Local ads and notices fill Denton pages
A crowded list of small ads and notices from Denton Md includes sales offerings like a large Allens Parlor Furnace at 45 dollars, chrysanthemums, seasoned stove wood, and a Chilly Days sale of oil burning heaters. There are rent listings, wedding and invitation printing, club bazaars, oyster suppers at several churches, and public notices on trespass laws, employment clinics, and death announcements. Local churches host fish and supper events and fundraisers, with dates in November and early December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Allens
M. K. Newnam
Denton Cleaners and Dyers
R. C. A.cunningham
Chas
S. York
South 7Th Street
T. H. Everngain
Denton
Farmers Supply Co
H. W. Hughes
Coal Yard
Denton No
Market Street
8Th
Walter Joiner
Theis Motor Co
D. Ralph Horsey’s
Joe E. Brown
Ladies’ Aid
American Corner
Concord Community House
International
G. H. Rue
By Kota Club
M. E. Church
Caroline
Order of Eastern Star
Brick
M. P
C. H. Ringgold
Cynwyd
Ringgold
Llandrillo Road
Denton Cleaners
Florence
M. E. Newnam
Ladies of
Nichols M. E. Church
Federalsburg
Elkton Court House
Centreville Court House
Denton Court House
Easton Court House
Mollie Quackenboss
Rehoboth
Preston Council
No. 48
Frederick Kelley
Chas. N. Satterfield
Chestertown
Social and Personal News Highlights in Caroline County
A Denton area social roundup notes multiple gatherings and announcements. Highlights include the Allen Petroleum banquet in Salisbury for bulk sales agents with prizes awarded by L. R. Carter and H. E. Russell, plus a Jam packed schedule of club events, exhibits, and meetings across Caroline County with the Farm Bureau, Homemakers clubs, and the Denton Community Club. Norman Milligan and Mabel Alice Seeders wed near East New Market. several residents travel for visits or host guests, and local officers prepare for upcoming events and chorus performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Bullock
Earl White
R. N. Fifield
Allen Petroleum Corporation
Tidene
Wicomico
Salisbury
Jimmie Adams
Peninsulars
Wm. F. Allen
Del
J. L. Deputy
Lincoln
Bullock & White
Denton
Taylor Oil Co
Caroline County
Bail Jar Co
Margaret McPheeters
University of Maryland
Farm Bureau and Women’s Clubs
Denton Community Club
J. B. Davis
Lee Wyatt
Paul Criblet
Towson
Tanhauser
Norma Lee Stevens
Velma Eaton
Queen Anne
Ruth Skinner
Nancy Jane Kline
Hillsboro
Louise Smith
Rachel Quillen
Frinda Morris
Catherine Stevens
Elizabeth Allston
Austin Eaton
Elmer Murphy
Charles Sewell
Harold Holsinger
Ridgely
Thomas Lockerman
Greensboro
Billy Jump
Joe Lee Parker
Norma Lee
William E. Seeders
Hurlock
Mabel Alice
Norman Elmer Milligan
Elmer Milligan
East New Market
Frederick FP. Wright
Edward
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Rosa Walter
Camden
N. J
Wm. Naylor
Haddonfield
Lula Coulbourn
Linwood
S. C. Watters
Fannie Shields
Philadelphia
Watters
Isabelle Shields
E. C. Martin
Mr. Martin
Wm. J. Martin
Tuckahoe Neck
Columbus
Ohio
Margaret Martin
Denton M. P. Church
Clay Hobbs
Laura Parks
Frederick F. Lyden
New York
Caroline
Potter Hall
Potter’s Landing
E. T. Tubbs
Esther Raleigh
Washington, D. C
Georgia R. Garey
Wilmington
Laura Melvin
Annapolis
Adventures with Christ in Mystic India sermon
The Denton area Methodist churches announce a Sunday service with Rev. R. D. Bisbee of India giving a lecture sermon titled Adventures with Christ in Mystic India. Other notices include Harvest Home and evangelistic services, special speakers, and a Ladies' Aid supper, with multiple church congregations listed and times set for October 28 through November 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Bisbee
D.D
India
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dr. Bisbee
Christ
Mystic
Denton M. E
E. C. Hallman
Middletown
Denton Methodist Protestant Church
T. J. Turkington
Christian Endeavor
Elwood Johnson
E. A. Sexsmith
Maryland
Dr. Sexsmith
Harvest
Albert Turkington
Baltimore
Wm. D. Turkington
Philadelphia
Caroline
Thawleys
Hobbs
Burrsville
Walter Messick
Williston
Denton theatre owner Carl Schwarz dies of heart attack
Carl Schwarz senior proprietor of the Dentonia Theatre died suddenly at noon after visiting Dr. Knotts office. Born in Germany 55 years ago he came to the U S at 19 and married in Philadelphia. Survived by wife and son Morris H Schwarz. Funeral Sunday at Morris Rosenberg's Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Carl Schwarz
Dentonia Theatre
E. P. Knotts
Mr. Schwarz
Germany
Philadelphia
Morris H. Schwarz
Bridgeville
Del
Schwarz
Philadelphia Turners
Morris Rosenberg
N. Broad St
Social notes record visits and hometown meetings
Miss Evelyn Walls hosted Sunday guests from Dover Milford Magnolia Wyoming and more with Mrs. Harry Melvin and daughter Helen among visitors in Baltimore. Weekend visits tied Wilmington friends and relatives including the Cahalls Montagues Melvins Stubbs and Steffys. Several townsfolk spent time with kin and friends in Chester Rock Hall Canton and nearby locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Walls
Nellie
Emily Marker
Dover
Mary. Rogers
Milford
Sara Ingram
Magnolia
Paul Chambers
Wyoming
Harry Melvin
Helen
Keith Webb
Baltimore
Thomas Cahall
Wilmington
John Meredith
Kitty Montague
T. A. Montague
Frank Melvin
W. L. Saunders
Susan Jones
Chester
Albert Powell
W. E. Stubbs
Hugh Hudson
Frank Scull
Winfred Gooden
W. E. Stubba
Robert Steffy
Canton
Ohio
Travers
Rock Hall
Edith Melvin
Helen Melvin
J.G. Lynn
Weeky Ridgely News Letter Highlights Local Crashes
Ridgely weekly notes recount a Saturday afternoon collision near Frank Lane's store injuring Mrs. Adam Holsinger and her children Virginia and Russell. Virginia and Russell returned home, while Mrs. Holsinger stayed several days. A seventeen-year-old, John Strannahan, died after five months illness and multiple blood transfusions. Other items cover a horse buggy accident, a Halloween frolic, church visits, school meetings, and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Holsinger
Virginia
Russell
Frank Lane
John Strannahan
Stanley Strannahan
Ridgely
Jerome Howard
Hurlock
Stanley Jr
Andrew
Baptist Church
Greensboro
William H. Faulkner
Charles Cole
Sewing Circle of the Reformed Church
Paul Hoffman
Mary Wharton
Elmer Cole
Samuel Thomas
Herbert Koenneman
Harold Fountain
Richard
William Jarrell
Harlan Harrington
Emma Jackson
Frank Long
Selbyville
Jackson
Coat and Dress School
J. H. Hemmons
A. W. Saulsbury
Clifton Crouse
Ernest Trivett
Edna Detweiler
Charles Cannon
Silas Meade
Hilda
Preston
Centreville
Meade
Central Avenue
Robert McBride
Chesapeake City
Robert
McBride
Caroline County Democrats Revive Old Time Mass Meeting
The Democratic Mass Meeting returns to Court House Green in Denton Maryland with free 600 lb roasted steer 150 bushels steamed oysters 4000 sandwiches and 100 gallons ice cream for attendees Music by Denton and Federalsburg bands Speakers include Hon T Alan Goldsborough and Hon Daniel F Sullivan plus other prominent Democrats The event invites all Caroline voters including women and children and is hosted by the Democratic State Central Committee for Caroline County with help from the Young People’s Democratic League of Caroline County
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Court House Green
Denton
Maryland
Federalsburg
T. Alan Goldsborough
Daniel F. Sullivan
Dr. Conley
Ritchie
Democratic Party
Democratic State Central Committee
Young People’s Democratic League of
Epworth League hosts parsonage gathering and social notes
Burrrsville notes cover October events at Wesley M. E. Church including Epworth League at the parsonage hosted by Mrs. Henry Stafford and Mrs. Willie Wright. Listings mention dinners hosted by H. A. Porter for Greensboro guests, Sunday visits from Thawleys and James, Murphy, Ellwanger, Ivins families, and others. An appendectomy on Virginian Stafford at Milford Emergency Hospital is reported as successful. Harvest Home at Union M. P. Church, and various visits to and from residents, with travel to the World’s Fair in Chicago and assorted domestic visits. Will Baker listed as ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Wesley M. E. Church
Henry Stafford
Willie Wright
H. A. Porter
James Thawley
Greensboro
Will Roe
Shanley Roe
Laura Porter
Georgia Breeding
Melvin James
Denton
Brown Thawley
John Thawley
Harry Murphy
David Ellwanger
Webster Ivins
C. N. Fountain
Virginian Stafford
Milford
Harvest Home
Union M. P. Church
Mary Smith
Washington, D. C
Everett Smith
Irvin Theis
F. P. Parker
Chicago
Emma Satterfield
Clarence Voss
Wm. Coulbourn
Houston
Del
Edgar Pearson
John Wooters
Pratt
Nellie Stafford
Pocomoke City
Annie Downham
Bob Hunt
Philadelphia
Will Baker
Bi-County Soccer Season Opens November 4
The Bi-County Soccer League, reorganized at St Michael s on October 19, plans games across Denton Federalsburg Greensboro Cordova Easton St Michaels Trappe and Oxford starting Sunday November 4 Denton opens at home vs Cordova. Denton finished second last year and aims to win with fan support for equipment and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michaels
Denton
Federalsburg
Greensboro
Cordova
Easton
Trappe
Oxford
Dentonians
Thawleys Settle in Denton After Pennsylvania Career
Mr and Mrs Andrew Ss Thawley recently moved from Wilmington to Denton and settle on Seventh Street. Mrs Thawley is daughter of John Stevens of Hickman. Mr Thawley’s father was the late Henry Thawley of Burrsville. After 42 years with the Pennsylvania Railroad, he retired last August as passenger conductor on the Maryland Division. Train master Babcock praised his record noting no suspensions and promising pension details once determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Wilmington
Andrew Ss. Thawley
Seventh Street
Babcock
Thawley
Standard Railroad
Death of Isaac T Sparklin and local social notes
Isaac T Sparklin aged 58, a Caroline county farmer, died at home in Sillsboro after a six week illness. He leaves a widow Pearl Smith, a son Irwin T. Sparklin, and a grandson. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday with Hillsboro cemetery burial. Out of town mourners listed. The column also notes Hillsboro School supper on Nov 5 and a Turkey supper by the Ladies Aid on Nov 1, plus several local visits and guests through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac T. Sparklin
Caroline County
Sillsboro
Miss Pearl Smith
Queen Anne's County
Irwin T. Sparklin
Hillsboro
I. T. Sparklin
Marion Sherwood
Delmar
Garey Smith
Carney’s Point
N. J
John Brant
Philadelphia
Nettie Seward
Baltimore
Hillsboro School
BE. 0. Hickstein
Weehawken
H. P. Flowers
F. E. Fleming
J. Norman Clark
Ladies’ Aid
M. E. Church House
Catherine Skinner
J. Skinner
Francis Heaven
Pocomoke City
H. Lay Beaven
James Price
Near Easton
W. Russell
Brown Thawley
Ruth Anna Price
Edgar Blades
Wm. Cooper
Mary Cooper
Laura Wooters
Easton
Harvey Wooters
Lorin Lane
Aldan
Bellevue
James Waters
St. Georges
Sermons and Socials at St Pauls Queen Anne
Sunday events at St Pauls Church Queen Anne include morning sermons How May We Be Certain and The Conditions of Discipleship as part of a Discipleship study. Weekday and Friday activities cover prayer, youth classes, and a Halloween party with masked attendees. Community donations to Home for the Aged collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Jesus
God
Fosdick
Charles Barton
Kemp Stewart
Church House
Gaithersburg
Queen Anne
Ruth Sewell
Earl Howard Morgan
Isabel Barton
Peggy
Byron Barton
Clarence Fossett
Edward S. Barnsley
Caroline
Olney
Maryland
Fossett
Barnsleys
Emory and Goshen
Henry Morgan
Old Ladies Home
Childrens Home
Taylor Messix
Baltimore
Dashields
Cambridge
Jeanette Dise
Easton
Florence Blades
Chestertown
In Memoriam Eva A Porter sister remembered
In loving remembrance of our dear sister Eva A Porter who departed this life four years ago October 23 1930 As we loved her so we miss her In our memory she is dear Loved remembered thought of always Bringing many silent tears The Heavenly gates were opened wide A loving voice said come Sleep on dear sister your cares are ended We will meet you by and by Sadly missed by Brothers and Sisters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva A. Porter
Card of Thanks for Wm C Meeds
We express sincere thanks to friends relatives and neighbors for sympathy kindness floral offerings and use of automobiles at the death of Wm C Meeds wife and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm, C, Meeds
Preston Residents Enjoy Visits and Local Events
Preston and surrounding towns feature a series of social visits and community notices. The Wrights returned from Chicago after attending A Century of Progress. The Carews and Taylor families hosted dinners in Denton and Dame’s Quarter. Marie Berry heals after appendicitis, and Hallowe’en plans are announced for October 31 at the Parish House in Ad mission. Community members attend meetings in Baltimore and Ellicott City while Epiphany Mission resumes services with Sunday School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Wright
J. Phil Wright
Walter
Chicago
Clayton Taylor
Reuben Carew
Wm. L. DeFord Sr
Denton
Marie Berry
A. L. Blades
Avon Hotel
Easton
Maryland Truckers Code Association
Church of the New Jerusalem
Preston
Charles Clark
Baltimore
Ellicott City
Wek End
H. M. Hollis
Harding Golden Wedding Celebrated in Bethlehem Md
Mr and Mrs Wm H Harding of Bethlehem Md hosted a reception from 1 pm to 8 pm on Monday for relatives and friends in honor of their golden wedding anniversary. Guests from New York Philadelphia Wilmington Baltimore and nearby counties attended. An 8 pm dinner featured an October town menu and cheerful merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Harding
Bethlehem
New York
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Baltimore
Harding
Norris Colby
Matthews
Elma Legates
Elma
Edgar Todd
Douglas Todd
Raymond Todd
Raymond McCarty
Jennie Wharton
Annie Burkett
Jack
W. H. Harding
Charles Christopher
James Olson
James Christopher
Lee Smith
Roy Legates
Esther Harrington
Salisbury
Addie Hubbard
Ocean City
N. J
J. B. Todd
Robert Edge
Henderson
James Miley
Clinton Carroll
Lawrence Legates
Oyster supper set by Ladies' Aid at Concord
The Ladies' Aid plans an oyster supper at Concord on November 2 with adults at 40 cents and children under 12 at 25 cents. Visitors over the weekend include Mr and Mrs Ernest Griffith and daughter Mary Beth from Chestertown, Miss Betty Boggs and friend from Wilmington, Mr and Mrs Harry Burke near Dover, and Mr and Mrs Harvey Lord and sons Billy and Earl at the Smith home. Mrs Olas E. Smith remains slowly improving after illness. Nora Garman visited Hilda Daffin. Nellie Sartain hosted her mother. George L. Griffith shows improvement after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Community House
Ernest Griffith
Mary Beth
Chestertown
Betty Boggs
Wilmington
Harry Burke
Dover
Harvey Lord
Billy and
Earl
Olas Smith
Olas E. Smith
Nora Garman
Hilda Daffin
Nellie Sartain
George L. Griffith
ANSWERING THE KIDNAPPERS
The Department of Justice reports that of twenty nine Lindbergh kidnapping cases under its jurisdiction all have been solved except one. Seventy four persons were convicted thirteen await trial and three killed themselves. Sentences total 1236 years including sixteen life terms and two death sentences. This record counters the kidnapping wave that followed the Lindbergh case and shows how crime waves can be checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lingbergh
Department of Justice
Bride and Groom Langrell Bickling Wed in Greensboro
Miss Bessie Ella Langrell and Ralph Messenger Bickling married at the Methodist parsonage on October 20. The couple, graduates of Greensboro High School in 1932, will live in Chester where the groom works. Attendants were Miss Martha Bickling and James Bilbrough. Numerous local relatives and friends attended gatherings and visits followed at several homes as the community notes births deaths and social news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Ella Langrell
George Langrell
Ralph Messenger Bickling
Louis C. Bickling
Near Town
G. W. Dawson
Martha Bickling
James Bilbrou
Clarence Jackson
Roberta
Town
Gsell
Ross
Samuel Hoyle
Margaretta
Philadelphia
Sophia Howard
Medford Price
Virginia Baker
James Stubbs Jr
James Stubbs Sr
Ingleside
R. B. Rawlings
George W. Dawson
Greensboro Cemetery
L. W. Taylor
Effa Plummer
Eleanor Taylor
Western Maryland College
John Wyatt
Nelson
Betty
Mildred Bennett
Goldsboro
Pretty Boy Dam
Sparks
T. C. Curry
Bridgeville
Harvey Dobson
Cape Charles
Lydia A. Dobson
Betty Bennett
A. E. Shields Sr
A. G. Smith
Eleanor Coursey
Chicago
Mary Dorman
Harry Morris
Centreville
W. B. Massey
Raymond Bennett
Annie E. Duncan
Washington, D. C
Walter Riddleberger
J. F. Stevenson
Jennie Jarman
Nottingham
William Morgan
Newark
Del
Charles Walls
Irvin Brumbaugh
Barbara
Bridgewater
Oscar Wyatt
Leonard Davis
Milford
Clara Seward
William Wroten
Clayton
Jack Boulais
Little Son
Roxanna Kornrumpf
Burt Hobbs
Alex. Griffin
Marydel
Emma Williams
Wilmington
Joseph Edwards
Hubert Dill
Thomas Edwards
Fred Harrington
Wheeler Ensor
Arlie Dingledine
Ohio
Anna Blackburn
George Neal
Eva Dennis
Wilbur Carroll
Susie Ford
Ridgely
James E. Curry
Churchland
Williston Ladies Attend Social Events at Baltimore Club
Mrs. H. Frey and Miss Martha visited Mrs. H. R. Cook of Roland Park. Saturday tea at the Baltimore Country Club for Mrs. Frey, Tuesday luncheon for Miss Martha, and Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walls, president and spouse of the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Frey
Miss Martha
H. R. Cook
Roland Park
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
William C. Meeds
Milton Williamson
Williamsburg Methodist Episcopal Church
Chesterfield Cemetery
Ridgely Homemakers’ Club
William Stevens
Bishop Hughes
Harry Ziegler
Caroline Ebling
Mardella
Church of the Brethren
Charles Pelot
Oscar Simons
Boone Jarrell
Leon Ross
A. H. Travers
Caskie
Alice Bennington
Walter Bennington
Paul
Kenneth Bennington
Elizabeth Haymaker
Charles Stevenson
Francis Lynch
Dulaney
Park Drive Hotel
New Orleans
Edna
Barbara Jane
Eno Ziegler
A. O. Saulsbury
0. K. Raleigh
Wallkill
N. Y
Maplewood
Andrew Mitchell
Joanne Mitchell
A. G. Gelletly
Saulsbury Bros
Maryland Relief Association
Walter Mitchell
Fezmeyer
William Cooper
Dorothy
L. D. Truitt
Daisy Voss
Ernest Pollard
J. W. Krabill
Wesley Honey
Ida Imler
Hillsborg
Tuckahoe
Memoriam
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