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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1924
Page
5
Denton observes the Christmas season with sales, events, and community notices. J H Nichols Co advertises coat rooms with 20 percent discounts. the Denton Fire Company hosts a benefit card party. Federalsburg reports few communicable diseases. local churches plan bazaars and evangelistic meetings.
A small town on the Merrimac faces hard times yet warms to Thanksgiving. Mildred and Beatrice canvass for funds to feed the poor as Mr. Wilcox the mill owner is mocked as Old Skinflint. He reforms after a fall, donates a thousand dollars, fixes the roof, and plans a big town dinner with baskets for the needy. The town unites in gratitude as woolen mills reopen.
Miss Priscilla Davidson wed Harold H Beebe of Philadelphia last Wednesday. Granddaughter of the late Rev C F Sheppard, Sheppard’s Chapel bears her family name in the county. Nearby, the Daughertys of Delmar visited the Hegeman home on Fourth Street. Various residents hosted or traveled for Thanksgiving including the Stevens, Nuttles, Owens, Reichman, Redden, Comegys, and Pastorfield families with connections to Baltimore Wilkes-Barre Scranton and New York.
Webster Selfe remains active manager of the Shore Transit Bus Line after officials decided to retain his services. President A M Jackson shifts to exclusively legal work. Under Selfe guidance connections were made with Williamsburg, Hurlock, Denton, Federalsburg, Sadlersville, Chestertown, and Rock Hall Ferry linking to Salisbury and Claiborne lines. Additional spring extensions planned for the main line.
Mrs Annie Butler of Federalsburg visits sister Mrs EF Dunham and Miss Florence Trice travels from Federalsburg to visit relatives. Miss Mary J Blades stays with aunt Mrs FL N Wright near Preston. Alpheus Andrews and daughter Virginia recover from illness and go out. I W Rumbold weekends with sister Mrs Dupeham. Mrs Frank Drake dies at home in Choptank on November 25. Webster Ulades and family of Baltimore spend weekend with parents J T Blades.
A sale is announced for December 6 at the Bates Smith farm in front of Smith's schoolhouse. A large lot of corn, some chickens and cabbage will be sold.
The morning service will discuss The Holy Spirit in Conversion and the evening sermon will focus on Joy in Public Worship. Local couples Edwin F. Roope and Irene Gretzinger were married last Sunday night at the parsonage. Several residents and visitors are noted with visits and gatherings around town.
Galestown visitors Mr Manship Vincent and Miss Maggie with Mr Washington Wheatley attended Mr Charles Whitley’s home. Visitors from Baltimore Washington and Vispinia trips noted. Bazaar planned December 6 at the school basement. Army Navy game in Baltimore and Thanksgiving gatherings mentioned. Community events include Sewing Circle, church meetings, pastoral talks, and social visits across Ridgely and nearby towns.
Names of residents visiting the former pastor in Fairlee appear alongside notes of hog butchering in town with weights for I C Cole J R Jones Robert Edge Norman Pippin and others. Local girls play field hockey in Henderson and Sadlersville with a 2 0 score. Residents visit relatives in Baltimore Philadelphia Wilmington and Wilmington.
Greensboro news notes several local visits and moves. R Bates Wooters and Rabbie with Sallie Mills from Clarksburg W Va visited Mr and Mrs George Wooters. Mrs Lewis Jones returns from Cambridge Hospital to her parents. Cordova residents Bedford C Milby and wife visited J C Curry's home. Carrie Moore spends time with daughter in Northampton Mass. Morpan returns from Talbot County. John T Biles moves to Brockway property. Rhoda Porter visits relatives in Huntington.
The Caroline County Journal showcases the best advertising medium with a focus on local businesses. Ads emphasize community reach, affordable rates, and prominent listings designed to attract residents and visitors to storefronts and services.
Mrs Joshua Elliott and sister Mrs Rachel McKenny have been on the sick list. Mr and Mrs Hansen of Bridgeville spent days with daughter Mrs Paul Hoffman. Charles Dean entertained Sun day School classmates and teacher Mrs Mason. Delaney of Denton guest of cousin Mrs T L Day. Mary Rebecca Saulsbury of New York visiting her parents. Mrs Harvey Sewell met husband and son in Baltimore and will stay through Sunday. Albert White left for College Park to visit relatives. Primary School children to have hot cocoa with lunches. Mrs Arthur Peacock of Brooklyn visited her mother Mrs Charles Starkey. Mrs Charles Samis of Philadelphia visited her parents. Mr and Mrs Scott Perry and Miss Mary Robinson of Marcus Hook visited here. Ruth Wheatley visiting Andersontown Wednesday to Monday. Mrs Ernest Reed entertaining sister Miss Edith Van Sant in Townsend. Jack Rash and family visited Rash relatives in Philadelphia. Frank Porter of Withington visited Joshua Elliott on Sunday. Paul Sewell and ML Beachett spent Thanksgiving in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Walter Mitchell expected home for the weekend.
Thanksgiving scenes fill Hillsboro and Queen Anne with dinners visitors and trips. Families including Fleming Hicks Wicks MacSorley Rowland and many others host relatives and travel to Baltimore Wilmington Philadelphia and Easton amid Chautauqua week activities and town events. Emergencies include a large fire at Mr Harry Clark’s home and parish announcements at St Pauls with sick list updates and local travel notes.
Thawleys ALP Chareh ladies entertained with a literary program inclining songs scripture reading Psalm 1 and prayers. Rosa Riley Beulah Clopper and others presented readings and recitations. Two new members joined, closing with Cod Be With You Till We Meet Again. December 11 meeting announced.
Pupils with perfect attendance for November at Friendship School include Virgil Andrew, Lawrence Nichols, Charles Cook, Walter Lord, Lester Williamson, Ruby Gehring, Ruth Gallagher, Gere Andrew, Hazel Nichols, Dorothy Bailey, Josephine Gadow, Ruth Taylor, August, Louie and Pauline Johanneen, Charles Flaharty, Alfred Gadow, Carl and William Schmick, Robert Willis, Mae Morgan, Pauline Gallagher, Marjorie Carroll, Jennette Coulbourne, Esther Lord, Mane Dean. Lawrence Nichols and Hazel Nichols also had perfect spelling in November. The patronage meeting on Thursday night the 20th approved providing means to secure library books and playground equipment.
The Denton Community Club will hold an indoor carnival on December evenings the qth 5th and 6th in the former Kemp Newnam building. Activities include an apron booth, artificial flower display, fancy work booth, a kiddies grab, and tasty foods like cakes salads and biscuits. A small premium and fun will await, with a beano table and a handsome prize operation. Don't forget the dates.
The Ladstes Careleaf the M. J. Church deeply regret the loss of Mrs Georgia Wallis Smith. They extend sympathy to her husband and sisters Mansif Nucci Crarna M. Wining Fun W. Siiparas and to the community. County news coverage continues in the Journal.
The notice promotes several radio brands and prices from $28 to $250. It claims the radio will win you over and encourages immediate selection. The Radio Department, led by Mr. Gail Cooper, offers demonstrations to help buyers decide.
The Nuttle Milling Company has expanded its products by introducing molasses as an additive for feed, joining its existing poultry and stack feeds. This move aims to boost nutrition and appeal to farmers seeking enhanced feed options.
Mrs. Anna Shewbrooks dies at home Monday. Funeral at Mt. Church Wednesday at 11. Interment Templeville cemetery. Survived by five sons and two daughters including John, Herbert, Edward in Marydel. Jester and Howard in Wilmington. Mrs. Colby Laramore in Wyoming. Mrs. Stanley Whitlock in Chester. Mrs. Katherine E. Heather dies Friday 6 15. Funeral at M. E. Church Sunday 2 p.m. Interment Templeville cemetery. Survived by two daughters and one son Howard Heather in Buffalo. Mrs. Charles Jacobs in Lakeland. Mrs. Oscar F. Morris in New York. Parent-Teacher meeting held at school. speeches on American Education Week. Several residents visited relatives in Denton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Philadelphia weekend. Various social visits noted among Heather, Isaacs, Smith, and other families. Bessie Phillips, once ill, now out.
Extension Forestry Specialist F B Trenk and County Agent led three forestry demonstrations on Waddell Prest on Cook and Nichols farms in Caroline county. Attendees observed thinning of Loblolly Pine stands as the county aims to promote fast growth and high grade saw timber. A Zeigler farm field meeting showcased a stander Soy Bean threshing machine that threshes standing beans, a labor saving device rare on the Eastern Shore.
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday Judges West Harper and Shawn presided. J Frank Todd and Clellie E Turner as administrators of James Edward Todd filed accounts of sales and debts which the court examined approved and ordered recorded. Charles G Beulah executor of Solomon Beulah filed accounts of property approved and recorded. Angelina Goldsboroughs will was filed for probate. next of kin to be notified for Tuesday December 2 at eleven. Denton National Bank authorized to pay over to Dukes Pepper funds on deposit with interest. William F Dickinson and Harvey L Cooper as administrators c t a of Mary Frances Dickinson filed a distribution account approved and ordered recorded.
The Burrrsville column lists numerous dinners and visits. Annie Raughley and daughter hosted a six o clock dinner with Rev G J Hooker and Rev Charles F Cummins plus several guests from Denton Hobbs Greenwood and Harrington. Local families entertained Epworth League members and noted new members. Several residents reported property improvements and a Greensboro wedding.
The Union Methodist Protestant Church revival ends after two weeks yielding three converts and renewed faith. Rev. G. J. Hooker from Denton preached nightly. The Christian Endeavor Society of Thawley aims for fifty members by year’s start. Ames Church schedules a December 14 Christmas Offering for Home for the Aged and returns to annual giving. Caroline circuit holds quarterly conference December 1 at Piney Chapel. The pastor completes house to house visitation to spread religious training and urges systematic outreach tracking households for salvation efforts.
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