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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1927
Page
4
A Denton Maryland weekly note published Saturday May 7 1927 by Melvin and Johnson Incorporated. Benjamin H Joieson serves as president and treasurer with Benjamin F Johnson as vice president and secretary. Entered at the Denton post office as second class mail matter.
The piece extols Mother's Day in May, praising mothers for their love and home as the source of joy. It references poets and writers like Abou Ben Adhem and Edgar A. Guest, noting children's devotion and the enduring desire to hear "Where's mamma" as a sign of affection.
Editorial notes press for December Congress action to fund flood control along the Mississippi and its tributaries after a devastating recent flood. Rep Oldfield calls for Army Engineers to survey, report, and justify appropriations, arguing saving lives and property justifies costs even if high. He warns of a national campaign issue if blocked.
The Nutrition Department of the Philadelphia Inter-State Dairy Council discusses Spring Chickens in this week’s Health Talk. It notes the spring rush for new things and highlights various dressings for the table alongside the spring chicken, which is available year round in markets.
A guide on choosing chickens from March to July, noting skin color, feather tones, and leg signs to judge age, with cooking instructions for Roast Chicken Dress Maryland Chicken Dress and Chicken Tetrazinni. It covers live weight suggestions, fat content, odor, and preparation steps including butter baste and cream sauces.
County asparagus growers meet at the Denton Court House on May 12 to tour Cecil county farms and study cutting grading and packing methods. Maryland 4-H girls Jane Wine and Dorothy O Connor are featured in Extension Service News, with plans for rural women and youth camps and awards from Ball Brothers Co for first year canning projects.
A Walpole Society group, describing themselves as antiquarians, completed a three day Del Mar Va Eastern Shore tour. Led by Maryland Conservation Commissioner Swepson Earle, they visited Eastern Shore counties from Wilmington to lower Maryland, praising the peninsula and its history. A Saturday luncheon hosted by Del Mar Va Eastern Shore Association officials capped the visit.
Wicentico Statel Sauisbury guests praised during a luncheon hosted by Association officials and Peninsula leaders. State Comptroller William S. Gordy Jr. presided, welcoming Association President Fred P. Adkins, who highlighted historic elements and goals. John M. Woolsey of New York thanked the hosts, recalling past Maryland visits with Governor Albert C. Ritchie and noting the Eastern Shore’s lure. The Society’s semi annual field outing impressed members and they plan a return trip.
C D Greenleaf of C G Conn urged the National Federation of Music Clubs convention in Chicago to view music as a major student asset. He cited college surveys showing instrument interest doubling in a decade and that bands and orchestras are now common in many high schools. He argued music builds character, concentration, perseverance, and health, and should be embedded in grade schools and vocational training to steer youth away from unhealthy outlets toward music as a life work.
The color organ that projects colored lights with music stars in Clarence Brown's Flesh and the Devil. John Gilbert Greta Garbo and Lars Hansen head the cast at New Dover Opera House for May 9 10 and 11. The film dramatizes Sudermann's The Undying Past with elaborate European stage recreations.
Dr J H M Knox Jr chief of the State Bureau of Child Hygiene and chairman of the State Committee for Child Health Day outlines a goal to make every day a child wealth day. He says adults carry the responsibility to ensure every child’s right to health happiness and proper care physical mental and spiritual. He notes future burdens on today’s youth will be greater and urges concerted effort to conserve and strengthen children's lives.
Maryland has reduced infant mortality but calls for broader health education at home. If Maryland matched the national infant death rate, about four hundred more baby lives could be saved annually. Leaders urge alert citizens to spread knowledge and mobilize Parent-Teacher Associations to reach all communities.
A State Department visit aims to standardize classrooms and schools in Caroline County. Six rooms meet standards across Denton Primary, Denton Grammar, and Preston, with teachers Morgan Cade Hignutt Short Raleigh Butler named. No entire school yet compliant. certificates issued only per full school standardization. P T A groups at Denton Primary Preston elementary and Ridgely Primary drive improvements. Responsibility rests on children, teachers, parents, and the Board of Education to raise condition and learning.
More than four hundred dentists from Maryland and several South Atlantic states gathered in Baltimore for the Maryland State Dental Association forty fourth annual convention at the Hotel Belvedere. The opening addresses included Dr A P Dixon president of Allegany County Dental Society and others such as Dr T J Claggett Dr T S Bader Dr L L Watkins Dr George M Anderson and Dr Alexander H Patterson association president. Attendees included Drs William A Smith J M L Haymaker and J H Summerfield of Denton who participated in all sessions aimed at sharing experience and discoveries.
John G. McGrath, longtime chairman of the Treasury Department destruction committee, retires to a Maryland farm after twenty five years of service. He oversaw the maceration and burning of worn out money and securities.
The Dover Choral Society under the Woman's Auxiliary will perform The Holy City and Gallia on Thursday May 12 at 8 15 p m at the New Dover Opera House. Tickets cost 1 00 75c and 50c and are sold by Entertainment Committee and Auxiliary members. Exchanges for reserved seats are at Wise's Drug Store from May 6. Mr Schwartz donated theatre use and all proceeds go to Kent General Hospital.
S Frank Cole on South Seventh Street announces arrival of a carload of six inch roofers and dressed finishing lumber along with a car of Red-top Ivory Cement Plaster and Sheetrock the best plaster board on the market call and examine
R H Stafford Burrsville Md advertises ten tons of good mixed hay including clover and timothy for sale by the bale or bundle with pickup in Burrsville.
M. K. New nam in Denton Maryland advertises house cleaning and home merchandise offerings with a focus on residential cleaning services and related products. The notice emphasizes availability of items suitable for domestic use and appeals to local households.
The court with Judges West Harper and Shawn examined and passed accounts filed by administrators and executors for several deceased, admitted wills to probate, granted letters of administration with the will annexed, ordered bonds and appraisers, revoked one administration, and approved inventories and appraisements for multiple estates including Malone Gambrill Bullock Janson, Lucznik Cohee and others.
Ridgely Church of the Brethren held its quarterly business meeting with Rev. L. R. Brumbaugh of Greensboro in attendance. Numerous social visits are recorded, including guests from Greensboro, Philadelphia, Wil loughby, and Wilmington. Local events include a primary school bake sale, an upcoming music festival, and several residents traveling or visiting family in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Bethlehem.
Floyd W. Woodcock is named president of the Eastern Shore Gas and Electric Company after Day and Zimmerman Inc and associates buy controlling interest in National Public Service Corporation. He will direct a growing program including a new steam plant at Vienna and high tension lines to link it to the system. Woodcock, long associated with the Delmarva utility, will keep close touch with both Day & Zimmerman and the National Public Service. Other officers include H. D. Pothems, C. A. McClure, W. E. Shaw Jr. and directors J. D. Price, T. H. Chambers, F. A. Davis, T. R. Crumley, A. G. Gumner, Milward Oliver, J. W. Carpenter.
R H Stafford of Burrsville Maryland advertises a fine lot of brown Virginia soy beans for sale. The short notice highlights the seller and commodity with location for direct inquiry.
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Public notice of an assignee sale of mortgaged lands in Caroline County Maryland. George W. Hickey and Myrna Hickey conveyed to Harvey L. Cooper, later assigned to Fred R. Owens for collection. Property comprises 130 acres with two parcels, saved and excepted 3 4/4 acres, with detailed metes and bounds and a prior deed from Cooper to Hickey dated April 17 1926. Sale to be held in front of Goldsboro Bank Goldsboro Maryland between 2 and 4 PM.
Six room dwelling with barn about 24 by 80 feet a silo corn crib small apple and peach orchards. Adjoins J Spencer Lap ham farm roughly half a mile from the State Road and two miles from Goldsboro. Suitable as home and fruit farm. Taxes paid. Possession available at once.
One third of purchase money due at sale, one third on January 1 1928, and the remaining third on July 1 1928 with interest from sale date on deferred payments. Secured by notes and satisfactory sureties or all cash at purchaser option. Title papers at purchaser expense. Fred R Owens Assignee for Collection. A J Dhue Auctioneer.
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