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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1929
Page
5
Local ads offer farm machinery seed and feed including a Fordson tractor, timothy seed, and galvanized roofing from Burrsville Maryland. Community notices report a card party for the County Nurse and road improvements opening a Templeville to Delaware line to speed travel to Wilmington Philadelphia and New York.
Easton and Douglas visitors join Denton residents for gatherings and memorials. Notables attend weddings and family updates, funerals in Luray Virginia, birthday party at a Denton home, nurse training in Maryland, and hospital visits in Baltimore and Philadelphia. Local residents also welcome visitors from New Jersey, Kentucky, and New York.
Mrs. Guy Pippin dies at her Greensboro home after illness. Funeral held with Rev. A. B. Frye officiating. interment in Greensboro cemetery. Updates include marriage announcement of Delma Jones to Norman Baynard, and a list of weekend visits and travel between Greensboro, Wilmington, Chester, and surrounding towns.
Mrs Frank H Doerr hosted the Ladies Aid with thirty members and visitors. Officers and committees set the tone for business, then socializing and refreshments followed. Epworth League met with seventy five attendees and raised funds via an ice cream festival. Baby Alice Jane born to Mr and Mrs Paul Maloney last week. Various guests visited from Denton Federalsburg Tilghman Md Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Winter squash varieties such as Hubbard Marrow and Turban are described with shell notes and cooking steps for shell baked Hubbard from pulp to browned top. The piece offers a squash pudding recipe and biscuits using remaining squash with yeast risen dough and baked biscuits.
Woodrow Hurst, 14, son of S. J. Hurst, from a Preston area farm, has been missing since Wednesday morning after last seen on the State highway near Beckwith filling station south of Denton. He is 60 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 115 pounds, with light brown hair and blue gray eyes. He wore light brown trousers and a gray sweater, no hat, that day.
Services for Burrsville M E church on Sunday Oct 18 include Wesley Church School at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am with the theme The Cup revival services begin at 7 30 pm You are invited to attend Rev Harry Hufnal attended a district ministers meeting at Chester town and was accompanied to Church Hill by several relatives and friends The Judging Social Wednesday evening drew a good crowd and a sum was realized for church purposes Mrs Harvey Griffith of Chester visits her parents and Rev Harvey Hufnal hosts guests including Mrs Ethel Aufnal and two grandchildren from Wilmington
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society opened the season at Church House with Mrs. C. W. Moore presiding. Indigenous players presented skits and a diary, followed by a lemon table fundraiser raising four dollars, while the Community Club planned a library exchange and bake sales.
Rev Goldshorpe and Mrs Ballengee came Thursday to begin their post and will preach next Sunday. The piece notes many local visits and social events including Mrs Margaret Trussell from Baltimore staying in Salisbury, and gatherings at Camden Avenue.
A fall golf series between Ocean City and Easton Talbot clubs drew strong crowds. Dr C H Mason and Jack Sanford represented Ocean City with Mason famed as a tourney player and runner up in the Eastern Shore championship. Edgell brothers Wilmer and Sherman led Easton. First match at Bell Mont on September 8th stayed all square to the final green where Mason won with a par putt despite Easton leaders surpassing medal scores. Second match at Ocean City saw Easton edge ahead as Sherman Edgell posted a 76. The series concludes with a 36 rise to 36 holes at Talbot Country Club on October 13th with morning and afternoon sessions.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Wroten and daughter Jean hosted weekend guests from Philadelphia. Camden guest Samuel Jester visited Mrs Celah Melvin with winter return home. Clayton Cleaves back in Philadelphia for Drexel College after summer with his parents. Supper at Geo Wilsons. Mrs Charlie Stevens recovering from finger amputation. Wroten and Jump families, Irma Breeding visiting New Jersey and Pennsylvania relatives. Thawley and Melvin guests in Hickman. Passwaters with Noble family. Melaney dinner guest at Noble household. Wm Brown visiting Wilmington and Philadelphia. John Cleaves listed as sick.
The Federal Community Club met with Mrs. Victor Dean on Friday afternoon October 4 for the first time after the summer recess. Eleven members attended as minutes from the last meeting were read and approved. A sick fund collection was taken, one new member joined, and plans for disposing of the club quilt were settled. A three member committee was named to attend a meeting in Miss Spafford office October 11. The club adjourned to meet November 1 with Mrs. Fred Trice. Refreshments were served.
News items from the Twin Towns Along The Tuckahoe list visitors and social visits. Names include Mrs EB Adams Reading and Mrs F B Adams Shamokin visiting Mrs Susie Thompson, and Victor Emerson and son visiting Ella Pennington. Other visits feature Norman Clark, Clara Thompson, Harry Messick Wilmington, and Arthur Holt family among local hosts.
The regular fall term of the Circuit Court for Caroline County opened Monday. Grand Jury foreman Thomas H. Chambers led a panel that reported eleven true bills after examining fifty witnesses. The jail is in need of repair and a rest room for women was urged. Few cases were tried. notable ones included the Bank of Federalsburg vs. Equitable and several State of Md. cases. Court adjourned to Monday for Emory Berry trial.
Sunday services at the Methodist Episcopal Church South led by Rev. Lee H. Richcreek include Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 30 a m and 7 46 p m Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 10. Various visits and social gatherings are noted including extended family from Ingleside Bridgetown Barclay Salisbury Cordova Seaford Wyoming and Baltimore and local residents lauded for hospitality and illness updates.
Westminster Maryland hosts the 39th Annual Christian Endeavor Convention on Oct 24 to 27 at Western Maryland College Alumni Hall. Prominent speakers include Dr Daniel A Poling and Rev Wilbur Smith with sessions led by F C Dixon and team. A Grand Street Parade is scheduled for Saturday.
Henderson Mrs. James Melvin hosted Sunday guests including Mr. and Mrs. Chas Cartwright and children from Wilmington, and other families from Goldsboro Greensboro and Canton. Visitors included Mr Geo Clark returning from vacation, and Mr Joseph Busson with Mr Frank Spinka from New York City.
Mrs Burt Hignutt of Adams Cross Roads died suddenly at her home on Saturday morning. Funeral held at Bloomery Church Monday at 2 pm with Rev. Hanbey officiating, interment in the adjoining cemetery. A large crowd attended. Miss Rebecca Adams visited with Miss Louise Melson and Miss Grace Adams of Federalsburg over the weekend. Sunday school and preaching at Bloomery Sunday afternoon.
The Community Club of Preston held its initial gathering last Monday evening with entertainers Mrs. Cleveland Smith from Easton and Miss Ida Belle Wilson from Salisbury Normal School. Several local residents and visitors were noted in brief social updates across nearby towns and beaches.
Mr and Mrs R Towers and multiple families from Easton gathered at Mr and Mrs Frank Wright’s home this Sunday. Friends and relatives extended wishes for Mr Wrights speedy recovery as others hosted visitors from Federalsburg Denton and nearby areas.
Seed rye offered by Nuttle Milling Company of Denton Maryland for agricultural use. Contact details not provided in the listing.
A memorial meeting at the old Quaker Neck Meeting House near Denton revived memories of early Friends. The site, oldest in Caroline county, was restored as Memorial Park through efforts by Mrs. Isaac H. Dixon of Baltimore and Wilson M. Tyler of Easton. Speakers traced Neck Meeting's 1802 founding, its link to Third Haven Monthly Meeting, and the legacy of families identified with the congregation. Attendees from Denton, Baltimore, Easton, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City joined in a somber October afternoon tribute.
Templeville couple Mr and Mrs Edna Spencer receive congratulations on the birth of a daughter born Monday Oct 7 at Kent General Hospital Dover Del Sunday church services listed Sunday School 10 am preaching 730 pm Miss Dorothy Knotts of Salisbury Normal School spent weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Gurney Knotts local visits noted including Mr and Mrs J L Starkey and family of Massey with Eugene Everett Mrs Gurney Knotts visiting Newark N J and New York City Mr and Mrs Irvin Moore and son Billy spent weekend with Mrs Katie Stafford Mollie Moore of Baltimore spent last week with Mrs Kate Knotts Bosley and mother visited relatives near Baltimore Daniel Cole entertained Wilmington visitors Eugene Everett and Herbert Knotts list as sick last week Miss M E Perkins visiting cousin Mrs David Walls Barclay
Caroline county Orphans Court met with Judges West Harper and Shawn. executrix Gertrude Still filed final account of Charles E Noble estate. Elizabeth Haymaker filed final account of Joseph M Haymaker estate. Wills for John T Clark Martha A Clark and George A Henry reviewed for probate with dates October 15. Charles B Harrison trustee filed real estate sale report for Dollie E Kelley estate. Order nisi ratification passed and ordered published.
A humorous but tense scene unfolds as a golfer returns home to a wary family. A child believes the father is dead, while another insists the man is the missing parent who left with a golf club that later closed. The exchange reveals underlying tension and a joke about "golfing guys" appearing wild.
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