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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1936
Page
5
Community announcements include sales and bargains at local stores, a harvest festival supper and bazar by Christ Church, sewing and garment work, a storefront for rent, and a memorial notice for James R. Lewis. Also listed are public health notes, veterans aid dates, a funeral for Charles Prattis, and upcoming concerts for the Children's Aid Society with ticket details.
Six Detwiler descendants gathered for their fourth annual reunion at A. G. Gelletly’s home near Williston, with plans altered by Eno Zeigler’s illness. Separate Lancaster Pa. ceremony united Miss Mary Cole and Paul Nisley at Pentecostal Tabernacle, witnessed by Miss Eleanore Shrum and Mason Nisley. reception hosted by C. W. Brosey. Numerous Seese and Reinhold gatherings, travels to Ocean City and Virginia Beach, and various moving and church club updates fill community notices from Denton and nearby areas.
The Denton M E Church will host morning and evening worship this Sunday September 20 led by Rev. M B Andrews. Morning service includes dedication of the new Methodist Hymnal with special worship order and choirs. Evening service at 7 30 features a sermon. Sunday School at 9 45 with Christian Endeavor at 7 15. Next Sunday September 27 observes Promotion Day and Rally Day is October 4.
The Associated Bible Students hold a one day convention Sunday September 20 at 16 00 in the Firemen's Hall Denton Md with noted Bible scholars and W Franklin Hudgings. Afternoon talk at 2 30 discusses evidence of the dead's resurrection. Also notices of church services at Concord Sunday School Williston Community Church Church of the New Jerusalem Preston Epiphany Mission Denton gospel tent Evang Maud M M Largin preaching and masses at St Elizabeth's Denton and St Benedict's Ridgely with confessions in Ridgely and Denton.
Bridgeville Delaware hosts the Fifth Annual Flower Show on September 28 and 29 sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church led by Rev J C B Hopkins. Mrs C Leon Cannon chairs the event with cut flowers potted plants and garden dahlia displays. A silver loving cup prize donated by Dr G Metzler Jr will be awarded after one year. Exhibitors must furnish marked receptacles and all entries due by 11 am Wednesday. A hobby show directed by Mr Raymond Short runs alongside.
A compact reflective excerpt presents two quotes about gratitude and love. The first by George Herbert invokes a grateful heart as a gift asked from readers. The second by Ja Heb Boehm quotes devotion to God over self love, implying spiritual humility.
The fourth annual Detwiler family reunion was held Sunday with song prayers poems and multiple performances at the Gelletly home near Williston amid illness of E W Zeigler. A 75th birthday and Wilmington relatives illness reduced attendance. Other notes cover Ridgely church activities bank official Jos Gibson death and school consolidation. many local people and families are mentioned with travel visits births illnesses and community plans.
Nutrition specialist Miss Margaret McPheeters of the University of Maryland Extension Service describes pasteurizing fruit juice at 185 degrees Fahrenheit using a water bath. She notes avoid boiling to preserve color and flavor, and explains squeezing juices from berries currants and plums, sugar timing, bottling hot in sterilized containers, sealing and cooling, with storage in a cool dark place.
Health director Dr. Riley explains that many illnesses arise from eating or handling diseased animals or raw dairy from diseased cattle, distinguishing food infections from true poisoning. He cites tularemia, trichinosis, Brucellosis and undulant fever from raw milk, and warns that outbreaks stem from infected meat, improperly prepared foods or poor sanitation. emphasizes thorough cooking, pasteurized milk, clean hands, fresh ingredients, and proper storage.
The lines present two brief reflections. Amil argues that doubting love erodes belief in all things, while Schiller associates obedience with a form of crown or honor in Christ.
Mr and Mrs Elwood Fleming and daughters Naomi Holland and Gladys Gale spent a weekend motor trip to Washington and Virginia via the Sky Line drive to Shenandoah Caverns at Luray. Rehoboth visitors included Mr and Mrs John Wothers, Miss Sadye Wothers, and Mr and Mrs Ralph Thompson. Oscar Rice visited Laurel Maryland with his daughter and son-in-law. Francis Beaven of Pocomoke and H Lay Beaven hosted. Milford Kline visited daughter Nancy Jane Kline in Salisbury. Francis Rowe of Newport News spent weekend with his mother Mary Rowe. Mrs G B Stewart spent Friday with the Wilsons in Ridgely and also the Wilmington visit last week. S S Tompson and William Thompson are on a motor trip to Niagara Falls. Hillsboro 1-H Girls bake sale scheduled for Saturday afternoon Sept 26.
Sunday September 20 services at St Pauls Church Queen Anne feature Dr William Beat preaching and a fourth quarterly conference. Evening sermon on the Prayer Life of the Master and a Thursday study Hunger and Thirsting. Choir rehearsal Thursday at 8 15. Young People officers elected Byron Barton president Virginia Whitby vice president Helen Chaires secretary Elaine Murphy assistant secretary Ruth Reynolds recreation chair Pauline Curry refreshments chair Howard Eley programs chair. Community Club met with good attendance. October committee chaired by Mrs Harry Gibson with Mrs Elwood Leonard and Miss Edna Fleming. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Wilbur Clark of Cape May Court House and Mr and Mrs Showard Culver of Hebron with Mr and Mrs Jake Morgan. Funeral for Jerry McDonald held in Ridgely. sympathy extended. Mr and Mrs Joe Morrison of Washington visited Rev and Mrs Fossett. Miss Ruth Reynolds and Elizabeth Lynch weekend with Mrs Lloyd Holland in Felton. Rev and Mrs Lee H Richereck of Easton visited Mr and Mrs Jake Morgan. Mrs Howard Eley and daughter and Mr Howard Jump spent Saturday in Baltimore. Mrs Horace Morgan spent Monday
Olivia M. Coffin, promoted to assistant professor of Education at State Teachers College Tren ton, NJ, returns from vacation. H Courtland Cooper back from Hartford visit and New England states, to resume duties at General Baking Co Wilmington. Mrs Winfred Goodwin and son Jimmy stay with her parents in Milford. Frank Price of Chester visits with Cooper family. Kitty Montague of Wilmington visits parents. Russell Miller of Locust Grove visits James Pepper family. Catherine Melvin attends Frederica Teachers Meeting. Edith Melvin of Dover visits mother Dora Melvin.
Dr M A Jull head of Maryland University Poultry Dept says the state loses thousands yearly by importing hatching eggs and chicks. He notes ample local stock but calls for better breeding flocks, culling, pullorum testing, mating with good sires, cleaner premises, and stricter egg selection to meet local demand.
A pithy observation notes that people may endure greater hardship or risk for a harmful indulgence than for sustenance, highlighting a contrast between vice and basic need.
Preston calls a Sunday of renewed faith on September 20 with Dr. Frank Lewis to preach at Bethesda M E Church. The note lists Preston High School graduates heading to college and reports on local activities including a firehouse kitchen upgrade, visits, and upcoming Chamber of Commerce meeting.
Mrs Hugh Hamilton and Shirley of New York visit parents Mr and Mrs Manning Merriken. Miss Catherine Davis and Mr Fred Ward marry by Rev W L Jump. Miss Alice Adams led the Christian Endeavor service. Rev W T Archer and family visited. Mr and Mrs B B Allen and Mrs O J Chaffinch visited Wilmington. Rev Ziba Adams and family guests of Federalsburg family. Allan Moore convalescent after bruised limb. W G Holbrook made a business trip to Newark NJ, wife accompanying. Misses Louise and Evelyn Adams hosted Sunshine Workers class and a weenie roast at Garland Lake. Miss Bellar of Washington guests of the Allens.
Mr and Mrs John Adams hosted guests Minnie and Altha Adams Mrs Earle Robinson Virginia Lee and others from Wilmington on Sunday. Mrs Earle Adams and Mrs Bell Jones with daughter visiting Beach Haven New Jersey. Mrs Jas L Adams celebrated a birthday receiving around 50 cards. Mrs Randall Dustworth of Philadelphia stayed with her parents. Others visited J W Tiley and Denton. Grace Adams of West Atlanta visiting her sister here. Mrs W S Hubbard visiting son in Virginia.
Trustees announce an oyster supper on October 8 and 9 with 50 cent admission for adults and 25 cents for children. Also notes a Philadelphia visit by Mr and Mrs Earl Willoughby and family, reports Mrs Lee Taylor on the sick list, and a for rent farm home with garden near Oil City by Joseph B Blough.
William Pemberton Manlove aged 76 dies in Emergency Hospital Easton after illness. Funeral at Greensboro home with Rev John White officiating and interment in Greensboro Cemetery. Also notes on Carl Lee Thornton surgery, Miss Elizabeth Hughes death, Dr. Barton injuries, and multiple social visits and academic moves involving Greensboro residents.
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