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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1932
Page
5
A compact digest of local notices, sales, and events from Denton and surrounding towns. Registration reminders urge voters to act next Tuesday while church events include Burrsville M E fall supper and Denton M P Church supper. Ads list rentals, repairs, evergreen sales, and funeral designs, with county updates on disease cases and road work bids in Salisbury and Ridgely.
A quiet Saturday afternoon ceremony at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament Philadelphia united Miss Rose C Turney daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Turney with Mr Francis Lawless son of Mr and Mrs B Lawless of near town The couple will reside at 1242 S 51st Street Philadelphia. Reception followed and they left for a short wedding trip.
Ed Wynn brings The Laugh Parade to Ford's Theatre Baltimore for a week starting Monday Oct 10 with about 100 cast and crew. An extra Friday matinee is added while Tuesday is skipped for Wynn to return to New York for his Fire Chief radio slot. Mail orders begin now. box office opens Oct 4 with prices 1 to 3.50 dollars at night and 1 to 2.50 for matinees. The show features 14 beauty contest winners and Wynn’s new inventions in a lively tour praised by Broadway critics.
Caroline County Firemen's Association finalizes an essay contest for eighth through eleventh graders in Federalsburg Denton Greensboro Ridgely and Preston. Each school winner gets 2.50, county grand prize 7.50 from the association. subject How to Prevent Fires in the Home. 260 words max. entry due to principals by October 17.
Goldsboro reports the first monthly business meeting of the year in the Assembly Hall on Tuesday evening. After the regular meeting and officer elections, Mrs. John Sylvester and Mrs. Adam Crawford served debious refreshments to all attendees.
The Caroline County Federation of Women's Clubs will hold its semi annual meeting on Thursday October 27 at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Preston. Mrs H M Hollis of Preston will preside at 10 30 a m. Lunch will be served at noon in the Protestant Episcopal Parish House. E Clark Fontaine of Chestertown State Supervisor of High Schools will discuss Training for Better Citizenship. Miss Florence E Monk of Greensboro new president of the Eastern Shore District Federation and Mrs Alphonso Boley of Royal Oak past president will speak. Music by local committees. Full attendance is urged for the new administration’s first meeting.
Mrs Wm Knotts and family visited her father Geo T Davis in Kenton Delaware. Norman Wyatt and sisters Edith and Pearl from near Millington called on Amos Wyatt and family. A miscellaneous shower for Mr and Mrs Wm Garrett Jr hosted by the Happy Builders Society at Gurney Knotts home. Medford Starkey and children spent Sunday with William Cahall near Millington. Sunday School at 10:00 am and preaching at 7:30 pm. Martha Bosely visiting Arthur near Baltimore. Franklin Green Jr visiting relatives in Wilmington. S M Cobb visiting friends in New York State.
The Community Club held its first meeting of the season at the Church House with annual reports read and officers installed. New officers include President Beatrice Bowers and vice president Mrs Thompson Swing. A supper is planned for the 19th. Various church services and society meetings are noted, along with local visits, marriages, and engagements in Ridgely and nearby towns.
The Community Club of Preston held its first meeting of 1932 33 at the Parish House with new officers presiding before a large audience. A program featured a piano solo by Frances Hackett, vocal quartet including Mrs W T Nabb, Miss Rebecca Charles, Miss Miriam Stowell of Federalsburg, and Dot Wright with a humorous reading. The club plans to entertain the Caroline County Federation on October 27. Rally Day at the M E Church included music and a child led playlet by Sunday School children. New Sunday School teachers and officers were recognized for perfect attendance seals ranging up to four years.
Announcement names Earl Jester as the new Roads Supervisor of Road District No 4 in Caroline County. He brings 16 years in the road gang, following his late father Jas H Jester who served 28 years before dying in a car crash. A petition from over 400 citizens supported his appointment as county commissioners and the roads engineer approved the selection. Prompt reports of dangerous washes fallen trees or emergencies on county roads in the district are urged to reach Mr Jester at Choptank by phone or in person.
American Corner notes Miss Louise Howard spent the weekend with her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Jerome Howard in Hurlock. Frank McSorley and son from Holly Oak Del visited relatives here on Sunday. Mrs Wilson of Silver Springs returned home after a week with her daughter Mrs Owen Howard Jr. Olaf Smith and family attended a Barretts Chapel anniversary on Sunday. Jerome Howard has moved to Hurlock.
The Community Club met Tuesday with large turnout and plans their annual supper for Saturday night Oct 22 in the High School Auditorium. Menu includes fried oysters ham chicken salad potato salad biscuit rolls pickles jelly coffee Supper 35 and 25 cents. Hostesses Mesdames Howard Sewell Herbert Stayton and Bernard Sparks.
The Pecan though handsome is underused in Maryland due to cold hardiness of commercial types. Northern pecans Busseron Indiana Butterick Greenriver Posey Niblack perform well here. Grafted trees bear sooner and yield superior nuts. Walnuts Franquette suit area. Persian varieties struggle. Other good nuts Stabler Thomas Ohio. Hazels and Filberts are ornamental but often nonproductive due to catkins and pollen shed. Plant four or five better varieties together Barcellona Duchally White Avenue recommended for pollination.
Williston William Uhler Wheeler from Baltimore spent the weekend with his aunt Mrs Wm D Uhler at Memory Lane. Mrs Elmer E Wheeler returned home to Baltimore last Sunday with her sister Mrs Wm D Uhler. Miss Rebecca Wheatley of Wilmington visited her father Roland Wheatley over Sunday. Master Billy Wallett of Baltimore visited Memory Lane. Mr Roland Wheatley and family spent Sunday at East New Market.
Retired banker Fred Johnson died last Tuesday morning at Maryland University Hospital Baltimore after an operation. He served 14 years as cashier of the Peoples Bank of Denton, resigning in 1923 for health reasons. Johnson also worked as purser on the Steamer Avalon for the B C and A Railroad and earlier on the Wheeler line. He was active in Baltimore steamship circles and well known along the Choptank River. He leaves a wife Maude Fisher and two daughters Emily and Frances, plus sister Mrs Elizabeth Mowbray. Funeral services were held at his Denton home with Rev Thomas J Turkington presiding. burial in Denton cemetery.
Henderson and Sweeney families joined by Winfred Gooden from Philadelphia to spend the weekend with E. C. Gooden. Philadelphia guests Walter Schoppe and family with Ed Schoppe and Roscoe Clough and others visited Coatesville. Mrs. Pearl Jones returned to Wilmington after summering here with relatives as Mrs. Virgie Cartwright and Anna hosted at Dora Melvin’s. Ed Gooden and Frances and Anna Lee visited relatives near Wyoming. Mrs. Harry Cohee and Miss Anna Jones of Chester stayed with their parents here. Darwin Pritchett and sons Merrill Conrad and Harlan toured Oxford. W. F. Clark’s sister Freeborn Ellwanger hosted near Greensboro. Norman Cohee and son from Felton visited relatives. Annabel Clark spent time in Philadelphia. Lizzie Dill visits relatives in Wilmington.
The Bethlehem Ladies Aid will hold an oyster supper at the Community House on Thursday evening, October 13, serving from 5 pm. Menu includes fried chicken, ham, oysters, slaw, salad, biscuits and rolls, with ice cream and cake for sale. Proceeds support Mrs. Fred Blades and daughter Mary of Baltimore. Supper prices are 50c and 25c. The event is postponed to Oct 20 with Mrs. Will Dulin as hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lare and family entertained Mr. Arthur Curry and Miss Mary Favenger of Milford and Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Lare at supper on Sunday evening. Mr. Dill and Mr. Lare and sons Palmer and Arthur went crabbing at Wye Landing and Queenstown last Monday. preaching scheduled at Bloomery M E Church at 3 PM on Sunday Oct 9 by Rev J. L. Hanby. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Neal and son Henry were visitors at Barratt's Chapel on Sunday. Henry and Edmond Neal were visitors in Salisbury last Saturday afternoon.
Cyrus Stufft was accidentally shot in the neck legs and hands by his brother Elmer during a squirrel hunt on the Greensboro Ridgely road at 6 16 am. He was taken to a doctor and some shot removed though some remain embedded and cannot be removed. The Stufft family is local to Greensboro.
Mrs R Henry Stafford celebrated her birthday with a Thursday evening party attended by more than seventy friends and relatives from Denton Harrington and nearby. Games and music followed by refreshments, gifts brought many pretty and useful items. Ernest Knotts and son visited from Chester, staying with Mrs Knotts' parents. Wesley M E Church plans its annual supper for Oct 19 at 5 30 in the old schoolhouse. Mrs Brown Thawley visited her Hillsboro kin. Rev M M Watson attended a Ministerial Meeting at Wyn Mills. Many local folks joined the Barratt's anniversary gathering.
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