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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1943
Page
5
Denton area notices list sales of pullets oats and seed Lespedera plus farm equipment and livestock for sale. Local residents publish has entries for a mule mare, framing lumber, a 83 year old mare, and farm sales. Community club bake sale, church meetings, and a field representative visit are announced along with enlistment and training news and a funeral service description.
Last Friday night in Denton a large gathering at the Long home celebrated Clayton Long’s departure for military service. Friends, neighbors, and many locals filled the house with food, music, and well wishes as they bid him and others a successful return. Also noted are birthday and social notices, church class elections, and several marriage and visiting updates from the community.
The Church School meets at 9:45 a.m. in all departments. Morning Worship at 10:45 with both choirs. Sermon topic In the time of Crisis. Youth Fellowship at 7:00 p.m. directed by George Beck Jr. Prayer service Wednesday at 7:30. Lent observance urged.
Sunday services announce morning and evening sermons The Trust of a Good Man and A Conditional Promise Midweek prayer Wednesday Thursday choir practice at 7 pm At the fourth quarterly conference March 14 committees for the new church year were named Membership Emma Clark Edna Hobbs Nichols etc Budget Finance Nominations Audit Records Hospitals and Homes Board of Education Board of Missions and Church Extension chaired by pastor J R Richards and others including L T Me Neal J V Moore Clara Hitchcock Ruth Johnson C J Fletcher Wm Finn and Lee Walston.
Denton Church notices announce morning services at the home of Amos Crouse with church school at 10 and worship at 11. Rev A Stauffer Curry will speak at Ridgely Church of the Brethren on the 24th and 26th. Christ P E Church Denton opens for morning prayer and sermon at 11 with Rev Carl Range officiating. Lent services Sundays.
Pastor T S Dixon leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m praise service at 10 15 a m preaching at 11 o clock. Young Peoples service at 7 30 p m and preaching at 8 p m at Pilgrim Holiness Church.
The Greensboro Methodist Church schedule includes Sunday School at 9 45 a m and services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m with boards and society meetings on specified Wednesdays and Tuesdays. Catholic observances on Sunday March 21 include Masses at St Elizabeths Denton at 10 00 and St Benedicts Ridgely at 8 30 with Stations of the Cross and Benediction at 7 30 p m.
Mrs. G C Carmine returns from Washington to Preston where Mrs Emmaline Wright is recovering. Marion and Mrs Chambers welcome a daughter born to Rebecca Blades. J W Noble hosts Easton visitors J Mulford Swing and family. 4 H girls plan gardens for victory at Nobles home. Clare Payne visits Easton with Dr W D Nobile. John Noble and George Kihinen host dinner. Herman Schmick hosts card club. Joseph Gallagher hosts two St Patrick parties. Monday Club meets at Judson Bateman home.
Arthur Arnold thanks neighbors for their visit and help during hospitalization. He notes appreciation for the time, energy, and wood cutting and sawing that demonstrated community good will.
The Ridgely Grange held its regular monthly meeting at the firehouse with twenty two members present. Guest speaker Thomas Cruikshank discussed Farm Security Administration goals and farm labor efforts on the Eastern Shore, noting moves of families from less productive areas.
Services at Antioch Methodist Church are planned for Sunday March 21 led by Rev. J.P. George with Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. Guests include families and individuals visiting from Dover Barclay Wilmington and Philadelphia as residents and relatives call on church members and hospital visits are noted for Betty Weller and Erva Butts.
The Greens boro Homemakers Club gathered at Mrs. Andrew B Linhard s home on Friday March 12 for a covered dish luncheon followed by a program. Members sang God Bless America before seating and a green St Patrick s Day color scheme with small green favors highlighted the event. Mrs Clarence Hollingsworth distributed a box of 30 small articles to be recalled for a prize won by Mrs Linhard who received a wooden rack for potholders. The business portion included a $5 Red Cross contribution, progress reports on helmets and skirts for girls, and meat stretching classes announced for late March by Miss Sadie Guseman. Mrs Hollingsworth supervised St Patrick s Day games, with Mrs Charles Hilbrough Jr and Mrs Rostein winning potted plants. The next meeting is scheduled for the second Friday in April at Miss Alberta Porter s home with Miss Bessie Spoffard to demonstrate dishes.
Frances Hanley celebrated her eleventh birthday with a Sunday afternoon party from two to five for many school friends. Other locals shared visits and weekend travels including Miss Betty Lee Moise in Chestertown, Mr and Mrs Naylor returning from Camden, Mr and Mrs Eaton and daughters in Philadelphia, Mrs Brown Eaton in Baltimore and Washington, Mrs Guy Robinson in Wilmington, Mrs Oscar Clark in Denton, Miriam and Mildred Gale in Wilmington, and Mrs Gardner Beaven visiting the Beavens.
Reverend Earl Cummings led services at Wesley Church and chaired the last quarterly conference at Union church for Caroline Charge. Families from Milford Willsboro and Harrington attended gatherings. bake sale income reported. Local property sale, new move to Hebron Outten farm, and military service for Billy Outten noted. Various residents visit, entertain, or travel. sick list reported.
Queen Anne Youth Night will be observed at Hillsboro Queen Anne Church on Sunday evening with the Young People's Fellowship in charge. Rev Richard Green of the Wilmington Conference will speak. Two large silk flags will be purchased by the Women’s Society of Christian Service Circles 1 and 2, with a dedication service to be announced.
Mrs Clinton Guthrie and Betty are in Baltimore for Bettys Johns Hopkins treatment. Mrs E J Saunders returned to Goldsboro after weeks with daughter Mrs William Marvel. Seaman Newton Williams and Mrs Florence Williams visited by Mrs Frank Flounders. D M Swing El la Swann and Harry Swann visited relatives in Easton Oxford Cambridge. Preaching at Methodist Church 11:00 and 7:30 with M Y F at 6:45 led by Rev Harvey O Huffnal. Miss Shirley Smith operated on for appendicitis at Easton Hospital last Friday. Mrs Foster Sudler and Wilbur Stafford of Sudlersville visited. Mrs William C Harrison and son George of Clayton Del called on Mr and Mrs William C Harrison Jr. Mrs Briscoe of Camden Del occupying second floor of Whiting House. Miss Emma Saulsbury sick. Mr J Applebaum also. Mr Harry Stedman recovering. Mrs Oscar Simon in Easton hospital for observation. Mrs Albert Davis of Price visited L S Matthews. Mrs Ella Seager of Price visited Mrs Harford Porter. Mr Sam Lane spent a few days in Wilmington. Rev and Mrs O B Reed in town Wednesday morning. Bert Saulsbury spent Monday and Tuesday in Wilmington. Mr Samuel Bear spent Sunday and Monday in Baltimore. Mrs Frank Simon ill.
A farmer views the food crisis as patriotic, joining farm organizations to press for labor, supplies, prices, and production as part of the wartime effort. He believes farmers and the nation will benefit after the war.
Rev John W Stockwell reflects on charity and justice after war using coin stories and coinage shifts. He links iron as justice to new iron pennies and iron symbolism, urging a moral order in personal and national relations grounded in Christian love and humility before God.
Roland Towers announced the Caroline County commissioners will add 200 to the annual 1000 allotment for each of six volunteer fire companies for the next year. A bill to raise the grant to 1200 is to be introduced in Maryland’s General Assembly. Recipient towns include Federalsburg Denton Greensboro Ridgely Preston and Marydel. A separate note reports Denton’s Scouts campaign exceeding the 225 quota for the fourth straight year with contributions listed by town.
John Balderson 55 a farmer formerly near Greensboro died in Memorial Hospital Easton after a fish fin lodged in his throat two weeks earlier. He was treated at Kent General Dover and Jefferson Philadelphia before returning home, later falling ill from infection and esophageal injury. Survived by wife two sons Irvin and George and a daughter Mrs Will Gard ner Jr. Funeral at Rawlings with burial in Greensboro cemetery. Memorial Hospital further notes and local society items follow.
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