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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1937
Page
5
Denton readers are urged to see the New 1938 Plymouth at Bullock and White's today. The edition also carries notices for clubs, bake sales, sales of furniture, farm rental offerings, and community meetings as Denton hosts church groups, county officials, and CCC enrollment details through November.
Denton parchment records grand daughter Phoebe Brown marrying Clarence Anthony of Harrington Delaware on June 26 1937. Several local weddings engagements and visits including Sallie Vickery and Lowell Needles marriage October 2 Denton M E Church, Helene Thawley engagement to George A Johnson, and William Perry Victoria Kibler marriage. Locals Miss Helen Selin Rosalie Sherwood and others attendances and domestic visits across Denton Felton Wilmington and Baltimore with trips to Europe and Georgia noted.
SMITHSON The Homemakers Club will meet next Thursday afternoon November 4th instead of Wednesday Miss Smith the Health Nurse will be present and give the November demonstration. Mr and Mrs C L Perry had as their guests Sunday Mrs J Brown Mr and Mrs C Truitt of Cannons Del and Mr and Mrs Charles Truitt of Salisbury. Mrs Blecker has returned to her home in Baltimore after spending the summer at the home of Mr and Mrs Ernest Dukes. Mr and Mrs H Willoughby and family of Longwoods spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Algie Willoughby.
A working girl on the city streets longs for quiet suburb life and ocean dreams as she endures commuter hours. The piece, attributed to Georgia Boon-Fechtig, reflects urban longing and personal nostalgia.
The bulletin lists morning and evening services led by Rev. M. S. Andrews on October 31, Sunday School at 9:45, Epworth League 6:45 with Austin Murphy Jr. officiating. It details Church of the Brethren events, Ladies Aid meeting on November 3, Burrsville revival dates starting November 2 with evangelists from Pennsville, and various mass and confessional times for St Elizabeth's and St Benedict's in Denton and Ridgely.
Doctor Samuel Wolman of the Maryland Tuberculosis Association warns tuberculosis remains a leading killer among ages 16 to 45 and causes about one quarter of deaths among women aged 15 to 30. He calls for frequent exams and early detection through parental vigilance and personal health checks.
The Ladies Aid of this place will host an oyster supper at Concord church house on Wednesday November 10 starting at 6 o clock. Mr and Mrs Willard Johnson and Miss Audrey Chambers of Preston visited Mr and Mrs Carl Johnson Sunday afternoon. Miss Hilda Daffin at Golden College spent the weekend with her parents. others include Miss Margaret Samons from near Federalsburg visiting Lillian and Madge Johnson and families noted are Slacums and Linaweavers with relatives in Philadelphia and Eldorado.
The issue covers removal of the old bell and siren towers at the Methodist Church property as part of grounds improvements. It notes social visits in Ridgely, a cooking demonstration by Mrs. Hunter for the Community Club, and upcoming events including a spelling contest at Westminster and various local excursions and illnesses.
Resignations of Civilian Conservation Corps members have risen as many find private industry work. Cities show fewer youth panhandlers and relief lists, while highway reports note fewer hitchhikers. Officials praise the CCC as delivering strong results and improving youths’ prospects.
Senate bill directs all motor vehicle operators to re-register if they held an original license before 1937. By now 181,949 applications received, 268,061 have not applied, about 450,000 to re-register. Only a little more than half the time remains, with a one third re-registered.
The Gavel Club of Baltimore announces an essay contest on returning the Frigate Constellation to Baltimore and anchoring at Fort McHenry with a $10 prize. Essays due December 31, 1937. The oldest ship, launched in 1797, now lies in Newport, Rhode Island.
The National 4 H Achievement Program will be aired during the National Farm and Home Hour from 12 30 to 1 30 p m Saturday November 6. A national hook up will start and end the program with about sixty stations nationwide. Maryland participants include Miss Emerson Mary Jenkins and Mary Johns of Prince Georges County Rev Herbert Payne of Baltimore County T Roy Hrookes master of State Grange Harford County. Local broadcasters Ruth Nicodemus William Redding Roland Mullinix Sherard Wilson will participate from WMAL Washington and WBAL. Ruth will sing and discuss girls club achievements.
A meeting in Denton discussed extending electric service to eastern Caroline County via lines from Delaware built by the Rural Electrification Administration. Attendees included A V Krewatch University of Maryland extension expert, county agent George W Clendaniel, and Maryland Farm Bureau president Harry H Nuttle. They estimated current needs for pumps milk coolers washing machines and other household devices and outlined prospective customers across Whiteleysburg Camp Grove Burrsville fire tower road to Bridgeville Smithville Reliance and surrounding areas.
The Advisory Council on Social Security, appointed by the Senate Finance Committee with the Social Security Board, will hold its first meeting in Washington on November 6. Members represent the public, employers, and employees and will cooperate with a Senate Finance Committee sub group studying Social Security problems. Meetings take place in the Department of Labor Building.
Owing to Hallowe en celebrations the Community Club will meet Monday November 8. Members bring canned fruit for Home of the Aged in Easton. Various locals and guests attend social events, dinners, and visits in Baltimore Wilmington Trappe Salisbury Goldsboro and Denton over the past week with many Kept as guests and hosts.
Mrs J E Douglas and children Emily Jane and Jimmie return from a month with Mrs Douglas parents in Weirwood. They visited Niagara Falls Cleveland and Cincinnati. A PTA meeting is planned for November 2 at 8 pm in the new auditorium with Mrs Ross Coppage as guest speaker. PTA supper on November 19. Community Club meets November 2 at 2 pm with program on Italy. Epiphany Mission Guild bake sale November 19 from 11 am to 1 pm in Hollis building. County Tag Day set for November 6 to support public health in Caroline County.
Greensboro residents hosted and visited numerous friends and relatives from Tuckahoe Washington Wilmington and Baltimore over the weekend. acknowledgments came for the birth of a son at Fifer's Hospital Ridgely and a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dean. A sick list note includes Virginia Roe and Grace Wooters.
Rev and Mrs J M York hosted dinner guests including Rev and Mrs Lester Smallwood and Rev and Mrs Claude Thompson plus guests from Baltimore and Church Hill. Birthday celebration for Mr Messix highlighted. Several families hosted visits in weekending from Salisbury Baltimore Bel Air and Pittsburgh. G L Jump Hardware Co built shed. Mrs Loretta Clark held a Saturday bridge luncheon.
Attendees from Henderson and surrounding towns gathered for the funeral of Helen W. Jarman daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Jarman and the late Alexander Jarman in Wilmington. Interment followed at Harrington cemetery. Numerous relatives hosted and visited over the weekend in Hartly Marcus Hook and nearby areas.
In loving memory of our dear daughter Edith Thawley Trice who departed this life October 30, 1912. Twenty five years have passed since she left us. Just a thought of sweet remembrance, just a memory sad and true. Just a love and devotion from a mother and father who think of you daily.
Mr and Mrs Thurman Fountain and Miss Clementine Fountain of Denton visit Mr and Mrs George Terrell Hulmeville Pa and motor to New York and New England on Monday they also visit Mr and Mrs Charles Fountain Philadelphia Mrs Polly Graier of Allentown and Mrs Ethel Wright and son visit Mrs and Mrs Fred Fountain Edna Adams Mrs John Adams and Miss Virginia Lee Robinson spend time with Mrs Ethel Wright then Tuesday evening at her parents Seaford Mr and Mrs Kemp Adams and family recently guests of Mr and Mrs Arthur Adams Mrs Louis Lockerman spends Monday afternoon with Mrs Charles Johnson
The Greensboro area records a wedding in Dundalk Maryland as Wanda Monroe and Nelson Forney exchange vows with family members present and music by Bertha Bowman. Obituaries note Morris Stevenson, 89, dies in West Chester after a hip operation, plus Jacob R. Hughes, 72, succumbs near Greensboro. Funeral services and interments follow at local churches and cemeteries. Additional items include local social visits, birthdays, and marriages in Ingleside and nearby towns.
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