Denton Journal Advertises Local Family Newspaper
Denton Journal of Denton Maryland lists Melvin & Johnson Incorporated with Benjamin F Johnson Sr as President and Treasurer and Benjamin F Johnson Jr as Vice President Malcolm Melvin as Secretary. Published weekly at 205 Market Street Denton County Seat of Caroline County. Subscriptions priced at 2.00 per year in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin & Johnson, Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson, SR
Benjamin F. Johnson, JR
Malcolm Melvin
Market Street
Denton
Maryland
Caroline County
Public Service Leaflet Attacks REA Practices and Co op Expansion
A Public Service Company of Colorado leaflet condemns Rural Electrification Administration policies. It praises REA co-ops while alleging they extend beyond rural needs, offer low 2 percent loans, invest surplus in government bonds, and engage in backdoor funding and loans to private interests, ultimately costing taxpayers. It cites secrecy and “super co-ops” risks, warning that taxpayers pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Company of Colorado
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
America
Financial World
Treasury
Congress
Missoula
Montana
Times
Taxpayer
Alumni Day and Social News From Towson Teachers College
Greensboro area notes report Alumni Day at Towson State Teachers College with class of 1912 reunion attendance and a silver cup for greatest turnout. Other items include surgeries, hospital stays, family visits, and local social events across Easton, Wilmington, Dover, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schreiber
Near Town
Ellis Murphy
Town
William Jones
Paul
Leon Scott
Wilmington
Towson State Teachers College
John F. Stevenson
Edward Dill
Memorial Hospital
Easton
James Kemp
Paul Dill
Francis Roe
James Brogley
Wesley Kling
Petersburg
Del
Greensboro-Ridgely Road
William Dyer
Ralph Dean
Local Notes Highlight Residents and Visits in Kent County
Marydel and nearby towns share a week of hospital stays visits and family events. Thomas Toth remains a patient at the Veterans Hospital Philadelphia while Father Berg nears 89 at Kent General Hospital Dover. Various residents travel to Wilmington Dover and New Castle for family gatherings birthdays and a Kent County Teachers Association event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Toth
Veterans Hospital
Philadelphia
Mr. Toth
Elizabeth Sowada
Wyoming
Owen Hughes
Father Berg
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Sandra Ware J
Clyde
Wilmington
Almino Farrow
Frank
Bridgeville
Amos Wyatt
Rhea Melvin
Rising Sun
Del
A. Lee Harman
John Tuxward
Mesdames
Kennard Shults
Louis Collison
Herbert Butts
Robert Covington
Windermere
New Castle
Covington
Sadlersvile High School
Courtland Buckaley
Wallace Stafford
Washington, D. C
Stafford
Harry
Birthday greetings and local social notes in May events
The article lists birthday wishes for Ruth and mentions guests at a May 13 party including Misses Rhonda and Brenda Sherman Diane Dill Shirley Dill and Paul Dill Mrs Delia Rash Miss Irene Rash and family. It notes Girl Scout Troop 174 Play Night at Mrs Edgar Harman and the Dixons hosting Myrtle Dixon’s birthday. It also mentions Sharon Ware and Clyde visiting Wilmington and a Civic Club meeting on May 24 at Mrs Thomas Heather’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhonda
Brenda Sherman
Diane Dill
Shirley Dill
Paul Dill
Delia Rash
Irene Rash
Ruth
No. 174
Edgar Harman
Sharon Ware
Clyde
Wilmington
Clyde Ware
Civic Club
Thomas Heather
Preston area social notices and community events
Preston residents hosted bridge and dinner gatherings at several homes. Local families visited Baltimore and Wilmington while Immanuel Lutheran Church children toured Cordova and Easton sites. Officers were elected for the Catholic Society of Preston. The Caroline County Board awarded a Johns Hopkins scholarship to William Kleinwachter. Graduation milestones for Victor Schmick noted at Concordia Theological Seminary. Garden club tours and a strawberry festival at Ridgely were announced. Hospital stays and local visits round out community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Stirn
Max Stirn
Charlotte Hall
Caroline County Board of Education
Robert
North Caroline High School
Willie Harris
Elijah Dean
Gwinhurst
Delaware
Bertha Miller
Charles Miller
Byron Poore
Carlton Porter
Rthur Gardens
Wilmington
James B. Cook
Brian Hartsell
Memorial Hospital
Easton
James Satterfield
Milford Memorial Hospital
Alvin Edwards
Carl Alfrecht
Washington, D. C
Harry Gordon
Jean Gordon
Charles Gordon
Milford
Gordon
Stewart Irwin
Frank Manley
William P. King
Buffalo
N. Y
F. P. Ree
Ezekiel Gooden
Delaware Hospital
Leo Kreigh
Norman Scott
Norma
Tommy
Del
Robert Riddleberger
Robert Porter
Jas, Porter
Dover
Hooper’s Island
James Porter
Bruce Riddleberger
Marydel
Rehoboth
A. J. Urry
John A. Clark
Harrington
Henry Kinnnamon
Melissa Webber
Charles
E. J. Harris
Main St
Fred Edgell
Hayward Dean
Claymont
Victor Rieck
Carl Rieck
Carl
Concordia Seminary
Springfield
Ill
Stephen
Debora Rieck
Carlton Dukes
Clarence Porter
Edward Porter
William Scott
Joshua Porter
Denton
Dorothy Osteen
A. Fletcher Sisk
Baltimore
Immanuel Lutheran Church Kindergarten
Herman Sander
William Wright
Cordova
Sander
Lee Noble
Michael Redgrave
Parkville
Landon Walston
A. T. Blades
O. B. Blades
Lee Wherry
Winterthur Gardens
Ed Butler
J. Willard Davis
Catholic Society of Preston
Johns Hopkins Engineering School
William Kleinwachter
Preston
Billy
Victor L. Schmick
John T. Schmick
Concordia Theological Seminary
Seminary
Dig
Kenneth Patchett
Wilbur Engle
John Hopkins
Frank Pawlowski
C. van Schaik
Fannie Quidas
Thomas Burkley
Sophie McMahan
Smithson Homemaker’s Club
Local Social News Items From Delaware and Nearby States
A collection of brief society notes lists luncheon and visiting guests in towns across Delaware New Jersey and nearby states. Names include Henderson Baker Palmer Skinner Draper Coffin Gough Gooden Carroll Tharp Pinder Bell Hammersely Nichols Hickman Brown Co Tharp Evans Montague Everett Raughley Lutz Jarman among others with visits to families in Vienna Seaford Centreville Dover Philadelphia Ashland Kenton Salem Yonkers and Clayto n.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Baker
Vienna
Ralph Palmer
Seaford
William Skinner
Centreville
Harry Draper
Greensboro
John Hayden
Olivia M. Coffin
Dover
T. H. Gough
Mildred Gooden
Loretta Carroll
Delaire
N. J
Grover C. Tharp
Fred Pinder
Marydel
Lula Marvel
Harry Bell and Son
Near
New Castle
Del
Fred Bell
Mary S. Pippin
Annie Jones
Pete Bittenbinder
Philadelphia
Elwin Hammersely
Riverside
Charles Nichols
Wm. Phillips
Thomas W. Hickman
Stuart Brown
Folsom
Grover Co. Tharp
Ralph Bassett
Ashland
Ministerial Association
Fred Evans
Edward Bower
Edward Lutz
Yonkers
N. Y
Fred Bower
Kirk Jarman
Clayton
H. L. Melvin
Local notes from Ridgely and area visitors
Grace Vernon Smith reports arrivals and visits in Ridgely Maryland including Kyle Everett, grandson of Rev. and Mrs. Vinton Shufelt. A number of residents are mentioned as patients or travelers, with trips to Rehoboth Beach and Seaford. Fort Dix service, Virginia, and Chincoteague are among locations cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle Everett
Wayne Sufelt
Bradenton
Florida
Vinton D. Shufelt
James Sloane
Deers Head
W. T. Temple
Seaford
Inlaw
T. Allan Temple
Rehoboth Beach
Annie Schmitt
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Frank Wilkins
Fort Dix
N. J
Harry Grubb
Virginia
Clinton W. Guthrie
Ridgely
Earle Breeding
Irving Griffith
Russell Griffith
Anita Kmoblauch
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Denton Journal
National Editorial
Aloociation
Ivstnen
Merrel Spence
Butler
Hank
Millie Ann
Mildred Harrington
Henry Rodenberg
Sherwood Forest
Bradford Cooper
Don
David
Earl Cooper
Virginia Towers
William Cummings
H. R. Butts
Whiteoaks
Mrs
Dudley Dixon
Myrtle Dixon
Community Club of
Reginald Maguire
Francis Ewing
William Brunkhorst
Robert Chaffinch
Anderson Redden
Ernest Kemp
Pine Bluff Sanitarium
Salisbury
Jacob Creamer
Robert Walls
James Sculley
Ray Simon
Williston
Ridgely Methodist
WSCS
Marshall Downes, Jr
Leonard Sparks
Matthews
James Shively
Henderson
S. Catherine Melvin
Ridgely Grace Vernon Smith
Journal
Suburban Propane Gas Corp
Centreville Rd
Hardwick
Suburban Propane Gas Corporation
Centreville Road
Taibot
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