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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1934
Page
5
Local merchants list a range of items and services from furniture and appliances to hats, cleaning, and fuel. Advertisements include rental offerings, bake sales, Christmas gifts, and a bazaar. Community notices cover church events, reemployment sites, and upcoming meteor showers with regional details.
At a Denton Community Club meeting Miss Dorothy Miller and pupils from Denton Primary presented a health themed program with songs recitations and readings. May Thompson spoke on Famous Women of Maryland highlighting Lizette Woodworth Reese. A Christmas celebration spirit was adopted at the business session. A birthday for William Perry was noted with multiple local and distant attendees. Various church and fraternal activities followed including Live Wire Class elections and Ladies Aid plans. Several residents were mentioned visiting attending funerals or moving, with updates on hospital and travel.
Bethlehem M E Church to hold a Harvest Home service Sunday afternoon with all welcome. Families listed as visiting include Legates in Wilmington and Matthews, Perry siblings with Cambridge ties, and others from Royal Oak and Balti more. Local residents plan weekend visits and relatives travel to Baltimore for brief trips.
Auction or sale note listing a 1931 Buick sedan eight cylinder offered at a sacrifice. Seller identified as M. H. Schwarz at the Dentonia Theatre. Also mentions wedding invitations and announcements printed with care and neatness. Includes two service offerings in one notice.
Mrs Octavia Russum longtime Denton matriarch died peacefully Tuesday at Parsons Home Salisbury Funeral held in Denton Episcopal Church with Rev John White and Rev F W Kirwan officiating Pallbearers were Enoch George Dr Dawson George Charles G Dukes John Richardson Parnell Brown Jack Turpin Interment in Denton cemetery She was born August 18 1843 daughter of Dr Enoch George of Queen Annes County She married George Mitchell Russum Denton attorney later Chief Judge 1896 Survived by nephews Enoch George Dr Dawson George great nephew D Orme George Jr and many distant cousins.
Mrs Nellie Richardson Lawson wife of Lester H Lawson of Baltimore died Thursday after months of illness. Funeral services were held at Mrs Edwin R Downes home 2713 St Paul St Baltimore and her remains were taken to Denton for interment in Denton Cemetery at 1:30 PM this afternoon Rev M S Andrews of the M E Church officiating She was daughter of the late Wm Potter and Annie Reyner Richardson with surviving step-daughters and siblings Mrs E R Downes Helen Richardson John Richardson and Joseph Richardson.
Sunday services at Church of the New Jerusalem Preston with sermon The Wheat and the Tares. Sunday School 10 15. Rev J Harry Wright to speak at Chestnut Grove League November 26. Bethel Daughters to attend service November 25. Williston Community Church Sunday School 10 30 no evening service. Epiphany Mission Preston Sunday School 10 00.
In loving remembrance of a mother who departed November 24, 1934. Not forgotten though on earth no more. We recall her as a dear friend, missed in joy and sorrow. Loved and sadly missed by husband J. Edgar Walls and daughter Evelyn Walls.
Mrs I E Mason attended the funeral of her sister Mrs Kate Johnson of Harrington on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Earle Hammond of Wilmington were week end guests of Mr and Mrs H C Swann. Mr and Mrs Harry Gibson of Del mar called on Mr and Mrs Frank Stevenson on Sunday. Mrs Paul Hemmons entertains her mother Mrs Walter Moore of Centreville. Mrs James Lewis and sons James and Albert visited Philadelphia on Saturday. Mrs Emma Jackson spent part of Sunday with Mrs Joseph Carroll in Denton. Mr and Mrs Harry Stayer moved to their new home near Mrs Kate Booker. Mrs Sue Hamilton of Oxford is a guest this week. Community Club meets Monday at 2 in the club house. Mr J M Ludwig was a recent visitor in Baltimore.
A columnist argues money wields power to boost the hometown economy or fund projects elsewhere, urging readers to decide where their spending and investments should most benefit community progress. The piece weighs loyalty against opportunity, highlighting local impact of purchasing power.
Ridgely notes obituary for Mrs. L. D. Truitt aged 82 on Maple Avenue. Survived by husband and seven children. funeral at home with Rev. Leon Ross. interment in Ridgely cemetery. Also reports Ridgely Grange officers, union Thanksgiving service plans, Epworth League visit, local travel and social events, and births, illnesses, and local visits. Prominent names include Truitt, Ross, Kirsch, Richards, Cherry, and Temple among others.
Poem reflects on St. Martin's summer easing winter’s gloom. The speaker cherishes memory of warmth as a peaceful respite, praising the season’s soft atmosphere and comforting thoughts to hearten long hours.
Mr and Mrs W J Murphy entertained Sunday with guests from Harrington Milford Burrsville and Greensboro. The church choir performed while Rev H M Waters was away. Guests visited, theater trips to Ridgely, and many locals hosted or visited relatives in Harrington Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Washington contexts.
Hobbs area notices report bake sales by the Andersontown Hobbs Homemakers Club in Denton on Saturday November 24. Other local social notes include Mrs. L. H. Thomas and family wedding anniversary, visitors from Newark and Swarthmore, and community club events.
Henderson Mr and Mrs Clayton Brittingham of Wilmington and James Sanders visited their parents the Sanders family. Greensboro guests Charles Nichols and family visited the Phillipses. Several locals and friends spent weekends with relatives in Wilmington Chester Goldsboro and Marcus Hook. A State Teachers meeting in Newark is noted and other local visitations are listed. Subscribe for the Journal.
Social notes from Centreville and nearby towns list Mrs A T Morris Mrs J B Downes and Mrs Annie Anthony calling at H R Covell home. Mary C Cain of New York guest of Miss Dora Morris. Gatherings include dinners cards Shakespearean Macbeth in Baltimore visits with families at Cheswold Stevensville Trappe and Queenstown.
Queen Anne notices detail a Young People Division Thanksgiving program at St Pauls Church next Sunday at 7 pm under Mrs Clarence Fossett with Ruth Reynolds Hazel Eaton and Dora Sewell in charge of music. Sunday morning service features a sermon titled Bless the Lord O my soul by Mr Fossett. Cabinet meeting planned for Monday Nov 26 with officers urged to attend.
The Smithville Homemakers Club met at the community building with most members present. Officers elected for 1935 were President Viola Jenkins Vice president Elsie Savitz Secretary Grace Horsey Treasurer Debbie Fountain Advisory council Elva Lyden and project demonstrator Elsie Savitz. Other officers to be appointed. A club party is planned for December 27 at 8 pm with donations of food for refreshments.
Attendees at a bridge luncheon at Mrs. Otho Williams include Mrs. Blades Dulin Noble Orland Blades and Mrs. Edgar Wrightson who won first prize. Wilmington visitors Nelson McMahon Grace Covey stay with Covey family. Bake sale planned by Epiphany Mission Guild on Dec 7 at 11 am in H. M. Hollis store. Various visits noted: Blades families in Bridgeville Seaford and Wilmington trips. Hunts with James Murphy and John Sexaeur. beauty school enrollments. and many town and county visits including Salisbury Eas ton and Richmond.
Mrs A Felka entertained friends last Thursday for her seventieth birthday at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs J Toft. Miss Emily Bryan has returned from Easton Hospital after appendicitis surgery. Mr and Mrs J Jester and their son of Wilmington spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs R F Coleman. Mrs Pauline Shivery and Mrs H M Parrott spent last weekend in Wilmington Delaware and Media Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs Raymond McCarty visited Mrs McCarty's parents in Federalsburg last Sunday. Mr Joseph Worm entertained Riverhead Long Island friends this week. Mr Kenneth Cole has returned home after a few days with C L Perry relatives at Bridgeville on Sunday. Mrs F Freidly is visiting in New York City. Effie Coleman is on the sick list.
Marvin Dill aged 26 was killed in a 130 crash on the Denton Preston road when his car failed a turn at Harmony. Four Greensboro residents were in the car, with Carl Dingledine and Robert Davenport injured. Buck Mason and others are mentioned in surrounding notices. Funeral services were held at the Denton road home with a local lodge taking part.
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