Local notices and community updates from Caroline County
Miss Marshall helps Kern Sisters at the Beauty Shoppe on Monday and Thursday. Elinor Pearson seeks child care. Mrs Elizabeth Stone advertises Swale Coleus plants for porches. Joseph Scurto wins a 25 dollar Defense Bond at the Denton Button Factory. County nurses join the public health staff. a new tire design is shown. Steel girders to reinforce the Tuckahoe River bridge. Sugar for canning moves to a larger rationing space. Denton houses stage blackouts with minimal lights. Local clergy teach at Dickinson Junior College summer program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Kern Sisters
Elinor Pearson
Denton- Hobbs Road
P. O
Denton
Elizabeth Stone
Denton-Greensboro
Joseph Scurto
Drew Pearson
Robert S. Allen
Henry Kern
Cloverdale Dairy Farm
Kern
Mary Dean
Cumberland
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Nashville
Mattie Smith
W. W. White
Easton
Inventor’s Council
Washington
White
Hagerstown
Tuckahoe River
Q O’conor
Rationing Board of
Caroline County
Carter Building
Third Street
George W. Beck
Talmage Strong
Leland T. Short
A. P. Atkinson
Winfield T. Nichols
Walter B. Johnson
Dawson O. George
E. Paul Knotts
Home Guards
Lawrence E. Wimbrow
Dickinson Junior College
Williamsport
Peninsula Annual Conference
The
Methodist, Church
Roy T. Thawley
Wilmington
Peninsula Conference
William O. Hackett
North East
Otis Lloyd Townsend
Milton Ray Elliott
Bishop’s Head
Arthur G. Thomas
Whitesville
Del
Ralph W. Hopkins
Charlestown
Roland R. Lehman
Central Pennsylvania Conference
Pretty Federalsburg wedding bonds two families
Miss Rachel McMahan wed Robert Rice Hemp at Christ Methodist Church Federalsburg in a ring ceremony with Donna lilies and larkspur. The couple will live in Portsmouth Virginia where the groom works. The article also notes recent social events and engagements in the area including visits, parties, and upcoming nuptials.
Local notes from Ridgely and nearby towns
Miss Alice Wilson leaves Wednesday for about ten days with her niece in York Pennsylvania. Reformed Church consistory met at the Morris home Monday evening. Lillian Willoughby spent a week in Denton with her niece Mrs Paul Knotts. Flying photographer Wilson Binebrink was home over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Paul Temple and son Tommie of Seaford visited the Temples. Irene Keeneman visited her son in Baltimore Tuesday to Friday last week. William Clendenning of Boothwyn visited his sister Mrs William Richards. Billy and Betty Rieck of Preston stay with grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Flounders. Emmett Lord of Williston spent Tuesday with sister Trene Keeneman. Mrs Frank Seward entertaining sister Ida Mason from near Richmond Virginia. Harry Stayer in Pennsylvania for pea season at Hanover and Belleville. Mrs William D Binebrink hospitalized in Wilmington. Verma Waldron visiting in Church Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Wilson
Edmund Pendleton
York
The
Reformed Church
Elwood Morris
Lillian Willoughby
Denton
Paul Knotts
Wilson Binebrink
Paul Temple
Tommie
Seaford
W. T. Temple
Irene Keeneman
Baltimore
William Clendenning
Boothwyn
William Richards
Billy
Betty Rieck
Preston
Frank Flounders
Emmett Lord
Williston
Trene Keeneman
Frank Seward
Ida Mason
Richmond
Harry Stayer
Pennsylvania
Hanover
Belleville
William D. Binebrink
Wilmington
Verma Waldron
Church Hill
M. A. Gillis
Salisbury
Leelan Jackson
Carlton Carter
Greensboro
Ray Collison
Harrington
Paul Nichols
Betty Jean Applebaum
Mary Kershaw
Becky Ann Saulsbury
Joy Hoffman
Betty Towers
Jean Hevalow
Bernard Lawless
Bernice
Teressa Wood
Philadelphia
Francis Lawless
Bernard
James Wilson
Love Point
Martha Ireland
Clara
Francis McLaughlin
Centreville
Roy Walls
William Sparks
Leonard Sparks
Church House
W. L. McClintock
Cheswold
Earl Mooney
Eddie
Atlantic City
Henrietta Payne
Oscar
Charles Richard Davison
J. W. Zehringe
Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church
Hood College
Frederick
Jean Zehring
Pocono Mountains
Mary Cleaver
Catawba College
Herbert Hammond
Elizabeth Towers
Thomas Baynard
Charles Callahan
Queen Anne
Vernon Hammond
Easton
Harvey Hufnal
John M. Roe
Dover
Clement Noble
Oliver Friedel
Harrisburg
Fred Friedel
Townsend Club
Church Notices And Events At Grace Methodist Church
Church School meets at 9 45 with classes for all ages. At 10 45 Children’s Day observed with program by children and choirs. 7 30 Youth Rally directed by Methodist Youth Fellowship. Walter Palmer Jr presides. four short addresses by Roxanna Detwiler Barbara Cooper Florence Smith and Charles Wimbrow. Prayer service Wednesday 8 00. Circle meetings 6 30 1 Pearl Medaillister 2 Bessie Brown 3 Anna Mac White 8 0 0 4 Edna Shipman 8 00 5 Myrtle Palmer at Mrs P G Crouse’s. Catherine Mae West to represent church at Summer Assembly June 15 Betterton. Grace Methodist sermon themes Sunday: Morning Why the Christian Message is sometimes ineffective Evening Wanted Christian witnesses in a warring world. Sunday School 9 45. Young People meeting suspended for summer. Wednesday Prayer Meeting and Thursday choir practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodial Youth Fellowship
Walter Palmer Jr
Youth Fellowship
Roxanna Detwiler
Barbara Cooper
Florence Smith
Charles Wimbrow
Circle No. 1
Pearl MedAillister
Mildred Butler
Myrtle Palmer
Ieader
P. G. Crouse
2Nd Street
Catherine Mae West
Betterton
Grace Methodist Church
Young Peoples Meeting
Banner In The Sun Sermon At Preston New Church
The Rev John W Stockwell will lead a Flag Day service at Preston New Church on Sunday June 14 at 11 am An extra program features music by Irvin Smith and three assistants including cornet trumpet saxophone and violin All welcome
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Stockwell
Preston New Church
Irvin Smith
Greensboro Methodist Church Weekly Schedule
Rev R W Kirwan pastor leads Sunday School at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m Official Board meets first Wednesday at 8 00 p m Sunday School Board second Wednesday at 8 00 p m Woman's Division of Christian Service meets second Thursday at 7 30 p m Junior Epworth League meets Wednesdays at 4 p m Blue Ribbon Bible Class meets last Tuesday at 7 30 p m Evening services run half an hour later during summer months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Methodist Church
R. W. Kirwan
Woman's Division of Christian Service
Epworth League
Local Church Services and Mass Schedule Guide
Pilgrim Holiness Church Greensboro lists Friday prayer meeting at 7 45 p m Sunday School at 2 p m Praise and song at 3 p m Young Peoples service at 7 p m preaching at 9 46 p m. Greensboro Baptist Church schedules Sunday School 9 45 a m Morning Worship 11 a m Baptist Training Union 7 p m Evening Worship 8 p m Bible study and prayer Thursday 7 30 p m. Second Tuesday Woman's Missionary Society. Masses on June 14 in Denton and Ridgely at St Elizabeth's 8 30 a m and St Benedict's 10 a m with confessions at St Elizabeth's Sunday 7 45 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Greensboro
A. C. Clark
Young Peoples
Greensboro Baptist Church
Paul F. Burke
Baptist Training Union
Woman's Missionary Society
Denton and
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth's Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Morgenthau Says Buy Bonds Not Required
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau states high pressure not needed to sell war bonds and stamps. He praises payroll plan with General Motors and notes thousands of firms participating in voluntary payroll for investments in war bonds. Officials say citizen support backs the program and many post offices and banks endorse it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Treasury
Washington
Weekly Ridgely Newsletter and Community Notices
The Ridgely weekly note highlights Ladies Night by the Chamber of Commerce with Rev. Turkington speaking on Optimism, a Greensboro birth, and social rounds including trips to St Michaels and Philadelphia. It lists 4 H officers, hospital births, church events, rummage sales for the library, and upcoming Townsend Club meeting.
Death notices and funeral rites across Federalsburg area
The list records deaths and services for Elizabeth Wagenhofer Josephine Adams Maude Fisher Johnson Cora Todd Lydia Tull Mary Alice Fleming Justus Ehlers and related survivors across Kenton Denton Federalsburg and Marydel with details on churches cemeteries and service dates. Surviving relatives include children grandchildren and siblings with locations in Kenton Hartly Philadelphia Jersey City Baltimore Williston Elkton Preston Harmony and Federalsburg.
Gasoline Ration System Extended to July 15 by OPA
The Office of Price Administration extends the emergency gasoline rationing on the East Coast to July 15 with a two week extension. Effective June 15 the basic unit value of A and B cards rises from three to six gallons to cover the period. Extra allotments may be sought for July 1 to July 15 by local ration boards for those who exhaust their cards by June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
OPA
More Pay for Soldiers Increases Monthly Salary
Congress approved a minimum of 60 dollars a month for all armed forces members and provided for dependent wives and children, a decision that drew broad public approval with little complaint across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Social Visit Notes
Miss Sara Frances Short and Miss Helen Lee Short of Wilmington visited their parents Mr and Mrs Luther Short. They entertained friends Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Dave Walcot of Wye Mills and Mr Clayton Wright and Miss Elaine Hunter were guests of Mrs H P Covell Sunday. Mrs Frank Fleming and granddaughter Jean Fleming visit Mr and Mrs Urban Bowman in Washington. Francis Pinder Hopkins Eaton Pauline Baker Barbara Walters spent Sunday with Miss Nancy Jane Kline in Salisbury for six weeks’ summer school. Mrs Howard Knotts of Chester Town called on Mrs Helen Smith Wednesday. Mr and Mrs D L Dougherty dined with friends in Harrington Tuesday. Mrs Mary Rowe visits with Mr and Mrs H B Wright in Preston this week. D L Dougherty spent last weekend with friends in Drexel Hill PA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Frances Short
Helen Lee Short
Wilmington
Luther Short
Dave Walcot
Wye Mills
Clayton Wright
Elaine Hunter
H. P. Covell
Frank Fleming
Jean Fleming
Urban Bowman
Washington
Francis Pinder
Hopkins Eaton
Pauline Baker
Barbara Walters
Baltimore
Nancy Jane Kline
Salisbury
Howard Knotts
Chestertown
Helen Smith
D. L. Dougherty
Harrington
Mary Rowe
H. B. Wright
Preston
Drexel Hill
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Fred B. Sylvester
Queen Anne
Horace Morgan
Howard P. Flowers
Bernard Sparks
Elizabeth B. Lightner
Charles E. Barton
Hillsboro
Fleming
Harry Kemp
Homer Hutchison
College Park
Stella Hutchison
Catonsville
William Dudley
Eugene Brown
Norman Pinder
Hugh Brown
Main Street
Brown
John T. Moore
Ridgely
Christian S. Holsinger
Twin Cedars Farm
Rufus Emory
Memphis
Tenn
Arthur Emory Jr
Anette Harrell
C. E. Emory
Sara Frances
Sara Hollister
Levi Hollister
Charles Cannon Barton
Harry Gibson Jr
Elwood Dulin
Elizabeth Dulin
Sophia Dulin
Cordova
Wallace Hurley
Secretary
Horace M. Morgen
Queen Anne Women’s Society meeting notes and community updates
The Queen Anne Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. Fred B. Sylvester’s home for a large attendance closing the year with a program on Christian stewardship and heroic outreach. Members planned September meetings, welcomed visitors, and shared local life updates including graduations, visits, and neighborly moves.
Gas rationing likely to spread nationwide in war era
Officials signal continuation of gas rationing in the East with possible extension across the United States. Top government authorities, backing an all-out approach, say national rationing could save rubber and ease transport, yet maintain ample gasoline for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Death of Mrs BR Ashe noted in Courtland NY
Friends in Hobbs express sorrow at the death of Mrs BR Ashe who passed away in a Courtland NY hospital. A longtime community organizer and former president of the Ladies Aid Society she leaves her husband and four children. The notice lists local friends and related movements and recent visits.
County Extension Agents Reach Maryland Rural Areas
Dr. T B Symons, director of the University of Maryland Extension Service, reports extensive outreach last year. Agents made 22 182 farm or home visits to 10 313 farms or homes, 119 454 office calls, 83 715 phone inquiries, and produced 5 334 articles and 65 599 letters. They distributed 64 762 bulletins and broadcast 355 programs while preparing 350 exhibits. Demonstrations reached 101 998 attendees with 5 868 method demos and 219 result demos to 3 704 people. They attended 6 472 extension meetings with 308 251 attendees. Changes in practices occurred on 27% of 687 farms, 9684 farm homes, and 6241 other homes. 4 H members were noted in 5 493 farm homes and 2 263 other homes. In total, 33 310 farm families and 11 888 other families reported being influenced by the extension program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
T. B. Symons
University of Maryland Extension Service
Altogther
Symons
H Club
Sudden Death Shocks Preston Doctor J H Ehlers
Preston reports the sudden Friday death of Dr J H Ehlers of Main Street after a year in town. Surviving are his wife two sons and a daughter. Funeral services were held Monday at 9 30 a m at the Methodist home with Rev W A Donaway officiating. Interment was in Baltimore. Meanwhile local residents visited Indian Town Gap Pa to see Private James Trice. David Osteen graduated from Charlotte Hall Military Academy and is home for summer. The W S C S of the Methodist Church met Wednesday night, the last gathering until September. Mrs Cora Todd died at Cambridge Hospital, mother of Mrs Lloyd Brodes. Mrs A J Messick left for Pocono Haven Pa for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wagenhofer
Kenton
Del
Marydel
Edward Leinmeiser
Plains
Templeville Cemetery
Denton
Delaware
Emily Johnson
Frances Johnson
Ira Fisher
Willow Grove
Thomas J. Turkington
Grace Methodist Church
Lawrence E. Wimbrow
First Methodist Church
Denton Cemetery
Raymond Messick
Hurlock
Harmony Church
Thornton
Hill Crest Cemetery
Federalsburg
Lydia Nichols Tull
American Corner
Caroline County
Robert
Sarah (Trice) Patton
Levin H. Tull
Dorsey Nichols
Williston
Vernon Nichols
Elkton
Ira Patton
Williamsburg
J. H. Thornton
Hillcrest Cemetery
Mary Alice Fleming
Elias C. Fleming
Emmett Hignatt
Ross R. Logan
Illinois
Eastern Star
Benjamin C. Woodworth
Washington
E. Virginia Hughes
Preston
Elizabeth Bowling
Baltimore
J. W. Holloway
Justus H. Ehlers Jr
Kenneth Ehlers
New York
Druid Ridge Cemetery
Josephine Adams
Christ Methodist Church
F. B. Bailey
Adams
Walkertown
Virginia
Anna Adams
J. H. Ehlers
Main Street
Ehlers
W. A. Donaway
Methodist Church
T. L. Trice
E. B. Blades
Indiantown Gap
James Trice
David Osteen
Charlotte Hall Military Academy
Cora Todd
Cambridge Hospital
Lloyd Brodes
A. J. Messick
Pocono Haven
Mt. Pocono
Card of Thanks for Mrs Davis Bereavement
I acknowledge sincere appreciation for kindness and sympathy from many friends after the death of my sister Gladys Chance Davis wife of Lloyd B. Davis. Mrs. Wm. E. Andrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Chance Davis
Lloyd B. Davis
Wm. E. Andrew
Greene and Environs Social News and Obituaries
Mrs Elizabeth Wagenhofer aged 64 died in Kent General hospital Dover last Thursday. Funeral at Marydel Catholic Church with Rev Edward Leinheiser officiating. Interment in Templeville cemetery. Survived by husband and two sons Joseph E Churchman Clayton Herbert O Churchman Hardy and three daughters Mrs P Haydon Mrs Geo Bittner and Miss Martha Churchman. Also notes on marriages births and local visits including the Jopp and Cowgill families and moves to Baltimore Wilmington and Philadelphia. News items list local residents visiting relatives and employment changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wagenhofer
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Geo. Bittner
Philadelphia
Martha Churchman
Jersey City
N. J
Raymond Bennett
Mary
George Jopp
Denton
Preston
J. H. Thornton
George Cowgill
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Chestertown
T. LC. Willis Jr
Lansdowne
T. ©. Horsey
Willis
Pet Milk Co
Robert Hastings
U. S. Army
Panama
Mabel Hastings
Cyrus Stufft
Betty Lou
Lienerch
A. G. Stufft
Nelson Forney Jr
Judy
Frederic Monroe
Thomas Edwards
Ellen
Edwards
Edith Hopkins
Centreville
Fletcher Clark
Ida Clark
Emma Pippin
George Stevenson
Wilmington
Dianne Taylor
L. W. Taylor Sr
Carl Nichols
Fifer’s Hospital
Wesley Smith
R. C. Jackson
Wendell Cooper
Norfolk, Va
Harry Cooper
L. W. Taylor Jr
H. F. Butler
Federalsburg
Bridgeville
Roberta Jackson
H. L. Haddick
Open season for black bass set July 1 to November 30
The Game and Inland Fish Commission approved July 1 to November 30 as the open season for large and small mouth bass in non-tidal waters, with other species listed for various dates and size limits. Anglers must have a valid license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Game and Inland Fish Commission
Youghiogheny River
Swallow Falls
Garrett Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Rachel McMahan
Harry W. McMahan
Robert Rice Hemp
Eugene Hemp
Jefferson, Md
Franklin Bailey
Lewis Callahan
Hemp
Frederick County
Eva Thomas
Margaret Thrasher
Portsmouth
Christian Comrades
Florence Gottwall
Mary Smith
Naomi Holland
Brick Hotel
W. C. Swann
Beverly L. Goldsborough
Eleanor Lux Goldsborough
John Leonard Hull
Charles E. Hull
Frederck
Jas. F. Fitzgibbon
Annetta Renning
Selden C. Watters
Fannie Shields
Watters
Mary Emily Gniecko
Gniecko
Fredericksburg
Earle White
Courthouse Square
Phyllis Anne
Frances Alburger
Sam Young
Lloyd Porter
Elsmere
Samuel Ellwanger
A. R. Neal
Luther Hoffman
Middle River
Frederick Gibbs
William J. Richards
Madeleine Cooper
G. W. McCormick
Martin Betts
Alan Greenley
U. S. Navy
Henry Brown
L. E. Wimbrow
Chamber of Commerce
Roger Ringgold
Thomas Turkington
A. W. Brumbaugh
St. Michaels
Ringgold
Calvin Lynch
G. Lawrence Wilson
Charles O. Carter
Daytona Beach
Florida
Kate Booker
Harvey Dean
Ocean City
Daytona
West
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
Tuckahoe
Hobbs
BR. J. Ashe
Courtland
N. Y
John Lister
Eldon Marine
Louis Butler
Daniel Glenn
Audrey Tribbitt
Martha Ostermann
Bates Lister
J. A. Willoughby
J. H. Dandy
E. M. Willey
Harry Tull
American Corner Church
Sallie Hughes
Mary Dolby
Myra iPfleeger
Thomas Smith
Esther Smith
Christian Endeavor
B. B. Allen
Thos. Smith
G. L. Blades
Burrsville
J. A. Billings
R. H. Walling
Wm. Murphy
Rehoboth
B. B. Cohee
Harry Porter
Wm. Chambers
Harmony
Richard Lister
Elmer Butler
New Jersey
Donald Smith
Chester
Tommy
Rev
D. E. Wood
Charlie Wilson
Paul Collison
Harvey Collison
Fifer Hospital
Harlan Blades
Ernest Knotts
J. W. Price
Henry Walters
Alfred Raughiey
Harrison Kirby
R. L. Kirby
Henry Hurd
Rosa Hurd
Lida Thawley
Wesley Church
Mary Sipple
Robert H. Stafford Jr
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