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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1930
Page
5
Denton area merchants advertise graduation gifts from jewelry to stationery while a Frigidaire agency and floor wax stock are promoted. Community notices include church services, disease reports, a large forest fire, a fatality in Denton, a children’s aid appeal, and a Chestertown man’s suicide linked to ill health.
May 29 1930 graduation of twenty nurses from Garfield Memorial Hospital Washington with diplomas witnessed on campus. Miss Anna A. Jackson of Denton among graduates. Judge Butler delivered chief address. Reception followed with music and dancing. Also notes on Anna Jackson’s later role at Kent General Hospital and various local social events.
Eastern Shore Public Service Company filed with the Public Service Commission of Maryland and the State Corporation Commission of Virginia an off peak water heating rate Schedule No 12, approved by both commissions and effective May 10 1930, covering all Maryland Delaware and Virginia territories served. The rate is 1% per kilowatt hour net for heating water from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. or longer, with a timer automatic starter for the heater. A Schedule No 13 outlines a new low rate for commercial cooking for institutions with connected capacity over 10 kilowatt hours.
Thirty boys and girls from Caroline High School will receive diplomas Friday morning June 13 at 10 30. Six students will speak on aims of high school education replacing a traditional speaker. Names include Paul Greenly Janes Wright Ruth Wheatley Dorothea O Connor William McDaniel and Thomas Hayward. The graduating class lists twenty eight names. A graduation sermon will be given June 8 at 7 30 in the Caroline High School Auditorium with Rev E C Hallman and assistants delivering the sermon Greater Things.
Henderson. Mrs. Ed Hammond and daughter Anna of Bloomfield NJ and others from Wilmington Chester Philadelphia and Doylestown visited hosts in town. Many locals hosted guests including Sanatorium visits and family gatherings with James Gooden Gsell Montague Sylvester Cartwright and others.
Marydel Mrs C W Jacobs Mrs Oscar F Morris and Miss Anne Jump spend the week in Wilmington. Mr and Mrs Chas Voss of Pittsburgh Pa spent the holiday with her sister. Leonard Covell Newark N J visitors over the weekend. Helen Heather Wilmington spent the weekend with her mother. Elizabeth Sneed Clayton Alabama visiting relatives. Mrs G H Ward Wilmington visited her mother over the weekend. Mr and Mrs G B Parshall Philadelphia spent the weekend in town. Geo Fuller Baltimore visiting relatives. Marietta Heather Newark spent the weekend at home. Oscar F Morris New York visiting relatives. Rosiene Scotton spending a few days at home. 8 cent chicks in quantity June 4th. A L Butler Denton Md.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society met to review Jesus and Our Pressing Problems and celebrate Mite Box opening day with a Money Talks exercise. A Robert Brown guest musical duo entertained the Methodist congregation, plus a successful Cyclone Sally play fundraiser netting about seventy five dollars for the PTA. Many personal visits and community events fill the week from Ridgely and nearby towns, including sermons, graduations, and family gatherings.
Decoration Day observed by Caroline Council in its sixteenth annual memorial service with the Junior Order and Firemen's Band leading processions to the cemetery. Notables included Hon. T. Alan Goldsborough and Rev. F. W. Kirwan delivering addresses urging an end to war. The event featured Taps, the Star-Spangled Banner, and benediction marking a solemn community tribute to the dead.
Old Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church Dorchester Parish in Dorchester county observed its 240th anniversary with special services led by Rev. William D. McCleland. Dr. Sewell Mepburn delivered the sermon as State's Attorney James McCallister sang. a Trinity Dorchester Parish Association fund aims to endow the church with 25000 dollars, 3500 subscribed. The cushion from Queen Anne remains, stored by Nellie Carroll. Summer services will be held each Sunday afternoon.
Carroll C. Stewart of the Coca Cola Bottling Co announces the Topnotchers radio program has exceeded expectations. The 31 piece string ensemble under Len Joy delivers dance music without brass or sax. Grantland Rice and a weekly athletic celebrity join the show airing Wednesdays at 19:80 on Station WRG.
Local column from Hillsboro and Queen Anne area reports a summer break for the Community Club, no July or August meetings, speaker Mrs Alonzo Boley of Royal Oak, piano and vocal solos by Miss Virginia Sherwood and Mrs Clifton Hicks, and various church and social notices including Children Day exercises, a bake sale, and visits by residents to Washington and neighboring towns.
Sunday School at 9 30 a m. baccalaureate sermon by the pastor in the High School Auditorium at 11 o clock. Children's Day Sunday evening at 8. The Community Club met Tuesday night with Mrs Howard Sewell presiding in the president's absence. Mrs Minnie Morgan named chairman for next meeting June 17. Mrs Mollie Diggans has returned home after months with relatives in Berlin. Class Day exercises and commencement set for June 12 and 13 in the High School Auditorium.
The Smithville Club closed a small informal session with talks on buying new chairs, a College Park trip by Miss Mae Lockerman, and a summer picnic with baked goods for judging. Miss Spafford demonstrated cheese biscuits and beef croquettes. The group will reconvene on June 24 to hear College Park delegates and invites full attendance from visitors.
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The Public Service Commission approved Claiborne Annapolis Ferry Company plans for a new Annapolis to Kent Island short line, after a morning hearing and revised rate schedule. The firm has spent over 100000 preparing terminals and breakwaters, aiming to open in a few weeks. New fares cut one way to 60 cents full and 25 cents half, with a round trip at 85 cents and a wheelbase over 130 inches autos capped at 2.50. Children 6 and under free, ages 6–12 half price.
Miss Etta Viola Turner daughter of the late Mrs. Maggie Dean married Drewell H. Brinsfield at her home in the town at sunrise. Rev Melvin Wheatley officiated. The couple plans a Niagara Falls Connecticut trip and will reside here. Aged Home residents attended at Union Methodist as did a Mother’s tea for the high school home economics exhibit.
Alonzo Blades aged 62 husband of Helen Blades of Choptank died at his home at 8 p m Tuesday May 27 from heart failure. Funeral was at his home at 2 p m Thursday with Rev. O A Bartley officiating and interment in Mechanic's cemetery. He leaves two sons and three daughters Vernon Blades American Corner Fred Blades Preston Mary Lone Blades Wilmington and Mrs Dorothy Waldron Choptank. The bulletin also notes local society events including the Twentieth Century Community Club May 28 at Bethlehem Community House and Mite Society gathering June 2 with meetings upcoming July 7 and July 11. Additional social visits include Mr and Mrs Charlie Wright and son Newark Del. Mary and Lona Blades Wilmington. Mr and Mrs Hayward Cox Richmond Va. Goswellen Airys. Matthews and Willie Cox.
Miss Helen Cecil aged sixty five died Friday morning at the County House from paralysis. She was a native of Queen Annes County and long resided with Mr. and Mrs. John R. Baughley. A brief funeral service was held Monday with interment in Millington cemetery. Several relatives and friends visited and joined in remembrances over the weekend and Decoration Day events.
Children's Day services were held last Sunday morning June 1 at Wesley M E Church with a good crowd. A Measur ing Social is planned for June 12 at the old school house for church benevolence. Visitors included Mr and Mrs J L Stevens and children Milford and Mr and Mrs Paul Beauchamp Marcus Hook. Several locals and out of town guests are noted in a roundup of visits and ill health.
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