Local shop ads and notices fill Denton page
A crowded page lists consumer offers and notices from Denton and surrounding Maryland towns. Items include sale prices on stoves and rugs, furniture, wash goods, and housewares from M. K. Newnam and Denton Cleaner and Dyers, farm crop updates, cowpeas and soybeans for sale, and a Federal Court session in Denton. Public notices cover rainfall data, a baby clinic, and insurance rates, with a promotional Frigidaire price drop from M. K. Newnam.
Kelley returns from Kentucky tour with college ties
Preston Noble W Kelley resumes home life after a two week Kentucky trip. He attended Berea College commencement alumni meeting and banquet with brother William T Kelley Jr, visiting Lexing ton and Fayette and Woodford counties, historic sites, Frankfort Versailles Mammoth Cave and the Lincoln cabin. Other local notices include Edward Garey visiting grandparents, various relatives from Delaware and Maryland, plus social club gatherings and short courses in College Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble W. Kelley
Kentucky
Berea College
William T. Kelley Jr
Lexington
Fayette
Woodford
Williams Homestead
Nantura Stock Farm
Ten Broeck
Longfellow
Frankfort
Versailles
Mammoth Cave
Lincoln
Kentucky Mountain
Thomas and
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Edward Garey
Elbert Douglas
Edward
Houston
Texas
Thomas Attix
Clayton
Del
Edward Attix
Kenton
Chas. Jackson
Bridgeville
Lloyd Cannon
Douglas Fooks
Dan LeCompte
New York
E. LeCompte
I. E. Lecompte
Cambridge Hospital
P. C. Douglas
T. E. Marden
J. M. Parker
Contract Club
R. O. Dean
Federalsburg
Edgar Wrightson
Max Chambers
Fulton Noble
Peter de Wilde
Florence Deen
Ed Lane
College Park
William S. Kelley
Baltimore
Interesting Items About Yourself And Your Friends
Denton church hosts Rev and Mrs Eugene Erney for China mission talk on June 19. Esther Helsby Erney, once of Denton, returns from Shanghai mission work and will accompany her husband speaking on Chinese mission conditions. Other locals travel, study, and attend weddings and club meetings through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Erney
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Denton
China
Chesapeake Bay
Lola M. Willoughby
Washington
L. Elbert Smith
Spafford
Homemakers Club
Greensboro
J. Frank Wright
Baltimore
Maryland Institute of Art and Design
Kathryn E. Wright
James Wright
Louisville
Jack Clark
Wayne Warden
William Wolf
Denton Community Club
Caroline P. Redden
Stephanie Ford
Minnie Henry
C. H. Smith
Chester
Alex McWilliams
Clarence R. Pentz
Joanne Marie
C. A. Pentz
Wm. F. Murphy
E. E. Nichols
Edna Shipman
James H. Pollard
Easton
Motion Picture To Be Made On Shore Plans On Eastern Shore
Hollywood producer Tom White announces a new picture Nor easter set in Maryland’s shell fishing communities. Walter Woods writes the scenario with Leon Shamroy as cinematographer and Charles Vidor co directing. The team plans to shoot starting August 10 around Easton Salisbury Cambridge and Crisfield with unit departure July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Tom White
Continental Pictures Company
Hollywood
Mr. White
United States
Famous Players Paramount
Walter Woods
James Cruze Pictures
Leon Shamroy
Charles Vidor
Fox Films
Easton
Salisbury
Cambridge
Crisfield
Local social notes and postponed services in town
Hendersons and other Wilmington residents attended a Sunday gathering hosted by the Goughs. Children’s Day Services at the M E Church were postponed to June 26. Several local families and visitors are listed as hosting or visiting relatives across nearby towns including Philadelphia Dover and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Cartwright
Ed Bossart
Frank McGinnis
C. E. Hollingsworth
Wilmington
T. H. Gough
M. E
David Mahan
Harry Mahan
Halloway Terrace
Ben Mahan
Mary Pably
Passaic
N. J
Anna Pably
Norman Seward
Clarence
Wallace Jones
Philadelphia
Virgie Cartwright
Anna
Goldsboro
Dora Melvin
Ben Cohee
Charles
Felton
A. B. Cohee
Katherine Potts
Church Hill
Annabel Clark
Hiram Goodwin
Dover
Herbert Walls
Dorothy
Louise Jones
Chester
J. G. Lynn
Salisbury
Marion Jones
Thelma Gooden
Laura Stubbs
Baltimore
James Curry
Alan Curry
James Curry Jr
Norman Cohee
S. F. Hearn
Reda Hearn
Laura Simmons
Laurel, Md
Earl Hargraves
Mary Hargraves
H. B. Bastian
George Holmes
Helen Cooper
Norman Walls
Susie Ford
Holmes
John Hopkins
Arthur Wheatman
Gon. Marvin
Denton
W. Thomas Thornton
Ralph
Carl Lee
Smyrna
Anna A. Stevenson
J. R
Avery Ledman
Marcus Hook
Harvey Porter
Henrietta Pruitt
Orange
Temperanceville
I. B. Halstead
Orrell McDonald
Jennie Halstead
William Weakland
William
John
Charleston
W. Va
T. C. Horsey
Horace Edwards
Kellar Edwards
Annabelle Dulin
Bob Stewart
Germantown
A. N. Dulin
Clinton Jarman
Clara Powell
Cambridge
Attie Weaver
R. G. Bogardus
Manoa
Charles Travers
Orville Travers
A. G. Smith
Owings, Md
Isabelle Wyatt
Charles McKnott
Public Health Notes in Caroline County Feder ation of Women's Clubs
Mrs H M Hollis chosen as president to name the public health committee for the coming year. Chair is Mrs W E Lennon Federalsburg vice chair Mrs Irving Jones Greensboro treasurer Mrs D W Davis Denton secretary Miss Beatrice Bower Ridgely publicity Mrs H E Ramsdell Denton. May report shows 186 children examined pre school clinics six clinics. six midwives 12 newborns 8 prenatal visits. two patients to sanatorium and one charity tonsil case. two Ridgely baby clinics examined 7 white 21 colored children. tuberculosis treatment arrangements. total 125 routine visits in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Hollis
Caroline County Federation of Women’s Clubs
W. E. Lennon
Federalsburg
Irving Jones
Greensboro
D. W. Davis
Denton
Beatrice Bower
Ridgely
H. E. Ramsdell
Hillsboro
Bureau of Child Hygiene
Baltimore
Children’s Hospital School
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights Society Events
Mrs John Lane and Miss Viola Jones hosted the Woman's Home Missionary Society meeting with scripture by Mrs Roy Tawes. Election re elected Elsie Matthews president and Viola Jones vice president. Various department appointments, a picnic plan, and numerous local visits and gatherings are noted along with several weddings, travel, and family updates from Ridgely and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lane
Viola
Viola Jones
Norman Wilson
Ada Matthews
Roy Tawes
Mary Laird
Elsie Matthews
Harry Hemmons
Harry Laird
Frank Seward
Laird
Robert R. Larrimore Jr
Betty Carolyn
Wrenda Monroe
Aquila Usilton
Queenstown
Thurman Passwaters
Greensboro
Local residents attend ceremonies and visits headline
Goldsboro and nearby towns note Commencement at Normal School Salisbury with Kathryn Cole among graduates. Families travel to Philadelphia for health and visit relatives in Ridgely Crisfield and Dover while church services and funerals mark the week. Various residents visit kin in Goldsboro Wilmington and Boston as local clergy conduct graduations and trainings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Cole
Grant DeWitt
Normal School
Salisbury
Kathryn Cole
Wm. Supplee
Baby
Philadelphia
Secon
Pocono Mountains
Frank Seward
Anna Frances
Ridgely
Edward Lapham
Goldsboro
Bryan Shockley
Massey
Mollie Shockley
H. M. Waters
Front Royal
J. J. Bunting
Jack
Crisfield
Misses Gale Take Durham Trip For Vacation And Duke Programs
Miss Miriam and Miss Mildred Gale left Monday for Durham North Carolina. Miss Mildred plans a two week vacation while Miss Miriam enters summer school at Duke University. Several local residents attended events in Salisbury Baltimore Trappe Laurel Del including graduates and athletic meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam
Mildred Gale
Durham
N C
Idred
Duke University
James Sherwood
I. T. Sparklin
Salisbury Normal School
Mary Virginia Sherwood
Frances Fisher
Irma Sawyer
Willow Grove
Edgar Blades
John Sharp
Stadium
Baltimore
Roland Andrew
Cora Andrew
Boothwyn
Sadie Wothers
Lorain Lane
Fairbanks
Trappe
Francis Rowe
Herbert Rice
Mr. Lorain Lane
Public Warned Against Civil Service Coaching Schools
The U S Civil Service Commission warns the public against paying money for coaching courses for federal civil service exams. Some schools selling such courses under present conditions take money under false pretenses. A purveyor of civil service courses is under indictment in Iowa for false representations. Additional prosecutions are expected. Vacancies in federal civil service are few and filled by transfer or reinstatement when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Iowa
Federal
Civil Service
Star studded bill at Loews theatres features stars
At Loew's Century Theatre Paragraph mount feature Leslie Howard stars in Reserved For Ladies. On stage Benny Davis and his Brand New Gang of Budding Stars with Martha Raye and others. At Loew's Stanley Theatre Douglas Fairbanks Jr in Love Is A Rackete. Laurel and Hardy in Any Old Part. Greta Garbo in As You Desire Me at Valencia and Parkway Theatres with the Metro Goldwyn Mayer hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loew’s
Century Theatre
Paramount
Leslie Howard
Benny Davis
Martha Raye
the Ryans
Sis
Buddy Roberts
Jackie Green
Ray Sax
Sonny O’day
Stanley Theatre
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Laurel & Hardy
Loew's
Valencia
Parkway Theatres
Greta Garbo
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Tax Committee Urges Tax Relief in Caroline County
A Denton Maryland report dated June 8 1932 from Caroline County Farm Bureau linked taxpayers ask county commissioners to reduce current taxes by delaying bond refinancing and cutting expenses. They praise cooperation, propose halting new road projects, mandating self funded magistrates, and sharing costs for insane patients while urging state legislature to relief overburdened taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Maryland
Caroline County
Caroline County Farm Bureau
Board of Education
J. S. Lapham
Goldsboro
Thos. H. Chambers
Federalsburg
John C. Brown
Greensboro
Harry Sullivan
J. M. Short
Hillsboro
E. H. E. Thieroff
Preston
Chas
Tax Eaters Mimic Old West Grift
In Denton Journal style, a fable compares modern officials to an old western con. An Indian extorts miners and a solitary Chinese miner, weighing gold dust as tax. The tale escalates from five dollars to twenty five, then the whole pile, satirizing greedy officials, pensioners, and educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Journal
John
Graduation at State Normal School Salisbury
Smithson residents attend graduation at the State Normal School Salisbury. Mr and Mrs Albert Schmick and daughter Doris May of Baltimore visited Mr and Mrs E Dukes. Children’s Day service at Smithson church Sunday evening June 26 at 8. Lena Worm of Reading summers with her parents J and Mrs Worm. Mr and Mrs Clark of New York visited Mr and Mrs E Dukes recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal School
Salisbury
Albert Schmick
Doris May
Baltimore
E. Dukes
Smithson Church
Lena Worm
Reading
J. Worm
Clark
New York
Greensboro Troop No 1 Organizes at New Headquarters
On Monday evening June 13 Boy Scouts of Troop No 1 Greensboro High School met at the old Roussett Mansion to organize into patrols and name three patrol leaders Russell Deaner Levin Taylor Jr and William Briggs The meeting opened with games and leadership training followed by patrol officer elections and project planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Greensboro High School
Roussett Mansion
Russell Deaner
Levin Taylor Jr
William Briggs
George E. Nichols
Williston Park
John
Lankford
Church of the New Jerusalem
Pire
Williston
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D. Ralph Horsey
Journal
Minnie B. Todd
Marjorie T. Knotts
Admis
Axminster
M. K. Newnam
S. S. Harrington
Simmons
Denton Cleaners and Dyers
Wm. M. Liden
R. D
Andersontown
Federal Court
W. Calvin Chesnut
Gray Hill Gardens
A. G. Saulsbury
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
New Taylor
Ridgely Agricultural Station
Ridgely Agricultural Station. the Recreation Committee
Wright Apartments
Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co
Ridgely Club
Central Shore League
Nepert
Francis Wright
Earnest. G. Cooper
Mt. Pleasant M. E
General Motors
F. O. B. Dayton
M. K. Newnan
Peper Lue
Furey
Henderson
Public Health
Alice Bennington
Walter Bennington
Carlile Bennington
Catherine McElwain
Joseph Haymaker
Wye Mills
J. P. Swing
Mary Wharton
Clifton Crouse
Harry Holsinger
Pearl Eveland
Greenwood
Paul White
Willard Jones
M. F. King
Samuel
Boston
Elizabethtown College
Frances Shelly
Williamsburg
Wilson Cahall
Harvey Holsinger
Troy Ashcraft
Camden
William Rieck
Orrell Saulsbury
R. E. Fountain
South Orange
Delia Pendleton
York
Joseph Betton
Rehoboth
Watson Booker
Margaret
John Proutz
Chambersburg
Ocean City
Charles Starkey
Peacock
Templeville
Roger
Wyoming
Frank Flounders
Robert Larrimore
Ray Frampton
Harford Porter
Pattie Saulsbury
Anna Frances Seward
Edna Detwiler
Ohio
Pearl Clark
Swarthmore
Ernest Jones
M. W. Wiley
William Matthews
Beatrice Bowers
A. W. Thompson
Mulford Swing
Calvin Lynch
Vivian Holsinger
Carlile
John Swing
Samuel Pippin
Alice Ferrick
Madeline Snowberger
Cecil Pindar
Queen Anne
Roy Glover
Baltimore Theatres
Preston High School
Irma Newton
Nugent
Glee Club
Mendelssohn
Chester Towers
Gertrude Carroll
Doris Butler
Henrietta Blades
W. M. Wright
Tilghman Bryan
Marian Cheezum
Dorsey Christopher
Bertha Coulbourne
Elizabeth Fuchs
Ernestine Gardner
Russell Kelley
Louise Langrell
Irene Perry
Alma Plutschak
Viola Rieck
Gladys Thieroff
Evelyn Todd
Catonsville
Eastern High School
Montgomery County
Mildred
Seaman
Mabel Todd
Teressa Lucznik
Sarah Smith
Leona Schmick
Esther Lord
Clyde Elzey
PHS
Harry B. Wright Jr
Choptank River
Dorothy ‘Rouse
Dorothy Forbes
N. C
Hooper Parrett
Frances
Charles Dunham
Frank Ledman
Elmer Blades
Maud Reidy
Women’s Club
T. L. Trice
Howard Harris
N. HH. Fooks
Nell
Cismont
N. F. Fooks
Virginia Fooks
Elizabeth Vickers
D. Vickers
Ellwood
Emily Fatherly
Weirwood
Ladies Aid Society
Winfield Trice
Kenneth Fooks
TAX Committee
Elmer Euvert
Smithson
John R. Meekins
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