Chautauqua and county updates noted in Tidewater area
Local department reports wheat at 51.00 and corn, harvest due around June 6. Rain showers occur, with high egg prices noted. County health board presidency and upcoming Chautauqua audiences are highlighted, along with land sales, property ads, and local business notices. Fire at George L. Bartlett’s mill causes $30,000 loss. road construction and farm labor issues noted. Memorial Day observed with bank closures and Junior Mechanics cemetery visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Jackson
County Health Board
Kent Island
Charles B. Harrison
Caroline County
John W. D. Jump
Frazer's Neck
L. B. Towers
Denton
West Denton
P. R. Fisher
Annie M. Emerson
William K. Scotton
Centreville Ball Club
Dentonians
W. H. Jopp
Jopp
George W. Morris
John H., Emerson
George L. Bartlett
Easton
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Farmers and Merchants Telephone Company
Holt Construction Company
E. Finley Clark
Clyde A. Pentz
Isaiah R. Clark
Harvey L. Cooper
Caroline
Chapel
Wye Mills
Cole
Denton Fire Company
Sys
Queen Anne's
Walter T. Wright
Easton Star-Democrat
MacLee Duko
Talbot County
Wesley Breeding
Ridgely
Messrs
J. G. Gantt
J. R. Garr
H. Alg
Federalsburg
Chesapeake Company
Two Johns
Nuptial Notes From Henderson Area Weddings
A pretty wedding was held at the home of Mr and Mrs L M Jones in Henderson on Wednesday evening when their daughter Miss Helen Marie wed Mr J Edgar Walls. The ceremony was by Rev W N Conaway with Lohengrin played by Gertrude Lamb of Goldsboro. Guests included relatives from Goldsboro and Henderson and the couple will reside on a farm west of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Jones
Henderson
Helen Marie
J. Edgar Walls
W. N. Walls
W. N. Conaway
M. E. Church
Gertrude Lamb
Goldsboro
Bessyeld, Butler
Gertrude M.lamb
John T. Milby
Elijah Smith
Isabel Carrow
Anna Jones
Effie
Elsie Walls
Wiss Caroline Burnite
Cleveland
Ohio
James H. Holmes
Caroline County
Denton
Emory Burnite
Miss Burnite
Cleveland Public Library
Labrador
Grenfel
Sherman Hignutt
Louise Doerr
Williston Church
J. E. Smith
Commodore
Henry Doerr
Otis M. Hignatt
Coples National Bank
Walter C. Myers
Clayton
Laura V. Stafford
Dover
Robert H. Stafford
Burrsville
M. P. Parsonage
Baltimore
Washington
R. Henry Stafford
Isaac Quillen
Muriel and
Isaac, Jr
Tuckahoe Neck
Quillen
Mary McMichael
Wyoming
Marcus H. Smith
Jjames Temple
Lyric
M. Duke Smith
Maryland University
Thomas G. Hanley
Berlin
Mary James
William Ross Stevens
Wilmington
Del
James Woodall Green
Thomas R. Green
Law
Springfield Hospital
J. Clement Clark
W. D. Mode
C. S. York, Jr
Louis Cole
S. F. Cole
Robert Morris
California
East
George W. Morris
University of Maryland
Reyner Dukes
Isaac L. Dukes
Fir Leander C. Wheat
Carrie E. Griffith
C. M. Cullum
Rebecca Birdsall
Hannah Thomas
Purcellville
C. H. Willis
T. Clayton Horsey
Charles W. Hobbs
Easton
Harriett Ranch
Shamokin
H. A. G. Westerfield
John H. Coulbourn
Philadelphia
Hill Mercer
J. W. Kerr
Burchard
Harvey L. Cooper
Kathryn Downes
Millington
John T. Carter
Community circle notes and visiting guests in Burrsville
Mr and Mrs Thomas Bivens and Mildred return to Camden after visiting Mr and Mrs C N Fountain with Miss Pearl Satterfield. Master Robert Ireland, fatally hurt, arrives home with his mother. Locals improving from throat troubles include Mr John Parris and Misses Anna Bough ley Sadie Garrett Elizabeth mass casualty event and Robert Garrett. Burrsville graduates Wesley E Thawley noted as a popular local. Osborne Harvey family from Philadelphia visiting, Mrs Harvey Fleetwood and son, Mrs T Wilton Porter and daughter visiting S L Young. School picnic closes the week. Lyman Porter from University of Maryland visits parents. Miss Bessie Cahall returns to Philadelphia. Phil Cheezum visits Wilmington and returns home. Mrs J mass casualty event and Mrs Win Baker convalescing. Master Thomas R Clancy of Brooklyn visiting RB Wesley Ross family. Mr E B Baughley and Burton visit Dover parents. Miss Bertha Baker visits Starrington, Elma Jacobs with Baltimore friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bivens
Mildred
C. N. Fountain
Camden
N. J
Pearl Satterfield
Miss Bivens
Robert Ireland
S. E. Ireland
W.W. Goldsborough
John Parris
Anna Boughley
Sadie Garrett
Elizabeth Slaughter
Robert Garrett
Wesley E. Thawley
Caroline High School
Burrsville
Osborne Harvey
Philadelphia
Arlie Harvey
Harvey Fleetwood
T. Wilton Porter
S. L. Young
Federalsburg
Lyman Porter
University of Maryland, Baltimore
F. A. Porter
Bessie Cahall
Mollie Cahall
Phil. Cheezum
James Stafford
Wilmington
J. Slaughter
Win. Baker
Thomas R. Clancy
Brooklyn
RB. Wesley Ross
E. B. Baughley
Burton
Dover
Bertha Baker
Starrington
Elma Jacobs
Baltimore
Local residents share weekend visits and events
Mr P Wilson Parvis of Wilmington spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs P C Parvis. Several youths attended a Hartley children's meeting Sunday evening. R C Moore of Philadelphia visited his mother Mrs F D Sweeney over Sunday. School closed Friday and a community picnic was held. Lawrence Cahall of Pittsburg visited Mrs S Raymond. Ladies Aid met at Mrs D M Gooden's home. Miss Fannie Saulsbury of Queen Anne visited local friends. Master James Johnson suffers erysipelas from a mosquito bite. Mrs R H Dill visited daughter Mrs T C Pritchett in Easton. Dr M D Smith of Denton spent Saturday here. Alda Montague spent Sunday in Washington. J O Pippin, recently ill, is improving. Miss Edith Goodwin spends the week in Kenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Wilson Parvis
Wilmington
P. C. Parvis
Hartley
R. C. Moore
Philadelphia
F. D. Sweeney
Lawrence Cahall
Pittsburg
S. Raymond
Ladies’ Aid
D. M. Gooden
Fannie Saulsbury
Queen Anne
James Johnson
R. H. Dill
T. C. Pritchett
Easton
M. D. Smith
Denton
Alda Montague
Washington, D. C
J. O. Pippin
Edith Goodwin
Kenton
J. Owen Knotts
Ridgely
University of Maryland Law Department
Maryland
Knotts
Dentom
Burt Richards
State
Greensboro
M. E. Church
Friscoe
Baptist Church
Arthur Raleigh
Brumbaugh
Alice Brumbaugh
Juniata College
Reformed Church
A. M. Rahn
Lula Hevalow
Easton Hospital
Hoffman
Maurice Dragoo
Lula Bartlett
Queenstown
Dragoo
Emily Faulkner
Near Tuckahoe
Ladies of the Reformed Church
Perry and Smith
Choptank
Oxford
M. H. Reese
Harrington
Eugene Lynch
Downes
Irene Neff
J. FE. Merriken
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Henry Becker
Brooklyn
N. Y
S. F. Jopp
Willis
W. H. Lord
Chaffinch
I. T. Nuttle
Andersontown
T. H
J. F. Todd
Federalsburg
S. A. Smith
Chaffinch and
Ricards
T. Melaney
Near Hickman
J. E. Adams
H. H. Carroll
L. Carroll
Pocomoke Circuit
Hobbs Manufacturing Company
Cullum
Denton M. P
Oaks
Ethel Paisley
Cathell Ward
J. R. Ricards
Leonard Murphy
Delaware
Fred Murphy
Clarence Russell
G. H. Russell
J. W. Morgan
Jas. F E. Curry
J. C. Longfellow
George Russell
Dover
Mary Jackson
Edgar Anderson
Bridgeville
Terman Gruwell
J. N. Dill
A. O. Saulsbury
Bertha Jackson
Addie Jarrell
R. Wallace Coursey
Des Moines
Henry P. File
F. P. Roe
Cookman Orrell
Centreville
Walter Roe
Martha Jackson
E. H. Roe
Seaford
J. E. Willis
F. Q. Richards
W. P. Manlove
Milton Roe
Horsey Russell
Templeville Social News Highlights and Visits
The piece notes last week's rain aiding farmers and flowers with hopes for more. It lists local residents returning home from Wyoming Delaware and work, visits by Misses Ethyl Richards Helen Heather and Edith Goodwin, Mr Ed Hardesty Jr from Philadelphia, and gatherings over holidays. It also mentions children's services at Marydel and Hartley, weekend visits by C W Honey and Kenton residents, and appearances by Mr and Mrs George Davis and Mr and Mrs John Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Templeville
Florence Faulkner
Wyoming
Del
Ethyl! Richards
Helen Heather
Edith Goodwin
Kenton
Ed Hardesty, Jr
Philadelphia
Tyson Heather
Marydel
Margaret
Ethel Sparks
Hartley
C. W. Honey
George Davis
John Davis
Blades Family Attends Naval Academy Graduation Week
Chopstank families travel to Annapolis for the June commencement as Lawrence J. K. Blades joins the Naval Academy graduates. Bertha Blades returns from Winston-Salem for summer at home with her parents. Captain Frank Carroll updates his house exterior with paint. Tracy Stafford of Baltimore visits his mother L. P. Stafford. Local attendance at Decoration Day in Easton. Hazel Waldron visits sister Bethlehom area. Olin Willey family from Cambridge visits Mrs. T. S. Price. Lily Rumbald of Baltimore visits town friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Blades
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Lawrence J. K. Blades
Bertha Blades
Winston-Salem
N.C
Frank Carroll
Tracy Stafford
Baltimore
L. P. Stafford
Easton
Hazel Waldron
Scott Waddell
Bethlehem
Olin Willey
Cambridge
T. 8. Price
Lily Rumbald
Ridgely News Column Pleased by Berry Harvest and Local Events
Farmers celebrate good berry prices as Ridgely fruit trade thrives. A Ridgely second team fell 4 to 3 to the first team while plans for games with Queen Anne and Milford are arranged. Community notices cover school readings, Young People’s Temperance Union meetings, decorations, and upcoming entertainments by Col Booker and Taney Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Startley
Ridgely
Queen Anne
Milford
Vergie Reiminger
Blanch Laird
Caroline Service
Helen Haysmaker
William Davis
Edward Persaul
Ernest Smith
Esther Shaw
Dorothy Haymaker
Margaret Swing
The
Christian Temperance Union
Ridgely Fruit Exchange
W. W. Seward
J. K. Lynch
A. G. Saulsbury
Simon's Hall
Tom Booker
Taney Miller
Polk Miller
Glanville Downes
Boonsboro
Long’s
Simon’s Woods
Local notes recount visits and changes in work and weather
Detentions on the Delaware line delay passengers reaching Hobbs by Saturday’s early train. Visitors include Mrs. M E Turner, Mrs. L K Wilson and son C S Cullum from Washington. Workers report crops and scenery between New York and Washington. Drought ends with rain. strawberry crates suffer. Hobbs Manufacturing expands. school picnic, birthdays, and local visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware Railroad
Greenwood
Hobbs
C. M. Cullum
M. E .Turner
L. K. Wilson
C. S. Cullum
Washington
Local notes on crops roads and town bonds
Mr N B Harper estimated the strawberry crop on high light lands cut about half though early season prospects were strong. Preston to Grove road about half finished with remaining work due in a month. With a taxable basis near 180 600 our town should handle bonds for improvements. Residents and visitors include Fooks Dennis Sisk Proctor families and several trips to Baltimore Vienna and Cambridge with gatherings at homes of Towers Andrews Hermansdorfer and Cooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Harper
Preston
Grove
N. HI. Fooks
J. T. Dennis
Col
A. W. Sisk
Burton Proctor
West Virginia
Nelson Proctor
Bessie Phillips
Vienna
Smithville Kitchen Shower for Robinsons
Young folks hosted a kitchen shower for Mr. and Mrs. William Robinson at their home on Saturday night with guests extending wishes for future happiness. Nearby families visited relatives over the weekend sharing greetings and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
William Robinson
Jr. B. Medford
Henderson
J. H. Spence
Clarence Atkinson
L. N. Alford
Queen Anne Tri County Society Meeting At Schoolhouse
The Tri County Literary Society met in the school-house Tuesday evening with strong attendance. Prof Huffington gave an interesting talk. Mrs Oscar Briscoe and Mrs D Fr Knotts were elected delegates to the Annual Missionary Convention in Alexandria this week. Mr and Mrs James Moore of Baltimore were guests of the Moore family. Mrs Norman Straughn spent the weekend in Philadelphia. A soda fountain is for sale. apply to F R Owens, attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne
Tri-County
Greensboro News Matters Local notices and travels unfold
Prof L S Pandy of aston addresses Greensboro High School graduates at town hall with diplomas from School Board President Seward. Various residents visit, travel, or return from trips. local business and packing house activity noted. community life and moving about described.
Protestant Episcopal Diocese Convention Opens in Easton
The forty sixth annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Easton convened at Emmanuel Church Ches ter town with 31 clergymen and 38 laymen from nine Eastern Shore counties. Bishop William Forbes Adams presided. Samuel E. Shannahan was re elected secretary. The sermon was by Rev Sewell S Hepburn. Treasurer reports about 58000 in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Easton
Emmanuel Church
Chestertown
William Forbes Adams
Samuel E. Shannahan
Easton Star-Democrat
Sewell S. Hepburn
Ralph T. Coursey
Centreville
Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Church
Little Boy Undergoes Surgery At Easton Hospital
A four year old boy was taken to Easton Hospital for a surgical operation on Tuesday night and a Thursday message said the child was progressing well. The county reports hail damaged strawberries and peas while milk shipments reach five hundred gallons daily. Richard A. Johnson of Laurel, son-in-law of the late Senator Gorman, runs in Maryland's Fifth District against Frank O. Smith, with Robert W. Wells Jr of Prince George's also in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Parker
Easton
Richard A. Johnson
Laurel
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Frank O. Smith
Calvert
Robert W. Wells, Jr
Prince George's
Denton
Colonel Booker
Captain Miller
Polk Miller
Maryland approves 75000 for Panama Pacific Exposition
The Maryland General Assembly appropriated seventy five thousand dollars for Maryland's representation at the Panama-Pacific Exposition and formed a 26 member commission. Named by Governor Goldsborough are Gen William D Gill Gen Felix Agnus Dr J H Mason Eno Col Seymour Mandelbaum John P Poe Henry F Baker and R A McCormick and others from the Senate and House. The commission will make two coast trips to oversee building and display arrangements with invitations extended to Southern state governors and commissioners forJune San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jast
Maryland
Goldsborough
William D. Gill
Felix Agnus
J. H. Mason Eno
Seymour Mandelbaum
John P. Poe
Baltimore City
Henry F. Baker
R. A. McCormick
Baltimore County
Samuel A. Graham
Wicomico County
J. C. Roulette
Washington County
Gen
Murray Vandiver
Orford County
Price
Senate
Carville D. Benson
W. W. Beck
Kent County
EE. M. Hammond
Howard County
Trippe
House of Delegates
Andrew J. Cummings
Montgomery
San Francisco
Maryland Commission
Orphans Court Proceedings With Multiple Guardians and Executors
Judges Clark Rawlings and Stevens presided at the Orphans Court meeting. Guardians, executors, and administrators presented inventories, accounts, and sales reports for minors and estates including Annie E. S. Kimmey and Frank H. Seth deceased, with funds ordered deposited and sales orders granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Clark, Rawlings
Stevens
James A. Trazzare
Annie E. S. Kimmey
Denton National Bank
Clinton B. Jarman
Matthew M. Andrew
Isaac Hughes
Susan E. Lord
Mollye R. Warren
T. Pliny Fisher
Frank H. Seth
Frederick N. Melvin
Thomas A. Melvin
Frank H. Meredith
William Hi. Meredith
Emaline C. Wright, Nee Benson
C. Edward Benson
Deaths Reported: Robert W Richards and William T P Turpin
Robert W Richards aged 56 died at the Sabil lasville sanitarium from acute indigestion after years of bronchial trouble. Funeral held at M E Church Greensboro with interment in Greensboro cemetery. Survived by widow Blanche Rickards, son Frederick, daughter Mrs Williams Tompkins of Wilmington Del, and sister Mrs J Olan Clark. Pallbearers were brothers Charles T, Harry N, J Nelson, and William J Rickards. Former State Senator William T P Turpin, 68, died at Locust Hill Centreville after a two week paralysis illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Richards
Sabillasville
Frederick County
Greensboro
M. FE
W. E. Habbart
A. P. Prettyman
Greensboro Cemetery
Charles T
Harry N
J. Nelson
William J. Rickards
Rickards
James S. Rickards
J. Olan Clark
Blanche Rickards
Frederick
William Thompkins
Wilmington
Del
Ason
Roe Richards
William T. P. Turpin
Locust Hill
Centreville
Improvements in Brownsville Area Barn and Fence Work
Brownsville notes show John Voss building a new barn and carriage house in the vicinity while J W Clouser upgrades his home with new fences. William Hardesty reports improved outbuildings with new roofs as part of local improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
John Voss
J. W. Clouser
William Hardesty
Commencement Exercises At Carline High School
A large audience gathered at Ma some Hall for Car oline High School commencement. Graduates delivered essays, orations, and presentations with remarks by Mrs. W. W. Seward and Dr. James W. Cain. The program included music, a farce, and a class banquet by the juniors.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tem
C. Percy Dunning
Albert G. Towers
Lee Carey
N.L. Raleigh
Huntingdon
S. E. Holt
J. A. Trazzare
Salisbury
Ridgely News
Johns
S. K. Fulton
Roland Cook
G. W. Towers
S. Ralph Andrews
S. 5. Andrews
Roland Towers
J. Hermansdorfer
Irene Towers
Hazel Cooke
Winnie Nichols
Bernard Ringgold
F. R. Owens
Greensboro News Matters
Mr. Swann
L. S. Pandy
Aston
Greensboro High School
Seward
O. 2. Simmeans
J. C. Burdette
Westminister
Western Maryland College
Levi
James Swann
Caulk
Talbot
Mary M. Russell
J. Boone Jarrelt
Alice Frigenhofer
Altumore
C. J. Jarrett
John McFarland
Nellie
Florence Russell
Pauline Nichols
Denton M. E
Concord
George S. Raleigh
Palestine
Brethren Church
M. P
Caroline Circuit
M.P
Methodist Protestant
M. E
Thawley's
M.p.church
Federalburg
Masome Hall
W. F. Dawson
Hillsboro M
Gertrude Morgan
Ruth Meredith
Wesley Thawley
Caroline DeFord
Caroline School Board
J. W. Huffington
James W.cain
Washington College
J. T. Price
M. I. Church
Emily Garey
Viola Irwin
Kingsley Mercer
Marjorie Merrick
Myra Ramsdell
Charles Shawn
Mary Skirven
Burns
Katharine Smith
Alma Thompson
Sarah Willis
Mantle
Roland Reed
Irene Wallace
Ella Carter
Anna Anthony
Fannie Brown
Marjorie Mertick
Ruth Douglas
Mr. Briggs
Voices of the Woods
Rubenstein-Forman
High School Glee Club
Mildred Griffith
Lorna Afndge
Elva Cheezum
Webster Taylor
F. H. Brackett
Glee Club
M. Bates Stephens
E M. Noble
Ruth Dulin
Mary Wright
Clara Rumbold
Lorna Mudge
Katie Cheezum
Bessie Vickers
Joseph Pritchett
William Flaharty
Carlton Dulin
Edith Margaret Bryan
Lina Eldridge Noble
Verda Naomi Graham
Ruth Elizabeth Wright
Grace Naomi Williams
Martha Olive
Irwin T. Saulsbury
William W. Seward
Andrew Mitchell
Piney Branch Ditch
John Haswell
Haswell
C. F. Smith
Public School News
Noble
Huffington
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