Denton Advertiser Offers Local For Sale And Notices
Local department on WFBR runs Fridays at 12 05. Various for sale ads include a premium oak coal stove furniture and antiques items at 10 North 4th Street Denton and a Coca Cola key sale at 3rd Street rear Carter Block. Rentals listed for apartments on Second Street Riverton Ave and 5th Ave. Also announcements of farm listings social events and a church supper. Medical and municipal notices cover social security and unemployment aid Maryland soybean exhibit in Centreville October 18. Obituary for James Wright Garton with funeral details and burial in Denton cemetery. Sewer work on Randolph Street uncovers eight skeletons from old colored graveyard and a historic church tour set for Sunday October 17 featuring St John Hillsboro St Elizabeth Denton and Harmony M P Church with community reception at Furmans Grove Club.
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Denton
WFBR
Annie E. Voss
Second St
Riverton Ave
South Corner
R. H. Stafford
Carter Block
Timothy Seed
R. H. Stafford and Son
Maud F. Johnson
5Th Ave
Wilbert Merriken
H. W. Hughes
Denton No
Ladies Aid of Concord
Church House
Internal Revenue Office
Higgins Bldg
Washington St
Easton
T. H. Everngamn
Church of the Brethren
Market Street
Townsend’s
Social Security Board
Maryland
American Soybean Association
Pennsylvania Railroad
Maryland Extension Service
Centreville
James Wright Garton
Garton
Delaware
J. W. Garton
Mr. Garton
Townsend
Virginia
Mary Horsey
Nellie T. Byrnes
Baltimore
Harry A. Copeland
Wilmington
Randolph Street
Board of Town Commissioners
Dawson O. George
Franklin Street
Isaac Thomas
Caroline County
Fourth Street
George W. Beck
Melvin James
Emory D. Kimmey
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Hillsboro
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
M. P
Greensboro
Harmony M. P
Preston M. E
Harmony
Ridgely
J. C. Beahm
Greencastle
Harmony Church
L. Poole
Rehoboth
F. H. Lewis
Furman’s Grove Club
M. E
Church
Maryland Women Honor Carolinians In New Volume
Margie H Luckett of Baltimore publishes a second Maryland Women volume naming three Carolinians Mrs Isaac H Dixon born 1865 in the county Mrs Sophie Kerr Underwood born locally and Mrs J Kemp Stevens born in Queen Annes but long a Caroline resident for distinguished state and abroad service the book also notes Job’s Daughters initiation in Denton and a fall Goucher College Club luncheon in Crisfield with officers listed plus local marriages and social visits across Denton Halethorpe and Baltimore.
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Maryland
Margie H. Luckett
Baltimore
Caroline
Isaac H. Dixon
Sophie Kerr Underwood
J. Kemp Stevens
Queen Anne’s County
Job’s Daughters
Ada M. Kennedy
Cora E. Wieder
Hannah Detwiler
Denton
Betty Long
Anne Breeding
Doris Roe
Emma Turkington
Catherine Wheatley
Guardian
Sarah Murphy
Samuel Nowell
A. E. Miller
Gertrude Young
Brewster Deen
Anita Rue
Pauline Moore
Dorothy Shockley
James Truitt
Reshoboth
Delaware
Rehoboth M. E. Church
Mildred Woodrow
Lenni Mills
George Shockley
Rehoboth
Niagara Falls
Quebec
Truitt
W. T. Shockley
Caroline High School
Goucher College Club
Eastern Shore
Somerset Hotel
Crisfield
Walter L. Phillips
Salisbury
Wilbert Merriken
Frank Lewis
Willards
Roland Beauchamp
Berlin
James H. Bounds Jr
W. S. Sterling
Goucher College
K. R. Whittington
Nelsa Wade
Halethorpe
William H. Evans
Agricultural Corporation of Maryland
University of Maryland Extension Service
Evans
Caroline County
W. B. Parks
Margaret
Melvin W. Parks and Son
Dover
Del
D. P. Elderkin
Earl S. Chaffinch
Philadelphia
Clarence
Weekly church notices and services in Denton area
A roundup of services and events across Denton churches. Rev M S Andrews will preach morning and evening at Denton M E with Epworth League at 6 45 pm led by Miss Christine Mc Neal. Sunday School 9 46. Other churches list Oct 17 to 27 events, revival meetings, special speakers, and turkey or oyster suppers with times and prices.
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M. S. Andrews
Denton M. E
Epworth League
Christine McNeal
E. C. Hallman
Williston Church Suspends Morning Worship Until Oct 24
Williston Community Church will hold no morning worship until Sunday October 24. Sabbath School remains at 10 30 each Sunday. Masses on Sunday October 17 include St Elizabeth Denton at 10 and St Benedict Ridgely at 8 30 with confessions at St Benedict Saturday 7 and Sunday 7 45.
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Williston
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
Ridgely
Harvest Home and social happenings in Grove church ties
Grove residents entertain visitors from Wilmington and Atlantic City. A Harvest Home service will be held at Grove M. P. Church on Sunday October 17 at 7 30 p m with Dr F H Lewis of Baltimore delivering a message. A turkey supper is planned at Grove Community House Tuesday October 26. Local families including the Beckwiths and Murphys visited and hosted relatives over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Hubbard
Jimmie Carroll
Wilmington
Chas. A. Carroll
Eunice Carroll
Grove M. P
F. H. Lewis
Baltimore
Norman Robinson
C. N. Robinson and Son
Atlantic
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Hospital
Philadelphia
W. J. M. Wroten
Clayton
Del
Lee Cooper
Greensboro
James Crozier
Anna Hubbard Crozier
Crozier
Philadelphia General Hospital
Wanda Monroe
Nolan Edwards
Miss Monroe
Mabel Hastings
Ruth Shull
William West
Harrington
Lloyd Cannon
Jane
Preston
Ruth Jackson
Princess Anne
Mary Jackson
Ethel Pritchett
Isaac Quillen
Isaac Jr
Harry Faulkner
Hazel Jones
Wilmington General Hospital
Clinton Thornton
Jewel
Virginia Lascomb
Lawrence Thornton
Chester
W. Thomas Thornton
Frank Hartnett
Dover
Richard Bullock
M. B. Cooper
Clara Seward
Hilda Jean
Hilroy Oliver
James Todd
Charles Nichols
Henry Rash
Cordova
Clarence Russell
Lester Stevenson
Clayton Porter
S. D. Carrow
Hartly
Bessie Stevenson
Bye Bye Little Red School House Decline Accelerates
One room schools vanish at seven to eight per day as officials push to abolish single teacher schools. PWA funds expand buildings and buses, while enrollment reaches over a million in fall. Overall elementary enrollment down since 1930. 1,020,000 teachers are employed. urban teachers average 1785 dollars yearly, rural 787.
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Little Red
PWA
United States Office of Education
Good Good For Sound Thinkers Inspires Blessings Today
A devotional line from Mary Baker Eddy and Ecclesiastes highlights sustaining faith and the value of a good name as the day brings spiritual blessings and guidance.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights Local Events
The Woman's Home Missionary Society met at Mrs. Harold Fountain's home with nine members and one visitor. Topics covered included childhoods role in citizenship and movie influence. community groups elected officers for the Chamber of Commerce drive. a marriage occurred in Easton. upcoming local theater entertainment for Memorial Park. Harvest Home gifts to charities. numerous visits and travels among Ridgely residents, with many attending concerts, church events, and family milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Harold Fountain
Seward
Stella Matthews
United States
the Reformed Church
Chamber of Commerce
J. William Davis
Thomas L. Gaitley
H. F. Hafer
SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Easton
Leonard A. Regan
Evelyn Cohee
Wilmington
Clinton Stoops
Ridgely
Community Club
Memorial Park
Cora White
Rocky Mount
N. C
H. E. Holsinger
Methodist Hospital
Philadelphia
Carl Bocheau
Baltimore
John Charles Thomas
Easton Hospital
George Leeds
Newport
Leon Walls
Patricia Ann
Norman Wilson
Edward Stephens
Delia Thomas
Margaret Laird
Rehoboth
Woman's Hospital
Charles Stein
J. J. Badders
Dorothy
York
H. B. Laird
Albert White
Richard Blackburn
Maud Sleek
J. S. Fifer
Richard
Wilson Jackson
Arlington
N. J
Emil Rosenast
Merchantville
J. M. Swing
D. Thompson Swing
Suzanne
Marietta
Ohio
Oscar Simon
Martha Taylor
Harry Simon
Nathan Jones
Willard Jones
Dover
Emma Jackson
William Jarrell
Paul Holsinger
B. H. Helsinger
O. B. Reed
James Walker
Marion Stoops
Bethlehem
Frank Flounderss
Charles Hobbs
Grace Rickards
Smithville Homemakers Meet October 19 At 2 PM
The Smithville Homemakers Club will meet October nineteenth at 2 o'clock in the club room with Miss Bessie M. Spafford to demonstrate. Members should bring two jars each for the Children’s Home at Easton and one jar for The Home for Aged Ladies at Easton. Friends welcome.
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Smithville
Gordy won t seek Maryland comptroller again
William S. Gordy Jr. of Salisbury, nearing 17 years as state comptroller, announced he will not seek re election in 1998. He dodges gubernatorial bids, signaling to Democratic leaders he will not be used as a pawn in the upcoming campaign. Gordy is linked with Jackson opposition figures and Herbert O Conor supporters in party talks.
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William S. Gordy, Jr
Salisbury
Gordy
Rodgers Forge Club
Baltimore
Comptroller's Office
Jackson
Herbert R. O’conor
Maryland Seals Read For TB Christmas Sale
Twenty eight million tuberculosis Christmas seals have arrived at the Maryland Tuberculosis Association offices for the upcoming sale starting on Thanksgiving Day. Since 1904 the state TB effort has reduced death rates from 234.2 to 81.9 per 100 000. organizers aim to push per capita sales past .04. The 1920s style seal depicts a jovial old town figure urging people to fight tuberculosis with Christmas mail. Seals will be mailed or distributed via local chairmen with some centers announcing sale times later.
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Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Tuberculosis Association
Maryland
Fireside Blaze Brings Cozy Autumn Home Evenings
The autumn hearth fire warms families as evenings turn crisp. It recalls past heart to heart talks, pumpkin pie chats, and memories of old faces. Homes feel sweeter with a frequent fire, though people now go out more.
Hillsboro and region social notes and meetings
Mrs Ralph Holland and others visited in Elizabethtown pa. The Major Samuel Turbutt Wright Chapter D A R met at Mrs Charles Jarrells. Hillsboro PTA meets Oct 19. Pendants include visits by Fleming and Blades families, horse show in Easton, Ladies Guild at St Pauls, and ministers in Dover.
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Ralph Holland
Naomi Holland
Luther Short
Harry Fisher
C. W. Spry
Vernon Good
Elizabethtown
Charles Jarrell
Alice Hackett Anderson
Los Angeles
Cal
H. Lay Beaven
W. Arthur Holt
Hillsboro
P.T. A
Urban Bowman
Frank Fleming
Powell Fleming
Stevensville
Brown Thawley
Milford
Del
Edgar Blades
Washington
Joseph Thomas
Baltimore
Howard Dodds
Joseph M. Eaton
Layman Redden
Easton
Ladies Guild
St. Paul’s Church
Gardner
Tilghman’s Island
Mr. Spry
Dover
Sunday School Social At Mr Fleming's Home
Queen Anne area notes report Lloyd Fleming entertaining his Sunday School class at his home Friday night with games and refreshments. Also mentioned are visits from John Emory and family of Penns Grove New Jersey, Baltimore guests Bernard Messix Dorothy OConnor and Catherine Lynch, and Mrs Hicks Howard visiting in Baltimore.]]
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Lloyd Fleming
John Emory
Penn's Grove
N. J
Ernest Emory
Emory
Taylor Messix
Dorothy O’connor
Catherine Lynch
Baltimore
Bernard Messix
Hicks Howard
Horace Morgan
Rey
J. M. York
St. Paul's Church
Henry Morgan
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
Edith Howard
Cambridge
Howard Flowers
September Weather Report From Maryland And Delaware
Maryland and Delaware recorded a cool September 1937 with very little rain. Temperature averages ran below normal while rainfall totaled about 1.75 inches in Maryland and 1.64 inches in Delaware, with the Wheat Belt and Midwest suffering moisture shortages as September ended. J. R. Weeks, state meteorologist.
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Maryland
Delaware
Solomons
Sinai
Cumberland
Oakland
Milford
Porter Reservoir
Wilmington
Brideville
Stevensville
Woodstock
Great Falls
Dover
United States
Midwest
Wheat Belt
J. R. Weeks
Easton Social Roundup Shows Local Visits and Events
A list of attendees at the John Charles Thomas concert in Easton includes Mr. and Mrs. John Noble and several others. Entries mention John Wesley Noble Jr. at a horse show, visits with Rear Admiral Carmine, various trips to Wilmington Baltimore New York and Florida, and social gatherings such as bridge club entertainments and parish activities.
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John Charles Thomas
Easton
John Noble
G. C. Carmine
H. M. Hollis
J. M. Parker
Paul van Dyke
Mildred Griffith
Edna Carson
John Wesley Noble Jr
Mecklenberg Riding Club
Easton Hospital
George F. Feeley
Barbara Batchelor
Melrose
Peggy
Douglas Fooks
Florence Hubbard
Wilmington
Elwood Bonner
Eleanor Trice
Josephine Gallagher
Washington College
Cookman Orrell
Eloise
Centreville
Preston Osteen
Geo. Richards and
C. W. Kessler
Chestertown
James Carmine
Rehoboth
Johnson Bonner
H. B. Wright
Baltimore
Wm. Croll
Hickman
Walter Covey
Grace
Florida
E. Douglas
N. H. Fooks
J. R. Phillips
Bertin
A. F. Sisk
T. L. Trice
New York
Edward Derrickson
W. H. Cannon
B. H. Klinefelter
H. Stieff
Raymond Poole
T. E. Fletcher
New York City
J. F. Patchett
Friday Afternoon Artists Series at Peabody Recitals
Announcement for the seventy second Friday Afternoon Artists Recitals at Peabody Conservatory Baltimore. Series opens October 29 with a lineup including Jan Peerce Kerstin Thorberg Edica Morini Alexander Sklarevski Stephen Deak Frank Gittelson John Charles Thomas Arthur Rubinstein Maurice Eisenberg Vronsky and Rabin Fraser Gange Andres Segovia Pasquier Trio Roman Totenberg and others through March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Baltimore
Maryland
The
Peabody
Jan Peerce
Kerstin Thorberg
Edica Morini
Alexander Sklarevski
Stephen Deak
Frank Gittelson
John Charles Thomas
Arthur Rubinstein
Maurice Eisenberg
Vronsky and
Rabin
Fraser Gange
Andres Segovia
Roth String Quartet
Austin Conradi
Sewing Circle meets at Greensboro home with regional visitors
RIDGELY notes from Greensboro where the Sewing Circle gathered at Mrs J Edgar Weaver's house on Wednesday night. Visitors Mrs Harford Porter and her son Billy traveled from Wilmington and Chester earlier in the week.
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J. Edgar Weaver
Greensboro
Be Careful Where You Shoot CCC Camps Warned
State Game Warden E. Lee LeCompte appeals to Maryland residents to avoid hunting near CCC camps. He urges posting a one half mile buffer around camps, asks superintendents to display notices, and warns hunters to extinguish fires to prevent forest fires amid wartime concerns about the red menace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Maryland
E. Lee Lecompte
Pray and Work sermon shapes reopening service
At the church re opening service Rev Ziba Adams preached on Pray and Work A new Bible gift from Mr and Mrs B B Allen honored Mrs Allen s parents late Mr and Mrs Jonathan E Towers Youth Rally guest Mrs B P Moore and husband from Severn Md Rev Adams and daughter Alice visited with them Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Arthur Billings Esther and Sue Smith and Mrs J A Billings attended the supper raised 71 05 Ladies thank helpers Rally Day set for Sunday October 24
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziba Adams
B. B. Allen
Alice
L. H. Thomas
Concord Church
B. P. Moore
Severn
J. A. Billings
Arthur Billings
Wilmington
Thomas Smith
H. B. Flater
Kenneth Ramsburg
Louis Butler
J. H. Dandy
Christian Endeavor
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the Local Department
IVY
Fis
Christian Endeavor Bible Study
Ladies Aid of
M. P. Church of
John White
White
Cincinnati
Church of God
Tabernacle
Mission Hall
Beck Chevrolet Sales Company
Burrsville Methodist Episcopal Church
Hallman
Slickman
Ruth Savage
Tilghman Smith
Adams
Hobbs
Union M. P. Church of
Burrsville
Concord M
E. Church
Epworth and Junior League
Grove
American Corner
J. P. Adams
Bessie M. Spafford
Union Grove
Harvest Home
Church of the New Jerusalem
Little Red School
Lidens Community Club
Unity Club
Ruth Theis
MD. Comptoller
Twin Towns
Tuckahoe
Queen Anne
Gertrude Pitzinger
Pasquier
Louis Robert
George Wargo
Roman Totenberg
Pasquale Tallarico
Peabody String Quartet
Betty Holloway
Home Economist
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