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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1930
Page
5
Saturday Morning June 28 1930 items from across the county are solicited under this head. Local happenings include brief notices of events, meetings, and small community items from multiple towns and districts collected for readers.
Community classified items include farm machinery for sale oats soybeans and buckwheat seed. used refrigerators Frigidaires and stoves. a mule and horse for sale. real estate sale of late Walter Sapp property. Frigidaire endorsements and a furniture repair offer. Local church schedules and a hospital of notices alongside government holiday banking advisories frame a busy notices page in Denton and Burrsville Maryland.
A busy Denton social page notes Miss Mary K Spicher sails for a two month European tour with trips to France Italy and England. Miss Mildred B Nuttle and Martin C Voss plan a June wedding at the bride's home. Mrs J Kemp Stevens will teach music at Johns Hopkins summer school starting June 30. Several local families entertain and visit relatives in Baltimore Wilmington and Philadelphia.
Liden's Community Club will hold a picnic on the club house grounds in the afternoon of July 4. Invitation extends to all members families and helpers who aided repairs and supported club enterprises. A big August affair with a horseshoe pitching contest and prizes is planned. date to be announced. The regular July meeting is omitted due to the Fourth of July picnic.
A concise attribution noting Thomas A. Edison’s view that a man's enduring success is proved by how he handles criticism, expressing the idea as a timeless guideline.
The Caroline County School Board on Tuesday announced teacher assignments for the coming school year set to begin Monday September 8. Notable postings include Miss May Thompson as Supervisor of Elementary Schools and numerous placements across Marydel Marydel-Louise Dennison Elma Leese Henderson High C M Wingate and others. The list covers elementary and high school staff in Burrsville Caroline High Greensboro High Denton Harmony Ridgely and several neighboring towns with staff names and schools detailed.
Hobbs parishioners greeted Rev W T Archer as he began his third year in the Hobbs church. The community club hosted by Mrs Harvey Lord met Thursday. Rural Woman's Short Course delegates Lawless and Thomas reported. Miss Marietta Butler, lately teaching in West Friendship Howard County, returns home and plans to teach there again next year. Rev Willard White of Clayton, Westminster Seminary graduate, visited his uncle Rev Archer last week. Parishioners from Caroline charge met to discuss parsonage rugs and furniture. Mr L Hopkins Thomas of Washington visited his parents. Mrs Sherman Hubbard visited relatives near Bowers Beach. Mr and Mrs Albert Cahall of Hillsboro were guests of Mr and Mrs W H Lord. Mrs T C Williamson recently guest of her parents. Mrs Frank Davis will lead the Christian Endeavor service tomorrow evening. Mr and Mrs J H Dandy hosted relatives from Baltimore. Mrs Louis Butler hosted the Ladies Aid Wednesday. Miss Lily Doty of Greensboro was in town Monday.
Mrs Annie Downham and family from Wyoming Delaware and Mollie Cahall visited Mr and Mrs R H Thawley on Sunday. Emlin Lloyd and four children from Wilmington and H A Porter joined Mrs Laura Porter on Sunday last. A concert drew many from the area to Farmington M E Church Thursday night. John H Thawley and R H Stafford visited relatives in Bridgeville last Sunday. Mrs John Thawley visited sister Ferdie Baynard in Denton on Sunday. Rev W T Archer was guest of Mr and Mrs J W Price on Sunday. Farmers in the vicinity threshing wheat.
Ridgely residents report Helen Hollingsworth spending the weekend with relatives at Church Hill. James Wilson paid an overland visit to Newport Delaware from Tuesday to Thursday last week. Ed Morris advances his property with a new porch. Ridgely water tank undergoing repair and repaint. Mrs T L Day returns from a Baltimore visit. Addie Griffin visits Greensborough on Sunday. Irrelevant quotation attributed to Robert Southey ends the item.
The weekly Ridgely News Letter reports the funeral of Herbert Price at his Fourth avenue home with burial in Ridgely cemetery and family survivors across several states. It covers weddings, family visits, church events, clergy transfers, local travels to Rehoboth and Caliborne, and parish activities, noting community ties among Price, Pennington, Holsinger and other families, plus Rev Behrens and Rev Kraemer assignments and Sunday services.
Town business men organize a Tuesday celebration for the new Eastern Shore boulevard and ferry to Annapolis centering in Stevensville. Denton De Molay in parade uniform will accompany a Revolutionary scene float featuring Lady Caroline Calvert. Floats include a bungalow from Nuttle Lumber and Coal, and the Denton Fire Company Band will wear laurels for the event.
Mr Raymond Rawlings of Greensboro will fill the M E Church South pulpit next Sunday morning and Rev J H Jordan of Ingleside will preach at night. A cordial invitation is extended to attend both services. Several social visits are noted including Cartwrights from Wilmington and Berlin, Del. Melvin family trips to Rehoboth and Miami. and other local visits and arrivals across town. Leroy Cartwright returns to railroad service this week. Front Royal Training School attendance. and many Delaware visits are listed.
Next Tuesday at Matapeake Kent Island a one oclock E S T ceremony will launch fast ferry service to Annapolis with speakers including Governor Albert C Ritchie former Governor Emerson and Clareborne Annapolis Ferry president C Harrington Oldest Claiborne descendant Charles DeB Claiborne will address the crowd The event will be amplified and a pageant marshal and master of ceremonies will guide the program Denton business floats the Firemen’s Band and a fire engine will join the parade A flotilla of five seaplanes from the U S Naval Academy will escort the first ferry and aircraft from the Maryland Guard will land nearby Caroline county residents are urged to attend and support the celebration
We thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and kindness during illness and death of our husband and father. Thanks for floral tributes. Mrs. D. D. Cartwright and children.
Town ladies busy trimming a float for the Boulevard Celebration parade with a full description to follow. Social notes record visits from Edward Davis Covell and Geo Davis of Baltimore to Mrs. Robert Davis’ funeral in Centreville on Sunday. A parade week-end of visitors from New Jersey Philadelphia Annapolis and Wilmington frequent local homes and gatherings. Guild bake at P E Church set for Saturday at 3 PM.
The record lists an Episcopalian Methodist service schedule with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 30 a m by Rev G S Lightner and Rev Lee H Richcreek, plus a Wednesday union prayer meeting on July 2 in Hillsboro. It also notes ministers' trips to Front Royal for a two week school, and Mrs Richcreek visiting Strasburg. The remainder covers visits, guest lists, and leisure events among local residents through Harrington Del Easton and surrounding towns.
A widow marks the first anniversary of John F Ferrins who died June 24 1929 aged 62 years and three months. She recalls the sadness of the year and the ache of loss while expressing enduring love and memory.
County Commissioners met in special session and set the 1930 county tax rate at $1.75 per $100 and state rate at 25 cents per $100, a cut from 1929. The detailed levy includes numerous county offices and services, from courts to schools, roads, and welfare accounts, totaling $273,437. Highlights list state and county allocations and assorted public expenditures. Local social notes follow, including visits and travels of residents, hospital and school updates, and community notices.
A loving remembrance note from his mother and brothers David and Tilghman and sister Jennie. It recalls his death January 4 1930 and asks loved ones to strive to be prepared for a better world. A picture in memory lies deep in their hearts.
A Firemen's Carnival will be held on the High School grounds in Federalsburg from July 3 to 14 with nightly events. A highlight is a spectacular 110 foot high dive by Capt. McDonald into a water tank. Parade night is Mopslay, July 7.
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