Denton Editor Highlights Community Notices and Sales
Local notices announce school start next Monday and a Denton rental on Market Street. Various ads promote Elberta peaches, furniture deals, wedding printing, and a cut loose sale. Community events include church meetings, bake sales, and a Holiness gathering at Denton Campground. Deaths reported for Mrs. Zella Reed with funeral at Denton cemetery and family survivors listed.
Birthday Gatherings Mark Seventieth for Trice’s Matriarch
A large family celebration at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Trice honors the mother’s seventieth birthday on September 2. Attendees include E. H. Hirs family, E. B. Blades family, Trice relatives, and others, with a supper of ice cream and cake as the event closes. Additional social visits feature Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Welch hosting relatives, Miss Ella M. Crease’s seventeenth birthday party, and a string of visits across Kent and neighboring towns with news of travels, visits, and everyday social gatherings among friends and relatives.
County School News Highlights From Bus Safety To Teacher Plans
County school officials discuss reducing dangers when buses stop on state roads, insurance for buses, and driver responsibility. At the County Teachers Meeting, leadership changes, dental health plans, nutrition concerns, and health work in schools are outlined. New cafeteria at Caroline High School opens with a tempting menu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Jump
S. L. Young
GC. J. Kern
H. H. Ziegler
J. W. Cohee
Istate
Addie Nuttle
Irvin Smith
Mary B. Rairigh
County Teachers’ Association
Rairigh
W. K. Cumming
Caroline High School
Raleigh
Louise Brooks
Federalsburg
R. C. Leonard
Dental
Department of the State Board of Health
Lewis
Maryland
Smith
Leonard
E. A. Jones
Cambridge
Thomas L. Gibson
A. May Thompson
J. Kemp
Stevens
Denton
Social Bits From Denton Gatherings And Visits
Mrs Alda P Whitby hosted a bridge party at her Denton home in honor of her visiting aunt Mrs Alexander Hardcastle of Baltimore. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Hardcastle, Miss Elizabeth Dukes, Miss Minnie Dukes, Miss Susan Saulsbury, Mr and Mrs Francis Reynolds, Mr and Mrs Philip Downes, Mrs Nannie Pastorfield, Mrs I R Fleetwood, Mrs W O Ledman, Mr Robert Fleetwood, and Mr Earle Smith. Mrs Nannie Pastorfield won a cake prize. The party group plans public tours to Washington Mt Vernon and Arlington Cemetery on the return to Baltimore. Other items note Mrs Wilhelmina Henning and family visiting from Long Island, trips through Cascade Montana, Kathleen Moore hosting college friends, and various visits in Denton area households including Mr and Mrs Wm Allee Allab and infant Winfield, Mr and Mrs William Trippe, and Mrs J Virgil Moore visiting Manasquam New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alda P. Whitby
Bridge
Denton
Alexander Hardcastle
Baltimore
J. B. Magruder
Elizabeth Dukes
Minnie Dukes
Philadelphia
Susan Saulsbury
Winchester
Francis I. Reynolds
Philip W. Downes
Nannie Pastorfield
I. R. Fleetwood
W. O. Ledman
Robert Fleetwood
Earle Smith
Wilhelmina Henning
Fred Odenwald
Jean Odenwald
George Kirk
Ozone Park
Long Island
Richard Henning
Charles Dyar
Cascade
Montana
Newnam, Kemp, Jr
Betty Hughes
Hezekiah Masten
Kathleen Moore
Susan Strow
Barbara Dasham
Chevy Chase
Susanna Cockey
Glyndon
Wm. Allee Allab
Land
Winfield Allee
John H. Emerson
William Trippe
Alice Tubbs
Grace Love
D. W. Davis
J. Virgil Moore
Manasquam
N. J
Weekly Ridgeley News Letter Highlights Local Visits and Weddings
Mr George Wooters of Chester visited Ridgeley over the weekend and brought home his wife and Mrs Roy Detwiler who had stayed here. Many locals hosted visitors from Wilmington Harrington and Philadelphia while church services and Labor Day observances drew crowds. Dr Alfred Pearce Dennis of Princess Anne, a Tariff Commissioner and Princeton professor, drowned in Casco Bay after a period of ill health, with funeral arrangements in Princess Anne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Pearce Dennis
Princess Anne
Princeton
University
Smith College
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
United States Tariff Commission
Casco Bay
Bailey Island
Maine
Dennis
John B. Value
Alfred Pearce
John Value Dennis
Samuel K. Dennis
Baltimore Supreme Bench
Philip C. Dennis
Berlin
Ocean City
Arthur Dennis
California
Jle
Johnm. Dennis
James A. Dennis
Wanokin Presbyterian Church
Dr. Dennis
Presbyterian
Dr. Dennnis
Princeton University
Bethlehem Families Visit Friends and Relatives
Bethlehem residents travel to Philadelphia for a Monday visit and several local social events unfold. Mrs. Gifford Bowdle hosts a Sunday School weenie roast at Picture Hall. Rev. and Mrs. Peyton Thompson host a Church watermelon party midweek. Mrs. Charlie Blades visits relatives in Trappe with her children. O B Blades and son Beverly spend the weekend with relatives in Atlantic City. Beatrice Messick visits with her parents. Gladys Taylor from Stevensville weekends with Irene Perry. Leonard Le Gates and wife spend weekend at Tilghman’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thomas
J. P. Thompson
Claude
Philadelphia
Gifford Bowdle
Picture Hall
Peyton Thompson
Charlie Blades
George Blades
Trappe
O. B. Blades
Beverly
Atlantic City
Beatrice Messick
Wm. Harding
Gladys Taylor
Stevensville
Irene Perry
Leonard le Gates
Tilghman’s
Local Visitors Return Home After Summer Travel
Mrs Y E Hopkins and two children Gladys and Warren of Astoria NY return after two months visiting relatives here. Mr and Mrs S W Yiarding of Washington DC return after visiting their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs H Cole. Mrs S Friedly and two daughters Barbara and Lucille of New York City spend time with Mr and Mrs A Prager and family. Mr Warry Nall and two friends of Philadelphia spend past week with Mr and Mrs M J Hall. Mrs W S McCarty visited sister Mrs T Ferrins at Federalsburg last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Jack Sugars of Reading PA have been visiting Miss Lena Worm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Trice
E. H. Hirs
Kathryn
E. B. Blades
Henrietta
Rebecca
T. L. Trice, Jr
Eleanor
IC. N. Trice
W. H. Ehwanger
Dorothy
Bilily
Jeanette
J. Fred Welch
Felton
Ben Welch
Clementine
Denton
Arley Welch
Harringtons
Charles Welch
Milton Welch
Carroll Welch
Catherine Welch Gottlieb
Jersey City
Welch
Ella M. Crease
Wilson Swartz
William McDaniel
Charlotte Temple
Alma Deen
Thelma Towers
Winifred Towers
Margaret Cole
Florence Trice
Lynnie Lord
Harold Holsinger
Harris Legg
C. R. Legg
Stevensville
Harry Clark
Louisville
P. Webster Clark
Clark Business School
John B. Taylor
Wilmington
Wilbur A. Clark
Cape May
C. H
N. J
Ralph Teague
Philadelphia
R. C. Smith
Morgantown
W. Va
Charlotte Virginia
New Jersey
Harry Clark Taylor
Harry Averee
Clara Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Howard Clegg
Mary Virginia Clegg
Baltimore
Harvey L. Cooper
Henry W. Hughes
H. L. Baer
Durham
N. C
M. A. Quillen
James H. Neal
Sadie Ritter
D. Ralph Horsey
Billy
J. Stanley Cooley
Strasburg
Y. E. Hopkins
Gladys and
Warren
Astoria
N. Y
5. W. Yiarding
Withington
H. Cole
S. Friedly
Barbara
Lucille
New York City
A. Prager
Warry Nall
M. J. Hall
McCarty
T. Ferrins
Federalsburg
Jack Sugars
Reading
Lena .Worm
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Visitors From Across States
Social notes list a stream of visitors and guests in Hillsboro and nearby towns. Ellen Brashears of St Augustine Florida Mary Louise Smith and Blair Eley and Robert Maloney of Wilmington Delaware join locals. Multiple Baltimore Chester Elizabethtown and Ocean City visits noted.
Richmond couple wed at St Pauls Church South
Miss Edna B Sampson and Mr Hiter E Norris both of Richmond Va were married at St Pauls M E Church South Queen Anne on Saturday August 22 by Rev A A Me Neer. Mrs Norris sister of Mrs Me Neer. Norris a high school teacher. They will reside in Richmond and honeymoon Pennsylvania Virginia. Various town residents noted visiting relatives and others over the weekend and club meetings with a few social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna B. Sampson
Hiter E. Norris
Richmond
St. Paul's M. E. Church South
Queen Anne
A. A. Me,Neer
Norris
A. A. Me
Neer
McNeer
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
Church House
Harry Kemp
Wilbur Clark
Charlotte
Cape May Court House
N. J
John Taylor
Wilmington
W. C. Stevens
California
E. H. Dashiell
Mazie
Delmar
E. B. Lightner
Earl Short
Jane
Washington, D. C
Emma Short
Catherine Eastman
Towson
Gwendolyn Sewell
Easton
Ruth Sewell
Louise Short
Hagerstown
Howard Jarman
Berlin
Lee H. Richcreek
Reisterstown
Jake Morgan
Ter
Mollie Diggans
C. Howard
East’ S New Market
Horace Morgan
S. H. Reynolds
L. H. Gray
Harrington
Ida Jump
Hyattsville
Archie Purse
Patsy
Seaford
Harry Gibson
Weldon Price
Dorothy Jump
College Park
M. Cooper
Baltimore
Everett Blades
Harold Jump
Beacom’s College
Oscar Briscoe
Ocean City
Local social notes list of visitors and guests
Harmony Miss Grace Baker and Mr and Mrs Muller and two small sons of Washington were over Sunday visitors of Mr and Mrs Roland Todd Mr and Mrs Arthur Kelley of Hobbs were guests of Mrs Kelley s cousin Mrs John Cohee on Sunday Mr and Mrs G G Wright of Easton were guests of Mrs Wright s mother Mrs Belle Dean on Tuesday Mr and Mrs Pliny Todd and sons and Mrs Mildred Marker attended Laurel Camp on Sunday evening Mrs Annie Cook of Baltimore was guest of her sister Mrs Mary E Duhadway on Saturday Mrs Cora Todd spent Wednesday in Preston with her daughter Mrs Lloyd Brodes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Baker
Laurel Camp
Annie Cook
Baltimore
Mary E. Duhadway
Cora Todd
Preston
Lloyd Brodes
Opening Services and Local News Highlights
The Church of the New Jerusalem plans its opening service on Sunday September 6 at 10 a m with sermon What is Man Ps viii 4 and Sunday School at 10 30 a m The Williston Community Church also opens Sunday September 6 at 3 15 p m with Sunday School at 2 30 p m and the same sermon theme What is Man Ps viii 4. Several residents and visitors are noted including Mr and Mrs Max Chambers and daughter Marjorie Ann returning from Salisbury NC after six weeks. Rev Thomas R Van Dyke returns to Preston and Bethlehem churches to preach and teach. Obituary news reports the death of Mr Chas Bartley, father of Rev O A Bartley. Other items include fund needs for The Aged Women’s Home Easton, visits by Dr Eugene Douglas and family, staff changes at a pickle factory, and social visits among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
J. L. Everngam
Denton
Journal
Thos. H. Everngam
M. K. Newnam
Denton Journal
Harrington
N. 6Th St
T. H. Everagain
Concord
Caroline Co
Nuttle Milling Company
North Sixth Street
S. S. Warrington
J. A. Willoughby
A. E. Miller
Third
Randolph
C. V. West
Princess Eugenius
Liden’s
J. Henry Morgan
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Protestant Church
Lizzie Clark
Ladies Aid of Christ M. P. Church
Federalsburg
William McDaniel
Church of the Brethren
Epiphany Mission
Preston
St. Andrew’s Mission
Hurlock
Aid Society
Methodist Protestant Church
C. A. Pentz
State Road
Williston
E. W. Lowry
J. F. Talbert
Greensboro
Hillsboro
F. W. Kirwan
Denver
Col
Zella E. Reed
John F. Reed
Roland
Denton Cemetery
Lewis Adams
Glassboro
N. J
Church of the New Jerusalem
Max Chambers
Marjorie Ann
Salisbury
N. C
Chambers
Catawba College
Roaring Gap
Brown Rock
Thos. R. van Dyke
M. E. Church
Bethlehem Church
Chas. Bartley
Mr. Bartley
O. A. Bartley
New Castle
Bartley
Aged Women’s Home
Easton
A. W. Sisk
Eugene Douglas
Baltimore
S. E. Douglas
Berry
Lang
Richmond
Williamson
Williams
Hartzell
Atlanta
C. B. Harrison
Ella Wilson
Mary Stewart
Casson
Ella Harrison
Smith
Emily Wright
Wilmington
Irene
Fletcher
Dorothy Wright
Providence
R. I
Agnew
Benjamin Wright
New York
B. W. Wright
Marie Taylor
Beacom's College
T. L. Trice
Card Club
Impressive sermon greets graduates and news of social visits
Goldsboro notes Reverend H M Waters delivering an impressive sermon to graduates heading to new educational fields. A party honors Mrs Gibson for her birthday. Various locals and visitors travel to Easton Hospital, Atlantic City, Ocean City and Wilmington. Community events include Epworth League service and Ladies Aid gathering with local families hosting guests from Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Local Residents News Briefs From Havre de Grace and Baltimore
Mr J P Swing holds government inspector post at Havre de Grace. Mrs Hiram Kenton visits sister in Baltimore Corner. Mr and Mrs Samuel Bear spend midweek in Baltimore. Mrs Annie Baxter of Grasonville guests with Mrs M H Thomas. Miss Nellie Briscoe of Baltimore to visit for weekend. Miss Ellen Hoffman returns home after weeks in Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Swing
Havre de Grace
Hiram Kenton
Baltimore Corner
Samuel Bear
Baltimore
Annie Baxter
Grasonville
M. H. Thomas
Nellie Briscoe
Ellen Hoffman
Easton
Greensboro and Its Environs Social News and Tragedy
Emma Dyer, 15, daughter of Camden residents, died after jumping from a Ford truck near Greensboro while en route to Swing Brothers cannery. The incident left a fractured skull and occurred during morning work. Survived by sister Norma and brothers Alton and Junior. The report also covers a late-night truck collision on Railroad Avenue injuring Henry Cloughl and his wife, causing a power outage. Numerous social visits and local movements follow, detailing relatives, visitors, and residents across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Dyer
Lloyd Dyer
Camden
N. J
Henry Harris
Harris
Lola
Greensboro
Swing Brothers
Greensboro-Whiteleysburg
Easton
Norma
Alton
Junior
Stephen Clough l
Methodist Church
Railroad Avenue
Clough
Clifford Kirk
Rising Sun
J. C. Ledbetter
Gwyn Goodman
Wade Goodman
James Ashley
Conowingo
Thomas Coulter
Boothwyn
Chas. Wheeler
Coulter
Edward Greenwell
J. Harvey Coursey
Mary Fife
Coursey
W. W. Wheeler
Charles Paige
Dorothy
Olie Detwiler
Elizabeth
Wilmington
Virgie Roe
Francis Porter
Clayton Porter
Geo. Stevenson
Lester Stevenson
Annie Shanks
Grasonville
Spedden Pinder
Queenstown
N. Harris
R. F. Eaton
Claude Leland
Anne
Centreville
Oscar Wyatt
Charles Blades
Cambridge
Oscar Nichols
Bowers Beach
Ralph Nichols
George Nichols
Ernest Edwards
Philadelphia
Joseph Edwards
Will Clark
Oscar Kinnamon
Marcus Hook
Alex. Love
Belair
Bates Wooters
Bobbie
Brooklyn
N. Y
L. W. Taylor
Olin Price
Kenneth Price
Baltimore
Louis Jones
Louis Carrow
Goldsboro
S. D. Carrow
Ide Clark
Bradford Starkey
Templeville
Charles Walls
Richard Bullock
M. B. Cooper
Jessie Wyatt
Cora Wyatt
W. P. Manlove
Eleanor
Richard Frampton
Frampton
Buffalo
Bertha Shull
Preston
Isabelle Baughley
Templesville
Alfred Blackburn
Grace Jarman
G. Medairy
Washington, D. C
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the Local Department
John L. Everngain
Mary Pastorfield
J. Lester Everngain
Rehoboth
Clopein
George E. Neal
J. H. Clopein
Russell L. Corkran
Wm. B. Higgins
Beatrice Higgins
J. A. Beck
George W. Beck
T. H
Hayward Horsey
Mildred Downes
Bermuda
C. Leslie Walls
Ellen Collison
Audrey Jump
Eerey
Rhgely
George Wooters
Chester
Roy Detwiler
Detwiler
Wilhington
William Warrison
L. S. Matthews
Ada
Elsie
Stella
Frank Matthews
Clifton Diefenderfer
Stella Diefonderfer
Charles Knott
Roy Tawes
Methodist Parsonage
Sydney Bradley
Ebenezer
Del
Oliver Triedel
Croziersville
Bruce Lawrason
Crapo
Farmington
Fairsview
Ridgely
Ann Arbor
Mich
Aurora
Ind
Harvey Holsinger
Ashecrafts
Frank Seward
Frank Flounders
Emil Rosenast
John Swing
Merchantville
James Wilson
Elsmere
Norman Wilson
Ida Imler
Wharton
Erma Imler
Elmira
N. Yes
Grace Beste
Kennett Square School
Tom Temple
Allen
Leola
William Cooper
Hannah Freeman
Cooper
Onella
Olan Porter
Mr. Tawes
Crisfield
Joe Brumbaugh
Mary
Brumbaugh
Otto Sanger
Walter Bennington
Shenandoah Valley
C. S. Nolsinger
Walter Lepson
Clara
Conshohocken
M. W. Wiley
Walter Sylvester
Charlotte Kibler
A. W. Thompson
Warold Hatfield
Georgetown
Charles Hammond
James Stack
Warwick
McGough
Arthur Scully
Howard Perry
J. T. Moore
Ocean Grove
Miss McElwain
Hobbs
Mabel Clark
Celeste Clark
L. Hopkins Thomas
Central Armature Works
Washington
Potomac
F. N. Smith
Esther
Sue
J. A. Billings
W. T. Archer
Dagsboro
Christian Endeavor
Wm. H. Lord
Jesus
T. Wi. Towers
Catherine
W. E. Hubbard
BE. M. Willey
L. R. Dukes
Lou
Katherine Eastman
Glen Arm
Helen Towers
R. J. Ashe
Courtland
Lewis Davis
Frank Davis
Louis Butler
Aid
Bethlehem
Smithson
Tuckahoe
Ellen Brashears
St. Augustine
Fla
Mary Louise Smith
Blair Eley
Robert Maloney
Isaac Sparklin
Nancy Gish
Elizabethtown
J. R. Holland
Emma Holland
Mesdames G. B. Stewart
S. N. Smith
Rufus Radcliff
Howard Dodds
T. Avery Story
Richard Beaven
William Sherwood
Swarthmore
Mary Frances Fisher
Willow Grove
N. E. Knott
Eugene
Edgar Blades
Edward Bryan
Virginia Blades
Bobby Tarburton
Edgar Blanch
Herbert Rice
Dora Limpert
H. R. Covell
H. M. Waters
Joseph Gibson
Easton Hospital
Dallas Cartwright
Anna
Edith
Charles Jarman
Moore
Frank Lane,Jr
Ella Lofland
Hazel Hastings
George, Jr
Deaville
W. J. Murphy
James Mulliken
J. J. Bunting
Jack
Ingleside
M. E. South Church
Robert Hutson
Anne Bennett
Charles Cartwright
James Cartwright
Virgie Cartwright
Bill Ross
Emma Johnson
Harvey Morris
William Cheffins
Jennie Dempsey
Kate Cahall
Ladies Aid
Assemby Hall
John Wright
Louise Milby
Bertie Schaube
Louise Dennison
John Shively
Mr. Buckholtz
Schaube
Mattie Lewis
Joseph Roche
Gon
Joseph, Jr
Rpepre
Iyp
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