Local Families Gather for Visits and Birth Announcements
Ridgely and Bellevue residents visit friends in Ridgely while births are announced at Peninsula General and Easton Memorial Hospitals. Slaughter enters Sampson AFB for three months of basic training. A western trip and camp Mardela counselor duties accompany a string of social visits, baptisms, picnics, and Father's Day observations across Ridgely, Rehoboth, and Denton communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ross
Easton Memorial Hospital
AB. Eugene Wells Slaughter
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
N. Y
Frank L. Slaughter
Ridgely
Joseph Leonard
Salisbury
Peninsula General Hospital
Donald Watson
J. S. Rittenhouse
Colorado Springs
Col
Joseph Wine
Albany
Oregon
Jane Ringgold
Camp Mardela
John M. Saulsbury
A. G. Saulsbury
Grace Vernon Smith
Saulsbury-Wilson
Dover
Harvey L. Cooper
Wilson Saulsbury
Rehoboth Beach
Tilghman Knotts and Family
Queen Anne
Charles Hammond
Elizabeth Woehler
Rivervale
N. J
Timon Smid
Cedarhurst
Oxford
John Whiting
Elizabeth Koehler
Calvin C. Covington
Elkton
Millard Jamison
Cook Morris
Rumsey Mulliken
Carolyn
Orville Mulliken
Wm. H. Rieck
Betty Rieck
Jimmie
Preston
Frank R. Flounders
Roland Todd
Baltimore
Todd
Flounders
John Ferrick
Ennis Ferrick
Walter Brooks
Presbyterian Hospital
Philadelphia
Patricia A. Messick
Carl Coulbourne
DeLand
Florida
Bertha Worrall
Pearl Malin
Strasburg
Wilson Davis
Irvin Paul
Theodore Manship
Local Social Notes from Easton Area
Preston and Mrs Noonan of Plainfield New Jersey visited Mr and Mrs Walter Clement. The Wright Green marriage was announced Easton. Barbara Sisk visits parents then heads to Georgetown University for summer. Richard Hall leads bridge clubs. Barbara Cannon among soloists at Harrington Fair. W J Bonner visits Duke Hospital brother. Mrs Sawyer of Elizabeth City visiting Bateman family. Harry Taylor returns from hospital. Barbara Tallman shower given by Mrs Houghtaling and Mrs Tallman. Tallmans in Baltimore. Epiphany Guild hosted by Erna Courson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine B. Wright
Chas. B. Green
Easton
Barbara Sisk
A. F. Sisk
Barbara
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Richard Hall
Reese Dean
University of Maryland
A. T. Blades
Virginia Beach
Charlotte Cannon
W. J. Bonner
Durham
N. C
W. E. Bonner
Duke University Hospital
R. M. Sawyer
Elizabeth City
J. C. Bateman
Harry Taylor
Easton Memorial Hospital
H. C. Houghtaling
Donald Tallman
Barbara Tallman
Donald Tallman and Son
Baltimore
Erna Courson
Epiphany Guild
Montague and kin visit Niagara Falls and friends
Henderson brief notes report Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Montague with son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. George A. Montague of Wilmington Manor Gardens traveling to Niagara Falls and Canada last week. Numerous Delaware area residents are listed as guests and visitors across Clayton Dundalk Marydel Sadlersville Woodcrest and Baltimore with trips home after visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Montague
George A. Montague
Wilmington Manor Gardens
Niagara Falls
Canada
Clarence Fetters
Minquadale
Del
W. F. Clark
Annabel
Kirk Jarman
Clayton
H. L. Melvin
Milton Bischoff
Bobby
Dundalk
Julia Gerth
Hugh Hudson
Sadlersville
Frank Scull
Woodcrest
John Reed
Larry
Texas
Robert Strausburg and Son
Baltimore
Walter Wessell
Community Notes on Visits Births and Birthdays
Hickman family and relatives gather at Federalsburg and Milford as visitors travel from Philadelphia Wilmington and Seaford. Breeding family celebrates 85th birthday while a new son born at Memorial Hospital Milford. Drummond relatives travel to Mt Jackson and Altoona with condolences shared for a sister's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Brown
Ruth Ann Hatfield
Pauline Stringfellow
Clara
Philadelphia
Edgar Fountain
Atlanta
J. C. Fountain
Byron Barton
Byron and
Douglas
Granville Culver
Seaford
W. F. Torberit
Catherine Parker
Wilmington
Herman Hignutt
Isaac Noble
Ruth Drummond
Evah O'Day
Margaret Breeding
Greenwood
Breeding
Alton Breeding
Memorial Hospital
Milford
William Tull
Bridgeville
Paul Breeding
Frank
Clarence Breeding
Irvin O’day
Cleveland
Washington
Little Dale Nagel
Federalsburg
J. N. Drummond
Howard Drummond
Claude Drummond
Nellie Beauchamp
Mt. Jackson
Rosa Drummond
Altoona
Drummond
Relative fury cited in Bennetts philanthropic tale
A remark quoted by Dan Bennetts frames the idea that even benevolence can provoke intense reactions among relatives. The line, "Hell hath no fury like the relatives of a philanthropist," captures a sharp, ironic edge about family ties and public charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Bennett
Old Denton jail site unearthed during utility work
Workmen clearing a 1000 gallon oil burner tank at the Caroline County Court House found the old second jail foundation, built before 1906, and two unusual iron objects. Sheriff Frank Seward’s era saw a two year term and a jail with a horse pound. A 1807 map places the jail behind the court, alongside a two story school later moved and rebuilt. the old building now serves as a dwelling with a lasting slate roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Court House
Clarence Schrieber
Taft Acree
Elmer Hill
Frank Seward
Denton
Court House
W. Robert Orrell
Correction: Wedding ushers corrected to Tilghman Williams and Glenn Smith
A correction from Greensboro notes the Gibson-Dobson wedding ushers were Tilghman Williams and Glenn Smith, not Tilghman and Glen Smith as previously reported. Also mentioned: Mr. and Mrs. William C. Leggett were weekend guests at Forest Hills, Long Island, where Leggett sponsored James Walton Kauer’s christening. Mrs. Iffa Plummer is seriously ill in Milford Hospital. Greensboro Volunteer Firemen’s annual carnival began June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson-Dobson
Tilghman
Glen Smith
Tilghman Williams
Glenn Smith
William C. Leggett
Joseph T. Kauer
Forest Hills
Long Island
Leggett
James Walton Kauer
St. Luke’s
Iffa Plummer
Milford Hospital
Greensboro Volunteer Firemen
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W. H. Valliant
Hope Valliant
Bellevue
Robert Valliant
Irene
Royal Oak
Walter R. Moore
Wm. T. Temple
Wm. D. Marvel, Jr
Paul
Carl Naylor
First Methodist Church
George Noonan
Plainfield, WN. J
Walter Clement
Henderson
The
Journal Today
Hiewe
Coca-Cola Company
Easton Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc
Nepapre Hroriyve
Hickman
Lawrence Breeding
Janice
Ronnie
Wilmer Nagel
Vege
E. Kindleberger
America
Chrysler
Imperial
Iuperial
Greensboro
Food For
West Denton
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