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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1930
Page
5
Community ads offer furniture sales a piano for sale parlor furnaces and dining suites from M K Newnam and C V West. Church notices announce Epiphany Mission Guild gift shop December 4 and 8, Sunday services at Epiphany and St. Andrews missions, and a steamboat history book promotion by John H K Shannahan. Public health notes list disease cases in Caroline county and a coal supplier endorsement highlights weight and service.
Mrs. William Cohee and Misses Lucy Marshall and Lucille Bailey hosted the Live Wire Sunday School class at Mrs. Cohee’s home with a surprise turkey dinner and a Christmas basket planning meeting. A bride shower for Esther Statum Brooks followed before the next meeting set for December 29 at Mrs. T. O. Crouse’s. birthday greetings to Mrs. B. B. Brumbaugh marked by a tea hosted by her daughter-in-law in Baltimore, with guests from Annapolis Washington and Baltimore.
Greensboro guests include multiple Delmarva families visiting Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Frye. J W Porter and daughter Anna travel to Roanoke and Cumberland to visit relatives Ernest and Mary Porter. Numerous visits from Harrington, Atlantic City, Wilmington, Smyrna, and Marcus Hook are listed, with several weekend stays and Thanksgiving plans among residents. The Blue Ribbon Sunday School Class social is noted, plus local moves, hospital recovery, and local travel to Philadelphia and Centreville.
The Orphans Court met on Tuesday with Judges West Harber and Shawn. Guardians and administrators filed accounts including estates of John P. Moore Lydia Elliott and others. The will of D Edgar Todd was presented for probate and set for next Tuesday at 2 pm 1930. Bonds appraised and creditors notices ordered. releases from Maria C Mason noted.
In sad remembrance of my dear friend Mrs Olivia Adams who departed this life November 27 1929 From memory I can see you passing us Cheerfully striving to help someone But now I think of you going up on high To reap the reward of the work you've done Anna Robinson
Weekly Ridgely News Letter reports The Eighteen Carat Book to be staged at the Community Theatre Thursday evening December 4 with a large cast. It notes ticket price thirty five cents and a repeat performance planned for the following night in Greensboro.
Willard C. Todd, 75, prominent Caroline County farmer and businessman, died after a stroke at his Denton home. A Republican leader, he served as county commissioner, House of Delegates member, bank director, and Concord Church lay leader. He is survived by four children and two foster sons. funeral held at Concord Church with interment in Concord Cemetery.
Smithville society items report dinners hosted by the Lare and Spence families with relatives from Eldorado Glenolden Federalsburg Sharptown Lewes and Greenwood Del Sympathy extended to Mrs Anna Keel and son over the loss of her daughter Mrs Theresa Ryan Miss MildredThomas visited from near Wilmington Ed Wheatley home visit at Finchsville and Bloomery M E Church notes plus Sunday School at 10 o'clock Helen Melvin visited Hazel Neal Friday
The Bethlehem Community House hosted a busy Twentieth Century Community Club day including sewing and a large donated clothing box sent to Denton. Miss Marie Perry and Mrs Archibald Spies demonstrated meatless vegetable soup and members planned a December meeting at Mrs W E Pritchett residence.
Adams Cross Roads hosts Mr and Mrs George H Terrell and son David of Collingdale Pa for several days. Leroy Gibbs and companion visit Mr D R Johnson in town. WCTU meeting held at Mrs Dean Seely's home. Mrs Tenny Thomas of Smithville visits Miss Edna Adams. Holly wreath making keeps women busy. Mrs J W Peters visits relatives. Sunday School at ten. Mr J W Johnson buys a new radio.
Miss A Evelyn Lankford of Washington formerly Federalsburg wed James H McGuigan Jr of Washington. Bride daughter of Mrs Cora Lankford, resident until two years ago when she joined Walter Reed Hospital as a nurse. Also a Lost alert for a small white ear beagle female dog, return to Mrs Ora Bowdle with reward.
Mrs Edgar Blades and Mrs Luther Short led many school children on a Saturday trip to Philadelphia. Families hosted visits from Burrsville and Baltimore weekend guests. Local social events include a Hillsboro M E Church fancy work sale and bake on December 6.
The Wesley Brotherhood will hold a meeting in the Church House to re organize and plan for the year. All interested persons over 14 are urged to attend for social evening and enrollment. The Methodist Episcopal Church South schedule lists services by Rev. A A McNeer including Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m Prayer Meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m. The Hillsboro M E Church Ladies Aid bake sale at Hillsboro Club Room on Saturday Dec 6 from 2 30 p m with fancy articles for sale. Congratulations are being sent to Mr and Mrs George Shower on the birth of a daughter Saturday last.
Dot and Billie plan a family surprise for their father with a small cafeteria style celebration. Mother Briggs outlines a simple menu and a detailed recipe for potatoes and a Loganberry dessert drink, aiming for a festive but modest gathering with five friends attending.
Goldsboro reports the Win-Won Bible Class monthly meeting in Assembly Hall with a music and readings program followed by refreshments. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed as hosts, guests, or attendees from Middletown Delaware to Greensboro North Carolina along with Thanksgiving visits and installations.
R E Cray of Ohio State University outlines five strategies to raise laying performance. Use winter lights and evening grain feeding, provide ample mash hopper space, feed fresh mash hourly, use a wet mash, and start with reliable hatchery chicks for better stock. Leading U.S. hatcheries promote Hatchery Chicks for Greater Profits.
The Caroline County Red Cross Roll Call closed on Thanksgiving Day with some towns reporting strong returns. If you were not contacted for renewal, send your request to your solicitor or to the writer to receive your receipt card and window flag promptly. The county is already fielding emergency aid calls and hopes for a strong showing nationwide. Mrs. J. Spencer Lapman.
Preston community pages list a bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs T L Trice with numerous guests, plus church services at the New Jerusalem and a Thanksgiving program. Also noted are club meetings, dinner gatherings, bridge parties, and local residents visiting relatives and traveling to Baltimore and Cambridge.
Ridgely residents hosted relatives from Reading and Philadelphia for Thanksgiving. The corner lot opposite the post office has been cleared and leveled after a fire. Local church activities include the Middletown District Preachers Association meeting next Monday and Rev Roy L Tawes preaching in Centreville. Several residents are on the sick list and Breyer Co built a water tank at Ridgely station.
A conveyed message of gratitude from Mr and Mrs Howard Sullivan during a family sadness. The text speaks of prayers rising to heaven and thanksgiving for peace, with reflective lines about harvest, praise, and hopeful dawn.
Miss Mildred Harding underwent an appendicitis operation at Easton hospital and is reported to be recovering well. Harvest Home services are set for Sunday afternoon in the local church with all welcome. Mrs. W E Pritchett visited Mrs. Carl Coulbourne in Cambridge last week. Mr. Ernest Legates of Wilmington is visiting relatives here.
A meeting will be held in the Community Club House on Sunday November 30 at 2 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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