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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1947

Page

4

Fall Weather, Licenses, and Civic News On Eastern Shore

The 25th year notes record warm fall as 1,600 gunners acquire county licenses and 81 statewide licenses are issued, with 16 non residents. Fifth avenue street work nears completion, praised as premier by engineers and contractors. Marydel couple Rush and Taylor wed quietly. Wilmington’s Horsey family weekend visit. Red Men rally set for Federalsburg with 16 tribes, a street parade, opera house class adoption, and notable speakers including John E Sedgwick and Maryland Grand Council officials. Guest tribes join Naumkeag Tribe 102 from Tuckahoe Tr 75 Oxford Washatella 75, etc. Ladies Aid Society entertained at Mrs Edna Collins home with two visitors.

Federalsburg Grand Opera House Opera House John E. Sedgwick Incohenee United States Grand Council of Maryland Worthington P. Wachter Robert L. Rinker James C. Littleton John W. Wood Sagamore S. Edward Simpson Trappe Oxford Juanita St. Michaels Crapo Tilghman Wi Wash Toddville Wicomico Cambridge Uncas Graysville Denton Goldsboro Rancocus Greensboro Wittman Preston Queenstown Ladies’ Aid Society Edna Collins Estella Kelley Mary Sullivan Williston

Neighborhood notes and obituaries from Federalsburg area

At transactions Mrs Estella Todd led a program with readings by Annie Todd and Lola Lewis and recitations by Bessie Doerr and Myrtle Cohee. Ellen Butler died Oct 17 1922 in Harmony at 82. Mary Frances Todd died Nov 4 in Denton at 64 with family survivors. Maude McMahan died Oct 31 in Cambridge Hospital at 33 after an illness. Funeral services were held in Federalsburg and Concord. Fred Noble Wright funeral held at home in Federalsburg after death in Cambridge Hospital.

Estella Todd Annie Todd Bessie Doerr Lola Lewis Myrtle Cohee Ellen Butler John DuHadaway Harmony G. E. McDorman C. H. Atkins Concord M. E. Church Mary Frances Todd Denton Frank A. Clark Hayward Horsey Thomas Todd W. E. Hills Concord Maude McMahan Harry W. McMahan Federalsburg Cambridge Hospital Marietta Robert W. Anthony Nichols Church Mr. Truitt Fred Noble Wright

Local Socials From Ridgely and Nearby

Ridgely residents Mr. and Mrs. Ord Rairigh and Mr. and Mrs. A O Saulsbury visited Mr. and Mrs. Blair Rairigh in Baltimore. Miss Connie Stoops of Hillsboro stayed with aunt Miss Elma Wilson. Mrs. Gilbert Hagadone of Baltimore visited Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mitchell. Miss Helen Hagadone spent the weekend with them. Mrs. Norman Wilson visited her daughter Miss Elizabeth Wilson in Wilmington and Newport Delaware. Mrs. Wm Cooper of Ridgely returned from Easton after a visit with niece Mrs. Jennie Elliott. Melvin Carroll of near Greens-

Connie Stoops Hillsboro Elma Wilson Gilbert Hagadone Baltimore Lee Mitchell Helen Hagadone Norman Wilson Elizabeth Wilson Wilmington Newport Del Wm. Cooper Ridgely Jennie Elliott Easton

Local Residents Share News and Visits in Maryland

The report notes Wesley Bower’s 91st birthday on November 11. Several families including Towers, Dixon, Callahan, and Carroll Callahan visited the WSM Grand Ole Opry program in Nashville. Slaughter family members from Coursey Mill Farm near Felton stopped to see Frank Slaughter. Irving Lane of Washington visited Rev and Mrs Irving Lane, and Rash, Harris, and Loraine Thomas visited Gilmore Thomas in Grasonville.

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