Local notices and obituaries from Denton Maryland
Denton news items report rewards for return of glasses, job changes, church classes and a milk stop sale, plus prize at Denton Button Factory. Deaths include Mrs. Norman Taylor of Bethlehem and multiple local funerals. Also notes on Poultry Council, Vacation Bible School, Junior Choir, and Federalburg Wheatley funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everngain
Denton
Elinor Pearson
Denton- Hobbs Road
P. O
Henry Kern
Good Cheer Bible Class
First Methodist Church
Lee Wyatt
Baltimore
Amos Crouse
Glenn Gildersleeve
Dover
Royal Roe
Sadie Patterson Roe
Gootee S. Roe
Chester
Moore Funeral Home
T. S. Dixon
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Russell W. Fluharty
Denton National Bank
United States Navy
Raymond Fifield
Mary Flaharty
Choptank
Leo Slaughter
Russell Fifield
Flaharty
Pvt
Dawson Orme George
Air Forces
Miami Beach
Florida
George
Army of the United States
Army
Federalsburg
James L. Wheatley
East Central Avenue
Mr. Wheatley
Caroline County
Lufkin
Adaline Collins Wheatley
Wheatley
Houston's Branch Road
Olive Wheatley
Hobart Z. Wheatley
Town
Joseph Wheatley
Bridgeville
Del
Howard Weatley
New Haven
Conn
Ida E. Wright
Lula Price
Dundalk
F. B. Bailey
Christ Methodist Church
Hill Crest Cemetery
Marriages and social news from Denton area couples
Mrs Thelma Elizabeth Porter wed William Leslie Scott at a Denton home last Saturday. Catharine Emma Ferguson wed Harry Murphy at Rev W L Jump's Denton residence. Many relatives and friends attend. Other notes cover health, visits, graduations, showers, and local travels of residents and guests.
Church Notices for June 7 Services and Events
Church School at 9 45 a m with classes for all ages Morning Worship at 10 45 Holy Communion music by vested choirs Youth Fellowship at 6 45 Vespers at 7 30 led by the pastor Delegate to Summer Assembly to be chosen at Youth Fellowship meeting June 15 21 at Betterton Md Spring Music Festival June 8 8 15 Junior Choir guest soloist silver offering at the door Public is invited Senior Choir rehearsal Friday 7 30
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betterton
Grace Methodist Church Sunday Services Schedule
Grace Methodist Church lists Communion Sunday sermon God s Alert Signal and evening topic The Development of Christian Desire with Sunday School at 945 am Youth Fellowship 715 pm. Williston Church preaching June 7 at 230 pm by Rev T S Dixon. Preston New Church sermon June 7 at 11 am When Hardships are Blessings by Rev John W Stockwell with special children's day music by Irvin Smith and assistants. All welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist Church
Williston
Dixon
John W. Stockwell
Preston New Church
Irvin Smith
Greensboro Methodist Church Schedule and Officers
Greensboro Methodist Church lists Rev. R W Kirwan as pastor with regular services at 9 45 a m Sunday School and 11 00 a m preaching. Official Board meets first Wednesday 8 00 pm, Sunday School Board second Wednesday 8 00 pm, Woman's Division second Thursday 7 30 pm, Junior Epworth League Wednesdays 4 pm, Blue Ribbon Bible Class last Tuesday 7 30 pm. Evening services run half an hour later in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Division of Christian Service
Junior Epworth League
Church Services and Catholic Mass Schedule Summary
Pilgrim Holiness Church Greensboro lists Tuesday prayer at 7 45 p m Sunday School 2 p m and multiple services including Young Peoples and preaching. Greensboro Baptist Church shows Sunday worship times and Bible study Thursday. Catholic Masses on Sunday June 7 in Denton and Ridgely at 10 oclock and 8 30 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton and
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
Community notes from Adams Cross Roads and East New Market
Mrs Blanche Adams and sister Grace visit Rev and Mrs Atkins in East New Market. Concord Church House invites Concord Chestnut Woods and Bloomery for Friday to donate for the new minister and wife and mingle. Mrs John Adams and Grace join Mrs Geo Rickwood for dinner. Grace stays. Dover shoppers visit. Minnie Adams from Wilmington arrives for Decoration Day holidays. Bobby Fountain visits grandparents. Sunday School and preaching at Bloomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Adams
Grace
Marian Robinson
Virginia Lee
Geo. Rickwood
George Alfred
Atkins
East New Market
Concord
Chestnut Woods
Bloomery
Concord Church House
John Adams
Grace Horsey
Earl Robinson
Dover
Minnie Adams
Wilmington
Bobby Fountain
Fred Fountain
Fourth of July Festival planned in Federalsburg
Plans for a big July 4 celebration in Federalsburg include a parade to Chambers Park and a patriotic program then softball games bingo swimming and amusements. A Cabin supper and a street dance from 9 30 to midnight close the festival sponsored by the Volunteer Firemen and the Woman's Club. Also reported death of Mrs Gladys Davis 34 of Salisbury and Chester Pa who died at her sister's Denton home after months of illness survived by husband infant son and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Chambers’ Park
Woman's Club
Gladys Davis
Lloyd P. Davis
Salisbury
Chester
William E. Andrew
Denton
John Chance
Burrsville
Lloyd Alan
Loleta Andrew
Anna Fierce
Swarthmore
Catherine Wilson
Felton
Del
Garland Lake
First Methodist Church
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Greensboro
Chas. S. Bilbrough
John E. Boulais
Rawlings
R. W. Kirwan
Greensboro Cemetery
Gertrude Chamberlain
Jos. C. Chamberlain
Circle No. 1
W. S.C. S. Hall
Annie Hopkins
R. B. Rawlings
Jack Boulais
James Butler
Hugh
Philadelphia
Vivian Rawlings
Baltimore
Josephine Bastian
Bastian
Edgar Stufft
Elmer Stufft
A. G. Stufft
Robert Downey
Elkton
Luella Stufft
Wilmington
Homer Stufft
Fred Sylvester
Frederick
Isabel
Dover
Sylvester
Maggie Butler
George Stevenson
Emma Pippin
Mae
Frank Baughley
Burton
Alfred Blackburn
Bertha Miller
Charles Miller
John Lennon
New York
M. M. Ginn
Lawrence Thornton
L. W
Ridgely Club Notes and Memorial Day Observances
The Townsend Club met with Harry Stayer presiding. Readings from the Washington Flash and Evening Sun were discussed, and renewal of the Flash subscription approved. Memorial Day rites at Ridgely Memorial Park featured honors for fallen soldiers, a flag dedication, and a U S O appeal. Numerous local residents and guests attended, with several family visits and community events noted throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend Club
Harry Stayer
Washington Flash
J. G. Mains
Maryland
Evening Sun
Flash
Harrisburg
Ada Matthews
Edgar Greenley
Wilson
Denton
Ridgely Memorial Park
Joseph Rittenhouse
Clinton Guthrie
America
Herbert Keeneman
Harvey Hufnal
Ridgely
Church House
Ronald Lane
Francis Hensel
J. W. Zehring
Leolan Jackson
L. S. Matthews
H. O. Hufnal
Calvin Covington
W. S. McClintock
Cheswold
Lillian Covington
Hayden's
Wye Mills
Centreville
L. D. Truitt
John Sharp
William Cooper
Herman Truitt
Walter Bennington
Wilmington
Lennox Park
Gwynn Oak
John Guthrie
John Jr
Philadelphia
Guthries
Kent Island
Clayton Larrimore
Kennedyville
Gertrude Cannon
Annie Turner
Joseph Wallace
Elizabeth Scati
Lula Meredith
Edna Detwiler
Andrew Mitchell
Joanne Mitchell
Nancy MacPherson
Bridgeville
Seaford
Grace Mitchell
Baltimore
Joan
Jimmie
Chestertown
Clarence Ringgold
Jane
Peggy
Newark
Del
Bernard Ringgold
George Wooters
Julianne
Chester
Annie Wooters
Edwin Eaton
Larry Abbott
L. M. Pearsaul
John Swing
Elin Swann
Stanely Zweck-Bronner
Chatham
N. J
God
Jesus
Stanley Mather
Wyoming
John Thomas
John Thomas Entertained Her Mother and Sisters, Mrs. Penncel
Semertine
Pierce
James Coulby
Matthewstown
Church of the Brethren
Thomas Gaitely
Applebaum
Homemaker Clubs to Tour College Park on Homemaker Day
Caro area Homemaker Club women may join a special bus trip to College Park on Homemaker Day June 11. Register with Miss Spafford by depositing one dollar to receive travel route and schedule. The event replaces the university short course for rural women in June and features speakers, music, and lunch. A conference in College Park June 16 and the Seventh Annual Delaware Homemaker Short Course June 14–17 at the University of Delaware are noted with travel to Dover for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homemakers Club
Caroline County
College Park
Spafford
Caroline
Claude Howard
Frank Zeigler
State Council of Homemakers
Delaware
University of Delaware
Florence L. Vetter
Miss Vetter
Postoffice
Dover
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter
Mr and Mrs Vernon Good of Elizabethtown PA and Miss Caroline Holland of Baltimore visited the Holland family. Mariam and Mildred Gale visited in Wilmington with Edwin and Mrs Gale. Mrs Joe Thomas and Mary Joe of Baltimore visited the Dodds. Eugene Knott of Sparrows Point stayed with his parents. Pauline Baker returns home from Blue Ridge College. Francis Rowe takes a summer post at Solomon's Island. Nancy Jane Kline of Salisbury visits home. Mrs Herbert Beaven was an Easton visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Good
Elizabethtown
Caroline Holland
Baltimore
J. R. Holland
Mariam
Mildred Gale
Edwin Gale
Wilmington
Joe Thomas
Mary Joe
Howard Dodds
Eugene Knott
Sparrows Point
Nick Knott
Pauline Baker
Blue Ridge College
Francis Rowe
Solomon’s Island
Nancy Jane Kline
Salisbury
Herbert Beaven
Easton
Mrs Elizabeth Betton Betrothed and Bereaved Family Ties
Mrs Elizabeth Betton nee Pendelton died May 25 at 7 15 am after a stroke. Born March 22 1871 in Syracuse New York she lived in Florida Ridgely Maryland Easton Goldsboro and Greensboro. She married Skyler Ludlow first and Joseph Charles Betton second, leaving multiple children and many grandchildren. Her obituary notes she was a faithful wife and loving mother with strong religious faith. Herman Drews Denton Md signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Betton
Pendelton
Syracuse
N. Y
Florida
Skyler Ludlow
Pomona
E. H. Moon
Rank Ludlow
K. Ward
Ridgely
Maryland
Joseph Charles Betton
J. K. Snowberger
William Betton
Greensboro
Ellwood Larrimore
Easton
Smith Shockley
Goldsboro
Herman Drews
Denton, Md
Preston Community News Highlights and Meeting Notice
The Women's Society of Christian Service will meet at the church school room on Wednesday June 10 at 7 30 p m. This is the last meeting until September and all members are urged to attend. Several local residents and visitors are noted in brief social items including guests at homes and weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Church School
J. M. Parker
Ordnance Training Center
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Preston
Beatrice Todd
Maryland State Teachers College of Salisbury
Anne Arundel County
Esther Griffith
Wilmington
W. J. Bonner
W. E. Bonner
Fort Eustis
Sherman Griffith
Georgia
L. T. Peppersac
Baltimore
J. P. Wright
Irta Mills
Salisbury
Orphans Court Grants Admins for Caroline County Estates
On application letters of administration on Victor Reed and Earle Levin Legates estates were granted to Martha Reed and Edith S Legates with John S Legates. Bonds filed and approved, appraisers named William G Hassett Elmer Melson Clifton Willoughby James R Christopher, notices to creditors ordered. Geneva M Nichols filed asperate debt list and first final recount for James A Nichols. Grace Ann Mitchell filed inventory and appraisal for James Walter Mitchell. Real estate appraisement filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Reed
Caroline County
Martha Reed
William G. Hassett
Elmer Melson
Geneva M. Nichols
James A. Nichols
Grace Ann Mitchell
James Walter Mitchell
Earle Levin Legates
Edith S. Legates
John S. Legates
Clifton Willoughby
James R. Christopher
Queen Anne Civil Defense Drill Urged for June Tenth
A statewide blackout plan targets the nine Eastern Shore counties from nine to twelve to simulate an air raid alarm. Local officials urge residents to act decisively and follow preparedness guidance amid warnings of real danger as speakers emphasize the nation's hotspots.
Denton social notes include visitors and bridge games
Mr. Frank A. Redden of Philadelphia has been visiting Denton friends. Dr. Mary Jones Fisher of Philadelphia is the guest of Mrs. P. Roland Fisher. Mrs. Russum Orme entertained at bridge Monday evening. Mrs. J. B. Davis is visiting in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Redden
Philadelphia
Denton
Mary Jones Fisher
P. Roland Fisher
Russum Orme
Bridge
J. B. Davis
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Support
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness shown during our recent bereavement and for the floral contributions. Mrs. Elmer Quillen and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Quillen
Henderson Bride Myrtle Kemp Weds John Pippin
Miss Myrtle Kemp daughter of Mr and Mrs George F Kemp of Goldsboro and Mr John Pippin of Pine Camp New York son of Mrs Darius Pippin and the late Mr Pippin were married on Tuesday night June 2 in Greensboro by Rev Ray W Kirwan Mr and Mrs Pippin are with the bridegroom's mother at present The bridegroom is a technician corporal at Pine Camp New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Kemp
George F. Kemp
Goldsboro
John Pippin
Pine Camp
N. Y
Darius Pippin
Pippin
Henderson
Greensboro
Ray W. Kirwan
James Gniesco
Kareela
Philadelphia
Wm. Gniesco
Fredericksburg
Gniesco
Denton
Wasel Gniesco
Grover Thorp
Grover Thorp Jr
Ethel Thorp
Dolly Taylor
Wm. Hunter
Camden
N. J
Ralph Basse
Merchantsville
John Meredith
Thomas Cahall
Chas. Cahall
Irvin States
Wilmington
Charles Shewbrooks
Marydel
Wm. Phillips
John Phillips
Marcus Jlook
Houston
Texas
Chas. Nichols and Daughters
Martin Phillips
Camp Meade
Lewis Shelton
Sadlersville
Elma Harman
Marshallton
George C. King
Mary Kimble
Burton Snyder
L. M. Jones
Henderson Church
M. W. Gooden
James Jones
Edward Gooden
Hertha
George Clark
Del
W. F. Clark
Myrtle Bennett
Martin Bennett
Harry Melvin
Edwin Dill
Dover
Charles Tull
New York City
J. B. Medford
Edwin
Smithville
W. H. Davidson
H. M. Burns
Paul Breeding
Jean Bennett
Pearl Jones
Goldsboro Social Notes Rally Local Guests and Events
Mrs Numbers and Mrs Laurena Dill of Kenton Delaware guest of Mrs Helen Dhue and Miss Bess Ross. D H Singer and daughters Pearl and Ethel of Elsmere Delaware visited the Cartwrights. Mrs Florence Booker dies in Philadelphia formerly of Goldsboro. Mrs Florence Jarrell returns from Philadelphia visit. Mrs Esther DeWitt returns from Denton. Bland family and Mrs Smith from Easton visit Rev and Mrs Lee Grey. W S S C executive meeting at Mrs John Sylvester home. Mollie Shockley visiting Eastville Virginia. Memorial Day exercises attended by locals in Denton. Sewing Circle entertained by Mrs Clifford Schaube. T N Jarrell starts cannery, works on string beans. Emma Johnson visiting relatives at Frankford Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Porter
Thelma Elizabeth Porter
William Leslie Scott
W. L. Jump
Denton
Clarence Porter
Leslie Scott
Catharine Emma Ferguson
Leon B. Webber
Wilmington
Harry Murphy
Oscar Murphy
Elizabeth M. Kelley
Ralph Murphy
A. S. Daffin
Thurmont
Srl Daffin
Lancaster
Elizabeth Satterfield
Lewes
Florence Lawton
Elsie M- Moore
George T. Lupton
Lewes Presbyterian Church
Mattie Moore
Frank B. Wade
Fayetteville
N. C
Wade
Elizabeth Wine
Miss Moore
F. A. Greaves
Maryland
St. Mary’s Seminary
Elaine
Concord M. E. Church
Daisy Rice
Sadie Neal
John Howard
Virginia Lofland
Berwyn
Marion Dill
Janice
Del
E. J. Leese
Salisbury State Teachers College
Phyllis
Arlie Smith
J. H. MacFarland
Melvin Brown
Tuckahoe Neck
Benj. F. Johnson Jr
McDonagh School
Martin Voss
Towson State Normal School
Lenora J. Hignutt
Haddonfield
N. J
Wm. D. Uhler
Williston
C. V. West
Register of Wills
Caroline County
W. B. Deen
D. W. Davis
Baltimore
Kenneth Allfather
H. C. Nuttle
Nancy Nuttle
S. G. Nuttle
Virginia Johnson
Seaford
Samuel Johnson
William Martin
Margaret Martin
Cincinnati
Lawrence Tribbitt
Concord
Anna Williamson
Preston
Luther Thomas
Anna Rachael Willis
Stafford
Sherman Tribbitt Jr
Walter H. Stone
Rock Hall Church
Carlton Harris
Easton
Harris
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Herbert O’conor
John Shively
Gordon Heights
James Mulliken
M. E. Diggans
D. M. Lee
Harry Moore
M. Loretto Clark
Horace Morgan
Blackwell
Victor Pepper
Chester
Elizabeth B. Lightner
George
Lightner
Edinburg
Frank Ferrick
Broad St
Queen Anne
Rumsey Mulliken
Glenn L. Martin
Alvan Moore
United States Air Corps
George C. Moore Jr
L. J. Sneed
Joseph Marshall
C. F. Norris
Sydney Pinder
Pinder
Calvin Blades
Cordova
Elizabeth McDonnell
Elma Whitby
Charles C. Barton
Washington
Emmett Barton
Victor Kirsch
Centreville
Charles Kibler
Rochester
Kibler
Frank Fleming
Henry Fleming
Bernard Sparks Jr
Howard Eley
James Moore Jr
Ruth Neavitt
Numbers
Laurena Dill
Kenton
Helen Dhue
Bess Ross
W. C. Ross
D. H. Singer
Pearl and
Ethel
Elsmere
G. L. Cartwright
Florence, Booker
Philadelphia
Goldsboro
Florence Jarrell
Clifford Cortelyou
Esther DeWitt
Addie Wilson
John Sylvester
Mollie Shockley
B. J. Shockley
Eastville
Luther Bennett
Clifford Schaube
T. N. Jarrell
Emma Johnson
Frankford
Delaware
US to take charge of Martinique from France said Hull
Secretary of State Hull asserts the United States will assume control of Martinique and strip France of influence in the Western Hemisphere despite Vichy opposition. The aim is to eliminate any direct or indirect German influence on this side of the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Laval
Washington
Hull
United States
Martinique
France
Vichy
Germany
Atlantic Ocean
Greensboros Sunday School Picnic and church reports
The Greensboro area lists a Sunday School picnic at Garland Lake on June 11 from 2 to 5 p m with planned transportation and refreshments after a 1 30 p m church departure. Also St Pauls Methodist Greensboro hosts Children Day on June 7 at 8 p m with recitations drills pantomime and choir singing.
Templeville Visitors Share Memorial Day Patters
TEMPLEVILLE notes show Mr and Mrs Davis and Mrs Tom McCarthy of Wilmington visiting Gurney Knotts Saturday afternoon. Sunday guests include Mr and Mrs Amos Wright of Services for Antioch Methodist Church on June 7 with Rev J E George preaching at 10 a m and Sunday School at 11 a m with Mrs Oscar Lord superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Tom McCarthy
Wilmington
Gurney Knotts
Amos Wright
Marydel
Antioch Methodist Church
J. E. George
Oscar Lord
Dora Everett
Carl Spamer
Adalaide
Carl
Charles Ackerman
Baltimore
Frank Little
Dover
Temple Stafford
Philadelphia
Katie Stafford
Mary Knotts
P. F. C. Burton Wooleyhand
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Paul Shelton
Frederic Maske
Annie Maske
Appreciation for kindness after death of Watson Fluharty
We express sincere appreciation to friends for acts of kindness during the death of husband and father Watson Fluharty. Mrs. Fluharty and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson Fluharty
Fluharty
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
SPA
L. E. Wimbrow
A. C. Clark
Greensboro Baptist Church
Paul F. Burke
Baptist Training Union
Woman’s Missionary Society
Adams Cross Roads
Hillsboro
Tuckahoe
Elizabeth Betton
Orphans’ Court
Templeville
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