Birthday and social notices fill Denton pages
A Denton newspaper page lists many personal events including Beverly Ann Eaton’s sixth birthday party with a large invitee list, and a 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. William E. Todd in Newark Delaware. Other items note births in Chestertown and Wilmington, visits from relatives, a Denton boy’s appendectomy, and Marine Pvt. Thomas Sharp’s return from Parris Island along with local visits and church class plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Ann Eaton
Jo Anne
Nancy Breeding
Janice Breeding
Janice Messick
Mary Lou Brown
Joan Noble
Sue Ann Nagel
Jo Anne Heleman
Douglas
Larry Breeding
Eugene Trice
Palmer Eaton
Philip Palmatory
Buddy Pippin
John C.trice
Wilmer Nagel
Harry Eaton
Irvin Pippin
Woodrow Passwaters
John L. Stevens
Wilmington
John N. Talley Jr
Thomas W.sharp
Parris Island
S. C
Childs Sharp
Denton
Sharp
Marine Corps
Caroline High School
Bernhard Heinel
Richard William Heinel
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Little Homemakers 4-H Club Elects Officers for Year
The Little Homemakers 4-H Club held a September meeting with Mrs. Rogers. Seventeen members and one guest attended. Officers elected for the next year were President Peggy Callahan Vice president Rita Anne Rogers Secretary Sally May North Treasurer Martha Sell. A new member Patsy Browne was invited. Retiring officer gifts were presented. Next meeting set for September 20 at the leader's home. Rita Anne Rogers Publicity Chairman. The River Road 4-H Club started its season with Mary Anne Hignatt Miss Neva Horst presiding. Officers were elected and refreshments served. Next meeting at Miss Louise Fuchs home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little
Homemakers
Martha Sell
Norma Pitts
Sally May North
Peggy Callahan
June Wise
Mrs. Rogers
Rita Anne Rogers
Patsy Towers
River Road
Mary Anne
Dolly Hignatt
Neva Horst
Mary Anne Hignutt
Louise Fuchs
Denton Brief: Frederick Ralston Owens Dies at 78
Frederick Ralston Owens longtime Denton citizen died at his Courthouse Square home on October 1 after a period of illness. Born October 28, 1862 in Harrington Delaware, he practiced law in Baltimore before moving to Denton to join William H. Deweese. A staunch civic leader, he helped build the Denton Law Building in 1902 and held numerous Masonic titles. Survived by widow Mary E Downes and two nieces, funeral with Masonic rites set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Moore Funeral Home, with interment in Denton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Ralston Owens
Denton
Courthouse Square
Frederick J. Owens
Margaret G. Powell Owens
Harrington
Del
Delaware
Vernon
Western Maryland College
Ridgely Law
Dover
Baltimore
William H. Deweese
Caroline County
Owens
First Methodist Church
Frederick R. Owens
Temple Lodge No
Grand Lodge
Edenton Royal Arch
Chesap Commandery No
Boumi Temple
Scottish Rite
Mary E. Downes
William H. Downes
Alvin B. Carpenter
Arlington
Mary Deweese
Elkton Maryland High School
Greensboro dinner party celebrates Mrs Anthony birthday
A dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs William H Anthony last Sunday honored Mrs Anthony's birthday with many gifts. Guests included Mr and Mrs Henry Flowers Marcus Hook Pa, Mr and Mrs Charles Likens and sons Charles and Jim my, Mr and Mrs Harold Buskirk Baltimore, and several other Greensboro area families. Visitors from other states were noted as well including Mrs Orville Schewender from Houston and Mrs Walter Witten visiting in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Anthony
Anthony
Henry
Flowers
Marcus Hook
Charles Likens
Charles
Jimmy
Harold Buskirk
Baltimore
Robert Jester
Bobbie
Russell Gray
Patsy
Barbara
Federalsburg
Preston Anthony
Shirley
Wayne
Denton
Thomas Cahall
Goldsboro
Lewis S. Anthony
Randall
Dawson
Stanley Anthony
Greensboro
Orville Schewender
Houston
Texas
Eddie Carroll
Near Town
Walter Witten
Virginia
Wilson Jump
Edwin
Eunice Dean
Paul Burke
Dundalk
Frank Hobbs
Robert Bunnell
Edgemere
Charles A Carroll, 73, longtime farmer dies in Wilmington
Charles A Carroll aged 73 son of Rozell and Lucy Messick Carroll died last Sunday at his residence in Wilmington He was a retired farmer from near Preston for eight years he lived in Wilmington Delaware Survived by wife Gertrude Heath Carroll and nine children all named with residences in Wilmington New York City and Goldsboro Md Two brothers Ollie K Carroll Roland Carroll a sister Mrs James Christopher eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral services were held Wednesday at Grove Methodist Church near Preston at 1 o clock Interment in adjacent cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Carroll
Rozell
Lucy Messick Carroll
Wilmington
Preston
Del
Gertrude Heath Carroll
W. Claud Hubbard
Lawrence Otwell
Leslie J. Clarke
Russell Satterfield
Charles A. Jr
Dallas H
Nelson J
Eugene Carroll
New York City
J. Noble Carroll
Goldsboro
Ollie K. Carroll
Philadelphia
Easton
Roland Carroll
Brooklyn
N. Y
James Christopher
Bethlehem
Weekend notices of local residents and students
Week end reports show Betsy Ann Taylor back at Western Maryland College for a third year. Isaac Quillen bought Edith Slemmer's home on Railroad Avenue and will move soon. Mids Boone Case Taylor and D D Pruner of Riddie Oregon returned to the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Elaine Edwards entered the University of Delaware this year. Walter McDonald and family moved to Magnolia Delaware. Emma Russell of Philadelphia visits Clarence Russell for two weeks. Hattie Massey of Easton visits town then plans a Salem New Jersey visit. C B Jarman and wife visit relatives in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Nichols
Betsy Ann Taylor
Western Maryland College
Isaac Quillen
Edith Slemmer
Railroad Avenue
Boone Case Taylor and Guest
D. D. Pruner
Riddie
Oregon
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Elaine Edwards
University of Delaware
Walter McDonald
Florence Thornton
Magnolia
Del
Emma Russell
Philadelphia
Clarence Russell
Hattie Massey
Easton
Salem
N. J
C. B. Jarman
Ohio
Auto Race at Harrington Promised After Huge first Night
The September Fortune Magazine profile calls Harrington's dirt track a promotional kingpin for auto racing. Kent and Sussex County Fair Association officials urged Nunis to arrange another major night race following the August 2 success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortune Magazine
Harrington
Kent and Sussex County Fair Association
Nunis
Evening car races under lights promise thrilling time trials
Time trials for the big car auto races will begin at 7 p.m. under lights, followed by a series of thrilling competitive races starting at 8 45 p.m. The program promises excitement for spectators and features the first wave of speed events in a packed evening.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wesley Everett Townsend
E. C. Townsend
South Second Street
Robert T. Fleetwood
Chestertown
Robert Townsend Fleetwood
I. R. Fleetwood
Lewis, White
Mr. White
Roland White Jr
John W. Logan
Wilmington General Hospital
Margaret Brooke-Logan
John
Wayne Wheeler
J. M. Harsh
Eglon
W. Va
Gertrude Snyder
Oakland
Lucinda Biser
Lelia Lucas
L. R. Dukes
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Sarah Rahas
Elizabeth Thuns
Double Hills
Concord
Viola Todd
Minnie Parks
Billy Lankford
Fannie Shields
Selden C. Watters
Virgil Adams
Kentucky
Tennessee
America
Everngam
Enspaper Anghiyr
Little Homemakers
4-H Club
Moore Funeral Home
Denton Cemetery
John E. French
Mrs. Mills
Grove Methodist Church
Hilltop Grill
Merritt
Betsy Smith
Denton Road
Greensboro, Md
Gstafford's
Market Street
Franks
Old Virginia
Denton, Maryland
Charles Starrett Smily Burnette
Bulldog Drummond
Black Widow
Dennis O'Keefe
Adolph Menjou
Preston Foster
Gail Patrick In
The
Wild Horses
Dentonia Theatre
Eid
Paramount
BLAZE
Anne Baxter
William Holden
Sonny Tufts
William Bendix Sterling Hayden Howard DA Silva
Sergedt
Cian l
Sven Virgina
Eau
Thursand Fri
Nea
Technicolor
Sterling
Betty Grable
Dan Dailey
Dieotsed
Walter Lang
Prseocee
Lamar T: Ozte
Martal Iver
Rickard Mat Les
Steve Bride
SEA Schl
Man
Mexico
Shirley Temple
Franchot
Guy Madison
Wain Berrey
Luna Romay
Gene Lockhart
Corinna Mura
Grant Mitchell
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