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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1930
Page
5
Saturday Morning lists items of news solicited under this header for September 20, 1930. Readers from multiple townships submit brief notes on local events, marriages, meetings, and community happenings across the county.
The Denton Journal lists community notices and ads including sales of Ford Tow Truck and mules, farm and home goods, oyster suppers at Thawley's Church and Friendship Church, church services, a tuberculosis clinic in Denton, 4H events, and a gubernatorial candidate tour through Caroline county with stops in Goldsboro and Denton.
The Ladies' Circle of the M E Church will meet next Thursday evening September 25 at Mrs Willoughby Nowell's home to begin fall work. All members urged to attend with hostesses listed.
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula literature distribution at county fairs and the Tri-State Elks convention in Ocean City shows strong resident and visitor interest. Edwin C. Totten, executive secretary, notes the effort has drawn tourists and new residents, with widespread requests from universities and publishers, signaling a solid publicity standing for the peninsula and plans for expansion.
Mrs. Fannie Turner Blades aged 76 wife of James T Blades of near American Corner died Sunday September 14 about 6 1 p m of heart failure. She leaves husband and three sons Ira Turner Preston Kelley Turner near here Fred Turner Hayden Md. Funeral services were held at her home Tuesday afternoon Rev S L Hanby Concord officiating Interment in Friendship cemetery.
Short promotional note offers envelopes sized for a Mrs calling card, ideal for sending or acknowledging invitations. The piece frames moments to be seized and hints at a store ready for immediate startup.
Federalsburg makes personnel shifts with Mrs. Clara Wingate named seventh grade teacher, joining Miss Ruth McCrea who remains at Harmony. The Majestic trackless train arrives, drawing crowds to Long and Short’s with music and talks. A baby clinic and child hygiene exam event is scheduled at local venues. Funeral services held for Daniel Alford, 86, at Hillcrest Cemetery. Gardner Walls celebrates 76th birthday with family gathering.
Road construction proceeds on the Goldsboro Sandtown road with current extent only to the Choptank Bridge. Local residents and visitors are listed, including Clark Smith family, Alberta Ross, Cathryn Cole, Alfred Dennison, and others visiting relatives in Milford Wilmington Swarthmore Denton Easton and Camden.
Templeville will hold its anniversary service at Thomas Chapel on Sunday October 5 at 2 p m Rev Ed Collins and E C Hallman will lead the service. Local residents and visitors from Baltimore Nebraska and Tacony are noted visiting relatives and friends in the area with Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11.
Preston at the Church of the New Jerusalem holds Sunday worship at 11 o clock with Sunday School at 10 o clock. Next Sunday’s sermon focuses on Forgiveness citing Matthew chapter seven verse fourteen. Williston Sunday School at 11 o’clock, Young Peoples League meets at 7 30 p m. Seed rye for sale by Nuttle Milling Company Denton Md.
The Woman's Home Missionary Co and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union plan a joint meeting at Church House on Thursday afternoon September 25 at 2 30 centered on Citizenship with Miss Margaret Swing and the pageant My America. Nearby residents host gatherings and visits, church suppers and socials are reported, and local residents attend, travel or entertain in Wilmington Baltimore and Ocean City.
Farmers and taxpayers in Caroline County join forces with Congressman Goldsborough and county officials to secure drought relief. Reduced freight rates on hay oats corn and barley apply to carload lots, with seeds ordered by Caroline County Farm Bureau and small handling fees. A drought committee proposes tax relief and seeds financing, seeking state aid and extended deadlines to January 31 1931. Citizens may submit suggestions to the Farm Bureau Office in Denton for consideration at the next committee meeting.
Harmony Mr and Mrs Lloyd Brodes of Preston and others from Hurlock Yonkers N Y join Mrs Cora Todd for Sunday visits. Clarence Wright Evelyn Cannon Ivins visit Harrington and Milford relatives. Federalsburg guests Billy and Meryl Morgan visit Ivins family. Belle Dean hosts Wrights mother. Claude Cox and son visit J F McConnell. Alonzo Christopher Berlin guests here. Lester Goslin and Webster Todd host. Pennsylvania relatives with Mrs Towers Todd. Blanche Kelly breaks arm cranking car.
Seaboard Public Service and its subsidiaries in southern states show an 18.5 percent jump in kilowatt-hour output for July 1930 and an 11.8 percent rise for the first seven months, with July total at 30,618,258 kWh. Energy from company plants up 18.56 percent while purchases fall 4.9 percent. The Eastern Shore Public Service Co is a subsidiary.
Burrsville Rally Day was observed in Union M P Church last Sunday morning with exercises. It will be observed in Wesley M E Church next Sunday morning October 5. Local residents hosted weekend visitors including Edward Husband and son from Boothwyn Pa and Ernest Knotts from Boothwyn Pa. Will Dempsey and family plus Jack Claud of Philadelphia visited Henry Walters family. Lewis Slaughter hosted the Mite Society at their home. Epworth League to meet at Henry Stafford home on Thursday evening Sept 25. R H Stafford attended a Democratic Party convention in Baltimore on Thursday.
Bethlehem residents and guests share a weekend visit with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith while Claude Thompson returns to Asbury College Kentucky. The Ladies Aid schedules an oyster supper at Bethlehem Community House on Thursday evening October 9. Mrs. William Gutermuth visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Christopher.
A Christina Rossetti line laments that those who judge harshly are likely to err. The aphorism emphasizes leniency and fair assessment over harsh verdicts.
Mrs H W B Rowe and Mr Fran cis Rowe head to Delaware where Doc will enter Delaware College. Mrs Rowe plans a brief return to Hillsboro after time with sister Mrs J R Downes. Neavitt Rice and children from Centreville along with Miss Ida Rice from Cambridge Hospital visited Mr and Mrs S O Rice. Martha Beauchamp returned to Denton after time with niece Mrs F E Fleming. H R Covell returned after visiting daughter Mrs Avery Storey Crumpton. G B Stewart drove to Aberdeen for a few days with Mrs Edward Tarring. Edwin Gale and Florence Staat of Wilmington joined Mr and Mrs E H Gale. Hackett Harris family spent Sunday with Harris' parents at Andersontown. Louise Horsey of Baltimore visited Miss Virginia Blades. C R Hicks and children visited relatives at Trappe. Blanche Horsey of Tuckahoe Neck visiting Mrs Edgar Blades.
The Queen Anne chapter lists an Order of Worship at the Methodist Episcopal Church South with Rev. Lee H. Richereck, Sunday School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 30 a m no services tonight. Subsequent notes mention travels conferences in Washington starting the 25th, family visits in Baltimore Strasburg and Saratoga, and community club business with 17 members and October committee chair Minnie Morgan. Various locals attend college in Washington and Asbury Kentucky while others visit relatives in Wilmington Sherwood Ocean City and Washington.
A mother writes an elegy for her daughter Ivah M Paswaters who died three years ago. The verse expresses love, faith, and hope of reunion in heaven, urging family to stay strong in God and join in eternal peace. The tribute includes lines about angels, Heaven, and a farewell that bids no more sorrow.
Adams Cross Roads notes shuttle between Ridgely and Vienna with the Robinson Breeding and Kemp families gathering at a supper. Elmer Robinson and family join Mrs Ed Kemp in Vienna before her return home from three weeks with Delaware relatives. Ormond Wright of near Denton visits here with his wife. Bernice Adams hosts a Sunday gathering after Bloomery M E Church Sunday School at 10. Alvin Seely enrolls at Wesley Collegiate Institute in Dover. Mrs Ida Parker of Bridgeville visits her son Clarence.
Howard Bryant longtime Baltimore public figure and president of the City Council and Board of Estimates died Thursday after noon at Union Memorial Hospital from a heart attack. He led Democratic politics in Maryland and served in the House of Delegates and as City Council president. He is survived by his wife Mrs Lillian Edmonds Bryant two sons Charles Harris Bryant and Allen M Bryant a sister Mrs George R Percy and a brother Marc Bryant. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3:30 at the Guilford home.
Hobbs friends and neighbors share visits and travel notes among residents including Catherine Starkey护理 and family in Milwaukee. Several visitors from Greensboro Federalsburg Atlanta Connecticut and Massachusetts attended gatherings while others plan moves and hospital updates.
A dwelling on Alvin Edwards farm burned Tuesday morning. firemen arrived too late to save the house though outbuildings were saved. The report lists numerous local residents visiting, traveling, or staying with relatives over the weekend and mentions several relatives and friends in nearby towns and states.
Miss Isabel McCoy of Rising Sun Maryland won first in the Easton radio audition contest for women with seven rivals, while Vernon Corey of Chestertown took top honors among nine men. The New Theatre was filled beyond capacity as Senator W. Earle Withgott chaired the committee. Florence C. Hahn gave a 20 minute organ recital between contestant draws. A silver offering funded travel for the winners to Baltimore in October for the district contest. Contestants included J. B. Applegarth and W. B. Vane Jr of Cambridge and many others from Denton St Michaels Chestertown and nearby towns.
The fifth annual Standard Training School of the Methodist Episcopal Church begins next Thursday in Denton and runs five Thursdays and one Friday through October 30. Courses cover primary and junior teaching and related subjects with a cooperative support model among denominations. Faculty includes Bragdon, Burslem, Nichols, Wentworth, Bishop, and others. sessions held at the Denton Methodist Church as organized by regional religious education councils.
A community meeting is planned at Liden's Community House Sunday afternoon September 21 at 2 o'clock. The program includes singing prayer and praise services and a discourse by Mr W E Bullock on Religious Liberty Our Inheritance. Everyone welcome.
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