Denton Maryland Notes and Classifieds Summary
Local notices list seed for sale and farm supplies from Nuttle Milling and A P Martin plus coal baskets from Nuttle Lumber. Rentals offered by Mark Hignutt and Ella Carter. Bake sale by Hobbs ladies at Third and Main. Community notices include a field comptroller visit dates, a Work or Fight bill introduction, and a six room house for sale on a Denton Hobbs road. Demands of armed forces reduce hunting and dog leash law applies March to September. A dry Caroline County debate on liquor dispensaries at Annapolis with Merriken promotes referendum option. Federalsburg Greensboro oppose branch dispensaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuttle Milling Co
Denton
A. P. Martin
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
Ridges
Tom Jones
Mark E. Hignutt
Hobbs
Third
Main Streets
Ella Carter
Concord
M. E. Church
Lillian Willey
Sallie Lord
State Comptroller
Caroline
Federalsburg
Court House
Brice
Davis
George
General Assembly
Sarah G. Lewis
A. E. Miller
Randolph Streets
Paul Maloney
Paul Bacsak
Maryland House of Correction
Jessups
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro
Maryland
Agricultural Conservation Office
Caroline County
Market Street
George W. Clendaniel
Caroline County Agricultural Conservation Association
Willard Towers
Journal
Barker
Roosevelt
H. Blackiston & Son
Market
Second Streets
Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission
Munsey Building
Baltimore
Aryland
Senate
Annapolis
Calvert C. Merriken
Greensboro
Personal and Social News Highlights from Denton Area
Mrs. Preston Osteen left for San Antonio Texas to join her Army Air Forces trainee husband after visiting her brother Lester Kauffman in University City Missouri. Mrs. Fred Love and Mrs. Olaf Smith spent the weekend with relatives in Wilmington and Roselle. Mrs. Carrie Jones attended her daughter’s Wilmington wedding. Pvt. John K. Bilbrough, Denton, qualified as rifle marksman at Ft. McClellan Alabama. Harvey Lord and family visited Denton. Dorothy Jean Billmeier born to Drs. Alton and Elsie Billmeier at Easton Hospital. Carroll F. Bright operated for appendicitis at Easton Hospital. Harvey Lord slowly improving at home. O N Dulin of Roxborough PA visiting Denton area relatives.
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Preston Osteen
Clayton Kauffman
San Antonio
Texas
Army Air Forces
Osteen
Lester S. Kauffman
University City
Fred Love
Olaf Smith
Wilmington
Roselle
Roland Lord
Sandra Lou
Boothwyn
Francis Lord
Larry
Holmes
Harvey Lord
Alton
Elsie Billmeier
Dorothy Jean
Easton Hospital
Carroll F. Bright
O. N. Dulin
Roxborough
Denton
Death notices for Federalsburg residents and relatives
Mrs Roxanna Turner 68 lifelong Federalsburg resident died Tuesday after a brief illness at her daughter Mrs Harrison Short's home in Smithville Funeral services were held at Union Methodist Church Federalsburg with Rev Frank A Baker and Rev Dr Bailey officiating Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery She leaves sons and daughters including Rev Gilbert Turner Marie Clauser Violet Fleetwood and John Turner plus many grandchildren and siblings The obituary also notes the death of Margaret C Hoey March 2 in Fremont Ohio and services at Fred Harrington Funeral Home with interment in Harrington Del Body lists Hoey daughter of Richard and Becky Merriken and survivors Clarence May Hoey Nita Sherrod Nan Cooper sister Wilbert Callaway brother Harry Merriken
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxanna Turner
Federalsburg
Caroline County
Harrison Short
Smithville
Union Methodist Church
Frank A. Baker
Dr. Bailey
Christ Methodist Church
Hillcrest Cemetery
Ruth Shufelt
Jennie Meade
Ernest Liden
William
John Todd
Margaret C. Hoey
John Hoey
Delaware
Freemont
Ohio
Woodward C. Cooper
Harrington
Del
Fred Harrington
Hoey
Richard and
Becky Ann Merriken
Clarence Hoey
Camden
N. J
May Hoey
Jacksonville
Fla
Nita Sherrod
St. Petersburg
Nan Cooper
Wilbert Callaway
Denton
Harry R. Merriken
The Prayer of the Aged
A dated plea decries drink and saloons in the town. Residents pray for youth protection and stronger families, asking for spiritual aid to keep homes free from the evils of alcohol and its misery.
Orphans' Court Approves Estate Inventories and Accounts
The Orphans' Court met Tuesday with Judges Hanay Dennis and Fooks. An additional inventory of the George Ford estate was filed and approved. Accounts of sales in the estate of Joseph E. Clark were filed and approved. Releases filed in the estate of J Harvey Beer from Jennie Zuck and Harvey Beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Hanay, Dennis and
Fooks
George Ford
Joseph E. Clark
J. Harvey Beer
Jennie Zuck
Harvey Beer
Card of Thanks for Walter Griffith’s Death
Acknowledges kind thoughts sympathy and flowers during illness and after the death of Walter Griffith from his wife and daughters.
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Walter Griffith
Church Notices for March 7 Dedication Week
In Denton church notices the Week of Dedication continues with Church School at 9 45 a m and Morning Worship at 10 45 a m. Music by junior and senior choirs directed by Mrs Dorothy Rue and Mrs Margaret Cooper. Sermon The Heart Cry of a War Torn World. Free will offering funds Home Field and Overseas Relief. Youth Fellowship at 7 00 p m led by Miss Ernestine Short with youth discussion and special music. Last quarterly conference March 15 at 8 00 p m in Fellowship Hall presided by Dr J Earl Cummings.
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America
Dorothy Rue
Margaret Cooper
Easton District Journal
Ernestine Short
Denton
Fellowship Hall
J. Earl Cummings
Church Schedule Highlights Communion and Evening Services
The morning service on the first Sunday features Communion with a sermon on The City of God. Evening services include The Church and the Home at 7 30. WSC S Grace Church meets at the parsonage Monday. Prayer meeting is Wednesday. Choir practice Thursday at Miss Emma Clark’s. Friday March 12 at 2 30 union World Day of Prayer at Christ P E Church with Rev David Wood of Hobbs as speaker.
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City of God
W. S. C. S. of Grace Church
Emma Clark
Christ P. E. Church
David Wood
Hobbs
Denton church notices from Brethren and Methodist paths
Owing to renovations the morning services and Sunday school at Denton Church of the Brethren will be held at Amos Crouse and J A Leese locations. Evening A C W and YPD at Leese and parsonage. Missionary society meets 15th. Morning prayer and communion at Christ P E Church with Rev Range. Caroline Circuit Methodist: Hobbs, Thawley and Burrsville churches list communion, service and Sunday School times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Christ P. E. Church
Rev. Range
Easton
Caroline
David E. Wood
Hobbs
Thawley
Burrsville Union
Church Schedule and Mass Times for March Observances
Sunday services and activities listed for Pilgrim Holiness Greensboro Methodist and Catholic churches. World Day of Prayer planned March 12 at 2 pm with a special speaker. Mass times for St Elizabeth Denton and St Benedict Ridgely on March 7 and Ash Wednesday March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton and
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth's Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
St. Benedict's Church
Local social notes from Centreville and area
Ridgely residents hosting visits with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Anthony of Centreville entertaining. Richard Blackburn and Martin Sutton traveled to Baltimore for a business trip on Tuesday. Ernest Jones’s birthday was celebrated with a dinner noted on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Davis Perry visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Saulsbury, for the weekend. Mrs. John Whiting is due home from Easton Hospital by week’s end. Albert White is reported much improved at Union Memorial in Baltimore. Herbert Jones, after months of illness, can now take short walks. Mrs. Charles Sharp spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Sparklin at Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Anthony
Centreville
Ronald Lane
Richard Blackburn
Martin Sutton
Baltimore
Ernest Jones
Davis Perry
Saulsbury
John Whiting
Easton Hospital
Albert White
Union Memorial Hospital
Herbert Jones
Charles Sharp
Irwin Sparklin
Hillsboro
P.T. A
Sparklin
Joseph M. Eaton
John Decker
Philadelphia
Paul Sawyer
Silver Run
Tony Lederer
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Stella Meintzer
Washington
Henry Fleming
Wilmington
Frank Fleming
John Mandrell
Hugh Brown
Jos. M. Eaton
Connie Stoops
N. E. Knott
Chester
Women's Work Council elects Ridgely officers and plan drives
The Women’s Work Council of the Church of the Brethren elected officers led by President Mrs John Ebling and vice president Mrs J Rittenhouse and set committees for sunshine program finance and waxpaper duties. They voted to stop serving refreshments at monthly meetings and to donate one dollar per hostess to the treasury. They also plan to can 100 half gallon jars for C P Camps and reported Junior Girls 4 H Club activities including an exhibit and future Food Selection unit. Washington’s birthday events and local church notices followed with community updates and obituaries reflections.
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Women’s Work Council
The
Church of the Brethren
John Ebling
Rittenhouse
Roy Cherry
Harry Dodd
Sunshine
Nettie Arnold
Paul Ebling
E. H. Bowman
B. C. Ringgold
Paul Fike
Clifton Crouse
Henry Fisher
Homer Hutchison
George Cherry
Ringgold
C. H. Wagner
Elmer Crouse
Treasury
C. P
Bessie Spafford
Paul Hoffman
Victory Gardens
Geraldine Ferrick
Mary Renee Saulsbury
Washington
J. William Zehring
Leelan Jackson
Harvey
Hufnal
Leonard Sparks
Ronald
Harold S Hunfer
Lancaster
T. C. Cahall
J. Win. Zehring
Wiliam Rieck
Preston
Frank Flounders
Newton Williams
U. S. Navy
Saffi
Casablanca
Norfolk
Alice Bennington
William Sharpley
Wilmington
Kermit Sharpley
Long Beach
N. J
Coast Guards
Edmund Pendleton
Carolyn
Tom
Cahall
York
Rose Morris
Eldridge
Ingleside
Ridgely
Kennard Cook
Fifer Hospital
Elma Wilson
Hillsboro
Clinton Stoops
Connie
William Raleigh
Madison
Wisconsin
Florida
Lee Mitchell
David Mitchell
Dover
Lewes
Willard Barr
Bellwood
Charles Cherry
Betty Guthrie
H. O. Hufnal
Howard Perry
Cape May
William Sculley
A. S. Thompson
Maude Sleek
B. M. Wilkinson
Clifton Elliott
Baltimore Corner
Edwin Eaton
Monilay
Unity Homemakers Club Meeting Report
Unity Homemakers Club met February 17 with Mrs. Fleetwood presiding. They opened with the Lord's Prayer and the flag salute, sung Onward Christian Soldiers, and debated attention in homes during the National Anthem. They voted to send three dollars to Mrs. Nuttle for the library fund and conducted a monthly sewing machine care project led by Mrs. Clendaniel. Light refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Homemakers Club
Legislative Jottings: Caroline Delg Legislation Snapshot
A Caroline County focus listing House bills and Senate actions including prohibitions after notices, salary increases for clerks, banking of county funds, repeal of bridge and toll acts, liquor dispensary proposals, and road and tax measures. Several items await governor signs or committee referrals.
Prices and Your Purse in Wartime Ration Push
Americans start using points along with money as rationing expands. Stamps A B C in Book No2 worth 48 points valid through March 31 with second period dates from March 25 through April 30. Protect scarce vegetables by using high value stamps first and tally points before shopping.
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Spectel
United States
Music Resembles Poetry Poem Fragments In Needlework of Verse
A brief quotable fragment notes that music shares with poetry a set of elusive graces beyond method, suggesting only a master hand can reach these subtleties. The line emphasizes artistry over technique in shaping sound and verse.
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Pope
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Please join PTA lunch efforts
The Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter thanks all who aided the PTA lunch at Sparklin's Sale led by president Mrs. Irwin Sparklin. The event raised 70 dollars to help acquire needed school items. Notices of relatives and local visits follow, including hospital, travel, and family happenings.
Queen Anne Notes from Baltimore Visit and Local Life
Queen Anne residents report visits to University Hospital in Baltimore where Mrs Levi Hollister convalesces at home after surgery. Howard Eley adds thousands of chicks to two home plants and sold a batch after reaching two to three pounds. Community Club met in March with committee named. Louise Blades of Tukwhee Neck visited Aunt Sydney Pinder. Bernard Sparks Jr. from Baltimore spent time with family here. Several locals ill with colds while others attend to army induction details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Dulin
Henry Fisher
Baltimore
Levi Hollister
University Hospital
Queen Anne
Frances Pinder
Pinder
M. L. Clark
John Chaires
C. M. Covey
Louise Blades
Tuckwhee Neck
Sydney Pinder
Bernard Sparks Jr
Community notices and church events in Harrington area
A Burrsville gathering honored Robert Stafford Jr. on his birthday with many relatives visiting from Harrington Houston Hickman and Milford. Wesley Church will host Rev Earl Cummings on March 14 at 11 am followed by the last quarterly conference. The infant son of Edwin and Mrs Brown Brown funeral services were held near White’s Church with Rev R L Kirby in charge. Several community members are reported to have mumps. Mrs Jennie Creadick visited Mrs Ton Ellwanger.
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Leonard Taylor
Gooden Calloway
Harriett Calloway
Louise Bullock
Dick Bullock
Harrington
Bertha Wilson
Houston
Fred Torbert
Hickman
Russell Bowdle
Charles Harvey
R. H. Stafford
Robert Stafford Jr
Robert Junior
Brown Thawley
Melvin James
Milford
T. C. Hammond
Jennie Creadick
Houston Thawley
Elizabeth Ann
Eva
Fred Lewis
Earl Cummings
Easton District
Wesley
Edwin Brown
Near White’s Church
R. L. Kirby
Ton Ellwanger
Social Roundup in Preston and Nearby Homes
Preston notes host weekends with Baltimore visitor Mr Burton Proctor and a gathering including Mr and Mrs E J Harris and other locals. Visits span Washington Nassawadex Federalsburg and Baltimore with hospital updates for Emaline Wright and engagements of Bridges clubs.
Dedication Week services noted at Burrsville and nearby churches
Rev D E Wood conducted Dedication Week services at Burrsville Thawley’s and the local church across Thursday and Friday. Guests include Rev and Mrs L V Pratt of Lewisville Pa with daughter Lois Ann, and other visits by the Schuylers and Smiths. Esther Smith leads Sunday Endeavor. bake sale set for Denton March 6. Betty Mae Jester visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Wood
Burrsville Church
Thawley’s Church
L. V. Pratt
Lewisville
Lois Ann
Lois Ann Pratt
Johnny Hendricks
Burrsville
H. H. Schauer
Virginia
Richard
Trappe
F. N. Smith
Esther Smith
Christian Endeavor
Noble Schuyler
U. S. Navy
Samuel Schuyler
Denton
Jurors Named for April Term Across Eight Districts
The April term jurors list includes district selections: Fist District John Milby Clifton Hughes J Tyson Heather James Wilkerson Edward Laphan Wn Murphy Second District Arthur Brum...
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Fist
John T. Milby
Clifton T. Hughes
J. Tyson Heather
James E. Wilkerson
Edward W. Laphan
Wn. J. Murphy
Arthur W. Brumbaugh
W. Byron Poore
H. Claude Rawlings
John F. Stevenson
Linwood O. Jarrell
Robert B. Zacharias
James W. Thawley
Wm. Gordon Holbrook
Howard Simpson
William G. Wooters
Sherman L. Tribbitt
Charles Greenage
Millard
Whiteley
Roy M. Legates
C. Virgil Hall
Arthur J. Messick
John T. Spence
Victor R. Turner
Charles L. Bryant
Edward T. Pierce
W. Edwin Unger
Gilbert E. Wright
Everett Nuttle
Charles R. Clark
Sifth
F. Andrew Werner
Woward R. Gannon
Willard Towers
Charles A. Taylor
J. Wilson Cohee
Charles Wood Sr
Adam S. Holsinger
Richard Blackburn Jr
Thomas C. Gaitley
Charles T. Dean
Herbert E. Keeneman
George H. Messick
Ernest C. Collins
Frank M. Adams
Clifton Wright
Jesse E. Emerson
Raymond D. Williamson
William W. Prattis
Templeville Accident Injures Mr Samuel Merchant
Mr Samuel Merchant suffered a severe arm injury after tripping on a box and falling on stairs last week. At Kent General Hospital doctors set the broken arm and he has returned home with hopes of regaining use soon.
Adams Cross Roads Socials and Hospital News
Mr and Mrs James Savitz hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Wm Neal Mr and Mrs Curry and daughter Mrs Hood and her daughter Peggy from Bridgeville Mary Hignutt is in Milford Hospital after gallstone surgery Womans Homemakers Club met February luncheon February 2 at the community building Charles Johnson hosted friends and relatives at a duck dinner Paul Horsey visited his mother over the weekend Sunday School at Bloomery 10 am Subscribe for the Journal.
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James Savitz
Wm. Neal
Curry
Hood
Peggy
Bridgeville
Mary Hignutt
Milford Hospital
Smithville
Paul Horsey
Bloomery
Kilbourne Honored on Virginia Honor Roll of 1900s
Major General Charles Evans Kilbourne, Virginian and head of Virginia Military Institute, is listed on a Virginia Honor Roll. He earned the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Philippines and the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in France during World War I. He holds multiple decorations including the Legion of Honor and the French Croix du Guerre. Greensboro figures appear in social notes and Red Cross drive details accompany community events and local fund solicitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Evans Kilbourne
Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Kilbourne
Virginia Military Institute
China
Philippines
Thiacourt
France
Norway
Times-Dispatch
Caroline County Bank
A. W. Brumbaugh
Peoples
Postoffice
Pet Milk Co
George A. Reach Co
Greensboro High School
Greensboro
Greensboro Community Club
Chas. Bilbrough
Marion Hiley
Washington, D. C
Bilbrough
United Nations
Junior Woman's Club of
Junior Woman’s Club
James Pippin
Emma A. Fox
Grayson Smith
Ray W. Kirwin
Dorothy
Claude Rawlings
Byron Poor
Lena Lewis
Thelda Roe
Clarence Jackson
Denny Taylor
Annapolis
Caroline County
Harry Draper
Mary Ellen Draper
Washington
Draper
Addie Jewell
Bridgeville
Alan Dabson Jr
Fifer Hospital
William Downes Jr
Indiantown Gap
Wm. Downes
Ella Walls
Annie Edwards
Alfred Blackburn
Harry P. Cohee
Brookly Field
Mobile
Alabama
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the Local Department
P. R
Orphans' Court
First Methodist Church
L. E. Wimbrow
Grace Methodist Church
T. J. Turkington
Pilgrim Holiness Church
T. S. Dixon
Young Peoples
Greensboro Methodist Church
R. W. Kirwan
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Epworth League
A. C. Clark
Judiciary
Merriden
House
H. B
Merriken
Caroline and
Talbot
Gilpin
Merriken and
Neal
Mr. Merriken
Merrikken and Neal
Orphans Court
Ganeys Wharf Bridge Authority
Board of
State Roads Commission
New Bridge
Mr. Neal
Merriken & Neal
Certified Public Accountant
Twin Towns
Tuckahoe
Burton Proctor
J. W. Noble
Emily Jane Douglas
James E. Douglas, Jr
Nassawadex
S. E. Douglas
J. O. Arthur
Georgetown
H. M. Hollis
J. A. Carmine
Hollis
Community Club
Charlie Wilson
Betty Mae Jester
Templeville
Samuel Merchant
Kent General Hospital
Herbert Knotts
J. P. George
Marydel
S. O. Neal
Nell Knotts
Florence Stafford
Doris Ann. Wyatt
Helen Register
Newark
Katie Stafford
Mary Knotts
M. B. Kinnamon
Nat Wooleyhan
Arthur Burris
Leonard Boyles
Carl Carroll
Ivory
Townsend, del
Frank Vogt
Haddonfield
Irons Pippin
Eva Butts
Roeland Bosley
Charles Maske
Wm. © Wrford
Newport
Missell Davis Knotts
Adams Cross Roads
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