Denton Community Notices and Events This Week
Local ads warn about rent signs and yardage items for sale. The Dentonia Theatre showcases My Sister Eileen with extra runs. November 23 and 24. Norman P. Foster of the Social Security Board will visit Denton November 24 for interviews at the Post Office. Military and civil relief items urge tire inspection forms and rationing entries by November 22. A free matinee for children on November 26 at Dentonia Theatre. Aviation cadet Nelson Simon Wood announces training at Maxwell Field Alabama. Obituary notes for Mrs. Mary Ellen Clegg of Baltimore. Death of Ed ward Williams, Denton plumber and bank janitor, funeral set for Sunday. Red Cross Home Nursing program reports 123 graduates across Caroline County with plans to expand to cover at least one educated member per family.
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Small J
W. H. Rathell
Denton
Denton Journal
Robert White
Oil City
Eileen
Dentonia Theatre
Marshall
Norman P. Foster
Salisbury
Social Security Board
Three Stooges
Our Gang
Nelson Simon Wood
Charles W. Wood
Army Air Forces
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Alabama
Wood
Tri- County High School
U. S. Army
Air Corps Technical School
Sheppard Field
Texas
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
California
Caroline County
Clegg
Washington College
Chestertown
Baltimore
D.A.R
Women's Eastern Shore Society
City
Mary Virginia Clegg
Henry W. Hughes
Ernest Longfellow
Whiteleysburg
Edward
Ned’) Williams
Armistead Williams
Maryland
Virginia
Ned
Denton Banks
Methodist Church
Ed Williams
Red Cross Home Nursing
Fletcher Sisk
Ridgely
Greensboro
Preston
Federalsburg
Red Cross
Edna Hobbs
Mattie Smith
Paul van Dyke
Turkington
Gilbert Johnson
Federaleburg
Alice Wilson
Elmer Hoffman
Bessie Spafford
Dorothy Emerson
Hobbs
Clarence Murphy
Chester
Clark Murphy
Church of the Brethren
Leonard Kennedy
Ernest Seegars
Civilian Public Service Camp
Powellville
Frank Taylor
Mount Wilson
William Taylor
University of Maryland
Brazier
Clarksville
Del
Mabel Carroll
Edward Cahall
Goldsboro
Sam Curry
The
Arthur Richards
Frank Samis
Herbert Jones
Herbert Hammond
Frank Kibler
Joseph Roche Jr
Joanne
Charlotte Ann
Cora Lou
Joseph II
Herlin
Roche
New Jersey
James Stack
Homemakers Club
Lee Covey
Virginia Lee
Alfred Lord
Covey
Gray Covey
George Wooters
Julia Ann Gavitte
Annie Wooters
Edwin Eaton
Walter Moore
Philadelphia
Fred Koeneman
Dover
August Rampmeyer
Camp Edwards
Mass
Charles Rampmeyer
M. H. Thomas
June Lynch
John McCoy
Booth Corner
Robert Lister
Elijah Luff
Foster Clark
Henderson
Methodist Church House
Clinton Guthrie
Rock Hall
Charles Arthur Herzog
Ann Starett Polk
Harry Robinson
Redman Long
Martha Irelande
Social news highlights from First Methodist Church events
A November 12 church social roundup covers the Christian Comrade class at First Methodist Church with officer elections and holiday greetings for servicemen, the Good Cheer Bible Class officers, and a surprise shower for Mr. and Mrs. Koenig. Also noted are marriages, births, illnesses, and visits across Denton and nearby towns.
Nation to register 18 year olds set for December
The president ordered all men who turned 18 since June 30 to register during the last three weeks of December, estimated at 600000. Those born after January 1 1925 will register on their 18th birthday, with July and August 1924 births to register the week of December 18 and November/December classes from December 26. The nation needs its youth and many in this class have already enlisted.
Reverent Vision Shapes All Things, Anon Quote
A concise quotation notes that religion is not a lens for select items but a pervasive viewpoint. It asserts that faith informs perception across every facet of life, reflecting a broad, unified approach.
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Anon
First Church Notices and Events for November 22
Sunday involves church school by departments at 9:45 a m and morning worship at 10:45 with Job's Daughters and local choir participation. Youth fellowship at 7 attending, pastor-led discussion with a surprise feature, Wednesday prayer at 7:30, and a death notice for sexton Edward Williams. College Day seeks 40 dollars for Methodist institutions on the peninsula. Next Monday Rev R M Green from Wesley Junior College speaks.
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Job’s Daughters
Job
George Beck Jr
Sexton
Edward Williams
First Church
Wesley Junior College
R. M. Green
Grace Methodist Rev Turkington Leads Thanksgiving Week
Grace Methodist Church schedules College Sunday with sermons on Knowledge at 11 o clock and Thanksgiving in the evening. Prayer meeting at 7 30 Wednesday, choir practice Thursday at 7. Union Thanksgiving service at Grace Church next Thursday at 10 30 with Rev N J Miller of the Brethren Church delivering the sermon.
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Union
Grace Church
N. J. Miller
The
Brethren Church
Denton Brethren Church Services and Sermon Topics
Rev. Newton J. Miller leads church school at 10 00 a m and A C W and B Y P D meet at 7 39 p m Evening meetings draw growing interest Sermon subjects are The Grace of Gratitude in the morning and The Men of the Half Moon in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Church of the Brethren
Newton J. Miller
Local Church Schedules and Catholic Mass Readers
Concord Methodist Church and Greensboro churches publish weekly services with Sunday School at 9:45 to 11:00 a. m. and evening preaching from 7:00 to 7:45 p. m. Official boards meet monthly. women and youth groups also listed. Pilgrim Holiness Church notes prayer and youth services. Catholic Masses set for Sunday November 15 in Denton and Ridgely at 10:00 and 8:30 respectively.
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Pilgrim Holiness Church
Greensboro
A. C. Clark
Young Peoples
Denton and
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
Harvest Home Guests at Union Church Burraville
Social notes list many local families attending Harvest Home services at Union Church Burraville including HOBES L. H. Thomas and Frances Bennett with daughters Esther and Sue and J. A. Willoughby family. Also reports visits and weekend hosting among Thomas Hopkins Butler Dukes Willey Pratt Wood and others with brief funeral attendance noted.
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L. H. Thomas
Frances Bennett
B. B. Allen
Lewis Butler
F. N. Smith
Esther
Sue
J. A. Willoughby
Paul
J. H. Dandy
Harvest Home
Union Church
Burraville
James C. Hardesty
Carlton
L. Hopkins Thomas
Kenneth Ramsburg
Marvin Butler
Tuckahoe Neck
Lois Ann
Lewisville
D. E. Wood
W. G. Holbrook
Kate Johnson
Denton
Elmer Butler
Love Point
In Memoriam Sallie Wyatt Culler
In loving memory of a dear wife and mother Sallie Wyatt Culler who passed away one year ago November 23 1941 Her memory lives in our hearts though she is gone Her husband son and daughter miss her still with faith.
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Culler
Sallie Wyatt Culler
Ridgely News Letter Details Local Nuptials and Events
Miss Joyce Fountain Saulsbury married Ensign David Perry in a Ridgely home ceremony performed by Rev. Frank White. The couple and guests from nearby towns attended, with a brief honeymoon to Fenwick Island before Perry returns to Cape May. Mrs. Perry teaches at Bridgeville High School. The issue also notes 4 H activities, war effort reminders, and community visits, including multiple local families and others from Maryland and New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Fountain Saulsbury
Orrell Saulsbury
David Perry
United States Naval Reserve
Ridgely High School
Saulsbury
Frank White
Rising Sun
James Lynch
Margaret Swing
J. T. Saulsbury
Emma
Ridgely
Roland Fountain
Maplewood
N. J
Keene Saulsbury
Hanover
Frederick Jones
DeWitt Clement
Wayne, Pa
Harold Fountain
Baltimore
Molly Richards
Wilmington
William Jarrell
Cambridge
Mary Butcher
Salisbury
Fenwick Island
Ensign Perry
Cape May
Perry
Bridgeville High School
Greensboro Homemakers Club Holds November Meeting
The Greensboro Homemakers Club met at Mrs. Charles BIl lborough Jr.'s home for a covered dish luncheon. Fifteen members and three guests attended as President Mrs. Harry Butler opened the meeting and members shared ideas for 1943 demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Homemakers Club
Charles Bilbrough Jr
Harry Butler
Alberta Porter
Elise Roe
Elkins
Andrew Linhard
Harry Cooper
Homemakers
WBAL
Baltimore
LocalNotable Weekend Dinner Guests In Delaware Area
Local social notes list numerous families visiting or hosting gatherings over the weekend. Names include Gruwell States Shewbrooks Meredith Palmer Montague Passwaters Walls Smith Nichols Cartwright Gooden Gniesco Reed Cohee Kusmaul King Gooden Powell and others, with travel from Goldsboro Wilmington Centreville Richardson Park Felton Baltimore Philadelphia and New York City. The entries highlight small-town social cycles and kinship ties through dinners visits and weekend hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Gruwell
Goldsboro
Irvin
Charles Shewbrooks
Marydel
Leslie Meredith
Near Town
John Meredith
Pearl Jones
Corp. James Jones
William Palmer
George Montague
Betty Montague
William Earle Passwaters
Wilmington
T. A. Montague
Nathan Walls
Centreville
Norman Smith
W. N. Walls
Joyce Ann Nichols
Greensboro
Henry Shultie
Charles Cartwright
Richardson Park
Dora Melvin
Winfred Gooden and Sons
Milford
W. B. Stubbs
Corp
Alex Gniesco
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Gniesco
James Reed
New York City
Oliver Reed
A. B. Cohee
Ben Cohee
Felton
Emil Kusmaul
Philadelphia
Rosa Kusmaul
George King
L. M. Jones
M. W. Gooden
Alfred Powell
Baltimore
W. E. Stubbs
Templeville Hosts Nearby Families on Sunday Visit List
Templeville residents entertained relatives and friends from Wilmington Chestertown Cambridge and Collinsdale over the weekend. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Knotts Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Tom McCarthy from Wilmington Mrs Katie Stafford Mrs Dora Everett Miss Mary Knotts and Roland Knotts Rev and Mrs George at the parsonage and others visiting from Hamilton Beach Haven and Wilming ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurney Knotts
Harry Davis
Tom McCarthy
Wilmington
Huceton Messick
Beach Haven
G. H. Golt
Nell Knotts
Mary Kathryn
Herbert Knotts
Grover Moore
Clyde
Hamilton
Wright Robinson
Nat Wooleyhan
M. B. Kinnamon
A. Burris
Elinor Starkey
Medford Starkey
Chaorey Goslin
Cambridge
Francis Pinder
Baltimore
Del
Kurt Lederer
New York
Avery Storey and Son
H. R. Covell
Joseph M. Eaton
Philadelphia
Carroll Camegys
Pennington
William Sherwood
Harry Kemp
Trappe
Dan Dougherty
In loving memory of Lloyd Jenkins obituary note
In loving memory of Lloyd Jenkins who passed away one year ago November 22, 1941. Today my heart is heavy my thoughts are all of thee Oh how I miss you husband dear None but God in heaven can see. Some say time heals an aching heart but no it isn’t true one long year has passed dear and my heart still aches for you by your loving wife Hessie Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Jenkins
Hessie Jenkins
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Dinner Guests Celebrate Birthday
A Hillsboro Queen Anne column lists numerous social visits and moves. Families from Milford Del Philadelphia Baltimore and Wilmington appear in gatherings and hosting duties. Beverly Ann Thawley marks her third birthday with relatives and friends while others plan relocations or note recent travel and stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Blades
Mildred Stenger
Brown Thawley
Milford
Del
Beverly Ann Thawley
R. B. Allen
Philadelphia
Carolyn Holland
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
J. R. Holland
Naomi
Nelson Jump
Pearl Bramble
Francis Fleming
R. B. Thompson
Lakeland
Fla
Geo. H. Coleman
William Sparks
Henry Fleming
Wilmington
Frank Fleming
Jimmie Sherwood
John Mandrell
Easton
Queen Anne Women Help Red Cross Dressings Drive
Thirteen women gathered Friday evening in Queen Anne to sew surgical dressings for the Red Cross. Six monitors from Centreville instructed the group in the approved method and later served as teachers to others, producing about six hundred dressings in two hours.
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Red Cross
Queen Anne’s County
Centreville
Horace Morgan
L. M. Clark
Emmett Barton
Charles Sewell
Geo. C. Moore
R. H. Gibson
Katie Griener
Anne Griener
Joseph Griener
Charles Griener
Philadelphia
William Griener
Charlanne and
Buster
Mary Griener
Queen Anne
Ralph Holland
Jack Brown
Air Corps
Bertie Brown
Howard Eley
Caldwell Wilson
Hollingsworth
Easton
Harry Clark
G. C. Moore
Lloyd Fleming
Harry Moore
Baltimore
Charles Schall
Charles Merrick
Cordova
Butler family notes and church events in Burrsville
Burrsville families share news of sons in service Corporal Arnold B. Butler landing overseas and Sgt Wilson Butler in Alaska. Wesley Church announces W S C S meetings and a Harvest Home service on November 22 at 11 am led by Rev. R. L. Kirby. Mrs Reba Stafford of Harrington and Mrs Austine Stafford visit Wilmington relatives.
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Charlie Butler
Arnold B. Butler
Austine Stafford
Clayton Stafford
Wilmington Manor
Wilmington
Del
Wesley Church
R. L. Kirby
Harvey Griffith
Chester
Preston Fire Destroys Home After Early Morning Blaze
Mr and Mrs Roland Lane lost their two story residence when a Thursday morning fire swept through their Preston home. Lane awoke to smoke around 2 am and helped his wife and two sleeping children escape before Preston and Easton firefighters arrived too late. Few furnishings were saved. The Lane family had moved to the nearby farm earlier this year.
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Roland Lane
Mr. Lane
Preston and Easton
John Noble
L. E. Brodes
Junior Order
J. Emory Bauer
Baltimore
Bauer
A. W. Sisk & Co
A. W., Sisk & Co
H. B. Wright
A. M. Willey
W. J. Bonner
Messrs. Wright, Willey and Bonner
Grand Lodge
Maryland
Howard Holden
Ruth
Seaford
Raymond, Webster
Nelson Todd
J. N. Todd
Harvey Parrott
Jack Weidlein
Philadelphia
Harvey Parrott Jr
J. P. Harris
Edward Glass
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harris
Glass
Brainridge Naval Training School
Harper
Percy Roberts
North Carolina
Roberts
Claude Chambers
Dewey Chambers
PT. A
Leona Schmick
Helen MacAllister
New York
New Manager of REA Coop Appointed at Choptank Electric
Francis E. Yeoman was announced as the new manager for Choptank Electric Cooperative, pending REA approval, to succeed Clarence A. Sennett. Yeoman, 1899 born in Wyckoff New Jersey, has 13 years in Eastern Shore Public Service Company with roles from cashier to manager, and will resume duties around December 1 while planning to move his family to Caroline in January. He is married to Adele Crow of Kennedyville with one son, and is an avid philatelist and reader of biographies and electrical literature.
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Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc
Francis E. Yeoman
REA
Clarence A. Sennett
Yeoman
Eastern Shores Public Service Company
Public iService Company
Millington
Salisbury
Denton
Cambridge
Caroline
Mr. Yeoman
Wyckoff
N. J
Adele Crow
Kennedyville
Kent County
Bealcom
Business College
LaSalle University
Denton National Bank
B. Herman
George Murphy
Richter
Carl Nichols
Milton Roe
Wilmington
Samuel Bilbrough
Austin
Texas
Arch Foster
Bilbrough
U. S. Army
William
Methodist Church
Easton
Ralph Swann
Chestertown
Corp
James Ross Swann
Australia
Corp. Swann
Georgia Swann
Greensboro
Robert Christian
Columbus
Ohio
Alfred Lilly
Washington
Ray Kirwan
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
F. H. Truitt
Nassau
Del
Harriet Sue
Harry S. Hubbard
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Hubbard
R. L. Mitchell
Ridgely
Harry Karcher
Elwood Wright
Denton Road
Harry Cooper
Cyrus Stuffi
Betty Lou
Lanerch
A. G. Stufft
C. H. Reynolds
Greeneville
Lost Gasoline Hook S101 Serial F7640556
A gasoline hook with serial number F7640556 is lost and should be returned to Mrs. Ethel Stevens in Denton Maryland. Please contact M. at the address provided for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Stevens
Denton, Md
Greensboro and its Environs Community News
Revival meetings led by Rev. Joseph Wooten of Wilmington run November 15 to 29 at the Old Brick Church drawing large crowds. Music guided by Mrs. Anna Davis and Mrs. Della Abbott with radio broadcasts on WDEL Saturdays 1 to 1:30 p.m. Fire destroys a Boyce Mill road house. no one home. origin undetermined. Insurance covers losses. Various local events include Harvest Home service at Greensboro Baptist Church November 22 at 7:30 p.m. and a large schedule of visits, church activities, and community notices involving Greensboro residents and regional guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wooten
Wilmington
Greensboro
Wooten
Anna Davis
Della Abbott
WDEL
Charles Miller
George LeCompte
Boyce Mill Road
Greensboro Baptist Church
Paul Burke
James H. Ward
Ward
James Pinder
Earl Deaner
Calvin Ward
James
Denton
Robert Frampton
Linwood
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Hilda Lowe
Ruth Noble
Myrtle Palmer
Margaret Sangster
Florence Hager
Mary Horsey
Eva Brittingham
Naomi Holland
Clara Deen
Catherine Smith
Emma Hyde
Olivia Roe
Myra Sylvester
Lewis McNeal
Sue Bye
Lizzie Noble
Wm. Chambers
William Koenig
Louis Butler
Roland Leng
Betty
James Thomas Parrish
D. T. Parrish
San Antonio
U. S
South Pacific
Norman Liden
John W. Butler
George Torrode
James H. Trice
Trice
Harvey Lord
Francis Lord
Larry
Holmes, Pa
Raymond Corkran
Billy
Holly Oak
Everett Gambrill
Mervin Maloney
Gertrude Meeks
Elsie Andrew
Katherine Cahall
Benjamin Somers
Bridgeville
Harrison
Mamie Meeks
Arthur Melvin
Fort Ontario
L. E. Wimbrow
Carl Travers
William Travers
Phillip Cooper
Gail Cooper
Fifer Hospital
Ralph Smith
C. & P. Telephone Company
Grippe
Roger M. Weeks
Clewiston
Weeks
Harry S. Burns
Norman Clark
Henrietta Liles
Russell Anderson
Wilbur Vanscoy
Concord
Earl Jewell
Diane Carroll
Lester Carroll
Wallace Keys
Bridge
Samuel Lewis
Isaac L. Dukes
L. Reyner Dukes
Wayne Spidle
Ann Willis
SRA
Grace Methodist Church
T. J. Turkington
Concord Methodist Church
P. R. Schauer
P. Mn
Greensboro Methodist Church
R. W. Kirwan
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Epworth League
Paul F. Burke
Baptist Training Union
Woman’s Missionary Society
Hobes
Memoriam
Templeville
Hillsboro
Tuckahoe
Burrsville
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