Local social notes from Denton area announce vehicle sales and events
Five passenger Buick touring car for sale by F Hiss. Reverend Brumbaugh preparing tax accounts. St Jones River improvement planned from Dover to Delaware Bay. A carload of barb wire received by Stafford Burrsville. Sunday School convention set for May 15 at Greensboro Church. Thawley buys a five passenger Mitchell car from Hirs. Deputy Game Warden Temple received four dozen partridges. Mrs P Steele loses wicker market basket at market. Chandler orchards use burning oil to combat frost. Ladies Aid bake sale May 16 at Brick Hotel. Church of the Brethren communion tomorrow night. Preparatory service tomorrow morning. Denton M E Church preacher Dr C T Wyatt speaks tomorrow. Parker's New Theatre ads My Own United States May 6, Fair Barbara May 8, Selfish Yates May 16. Caroline County Co-Operative Club meets May 3. Road mileage by district listed. Caroline Tomato Growers' Association expands membership. Victory Loan events and parades noted. Local soldiers return from France on leave and in parades. City election results and new officers. Various social visits and marriages mentioned. General town updates from Federalsburg, Harmony, and Greensborough areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Hiss
Rev. L. R. Brumbaugh
St Jones
Dover
Delaware Bay
America
Stafford
Burrsville
Greensboro
E. Church
John H. Thawley
Ldurrsville
E. H. Hirs
Chandler
Mutton
M. P. Church
Church of the Brethren
Denton M
D. F. Butsler
Harris Chapel
Parker's New Theatre
Arnold Daly
United States
Vivian Martin
William
Hart
Selfish Yates
Caroline County
Wyatt Pickering
Caroline Tomato Growers’ Association
George W. Kemp
Princess Anne
Alfred Baughley
Harrington
Henry Fielden
J. K. Lynch
James H. Smith
Mytown United States
Denton
Easton
Chateau Thierry
St Mihiel
Argonne Wood
Marydel News From Liberty Loan Meeting at Denton
Marydel reports its town was represented at the Liberty Loan gathering in Denton on Sunday and notes participation in the Victory Loan. It lists visits and relatives across Greensboro Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore as residents visited kin this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Dobson
Greensboro
Alex. Griffith
Walter Stevens
Emma Jump
Maggie Taylor
Harriet Vane
T. O. Ford
Anna Jump
Baltimore
Ambrose Gooden
Philadelphia
J. R. Smith
Wilmington
Social visit and surprise party in Concord
Miss Margaret Buckler and the Misses Elizabeth Amelia and Ruth Galloway of New York visited last week at the home of Mr and Mrs EL Norman Thawley in Concord. A surprise party was held for Miss Hilda Lord daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmett Lord on Saturday April 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Concord
Margaret Buckler
Elizabeth, Amelia
Ruth Galloway
New York
EL Norman Thawley
Hilda Lord
Emmett Lord
Alfred Smith
Hines and Son
Denton
J. W. Smith
Ellen Hopkins
Vernon
Laura
Margaret Thawley
Minnie Price
Ruth Harvey
Wm. Chance
Emmett
Queen Anne
Enos Cleaves
Clarence Voss
E H. Bowman
P. W. Carey
Otis Warrington
Bridgeville
Joseph Carey
Victor Reed
Henry Wright
Robert Hastings
Miriam
Federalsburg
Reed
Helen Reed
Seaford
Bertha Johnson
Trinity Friends
J. E. Cannon
Greenwood Friends
Ada Morgan
Hettie White
Hillsboro
Ruth
Otheila Shaw
Chester
G. H. Tarburton
Mass
Elsie J. Hicks
Church Home Infirmary
Baltimore
Ruthanna Gray
Goldsboro
Mildred Seward
Ridgely
Helen Fleming
Helen Hicks
Sadie Wothers
Houston Russom
Ridgely News Letter Community notes and events
Rev J H Beauchamp preached on tithing at M E Church using Malachi 3 10. Subscriptions and collections for the cause totaled about 108 dollars. Mr and Mrs T A Smith traveled to New York with the Mayor's committee to Sandy Hook to greet the 77th division. Various social, club, and church activities populate Ridgely life with meetings, weddings, hospital visits, and local elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Beauchamp
Wilmington
M. E Church
Malachi
Withers
Burrsville War and Social News Roundup
CorPol Ray Stafford, 1gth Engineers Corps, arrives at Camp Upton after service in France since 1918. Local social calendar reports visits, entertainers, gatherings, and family updates among residents including Miss Ellen Hopkins, Miss Ruth Harvey, and Mr. Wesley Thawley. Also notes a runaway accident, weekend trips to Baltimore and Seaford, school entertainment, and community faith in stronger fellowship postwar. Ends with a Baltimore Sun editorial on wartime unity and a Department of Agriculture note promoting sorghums for silage in low rainfall regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrsville
Ray Stafford
France
Camp Upton
New York
Ellen Hopkins
Reba Stafford
Clayton
Ruth Harvey
Laura
Margaret Thawley
Fred Lewis
Harold Roe
George Butler
Wesley Thawley
LeRoy Detwiler
Ridgely
Mr. Elwood Butler
Thousands Here on Sunday Saw The Airplane and War Tanks
Victory loan events in Caroline county drew about five thousand visitors on Sunday. A Curtis airplane piloted by Le F. W. Rorick and Sergeant Walter E. McLean toured Denton, while war tanks drew crowds with stunts and demonstrations. Speeches by Lt. Frank P. Gash General W. Bladen Lowndes Capt J Woodall Green Ex Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough Public Service Commissioner Albert Towers and Sewell Watts led to a vigorous bond drive, oversubscribing the county’s loan allotment with hopes for more funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Denton
Towers’ Park
Argonne Forest
Jerry
Vevonnes
Seventeenth Infantry
Court House
Frank P. Gash
26Th Engineers
W. Bladen Lowndes
J. Woodall Green
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Albert G. Towers
Sewell Watts
117Th Trench Motor Battery
Winfield Nichols
Lynn Stevens
Capt. Green
Caroline
Orphans Court Grants Administrations In 1917 Proceedings
Judges Liden Moore and Covey presided as letters of administration were granted by the Register of Wills to Annie Sampson on Isaac Sampson estate and to Harvey K. Hutchins on Daniel V. Hutchins estate. Court approved bonds, creditor notices ordered, appraisers appointed, inventories filed, and guardianships and accounts settled. Also includes a long notice of a tri county dairy rally in Queen Anne's, Talbot, and Caroline counties with multiple speakers and sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Liden, Moore and Covey
Annie Sampson
Isaac Sampson
Harvey K. H Hutchins
Daniel V. Hutchins
William G. South
James H. Scotton
Limra V. Neal
Samuel G. Nuttie
Margaret C. Neal
Ward
J. Ray Turner
James Turner
Edward Henry
Charles I. Baker
Ida F. Baker
Katherine V. Baker
Watton,Taylor
John Cohee
Edward 1 Nuttle
W. Spicer
Harry M. Carroll
Transfers Of Real Estate In Caroline County Records
A list of recent property transfers filed in the Clerk of the Court includes numerous deeds: Josephine Downes to John Segar Jr. and wife for 65 acres in Sixth district, 4500 pounds. Elizabeth Lamb to Adeline Lamb for 22 acres in Fifth district, 250 pounds. Anne Beton to James Moore for 145 acres in Second district, 8000 pounds. and many more such transfers across multiple districts with varied acreages and prices. The article also notes a countywide sweet potato conference with USDA and Southern-state specialists, highlighting crop value growth and storage advances, plus social notes from local towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Mr. Downes Et al
John Segar, Jr
John Harts
Allen Hl. Covey
Elizabeth Lamb
Adeline Lamb
Anne V. Beton
James Moore
Charles Hl. Blake
Harry C. Wheatley
Carne J. Carroll
Manship I Hurfock Et al
Federalsburg
John C. Jarvis
Temple Smith
Nelle M. Smith
Clelle ID Turner
Jotin
Anna D. Green
Edward T. Daniels
Harvey Ll. Cooper
G. Walters Damiel
John W. Funk
Jose W. Porter
James H. Covey
Mary J. H. Spicer
William L. Pritchett
George Price
First District
St.gov
W. Carroll Pastorfield
Lewis J. Knotts
West Denton
Gladys M. Rust
Harry Ritchie
Ridgely
Harvey L. Cooper
John W. Flamer
Jacob L Ellwanger
Chas, W. Hackett
Charles R. Jeffries
Tlany R. Bryan
Elmer Austin
Manon L Beck Et al
Denton
Michael Roth
Joseph Roth
Walter H. Elrick
William J. Elliott
Rebecca Camper
Frank Downes
Edward E. Nuttle
Joseph H. Spence
William Penn Willis
Silas E. Story
John T. Carter
William H. Deen
Rose E. Lynch
Harry E Reininger
Jake Ryens
John W. Adams
Fannie Adams
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Caroline County
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the Local Department
Pete Pre Lie
H. Hackett Downes
Josephine M. Downes
12Th Engineers
St. Mihiel
St Louis
Downes
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Woodall Green
Winfeld Nichols
Court House Square
Loan
Camp Meade
Elkton
Andrew Christopher
John F. Chistopher
Harmony
Christopher
303Rd Infantry
Montfaucon
Chistopher
Lewis Carroll
John McCormack
Falbot County
Carroll
Jessie B. Bailey
J. T. Bailey
Georgetown
Del
Hobbs
Harry C. Tee
Mr Tee
Newport News
Marion H. Downes
Lacey Stevens
117Th Trench Mortar Battery
Lynne
Federalsbur
James RK. Turner
Turner
Joseph T. Turner
Ella J. Corkran
H. B. Messenger
W. Lee Wheatley
Henry F. Stowell
Thomas H. Chambers
John N. Wright, Jr
J. Walter Noble
Federal Community Club
Oscar Nichols
Elbert Deen
Anna Sautter
Phil and
Harry W. Davis
Davis
Hattie McConnell
Elma Todd
J. L. Nichols
Messrs. H. RK. Towers
G. S. Todd, Co. E. Collins
Samuel Collins
Laurel Last
W. H. Johnson
John Bryan
W. R. Thomas
Leonard Taylor
Isabelle Canell
Bethlehem
Mildred Collins
R. T. Bryan
C. E. Collins
Arthur Baker
Nora Kelley
Ladies’ Aid
F. L. Todd
W. G. Eliason
J. H. C. Legg
Centreville
Laura Longfellow
Reading
Templeville
Kate O. Knotts
Roy Stafford
Millington
Arthur Peacock
Rooklaw
N. Y
Chas. O. Starkey
Victory Loan
Laura Godwin
Kenneth Biddle
Edna Cahall
Middletown
Wm. Sparks
Roe
Emma Sparks
Roland Knotts
J. T. Carter
George Everett and
Wm. Lowman
D. T. Richards
Chesterville
Kent County
Homer Benton
Sadlersville
Herbert Knotts
Harry
Kenton
Marydel
THE
Ridgely News
T. A. Smith
Sandy Hook
Thomas A
304Th Field Artillery
George Dutton
Frazer
Howard Thomas
Bridgetown
Mildred Mitchell
Henderson
Thomas
Ed. Thomas
A. G. Saulsbury
Saulsbury
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
J. E. Mason
Thawley
Frank Rickards
Philip Downes
J. R. Meredith
Silver Lake
J. M. Haymaker
Joseph
Charles
Dorothy Haymaker
Helen
Chestertown
Armour
Fred Dukes
Frances Dukes
Bertie
John Huck
Canada
Sam Lane
Easton Hospital
Mervin Seward
Marion
Alabama
Military Academy
West Point
Messrs
J. D. Davis
Harper Lang
T. W. Jones
A. O. Saulsbury
W. W. Seward
Ruidgetown
Walter Cole
Ingleside
J. H. Hemmons
Mancha
J. J. Bunting
Emmaus
Willard Jones
Henry Wilkinson
Jonas Roger
Milton Smith
Robinson
C. L. Herzog
A. W. Thompson
Tanyard
William R. Flaharty
Preston
W. W. Prettyman
Fred H. Prettyman
T. L. Moore
Annie Dudley
Wye Mills
Edna Cahalt
Florence Morgan
Fannie Robinson
Marian Stafford
Elsie Benson
Ida Sapp
Louder
E. H. Sapp
Mildred Slaughter
Evelyn Willis
Homer Vincent
John Stokes
Samuel Leslie
Isaac
F. Southerland
Ames
Harry Love
W. R. Keel
T. H. Slaughter
Herbert F. Gain
Cleveland
Lola Willoughby
F. N. Smith
Baltimore Sun
Charles F. Davidson
Talbot County
Isaiah Fountain
O' Dunne
Sun
Tri-County
W. C
Tilghman
Caphronia Collins
Tri-County Union
Talbot
Queen Anne's
Bradford Knapp
States Relation Service
Thomas A. Symons
College Park
Parson Jones
Richard C. Jones
Knightstown
Indiana
Cambridge City
John Barteycorn
David Lang
George Pepper
M. P
W. E. Brown
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