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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1929
Page
5
Read Slats' Diary on page 4 and Easter events across Caroline county through Denton. F. J. Wright's touts glassware and watches, local auctions and livestock for sale, and church and community programs fill a busy local page with pledges of lumber, wallpaper, and farm supplies alongside a fertilizer plant fire loss, court term notes, Rotary and church activities.
The Evening Star society column notes Mrs. de Weese hosted a luncheon for the John Eager Howard Chapter NSDAR in Baltimore with Denton relatives attending. Other items include Fannie Turner’s sixth birthday party with a long guest list, church Ladies Aid plans, and various spring visits and travels among local families and students.
Mrs. Sarah Priscilla Steele widow of Z Potter Steele died at her Market Street home after two months of paralysis. Funeral at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church followed by interment at Denton Cemetery. Born December 23 1844 she spent her life in Denton and leaves surviving relatives including Mrs George M Russum and the children of her sister Mrs Annie Richardson. Relatives from Baltimore New York Centreville Barclay and Preston attended.
Fire swept the Mechanical Arts Building at Glen Mills School in Delaware County Pa on Thursday afternoon. Volunteers kept flames from spreading to other hilltop buildings. Olivia P Roe of Denton is identified as a teacher at the school.
W S Crouse explains Easter's roots in pagan springs rites, the link to Passover, and how Christian leaders shaped its date. The piece traces the move from Jewish lunar cycles to the Gregorian rule of the first Sunday after the first full moon post equinox, noting recent coincidences and historical debates.
The Ladies Aid of the M P Church at Choptank meets at the Blades home and schedules a pancake supper for April 4 in the club room. Menu includes pancakes chicken potato salad ham bread butter pickles jelly coffee price 40 cents cream and cake on sale. Supper starts at six. Public invited. Members to meet April 2 to discuss plans.
Miss Mary Bickling, training at Easton Emergency Hospital, underwent appendectomy last Friday. Visits included Mrs James Melvin and daughters Katherine and Edith in Greensboro, and Mr and Mrs W E Cartwright with Mildred Gooden in Wilmington. Philadelphia’s Courtland Cooper spent the weekend with his parents, while Geo Clayville and others motor to Conowingo. Wm Goodwin family of Folsom, Pa., visited locals, and E C Gooden was hosted by Angela Gooding in Wyoming.
Miss Alma Osterberg of Cleveland Ohio visited Sunday with Miss Addie D Morgan. Mrs Horace Morgan and baby spent several days in Baltimore. Miss Louise Short was a weekend guest of Miss Louise Nuttle of Denton.
The Women's Home Missionary Society met with Mrs. Norman Wilson to study under Miss Elsie Matthews and plan a Mother's Day program. Members and guests attend the Recreation Conference in Denton, see Caroline Ebling receive an M for Camp Vail, and hear about Teeland and Norway trip. The Ridgely Community Club hosts John Noble’s travel talk with moving pictures and a door offering.
Apply to T. Fred Towers in Denton Maryland for a ten room house with bath and electric lights on Courthouse Square.
Preston and Miss Grace Covey along with Messrs Frank Turner and Benjamin Wright, Beacom's College students in Wilmington, are visiting their parents as the college moves to a new building. Pride of Preston Council will visit Edenton Council on April 2. members to meet at the hall by 7 PM. Several local social events and visits are noted, including Easter party plans and birthdays.
Templeville community greetings recount visitors from Kenton Clayton Collingswood and Philadelphia. Local illness and family gatherings fill a Sunday with church plans and neighborly calls.
The Liden's Community Club gathered at Mrs. Ida Melvin's home on Thursday afternoon March 14 with Mrs. Lena Bullock assisting. Members discussed ideas for "An attractive wall" and Miss Spafford shared a talk on pictures and their display. April meeting planned with Mrs. June Walling. Gosts and family visits noted.
A surprise party was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Trice on Friday evening. Several locals attended while Miss Sadie Devore and Blanche Stetler from Philadelphia were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fountain on Sunday. Bernice Adams hosted Hilda and Flora Bee and John Kern last Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Adams and son Reese visited their daughter near Denton. Mrs. George Seely hosted the W C T U on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Wilmer Wilson bought a new automobile Thursday.
Concord residents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lankford entertained at dinner on Sunday with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Silas Layton and Paul Layton of Greensboro, Mr. and Mrs. William Cavender and daughter Marie, Mr. Thomas Wright, Mr. George Baker of Concord, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bullock of Denton, and Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Layton of Greenwood Delaware.
Local society notes list talks by Miss Spafford and Miss Keller at the Hillsboro club on April 2, visiting educators from Denton University of Maryland and other colleges. The piece covers Easter holiday guests, Hall of Fame voting at Washington College, and numerous Sund ay visits to relatives in Queen Anne, Centreville, Easton, Wilming ton, and Baltimore. An Easter service at St Pauls Episcopal is scheduled for 7 30 a m.
The Ladies Aid holds its monthly meeting Friday night in the Church House. Rainy day bags will be turned in and a program presented. Mrs Geo Stewart and Mrs Lee H Richcreek lead. A silver offering will be taken and refreshments served free.
A Sock Social will be held in the old Burrsville School house on Tuesday evening April 2 to benefit Wesley M. E. Church. Ice cream cake and candy will be for sale as entertainment is planned. A humorous sock donation poem invites attendees to bring a larger “sock” contribution.
Mrs James Willoughby hosted the Ladies Aid with Mrs O J Chaffinch absent and Mrs W E Hubbard presiding. The program featured Mrs J H Dandy singing, humor by Mrs G W Brownell and Mrs L H Thomas, and readings including The Inventor's Wife. Several ladies from Hickman Aid attended and refreshments followed.
Mrs. George Adams died at her Greensboro home after a long illness. She had been a Milford Hospital patient. Funeral services were held at home with Dr. H. G. Budd officiating and burial in Greensboro cemetery. Sympathies to her husband and two daughters.
The seventh annual Caroline County Young People's Conference will be held Easter Monday at Ridgely M E Church from 9 AM to 9 PM. Col and Mrs Joseph Cudlipp of the State Council of Religious Education will lead sessions on The Choice of a Life Work Stewardship and Missions and Worship Programs. Delegates from Sunday Schools manning two boys and two girls plus one adult leader may attend with a $1 registration covering the banquet.
The Williston Community Club will meet at Mrs James Collins home on April 12 at two o clock. The Williston Sunday School holds an Easter service at 8 pm next Sunday evening. Mr Robert Cook and Mr Jack Cook of Baltimore are visiting their grandfather Mr Henry Cook of this place.
R H Stafford of Burrsville Maryland offers barbed wire spools for farm and home use in heights from two to six feet at four dollars per spool. Respond to supply needs for fencing and agricultural use.
Orphans Court met with Judges West Harper and Shawn. Letters of administration granted for Jennie S Baldwin estate to Jesse Baldwin. Appraisers appointed and bond filed. Will of Sallie P Steele filed for probate by custodian T Alan Goldsborough. Multiple estates filed accounts and guardianship orders issued.
Goldsboro and several families attended Wilming Revival services that continue through Sunday. Attendance is invited and several travelers visited relatives and attended funerals and visits in nearby towns including Ridgely Wilmington Greenwood and Newark Del.
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