Local notices and community items from Denton area
The brief items include for sale notices from Oron F Smith and Stanley Good in Denton Maryland, a bake sale by Eden ton Council No 102 Daughters of America on September 16, a Rotary Club meeting with Dr George W Meade president of Washington College as speaker, a local twin cantaloupe story from George Neal of Concord, an offer for a Beautyrest mattress with a 30 night risk trial, notes on Delaware State police enforced rest creating traffic through Denton via the Old Indian Trail, and news of Harry E Holsinger appointed temporary secretary treasurer of the Caroline County Farm Bureau Association succeeding Victor Dean who left for a land bank position in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Oron F. Smith
Denton
George Neal
James H. Neal
Concord
George
M. K. Newnam
Maryland
Delaware State Police
Peninsula
Salisbury
Elkton
Delaware
Harry E. Holsinger
Ridgely
Caroline County Farm Bureau Association
Victor Dean
Federalsburg
Land Bank
Federal Land Bank
Baltimore
S. P. Shipman
Mary Raleigh
Bloomery M. E. Church
Smithville
M. S. Andrews
J. H. Brasher
Bridgeville M. E. Church
Virgil Moore
Lannace Moore
Sallie Covey
Harry T. Cottman
Eastern Shore Department
Department of Education
Chicago
Agricultural Department of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Maryland Farm Bureau
University of Maryland Extension Service
W. H. Evans
Caroline Council of Religious Education
Methodist Protestant Church
Samuel K. Dennis
Supreme Bench of
John Challinch
State Bar Association
Atlantic City
Joseph R. Gunther
W. Mason She
Easton
James W. Chapman
Alex Jr
Towson
Walter C. Capper
Cumberland
Fred E. Covey
Nicholas Green
Annapolis
John 8S
F. N. Cooper
Newman
Frederick
Walter J. Mit
Willie Ferrins
Last Hell
la Plata
Ralph Robinson
Chester
Mason P. Morfit
Edwina Nichols
Reuben Oppenheimer
Moore descendants gather for second Walker Moore reunion
The second annual reunion of Elijah and Louise Walker Moore descendants, Irish and English natives who settled in Sussex county Delaware near Georgetown during the colonial era, drew 150 attendees from Maryland and Delaware. The event at Moore Camp Ground featured a basket lunch and a program led by Miss Mattie Moore with readings, music, and speeches by relatives including T. Lane Moore and Capt. Edward Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah
Louise Walker Moore
Ireland
England
Sussex County
Del
Georgetown
Moore Camp Ground
Laurel
Moore
Caroline County
Delaware
Mattie Moore
Denton
Merchants and Miners Steamship Company
Emmett Lord
Fred
Charles
Baltimore
Lord
Lillian Timmons
Helen Chaffinch
Marguerite Young
William G. Towers
Russell Flaharty
Carl Simons
Edwin Walls
Harrington
Charles Lord
Floyd Lotz
Paul Maloney
Shirley and
Edward Leon
Millington
Lee Covey
Ridgely
Samuel Young
Edward, Young
Walter Young
Anna Westerman
East Orange
N. J
Harvey Fleetwood
Mary A. Young
Town
Week End Gatherings and Society Notes in Denton
Mrs William Henning and guests from New York Ohio and Illinois visit Mr and Mrs Richard Henning. Ladies Aid of the Methodist Episcopal Church meet Sept 13 at 2 pm. Miss Helen Alice Meredith and Gilbert Elwood Thomas wed Sept 5. Caroline County Garden Club plans fall flower show Sept 13 in Denton. Mrs Elizabeth E Pippin returns from Derby Conn. and visits. Socials include visits by Greaser and Bertha Pentz, Marie Pentz teaching in Cochranville, and several local gatherings through mid September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henning
Odenwald
Geo. Kirk
Ozone Park
L. I
New York
Ebert
Mentor-on-the-Lake
Ohio
Hartsen
Chicago, IL
Richard Henning
Ladies Aid
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. T. Reichman
Riverton Avenue
Helen Alice Meredith
Gilbert Elwood Thomas
Concord M. E. Church
S. L. Hunby
Caroline County Garden Club
Denton
Edna B. Green
Elizabeth E. Pippin
Derby
Conn
Charles Jump
John Greaser
Bertha
Charles Jeffery
Baltimore
C. A. Pentz
Marie Pentz
Cochranville
West Fallowfield
Guild of Christ Church
J. Roland Chaffinch
Melvin Todd
Cape May Court House
N. J
W. K. Short
Wilson Funk
Newark
J. W. Funk
Joe Richardson
Easton
Henry Sapp Sr
T. Floyd Jackson
Washington
W. S. Rutter
B. L. Lewis
Harrington
Henry R. Lewis
Anne Lewis
C. S. Kauffman
Rehoboth
Elmer T. Orme
Shockley
Millington
Earle Chaffinch
Southern Pines
N. C
John Chaffinch
Elizabeth Satterfield
Cambridge Hospital
I. R. Fleetwood
Bridge
A. E. Miller
Recital at Denton Methodist Church by James A Richards
James A Richards of Baltimore will give a recital at the Denton Methodist Episcopal Church on Wednesday evening September 13 at 7 45. A Western Maryland College sophomore with a fine voice he has earned a Peabody Conservatory scholarship and places in the Maryland Atwater Kent Radio Audition. Proceeds from free will offerings at the close will aid his college expenses. Sponsored by Reverend M S Andrews the recital invites all music lovers to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Richards
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Denton
Richards
Western Maryland College
Maryland Atwater Kent
Peabody Conservatory of Music
M. S. Andrews
Mr. Richards
Local Guests and Birth Announcements From Area Families
Henderson and Gooden families host relatives from Federalsburg Felton Sadlersville Boothwyn Wilmington and New York City over Labor Day weekend. Birth of Verona Lee daughter of Jimmy Medford reported in Kent General Hospital Dover. Social visits include Woolsey and Spence families at Smithville White Crystal Beach and nearby towns with multiple cousins and friends visiting through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Cohee
Clayton Brown
Barbara
Federalsburg
Norman Cohee
Felton
Scott Starkey
Sadlersville
Samuel Blessley
Boothwyn, Pa
Susan Bostic
Maud Keling
Wyoming
S. S. James
New York City
Lacey Greene
Theodore Cartwright
Wilmington
L. A. Gooden
Jimmy Medford
Verona Lee
Kent General Hospital
Dover
M. W. Gooden
Cleveland
Billy Priest
T. H. Gough
Geo. King
Harold
Atlantic City
J. E. Walls
Evelyn
Arthur Robertson
Samuel
Lancaster
Samuel Hudson
Alice Hesslaer
Edward Coffin
Jennie Cohee
J. B. Wright
L. C. Cole
Bluefield
W. Va
J. B. Medford
Ridgely Weekly News Letter Highlights Big Reunion
A large Zeigler family reunion at Zeigler Church in Rehrersburg PA honors two centuries of settlement from Bern Switzerland with Rev Harry Ziegler of Ridgely as secretary. The column lists many local visitors, church events and hospital notes from Ridgely and nearby towns.
Farm Bureau Names Secret ary for Caroline County
At a Board of Directors meeting The Caroline County Farm Bureau appointed H. E. Holsinger as secretary to replace Victor Dean who resigned. Holsinger has long experience with the bureau, including prior secretarial and presidency roles, and has served as secretary treasurer of the Farm Loan Association for sixteen years and as Cor respondent Agent to the Land Bank Commissioner this year. The note urges farmers to support the effort to strengthen the organization for the benefit of local, state, and national agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Farm Bureau
H. E. Holsinger
Victor Dean
Holsinger
Caroline County Farm ‘Loan Association
Land Bank
Preston Dr Cooke to Lead September Tent Meeting in Preston
Evangelist Dr George W Cooke and Harold Vigneulle will conduct a Preston tent meeting starting Wednesday and continuing through September. The 1800 seat tent will host nightly services with three on Sunday including 11 am 3 pm and 7 30 pm. Sunday afternoon topic is The New Deal NRA. Also notes weddings visiting relatives and local church services and a reminder of trespassing notices and subscription promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Cooke
Harold Vigneulle
Wilmington
Preston
Cooke
Del
Harry Wright
J. L. Gallagher
Josephine
James
Rehoboth
Edward Bonner
W. J. Bonner
James Gallagher
Pederalsburg
Victor Dean
Iva Griffith
Philadelphia
Contract Club
Lloyd Cannon
Denton Community Club names chairmen and standing committees
Mrs. William Wolf presides as Denton Community Club appoints departmental chairmen and standing committees for the club year September through May. The list names chairmen for American citizenship, American home, education, art, drama and literature, music, poetry, international relations, legislation, press and publicity, public welfare, conservation, mothercraft, law observance, and club institute, plus the members of several standing committees including programs, civic, public welfare, grounds, house, sick, decoration, library, membership, music, transportation, and more, with officers and directors listed alongside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wolf
Denton Community Club
T. Alan Goldsborough
Jacob B. Davis
P. R. Fisher
Mary Hobbs
D. Wilson Davis
Lee Wyatt
Lulu Downes
Edna B. Green
J. H. Summerfield
Reuben Rairigh
Harry E. Ramsdell
Louise Dukes
Reuben M. Rairigh
Louise Gray
E. H. Hirs
Club Institute
M. K. Newnam
William K. Cumming
J. V. Moore
R. N. Hitchens
John HL. Emerson
Mollie Gootee
Lawrence B. Towers
Anne Lewis
Hattie Dukes
Prter Sylvester
D. W. Davis
E. T. Orme
Eugene Anderson
J. Kemp Stevens
W. K. Cumming
Walter Sylvester
Reuben Raireigh
F. B. Nuttle
Willoughby Nowell
J. H. Emerson
Wolf
W. W. Sylvester
R. M. Raleigh
B. HW. Hirs
J. 0. Davis
Henry Hughes
H. E. Ramadell
County Federation
John Emerson
Anne M. Lewis
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letters and Weekend Visitors
Community Calendar notes the first fall meeting of the Community Club set for Monday September 11 at the club house. Local residents visiters include Mrs Mary Rowe Mrs Julia Blanch Miss Frances Fisher and families from Swarthmore Wilmington and Baltimore with several residents attending weekend events and trips to Rehoboth and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sherwood
Mary Rowe
Swarthmore
Francis Rowe
Duke University
Brayshaw
Washington, D. C
Maurice Newnam
Trappe
Rosa Mae Radcliff
Elwood Radcliff
Eddie Burrs
Church Hill
Mary Louise Dodds
Edgar Blanche
Jean
Baltimore
Julia Blanch
Chas. Jarrell
J. M. Eaton
Edward Jarrell
Rehoboth
Edwin Gale
Wilmington
Del
Houston Russom
Albert Cahall
Helen Sumner
Patsy
New York
Edgar Blades
Mildred Stenger
Frances Fisher
Willow Grove
J. N. Clark
Chicago
Wayne Burton
Millsboro
Local Social Notes Show Weekend Visits and Parties
Mrs. Frank Fierichs joined son-in-law Bennett Bech family in Arlington New Jersey for a weekend then returned with them. Washington visitors Earl Short and daughter June and Miss Rose Mofiit spent time with Mrs. Emma Short. Sunday outing in Rehoboth included Miss Louise Short. Connie Messick hosted a birthday party for many children with games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fierichs
Bennett Bech
Arlington
N. J
Bech
Fierichs
Earl Short
June
Rose Mofiit
Washington, D. C
Emma Short
Louise Short
Rehoboth
Connie Messick
John Wherle
Charlestown
W. Va
Wm. Cooling
Baltimore
Abe
Richards
Minnie Satterfield
Greenwood
Wm. Lang
Philadelphia
Howard Flowers
Betty Lang
Eleanor Flowers
Donald Flowers
Mary Cooper
Clara Price
Chicago
Elizabeth Lightner
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
Elmer Wheeler
William Uhler
Memory Lane
Harry Clark
Lester Jump
East ‘Ton
W. J. Barton
Hall Barton
C. Barton
Reynolds Murphy
Elsie V. Eisenhart
Wilmington
P. Carey
Jack
Ocean City
John Taylor
Emily
Juanita Howard
Horace Morgan
Emmett Barton
Oxford
Providence
Pennsylvania
W. C. Smith
E. B. Lightner
Howard Sewell
Milton Briscoe
Drexel Hill
Gsbart Briscoe
Rumsey Mullikin
Berhard Messix
Chester Barto
Wilkinsburg
Telchester
Oscar Briscoe
Harold Jump
Correction in Marydel News Letter misprint
In the August 19 issue a personal name listing was incorrect. The item should read that Mr. George Dixon spent the weekend in town, not Mrs. and Mrs. George Dixon. The Journal regrets the error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel
George Dixon
Elkton
Divine worship and Sunday School at Community Church
Divine worship at the Community Church Sunday at 11 a m with a sermon theme Two Trees in the Garden. Sunday School convenes at 10 15 a m.
Vote Dry It Urges Dry Vote In Caroline County
A political notice urges residents to vote against the beer law and the proposed constitutional amendment in Caroline County on September 12. The author, Harry I. Nuttle, warns licensing beer could lead to open saloons and repeats opposition to the Eighteenth Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Harry I. Nuttle
Two Hurt as Three Cars Crash Near Ridgely
A three car collision on the Ridgely Greensboro road left two people injured and three vehicles badly damaged. Charles Ross near Goldsboro and Mrs. Maggie Buck near Ridgely suffered injuries, with Buck accused of lacking an operator’s license. The wreck occurred when Buck tried to reenter the road while an ice cream truck and Williamson’s truck collided, trapping the driver Frampton who escaped unharmed. Magistrate G R Wilson set a hearing for the morning to determine fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely-Greensboro
Ridgely
Charles Ross
Goldsboro
Maggie Buck
Buck
Fred Williamson
Cockeysville
J.S. Fifer
Hobbs 4-H Club and Community Notices in Andersontown
Hobbs 4-H girls of Andersontown and Concord held their first fall meeting on Friday afternoon September 1 at leader Mrs James I H Neal's home. Reports from Miss Mary Fountain gate a College Park delegate were read. Local church and social notices follow with a mix of visits, guests, and illnesses including Mrs F E Davis and the quarterly Caroline charge meeting led by Rev W T Archer. Nobbs Manufacturing near full time. several locals and visitors from Washington and Newark noted with reunions at Rehoboth and Bowers Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ziegler
Zeigler
Rehrersburg
Ziegler
Berne
Switzerland
Desmond Bittinger
Africa
Harry E. Ziegler
Ridgely
J. R. Glessener
Harold Glessener
Helen Glessener
Berlin
J. C. Glessener
The
Reformed Church
Bagdad
Oliver Friedell
Crozierville
Betty
Dorothy
Charles Dr. T
Fredericksburg
Walter Moore
Griffith
Joseph H. Short
Anna
Milly
Joseph H. Short Jr
Hermon
Ellendale
Methodist Parson
Bessie Spafford
Caroline County
George McGough
Wilmington
Charles Hammond
Mitchell
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Elsie Matthews
Elizabeth Haymaker
Elmer Anthony
Helen Richardson
Charles Haymaker
Centreville
Fred Flounders Jr
Gon
Fred
Fred. Flounders
Fred Jr
Margaret
Joyce Saulsbury
Roland Fountain
Maplewood
Andersontown
Concord
James Ih. Neal
Mary Fountain
College Park
T. H. Towers
Christian Endeavor
B. B. Allen
Thomas Smith
Ora Baynard
Sue
Stauffer
Ida
Thawley’s
W. T. Archer
Edward
Howard Davis
L. H. Thomas
Sue Smith
O. F
Ernest Whitman
Marietta Butler
West Friendship
Howard County
Miss Butler
O. J. Chaffinch
Blanche Nicolson
Elizabeth Johnson
Washington
J. R. Ricards
L. H
World Bros Circus to Exhibit in Denton Next Friday
The World Bros Circus and Buckley Wild Animal Show will set up tents on Towers Field Fifth Ave in Denton for one day Friday September 15. It features trained elephants camels and a Captain Walker battle with twenty lions and two performances at 4 p m and 8 p m. Admission 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Bros. Circus
Buckley
Denton
Towers Field
Fifth Ave
Andrew Downie
Havre de Grace
New England
Carolinas
Wilmington
Walker
Medford family reunion honors relatives in Greensboro
The Medford family reunion at Henry Medford's Greensboro home honored William B. Medford and Mrs Elizabeth Hanson of Valley Falls New York. A six o'clock five course dinner followed. Attendees included Henry Medford William B Medford Mrs Elizabeth Hanson and other Medfords from Greensboro Henderson Del and Hebron. Charles Medford of Wilmington was absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Henry Medford
William B. Medford
Elizabeth Hanson
Valley Falls
Franklin Pierce Medford Sr
Mildred
Louise Medford
N. Y
John B. Medford
Edwin
Henderson
Fanny Medford Temple
Marshallton
Del
Greensboro
Susan McClain
Hebron
Charles Medford
Wilmington
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F.A. DeFord
Harford Porter
Helen
Webster Holland
Hope
M. E. McCleery
R. M. Rairigh
Braddock Heights
Mountains
Esther Rairigh
George Walker
Betty Shank
Rosemont
Irving Horsey
Wm. J. Richards
Dorothy Miller
Marietta Anthony
Delmar
A. B. Daugherty
Nancy Lee
E. D. C. Hegelman
Paul Beauchamp
Phyllis
Marcus Hook
William T. Beauchamp
Fourth Street
F. A. DeFord
Helen DeFord
Jones
Clarence E. Beauchamp
Mildred Belle
Erma Jean
Clara I. Rice
Earle White
Easton Hospital
Edward Young
Walter
Frank Brown
Marion, Downes
Fred Covey
B. B. Brumbaugh
Elkridge
East Denton
Mary Haas Spangler
Clifford Spangler
Carlisle
E. F. Withers
Farle Chaffinch
Wspa Perraghiv
J. W. Callahan
Herbert Hammond
Lester Maloney
R. Rue
Reed
Clifton
T. L. Day
Edward Eaton
West
Iris Lenger
Short
L. &. Matthews
Middletown District Ministerial Association
Hillsboro
Willis Marshall
St. Michaels
Dale
Bualtimore
J. J. Ivison
I. E. Mason
Cambridge
R. Longaback
Leroy
Catasauqua
Frank ‘Simon
William Matthews
Smyrna
W. M. Wiley
Mary
Thomas Starkey
Queen Anne
M. H. Thomas
Sarah Hoffman
Lawrence Hines
Annville
Ernest Jones
Snally Parsons
Ethel
Elizabeth Wilson
Newport
Farm Bureau
Journal
Twin Towns
Tuckahoe
Williston
Hobbs
Arthur Billings
F. N. Smith
J. A. Billings
Gordon Holbrook
Ernest Whiteman
Bellerville
Nobbs Manufacturing Company
Sherman Hubbard
Bowers’ Beach
Helen Towers
Chestertown
BIG Animal Circus Coming
William Carter
F. P. Roe Company
Lonnie Nolan
Ridgely Road
Nolan
Carter
H. C. Rawlings
Oscar Nichols
St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
del. Reba Hobbs
Saulsbury Hobbs
J. R. Meekins
William Pemberton
Ellen Pemberton
Clayton Poole
Eddystone
Paul Griffin
Boothwyn
Sarah Pritchett
Arthur Hutson
Eglantine
Watson Gruwell
Walter Riddleberger
W. Thomas Thornton
White Crystal Beach
Wallace Thornton
Alan
Anna Urry
Bessie Langrell
Edith Greenlee
Perry Simmons
Snow Hill
John Greenlee
F. P. Medford Sr
James Melvin
Charles Swiggert
Lester Stevenson
Howard Hutchins
Kenton
R. B. Sharp
A. G. Smith
Owings, Md
W. P. Manlove Sr
L. I. Jones
William Fleetwood
Robert Stuart
A. N. Dulin
Geo. W. Stieman
R. L. Hastings
Mildred Ginn
Anne Porter
Peggy Smith
Rehoboth Beach
R. Paul Clark
Syracuse
R. D. Clark
Ethel Lee Prettyman
Mary Katherine Porter
T. C. Horsey
Virginia
Eleanor
Kenneth Hevalow
Delma Ross
William Urry
A. Jd. Urry
Allen Carter
E. C. Carter
Merrel Spence
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