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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1922
Page
5
Local groups plan Halloween parties at Choptank school and Denton M P Church with costumes contests and social gatherings. Church conventions, socials, and club meetings outline dates from October 28 through November 2 with refreshments and entertainments, plus a mass meeting at Preston and various civic programs.
Miss Mary Southard Shawn and Ralph Horsey were quietly married at the bride’s parents’ home in Denton with immediate family present. The couple will reside in Denton after a motor tour through Pennsylvania. Also listed are upcoming weddings, local social visits, evangelistic meetings, and distant travels of residents, including arrangements in Ellicott City and Wilmington.
The Mulberry Hill Orchard Company of Talbot county owned by Dover interests achieved five weeks of nonstop packing and shipping, producing sixty barrels per hour, 480 per day, and 2,880 per week, totaling over two carloads and more than £300,000 from the apple season. No other Peninsula orchard has matched this feat.
Mr and Mrs John R Andrew celebrated their 25th anniversary on October 20 with many relatives and friends. Guests included Walter Howard Will Andrew George Griffith and others. They received silver gifts and refreshments followed by departure with good wishes. A patrons meeting at the school elected officers for the year and local families hosted visits and an oyster dinner is planned for election day. Mrs Homer Vasey has recovered from illness.
Mr P Fisher of Denton spoke at Union M P Church on Sunday in support of the Superannuated Fund of the Maryland Annual Conference. He and other laymen were recently appointed for this work by Rev James H Straughn. Many local residents hosted or visited relatives and friends, with events at the Epworth League home and various social visits including Melvin, Bowdle, Cahall, and Porter households. Mrs Clarence Voss is recovering from illness at home.
Mr and Mrs S C Johnson entertained on Thursday. Rev and Mrs W N Conaway of Wye Mills and Mrs Jump of Centreville attended. Mr and Mrs S L Hanby and Mrs Katie Richardson of Wipey joined John Johnson's birthday celebration. Harry Gibson and daughter Hannah of Delmar visited J W Gibson and family. Alex Jarman and Helen Melvin visited Easton. Mrs Davis Martee and children of Wilmington visited Rev and Mrs S L Hanbey. T A Montague and children visited near Sachlersville. Anna Jones of Wilmington visited her parents J R Jones. J F Quillen visited Mrs Quillen’s mother. Mrs C H Claysille spent Saturday in Wilmington.
On October 20 Preston defeated Greensboro 1 0 with a first half goal. In the rematch Greensboro again fell to Preston 2 0 as the home side pressed and scored twice.
The Ridgely News Letter reports a well attended Community Lyceum showing magic by De Jen and music from Mrs De Jen. The Community Club splits into red and blue camps with leaders Mrs Herbert Hammond and Mrs Harry Swann. Attendees include Mrs J J Ivison newly elected treasurer and Mrs Lawrence Lynch as vice-president. Events span sermons, conventions, family visits, and local notices across Ridgely and nearby communities.
Miss Margaret Hammer of Washington College visited her Hillsboro homebound parents J J Hammer over the weekend. Mrs Ida Smith of Philadelphia and Miss Blanche Smith of Wilmington stayed with Mrs J T Sparklin. Local social notes mention visits by C Kemp Stewart of Maryland and Frank Taylor family, plus Shor t and Holland households.
A pretty Grove M P scene marked the October 1 wedding of Katherine Elizabeth Kelly of Norfolk and Leon Grey Wright of Choptank with Rev. F J Phillips performing the ring ceremony. The Ladies' Aid Society hosted an oyster supper last Friday, a social and financial success. Rev J P L Outten and Rev F J Phillips began union evangelistic services at Choptank last Sunday. Mrs Mary I Connedy, recently ill, is improving. Mr and Mrs J Frank Collins hosted dinner for Rev Phillips and wife. Cullan Mae Phillips visited Mary Nichols Sunday.
Goldsboro held a Halloween festival at the school on October 27 starting at 7 30 pm. Pupils performed a brief program and refreshments sold included home made cakes pies and candy to fund school improvements. A Civic Improvement League was organized at a meeting held that week.
Smithville community notes guests at Miss Pearl Wright near Denton. Patrons meeting and Halloween play planned at Smithville school on Wednesday evening November 1. Local families host Kenderson relatives and attend a Democratic mass meeting in Denton. Town women meet for Bloomery M. E. Church Ladies Aid October 31. Weekend visitors include Misses Helen Bullock Mildred Thomas and Elizabeth Hattye Alford.
Williston Miss Crane sister in law of Mrs. W E Crane who attends a Michigan theological school since returning from China was a weekend guest here. On Monday she traveled to Baltimore for a missionary meeting. Mr and Mrs A Merediths daughters Mrs Charles Finley and Mrs Charles Calloway of Philadelphia were visitors here recently. Mrs Charles Culver is very much improved in health. Mrs Sadie Ritter visited friends here.
Harmony social roundup lists visits from Tuckahoe Neck residents Mr T F Taylor and Mrs O F Blades to their mother Mrs Sallie Taylor, and Miss Mary Jane Winchester staying with Miss Wille Taylor. Newark visits include Mr Harold Harvey Ewing and son Robert with Mr John Woodrow, and Elbert Richards spending days there. Mrs Cora H Todd has returned from Easton Hospital.
In Denton, a Democratic mass meeting drew an unusually large crowd despite heavy winds and farmers in wheat seeding. Governor Albert C. Ritchie, Henry R. Lewis, T. Alan Goldsborough, and U.S. Senator Bruce spoke, praising candidates and debating tariffs, the League of Nations, and dollar stabilization, with strong support from local Republicans. The event featured music by the Federalsburg band and concluded with remarks on the Senate race and party unity.
In sad memory of my dear husband James H Cannon who departed this life three years ago October 26, 1922. The silent heartache is felt by those who have loved and lost, though on earth he is no more memory keeps him near as it always was. By [is Wire.
Union M E Church trustees under Rev F C MacSorley completed major parsonage improvements at a cost of 1000 dollars raising the building 25 inches on pebble dashed foundation with cement walks. Front porch extended, roof supported by Doric columns, future interior work planned by Ladies Aid Society. Revival services by Federalsburg Methodist churches run four weeks from Union Church to Christ Church with swapping pulpits. Mr Philetus Jefferson invents a book rack for magazines in the Jefferson drug store, finished and porcelain foot mounted.
The Easton Star-Democrat reports on The Emergency Hospital in Easton detailing 954 cases and 594 surgeries in the past year, with 774 white and 196 colored patients admitted, eight maternity cases treated, and free patients rising to 113 in 1916. Through 1922, 403 had been admitted by Oct 1. The piece urges county residents from Talbot, Caroline, Kent and Queen Anne's to sustain the hospital’s expanding work and free services with timely financial contributions.
News from Harrisburg reports Colonel William D. Uhler chief engineer of the Pennsylvania State Highway Department is critically ill after a paralytic stroke. He previously served with the Maryland Roads Commission from 1900 to 1912 and led ordnance efforts during the war. Funeral plans for Col Abler are noted alongside local typhoid scarlet fever and diphtheria cases in Caroline County with details of affected towns Preston Ridgely and Williston.
The third annual Community Exhibit at Choptank drew judges from Queen Anne's and Dorchester counties. Prizes in a wide range of vegetables fruits and crafty items were awarded to numerous residents led by James B. Todd P. E. Collins and J. T. Blades. Net proceeds from gift table grab bag pumpkin guesses and refreshments totaled 32.75 with half for prizes and half for community purposes.
Miss Rebecca Robertson aged 78 died at her Franklin Street home on Saturday morning after long illness. A native of Dorchester she had resided in Denton for years and is survived by brother F. M. Robertson of Kansas and several half siblings including William A. Robertson A. J. Robertson Elizabeth Nace G. W. Smith M. P. Allen and W. D. Fleetwood of Denton. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon led by Rev. W. E. Hills with interment in Denton Cemetery.
The Sewing Circle met on Wednesday evening with Mrs. Margaret McCloud. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Day are wintering at the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. John Scully returned from Marcus Hook. Mrs. Clinton Robertson visits her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pearsaul.
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