Denton Classifieds and Notices Fuller of October 1937
Fragments list farm for sale seed wheat Timothy seed and furniture pieces near Denton and Burrsville Md plus rental ads for a S8 room dwelling and a East Denton home. Local church suppers social security updates tax help and community events fill the page along with obituaries and marriages among Denton residents.
Miss Martha E McCleery Dies in October Age
Denton-centered obituary notes octogenarian Miss Martha Elizabeth McCleery, longtime friend of Mrs J Frank Wright, pioneer Braddock Heights cottager, and Frederick native. A Presbyterian, Hood College alumna, D A R member, she died Friday night October 1. Funeral and interment at Mt Olivet in Frederick, led by Rev. Charles E Wehler. Survived by three Frederick cousins. Governor Albert C. Ritchie was a cousin and friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Elizabeth MecCleery
Denton
J. Frank Wright
Wright
Braddock Heights
Miss McCleery
Maryland
Andrew
Martha E. Rea McCleery
Frederick
Presbyterian Church
Community Club plans for Feder ation meeting in November
At the last Community Club meeting plans were made for the Eastern Shore Federation meeting to be held here on November 4. Mrs. Ramsdell was asked to write a history of Denton. An art exhibit is planned for the first week in November county wide, with an upcoming art and music program. Funds and support for a free county library vehicle were discussed. Supper menus and ticket prices for local church events were listed, with notices of visits and guests among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Shore Federation
Ramsdell
Denton
Earle White
Luther Coulbourn
P. J. Gaalans
Perry Point
Adaline Pratt
Baltimore
Maryland Library Commission
DeGinther
E. Nosbrand
Burrsville
Wesley M. E. Church
Maryland
Ladies Aid of the
M. P. Church of
Chestnut Grove
Concord Church House
J. M. Clarke
Walter Sparklin
Wilbert Merriken
Walter Spaklin
John L. Sparklin
St. George's
N. B. Barfield and Son
Chicago
Walter L. Black
F. A. DeFord
Helen DeFord
Wilmington
Luke Messick
Easton
Orphans' Court approves orders in Caroline County session
Caroline County Orphans Court met with Judges Towers Handy and Dennis. Orders recorded include appointment of Fred E Covey to fill the Register of Wills term, sales in real estate actions, stock sale under Mary E Raughley executrix, final accounts for Katie D Spence and Hannah M Blanche estates, withdrawals from bank for India Hubbard guardian, letters of administration granted to H Saulsbury Sparks, appraisals by Emory Kimmey and S L Tribbitt, and inventories in Harry F Fluharty estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
Towers
Handy
Dennis
Fred E. Covey
Joseph H. Carroll
Lennon
Oscar E. Morgan
Katie D. Spence
Elsie P. Towers
Guardian For India
Hubbard
H. Saulsbury Sparks
Emory Kimmey
S. L. Tribbitt
Rosie O. Morris
Hannah M. Blanche
Harry F. Fluharty
The Cynic Defined as One Who Values Nothing
Oscar Wilde quotes the cynic as a thinker who assigns prices to all things yet sees no true value in them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilde
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights Local Club Actions
The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Mary Richards home with about thirty members. They voted fifty dollars toward the church furnace, plan an oil burner for the parsonage kitchen, and help buy a carpet for the primary Sunday School room. An annual November supper is planned for one night due to no election. Harvest Home offerings go to Deaconness Home in Wilmington and Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia. Numerous community and school events follow, with appointments to committees and notices of upcoming meetings and charitable activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
Mary Richards
Seward
Elsie Matthews
Reed
Mitchell
Raleigh
Rickards
Bertie Dean
Kate Booker
R. E. Smith
J. D. Davis
Beatrice Bower
G. (. Wilson
Frank Flounders
Methodist Church
Deaconness Home
Wilmington
Methodist Hospital
Philadelphia
Methodist Churches of
J. J. Ivison
Maple Avenue
Frank Simon
Paul Hoffman
Sarah Hoffman
Elmer Hoffman
Mary Wharton
Ridgely P.T. A
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Harold Fountain
W. M. Wiley
William Matthews
Smyrna
Del
Matthews
J. E. Morris
Mary Catherine Tolson
Centreville
Alice Mille
Clifton Spring
N. Y
Clifton Morris
Geneva
Chamber of Commerce
Reformed Church
Sewing
Elizabeth Haymaker
Helen Haymaker
Elmer Anthony
O. B. Reed
Washington
Harriett
Frank Klotz
Harry Klotz
Jas. Wilson
Elsmere
R. L. Tawes
Seaford
Ridgely Rink
Linnie Swann
Baltimore
I. E. Mason
St. Benedict’s Catholic Church
W. C. Harrison
George Harrison
Claymont
W. C. Harrison Jr
D. Thompson Swing
Keene Saulsbury
Hanover
Mary Brumbaugh
Margaret Saulsbury
Will Rickards
O. K. Raleigh
Bureau Automobile and Life Insurance Company
H. Harrington
William Ewing
Barratt’s Chapel
Melvin Bennington
Walter Bennington
Arthur Peacock
Jamaica
Elijah Luff
James Wilson
James Cheezum
Rhodesdale
Roland Cherry
Chester
Wordenburg
Fred Flounders
Charles Kline
Olin Porter
W. P. Butler
William Jarrell Jr
University of Maryland
Leola Temple
Jessie Ruggles
Chicago
Ridgely
Miriam Holsinger
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, Va
Willard Jones
Homemaker Club Meetings Across Three Communities
Regular meetings of Furmans Grove, Federal Community, and Andersontown Hobbs homemaker clubs are detailed with roll calls, demonstrations on convalescent entertaining, project plans for the coming year, and donations to the Easton Children's Home. Members discuss membership, library programs, and hostesses organize refreshments and tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furmans’ Grove Homemakers’ Club
Homer Hutchinson
Queen Anne
Rosa
Dancimg
Vernon Baker
Harry Dodd
Edward Bowman
Sunshine Committee
Miss Spafford
Meat Pie Recipe by Miss Hetty Holloway
Home Economist Miss Hetty Holloway shares a meat pie method using 2 pounds beef lamb or veal 350 degree oven for about 1 1/2 hours browning meat in flour then simmering with onions carrots potatoes thyme salt pepper and water in a buttered casserole. Bake covered one hour then top with flaky pastry or baking powder biscuits. optional carrot and parsley mix added if biscuits used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetty Holloway
Hillsboro Queen Anne Lady Dies at 91
Mrs. Julia Ann Blanche, 91, wife of the late Edgar Blanche, died at her Hillsboro home Monday afternoon. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 p.m. with burial in Hillsboro Cemetery. She lived in Caroline County all her life and was daughter of the late Richard O. and Ann Hicks. Survived by two sons Edgar of Baltimore and Marion at home, two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Attending notices list several local residents and social events in Maryland with brief familial references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Ann Blanche
Edgar Blanche
Hillsboro
Caroline County
Richard O
Ann Hicks
Edgar
Baltimore
Marion
G. F. Beaven
Richard Beaven
Nelson Beaven
Samuel Bishop
Wilmington
Del
Charles Jarrell
Horace Morgan
Maryland State Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Carvel Hall
Annapolis
David Johns
Easton
Frank Fleming
N. A. Straughn
Royal Oak
Joseph M. Eaton
New York
Jay Spry
Spry
Joseph Taylor
James Sherwood
Thornington
Herbert Beaven
Queen Anne Community Club Sees Fall Supper Plans
Regular meeting Tuesday night discussed the annual fall supper. Hostesses Mrs Harry Clark Mrs Calvin Anderson and Mrs May Dean served ginger bread whipped cream and coffee. Several local visits and social events noted among St Pauls Church Sunday School plans and D A R State meeting in Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Clark
Calvin Anderson
May Dean
J. M. York
Southern Church
Winchester
St. Paul’s Church
John Abbott
John Jr
Harrington
Elizabeth Lynch
Helen Pastorfield
State Teachers College
Salisbury
S. H. Reynolds
Horace Reynolds
Bridgeville
Erie Reynolds
Greenwood
Marion Oliphant
Showard Culver
Hebron
Jake Morgan
Horace Morgan
Annapolis
Oscar Briscoe
James Briscoe
Elaine
Henderson Couple Wed at Greensboro M E Church
Miss Ruthanna Shultie and Mr. Carl Nichols married on Saturday evening October 2 at the Greensboro M E Church parsonage with Rev Tilghman Smith officiating. They will reside with the bride's parents. Also notes on a chicken and oyster supper, a student resuming studies, visiting relatives, and two Ladies Aid Circle meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruthanna Shultie
Henry Shultie
Carl Nichols
Oscar A. Nichols
Greensboro
M. E. Church
Tilghman Smith
Eden Hall
George Montague
Golden College
T. A. Montague
Charles Simpson
Wilmington
W. N. Walls
H. M. Burns
Ladies Aid
L. M. Jones
Harmony social news from Harmony local notes
Mr. Francis Kelley and family plus friends traveled to Wilmington last Sunday. Gibson family from Woodside spent Sunday with Roland Todd. Mrs. Hunt and daughter Shir ley visited William Kelley home. Nora Kelley staying with Will Cox. Rockwood Coleman welcomed baby boy Don Edward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Kelley
Hunt
Anna Williamson
Mildred Todd
Floyd Kelley
Howard Todd
Wilmington
Gilbert Gibson
Gilbert Jr
Ray
Ada Baker
Woodside
Del
Roland Todd
Shirley
William Kelley
Friendship
Nora Kelley
Will Cox
Rockwood Coleman
Don Edward
Preston Community Club Meets. Flower Show Scheduled
The Preston Community Club held its first meeting on Tuesday at Mrs. B. T. Robins home on the Choptank. A year plan was outlined by committee members Maxwell Chambers Hollis Parker and Robins. A flower show follows the meeting with prizes and light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Club of
Preston
B. T. Robins
G. C. Carmine
Maxwell Chambers
H. M. Hollis
J. M. Parker
Fire House
Ways and Means
John Noble
W. J. Bonner
Waters
Glee Club
Harry Rieck
Teachers’ Association
Denton
Mace
Burton Proctor
Railroad Avenue
Julia Kelley
WFBR
Baltimore
Winfield Trice
Hutzler Bros
A. F. Holden
O. H. Kleinfelter
J. W. Noble
Walter Covey
Grace Covey
St. Petersburg
Fla
James Carmine
Philadelphia
Rehoboth
Salisbury Hospital
Bessie Vickers
D. J. Vickers
Noble Kelley
Main St
Edith Noble
Medford Burgess
O Conor Files For Governor In Maryland Race
Maryland attorney general Herbert R. O Conor declares his Democratic bid for governor, signaling a fierce contest with Baltimore Mayor Howard W. Jackson and aligning supporters from Salisbury and other counties. He presents an eleven point plan including tax reform, road funding, and depoliticizing key state agencies, with candidacy filing expected at Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. O’conor
Maryland
Baltimore City
Eastern Shore
Howard W. Jackson
Baltimore
Worcester
Somerset
Kent
Queen Anne’s
Cecil
William S. Gordy
Salisbury
Hooper S. Miles
O'Conor
Sasscer
Lansdale G. Sasscer
Miles
Gordy
Howard Bruce
William Curran
O’conor
Greensboro Community Club meets with plans and events
The Greensboro Community Club held a Tuesday evening meeting with seventeen members and six visitors. Plans were made for tag day, Easton Hospital donation day, and a Cancer Control Fund. The program was arranged by Mrs. B. C. Beckham. Gail Cooper sang two solos with her mother. Dr. Livingood gave the address. Revival services at Henderson Mission continue strong under Rev. Alex Housel. Baptismal service set for Sunday at Medford's Mill at 3 p.m. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Community Club Inc
Easton Hospital
Eugene Schlegel
Lyons Station
Medford’s Mill
Henderson
Robert Davenport
Pet Milk Company
New York City
Davenport
Carl Nichols
Oscar Nichols
Greensboro
Ruth Anna Shulties
Henry Shulties
M. E. Parsonage
Tilghman Smith
Effa Plummer
Town
Norman Smith
Goldsboro
William Wroten
Clayton
Frank Hartnett
Dover
Richard Bullock
Harrington
M. B. Cooper
Edward and
Junior
Sallie Nichols
Anna Frampton
Irma Grier
West Grove
Charles O. Green
Mildred Truax
Milford
Del
Hazel Baynard
Beacom’s Business College
Wilmington
William Baynard
Sallie Miner
Norman Seward
Harry Seward
Bushc
Kenneth Bostic
Chester
William Sipple
Clara Seward
Oscar Wyatt
Leslie Wyatt
Bobby Dill
Sunady
Chincoteague Island
Georgia Lynch
Philadelphia
W. J. Richard
Mary Mitchell
Bridgetown
Alfred Blackburn
Henrietta Pruitt
Washington
Mabel Rich
Rhoda Porter
Kent General Hospital
G. L. Duffey
Bridge
C. B. Jarman
Reopening of Hobbs Ames M. P. Church Sunday
Hobbs Ames M. P. Church will reopen tomorrow afternoon after a three week interior papering and painting. Pastor Rev. Ziba Adams will preach with appropriate music. Mrs. Howard Hammond and others visited the parsonage, while Rev. W. T. Archer and family hosted guests. Many local residents were noted as visitors or guests at homes and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames M. P. Church
Ziba Adams
Howard Hammond
Florence Hammond
Anna Hammond
Solitude
St. Michaels
F. N. Smith
Esther
Sue
Evelyn Adams
W. T. Archer
Dagsboro
Del
Eldon Marine
Sunshine Worker
W. G. Holbrook
Newark
N. J
B. B. Allen
O. J. Chaffinch
J. R. Ricards
Wilmington
Roland Starkey
Atlantic City
L. H. Thomas
Christian Endeavor Service
Calvin Betts
Rev. Clift
Grove
Helen Towers
Kenneth Ramsburg
Denton
Catherine Towers
L. Hopkins Thomas
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Walter Cannon
Calvert C. Merriken
South Second Street
R. H. Stafford and Son
North 4Th Street
Timothy
R. H
Florida
R. F. D. Williston
Parent-Teacher Association
Internal Revenue Office
Higgins Bldg
Washington St
Harmony Schoolhouse
Harmony Church
Dentonia Theatre
Union M. P. Church of
Internal Revenue
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Cooperative Life Insurance Co., of America
Paul Shockley
Hagerstown
Raymond Fisher
Association of Eastern Shore County Commissioners
Lawson Tosh
Risinng Sun
Shore Association
Charles R. Parker
Wicomico County
Fred Covey
Register of Wills
Mary Emily Alburger
James E. Phillips
Lakeside Cemetery
Phillips
Katie Bradley
Frank Andrews
Brining Phillips
San Bernadino
Calif
Denton Chamber of Commerce
Gibbs Preserving Company of
Gibbs Company
Soil
Theodore Fletcher
Watts’ Creek
Harry Butler
George W. Clendaniel
D. C. Bishop
Eben Jenkins
Martin C. Voss
J. Boone Jarrell
Co. J. Kern
Herbert Beauchamp
Frank M. Adams
Frank Fountain
Nickolas Laignail
D. C. Gullett
Hudson Taylor
A. F. Sittig
Arthur Holt
Elizabeth Talbott Chaney
Irving Drury Chaney
Charles Percival Merrick, Jr
Charles Percival Merrick
Ingleside
St. James’ Church
Anne Arundel County
David Watson
D. Russell Talbott
Dunkirk
Anne Ashcom Reeder
Marshall Duer McDorman
Margaret Merrick
Araminta Stubbs
Timothy J. Hooper
William Roe Kahl
Harry N. Wilson
Charles H. R. Merrick
S. H. Krabill
Harold Vernon Holsinger
Earl. Holsinger
J. W. Krabill
John E. Chaffinch
Mr. Chaffinch
Watson Fluharty
Carl Towers
Harvey Towers
Milo Crane
Madison Towers
A. R. Neal
Walton Trice
Frank Depew
A. G. Gelletty
Albert H. Carrill
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
New Windsor State Bank
New Windsor
George W. Beck
Beck
Jennie Crane
Evelyn
Benson
Frances Lee Cooper
George Hunter
Newport
N. H
Hunter
Jane Wine
Homer H. Plott
Josephine Plott
South Carolina
Jack and
Norman Adams
Winnie Breeding
Harry Heleman
Harold Allfather
Jack Renninger
Fred Love
Vincent
Wesley Walls
Reading
Louise Adams
Dorothy
Catherine Stevens
Melissa Ward
Howard Hopkins
Martha E. McCleery
Federal Community Club
Claude Howard
New England States
Caroline
Victor Dean
Andersontown Hobbs Homemakers’ Club
Church House
Concord
Zora Nuttle
Caroline Homemakers’ Library
Madeline Dennis
Smithson Homemaker’s Club
Bessie Spafford
Twentieth Century Club
Wm. E. Stewart
Marie Perry
Bethlehem Homemaker’s Club
Bethlehem Community House
Roland LeGates
Tuckahoe
Hobbs
Niewspap
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!