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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1924
Page
7
Local businesses advertise Christmas shopping and coal sales while community groups promote bake sales, dances, and charity events. Public notices include court activity, tax and property sales, health reports, and a bankruptcy appointment in Kent and Caroline counties.
Deaths in Greensboro and Denton claim Mrs Angelina Goldsborough 96, Mrs Georgia Willis Smith, and Mr T J Sisk. Goldsborough linked to Church of the Holy Trinity and notable local families. services held in Greensboro. Smith remembered for religious civic work. funeral in Denton. Sisk dies suddenly at Dover station. son Miss Lucetta Sisk a Caroline High School teacher.
Mr and Mrs Harvey L Cooper hosted Denton Volunteer Fire Company members on Fifth Avenue with most of the unit attending. Miss Elizabeth MacDonald assisted Mrs Cooper. The Coopers plan annual repeated entertainments. A Denton Bard of Trade delegation attended a Denton Chamber of Commerce “pet together” meeting with speeches by James H Nichols T Pliny Fisher J Roland Chaffinch J Frank Wright C Leslie Walls Dr F J Wright and Winfield T Nichols. Rev T C Smoot sails to Sarasota Florida to spend the winter for health reasons. Mr and Mrs W M Murphey of Philadelphia spent the weekend with Mr Murphey’s father W F Murphey. Mrs John Chafhoch and daughter Blanche were weekend visitors in Baltimore. Mrs Marion Beck spent several days in Baltimore.
Mrs Barnhart of Millington was struck in the forehead by a pebble blown back from a dare truck backfire while shopping Friday in Chestertown. She was treated by Dr H P Copeland and dressed the wound, with rapid recovery noted. The injury could have been fatal if slightly lower, and authorities attribute it to the backfire causing the pebble to strike her.
Readable ad copy notes a well furnished home environment and broad furniture selection. The text promotes prices and a varied assortment for all rooms, attributed to M K Newnam's.
Local families from Dover Wilmington and nearby towns shared Sunday dinners hosted by the Jarrells and other households. The Ladies Aid plans a dollar social on Friday November 28 with a dime admission and refreshments. Various residents are noted visiting relatives and attending events including a whinceton convention and sermons at the Methodist Church.
Camden visitors Mr Theodore Warren and family spend a week at the Warren summer home near here. Atlantic City guest Mrs Sharp joins relatives. Thawley and Downham families travel to Wyoming. Local clergy Rev Charles Cummins conducts pastoral calls and christens nine children as revival meetings continue at Union M. P. Church. Family visits include Miss Mattie Moore and Miss Pearl Merson with local residents.
Henderson and Greensboro girls played field ball here Thursday with our team winning. Friday saw Ridgely lose 12 to 0 to Henderson. The piece also lists local social visits including Miss Katherine Melvin Kellie Wood and Louise Cohee at a Dover teachers meeting and several townspeople visiting Chestertown Greenshoro Willow Grove and Philadelphia with various relatives and friends.
Pianos always on hand with special values at M K Newnam’s. Terms may be arranged. Within three years any piano purchased may be exchanged at full purchase price for any other piano you choose. We know of no fairer piano deal.
The Home School Association met at Church House to discuss whether today’s system yields better youths than fifty years ago. Rev. Fitz praised life and citizenship training while Rev. Matthews warned of overemphasis on money, noting Shakespeare and other classics as underread and tobacco use rising among boys. Community clubs, funerals, Lyceum plans, and local visits fill a busy week in Ridgely with notices of church events and school concerns.
The Ladies Aid of American Corner hosted by Mrs. Lola Lewis on Wednesday afternoon November 17 had eight members and two visitors. Readings by Mest James Amanita Connelly Sallie Towers Lala Lewis Lydia Nichols Fannie Grifith Elva Smith followed business and refreshments before adjourning to meet Mrs. Nora Howard in December. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Harry Sullivan and family and several neighbors attended Thursday evening. A Farm Bureau Meeting is set for Wednesday November 26 with a special program and ice cream sale. Mr Wyenest Griffith of Philadelphia and Mrs Lary Griffith of Denton were guests Sunday at G J Griffiths and Olas E Smiths. Miss Mary Nichols of New Jersey visited her parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Nichols. Mrs ER OF Hunt and Mrs Olas 12 Smith, recently indisposed, are improving. Miss Martha Griffith returned home after a two week visit with Puckahue Neck relatives.
The Preston Community League held its monthly meeting at the High School Avitarium on Tuesday November 11. A short business session preceded an illustrated lecture by Miss Elizabeth Phillips on London sights with her father Dr Phillips. The talk drew interest and was praised by attendees and the principal urged continued support of American Education Week.
Marydel and Lakeland residents, including Charles Jacobs and Hawai Heather, visit Mrs Kate Feather who is ill. Annie Heather returns from an operation in Hahiniae for a fool. Well wishers send speedy recovery.
An odd sales blurb promotes radio sets from Judlio and Crosley brands with prices from 250 to 318. It urges readers to buy now and promises assistance from Om Ramhe Deparment under Mr Gail Cooper, inviting calls to arrange a demonstration.
The Hillsboro and Queen Anne column notes a Community Club meeting with hostesses J R Sloane and others. It reports Miss Margaret Dukes in Baltimore hospital with scarlet fever and local attendance at a Chester town football game and the Ridgely Covered Wagon event. It lists numerous residents visiting, traveling, or ill, including naval airmark Sprolls and Duke family members, with several trips to Baltimore, Easton, and other towns.
The es service men are urged to file their Bonus applications immediately. Of 4,500,000 entitled, about 1,500,000 have applied. Applications should reach the Adjusted Compensation Branch in Washington, D.C., soon. Payments will be issued in March 1925. If a veteran dies before filing, dependents receive cash equal to adjusted service. if filed, the certificate’s face value goes to dependents. Mortality estimates show 2,000 deaths per ninth. The Adjutant General can handle 30,000 applications daily, yet receives 9,600. Over 300,000 in the third Corps area are eligible, with less than a quarter applying.
Rev George L Helsby resigns after 17 years at Denton Pilgrim Holiness Church to lead work in Milton PA. Farewell sermon on November 30. He and his family are highly regarded in Denton. Replacement not announced. Also notes upcoming services by Rev Melvin G Morris of Greensboro Baptist Church on Divine Healing and The Second Coming of Christ with baptism to close the service. Thanksgiving Day all day meeting at Pilgrim Holiness Church begins 9 30 visitors expected.
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday Judges West Harper and Shawna presided. Executors and administrators including W Lee Wheatley Isaac Sparklin and others filed first and final accounts inventories and distributions with orders approved recorded or passed. Multiple estates including Ella Wheatley Thomas Sparklin Ralph Hubbard Rosma Manning Marietta Draper William Callahan Martha Walters and Martha B E Walters appear with accounts and inventories approved or to be recorded.
The Caroline County Farm Bureau essay contest concluded November 16 after judging on November 14 by a trio from Extension Service Farm Bureau and School Board. Prizes went to Helen Cook Federalsburg first prize ten dollars Nettie Haker Hayden second five Naomi Nfal land Hillsboro third two fifty El wer Meredith Federalsburg first in fourth prize two etc. County banks donated prize money including Denton National Bank ten dollars Peoples National Bank Denton sixteen First National Bank Federalsburg three dollars.
The moon will pass between the earth and the sun for a few minutes on January 24, cutting off sunlight. Yale professor E W Brown says the eclipse will be visible in the United States and may be seen by more people than any similar event in the past. The eclipse is not rare, but notable for occurring in a region where the sun has not been fully obscured within living memory.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist Protestant Church at Choptank thank friends who assisted and patronized the oyster supper on the 6th and 7th. Net proceeds were between ninety and one hundred dollars. The Twentieth Century Community Club met at the home of Mr and Mrs W E Dillon on the 2th. Next meeting set for December 3 with Mr and Mrs W R Dulin.
Readers are urged to try Walk Over shoes from Eveingam's for better style and fit. The firm promises lasting wear with improved comfort and supportive design.
The tiny Eastern Shore League has become a strong developing ground for players to reach higher classifications. In 1924 three teams produced many prospects, with 2 dozen or more ex Shore leaguers expected in majors and Class B next season, led by Parksley’s pennant run and several Cambridge Salisbury Easton and Dover stars joining higher leagues.
Mortgagee W Brewater Deen offers the Jester property at public sale in front of the Denton Courthouse door on a 1924 date between 2 and 4 pm. The land lies in Caroline County near American Corner on the Federalsburg to Denton route, with a described parcel bounded by Roop and Oscar Nichols lines and a state road, containing unspecified acres.
The property includes a commodious dwelling in good repair, a chicken house and other outhouses.
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