Local News Roundup From Denton and Vicinity
Reports from Denton include camp openings near Pentecostal Grove and Shiloh camp attendance, harvests in Caroline County, and a call for teachers examinations on August 14 and 15. Other items cover farm prices, Boy Scout organization plans, typhoid and scarlet fever cases, a Peace Meeting anniversary, and a remarkable wheat yield by May Wright totaling 1900 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Pentecostal Grove
A. H. Covey
Chestertown
Shiloh
Dorchester
Ritchie
Georgetown
Kent County
Jopp
F. T. Roe, Miller
M. P. Church
Nuttle Milling Co
Andrew
Harry Howell
House of Correction
Preston
Sharptown
Cambridge
Williams
Baltimore
Timonium
Caroline County
Henderson
Federalsburg
Greensboro
W. G Bradford
Eastern Shore
Delaware
Seaford
Reliance Road
Marydel.Goldsboro
T. Alan Goldsborough
Maryland
Court House Green
Tao
Ridgely Club
Delmar Railroad
Eastern Shore League
L. B. Edge
Norfolk
H. T. Spence
Bridgeville
Pentecostal Holiness Church
P. H. Church
Walnut Street
Del
Frank Hobbs
Heck Warner
Franklin Boyce
James Temple
Quality Ice Cream Co
May Wright
John N. Wright
Pretty Collingswood wedding and social notes
A long social roundup from Denton and nearby towns details a graceful wedding at Collingswood. Miss Maud Lillian Butler wed Thomas Russell Clevenger with Rev. Winfield Booth officiating amid ferns and flowers. Guests and relatives, a reception, and plans for a New York Niagara Falls trip follow, plus widespread notices of visits, birthdays, and travels among local families and Camp Fire groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Lillian Butler
Daniel E. Glenn
Haddon Avenue
Collingswood
N. J
Goldy Butler
Caroline County
Thomas Russell Clevenger
Winfield Booth
Helen C. Glenn
Haddonfield
George Mulle
Helen Hurff
Clevenger
New York
Niagara Falls
Rehoboth
Mary Emily Walls
Katherine Thawley
Esther Raleigh
Bernice Wooters
Mary Nuttle
Margaret Allaband
Edwina Nichols
Margaret Wasterfield
Harry W. Temple
Philadelphia
Denton
Temple
Strawbridge & Clothier Organization
Esther Kauffman
Social visits light up towns across the region
A series of visitors and family gatherings are noted throughout the week. Mr Fletcher Wharton and wife from Owings Mills visited his mother. Miss Neryva Wharton and Mrs Ray Seaman added a few days’ stay. Several guests from Buffalo Wilmington and Virginia were hosted by local families, with health issues and travel plans mentioned for a number of residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Wharton
Owing’s
Neryva Wharton
Ray Seaman
Ella Laufiland
Hazel Hastings
Buffalo
W. J. Murphy
A. B. Sapp
Remington
Walter Sapp
Clifford Cortelyou
Rehoboth
Robert Jarrell
Clark Smith
Lillie Brown
Greensboro
Oscar Jones
Myra Cordury
Wilmington
FE. J. Saunders
Frank Lane
Fannie Craig
Wyoming
Alfred Dennison
Samuel Harrington
Felton
Frank Smith
Alice Shively
Essel Craig
Ridgely
Evira Shockley
Rowe
Magnolia
Neese
Noble Jar
Local visits and travels of Hillsboro residents
Hillsboro notes show Captain A D Branford spending Friday night with daughter Mrs G L Wilson, George Wilson returning to Baltimore. Ida Mason and daughter Helen sail for Virginia after visiting. Frank Fleming hosts at home. Others travel to Gettysburg Western Shore, Western Maryland, Virginia and Washington with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Branford
G. L. Wilson
George Wilson
Baltimore
Ida Mason
Helen
Virginia
Frank Fleming
Francis Lee
Decatur Heights
Mary Cooper
William
Gettysburg
Ellwood Fleming
Maryland
H. W. B. Rowe
T. Noble Jarrell
Galdsboro
Isabelle Connally
Easton
Gladys Gale
Ion
Camp Davenport
Sadie Wathers
Washington
Edna Fleming
Govanstown
Alda Sneed
Philadelphia
Louise Fleming
Rehkabath
Local Social Notes Highlight Wilmington Visitors and Road Progress
Mrs John Cooper of Wilmington and Mr and Mrs William Goodwin plus children from Chester were guests of Mr and Mrs W H Goodwin. Our State road under construction shows rapid progress with 800 feet of concrete laid in a single day. Visitors include Mrs Roscoe Taylor and children Katharine and Donald with Mr and Mrs F B Sweeney, and Mr Clarence Pritchett of Wilmington visiting his parents. Mrs Mabel Steele from Philadelphia, Mr Harry Reed of Wilmington visiting his parents, and others from town are noted. Mrs Emma C Newlee returns home after visiting Hillsboro. Mr Charles Griffith of Marcus Hook spent the weekend with family. Mr Edward Coffin of Middletown visited nearby relatives, and Mr Alfred Melvin of Wilmington was in town Sunday. Mrs Harry Gough, recently ill, shows slow improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Lord Fisher
New York
Frank H. Aumack
East Orange
N. J
Eva Wright
Federalsburg
Millersville, Pa
Olivia Coffin
Marietta Anthony
William Lee
Annetta R
A. L. Dunham
Harvey M. Porter
Esther Dunham
A L Dunham
Baltimore
Thomas R. Green
Long Island
Walter Semlow
G. H. Rue
Rehoboth
Jennie Tubbs
Arbutus
David H
Homer Rice
Atlantic City
T. P. Towers
Howard Legates
Ton, Howard
Wilmington
John Statum
J. I van
E. Melvin Hershey
Lancaster
L. S. Kauffman
Edith G. Norman
Zella Glidden
Mays Landing
T. Dukes Roe
Lacey Stevens
ES. Henszey
Mae Kelly
Philadelphia
Myrtle
Elizabeth Neighbors
Eva W. Dennis
Hurlock
Seaford
W. H. Anderson
Ocean City
J. C. Callier and Son
Portsmouth
M. E. Wilson
Clinton T. Wyatt
Laurel
Denton
Calvert C, Merriken
Little Son
Harrington
J. H. Death
Glassboro
N.J
C. 5
Kauffman
Roscoe Taylor
Katherine
Donald
F. B. Sweeney
Clarence Pritchett
John Pritchett
Mabel Steele
L. A. Gooden
Harry Reed
George Reed
Emma C. Newlee
Hillsboro
Charles Griffith
Marcus Hook
Edward Coffin
Middletown
Alfred Melvin
Harry Gough
Melvin Wheatley
Alice Bennington
Inlaw
Emma Bennington
Delta
Walter Bennington
Melvin
Chincoteague
Sharpley
T. C. Cahalt
Alice Wilson
Pennsylvania
Miss Wilson
Josephine Cabhall
Josephine
Emma Barnes
Catherine Barnes
Emma
T. L. Day
Trappe
Mrs. Day
James Cahall
Norman Cahall
Queen Anne
Mary E. Morris
Howard Porter
J. G. Harris
Margaret
Mary
Jean
C. P. Madara
Dorothy
Frank
Altoona
Madara
Roger Ringcold
Herbert Hammond
Callahan
Brown Elliott
Herbert Lane
Bay Shore
Edward Roe
Central Avenue
Fourth Street
McElwain
Haymaker
Eddystone
Paul Holsinger
Lee Mitchell
John Holsinger
Pottstown
Mitchell
Holsinger
E. G. Poole
J. Anderson Frazier
Elizabeth
Hon
Annie Hevalow
Samuel Thomas
Wesley Collegiate Institute
Dover
Methodist Church
Lucille Hammond
Elwood Dietenderter
Stella Deifenderfer
Samuel Troxell
The
Reformed Church
L. M. Goodwin
Schenectady
J. T. Saulsbury
California
Carnival Committee
Ernest Jones
Weaver
Beatrice Bower
Claiborne
Dudley Price
Chester
Sam Price
T. A. Smith
Norman Smith
West Virginia
Grace Dyer
J. W. Sullivan
Leroy Sard
Ida Dyer
James Lane
Ada Matthews
Charles Cannon
Ruthsbury
Harvey Reininger
Notable Residents Gather at Colonial Inn This Week
Williston Chipman of Laurel and Mrs May Allen of Washington along with Mr and Mrs John R Ricards and Mrs Jane Chaffinch of Hobbs registered at Colonial Inn this week. Mrs Elmer E Wheeler and son William Uhler of Baltimore and Mrs H Earle Smith of Denton spent last week with Mrs William D Uhler. Isabel Adams visited grandparents Mr and Mrs William T Adams at Colonial Inn. Mr and Mrs McNeal of Crisfield visited the Wrights on Sunday. Mr F Depew is home after two weeks with his mother in New York, Mr E B Maloney is able to be around again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chipman
Laurel
Del
May Allen
Washington, D. C
John R. Ricards
Jane Chaffinch
Hobbs
Colonial Inn
Elmer E. Wheeler
William Uhler
Baltimore
H. Earle Smith
Denton
William D. Uhler
Isabel Adams
William T. Adams
Colonial Inc
Mrs. McNeal
Crisfield
W. S. Wright
F. Depew
New York
E.B. Maloney
Twentieth Century Club Enjoys Reed Work Lessons
The Twentieth Century Community Club met on the 18th at Mrs. Orland Wright's home for an enjoyable and profitable session. Miss Kelloge and Miss Spicher led reed work lessons, with members proudly finishing pieces. The next meeting is set for August 1 at Mrs. C Blades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orland Wright
Miss Kelloge
Ridgely News Letter social and local notices
The Ridgely News Letter recounts visits and trips of residents to Chincoteague Wilmington Smyrna and Tolchester. It notes illness and recoveries, church events, a carnival profit tally, and community movements including resignations and trips to Philadelphia and Baltimore. Notable names include Melvin Wheatley Alice Bennington Sharpley Cahall Cahall Day and Bonafide local families.
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Picnics
Mrs Maggie Hollingsworth hosts at Centreville while Mrs Elijah Deen visits in Queen Anne. Visitors include Mrs William Sparks and Mrs Ray MacGibbon. Families travel to Baltimore and Wilmington. Reformed Church picnic at Tolchester. Topkis Brothers factory closed briefly. Numerous Ridgely residents travel to Tolchester. Local fairs, hospital returns, and small repairs noted. Apples sold cheap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Maggie Hollingsworth
Centreville
Elijah Deen
Queen Anne
William Sparks
Ray MacGibbon
Harry Gibson
Delmar
Frank Long
Baltimore
Mary Pyle
Wilmington
Ed Morris
the Reformed Church
Tolchester
A. W. Thompson
Topkis Brothers
Andrew Mitchell
First Avenue
Grace Dyer
Chestertown
Joseph Corone
Harrington
I. E. Mason
Albert White
Mary Madara
Lew Lane
Philadelphia
Samuel Bear
Rehoboth
John Kemp
Local notices and visits in Laurel and surrounding towns
Dr James Hoskins Ward of Laurel Delaware visited town Tuesday planning permanent residence in his native state. A miscellaneous shower for Mr and Mrs Aldin Reed was hosted by Mrs J S Raymond with many Delaware and Maryland friends. Lillian Starkey of Cleveland visits her father Isaac Starkey. Prof Wheatley and family from Easton with Miss Betty Merriken stayed with M Merriken. Several locals travel to Harrington Fair and to Oxford. Christian Endeavor Society to resume in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hoskins Ward
Laurel
Del
Delaware
Aldin Reed
J. S. Raymond
Maryland
Reed
Lillian Starkey
Cleveland, O
Isaac Starkey
Messrs
Farland Roland Starkey
Atlantic City
Prof. Wheatley
Easton
Betty Merriken
Baltimore
B. B. Allen
Washington
J. R. Richards
James Willoughby
Easton Hospital
C. S. Larrimore
Oxford
E. M. Willey
Philadelphia
B. B. Cohee
Rehoboth
Sunday School Picnic Plans At St Pauls Queen Anne
Queen Anne notes announce St Pauls Sunday School plans for a picnic with dates and locations to be revealed. Superintendent Henry Morgan leads teachers and officers to ensure a joyful event for the rising generation amid visits from residents and guests including Dudley Barnett and Mrs Keplar Barnett.
Thanks for support during our baby's funeral
We express sincere gratitude to friends relatives and neighbors who assisted us during the death and funeral of our dear baby Fred E Janes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Janes
Garey Case Compromised Leaves for St Johns President
A War Department compromise grants Major Enoch B. Garey leave from active duty beginning August 1 until he assumes duties at St. John’s College, offsetting General Muir’s earlier denial. Garey remains on duty at Camp Meade until then, while the college resumes September 19. The case involved Weeks and Acting Secretary Davis amid ongoing college reorganization and appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Weeks
Enoch B. Garey
St. John’s College
Weeks
Garey
St. John's
Charles H. Muir
Third Corps
Army
General Muir
Secretary of War
Iam
Camp Meade
Muir
Adjutant
Washington
War Department
St. John’s
Annapolis
Friends of the College
New England
Davis
Child Health Demonstration aims for healthier communities
Fargo North Dakota hosts the first site for the Commonwealth Fund Child Health Demonstration led by Dr S J Crumbine. The program funds up to forty thousand dollars yearly for five years to reduce infant mortality and boost child health through maternal care, birth safeguards, school health, milk safety, and safe living conditions with community guidance from physicians teachers and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
S. J. Crumbine
Commonwealth Fund
American Child Health Association
Mason-Dixon Line
Fargo
North Dakota
Caroline County
J. R. Downes
Democratic State Central Committee Meeting Notice
The Democratic State Central Committee will meet at the Hotel Bennett in Baltimore on Wednesday, August 1st, at 8 p.m. The notice outlines the upcoming gathering and location for party affairs and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic State Central Committee
Bennett
Baltimore
Concord Camp Encampment Opens Under Rev Atkins Leaders
Concord Camp on the Penins ula enters a ten day session directed by Rev C H Atkins of Concord M E Church. Music director H H Moore with Miss Mabel McGinley and Miss Elizabeth Sylvester provide afternoon and evening song services as preaching roster lists many pastors and dates through August 12 with Newton Hastings as visiting boy preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Peninsula
C. H. Atkins
Concord Methodist Episcopal Church
H. H. Moore
Mabel McGinley
Elizabeth Sylvester
N. Pilchard
D. D
Edwin McDorman
George L. Hardesty
G. E. Sterling
W. N. Conaway
O. H. Connelly
G. H. Thomas
W. S. Grant
C. W. Clark
T. J. Lard
W. L. White
George White Dawson
W. ©. Bennett
O. E. Jones
R. P. Nichols
C. Nadal Jones
A. W. Betts
Newton Hastings
Boy Scout Movement Gains Momentum on the Shore
Major John W. Noble of Preston, president of the Boy Scout Council of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, says Caroline county Scouts will grow in the coming months. W. Goldsborough Bradford will lead as Scout Executive. the county organized in Denton in Sept 1922 with officers from Ridgely Denton Greensboro and Federalsburg including Swing Cooper Noble Goldsborough Temple Holt Stowell Anderson and Pastorfield. The Shore Council formation has energized Scouting across the Eastern Shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Noble
Preston
Boy Scout Council
Eastern Shore
Maryland
Caroline County
W. Goldsborough Bradford
John Mulford Swing
Ridgely
Ernest G. Cooper
Denton
FE. M. Noble
Greensboro
T. Alan Goldsborough
W. T. Temple
John S. Holt
Federalsburg
J. W. Stowell
Eugene Anderson
Maryland Housing Shortage Highlighted by Fire Loss Figures
The National Board of Fire Underwriters reports Maryland burned dwelling property worth 2,830,770 during 1917 to 1921, a per capita loss of 1.95. The country wide total fire loss for dwellings topped 321 million dollars. Major causes include defective chimneys, roof sparks, and faulty stoves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Orphans' Court Proceedings on Administrations and Appraisals
In Orphans Court Tuesday Judges West Harper and Shawn granted letters of administration on James Climer estate to Wesley E Thawley with bond approved. Notice to creditors ordered and appraisers named. Thawley filed inventory and order to sell. Owens executor of Tilghman Harvey filed account of sales. Schuyler administrators filed inventory and sales of personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
West, Harper and Shawn
James Climer
Wesley E. Thawley
T. Frank Seward
John A. Macintosh
Fred R. Owens
Tilghman Harvey
Robert H. Schuyler
Margaret E. Schuyler
Warning to Dog Owners in Caroline County
Sheriff William C. Andrew warns dog owners that dog license taxes were due July 1 and failure to license by August 1 will lead to arrest and fines. He will vigorously enforce the law, having spent days in districts to aid licensing, with applications possible by mail to the Sheriff or in person at his Denton residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
William C. Andrew
Andrew
Denton
Governor Ritchie seeks pause on MD DE and VA Railway sale
Governor Ritchie wrote to Samuel Rea of the Pennsylvania Railroad asking that the Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway foreclosure not be settled until Maryland authorities can conduct a full investigation. He notes the railroad crosses Maryland and Delaware and serves Baltimore and western Maryland, and mentions a plan to abandon some trackage and focus traffic to a line ending at Lavapoint. He calls for an open minded, thorough study by traffic experts to determine the best course, warning public goodwill could be harmed if a quick acquisition proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchie
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
Rea
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad
Baltimore
Public Service Commission of
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Lave Point
Chesapeake Bay
Obituary for Alfred H. Ross Near Here in Delaware
Alfred H. Ross died at his home on Friday morning at 6 o clock from tubercular peritonitis after a flu illness. He was about 62, the youngest of many children, a prosperous farmer and M E Church member who supervised the Sunday School. Survived by widow Miss Stevens and two daughters, funeral at Wesley M E Church conducted by Revs. Wright and Conaway, burial in Wesley Cemetery. Also notes on a infant death, local visits, and various relatives and travelers visiting or returning from trips and hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Ross
Here
Mr. Ross
Reuben Ross
M. E. Church
Ross
Delaware
Stevens
Clark Smith
Goldsboro
Philip Cheezum
Near Here
Wesley M. E. Church
W. H. Wright
WN. Conaway
Denton
Wesley Cemetery
Fred Jones
Concord M. E
James Holt
Vernon Holt
Wissi
Lane
Marcus Hack
Samuel Baxter
Lewis Slaughter
Clinton Neal
Alva Griffith
Chester
Willinington
Charlie Collison
Easton Hospital
Pedigrew
Jean
Long Island
New York
Edinburg Honor for Janson Family Rewards and Changes
Mr and Mrs John Janson received a Ford sedan and an expensive gold watch from Mr C C Ryan owner of Price s cannery as rewards for faithful service. John Janson was named driver of the Edinburg school wagon for the coming year after a faultless previous term. Mrs Ethel Thompson and infant daughter of Wilmington visit local relatives as Mr and Mrs Faulkner host. John L Faulkner is seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Janson
C. C. Ryan
Price
Cannery
Janson
Ryan
Edinburg
Marydel
Ethel Thompson
Wilmington
W. N. Faulkner
C.C. Ryan
Cook
Chue
Walragen to Sell Farm Stock at Ingleside Date Set
E R Walragen will sell valuable farm stock at Ingleside on August 8. Subscribe for the Journal and get all the county news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Walragen
Ingleside
Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Cooper
William Goodwin
W. H. Goodwin
Williston
Ridgely News
St. Paul's
Henry Morgan
Dudley Barnett
Little Dudley
Keplar Barnett
Barnett
Harry Clark
E. S. Bowens
Harris Chapel
Algie Snead
Richard Snead
Keats
Nancy
Howard Sewell
Sewell
Howard Flowers
Annie Hook
Western Shore
Dorothy Jump
Jacobs
Howard Culver
Pauline Callaway
Eloise Trice
New St. John’s
Boy Scout Movement
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Read
Burrsville
W. L. Jump
Chica
Charles Cahall