Local notes from Denton and surrounding counties
Readable items report birthdays, visits, and relocations across Denton. Governors and local officials debated at primaries. Firemen win prizes at carnivals. Communicable disease counts updated for Caroline County. Local churches, schools, and civic groups hold events and rallies.
Happenings At Henderson Weinie Roast and Visitors
The Epworth League held aweinie roast at the Choptank Mill with games singing hymns and a campfire hymn. Numerous visitors from Wilmington Greensboro and other towns were noted alongside local residents. A weekend automobile collision near Greensboro caused no serious injuries.
Local residents return from summer visits and school plans
Marydel and area residents report travels to Philadelphia for Sesqui Centenial events and weekend gatherings. Several families, including Mr. and Mrs. Scotton with Rasiene, Mr. Ufazel with Claude, and Miss Marie Bottka, visited Philadelphia. others returned to Wilmington Lancaster Greensburg and Rehoboth for schooling, vacations, or hosting relatives. Maude Starkey heads to Philadelphia to teach. Reginald Smith and Mrs. Charle Jacobs also spent time in Philadelphia. Helen Heather returns to school in Wilmington after summer with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Scotton
Rasiene
Philadelphia
Scott Ufazel
Claude
Marie Bottka
Harry H. Smith
Helen Heather
Wilmington
Annie Ieather
McGuire
Lancaster
Social Roundup of Local Visits and Guests
Goldsboro hosts a busy week of visitors and travelers from New Jersey Delaware and nearby states. Among those seen were Mr and Mrs M E Smith Mrs Ella Lofland Mrs George Hastings and children from Denville NJ and Mrs Blanche Cahall and John Shively of Wilmington.
Smithville Funeral for Elizabeth Johnson Held at Bloomery
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson was held at Bloomery Methodist Church with Rev. Melvin E. Wheatley and Rev. C. H. Atkins officiating. The community notes visitors from Greenwood, Salisbury State Normal students, and various Sunday trips to Ocean City fill a typical local week. Other items include school opening with Miss Hattie Atkinson and several residents visiting relatives in Denton, Ocean City, and Newark Del.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Anthony
William P. Draper
Ultimate
Denton
H. Wild
Charles Henry
Worcester County
Bessie Bowen
John Reed
Nellie Hurloch
Jennie Jones
Hurlock
Denton M. P
Joseph Saaramore
Wilmington
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Homer H. Platt
Annie
Carmen
Homer Henry, Jr
Waynesville
N. C
Clarence Sennett
J. Bradford Shawn
Charles W. Shawn
Crisfield
William J. Shawn
C. E. Bright
Rey
Billy Jopp
Hoime
Centreville
KR. Henning
Guy Jopp
Ida Neighbors
Annees
Ella Elizabeth
Frederick
Shuttie
Harrington
A. H. Collins
Denton Firemen
Hollingsworth
New York
Oscar Hugh Clark
Pennhurst
Wilbur A. Clark
Western Maryland College
Cambridge
Cape May
N. J
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of
Middletown
Still Pond
Marion A. Humphreys
Addison E. Mullikin
John Philip Hill
U. S
Ovington E. Weller
Eva C. Chase
Court of Appeals
A. Kingsley Love
Mullikin
Weller
Chase
Caroline County
Federalsburg
Henderson
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Linchester
Ridgely
Ridgey
Caroline
Albert C. Ritchie
T. Alan Goldsborough
Congress
Nelson H. Foods
Alice Dick Davis
Charles B. Harrion
T. Clayton Horsey
Robert Jarell
Ina Jones
Mary Ethel Stevns
State Central Committee
Charles FE. Andrews
Charles TF. Carell
Victor Dean
Dawson O
Sied
Epworth League
William E. Jones
Harry L. Moore
Olan Jones
R. C. Jackson
J. Courtland Jackson
William and
Joseph Garnett
Conshohocken
Lawrence Sylvester
Edgar Dill
Whiteleysburg
Bridge
R. Powell
Schenectady
N. Y
William Medford
Valley Falls
Mildred Thomas
Kenton
Ralph Moore
Near Goldsboro
J. B Medford
R. H. Starr
Elmer Starr
Arthur
Pomona
Bradshaw
Havel
Dorothy Macauley
J. R. Medford
Ralph Powell
Rehoboth Beach
W. L. Sanders
T. H. Robb
W. HH. Abbott
Queen Anne
Millard Jamison
Elkton
W. L. McClintock
Elizabeth Husztek
New York City
Leroy Hutton
Betty
William Sanders
David Reeder
T. H. Gough
F. F. Shinn
Thomas Shinn
Reading
Bertie Wood
Katherine Melsin
Dover
William Carrow
Billy
Cape Charles
James Meisterick
Newark
Anna Churchman
Amos Coffin
Jersey City
Edward Coffin
C. Hi, Clayville
George
Baltimore
Charles Tyle
Myrtle Bryant
Washington College
Chestertown
Katherine Melvin
Elizabeth Johnson
Bloomery M. FE
Melvin E. Wheatley
C. H. Atkins
Ella Webb
Ruth
Greenwood
George Tucker
Jacob Smith
Katie Hurley
Earl Penny
Packer and Son
Ocean City
Evelyn Elrich
Elizabeth Bullock
State Normal
Salisbury
Charles Neal
William Neal
Thelma
Agnes Fountain
Margaret Hines
Federalsburg High School
Walter Liden
Sidney Collison
Lloyd C. Smith
Ormond Wright
Joseph Spence
Kathryn Spence
Hurley
Lloyd Smith
Salnbury
Henry Neal
George O'Day
John Elrich
Frostburg Hospital
Bloomery
Sadie Holland
Milford
Orland Closson
Hattie Atkinson
Thelma Neal
Arthur Adams
Mildred Scott
Choptanh
Minnie Morgan
Caldwell Wilson
Jimer Wheeler
Wheeler
Howard Eley
Elizabeth Jump
Frances
Harold Jump
Thomas Hackett
Annie Jump
Hillsboro
Thurssday
Mesdames Keplar Barnette
Harry Gibser
Horace Macargan
Llaise Short
Helen Eaton
Salsbury
Emmett Barton
Chas. Cannon
Ruthsburg
Fred Jump
Harry Jump
Irene Price
Mt. Airy
Mattie Price
Catherine Skinner
State Normal School
Towson
Efe Plummer
Addie Morgan
Horace Morgan
Sam Sneed
Keplar Barnette
Ridgely News Letter collects church supper and local notices
The Ridgely News Letter reports a joint August and September Ladies Aid chicken supper at the Church House and Lane Lang store on Election Day, with many patrons left without food. It lists new and departing teachers, local clergy, social visits, farm and crop notes, and community events across Ridgely and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Church House
Lane & Lang
Indies
Leelan Jackson
Harvey Sewell
H. F E. McBride
Prince George’s
Ellen Brown
Greensboro
Margaret Hamner
Queen Anne
Wooters
Ridge Ivy
Lillian Cheezum
Pederalsburg
Sliss Beatrice Bower
Ridgely
Ridgely Baptist Church
Wesley Thawles
Lee Bennington
Ellis Gibson
Denton
T. A. Smuth
Dutton
Reformed Sunday School
George Bulloch
Helen
Federalsburg
Marian
Woo. Thavis
Dorothy Beaumont
Concord
Dorothy Blounders
Preston
Lola Mitchell
Greenshoro
Hamilton Roe
New Brunswick
Ned
Ed. Roe
Frank Flounders
Marian Henmmons
Dorothy Holsinger
Wilson Cahall
Pennsylvania State Normal School
Millersville
Harrys Zeigler
Brown Olhott
Chestertown
Nat Bowen
Wialsham Smith
Suthersvalle
D. M. Swing
J. J. Wright
Swinge
Wright
Jones
Middletown
Alizabeth Cole
van Sant
Clayton
Elizabeth Sparks
Vergie
Denton M. P. Church Invites All to Fall Services
The Denton M. P. Church welcomes worshippers with a full autumn schedule. Sunday School opens at 2:15 a.m. with the lesson Obedience to Law. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon What Nazareth Gave To The World. Evening service at 8 titled The Storm. Senior and Intermediate C E Societies meet at 7. Pastor G. J. Hooker extends a hearty invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
C. E
Nazareth
G. J. Hooker
The Mareel Shoppe Opens in Denton County
Norma Cooper opens The Mareel Shoppe in the Carter building Denton offering convenient beauty services for local Caroline girls. The new shop provides hair care locally reducing the need to travel outside the county and has quickly drawn a growing clientele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tas
Caroline
Norma Cooper
Mareel
Denton
Carter
Marcel
Happenings at Hillsboro and Nearby Towns
Local notices recap church trainings in Denton, upcoming services, and a busy social schedule. School training for Sunday workers opens September 28 at the Denton Methodist Church, with many locals traveling for studies and attendance at churches. Various visits and social gatherings in Hillsboro and surrounding areas are noted, including extended family visits, markets, fishing trips, and weekend travels to Cambridge, Philadelphia, and Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Denton
Dorothy Knotts
Cornelius Taylor
Herbert Rice
George Wilson
Washington College
Chestertown
Epworth League
M. Kline
Fred Beauchamp
Bennett
Federalsburg
Spence
Camden
Edward Melvin
Felton
Edgar Blanch
Baltimore
Edgar Blanch, Jr
St. Paul Protestant Episcopal Church
H. M. Thompson
Thelma Larrimore
Virginia Blades
N. Smith
C. Harry Fleming
Bowers Beach
W. Russell
Warren Morse
G. B. Stewart
Edgar Blades
Powell Short
Vesty
T. J. Mitchell
Methodist Parsonage
HW. W. B. Rowe
Goldsboro
Mia
Julia Robinson
Meeks
Community Notices and Obituaries from Federalsburg Area
Hickman household guests and visits across Trenton Philadelphia Easton Wilmington and Dover summarized. Death of Mrs J C Bice noted with funeral in Dover and burial at Silver Lake after relatives in New York Anne Arundel Rehoboth and Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Bice
J. C. Rice
Clayton
Del
John R. Griffin
J. Howard
Charles G
New York
Samuel
Anne Arundel County
Joseph G
Easton
Jennie Griffin
Ratie Rolph
Rehoboth
Dover
Silver Lake Cemetery
Gratitude for Help at Primary Election Urges Support
A grateful note from Calvert C Merriken thanks all who assisted at the Tuesday primary. He states the Democratic ticket reflects the majority will and pledges support without reservation, urging voters to do the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert C, Merriken
Greensboro Notes Show Local Club and Marital News
The Ladies Aid of the MM E Church held its season opening in the Ladies Aid Hall. The Parent Teachers Association was reorganized, urged to boost the school. George Dyer and Ida Thomas, both of Greensboro, were quietly married in Denton on Saturday September 11. Mrs. Harvey Porter, Mrs. A B Cohee, and others are noted in family visits and health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
MM. E. Church
George Dyer
Ida Thomas
Greensboro
Denton
Crouse
Wilmington
Melvin
George Cruiser
Wilson Melvin
Cambridge Hospital
Kate Hubbard
Philadelphia
Jenkins
Ruth
Clayton
Harry Cooper
Paul Dobson
College Park
Orphans' Court Grants Real Estate Sale Authority
The Orphans' Court met and, by adjournment, judges West Harper and Shawn presiding, heard Charles Jarrell and Oscar Clark as administrators of Catherine Duffey file releases for Minnie E Jarrell Katherine S Clark and Mabel C Duffey guardian for George Linden Duffey Alvert Brown Duffey and James Arthur Duffey minors. On petition of Howard B Wright and J Frank Wright executors of James E Wright the court ordered and empowered them to sell the real estate of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Milnes Maley
Albat C. Ritchie
T. Alan Goldsboough
Georgie A. Covey
Ahee Sheh Davis
Gos Charles B. Harrison
T. Clayton Norsey
Joseph H. Spence
Mary Ethel Stevens
Marguerite S. Thomas Eae Rene
Charles E. Andrews
Charles E. Carroll
Victor Dean OS Io
Dawson O. George
Thomas E. Heather
John R. Jones Mae
Clinton Wright Wee Nee
George A. Deakyne Weenee
Nd. Nichols
Willbh
Jos. H. Carroll Nam
Henry W. Hughes
J. Frank Lednan
Isaac Henry Morris
State's Attorney
Calvert C. Merriken
Wesley E. Thawley Rau
I Olan Clarke Ow
Downes
Wesley Jarrell
Wranklin P. Medford
The
Orphans’ Court
Elisha Hf
Harper Wee Eee
Oscar F. Kelley Mae Ee
Willan J. Shaw
C. Harvey Towers
Richard T. West Saree
Frank Dennis
Ghanville M. Downes
Owen N. Dulin
William BP. Jackson
Guerney
Clayton Taylor
Sea le
West
Harper and Shawn
Charles Jarrell
Oscar Clark
Catherine Lee Duffey
Nannie E. Jarrell
Katherine S. Clark
Mabel C. Duffey
Guardian
George Linden Duffey
Alvert Brown Duffey
James Arthur Duffey
Howard B. Wright
J. Frank Wright
James E. Wright
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the Local Department
Wespa
Marydel
W. J. Murphy
M. E Smith
New Providence
Ella Lofland
George Hastings
Denville
Harry Jones
C. W. Kinnamon
Walter Elliott
Tomorro
Nebraska
Kathryn Shockley
Smyrna
Leroy Cartwright
Thomas Shochley
Buckholz
Charles Schaube
Louise Milby
Wallace Dennison
John Shively
J. W. Shively
J. H. Schooley
Jarrettsville
Owens
Retsterstown
Mattie Bennett
A. G. Dennison
Plynn
Jack Chue, Jr
Oscar Swann
Crumpton
Fannie Cooper
Willow Grove
George Sylvester
Pholip Cheestum and Son
Alberta Ross
Susie Deakyne
Mattie Jarman
Edgar Cahall
Smithville
Templeville
J. Frank Raughley
William Morgan
B. F. Starkey
Mes
Penn Sparks
Mis
Daniel Cole
Tom
Ben
William Palmatory
Massey
William H. Kinnamon
M. B. Kinnamon
Sallie Baynerd
Smyria
Monard ‘Thompson
Alex Hall
Alonzo Hosles
Near Massey
Gurney Lowman
T. Carroll Hony
Athuntic City
Nv J
J. H. Hony
Dred Mashe
Phyllis Butts
George Butts
A. H. Green
Tacony
M. E. Perkins
Tred Flounders, Jr
McDonough School For
John Hannaberry
Nathan Cade
Christopher Bier
Agnes Zeinrin
M. Ludwig
Balmore
George Bullock
All- Inay
Carroll Meredith
Mrs Smith
Billy Hobbs
Dora Samis
James Lewis
Richards Gros
Paulsboro
Leonard MeKnett
Henrietta Swann
Burrsville
J. L. Chance
William Andrew
John William
American Corner
Alva Griffith
George Griffith
Martha Griffith
Olaf E. Smith
Earl Ivins
John Moore
Annie Raughley
Mary E. Raughley
Fred Powell
Christine
Jacob Price
Mite Society
Clarence Voss
Fred Lewis
G. L. Blades
Effie Donovan
Walter Brown
Near
Effie Colscott
John Williamson
Herman Halteman
Raymond Dean
Little Son
East Lansdowne
J. Fleming Starkey
Hickman
Isaac Noble
Coretta
Trenton
W. Ray Stafford
Frank Fountain
William Noble
A. Zimmerman
S. P. Brown
Raymond Cannon
Charlie Stevens
Wayford Brown
Edward Brown
Paul Croll
William Croll
Oln Scott
Blanche Croll
Stewart Haymond
Greensboro News Matters
Journal
Habhive
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