Local notes on events and closures in Caroline County
Community updates from Caroline County cover a Monday bank closure for Columbus Day and a Denton area fire destroying a Union district storehouse dwelling. Reports include health notices on communicable diseases, county nurse plans, upcoming district federation convention, Democrats meeting with Goldsborough and Bankhead, Denton Community Club activities, Farm Bureau essay contest enrollment, the death of Belle Turpin, and Harvest Home Rally Day at Denton Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Nichols
J. E Nichols
Union
First
Denton School
Thomas Chapel
Caroline
Spafford
Ruth Jackson
Jones
Nicklas
Eastern Shore
Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs
Princess Anne
Shoreland Club
Washington
Democrats of
Bip
Denton
T. Alan Goldsborough
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
Bankhead
Senator Bankhead
Congress
Golisborough
Social notes from Denton and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Everett A Pepper of Tuckahoe Neck host visitors from Baltimore including Mr and Mrs George M Christie and daughter Katharine. Several locals travel to Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia and Norfolk for visits, business, and health updates. Denton residents attend meetings, celebrate birthdays, and host relatives while others plan office openings and millinery purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett A. Pepper
Tuckahoe Neck
George M. Christie
Joel R. Harrington
Katharine
Ruth Boarmann
Baltimore
Shore Players in Demand Across Leagues
Eastern Shore League fans see a pennant race, Parksley’s win over the Blue Ridge champion, and many Shore players moving to higher leagues. Ten players from four clubs joined bigger teams while others await deals, boosting club treasuries for 1925. Connie Mack lands four players from Cambridge Canners and Easton Farmers. Lefty Hearne joins Rochester Colts. Shubert moves to Scranton. Klemmick and Fox, both 18, start in Organized Baseball with Mack’s future battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parksley
Treasuries
Salisbury
Cambridge
Parktey
Easton
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Glass
Ryan
Cambridge Canners
Klemmick and Fox
J. Franklin Baker
Easton Farmers
Norfolk Club
Hummer
Goeltzel
McAllister
Lefty Hearne
Rochester Colts
Shubert
Salisbury Indians
Scranton
New York Pennsylvania
Shore Loop
George Klemmick
Baltimore
Jimmie Fox
Queen Anne’s County
Ron Baker
Local Social Notes From Dundalk and Nearby Areas
Hon and Mrs T A Smith visit daughter Mrs Walter Carmine in Dundalk. Mr Carlton Lord attends home of Mr and Mrs J Coursey Heim. Mr Frank Lonp and family visit Mrs Lonp's people in Dover on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Samuel Bear spend Hebrew holiday in Baltimore. Dre and Mrs M A Brackett spend weekend in Baltimore. Miss Nettie Arnold visiting her father in Romney Virginia. Mrs Albert White returns from Pennsylvania visit. Mr George Bullock and family to move to Federalsburg. First Carroll Meredith out again after illness. Now is the time to subscribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lonp
Ladies’ Aid
Harry R. Covell
John Holt
Wilmington
Susie Thompson
Marydel
Christine Wilson
Hillsboro
Virginia C. Harwood
Elwood Fleming
Federalsburg
HH. HK. Covell
Wye Mills
W. F. Pennington
Delaware
Ella Pennington
Royal Oak
Frances Covell
Philadelphia
Carrie Holtwart
Easton
Revival and Sunday School Invite at Wesley Church
Rev E N Wright invites all to Sunday School and service at Wesley M E Church next Sunday morning at eleven. Theme What Will He Say Unto You October 12. Plus local wedding and visiting guests reports and community notes from Burrsville Greensboro Swarthmore Ridgely and Atlantic City entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. N. Wright
Wesley M. E
Edith Simpson
Margaret Simpson
Armstrong, Cator & Co
Clarence Loftland
Harrington
Elkton
William H. Satterfield
Clarence Voss
Philadelphia
Charles Bradley
Zack Johnson
Lida Bradley
Houston
Clarence Rowe
Lee Wyatt
Central Sunday School
Burrsville
Elias Pierson
Lucy
Swarthmore
Henrietta Tribbitt
Harvey Tribbitt
Elvin Tribbitt
Greensboro
Margaret FE. Stafford
A. T. Garrett
Wilmington
William Sparks
Garrett
Lickman Church
Buresville
Andrew Mitchell
Elizabeth Detwiler
Edna Detwiler
Ridgely
James Breeding
Calvert C. Harvey and Son
Georgeanna Breeding
Henry Porter
Robert H. Garrett
Clifford Baker
Walton Willis
Brown Thawley
Earl Ivins
Marvin Lister
Ray Disch
Amos Tayton
Atlantic City
Grove Methodist Oyster Supper Draws Big Crowd
The Grove Methodist Adult Bible Class hosted a highly successful oyster supper last Friday, with strong turnout and about 145 dollars raised. Revival meetings begin next Sunday at Grove M P Church with Rev. John T. Bailey and Rev. Phillips assisting, as families and neighbors share news and visits in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove Methodist Protestant Church
Providence
Grove M. P. Church
John T. Bailey
Georgetown
Delaware
Mr. Bailey
Phillips
Union Grove Church
Edward Lord
Willie Perry
Claiborne
Arthur Perry
Easton
W. E. Collins
Methodist and Social Visits Across Town This Week
Goldsboro residents attend the Baltimore District Conference at Friendship Church on Wesley Grove Circuit. Local trips include Harrison Bennett Frank Lane George Johnson Horace Shively and J S Latham to Philadelphia. Visitors Mrs J A Wear of Jersey City and Mrs Alfred Ball of St Paul stay with Mr Samuel Reed. Rev J H Wells to preach next Sunday night and lead the third quarterly conference. David and Marvin Cartwright of Wilmington visit Uncle Pevelton. Addie Jarrell home from Towcon for the weekend. Thomas Shockley family visit Valley Force. Mrs Wiedman of New York visiting Mrs Alfred Dennison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Schooley
Baltimore
Friendship Church
Wesley Grove
Harrison Bennett
Frank Lane
George Johnson
Horace Shively
J. S. Lapham
Philadelphia
J. A. Wear
Jersey City
Alfred Ball
St. Paul
Minnesota
Samuel Reed
J. H. Wells
David and
Marvin Cartwright
Wilmington
Pevelston
Addie Jarrell
Towcon
Thomas Shockley
Valley Force
Wiedman
New York
Alfred Dennison
Ridgely Community Club opens season with meetings and plans
The Ridgely Community Club held its first meeting of the season with about twenty five members. Officers were installed and a new president elected as Elsie Matthews. The group voted to invite the Federation to meet in November and to hold a one night school for votes with equal access to candidates. The School Council discussed needs, including hot lunches, and a committee was formed to purchase books. Multiple local families and individuals were noted in visits, travels, and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sewell
J. J. Ivison
Herbert Jones
Mercy and Help Committee
John Swing
Gilbert Swann
Harvey Sewell
W. M. Wiley
Ivison
Jones
Elsie Matthews
T. W. Jones
Matthews
Federation
A. G. Saulsbury
Miss Nichols
A. W. Thompson
Will Cannon
Allan Parsons
Harrington
Farr
Milford
Harold Phatfield
Georgetown
Elaine Saulsbury
Pennsylvania Academy of Art
Philadelphia
Dorothy
John
Elaine
Saulsbury
Laurd
Mary
Vials Jones
Edward Stephens
Rehoboth
Stephens
Ridgely
Ethel Pauline
Thomas A. Manney
Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Paul Allegre
Selby Smith
Sparks
Queer
Anne
Leland Russell
Leland, Jr
Mary Jane
St Louis
Craip
Wilmington
Alexander Russell
Melvin E. Wheatley
Woman's Home Mansionary Society
Chicago
Melvin E Wheatley
Harry Hemmons
Buffalo
Coursey Hemmons
A. S. Thompson
Anne Smith
Church House
Isabelle Andrew
Harry Nockson
Grace
Catherine
George Bradley
Mildred
North East
Mildred Rowe
J.T. Saulsbury, Jr
Havre
France
Allan Varsous
Nariman Wilson
Frances Dudley
Warrison Holsinger
Paul
Herbert Hammond
John Hanmond
Centreville
Robert Headley
I. T. Saulsbury
Mary Rebecca Saulsbury
University of New York
J.im Thomas
Grasonville
M. Hf.Thomas
W. OM. Wiley
Alexander Griffin
Price's Station
Lee Mitchell
Famly
Claiborne
Paul Hobsinger
Morton
Carney's Point
Henderson News Briefs Include Wreck Injuries and Local Happenings
Mrs. Earl Conaway and companions were injured when a car collided with another vehicle driven by Mrs. Wickes near Henderson. Conaway suffered crushed knee and leg injuries. Rash broke a collarbone. They were treated in Dover and Easton hospitals, with hopes the limb could be saved. The issue also notes the Henderson Review debut, local subscriptions drive, clergy transfers, Campfire Girls beads ceremony, and multiple visits among residents in surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Conaway
C. H. Clayville
Everett
Evelyn West
Baltimore
Dover
Wickes
M. Rash
Pearson’s Corner
Conaway
Henderson Review
Prade
S. L. Manby
Fairlee
Tom Cawman
Petersburg
N. J
J. Bo Medford
Waltham Pritchett
Joseph Spence
Smithville
James Wodell
Darris
Willow Grove
Robert Ridge
Sara Gooden
Helen Johns
Renton
Paul Petram
Elizabeth
Philadelphia
Robert Edge
Wilmington
Winter guests and local social notices in Marydel
Marydel social roundup lists residents heading to West Virginia for winter visits and several local gatherings. Mrs. Henrietta Hours with children Ruth and Arietta Harman depart for wintering in West Virginia while Miss Ruth Harman and Miss Arietta Harman receive a surprise farewell party. Various visits include Mrs. Walter Stevens and daughter Margaret, Mrs. Emma Jump, Mrs. Alex Robinson in Washington, and other town residents hosting relatives or visiting Wilmington and Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Hours
Ruth
Arietta Harman
West Virginia
Walter Stevens
Margaret
Sadlersville
Emma Jump
Alex. Robinson
Washington
Birs
James Hummer
Jimmy,Jr
Farmington
Charles Ashley
Wilmington
J. F. Stafford
Thomas Duabson
Greensboro
Alex. Griffith
Mary Bertram
Dover
Jessie Phillips
Near Town
Lockwood Gooden
A. J Gooden
Owen Moore
Newark
T. H. Davis
Choptank Ladies' Aid Plans Oyster Supper Date
The Ladies' Aid of the M. P. Church at Choptank held a pleasant meeting with Mrs. William Whiteley. Plans discussed for the annual oyster supper with date to be announced. There was a call meeting on the 23rd and the next regular meeting with Mrs. W. E. Dillon on November 3. The Twentieth Century Community Club enjoyed a visit at the Blades home. Reed work occupied the day and the next meeting will be at the Choptank club room on the 10th. attendees urged to bring sandwiches and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P
Choptank
William Whiteley
W. E. Dillon
Gwen C. Blades
Reed Work
The
Roth
Public Sale Near Burrsville By Amos Layton
Amos Layton near Burrsville will sell farm stock and household goods on his farm Saturday October 18 starting at 10 o'clock. Sale features cows horses a Ford touring car farm implements and Quick Meal steel range with six month terms. For details see hand bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Layton
Burrsville
Niles
Happenings at Hillsboro Community Activities List Officers
Hillsboro notes show Our Home and School Association electing officers for the year. New president Mrs. Wallace Clark and others were chosen, with a program committee set. A bake sale for the Ladies' Aid is planned Saturday at 3 pm at the Hardware Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Home and School Association
Wallace Clark
Everett Gale
Susie Thompson
Josephine Blades
Dorothy Jump
David M. Clopper
Frank Fleming
Howard Wright
Emmett Barton
Ladies' Aid
Charles Weston
Wilmington
Charles Husteed
Centreville
Pilchard
Dudley's Chapel
W. McGuire
Ada Cogge
Hillsboro
Bartley
N. J
Edgar Blades
Kyle
Roberta
Aileen Barton
Byron Poore
Greensboro
Andrew Wilson
Georgetown
Eva McCauley
Galena
Ladies’ Guild
The
Episcopal Church
Irving McGrew
Denton
Willard Russell
Price
George Stewart
Leadership Training Institute Arrangements in Caroline County
Arrangements are nearly complete for the Young Peoples Leadership Training Institute to be held at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Federalsburg on Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25. The program aims to train teachers and prepare young people to become teachers, with no Friday registration fee and a 50 cent Saturday course fee to cover expenses. Superintendents should urge schools to send delegations and report attendance to the registration committee promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples Leadership Training Institute
Caroline County
Methodist Episcopal
Fire Prevention Week Safety Reminders From Denton Fire Company
Fire Prevention Week urges vigilance to prevent fires with advice from the Denton Volunteer Fire Company. Avoid rubbish buildup, store ashes properly, inspect wiring, use non inflammable cleaners, keep stoves and flues safe, and keep matches and flames away from children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Denton
Orphans Court Actions Authorize Stock Transfers and Probate
In the Orphans Court Judge West and others preside over the estate of Martha B Walters with authorization to assign shares of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone stock. W Webster Kinder will admitted to probate with Harry W Davis custodian. Appraisals, releases, and inventories for several estates are recorded with court approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
West
Harper and Shawn
Martha B. Walters
William E. Brown
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
W. Webster Kinder
Harry W. Davis
J. J. Frampton
John A. Hyland
T. Pliny Fisher
C. T A
William B. Stephens
Nellie R. Stephens
Attendance in Our Public Schools in September
Attendance in Maryland rural districts shows many children kept in school despite farm duties and child care. The list ranks public schools by attendance, with high schools leading and a mix of two room and rural schools following, as reported by Attendance Officer Elizabeth Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
Furman’s Grove
Chestnut Grove
Howard's
Caroline High
Ridgely High
Preston High
Henderson High
Federalsburg High
Town Grammar
Denton Grammar
Ridgely Grammar
Federalsburg Grammar
Two Room
Hillsboro
Goldsboro
Moore’s
Harmony
Smithson
Rural
Garey's
Barcus
Marydel
Laurel Grove
Bridgetown
Liden' S
Hickman
Choptank
Baltimore Corner
Oaks
Willoughby-Hubbard’s
Bethlehem
Bee Tree
Cedar Grove
Williston
Houston’s Branch
Andersontown
Hickory Hill
Ellwanger Family Visiting Friends in Mid Atlantic
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ellwanger and children Harold and Eloise are visiting friends and relatives in Trenton New Jersey Philadelphia Pennsylvania and Wilmington Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Samuel Ellwanger
Harold and
Eloise
Trenton
N. J
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Circuit Court in Session with Grand Jury List and Indictments
October term convened with Judges Adkins Wickes and Keating presiding. Grand jury foreman Isaac H. Morris led 23 members. Thirty-plus cases heard with verdicts of guilty or not guilty and several punishments. Grand jury reported 29 indictments after examining 64 witnesses. almshouse and jail deemed sanitary but needing repairs. five inmates in the county house and twenty in the jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Adkins, Wickes and
Keating
Isaac H. Morris
Foreman
John F. Quillen
Thomas E. Heather
Frank P. Medford
William P. Manlove
Louis N. Kibler
William M. Garey
Joseph Laramore
Thomas A. Cleaves
Martin P. Allen
Charles Blades
Levin E. Taylor
J. Frank Ledman
Harvey Long
T. Fred Brown
Alfred P. Hammer
Joseph F .Swartz
Joseph H. Carroll
August Koeneman
Thomas W. Jones
James H. Pippin
James H. Dew
Oscar Nichols
Lacy Collins
W. W. Dukes
Appellant
Merriken
Knotts
Appellee
Charles Satterfield
State
Gilbert Hawkins
Deen
Hawkins
Thawley
Roland Hubbard
Augusta Hubbard
Hubbard
John H. Horsey, Jr
Horsey
Bradford H. Magrogan
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Lewis
Roland Jenkins
J. Olan Clark
Clark
Traverser
Daniel Grumbel
Thomas J. Gallagher
Josephine M. Brogley
Knotts and Richards
Floyd Briggs
Benny Griffin
House of Correction
John Bars
Legg
Across the Bar tribute to Mrs Fannie M Smoot ends life
A reverent tribute recalls Mrs Fannie M Smoot wife of Rev T C Smoot who died September 6 after forty years of service in the Wilmington Methodist Conference. The piece honors her faith, devotion to family and charity, and envisions reunion across the Bar with eternal peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Fannie M. Smoot
T. C. Smoot
Wilmington Methodist Conference
Spirit Land
Golden Gates
Pearl
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Denton Community Club
Toom
D. W. Davis
County Purce
D. W. Dalvis
John T. Carter
Henry Hughes
L. B. Towers
N. PB. Kern
R. N. Hitchens
Lulu Downes
Maryland Farm
Dad
Farm Bureau
Belle F. Turpin
Dorchester County
Maryland
Stevens
Seaford
Herbert Goslin
W. D. Stevens
W. Howard Turpin
Anna Betton
Denton MP. Church
Westmeter
William Chambers
William
George Bishop
Charles B. Palmer
J. Bradford Shawn
Denon
W. J. Shawn
Leonard M. Dill
Chestertown
Dill
W. E. Cheecum
Cheetum
W. P. Chafflinch
Harry Nevins
Trappe
S. B. Shipman
Edna
Norfolk
Virginia
Earle Chaffinch
Paul Herr
George Donnelly
John E. Chaffinch
Willoughby Nowell
Samuel Nowell
Balmore
W. L. Barnes
Seafoul
W. F. Murphey
Ernest G. Cooper
Bayou Hotel
Havre de Grace
William E. Cheezum
Wiltoo Porter
Atre
Barry Porter
J. W. Field
7. F. Field
Wilton Porter
Marshallion
W. E Cheezum
Mes. C. M. Pusey
Laurel
ED. C. Hegeman
John Bryan
FL Wrightson
A. J. Chaffinch
W. Finn
Ora A. Carroll
Jennie Wyatt
Shore
Hon
Mrs
T. A.smith
Walter Carmine
Dundalk
Carlton Lord
Mrs. J. Coursey Heimmans
Grove
Ridgely News
Mary Abbott
Tom Robb
James Mitchell
Maxine Goodwin
Thomas Marker
Rosiene Scotton
Kathleen Page
Margaret Cox
Earle Wothers
Perryville
John Wothers
Hugh Duffey
Charles Jarrell
Eepearer
Mills
H. &. Covell
Dora Morris
Air
W. G. Stoops
James EK. Seward
Thomas Seward
W. F. Dickinson
Lewes
W. H. Sparks
Alisses Virginia and
Ethel Holt
Sudersville
Messrs. Vernon ,Baker
Henry Fleming
James Sloan
Nichols Knott
Little Son
Harry Wright
Preston
Rowe
Young People's Institute
J. E. Nichols
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Mus
Elizabeth Stone
J. Ed. Nichols
Grand Jury
WM. Hynson
Cor Lst
Franklin Sts
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