
Eveland
Dawson Hubbard
Mr. Robinson
Earle Breeding Jr
George Wheatley
Edna Adams
Nina Lee Wheatley
Paul Horsey
W. Adams
Ocean City
Adams
Atlantic Hotel
Charles Fountain and Son
Pennsylvania
Thurman Fountain
Anna‘mae Clevenger
Orville Chaffinch
Philadelphia
F. W. Fountain
Charlie Johnson
American Corner
Minnie Adams
Wilmington
Saul
Dc. W. Adams
Cc. W. Adams
Local Social Notes From Goldsboro and Surrounding Areas
Mr John Sylvester plans store house remodel and paint to enhance appearance. Visitors include Mrs Wm Ogle and cons Elbert and Charles of Wilmington to Mrs Elbert Saunders. Mrs Morgan Hall and Norris guesting with Mr and Mrs Oscar Sparks near Church Hill. Miss Mildred Smith of Milford Del visits her parents. Mrs Buckholz and Betty Lou visit Mrs Alberta Schaube. Mrs John Sylvester returns from Wilmington and Philadelphia visit. Miss Madalyn Neese of Wilmington visits her sister. Mrs Virgie Cartwright visits Dover with her daughter. Mrs Matthews of Atlanta visits Mrs Fred Holden. Mrs Leslie Meredith of Ridgely stays with Mrs A D Quillen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sylvester
Wm. Ogle
Elbert
Charles
Wilmington
Elbert Saunders
Morgan Hall
Norris
Oscar Sparks
Church Hill
Mildred Smith
Milford
Del
Norman Smith
Buckholz
Betty Lou
Alberta Schaube
Philadelphia
Madalyn Neese
T. N. Jarrell
Virgie Cartwright
Irving Voshell
Dover
Matthews
Atlanta, Ga
Fred Holden
Leslie Meredith
Ridgely
A. D. Quillen
Greensboros social tide echoes through town and coast
Mr Elwood Bright of Hobbs returns home after a week with relatives in Philadelphia and Wilmington. Dozens of visitors from Wilmington Philadelphia Woodbury and Norfolk areas are noted at Rehoboth Beach and nearby towns with extended stays and corrections for last week. Many families entertain guests and host weekend visitors, with travel to Chincoteague Island Ocean City Md and Middletown Del.
Orphans Court In Caroline Approves Seese Estate Actions
The Orphans Court for Caroline County met May 24 1988 with Judges Towers Handy and Dennis present. Distribution account and releases filed in Ephraim Seese estate were approved and ordered recorded. The Washington College Scholarship was awarded to Jon Webster Smith of Federalsburg Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
Towers
Handy
Dennis
Ephraim Seese
Washington College
Jon Webster Smith
Federalsburg
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the Local Department
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
Nuttle Milling Company
Apt
Market St
6Th
Everngam
D. Ralph Horsey
Hardware
Chevrolet Car
P. O
Journal
Chevrolet
E. H. Hirs
M. A. Brackett
Market Street
Denton Journal
WFBR
Voice of the Sky
Bullock & White
Pural-Pep Gasoline
Tidene
B. C. Willis
Geo. E. Waters
Louis Welty
McCallum
Centreville
R. H. Riley
Sharp's Island
3Rd
4Th
West’s
Caroline County Poultry Association
Garland Lake
James M. Gwin
University of Maryland
Wade H. Rice
University
State
Calvert C. Merriken
Lewes-Cape May
Merriken
Chesapeake Bay
New England States
W. David Messer
Harmony
Bucks County
Adam and
Rachel Miller Messer
Elizabeth Messer
Thomas J. Lord
Alton Messer
Near Here
Frampton Undertaking Chapel
Caroline Circuit
State of
Maryland
F. N. Nichols
Bureau of Medical Economics
American Medical Association
Robert Hi. Riley
Department of Health
Eastern Shore State Hospital
William Earl Seeders
William Seeders
East New Market
Cambridge Hospital
Dorchester
Talbot
Preston Spicher
Greensboro
Norman Milligan
Hurlock
James Rowland Seeders
Concord Church
S. L. Hanby
Lincoln
Louis R. Dennis
Our County
Skinner
Louise Fleetwood
Ralph Thawley
Christian Holsinger
Benedictine
Phillip Lahr
Louis Brogley
Emory Kimmey
Milton S. Andrews
Elmer T. Orme
E. Paul Knotts
William F. Wolf
William Nuttle
J. DeWeese Carter
J. Virgil Moore
Lawrence Lynch
By-Kota Club
The
Eastern Shore Society
Caroline P. Redden
Percy Dunning
Harry Nuttle
Frank Nuttle
John Emerson
J. Redden
Francis J. Hensel
Walter Syl‘vester
Joe Beck
Leland ‘Short
J. Owen Knotts
Wesley Thawley
J. Lester Everngain
Edna Shipman
Mary Hobbe
Beardsley Milk Company
J. Henry Kern
William Cropp
Louise Dukes
William Garey
Mellits
Centenia Theatre
Gertrude E. Wheatley
Melvin E. Wheatley
Andrew G. Wilson
William K. Wilson
Elkton M. E
Epworth
Eliza Crossland
Claymont
Ellen Montgomery
Alice Sheldon
Fairview Farm
Wheatley
Snyder Barksdale Penick
Montclair
Margaret Henry Penick
Phillip Everngain Nuttle
Frank L. R. Nuttle
Penick
Hollins College
Virginia
Boston Conservatory of Music
Nuttle
Johns Hopkins University
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
New Jersey
Orange Lawn Tennis Club
Norman A. Leese Jr
Brethren
Camp Peniel
Thurmont
Norman
Lyman Seese
Warren Seese
Bobby Bowman
John White
Jennie Crane
Milo Crane
Myron Hoyt
A. R. Neal
Irvin Lyons
Mollie Gootee
Easton Hospital
Harry G. Bartlett
James W. Garton
Harold Campbell
Wm. A. Smith
Mark Smith
Roy C. Smith
Morgantown
W. Va
Smithson
Cowper
Tuckahoe
Henderson
Julia Cooper
Henry Cardeen Cooper
Odd ‘Fellows Cemetery
Camden
John and
Elizabeth Longfellow Cooper
T. A. Montague
Katherine and
Betky
Louise Jones
George ‘Montague
Wm. Palmer
White Crystal Beach
Hartford
John Pritchett
Earl Thompson
L. M. Jones
Winfred Gooden
Jimmy
W. E. Stubbs
Anna Hemp
Billy and
George
G. H. Wilson
Wallace Jones
Floyd Baker
John Meredith
Loren Pritchett
Billy
Norwood
George Baughley
Pete Korell
Silver Bickling
Marcus Hook
Carleton Gooden
W. E. Cartwright
Bellefonte
George Thompson Tapent
Edward Quillen
William Baughley
Olivia M. Coffin
Trenton
Edwin Dill
Near
Felton
Helen Melvin
Adams Cross Roads
Goldsboro
Elwood Bright
Harry F. Anthony
Franklin Kalinowski
Dorothy Andrews
William Smith
Anthony
Charles Standford
Layton
Ruth Dultry
Woodbury
John Mattson
John A. Mattson
U.S.S. Savannah
Betty Hunton
Trevose
Charlie Harrison
H. L. Cohee
Lena Lewis
Charles Rich
Mabel
Martha Bickling
Horace Case
Alan
Barbara
Effa Plummer
Connie
Betsy Taylor
Frank Steifel
Narbeth
Clarence Russell
James Russell
Steifel
Ruth McCrea
Edward and
Audrey Kreisel
Mason McCrea
Boothwyn
Earl Deaner
Alvin Tribbitt
Gilbert Kenton
Linwood
Frank Walker
San Diego
Cal
Arthur Cahal
W. H. Walsh
Wm. E. Kerns
Norfolk
Joseph Greene
George Kibler
Dayton
Charlotte Moore
Ernestine Carroll
Margaret Weaver
Edward Nichols
Davis Bishop
Grace Wooters
Alan Curry
James Curry Jr
Alfred Blackburn
Anna Jane
Louise Price
William Price
Paul Morris
Durham
N. C
L. W. Taylor
Eleanor
Harry Comegys
Ida Clark
Dorothy Swann
Georgia Swann
Lizzie Starkey
Chester
Earl Downs
Mary Louise Bennett
Oscar Wyatt
Clayton Porter and Sons
A. W. Brumbaugh
Bridge
Betty Spiering
Near Town
Rose Trib
Carrie Dobson
NPAT
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