Local listings and notices from Denton and surrounding areas
A string of local notices covers rentals, sales, events, lectures, sales on rugs and stoves, haircuts, and church services. Items mention J L Everngam and M E Newnam of Denton Md, Mrs Jlgnutt Williston Md, M K Newnam, Nuttle Lumber, Thomas Darling, and W J Martin and Son Midway Farm. Also reported are disease cases in Caroline county, a card party fundraiser, a garden supply push, a theater event Tons of Money, Junior Order of United American Mechanics meeting, Merchants and Miners sailings to Boston, and Memorial Day observances with a parade to Denton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
J. L. Everngam
Denton
Nuttle Milling Company
Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co
Koenig
Thomas Darling
Bethlehem M. E. Church
M. K. Newnam
Episcopal Church
W. J. Martin and Son
Midway Farm
Caroline County
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Simmons Co
Liden
Norman Vanscoy
J. Henry Morgan
Sur- Jock Higl
Williams Bros
Order of United American Mechanics
Philadelphia
F. W. Kirwan
T. Alan Goldsborough
R. L. Tawes
S. L. Young
Samuel Thomas
Boston
Baltimore
Merchants and Miners Transportation Co
F. J. Wright
Penn. State College of Optometry
Wright
Caroline Council
No. 175
M. F. H. Collison
City of the Dead
Denton Community Club Ends Session for Summer Break
Local social page notes the Denton Community Club adjourned on May 15, the third Friday in May, to resume September 4. The meeting featured music and readings, with Mrs. J. H. Summerfield presiding and Miss Margaret Jane Knotts and Miss Dorothy Collison among the performers.
Weekend visits and local society notices in Goldsboro
Goldsboro society items list visits by Miss Beatrice Swann and brothers Ross and Randall with uncle Bill Ross. Mr. Roy Brown and son from Philadelphia with sister Mrs. Noble Shively. Womans Foreign Missionary meeting hosted by Mrs. Harry Williams. Roche family visits in Baltimore. Seamans and son from Penny Hill with A. D. Quillen family. Elliott and mother guests of Edgar Larrimore. Eloise Jarrell from Churchton Md with Robert Jarrell Jr.. Luther Bennett returned from Emergency Hospital in Easton. Calvin Elliott of Wilmington visited parents. Kathryn McDonald of Wilmington visited mother Mollie Shockley. Children’s Day services set for June 7 at 7.45 p.m. in M E Church South. Rev and Mrs Sharpless of Queenstown visited J. W. Gibson. James Cartwright of Wilmington spent weekend with mother. Hattie Stephenson of Fred, Del., with Mrs. Howard Thomas. J W Gibson hosted Jamaica L I friends on Wednesday. Mrs. James Mullikin spent Monday with sister Mollie Diggans at Queen Anne. Anne Bennett of Wilmington and Louise Dennison visited by Emma Wharton near town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Community Club
J. H. Summerfield
Maryland
Margaret Jane Knotts
Miss Mary
Louise Morse
G. H. Rue
Dorothy Collison
Mary Emily Wals
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Balltimore
Pratt Library
Mervin A. Pentz
C. A. Pentz
Marian Hartman
Mifflintown
Philadelphia
Juniata College
Drexel
Pentz
Johns Hopkins University
U. S. Geological Survey
Jackson
Miss
R. H. White Jr
Lewis
Bar Harbor
Maine
White
Annie Bennett
Denton Journal
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Protestant Church
Ford Building
John H. Emerson
Sylvester
Mary Pippin
Margaret Allab
Salisbury
Octavia Russum
Lena Mutchler
J. B. Parsons
Clyde A. Pentz, Jr
Clarence Pentz
Barnum and Bailey Circus
City
J. P. Neal
Kemp
Naomi Towers
Marion Downs
Betty Lou
Baltimore
J. Kemp Stevens
New York University
Selden Watters
Wm. Huber
W. C. Ledman
Oscar Clark
Mabel Duffey
Rehoboth
B. C. Willis
Rachel
Roland Webster
Federalsburg
Raymond West
Pittsburgh
M. A. Brackett
Ridgely
Sarah M. Smith
Walter Howard
Charles Howard
Lacy Murphy
Caleb Winslow
Louise Garey
Dawson Q. George
Denton M. E. Church
Bessie Brown
F. F. Lyden
Association of Stock Exchange Firms
New York
J. H. van Gesel
Fred Cohee
Amelia Kelly
George Horsey
Greensboro
Grant Alburger
Robert W. Downes
Josephine M. Downes
Henry Mueller
William H. Neal
Charles H. Sylvester
Leo Meginney
Jane Blackiston
Washington
Sue K. Smith
Carrie Collins
Sallie Covey
A. May Thompson
Mervin Holsinger
New Jersey
Tom Wright
Wilmington
Beatrice Swann
Ross and
Randall
Bill Ross
Roy Brown
Noble Shively
Womans Foreign Missionary Meeting
Harry Williams
Joseph Roche
Ruthanna
Ida Mae
Ray Seamans
Jack
Penny Hill
A. D. Quillen
Clarence Elliott
Edgar Larrimore
Eloise Jarrell
Churchton
Robert Jarrell
Luther Bennett
Sharpless
Queenstown
J. W. Gibson
James Cartwright
Hattie “Stephenson
Frederica
Del
Howard Thomas
Jamaica
L. I
James Mullikin
Mollie Diggans
Queen Anne
Anne Bennett
Louise Dennison
Emma Wharton
Reynolds Wyatt
Nelson Wyatt
Smith Edwards
Cedar Grove
Samuel Isaac
John Wyatt
James Baynard
Hilda Mary White
Near Ridgely
Baptist Pastorium
J. C. Ledbetter
Wilbur Carroll
Horace Howard
Edward Dean
Linwood Andrews
Albert
Stanley Carroll
Natural Bridge
Thomas E. Bastian
B. C. Beckham
Walter Riddleberger
Crisfield
F. D. Dove
L. R. Brumbaugh
A. W. Brumbaugh
A. G. Shockley
Near Town
Brinton Aukamp
Quarryville
Samuel Jewell
F. P. Roe
O. T. Simmons
Medford Price
Sophia Howard
Benny
Virginia Lee Baker
David Morris
Vera Minner
W.thomas Thornton
Smyrna
J. W. Minner
Sarah Minner
Marshallton
M. B. Cooper
Stork
Frank Kelley
Wesley Dawson
Robert Hudson
Edgar Wyatt
Maurice Seward
Easton
N. K. Swanwick
L. S. Jones
Home For the
Emma Pippin
Mae
Nancy Smith
Temple Smith
Annie Edwards
Thomas Passwaters
J. E. Weaver
Addie Weaver
Otto Schalk
Dawson Gruwell
Carroll Meredith
A. R. Linhard
Mabel Rich
Luella Stufft
Ellen Draper
T. C. Horsey
L. E. Jones
Annapolis
Whita] Laramore
Denton
Commencement Program Highlights Caroline High School History
Sunday evening service for graduates by Dr. Kirk of M P Church at 7 90. Commencement Thursday June 11 at 10 30 a m in the High School auditorium. Papers titled Excerpts from the History of Caroline High School cover four periods with leaders Elizabeth Wine Betty Walls Lillian Dean Olive Butter Charles Moore and William Jones presenting each segment. parents and friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk
M. P. Church
Caroline High School
Elizabeth Wine
Betty Walls
Lillian Dean
Olive Butter
Charles Moore
William Jones
Essay Contest by Denton Junior Order Honors Seniors
The Junior Order United American Mechanics of Denton held an essay contest for Senior Class members on topics related to the U S Government and Citizenship. Essays were capped at 1000 words with a two volume history set for first prize. Elizabeth Wine won first place, Charles Moore second, with Marjorie Beauchamp and Clyde Ellwanger receiving honorable mention. Elizabeth Wine will read her essay at the Junior Order Lodge ceremony at the cemetery on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United American Mechanics of
Denton
United States
Elizabeth Wine
Charles Moore
Marjorie Beauchamp
Clyde Ellwanger
Local Social Roundup Highlights Weekend Guests
Mrs. Marietta Anthony and granddaughter Dorothy Neal visited Ms and Mr A R Neal, while Mr Lee Anthony of Denton stayed with the Neals. Georgie Elaine Haynie and others from Baltimore joined Mrs Wm Uhler Wheeler’s guests over the weekend. Several ladies from Federalsburg visited Mrs Cape Cape, and Mrs Wm D Uhler was in Baltimore visiting her sister. Annie Hurst returned home after a pleasant visit with sister-in-law Henrietta McMahan. Ida Adams spent the day at Williston with relatives and friends. Jesse Ellis and his mother from Hynson visited Milo Crane and wife on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta Anthony
Dorothy Neal
Caroline High School
Lee Anthony
Denton
A. R. Neal
Georgie Elaine Haynie
Wm. Uhler Wheeler
Wallett
Billy
Elmer Wheeler
Baltimore
Wm. D. Uhler
Clara I. Rice
Bell Beauchamp
Amanda Pettinger
Federalsburg
Cape Cape
Annie Hurst
Henrietta McMahan
Ida Adams
Williston
Jesse
Religious services and Sunday school listings in Preston area churches
At the Church of the New Jerusalem divine worship is at 11 a m with Sunday School at 10 30 a m The lesson covers David's grief for Absalom and Cain's mark Gen IV 15 Services are listed for Williston Epiphany Mission Preston and St Andrew's Mission Hurlock with times for Sunday School prayers and sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the New Jerusalem
Cain
David
Absalom
Williston
Teague
Epiphany Mission
Preston
St. Andrew's Mission
Hurlock
Bruch Rites Noted in Ridgely and Area News
Obituary notes the death of Mr. Charles E. Bruch at his daughter’s home west of Cordova in his 74th year. He was born in Bethlehem PA in 1857, married Emma Ramble in 1884, and leaves wife, three children, nine grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at his home and at St. Paul’s Reformed Church Ridgely with interment in Ridgely cemetery. The issue also covers the Caroline County Firemen’s Association meeting, community club plans, local entertainment, strawberry picking prospects, road work on Central Avenue, and multiple local personal notices and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Bruch
Wayne Royer
Cordova
Mr. Bruch
Bethlehem
Lehigh County
Penna
Maryland
Queen Anne’s County
Caroline County
Emma Ramble
Bruch
Miss Ramble
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Ridgely
Martha
Hazel
William
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Alfred M. Rahn
Souderton, Penna
Enoch
God
Park Drive
Denton
Federalsburg
Greensboro
Preston
Clarence Roe
County Association
R. L. Tawes
Mr. Roe
Joseph Snowberger
Messrs
Irvin
Arthur Brumbaugh
Edward Bowman
Jesse Zeigler
J. N. Brumbaugh
Clifton Crouse
Harry Hemmons
Bessie Spafford
Church House
Thompson
Fruit Exchange
Louise Nagel
Baltimore
Catherine Stone
Carroll Nagel
I. T. Saulsbury
L. M. Goodwin
Thompson Swing
Yorkdale
Cherryvale
Carolyn Mancha
Muller
Easton
Hemmons
Millersville
Central Avenue
J. M. Swing
Merchantville
Emil Rosenast
Margaret Swing
St. Gertrude’s Academy
St. Elizabeth Players
Wilmington
R. E. Fountain
Roland Fountain
Bloomfield
N. J
Harry Zeigler
Jesus
Nicodemus
Edna Detwiler
Florida
St. Petersburg
Andrew Mitchell
Walter Mitchell
Easton Hospital
Catherine McElwai
Memorial Day Tribute Toward Concord Cemetery
Memorial Day is a nation wide holiday honoring Christ and loved ones. The piece urges keeping Concord cemetery in sacred beauty through donations and endowment funds, praising committee work and urging public generosity to sustain perpetual upkeep and a shared memorial spirit.
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Christ
Old Concord
Concord
Home Garden Club Meets. Plant Care and Closet Demo Noted
Smithville club held last Tuesday's final lesson on flowers focusing on diseases and insect control to inspire home landscaping with trees shrubs and blooms. Miss Spafford coordinates monthly perennial work and will present The Well Furnished Closet at June meeting. A children's day service is planned at Piney M P Church next Sunday night May 31 at 7 80 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spafford
Ernest Meade and Sons
Orville and
Douglas Towers
Elsie Hubbard
Sidney Collins
William S. Hubbard
Bloomery Church
Horace Robinson
Elmer Robinson
Piney M. P
Ten Ton Tomato Club sets aims in 1931 program
The Maryland Extension sponsored Ten Ton Tomato Club promotes bigger yields of marketable tomatoes on farms. Members from Hillsboro and nearby communities compete for prizes including three gold watches and a free trip to the Tri-State Packers annual meeting. Entry by July 15 requires growing ten tons per acre on at least two acres, with county agent W. R. Evans distributing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ten Ton
Hillsboro
Stewart Sharp
John
University of Maryland Extension
Carroll
Oscar Dean
Henry Levinsky
Service
Tri-State
James Eveland
Kenneth Depew
Ruth * _ Skinner
Mary Harris
Orville Baker
Clifton Hicks
Eugene Carroll
Alfred Harris
Rolen Blades
Edna Hill
Vernon Porter
Ella Mae Wright
Florence Harris
Tri- County High School
Ilore
Patricia
Miriam Gale
Louise Gray
I. T. Sparklin
County Federation
Concord
Mary Frances Fisher
Irma Sawyer
Willow Grove
H. S. Fisher
Leonard Harper
John, Paca
Stevensville
Edgar Blades
Maryland
Tri-State Packers Association
W. R
Evans
Denton
Caroline County
Order of worship and events at St Pauls Church
Rev A A McNeer presides with Sunday School at 930 am preaching at 1045 am and 745 pm prayer meeting Thursday at 745 pm. Eastern Shore Sunday School Institute closed as a successful session. County High School event on Wednesday June 3 at 815 pm. Farce Here Comes Patricia Admission 35 cents children 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Church
A. A. McNeer
Sunday School Institute of the
Eastern Shore
Tri- County High School
Patricia
Eugenia Morgan
Marjorie Smith
Gladys Councell
Lee Roy Sherkey
Franklin Starkey
Chestertown
H. M. Waters
Goldsboro
Waters
Japan
Byron Barton, Jr
Elmer’ Thomas Murphy
Baltimore
Howard Flowers
E. B.' Lightner
Laura Knotts
W. C.' Stevens
Talbot County’ Federation
Easton
B. B. Barton
G. S. Lightner
B. C. Barton
J. A. Rood
Royal Oak
Howard Eley
Harold Jump
K. M. Barnette
Orphans Court Approves Administra tion Actions and Estates
Orphans Court met Tuesday with Judges West Towers and Fleetwood present. Letters of administration on Clarence Knippel's estate granted to William Knippel after bond and notice to creditors. Appraisers named T Clayton Horsey and John C Brown. Samuel G Nuttle filed debts and inventory for Mary H Nuttle. Mary A Willhelm filed sales accounts and final administration, release as sole legatee. Inventory and appraisement filed for Clarence Knippel. J Owen Knotts filed inventory for Ida E Hoffman. Mary B Simmons will proven and admitted to probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
West
Towers
Fleetwood
Clarence Knippel
William Knippel
T. Clayton Horsey
John C. Brown
Samuel G. Nuttle
Mary H. Nuttle
J. Owen Knotts
Ida E. Hoffman
Mary B. Simmons
Fruit Prospects For This Year Frosts Delay Clear Outlook
Fruit prospects remain uncertain as early reports indicate favorable tree condition and heavy bloom in most areas, though April frosts and breuth injury have damaged some trees. Grape, cherry and plum crops show varying damage, subsoil moisture is uncertain, and dry weather last year has weakened some buds and trees. Prospects hinge on rainfall and fruit set in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Maryland
Family Visits and Illness Report in Wilmington Area
Mr and Mrs 8 W Harding and relatives from Wilmington spent Sunday with Howard Cole family. Albert Schmick and relatives from Baltimore visited Mrs E Dukes and family. Mrs Holecheek is very ill at Mrs Dukes home. H McMahan and Ralph McMahan visited Mrs J Worm. A Prager visited the Willoughbys. May Willoughby spent the weekend with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Harding
Alton Harding
Richard
Paul Harding
Wilmington
Howard Cole
Albert Schmick
Schmick
Griffin
Baltimore
E. Dukes
Hole
In Memoriam Sallie Satterfield Remembered May 1926
In loving memory of Sallie Satterfield wife and mother who died May 29 1926. In the graveyard she rests faithfully sleeping where flowers wave. She is not forgotten. Sweet thoughts linger around her grave. Sadly missed by husband and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Satterfield
Caroline Bonds Bring Good Price at Refunding Sale
Caroline County sold 75000 dollars of Refunding Bonds last Tuesday at a fine premium amid weak market mood. The Baltimore Company of Baltimore Md led with a bid of 1046122 dollars, followed by Garrett and Son 103297, Baer and Co 103268, Strothers Brogden 102927, and First National Security Corp 102567. The issue totaled 78459 dollars 15 cents, 3459 dollars 15 cents above par, signaling strong investor interest and robust finances for the county. Frigidaires and prices advertised by M K Newnam Denton Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Baltimore Company
Baltimore
Robert ‘Garrett and Son
John P. Baer and Co
Strothers Brogden
First National Security Corp
Caroline
GREENSBORO AND ITS ENVIRONS
Mr Reynolds Wyatt of Philadelphia spent days here with Nelson Wyatt. Local families and visitors from Philadelphia Cedar Grove Ridgely and Philadelphia attended weddings and church events. Several residents traveled to Natural Bridge Endless Caverns Crisfield Baltimore Smyrna Wilmington and Annapolis for weekends and visits. The stork brought a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Frank Kelley.
Snowberger Captures Indy Pole in 500 Mile Classic
Philadelphia driver and Delaware native Snowberger earns pole for the 500 mile race in a semi stock Russell Special. The 30 year old driver, who built his car from stock parts, faces faster cars behind him in the pace lap. He previously set records at Indianapolis and finished eighth in last year’s race. The story notes his $1,456 car and $10,000 earnings in the season, and mentions his Denton relatives. Also mentions the Centreville Lodge of Sorrows gathering tomorrow at 3 PM served by Centreville Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Snowberger
Philadelphia
Russell
Jhusky
Indianapolis
Snowberger
Leon Duray
Billy Arnold
Denton
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Rhgely
Smithville
Tuckahoe
County Extension News
Ten Ton Tomato Club
Olin Hunter
Centreville
H. R. Covell
Edgar Blanche
Josephine Blanche
Booker
Milton Beaven
Blanche Willis
G. H. Tarburton
Edward Dodds
Olin Lane
Oxford
Vernon Baker
Fifield
Nazareth
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Smithson
M.K. Newnam
Denton, Md
Lodge of Sorrows
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