Local notices and community events in Denton area
Local items report销售 of tomatoes and clothing discounts, church services, school activities, a home fire, a July 4 baseball game, Red Cross donations, and numerous church programs in Denton and surrounding Caroline county towns. Notable names include L. B. Towers, J. H. Nichols, Everngain, Thawley, Preston High, P. J. Gifford, Bethlehem Church, and Dr. W. W. Davis. A large Caroline county delegation attends the Rural Women's Short Course in College Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Towers & Bro
J. H. Nichols & Co
Everngain
Laurel Grove
Board of Education
Preston High School
Williston
John Carlisle
West Denton
Harrington
Bethlehem Church
W. H
Wyatt
Denton
Lewis Adams
Linchester
Preston Methodist Church
Bethlehem
Frank Cole
South Seventh Street
Caroline County
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church
W. W. Davis
Friends of the Lord’s Day
Maryland
Greensboro Baptist Church
E. C. Baker
Baltimore
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Middletown
M. E. Wheatley
A. E. Miller
Nellie C. Harris
Omar E. Jones
Della Sherman
Foster B. Davis
College Park
Slocum Motor Company
Cambridge
Federalsburg Doctor Talbott Brooks Found Dead
Dr Fred Talbott Brooks 62 was found dead in his automobile on a country road near Federalsburg by Thomas Todd farmer and bank director. A heart attack is suspected. Brooks leaves a wife and daughter Louise a 15 year Federalsburg native had practiced here 15 years and was a member of Nanticoe Lodge A F and A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Talbott Brooks
Thomas Todd
First National Bank
Todd
Brooks
Federalsburg
Elliott Noble
Frank Bradley, Jr
Berkley Todd
Phillip Glover
Mace Todd
Oliver Spicer
Thomas Watson
Marion Hignutt
Roe MacSorley, Jr
Henry Poole
Phillip Jefferson
Kathleen Messenger
Virginia Andrew
Ellen MacMahon
Julia Nicolai
Virginia Covey
Evelyn Noble
Charlotte Spicer
Dorothy Coulbourne
Margaret Jefferson
Barbara Sparklin
Lois Sparklin
Doris Poole
Louis Trice
G. E. Leister
Christ M . P. Church
J. B. McCabe
F. C. MacSorley
Hillcrest Cemetery
England
Lewis Trice, Jr
Nelson MacMahon
Nicholas Laigneil
Arthur Rosser
Fred Trice
Helen Mary Cook
Anna Marie Brodes
Gladys Mac Bradley
Mary Tomkinson Carson
Helen Grace Covey
Ruth Mac Stevens
Virgie Anna Nichols
Lottie C. Finnegan
J. Leon Towers
W. Nelson Pusey
J. Carl Donovan
Wesley Elwood Dobson
Paul Addison Croll
Leslie C. Williams
Mary Myrtle Towers
William James Lankford
Sara Roselle Covey
Sarah Rebecca Charles
Lillian Charles Noble
Elizabeth Stevenson Trice
Federalsburg High School
Union M. E. Church
J. Burton McCabe
Wilmington
Christ M. P. Church
Roselle
Baer
Montgomery County
George Messick
A. R. Messick
Peabody Conservatory
Baltimore
Peabody
Messick
Department of Music
Blue Ridge College
New Windsor
Jerome Framptom, Jr
J. J. Framptom
West Central Avenue
Washington College
Chestertown
Eagles Mere
Alderson Mowbray
New York City
W. A. Mowbray
Europe
Martha Markstone
Lancaster
Hoyt Thompson
Brooklyn
N. Y
D. H. Thompson
Maple Avenue
Mildred Croll
August Croll
Bloomingdale Hill
Caroline High School Class of 1927 Commencement Address
The Caroline High School class of 1927 held their commencement in the school auditorium with speaker W Frazier Russell of Chestertown. He urged graduates to seize opportunities to serve others, not for selfish gain, as prizes and honors were presented by faculty and local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline High School
W. Frazier Russell
Chestertown
Russell
Mildred Nuttle
Helen George
Brewbaker Secretarial School
Baltimore
Elizabeth Pippin
Martha Goldsborough
Caroline County
Caroline
Eastern Shore Society
Pippin
Walter M. Wright
Board of Education
Kathleen Moore
Anne Green
J. Kemp Stevens
Edwin Wright
Anne Wright
Frances W. Kirwan
Lindbergh Winged His Way Across the Sea
Poem celebrates Charles A. Lindbergh’s solo flight from North America to Europe. It extols his courage and endurance as he crossed the Atlantic, reaching the Emerald Isle, then France, hailed as a conqueror of air and sky with glory to endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerald Isle
Irish Sea
France
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Childrens Day program highlights
The Ridgely Methodist Sunday School staged a pretty Children Day program with a student choir led by Mrs Brackett, readings by Martha Taylor and others, and a pantomime on the occasion. Class night at Ridgely High featured president Robert Payne Dean and seniors. Commencement followed with diplomas to nine students. Baccalaureate and other church events, regional travel to Rehoboth Beach, and plans for Ruthsburg Players play in the Community Theatre are noted along with local visits and improvements such as a new tennis court behind the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Sunday School
Church House
William R. Jones
Harry Swann
Marguerite Jackson
Ellen Swann
Zelma Winstead
Nellie Jackson
Ridgely High School
Robert Payne Dean
Hannah Truax Hopkins
Mary Helen Elliott
Who Am
Alice Ferrick
Elizabeth Beekman
Mary Ruth Blackiston
Mary Emma Porter
Davis Wilson
D. J. Moore
S. R. MacEwan
Christ Episcopal Church
Easton
S Milton S. King
MacEwan
Alice Elizabeth Ferrick
Mary Ruth
Brackett
Leonard M. Goodwin
James Wilson
Wilmington
Elizabeth Wilson
Newport
Del
Katherine Wilson
Ruthsburg Players
Dorothy Saulsbury
Anna Frances Seward
Thomas Cooper
Charles Samis
Philadelphia
Lewis Lane
Wilson Cahall
Millersburg State Normal School
E. T. Pendleton
Carolyn
T. C. Cahall
Dave Swing
No Brother
Thompson
William Sharpley
Kermit
Zelma
Chincoteague Island
Leonard Dean
Inlaw
A. W. Dukes
James
Marjorie Cullom
Centreville
Riz French
William Iarrison
Harrington
Jack Rash
Harrison
L. S. Matthews
Charles Fleckenstein
Michael Pfister
Baltimore
Mr. Fleckenstein
Elizabeth Detwiler
Chads Ford, Pa
Quiet Greensboro Marriage Ties Local Pair
Mr John J Richard and Miss Minnie M Pinder were married last Saturday night at the home of Rev C R Curtis in Goldsboro. The couple now reside with Richard's parents Mr and Mrs Purdy Richard. Miss Pinder, a Greensboro high school graduate of 1925, has many local friends.
Templeville Social Round Enriches Local Families
Templeville and nearby residents share visits and events as many families gather for suppers church services and weekend hospitality. Mrs. Knotts hosted guests including Daniel McKee and Emma Coursey while Edna Cahall’s family notes unfold with trips to Dundalk Philadelphia and gatherings with relatives in Massey Rising Sun and Dover.
Weekend visit notes and campus summer arrivals
Mr and Mrs George Long and daughter Helen and Miss Hazel Hoops of Marcus Hook spent the week end with Mr and Mrs William Walls. Mrs Long and daughter Helen will remain for the rest of the summer. Miss Mildred Medford of Salisbury Normal School and Miss Elizabeth Heather of Towson Normal School are visiting their parents. Miss Naomi Stafford and Louise Medford joined the volley ball team in Baltimore for the State championship. Mr and Mrs Paul Boggs and daughter Sarah of Massey visited J O Hummer over Sunday. Mr Paul Smith of Dover is vacationing with his parents. Miss Ruth Hall of Dover spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Elizabeth Hall. Mrs T E Heather spent the week end in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline High School
Denton Firemen
Marie Pentz
Helen Norris
Victoria Deen
Esther Bowdle
John Lord
Charles Richards
James Wright
Russum Orme
Elma Leese
Stephanie Ford
Ruth Beauchamp
Ellen Brown
Caroline County
University of California At Berkeley
Atlanta
Northern Pacific
Philip E. Nuttle
Johns Hopkins University
Swarthmore Chautauqua
Denton
Chestertown
Esther Dunham
Liden Morgan
Chester
Morgan
A. L. Dunham
John H. Emerson
Women’s College
University of Delaware
Margaret Allaband
Arthur Allston, Jr
Wilmington
Harry B. Mason
Near Town
S. G. Nuttle
Mildred
Baltimore
Washington
E. T. Tubbs
T. Fred. Slaser
Philadelphia
George W. Beck
Bridge
G. J. Hooker
John J. Richard
Purdy Richard
Henderson
Minnie M. Pinder
James T. Pinder
Greensboro
C. R. Curtis
Goldsboro
Pinder
Richard
H. G. Budd
Delaware
Ohio
Ienny
Caroline Budd
Ohio Wesleyan Institute
Mary Thawley
Margaret Clark
Swarthmore
Bridge Club
John C. Brown
Clara Unstings
Anne Pearson
Salisbury State Normal School
Allen Curry
Dawson Gruwell
J. Keene Saulsbury
E. C. Orrell
Rehoboth
Doris Nashold
Frank Dieterle
Rose Dick
Charles Rich
S. D. Carrow
Mabel Rich
Pauline Wyatt
Beacoms’ College
George Mitchell
West Grove
John Mitchell
Rebecca Baynard
Near Ridgely
Nannie Strannahan
R. J. Baughley
Felton
Yarrington
Thomas Dobson
Paul and
Hilton
Tolchester
Ruth Callahan
Easton
Beulah
Lacy Wilson
Ridgely
Frank Hobbs
George Cruiser
Betterton
Comegys van Sant
Ruth Jackson
St. Michaels
George Long
Helen
Hazel Hoops
Marcus Hook
William Walls
Long
Mildred Medford
Salisbury Normal School
Elizabeth Heather
Towson Normal School
Naomi Stafford
Louise Medford
Paul Boggs
Sarah
Massey
J. O. Hummer
Paul Smith
Dover
Temple Smith
Ruth Hall
Elizabeth Hall
T. E. Heather
L. A. Gooden
E. C. Gooden
S. S. James
Esther Fertig
C. M. Wingate
George Tyson
New York City
Allie Sweeney
F. B. Sweeney
Walter Sapp
Clark Smith
Sapp
Elijah Sapp
Del
Edward Stubbs
Laura
Norman
D. G. McMuller
Harrington
Sara
Emma Gooden
State Normal School
Salisbury
Annabel Clark
W. F. Clark
Olivia Coffin
Kutztown
Earl Moore
Sudersville
T. A. Montague
Sadie Walls
Lewis Walls
Town
Jacob Melvin
Alda Montague
Carroll Jones
Queenstown
J. F. Quillin
Card of Thanks for Henry J. Gifford’s Family
The children of Henry J. Gifford, deceased, express grateful appreciation to friends for the kindly assistance during the illness and at the time of their father’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Gifford
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Corners Weekend Visitors and Ques
A chain of social notes lists residents and visitors in Hillsboro and nearby towns. Orville Mullikin and family from Relay Maryland join James Mullikin of Goldsboro to visit Ralph Holland. Various locals, relatives, and out of town guests are mentioned with weekend stays and calls including Pilchards in Hillsboro and Salisbury, and visits by Beaven, Pilchard, Fussebaugh, Dukes, Wright, Sherwood, Stevens, Kline, and Fleming among others.
Byron Barton Jr Recovers After Home Front Accident
Byron Barton Jr sustained a skull fracture when an automobile struck him last Thursday in front of his home. He was taken to Emergency Hospital Easton for treatment and is now improving. Local friends wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him playing again soon with his playmates. District events noted include Tri County exercises, a graduation by Rev. Leonard White and Superintendent Gordon Bennett, and a church dedication set for June 19. Mrs Mollie Wilkinson’s 79th birthday dinner hosted relatives from Ridgely and Salisbury. Additional visits from Mrs. Mary Rice and Virginia Mause of Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Barton, Jr
Easton
Tri-County
Leonard White
Delmar
Del
Gordon Bennett
Tarlton Mullikin
Texas
Keplar Barnette
Henry Wilkinson
Ridgely
Mollie Wilkinson
Showard Culver
Hebron
Kate Disharoon
Salisbury
J. E. Morgan
St Paul’s New Church House
Centreville
Mary Rice
Virginia Mause
Baltimore
Byron Barton
James Brown
George Sam Lightner
Hall Barton
Emmett Barton
Funeral services for Jeff Porter in Burrsville
The remains of Jeff Porter were brought from Philadelphia for funeral services at Wesley M. E. Church Saturday afternoon June 11 conducted by Rev. J. W. D. Tubbs. Interment followed in the adjacent cemetery. Mrs. Catherine Cordrey of Farmington wed Charles H. Aarons of Dover at the M. E. Parsonage June 4 by Rev. Tubbs. Various local social notes and upcoming events are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Porter
Philadelphia
Wesley M. E. Church
J. W. D. Tubbs
Charles H. Aarons
Dover
Catherine Cordrey
Farmington
M. E. Parsonage
Harlan Blades
Elmer Evans
John Parris
Adams Cross Roads Funeral of H D Adams Held at Bloomery Church
The funeral of H D Adams was held at Bloomery Church on Friday afternoon and the remains were laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery. His home was in Snow Hill and his lumber business office in Cambridge. His death came very suddenly. Several relatives and friends attended and additional local visits and arrivals are noted, including Miss Marie Parker’s graduation at Women's College Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Adams
Bloomery Church
Snow Hill
Cambridge
Clarence Parker
Joseph Parker
Bridgeville
Martha Tiley
Women's College
Newark
Marie Parker
Clarence Lowe
Catherine
Calvin Williams
Ruth Collison
Earl Robinson
Marian Adams
Rehoboth
Blanche Steller
Sadie
Eva Devore
Philadelphia
Fred Fountain
Winfield Hubbard
Newport News
R. F. Adams
Vienna
Community Notes From Salisbury Normal Area Events
Social calendar items list multiple families visiting, hosting, and attending events across Salisbury area. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Gooden, Mr. and Mrs. Sweeney, the Sapp and Smith families, and other locals. Activities feature commencement exercises, weekend visits, and travel between Harrington Felton Dover and Queenstown areas.
Towson graduates attend services and weddings noted
Goldsboro reports Towson Md commencement attendees including Miss Louise Dennison and Marguerite Griffin among the graduates. Dr J H Wells will preach at the M E Church South next Sunday night. Miss Minnie Pinder and Mr John Richard wed at the M E parsonage. Local visits and weekend hospitality include Linwood Bennett family and several Wilmington Denton Milford residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Dennison
Jennie Griffin
Towson
Louise Dennison
Marguerite Griffin
J. H. Wells
Baltimore
M. E. Church
Minnie Pinder
Greensboro
John Richard
Henderson
M. E. Parsonage
C. R. Curtis
Linwood Bennett
Linwood
Luther Bennett
Myra Jackson
Denton
Miriam
Milford
W. J. Murphy
Harry Gibson
Delmar
Del
J. W. Gibson
Clark Quillen
Beacom’s College
Wilmington
Calvin Elliott
Walter Elliott
Noble Dhue
Oscar Swann
Crump
Omar Shively
Distinguished visitor at Gilpin Point Log notes
The Gilpin Point Log highlights Dr. Phillip Pearlstein a Maryland native and former Bayview Hospital physician who became chief in the nose and throat department of the hospital of the Wadshoi Oblast Republic in the Siberian Urals. He left for broader work with the R. R. F. in the Russian Ukraine, discussing Russian Reconstructions Farms Inc. The R. R. F. is a New York incorporated American company led by Harold Ware with Donald Stephens and others. Gilpin Point has become a single tax enclave. Pearlstein toured with Abraham Goldblum of New York and Eigil Stewer of Arden and plans a longer Maryland visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Pearlstein
Maryland
University of Maryland
Bayview Hospital
Baltimore
Pearlstein
Wadshoi Oblast
Siberian
Urals
Ukraine
Russian Reconstructions Farms, Inc
New York
Harold Ware
Donald Stephens
Frank Stephens
Arden
Delaware
Gilpin Point
Abraham Goldblum
Eigil Stewer
Seventh Grade Graduates at Caroline Elementary School
Closing exercises for Caroline Elementary Seventh Grades featured songs, prayers, and speeches, with awards and certificates presented. Promoted to Eighth Grade are numerous named pupils from multiple districts including Marydel Thomas Heather, Henderson June Bennett, and Greensboro Anna Anthony among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Caroline High School
Nymn
West
Sherwin
Melvin E. Wheatley
T. Pliny Fisher
Land of Mine
James G. MacDermid
Mr. Noble
Southern Twilight Song
Churchill-Grindell
Miss Harwood
Penn
Marydel
Thomas Heather
Henderson
June Bennett
Gladys Carter
Ruth Gooden
Hertha Gooden
William Gniesco
Marven Hudson
George Jones
Dorothy MacAuley
Elizabeth Pippin
Anna Rash
Laura Stubbs
Helen Toth
Bee Tree
Rudy Zlock
Goldsboro
Dorothy Balderson
William Jarrell
Mary Johnson
Frank Lane
Marguerite Milby
Carvil Shaube
Julia Simon
Greensboro
Anna Anthony
Alfred Bilbrough
Davis Bishop
Jeannette Curry
Carvil Dill
Leo Dulin
Sarah Gardner
Eleanor Horsey
Lola Harris
Velma Howard
Laura Hastings
Ralph Hubbard
Horace Howard
Josephine Jarrell
Walter Joiner
Anna Karpinski
Eleanor Manlove
Edward Pearson
Genevieve Price
Margaret Sipple
Muldred Strannahan
Amber Sikes
Woodrow Todd
William Urry
Carolyn Zacharias
Bridgetown
Ruth Collins
Stanley Morris
Burrsville
Dorothy Collison
William Good
Edward Jester
Hilda Tribbitt
Denton Grammar
Mary Alburger
Kenneth Allfather
Barbara Aronld
Carrie Bailey
Sara Baynard
Marjorie Beauchamp
Charles Bradley
Calvin Bradley
Corey Brown
Addie Butler
Oliver Butler
Clara Bennett
Mary Burkett
Vera Briggs
Ernestine Carroll
Lillian Dean
Ellis Donovan
Clyde Ellwanger
Mildred Flaharty
Eliza Goldsborough
Ruth Greaves
Margaret Griffin
Percy Garey
Philip George
Theodore Gelletly
Mildred Harris
Ernest Harris
Elizabeth Hake
Hazel Henry
Elsie Henry
Everett Hinderer
Sherman Hooker
Elva Jester
James Johns
Stanley Luff
Chestnut Grove
Ruth Donovan
Ruth Waldis
Russell Waldis
Elmer Meredith
Elsie Nagel
Community Club members attend College Park Short Course
Hobbs Mrs William Murphy Misses L H Thomas and B Lawless of the Andersontown Hobbs Community Club joined eleven Caroline county delegates at the Women’s Short Course in College Park this week. Many Hobbsites heard President Coolidge and Col Lindbergh on the radio last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Murphy
L. H. Thomas
B. Lawless
Andersontown-Hobbs
College Park
Caroline County
Clayton Roe
Marguerite Freeney
Delmar
F. N. Smith
C. F. Smith
Henry
Susan Smith
Denton
Hobbsites
President Coolidge
Col. Lindbergh
William Chambers
Alex
Cora
Philadelphia
H. H. Nuttle
Alfred Smith, Jr
Dover
L. Reyner Dukes
Monumental City
E. M. Willey
J. A. Todd
Roland Seeders
Springfield
Mass
Smith Edwards
Greensboro
C. J. Chaffinch
J. Roland
Mosquito control key to Panama Canal success
Health authorities urge Fly-Tox insecticide from Mellon Institute developed by Rex Fellowship. Fly-Tox touted as safe, stainless, fragrant, and effective for killing all household insects. Clear bottle instructions claim easy use and strong protection against mosquito breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Rex Fellowship
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the Local Department
Lindbergh
Idlewild
Federalsburg, Md
Templeville
Herbert Knotts
Daniel McKee
Emma Coursey
Barclay
Samuel Buckey
Dundalk
Edna Cahall
J. P. Kelley
Edith
Pearle Wyatt
Alonzo Boyles
Near
Gurney Lowman
Kenneth Biddle
Near Rising Sun
A. F. Sittig
Samuel Meredith
Annie Green
M. E. Perkins
William Holden
John Holden
Elva Warner
Dorothy Knotts
Hillsboro
Tuckahoe
Orville Mullikin and Son
Relay
James Mullikin
Ralph Holland
S. N. Pilchard
D. D
Tarlie Mushkin
McKinney
I. M. Sones
Minnie Sones
Newton
Miss
John Wathers
R. M. Harding
Ruth
H. S. Fisher
H. Lay Beaven
Paul Pilchard
Norma Lee Stevens
Nancy Jane Kline
8. N. Pilchard
Louise Fleming
Washington, D. C
Queen Anne
Adams’ Cross Roads
Govans
Earl Quillin and Son
Tom Robb
Tolchester Beach
Clarence Pritchett
Viola Conaway
Hobbs