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Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1938

Page

8

Pea Field Day At Ridgely May 18 Observes Trials

Ridgely Sub-Station hosts a pea field day on Wednesday May 18 at 1 30 p m led by Mr Herman A Hunter University of Maryland canning specialist. The program covers tests of seven varieties of sweets five strains of Alaskas spraying for pea aphis fertilizer placement cyanamid effects and more across 175 to 200 plots with later yield results. No speeches just brief plot explanations inviting all interested to attend.

Herman A. Hunter University of Maryland Ridgely Alaskas Aphis

Denton Dominates County Track Meet And Relays

Denton led county track events with wins over Federalsburg Ridgely and Preston, while Preston, Greensboro and Henderson collected multiple softball and field event victories. High school and elementary divisions featured numerous relays, dashes, and distance events with Denton, Greensboro, Ridgely, Federalsburg, and Hillsboro repeatedly placing.

Federalsburg Preston Greensboro Denton Ridgely Patchett Engle Nepert Schmick Perry Harding Cheezum McDonald Deaner Edwards Spiering Barcus Pearson Bishop Lapham Roughley Karcher Haddick Goldsboro Henderson Thorpe Bright Walls Bleckley Montague Wilson Korrel Janson Hall Hobbs Anthony Baynard Asilton R. Johnson R. North L. Schmick J. Cole Howard Porter Piver Hicks Smith Donovan Davis Layman Boyd Whitby Hillsboro Bilbrough Lane Jarrell Baker Harrington Bowman Cole Lee Carroll Downes Darling Federalsburg, JR Andersontown Galante Beck Magrogan Wood Thomas Clark Lynch Roy Richardson Hulliger Hallowell Bradley Morgan Wrotten Waldis Nichols Mitchell Sevier Willoughby White Andrews Fleming Watts Rice Stenger Walters Garey Scott Pepper Jones Gray Cartwright Nemith Steele

School News Highlights Student Achievements and Exhibits

Continued from page one the report lists third and fourth place finishes in senior and junior groups with names like Francis Reed Archie Horner Katherine Baker Betty Jane Faulk ner Florence Smith Tom Wright and others. It describes life work notebooks by seniors and freshmen, naming many students and their topics from aviation to nursing and teaching. It notes typing test results for 1938, a talk by Prof. Isanogle on college preparation and career paths, and a vocational agriculture exhibit featuring ten broilers, boy authors, and farm-related demonstrations with gear and housing projects.

Francis Reed Archie Horner Katherine Baker Betty Jane Faulk Florence Smith Tom Wright Grattan Croke Willard Knotts Sue Oros van Whiting Christine McNeal Dorothy Stevens Charlotte Butler Evelyn Adams Elizabeth Frank Oscar Parsons Charlotte Hignutt Bessie Adams Bobbie Putnam Peggy McKenna Janet Kern Betty Andrew Housekeeping Marianna Everngam Catherine Wheatley Anne Breeding Mae Fifield Emma Tarkington Ruthanna Butler Rachel Andrews Jean Andrew Anna M. Cannon Ruth Quillen Lyman Leese Ben Johnson Marie Noble Louise Schlegel Gretha Fountain Susie Oros Marjorie MacDonald Irma Henzen Margaret Seese Louise Adams Mildred Beauchamp Charles Butler Hazel Jester Sherman Tribbitt Malinda Altfather Catherine Passwaters Emily Jopp Isanogle Alvey Michael Isanogle Western Maryland College Western Maryland

Pulitzer Prize Winners List and Author Bios

Books you may enjoy cover major prize winners including fiction by John P. Marquand for The Late George Apley, drama Our Town by Thornton Wilder, poetry Cold Morning Sky by Marya Zatarenka, and biographies Pedlar's Progress by Odell Shepard and Andrew Jackson by Marquis James. John P. Marquand was born in Wilmington Delaware and graduated from college.

John P. Marquand George Apley Thornton Wilder Our Town Marya Zatarenska Odell Shepard

Harper Announces 1938 Novel Contest Details

A historical digest notes Harvard links, authors and prizes in early 20th century literature. It covers Thornton Wilder, Our Town, Frank Craven, Paul H. Buck, Jack Jackson biographies, Marya Zatarenaka, Horace Gregory, Harper Prize rules, and judges Josephine Johnson Bernard De Voto and Louis Bromfield.

Harvard Mr. Moto George Apley Saturday Evening Post Thornton Niven Wilder San Luis Bay Our Town Frank Craven Paul H. Buck Mr. Shepard Little, Brown Sam Houston Marya Zatarenaka Moscow Horace Gregory Harper Harper Prize Frederick Prokosch United States Josephine Johnson Bernard de Voto The Saturday Review Louis Bromfield

Wallace Beery Stars In Epic Drama Of The West

Wallace Beery stars in The Bad Man of Brimstone an epic western about law replacing the six gun and a gang led Brimstone’s reign disrupted by a stranger trying to clean up the town culminating in a son’s involvement. Dennis O Keefe plays the son. Also at Ridgely Theatre Bob Burns Milton Berle Jack Oakie perform in Radio City Revels with three comedians in straight dramatic scenes May 17 18.

Brimstone Wallace Beery Ridgely Theatre Beery Zion National Forest Utah Dennis O’keefe Metro-Goldyn-Mayer Bob Burns Radio City RKO Radio Milton Berle Jack Oakie Oakie Ann Miller Edward Kraufman Ben Stoloff Burns New York

Going Where Money Is and Reaching the Home Market

An old saying notes money gathers where money lives. The text argues that businesses must reach out to households to grow, as passive presence in a shop or office fails to capture spenders. Advertising in newspapers places a business where people discuss how to spend money.

Attorney's Sale of Real Estate in Caroline County Maryland

Public sale of parcels 1 2 and 3 under a power of attorney from Anna L Evern am widow to William G Wooters in Denton Maryland. Parcels include woodland tract with timber values Parcels 1 and 2 described and Parcels 3 referenced. Sale set at Court House door between 2 and 4 pm with parcels from Willoughby and Wooters chain of title.

Anna L. Evernam William G. Wooters Caroline County T.C.H Court House Denton Maryland

Wooters Land Parcel Descriptions in Caroline County Maryland

In Liber E C F No 63 folio 593 Caroline County records describe Parcel 8 in the Third Election District on the Ringgold’s Green to Dobbs road known as Horatio Murphy Farm with a two story five room dwelling and outbuildings. The description specifies bounds from Elwood Butler and Harry Rieck lands, road centers, and multiple stone markers, totaling a large tract including inherited and previously conveyed lands. Parcel 8 adjoins Parcel 2 and features an eight room two story dwelling, several outbuildings, and excellent repairs. Sale terms: cash day of sale, transfer taxes at purchaser expense. Attorneys: William G. Wooters and J. DeWeese Carter.

Hobbs Ringfold’s Green Phillip W. Downes W. H. Wooters Wright Caleb N. Coulbourn Caroline County Maryland William H. Wooters Wooters Adamsville Denton Thomas Willoughby Liber E.C.F Ringgold’s Green Dobbs, Md Horatio Murphy Elwood Butler Harry Rieck Rieck James Willoughby Home Farm Willoughby Ward Butler Levin Wooters Francis Wooters William N. Wooters Lewis Ward L.H.G Aaron Willoughby U. S

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