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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1922
Page
5
Local notes report Armistice Day observances and a Pigely Wiggly store to open in Easton. Denton hosts club meeting November 17, while weather praises a mild fall. Several ads and notices cover real estate sales, board or room rentals, church events, health orders, and community happenings across Caroline and Talbot counties.
Announcement of the engagement of Miss Mary Lucille Tull daughter of Mr and Mrs Alonzo E Tull of Tull's Corner to Mr Raymond I Dean of Federalsburg a broker and former Air Service lieutenant No wedding date set Miss Tull a Federalsburg High School instructor and prominent in Somerset counties Also reports on Rev John J Bunting's reception in Smyrna and various social visits and notices of local residents events and a Red Men rally planned for Federalsburg with speakers and tribal contingents
In Orphans Court on Monday Judges West Harper and Shawn presided. Mary Melvin as administratrix of Howard Melvin filed debts list approved by the court. Harvey L. Cooper trustee filed first account in Benja min J Redmond Virginia Redmond minors matter, approved. Letters of administration on James Covey deceased personal estate granted to Irene Tribbett and Cora Todd. bond and notice to creditors ordered. Leonard F Covey and I Calvin Todd named as appraisers. Orson G Martino executor of John Martino filed account of sales of personal property, approved.
Mr and Mrs TLS Horsey and family thank neighbors and friends for kindness shown during their recent bereavement.
Hillsboro residents attended a Monday Community Club session marked by a political program. Hosts were Misses Helen Fleming Louise Gray and Mrs Elwood Fleming. Attendees included Mrs Powell Fleming and Mrs Norman Straughn who plan a motor trip to De Caturr Heights and other points including Washington.
A church revival at Kney M I Church grows with twelve converts on Tuesday evening and one penitent at the altar. Local families and teachers plan patrons meetings and events at Camp Grove and nearby schools. Several residents and visitors from Wilmington Philadelphia West Chester and Darby spend weekends with relatives and friends in the area.
Miss Annie Harwood aunt of Mrs. W T Jarman died at Mrs Jarman home Friday afternoon. Funeral held at home Monday at one. Interment Centreville cemetery with Rev J H Schooley officiating. Public invited to rally day and opening of new Sunday School house Sunday November 12 with Rev F L Woolf preaching morning and night.
The Bethlehem Ladies Aid met with Mrs Roland Black last month and many members attended. After business, refreshments of cake lemonade and bananas were served. The next meeting will be with Mrs Burn Marshall. The Brades Stop community oyster supper was well attended and enjoyed by all. Thanks are given to all contributors and helpers. Miss Mary Patchett of Aston spent last week with her sister Mrs Nellie Hopkins.
M. K. Newnam urges readers to secure a Victrola record player for Christmas, emphasizing timely purchase. The note appeals to shoppers seeking a durable gift and personal music enjoyment this holiday season.
Henderson, The Patrons Society of It H 5 held a meeting in the school house at Henderson on Wednesday evening November 1. A large attendance viewed a student program after committee reports. The next meeting is set for Tuesday November 21 in the High School with reports and a student program. Attendance honor roll includes Louise Cohee Audrey Smith Myrtle Bryant Naomi Smith Roy Medford Milton Willis and others. Over 90 percent students listed include Myrtle Bryant Mildred Medford Louise Cohee Juanita Cole Naomi Smith Pearl Wyatt Elina Saunders. Several families visited relatives and Rev Handley was noted as visiting Wilmington amid ongoing revival meetings.
Williamsburg report notes Miss Alice Mailey celebrated her sixteenth birthday on Friday evening with music and refreshments. Guests included Clara Palmer Mabel Coulbourne Evelyn Mears Katherine Mears Martha Messick Alice Bailey Edna Bailey Raymond Messick Vernon Reagion Guy Bailey Clifford Bailey Paul Mears and families of Norman Messick Payton Wheatley Edgar Bowdle Erdwan Bradley and Gorman Hailey. Guests expressed happiness and well wishes for many more birthdays.
The Twentieth Century Community Club met at Mrs. Louise Covey's home with good attendance. Miss Kelloge attended offering helpful suggestions. After business and social hour refreshments were served. The next meeting is set for November 15 at Mrs. Jamies Cheezum's home.
The quarterly meeting of the Caroline County Federation of Women's Clubs convened at Hignatt's Park pavilion Williston. President Eva E. Small presided, reports were read, and plans discussed including Christmas seal sales and a motion-picture loan device. Dr Katherine Gallagher of Goucher College gave an address on Japan. The federation adjourned to meet in February.
Work to organize Boy Scout activity on the Eastern Shore advances quickly with troops in several communities. A competent Scout Executive and John W. Noble of Preston lead the Eastern Shore Council. The program aims at character development through merit badges and tests, fostering heat, efficiency, chivalry, loyalty, patriotism and good citizenship.
Judge Lewin W. Wickes of the Circuit Court in Denton last week appointed Thomas W. Perkins and J. W. McAllister as receivers for the Gilpin Falls Hydro Electric Company near North East. Bonds totaling 121000 held by the defunct Second National Bank of Elkton support the plant, which will be sold soon to settle the bank’s affairs. This follows the Cecil Bank failure led by president William T. Warburton.
Voters in Caroline County turnout was about five thousand of eight thousand registered as Democrats ride a national wave. Goldsborough wins by 748 over Butler and Bruce by 456 over France, sweeping Shore counties except Talbot. Bruce gains statewide with about twenty thousand more votes. November results show Democrats expanding in Congress and several states, with Bayard to Senate and multiple house wins while New Hampshire and Rhode Island shift Democratic. Bryan’s brother becomes Nebraska governor as Hitchcock falls.
Messrs G L Japp B L Wathers and Robert Neighbors visited Aberdeen home of Luther Japp and hunted wild ducks Sunday and Monday. Mrs Corinne Thomas led Christian Endeavor service Sunday. Miss Betty Merriken of Baltimore visited. Residents seek work, new moves, and revival services at Piney Church amid sick with colds. A cottage meeting and November 19 program were announced. third quarterly meeting held with Rev Atkins invited back. Church repairs progress as Josephine Wooters returns home.
Prominent criminal lawyer and former Congressman Harry J. Wolf was found guilty Monday of conspiracy to obstruct justice connected to the holdup and murder of William B. Norris at Park Avenue and Madison Street on August 18. His attorneys quickly filed a motion for a new trial. penalties range from a fine to ten years in jail.
A sequence of obituaries notes Ellen Butler dying at 82 in Harmony on October 17 1922 with services at Concord M E Church. Mary Frances Todd passing at Denton aged 64 11 months with funeral at Concord. Maude McMahan dying at 33 near Federalsburg after hospital stay and church service. James Morgan buried at Concord after a Hickman Church funeral in a wide regional turnout. Dr E C Fleming a Hurlock physician aged 65 mourned by family. Delaware State Treasurer George M Fisher found dead at 77 in Wyoming. Mrs Fred Noble Wright funeral held in Federalsburg after Cambridge Hospital death.
A series of visits noted: Harrington guests include Mr and Mrs Clarence Adams Mr and Mrs Herbert Bullock Mr and Mrs John Adams and Messrs David DeVore and Alpheus Adams with Misses Althea and Edna Adams. Easton visits by Mr J H Spence and daughters Kathryn and Ann Mae and Miss Mildred Scott. Althea Adams and Claude Adams guests of Alva Adams near Bridgeville, and Wilbur Wheatley of Washington staying with relatives here. Anna Mae Spence visiting relatives in Easton. R J S Bullock of Rowlandsville visiting relatives locally.
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