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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1934
Page
5
A surplus of small ads and notices from Denton Md cover rentals sales and services. Items include furnished apartments for rent, sale of a Westinghouse stove and a 35 foot motor boat, and sale offers on rigid tires. Community events list church services, meetings, and charity activities. Found items reference the Perfection Stove Company and Lady’s Aid groups.
Social notes list June 22 Busy Boys 4-H Club meeting at Dick Gorey home with opening prayers and project reports. Guests from Philadelphia and local families visit and plan July activities, summer travel, and family movements across Maryland Delaware and beyond.
The Hayden Cartwright Act appropriation signed by President Roosevelt allocates 1,810,058 to Maryland for highway construction under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Seven eighths is apportioned by area population and rural mileages, one eighth by population, with at least 25 percent to secondary roads including farm to market and rural school bus routes.
The article argues that many pants pressers and manufacturers imply NRA influence to justify price increases. It contends the NRA has little to do with price fixing, though some use NRA codes to excuse higher costs. It likens the NRA to a goat with lighter burdens than today’s demands on it.
A devotional line from the Christian Science Monitor proclaims that it is a revelation filled with infinite blessings when man is known to his Creator as His own dear son.
A 1934 overview of the Benton Harbor Plan, now featured in Columbia University Summer School, describes supervised correspondence instruction as a cost saving, curriculum expanding method used in about 100 high schools. It pairs local high schools with correspondence schools to offer specialized courses at a fraction of normal costs, with Scranton based International Correspondence Schools handling lesson creation and grading.
Mrs. Harry Crouse died after a two week illness in Easton hospital. Her infant daughter, born Sunday, also died. She was born near Columbus Ohio November 21 1890 and lived in Ridgely area with her husband and seven children. Funeral held Tuesday in the Church of the Brethren with interment in Ridgely cemetery. The column also records multiple social events visits and notices including bridge luncheon at Ridgely, a buffet supper for Miss Josephine Herzog, Fresh Air Children volunteers, Daily Vacation Bible School closing program, and various local visits and hospitality across Ridgely and nearby towns.
Hobbs Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ramsburg of Woodbine Md spent several days this week with Mrs Ramsburgs parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Butler Mrs Butler accompanied them to their home Mr and Mrs Roland Seeders after visiting his mother Mrs Annie Seeders and other Caroline relatives have returned to Springfield Mass Mrs J A Willoughby entertained the Hickman Aid and our Aid together at her home on Wednesday evening Rev W T Archer will lead the Christian Endeavor service tomorrow evening topic The Mind of Christ and International Relations.
Milton Delaware base ball club, among the state's strongest, will face local players on the Hickman grounds Sunday July 1. Lineup includes Tucker catcher Farrow first Cannon second Davis third Messick short Smith outfield bak er Hollis Cleaves and Baughley pitching. Community notices follow about visits, church services, and local residents.
Renunciation filed and letters of administration granted to Victor R. Turner and Roland B. Turner for Charles M. Turner estate. Bond approved. creditors notice ordered. Appraisers named W. H. Collins and W. H. Cannon. Alma B. Fisher filed debts and final account for Percy Roland Fisher estate and a legatee release. Administrators c. d. a. for Lawrence B. Towers had claim compromise order. Jacob Q. Williams filed debts and final accounts for Sarah E. Williams estate. releases filed by several legatees.
Mrs. Noah Smith of near Bethel Church Delaware died suddenly at her daughter Mrs. Clarence Collison's home about 1 a.m. Wednesday after weeks of poor health. Survived by husband, daughter, and four grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Bethel Church. interment Harrington cemetery.
Williston events feature Mr. William U Wheeler and Miss Virginia Lang from Baltimore as weekend guests of Mrs. Elmer Wheeler and Mrs. Wm Uhler. Mrs. Calvin Simpson and her children Shirley and Jimmie visited grandparents O M Hignutt. Anne Moretz left for Atlantic City after staying with Mrs. Wm. Uther. Miss T Oberly of Pennsylvania and Miss Dorothy Neal of Easton visited. O G Hignutt and daughter Charlotte visited Rehoboth last Sunday.
Miss Mary Katherine Sparks takes a summer post in Rehoboth. Thelma Bowman receives treatment at Children's Hospital in Balti. Mrs Willard Jones went to Easton Hospital last Monday. Rev and Mrs Leelan Jackson visited friends in town last Sunday. L S Matthews is on the sick list this week.
Mr and Mrs T H Cahall hosted relatives from Havre de Grace Maryland and local guests including Mr and Mrs Ed Carden and children Virginia and Billy and Mr and Mrs Harvey Shively and daughter Phyllis Anne in Goldsboro on Sunday June 24 to celebrate birthdays with cake and ice cream and a pleasant day.
A weekly roundup notes numerous social visits and attendances. The Fleming and Bowman families hosted in Wilmington Wayne and Dover events reference weddings and family gatherings with several Sherwood and Holt relations visiting Delmar Baltimore Milwaukee and Del. Other mentions include Epworth League meetings and summer visits to Johns Hopkins and St Louis.
Queen Anne residents spent Sunday at Rehoboth with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clark and a list of families including Mrs. Irene Murphy and children, and Easton visitors Miss Dora Sewell and Miss Louise Short. Other guests included Miss Violet Gibson and Miss Elsie Wright from Denton, Miss Margaret Soulsbury of Ridgely, and Western Maryland’s Mrs. George Shower. Local women hosted and hosted guests while Miss Clara Price and Miss Dora Sewell prepared for summer programs.
Mrs. Winifred Owens and son Thomas visit Mr. and Mrs. Norman Taylor. Miss Winifred Mitchell stays another week in Grove. Elbert Taylor family and Mrs. Yorker with Philadelphia relatives hosted by W. E. Collins. Rev. H. H. Schauer leaves Northumberland after M P Conference calls. Mrs. Henry Miller's Baltimore Hospital birth of a five pound girl. Spicer family from Harrington visits Rev. A. W. Betts. Lee Butler returns home after Easton Hospital operation. Rev. A. W. Betts attends Methodist Protestant Conference in Western Maryland. Mrs. Charles Carroll visiting Greensboro with daughter. Howard Stewart and family of Wilmington spend weekend with Calvin Betts.
Henderson Mr and Mrs Frank Scull spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Hugh Hudson and Miss Helen Hudson returned for a visit. Misses Marietta and Marguerite Bennett vacation with Mr and Mrs Morton Bennett. T A Montague and daughter Betty and Doris Lee Harrison visited relatives in Clayton Tuesday. Reverend and Mrs Travers and Miss Catherine Melvin attended a ministerial meeting at Denton last Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Clayton Brittingham of Wilmington visited W L Sanders on Sunday. Miss Catherine Melvin entertained the Mount Olive Ladies Aid Wednesday evening. Mrs Willie Griffin and daughter Mary are spending time at Rehoboth. Miss Evelyn Walls visited Miss Helen Melvin Tuesday. Miss Ruth Anna Shultie visiting relatives in Wilmington.
Preston community bulletin lists Mr and Mrs John Noble and relatives heading to Chicago for the Century of Progress with Detroit en route. Several residents host guests, plan trips to Baltimore Johns Hopkins summer school, and local outings occur in Ocean City and the Shenandoah Valley.
Rev D Earl Willis was called home to Geer South Carolina due to his mother’s illness and death this week. Chester visitors included Pete Bowen son John Lawrence Thornton and friend and many locals hosted guests at various homes. Musical recital by Roberta Jackson at home. Several families hosted visitors from nearby towns and states amid weekend gatherings and social events.
B Washington Wright aged 68 died in Rising Sun Maryland after a two week paralysis. He leaves a son in the Coast Guard and a sister’s family in Annapolis. He was a former East New Market postmaster and later with Bond Foundry Co of Manheim Pennsylvania. Funeral at East New Market Cemetery officiated by Rev William McClelland.
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Alvin Webber, 26, a third class yeoman in the Navy, died of a heart attack at Mare Island Naval Hospital California and was buried in Greensboro after a service at the Methodist Episcopal Church. A wedding at the Greensboro Methodist parsonage joined Miss Mary Elizabeth Lerch and Mr. James Wilbur Carroll. Other social notices include local visits, receptions, bridge party, and church events honoring the new minister D Earl Willis.
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