Twenty Five Years Ago This Week Denton Notes
Local items from Denton era report a standout wheat field near Denton, high school graduation at the Chautauqua tent, pease cannery activity, obituaries for Mrs. Mary Andrew and Mrs. Annie Meluney, and various community updates including military notices, engagements, and local deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer. Edward Wyatt
Denton
Caroline High School
Mary Andrew
Elisha Andrew
J. R. Andrew
M. E. Wheatley
Concord Cemetery
Elizabeth Flaharty
Walter Howard
W. M. Willey
William
John Andrew
Annie Meluney
William Meluney
Kansas
Anderson
Cortez
Col
Ella Cofield
Alva
Olda
Meluney
Andrew
Ezekiel Willis
Ella Co- Held
William Melaney
California
Caroline
Baltimore Sun
Oy Bradley
J. H. Summerfield
Dentan Corps
France
Frank L. Smith
313 Infantry
Camp Meade
J. H. Emerson
310Th Field Artillery
J. R. Downes
Government Hospital Service
New York
L. R. Dukes
Camp McMean
E. Lynne Stevens
Maryland
117Th Trench Mortar
Luther Short
Miressrs E. Lauisbury Garey
Benjamin I. Johnson
Lewis T. McNeal
Harry C. Saunders
James T. Heather
Raymond E. Evans
Cannp Meade
A. A. Humphrey’s
Thomas W. Jones
Aimee
Richard Benson Sparks
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ridgely
G. Arthur Fisher
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Grant DeWitt
Elizabeth Cooper
Goldsboro
Leon Stein
Laurel
Del
Stein
A. G. Fleetwood
R. D. Mellard
Charleston
S. C
George W. Price
Mary J. Fisher
Cornell
Maryland Farmers Get AAA Aid And Machinery Updates
Maryland farmers with 1913 farm plans must sign and return county committee forms by July 1 to receive special AAA payments for Irish potatoes and truck crops. The state aims for 24 600 acres of potatoes this year with a very good crop condition despite a ten day delay. A 50 cent per bushel potato payment and 50 per acre for truck crops are offered, tied to each farmer’s war crop goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Agricultural Conservation Committees
Maryland
Slats Diary by Oliver N Warren Sunday Diary Entry
Slats records a church offering with a Jew and Sketchmen contributing odd amounts. A teacher explains gravity as the reason people stay on earth, prompting a light mockery. He notes a difficult bed and schools a dull classmate. The page continues with a dance night involving Jane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandrumer
Somenney
Brethern
Tire Ration Report for Week of May 24 1943
A detailed tire ration list shows tires tubes and recaps allocated to various distributors and individuals in Fed burg Preston Ridgely Denton Greensboro and Henderson for the week ending May 24 1943. Entries include quantities assigned to R C Dew Fed burg H H Rieck Preston Clayton S Collins Frank Kibler and others with several large allocations to James Fisher John Coulbourne Geo M Collier Norman W Wiley and William H Fountain among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Dew
Fed’burg
Henderson
John J. McMahan
Preston
Wilton J. Moore
Clarence Phillips
F. Ross Simons
Ridgely
Jas. T. Spicer
Fed’bore
Norman W. Wiley
Wm. R. Bailey
Fed’bure
Fred Blades
Choplank
Addie Boston
Denton
J. Brogley
Greensboro
James Black
Fedbure
Phillip N. Brown
Roger L. Brubaker
Charles Brummel
Chas. Wl Butler
Fe Vvburg
Anna J. Conner
Carlton T. Cooper
Jas. H. Darling
Wim Ro Dger
Greersboro
William Eure
Fed'burg
Henrietta Frey
Marcie D. Fisher
H. Fountain
Lawrence K. Tall
IL. Johnson
Alden D. Lane
Hillsboro
Local names listed in community directory snippet
A fragment lists individuals with affiliations and places including W. B. Merrick Rhodesdale J. D. Murphy Preston W. V. McCrea R. Hursey Porter Evelyn Ring Steve Seiler Nerman Steenken Preston George Steward Norman Usilton Joshua Wright E. W. Wrightson Randolph Wroten Samuel L. Young Wim Zahniser William Walkley and others in Fed'burg Greensboro Denton Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Merrick
Rhodesdale
J. D. Murphy
Preston
W. V. McCrea
Fed’burg
R. Hursey Porter
Greensboro
Evelyn Ring
Steve Seiler
Nerman Steenken
George Steward
Norman Usilton
Joshua Wright
Denton
E. W. Wrightson
Preston Randolph Wroten
Samuel L. Young
Wim. Zahniser
William Walkley
Card of Thanks for Father’s Illness and Death
The Meredith family expresses sincere thanks for sympathy shown by friends and neighbors during the illness and passing of their father. They acknowledge the kind thoughts, flowers, and cards received. Signed by Mr. Lacy Meredith and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lacy Meredith
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. E. Brumbaugh
Philadelphia
Vernon Brumbaugh
Washington
John E. Haymond Sr
Hickman
Caroline County
Wesley M. E. Church
Burrsville
John Rosser
Federalsburg
John W. Pitcher
Samuel Chambers
Lewes
LeRoy
Chester Haymond
Trenton
N. d
J. Edward
Homer
Harlan
Naomi
Lola Haymond
Tickman
Ridgely Weigh School
P. W. Zimmerman
Maryland Agricultural College
Public Athletic League
Homewood Field
Dallas Blades
Stevens Brown
Earl Otto
Ralph Hughes
Park Newcomer
Richard Merriken
Tris Clark
Frederick Norris
Clarence Pentz
Laxman Redden
Melvin Wheedleton
Gerald Brownell
DeWeese Carter
Llnch Clark
J. Bernard Klein
Douglas Fooks
J. Malcolm Bye
H. I. Pickering
Eugene Scott
John Spence
Burton Proctor Jr
Alton McDaniel
Lee W. Noble
John Williams
Glandell Calloway
Ernest Griffith
W. Wagner
J. Sherman Neal
Albert Jones
Bateman Draper
Donald Davis
Leroy Smeak
Jane
Jake
Blisters
Crick
Usda War Board
Joseph H. Blandford
Maryland Agricultural Adjustment Agency
L. C. Burns
State
AAA Committee
AAA
Allegany
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
F.o.b
College Park
Joseph T. Blandford
Maryland Acrioktural A Distment Agency
Chatman
Blandford
Farm Machinery — Rationing Committee
United States Department of Agriculture War Board
War Production Board
Oliver N. Warren
Stafford’s Food Market
Butler’s Barber Shop
Slaughter’s Barber Shop
Golden College
Wilmington
ST. AF Tatnall
Goodsyear Sure-Grips
Goodyear
Earl M. Crouse
Tire Ration Report
Acme Coffee
Amer PN
Joyce and
Janet Kern
Marshall’s
Denton, MD
Moore
Denton, Maryland
the Peoples Bank of
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