Denton Area News Highlights And Local Notices
A Denton weekly page covers a Friday 12 05 broadcast by the Local Department Listen to Denton on WFBR. Classifieds offer a missing umbrella return to W E Roe and antique Aladdin Lamps sale for two weeks. Farm goods include re cleaned Lespedera seed at 1 25 per bushel and clover seed at 18 00 per bushel. An apartment at Corner 6th and Franklin Sts is for rent. A public tax sale of five Denton properties is set for March 15. Eastern Pickle Corp buys Mrs Hardcastle Canning Factory for condiment production near Denton with C E Collins soliciting nearby farmer contracts. An aged couple accidentally set woods near Greensboro road ablaze. Denton Fire crew contained the blaze. Farmers and Merchants Bank plans to close deposits after March 19 with full depositor payout and a stockholders committee on March 19. Dr E Paul Knotts to speak on Temperance Day March 20 at 10 15 am at the Methodist Protestant Church. A large fire at J Clarence Kinnamon’s farm near Goldsboro destroyed a frame house with $3 000 loss. Green benches on Courthouse Green in Denton remain a local fixture and a beekeeping beginners class starts March 9 in the courthouse with Maryland Extension and local leaders guiding sessions through April 6. Clarence J Kern presides as president of the Eastern Shore Chapter of the Maryland State Beekeepers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
WFBR
W. E. Roe
W. O. Ledman
D. Ralph Horsey
Thos. H. Everngam
Ladies of Union M. P. Church
Burnsville
Greensboro Road
J. F. Anderson
Andersons
Arthur Allston
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Josiah A. Beck
Beck
State Bank
Warren Sterling
E. Paul Knotts
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Clyde Pentz
Church of the Brethren
Methodist Episcopal
J. Clarence Kinnamon
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Wilson Smith
Kinnamon
St. Petersburg
Florida
Green Bench Club
Sons of Rest
George J. Abrams
University of Maryland Extension Service
George W. Clendaniel
Caroline County
Abrams
Maryland
Abrame
Clarence J. Kern
Eastern Shore
Maryland State Bee Keepers Association
Community club March 15 visit and social program
At a recent Community club meeting an invitation was extended to visit the Harrington Club on March 15, Reciprocity Day. Mrs. Gail Cooper led music with four pupils while Anita Rue performed a number accompanied by Marjory Rue. Hattie Shockley introduced Anita Faats from Baltimore who spoke on social welfare and education’s link to income health and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrington Club
Gail Cooper
Anne Breeding
Anita Rue
Rachel Andrews
Marjory Rue
Rue
Anita
Marjory
Hattie Shockley
Anita Faats
Baltimore
Ramsdell
Louise de Ginther
Ruth
Bamburger
H. H. Harcum
Salisbury
Eastern Shore Federation
Ethel Wright
Kemp Adams
Reese Adams
Wright
Arthur Adams
Federalsburg
Seaford
Del
Ratovich
Collingswood
N. J
Mildred Lord
Concord
Charles Johnson
Hilda Pritchett
Madeline Adams
Gloria Johnson
Beatrice Adams
Melvin Adams
Bobby Wright
L. W. Long
W. H. Beck
W. L. DeFord
Louise
Evelyn Adams
Fountain
Emma Long
Roy
Smith Beck
Jack
Norman Adams
Helen Mae DeFord
Denton
James Conaway
Gordon
Cambridge
Wm. Plutschak
Clayton Taylor
Preston
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tri-County Institute
Church of the Brethren
Robert Delaha
Tri-County
Lily G. Matheson
James Gibson Depew
Frank R. Depew
Florence Evelyn Onderdonk
George C. Onderdonk
Rahway
Depew
Rahway High School
Merck and Co., Inc
Katherine A. Tismar
Otto H. Steenken Jr
F. Middleton Clift
R. M. Tismar
O. Steenken Sr
D. Allen
Philadelphia
Ernest T. Tismar
R. M. Tismar Jr
N. P. Allen
Gladys Steenken
Tilghman F. Taylor
Taylor
Clara I. Rice
Williston
Harold Miller
Addison Welch
Gretchen Christian
Elmyra
N. Y
Ellen Chaffinch
Notre Dame College
Chaffinch
J. Roland Chaffinch
James
G. W. Sheetz
Ladies Aid of
Denton M. E. Church
Thur
Vienna
Virginia
Willie Fearins
Stewart Wright
J. Frank Wright
Marion H. Downes
Mount Alte Hospital
Washington
Concord Revivalists Begin Evangelistic Services Next Week
Special evangelistic services are scheduled at Concord M. E. Church starting Tuesday night with Mrs. Estelle Gibbon delivering messages and her husband leading song services. All friends and Concord residents are urged to attend and welcome.
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Concord
Estelle Gibbon
Concord M. E
Sunday church notices span Denton Ridgely and Harrington
A Denton M E minister will preach both services on March 13 with Sunday School at 9 45 a m Epworth League at 6 45 p m Other churches in the area list Sunday services March 13 morning subjects Un Daunted Disciples and Jesus the Teacher plus Christian Endeavor Bible study and Womens Missionary Society events A Nazarene Bible conference runs March 13 13 at Harrington with nightly evangelistic services led by Rev H E Heckert and special singing all welcome
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Andrews
Denton M. E
Epworth League
Denton M. P
T. J. Turkington
Church of the Brethren
Jesus
Christian Workers
Women’s Missionary Society of the Church of the Brethren
Nettie Arnold
Ridgely
Wesley M. E
Hickman
Sunshine Club
Caroline Charge
Ziba Adams
Burrsville M. P
Thawley
Hobbs
Christian Endeavor
Church of the New Jerusalem
Preston
Williston
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
Church of the Nazarene
Harrington
Delaware
Caroline native Harry Rieck seeks State Senate seat
A Caroline county native born in 1894 on a Preston farm, Harry H. Rieck farms locally with eight children and a Lutheran church background. He has served in the House of Delegates representing Caroline and now pursues the State Senate while opposing wasteful expenditures and tax measures and supporting Bay crossing efficiency. The bulletin notes a nearby vacant house fire on Market Street with damage to the M P parsonage roof from late Thursday. origin is unknown. Joseph B. Blough and family from Baltimore visited Denton relatives last weekend.
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Caroline County
Harry H. Rieck
Preston
Farm Bureau
Caroline County Poultry Association
State Poultry Council
Caroline
House of Delegates
Rieck
State Senate
Bay
W. H. Rathell
J. Ed. Nichols
M. P. Parsonage
Market Street
Card Of Thanks For Fire Company Aid
We thank the Volunteer Fire Company of Denton for their prompt response to and aid with our chimney fire. Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Seese.
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Volunteer Fire Company of
Denton
Norman A. Seese
The less people speak of greatness, the more people think
The quotation notes that obscurity in praise spurs greater contemplation of greatness, suggesting humility amplifies perception and influence. It frames greatness as a quality inferred by others rather than proclaimed by the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights Local Clubs
The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Harry Stedman’s home with a strong turnout. Plans for church improvements and a supper on the 10th were set, plus a chorus program and a potential verse speaking group. Other items note Centreville P T A activities, 4 H Club plays, a Boy Scouts visit, World Day of Prayer, social events, and local family updates.
Tuckahoe and Friendship Grove Clubs Meet In March Arrangements
Tuckahoe Club held its March meeting with Mrs Howard Gannon as hostess and discussed starting a scrapbook with contributions from members. Mr James Wise spoke on Law and the Home. Friendship Grove Club reported on rug and advisory council meetings, scrap book duties, and Sunshine Committee cards. Next events include a Table Party March 18 at Grove community house with 15 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckahoe Club
Howard Gannon
Mason Clopper
Norman Taylor
Alfred Flaharty
Theo. Schulkie Jr
Preston
B. M. Connelly
Denton
Gadow
Sunshine Committee
Nettie Lord
Otto Brauchle
Friendship Grove Community Club
Grove Community House
Duplicate Returns for Your Income Tax No 7
The text explains that every person required to file an income return for 1937 must also submit a complete duplicate copy on a green form or a photo static copy of the original return, including schedules and statements except specified exceptions. Penalties of 6 or 10 dollars apply for failure to file, and copies become available for inspection by authorized state officials under strict conditions, not by the general public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Insurance Department
Collector of Internal Revenue
Local Notices of Society and Hospital Updates
Miss Margaret Mahoney of Denton visiting Mrs. A. J. Richard. Mrs. John Ebling visited relatives in New Jersey and New York last week. Mr. Jos. Cherry is a patient at Chestertown Hospital following an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Mahoney
Denton
A. J. Richard
John Ebling
New Jersey
New York
Jos. Cherry
Chestertown Hospital
Hillsboro Q Ann e Letter and Market Notice
Hillsboro residents host Sunday visitors from Baltimore Easton and Wye Mills as the Hillsboro P T A plans a mid week market in the Community Club House on March 16 at 3 pm with dressed chickens potato salad biscuits rolls cakes doughnuts and candy on sale. Local activities include visits by Nancy Jane Kline from State Teachers College Salisbury and social events hosted by Mrs F Elwood Fleming and Mrs J Norman Clark with family and friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hunt
Baltimore
Amos Warner
Dora Samis
James Lewis
Easton
Charles Rathell
Wye Mills
Donald Rathell
Hillsboro
Nancy Jane Kline
State Teachers College
Salisbury
Milford Kline
F. Elwood Fleming
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
Fred Beauchamp
Federalsburg
Meredith Uhrig
Reading
Charles DeFord
Mary T. Rowe
Harry Wright
Preston
E. Edwin Gale
Wilmington
E. H. Gale
J. Norman Clark
Bridge
Queen Anne Visitors and Local Events Report
Mrs Milby Gibe and others visited Price. The Ladies Aid set a March 25 home talent play at the High School auditorium with further notice to follow. Harvey Jump of Panama Canal recently visited his niece before sailing for Europe. Showard Culver from Hebron visited with Morgan household on Sunday. Horace Morgan attended a Lions Club banquet in Seaford Monday night. Horace Reynolds and Mrs Reynolds visited with the Reynolds family on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milby Gibe
Charles Stevens
Herman Skinner
Ruth Reynolds
Gibe
Joseph Taylor
Price
Ladies Aid
Harvey Jump
Panama Canal
Howard Eley
Europe
Showard Culver
Hebron
Henderson School Perfect Attendance February List
Henderson pupils with perfect February attendance span grades One through Seven, led by Dorothy Antal and Helen Bortsey among others. Community notices list numerous local visitors and social calls including the Carters of Lebanon and families from Dover, Sadlersville, Willow Grove, and Greensboro.
Adams Cross Roads Birthday Party for Mrs Wright
A surprise birthday party was given to Mrs. Ethel Wright Saturday at her home with games and late refreshments of ice cream and ritz crackers. Numerous neighbors visited later and other gatherings occurred through the week including visits by Earle Robinson Fountain and others. well wishes were extended for Mrs Lee Adams ill in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Wright
Earle Robinson
Thurman Fountain
Lynn Taylor
Reese Adams
Seaford
Lillie Adams
Charles Johnson
Louis Lockerman
American Corner
Prest on Theodore A Schulke Jr Dies at 37
Theodore A Schulke Jr prominent Grove farmer died Wednesday morning of pneumonia at Emergency Hospital Eas ton. He survived by his parents wife Myrtle Lord Schulke three children Rachel Helen and Ralph a brother Nelson and three sisters Marie Ellman Edmund McCauley and D W Cartwright Funeral services were held Friday at the Lutheran Church in Preston burial in Linchester cemetery A long list of local residents visited with the family and additional notes mention church services and social visits in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore A. Schulke, Jr
Grove
Emergency Hospital
Easton
Schulke
Myrtle Lord Schulke
Rachel
Helen
Ralph Schulke
Nelson Schulke
Preston
Marie Ellman
Federalsburg
Edmund McCauley
Newark
Del
D. W
Epiphany Mission
Eleanor Trice
Winfield, Trice
Baltimore
Josephine Gallagher
Lee Noble
Lee Jr
Jack Parris
Wilmington
Parris
Agnes Gardner
Near Town
Gertrude Meeks
Raymond Poole
Jack Weidlein
Drexel Hill
Harvey Parrott
Bethlehem
Rosalee Gilbert
Charles B. Clark
Marie Taylor
Luke Amato
Havre de Grace
Phyllis DeFord
William Plutschak
Agnes Tubman
Josephine Berry
E. W. Wright
T. Corkran
Burton Proctor Jr
Miami
Florida
Clayton Taylor
Denton
Social notes from Goldsboro and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Evans and son of Towson and Mr and Mrs Williams and family of Salisbury spent the weekend with the Wrights near town. Mrs DeWitt and daughter Helen returned home from Collingswood New Jersey. Visitors with the Russells at Greenwood included W J Murphy M E Jarman and E S Martin. Margaret Griffin and Etta May Russell visited from Washington. Florence Jarrell is visiting relatives in Philadelphia. Elizabeth Jones returned from visits in Delaware and Washington. Chas Phillips visited Wyom ing with his parents in law John and Mrs Berry. The Sewing Circle met at Mrs Harvey Shively. Mrs Noble Shively hosted Roy Brown and wife from Philadelphia. Myra Taylor spent the weekend with grandmother Mrs W W Sylvester in Denton. Kathryn Cole and brother visited Collingswood New Jersey. Woman's Foreign Missionary meeting was held at the parsonage. Mrs Luther Bennett dined with Mrs A D Quillen. Mrs A J Bennett of Wilmington spent Sunday locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson School
Dorothy Antal
Harry Bell
Ferdinand Deusa
Geneva Jones
Esther Wilson
Rodney Mitchell
Alma Nielsen
Lillian Pearson
Peggy Pippin
Doris Reed
Alfred Richard
Rose Toth
Howard Budd
Lawrence Harris
May Jones
David Lamb
Clara Neilsen
Clifton Pearson
Alan Pearson
Alan Richard
Louise Stockley
Arzella Shannon
Helen Bortsey
Marjorie Budd
Eleanor Harman
Carroll Houseal
Ben Lumb
Edmund Racz
Mervin Richard
Philip Richard
Mary Robb Roden
Margaret Walls
Gwendolyn Hall
Irene Antal
Jean Bennett
Lulu Pearson
Blanche Seward
Jerry Zloch
James Reed
Sammy Zareo
John Lee
Betty Richard
Dorothy Shultie
Doris Lee Harman
Mary Harris
Omer Thompson
Joseph Martin
John Baughley
James Rodimak
Joseph Wilson
Dominick Zareo
Beulah Bright
Mary Griffin
Geneva Reed
Doris Ann Wyatt
William Lee
Joseph Racz
Carlton Richard
Betty Bleckley
Filomena Devsa
Betty Montague
Roseine Thorpe
Florence Wilson
Roland Carter
Lebanon
Del
Melvin Legates
Near Town
Centerville
John Carter
H. L. Melvin
Helen
Keith Webb
Jimmy
I. N. Smith
Dover
Harry Gough
E. P. Spencer
L. A. Gooden
Clarence Hollingsworth
Greensboro
Walter Weiss
Willow Grove
Edward Schoppe
Woodrow Montague
Sadlersville
H. H. Hudson
Sewing Circle
John Richard
Mildred Gooden
Washington
T. H. Gough
Mary Jarman
Evans
Towson
Williams
Salisbury
John C. Wright
Esther DeWitt
Collingswood
N. J
W. J. Murphy
M. E. Jarman
E. S. Martin
Chas. Phillips
John Berry
Wyoming
Harvey Shively
Noble Shively
Roy Brown
Philadelphia
Myra Taylor
W. W. Sylvester
Denton
Kathryn Cole
Luther Bennett
A. D. Quillen
A. J. Bennett
Wilmington
Little Shoes by Anne Southerland Brooks
Poem recalls a boy's journey from proud beginnings to a shattered end. Vivid images of No-One-Knows city and a knightly quest contrast with blood-stained toes and a vanished light, hinting at a tragic outcome. The piece laments lost childhood and fading heroism.
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Anne Southerland Brooks O
Greensboro Area Obituary Roundup and Social Notes
J R Koch aged 61 a Spanish American War veteran died at his Greensboro area home. He leaves three children by his first wife and three by the second, plus siblings. Military rites were held at Raymond B Rawlings Funeral Home and Ridgely Catholic Church. Mrs Rhoda Porter 58 of Greensboro died after an operation in Dover Hospital, survived by daughter and grandchildren. Funeral at Greensboro Baptist Church with interment in Hollywood Cemetery. William Jordan age 7 died in Baltimore after appendectomy. Funeral at grandmother's home near Greensboro with Father Hensel, interment in Greensboro Cemetery. Mrs Ralph ONeal and a son arrive from Louisville to live on Academy Street. husband is with Pet Milk. W edding reports include Helen Bilbroughs wedding in Valley Forge and Elizabeth Bilbrough of Washington attending. Ralph Deen and Caroline Thorpe of Greensboro wed in Elkton. will reside in Greensboro. Various local visits and social notes follow, with brief mentions of travels, hospital recoveries, and holiday gatherings among Greensboro residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Koch
Greensboro
Freddie Koch
Florida
Marie Kerriumph
Ellen Vannucci
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harry Koch
Margaret
John Koch
Raymond B. Rawlings
Ridgely
Rhoda Porter
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Porter
Lawrence Jones
Linwood
Donald
Madeline
Genevieve Jones
Samuel Harrington
William Billings
Harrington
Greensboro Baptist Church
John J. Watson
Hollywood Cemetery
William Jordan
Baltimore City Hospital
William Knipple
Hensel
Ralph O'Neal
Little Son
Louisville
Kentucky
John Matson
Academy Street
O'Neal
Pet Milk Company
Milton Roe
Helen Bilbrough
Robert Bliss
Valley Forge
Elizabeth Bilbrough
Washington
Grayson Smith
State Teachers College
Salisbury
A. G. Smith
A. G. Smith. Miss Smith
Peggy Stouffer
Frederick, Md
John Wyatt
Nelson
Betty
Mildred Bennett
Edgar Wyatt
Lleward Hills
Deaths, weddings mark same-day events in Denton area
Charles W. Griffith aged 72 died after a two month illness. His son Ernest F. Griffith and Mrs. Mollie E. Scott wed quietly at Rev W L Jump's home to avoid postponement. Surviving Griffith include four sons, a daughter, four brothers, and three sisters. Funeral held at Pilgrim Holiness Church. Also services for Mrs Sarah Coleman 87 widow of William Coleman were held in Denton with funeral at local home and interment in Denton Cemetery. Surviving Coleman include two sons and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Griffith
Ernest F. Griffith
Mollie E. Scott
Margaret Vickery
Scott
Denton
W. L. Jump
William Lane
Griffith
Randolph
Harvey L
Charles
Roland Griffith
Lillian Bullock
Frank
Thomas
Baltimore
Robert
William Griffith
Chester
Elizabeth Collison
Ella Lane
Jump
Thomas Dixon
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Denton Cemetery
Sarah Coleman
William Coleman
Trappe
Caroline County
Coleman
Alfred Eugene
Rock F
John Jenkins
Robert McCracken
Frank Bayard
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Concord Revivalists
MR. and Mrs. Gibbon
Harry Stedman
Stalin Matthews
Paul Holsinger
Centreville P.T. A
Centreville
P.T. A
Vachel Downes
Peggy Wolcott
Elizabeth Powell
Bessie Ireland
Warren Slemmer
Milton Wolcott
Slemmer
Miss Powell
Margaret Smith
Talbot County
June Lynch
Juanita Kinard
Esther Hollingsworth
Little Theatre
Chestertown College
National Labor Relations Board
Ridgely Chamber of Commerce
The
Reformed Church
Charles A. Andreas Jr
Del-Mar- Va
Stella Matthews
H. F. Hafer
Beatrice Bower
Viola Jones
Roy Cherry
Mattie Brumbaugh
Mary Laird
Elsie Matthews
Margaret Swing
Chas. Guessford
Greenlee
Ada Matthews
Arthur Richard
G. W. Goodley
Ruth Richard
Trenton
Eugene Richard
Florence Richard
Charles Richard
Elysburg
Virginia Jarrell
Bessie Spafford
Woman’s Work Council
Denton Missionary Society
Harford Porter
Olin Porter
Norristown
Ray Frampton
Mildred Ebling
Retta Smith
Elmer Anthony and Sons
Elizabeth Haymaker
William Rickards
Daniel Butler
John Starkey
Addie
Paul Hemmons
William Matthews
W. M. Wiley
Smyrna
David Kline
Charles Dean
Leelan Jackson
St. Michaels
Bessie M. Spafford
Tuckahoe
Queen Anne
Henderson
Adams Cross Roads
Fletcher Sisk
Ralph Deen
Caroline Thorpe
Elkton
Lydia Thorpe
B. C. Beckham
Strode Beckham
DeWeese Carter
Ella Anderson
R. J. Baughley
Brady Baggs
Vincent Wright
R. C. Jackson
Mary Louise Bennett
Oscar Wyatt
W. J. Richard
Harry Jones
William Sipple
Harry Clark
Clinton, Md