Local ads and notices in Caroline countys paper
A collage of local ads and notices shows Bullock & White selling used cars, Frigidaire appliances at 130 dollars, rugs, stoves, mattresses and farm gear. Community items include Ridgely versus Federalsburg baseball, a Sunday church sermon, a lumber company display, milk price changes, property moves, and county election tallies.
Denton church elders seek continued pastor Rev Turkington
Denton Methodist Protestant Church members unanimously request the return of Pastor Rev T J Turkington for another year. The article notes lay leaders and congregational delegates from Denton and other towns, with social events, a bake sale, and Mothers Day services mentioned among routine church activities and town visits.
Deaths mark public service careers in Caroline area
Obituary notices report the deaths of Thomas Alexander Smith of Ridgely a former Maryland congressman and longtime public servant who died after a brief illness. Funeral at Ridgely Methodist and rites by Knights Templar. Survivors include widow Adah Frazer, daughters Mrs. Carmine and Mrs. Dutton, son Thomas A. Smith Jr., and four grandchildren. Also noted are Ira Hunter Samis a rural carrier who died of pneumonia near Denton and Cyrus P Brittingham a State Roads employee killed near Berlin. Funeral services for Samis were in Cordova Baptist and for Brittingham in Stevenson Methodist with interment in Hillsboro cemetery. Additional notices cover James Dudley Callahan who died after an auto wreck near Denton and Silas A Trice of Chestnut Grove who died at his home and was buried in Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Hunter Samis
Denton
Cordova
Samis
Clara Alice Samis
Abram Henry Samis
Union Bridge College
Union Bridge
New Windsor
Caroline County
Arizona
Phoenix
Sarah Worts
Armada
Mich
Aaron A. Samis
Walter Smith
Baltimore
Frederick Kubler
Robert Schall
Ridgely
Irvin Samis
Stevenson Methodist Episcopal Church
Berlin
Cyrus
Brittingham
William Dale
St. Martins
State Roads Commission
J. R. Bicking
Stevenson Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Sarah Brittingham
C. W. Brittingham
Edward
Bishopville
George
Norristown
Paul
Strickland Beto
Silas A. Trice
American Corner
S. L. Han‘by
Methodist Episcopal Church
Concord
Chestnut Grove
Hillcrest Cemetery
Federalsburg
Death of Mr. T. A. Smith at Ridgely Funeral service and civic ties noted
Mr. T. A. Smith of Ridgely died at his daughter Mrs. George Dutton's home in Newark Del Saturday night. A brief Methodist Church service followed by burial at Denton with Masonic rites. Born Sept 3 1850 near Greenwood he served Ridgely as postmaster merchant rail agent and first bank president. He represented Caroline County in state senate and Congress, and spent years in Delmarva life with family. Survived by wife two daughters Anita Carmine and Elsie Dutton and son Thomas Alexander plus four grandchildren. Describes friends relatives and local attendance at funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Alexander Smith
Ridgely
George E. Dutton
University of Delaware
Newark
Del
Methodist Episcopal
Adah CG. Frazer
Plymouth
Mich
W. M. Carjmine
Dundalk
Dutton
Thomas A. Smith, Jr
Caldwell
N. J
Greenwood
Sylvester
Ann Gullett Smith
Caroline County
Denton Academy
Delaware
Maryland
Michigan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Democratic State Central Committee
State Treasury
Farmers’ National Congress of the
United States
Madison
Wis
Lincoln
Neb
Internal Revenue
Ridgely Bank
T. A. Smith
George Dutton
Roy Tawes
Denton
Smith
Ada Frazer
Bank of
Methodist Church
Senate
Congress
Anita
Walter Carmine
Elsie
Thomas Alexander
Alice
Eugenia Carmine
George Dutton Jr
Susan Frances Smith
Ridgelynes
Thomas A. Smith
Charles F
Baltimore
Robert Smith
Robert Ernest
Elizabeth
Frank Long
Selbyville
Charles Hobbs
Cambridge
Harry Gibson
Delmar
James Smith
Near Ridgely
Phillips Brothers
Salisbury
State Road
Greensboro
Forge
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
A. G. Saulsbury
Albert White
Caroline Ebling
Louise Crouse
Church of the Brethren
Harry Zeigler
Elizabethtown College
Richmond
Convention of Governors
Paul Holsinger
Harrison Holsinger
Paris Island
S. C
Nicaraugua
Grace Sard
Clifton Mitchell
Ridgely M. E. Parsonage
Miss Sard
Norman Wilson
Centreville
Wilson
John Davis
Herbert Keeneman
Charles Hammond
Wilmington
Christopher Biger
Third Avenue
Third Street
Church House
Richard Blackburn
Carlile Bennington
J. W. Cosden
Church Hill
Pearsaul
William C. Harrison Jr
Harrington
James Lewis
Easton Hospital
Maryland My Maryland and the Charm of the Old Bay State
A nostalgic tribute to Maryland celebrating its history and progress. It recalls Fort McHenry and Francis Scott Key, cites the Calverts, Annapolis, Edgewood Arsenal, Johns Hopkins, Barbara Fritchie, Edgar Allan Poe, and industrial prowess in Baltimore. It extols natural beauty, seafood, and hospitality, inviting readers to visit and cherish Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Maryland
Baltimore
Maria
Washington
Congress Hall
Annapolis
Edgewood Arsenal
Aberdeen
Johns Hopkins
Barbara Fritchie
Edgar Allen Poe
Caroline County extends loan application period to May 16 1932
The Caroline County Loan Committee, led by chairman J. Spencer Lapham, extends the loan application period for fertilizer seed and feed through the Agricultural Department in Washington by fifteen days to May 16 1932. The committee lists members across districts and notes that application blanks are available from any committee member or the County Agent’s Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Loan Committee
W. H. Evans
Agricultural Department
Washington
Caroline
J. Roland Chaffinch
Denton
H. H. Nuttle
Henderson
H. §. Dailey
Marydel
T. E. Heather
Harold K. Shuits
Greensboro
J. Keene
Saulsbury
A. Irvin Brumbaugh
John C. Brown
Wayne Cawley
J. Frank Wright
John Allfather
Preston
Chas. B. Harrison
Harry Hollis
J. P. Harris
Federalsburg
Thos. Chambers
W. Fell Davis
Jacobo O. Williams
Hillsboro
Howard Flowers
D. M. Clopper
W. J. Martin
Ridgely
G. L. Wilson
Richard Blackburn
B. H. Holsinger
Oscar Nichols
Victor Dean
C. H. Towers
Spafford Demonstration Pleases Twentieth Century Club
The Twentieth Century Community Club and visitors praised Miss Spafford for a bread demonstration in the Choptank club room on the 27th. The next meeting is set for the Community House in Bethlehem on the 15th with full attendance invited. Mothers Day service at M P Church Choptank on May 8 at 7:30 PM is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spafford
Choptank
Bethlehem Thelfth
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Highlights Local Visits and Death
Local notes report Mr and Mrs J Norman Clark and Mr William Thompson visiting New York to see ill R B Thompson at Medical Arts Hospital. Willow Grove visitors Frances Fisher Irma Sawyer and Flossie Mackley stay with H S Fisher. Belle Connelly, ex Hillsboro resident, dies at Easton aged home. Others headlined include Depew H Duffey in Washington and Wothers with daughter touring Dupont Gardens Wilmington. Blades family visits Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Norman Clark
William Thompson
New York City
R. B. Thompson
Medical Arts
Frances Fisher
Irma Sawyer
Flossie Mackley
Willow Grove
H. S. Fisher
Belle Connelly
Hillsboro
Easton
Depew H. Duffey
Washington, D. C
Charles Jarrell
Bernard Pinder
Johnstown
N. J
Howard Dodds
W. F. Dickinson
Episcopal Church
J. E. Wothers
duPont Gardens
Wilmington
Edgar Blades
Virginia
Community notices and death of Dudley Callahan
A gloom fell on the community after word of 20 year old Dudley Callahan's death in a auto accident near Denton early Sunday. Funeral services were held Thursday at his home with Rev. W. C. Smith officiating. The Community Club met with a large turnout and heard Miss Margaret Smith speak on gardens and flowers. Hostesses served ice cream and cake. The club also attended the Hillsboro Federation. A play The Mail Order Wife and Home Folks was announced for Friday at the High School with proceeds to the Community Club. Mrs. W. C. Stevens hosted a surprise birthday party for the Homemakers Club of Ridgely Friday night with about 30 guests from nearby towns. Messrs. Harry and George Moore and Horace Morgan attended court in Centreville serving on the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Callahan
Herman Callahan
Denton
W. C. Smith
St. Paul's, Church
Royal Oak
W. C. Stevens
Ridgely
Harry and
George Moore
Horace Morgan
Centreville
Mothers Day Services Planned At Wesley and Other Churches
Burraville holds special Mothers Day services at Wesley M E Church on May 8 at 10:00 AM with a Sunday School illustrated program by the pastor. A 2:00 PM program will be at Hickman M E Church and a 7:30 PM program at White's M E Church. An invitation urges all mothers especially the aged and shut-ins to attend and asks drivers to bring them. Local social notes mention visits and travels among residents, including guests from Swarthmore Philadelphia and Harrington, and news of a Delco Plant installation at a local home. The community notes also report the death of rural mail carrier Samis and various visits to and from area families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M
Gladys
Anna Chance
Warren Pierce
Swarthmore
William E. Andrew
Louis
John William
Carlton Andrew
John Chance
W. T. Bullock
Mr. Jones
Baltimore
Smyrna
Del
Maude Keenan
Philadelphia
Vertie Cahall
Harrington
Lena Thawley
Mollie Cahall
John Parris
Elmer Evans
John Weaver
Pennsylvania
Alfred Baughley
Delco
Samis
Kenneth Cleaves
Georgetown
Enos Cleaves
R. H. Stafford
Philip Wisenborne
John Thawley
Brown Thawley
Washington
Elizabeth Vickery
Catherine Chance
C. N. Fountain
John L. Chance
Hatchet Man and Tarzan at The Capital Theatre
In Dover Delaware at The Capital Theatre Edward G Robinson stars in The Hatchet Man with selected shorts on Monday and Tuesday May 9 and 10 Johnny Weissmuller appears in Tarzan The Ape Man with Maureen O Sullivan on Wednesday and Thursday May 11 and 12 plus selected shorts Friday and Saturday May 13 and 14 featuring Clark Gable in Polly of the Cir loss with Marion Davies and additional shorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital Theatre
Dover
Del
Edward G. Robinson
Johnny Weissmuller
Maureen O’sullivan
Clark Gable
Polly of
Marion Davies
Surprise 48th birthday for Mrs. Garman at home
A group of Mrs. Henry Garman’s friends gathered Thursday evening to celebrate her 48th birthday with refreshments and two birthday cakes one lit with candles and the other decorated with a hot greeting. Guests left late wishing her many more happy birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Garman
G. L. Blades
Burrsville
Hazel Baker
Federalsburg
Harry Burke
Camden
Del
Olas E. Smith
Lulu E. Minder
Island Creek
Mass
Philip Downes
Ambrose I Griffith
Preston Bridge Hostesses Honor Guests at Prestonsburg Party
Preston Mrs Wm J Bonner and Mrs M K Hoke hosted a Saturday bridge at Mrs Bonner s home with many guests from Federalsburg Denton Easton and nearby towns. E B Blades hosted a second club gathering. high scores awarded to Mrs Preston Osteen and club member P C Douglas. Community Club plans final meeting May 19 at the parish house with officer elections. Divine worship set May 8 at the Church of the New Jerusalem with sermon Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother.
Divine Worship and Community Notices in Williston
Divine Worship will be held in Williston on Sunday May 8 at 3 p m with Sunday School at 2 15 Rev Geo Henry Dole and a Preston church party will attend Sunday evening A sandwich supper at six o'clock followed by a question box and the pastor will answer questions until nine o'clock All are welcome The Williston Community Club meets May 12 at 2 p m at Mrs 0 M Hignutt home My Hobby is the roll call Demonstration Varying the Starchy Foods Mrs Annie Hurst secretary is visiting her sister in law Mrs Henrietta McMahan at her son's home Mr Roland Wheatley Mr Wm Leffingwell and niece Mrs Catherine Clark have moved to Cambridge We regret their move Mr and Mrs Lewis McNeal and children of Denton were guests of Mr and Mrs Milo Crane on Sunday The Young People s League meets Friday at Miss Henrietta Frey s home Mrs C I Rice and nephew Mr Addison Welsh visited Easton Mrs O M Hignutt visited Preston last week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton M. P
Dixie
Ladies of St. Paul’s M. P. Church
Cambridge
Sue K. Smith
Robert D. Blackistone
Jane
Ann Blackistone
Washington
Mary Bauman
Atlantic
City
Ralph W. Smith
Lansdowne
Milton C. Greene
New York
Ladies Aid Society
The
Methodist Protestant Church
Ford Building
Lacey Stevens
Lynne Stevens
Wilmington
Margaret Walls
Gerald Sheppard
Salisbury
F. C. Brown
E. T. Orme
Mildred Kelley
N. E. Carpenter
Oklahoma
Bowie Addison
Mitchellville
Enoch B. Garey
Baltimore
Louise Dukes
Plaindealing
M. P
Live Wires
S. G. Nuttle
Alice Willey
Greenwood
Del
Strausburg
Winchester
Arthur C. Bushey
Nan Barton
F. R. Owens
Walter J. Kelly
Ernest C. Collins
Mesdames Hoke’s
Bonner’s
Preston
C. W. Shockley
Crawford Orme
Millington
Elmer T. Orme
Mae Belle Fifield
William Richard Trippe
E. T. Tubbs
M. A. Brackett
John P. Ahearn
William Preston Hicks
Westbury
L. L
Malcolm Melvin
William A. Stewart
Maud Stewart
Helen Richardson
Winifred Wilson
Barclay
Queen Anne's County
Catherine Elizabeth Wright
Denton
Edward Stevens
New York City
Elizabeth Pastorfield
Mary Melvin
Brooklyn
Wm. J. Bonner
M. K. Hoke
Bonner
Ernest Collins
Walter Kelly
Byron Griffith
J. Dallas Blades
Frances Hackett
Ruth Vickers
Federalsburg
J. Max Chambers
Mildred Griffith
Eugenia Reidy
T. B. Marden
Grace Covey
H. Reese
J. K. LeCompte
D. J. Vickers
Elizabeth Vickers
Wm. T. Tufft
Hurlock
Church of the New Jerusalem
E. L. Fooks
Herbert Fooks
Sunderland
Edward Douglas
George Trice
Nola Coburn
Easton
J. T. Dennis
Louise van Dyke
T. R. van Dyke
James B. Noble
Vienna
Emeline C. Wright
Howard M. Harris
Wakefield
John W. Noble
Mary E. Reynolds
J. Merritt Parker
Commodore G. C. Carmine
John Spence
Choptank
Williston
Geo. Henry Dole
Dole
Catherine Clark
Lewis McNeal
Milo Crane
Young People’s League
Henrietta Frey
C. I. Rice
Addison Welsh
O. M. Hignutt
Christ M P Church elects year stewards at May meeting
Federalsburg church members unanimously invited Rev Guy E Leister to return for another year at the May 4 annual meeting. Elected as stewards for the coming year were Miss Tina Harris Miss Mary Wright John Adams Miss Bessie Butler Gibson Harper H B Messenger and Miss Gertie Coulbourne. Mary Wright named treasurer with Mrs Butler as assistant and Miss Coulbourne as second assistant treasurer. W A Wheatley Jr named delegate with H B Messenger as alternate. The Christian Endeavor Society met May 4 and planned a strawberry festival with date to be announced. Myrtle Carroll named general chairman and may select a committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy E. Leister
Christ M. P. Church
Tina Harris
Mary Wright
John Adams
Bessie Butler
Gibson Harrer
H. B. Messenger
Gertie Coulbourne
W. A. Wheatley Jr
Christian Endeavor Society
Myrtle Carroll
Greensboro Man Hurt In Crash Between Goldsboro And Henderson
Edward Scott of Wilmington was badly cut when his car hit a telephone pole on a turn between Goldsboro and Henderson. He was treated at Drs. Goldsbor ough and Stonesifer and moved to Easton Emergency Hospital under guard. Three charges await Scott after his condition improves. The Durant he drove was wrecked. Francis B. Hubbard died at the State Sanatorium after ten months there, survived by his widow and father. Funeral services were held at Greensboro Baptist Church. Interment in Greensboro Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Scott
Wilmington
Goldsboro
Henderson
Francis B. Hubbard
James Hubbard
Near Town
Harry Cooper
Greensboro Baptist Church
J. C. Ledbetter
Greensboro
George Mitchell
West Grove
J. E. Weaver
Walter Weaver
Zeth Weaver
Henry
John Parris
Thomas Coulter
Boothwyn
Ruth Wheeler
Harlan Edwards
Annie Edwards
Sallie Butler
Grace Williams
Henrietta Pruitt
Hazel Adams
Margaret Gardner
Longwoods
Del
J. Edgar Shockley
J. Edgar Jr
A. G. Shockley
Charles Beaumont
Frances Lynch
Virginia Moore
Baltimore
Annie Wooters
Bates Wooters
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hursey Hughes
Baltimore Corner
Effa Plummer
Daughters of Pocahontas
James Greenlee
Eleanor
Philadelphia
Clinton Thornton
Jewel
W. A. Thornton
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the Local Department
Journal
Bullock & White
F. C. B. Dayton
M. K. Newnam
Ridgely Baseball Club
Federalsburg Club
W. L. Jump
Liden
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Company
Axminster
Simmons
Sunnyside Dairy
W. A. Cawley
Geo. T. Redden
Ladies Aid of Concord M. E. Church
Ernest G. Cooper
Insurance
House of Representatives
Goldsborough
Federal Reserve System
Secretary of the Treasury
Hoover
Williams
Wallace Williams
Linwood S. Clark
Litchfield
Fordson
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
Alexandria
Delmarva Peninsula
General Motors
F. O. B. Dayton
W. K. Scotton
E. G. Cooper
W. J. Richards
T. Mark Breeding
W. J. Evans
Edith T. Sparks
F. W Kirwan
Elizabeth E. Pippin
Louise C. Jump
J. R. Rochester
James Dudley Callahan
West Denton
Queen Anne
Rhgely
Tuckahoa
Burraville
Wiliston
Octavia Totheroh
Alvin Totheroh
Brandywine Summit
Maurice Stewart
N. K. Swanwick
W. W. Weaver
A.B. Frye
Rising Sun
L. W. Taylor
Betty Gray
Atlantic City
Zack Voshell
Clinton Edwards
Alvah Jones
Kenton
Charles Walls
William Morgan
Alfred Blackburn
Walter Raver
Naval Hospital
Louis Carrow
S. D. Carrow
Emma Rash
Henry Rash
Anna Weineke
Bertha Miller
Harry Smith
Oscar Wyatt
Dorothy Walls
L. I. Jones
A. W. Brumbaugh
Nelson Bishop
John Nichols
S. H. Samis
Clara Samis