Denton Area News Briefs and Local Notices
Local notices cover rentals and rooms for rent in Denton including East Market Street and 2nd Street, with connections to Mrs Fred R Owens and Mrs G Linden Duffey. Various church events include fall suppers, card parties, and oyster menus in Hobbs and Wesley churches. A photograph honoring former Maryland governors hangs at Denton courthouse as a historic display. post office corner stone ceremony in Salisbury includes a parade and speeches. Congressional updates note Grants for Greensboro school and Preston street improvements with WPA funding and local labor. Funeral services reported for James R. Lewis of Burrsville with services at Concord Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors Delco
M. Ks
Newnant
East Market Street
Denton
J. Lester Everngain
Mabel Duffey
Newnam
Thawley’s
M. P
Denton Community House
Owen Formula
Farmers Supply Company
Phone
Maryland
Ladies Aid of
Hobbs M. P. Church
Hobbs Community House
2Nd Street
Court House Square
Fred R. Owens
G. Linden Duffey
Greensboro
Guild
Hillsboro Protestant Episcopal Church
Ella Pennington
Austin L. Crothers
Elkton
Ladies of Wesley Church
Burrsville
History of
Spain
American Weekly
Big
Baltimore American
T. Alan Goldborough
Public Works
Board of Eduation
Hubbard's
Harmony
Hainesville
Board of Education
Salisbury
Smith W. Perdum
Wicomico and
Willowbrook
Grand Lodge of Maryland A. F. & A. M
Richard Garey
Bryant Caw Jey
Caroline County
Talbot
Queen Anne’s
George W. Clendaniel
Douglas Bennington
Jack Jarrell
Ridgely
Union Stockyards
Baltimore
Jas. R. Lewis
Vernon
Del
John Rosser
Louis Dennis
Ira Crum
Concord Church
Lewis
Thomas and
Celia Lewis
Ella Dixon
Sykesville
F. L. Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Works Progres Administration
Preston
Social News Highlights From Hillsboro and Nearby
A long social list notes gatherings hosted by the Theis family in Hillsboro with many guests from Denton Queen Anne and nearby towns. The piece mentions dances, refreshments, and music by local figures, plus several weddings trips and visits across Maryland Delaware and Pennsylvania communities.
Battle of Headlights prompts courtesy on highways
The Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland issues a safety bulletin titled Battle of Headlights describing the clash between courteous drivers who dim their beams and those who retaliate with brights. It argues that headlight courtesy reduces glare and accidents, noting misadjusted lights can worsen danger and urging consistent dimming for safer highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland
Garrison P. Knox
Journal Subscription Offers County News Access
Readers are invited to subscribe to the Journal for full county news coverage. The subscription promises a steady stream of local updates, events, and public notices delivered to subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Journal
County News
Rally Day Notices Across Local Churches
Sunday October 4 ushers Rally Day with new Autumn Quarter lessons and Holy Communion at 10 15 AM. Epworth League Installation at 7 PM. all youth invited. Several church groups schedule meetings and bake sales through October with special services led by Rev E C Hallman and others. Multiple churches announce Fall events, harvest festivals, and community gatherings through mid October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Undies Aid
E. C. Hallman
Earl Shockley
Dover
Denton M. E
Ladies Aid
Denton M. F
Denton M. FE
Concord
Circuit Court Meets Next Monday in Caroline County
The Circuit Court for Caroline County opens October Term next Monday with a lengthy docket including 13 appearances, 26 trials, 4 appeals and errors, 2 petitions, 25 criminal appeals and 2 recognizances. Juries will be drawn from eight districts listing numerous gentlemen by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
First District
Noble J. Chue
Chas. P. Cowpill
W. C. Ross
E. W. Lapham
Thos. E. Heather
John T. Milby
Do You Want Work Youths eligible for NYP certification
Youths aged 18 to 95 may certify for the National Youth Program and must register with the National Re-Employment Service at Denton Court House on Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The Eastern Shore counties have active and new projects with wages from 20 to 35 cents per hour for sixty hours monthly. Boys and girls of all races may apply. write with age and desired work to Max Chambers, 206 Stewart Building, Easton, Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Denton Court House
Max Chambers
Stewart Bldg
Easton
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Opens 22nd Year Program
The Community Club of Ridgely launches its 22nd year on Monday at 2 p m in the Club House with Mrs. Charles Henry Rawlings of Annapolis speaking on Japanese Drama. Rally Day at the Methodist Sunday School follows on Oct 7 with Harvest Home gifts to Riddle Deaconess Home and Philadelphia Methodist Hospital. Local leaders and clubs organize election duty, church groups plan events, and many residents host visitors or attend meetings through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Club of
Ridgely
Charles Henry Rawlings
Annapolis
Fine Arts
Community Club
Methodist
Harvest Home
Riddle Deaconess
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Melvin Bennington
Charles Jarrell
Walter Mitchell
William D. Marvel
Earl M. Sparks
Alan Temple
Young Democratic Club
Caroline County
Wesley E. Thawley
O. K. Raigh
Swann
O'Cleek
Granville Hooper
Camlidge
Walter Moore
Moore
Rey
Leon Ross
Colleen
Haverhill
Mas
Alice Meredith
HH. Laird
Easton
Mary Laird
Virgie Sparks
Albert Carper
Elie
Mabel Carper
Roaring Springs
Paul Holsinger
Edna Detwiler
Frank Detwiler
Montreal
Canada
Edgar Bender
Hillsboro
Methodist Church
Mont Wiley
Walter Sylvester
Denton
Adam Holsinger
Kenneth Corbett
Neffsville
Corbett
A. S. Holsinger
Frank Samis
Dorothy Samis
Fred Vosholl
Teressa Cohee
Louise Wilson
John Bnders
Charles Stein
Adele Thomas
Ruby Laird
York
H. B. Lain
Harry Dodd
Freda Marie
Queen Anne
Edward Bowman
J. W. Mitchell
M. C. Meredith
Alvin Smith
Greensboro
Alice Bennington
Carlisle Bennington
Lansing
Kenneth
Chincoteague
Peggy Lynch
Stephen Lynch
Easton Hospital
George Slaughter
L. M. Goodwin
Baltimorre
Furman's Grove Homemakers’ Club
Elmira, N. Y
Ida Imler
Homemaker Club notes and county canning contest details
The advisory council meeting in the Court House on September 29 discussed book circulation among eleven Homemaker Clubs, the State Reading Contest prize, a planned book party to stock libraries, and forming a Cultural Committee. A Rally is set for October 27, with book distribution by the Home Demonstration Agent. Caroline county women and girls are invited to enter the County Canning Contests in Denton, with quart jars of fruit and vegetables to be judged as pairs. Prizes come from Ball Jar Company. state contest entry for top exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
G. G. Crouse
Paul Hoffman
L. I. Thomas
Raymond Fifield
H. E. Holsinger
Tater
Ball Jar Company
Maryland Farmers Eye Soils Act Administration Shift
Maryland farmers and other states debate transferring Soil Conservation Act administration from the National to state level. C. E. Wise Jr. says proposals are under review as Roanoke meetings discuss plans for next season and the January legislature. The American Farm Bureau Federation has sent proposals to state bureaus for input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
C. EL Wise, Jr
Maryland Farm Bureau
Roanoke
State Sails Conservation
Extension Service
American Farm Bureau Federation
Wise
Farmers of
Funeral notices and local society events in Burrville
The Burrville funeral of James Lewis 76 was held at Concord Church with Rev Rosser and two assistants, burial in Concord cemetery. Also funeral services for an eight month old child of Mr and Mrs Charles Drummond at Wesley Church, interment nearby. An oyster supper for Wesley M E Church is planned at Community House on October 1. Visited by Mr J W Price and Mr C Cooper to Ocean City after a recent storm. Epworth League gathering at Mrs Howard Hopkins home. Barratt's Chapel anniversary attended by locals. Wesley E Thawley and family from Denton visited, and John Thawley is ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lewis
Concord Church
John Rosser
Dennis and
Crum
Fred Lewis
Concord Cemetery
Charles Drummond
Hickman
Wesley Church
Epworth League
Wesley M. FE
Howard Hopkins
Jas. Hopkins
Barratt’s Chapel
Wesley E. Thawley
Denton
John Thawley
American Corner Had Wide Farm Support This Season
Mr. Wheatley continues full time at the area’s largest Caroline county factory and aids local farmers. O W Howard reports successful poultry tonic trials with turkeys this summer. A recent storm damaged area corn crops. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Towers visited Mr. and Mrs. Mark Howard. Ollie Anna Howard hosted dinner with Beatrice Shufelt and Cliva May Messick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatley
Caroline County
American Corner
O. WH. Howard
Andrew Towers
Mark Howard
Ollie Anna Howard
Beatrice Shufelt
Williamsburg
Cliva May Messick
Hurlock
Hillsboro Queen Anne Anniversary Services at Barratt's Chapel
A social roundup notes Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jarrell and other families attending Anniversary Services at Barratt's Chapel. A Ladies Guild benefit card party is planned for October 9 at 7 45 p.m. at Miss Ella Pennington's home with prizes for all tables and cake and punch refreshments. The 4 H Club thanks donors for a bake sale that raised twenty dollars. Additional visits span from Baltimore to Cordova and Ridgely with several residents noted visiting or hosting friends and relatives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jarrell
J. M. Eaton
Charlanne
Elinor
SS. S. Thompson
J. E. Hicks
F. E. Fleming
Laura Virginia
Barratt’s Chapel
Ladies Guild
Ella Pennington
Cora Reese
Harry Gherman
Baltimore
James Price
Cordova
Willard Russell
Edna Detwiler
Ridgely
Frank Detwiler
Montreal
Canada
Edgar Blades
Mildred Stenger
Stevensville
Mary Louise Dodds
Mary Rowe
Harry Wright
Preston
Quintly Married at Parsonage in Queen Anne
Mr James Briscoe son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Briscoe weds Miss Ada Price at the parsonage with Rev C L Fossett officiating. They will reside in town where he will work for Mr John Skinner. Attendants were Mr and Mrs George Sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Briscoe
Oscar Briscoe
Ada Price
C. L. Fossett
George Sharp
Briscoe
John Skinner
Wm. Uhler
Memory Lane
Williston
Elmer Wheeler
Baltimore
Chester Barto
Edgewood
Pittsburgh
Henry Morgan
John Barto
Cordova
John Taylor
Wilmington
Lizzie Clark
Denton
Ida Smith
Dover
Harry Clark
Violet Gibson
Alvin Moore
Western Maryland College
Howard Eley
Harold Jump
Richmond
Williamsburg
Mesdames Henry Morgan
Horace Morgan
Addie Morgan
Ruth Reynolds
Wilnington
Irvin Ingram
Coat quality features cut seams and pressing emphasized
Miss Helen Shelby of the University of Maryland urges buyers to inspect coat quality beyond fabric. Look for straight grain cuts, careful pressing, matched seams with firm stitching, reinforced armholes and edges with pre shrunk tape, invisible front facing, and well fitted linings with matching seams. Poor coats use one piece linings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Shelby
University of Maryland
Shelby
American Oil Contest Promises Cash Prizes for Presidential Forecasts
The American Oil Company launches a $10,000 prize contest for predicting how the 48 states will vote in the upcoming presidential election. The first prize is $2,500 with 563 other cash awards. Eligibility requires a forecast and a slogan with political taste. Official blanks are available from company dealers and stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American’ Party
American Oil Company
Choptank Ladies Aid to Meet at Mrs Blades Home
The Ladies Aid of the M P Church at Choptank will gather at Mrs C C Blades house on October 6 in the afternoon. Members will plan a quilting party before cold weather and the annual oyster supper for church benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P
Choptank
C. C. Blades
Community notices and social visits in Preston area
Preston reports list Frid ay meeting for the Chamber of Commerce on Oct 9 with a 6 30 dinner. PTA opens Oct 6 with Mrs Mary Cooper speaking. Local injuries update Celia Kelly home recovering from car crash. Various visits and guests include the Plummers, Cannons, Ericksons, Noble, Marden, Wilkinson, Spence, and Sisk attending events and trips to World Series and Rehoboth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Parent- Teacher Association
Mary Cooper
Tri-County High School
Celia Kelly
George Plummer
Wilmington
H. B. Plummer
Caroline Plummer
Kauffman
Maryland
Wm. Cannon
Edward D. Erickson
Milford
J. W. Noble
T. B. Marden
Max Chambers
Willis Wilkinson
Ansonia
Maryland Poultry Improvement Plan Boosts Industry
Maryland's poultry and eggs industry gains from the Maryland Poultry Improvement Plan started in 1925. Specialist Paul A. Raper notes the program, aligned with U S Department of Agriculture methods, has raised hatching egg and breeding stock quality, culled inferior flocks, and eliminated pullorum disease. Participating breeders may use the official Maryland U S Approved mark in advertising. For more information write to Mr. Raper at College Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Paul A. Raper
University of Maryland Extension Service
Raper
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Maryland U. S
Ladies Aid House Night at Hobbs Oct 8
Members will host a supper meeting on Thursday evening October 8 at Hobbs. Supper price is 50 cents. Menu includes oysters salad chicken rolls biscuits potato salad candied yams baked beans pickles jelly and coffee. Rev Ziba Adams Miss Alice Adams and Mrs L H Thomas attended a district meeting in Harrington led by Rev A E Sexsmith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Ladies Aid
Ziba Adams
Alice
L. H. Thomas
A. E. Sexsmith
M. P
Harrington
Grove Social Notes and Community Oyster Supper Notice
Mr John Butler and daughter hosted Miss Lillie Slocum from Cambridge along with Clarence Butler and Wesley Butler and son John from Easton. Trustees plan an oyster supper at Grove Community House on October 8 and 9 with 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. We regret to hear Calvin Betts was injured in an automobile crash and wish him a speedy recovery. Dallas Carroll of Chester Pa visited Charles and Mrs Carroll. Mrs Ben Cohee has returned home from hospital and is recovering. Harry Evans and wife visited Calvin Betts and family Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Butler
Lillie Slocum
Cambridge
Clarence Butler
Wesley Butler
John
Easton
the Grove Community House
Calvin Betts
Dallas Carroll
Chester
Carroll
Charles Carroll
Ben Cohee
Harry Evans
Wedding Bells for Miss Dorothy Heiser and Earl Davidson
The Greensboro area notes the lawn wedding of Dorothy Quin cy Heiser of Essex Falls New Jersey to Earl Davidson nephew of Greens boro residents. Rev David N Kirby officiated. Maid of honor Katherine R Johnson of Wayne Pa and bridesmaids Elizabeth Pearson Eleanor Evans wore copper and honey taffeta. Best man Edward Jansen Heizer. Couple to reside in Salisbury Maryland after October 7 and honeymooned in Canada. Attendees included local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Quincy Heiser
Charles Edward Heiser
Hathaway Lane
Essex Falls
New Jersey
Earl Davidson
Harry T. Langmaid
Greensboro
David N. Kirby
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Katherine R. Johnson
Wayne
Elizabeth Pearson
Eleanor Evans
Edward Jansen Heizer
Points
Canada
Salisbury
Otober
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Young Smith
Norman Smith
Goldsboro
Greensboro High School
Goldsboro Baseball Club
Oscar Nichols
Carl
Lacey Wilson
Wilmington
Woodrow Montague
Harty
Ruthanna Shultie
Henderson
Michael Ash
Charles Nichols
Sallie Nichols
Robert Frampton
Jacksonville
Florida
J. E. Weaver
Near Town
Marie Cohee
Hilda Weaver
George Mitchell
West Grove
Kenneth Bostic
Chester
William Sipple
Harry Jones
Sipple
Mary Elsie Edwards
Washington
Alvin Edwards
Mabel Edwards
Mary Jackson
Ralph Pritchett
Jack
Georgia Swann
Preston
Charles Wieneke
Charles
Annie Hopkins
J. H. Jordan
Baltimore
Peggy Smith
Miss Mitchell
Temple Smith
Virginia Luscomb
Lawrence Thornton
Clayton Porter
James Henry
Fifer’s Hospital
Ridgely
Melvin Morris
Houston
Texas
Annie Hall
Near Templeville
W. Thomas Thornton
D. Carrow
Fla
Carl Lee Thornton
Greensboro Baptist Church
Templeville church services and local visits report
Templeville services for Antioch M E Church are listed for Sunday with Sunday School Epworth League and a pastor sermon. A week end visitation includes Nellie Knotts Preston Nell Davis Knotts Wilmington and several local families attending anniversaries and meals. Multiple residents are noted as ill or recovering and others visited relatives over the weekend.
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the Local Department
Ener
Oscar Theis
Loretta
Mildred
Esther Skinner
Dorothy
Ann Jones
Marie Comegys
Pauline
Ray Baker
Norma
Clifton Hicks
Bill Baker
Edward Lewis
Eugene
Oliver Carroll
Eugene Knotts
Mae Fifield
Herbert Theis
Terry Allberger
Pauline Roe
Earl Collins
Roland Jester
Elaine Murphys
Byron Barton
Paul Connolly
Gibson Sharp
Paul Newcomer
W. W. Newcomer
Reginald Denny
Los Angeles
Katherine Brittingham
Patrick Henry Yeoman
Brandywine M. E
O. A. Baitley
Mary Yeoman Wood
James E. Andrews
M. E. Church
John Chaffinch
Ferdinand Baynard
Alfred Smith
Kate Spence
Sallie Smith
John White
J. Alexander White
Joseph B. Blough
Joeph Hall
Walter Heiser
Mabel Heiser
Edna Cannon
P. W. Downes
Ira Johnson
Huntsville
Alabama
Mildred Downes
W. O. Ledman
Reif Brunner
North Wales
Sarah M. Samis
IL. C. Wild
Jackson Heights
N.Y
Milton Andrews
W. H. Nuttle
Howard Sullivan
Rehoboth
Florence Thompson
Effie Marvel
Stroudsburg
O. B. Reed
Gilbert Rue
Connecticut
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Milton S. Andrews
Denton M. P. Church
Chist
Denton M. P
Christ Church Vestrymen
Chestnut Grove Church
L. G. Savage
Divine Worssip
Josh
Church of the New Jerusalem
St. Elizabeth's Church
St. Benedict’s Church
Circuit Court
M. J. Schreiber
C. Fl. Bilbrough
W. P. Manlove
HH. C. Rawlings
Martin Adams
R. E. Ober
Frank L. R. Nuttle
W. Kirwin Smith
Josiah A. Beck
W. E. A. MacWilliams
Oron F. Smith
Houston Thawley
Wm. F. Gadow
Arthur J. Butler
Walter T. Covey
Tuckahoe
PARTY
Hobbs
Templeville
Antioch M. E
Epworth
Wm. Larrett
Nell Davis Knotts
Mary Katheryn Knotts
Herbert Knotts
Gurney Knotts
Amos Wyatt
Doris Ann
Jas. Sides
Chestertown
A. G. Peacock
Jamaica
L. L
Stafford
Mary Knotts
Joseph Grisell
John Holden
Near Telchester
Roland Faulkner
Nellie Connor
Leonard Boyles
Sara Hickey
Walter Walls
Win. Kinnamon
Sallie Baynard
Smyrna
Chas
Shearer
Falcroft
Fred Maske
J. M. Starkey
Erva Butts
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