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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1931
Page
2
A Denton notice dated Saturday morning September 19 1931 records Marry Melvin as vice president and secretary and reentry of the issue as second class mail matter at the post office. The item confirms postal classifications and individuals involved.
The Journal urges Denton residents to buy locally to boost the town’s commerce. It cites a citizen who preferred in town purchase to avoid post sale issues and warns that cheap prices are not the sole goal, advocating fair local competition versus catalog pricing.
A reflective piece extols the opening of the school term as a nationwide symbol of opportunity. It lauds education’s reach to humble learners, stresses appropriate funding and quality teaching, and urges focus beyond books to civic virtue and safe homes. It links schooling to a functioning democracy and a brighter future.
A New York charity created noncompetitive employment for 25 000 men amid a city-wide fund drive of over eight million dollars. Jobs chiefly in parks used pick and shovel but included skilled workers, bookkeepers, and others, to preserve self respect and avoid public charity until industry rebounds. The program demonstrated to other cities how temporary work can mitigate unemployment and destitution.
William G Shepherd of Collier's Weekly surveys the economic world and finds good times near. He cites American machinery leadership, high per capita spending, and the United States as the sole unit capable of steering global recovery while Maverick nations fall away.
Editorial argues President Hoover distances himself from the Farm Board after its failure to manage unmarketable wheat and cotton surpluses. It cites past pledges to support agriculture and warns against executive reliance on commissions, noting absence of Farm Board leadership at key talks and the president’s shifting blame.
A large crowd welcomed Lord Baden-Powell and Lady Powell as Boy Scouts from across Australia paraded through Sydney The Domain scene featured 5 000 scouts and bands from Never Never Murwillumbah Wagga Wagga and Wooloomooloo The Chief Scout read a message from the Prince of Wales and Queen Mary sent greetings The event highlighted the Scout Ten Commandments emphasizing usefulness helpfulness and friendship with animals and all people.
Dr. R H Riley Maryland Health Director urges parents to immunize children against diphtheria through toxin-antitoxin or toxoid, via family doctors or county health officers. He notes 7,251 Maryland children affected in five years with 450 deaths, and cites clinics reducing cases and deaths.
The Journal previews a week of film at the Canital Theatre Dover with Marie Dressler and Polly Moran in Politics and Laurel and Hardy in Come Clean. Bobby Jones golf lesson, Adolphe Menjou in The Great Lover, Dont Divorce Him, Donkey Business, Madeira Madeira garden in the sea travelogue, Will Rogers in Young As You Feel, Rough House Rhythm, Silly Symphony China Plates and Leaders in the Making. The Vanishing Legion opens as the weekly Saturday matinee serial.
Baltimore jubilee celebrated by Caroline residents as Denton National Bank marks its 25th anniversary on September 6. Obituaries note William P. Taylor’s death at 23. County Commissioners appoint a ditch crew for Twiford Meadows drainage. Mary J. Fisher heads to Porto Rico to teach. Miss Lulu Downes visits Virginia. Revival meetings reopen Templeville church with Dr Bolton. Sewer contract awarded for Denton system. Vaudeville thrills arrive with Hilton Sisters at New Plaza Milford.
The Reese Rialto Keith Company advertises the coming week at the Harrington Reese Theatre featuring a top line of entertainment. Friday and Saturday Sept 18 19 present a family variety show with The Great Adventure narrated by Floyd Gibbons, a Masquers comedy, a Metro novelty thriller, and Eddie Quillen in Sweepstakes. Monday and Tuesday Sept 21 22 bring Maurice Chevalier in The Smiling Lieutenant with a star cast, followed by Politics a Dressler Moran laugh riot on Sept 23 24. Friday and Saturday Sept 25 26 present Will Rogers in Young As You Feel with Roger in evening dress delivering sharp humor.
Ridgely residents hosted Wilmington guests after a Sunday gathering. Mrs. Clarence Johnson undergoes surgery and remains in Easton Hospital. Miss Emma Saulsbury returns to Philadelphia after visiting home. S. E. Perkins HI Maryland Conservation Lecturer visited Ridgely schools. Mrs. Frank Kibler and son Fran cis return from Pottstown. Community Club plans a supper on Thursday evening October 8. Miss Charlotte Kibler enters Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia for training. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flounders visited Easton and Preston. Mrs. Mamie Smith and daughter Anna of Dover visited Ridge ly. Nelson Richards Jr. visited Baltimore earlier in the week. Mrs. M. W. Wiley visits Smyrna. Miss Mary Brumbaugh leaves for Elizabethtown College. Jesse Zeigler leaves for college at Bridgewater Va. 70th birth anniversary of Tagore marked by a festival arrangements underway for Christmas.
The reader records a week of simple events and remarks about health trips a potential ocean voyage a neighbor’s warnings a preacher visit reflections on Buddhism a tape worm complaint car repairs and a farm tractor purchase plus a mobile accident and a job resignation at a drug store culminating in a subscription plea for The Journal.
The forecast shows 679000 bushels of peaches versus 458000 average and 231000 in 1930, with some fruit losses from the 22nd storm. Pears rise to 328000 bushels, grapes at 1122 tons, while drought-hit areas depress corn and other crops. Overall yields sit about 1 percent below prior prospects, but 9.8 percent above last year’s very low yields, as regional conditions differ and irrigation limits bite.
Engagement announced of Miss Hida Elben of Tillsboro and Mr. Enoch Nuttle of Federalsburg. They plan a fall wedding. Also noted: Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dean of Federalsburg returned from a motor trip to Albany Saratoga Springs and the White Mountains, with Mrs. Dean's sister Miss Mamie Gallagher of Philadelphia.
We extend our deepest appreciation to friends and neighbors who aided us during the illness and death of our husband and father. Thanks for the floral tributes and use of automobiles from Mrs Hi R Covell and daughters.
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