Knotts Davison Wedding in Rehoboth Delaware
Afiss Elizabeth Agnes Knotts and Perry Woodruff Davison wed at five last Saturday at the Knotts home in Rehoboth. Rev. James H. Bishop officiated. The ceremony featured organ music and a Mendelssohn wedding march. The bride wore a white satin gown with a lace cap and veil, and bouvardia and white orchids. Attendants included cousin Mrs. Quentin Walsh as matron of honor and bridesmaids Doris Vander Jipp and Louise Crippen. Guests from Denton, Montreal, Providence and New York attended the reception. After a seaside wedding trip, the couple will live in Washington where Davison works at the Naval Research Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afiss Elizabeth Agnes Knotts
Earle Paul Nots
Denton
Perry Woodruff Davison
George Davison
Texas City
Texas
Rehoboth
Delaware
James H. Bishop
Fort Miles
Anita Rue
Quentin Walsh
Doris Vander Jipp
Montreal
Canada
Louise Crippen
Great Barrington
Massachusetts
Ellis Davison
Florida
Delmar Robinson
Winchester
Willard Knotts
James Knotts
Geo. Davison
Morris Medley
Houston
Cecil W. Vest
Vest
Margaret Vest
Albert Packard
L. Reyner Dukes
Baltimore
Kay Post
Providence
R. C
Doris Bennet
Chicago
Ella Sweartzman
Edith Sanbury
Robin Hirshhorn
New York
Ann Robinson
Kitty Thopoulos
Athens
Greece
Eleanor Slaybaugh
Colori
Vanderlipp
Miss Crippen
Davison
Washington
Naval Research Laboratory
Deerfield Academy
Amherst College
Rice Institute
Alpha Delta Fhi
Roberts Beach
Catonsville
Hillsboro Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Hillsboro residents hosted and visited relatives across Delaware and nearby states. Mgr. and Mrs. Edward Melvin and daughter Mary Anne of Terre Haute Indiana joined Mrs. Annie Spence of Camden Delaware at Milford Kline home. Ethel Skinner and daughter Gloria returned from Selbyville Delaware. Edwin Gale and son from Wilmington spent days with E H Gale. Harry Wright of Preston and Marion Sherwood of Delmar visited Mary Rowe and C E Bramble households. Kemp Stewart and daughter Sharon toured Wilmington. Anne Butler of Denton weekend with Laura Virginia Fleming. Norma Hicks of Wilmington visited her father C R Hicks. Blanche Morris and daughter Betty spent weekend at Rehoboth. Francis Rowe returned from summer in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr
Edward Melvin
Mary Anne
Terre Nante
Ind
Annie Spence
Camden
Del
Spnt
Milford Kline
Ethel Skinner
Gloria
Selbyville
Edwin Gale
Wilmington
E. H. Gale
Harry Wright
Preston
Mary Rowe
Marion Sherwood
Delmar
C. E. Bramble
C Kemp Stewart
Sharon
Anne Butler
Denton
Laura Virginia Fleming
Norma Hicks
C. R. Hicks
Blanche Morris
Betty
Rehoboth
Francis Rowe
Detroit
Maryland's Farm Front This Week Continues War Food View
The Maryland Crop Reporting Service notes food trends from 1937 to 1941 and Marvin Jones, national food administrator, outlines the wartime food situation. Civilians are eating more than ever, fighting men are well fed, and public discussions link food policy to the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Crop Reporting Service
Marvin Jones
United States
Farmers Set to Shatter Records Amid War Drive
Farmers, organized for war under the Agricultural Adjustment Agency and Soil Conservation Service, report record production in 1941 and 1942, expect to exceed 1942 again this year despite floods and droughts, and pursue a 1944 program aiming to beat all prior records. They credit a 20 percent yield increase per acre over the 20 years before 1988 and ongoing soil fertility work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oth
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA and
Soil Conservation Service
Wartime ration changes update regional gasoline and fuel stamps
In seventeen Eastern shortage states A G coupons are valid. Fuel oil stamps period 5 remain through September 30 and period 1 new ration stamps are valid now. Occupants in oil heated homes should return next year fuel oil applications and place summer orders. Sugar stamp 14 good for five pounds through October with stamps 15 and 16 for six pounds for home canning through October 31. Shoes stamp 18 valid through October 3. Stoves require a certificate from War Price and Rationing Boards. Meat stamps X Y valid through October 2 and Z from September 5 through October 2. Processed foods blue stamps R S T through September 20 and U V W through October 20. }
Plain truth spoken by Sir Edward Steele remark
Quote attributed to Sir Edward Steele about speaking plain truth. The message emphasizes concise honesty and the idea that truth carries weight even when spoken plainly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Edward Steele
Bake Sale at Church Treated as Brethren Bake Event
Classified notice states the Bake Church at the Brethren will hold a bake sale Saturday morning September 11 at 10 a.m. in the vacant room next to Slaughter's Barber Shop on Main Street Denton.
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The
Brethren
Slauenter
Main St
Denton
Journey subscribers urged to settle dues promptly
Every subscriber whose subscription account is due is urged to make a 10 immediate settlement. Increasing difficulties and expenses make it of utmost importance that patrons pay their dues promptly.
Denton Dentist to Practice in Greensboro Offices
Dr. M. A. Brackett of Denton will practice dentistry in the late Dr. O. W. Barton’s Greensboro offices from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays each week. Original notice dated 7 16 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Brackett
Denton
O. W. Barton
Greensboro
Ocean City Weekend Guests and Local News
Residents and visitors enjoy a seaside weekend with families from Preston and nearby towns. Names include Harris, Chambers, Elzey, Sisk, Gallagher, Chambers, Schmick, Patchett, Noble, Hooper, Parrott, Noble, Blades, Wright, Cannon, and Cornelia Cannon teaching in Laurel Delaware. A Baltimore visitor spent days with a sister in Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean City
E. J. Harris
Smith
Max Chambers
Chde Elzey
A. F. Sisk
Fletcher Jr
Fesybara
Josephine Gallagher
Marjorie Ann Chambers
Herman Schmick
James Patchett
Dorothy Lee
Jean Patchett
Robert Cannon and
Salisbury
Lee Noble
Virgil Hall
Betty
Dorothy
Albert Beevers
Edwin E. Hooper
Baltimore
H. M. Parrott
Joan Noble
Dallas Blades
Federalsburg
Benjamin Wright
Emeline Wright
Cornelia Cannon
Laurel
Del
Harmony Guests at Ganeys Summer Home
Harmony residents report visitors at the Thrash summer home in Ganeys. Philadelphia guests include Dr. Chester E. Smith and Dr. W. W. Winslow, and Mr. Thomas H. Smith of Baltimore with Mrs. Louis Goos of Atlantic City. Fansler couple from Philadelphia enjoy two weeks at Ganeys. Donald Crocker of Drexel Hill stayed with Jack Thrash last week. Rudy, son of Mrs. A. S. Tismar, arrived safely in a foreign country. Fred Hurst and her two sons Donald and David spend the week in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester E. Smith
W. W. Winslow
Philadelphia
Thomas H. Smith
Baltimore
Louis Goos
Atlantic City
Clem Thrash
Ganeys
Henry D. Fansler
Donald Crocker
Drexel Hill
Jack Thrash
A. S. Tismar
Rudy
Fred Hurst
Donald
David
Lost A and B Gasoline Ration Books in Denton
Martha E. Schlegel of Denton reports the loss of gasoline ration books A and B. She requests notice to any theft or misuse and provides contact details for replacement procedures.
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Martha E. Schlegel
Denton, Med
Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Balti more’s L Reyner Dukes spent the weekend here with Mrs. Dukes and children Low and Dukey who had stayed with Mrs. Dukes' parents Mr and Mrs E M Willey. Numerous guests from Federalsburg Washington New Jersey and Wilmington visited local families and attended church groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Reyner Dukes
Baltimore
Washington
Kenneth Corcoran
Federalsburg
Lin Long
Bernard H. Thomas
L. H. Thomas
Dickerson
Kenneth Ramsburg
Boonsboro
Lewis Butler
Georgetown
Russell Stafford
Elizabeth Stafford
Lawrence Christopher
James Hilliard
New Jersey
W. G. Holbrook
Frances Bennett
Homer Rice
Wilmington
T. H. Towers
F. P. Stafford
F. N. Smith
Esther
Sue
Audrey Tribbitt
Rehoboth
Elsie Brooks
Calvin Satterfield
Milford
Salisbury
Wm. Murphy
J. L. Stevens
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Knotts-Davison
M. Kemp Newnam Jr
Staunton Military Academy
Newnam
Civil Air Patrol
Hugh R. Sharp Jr
CAP Coastal Patrol No. 2
J. Kemp Stevens
Seaview Country Club
Absecon
N. J
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
U. S
Stevens
Mary Ann Lord
John W. Lord
Perryville
Lord
State Teachers College
Wilbert Calloway
Brick Hotel
Clyde Freed
Clyde Jr
Louise Research
H. R. Merriken
Calvert Merriken
William Cooper
USN
Norfolk
Wilbert Callaway
Cooper
Fremont
Ohio
Denton Community Club
Thomas F. Reilly
Emory F. Walston
Carl F. Range
Jack Everngai
Harry Hughes
Jack
Severn School
Severna Park
Maryland
Harry
Mercersburg Academy
Pennsylvania
H. H. Sparks
Carmen Nowell
Mechanicsburg
Letty Lee Smyers
Dickie Rathell
W. H. Rathell
Gladys B. Faulkner
Cincinnati
Cpl
John W. Faulkner
Camp Lunken
Henry M. Blazejak
Michael Blazejak
Catherine
Wm. S. Orme
Martha Jane
J. A. Beck
George Beck Sr
Roman
Joan
Dorothy Jump
Washington, D. C
Ella Jump
Alfred Johnson and Son
Greenwood
Edith Todd
Harry S. Clark
Lucille Bailey
Rehoboth Trust Company
Lizzie
Emma Clark
Wiliam E. Darling Jr
Anne Wilson
R.N
Polyclinic Hospital
G. H. Wilson
J. W. Funk
Wilson Funk
Esther Kauman
Phyllis Seese
Rodman
Reading
Marshallton
Charles D. Deisem
Riredale
H. C. Wicht
Wm. Finn
George Wim. McCormick
Beltimore
Ernest G. Cooper
Paul van Dyke
Peggy
Labor Day
Fred Owens
Mabel Duffy
T. J. Turkington
Jean
Paul
Charles V. Moore
J. Virgil Moore
Minnie Dukes
Stevens Brown and Son
Helen Sherwood
Madge Jumn
Wyoming
Leland Short
Olivia Roe
A. J. Tait
Yonkers
N. Y
E. 0. Hickstein
Cliffside
Rebecca Mae Betton
Wihnington
Beacom Business College
Caroline High School
Hillsboro
Denton Journal
New Hampshire
New England
Campground Road
Roy G. Brooks
Marpharet Donnelly
Geo. B. Puos and Son
Bridgeville
John O. Friesse
Hickman
P. O. Denton
Norris Coulby
Dover Bridge
F. D. Zeigler
Dr. Salsbury
See Nuttle Milling Co
R. H. Stafford & Son
Burrsville, Md
W. L. Jump Jr
Florence
Margaret White Ward
D. No
Denton National Bank
I. R. Fleetwood
Hobbs
Dentonia Theatre
Thurs. & Fri
Rio Grande
Chester Morris
Jean Parker Barry Sullivan
Ralph Sanford
Barbara Lynn
Flas
Wit BN Pe Iy
Thurs
Bae
the Peoples Bank
M.1
Defenders
E. Theodore Orme
Vascye
ICE Service Company
Light St
Baltimore 2
Harry C. Jones
Peninsula
Mad
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