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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1939
Page
5
An assortment of classified items fills the page from Denton Md with sales of horses seeds and chicks to rental listings for rooms apartments and a bungalow. Community events include church suppers and a film at the Dentonia Theatre plus local politics and public utilities updates and obituaries for Elbert Nuttle and Marietta Anthony.
Social news from Centreville notes the Onward and Victor Sunday School classes of MOP Church met at Mildred Woodrow’s home with president Charles Deisem presiding. They approved an orange social in the church room on March 21 to raise funds, with many members listed as attendees.
Denton churches publish Sunday schedules with sermons and themes. Denton M P Church offers morning and evening topics plus a 6 30 Christian Endeavor. Church of the Brethren lists services 10 and 11 am with a union youth event at Ridgely. Williston Community Church holds 2 30 pm worship. Church of the New Jerusalem plans March 19 sessions. Catholic masses and confessions noted at St Elizabeths in Denton and St Benedicts in Ridgely with Stations of the Cross schedule.
Bertha H Beck and her children express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for acts of kindness floral tributes and expressions of sympathy after the death of Josiah A Beck husband and father on the 10th instant.
The Anthony Family thanks relatives friends and neighbors for sympathy kindness and floral contributions after the death of our mother Mrs Marietta Anthony.
The Chaplanh Co operative, Inc. won PSC approval to lay dual electric lines from Greensboro to Chopland and nearby Dorchester. Vannort will supervise staking in Port Deposit while Clarence A. Sennett, Denton, becomes superintendent. An office opens in Denton as 433 members are already assured. Directors Wass, Neal, Nuttle, and Merriken lead the cooperative with broad regional expansion expected.
Health questions cover daily morning inspections and how to gauge home school health habits. A school cafeteria offers low cost hot lunches with milk, fruit, and nutritious guidance. Weighing for undernourishment guides supplementary free lunches via the Health Committee of the PTA. Homework is limited to preserve family time and sleep in early grades.
Smith son Mr and Mrs Charlie Peay and daughter Aleon plus Anton Worm Mae Willoughby and Mrs Edward Worm visited Mr and Mrs Frank Walker in Boston on Saturday evening. Emma Reese Painie Prager Alen Willoughby and Meiil Rhodes joined Mrs James Toft and Miss Carolyn Toft Tuesday. Homemakers Club ladies held a family supper Tuesday in the club room. An enjoyable evening was shared by all. Mr and Mrs Wilton Watts and little son of Philadelphia and Mr and Mrs Harvey Engle with Pied Quidas were Sunday guests.
The weekly Ridgely News Letter notes a Hobby Show at the Church House on Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings. A prize of one dollar will be awarded for the best exhibit by a child under twelve. Various local residents visited family and attended church and social events. A church class joined, and a Pentecostal-style children’s choir performed. Several residents and visitors were mentioned in personal notices and local society items.
Greensboro Homemakers Club met March 9 at Mrs Harry Bastian for a covered dish luncheon. Eleven members and three visitors attended amid sickness. Menu included roast beef salmon loaf macaroni and cheese and assorted sides. Mrs Clarence Hollingsworth led a humorous plate ritual and gum drop animal prize.
Keystone Automobile Club plans its thirty third annual meeting in Philadelphia at Convention Hall on Tuesday night March 28 to address highway conditions proper use of motor vehicle taxes and prevention of death and injury. President J Barton Weeks will present policy and enforcement plans for the coming year followed by an entertainment program.
The Hillsboro Queen Anne PTA will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening March 21. Mrs Crosthwait will speak on the retardation of the Japanese beetle with moving pictures. Social notes include visits and weekend guest appearances by local residents across Eas ton Chester Milford Salisbury and Wilmington areas.
The Queen Anne Community Club met Tuesday with a record twenty five members present. Miss Ray of the Children's Aid Society spoke on aiding dependent children in the Shore counties. Local fundraisers at Tri-County High School raised funds for the curtain project. A surprise birthday party for Mrs. Monroe Crouse was held in Denton with friends from several towns attending. The Hillbilly radio team will perform at Tri-County High School next Friday sponsored by the Hillsboro PTA. Local residents and service members are noted, including Clyde Fleming returning to Norfolk and Samuel Reynolds taking a position at Annapolis.
Norman Willoughby, patient in a Baltimore hospital, returned home last Tuesday for recovery. Others visit or travel include Mrs Murphy, Manning Meirthen, and Mrs F Smith with Mrs F E Davis to Easton. Clergy visits noted with Rev H W Schauer and Rev Calvin Randall of Centreville. Several locals attend events in Annapolis and New Jersey New York. Spring greetings and county news wrap the column.
Harrington New Century Club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. A B Parsons in charge. After business and World’s Fair news read by Mrs. Frank Woithhey members heard Mrs. Fred Wilson and assistants perform a program on the Washington Cathedral Bishop's Garden and Glastonbury Thorn with a piano solo by Mrs. Paul Hawk. Local church notes mention Mrs Franklin Clapp’s missions program and a youth service with children dressed as world natives. Various residents return from trips and staycations with updates on studies and hospital recovery.
Federalsburg High School’s annex, a WPA project costing about 80000 dollars, nears completion with two stories and six classrooms plus a 65 by 95 foot auditorium gym. Bidder Lange Brothers of Baltimore Audubon NJ, submitted 71800 dollars. Occupancy targeted for the 1939 commencement.
Preston Past Grand Master of Maryland Masons Harry B Wright is a patient at University Hospital Baltimore under Dr Stem. He suffers from diverticulitis a stomach ailment. Friends extend wishes for a speedy recovery.
Harold Gottwall was taken ill during a B Y P U meeting trip to Mardella last Friday night and moved to Emergency Hospital Easton before returning home to Greensboro. Numerous visitors and gatherings mark the week including showers for Caudill and guests from Claymont and Delaware, with many local families attending funerals and visiting friends across nearby towns.
February totals show five more deaths than 1938 for the period, with pedestrians constituting 74 percent of fatalities. Among 239 killed, pedestrians include 3 children and 2 stopping from vehicles. 2 adults left-side against traffic, 4 right-side with traffic, and 5 from or on vehicles. Saturday records ten deaths. White male drivers, ages 20-29, with five-plus years experience, residents of Baltimore City figure among victims. Factors cite excessive speed for conditions. two hit and run cases noted. City accounts for 14 accidents and 14 deaths, up 50 percent from January. counties report 17 accidents and 17 deaths.
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