Decoration Day events and summer notices in Denton area
July 31 to August events include Local Department Decoration Day at Ellwood camp and a strawberry festival by Caroline Chapter Eastern Star. Rural mail carriers have a holiday today. most patrons must pick up mail at the post office. A large listing of church services, bake sales, theater and school fundraisers, and community meetings fill the week with prizes, concerts, and a noted essay prize to Arthur Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood
Everagain
Good Cheer
G. L. Helsby
Denton
Hughes Lumber & Coal Co
Concord Church
Chestnut Grove
Baltimore City
Eastern Star
Caroline Chapter
No. 62
Denton National Bank
Caroline High School
M. E
Dover
Frank Baker
Easton
Anne Anthony
Palace Theatre
Preston
Baltimore
Friendship District Baptist Young People’s Unions
Greensboro Baptist Church
Nicklas
Law
Ledman's Hall
Norman L. Raleigh
Order of American Mechanics
M. E Wheatley
Caroline
Federalsburg
Concord
Messrs. W. S. Norris
A. L. Leary
Victor Fritz
Messrs
James W. Thawley
Louis St. James
D. W. Davis
H. E. Ramsdell
Alfred Gelletty
Baltimore American
Alex. McWilliams
William D. Tipton
Obituary Notes From Caroline County Tributes and Deaths
Miss Margaret Virginia Willoughby of Caroline county died May 26 at her sister’s home near West Chester Pa after long illness. High Mass at St Patrick’s Malvern and burial at St Agnes’ near West Chester. Also notes the death of Federalsburg businessman George H Jefferson from accident in Cambridge. age about 50, survived by wife Mrs Jefferson and daughters Misses Rowena and Rebecca. Funeral services held. Also obituary for Mrs Laura A Cohee of Smithville age 74 with many children and grandchildren. Other notices: Mr Zimmerman A Cooper 46 died at Pine Bluff Sanatorium after illness. Mr Cannon C Wright 76 died near Concord. Mr Jefferson Hill 38 died near Ringgold’s Green. Mr William F Liden prominent Federalsburg resident. funerals conducted at Bloomery and nearby churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Virginia Willoughby
Aaron Willoughby
Caroline County
Susan M. Miller
West Chester
Denton
Miss Willoughby
Kright
Hobbs
St. Patrick's Church
Malvern
St. Agnes’ Cemetery
George H. Jefferson
Federalsburg
Cambridge Hospital
Cambridge
Baltimore
George WW. Jefferson
Jefferson
Rowena
Rebecca
Laura A. Cohee
Walter M. Fountain
Smithville
E. E
H. B
H. H
Greenwood
W. W
Darby, Pa
C. 5
Stanton
MM. Fountain
William Watson
Philadelphia
Herbert Kee
New Castle
Del
Cohee
George W. Cohee
Zimmerman A. Cooper
Pine Bluff Sanatorium
Allie
Enoch
Earle
John Reed
Wolloughby Nowell
Reed
M. E. Wheatley
L. Adams
S. Ira Arnold
Cannon C. Wright
Concord
Bloomery
Melvin E. Wheatley
A. B. Frye
Jefferson Hill
Ringgold’s Green
Hill
New Directors Elected at Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway
James R. Pratt was elected chairman and operating head. Harry E. Karr becomes president, succeeding Jesse Rosenfeld as vice president. A.S. Goldsborough named treasurer. directors include Pratt Karr Rosenfeld Leon ard Tinsley Gill. The company plans 50,000 in 6 percent bonds to fund electrical equipment purchases. Pratt has studied railway problems and will implement board recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway
James R. Pratt
Harry E. Karr
Jesse Rosenfeld
A.S. Goldsborough
Paul B. Leonard
T. Garland Tinsley
Robert J. Gill
Pratt
Evangelical Lutheran Mission Opens Denton Services
The Evangelical Lutheran Church announces services will alternate Sundays at 2 p m in Christ Episcopal Church Denton starting next Sunday with Pentecostal services. Present services will be in German. Gratitude given to Rev Mr Mc Grew and vestry for offering the building free of charge aiding a new mission Emmanuel's Evangelical Lutheran Mission of Denton organized in January. Herman Drews pastor Cordova and Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal Church
Denton
McGrew
Emmanual
Evangelical Lutheran Mission
Herman Drews
Cordova
Reverend Morris Preaches at Greensboro Baptist Church
Rev Melvin G Morris delivered Sunday morning sermon The Gospel Feast at Greensboro Baptist Church and, weather permitting, Conscience: the Umpire of God on the following service. A large crowd attended last Sunday's night service despite the storm and a baptismal class was held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin G. Morris
Greensboro Baptist Church
Morris
Card of Thanks From the Wright Family
The family of Cannon C Wright thanks friends and neighbors for their kind words and deeds during their recent bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon C, Wright
Hillsboro M E Church to Hold First Quarterly Conference
The Hillsboro charge of the M E Church will hold its first quarterly conference Saturday at 7 30 p m in the church. Sunday morning Rev Omar E Jones preaches at 3 30. Children Day services via Ebenezer Church Ruthsburg at 2 30. Various locals visitings and events follow with notable social
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
M. E. Church
Omar E Jones
Ebenezer Church
Ruthsburg
N. E. Knott
Eugene
Jersey City
N. J
Knott
Ridgely
Tri-County High School
Hillsboro Ladies’ Aid
Lay Beaven
Mildred Tarburton
Ethel Holt
Mc.Grew
Denton
Roberta Barton
Fletcher Elben
Community Club of
Elizabeth Evans
Mar Dela Springs
Emma Cashe
Queen Anne
W. B. Sparks
A. T. Cahall
Harrington
Queen Anne Community Notes and Parish Progress
The Ladies Aid at St. Paul's Church furnished the parsonage with a rug bookcase chairs and kitchen utensils. Parsonage residents commend the group's helpful spirit. A road contractor finished a mile long project between Queen Anne and Damson schoolhouse and moves to a new site. Various local residents visit travel and church events include Children’s Day preparations at St. Pauls on June 21 and Harris Chapel on the second Sunday in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
St. Paul's Church
Queen Anne
Damson School House
W. O. Finch
Baltimore
St. Paul's
Harris Chapel
Carrie Howard
J. E. Morgan
Richardson
Ora
High School Seniors Present Un tangling Tony Play
Henderson notes: the senior class will stage Un tangling Tony in Eden Hall on Saturday night May 30 admission adults 24 cents children 15 cents. Also reports of visits, church services Father's Day plans and local social news from Bridgetown Dover and Milford with brief mentions of a ball game and new fabric patterns at Everngams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
Eden Hall
Messrs
Orville
Clifton Melvin
Gladys Medford
Maxine Goodwin
Anna Marvel
Bridgetown
Annie Williams
George Carrow
Dover
E. ¥. Williams
W. F. Clark
Kate Downes
Katie
Alden Smith
O. E. Jones
James Mitchell
Asbury Park
N. J
Marietta Heather
Marydel
Beatrice Hudson
Easton
T. BP. Richards
Rosanna
Baltimore
Courtland Cooper
Cordean Cooper
Katherine Melvin
Milford
Ridgely News Letter notes reunions and local events
The Ridgely News Letter reports a survivors reunion of Company F Third New Jersey Volunteers in Ridgely hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John M. Swing on May 27. It covers Alumnae elections at St Gertrude's Academy, performances by Greensboro Ladies Aid, church activities, social visits, and community fundraisers including two hundred dollars raised by the Community Minstrels for local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Volunteers
John M. Swing
Charles T. Jordan
Altoona
Henry W. Marts
Wildwood
N. J
Joab Lohr
Bridgeton
M. H. Swing
Col. Mullikin
Mr. Seymour
Easton
St. Gertrude’s
Academy
Marie Easley Smith
E J. Kraemer
Agnes Boyles
Queenstown
Mary Dehan
Dover
Margaretta May
Philadelphia
Sister Evangelista
Lelia Bailey
Queen Anne
Anna Skinner
Centreville
Greensboro
Fitz
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Church House
T. A. Smith
Harry Hemmons
Ella Goldsborough
Yarnall
Junior
Wallace
Hazelton
Wilmington
E. FE. Pearsaul
Swing
George Fitz
Kinhart
Mary Wooters
Irene Neff
Alice Bennington
Baltimore
Harford County
Chincoteague
Elaine Saulsbury
L. R. Brombaugh
Zeigler
Mulford Swing
Peabody Institute
The
Moving Picture
David Copperfield
Harry Robinson
Miss Mary
Marcus Hook
Christopher Biger
Helen Selin
William Selin
Harvey Holsinger
Dorothy Flounders
Fort Washington
Fred Flounders
St. Mary's
Clifton Lumpkin
Elizabeth Wilson
Our High School
County Federation
Brown Elliott
Applebaum's
William Davis and Son
Newark
Inlaw
J. D. Davis
David Swing
Alfred
Dorothy Mason
Bertha Shull
Goldsboro
Ada
Elsie Matthews
Nellie Thompson
William
Thurmont
Ridgely
R. E. Fountain
Irvington
I. E. Mason
Ray Mason
Glen Rock
A. G. Saulsbury
Elaine
Rehoboth
Walter Mitchell
Maryland Institute
Caroline Graduates Record 104 This Year
Caroline county high schools plan a record 104 graduates from six schools with Federalsburg leading. Commencement events run the week of June 5. elementary exercises at Denton June 15. Beacons of names span Henderson Greensboro Caroline Ridgely and many more across six academic and commercial programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Federalsburg
Denton
Henderson
Annabel Clark
Edna Juanita Cole
Sara Emma Gooden
Sara Eloise Gooden
Winfred Clements Gooden
Maxine Philena Goodwin
John Roy Medford
Mary Jane Robb
Charles L. Tuls, Jr
Sadie Herline Walls
Beatrice Amelia Wood
Greensboro — Academic
Benjamin House Bastian
Linwood Earl Bennett
William Osborne Bennett, Jr
Joseph Hemsley Bernard
Thelda
Elizabeth Bilbrough
James Thomas Butler
Martha Rice Carrow
Margaret Cross
Louise Carolyn Dennison
Mary Layton Faithful
Eleanor Mary Greenlee
Lydia M. Griffin
John Dawson Gruwell
Elizabeth Milbourne
Heather
William Pemberton
Esther N. Statum
Hugh BE. Ramedell
Lillian G. St. James
Arthur Reinhold
Earl Davidson
John Richard Corkran
Beatrice Rosetta Tull
Lillian Lee Timmens
Hannah A. Eilwanger
Floyd D. Wothers
Margaret Elizabeth Cooper
Preston—Academic
John Morris Alderson
James Elbert Douglas
George Flerbert Fooks
Alva Thompson Blades
Orphans Court Admits Several Wills to Probate In Review
In the Orphans Court proceedings Judges West Harper and Shawn handled multiple matters. Somers Blake and Annie E. Ricketts wills were proven and admitted to probate with executors named and bond filed. Appraisers were named for several estates and administration accounts approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
West
Harper and Shawn
Somers Blake
Harvey L. Cooper
Mary H. Blake
James H. Nichols
John L. Everngain
Charles G. Beulah
Solomon Beulah
Cannon C. Wright
William E. Seeders
Lee Hignutt
Walter Fountain
Annie E. Ricketts
Edward E. Nuttle
Z. Potter Steele
Isaac L. Dukes
Sallie Priscilla Steele
Isaac Lookes
Thomas R. Green
William K. Scotton
Leonard F. Covey
John F. Brummel
Andrew D. Stanton
Selby Ray Smith
Pearl Groff
Margaret E. Stanton
Blanche Tinley
Selby R. Smith
Church Societies to Meet at Denton Next Week
The June quarterly meeting of the W. F. and H. M. Society of the Methodist Protestant Church will be held at the Denton church Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday features a 1.30 p.m. Home Society session and a 7.30 p.m. joint Home and Foreign Society meeting with programs on devotionals, home field work, and India outreach. Thursday is Foreign Day with a 9.30 a.m. start and reports, pennants, and miscellaneous business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. and
H. M. Society
Methodist Protestant Church
Church of the Denomination
Denton
Home Society
Home and Foreign Societies
E. J. Heath
G. J. Hooker
A. B. Badger
Galligan
India
Sarah L. Munn
Dhulia
Indiana
L. F. Warner
J. W. Armstrong
H. M. Leas
Florence Hammond
Hen Try Hupfield
Munn
R. W. White
Thanking Friends for Kindness During Illness and Death
Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Fountain express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness shown during their mother’s illness and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Fountain
Eastern Shore Women Meet in Denton District Federation
The Eastern Shore District of the Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs held its seventh semi annual meeting in the Denton courthouse on May 20 presided by Mrs. A. A. Hathaway of Easton. Delegates from 15 clubs reported progress and district progress toward state national and international aims with music by the Euterpean Choral Society of Easton and a luncheon by the Denton Community Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs
Court House
Denton
A. A. Hathaway
Easton
I. A. McGrew
John H. Sippel
State Federation
Eastern Shore
Banner District
National Federation of Women's Clubs
Sippel
Euterpean Choral Society of
District Federation
Federation
Cleveland S. Smith
D. Reba Frampton
Smith
Oscar Fogle
Elmer Hughes
Hill
Denton Community Club
Spafford
Burrsville Social Guests and Family News
In Burrsville Mr. and Mrs. John H Wooters and son James host John Proper and others from Baltimore. Nearby guests include Will Faulbery Ridgely and family, plus Mildred and James Wooters. Denton visits noted with Miss Margaret Thawley ill and Mrs R H Stafford visiting. Dr Raymond C Simpson from Washington visits Mrs Margaret Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Wooters
James
Tinley Wooters
Ross Harrison
Baltimore
John Proper
John Wooters
Town
Will Faulbery
Ridgely
Mildred
Joe Jester
John H. Thawley
Denton
Margaret Thawley
R. H. Stafford
Annie Raughley
W. C. Raughley
Chester
Henry Walters
Alfred Raughley
Kent Island
Raymond C. Simpson
Washington
Margaret Simpson
Ellen Collison
Hobbs
Camp Royal aims for Eastern Shore retreat site
Camp Royal the Leadership Training Camp of the Maryland Delaware Sunday School Association shifts from Western Shore near Annapolis to six miles from Betterton on the Eastern Shore. Col Joseph H Cudlipp directs a hundred acre camp with a bathing beach. Caroline reports delegates from Preston Denton and Ridgely. Mervin Pentz Royalist handles details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Royal
Maryland
Delaware Sunday School Association
Annapolis
Betterton
Joseph H. Cudlipp
Caroline
Preston
Denton
Ridgely
Mervin Pentz
College President Visits Denton for Endowment Campaign
Dr Albert Norman Ward president of Western Maryland College visited Denton this week and hosted local leaders at the Methodist Protestant Church on Thursday night as part of the college endowment drive. The piece lists numerous local residents and visitors and notes attendance at social events and travels to Baltimore and Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Norman Ward
Western Maryland College
Denton
Will Carroll
Standard Oil Company
Baltimore
Randolph Avenue
Wesley E. Thawley
William J. Shawn
Clayton S. Kauffman
Kauffman
Nellie Thawley
Florence Morgan
Esther Dunham
Harvey Porter
Greensboro
L. G. Peters
Nazareth
Newton P. Kern
Herman Drews
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland
Frederick
Mary Melvin
Porto Rico
Mary Catherine
Anne Westervelt
New York
W. H. Nuttle
F. A. Greaves
C. G. B. Wright
Salisbury
Virginia Lee Orrell
West Collingswood
N. J
B. F. Johnson
John Cobbage
Harry Moore
Lacy Lord
Easton Hospital
Ebe T. Reynolds
Harrington
George W. Beck
E, WW. Smith
Philadelphia
O. F. Smith
C. T. Wyatt
F. P. Covey
Riverton Avenue
Susan A. Smith
S. Lonpenecker
Memorial Day Exercises at Cemetery Honor Fallen Soldiers
Memorial Day ceremonies will be held tomorrow at the cemetery at 2 PM with Caroline Council No 175 Jr QO U A M in charge. The Rev G J Hooker will lead prayers and addresses as the community honors departed members and soldiers, reflecting on Decoration Day and heroism across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Council
No. 175
G. J. Hooker
America
Foss
Twentieth Century Club Meets at Perry Home
The Twentieth Century Community Club enjoyed a Mothers Day program at Mr and Mrs Clarence Perry home on the 13th. Members shared speeches in honor of mothers. Next meeting planned with Mrs Peter Dewilde and daughter on June 3. Attendees at the Denton Eastern Shore Federation meeting on the 26 included Mesdames W I Dulin J B Todd E W Lane G Lane W I Dillon F F Whiteley O C Blades. The Denton hostess club praised for its excellent work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Community Club
Clarence Perry
Peter Dewilde
Eastern Shore Federation
Denton
Mesdames W. I. Dulin
J. B. Todd
E. W. Lane
G. Lane
W. I. Dillon
F. F. Whiteley
O. C. Blades
Ime
Mary Harris Armor to speak in Easton at New Theatre
Mary Harris Armor will speak in Easton at the New Theatre on Sunday May 31 at 8 p.m. She is billed as The Woman Orator of America with high praise from The Outlook of R K and The Outlook New Zealand. Also advertised is a sale of fifty five bushels of Virginia soybeans by J L Everngam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Harris Armor
Easton
Virginia
J. L. Everngam
Congressman's Pre-Memorial Talk in Crisfield
In Crisfield on Sunday evening Congressman T Alan Goldsborough of Denton gave a prememorial address for the Crisfield American Legion Post. He urged settlement of international disputes by judicial processes and a world court, praised U S entry into the League of Nations in principle, and cited a 1925 House vote approving adherence to the Permanent Court of International Justice. He referenced Thucydides and warned against war as a settled method, urging machinery to enforce international decrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Alan Goldsborough
Denton
Crisfield
America
Europe
New York
South Dakota
Germany
France
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
League of Nations
House of Representatives
Burton
Ohio
House
Permanent Court of International Justice
World Court
The
Hague
Harding
Coolidge
Thusidides
Corinthians
Epidamnus
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Thomas R. Seward
Mary
Anole Jump
Norfolk
H. M. Thompson
James Sloan
Everngam's
Ridgely News
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Burrsville
Mr. Goldsborough
American Legion
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