Local notes on shops, events, and notices in Caroline
Winter weather and Thanksgiving coming up with Thanksgiving week. Preston postmaster appointment for J. W. Payne. Red Rabbit Gift Shop sells Christmas cards. Denton and Federalsburg stores advertise coats shoes and general goods. Church events and bake sale announced. Greensboro postmaster nomination of Ellwood C. Jarrell. Various deaths, bankruptcy filing, and illness reports in Caroline County with local meeting notices and school fund drives.
Matrimonial Notes of Interest Visitors Hereabout
Local social page notes multiple engagements and marriages among residents of Delmarva area. Harry L Lee and A Esther Hummel wed in Elkton with Rev. G T Alderson officiating. Grace Caroline Thompson engagement to Harold D Hatfield of Georgetown. Mary Jennie Wright engaged to David William Silvey. Various visits, recoveries, and social events across Chestertown Denton Ridgely Baltimore and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Lee
A. Esther Hummel
Hockessin
Del
Elkton
G. T. Alderson
Denton
Chestertown
Proom
A. W. Thompson
Ridgely
Grace Caroline
Harold D. Hatfield
Georgetown
Walter M. Wright
Preston
Mary Jennie
David William Silvey
Warrenton
Chris Biger
J. A. Dudley
Caston Hospital
George A. Newall
Federalsburg
Martha A Collins
Oak Grove
Seaford
NC. Benson
Freeman Taylor
J. Kenoard Jones
Margaret Jones
Philadelphia
John T. Carter
Walter Claua
Norristown
Cloud
William Joiner
Rollin B. W Page
F. R. Ball
Margaret Ball
Easton
C. Brown
Bridgeville
E. Ellwanger
Baltimore
Flpb. Covey
Annie Hatter
James H. Pollard
Greensboro
Emmett Russell
Atlantic City
John I. ChaMinch
Hilda Wiggins
Helen Selin
Washington
Pauline Roe
Esther Dunham
Strayer
Huetness College
Houston Newnam
Con Gregg
Edenburg
J. Owen Knotts
Farle Chaffinch
Gay Street
Leland T. Short
John
Blanche
Ila Vo Green
Norfolk
C. Percy Dunning
Alg Packard
Emily Deland
F. A. Redden
Aston Hospital
New Sunday School House Opens Amid Strong Attendance
The new Sunday School house opened last Sunday with ideal weather and good turnout. 121 attended Sunday School of 133 enrollment, Rev. L Woolf preached well and led fine singing. The building features classrooms on the first floor and social space above, with recent painting, new carpet, and nearly debt free. Community generosity kept costs low through wholesale purchases and offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Woolf
Woolf
Fends
J. P. Stump
Goldsboro Methodist Church
Eastern Shore Gas and Electric Company
Ttas
Alda Jackson
Ladies’ Aid
Real
Stork
Normin Smith
David Greenlee
Grove Church Social Ends With Invite To Decem ber Gathering
The Social e Laterary Society of Grove Church met Friday evening at the church and, after a pleasant session, decided to meet again at the home of Mr and Mrs Ray Hubbard in December. Everyone is invited to attend. Rev F J Phillips began extra meetings at Elwood last Sunday with afternoon and evening services. He expects assistance from Rev W O Johnson of Federalsburg MOOR Church and Evangelist R F Maloney of Salisbury. Dr J Mc Sheridan, superintendent of the Church Extension Society of the Maryland Conference, visited Grove charge Monday to promote the Peninsula Church being built in Wilmington. Lee Taylor and Dallas Carroll, employed in Philadelphia, are visiting their families here. Miss Mary Nichols and Hazel Beau champ of American Corner visited Miss Lillian Phillips last weekend. Rev F J Phillips and family were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs John W Howard of American Corner last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove Church
Agin
Ray Hubbard
F. J. Phillips
Elwood
W. O. Johnson
Federalsburg Moor Church
American Corner
Lillian Phillips
John W. Howard
Frank Stevenson
T. W. Jones
Red Cross
C. W. Cahall
J. P. Laing
Lawrence Lynch
Edna Detwiler
John Swing
Elizabeth Flounders
Elsie Matthews
A. G. Saulsbury
M. H. Thomas
Melvin Wheatley
Dover
Samuel Thomas
Institute
Conrad Hamnon
Tom ‘Temple
Charles Starkey
Cy W. Jackson
M.C. Meredith
Lawrence Lynch Chamman
Kibler
Benedict Weiver
Kiblet
the Reformed Church
Joseph Muller
Will Helin
Paston
Mire
Muller
Harry Hemmons
Nat Bowen
Lorrie Perking
Blossom Cooper
Templestile
Will Smith
Samuel Beir
Paltimore
Agan
Frank Long
Methodist Church
Walrry Boenemainn
Philadelphia
August Roenemann
W. H. Smith
Foster Clark
Blenderson
Alice Pendleton
Frank White
Centreville
HF. Rickards
O. P. Pherson
Samuel Bear
Jack Applebaum
Baltimore
Elyah Dean
Ruthsburg
BF. Rickards
Leonard Dean
McKenney
Ella Pearsaul
Annapolis
SS Stane Ins
Beverly
Mass
Edward Ree
Wilmington
Herbert Hammond
Elizabeth Smith
Pred Vlaunders
Washington
Paul Neff
Lous Hess
Chestertown
Prof
Goodwin
College Park
Lula Hevtlow
Queenstown
I.ff
Krauss
Davis Wilson
Mr. Stephens Injuries Fatal After Highway Shooting
Mr. James A. Stephens died in Easton hospital after a rifle discharge on a Denton road last Friday. Edward Mitchell, who fired the gun while crossing the road, gave his account of the accident which ended Stephens life at 6 a.m. Saturday. The 67-year-old was laid to rest in Crisfield after services at Mt Pleasant Methodist. He is survived by his widow Annie Stephens, brother Dr. M Bates Stephens, and sister Mrs. Nora Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
James A. Stephens
Denton
Nal
Easton
Edward Mitchell
Mr. Stephens
Mitchell
Crisfield
Mt. Pleasant
Illiteracy in Maryland by county from 1920 census
Maryland counts 6434 illiterates aged 10 plus statewide. Caroline ranks eighth with 1245. Anne Arundel leads counties at 2775. Garrett is smallest at 763. City totals show Baltimore 26238 illiterates. Native white 5363, foreign-born white 13575, negro 35464. Cambridge tops Eastern Shore towns with 574.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Anne Arundel
Garrett
Cecil
Howard
Carroll
Calvert
Kent
Harford
Talbot
Queen Anne's
Fredenck
Washington
Montgomery
Wicomico
Allegany
Somerset
St. Mary's
Baltimore
Charles
Prince George'’s
Worcester
Dorchester
Anne Arunedel
Cambridge
Crisfield
Sthsbury
Aston
Chestertown
Likton
Bultimore City
Ladies Ard Society of Bloomery M Church Entertained
Smithville community notes the Ladies Ard Society of Bloomery M Church hosted a Tuesday evening gathering at Mrs. D R Adams home with many members and visitors. Program included readings by Mrs. Arthur Adams and Miss Ethel Adams, a duet by Mrs. Hugh Vincent and Mrs. Adams, then refreshments before the group planned to meet December 26 at Mrs. Arthur Adams’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ard Society of Bloomery M
D. R. Adams
Kathryn Speoce
Arthur Adams
Hope
Hugh Vincent
Mass
Sther Adams
Ethel
Matie Parker
Newark
Del
Elisha Todd
Frends
Ya Devore
Leroy Gibbs
Philadelphia
Jaxephine Wooters
Walter Lyden
Community Club discusses fox penalty reform and local events
The Ridgely News Letter reports The Community Club met at two pm last Monday with out of town members present. They approved removing the fox killing penalty but opposed steel traps. Activities noted include Red Cross fundraising, Camp Fire Girls, household sales, baptisms, church suppers, and numerous visits and visits to relatives across Dover Templeville and Chestertown.
Munsingwear union suits promise warmth and fit
Readers are urged to consider Munsingwear union suits for superior warmth and a snug fit, highlighting comfort and improved coverage during cold weather. The ad emphasizes lasting quality and practical value for daily wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsingwear Union
Evern Pain
Burroughs Burville Mourns Death of James A Stephens
James A Stephens was shot while hauling a load of wood to Denton last Friday. The community near Burrsville remembers him as a farm-raised, longtime neighbor. The news saddened many families including the Hendricks Warren Mills Sharp and Cahall circles who visited, hosted, or returned from trips last week. Local weddings, birthdays, and neighborhood visits are noted among residents from Island Heights Camden West Collingswood Orean City Marcus Hook Dover and Chester VA with gatherings at Wesley Epworth League and various box socials and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A Stephens
Denton
Stephens
Harry Hendricks
Ruth
Gladys
Island Heights
N. J
Theodore Warren
Theodore, Jr
Camden
Lulu Mills
West Collingswood
Dora Sharp
Orean City
Warren Bungalow
Town
John Crowser
Wesley Epworth League
Noah Dearth
Harry Jennings
Schiff
George Wyatt
May Raughley
Pred Messick
Hickman
Charles Messick
John H. Moore
Lorena
Arch
John H., Jr
Houston
J. Baldwin
Bessie Cheezum
Camp Grove
Laura Evans
Clyde Wyatt
Marcus Hook
Frank Williams
Federalsburg
Williams
Harry Colison
Gladys Warren
Mollie Cahall
Verte Cahall
James Cahall
Harrington
W. H. Satterfield
Lewis and Lawrence Tucker
Chester
Mro
John Pares
John Thinley
Doser
Walford
Henry Walters
Bersey
Kent Island
Hester Wyatt
Central
Wesley Thawley speaks on education at Henderson High
Henderson patrons heard Wesley J Thawley urge higher education to meet strong competition in life. Two hundred fifty attendees welcomed the address and the growing local organization. A future Christmas program will be presented at the High School, with free public access. Other local visits and revival meetings noted follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley J. Thawley
Henderson High School
William Walls
Atlantic City
Harvey Wails
Wilmington
W. N. Walls
Ernest Cohee
Harry Cohee
Henry Wilkinson
Ridgely
J. W. Gibson
Lillian Meredith
J. F. Quillen
S. L. Hanby
Bushc
H. ©. Bostic
Felton
J. Quillen
S. C. Johnson
Bible Students Meet at J W Fountain Home
Adams Cross Roads hosts a Bible Students meeting Sunday December 3 at 2 pm. J W Fountain will host with LC Bickling of Greensboro delivering a lecture on Gods Divine Plan of the Ages. Visitors welcome. Also notes visits and travel by local residents and PTA winter meetings begin with subscription push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Students
J. W. Fountain
Bickling
Greensboro
Eva DeVore
Roy Gibb
Philadelphia
Pauline Adams
Mane Parker
Claude Adams
Newark
Interesting church news service in Christ Church Denton
An inspiring service at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church featured visiting laymen from Queen Annes and speakers including Rev W S Marshall and Thomas Gordon Bennett. Bishop Davenport praised the lay quickly becoming a stronger force in church work as Rev Alward Chamberlain moved to Denton Hillsboro and Greensboro parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Queen Anne’s
W. 5. Marshall
Thomas Gordon Bennett
Queen Anne's
Richard T. Earle
Edwin H. Brown
Centreville
Davenport
Alward I. Chamberlain
Caroline County
Denton
Hillsboro
Greensboro
Gen- Nemian
Christ Church
George L. Helsby
J. E. Smith
Preston
Williston
St. Paul's M. FL
Methodist Episcopal Church
Levi K. Ziegler
Church of the Brethren
Wall
Holiness Church
H. J. Olsen
W. F. McDowell
Washington
Wilmington
Social News From Greensboro and Nearby
Greensboro society notes describe dinners and visiting guests from Greenwood Denton Burrsville Henderson and Philadelphia. Highlights include Miss Margaret Curry hosting her twelfth birthday, and multiple families such as Cohee Shields Wills Milby Sharp Morgan and Mitchell relocating or visiting from nearby towns and states.
Thanksgiving Entertainment At School House In Poplar Grove
The community announces a Thanksgiving entertainment at the school house in Poplar Grove on Wednesday evening November 29 at 7 30. Ice cream and cake will be served. Proceeds benefit school purposes. The Community Club met at Mrs James Cheezums last week with an interesting session and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cheezum
Orphans Court Proceedings Note Administration Petitions
In the Orphans Court Judges West Harper and Shawn preside. Letters of administration on Andrew J. Reed's personal estate granted to Walter F. Reed, with bond, creditors notice, and appraisers named. Several estates probated, inventories and final accounts approved, sales and appraisals authorized, and executors named or qualified for multiple estates including Abler, Murray, Brogley, Reed, Phillips, Harris, Washington, Todd, Covey, Williamson, and Covey assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
West, Harper and Shawn
Walls
Andrew J. Reed
Walter F. Reed
Charles L. Hobbs
M. C. Meredith
William D. Abler
Magnolia S. Abler
Magnolia
Anhler
Thos. F. Johnson
H. Clay Hobbs
Martha T. Murray
Alexander Murray
Louise M. Blades
J. Owen Knotts
August Brogley
William R. Phillips
Calvert C. Merriken
Joseph P. Harris
Harriett E. Harris
Eleanor C. Washington
William W. Washington
Mary F. Todd
Samuel G. Nuttle
Irene Tribbet
Cora Todd
James H. Covey
John Williamson
Martha Smith
William J. Richards
Bond
Gootee S. Todd
William H. Deen
Hettie W. Jefferson
Charles W. Jefferson
Sallie L. Covey
Hattie C. Brown
Viola C. Ellwanger
Frank P. Covey
Hillsboro Community Club hosts Thanksgiving program
Hillsboro hosts the Queen Anne Community Club for a Thanksgiving program with vocal and banjo solo performances. Talks by Miss Kellogg and Mrs. Small. A donation to Easton Hospital was voted. Bazaar planned for December 5 and 6 with ice cream cake candy and more. Several local residents are noted with visits and gatherings. Don’t forget the Chautauqua on November 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Queen Anne
John Sunday
W. Lansing
Trenton
N. J
M. Kline
James Walters
Edith Worth
Elkton
Howard Owens
Betterton
Emma Beauchamp
Herbert Wilson
Denton
H. W. B. Rowe
Elizabeth Evans
Maryland
Gettysburg
Olan Hunter
Goldsboro
Helen Roop
Milford Kline
Laura Fleming
Easton
Charles Kline
Baltimore
G. L. Wilson
Salisbury
Henry Fisher
Washington
Marydel Pupils Scoring High For Fall Term
Marydel pupils who received go per cent or above for the fall term are listed: Marie Purnell, Harry Smith, Mae Oberholtzer, Ruth Harman, Ruth Purnell, Hertha Niznansky, Rosa Gul nich, Selena Ratledge, Naam Walls, Price Kaler, Thomas Heather, Roswell Ware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel
Marie Purnell
Harry Smith
Mae Oberholtzer
Ruth Harman
Ruth Purnell
Hertha Niznansky
Rosa Gulnich
Selena Ratledge
Naam Walls
Price Kaler
Thomas Heather
Roswell Ware
Fewer Elections Amendment Reshapes County Terms
Voters approved the Fewer Elections Amendment, ending biennial races for county and state offices and moving to quadrennial terms. In this county, Deakyne and successors adjust terms. Register of Wills, Seward, and other officials extend or shift service through 1927 and 1930, with appointive offices reappointed in 1924 and 1927. The Governor gains vacancy powers, and annual savings are estimated at £350,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Deakyne
Deakyne
J. Howard Pastorfield
Register of Wills
T. Frank Seward
Andrews
Lapham
Smith
Garris
Orphans’ Court
West
Harper and Shawn
Deen
J. Walter Nobile
House of Delegates
Towers
General Assembly
Board of Education
Walter M. Wright
H. W. D. Rowe
J. W. Stowell
Board of Election Supervisors
Messrs
Pastorfield, Seward and Towers
Ferry line renewal near Queenstown Bay Shore
Operation of a fast ferry route between Queenstown and the Western Shore may begin within weeks. Baltimore and Eastern Shore Ferry Co plans to take over the franchise from Peninsula Ferry Co, with a Rock Hall to Day Shore boat already owned and ready. John W. Rathell, 69, died of heart trouble at his Seaford home on Thursday morning November . interment at Galestown. Advertisement for W C Pastorfield's Over the Bridge Store features furniture and iron beds at moderate prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Bay Shore
Baltimore County
Baltimore and Eastern Shore Ferry Company
Peninsula Ferry Company
Western Shore
Rock Hall
Day Shore
John W. Rathell
Seaford
Galestown
Community Notes From Burrsville And Nearby Areas
Mr and Mrs R F Coleman and family and Floyd Coleman with Ruth spent Sunday with Edward Jester near Burrsville. A box social at the schoolhouse on November 29 invites all, with ladies asked to bring boxes. Helen Perry lately returned from Baltimore to visit Mrs Frank Holly. Mrs George Murphy and daughter Josephine of Newark visit Carlton Cooper. Jake Bryan of Baltimore spent a few days with A R Willoughby and family, and Charles Christopher with son Wesley and daughter Mary Agnes are visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Coleman
Floyd Coleman
Ruth
Edward Jester
Burrsville
Helen Perry
Frank Holly
Baltimore
George Murphy
Josephine
Newark
Carlton Cooper
Jake Bryan
A. R. Willoughby
Charles Christopher
Wesley
Mary Agnes
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the Local Department
Talbot Court
J. W. Payne
Red Rabbit
Everngam’s
Long & Short
W. C. Pastorfield
Over the Bridge
Concord School
Emily DeFord
M. E. Church
Annie Perry
Edward R. Perry
Chapel District
J. W. Perry
Cordova
Newell Dwight Hilles
Hilles
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Denton Community Club
M. E
Ellwood C. Qrrell
Republican State Central Committee
Wesley Jarrell
W. OC. Pasterfield
Bridge
James Payton Thompson
Bethlehem
Oscar Clark
Thomas Elmer Bukter
Central Church
The
Caroline High School
den Mar Mobile Co
Sunnyside Fruit Farms
George A. McDaniel
William Mr. Wine
Woodside
J. H. Cassady
Huntingdon
Soper
Rising Sun
Vel
Sunnyside Fruit Farms, Inc
Delaware
Supervisors of Elections
John K. Lynch
William T. Hignatt
Harry B. Mason
West Denton
C. Leslie Walls
Harrison Gould
Goldsborn
Andrew
Harmony
Concord
Hobbs
St Gertrudes Academy
Whiteleysburg
Henderson
Spaprraadhiv
Grove
Smithville
Ridgely News
R. He Stafford
Biltmore
Villadelphia
Willie Starkey
J. F. Starkey
Harry Cheezum
Darby
Fred Lewis
Adams Cross Roads
Mr. Helsby
Fred Cohee
H. L. Smith Land
Greenwood
M. J. Cohee
Asa Cohee
Arthur Scott
W. WN. Cohee
Mary Betts
Walter Cohee
Lewis Cohee
Saulsbury Hobbs
Ben Cohee
Chiften Cohee Y
Walliam R. Joiner
Walter Cloud
Raymond Bennett
Mary
A. E. Shields
Golden Grove
Margaret Curry
T. Edwie Willis and Son
J. E. Wills
Effa Plummer
Cleanor Taylor
Bedford C. Milby
J. E. Curry
George Sharp and Sons
Margaret A. Morgan
Elizabeth Hughes
Ww, Mitchell
Poplar Grove
Smithson
Frederick Martin
Charles Mackrane
William. A. Dirkin
W.T. Love
Martin
Morris M. Hunt
Sabillasville
Ed. Hunt
W. A. Love
E. B. Maloney
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