Local ads and notices fill Denton pages
The Denton Journal lists for sale garden and house items including tomato and sweet potato plants, Frigidaire appliances at $99.50 installed with easy terms, moth-proof bags, and local rental offers. It also reports community events with Anna Anthony leading service at Cedar Grove school and upcoming club meetings, bake sales, and a large Caroline County flower show to be held June 1 2. Funeral notices include Robert Jarrell Jr death and Voss family obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Everngam
Denton
J. Herbert Edgell
Greenwood
Del
M. K. Newnam
the Journal
Market Street
Mary E. Pastorfield
A. G. Saulsbury
Ridgely
Denton Journal
Anna Anthony
Cedar Grove School House
Tuckahoe Neck
National Casket Co
R. E. Clark
Caroline County
Henderson
Henderson. the Ladies Aid of
Piney M. P. Church
Second and
Ladies Aid
M. P. Church
Robert Jarrell Jr
Maryland
Goldsboro Bank
K. Newnam
General Motors
James Warner Voss
James
Josephine Curry Voss
Catherine Meloney
Burrsville
Annie E
Martin C
Norwood W. Voss
Wilmington
Leonard Voss
Denton Cemetery
Garden Club
Fisher Building
Social News Highlights From Caroline County Personal Notes
Caroline Chapter No 62 and St Michaels and Easton Chapters met in Easton for a Grand Visitation led by Worthy Grand Matron Ceul Traband and Worthy Grand Patron Clarence Harmeyer with Grand Ruth Emily Swiss among the attendees. Caroline County residents featured in Knights Templar installations, Euterpean Choral Society performances, and a Dover Players concert at Caroline High School. Also noted are visits by Carroll H Dunning, a Mothers Day gathering, scholarship readings by Clara Weir and Harry J Nuttle, Baltimore relatives visiting, and a surprise party for Ruth Hearn and Marian Lane at Caroline High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
O. B
St. Michaels
Easton
Ceul Traband
Upper Manilboro
Clarence Harmeyer
Baltimore
Emily Swiss
Grand Ruth
Mildred C. Johnson
Elva Wolf
Alta Newnam
Cora Briscoe
Ruth
Jennie Crouse
Martha
Lillian Hackett
Electa
Carroll H. Dunning
California
C. Percy Dunning
Denton
Dunning
Dunning Process Company
Hollywood
New York
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc
Chesapeake Commandery
Knights Templar
Gerald M. Pine
Caroline County
New Theatre
Euterpean Choral Society
R. N. Christopher
Blanche Croll
Rebecca Charles
Eleanor Noble
Mary Reidy
Miriam Stowell
Robin Adair
Annie Laurie
Delaware
Co. H. S
Fletcher Walls
Medford Walls
Near
John Berry
Roy
Newport
Del
Bertha Stoll
Rockland
Fred Love
Kemp Walls
William Davis
Olaf Smith
Geo. Griffith
American Corner
Andy Miller
Adolph Koenig
Fred Fisher
Audrey
Fisher
Koester Company
Koenig
Germany
Austria
Europa
Ruth Hearn
Marian Lane
Department of
Caroline High School
D. Wilson Davis
Gala Show of American Legion at the Dentonia Theatre
The American Legion hosts a Gala Benefit Show at Dentonia Theatre on May 29 and 30 following a Denton celebration. Featured film Men Must Fight stars Lewis Stone Phil lips Holmes and Diana Wynyard. Adults and children welcome with 25 and 15 cent tickets, proceeds aid the Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
American Legion
Dentonia Theatre
Lewis Stone
Phillips Holmes
Diana Wynyard
The
Legion
Caroline High School Commencement Plans Announced
Fifty five pupils are to receive diplomas on June 8 at Caroline High School in the largest class in the school’s history. Other Caroline County high schools hold ceremonies June 8 or 9 with a county total of 157 graduates. Denton lists Arnold Butler John O Dawson James Merrick Paul Oros and many others as prospective graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline High School
Caroline County
Denton
Preston
Federalburg
Greensboro
Ridgely
Caroline County Board of Education
Arnold Butler
John O. Dawson
James Merrick
Paul Oros
Dawson Segar
Robert Stafford
Wilson Short
Arthur Whisler
Louise Andrews
Virginia Clark
Dorothy Davis
Alma DeFord
Margaret Griffim
Marie Kitchen
Lynne Lord
Geneva Lord
Elizabeth Lister
Evelyn Naylor
Charlotte Temple
Thelma Towers
Clara Werr
Katherine Willoughby
Edna Whight
Harry Trice
Woodrow Slurst
Nevin Allfather
Samuel Baxter
Glen Crain
Gregg Everngam
Stewart Ill
Robert Middleton
Walliam Middleton
Harry Nuttle
Allen Russell
Robert Leese
Carl Willey
Virginia Bradley
Harriet Burns
Dorothy Butler
Cora Chambers
Madeline Cheezum
Evelyn Collison
Verna Henzven
Margaret L. Holhter
Jean Kauf
Elizabethtown College Offers Five $800 Scholarships
Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania plans five free scholarships of eight hundred dollars each for high school seniors in Church of the Brethren districts. Exams will be held May 27, 1933 in Gribble Science Hall. Three eastern and two western districts compete for four years of free tuition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown
Church of the Brethren
Gribble Science Hall
Susquehanna River
Pennsylvania
Ietter
Worship and church notice in Sunday schedule and social notes
A church report emphasizes worship as a blessing in God’s house with Sunday School at 2 pm and preaching at 3 pm. Mentioned are guests Mr. Wm. Fears and family from near Denton visiting local families, plus weekly activities, a Christian Endeavor topic, and local residents visiting or hosting friends during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Wm. Fears
Denton
Jesse Fearins
Fred Torbert
Hickman
John Moore
Burrsville
J. H. Dandy
Christian Endeavor
Christ
John Ricards
Washington
Wm. H
Choptank Club Holds Meeting at Community House Bethlehem
Choptank Twentieth Century Community Club met on the tenth at Bethlehem’s Community House with Mrs. Smith Mrs Thom as Mrs Pritchett and Mrs Thompson as hostesses. Members disposed of considerable business. Mrs Hopkins gave fine thoughts in appreciation of the beautiful. Next meeting set for the twenty first at the home of Mr and Mrs John Hopkins with Mrs Quindhis assisting. All urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Smith
Thomas
Pritchett
Thompson
Hopkins
John Hopkins
Quindhis
Ridgely Community Club Meets with Floral Plans
A large crowd attended the Ridgely firehouse gathering for the weekly Community Club meeting. Members heard talks on flowers and grounds, heard piano duets, saw and sung several numbers, and learned arrangement tips for vases. The Ladies Aid set committee assignments and planned a bake sale for May 27 at Danis drug store. Local church groups and school events filled the week with memorials, confirmations, and sports results including Ridgely High School’s 12 to 3 loss to Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire House
America the Beautiful
Juanita
Lonesome Road
Jeannette Beekman
A. G. Saulsbury
Ladies Aid Society
Church House
Swing
Lowe
Henry Wilkinson
Burton Wilkinson
Norman Wilson
I. F E. Mason
Laura Smith
M. C. Meredith
A. W. Thompson
Winstead
Alice Bennington
Watson Booker
J. T. Moore
Danis’ Drug Store
J. M. Swing
Harry Swann
A. O. Saulsbury
Emma Saulsbury
Grace Smith
W. D. Short
Ada Matthews
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Crompton
Ridgeily
Frank Stevenson
Ridgely
Saulsbury House
Ceentral and
Railroad Avenues
Reformed Church
Imler
Mary Jones
Cordova
Mancha
Robert Lord
Ruth Wheatley
M. E. Wheatley
Methodist Church
Riddle Memorial
Wilmington
Lucy Webb Hayes
Washington
Ridgely High School
Preston
Fidgery
Douglas Bennington
Alan Dragoo
Norman Downes
Ridgelynes
Federation
Federalsburg
Lawrence Wilson
James Swing
Frank Flounders
Beatrice Bowers
J. J. Ivison
Wiles
Milton King
Harry Halinger
Edna Detwiler
Furman’s Grove
Rehoboth
Edward Stephens
Laird
Bishop Fitzmaurice
France Hensler
the Plains
Father Riley
Yorkdale and Son
Cherryvale
Hemmons
Easton
John Seifert
Bauder
Bethlehem
Ronald Lane
Roland Knotts
Gurney
Stafford
Mary Knotts
Templeville
Chas. Starkey
William Janes
Emma Jackson
Harold Fountain
Salisbury
Wary Hemmons
Paul
Franklin Stayer
Maston
Mary Barnes
Corkian
Carroll Stewart
T. L. mL
PV. Taree
Local social and church notices feature Harrington visitors and Easton event
Queen Anne Harrington guests include Mr and Mrs Clarence Tharp and daughter Madylyn with others from Bridgeville Cordova and Easton. Eastern Star grand visitation held in Easton. Hillsboro Queen Anne awaits Hickman game. Various visits to and from Milford Verona Philadelphia Reading Codova Centreville and Pocono City noted. M E Church MCG Game Social May 29 at 7 30 PM with Good Cheer Bible Class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Tharp
Madylyn
Harrington
Hazzard
Bridgeville
Parker Quimby
Myrtle Kinnamon
Cordova
W. C. Stevens
Mesdames Robley Hackett
Harry Gibson
Oscar Briscoe
Horace Morgan
Easton
Hillsboro
Queen Anne
Hickman
B. B. Barton
Edinburg
Rice
Edgar Extorm
Webster
Milford
Paul Fowler
Denton
Fowler
Bridgetown
Mr. Gibson
Montgomery
Briscoe
Bradford Blake
Maggie Lightner
Horace M. Morgan
Earl Howard
Poconoke City
William Jump
Codova
Clyde VanGesel
Homer Roe
Betty
Good Cheer Bible
James
Reading
Wee
M. E. Church
Roe
S. S
Norman Wilson
Davis
Centreville
Dunning Family Heads National Color Photography Lab
Carroll H. Dunning, president of the Dunning Process Company, travels from Hollywood to New York and Philadelphia to advance business. His son Dodge Dunning is a partner. A Marylander and Denton native, he highlighted the firm’s status as a premier technical lab in the motion picture world. The sixteenth color library project debuted Hawaii’s Lake of Fire, with plans for In the Blackfoot Country and other subjects to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll H. Dunning
Hollywood
New York
Philadelphia
Dunning Process Company
Mr. Dunning
Dodge ‘Dunning
C. P. Dunning
Denton
Frnday
Denton Hgh
Dunning- Hollywood
Hawaii
Lake of Fire
Dunning-Hollywood
Blackfoot Country
Glauer Park
Social Round of Local Families and Visitors
Henderson Mr and Mrs John Long entertained on Sunday with guests from Chester town Church Hill Goldsboro Greensboro and Henderson Several families shared visits and exchanges including Dr Mayerberg from Wilmington and Mrs Meredith and family at home Pearl Jones returns from Wilmington to her parents in town Relatives from Marcus Hook Media Ridgely Felton Sadlersville and Onancock visited locals Sunday and weekday guests were noted from Wilmington Greenwood Kenton and nearby areas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Long
Geo. Redman
Chestertown
Alston Long
Church Hill
Walter Redman
Goldsboro
Earl Nichols
John Nichols
Greensboro
Robert Edge
Howard Pippin
Henderson
Mary Pably
Goldsborough
Stonesifer
Mayerberg
Wilmington
Del
Delaware Hospital
Frederic Freze
John Herman
Philadelphia
Wiley
Media
Harry Wolfe
Ben Lord
Russum Lord
Melvin Blades
Ridgely
Roscoe Clough
John Cooper
Orville Melvin
Wm. H. Good- Win
Norman Cohee
Felton
Scott Starkey
James Medford
Geo Jones
Hertha Gooden
Winnie Cavender
Bill Bell
Greenwood
Frank Scull
Hugh Hudon
Geo. Clark
Onancock
W. F. Clark
T. A. Montague
Relatves
Kenton
Preston Town Board Elects Noble as President in 1933 Meeting
In Preston on the May board meeting, C Fulton Noble was elected Board President succeeding Theo Fletcher. George Carmine joined as Commissioner. Appointments: Bonner clerk Wright bailiff Wright deputy bailiff Taylor police judge DeWeese Carter attorney. Taxes due by June 1 1933 or steps will be taken. Community Club elected officers for the year. Various local visits and social notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Town Commissioners
C. Fulton Noble
Theo. E. Fletcher
Geo. C. Carmine
W. J. Bonner
J. P. Wright
W. E. Wright
T. C. Taylor
J. DeWeese Carter
Denton
Community Club of
Preston
J. L. Gallagher
Katie Parker
Alva Blades
H. M. Parrott
Lloyd Hrodes
Mildred Griffith
John Noble
Maude Reidy
Leanna
Herman Schmick
Epiphany Mission
H. ©. Knitter
Irvington
N. J
Carl Kintter
William Kelly
Jacksonville
Fla
Wm. Kelly
Louise van Dyke
T. R. van Dyke
Marian Lloyd
Ridgely
Fulton Noble
Bessie Noble
Vienna
A. F. Sisk
Ocean City
Federalsburg seniors enjoy tours before commencement
The Federalsburg high school senior class, about 38 students, spent the day in Annapolis to view points of interest and watch the Navy Mt Washington lacrosse game. The others stayed in Washington, visiting sites with teachers before returning Sunday. Omar Zahniser, 65, was found dead at home after a brief illness. he had been night watchman at a lumber plant and is survived by his wife and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Herbert Owens
Taylor JF. Johnston
Henry Schwartz
Annapoola
Mt. Washington
Washington
Beaumell
Brooks
National Capital
Omar Zahntser
Zahniser
Lena Coulbourne
William
Anne Turner
Eleanor
Betty
Orphans Court Grants Administrations in Caroline County
The Orphans Court in Caroline County session granted letters of administration for Medford Moore to Jemima Moore and for Ray R Deen to Nora Deen Bond filed and approved, appraisers named, inventories and appraisements filed, and orders to sell issued. Final accounts and an account of sales were presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
West
Towers
Dennis
Medford ‘Moore
Jen‘me Moore
James Ward
Earl Deaner
Ray R. Deen
Nora Deen
J. H. Quillen
S. J. Hurst
Rachel A. Zacharias
Daniel J. Zacharias Jr
Roger R. Ringgold
R. Laura Herr
Jennie
Ladies Aid Hosts May Afternoon at Willey Home
American Corner Ladies Aid enjoyed a May 10 gathering at Mrs. Evelyn Willey’s home with Mrs. Ida Towers hosting. Fifteen members and four visitors attended before adjourning to meet Mrs. Rebecca Trice in June, with cake and punch served. Also noted are visits by Olaf Smith and family, G L Griffith at the Walls residence, O H Howard Jr from Washington visiting local relatives, and Rev O N Connelly and family from Dagsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Towers
Evelyn Willey
Re‘becca Trice
Olaf Smith
G. L. Griffith
Med
O. H. Howard Jr
Washington
0. N. Connelly
Dagsboro
Del
W. Towers
Thanks for kindness and funeral tributes after Mrs. Pritchett’s death
The family of Mrs. Thomas E. Pritchett expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for kindness and sympathy during bereavement. They appreciate floral tributes and the use of automobiles at the funeral. Husband and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Pritchett
Better Homes Exhibit Opens in Greensboro With Talks
The Greensboro Community Club hosts the fifth Better Homes Exhibit from Monday, May 22, at seven pm, with programs at eight. Admission is ten cents per session or twenty five cents for a season. Dignitaries and experts will speak on gardening, club achievements, leisure use, and the modern home at small cost, with demonstrations and prizes including an electric toaster, waffle iron, and a fifty pound cooler refrigerator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Homes
Greensboro Community Club
E. Helaine Lindeman
Hochscheild, Kohn & Co
Syracuse University
Frederick P. Roe
Better Homes Committee
George W. Davenport
Henry Powell Hopkins
Ethel Hunter
Ice Service
Ator Refrigerator
Mothers Day Observed At Trinity Church South
Goldsboro notes Mothers Day observed at Trinity M E Church South with an evening musical program and talks by two mothers to a large audience. Local residents attended graduation exercises in Easton and viewed a Greensboro high school play Tweedles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity M. E. Church South
John Crawford
Adam Crawford
Easton
Eleanor
Tweedles
Greensboro
Wm. Quillen and Sons
Bridgeville
W. H. Quillen
Grant DeWitt
James Cartwright
Wilmington
Virgie Cartwright
Mollie Shockley
Leland Price
Middletown
Del
T. N. Jarrell
Selbyville
Doris Cahall
Mattie Jarman
Wilmingston
Bess Ross
Noble Dhue
Social Visits Span Families Across Maryland and Delaware
Bethlehem residents hosted a cluster of relatives and friends over the weekend. Guests included the Hardings and their children from Federalsburg, plus Robinsons from Chester, Harrington from Wilmington, and others visiting from Trappe Cambridge Preston Dover and Preston.
Bait For Cut Worms Advise Use Of Poison Bait
In Caroline county demand rises for poison bait to fight cut worms on tomatoes and other plants. Mix 25 lbs bran with 1 lb Paris green 1 to 2 quarts black strap molasses and dampen until crumbly. A lemon or orange piece speeds worm consumption. Calcium arsenate may substitute for Paris green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Shockleys from Richmond Visit Local Relatives
Rev and Mrs J E Shockley and their two sons of Richmond Virginia are visiting relatives in the area for the week. Lawrence Thornton is visiting Chester for a spell. Mr James E Curry was in Baltimore Monday. Mrs R L Hastings is listed as sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Shockley and Sons
Richmond
Lawrence Thornton
Chester
James E. Curry
Baltimore
R. L. Hastings
Card of Thanks for Lowell N. Hummer
We thank neighbors and the community for kindness during our father Lowell N. Hummer's last illness. Gratitude for car rides words of sympathy and floral contributions from friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell,n. Hummer
Greensboro Troop 139 elects officers and plans activities
The Boy Scout Troop No. 139 committee met in Mr Irvin Brumbaugh s office to elect officers for all departments. New officers include President Irvin Brumbaugh Secretary Treasurer G L Duffey troop physician W W Goldsborough quartermaster A W Brumbaugh director of instruction Nelson S Hurley chaplain J C Ledbetter director of activities O W Barton with assistants George Bastian and Manuel Lima. J W Lankford re elected scout master. They also discussed a four week activity program and decorations day planning for May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Brumbaugh
G. L. Duffey
W. W. Goldsborough
A. W. Brumbaugh
Nelson S. Hurley
J. C. Ledbetter
O. W. Barton
George Bastian
Manual Lima
J. W. Lankford
Lowell N. Hummer
Marydel
Bright
J. C. Hummer
James L. Hummer
Frankford
Del
H. R. Machen
Baltimore
Maude Hummer
L. A. Thomas
J. E. Parker
Princess Anne
E. H. Collins
Harrington
Templeville Cemetery
Miss Mildred Smith
Miss Smith
Thomas E. Pritchett
J. H
Thomas F
C. W
M. S
H. L. Pritchett
Bascom Eaton
R. F. Eaton
Claude Leland
Anne
Centreville
W. B. Moore
Wilmington
Josephine Moore
T. C. Curry
Bridgeville
Lydia A. Dabson
Greensboro
Virginia Horsey
Rich
Edward Anderson
Lloyd .Cannon
Preston
Mary Jackson
Emma Pippin
Mac
Georgia Swann
Louise
George Mitchell
West Grove
John H. Mitchell
Zeth Weaver
D. R. McCreary
Clifford Holder
George McCreary
Frank Harnett
Dover
Wm. Wroten
Clayton
M. B. Cooper
Ernest Edwards
Eleanor
Philadelphia
Joseph Edwards
C. M. Jones
Betty
Washington, D. C
John Wyatt
Bessie Stevenson
Hattie
Frederica
Elaine Edwards
Clinton Edwards
Gilbert Carrow
W. Thomas Thornton
Harold Adams
Jesse Gibson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Kenneth Bostic
Chester
Wm. Sipple
Franklin Everett and Sons
L. R. Jones
J. R. Meekins
Cape Charles
Mary Tribbitt
L. W. Taylor
Charles Beaumont
Five Hundred Club
Hubert Dill
Magnolia
Thomas Edwards
William Roe
Emma Roe
L. R. Hastings
Delaware
John Andrews
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
WSPA
Claudia Meeks
Minnie Patchett
Hobbs
W. H. Harding
Lewis Trice
Harvey Harding
Marie Hubbard
Ormond
James Robinson
Jane
Esther [Harrington
John E. Smith
George Blades
Jean
Marion
Bradley
Trappe
Cassion Andrews
Belle and Byron
Cambridge
Guy Harrington
Peyton Thompson
F. H. Thomas
Beatrice Messick
W. C. Harding
Joe Pritchett
Addison
Edward Gruwell
Junior Patchett
John Brodes
Roy Legates
Edward Patchett
James Miley
Clinton Carroll
Maud T. Hummer
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