Local notices and community updates from Caroline county
A digest of local notices includes sale ads for mules and appliances, Good Friday holidays, church topics at New Churches Preston and Williston, and a theater feature Now We're in the Air starring Wallace Beery. Community events cover a band concert at Sudlersville, Daughters of America institution, and April meetings of Ladies Aid and PTA. Health notes report communicable diseases in the county. Court and election results, nominations, and a large fire in Easton are noted, plus student grades and a prominent Barnhart family obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
M. K. Newnam
Preston
Williston
Jerusalem
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Palace Theatre
Wallace Beery
Raymond Hatton
Sudlersville
Denton
Greensboro
Irvin Smith
Edenton Council
Daughters of America
Sarah Williams
Josephine Downes
E. E. Pippin
Alphonso Meredith
Caroline High School
Tom Holder
Caroline County
Goldsboro
Ridgely
Downes
Herbert Hoover
United States Senate
William Cabell Bruce
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Congress
Maryland
T. Alan Goldsborough
J. H. C. Legg
S. Scott Beck
Robert Jarrell, Jr
Henry Wilkinson
Albert S. Handy
Easton
Charles C. Cannon
Frank Garey
Eleanor Towers
Faith Burkett
Paul Leese
Helen Towers
Clement Noble
Margaret Beck
Julia Wilson
Kathryn Hirs
Kathleen Moore
Edith Towers
Rebecca Wheatley
Ruth Culver
Paul Greenly
William McDaniel
Burdette Nuttle
Forbes Whisler
Charles Moore
James Duffy
Corey Brown
Mary Emily Alburger
Elizabeth Walls
Elizabeth Wine
Salome Somers
Frank W. Redden
Social News From Community Club Shower Party
Community Club hosted a large Monday shower with refreshments, music, and recitations from members and guests. Numerous local families and visitors were listed as guests, with notes on travels, visits, and attending events including a funeral in Berlin and various family gatherings.
Thawley entertains and visits noted locals on Sunday
Mr and Mrs John H Thawley hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Howard Hardesty of Bridgeville and Mr and Mrs Willoughby Nowell with families from Burrsville and Ridgeley. Several relatives visited Chester and Milton. P T A Burrsville set for April 6. Reverend Tubbs attends Wilmington conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Thawley
Howard Hardesty
Bridgeville
Willoughby Nowell
F. Baynard
Sara
Melvin C. James
Denton
R. H. Stafford
Fred, Lewis
Burrsville
George Cherry
Roland
Hilda
Ridgely
Ernest Knotts
Chester
J. W. Price
A. T. Garrett
Robert
Harvey Griffith
Milton
Harrington
Fred Hopkins
Frederica
Social visitors from Trappe and New Jersey
Mr and Mrs Edward Kirby of Trappe and Miss Sarah Kemp visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Willard C Todd. Mrs Anita Knoblandh and Mrs Herbert Jacoby of New Jersey visited Mr and Mrs Wm Willoughby on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Bennett Todd of Baltimore spent the week end with Mr and Mrs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kirby
Trappe
Sarah Kemp
Willard C. Todd
Anita Knoblandh
Herbert Jacoby
New Jersey
Wm. Willoughby
Bennett Todd
Baltimore
Mrs Doerr Dies at Williston Widow of Henry Doerr
Mrs Mary Doerr widow of Henry Doerr died at her Williston home last Saturday. Funeral services with Rev Francis W Kirwan officiating were held at the home on Wednesday afternoon. Interment was in Denton cemetery. Survived by two children Frank Doerr of Hobbs and Mrs Louise Hignutt of Williston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Doerr
Henry Doerr
Williston
Francis W. Kirwan
Denton
Frank Doerr
Hobbs
Louise Hignutt
Rock Hall Visit By Local Families
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Steele accompanied by Mrs. Ada Urry and her son Milton visited friends and relatives in Rock Hall last Sunday, sharing time with local residents and renewing social ties.
Federalsburg Sees eight hopefuls for postmaster
Eight candidates vie for Federalsburg postmaster as Civil Service examiners E P Dodge and L M McCoy with inspector F G Hoback visit to interview leaders and assess eligibility. They will name three top contenders for submission to the Postmaster General for presidential nomination and Senate approval.
Widow Mrs James Plummer Dies in Ridgely News Letter
Mrs James Plummer former Denton resident died Thursday at 3 40 p m funeral held at Denton M E Church interment in Denton cemetery She survived by husband two daughters and four sons including William Oscar Charles and Lee Plummer Emma Butler and Mildred Plummer Also notes upcoming services pre Easter and community meetings with local residents and club events.
Million Dollar Crisfield Fire Destroys Town Block
A Thursday night blaze at the Lyric Theatre in Crisfield Maryland wiped out the town’s business district and hotel after spreading along Fourth Street. The fire destroyed the railroad station and damaged many homes and businesses. Firefighters from Seaford Delmar Salisbury and others flew to Crisfield, traveling up to 43 miles to battle the flames. No injuries reported and insurance losses undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric Theatre
Fourth
Main Streets
Crisfield
Picture Theatre
Webb and Company
Sterling Hotel
Pine Street
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Princess Anne
Pocomoke City
Delmar
Salisbury
Seaford
Death claims Edward W. Adams of Adams Cross Roads
Edward W. Adams 53 at Adams Cross Roads Sussex county Del died from pneumonia after illness starting Tuesday and ending Sunday night March 18 1928 He was born September 15 1874 son of the late Edward Washington and Mary E Adams and senior member of E W Adams and Bros lumbermen millers and farmers He never married He is survived by brothers Walter M Alpheus J and W Earle Adams and Roger F Adams Vienna Md sisters Mrs William S Hubbard Lille M Adams Mrs William F Liden Federalsburg and Mrs Charles R Neal near Smithville Funeral was held at the Adams residence with Rev C H Atkins officiating and burial beside his parents at Bloomery M E Church pallbearers Blaine Bullock David Devore Edmund Neal Henry Neal Clarence Parker Horace Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Adams
Adams Cross Roads
Sussex County
Del
Adams
Mr. Adams
Edward Washington
Mary E. Adams
E. W. Adams and Bros
Roger F. Adams
Vienna
William S. Hubbard
Lille M. Adams
Near Adams’ Cross Roads
William F. Liden
Federalsburg
Charles R. Neal
Smithville
C. H. Atkins
Bloomery M. E. Church
Messrs
Blaine Bullock
David Devore
Edmund Neal
Henry Neal
Clarence Parker
Horace Robinson
Mrs Annie E Tylor Miller obituary in Easton Maryland
Mrs Annie E Tylor Miller wife of Guion Miller of Washington D C and Easton Maryland died at Emergency Hospital Easton after a long paralysis illness. Born in Denton in 1864 she studied at Swarthmore College earning an A B in 1883 and a Ph D in 1888. Her husband worked in the Indian Bureau in Washington and they kept a summer home at The Pines on Miles River near Easton. She led civic life in Washington and served twice as president of the Twentieth Century Club and belonged to College of Women’s Clubs and Home Interest Club. Surviving are three sons Colonel Edward T Miller Francis Guion Miller and Benjamin B Miller. A brother Wilson M Tyler and half brothers Gerardus and Joseph M Satterthwaite. A devoted Friend member, funeral held Wednesday at Third Haven Meeting House Easton with interment nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie E. Tylor Miller
Guion Miller
Washington
D. C
Easton
Denton
Jonathan and
Rebecca Huyck Tyler
Caroline
Swarthmore College
Indian Bureau
Edward T. Miller
Francis Guion Miller
Salisbury
Benjamin B. Miller
Baltimore
Wilson M. Tyler
Gerardus
Joseph M. Satterthwaite
Kansas
Society of Friends
Third Haven Meeting House
Billsboro Queen Anne Letter Community Club Meeting Announced
The Community Club will meet on Monday April 2 with a special program and a summary of the club’s work since organizing. All members are urged to attend and invitation is extended to all town ladies. Various local residents hosted guests and visitors over the weekend including families from Marydel Sadlersville Wilmington and Baltimore as Mrs. G B Stewart returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Sparks
Tyson Heather and Son
Marydel
Clara Evans
T. A. Geiser
Sadlersville
Ruthvans
Wilmington
Leroy Detwiler
Chads Ford
Charles Jarrell
J. M. Eaton
F. E. Jarrell
Salisbury
William Sherwood
J. C. Sherwood
Lulu Beaven
Philadelphia
Centreville
Oscar Rice
Harry Fisher
Elwood Fleming
Millington
Walter Smith
Laurels
Del
Mary Cooper
Fred Beauchamp
Milford Kline
S. S. Thompson
Peter Finan
Clifton Hicks
Ella Pennington
Mary Garton
Denton
W. P. Taylor
Baltimore
Ralph Townsend
Social rounds and church notes from Queen Anne's County
A crowded social calendar includes Mr. and Mrs. E L Blades hosting by Sunday, and visits by numerous area families from St Michaels Claiborne Sherwood Easton Centreville Chestertown Washington College and Ridgely. A Brotherhood event at the Church House on March 30 featured Hon T Alan Goldsborough as speaker. Amateur ball players from Queen Anne organize a team. Quarterly conference and church activities along with multiple weekend visits and sewing circle events fill the community notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Blades
Fred Covington
St. Michaels
Earl Harrison
Claiborne
Marie Harrison
Sherwood
Warner
Easton
Brotherhood
Church House
T. Alan Goldsborough
Denton
Queen Anne
B. B. Barton
Geo. Dulin
Laura Baynard
Centreville
Pauline Calloway
Ramsey Anthony
Kruger
Chestertown
John DeFord
Louise Short
K. M
Queenstown
Fred Jump
Laura Parks
Ed. Eaton
Ridgely
Sadie Wooters
Washington
Emma Short
Grenwood
Andersontown Hobbs Club hosts meeting at Nuttle home
Hobbs and Andersontown club members plus Liden’s Club members listened to poultry specialist Mr Rice at a home gathering hosted by Mrs H H Nuttle with Mrs S A Linn assisting. After the program, sandwiches coffee and candy were served.
Death of Mrs. Hutson in Wilmington is noted
Mrs. Ralph Hutson, eldest daughter of Mr. Oscar Wyatt of Greensboro, died in Wilmington last Sunday of tuberculosis. Her funeral was held at Mt. Olive Church on Wednesday, with interment in the nearby cemetery. She is survived by her husband a daughter her father one sister and two brothers. The notice also lists numerous local visits and social events involving Greensboro residents and guests through the week, including serenades showers and weekend visits from families in Dover Bridgeville Preston Henderson Bethleham Ridgely Clayton Atlantic City Goldsboro Denton and West Grove. Many friends in the community are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex McWilliams
Willoughby Nowell
Charles Fisher
W. A. Cawley
N.c.straughn
Julia Wilson
Kathleen Moore
Edith Straughn
Sarah Swiss
Wilbur Cawley
Anne Cooper
Norman Wright
Audrey Lee
Grayson
A. D. Ivins
Harmony
Russell Morgan
Billie and
Meryle
Federalsburg
Orland Dukes
Elsie
Philadelphia
Samuel Stewart
Samuel
Roland
Betty
Newark
Del
Conowingo Dam
Billy
Jimmy
Harold Jopp
Harry Jopp
Centreville
Richard A. Henning
Roland Dean
U. S. Navy
U. S. S. Villanlobas
T. Alan Goldsborough
Wm. J. Richards
Ernest G. Cooper
Orlando Harrison
Berlin
Herbert Fallin
Linthicum Heights
Norman B. Wright
Perryville
Earle Chaffinch
John E. Chaffinch
Wm. J. Kindley
Ralph Cover
Paul
T. Pliny Fisher
Elizabeth Kirk
New York
M. P. Parsonage
Frank Nuttle
Burdette Nuttle
James Duffey
Wilmington
Rufus E. Poole
W. W. Noble
James Watts
Church Hill
C. B. Turner
Willifred DeWeese
Washington
F. R. Owens
C. Leslie Walls
Baltimore
Mary Melvin
Reta Rich
Caroline Redden
O. W. Downes
Elias Nuttle
James Plummer
Denton
Charles
M. E
Plummer
William
Florida
Oscar
Cambridge
Ridgely
Lee
Emma Butler
Mildred Plummer
Glessner
Warvey Holsinger
Dover Club House
Harold Watson
Wright
McCloud
America
Ruth Perry
Carrall Meredith
Meredith
D. J. Moore
Norman W.lon
Newport
M. I. King
Women’s Hospital
King
Harry Swann
Harry
Ellen
Paul Hemmons
Lancaster
Marian Hemmons
Millersville
Dorothy Mancha
Adam Miller
Parent-Teachers Association
Japan
the Reformed Church
A. W. Thompson
Georgetown
Arthur Peacock
Charles Starkey
Jamaica
Long Island
Bernard McCullough
Bertha Madara
Lydia Wilson
J. M. Ludwig
Rock Hall
Bernard Sparks
Selby Smith
Andrew Mitchell
Viola Jones
T. J. Lambert
Southern Methodist Church
Win-One
Grant DeWitt
C. R
Robert Jarrell
Curtis
Rev
C. R. Curtis
Addie Mengel
Luther Bennett
Rebecca Lane
Annapolis
J. S’. Lane
Laura Gloss
Sara
Marydel
Allen Startt
J. W. Gibson
Noble Shively
Queen Anne's County
Elbert Saunders
Ralph Hutson
Oscar Wyatt
Mt. Olive Church
Hutson
Joe Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Marshall Hutson
Oscar Hurd
Annie Edwards
Frank van Sant
Corinne
Russell Rudolph
Dover
Anderson van Sant
Edgar Anderson
Bridgeville
Lloyd Cannon
Preston
Mary Jackson
Oscar A. Nichols
John’ B. Nichols
Lawrence LeGates
Bethlehem
M. G. Morris
South
Greensboro
Charles Nichols
Nichols
William Phillips
Henderson
Carvil Shockley
Chester
T. H. Robinson
George
Jimmy Mitchell
West Grove
John H. Mitchell
Joseph Bernard
J. O. Bernard
John Richard
Goldsboro
James T. Pinder
Isaac Pearson
Pearson’s Corner
Frank Raughley
Felton
R. J. Raughley
Hattie Atkinson
Concord
W. B. Massey
Lena Mutchler
H. B. Bastion
Genevieve Cooper
W. W. Wroten
Clayton
R. E. Russell
Atlantic City
Virginia Luff
Pauline Adams
Levin Taylor
Margaret Garvin
Rising Sun
Annie Hopkins
Harry Moore
Raymond Rawlings
Senator Orlando Harrison Dies of Stroke at Berlin
Senator Orlando Harrison of Worcester County died Sunday after a Saturday night stroke. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Berlin M E Church with active pallbearers including Governor Albert C. Ritchie and former Governors Townsend and Harrington. Harrison, a Worcester state senator since 1914, was a leading nursery man and head of Harrison Nurseries, born in Delaware 61 years ago and raised in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando Harrison
Worcester County
Berlin M. E
Albert C. Ritchie
John G. Townsend
Delaware
Emerson GC. Harrington
Nelson H. Fooks
Caroline County
William Mason Sheehan
Easton
Thomas Clayton Frame, Jr
Dover
Z. P. Henry
Berlin
John D. Henry
Harrison
Worcester
Harrison Nurseries
American Association of Nurserymen
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the Local Department
E. P. Dodge
L. M. McCoy
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
F. G. Hoback
Roanoke
Senate
H. M. Carroll
Charles Clarke
J. P. Mowbray
Claude Lankford
Gilbert Wright
J. W. Stowell
R. O. Deans
Harry Spicer
Jerome Framptom, Jr
Jerome Frampton
West Central Avenue
Washington College
Middle Atlantic
West Virginia
Tristate
District of Columbia
Forest Park
Frampton
Henry Ford
Christ Methodist Protestant Church
C. E. Turner
South Main Street
Green Ridge Terrace
Town Commissioners
Ira J. Nichols
Public Service Commission
The
Square Club
Masons
Temple Theatre
Triangle Producing Company
Athletic Association of Federalsburg
Federalsburg Fire Department
Federalsburg Lumber Manufacturing Company
J. Roe MacSorley
First National Bank of Federalsburg
MacSorley
I. C. MacSorley
Margaret Tribbett
John L. Tribbett
T. O. Crouse
Harmony Methodist Protestant Church
J. Rufus Noble
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Deniton’s
Ont
Baltimore Sun
Billsboro
Tuckahoe
Near Here
F. J. Sutherlan
Mrs. Soper
Benson Allen
J. R.chards
O. J. Chaffinch
J. H. Edgell
Neil
Greenwood
L. H. Thomas
Esther Smith
Hopkins
Calvin Betts
A. W. Betts
Alston Long
Sarah Davis
Marvin Davis and Son
Morrisville
Frank Davis
Verna Henzen
Marietta Butler