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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1930
Page
5
Items of news from various parts of the county solicited under this header for readers to share local happenings and notes. The column gathers brief items, events, and updates in a compact community bulletin style.
Local ads list farm supplies lumber coal mail order shirts and hats parade of goods plus event notices. Oyster suppers church gatherings and a fall sale highlight community activities with a medical notice on tuberculosis cases and a drawing at the Palace Theatre.
The old Quaker Neck Meeting house near Denton hosted a Sunday gathering with Rev. F. W. Kirwan and Dr. J. W. Kirk speaking. Attendees included Miss Rachel Satterthwaite’s memory and E. T. Miller, with plans for Sir Rachel's Well and a permanent maintenance fund. Social visits followed, and community notices covered club meetings, weddings, hospital training, and forthcoming fundraisers and suppers at local churches and clubs.
The Caroline County Poultry Association announces the third annual show will take place in the spacious garage of Bullock and White on Sixth Street between Market and Gay in Denton Maryland. Exhibitors should prepare outstanding birds, with seven classes expected to attract many breeders and cockerels from the recent sale. Dr Frank Taylor county veterinarian will supervise and disinfect, with a full committee list and an educational program each evening featuring poultry authorities and moving pictures.
An army worm outbreak affects the lower county around Federalsburg harming rye beans and lawns. Outbreaks are reported in Worcester Harford Montgomery and Baltimore counties with peak damage from late August to early October. Caterpillars hatch from eggs laid on grass and feed for two weeks. Control methods include poison bran mash made from two pounds Paris green fifty pounds bran and one gallon molasses plus six gallons water, or spraying with one pound arsenate of lead per fifty gallons of water on nonfeed grass.
Information Card No 2 on Control of Insect Pests may be secured by request at the county Agricultural Agent's office, Denton. This card explains fumigating granaries with carbon bisulphide to control weevils in grain. Carbon disulphide is available at feed and drug stores. Best results come when outside temperatures are 70 degrees or higher.
W R Ballard circular 81 provides soil fertilizing and grass seeding tips for this area. Copies available at the County Agent's Denton office. requests by letter or call are invited.
Beekeepers face reduced nectar and must feed colonies this winter. A sugar syrup mix is recommended, using equal parts sugar and water, with fall feed at two and a half parts sugar to one part water. Add tartaric acid to every 15-20 pounds of sugar as it heats. dissolve without boiling. Feeding inside the hive minimizes robber bee issues.
A loving wife and son honor John W. Cox who departed October 13 1929. The poem recalls his pleasant ways and beloved memory, says God took him home and faith remains. Time passes yet sorrow lingers in the home, with hope of meeting again in Heaven. The piece ends with the Henry Drummond quote about happiness from doing good.
The Community Club held its first meeting of the year at Mrs Frank Flounders home with new officers installed including President Mrs Paul Hoffman and Secretary Mrs Frank Flounders. Articles note sermons on sin, church activities, visits from relatives, school programs, community events, and local social news across Ridgely and nearby towns.
Kent County Delaware Democrats nominate a full county and district ticket at a Dover convention. Officers presiding were H. C. Taylor and E. Y. Williams. Ticket includes Nelson Slaughter as Receiver of Taxes and Treasurer, Ernest M. Sheriff, Austin D. Smith as Coroner, and other county posts. Levy Court Commissioners and several General Assembly representatives listed. New county committee members named across districts.
Firefighters could not save the Henry Hubbert homestead near Skinner's Run as no water was available. The Cruger family was away. most contents were lost, with a $3,000 loss partly insured. Miss Ruth McCrea and Leonard Travers wed in Elkton, Md. Saturday with the ceremony led by Rev. Lewis B. Morgan. Travers works for the Pennsylvania Railroad. they plan to reside in Federalsburg.
Mr Joe Eaton and children toured Washington Mondry and Mrs Charles Jarrell returned home after visiting her brother Dr Roger Duffy and nephew Dr Depew Duffy. Numerous local residents attended anniversary and memorial services at the old Quaker Meeting House near Denton. An oyster supper by the Ladies Aid Society is planned Friday Oct 24 at the M E Church House Hillsboro. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Charles Busteed Centreville and Mr and Mrs Lay Beaven and family. Various residents visited Virginia Wilmington Havre de Grace Easton and Conowingo while others hosted relatives in Baltimore Newark and Chestertown.
The Community Club met with 21 members present. Plans were announced for the Annual Oyster Supper on Oct 18 in the High School Auditorium with menu items including oysters ham chicken and potato salad. Tickets are 60 cents. Hostesses were Mesdames Minnie Morgan Reynolds Murphy Harry Moore George Moore and Bernard Messix.
The Caroline county Orphans Court met with Judges West Harper and Shawn. Execution of estate matters included inventory of Vachel Downes by Martie C Downes executrix. account of sales for William D Taylor by Miriam and Katherine Taylor. Thawley administrator of Ida J McFlvaine filed interest list and final account. Charlotte E Gambrill will admitted to probate. Roxana Waillough granted administration with will annexed. notice to creditors ordered. Martha R Flowers will admitted to probate.
Personal mentions list Mr and Mrs Bennett Todd of Baltimore visiting his parents in Williston. Rev and Mrs W R Mowbray of Lewes guesting Mrs B H Johnson. Mr Jd M Carroll of West Springfield Mass visiting. Mr H W Cade of Cairo Illinois visiting relatives in Caroline. Mrs Glora T Slaser spent last weekend in Baltimore. Subscribe for the Journal.
Mrs. Mary Dyer aged 66 died at her home near Greensboro Saturday after a brief illness caused by paralysis. Survivors include children William Ralph John Bertha Dyer and Mrs. Irwin Nichols and others from near Greensboro Centreville Goldsboro and Chicago. Funeral at her late home Monday with Rev. A. B. Frye officiating. interment Greensboro Cemetery. Numerous relatives and neighbors visited or spent Sunday with local families. recent marriages and hospital notices listed among regional residents.
Washington residents Edward Davis Francis Hill and L Hopkins Thomas hosted family in law and guests from Iowa and Maryland over weekend. Nearby visitors included Rev W T Archer and family dining with W H Lord. Local ties shown by Towers and Todd families with multiple calls, sickness, and a Rally Day church event noted.
Miss Edna P Lord and Mr Ross N Trice were married in a private ceremony at the Lords home on a Saturday afternoon conducted by Rev S L Hanby of Concord MBE Church. Attendants included Miss Louise R Beauchamp and J Hubert Cannon of Newark Delaware. The couple left for a short wedding trip.
The regular October meeting of the Unity Women s Club will be held at the home of Mrs. Chester Baker in Denton on Wednesday the fifteenth at 1 30 p m. Miss Spafford will demonstrate vegetable cooking.
The October term opened with Judges Adkins and Wickes. Grand jurors listed include foreman Harry S. Dailey and clerks Brume baugh, Everngam. They examined 46 witnesses, returned 14 presentments and 14 true bills, with two juries acquitting. Committees reported county farm conditions good, jail fair, and police needs noted. Two murder and one rape trials slated for Monday after adjournment.
Goldsboro residents anticipate a Ladies Aid supper at the Assembly Hall on Tuesday October 21 starting at 6 p.m. menu includes oysters ham chicken salad roast chicken potato salad slaw pickles and Maryland biscuits. Several locals travel to Gettysburg and Denton for visits while church activities resume with Rev H M Waters and others attending services and hospital stays noted for Edith Melvin and J Frank Lane.
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