Community notices and events spread through Caroline county
Local notices announce a festival at Baltimore Corner School on May 13 and a bake sale by the Ladies' Aid at the M. E. Church. Screenings and entertainment include Along Came Ruth at the Palace Theatre and A Mother's Daughter staged by home talent at Masonic Hall. A May 19 fundraiser for the Ladies' Aid and a May 15 alumni card party at Tri County High School are listed, with proceeds benefiting the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Mudd
Baltimore Corner School
Caroline County
M. E. Church
Ruth
Viala Dana
Palace Theatre
Rector's Guild
Masonic Wall
Ladies’ Aid Society
Tri-County High School
Temple Lodge
No. 128
Denton
S. P. Shipman
Tilghman
S. Frank Cale
South Seventh Street
Warners
Chestnut Grove
Howard's School
Concord
Ladies’ Aid of
Ledman’s Hall
Preston
J. H. M. Knox
Bureau of Child Hygiene of
Maryland
Social News Roundup From Denton Social Season
Recipients hosted a reception at the parsonage after prayer meeting with speeches by T Pliny Fisher Cecil Blake T M Baxter and Rev Louis Davis newly graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary. Notables include L Stanley Deakyne named Western New York agency manager for Security Mutual Life and various family engagements and engagements announced with weddings visits and travels across Maryland Delaware Philadelphia and Baltimore through Denton and Newark communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Hooker
Messrs
T. Pliny Fisher
Cecil Blake
T. M. Baxter
Louis Davis
Theological Seminary
Westminster
L. Stanley Deakyne
George A. Deakyne
Denton
Western New York
Security Mutual Life Insurance Company
Buffalo
Deakyne
Continental Life
Wilmington
Paul S. Thawley
Ralph Thawley
Jefferson Hospital
J. Atwood Todd
Miriam Jane
William B. Middlemas
Concord Methodist Episcopal Church
Preston Wins Declamation Contest in Caroline County
The Caroline County Declamation Contest in Denton crowned Mary Fluharty of Preston as first place winner, earning a chance to compete at the Eastern Shore Declamation Contest at Washington College on May 15. The event featured six high schools with students and musical performances from Ridgely, Preston, Henderson, Greensboro, Caroline High, and Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Caroline County
Denton
Palace Theatre
Edna Slocum
Federalsburg
George Arthur McDaniel
Caroline High
Mary Fluharty
Juanita Cole
Henderson
Bessie Stevenson
Greensboro
Swing Pearsoal
Ridgely
Henderson High School Glee Club
Greensboro High School Glee Club
Deaths of John F Kelley and Wm P C Spivey
The death of 63 year old farmer John F Kelley of Anderstown area followed a 24 hour illness. Survived by children Oscar E H Clay J Carter James Esther. Funeral at Concord Church Sunday 2 PM. Interment in adjacent cemetery. Also reported is the death of Wm P C Spivey age 39 near Suffolk Virginia. widow Elsie Downes and two children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kelley
Andersontown
Kelley
Oscar E
Denton
H. Clay
Blue Ridge Summit
J. Carter
James
Wilmington
Esther
Concord Church
Ww. P. C. Spivey
Suffolk
Spivey
Elsie Downes
Card of Thanks from the Family
We thank relatives and friends for kindness during our mother’s long illness and for floral tributes and use of automobiles. By the children.
Henderson Mourns Phonnie Wood Died At 69
Mrs. Phonnie Wood aged 69 died at her daughter Mrs. Howard Sylvester’s home Thursday morning. She leaves four daughters two sisters and a brother. Funeral at Henderson M E Church Sunday at 11 with Rev. Samuel Cawman officiating. Interment in Hillsboro cemetery. May events and local notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phonnie Wood
Howard Sylvester
M. E. Church
Virginia Melvin
Alfred Carter
Bertie Wood
Albert Helstein
Warren Wossart
Philadelphia
W. F. Clark
E. C. Gooden
M. E
S. S. James
New York City
Harry Gough
L. A. Gooden
Carrall Jones
Wye Mills
John Quillen
Warren Bossart
Atex. Gooden
Maxine Goodwin
Wilmington
Sherman Phillips
Cambridge
Mother's Day Observances Highlight Burrsville Church Notices
Services at Wesley M. E. Church in Burrsville on May 16 include Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11 with the Improved Order of Red Men in attendance. Mother's Day observance is planned at Central on May 17. Proceeds from a recent church supper reached 7608 dollars. Local visits and guests are listed, including families from Greensboro, Denton, Marshallton, and Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. E. Church
Harry Porter
R. Hl. Thawley
James W. Thawley
Greensboro
W. E. Thawley
Denton
Wilton Porter
Rachel
Vivian
Twila
Marshalltoo
Del
Laura A. Porter
Martin Smith
Chester
Clarence Lofland
W. L. Jump
Lizzie Jump
Agnes Andrews
May Hopkins
Harrington
Helen Weaver
John Parris
Emma Hurd
Edward Hurd
Wyoming
Walter Parris
Marcus Hook
Central
James Lewis
Andrewville
Will Wilson
Funeral of Mrs Emma Poole in Federalsburg
The funeral for Mrs Emma Poole wife of Mr Harry E Poole was held at their home last Wednesday with Rev F C MacSorley officiating She had been ill for months and after hospital care in Baltimore returned home three weeks before her death She is survived by her husband and one daughter Doris Interment followed at Hillcrest cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Brown
Lynn Haven
Florida
Denton
T. A. Baker
Newark
Del
E. D. C. Hegeman
Delaware
Maryland
E B. Daugherty
Delmar
George A. McDaniel
Mary Alice
Claude G. Baker
Philadelphia
Jack F. Baylan
Richard Merriken
Balimore
Mooning Merriken
Samuel G. Nuttle
Eastern Star
Harry Richardson
Second Street
G. L. Stevens
Wilmington
Walter Sparklin
Newport
Carlton Short
New York
E. T., Tubbs
Baltimore
C. T. Wyatt
A. E. Cooper
Emma Poole
Harry E. Poole
F.C. MacSorley
J. W. Stawell
R. O. Dean
Alice Davis
State Federation of Women's Club
Rockville
A. C. Brower
Funeral of Mr William Jacobs Held in Preston
The funeral for Mr William Jacobs was held last Monday afternoon with services by Rev Charles Harris. Interment followed in Linchester. William Stevens of Queen Anne and Grace Dyer of Ridgely visited Mr C A Whiteley’s home Sunday. Glencoe Kelley and Joseph Harris are having new houses built. Work on the stone road from Preston toward Chaptank has begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jacobs
Charles Harris
Linchester Cemetery
William Stevens
Queen Anne
Grace Dyer
Ridgely
C. A. Whiteley
Glencoe Kelley
Joseph Harris
Preston
Chaptank
Gladiolus bulbs for sale in Denton Maryland
Tam offers gladiolus bulbs in older varieties and mixed lots for 1.50 per 100. Newer mixed varieties priced at 5.00 per lot. Sold by A Nuttle in Denton Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. A Nuttle
Denton
Better Homes Week Celebrations Inspire Ridgely Community
Ridgely hosts a multi day Better Homes campaign with a demonstration house, religious services, talks, contests, and social events. The program runs Monday through Saturday with lectures by Rev. Lealan Jackson and Mrs. Walz, plus entertainments by the Ridgely Orchestra and 4-H pageant, finishing with closing remarks and a benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Lealan Jackson
Walz
Better Homes
Rebecca Swing
Harwood
Elsie Matthews
Church House
Ruth Jackson
Lawrence Wilson
Kinhart
George Fitz
Bessie Spafford
Mulford
Eastern Shore Gas and Electric Company
Brackett
Fitz
Moses
A. M. Johnson
Baltimore
Lawrence Lynch
Mother's Day service at Trinity M E Church South
Goldsboro invites attenders to a Mother's Day service next Sunday May 10 at 8 pm with a program titled Mothers of Men by the choir and a 1045 am sermon. Several local visitors and residents are noted visiting family and attending events including Mrs Emma Wharton Rev C R Curtis and other area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity M. E. Church South
Fletcher Wharton
Owings
Nerva Wharton
Wilmington
Emma Wharton
Margaret Bennett
W. J. Murphy
E. S. Martin
Noble Shively
Will Townsend
Harrington
Clark Smith
Samuel Reid
Jersey City
N. J
Mabel VanWert
Saratoga
N. Y
Jane Wright
C. R. Curtis
Baltimore
John Sylvester
Frederick N Melvin, 51, Dies After Long Illness at Hickman
Frederick N. Melvin died Monday May 4 at 2 30 PM after a long battle with stomach cancer. He was 51, a highly respected citizen who was loved by many. He leaves a widow Ida and four children Helen Norwood Clarence and Mrs Charles Smith, plus his mother and several brothers and a sister. Funeral services were held at Bloomery May 6 at 2 PM conducted by Rev E N Wright. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick N. Melvin
Melvin
Ida Melvin
Helen
Norwood
Clarence
Hobbs
Charles Smith
Greenwood
Thomas Melvin
Charles
Samuel
Olin
Johnnie
Philadelphia
Isaac
Samuel Jester
Hickman
Bloomery
E. N. Wright
Burrsville
G. F. Nable
P. H. Mac. Carthney
Harry Gray
Mary Parker
Frank Stuart
Margaret
Samuel Andrews
Carl
Henry Noble
Coretta
Earl Harrington
Denton
Herman Higoutt
Margaret Stewart
Coretta Noble
Chester
Elmer Hignutt
Mary Noble
Missionary Society Delegates Visit Staunton Area
Mrs. Oscar Briscoe returned from the Baltimore Conference meeting in Staunton and gave an address at Sunday School. Mrs. Reod, another delegate, visited Harrisonburg and arrived Monday night. Dr. J. Howard Wells preaches at the quarterly conference. Mother's Day services planned at St Pauls and Harris Chapel with a choir program. Mr. and Mrs. Showard Culver spent Sunday with Mrs. Culver’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Briscoe
Woman's Missionary Society
Baltimore
Staunton
Reod
Harrisonburg
E. 5. Bowens
Queenstown
St. Paul's Church
J. Howard Wells
St. Paul's
Harris Chapel
Showard Culver
Hebron
Choptank Church Ladies Aid and Community Club Meetings
The Ladies Aid of the M P Church at Choptank met with Mrs Alonzo Blades on the 5th for a pleasant afternoon with talks on society betterment. The Twentieth Century Community Club gathered with Mr and Mrs J T Blades on the 29th to discuss club activities and plan the next meeting with Mr and Mrs Clarence Perry on May 3rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P
Choptank
Alonzo Blades
Edward Williams
J. T. Blades
Clarence Perry
Death of Julia Chase at 85 4 2 in April leaves large family
Julia Chase died Sunday April 26 at 5 p m aged 85 years four months and two days. She left seven children ten grandchildren 31 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren totaling fifty one descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Chase
Perfect AttendanceListed at Hillsboro School
April honorees include Frederick Wright Cooper Etben Charlie Hammer and many others. Local 4H Club girls earned sewing certificates from the State Department, and a musical drama fundraiser drew in a large crowd amid Near East Relief support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro School
Frederick Wright
Cooper Etben
Charlie Hammer
Leslie Wright
Arthur Hammer
Lawrence Groff
Doris Samis
Gertrude Riley
Mary Jane Winchester
Anna Wood
Willye Taylor
Jeanette Sharp
Mary Virginia Sherwood
Naomi Holland
Doris Sharp
James Eveland
Stewart Sharp
Marian Wood
Stephen Redden
Francis Short
Ethel Wood
Alteen Barton
Roberta Barton
Mary Louise Dodds
Marie Sard
Viola Sard
Edna Clopper
Rock Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society
Hillsboro
M. E
Hillsboro M. E
Ebenezer M. E. Church
Ruthsburg
Near East Relief Fund
Dora S. Morris
Florence
Frances Cavell
Ollie Hunter
Centreville
H. R. Cavella
Isaac K. Gooding
Rachel Johnson
Kregg
Wyoming
Del
Kerr
Philadelphia
Joseph M. Short
Katherine Jarrell
Betty Phillips
Hebron
Western Maryland College
G. H.tarbutton
Guild of
W. C. Reed
Blanche Smith
Wilmington
I. T. Sparklin
G. H. Tarburton
Dorothy
Eleanor Knotts
Mildred Gale
Roberta Rowe
Charles Rathell
Wye Mills
Howard Dodds
W. F. Dickinson
Henry Fisher
Robert Bryson
North East
Mr. Fisher
W. P. Taylor
Dover
Dover Academy
Charles Cannon
Thomas Seward
J. H. Furbush
Roe
R. H. Evans
Easton
Elizabethy F.vans
Rural Woman's Short Course set for College Park in June
The third annual Rural Woman's Short Course will be held at College Park from June to 26 inclusive. A busy program of work and play is planned for visitors, with many Caroline county women expected to attend. Interested individuals should write the Demonstration Agent for particulars and obtain enrollment cards from the office. Bessie M. Staarford, Home Demonstration Agent, Denton Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Caroline County
Limited Time Harrows Sale in Town Md
A limited time offer lists 60 tooth drag harrows for $19.75 in Town, Maryland. Details on availability and exact dates are not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chambers
Anderson Town
Andersontown
Hospital Day Calls For Home Made Cakes To Veterans
May 12th is Hospital Day when Government and U S Veterans Hospitals open for visitors. Red Cross workers at Perry Point Maryland ask the county Red Cross to send cakes for patients. Local town representatives list names and packing method for shipment by parcel post to the U S Veterans Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Veterans’ Hospitals
Red Cross
U.S. Veterans’ Hospital
No. 42
Perry Point
Maryland
Perryville
Harry Davis
Federalsburg
F. KR. Owens
Denton
Walter Wright
Preston
H. W. B. Rowe
Hillsboro
F. R. Malone
Greensboro
John Swing
Ridgely
Harry S. Dailey
Mary
Del
J. S. Lapham
Goldsboro
J. S. Laruam
Attendance Honor Roll for April in Denton seventh grade
The Denton seventh grade posts perfect attendance for April with a class rate of 93.3 percent. Students at Williamson, Liden's, and Willoughby schools also report perfect attendance names for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Ida Benson
Margaret Beck
Anna Bryant
Frances Lee Cooper
Emily Cooper
Anne Green
Kathryn Hirs
Sarah Howard
Grace Howard
Belva Hooker
Annie Jones
Kathleen Moore
Dorothea O'Conner
Mildred Shaffer
Edith Towers
Julia Wilson
Marie Willis
Jane Wine
Kathryn Yeoman
Wilson Dennis
Guy Farrer
William Fleetwood
Alan Goldsborough
Alan Greedy
Alfred Morris
Burton Parker
Marion Spicher
Williamson School
Nelson Hubbard
Dawson Hubbard
Everett Kelley
Harry Wooters
Melvin Brown
Lucy Jones
Dorothy Jones
Dorothy Bradley
Mary Gelletty
Ruth Cooper
Virginia Clark
Thelma Bradley
Liden's
Jonathan Adams
Paul Dukes
Howard Hayman
Dawson Liden
Paul Meluney
Florence Patton
Elizabeth Masten
Grace Meluney
Louise Liden
Esther Hayman
Willoughby School
Daniel Sutherland
Russell Murphy
Norman Willoughby
Nelson Fearins
Lester Fearins
Dorothy Fountain
Elsie Sutherland
Mabel Sutherland
Brethren District Conference Led by Longenecker and Arnold
Mr. Salomon Longenecker and Rev. Ira S. Arnold attended the Church of the Brethren district conference for Eastern Maryland held in Myersville last week despite rain and cold. The program featured business sessions and a semi annual Communion, with visitors Rev. Wine of Woodside Delaware and Rev. Brumbaugh of Greensboro in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salomon Longenecker
Ira S. Arnold
Church of the Brethren
Maryland
Myersville
Mr. Wine
Woodside
Del
Brumbaugh
Greensboro
Ladies’ Missionary Society
George A. McDaniel
Mr. Arnold
Farmington
J. W. Krabill
Denton House
Washington College Athletes Dominate Maryland Track Meet
Norris and Crouse of Washington College standout at the University of Maryland field and track meet in Baltimore. Washington scores 31 points to win the collegiate class while Crouse places second in the 100 yard dash and broad jump, Norris third in the dash and first in the broad jump. Denton lads also perform well under coach Randolph Faries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Washington College
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
University of Maryland
Baltimore
Norris
Crouse
Denton
Washington
Randolph Faries
Maryland
Greensboro Special Mother's Day Services at Baptist Church
Greensboro Baptist Church hosts Mother's Day services with Rev. Melvin G. Morris preaching at 10 30 a m and the Sunday School presenting a Mother s Day program at 7 45 p m Music Week selections will be performed by the Greensboro Baptist Orchestra Miss Lillian E McCormick delivers a children s week message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Melvin G. Morris
Lillian E. McCormick
Greensboro Baptist Orchestra
County P T A Meets Here at Denton Courthouse
The Caroline County Parent-Teacher Association held its final meeting of the year in the Court House at Denton on May 1. An varied program featured musical numbers by local performers and multiple talks on how patrons observe schools, discipline, and parental roles in child development. Nine schools attended with 108 members responding to roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Parent-Teacher Association
Court House
Denton
J. Kemp Stevens
P. Roland Fisher
Pauline Nichols
H.W. Davis
Robert Fleetwood
G. H. Rue
Rue
H. E. Ramsdell
T. S. Holt
Federalsburg
Holt
Melvin Wheatley
G. J. Hooker
Mr. Hooker
W. S. Crouse
S. E. Douglas
Preston
Crouse
Douglas
May Thompson
Raleigh
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
First National Bank
John M. Nichlas
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Ga. Me
Law
Board of Trade
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Denton Volunteer Fire Department
M. K. Newnam
Louise Dukes
Grace Rutter
Ira Samis
Moore’s
Miss Emerson
Mr. Jenkins
Goodwin
Hetter Homes
Denton Methodist Protestant Church
Burtsville
Williston
Children’s Divisions
Children’s Work
Delaware Sunday School Association
Pepelserer Les
THE
Ridgely News
Harry Hemmons
Wouters
Vachel Downes
Easton Hospital
Lester Downes
North Carolina
Paul Sewell
Hinman
West Philadelphia
Methodist Parsonage
T. A. Smith, Jr
T. A. Smith
James Pippin
E. J. Patchett
Atlantic City
Taylor
Thompsontown
Viola Jones
Bridgeville
Harvey Sewell
Thomas Galley
John Applebaum
Alfred Richards
Mary Detwiler
Ladies’ Aid
Harvey Holsinger
Alberta Ross
Bethlehem
James Seward
Noami Wright
Willard Jones
S. N. Pilchard
Asbury M. E
Salisbury
W. B. Sparks
Clara Evang
Sadlersville
Edgar Blanche
G. H. Tarbutton
Gorman Mann
Mason Soan
Mildred Tarburton
Cordova
Louise Gray
Bissie M. StaArForp
County P. T. A
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