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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1936
Page
2
Melvin and Johnson Incorporated publish a Saturday Morning edition. Benjamin F Johnson Mary Melvin serve as President and Treasurer and Vice-President and Secretary respectively. The publication is entered at the Denton post office as second class mail matter.
Travelers Insurance issues a booklet Live and Let Live detailing 1935 traffic deaths totaling 36 100. Excessive speed caused 31 percent of fatal or injurious crashes followed by wrong side driving 17 percent and right-of-way violations 15 percent. Alcohol, reckless driving and other factors added to the toll. Readers urged to reflect and change dangerous habits.
An editorial urges viewing nature over grand projects as Union Pacific plans a 25000 recreation lodge on the Grand Canyon north rim. It argues nature’s scale humbles human achievement and invites all to visit to realize mankind’s small footprint.
The weekly business survey shows movement toward a spring peak with crest in retail purchases delayed to April. Industrial expansion and higher bank clearings appear nationwide, though New England and Atlantic Seaboard states suffer from floods and snow. Some states report standstill areas yet overall gains from the South to the Pacific.
The report details floods and snow delaying production while seven auto equipment plants run at peak since 1929. Candy and Easter goods rise, Dallas eyes 8000 jobs and Exposition work in six weeks. Seattle auctions, real estate, and tax receipts rise. Boston hides market strong. New York loans demand broadens. Kentucky distilleries expand as heavy industries start 2.85 million expansion projects. City-wide trade, bank activity, and rural sales up year over year.
The annual Wihning ton M E Conference opened in Delmar with Bishop Edwin N Hughes presiding. Methodists from the Delmarva peninsula will lodge in homes arranged by the entertainment committee as visitors arrive daily. The town hosts a large weekend attendance and a special program is planned for Sunday with most focus on pastoral appointments for the coming year. Delmar’s central location and hospitality boost the conference's appeal.
The Treasury and Social Security Board push for enforcement of the new payroll tax starting January 1 for about 26 million workers. Critics say start-up staffing could be summer or after November for political reasons. Iron Age computes that a $1500 yearly earner would get limited unemployment and small pensions under federal rules versus private insurers offering larger weekly benefits and longer pension terms after five or twenty years. When Uncle Sam competes with private insurance, critics say there is no bargain.
Garrison P. Knox of the Keystone Automobile Club denounces a two cent per gallon gas tax rise as a shameless shift of relief burdens. He writes to members urging concerted action to influence Maryland legislators and reiterates motorists’ wartime tax contributions kept workers employed and industry afloat during hard days.
Lawmakers propose a two cent per gallon tax to fund relief programs, a move critics say unfairly shifts the burden to motorists. They argue unemployment relief is a public duty shared by all taxpayers, not a motorist’s sole responsibility.
A Rotaviana Magazine editorial urges improving railroad-adjacent districts. It argues that clearing blighted tracksides benefits residents, visitors, and workers by improving first impressions, city demutification, and the chance for a healthier surrounding environment.
Editorial extols the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act as a foundational, long term program to preserve soil, divert 80,000,000 acres from soil-depleting crops to legumes and grasses, and provide federal grants to farmers until state administration assumes control under federal supervision. It urges farmers nationwide to cooperate, notes past farm income lows, and contrasts farm needs with urban demands for privileges.
A text discusses Republican hopes to win by adopting Democratic ideas and even cabinet ministers, noting editors and commentators who doubt cross party tickets. It questions the viability of Democrats serving in a Hoover or Borah era Republican administration, citing figures like Glass Byrd and Douglas and analyzing likely repercussions.
Adams Cross Roads Bloomers reorganized last Wednesday as the group announced its 1986 officers. President Mrs Marian Robinson and vice president Mrs Blaine Bullock were reelected, secretary Mrs Grace Horsey, treasurer Mrs Bianette Adams, pianist Mrs Grace Horsey, Sunshine committee not named. Various visitors and local residents called at Seaford and Salisbury area homes over the weekend. Sunday School is scheduled for 10 a.m.
Ridgely residents and relatives mingle in brief social notices. J C Muthine and daughter Patricia Ann spent time with sister and brother in law Walter Mitchell. Ralph Callahan visited parents near Queentown. Samuel Mesich of Seaford and Frank Vlounders hosted guests. Roland Cartwright of Goldsboro visited Weaver Jones family. Mrs Weaver Jones stayed with her mother in Rising Sun. Carrell Sermon of Cambridge visits Joseph Roche family. Olin Porter made a business trip to Baltimore. Frank Klotz recovering after months. Mrs Charles Herzag of Baltimore spent early week in Ridgely. Mrs Entmadachson visited Maj. Warthington.
Twenty five years ago wet weather hastened plowing on farms in Caroline. March temperature reached two degrees above zero on a Sunday night. John T. Carter sold seventeen acres near Denton to J. Walter Beauchamp who plans a new dwelling. Beauchamp aims to occupy it later. Fruit outlook favorable despite frosty buds. Vesper boat dismantling after sinking near Greensboro. L. B. Towers owned the boat. repair not pursued. Sammel F. Holt and wife bought fifty acre truck farm between the state road and river a mile south of Denton from Franklin Steven. John S. Barnhart arranged the route. Stevens and Mitchell to manage cropping this year. Holt intends later to build a Dingalow residence. Holt and wife will stay with Mrs. Thomas B. Johnson this summer. Mrs. Clinton Cook recovering from Baltimore hospital operation. Russell Jones resigned B. & O. post to join a business firm. Mrs. Geape Shaven returned from Baltimore hospital. J. Frank Booth bought the Potter estate for 17,500 dollars. will start extensive dairying with a milk venue in Denton. Malcolm McDonald of Scotland bought the Dane A. ice farm of 75 acres near Andersontown. Wilmington Conference appointments announced. resignations not accepted. Conference to meet next year in St. Paul’s, Wilmington. Public road petition to connect Morgan’s Dam with Federalsburg road. new bridge planned. Mrs. Tamnah Smith died March 20 near Greensboro at 54. George Samuel Lightner Jr., 24, died of tuberculosis in Queen Anne. Survived by widow Elizabeth Barton and infant son.
The piece argues farmers risk losing gains from New Deal programs as big business and opponents in the Republican Party Liberty League and Supreme Court oppose agriculture measures. It urges farmers to unite behind President Roosevelt to avoid a return to Coolidge and Hoover era vulnerabilities.
Charles Michelson argues that a bipartisan cabinet is impossible and that presidential control defines policy. Voter shifts between parties reflect dissatisfaction with policies, not promises of cabinet rewards. The President shapes the administration, regardless of cabinet party makeup.
A compact look at St Patrick s Day myths notes the holiday s origin in legend and its ties to Saint Patricia and early Christianity. The piece recalls weather lore in Huntington West Virginia with a snow storm and high spirits, plus superstitions about pepper seeds and bad luck events like a black cat crossing the path.
Mrs. N. D. Richards seeks sewing work by the day or by the piece at home for new garments or repairs. Garfield prints a quip: I would rather be beaten in right than succeed in wrong.
Last Thursday at the Jos eph Worms home many friends gathered for Mrs Worms sixty eighth birthday while Monday brought Mrs F Prayer’s fifty ninth birthday celebrations A surprise party honored Mrs Toft and daughter Carolyn midweek Guests wished them many more birthdays Sunday School and a song service were slated at Smith on Church followed by evening preaching Mr and Mrs M J Hall hosted relatives for a birthday and wedding anniversary Raymond and W S McCarty plus Mrs C L Perry and Ai leen visited relatives Federalsburg Bridgeville and Bethlehem were mentioned in the social notes with several visits and gatherings by local families
Phillips Hur rlock named manager of Ridgely Theatre replacing David Mitchell who is on medical leave. Hur rlock from Hurlock Theatre brings four years of experience including assistant manager role. Renovations planned. entertainment lineup remains strong with hits like Country Doctor Follow The Fleet Capt January and Music Goes Round planned soon.
New York City resident Mr and Mrs S James and Mr Theodore Cartwright of Wilmington visited friends in town. Katherine Montague of Wilmington stayed with her parents at the start of the week. Anna Moore and son Raymond of Downes Chapel visited Mrs T A Montague. Edith Melvin of Dover visited her mother Dora Melvin. Herbert Walls of Wilmington and family hosted in town. Virginian Cartwright anddaughter Anne visited Dora Melvin. E C Gooden hosted May and Mil ford resident Winfred Gooden. Sewing Circle gathered at Mrs J D Lang. J E Walls of Dover called on friends Sunday.
Prominent speakers on Character Education from Washington and Baltimore and college faculty will headline a two day conference at Salisbury State Teachers College on Friday and Saturday April 24th and 25th. The event targets high school and college students, aiming to show how college life and education strengthen character and personality through forum discussions led by authorities and social events for Maryland youth.
A week of rough daily glimpses into a rural family and neighbors. Pa edits a newspaper, a dangerous note to the Joneses worries a child, blisters from tents, a doctor sent for, a patch versus patch moment, a boy with a black eye after a chase, a new baby girl at Mister Wilsons, and Lizzy Tubbs’s husband Ike receiving a bank check for 240 dollars with questions on denomination.
David Hurd died at his home near Burrsville at eighty six. His funeral was held Thursday March 12 at his late residence with Rev. Walter Glass officiating and burial at Barratt's Chapel. He leaves three daughters and one son. Various local notices describe visitors and social events including showers for a newlyweds and visits among neighbors and relatives. The community notes also report a Wesley Church supper raising 61.87 and several households hosting guests over the prior weekend.
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