Local notices highlight county and town events in Denton
The June 23 sale at Bullock's starts with ads. Dr. O G Johnson plans drugstore improvements. Wheat prospects rise in Caroline. Parker's Theatre ads note next week attractions. Main street Denton project approved by County Commissioners. Thomas M Green appointed vital statistics registrar for Greensboro. Various church services and sermons scheduled in Denton Ridgely Hillsboro Preston Williston. Local crime and public notices referenced alongside car ads and motorist cautions.
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Bullock's
O. G. Johnson
Caroline
Parker's Theatre
He Journal
Main Street
Denton
Thomas M. Green
Greensboro
Bishop Adams
Christ Church
Wm. Pettijohn
Beck
Denton Social Happenings and Nuptials This Week
Denton residents report a flurry of nuptials and social visits. Carl H. Gorsuch and Mildred R. Luff wed at Greensboro Methodist with reception at the bride’s family home. Lena Garey and Caleb Winslow to marry in Denton church June 21 with post ceremony reception. Various licenses issued to couples including Satterfield Poole Winslow Garey Jefferson and Davis. Local notables travel to camps, meetings, and cities for work and leisure as friends and relatives visit across Maryland and Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl H. Gorsuch
Baltimore
Mildred R. Luff
Carter & Dean
Greensboro
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Howard T. Quigg
Gladys 0. Evans
T. Dukes Roe
W. T. Luff
Whiteleysburg
Gorsuch
Brick Hotel
Lena Rebecca Garey
Caleb Winslow
Methodist Episcopal Church
Vashti Saulsbury Garey
Gay Street
Willie Seward
Zula Satterfield
Goldsboro
Stewart Hollowell
Federalsburg
Daley Poole
Williamsburg
Denton
Philetus Jefferson
Laura M. Davis
George Bucker
William
Peter Phillipps
P. M. Halecker
Pennsylvania
M. Fling
Tuckahoe Neck
Samuel Ellwanger
Ernest Longfellow
Rock Hall
Minerva Todd
Andersontown
Dover
Conference Academy
Todd
Geo. A. McDaniel
Gulf Refining Company
Philadelphia
B. B. Brumbaugh
Bay View
Joseph F. Roop
Howard T. Roop
American Corner
J. Owen Knotts
J. Owen, Jr
Camden
Del
Barclay
Baltimore Sun
Maud Stewart
Public Service Commission
Blanche Watson
Evelyn
Wilmington
Marcus Hook
Stephen P. Shipman
Falls Church
Charles E. Stevens
Caroline Redden
Sturgis
Michigan
Maryland
Angela Dill
Willow Grove
Emma Clark
Louis Dukes
Mary Longfellow
Seaford
Fred Towns
R. N. Hitchens
J.N. LeCompte
Vienna
Taylor
Elizabeth
Albert G. Towers
R. OD. Shaw
Milford
J. W. Austin
LR. Hooper
Easton
I. D. Anderson
To Be President for a Day according to Tribune
The New York Tribune speculates Robert Lansing may become president for a 24 hour period due to Sunday inauguration rules. It notes March 4 1947 falls on a Sunday, causing the oath to shift to March 5 while Wilson’s 1913 term ends at noon March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Tribune
Robert Lansing
United States
Wilson
Marshall
Lansky
Hillsboro Social Notes and Visits Across Town
Hillsboro tales of residents traveling for work and leisure. Mr M J Peacock departed for Woodbine to manage a cannery. Young Margaret Saur marked her third birthday with friends. Visitors included Mrs Harris Legg and Miss Katie Cray from Stevensville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
M. J. Peacock
Woodbine
Carrall County
Grace Bruner
North Wales
Margaret C. Jarrell
Ella V. Pennington
Mary Copeland
Denton
Sadie Wathers
Olive Hummer
Marydel
Charles Beaumont
Greensboro
Edith Straughn
Crumpton
H. Nelson Beaven
Katie Vesty
Easton
FE. B. Davis
E. L. Thompson
Emily DeFord
Kathleen Knotts
Local Residents Mark Birthdays and Travels
Burrsville resident Jas E Lister celebrated his 79th birthday last Tuesday the 13th. M K Collison of Hobbs marked his 35th anniversary last Thursday the 15th. Mrs J R Ricards traveled to Baltimore by train and returned with her husband from the hospital. Bailey family moved back to Remington Virginia. W T Chance of Westgrove visited daughter Mrs W Chambers at Andersontown. Alice Seeders of the State Normal holidayed with her mother at Andersontown. Mary Hargadine and family of Felton Del visited Andersontown relatives. Mamie Wilson of Camden N J then Hobbs, now Easton. M F H Coblison suffered a wrist sprain. Children Day exercises at Ames tomorrow evening. Wheat harvest not far off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. E. Lister
Burrsville
M. K. Collison
Hobbs
J. R. Ricards
Baltimore
J. G. Bailey
J. D. Bailey
Remington
W. T. Chance
Westgrove
Wim. Chambers
Andersontown
Alice T. Seeders
State Normal
Mary Hfargadine
Felton
Del
Mamie Wilson
Camden
N. J
Easton
M. F. H. Coblison
Ames
Royal Social Round in Queen Anne Area
In Queen Anne Mrs J E Morgan hosted supper with Mr and Mrs Cordrey and several young women. Mrs N C Straughn hosted on Tuesday with Virginia Mays Edna Morgan Alma Thompson and Helen Mason. Crumpton guests Miss Una Morgan. Balti more guests Mr and Mrs James Moore visited Mr and Mrs G C Moore. Wilmington visitor Mrs John Taylor. Easton and Baltimore visits noted for various relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne
J. E. Morgan
Cordrey
Hattie Dukes
Virginia Mays
Minnie Callaway
N. C. Straughn
Edna Morgan
Alma Thompson
Helen Mason
Spencer Merrick
Crumpton
Una Morgan
James Moore
Baltimore
G. C. Moore
John Taylor
Wilmington
Harry Clark
Howard Flowers
Easton
S. T. Culver
Hebron
E. L. Bowens
Madge Jump
Wyoming
Bethlehem Ladies Aid Meeting Report
The Bethlehem Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Sphie Harrington's home last Thursday. Members present included Georgie Collins, Alice Blades, Elsie Thompson, Louisa Lepates, Nettie Thomas, Alexine Bednaum, Mollie Harding, Martha Hubbard, Janie Legates, Flora Taylor, Lillian Blades, Wallie Pritchett, Agnes Taylor, Edna Waddell, Janie Hall, Florence Dean, with Mary Hall joining as a new member. Refreshments followed. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Edna Waddell on July 13. Mr. John Brodes injured both feet when a machine fell on them last week. Mr. Harry Towers and family of Wilmington are visiting his sister, Mrs. Flora Taylor. Mr. William Carroll purchased a new automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Sphie Harrington
Georgie Collins
Alice Blades
Elsie Thompson
Louisa Lepates
Nettie Thomas
Alexine Bednaum
Mollie Harding
Martha Hubbard
Janie Legates
Flora Taylor
Lillian Blades
Wallie Pritchett
Agnes Taylor
Edna Waddell
Janie Hall
Florence Dean
Mary Hall
John Brodes
Harry Towers
Wilmington
William Carroll
Templeville Social Roundup Moves and Visits
Templeville residents report trips to Wilmington by Mr and Mrs S C Faulkner and daughter Florence with Samuel Faulkner accompanying home. Mrs Wim Sparks and children of Roe visited the Sparks home, Mrs E Smith of Wilmington stayed with sister Mrs J Maske, Arthur Sittig visits parental home in Uniontown Carroll County, and Emma McKnott with Pearle Cooper spent the weekend with friends at Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Faulkner
Florence
Wilmington
Samuel Faulkner
Wim. Sparks
Roe
W. Sparks
E. Smith
J. Maske
Arthur Sittig
Uniontown
Carroll County
Emma McKnott
Pearle Cooper
Henderson
Federalsburg Post Office Upgraded to Second Class
Postmaster C W Jefferson announced the Federalsburg post office will become a second class office starting July 1. The change raises the postmaster salary to 2000 dollars per year and increases clerk pay while fixing working hours for all staff. Federal Bridge earns praise for elevating the town’s postal service on the peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Jefferson
Post Office Department
Washington
Federalsburg
Jefferson
Ridgely News Column Commencement and Local Notes
The Ridgely News column covers a class night program with speeches and diploma presentations, a Wednesday commencement with a Lincoln portrait unveiling, and various local notices. It notes berry harvest issues, Baptist Sunday School Children’s Day, family visits, illness, and a rose beetle plague in the area.
Willoughby Died At Home In Stevensville
Mr S Willoughby of Stevensville Rent Island died at home Sunday evening in his 56th year. He was born near Preston, worked in contracting and building, then ran a mercantile business with his son. Lifelong M P Church member, funeral Tuesday at Stevensville church, Rev Z Adams officiating. Remains buried at Grave cemetery. He leaves wife, two sons, two brothers, two sisters, and many friends in the county and island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevensville
Z. Adams
Ar. Willoughby
Nico
A.B. ‘Todd
Harry ‘Towers and
Wibnington
Lewis Ross
Delaware
W. PD
Taylor
J. Cohee and Son
Talbot County
Haddaway
Baltimore
Mary Deen
Denton
Mai WP. Taylor
Ma Js. W. Cohee
Greensboro Families Share Household Ties
In Greensboro Mrs Lelia Murphy and her daughter Pauline join Mrs Raymond Cohee and her children as they recently became part of the household of Mr and Mrs Richard A Laster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelia Murphy
Pauline
Raymond Cohee
Richard A Laster
Best cash prices paid for eggs and poultry
The best cash prices are paid for eggs and poultry by S. F. Jopp of Denton Maryland.
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S. F. Jopp
Denton, Md
Early strawberry season boosts harvest and local milk drive
The strawberry season runs late into the month with three carloads shipped daily and prices strong despite insect losses. A milk station gains traction with over 100 patrons and rising receipts. Local church notes and visits from Wilmington residents fill out a community update with several residents traveling or ill.
Surprise party honors Miss Edna A Carroll at home
A party held Thursday evening in Miss Edna A Carroll’s honor drew many friends including Mamie Fredericks Katie Schnick Elma Todd Emmaline Bradley Bertie Legates and Edna Carroll among others. George KR Hull titled cashier at Provident State Bank brings long bank experience and a promotion after serving as assistant secretary at Salisbury Building and Loan and cashier at Bank of Wraithind.
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Preston
Edna A. Caroll
Mamie Fredericks
Katie Schnick
Elma Todd
Emmaline Bradley
Bertie Legates
Mary Brodes
Mildred Collins
Mildred Lane
Maude Butler
Isabel Carroll
Hattie McConnell
Clara ‘Todd
Mary ‘Todd
Edith Kelley
Ruth Slaughter
Ethel Kelley
Katharine Biker
Lorna Mudge
Cora Mudge
Maude Harding
Dorothy Caroll
Edna Carroll
Messrs
Roy Lane
Lloyd Brodes
Gilbert Lane
Joseph Pritchett
Joseph Rent
Lewis Trice
Gilbert Gibson
Roland Todd
Edward Pauchet
Clinton Carrell
Dalton Hubbard
Heyward Legates
Lloyd Cannon
Melville Hubbard
Earle Cox
Ralph Blades
Ralph Brodes
Carlton Dulin
James Drumin
Virgil Hall
Clarence Callahan
Otto Hrockley
Leon Wright
Willis Wright
Charles Bradley
Frank Megay
Douglas Todd
George KR. Hull
The
Provident State Bank
Salisbury Building and Loan Association
Bank of Wraithind
Hill
Death of Elenry Davis Jr in Marydel
Marydel reports the death of five month old Elenry Jr after the death angel entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davis on Monday. The town notes community events including a Children’s Day service at Marydel Church last Sunday evening. Various residents are mentioned visiting relatives and attending events in nearby towns.
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Marydel
Mroo
Henry Davis
Elenry, Jr
Marydel Church
Hunn
Brown
Wyoming
Bella Daly
R. P. Moore
Ford
Vienna
Meeting on children's aid in Burrsville set Wednesday
County Agent Miss Wisong and Miss Kruger urge attendance at a 3 o clock Wednesday meeting in Red Men's Hall to discuss the Children's Aid Society. Admission is free. Also noted: Mrs. William H. Satterfield and Master Crawford Garrett are ill. Mrs. Harry A. Porter visited Harrington, and others traveled between Delaware and Baltimore with relatives.
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Wisong
Morris Graham
Harrington
Amos Layton
Delaware
Laura R. Porter
Baltimore
Rachel Blarvey
Concord
In Memoriam for Oliver Pf Blades
In loving remembrance of my dear husband Oliver Pf Blades who departed this life Monday June 5th In the grave yard softly sleeping. Lies the one we love so dearly Our eyes grow dim with watching and hearts are sad. No words will be so sweet as the words he used to say He is gone but not forgotten. We hope some day to meet him on the Golden Shore by his loving wife and daughter.
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Oliver Pf. Blades
Igld
Chautauqua Enthusiasm Gathers Again In Caroline
Caroline county residents praised the Chautauqua program with top acts and strong speakers. Falk Song Quintet led opening events with Miss Ima Phillips and Ruth Doria among featured artists. Colangelo’s Band and Miss Eshel Bentley offered musical highlights. Montaville Flowers delivered patriotic and family life talks, while Dr. Wells and Dr. Hillis spoke on spirituality and self-made achievement. The 1916 series closed with The Chimes of Normandy and plans for a 1917 return drew applause from the audience.
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Dr. Flowers
Denton
America
Big Tent Key
Dr. Wells
Granville-lines
Rey
Thomas O. Crouse
Key
Clinton T. Wyatt
May
Newell D. Hillis
Great Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Death of Mrs Mary Pratt Stewart Widow of Captain Stewart
Mrs Mary Pratt Stewart widow of Captain Robert W Stewart died after long illness at her East Denton home Monday morning shortly before ten. She would have been 83 on September 30. Funeral was Wednesday afternoon Rev C F Wyatt officiating with interment in Denton cemetery. Buried in her wedding black silk dress she wore for over sixty years. She was daughter of William Jefferson Pratt a former landowner and later Denton merchant. Longtime member of Denton M E Church, oldest member in recent years. Surviving children: Miss Annie R Stewart, Miss Mary Lena Stewart, and Mer Carrell H Stewart.
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Robert W. Stewart
Mary Pratt Stewart
East Denton
C.F. Wyatt
Denton
Stewart
William Jefferson Pratt
Tuckahoe Neck
Denton M. E. Church
Annie R. Stewart
Mary Lena Stewart
Mer. Carrell H. Stewart
Commencement Exercises at Caroline High School
The Caroline High School class night featured a student play The First Annual Commencement of Nojoke High School with graduates Elizabeth Cade Elva Cheezum Elsie Craft Eva DeFord Hattie Dunham Lester Kauffman Verlin Krabill Irene Wallace. A large audience attended Masonic Hall for exercises including orations by Lester Kauffman Verlin Krabill and essays by Elva Cheezum Irene Wallace with an address by Rev L K Barrett.
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Caroline Hhigh School
Nojoke High School
Elizabeth Cade
Elva Cheezum
Elsie Craft
Eva DeFord
Hattie Dunham
Lester Kauffman
Verlin Krabill
Irene Wallace
Masonic Hall
Lester S. Kauffman
Elva R. Cheezum
Lon Shakespeare
Orphans Court Proceedings Appoint and Sell Estates
Judges Liden and Moore preside as Mary Thawley executrix for James H. Thawley presents inventory and appraisement. sale ordered. George H. Russell and Charles W. Ellwanger executors of Catharine Singer present inventory. record approved. Isaac Pool will for probate. notices to kin ordered for June 20. Edward E. Nuttle authorized to assign mortpipe belonging to Leonard Hicks Horner estate.
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Orphans’ Court
Liden and
Moore
Orphans Court
Uesday
Mary
Thawley
James H. Thawley
George H. Russell
Charles W. Ellwanger
Catharine Singer
Isaac Pool
Edward E. Nuttle
Leonard Hicks Horner
Electrocution Fatal for Local Lineman Jesse P Love
Jesse P Love, a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company lineman with seven years’ service, died Friday after 5 pm while reversing wires in Easton at 205 Goldsborough Street. While removing old lines he touched a bare iron wire to a 2200 volt municipal line, stood on damp ground, and died instantly. He was a well known figure in Caroline county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse P Love
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
William E. Shannahan
Goldsborough St
Easton
Love
Municipal Electric
Caroline County
Many More To Grow Alfalfa In Caroline County
Farmers in Caroline county consider alfalfa with a tested method. Prepare soil a year ahead with stable manure and lime. Plant after crimson clover cover crop, inoculate seeds, and harvest hay in stages from June to August. Expect about three tons per acre annually and potential $50 per acre revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
United States Department of Agriculture
Clean-Up Days on the Farm
A call for farms to adopt spring-cleaning, tidy front yards, and proper storage. The piece urges moving junk away from the home, burning or junking unusable items, planting grass and flowers, and teaching neatness as a daily habit for children. It argues neatness reflects pride and steadier thinking.
All Cut Up in Prohibition Talk by Bryan
W J Bryan interrupts a prohibition discourse with a story of a Southern soldier who gave $2 to a legless Yankee cripple. The cripple thanks him, then quips about Yankees and says Republicans are cut up to suit him. Bryan quips that the Republican party is cut up to suit me.
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W. J. Bryan
Bryan
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the Local Department
B. G. Parker
Masonic Order
Baptist Church
Ridgely
C. T. Wyatt
Chestertown High School
Col
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Ordnance
Enaston
Oxford
Tilphemans
Justice Richards
Herman Rideout
Laura Kirby
Zouck
State Roads Commission
State Agricultural Board
A. W. Sisk
A. W. Short & Son
Barratt’s Chapel
Laura Wix
Greenwood
St Paul's P. E
W. F. Adams
the Diocee
Epworth League
Denton Post Office
M. Young
Lucretia Squire
Everena Bank
John Cox
Martha Harris
Howard Hake
Estell Robinson
Clayton Henson
Edward Willoughby
Henry Doerr
Willoughby
Wm. J. Rickards
New Church
J. E. Smith
Egypt
Williston
Smith
Fourteenth Cavalry
Arthur Fisher
Chalmers
Chas. A. Davison
I T
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Templeville
Ridgely News
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Ernest Smith
Beatrice Bower
Wiliam Davis
Edward Pearsaul
the Seven
Heatrice Hower
William Davis
Miriam Caball
Harvey Reininger
Harvey Holsinger
Edward Pearson
Dorothy Mancha
S.S. Handy
Lincoln
Dramatic Club
Baptist Sunday School
Jumptown
Easton Baptist Church
M. HL
Dragon
J. A. Maaske
Flor. Randall
Cordova
Frank Samis
Flw. Taylor
Clarksville
Catherine Yost
Miss Smith
Jennie Smith
Deyo
Ward
Raymond
Walkill
N. Y
Arthur Lee Ramph
LR. Brumbaugh
Baptist Society
Northfield
Mass
Will Smith
Easton Hospital
Margene Richards
Mollie Richards
Dorothy Lane
Samus
Keen Saulsbury
Cedarcroft School
Kennett Square
Elder Wine
Woodside
Bernard Latchaw
Withington
Howard Marvel
Pea Canning
J. A. Kerns
PS J. Wharton
A. J. Bennett
Aid
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Sadie Wooters
Olive Hummel
Flora Bull
Ruth Hall
Smyrna Chautauqua
Ella Seward
Anna Jump
Charles Jacobs
Billa Heather
Mlmors
Falk
Ima Phillips
Ruth Doria
Arthur A. Meyers
Warren Brown
Ruth Garland
Ross Crane
Mr. Crane
Longfellow
Fife
Colangelo
Eshel Bentley
Soice
Mr. Flowers
Flowers
Jesse P. Love
Gewspas PF
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