Denton Chamber appoints committees at June meeting
Denton Chamber of Commerce held a June meeting with 80 banquet plates, bills paid, and plans for new committees. President Merriken announced incoming industries including a radio station and fertilizer plant, discussed a Richfield Oil permitting dispute, and outlined 23 action groups such as police, main street, and tree planting. Theodore Orme elected secretary as new constitution adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Chamber of Commerce
Calvert C. Merriken
William R. Irwin
Denton
Merriken
Richfield Oil Company
Oi Company
Cambridge
Delaware
Fortescue-Port Mahon
Nuttle Lumber Company
Nuttle Milling Company
West Denton
Court House Green
American Legion
J. Deweese Carter
W. Hyland van Sant
Dudley Davis
Gail F. Cooper
Lawrence Laramore
Leland T. Short
Frank D. Zeigler
William G. Wooters
Theodore Orme
Delaware Homemakers and 4-H Short Courses Conclude
The second annual Homemakers Short Course in Newark ends after 101 homemakers register, followed by 200 plus 4-H Club members arriving for the 19th annual 4-H Short Course. County lists of attendees include numerous names from New Castle and Sussex Counties with home demonstration agents noted in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Newark
New Castle County
S. H. Carothers
Wilmington
Frances Conner
Oak Hill
Herbert S. Drew
Mattie Gam
Wilmington No. 2
Benjamin Moore
New Castle R.F.C
C. E. Moore
Sara Pennington
Marshalston
Frank Reynolds
Mable Salter
John Talley
C. J. Vanderslice
Kate Henley Daugherty
Kent County
A. R. Baker
Hardy
Rosine Booth
Farmington
Harvey Coverdale
Milford
Wm. Davidson
Cheswold
Charles Hanby
Smyrna
Walter Hansbury
Leipsic
Lillian Harmstead
Harrington
C. M. Harrington
Dover
S. G. Hockstra
Frank Hollis
Denton
Homer Hopkins
Frederica
Gladys Jarrell
Felton
Herman Kohland
Willis Laughery
Charles Loper
Dover No. 3
Duane Lynn
Lincoln
Wm. Maclary
Clem Nutter
D. A. Petry
Clara Rentz
Millsboro
Ethel Condon
Bridgeville
Ann Dodd
Rehoboth
Dalema Draper
Clara Ellis
Delmar
Raleigh Ellis
Charles Grove
Norman Grove
Willis Hammond
Wm. Heitmueller
Ada Hill
Seaford
Mary Hill
James Houston
Georgetown
Christel Horsey
Laurel
Charles Hudson
Paul Kenney
Emily Kiamia
Edward Krewatch
Granville Lambden
Elwood Littleton
Floyd Lingo
Frances Morgan
E. B. Mustard
Lewes
Hubert Nabb
Sidney Obier
C. E. Ocheltree
Greenwood
Herbert Prettyman
Flossie H. Rust
R. B. Shedaker
Calvin Smack
Edwin Smith
Stephan Tresnack
Ida Tyndall
Webster Warren
Ellendale
C. C. West
Mary F. West
Henry Wheatley
Raymond Wilkins
James White
Milton
Marian G. Severance
Sussex County Home Demonstration Agent
Memories of Denton Journal readers and old days
A MEMORIES column recalls childhood in Denton with scenes of barefoot summers, corn thinning, jenny cake boards, bull frogs, fish catching, and playful pranks. The writer notes laughter over simple pastimes, offers anniversary congratulations, and signs off from Huntington West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Journal
Denton
Garey Mill Pond
Old Chapel Branch
Rudolph Glacier
Rudolph
Emory Burnite
Bee Tree School
Harry E. Ramsdell
W. M. Lister
Huntington
W. Va
Double Feature At Dentonia Theatre June 19
Dentonia Theatre launches a big double feature on Saturday June 19 with Harold Bell Wright’s It Happened Out West starring Paul Kelly and Judith Allen, alongside Penrod and Sam with the Maud twins Billy and Bobby Mauch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dentonia Theatre
Harold Bell Wright
West
Maud Twins
Billy
Bobby
New York
Claims Filing Rate for Social Security Board Surges
The Baltimore office reports claims for lump sum and death benefits under the Federal old age program now average 250 daily across 139 field offices, up from 35 three weeks ago. Region IV handles part, with 70 percent of payments going to employers with under 50 workers. A social security account number is increasingly essential as the program expands in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Board
Baltimore
Luther Becker
Court Square
Region IV
District of Columbia
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Board
Becker
New York
Orphans Court Session Records June 1937 Caroline County
Orphans Court for Caroline County met on Tuesday June 15 1937 with Judges Towers Handy and Dennis. Orders include releases in Richard Connor Estate and accounts filed for Lucinda Seese estate executors Elmer J Seese and J Albert Seese. Letters of administration granted to James W Thawley in William Thomas Thawley estate. Bond filed and approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphan's Court For
Caroline County
Towers
Handy
Dennis
Richard Connor
Elmer J. Seese
J. Albert Seese
Lucinda Seese
Wright
William Thomas Thawley
James W. Thawley
Bond
M. P. Conference Appointments List Read
Quinton supplied from Pocomoke and Union supplied from Salisbury. Special appointments include J H Straughn editor of Methodist Protestant Recorder R L Shipman president High Point College G I Humphreys president Western Maryland College F G Holloway president Westminster College Tehuscans Texas C A Sutton chaplain US Army J St Wright and more. Several are left without appointment or loaned to boards. Superannuates listed.
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Quinton
Pocomoke
Union
Salisbury
General Conference
J. H. Straughn
Methodist Protestant Recorder
R. L. Shipman
High Point College
G. I. Humphreys
Western Maryland College
Fred G. Holloway
L. C. Little
Westminster Theological Seminary
H. L. Elderdice
Board of Missions
G. W. Haddaway
Westminster
D. W. Austine
Dorsey Blake
G. E. Brown
J. McL. Brown
F. Cassen
G. M. Clayton
F. M. Clift
C. M. Cullum
C. H. Dobson
Avery Donovan
G. F. Farring
A. H. Green
C. J. Will
W. R. Judfind
H. O
Deceased and Estate Actions Reported in Court
The record lists multiple probate actions including Charles Connelly estate to Clellie Turner with bond filed and appraisers named. William E. Scott estate with testamentary granted to Wesley E Thawley. Arthur Scott and James Temple named appraisers. guardian ship accounts for Frederick Dix Roe. William J. Martin last will proven with letters testamentary granted to Austin Powell Martin. Anna M Hevalow last will proven. executors Susan Saulsbury and Dawson O George authorized to transfer stock. Henry Wright estate real estate appraisement filed. A reflective prose excerpt follows about the night of nights and the Island of Truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Connelly
Clellie Turner
Howard A. Todd
Oliver Hubbert
William E. Scott
Wesley E. Thawley
Arthur Scott
James Temple
Genevieve C. Roe
Frederick Dix Roe
William J. Martin
Austin Powell Martin
Earl Smith
Phillip W. Downes
Anna M. Hevalow
Susan Saulsbury
Dawson O. George
Sallie E. Saulsbury
Cent
Henry Wright
Farm Boy Explains Railroad Pay Rules Through Plowing Metaphor
A young man tells how railroad unions' working rules affect brakemen pay in a letter home. His comparison uses a plowing figure to illustrate compensation for services not rendered and the puzzling method railroad men know.
Radiant Living Sermon and a Quirky Pay List
A Calvary M. E. Church sermon extols faith over endless doubt and outlines a satirical, detailed pay schedule for plowing work with various bonuses and penalties. The note ends with “Yours in haste.”
In Memoriam Philip Arthur Noble
In loving remembrance of my dear husband Philip Arthur Noble who died June 21 1926. In our home he is fondly remembered. Sweet memories cling to his name. Those who loved him in life sincerely still love him in death. Rosa S Noble Federalsburg Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Arthur Noble
Hfe
Rosa S. Noble
Federalsburg
In loving memory of Anna Rice and loved ones
In loving memory of my loved ones who have gone on before. Loving thoughts, true and tender. Just to show I still remember. Anna Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Rice
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C. W. Bradley
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Harry C. Flowers
Sherman L. Tribbitt
Robert Stafford
Earl Crouse
Lewis McNeal
M. EK. Newnam
William H. Nuttle
Benjamin C. Willis
William I. Norris
Carroll Bright
Layman G. Redden
Ormond Andrews
Alec MacWilliams
Cecil Beardsley
William Cannon
Frank Doerr
Martin Voss
O. Gilbert Hignutt
Howard Gannon
Emmett Hignutt
Wingate Neal
Gerald M. Pine
Harvey Fleetwood
Irvin V. Theis
Edward Lane
William H. Irwin
Russell W. Flaharty
Towers Irwin
Austin Swann
Clayton Reynolds
Carlton V. West
J. Lester Everngam
Thomas S. Baynard
Willard S. Swann
Hopkins Thomas
Paul Brittingham
Lawnace A. Moore
Winfield T. Nichols
Gilbert H. Rue
Charles T. Baker
Wilbert L. Merriken
John Emerson
Douglas Fleetwood
Francis I. Reynolds
Jerome Brown
Dukes Meeks
Carroll George
J. Henry Summerfield
Willoughby Nowell
Dan Crouse
Frank Towers
Harry S. Clark
Clarence H. Roe
Samuel Nowell
Paul H. Shockley
Edwin W. Breeding
George Koenig
Fred J. Wright
Ellis Clark
Paul Croll
C. Frederick Norris
D. Ralph Horsey
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William Fleetwood
Wilson W. Cohee
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Grover Willoughby
Frank Depew
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Ernest Downes
Nelson Fearins
Burnley Wyatt
Roughley Wyatt
Clyde Pentz
Robert Irwin
William Teenie Dawson Roe
Charles Porter
Marvin Hollis
William Henderson
M. P
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Calvary M. E
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Rehoboth Beach
del Reho
Freddy Johnson
University of North Carolina
Kemp
Bette Mardelle
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Sayers
Del-Reho Restaurant
Riley Management
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John Noble
Preston, Md
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