Memorial Day local ads and community notices in Denton
The Denton area pages list sales from G Good's Jewelry and H W Hughes, farm goods, a Westinghouse stove, Brown Soy Beans, a 35 foot motor boat, and Frigidaire discounts. Community events include a M P Church take in, Lockerman High School commencement for colored students, a Polly and Dick radio program, plant offerings at Gray Hill Gardens, a water view gathering on Mrs. Frank W Redden's lawn, a T Alan Goldsborough speech on national affairs, and changes to the Caroline County Chorus schedule plus a church construction update at Burrsville. Memorial and obituary notices for Mrs. Sallie Davis Quillen are included, along with a By-Kota Club Fun Fair and supper at the Community House featuring exhibits, booths, and a fish pond. Local concert and church activities, homecoming plans, and a wide range of florals and plants are advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse Electric
M. A. Brackett
Denton
Wingate Neal
J. W. Moore
M. K. Newnam
Centreville
M. P. Church
Farm Bureau
Third Street
Lockerman High School
Caroline County
WFBR
Baltimore
Polly and
Gray Hill Gardens
Ridgely
Frank W. Redden
American Legion
Guild of Christ Church
T. Alan Goldsborough
General Broadcasting System
WOL
Washington, D. C
Caroline County Chorus
Caroline High School
University of Maryland, College Park
J. Kemp Stevens
Burrsville
Leon Ross
E. C. Hallman
Middletown
Sallie Davis Quillen
W. H. Quillen
Goldsboro
Cortland Jackson
Greensboro
Clayton Cole
Grant DeWitt
William Quillen
Bridgeville
Del
Andrew Quilen
Aso
W. M. Waters
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Irvin Smith
Community Club notes and local social news
The Community Club held its final meeting of the year with good attendance. A new member joined and about fifteen joined during the year. Plans were made for a dance to fund a loan closet for the county nurse. County Federation elected officers. Rotary Club Ladies' Night featured Dr. Gilbert Meade of Washington College. Various social visits, engagements, and appointments are listed.
Rites Conducted For H A Roe Former Senator In Denton
Funeral services for Harry Alexis Roe former Maryland State Senator and second Motor Vehicle Commissioner were held at his Denton home. Burial was in Greensboro cemetery. Roe born August 18 1857 in Winona Minnesota and rose to prominence in Republican circles. He served as Eastern Shore Draft Board chair during World War I and ran a canning business in Denton and Sandtown Delaware. He married Sally Carter in 1878 and is survived by daughter Mrs Jonathan Hughes two grandsons two sisters and a nephew Frederick Rickards. He had suffered a broken hip after an earlier street fall and remained bedridden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Alexis Roe
Maryland
Denton
Milton S. Andrews
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. C. Hallman
Middletown
Wilmington
Greensboro
Andrew B. Roe
Catherine Skirven Roe
Sandtown
Del
Collegiate Institute
Dover
Conference Academy
Roe
Sally Carter
Caroline County
Jonathan L. Hughes
Harry Roe Hughes
Jonathan Longfellow Hughes
Katie Emerson
Baltimore
Blanche Rickards
Salem
N. J
Frederick Rickards
Santo Domingo
Carrie C Miles Funeral Held After Long Illness
Funeral services for Carrie C Miles daughter of the late Dr Jonathan C Miles and Mrs Caroline C Gardner Miles were held at her Denton home last Tuesday morning. The Rev Milton S Andrews and Rev Thomas J Turkington officiated. Burial was in Hickory Grove cemetery Waverly Pa. She died Monday night after a long illness. Survived by a niece Mrs Arthur J B Tait of Yonkers N Y and a nephew Charles E Miles of New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie C. Miles
Jonathan C. Miles
Caroline C. Gardner Miles
Dalton
Washington, D. C
Denton
Milton 5. Andrews
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas J. Turkington
Methodist Protestant Church
Boria
Hickory Grove
Waverly
Miss Miles
Bean College For Women
Binghampton
N. Y
Washington
Arthur J. B. Tait
Yonkers, N. Y
Charles E. Miles
New York City
Interparochial Church Auxiliary meeting set for three counties
Three county groups Caroline Dorchester and Talbot plan a Denton Episcopal Church gathering next Tuesday the 29th with Holy Communion at 10 30 an address by Rev C W A Brocklebank of Easton a box lunch in Mrs T Alah Goldsborough s garden a business meeting and address by Mrs Beverly Ober of Baltimore at 1 00 The Ladies Aid of the M P Church Denton will meet Tuesday evening May 29 at Mrs Lemuel Clough home Members asked to bring dime folders Mrs Fannie Shields assisting hostess Willing Workers class of the M P Church hosted by Mrs C D Collison Monday evening Other relatives visiting from Lansdowne Pa were Mr and Mrs Roland Fieber and Mrs H A Fieber plus Mrs J Ed Nichols and Mrs R M Collison The family of Mrs Charles Howard entertained a Baltimore sister over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Davis
County Federation
J. H. Summerfield
Wm. Wolf
Wayne Cawley
Jane Wine
George E. Hunter Jr
Melrose
Mass
Baltimore
Miss Wine
Troy Hambsch
Gwynn Oak Avenue
Bridge Club
Joseph Harrington
Merrick Wilson
Denton
Rotary Club of
Brick Hotel
Gilbert Meade
Meade
Washington College
Rotary Club
Mary Sue Johnson
Contract Bridge
Susie Newton
Alda P. Whitby
Asbury Greaves
Joseph Johnson
J. Roland Chaffinch
William J. Richards
Lulu Downes
Mark Breeding
Hayward Hignatt
William J. Irwin
C. Percy Dunning
Irwin
Burrsville
Hickman
Hobbs
Andersontown
Paul Fowler
Elizabeth Cannon
Raymond Fisher
Benjamin Johnson
John W. Willoughby
Choptank
Louise E
Clyde Blades
Milton Blades
Easton
Royal Oak
C. H. Thompson
M. E. Church
William R. Irwin
Caroline County Welfare Board
James Trice
Preston
W. E. Scott
William
Harold Scott
Ella Scott
Walter Donovan
Lewes
Del
George Lowe
Douglas
Katherine Lowe
William McDowell
Clarence Lowe
Rehoboth
Decla Dunning
Carroll H. Dunning
Hollywood
Percy Dunning
F. N. Nichols
D. O. George
Enoch B. Garey
Garey
Aberdeen
Calvin Bradley
Beulah Park Bible School
Allentown
M. E. Newnam
Janet Kern
Easton Hospital
Clara Hitchcock
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Moorestown
N. J
Katherine Stewart
Maud Stewart
Gilbert Bradley
Coney Island
Brooklyn
N. Y
James F. Wright
Jefferson Medical College
Heath D. Goldsborough
Martha
T. Alan Goldsborough
Rachel M. Collison
Gladstone Manor
Jennie Stafford
Harrington
B. L. Lewis
Howard Melvin
New York
Caroline
Dorchester
Talbot
Denton Protestant Episcopal Church
C. W. A. Brocklebank
T. Alah Goldsborough
Beverly Ober
R. M. Collison
H. A. Fieber
Mary Bingham
Roland Fieber
Lansdowne
M. F. H. Collison
Charles Howard
Epworth League Meeting and Local Visits Noted in Burrsville
The Epworth League held a May meeting in the Community House with hostesses Mrs. John Thawley Mrs. Chas Willis and Mrs. Norman Outten. Several local families hosted visits from relatives and friends including trips to Washington D C Greensboro Hillsboro and Denton as well as church announcements and a piano purchase for Union M P Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
John Thawley
Chas. Willis
Norman Outten
Albert Saunders
Goldsboro
R. H. Stafford
Washington, D. C
W. E. Miller
Harold Hopkins
Chester
Howard Hopkins
R. H. Thawley
James W. Thawley
Greensboro
Wesley M. E. Church
Brown Thawley
Edgar Blades
Hillsboro
Harvey Griffith
A. T. Garrett
Union M. P. Church
Elia Redden
Denton
Laura Porter
Weekday Ridgely News Letter Notes Funeral and Local Happenings
Mrs. Carl Snowberger aged twenty one died in Ridgely from pneumonia at her parents home. Funeral services Sunday at eleven o'clock officiated by Rev H Ziegler. Interment in Denton cemetery. Civic Community Club plans memorial service at Memorial Park after morning church services. Election results named Beatrice Bowers president and other officers. Several residents visit hospitals and relatives in Philadelphia Rehoboth and Baltimore. Clifford events include dog show prize for Perry the Samoyede. Berry picking begins in Ridgely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Snowberger
Henry A. Shoemaker
Manassay
H. Ziegler
William Snowberger
Clinton Blockston
Irwin Blockston
Clifton Diefenderfer
John Lane
Robert Rudolph
Denton Cemetery
The
Community Club
Edward Pearsaul
Memorial Park
Leon Ross
Bernard King
Power
Jesus
Wilson Cahail
America
L. S. Matthews
Denton
Beatrice Bowers
G. L. Wilson
Frank Simons
J. P. Swing
J. J. Ivison
Albert White
Elsie Matthews
Paul Hoffman
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
T. W. Hanson
Hopewell
N. J
Mary Laird
Edward Stephens
Rehoboth
H. B. Laird
Margaret
Ruby
Homemakers’ Club
Temple University Hospital
J. K. Shannehan
McShane
Baltimore
T. L. Day
Perry
Dorothy Samis
Talbot County
Bruff’s Island
Fred Friedell
Delia Friedell
Allan Temple
Oliver Friedell
Media
Charles Truitt
Mary
Elva
Wilmington
L. D. Truitt
Methodist Sunday School
Williston
Henry Rawlings
Annapolis
R. E. Smith
Elizabeth
Olan Porter
R. L. Tawes
Magnolia
Fezmeyer
Charlotte
Centreville
Walter Mitchell
Sarah Hoffman
A. Q. Reiter
Allentown
D. T. Swing
Keene Saulsbury
Hanover
D. M. Swing
Martin Sellars
Hurlock
James Wilson
William Richards
Hilda Cherry
Dover
Sam Laird
Kermit
Nancy Jane Kline
Hillsboro
Berlin
W. M. Bennington
Salisbury
Christine Wilson
Harvey Dean
Chester
Berry Picking
Ridgely
Strawberries from Caroline Fill City Streets
A poetic piece by The Bentztown Bard describes a truck from Caroline arriving with crates of red ripe berries. The verses celebrate fresh fruit from the Eastern Shore fueling dreams of Maryland sunshine and Baltimore markets. The imagery contrasts coastal harvests with urban town life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Maryland
Baltimore
Careline
Yonder Street
Starkey Rites Held At Ames M P Church
Isaac H Starkey 76 died at home May 24 born Seaford Del July 28 1858 he lived in Caroline county over fifty years survived by three sons Earl and Roland Starkey of Atlantic City and Thomas Hopkins Knoxville and daughter Catherine Starkey Knoxville plus siblings and one brother J Robert Starkey funeral Sunday at Ames M P Church burial in adjacent cemetery includes church viewing 11 am to 1 pm rest of report notes church activities and local condolences
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac H. Starkey
Seaford
Del
Caroline County
Starkey
Ida Carroll Starkey
Lulu Comegys Starkey
Thomas Earl Starkey
Roland W. Starkey
Atlantic City
William Hopkins
Knoxville
Tenn
Catherine Starkey
J. Robert Starkey
M. E. Trice
Philadelphia
Allie Jones
Baltimore
G. T. Morgan
Wilmington
North Carolina
W. T. Archer
Ames M. P
Caroline Charge
T. H. Towers
Christian Endeavor Service
F. N. Smith
J. A. Billings
Frank Russell
Hillsboro
Earl and
Roland Starkey
W. M. Hopkins
Thomas Smith
June 16 State Day to Honor Tercentenary in Maryland
Governor Ritchie proclaims June 16 a state holiday with two day observance at St. Mary's City. Traffic police from five states will assist Maryland patrols. Reproductions of historic state house furniture and Calvert paintings will be displayed. Pageant rehearsals proceed under Mrs. Kathleen Read Koontz. Official program soon to be published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchie
Maryland
St. Mary’s City
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
State House
George Calvert
William Wirtz
Eastern Shore Society
Wirtz
Cecil Calvert
Florence Mackubin
Soest
St. Maries
Kathleen Read Koontz
Washington
Swepson Earle
Williston Residents Host and Visit Family Figures
Williston figures share weekend visits among neighbors and relatives. Lennon Masters and Bobby Wright of Federalsburg spent the weekend with grandparents Mr and Mrs GC E Rice. Rev and Mrs T L Nugent of Preston visited Harvey Towers family. Evelyn Towers joined her sister Mrs Milo Crane Monday. Dorothy Neal from Emergency Hospital Easton visited her parents, Mr and Mrs A R Neal, recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masters Lennon
Bobby Wright
Federalsburg
GC. E. Rice
T. L. Nugent
Preston
Harvey Towers
Evelyn
Milo Crane
Dorothy Neal
Emergency Hospital
Easton
A. R. Neal
Madison Towers
Hillsboro Queen Anne Social Notes Gather Local Visitors
Carrie Fleming hosted supper with Rev Francis Kirwan and daughter Doris of Ridgely and Ella Pennington. Philadelphia’s Mrs Wm D Anthony and Carmichael’s Mrs Lloyd Starkey visited J R Holland and S N Smith. P T A meeting postponed to May 28 with county nurse speaker Ernestine Carroll. Several families and teachers, including Miss Emma Holland, enjoyed weekend visits and gatherings in Queenstown and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Fleming
Francis Kirwan
Doris
Ridgely
Ella Pennington
Wm. D. Anthony
Philadelphia
Lloyd Starkey
Carmichael
J. R. Holland
S. N. Smith
Milford Kline
Gladys M. Gale
Clifton
Raymond Lane
Jean
Baltimore
Lorain Lane
Henry Fleming
Wilmington
Frank Fleming
Nancy Jane Kline
Hills
Olan Porter
Clifton Hicks
J. E. Hicks
Emma Holland
Pennsylvania
Garman Mann
Queenstown
Wm. Sherwood
Emma Richards
Mary Lou Dodds
Kent Island
H. R. Covell
Louise Gray
H. W. B. Rowe
Queen Anne Social News From Friday to Sunday
Rev and Mrs C L Fossitt hosted Pauline Albertson and Dora Sewell for supper and joined a Young Peoples Council meeting in Centreville. They attended a Talbot County Youth Conference in Easton where Fossitt spoke at a banquet. Visitors included Showard Culver Marion Oliphant and Margaret Salisbury at the Morgan home. Sunday gatherings featured Harry Kemp’s class and Addie Morgan with Fossitt. Alonzo Mullikin left for Goldsboro after his father’s death. Howard Eley hosted guests Ormond Andrew and Harold Jump in Annapolis. Donald Mullikin and family headed to Baltimore. Emma Short spending time at home here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Fossitt
Pauline Albertson
Salisbury
Dora Sewell
Showard Culver
Hebron
Marion Oliphant
Margaret
Jake Morgan
Harry Kemp
Wye Mills
St. Paul's Church
Addie Morgan
Horace Morgan
Howard Flowers
Donald
Baltimore
Emma. Short
Bethlem Social Notes District Visitors and Funeral Attendance
Mr and Mrs Charles Perry hosted Sunday guests from Cordova and Baltimore. Visitors included Mr and Mrs North Tilghman and Mr and Mrs Ed Saulsbury Easton. Jim Todd attended Elijah Jester funeral. Mrs Charlie Gear Chester visited her daughter. Everett Stevens Easton visiting W C Harding family. Virginia Carroll Ann Mary Jane Legates with Bonnie June Smith. Marie Legates Bonnie June Smith visiting John Brodes. Payton Thompson spent Monday with Rev Claude Thompson Royal Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Perry
Tate McCormick
Cordova
George Cole
Baltimore
North
Tilghman
Ed Saulsbury
Easton
Leonard Legates
Jim Todd
Elijah Jester
Marcus Hook
Jester
Payton Thompson
Claude Thompson
Royal Oak
Resolutions of Respect for Estella Todd
The Andersontown Hobbs Homemakers' Club records deep sympathy as Estella Todd longtime director dies in the faith. The group notes her sterling service and vacancy left in the club and community and sends copies to the family and minutes for print in the Denton Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estella Todd
Andersontown Hobbs Homemakers’ Club
Denton Journal
Annie Butler Death in Preston near 67
Mrs. Annie Butler died at her Preston home aged 67. She leaves husband John R. Butler and eight children, with siblings and in laws in Federalsburg Easton Preston. Social notes mention bridge supper, church services, hospital visits, and several residents traveling to Philadelphia Baltimore Wilmington and Norfolk. Speedy recoveries wished for Rev T R Van Dyke and Eloise Orrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Butler
Preston
John R. Butler
Arthur J
Eddie R
Wesley
Walter Butler
Maud Lane
Jennie Butler
Clara Edgell
Federalsburg
Clarence Butler
Easton
Earl Connelly
Bradford Connelly
Katie Parker
Edgar Wrightson
Church of the New Jerusalem
M. M. Watson
Methodist Church
Bethelehem
Albert W. Sisk
Baltimore
Fulton Noble
Philadelphia
Noble
Albert Doster
Hayward Dean
Fred Edgell
Alfred Bradley
Salisbury
Wilmington
James Trice
Preston Trucking Agency
Hattie LeCompte
Dan Vickers
Ellwood
Douglas Fooks
Norfolk
Frank Turner
Washington, D. C
Clayton Taylor
Orphans Court Proceedings file for Amelia Royer and others
During the court's absence the will of Amelia Royer was filed by custodian Jonas Royer and admitted to probate on May 29 at 10 a.m. Carrie C Miles will stand for probate next Tuesday. Executors Anna May Barnes and Thomas L Day may amend the inventory. An amended inventory was filed and an order to sell the personal property granted. Guardianship for Everett A Pepper and Ethel E Pepper authorized to withdraw funds for support. Administrators filed sales accounts for James K Coursey and B Frank Rickards. Guardian Bertha L Wright authorized to withdraw funds for H Louise Wright. Special session set for June 11 in Wyatt v Moore. Florence E Thompson filed inventory and appraisement for Alfred W Thompson and an order to sell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Royer
Jonas Royer
Carrie C. Miles
Elizabeth M. Tait
Anna May Barnes
Thomas L. Day
Emma S. Day
Daisy M. Pepper
Everett A. Pepper
Ethel E. Pepper
Guardian
Savings Department
Denton National Bank
Jacob E. Gibson
James K. Coursey
Mary Emma Rickards
Carrie M. Holland
B. Frank Rickards
Bertha L. Wright
H. Louise Wright
Wyatt
Sunday School Fun and Socials in Adams Cross Roads
Mrs Marian Robinson hosted a Sunday School class at her home with fifteen attendees who went May flower hunting and enjoyed homemade ice cream and cakes. Miss Reba Adams held a Friday evening weenie roast with many guests and activities afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Robinson
Reba Adams
Clementine Fountain
Hobbs
Fred Fountain
Glenna Wright
Bridgeville
Walter Adams
S. L. Hanby
C. W. Adams
Louise Melson
Bloomery Church
Mason Baxter Suffers From Carbuncle Medical Issue
Mr. T. Mason Baxter is reported as suffering from a carbuncle. The brief notes his illness and status without further detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. T. Mason Baxter
Greensboro Death of Lewis Brogley and Local News
Lewis A. Brogley, 28, died at his Greensboro area home of double pneumonia after a brief illness. He leaves a wife, three children, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Brogley Sr., and sister Mrs. Virginia Miles of Boothwyn, Pa. Funeral at the Denton Catholic Church, burial on the Denton Greensboro road. Numerous regional social visits and weekend guests listed, including Pocahontas participants traveling to Salisbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Brogley
Town
Lewis Brogley Sr
Virginia Miles
Boothwyn
Denton
Denton-Greensboro
Pocahontas
Nokomis Council No
Greensboro
Salisbury
Pocahontas Club
Modoc Council No
W. P. Manlove Sr
W. P. Manlove Jr
Havre de Grace
William Fleetwood
Manlove Jr
Alan Curry
Jennette Curry
Wilmington
Miss Curry
Sara Pritchett
Eloise
Annie Wooters
Grace
Louise Swann
Peggy Smith
Kauffman
Chester County Hospital
Temple Smith
Alfred Blackburn
Alfreda
Anna Jane
Newark
Del
John Wyatt
Betty
Grace Gotwall
Philadelphia
Oscar Nichols
John Nichols
Michael Ash
William Sipple
Charles Sipple
Marcus Hook
Grace Williams
Rehoboth Beach
W. Thomas Thornton and Sons
Eleanor Hubbard
Frank Swanwick
Chester
Orville Travers
R. E. Russell
Atlantic City
N. J
Thomas Attix
Clayton
Mary Jackson
Andrew Aird
Weyrauch
Frank Seward
Appreciation for Support of Easton Home for Aged Women
Denton and vicinity are thanked for donations on Annual Donation Day. The Home, started fifty years ago with five residents, now houses twenty. State funds provide about half the $3,600 annual budget. the rest comes from managers’ activities and gifts. The Home has a waiting list and accepts gifts of produce anytime. The board has twenty four managers from Caroline, Queen Anne and Talbot counties. Mrs L Irving Jones serves as the only Caroline member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Maryland
Denton
Vicinity
Caroline
Queen Anne
Talbot
L. Irving Jones
J. W. Stowell
Albert W. Sisk
Sunday Services and Local Visits at Smithson Church
Smithson Church announces Sunday school at 10 AM and evening preaching at 7 30 PM led by Rev. J Baynard. A Friday evening sermon at the school house is planned with Rev. Clemens and local volunteers. Aileen Perry and family spent the weekend in Bridgeville. Hayward Fenrins visited the McCartys. Mrs Jos Berger visited Mrs Fred Quidas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithson Church
J. Baynard
Clemens
Charlie Perry
Aileen
Bridgeville
Fenrins
Hayward
Walter McCarty
Jos. Berger
Fred Quidas
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
WNPA
Perle
H. A. Roe
Delaware Road
Arc
Folger McKinsey
Tuckahoe
Bethlehem
Adams Cross Roads
Smithson
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