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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1924
Page
5
The Denton area notes the Denton 5c store opening this morning and Waterman’s Ideal fountain pens offered at F. J. Wright's. Easton joins the Eastern Shore Baseball League with Frank Baker as manager. Community events include the Andersontown Hobbs Club Friday night entertainment and church delegates at the M. E. Conference in Wilmington.
Quiet Monday wedding ties Miss Florence M Noble to Paul H MacCartney in Hickman Delaware with Rev Crosson officiating. They honeymoon in New York and will reside in Philadelphia. Other social notes include A L Harman and Myrtle Farrow wedding, host receptions, and local visits, dinners, and gatherings across Marydel Hillsboro Centreville and Easton.
William H Willey died at his Hobbs home after a brief illness of two days from acute indigestion. At eighty six he remained active until a few days before death. Born near Seaford Delaware he taught school before marrying Bell Jane Maloney in 1860 and moved to Caroline later. A founder and longtime supporter of Ames M P Church, he retired twenty six years ago and was buried in Ames cemetery after funeral services led by Rev C S Larrimore with Rev C C Cullum assisting. Survived by son E M Willey of Hobbs, brother John Emory Willey, and half brother Charles W Conaway.
Col. Jesse Rosenfeld and Mr. Harry E. Karr, leaders of a new company to take over the old M D W railroad east of Denton, met citizens at the Court House to discuss bond financing and operation. A second meeting was set as committees were appointed to report. The plan calls for three gasoline coaches and a steam freight locomotive. The line would run from Rehoboth to Love Point with transfers planned by April 20.
Mrs C A Carroll and daughter Eunice return home from a visit to Baltimore relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs C A Carroll and daughter Gertrude spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs James Wodd of Bethlehem.
The family extends heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors who helped during the sad accident and at the time of the death of their son Nathan Melvin and offers gratitude for support and kindness.
Henderson reports Saturday visitors including Mrs. Lizzie Dill Mrs. Ben Mahan and others with residents and new arrivals in town. J W Gibson now Smyrna plans a bungalow while Mrs Earl Conaway returns from Baltimore to Dover.
Hillsboro announces a screening of Our Leading Citizen at the Hillsboro Theatre on April 5 to benefit the Hillsboro M. E. Church Ladies Aid Society. The program includes a cast with Katherine Farrell of Penn Hall and Frances Fisher of Western Maryland, plus local social notices and community events from Ridgely and surrounding towns.
Templeville residents share visits and gatherings. Gurney Knotts and Medford Starkey with child visited Amos Wyatt in Price last Friday. Ladies' Aid was entertained by R E Lane and Mary Knotts at Lane home. John Nelson returned to Heverly after month with J J Buckey. Hatboro pair Frank Ringgold and family spent weekend here. Baughley buys Faulkner property. Marjorie Pippin hosted Dorothy Knotts Harry Knotts and Cooper Davis Sunday. John Davis visited Kenton Del. Ray Robinson of Washington visiting H M Robinson family. Daniel Cole confined with pleurisy.
Smithson notes preaching is enjoyed via loud speaker radio after church closure. Miss Mary Breeding of Hickman returns home from visit with aunt Mrs Harry Towers. Ruth Coleman came home Saturday after visiting Miss Mary Blades at Choptank. Mrs John Hopkins and Mrs Gilford Bowdle spent Tuesday with Mr and Mrs C J Perry. Mrs Raymond Todd and children visited Mrs Alonso Willoughby on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Bernard Frasier were guests of Mrs Emma Reese on Sunday. Mr and Mrs R E Bowdle spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs M J Udall. Miss Dorothy Bowdle and Miss Lelia Willoughby spent Sunday with friends in Wilmington.
About 76 Epworth League members and friends gathered at the Blades home for a Friday evening program with prayers scripture readings and recitations followed by refreshments. Local deaths visits birthdays and society events fill Burrsville news with church supper plans and Sunday School invitation.
In Hobbs area news the Andersontown Hobbs Community Club hosted a Thursday afternoon lecture by Miss Campbell a dietitian from the Agricultural College followed by refreshments. Court sessions witnessed withdrawals of certain claims against the estate of P W Sullivan and various administration accounts and appraisements approved including Parrott S Wilson and William J Wright estates with notices to creditors.
Goldsboro note reports Rev J S Schooley will fill his pulpit next Sunday morning and night before leaving for a conference in Roanoke Virginia Monday. Noble Jarrell bought the Robt Jarrell Jr office building and moved it onto the lot beside Lane's garage. Lindges of Harrington visit Norman Smith. Jack Montgomery and son visit Mrs Margaret Bennett. Ruth Shockley spends weekend with Bryan at Golf Station. Mrs William Zeigler visits Mrs J Fl Williams. town sick list improving.
Ridgely residents report weekend visits in Wilmington as Mr and Mrs Orrell Laulsbury travel there and Mr A W Thompson sells the ice plant to Frank Kibler. Coursey Hemmons and Jonas Royer spend portions of the week in Wilmington and Baltimore respectively. Tra Leager family returns to Chestertown. Frances Pennington and Mamie Smith listed among the ill and Ruth Perry visits Denton. J B Swing recovering from illness.
Preston and Clayton Carrells and family hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Harry Butler, Elizabeth Christopher, Bertha Marquardt from Bethlehem, Ruth Poole, Mary Lane, Eunice and Nelson Carroll nearby, and Burdette family with Olin Ray from Newark Delaware visiting John Poole on Sunday.
Vernon farmers are contracting for tomatoes with GT. Redden and Son of Denton will supply, with J. 2. Hopkins to take his share. Henry Noble is building a modern residence on his home farm. Mrs. Alice N. Ross has been entertained by friends at Felton.
The 1923 dollar bill has two types in circulation: red seal with figure one and blue seal with figure one. The red seal note is a legal tender for debts but excludes import duties and public debt interest, while the blue seal note is a silver certificate redeemable on demand. Both are genuine and equally valid, with few red seal bills issued locally.
Delaware enforces highway oversight by weighing trucks at multiple points. As trucks enter from Philadelphia north of Wilmington they receive a blue card with license date and weight. Rechecks occur at State Road and at Dover, preventing overloads from both directions.
Mr. John Williamson and family recently entertained at dinner and supper Mr. Melvin Williamson of Wilmington and Miss Sara Vincent of Chester, with guests Charlie McNeal Benjamin Cohee Jily Williamson Pauline Taylor Noble Taylor Ernest Williamson Leon Perry Fletcher Dorsey and Kenneth Taylor.
Rev T C Smoot, native Carolinean and longtime minister of the Wilmington Conference, will retire from the Onancock charge next week and move to Denton Maryland with his wife. Parishioners and neighbors express regret while presenting a generous fund and a new bedstead for their new home as they part with fond memories of his spiritual service.
Shore Transit announces permanent bus service into Denton starting April 16 with modern motor coaches. Buses will operate daily twice daily in each direction on a fixed schedule, connecting at Church Hill and Chestertown for Shore points and the Rock Hall ferry to Baltimore.
Ada May Cannon passed away early Wednesday at her Laurel home after a brief illness. Born August 10, 1885 near Oak Grove, she was the daughter of Jacob and Eliza Cannon and lived with E D Hegeman family in Laurel, Salisbury and Denton after her parents’ deaths. She belonged to Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church in Laurel and had no close relatives surviving. Funeral services will be at Centenary Church, Laurel, at 1 30 this Saturday, with Rev. W E Hills and Rev. J A Dudley officiating. interment in Odd Fellows cemetery. Pallbearers are Epworth League members from Denton: Frederick and William Norris, Charles Walls, Philip Nuttle, Daniel Crouse, and Nadol Jones.
Federalsburg Mr and Mrs WW Frank McMahon celebrated their fifty second wedding anniversary Friday of last week. He a retired brick and stone contractor aged seventy six and she seventy five. Married in Federalsburg they have ten children nine living, twenty seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Mr McMahon has rheumatism while Mrs McMahon’s eyesight has weakened.
The Caroline county Parent-Teachers Association met at the Court House in Denton on Thursday March 21. Members heard Miss Healy report on the National Educational Association convention with fifteen thousand educators. Mrs Saulsbury of Ridgely urged schools balance self support and education Learn by Doing. She argued formal schooling fails without ideals and practical application. Mrs Lapham of Goldsboro traced evolution of the woman teacher. Mrs Manlove of Greensboro spoke on tardiness caused by child home and parent factors, noting more tardiness in town children. Sixty patrons responded in the county roll call. Mrs Manlove elected treasurer. Next meeting planned in the evening under the slogan Every school in the county represented.
County Agent has secured W. R. Ballard and A. D. Radebaugh to host four tomato culture meetings in Caroline County on Friday April 4 and Saturday April 5. Sessions in Federalsburg Preston Ridgely and Greensboro cover seed, plant growth and field culture with demonstrations of four beds to show latest cultural methods.
The Choptank community group, the Twentieth Century Club, welcomed four new members at Mrs John Hopkins home on the 18th. Sketches of early Maryland settlement were read during roll call and Miss Kellogg delivered a well received talk. A later meeting on the 26th focused on millinery in the club room at Choptank, with the next gathering scheduled for April 2 at Mrs Clarence Majors residence.
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