Real Estate Transfers Feature Numerous Denton Parcels Sealed
A notice summarizes transfers dated between 1944 and 1947 in Denton and surrounding areas. Listings name buyers and sellers such as Amelie E Messick to Arthur J Messick and Emmett Lawson to C Robert Ryan, among others, with parcels in Fourth Second Eighth and First Election Districts and streets like Third and Gay. Social notices follow including visits by Miss Nancy Jean Strong and family members, bridge at the community house, and visits by residents from Wilmington Chester Philadelphia and Dagsboro Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelie E. Messick
Arthur J. Messick
Emmett E. Lawson
Margaret B. Lawson
C. Robert Ryan
Marguerite S. Ryan
Clellie E. Turner
Nellie I. Turner
Amos C. Beebe
Ruby H. Beebe
E. Norman Thawley
Edith L. Thawley
Peter Derringer
Bessie Derringer
Sherman L. Tribbitt
Naomi H. Tribbitt
John W. Woods
Denton
Third Street
Dorsey W. Banning
Elizabeth Alva Banning
Frank L
S. Lawrence Morris
Katherine T. Morris
Edna D. Bittle
Gay Street
Carl Parker
Billy
Andrew West
Dorothy Mumford
Rosemary
Glenda
Dagsboro
Delaware
Nancy Jean Strong
University of Maryland
Talmage Strong
Murray R. Spicher
Chester
Raymond Smith
Seldon C. Watters
Philadelphia
Watters
Fannie Shields
William Orme
Percival Merrick
Bridge
Paul H. Horsey
Wilmington
Hayward Horsey
Connor Boloxom wedding noted in Ocean City harbor area
Personal and social news item announces the marriage of Colleen Connor to Seaman First Class William Geer Boloxom of Ocean City Md. The ceremony occurred October 6 at St. Mary By the Sea Ocean City. The bride wore a gray suit with yellow rose buds in corsage. Attendants included sister Kitty Billbrough and best man Raymond Billbrough. A reception followed at the parents’ home in West Ocean City. The couple plans to reside at St Louise Ave Ocean City where Boloxom is stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Connor
Denton
Ocean City
Colleen Connor
William Geer Boloxom
St. Mary-By-the-Sea
Kitty Bilbrough
Miami sees flood waters rise as hurricane lingers
Oct 11 to Oct 13 flood waters rose with twelve thousand homeless in Dade County. A Saturday twister destroyed two homes on Ss W 8th Street and 52nd Ave. Western Miami, Hialeah, Miami Springs, and Ft. Lauderdale faced worst floods. Planes dropped dry ice to counteract the hurricane while others filmed effects. Schools closed, stores flooded, dairies also inundated. Mr and Mrs Alpheus Horney Jr of East Haven announce the birth of a second child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Raleigh
Miami
Fla
Dade County
Ss. W
Hialeah
Miami Springs
Ft. Lauderdale
Deaths in 1947 Mark Merrick and Bennett Obituaries
Obituary notices report the death of Matthew Barton Merrick at 83 in Catonsville on October 9 1947 with surviving daughter Marjorie Bushey and grandchildren Arthur and Nan. Funeral at Tickner Home Baltimore, aided by two clergy, burial in Denton Cemetery. Levi P Morton Bennett 59 dies in West Dover after yearslong illness. Survived by wife three sons five daughters and six grandchildren and six siblings. funeral at Rawlings Greensboro with burial at Greensboro Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Barton Merrick
Arthur Clifton Bushey Jr
Paradise Avenue
Catonsville
Merrick
Samuel Beale Merrick
Mary Jane Barnes Merrick
Beechwood Farm
Trappe
Talbot County
Maryland
John Merrick
Mr. Merrick
Samuel Kemp Merrick
Baltimore
Hennie M. Merrick
Marjorie Merrick Bushey
Arthur C Bushey Jr
U. S
New Zealand
Bureau of Ships
Arthur Merrick Bushey
Nan Barton Bushey
Tickner Funeral Home
North and
Pennsylvania Avenues
Harold N. Arrowsmith
Maryland Cathedral
W. Welton Shearer
Saint Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church
Edenton Royal Arch
Mary Nichols
Denton
Stuart Sargeant
Seaford, del
Cesar Coalla, Jr
William Knox
John E. French
First Methodist Church
Denton Cemetery
Levi P. M. Bennett
Levi P. Morton Bennett
Raymond B. Rawlings
Greensboro
W. O. Hackett
Wyoming
Del
Mr. Bennett
West Dover
Philadelphia
Arthur Bennett
Wilmington
Addie Mengel
Lillie Montgomery
Mattie Lewis
Denton store owner Edwin W Breeding dies after long illness
Edwin Warfield Breeding 61, longtime partner in Breeding and Nichols general store, died at his home in Denton after a long illness. A Caroline County native, he was son of the late Thomas M and Sophia Albright Breeding of Hickman, began in his uncle William R Breeding’s Federalsboro store, and was past master of Temple Masonic Lodge No. 128.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Warfield Breeding
Breeding and Nichols
Denton
Caroline County
Thomas M
Sophia Albright Breeding
Hickman
William R. Breeding
Federalshoro
Temple Masonic Lodge No
Gems of Thought by Mary Baker Eddy
A brief sentiment notes that earthly hopes fade and earthly pleasures dim as many hearts rise toward a brighter spiritual path. The quotation reflects Eddy’s emphasis on inner spiritual ascent over material desires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Eddy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edwin Giles Watt
Marian M. Watt
Carl Herman Schmick
Rachel E. Morris
Edward H. Morris
Earl John Tharp
Pearl A. Tharp
Wendell L. Cooper
Hazel Cooper
James A. Smith
Albert Hamfeldt
Hobbs
Thomas Hughes
Catherine Smith
Harry H. Hollis
Lucy M. Chance
Preston
Harvey D. Williams
Mary E. Williams
Carroll G. Foster
Betty R. Foster
R. Harry Gibson
Beulah F. Gibson
Jacob A. Gibson
Margaret M Gibson
Bridgetown
Theela G. Dean
Roland Thomas
Boloxom
Connor
Rebecca Kathryn
Grace Hospital
New Haven
Conn
Horney
Blanche Breeding
Frank Breeding
B. C. Rogers
Ronald
Alpheus Horney Jr
Dodge Ave
East Haven, Conn
Rusty
G.men
Mon
Jane Haver
Mark Stevens
Clark Gable
Nias
Peraaghive
Nan Pastorfield
Caroline Victoria Lloyd
Edward Lloyd
Wye House
E. W. Breeding
Janet
Janet Kern Hutson
Goldsboro, Md
Castle Hall
Nichols
Arlg-Steel Hiner Ito
Nichols Furniture Co
Dentonia
Paramount
Joppy
Maddeney
Terhey Trevor
Sieza
Aremount
Joan Caulfield
Billy DE Wolfe
Edward
Arnold Mona Freeman
Mary Philips
Virginia Gelles
Kenny O'Morrison
Andy Clyde
Rand Brooks Burnerley
Elyse
Knox
Hunter Baitn
ED Brophy
Awn Gillis
Tom Harmon
Slim Gaillard
Trio Frankie Carle
Ont
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