Local merchants advertise farm goods and notices
The page lists barbed wire and lumber prices from R. H. Stafford and Son and Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co, plus farm items for sale such as mares, kindling, and tractors. It also notes hay for sale, used kitchen range, strawberry tickets, and various local business notices. Community events include a church Mothers Club meeting, a chest clinic, and plans for a World Museum feature. Local obituaries, veterans meetings, college leadership change, and Chamber of Commerce anniversary are reported with names and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Hitchens
Denton
Leese and Holsinger
Camp Ground Road
R. H. Stafford & Son
McCormick-Deering
Burrsville
Leland T. Short
Caroline County Health Department
Seth H. Hurdle
Baltimore Sunday American
Salisbury
Maryland
Western Plains
Concord
Floyd Shadlock
Japan
Concord M. E. Church
Home For Aged Women
Easton
Lizzie Liden Todd
Louis N. Todd
Smithville
Louis Dennis
Bloomery Cemetery
Todd
Arthur Collison
Farmington
Del
Robert Wright
Federalsburg
L. Norris Todd
Delmarva
Milford
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Baltimore
Fulton Noble
Preston
Amos W. W. Woodcock
St. John’s College
Prohibition Enforcement
Woodcock
Social Notes and Club News From Caroline County
The M P Sunday School class held a mother and daughter banquet with corsages for each mother. Speakers from Ridgely and a message on motherhood inspired guests. Caroline Chapter 62 CE S prepares for Grand Visitation with Trinity Chapter of Baltimore as visiting performers. Hazel Passwaters celebrates her fourth birthday with friends and gifts. Several residents travel or attend events including banker's convention in Atlantic City and various visits to family homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Sunday School
Talmage Strong
Charles K. Evans
Pauline Roe
T. O. Crouse
Caroline
Trinity
Baltimore
Kent
Harrington
Del
Nanticoke
Federalsburg
Minerva
Cambridge
St. Michaels
Bertha E. Taylor
Preston
Hazel Passwaters
Harold Adams
Thurman Hayman
Roland Murphy
Herbert Warren
Lelia
Edna Passwaters
Madaline Adams
Betty Patton
Betty Passwaters
Anna Willis
Gilbert Passwaters
Melvin
Francis Hayman
Mary Jane Passwaters
Sarah Webber
Robert
Roberta Kubler
Catherine Passwater
Detroit
Washington
Pennsylvania Air Lines
Pittsburgh
Akron
Cincinnati
Mrs. Gelletly
Automobile
Henry
Alfred Gelletly
E. Theodore Orme
J. Roland Chaffinch
Maryland Bankers Association
Atlantic City
Sadie Marcheson
Chester
Wm. D.uhler
Florida
Halcyon
Miami
E. E. Wheeler
Wm. Uhler Wheeler
Williston
Wilson M. Tylor
Thomas J. Claggett
Easlton
Denton
Tyler
Chas. W. Sylvester
Pippin
Gilbert Hagadone
F. J. Wright
Market Street
Southeastern Congress of Optometry
Richmond
W. E. Seeders
East New Market
Preston A. Spicher
Greensboro
Emory D. Kimmey
Woodside
N. J
John H. Emerson
Frederick F. Lyden
New York
Potter Hall
Potter’s Landing
Wilmington
P. Roland Fisher
Edmund Ender
Cecil W. West
Hobbs
Frank D. Zeigler
Joseph B. Blough
M. K. Newnam
Violet Trice
Louise Adams
Church Notices Across Denton Area Services And Events
Sunday church services are listed for Denton M E and Denton M P churches with times for Sunday School morning and evening worship and youth groups. Other locales include Williston Community Church Preston Epiphany Mission and St Elizabeth's St Benedict's with processions confessions and masses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. 8. Ahdrewa
Denton M. E
Epworth League
Church of the New Jerusalem
Preston
Epiphany Mission
Birth notices and social visits from Yeadon area
Henderson announces the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Allan Sweeney of Yeadon Pa on May 6. Several local families from Goldsboro Ridgely Milford and Philadelphia area visited and hosted gatherings over the weekend including the Satterfields Goodens Bennetts and Marshalls with friends and relatives noted throughout the community.
Bur rsville Social Notes Guests and Visits Span Delaware
Bur rsville society page outlines weekend guests and visits. Families from Wyoming Dover Frederica and Philadelphia gathered at Stokes Meyers Porter and Collison households. Rev Ira Crum attended a funeral in Boothwyn and prepared to transport the body to South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Stokes
John Stokes
Wyoming
Del
Fred Brown
Dover
Clyde Knotts
S. J. Minjner
Frederica
Charles W. Stokes
Ira Crum
Boothwyn
GC. Laney
South Carolina
Florence Truitt
Camden
N. J
Lula Pusey
Henry Stafford
A. T. Garrett
Walter Meyers
Millington
Laura Porter
Bertie Pennington
Tina Straughn
Philadelphia
Melvin James
Denton
John Thawley
Paul Collison
Wilmington
Harry Collison
Walter Gough
Smyrna
Harry Porter
F. W. Fisher
Glenolden
Clarence Voss
Fred Lewis
Ella Lewis
Federalsburg
Local Social Notes From Ridgely and Salisbury
Mr and Mrs Marsh Gollner of Salisbury visited friends in town last Friday. Miss Lucile Callahan is spending a few days at her home here. Miss Helen Rash has a position in Wilmington.
Ridgely Church of the Brethren Rededicated
The Ridgely Church of the Brethren celebrated a Sunday rededication with morning and afternoon programs. Visiting ministers Rev. Harry H. Zeigler Rev. Walter Mahan and Rev. William M. Wine preached the dedication sermon. Choirs from Peach Blossom and a Reading Pa quartet provided music. Old members J Paul Holsinger and Milton F King shared reminiscences. The church dates to 1884 and the 1908 building has been extensively remodeled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Joseph Nies
Reading
Clifton Crouse
J. Paul Holsinger
Denton
Milton F. King
Peninsula
J.S. Fifer
Ridgely Grange
Pomona Grange No. 9
Harry Twining
Princess Anne
the Reformed Church
H. F. Hafer
Harry Holsinger
Clarence Kern
Chas. Stevenson
Ladies Aid Society
Paul Holsinger
J. S. Rittenhouse
Harry Zeigler
Albert Fike
Earl Hutchinson
Norman Hicks
Franklin Stayer
Emma Jackson
Wm. Jarrell
Wm. Jr
University of Maryland
Linnie Swann
Mildred Swann
Baltimore
Gilbert Hagadone
Lee Mitchell
Annie Hevalow
Harford Porter
Ray Frampton
Grover Pippin
Wilmington
Stanley Zweckbronner
J. M. Swing
Larry Abbott
Upper Darby
Swing Pearsaul
Philadelphia
E. F. Pearsaul
Mary Laird
Rehoboth
Hardee
A. W. Thompson
Harrington
Georgetown
W. M. Wiley
Wm. Matthews
Smyrna
Harriet Reed
Washington
O. B. Reed
Burton Wilkinson
Marian
Marsh Gollner
Salisbury
Mr. Davis
Wilson
Swampscott
Mass
Jas. S. Wilson
Martin Sellars
Hurlock
Paul Hardee
Bobbie
Enfield
N. C
D. T. Swing
Keene Saulsbury
Hanover
Hancock
Chester
Frank Matthews
Charles Kline
Wilbur Butler
Tuckahoe Neck
Jack Ludwig
Harold Fountain
Virgie Sparks
Isabelle Andrews
Fifer Hospital
Robert Dean, Jr
U. S. S. Steel Ranger
Hawaii
Harry Reininger
Florida
Homemaker Club Meeting At Federal Club House
Fourteen members and two guests attended Friday afternoon. Sunshine reports include three cards and six visits to the sick. A book review of K by Mary Rhinehart was given along with a clothing demonstration by Miss Spafford. Members voted to donate fifty cents each at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Club
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Ban Meredith
Paris
Fred Beauchamp
Harry Sullivan
Rural Women's Short Course Set For June 14 19
The fifteenth annual Rural Women's Short Course will run June 14 to 19 at the University. Over 700 women are already registered as lectures are planned by notable figures from government and education. Courses cover music, public speaking, home management, nutrition, poultry, and more, with events including a musical concert and a Washington sightseeing trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venna M. Kellar
Miss Kellar
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Florence L. Hall
Lydia Ann J Lynde
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Susan S. Alburtis
World Traveler
Martha Strayer
Washington Daily News
J. Hazel Zimmerman
Hawaii
Ikko Greger
O’hara School of
Georgette Ross Howard
Malvina Lindsay
Washington Post
Agnes Giles Newman
Alexandria
Hester Beall Provenson
E. J. Murphy
Maud E. Roby
Riverdale
University of Maryland
Dorothy Emerson
Helen Shelby
Margaret McPheeders
Jessie D. Hinton
Florence Mason
Theodore Manny
Harlan Randall
Fritz Marti
W. R. Ballard
Bernice Wade
W. H. Rice
H. M. DeWolt
George D
Orphans Court Rules on Caroline County Estates
The Caroline County Orphans Court met with Judges Towers Handy and Dennis. It approved the last will of Lizzie VY. Todd and granted administration of her estate to L Norris Todd with bond and creditors notices. Appraisers named G W O Day and Orland Closson. Administrations for Annie E Todd Edgell Minnie R Voshell Laura E Ellicott W F McMahan Osar Nichols and others filed notices and accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
Towers
Handy
Dennis
Lizzie VY. Todd
L. Norris Todd
G. W. O'Day
Orland Closson
Lyman F
Oscar Nichols
Lydia Nichols
H. L. Sullivan
L. R. Towers
Richard Baker
Nellie Baker
Garrett Baker
Peter DeWilde
G. Gymink
J. Virgil Moore
Benjamin Kemp
Clean Up Day planned by Hillsboro civic group
Hillsboro town fathers and the Community Club's civic committee plan a Clean Up Day for Saturday May 22. Rubbish must be out in front of properties as trucks cannot collect from back yards. Hillsboro P T A to meet Tuesday May 18 with 4 H Club leader Chas Fuller in charge of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Club
Hillsboro P.T. A
Chas. Fuller
Caroline County
T. H. Russom
Baltimore
A. T. Cahall
C. H. Dean
Harrison Legg
Cahall
Mesdames
R. W. Beaven
H. Z. Beaven
N. R. Covell
J. Norman Clark
Miriam Gale
County Federation of Women's Clubs
Greensboro
Francis Rowe
Mike Mitchell
Newport News
H. W. B. Rowe
Harry Davis
John Brandt
Philadelphia
I. T. Sparklin
Wm. Sherwood
Mary Rowe Sherwood
J. R. Holland
Vernon Good
Elizabethtown
Nancy Jane Kline
Teachers College
Salisbury
Newell Majors
M. E. Parsonage
Naomi Windsor
M. S. Cooper
St. Paul’s Guild
Edwin Gale
Wilmington
Queen Anne Community Club Plans Covered Dish Supper
The Queen Anne Community Club met Tuesday with 24 members present and voted to host a covered dish social at the next meeting on the 25th, which will close the club for the season. A pageant titled The Ten Virgins was shown at St. Pauls Church Sunday night directed by Prof. Owen Long of Harrisonburg. Mr and Mrs Showard Culver of Hebron visited their parents, Mr and Mrs Jake Morgan, as Mesdames Howard Eley and Roy Hopkins shopped in Wilmington last Thursday. Miss Ruth Reynolds and friends drove to Ocean City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Owen Long
Harrisonburg
J. M. York
Showard Culver
Hebron
Jake Morgan
Howard Eley
Roy Hopkins
Wilmington
Ruth Reynolds
Ocean City
Maryland Delegates Named for National Club Camp
Four Maryland 4-H members were chosen to attend the National 4-H Club Camp in Washington June 17 to 23. Frank Clifford Stiles, Jean Parent, Raymond Mueller, and E Helen Coleman, all active in 4-H for years, bring farm experience and multiple offices to the delegation. Each plans to pursue further education at the University of Maryland or business college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Clifford Stiles
Jean Parent
Montgomery County
Raymond G. Mueller
Talbot County
E. Helen Coleman
Queen Anne’s County
Maryland
Washington
G. E. Jenkins
Dorothy Emerson
Young Stiles
University of Maryland
Raymond Mueller
Miss Coleman
Business
Christine Moore Celebrates Tenth Birthday With Family
Miss Christine Moore marked her tenth birthday Thursday evening with a gathering of grandparents and relatives including W. E. Hubbard John Moore and Wm Fearins. Refreshments of ice cream cake and candy were served and Christine received many presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Moore
W. E. Hubbard
John Moore
Wm. Fearins
F. N. Smith
Bessie
Audrey Adams
Ida Mae Cawley
Sylvia Kline
Ernestine Short
Esther
Sue Smith
Jean Fearins
Pauline Ivins
Filmore Davis
Donald
Tommy Smith
Henry Trice
Eugene Brooks
Earl Clark Ivins
Dulin Fearins
Alan Moore
Christine
H. H. Nuttle
L. H. Thomas
County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Greensboro
Ida MacCawley
Wilson Smith
Burt Smith
Preston County Women Clubs and Local Social Events
Preston residents attended various gatherings including the County Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Greensboro on May 6 and the Community Club annual luncheon on May 11. Social visits, dinners, and bridge events were held across Preston with many local households hosting and hosting guests from nearby towns. Notable items include Mrs. G. C. Carmine re-elected president, a Mother's Day service with the Delaware Chapter De Molay Alumni, and a Barn Dance supporting Preston Volunteer Fire Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Federation of Women's Clubs
Greensboro
G. C. Carmine
W. C. Orrell
James Carmine
Harry Hollis
W. H. Cannon
Lloyd Cannon
Johnson Bonner
Lloyd Brodes
Grace
Delaware
de Molay
Wilmington
Bethesda M. E
Preston W. Spence, Jr
A. T. Blades
W. L. de Ford
Phyllis
Ann
Paul
Denton
Morgan Hall
Goldsboro
Clayton Taylor
Voshell Brothers
Preston Volunteer Fire Company
S. W. Berry
Josephine
Geneva
Samuel Stark
Easton
Irwin Holt
Dover
Edward Patchett
S. A. Perks
Preston Council No
Emerson Hotel
Baltimore
Charles Heck
B. T. Robins
New York
E. F. Washburn
Washington
Commodore
L. E. Brodes
F. P. Todd
Kate Dowell
Brown and Son
Philadelphia
H. M. Hollis
Katrina Smith
Easton Hospital
Jack Weidlein
Drexel Hill
Marie Taylor
Carvel Fleetwood
E. B. Blades
Jane Carmine
Ruth Anderson
Bridgeville
Burton Proctor
T. L. Nugent
Haddon Heights
N. J
May Queen Selection at Caroline County 4-H Rally
The semiannual meeting of the 4-H Federation of Girls Clubs of Caroline County is planned for May 15 at Concord weather permitting. Activities include May Queen selection, folk games, songs, royal entrance, crowning, costumes, baking contests, a grand march, and a dress style revue. Denton and Greensboro clubs report Queen candidates and junior Chestnut Grove 4-H Club announces new member Inez Gullette and Beatrice Clogson chosen May Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H Federation of Girls’ Clubs of
Caroline County
Concord
Greensboro
Barbara Cooper
Florence Smith
Maryland
Denton
Emma Ott
Mac Fifield
Ellen Edwards
Helena Crouse
Ridgely
Pauline Baker
Esther Skinner
Hillsboro
Doris Roe
Andersontown
Virginia Wright
Beatrice Closson
Chestnut Grove
Eleanor Rieck
Preston
Misa Blanche Wharton
Josephine Culhane
Beatrice ‘Clogson
Inez Gullette
Federal Club
Deaths and social notes from Greensboro vicinity
Mrs Deborah A Schaube aged 81 died after two months illness. Survived by brothers John and Samuel Raughley and sisters Mrs William Carey and Mrs J C Longfellow. Funeral at Raymond B Rawlings' Funeral Home with Elder Schmidt officiating. interment Denton cemetery. Mary B Laramore 57 died of diabetes survived by husband Thomas E Laramore and relatives. Interment Greens boro cemetery. Local clergy and community members appear in multiple brief notices of sermons visits and social guests across Greensboro and surrounding towns with extended family and friends listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah A. Schaube
Greensboro
Hazel Stewart
Easton
Mary Garrett
Luther Bennett
Goldsboro
Baptist Church
John J. Watson
Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
First Baptist Church
Seventh and Sansom St
Peggy Smith
Washington Temple
Smith
University of Maryland
Nancy Smith
Wilmington
Temple Smith
Jack Tobar
Eastern Seminary
H. B. Bastian
Bastian
Brint Alkemp
Joe Alkemp and Son
Near
Quarryville
Harry Draper
Samuel Jewell
T. C. Curry
Bridgeville
Alvah Dabson
Washington
T. F. Dabson
Clayton Porter
Jimmie
S. D. Carrow
Harty
F. B
Ellwanger
Town
J. H. Jordan
Anna Wieneke
Baltimore
John
Edward
Oscar, Jr
Michael Ash
William Pippin
James Faye
Faye
Charles Adams
Minnie Hutson
Anne
Claymont
Del
Annie Edwards
John Richards
Henderson
Jas. Pinder
J. E. Shockley
James
Alfred
Brllington
Kenneth Bostic
Chester
William Sipple
Elizabeth Deane
Velma Howard
Swarthmore
Bradford Turner
Gene
Oscar Hurd
Olive
Charles Nichols
William Phillips
Dorothy Swann
Georgia Swann
Louise Price
William Price
Clayton Porter and Sons
Hartly
Carrie Hobbs
Burt Hobbs
G. B. Pearson
Newark
John Greenlee
Lacey Wilson
Edward Coyle
Wilmer Webber
L. W. Taylor
Westminster
Gettysburg
Hubert Dill
Magnolia
John Wyatt
Jack Boulais
Mrs Sturgis and Rogers Visit Nassawadex Hosts
Personal mention notes Mrs Wm J Sturgis and Mrs Paul Rogers from Nassawadex Va as guests of Mrs Frank W Redden and Miss Caroline P Redden this week. Also mentions Mr and Mrs August Benson leaving for New York after renting their poultry farm near Denton for two years. Reverend and Mrs John L Sparklin of St Georges Del visited Mr and Mrs Walter Sparklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. J. Sturgis
Paul Rogers
Nassawadex
Frank W. Redden
Caroline P. Redden
August Benson
New York
Denton
John L. Sparklin
St. Georges
Del
Walter Sparklin
Card of Thanks for Lizzie V. Todd
We thank neighbors and friends for flowers singing and kindness shown during the Honess and death of our Mother Mrs Lizzie V Todd The Children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie V. Todd
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Chamber of Commerce of
Max Chambers
Samuel R. Davis
W. R. Phillips
Vienna
Gerald Pine
Twentieth Century Club
Raymond Poole
Webster Lee Self
Transportation Corporation
Sherman T. Griffith
Luke Amato
James Douglas
Denton M. P
Christian Endeavor
St. Elizabeth's Church
St. Benedict’s Church
St. Benedict's Church
Allan Sweeney
Yea‘don, Pa
Sweeney
Emma Gooden
E. C. Gooden
Wm. Seward
Ellen
Willard Satterfield
Marcus Hook
Joseph Satterfield
Winfred Gooden
Margarite
Elizabeth Bennett
Emma Bennett
Betty Wiley
Clarence Lafferty
Newtown Square
J. B. Medford
Carleton Gooden
Western Maryland College
L. A. Gooden
Elma Harman
Edith Melvin
Orphans Court
Journal
Tuckahoe
Queen Anne
H Club
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