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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1929
Page
5
The issue carries farm adverts from Burrsville and Denton including seed oats at $1.00 per bushel and implements, mules and wagons for sale. Church events, a concert, and a supper are announced, plus county health notes, truck and tractor arrivals, and high school honor roll for February.
Mrs. J Kemp Stevens attended the Southern Conference on music education in Asheville and visited sister Mrs. Henrietta Liles in Albemarle. Birth of Sara Nadine reported. Mrs. Viola Hand recuperating after operations in Philadelphia. Local marriages, visits, and gatherings noted including Leslie Yeoman and Miss Genevieve Burrus wedding in Richmond and Mr. W L Sanders 71st birthday surprise in Wilmington. Residents travel between Bridgeville, Delaware and nearby towns.
A Ridge ly Methodist Episcopal Church hosts a county Young Peoples Meeting on Sunday March 17 at 2 PM as a prep for the April 1 conference. Col Joseph N Cudlipp will assist in planning with pastors Sunday school superintendents and youth workers urged to attend. Rufus S King notes broad Protestant church representation sought. Also rental and farm ad notices appear.
Mr Neal Richardson of Philadelphia and Miss Anna Martha Richardson of Washington College visited their home here last weekend. The passage includes a quotation from Joanna Baillie on strength and power in times of trial.
Mr. Jackson of the National Recreation Association, aided by Miss Dorothy Emerson, will host a Recreational Conference in College Park Maryland on March 26 and 27. The free event invites every 4-H girls club and women's club to send delegates for two daily sessions featuring recreation and round table discussions. Details on hours and venue will be published next week. communities may contact their Home Demonstration Agent for more information.
A county beekeepers meeting in Denton on March 8 featured A Howard Johnson of Queen Anne County discussing bee management. Inspector George Abrams spoke on bee diseases, notably American foulbrood, while Mrs. Sadie B. Ritter shared experiences and showcased honey production equipment.
Mr J Rosebrock of Pres ton reports his near Pr eston area Guernsey cow completed a 300 day lactation yielding 10,275 pounds of milk. He weighed milk daily from the herd to weed out poor producers and expects a substantial profit above feed costs.
Approximately 30 000 Loblolly pine seedlings will be planted this spring in Caroline on waste land not suited to crops. The program aims to utilize over 180 000 acres in Maryland for timber production. Seedlings come from the State Forestry Nursery at 2.50 per thousand, requiring 1100 trees per acre at six by six feet. H H Nuttle led the largest 1928 planting with 18 000 trees, while Calvert Merriken, Wm Seeders, and D W Sparklin will participate this spring.
A covered dish supper for the Ladies Aid was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Medford Starkey last Wednesday. Various guests visited locally and from Delaware and Pennsylvania. Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Wright Robinson and a son to Mr and Mrs Paul Shelton, both born March 10. Church services are planned with Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 7 30.
Harmony district residents including Mr. Roland Thomas Mr. W R Thomas Mr H C Todd and Mr Harry Arringdale are listed as wired or planning electric service. The Arringdales attended the funeral of Mrs Alexine Chaffinch in Denton. Mrs Carrie Collins returns from Chestnut Grove after two months with her daughter Mrs Oscar Fishell. Mrs Mary E Duhadaway remains in Baltimore with her ill sister Mrs Annie Cook. John Christopher improves property with a new fence. Mrs Belle Dean regains ability to go out.
The Weekly Ridgely News Letter reports the Community Players presented Clubbing a Husband at Church House on Monday and Tuesday with Mrs. Herbert Keeneman as Mrs. Newnam and Mary Wharton as the cook. Attendance was good with laughter and receipts in the fifty dollar range.
The Twentieth Century Club enjoyed a pleasant evening on the 6th with the Bethlehem Club Indies in the Community House. Miss Spafford spoke on wall decorations. The next meeting, at the home of Mr and Mrs Clarence Perry, is on March 20. Attendees should be present by 1:30.
A brief prompt asks if the reader is following a serial and notes that it is interesting, inviting engagement and continued attention.
Mr. Thomas H. Everngam, a well known Caroline county farmer, was badly hurt eight weeks ago but is now on the road to recovery with no lasting effects from the incident.
Smithville notes a mixed social week with a couple's shower for Mr and Mrs Lee Meredith and many visits among residents. Guests include Leon Meredith, Floyd Smith, James Cannon, Elon Wright, and others from Federalsburg, Burrsville, New Jersey, and nearby towns.
The Public Health committee met in February and carried routine business. The Home Hygiene class under the American Red Cross continued at Greensboro school with eleven sessions. Midwifery courses led by Dr. Catherine Goodson ran four lectures and a March 1 exam with an average attendance of twelve. Two baby clinics in Denton examined twenty four children while Dr Reinhard and Dr Nicklas led tuberculosis and child hygiene clinics at Denton and Federalsburg with sixteen patients.
We extend thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy in our recent bereavement the death of husband and father Mrs John Irwin and Children.
Annie Jump receives Panama air mail letter from son Harvey Jump of Balboa. Local visits abound with Blades, Dodds, Brittingham, Larrimore, and Rice families in Wilmington Ceritreville Chestertown trip and New Jersey stays. Community Club bake sale March 23. Hillsboro PTA meets March 19. various residents visiting Baltimore Philadelphia Denton Trappe Burlington Chadds Ford.
The Community Club hosts a supper at the High School Auditorium this Saturday evening the 16th with ham potato salad hominy deviled eggs rolls biscuit pickles coffee ice cream cake and pie on sale. Supper prices 25 and 36 cents and club ladies invite broad community patronage.
John Irwin 68 former Circuit Court Chief Clerk for Caroline county died at his home near Central Denton on March 2 after a brief illness. He was longtime farmer, son of Henry Irwin, and known as a county auctioneer. Survived by widow Elizabeth Carter Irwin a son John Irwin Jr and daughter Viola Vickery. Also brothers and sisters William H Irwin Charles Irwin Lida Becker Annie Reynolds Hester Jopp. Funeral at his home March 5 with burial in Denton cemetery. Reverend T O Crouse officiated. pallbearers W S Norris I L Dukes C K Evans C A Huey M L Wyatt Martin Voss.
The Ladies of Christ Church Guild stage a market of home cooked provisions in the J H Nichols Co vacant store on 8rd street. Open at 1 30 p m.
A Denton Maryland poultry meeting draws residents to the Court House on Thursday March 21 at 7 30 p m under the Caroline County Poultry Association. Prof H D Monroe of Wayne Feed Mills leads a practical session highlighting profitable, low cost methods and real flock data. The talk covers modern feeding and management, with demonstrations from large and small operations and Penn State extension background.
The Orphans Court met Tuesday with Judges West Harper and Shawn. It granted letters of administration for Marissa J. Steele and Jacob S. Steele to Calvert C. Merriken and Ross E. Steele, appointed appraisers and creditors notices, and set probate and sales actions for several estates including John Irwin Abram R Wright and Katie Whitby Roe. The will of Alexine J. Chaffinch was presented for probate with a March 19 date set. Blanche B Hobbs released Mary E Hobbs and Edna N Hobbs from distribution claims.
Goldsboro reports the Win-Won Bible Class meeting with Mrs. A D Quillen leading a planned social program and refreshments. An evangelistic meeting will begin next Sunday at the Southern Methodist Church and run for two weeks or more, inviting all to attend. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Elbert Saunders and others hosted guests. local residents made a business trip to Chester. a son born to Mr and Mrs Noble Bickling. sewing circle hosted by Mrs C R Curtis. relatives from Philadelphia visited. Miss Louise Dennison spent the weekend in Bal Miss Louise Gray visited T N Jarrell. Dr and Mrs H F Silver were in Baltimore. Mrs S S Martin visiting Salisbury.
Walter Paxton Lednum 653 employed at Annapolis by the State Assembly died early last Sunday at his home here presumably from an overdose of a drug taken to relieve pain from an internal disorder. He was stricken in Annapolis and died while returning home. Lednum, formerly with the State Roads Commission, is survived by his widow and three daughters and three brothers including Robert I. Lednum a Worcester County legislator J Frank Lednum of this town and W O Lednum of Denton Md.
The Middletown District second quarterly meeting was at Millington M E Church on March 8. Miss Luke Hooper from Home Base spoke, urged removing zero churches, and noted thirty five new members added last year. Luncheon cost 35c, two vocal duets delighted attendees, and Crumpton will host the next meeting.
In loving remembrance of our dear son Pierce Clark who died March 16 1927 at age eight. We miss you more than words can tell. Though sorrow and pain surround us we hold hope of heavenly reunion. Signed by Mother and Daddy with enduring love.
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