Denton area notices and events of early November
Local ads and notices include sale signs at the Denton Journal Office and Rexall Drug Store promotions. Community items report a benefit card party hosted by the Junior Guild, a Mary Margaret McBride program feature, sugar certificate changes, a scrap drive at Caroline High School, and a Lockheed P-38 defense display at Denton National Bank. Speeding warnings issued to sixteen Caroline County motorists, state police observations, and a November 4 women’s temperance union institute in Hurlock are noted. Eastern Shore organizations outline student loans, philanthropy, and preservation efforts with church renovations and outreach across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Lord
Preston
Denton Journal
Annapolis
Maryland
Rexall Drug Store
Bryan and Hopkins
Denton
J. Harvey Burgess
Harrington Journal
Mary Margaret McBride
WEAF
New York
Caroline High School
Earl Crouse
American Bankers’ Association
Denton National Bank
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Burbank
California
America
Caroline County
OPA
Rationing Board
George W. Beck
J. K. Austin
Michael Riordan
First Fighter Command
Baltimore
Byron Poore
Greensboro
Gboro
Austin
Talbot-Dorchester-Caroline
Hurlock
Dickerson
Zion Methodist Church
Cambridge
Women’s
Eastern Shore Society
B. Sargent Wells
Women’s Club of
Roland Park
Eastern Shore
Chestertown
Baltimore Museum of Art
Wicomico
Old Green Hill Church
Old Episcopal Church
Wye Mills
Miracle House
Claiborne
Personal and Social News Highlights Local Weddings and Visits
Miriam Atkinson Jaeger wedding announced to Stanley W. Jaeger in Germantown Pennsylvania with reception at Sunken Gardens. The couple will live in Logan Pennsylvania. Miriam a Caroline High School graduate and former employee of Bendix Aviation. Also noted are a third birthday celebration for John Devenny Keen with family and friends, and various visits and social events across Maryland and nearby states with multiple local residents attending gatherings and church meetings.
Mrs Hammond Illness Report and Towson Visit
Ridgely Mrs Charles Hammond has been on the sick list this week. Mrs Alice Bennington is visiting relatives in Towson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hammond
Alice Bennington
Towson
Church Notices for Sunday Services in Denton
Sunday services on November 1st include Church School by departments at 9 45 a m with emphasis on good attendance. Morning Worship at 10 45 a m featuring a soprano solo and an anthem. A new Youth Forum discussion will open with four key questions. Box Social on November 12 and Prayer Service Wednesday at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Caroline Chapter
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Kathryn Porter
United Denton Churches Announce Thanksgiving Service
Sunday schedule lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m worship at 11 and evening service at 730 with sermons That Which was Lost and A Message from the Empty Pew Wednesday prayer meeting at 730 p m Thursday choir practice at 7 p m The annual Union Thanksgiving Service will be held at Grace Methodist Church November 26 with the Brethren Church minister delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Grace Methodist Church
the Brethren Church
Denton Brethren Church announces Sunday services
Rev. Newton J. Miller will lead Sunday School at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m with The Barren Fig Tree as the theme. Evening service titled The Mirage of Tomorrow. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday at Mrs John Good's home. Those able to attend are asked to come in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Concord Methodist Church Services and Revival Schedule
Rev. P R Schauer leads Sunday School at 10 a m and preaching at 11 am. M Y F service at 7 30 pm with hymnals dedication, M Y F officers installation, and revival at 7 46. Burrsville and Hickman churches list Sunday activities and a week of extra services led by Rev Jump and family from Denton. Preston New Church hosts sermon lecture November 1 by Rev John W Stockwell titled A Little Bit of Heaven Right Here and Now with music directed by Mr and Mrs Irvin Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Methodist Church
P. R. Schauer
Earl Cummings
Burrsville
R. L. Kirby
Wesley
EB. Wright
Reds
Blues
Hickman
Howard Drummond
Jump
Denton
John W. Stockwell
Preston New Church
Irvin Smith
Greensboro Methodist Church Schedule and Activities
Rev. R. W. Kirwan, pastor, announces Sunday School at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 00 a m and 7 30 p m. Official Board meets the first Wednesday at 8 00 p m, Sunday School Board on second Wednesday at 8 00 p m, Woman's Division of Christian Service on the second Thursday at 7 30 p m, Junior Epworth League on Wednesdays at 4 p m, Blue Ribbon Bible Class on the last Tuesday at 7 80 p m. Evening services are one half hour later during summer months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Division of Christian Service
Junior Epworth League
Blue Ribbon
Pilgrim Holiness Church to Host Allen Town Preachers
The Pilgrim Holiness Church in Greensboro led by Rev. A. C. Clark lists Friday prayers at 7 45 pm and Sunday schedule with Sunday School at 2 pm Praise and song at 3 pm Young Peoples service at 7 pm and preaching at 7 45 pm Theological students from Allen town Bible Institute Allentown PA will preach at both afternoon and evening services tomorrow Sunday November 1st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples
Allentown Bible Institute
Allentown
Greensboro Baptist Church services and events listed
The Greensboro Baptist Church schedules include Rev. Paul F. Burke as pastor with Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship at 11 00 a m Baptist Training Union at 7 00 p m Evening Worship at 8 00 p m and Bible study and prayer Thursday at 7 30 p m The Second Tuesday features the Woman's Missionary Society Also Catholic Mass times are listed for Denton and Ridgely on Sunday November 1 with St Elizabeth's Denton at 10 o clock and St Benedict's Ridgely at 8 30 o'clock And on Monday November 2 All Souls Day Masses are set for St Benedict's at 7 o'clock and St Elizabeth's at 8 15 and 8 40 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Training Union
Woman’s Missionary Society
Denton and
Ridgely
St. Elizabeth's Church
Denton
St. Benedict’s Church
Card of Thanks from Mrs Shiney Collins
Mrs Shiney Collins thanks relatives and friends for help and many cards and letters received during her recent illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiney Collins
Alma Jean Zehring Weds Lt Alexander Brittain at St Pauls
Miss Alma Jean Zehring daughter of Rev and Mrs J W Zehring married Lieutenant Alexander Far rer Brittain of Federalsburg at St Pauls Reformed Church. The ceremony was performed by her father with sister Louise Zehring as maid of honor and James Johnson as best man. The couple, both Catawba College graduates, are noted for her defense recreation work in Cecil and Harford counties and his Navy service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Alma Jean Zehring
J. William Zehring
Alexander Farrer Brittain
Federalsburg
Louise Zehring
James Johnson
Catawba College
Salisbury
N. C
Cecil
Harford Counties
Navy
Edward Bowman
Grayson Arthuretta Smith
Townsend Club
McCoy
Allen Temple
Seaford
W. T. Temple
Fred Friedel
Delia Friedel
Wilmington
Fred Jr
Camp Meade
Bernard Connelly
Mary Larrimore
Catholic Church
Fire House
James Stack
Carey Callahan
Church House
Harvey Hufnal
Stella Matthews
Ronald Lane
Leelan Jackson
God
Bridgetown
Fifer Hospital
James Thomas Jr
James Pritchett
Hendergon
Robert Irwin
Denton
Stanley Lee
Rufus Hutchison
Cordova
H. O. Hufnal
Lee Mitchell
Walter Moore
Walter Bennington
Barbara
Mary Richards
William Houck
Hampstead
Earl Hammond
Aubrey Gannon
Herbert Hammond
Clement Noble
John Roe
Dover
Linford Cooper
Pittsburgh
Willard Mitchell
Henry Kern
Sarah Cannon
Mortimer Joyce
Baltimore
Joyce
Gladys Richards
Ridgely
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
William Rieck
Preston
Frank Flounders
James Wilson
Philadelphia
Dave Holsinger
Frank Stevenson
Harry Gibson
Delmar
Keene Saulsbury
Thompson Swing
Albert Davis
Price
Tuckahoe Homemakers Meet Elections November 6
Tuckahoe Homemakers Club sets November 6 at Mrs Florence Haoger’s near Denton for Ideas for 1943 and election of officers. Rabbi Morris S Lazaron will speak at 2 30 on A Visit to War Time England. Members urged to bring old discarded fur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckahoe Homemakers Club
Florence Haoger
Denton
Morris S. Lazaron
England
Death Notices From Denton Area Obituary Notices
Mary Luceria Fisher 79 died at home Wenonah New Jersey funeral held Denton Interment in Denton cemetery. May Fisher longtime Denton resident educator church worker had sisters Annie Bower Grace Burkett brother Col Arthur Fisher. Various relatives. Mattie T Wilson died Ingleside Centreville service and burial at Sadlersville. John Slaughter 71 Denton farmer dies after illness burial Denton church. Charles Albert Richards 64 Caroline County farmer dies near American Corner funeral at Moore Denton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lucretia Fisher
Wenonah
N. J
Moore
Denton
T. R. Dixon
Martha Bishop Fisher
New Jersey
May
Annie Bower
West Collingswood
Grace Burkett
Elmer
Col
Arthur George Fisher
U.S.A
San Francisco
Calif
R. Earl Fisher
Jennie Greene
Mattie T. Wilson
Harry Norman Wilson
Ingleside
Ingleside Methodist Church
S. M. Iglehart
Laconia
Thomas S. Dixon
Charles Albert Richards
Caroline County
American Corner
J. Virgil Moore
Thomas J. Turkington
Denton Cemetery
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Highlights Local Visits
Miss Mildred Gale attended the State Teachers meeting in Baltimore with sister Marian Gale. Visitors include Mrs. D G Gray of Houston and Mr. and Mrs A C Todd of Easton. Bake sale for Ob. Post Nov 7 at Community House. Local obituary for Mrs. James Hicks. Community Club meets Nov 1 at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Gale
Baltimore
Marian Gale
D. G. Gray
Houston
Texas
A. C. Todd
Easton
W. Russell
Ralph Dinsmore
Marjorie
Swarthmore
William Sherwood
Edgar Blanche
Jean
Howard Dodds
James Hicks
Edgar Blades
Mildred Stenger
R. W. Beaven
J. K. Brown
Centreville
Arthur Holt
Milton Beaven
Wilmington
Relatives of Sgt Crawford Garrett Receive News From Far East
Relatives in Burrsville report Sgt Crawford Garrett has been overseas about ten months and is now in New Guinea. In a letter this week he says he is in strong health, the work is interesting, time passes quickly, and it is very hot there. Community notices include visits and stays by local families across Easton, Chester, Wilmington, and Baltimore, with names such as Porter Stafford Hopkins Collison Kirby and Hopkins. Pauline Hopkins has taken a job in Seaford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford Garrett
Iago
Australia
New Guinea
H. A. Porter
R. H. Stafford
Austine Stafford
Robert Stafford
Roy Stafford
Easton
Henry Hurd
Naval Reserve
Norfolk
Rosa Hurd
Harold Hopkins
Chester
Howard Hopkins
Ray Collison
Harry Collison
Wilmington
New Jersey
Bertha Wilson
Houston
Robert H. Stafford
Baltimore
Ida Kirby
Chestertown
R. L. Kirby
Pauline Hopkins
Seaford
Enos Cleaves
Fuel Oil Dealers Registration Set in Maryland
Fuel oil dealers in Caroline County must register with the Denton rationing office on Wednesday and Thursday, November 4 and 5. Distributors dealers and retailers are required to call and register on those dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Caroline County
the Rationing Board
Denton
Queen Anne Food Market Benefit by Community Club
Queen Anne Community Club will hold a Food Market this Saturday afternoon in Fellowship Hall. A large variety of tempting foods will be on sale. Proceeds benefit the Club. The Tri-County High School held a dance Friday at Queen Anne. Mrs. John Segar and daughter Miss Helen Segar of Chester PA visited their home last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne
Orphans Court approves multiple wills and estates in session
The Orphans Court met with Judges Handy Dennis and Fooks and examined approved and passed numerous estates including the will of George Ford custodian Catherine P R Ford and Letters Testamentary granted. Appraisers named in several estates plus sales accounts and notices to creditors filed. The court set the next meeting for Wednesday November 4 due to Election Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Handy
Dennis and
Fooks
George Ford
Catherine P. R. Ford
Milford Kline
Williard Russell
James C. Sherwood
August H. Gadow
Elwood Wyatt
Jane Handy
Roland C. Handy
Charles M. Turner
Henrietta Hyland
William H. Rathell
Edith M. Rathell
William J. Richards
I. Robert Fleetwood
H. Earle Smith
Francis Edward Jarrell
Joseph M. Eaton
Kathryn Jarrell Eaton
Victor W. Reed
Richard A. Trice
Ralph J. Trice
B. S. Meredith
David Williams
Greensboro Notes on Local Visits and Travels
Mrs. James Curry, Mrs. Anna Tucker and Mrs. Jane Dodds spent last Friday in Baltimore. Mrs. Curry and Mrs. Tucker attended the State Teachers' meeting. Corp. William M. Pippin, of the U S Army Air Corps, returned yesterday to Henderson Field, Florida, after a two weeks furlough at his home here. Mrs. B L Goldsborough visits her sister in Baltimore and her daughter in Frederick, Md. Miss Barbara Smith, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H W Smith, of Harrington, spent a few days last week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Smith, as Mrs. Howard Shulties returns home from Fifer Hospital, Ridgely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Atkinson
Miriam
Stanley W. Jaeger
Charles Jaeger
Richmond Hill
New York
Thomas
M. E
Germantown
Anthony Galgano
George Leonard
Sunken Gardens
Suffolk Apartments
Logan
Caroline High School
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Herman E. Keen
John Devenny Keen
South 2Nd Street
Johnny
Mary Ann Fleetwood
Henry Lee Nuttle
Ellen Carter Nichols
Robert Foster
Peggy van Dyke
Denton
William Crol
Federalsburg
James Howard
William Carlan
Darrell Kenneth Patterson
Wilmington
Del
Phyllis Dem. Melvin
Dundalk
John Lee Braner
Alexandria
Calvert C. Merriken
W. S. C. S. of Concord
Glendora Collins
R. N
Fort Blanding
Francis Atkinson
Mary Ellen
Lansdowne
Stanley Jaeger
Wm. H. Jopp Jr
Billy
Karen Louise
Union Hospital
Elkton
Bradford Dickerson
Dickerson
Louise Hall
Ralph Cole
Thomas Hall
Rylon Fleming
Milton Fleming
Hall
Wm. D. Uhler
Baltimore
Florida
Sidney Collins
Church Home
C. J. Kern
Maryland State Farm Bureau
Lord Baltimore
Winfield Nichols
Lester Evernham
George M. Christie
Catonsville
Everett Pepper
Christ Church Guild
Ruth Walker Reynolds
Joan Marie Hall
Ridgely
Henry M. Detwiler Jr
H. M. Detwiler
Joseph R. Gunther
Helen Wheeler
Wilbert Merriken
Edward S. Hill
Safe Harbor
C. H. Stewart
Walter Sylvester
Belmar
N. J
James Curry
Anna Tucker
Jane Dodds
Curry
Tucker
Corp
William M. Pippin
U. S. Army Air Corps
Henderick’s Field
B. L. Goldsborough
S. E. Williams
Death of William Hickey linked to Templeville ties
Annie Maske learns of her brother William Hickey’s death from a heart attack in Arden Pennsylvania. Hickey moved from Templeville last year and he and his wife were active in church and civic affairs. The community offers sympathy as relatives and friends reflect on the loss amid weekend visits and local gatherings discussed in social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Maske
William Hickey
Arden
Hickey
Templeville
Maske
Temple Stafford
Fort Brage
Stafford
Dover
Katie Stafford
Joseph Messick
Wilmington
Antioch Methodist Church
J. P. George
Amos Wyatt
Marydel
Gurney Knotts
F. C. P. Raymond Jansen
Paterson
N. J
William Jansen
Allen Pippin
Irons Pippin
Elinor Starkey
Medford Starkey
Birth of Peter Barry Weidlein at Jefferson Hospital
Announcements from Preston report the birth of a son, Peter Barry, to Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Weidlein at Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia. Mrs. Weidlein was formerly Miss Lorelle Parrott. The piece notes recent local social events and visits by residents such as Mrs. Laura Ledman, Mr. and Mrs. Atwood Wash and son Tommy, Miss Dorothy Lee, Miss Jean Patchett, Miss Josephine Gallagher, Miss Lucille Disharoon, Mr. Judson Bateman, Miss Inez Noble, Miss Jean McAllister, Mrs. Dorothy Osteen, and Miss Katherine Cox, with various weekend gatherings and Halloween parties referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Barry
J. P. Weidlein
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Weidlein
Lorelle Parrott
Hallowe’en
John Noble
Laura Ledman
Atwood Wash
Richmond
Tommy
Wash
Dorothy Lee
Jean Patchett
Baltimore
Frank Patchett
Josephine Gallagher
Lucille Disharoon
Melfa
Jos. Gallagher
Judson Bateman
North Carolina
Inez Noble
Haddon Heights
Clara Payne
Jean McAllister
Dorothy Osteen
Washington
Katherine Cox
Annapolis
Preston
Local residents enjoy weekend visits to area homes
Henderson confirms multiple families from Camden and nearby towns spent the weekend with relatives in town. Marshallton and Wilmington visitors joined ceremonies and social gatherings with the Clark, Thorpe, Nichols, Montague, and Sylvester households, with several mothers hosting for part of the weekend.
Local Social News From Goldsboro And Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs George Bennett and daughter with Mrs Mattie Lewis of Philadelphia visited. Miss Martha Smith of La Plata Md stayed with cousin Mrs Calvin Richard. Miss Louisa Gray of Denton visiting brother Thos Gray and family. Miss Jean Melvin and Billy of Wilmington visited Phyllis Shively. Rev and Mrs A L Grey visited relatives in Oxford Md. Mrs Harvey Shively and children visited Wilmington. Mrs Lulu Wolf and son of Wil, Mrs A D Quillen. Mrs Annie Cheffins spent days with relatives in Queen Anne. Mrs Thos Gray a patient at Kent General Hospital Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bennett
Mattie Lewis
Philadelphia
Luther Bennett
Martha Smith
la Plata
Calvin Richard
Louisa Gray
Denton
Thos, Gray
Jean Melvin
Billie
Wilmington
Phyllis Shively
A. L. Grey
Oxford
Harvey Shively
Lulu Wolf and Son
A. D. Quillen
Annie Cheffins
Queen Anne
Thos. Gray
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Lions Club Meets at Mrs Clark's First Lady Guest Visit
Greensboro Lions Club held a Tuesday October 27 meeting at Mrs Clark's marking the first regular club event with lady visitors. Miss Mattie Smith introduced Miss Lavenia Fulton health nurse to Caroline county who spoke on her year with a hospital unit in England and meeting dignitaries. The session followed by reports on Sunday School contest results, War Bond drive progress, and local civic notices including obituaries and military service updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Lions Club
St. Paul’s
Asbury Methodist
Greensboro
Harrington
A. W. Brombaugh
Carl Nichols
James Curry
Harry Clark
Fred Zlock
Salisbury
Henderson
Edward Leinheiser
Levin W. Taylor Jr
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Port Deposit
U. S. Naval Reserve
Boone
Glass
Naval Air Base
Norfolk
Arthur Brumbaugh
T. C. Smith
Camp Lee
Smith
Quartermaster's School
Budd
Temple Smith
Ernest J. Pearson
Clarence Pearson
Philadelphia
Isaac Pearson
Wills Eye Hospital
Pearson
Noble Sipple Jr
Baltimore
Noble
Fort Meade
U. S. Army
Bertha Simpson
Beverly Goldsborough
Beacom
Wilmington
Ellen Edwards
B. L. Goldsborough
Charles Stanford
Layton Stanford
Municipal Airport
Greensville
S. C
Leon Greeley
James H. Swann
Ft. Monroe
Donald
Mae Collins
Dover
Swann
Georgia Swann
Lacey Wilson
Michael Ash
Irving Morris
Alfred Tilly
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
First Methodist Church
L. E. Wimbrow
T. J. Tuorkington
Pilgrim Holiness Church
A. C. Clark
Greensboro Baptist Church
Paul F. Burke
Hillsboro
Tuckahoe
the Orphans’ Court
Oscar Lord and Son
Oscar Jr
Mahony
Esther Hall
Charles Phillips
Barclay
Paul Melvin
Melvin Kinnamon
Mary Kathryn Knotts
Grover Thorpe Jr
Ethel Thorpe
Ralph Bassett
Camden
Grover Thorpe
George, Clark
Joyce Lee
Marshallton
W. F. Clark
Henry Rash
Bastion
Charles Nichols
Wm. Phillips
Mildred Gooden
Harry Gough
Henry Shulties
T. A. Montague
Geo. Montague
Medford Porter
Rock Hall
Clinton Sylvester
Morris Sylvester
May Raughley
Anna Raughley
Goldsboro
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