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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1958
Page
7
Miss Barbara Jean Wilcutts of Frederica wed Mr. Walter William Stabell of Philadelphia at Rev. W L Jump's home on Saturday evening May 3. The bride wore a gray suit with red accessories. The couple will reside in Philadelphia for now.
The 36th annual Eastern Shore District Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs meets May 15 at the Federalsburg Woman's Clubhouse with 9:15 registration and 10 a.m. call to order. Officers nominated for two years include K. T. Everngain Denton president and William Engle Cambridge vice president.
Victor E. Sparklin 83 a Federalsburg native died in Cambridge after a fall. He taught and led schools along the Shore including Church Creek and Odessa and served as a Philippine Islands organizer and Ogala Indian School principal. Surviving are his widow two daughters a sister and a brother. Funeral at Frampton Federalsburg with burial at Hill Crest. Cecil H. Wheatley Jr 32 of Federalsburg died at Bethesda National Institute of Health after months of ill health. He was active with the Wesley Church and Dorchester Young Democratic Club. Surviving are his wife parents and siblings. funeral at Kramptom Prome with interment at Hill Crest.
Denton youths from the Church of the Brethren First Methodist Grace Methodist and Christ Episcopal churches will organize a Saturday clothing drive. Donors may bring clean bundled clothing to any church or call Denton 429 for home pickup. Needs include men’s clothing and blankets though all types are welcome. monetary gifts help cover processing and shipping costs.
Services were held Tuesday from the Thomas Funeral Home in Cambridge for Chester W. Irwin 82, a native of Pennsylvania who died Sunday night at Cambridge Marsland Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Cordelia, PA, he was the son of William and Anna Weller Irwin and a Pennsylvania Railroad engineer until retirement. He moved to Preston about 10 years ago, then to Cambridge after his wife’s death in 1952, and was buried in Washington Borough Cemetery, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday.
The slogan With Your Help The Men tally II Can Come Back appears for the 1958 Mental Health Campaign during May nationwide.
Mir Jamey Statts announces Mir James Titnit as chair of Federalsboro and Abrshmima Chopper for Tullsboro. Mrs Lalu Ward will contact Federalshire and Ridce Iv populations. Edwin Rites leads the Mlarsland Association for Mental Health, backed by public contributions, pushing higher legislative budgets for hospitals and clinics.
The Caroline County 4 H Electrical Demonstration contest was held Friday evening May 2 at 8 o'clock in the Denton fire hall. Thirteen 4 H members presented demonstrations on farm or home electrification and scholarships were awarded by the Maryland Utilities Association and the Choptank Electric Cooperative to attend 4 H Club Week at the University of Maryland August 4 9. Winners include James Lane Federalsburg Eugene Pippin Denton and Alfred Saathoff alternate Denton for the Maryland Utilities Association and Mary Pepper Hillsboro Sarah Van Dyke Denton Robert Uber Greensboro and Larry Todd Preston as Choptank Electric Cooperative winners with alternates. Other participants listed include Robert Stirn Glennsboro Joseph Grimes Federalsburg Mary Lou Pinder Ridgely Don Korte Jr Federalsburg Wayne Wharton Ridgely. Judges were Paul Becker Denton and Gordon Mears Choptank Electric Cooperative.
A 42-year-old laborer Ernest Johnson was critically hurt Saturday night when struck in the abdomen with an axe by Ge Henderson 19 of Denton at the Johnson home. Henderson is jailed in Caroline County, with witness Reginald Victors saying Henderson advanced with the axe.
Sallie A. Morgan thanks neighbors and friends for cards flowers visits and calls while a Memorial Hospital patient and after return home She praises First Church for flowers and Caroline County Health Center for a wheelchair loan indicating deep appreciation for the kindness shown.
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