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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1924
Page
5
Denton observes Local Department Children’s Day with religious observance for Mothers Day in churches tomorrow. John N. Mansfield named postmaster at St Michaels. Denton Gun Club holds spring shoot today at East Denton grounds. Various local notices include club events, elections, real estate moves, and civic appointments.
The Caroline County Federation of Women's Clubs met May 2 at M. P. Church Denton with ten clubs participating. Mrs. Small’s resignation was accepted and Mrs. Elizabeth G. Walz of Greensboro became president. Dr. Cook urged statewide tests to track pupil progress and daily devotional exercises in public schools surfaced in discussion. 131 registered, with additional attendees.
Those with perfect April attendance at Hillsboro School include Fleming Knotts Fleming Hammer Thompson Mullikin Rowe Wright Samis Taylor Winchester Sharp Sherwood Sherwood Wood Eveland Clopper Eveland Sard Wright DeFord Sard Barton Dodds Barton Seward Clopper Seymour Samis Dickenson Lay Heaven Everett Gale attend church convention in Salisbury this week. A Sunday School convention will be held in Easton on Saturday. Mothers Day observed May 1 at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Various visits and social visits noted among local residents and clubs.
Mr Hackett Sewell joins Mr C H Dean and will move next to Mr Reynolds in a recently overhauled vacant house. Baltimore’s J Wilbur Neal presents the picture Lest we Forget at St Pauls Church May 16 at 8 with a silver offering. Tri County High School minstrel show draws good crowds in Ridgely. Ladies Aid and Missionary Society meet this week. Dr J Howard Wells to hold first quarterly conference May 17 and preach Sunday. Miss Addie Morgan travels to Baltimore with Dr Rowe then returns. Mrs E H Dashiell and Miss Maisie visiting Mrs Barton and Mrs Lightner. Mrs Everett Blades listed as sick.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Cummins spent a week at the parsonage with Rev and Mrs C F Cummins and returned to Fairfax Virginia. Rev C F Cummins attended a Young People's Association meeting at the Greensboro Baptist Church. Mrs ELM Willey and Mrs J H Thomas attended a Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Denton. Mrs George Henry was taken to Easton Hospital for appendicitis surgery. C E Collison will lead the Christian Endeavor service tomorrow evening. Mr and Mrs J R Ricards visit relatives in Washington and Mr and Mrs Fred Smith visited Greensboro friends. Mrs James Hardesty visited Mrs L H Thomas. Mrs B B Cohee visited relatives in Philadelphia. Rev C F Cummins drove to Claiborne last Saturday. Children's Day will be observed in the local church.
Dr H Clarence Duf ey and daughter Marguerite of Washington visit Wilmington friends Clara Baxter and Charles Grubb. U S Army Sgt Russell Flaharty spends leave with parents Watson and Mrs. Flaharty. Mrs C S Wells and baby son of Baltimore visit J L Everagan. J H Woodward returns from Cambridge Hospital improved after blood poisoning treatment. Myrtle Robinson of Baltimore spends weekend with Howard and Mrs Shields. Blanche W Horsey visiting Gertrude Longfellow in Greensboro. Mrs H Rawlings Dulin returns home after guest visit. Earle Chaffinch of Philadelphia visits Denton. Mrs Clyde Spivey of Suffolk Va visits her mother in Denton. Mrs John E Chaffinch returns from Philadelphia. Miss Lelia Mudd in Philadelphia buying millinery.
Commissions for civil officers have been received at the Clerk’s Office and many delivered. Justices of the Peace include A B Cohee Henderson and others across Greensboro Denton Federalsburg Ridgely and Hillsboro. Notaries Public and a Board of Education member are named with several named individuals.
Public invited to a Mothers Day service in Greensboro cemetery on Sunday afternoon May 1 at 2:30. The program includes singing and several short talks in honor of departed mothers. Exercises directed by Rev. W. O. Hennett, pastor of the M. E. Church.
Mr. and Mrs. James Flaharty and two sons with Mrs. Mathias of Penns Grove New Jersey and Mr. A Courtney Whiteley once at Miami Beach have returned home from a trip by automobile. On the way they visited several Prestonians. Miss Julia M Kelley who spent six months with friends in Baltimore and Washington has come home accompanied by her niece Miss Julia Elizabeth Kelley of Baltimore for a short visit.
Mr and Mrs EF F Hunt and Mr and Mrs Lacy Griffith visited G L Griffith and Olaf F Smith along with the Culver and Towers families at Tuckahoe Neck on Sunday. The Ladies Aid plans a meeting with Mrs Lydia Nichols next Wednesday afternoon May 14.
Mr and Mrs R H Thawley hosted Epworth League members and friends at their Burrsville home for an evening of music readings and recitations with refreshments. The May meeting will be at the home of Mr and Mrs Howard Hopkins near town for food and coal.
Attending the Federation meeting from here were numerous local ladies and several guests. May Day was celebrated at the primary school with a program of songs, games, and a May pole dance. The Shepherd King will be shown at the Community Theatre for Church House benefits, with tickets priced for adults and children. Community notes include visits, entertainments, library hours, a robbery, weddings, and upcoming church activities with Rev Melvin Wheatley’s Mother's Day sermon and a Junior League program.
Clayton Cole narrowly escaped serious injury when a student driver reversed a tractor and wheels ran over his legs. He avoided broken bones. Nearby, Jack Dhue instructed the youth during the incident.
Henderson mourns the death of Mrs. William Mortis after kerosene flame ignited while tending a fire. She was a former resident, survived by husband and seven children. A Mothers Day service is planned at the M E Church and at Bridgetown. Community officers urge attendance.
The Caroline County Parent Teachers Association held its final meeting of the year in the Court House at Denton on Thursday evening May 1. Fifteen county schools were represented with Denton leading. A quartet sang while Mrs. J Kemp Stevens and others spoke. Dr Albert S Cook discussed professional supervision of teachers and county funds. Orphans Court proceedings followed with multiple administration accounts and probate actions approved.
The Epworth League marks its thirty fifth anniversary at Denton Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow evening at 730. The program features entertainment, a pantomime drama The Perils of the Jericho Road, and installation of new officers. Officers elected May 2 include President W I Norris and vice presidents Mrs N D Rickards F Baynard Miriam Jackson Mildred Summer, secretary Mary I Walls treasurer Bernice Wooters, organists Anna Jackson Katherine Thawley, chorister N D Rickards.
Seventeen Americans were named recipients of medals for bravery in attempting to save life. The Maryland awardee is Robert Burton Henry of Berlin on the Eastern Shore, while the Delaware recipient is Lawrence Downs of Wilmington.
Floor coverings will be offered at W. C. Pastorfield's next week at a six percent discount.
Nearly 4000 acres of prime land in Queen Annes County will be subdivided as part of the estate of the late William McKenney. A partition committee recently formed includes James Merrick Jr of Sadlersville James P Brown of Church Hill and Charles M West of Centreville. Heirs named are William McKenney of Centreville John McKenney a Princeton graduate now studying law in Baltimore and Miss Marie McKenney of Centreville.
For sale one hundred bushels of Virginia soy beans of No 1 quality offered by J J Eviingan in Denton Maryland.
A chain of fatal events near Seaford ends with William Dickerson driving Mrs. Phillips and her three year old son to her father's home after a fire destroyed the Phillips residence. They are killed when a southbound express hits the car at Bacon Switch, while George Phillips and another relative are spared.
On May 1 Denton high and elementary schools joined for Health Day a public program at the Palace Theatre. An attentive audience of parents and friends applauded a varied program by students and teachers promoting clean bodies clothes and wholesome food.
The Dover Choral Society with contralto Elsie Dishop presents its second season concert in the New Dover Opera House on Thursday evening May 15 at 8. A pre concert moving picture show runs from 7 to 8. All seats are reserved at 50 cents, available at the box office at 6 30 or Wise's Drug Store. The single 50 cent admission covers both events and seats are held for the whole evening. Doors open 6 30. pictures run 7 to 8 50. concert 8 to 10.
Clerk George A. Deakyne issued numerous traders licenses this month to residents and businesses across Federalsburg Preston Greensboro Ridgely Denton and other locales. Amounts range from 1 to 15 thousand dollars with many entries for cigarettes soda fountains and general goods.
The third annual meet is set for Saturday May 17 at Washington College. Contests divide into five classes by age and weight with limited events for each class. Eligible are bonafide Eastern Shore students, including several Caroline students, competing in a mix of running and field events.
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