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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1950
Page
2
The Automobile Club urges motorists to treat children as human caution signs near schools. Leonard E. Kolmer, GM, notes safety patrols and police at crossings during school hours. Posters announcing School's Open will appear citywide at storefronts and outdoor locations.
In memory of my husband Harvey L Morris who died two years ago on Sept 2 1948. I do not ask if I miss you for there is a vacant place in my heart. I hold the hope we will meet again. Signed the grieving wife.
Lawn owners are told optimism over two new grass strains to fight crab grass is premature. A-3 Bermuda and B-27 Merion bluegrass won't be available for at least two years and may not be desirable. Experts warn Bermuda grass can act as a persistent weed and prove hard to eradicate in gardens.
Summer is ideal for overhauling heating plants as materials and labor are plentiful. Thousands of wartime systems need thorough service or part replacement, with boilers radiators and controls modernizing for efficiency and comfort. Modern baseboard heat and new fuel-specific boilers offer immediate savings and better regulation.
John E. French minister notes no services on Sunday September 3. All services resume Sunday September 10 at First Methodist Church.
Grace Methodist Church on Main Street Denton Maryland lists Pastor T J Turkington and John R Ricards as superintendent. Sunday School at 9 45 AM Morning Service 11 AM Evening Service 8 PM. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 8 PM. Thursday Choir Rehearsal 7 PM.
The Ames Methodist Church in Hobbs Md announces morning worship at 9 30 A M with Sunday School at 10 30 conducted by Superintendent Manning Merriken and Pastor Rev T J Turkington.
The Episcopal Christ Church led by Rector Edwin W. M. Johnson offers no early service at 8:30 a m with an 11:00 a m Choral Eucharist and sermon. The thirteenth Sunday after Trinity service plan highlights a full morning of worship and reflection.
Rev. E. F. Sherry will lead the Church School at 7:00 PM and an 11:00 AM sermon. The sermon theme is I have a Stewardship, focusing on the Stewardship of the Family. A prayer meeting is scheduled for Wednesday night.
The text notes St Elizabeth's Brunswick Church in Denton Maryland with Rev J Francis McDonough as pastor and a date of September 3 1950. It mentions Juan Benedict and an 8:30 time likely for a service or mass.
Rev. W. RK. Dudley is the pastor with Sunday School at 9:30 A M and a praise service at 10:30 A M followed by preaching at 11:00 A M. An evening young peoples meeting is at 7:00 P M and another preaching service at 7:30 P M. Thursday prayer meeting at 7:30 P M.
Sunday Services listed for Church of The Nazarene West Denton with Pastor Rev. Robert Mitchell. Sunday School at 10:00 A M Morning Worship 11:00 A M Young People 7:15 P M Evening Worship 7:45 P M Prayer Meeting 7:30 P M.
Piney Community Church located on Denton Greensboro Road under Pastor W L Jump lists Sunday events at 2 00 P M Sunday School 3 00 P M Praise Service and Gospel Message 8 00 P M Evening Worship and 8 00 P M Prayer and Praise Service all on the same day.
Pastor Rev T B Dixon will preach at 2 30 p m on the first, third and fifth Sundays each month in a standing church schedule for regular services.
Rev. Irving Lane will lead a 11:00 A M preaching service with an 8:00 P M prayer service. All are invited to attend this church event at Ridgely Baptist Church.
Reverend Grayson H. Wheatley leads Greensboro Maryland church events with a morning Sunday School at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. M.Y.F. devotional at 7 p.m. Song and Praise at 7 30 p.m. weekly prayer at Wednesday 7 30 p.m. weekly choir practice Saturday 8 p.m. first Thursday monthly Young Adult Fellowship business and social. Second Thursday monthly W. S. C. S. business meeting.
Geldsboro Md minister Charles A Yoho invites a warm welcome to Sunday School at 9 45 A M led by Roland Cartwright followed by Morning Worship at 11 00 A M and M Y F at 7 15 P M with music directed by Mrs T Noble Jarrell Sr.
Rev P F Bean pastor announces Sunday School at 9 45 a m with W C Jones class and evening worship at 7 30 p m Sept 7 30 p m prayer service midweek at 7 30 p m Choir practice details not specified in fragment. church events for Goldsboro community.
Melvin L Hale pastor leads Sabbath School at 9 30 AM and preaching at 11 AM Saturday. Prayer meeting 8 PM Wednesday evening.
Greensboro Baptist Church lists Sunday School at 10:00 A M Morning Worship at 11 00 A M W M Training Union at 7 00 P M Prayer Meeting Web 7 45 P M Evening Worship at 7 45 P M Pastor H DuBois leads the services with standard weekly program in the church calendar.
The Old Wye Church at Wye Mills Maryland announces morning prayer and sermon at 11:00 a.m. led by Acting Rector Thomas Donaldson with Lay Reader in charge W Kellogg. The church and vestry house are open daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with hostesses guiding visitors.
Bethesda Methodist Church of Preston will hold Vesper Services Sundays September 3 and 10 at 6 30 P M DST at Rolling Acres Farm overlooking the Choptank River Rev J H Clow Unity Methodist Church Hurlock will speak September 3 The September 10 speaker will be announced Rev H H Schauer is host church pastor All are welcome
President Truman signs 1950 amendments boosting benefits for 3,562 Salisbury area recipients with September checks. Average retiree payments rise from 126 to 136. widows with children see higher monthly benefits, and total area payments jump about 350,197. New earnings limits rise to 50 dollars, with protections for age 75 and older. Coverage expands to non profits, state and local governments on optional basis, plus broader eligibility for six quarters of coverage.
The largest bull fighting arena in the world is located in Mexico City and has a seating capacity of 47,000 spectators.
John N Starkey, 84, died after a short illness in Delaware Hospital Wilmington last Thursday. Funeral services were held at his Greensboro home Monday at 1 30 p m led by Rev Martin Tozar of Yeadon Pa and Rev J E Parker of Church Hill Burial followed at Lakeside Cemetery Dover Del He is survived by his wife Anna Starkey two daughters Maude Voss of Yeadon Pa and Addie Starkey at home and one sister Martha Evans of Bellefonte Del
Funeral services for 24 year old John Benjamin Wooters were held at the Church of The Nazarene in West Denton with Rev. Robert Mitchell officiating. Burial followed in Denton Cemetery. Pallbearers were six cousins. Wooters drowned near Cambridge on August 24 and body was recovered August 26. He was the son of John W. and Jessie Greenlee Wooters of Denton. He is survived by his parents and sister Margaret Jane Wooters of Denton.
Charles W. Melvin dies aged 72. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM in the Rawlings Funeral Home Greensboro with Charles Yohe of Trinity Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Greensboro Cemetery. Survived by son Alvin Medkin and another son Gretell Melon, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services for John D. Tribbitt, 83, will be held Friday at 2 PM from Rawlnes Funeral Home Greensboro with Rev Grasson Wheatley officiating. Burial in Greensboro Cemetery follows. Tribbitt, a retired farmer, died Monday at the home of his grandson Oscar Tribbitt in Buffalo. four great grandchildren survive.
Henderson Mrs. Carl Dennis and son from Plainville Conn visited her parents Mr and Mrs J Omer Jones last week. Several families from Wilmington Del and Dover Del hosted and visited relatives in town over the weekend and into midweek. Ocean City and Pennsylvania connections appear as relatives travel, with mentions of postal service and local hosting.
Leaders aim to wrap up in two weeks and announce recess plans. Senate pursues tax and defense bills along with omnibus and Communist control measures while House must pass tax and Communist control bills and any Senate amendments to the defense bill. Both chambers must still finalize the economic controls bill in conference. The American Legion in Baltimore urged Congress to stay in session until needed war measures are enacted.
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