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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1952
Page
7
Mr and Mrs Elbert Deen of Easton announce the engagement of their daughter Jen Ann Deen Craig to Herbert Noble Mezick of Easton and Salisbury. Parents of the groom are Mr and Mrs Herbert L Mezick of Salisbury. No wedding date set.
Miss Bettie Best wed S Sgt Ernest R Lord in Los Angeles California. The ceremony was led by the bride’s grandfather and attended by relatives and friends. The bride, Bakersfield High School alumna, and the groom, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Lord of Denton, are both linked to families in the area. Lord a Glen Nor High School graduate serves at Edwards Air Force Base and nears discharge after nearly four years in the Army Air Force.
Master Sergeant and Mrs. Jack Harrington announce the birth of a son, James Samuel, on March 13, 1952. Harrington is stationed in Baltimore with the U S Army and U S Air Force Recruiting Service. Other items note a sixth birthday party for Master J B Cade, a trip home from Quan tico for Mrs. Francis Ireland, a local house construction by Samuel Nowell for Clarence and Beauchamp, recent home purchases, Circle 1 and Circle 5 hostesses, Easter Flower Mart set for April 10, and church guild activities.
James F. Stack 56 former Ridgely postmaster dies after 10 day illness of acute coronary thrombosis in Easton Memorial Hospital. Born Baltimore 1896, survived by wife Anna Lynch Stack and siblings. funeral in Ridgely with interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. Elizabeth Rigby, Caroline Talbot schools alumna, dies. funeral held at Moore and Son funeral home. burial in Spring Hill Cemetery Easton.
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence W. Edwards age 74 were conducted at Rawlings Funeral Home Greensboro with Rev Roy Musser and Rev W L Jump officiating. Buried in Greensboro Cemetery. She died Monday afternoon after a long illness at her farm home near Greensboro. Survived by husband George P. Edwards six daughters and two sons, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren, two brothers and a sister.
Mrs. Brooksie Cole Welch 66 died Saturday at Milford Memorial Hospital after fracturing her left leg in a fall on the way home from church. She was born in Talbot County, Md and survived by five daughters, two sons, 26 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, a sister, and other relatives. Funeral at Nazarene Church Harrington with Rev. George W. Whetstone officiating. interment Greensboro cemetery.
Mrs. Bessie Moore Rigby, 71, wife of P Arthur Rigby a Denton salesman, died at home Thursday after a 40 year confinement to bed. Native of Caroline County, she was daughter of Thomas E and Emma Andrews Moore of Preston. She graduated from Maryland State Normal School Towson.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie M. Beaumont 72 were conducted at Rawlings Funeral Home Greensboro Tuesday at 2 p m with Rev Grayson H Wheatley of St Pauls Methodist Church presiding Burial followed in Greensboro Cemetery She died Friday night at home on Church Street after a long illness Survived by husband Charles A Beaumont two brothers Lacey Draper Wilmer Draper and sister Virginia Moore both of Greensboro and several nephews and nieces
Funeral services for Ennels Hubbard, 73, were held at Rawlings Funeral Home in Greensboro with Rev. Linwood Horseman officiating. Burial followed in Greensboro Cemetery. Hubbard, a lifelong resident, died Friday night at Smyrna after a short illness. He is survived by four brothers James of Greensboro Walter of Wilmington Veda of Philadelphia Ollie of Washington D C and sisters Fannie Needles Zenna Hubbard and Kathryn Wickler all of Greensboro.
A community drive appeals for support to the local fire company as honorary members are listed this week. The long roster includes Bruce Finn John Osinski Lillie Nichols Edna Hobbs Mary Hobbs Denton Production Credit Assn. T R Benson and many others across local firms and shops.
In loving memory of my dear mother Katie Cahall who left me eleven years ago today Someone remembers someone cares Your name is in all my prayers Sadly missed by daughter Marie.
The Izaak Walton League assembly on March 12 addressed roadside parks, water pollution in Caroline County, and wildlife habitat concerns on the Eastern Shore. Speaker Mr. King urged licensing cost increases for county residents, noted insecticide and herbicide impacts, and described efforts to restore wild turkey and pheasant populations. Talmage A. R. Strong of Denton presided.
Mrs Susie Thompson visited Centreville guests of Mr and Mrs L A Geiser on Saturday. Mr Irwin Sparklin returns from a California tour. Mrs Jack Ballard and her son from Wilmington visit her parents, Mr and Mrs Luther Short. Little Stacey Harrington spent the week with grandparents Mr and Mrs Joseph M Eaton. Mr and Mrs Norman Harrington and family move from Easton to Woodbury New Jersey.
Miss Jarrelyn Ann Legg daughter of Mr and Mrs Carlton R Legg of Denton pledged Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority at Madison College Harrisonburg Va where she is a Junior She has been nominated as a candidate for Business Manager of the Breeze college newspaper
Members of the Double Hills Homemakers Club will gather for the annual luncheon in Mrs. Louis Nafzinger’s home on Tuesday March 25 at 12 noon.
The Denton Community Club will meet on Friday March 21 at 2 p m in the Club House Reverend W R Dudley pastor of Pilgrim Hol iness Church will speak on The Home The Institution of American Stability Hostesses include Mrs Earl Crouse Mrs Alpheus Price Mrs Dawson O George Mrs Virgil Moore and Mrs Charles Hadaway
Hobbs reports WSCS will meet with Mrs Amos Scott next Wednesday afternoon. Attendance hoped for and Calendar Coin Cards to be turned in. Mrs Nelson Henry has been a patient in Easton Memorial Hospital for several days. We wish her a speedy convalescence.
The Farm Bureau Planning Group No. 2 has been postponed from March 18 to Tuesday, March 25. The group will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Voss.
The WSCS of First Methodist Church will meet in Fellowship Hall on Tuesday evening March 25. The program theme is Workers Together With God followed by a fellowship period.
Mrs. Lawrence Wright expresses gratitude to friends for cards gifts flowers and acts of kindness during illness at home and in hospital. She notes every token was a help.
A compact advisory urges drivers to exercise caution on the road and avoid accidents that could disrupt plans for 1952. The note emphasizes prudent driving and preparedness to keep schedules intact despite potential hazards.
The County Agent reports atrophic rhinitis, a new swine disease detected in Maryland, first noted two weeks ago. At the Swine Management Field Day at the University of Maryland on March 8, Dr. Jacob C. Siegrist of the Livestock Sanitary Service described the disease, now on one Maryland farm. It is infectious, causes unthriftiness, may be fatal, and attacks nose bones, bending or upward turning the snout with violent sneezing. Isolation and disposal of infected animals are advised. no remedy is known.
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