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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1936
Page
5
A dense list of farm sale ads and notices from Denton and Burrsville Maryland. Items include fresh cows for sale hay equipment tractors fruit trees and shrubs and a 1936 Frigidaire offered with low monthly terms. Community happenings cover bake sales oyster suppers and veteran aid clinics with dates and locations.
Mrs Walter Sylvester of Denton owns a large collection of Indian pottery from New Mexico and Arizona including decorated and plain vessels, bowls, and a Zuni vase. social items note Ruth Ritchey’s fifteenth birthday party, a Denton wedding, church ladies meetings, and various local visits and travels among residents.
We express sincere appreciation to friends and neighbors for the loan of cars and for every form of assistance during my husband s illness and death. Mrs J C Wroten and Family.
The Flood Control Bill for Marshy Hope Creek passed the Senate after a Thursday briefing from Congressman Goldsborough to The Journal by wire. The notice also advertises Perfection Oil Stoves and Quick Meal ranges by M. K. Newnam.
Rev C M Griffeth of Calvary M E Church in Sudlersville Maryland delivers a sermon titled Radiant Living. The service outline highlights spiritual renewal and faith based guidance for the congregation.
The writer contemplates a tragedy of suicide by gas after cheerful plans and clear instructions. He recalls a life from girlhood to approaching womanhood, questions whether he is changing for better or worse, and urges spiritual victory through serving others as Jesus did to find protection from bitterness and pursue a hopeful tomorrow.
The Salisbury National Home Show will premiere the Federal Housing Administration exhibition equipment at the Firt Regiment Armory from March 30 to April 1936. Mayors Day on April 1 will invite all peninsula mayors. the event showcases modern building materials, landscaping by Tienry BE. Aul and lighting by Russell Hopkins, with financing details from the National Housing Act explained by FIA representatives.
Friends gathered last Friday March 10 for a shower honoring Grove Community House hosted by the Ladies Aid and the Friendship Grove Homemakers Club. Plays entertained guests. gifts were received and refreshments served. Several local residents are noted visiting relatives and staying with family. A sale of Old English red clover is advertised at the Journal office.
Ridgely Homemakers plan a color school at the church house on March 31 led by Miss Florence Mason with Miss Bessie Spafford organizing and a dyeing project in the afternoon. A marriage at the Swing home unites Frank Pennington and Louise May Baker with attendants from New Jersey. Various club events, birthdays, and visits dominate the community pages as local families travel, entertain, and support flood relief and charitable drives.
Multiple homemaker clubs met in Concord Smithville and Preston areas on March 17 19 and 25. Guests attended sessions with readings, book reviews, and glassmaking demonstrations. Plans included a Flower Mart in Denton an oyster and chicken supper and a bake sale with meals and readings highlighted.
The Sunshine Workers Class will hold a box social at the Community House on Friday evening April 3. Boxes to be bid on by young men. Homemade candy for sale. Free admission. Notables including Mr and Mrs L Hopkins Thomas and Bernard, and Miss Catharine Towers were recent guests of Mr and Mrs R B Jones of Dickerson. Numerous local visitations and church activities noted among Federalsburg and Denton residents.
The Hillsboro School P T A will host a bake sale on Wednesday April 1 at 3 p.m. in the Community Club House offering chicken and potato salads biscuits rolls pies cakes doughnuts and homemade fudge. Local social notes list attendees and visitors including Mrs Isaac Sparklin Miss Eleanor Noble Rev John White and others with brief updates on family and neighborhood events.
Red Cross appeal in Queen Anne raises 110 dollars delivered to Rev. Clugg in Easton by Howard Eley. Local visits include Cates Willis and others from Penns Grove New Jersey. Addie Morgan undergoes appendectomy at Easton Hospital and is improving. Community Club supper nets 317.20. Several residents travel, host, or visit in Philadelphia Dover Baltimore and Florida, with various family and social engagements noted.
SMITITVILLE The Smithville Homemakers Club will hold an oyster and chicken supper at Smithville Community House on April 1 for a good cause. Admission is 10 cents. The item mentions local residents visiting relatives and community activities, including the Ladies Aid of Bloomery meeting and various family gatherings in Federalsburg and nearby areas.
Preston Commodore and Mrs Creighton Car mine entertained with a bridge supper on Monday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Cookman Orrell Mr and Mrs Harry Hollis Mr and Mrs Maxwell Chambers Mr and Mrs Thomas Trice Mr and Mrs Elmer Blades Mr and Mrs Johm Noble Mr and Mrs Paul VanDyke and Mr and Mrs Ralph Lednum of Hurlock. First prizes awarded to Mrs Blades and Mr VanDyke. Second prizes to Mrs Lednum and Mr Noble.
Denton churches announce morning and evening sermons including The Burning of Ziglag and The Three Hebrew Boys. Christian Endeavor led by Miss Mildred Woodrow at 6 45 p.m. Also Williston Community Church Sunday worship 2 p.m. and Sunday School 1 15 p.m. Epiphany Mission Preston 10 a.m. Sunday School Lenten service Friday 8 p.m. Church of the New Jerusalem Preston 11 a.m. sermon Brotherhood in uses. Matt 13 8. Sunday School 10 15. Masses fifth Sunday in March at St Elizabeth's Denton 9 a.m. and St Benedict's Ridgely 10 30 a.m. Stations of the Cross and Benediction St Benedict's Friday 7 30 p.m. Rosary and Benediction Sunday 7 30 p.m.
Records show Goldsboro 137 with 9.45 dollars and Greensboro 119 with 6.73 as the Sunday School contest results. The item also lists numerous local residents visiting, guests at homes, travel to Wilmington, and community notices including church events and hospital admissions.
Benjamin F. Corkran 73 died Tuesday morning at his Federalsburg home after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and merchant, survived by widow Martha Andrews, son Kenneth C. Corkran, and sisters Mary Hampton Frank Helms and Cora Carter. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at his home, Rev. G E Leister and Rev. C Irving Carpenter officiating. Interment Hillcrest Cemetery.
We express gratitude to friends and relatives for flowers sympathy and the use of cars during our recent bereavement.
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