Local notices and community bets highlight Denton pages
A collage of small items from Greensboro to Denton shows ads for clothing and hats at Evernham and Son, fall footwear and crepe dresses, and a Stetson sale. Community events include a Ladies Aid supper on October 26 and Extra church services. Local sports note Greensboro’s baseball win over Dover and a postponed Mardel League game to be played in Greensboro, plus pond fishing reports and a regional soccer league reorganization with eight clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everngams
Esther Kelly
Greensboro
John L. Everngam & Son
Denton
Denton M. E. Church
Alex Noble
Howard W. Warrington
Fowler’s
Third Street
Liden
John L. Evernham & Son
Maryland
Axminster
M. K. Newnam
Piney M. E. Church
Caroline County
Federalsburg
Ridgely
J. L. Evernham & Son
Dover Chicks
Charles Bilbrough
Goldsboro
Market Street
J. Edward Nichols
Smithville
Linchester
F. J. Wright
Baltimore
Lord Baltimore
A. M. Skeffington
Chicago
Graduate Clinic Foundation of Optometry
Easton
St. Michaels
Oxford
Cordova
Preston
Socccer
J. Redden
Frederick Norris
Towers
Rwin
Mutual Insurance Convention and Socials in Wilmington
Eastern Federation of Mutual Insurance Companies met at the duPont Hotel Wilmington with about 150 agents from New York Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware New Jersey and Virginia. Attendees included John T. Carter and Samuel G. Nuttle of Denton. Banquet followed lunch with social visits from Harmony Baltimore and Easton acquaintances.
Caroline Banks Reopen In Maryland After License Return
Caroline County banks including Caroline Bank Greensboro Peoples Bank Denton Ridgely Bank and Hillsboro Queen Anne Bank reopen on a 100 percent basis after licenses to resume banking. Early transactions show strong deposits and normal currency demand with confidence in the future. Citizens urged to support the banks for a stronger local economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Bank
Greensboro
Peoples Bank
Denton
Ridgely Bank
Hillsboro-Queen Anne Bank
Hillsboro
Caroline County
Maryland
Choptank Club Plans Oyster Supper at Choptank
The Choptank group met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J F Spence with good attendance. They will hold their annual oyster supper in the club room on September 28 at 40 cents for adults and 25 cents for children under twelve. Oysters and chicken plus cakes and pies will be sold to support a good cause. Supper starts at 5 00 sharp.
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Ladies Aid
M. P. Church
Choptank
J. F. Spence
Maryland World War service records begin serial publication
The Marylands in the World War volumes document Caroline County men in the Army Navy and Marine Corps with 501 in the Army 19 deaths 20 wounded 35 in the Navy and 5 in the Marine Corps including 19 who died honorably Names listed include Samuel B. Cohee Henry Davis William C. Dulin Norman Dyer and others While some Caroline boys served from other localities no records exist for non Maryland entries in these volumes which focus on Maryland names.
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Maryland
Caroline
Marine Corps
Samuel B. Cohee
Henry Davis
William C. Dulin
Norman Dyer
Daniel Fields
William McK. Fleming
John W. Harden
George R. Hill
Walden Holland
John H. Ludwig
Charles B. Mowbray
Walter McK. Nashold
Joseph H. Perry
Norman E. Smith
Roland E. Todd
Philip F. Vanville
David Watterson
Kemp Wright
Vaughn C. Wyatt
Voss Farm Reveals Indian Relic Find Near Denton
Martin C. Voss near Denton unearthed numerous Indian relics on his land, suggesting camp or toolmaking activity by tribes such as the Choptanky Delawares or Algonquins. He has gathered about five hundred arrowheads, plus skinning knives and a mortar, with yucca evidence pointing to trade or craft.
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Martin C. Voss
Denton
Voss
Norwood Voss
Wilmington
Caroline County
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Williams Couple Marks Golden Wedding in Federalsburg
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Williams celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a Tuesday reception at their Federalsburg home planned by daughter Mrs. Jerome D. Jefferson. Aged 82 and 80, the pair remain active natives of Dorchester County who moved to Federalsburg thirty years ago. They have three living children, Harvey Williams, Alfred Pfitsch, and Mrs. Jerome Jefferson, with Floyd Williams having died last year. Numerous relatives from Cambridge Hurlock Vienna Laurel Bridgeville Sharptown Seaford Eldorado Reliance and other towns attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Williams
Jerome D. Jefferson
Williams
Dorchester County
Federalsburg
Mary Hackett
Viola Brinsfield
Jessie Hackett
Ira Y. Wheatley
Hurlock
Thomas Hackett
George Thompson
Raymond Harper
Lee Glover
Myra Melson
Vienna
Carrie Hitch
Susan Hitch
Vernon Hitch
Reliance
H. H. Smith
Victor Wheatley
Laurel
Harvey D. Williams
Elizabeth Williams
Bridgeville
Charles Kinder
Sharptown
Tamsey Wheatley
Maggie Wheatley
Seaford
Fred Williams
Charles Hastings
Eldorado
Samuel Wheatley
Chas. Hackett
Harry Hackett
Frances Hackett
Tilghman R. Hackett
Celia Martino
O. G. Martino
W. A. Wheatley Jr
Herman Bradley
Eseneth Jones
William A. Pusey
Frank L. Williams
0. W. Handy
Get Your Trespass Notices at the Journal Office
Local readers are reminded that trespass notices are available at the Journal Office. Officials note the notices serve as formal warnings and are issued under applicable city ordinances. Readers seeking copies should visit the newsroom during business hours.
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Journal Office
Ridgely Homemakers Club notes October shows
The Homemakers Club met in the Firehouse with about twenty attendees. Flower Show dates October 24 to 26 were set to coincide with the Poultry Show replacing the Fall Rally. Activities covered artcrafts and bedding buying guidance from Miss Mason of Salisbury. Various social events and visits are recorded, including birthdays and upcoming church suppers and rehearsals for a play.
Wheat Production Plan Aims for 12,000 Acres in Caroline County
By September 20 applications for wheat allotment contracts total 12,000 acres in Caroline County, a large share of the 18,000 grown locally. Kent and Queen Anne's report high enrollment. Caroline trails in large growers but matches percentage goals. Deadline is September 25 with grace period. local officers and district committees listed for the Caroline County Wheat Production Control Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Caroline
Kent County
Queen Anne’s
Maryland
Caroline County Wheat Production Control Association
Wayne A. Cawley
Frank M. Stevenson
Wm. H. Evans
A. F. Sittig
Howard Sylvester
W. E. Stubbs
Seth Weaver
John Stevenson
William Hubbard
Martin Voss
James A. Willoughby
W. M. Linden
H. Roland Towers
J. Hudson Taylor
Elmer T., Kelley
W. G. Hassett
Byron Griffith
Oliver M. Taylor
Standard Training School Opens in Denton Next Friday
The Standard Training School at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Denton begins Friday evening Sept 29 and runs six weeks with one meeting weekly Registration starts at 6 30 p m and class work at 7 30 p m The resignation fee is one dollar Two course groups credit and non credit are offered with instructors from Federalsburg Dover and Denton including Rev R P Nichol s Mrs James H Bishop Prof James H Bishop Rev T J Turkington and Rev Norman A Leese The aim is religious progress and personal development through both credit and non credit study
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Caroline County
Methodist Episcopal Church
Denton
M. P
R. P. Nichlols
Pastor
Federalsburg
James H. Bishop
Dover
Del
T. J. Turkington
Denton Methodist Protestant Church
Norman A. Leese
China
Brethren Church
Starkey Family Week of Guests in Hobbs Area
Hobbs residents Dr. T. E. Starkey and brother Roland Starkey of Atlantic City and their father Isaac Starkey spent the week with Hobbs relatives. They dined with L. H. Thomas. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Gihully of Milford and Mr. and Mrs. George Hughes of Harrington with Miss Ida Glover and Russell Porter of Enaston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Starkey
Roland Starkey
Atlantic City
N. J
Isaac Starkey
L. H. Thomas
Thomas Smith
Gihully
Milford
George Hughes
Harrington
Ida Glover
Russell Porter
Enaston
Sue Smith
F. N. Smith
J. N. Edgell
L. H
Thomas
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Holiday Socials and Visits
A digest of local visits and gatherings. Families including Wothers, Read, Jarrell, Duffey, and Blades guests across Wilmington, St Michaels, and Rehoboth. Birthday party for Anne Benaven, friends and relatives from Reading and Denton partook in weekend activities. Several residents hosted or visited kin and acquaintances in the area.
Queen Anne Community Club Holds First Post June Meeting
Queen Anne The Community Club met Tuesday night with good attendance. Mrs. Henry Morgan was named chairman of the October program and refreshment committee. Mrs. George Eaton and daughter Frances visited in Baltimore this week, staying with Mrs. John Lubeck while Mrs. Eaton was ill. Several visitors gathered at Horace Morgan's home last Sunday. Junior boys will host Epworth League Sunday at St. Pauls Church. Mrs. Howard Flowers hosted the Woman's Missionary Society last Tuesday. Ruth Sewell returned to Washington College as a senior. Alleen and Roberta Barton spent the weekend with relatives in Baltimore. S. H. Reynolds has been confined to bed with the grippe.
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Eastern Federation of Mutual Insurance Companies
duPont Hotel
Wilmington
John T. Carter
Samuel G. Nuttle
Denton
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Virginia
James H. Neal
Roland Towers
Harmony
Annie Schmick
Baltimore
M. A. Quillen
Katherine Knight
Neal
Edward Thomas Pollard
Thomas Pollard
Audrey Lee Hicks
Preston
J. W. Krabill
M. P. Church
Harry Clark
Charles Howard
Addie Wilson
Caroline County Medical Society
Brick Hotel
Charles C. W. Judd
Ella Jopp
Richard Henning
Frances Jopp
Samuel Jopp
Harrisburg
C. W. Shockley
Josiah A. Beck
Dukes Roe
Charles Evans
James TH. Neal
George Frampton
Easton
Clara Schuyler
John George
Carroll George
Emory Kimmey
Rehoboth
Del
Eloise Downes
Nellie Reed
Millard Hartzell
Fountain Ave
F. C. Brown
Garey
Aberdeen
Daniel Bridge
Cordova
Alex Noble
George Hignatt
Chester
E. P. Riles
Gainesville
Fla
Alex McWilliams
C. T. Williamson
Louise
E. F. Withers
Charles Wood
W. J. Martin
Tennessee
W. T. Shockley
Homemakers Club
Harry Holsinger
Harry Hemmons
Bentztown
Henry van Dyke
Miss Mason
Salisbury
Wicomico County
Enoch Ziegler
Magnolia
Harry Crouse
Ridgely
Blanche Yorkdale
Henry Sipple
Cherrydale
Mancha
Nina Mueller
Dorothy Mancha
Chambersburg
Kate Booker
Booker
Ocean City
H. Hafer
W. D. Short
Fifer
Albert White
McPherson
Wm. Davis
Oxford
Laura Mason
Dukes
City Point
B.A. Headley
Swedesboro
Ralph
Medford
Oregon
Hafer
J. C. Thomas
Lawrence Sands
Floyd Singer
Jesse Hoafer
Ella Carlisle
Philadelphia
Edward Lapham
Goldsboro
Frank Seward
Anna Frances
Seward
Ida Mason
Elmer Anthony
Elizabeth Haymaker
Centreville
John Service
Madeline Ryan
James Riley
Ladies Aid Society
Church of the Brethren
Carlisle Bennington
James Cosden
Green
Church Hill
Ida Imler
Mary Wharton
Frank Klotz
Leo Fletcher
Bedford
George Wooters
William Wooters
Frank Kibler
Henry Morgan
George Eaton
Frances
John Lubeck
Eaton
Vinton Shufelt
Andy Lard
Horace Morgan
Epworth League
St. Paul’s Church
Howard Flowers
Woman's Missionary Society
Ruth Sewell
Washington College
Alleen
Roberta Barton
S. H. Reynolds
Grippe
Denton Resident Takes Over Federal Job
Denton resident J Edward Nichols was commissioned as deputy collector of internal revenue and began duties in Baltimore last Monday. For 20 years he ran a Denton Market Street general store with his father the late James H Nichols. He is linked to the Democratic party and will see his stock sold to Harry Pomerantz of Baltimore who will assume control soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Nichols
Denton
Board of Election Supervisors
Caroline County
Internal Revenue
Wie
Baltimore
Nichols
Market Street
James H. Nichols
Frederic N. Nichols
Winfield T. Nichols
J. H. Nichols and Company
Harry Pomerantz
County unemployment drive aims to register residents
Director Oliver C. Short of the State Employment Department met with the Caroline county committee to register all unemployed so they may take part in public works projects. Contractors on such projects would be required to hire local labor as available. The committee listed several members and planned further meetings to select a county director and complete the group’s organization.
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Caroline County
Oliver C. Short
J. S. Lapham
E. D. Kimmey
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Alls held at Goldsboro
Funeral services for 86 year old Mrs. Mary E. Alls widow of William E. Alls were held Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. N. K. Swanwick’s home. Rev Mary Garrett of Goldsboro Pilgrim Holiness Church led rites. Burial followed at Greensboro cemetery near Dover Delaware where she died suddenly Saturday evening at Clarence Powell’s residence.
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N. K. Swanwick
Mary E. Alls
William E. Alls
Caroline County
Mary Garrett
Goldsboro
County Extension News advisory council plans semi annual meeting
The Advisory Council of the Home makers Clubs of Caroline will hold its semi annual business meeting in the courtroom Denton on Thursday September 28 at 1 30 p m Officers and club representatives will be present The group will form committees for plans for the coming season Miss Florence Mason district home demonstration agent will attend Local 4 H leaders will meet in Denton on Friday September 29 at 1 30 p m Leaders and parents are invited The topic is Organization Miss Bessie M Spafford to organize a Homemakers Club at Bethlehem next Tuesday with a textile demonstration She will give a similar demonstration in Federalsburg Wednesday
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Homemakers Clubs of
Caroline
Denton
Florence Mason
Bessie M. Spafford
Bethlehem
Federalsburg
Great Storm of August 23 1933 Hits Peninsula Hard
Rev. E C Hallman recounts the West Indian hurricane’s devastations from Rockland to Cape Charles. Fifty years after, tides surged two feet in minutes, bays flooded, islands like Tangier submerged, oyster fleets decimated, Seaboard flooded, and rescue efforts by the Red Cross ongoing as communities assess widespread loss.
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Lewes Haven of Refuge
Cecil County
Rockland
Cape Charles
Delaware
Chesapeake
Atlantic Ocean
Peninsula
Tangier
Red Cross
Oyster
Virginia
Ocean City
Maryland
Conference Host To Be Named Soon
The Wilmington M E Conference location will be settled by the conference entertainment commission at a Wesley Church Dover meeting on October 3 at 10 30 am. Members include district superintendents and several reverends plus lay members. Three invitations to entertain have been received from Asbury Wilmington Easton and Newark Del. The cabinet asked the Board of Bishops to set the conference date for April 4 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington M. E
Commission On
Wesley Church
Dover
J. R. Bicking
T. R. van Dyke
W. O. Hoffecker
O. E. Jones
E. J. Winder
M. E. Wheat- Icey
J. E. Walls
J. S. Bunting
Ralph Dulaney
J. W. Colona
Willis Overdeer
Asbury
Wilmington
Easton
Newark
Del
Board of Bishops
Local visits fill weekend in Bethlehem and surrounding area
Bethlehem guests included Mr and Mrs John Brodes and Mr and Mrs Ralph Brodes with son Donald from Preston. Mrs Willard Legates and daughter Henrietta from Tilghman visited the Legates and Mr and Mrs Edward Gruwell of Dover spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Joe Pritchett. Mr Lloyd Harding spent the weekend with Easton friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brodes
Ralph Brodes
Donald
Preston
Ed Bryant
Trappe
Willard Legates
Henrietta
Tilghman
Lawrence Legates
Edward Gruwell
Dover
Joe Pritchett
Lloyd Harding
Easton
Greensboro Couple Wed in Morning at Methodist Parsonage
Miss Alma Marie Rawlings became the bride of James Thomas Butler in a Monday 8 o'clock ceremony at the Greensboro Methodist Episcopal parsonage. Rev. George W. Dawson performed the vows. the couple planned a New York honeymoon and future residence in Greensboro. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rawlings, and the groom, sole son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Calvin Butler, are graduates of Greensboro High School. He works in the family mercantile business. she runs Marie's Beauty Shoppe after training at Marinella School of Beauticians in Philadelphia. Revival services at St. Paul’s M E Church run Sept 24 to Oct 8 with visiting ministers and a choral program led by Harry H. Moore. Numerous local residents and visitors attended or were noted in the social column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Alma Marie Rawlings
James Thomas Butler
George W. Dawson
R. B. Rawlings
I. Calvin Butler
H. M. Waters
Goldsboro
T. J. Turkington
Denton
J. G. Lynn
Henderson
Leolan Jackson
Kent Island
W. D. Short
Ridgely
M. S. Andrews
R. T. Thawley
Centreville
J. H. Gardner
Hillsboro
W. L. McClintock
Wye Mills
Harry H. Moore
Madison Baynard
Easton
Dawson Stafford
H. C. Rawlings
Olive Butler
Templeville
Baynard
A. L. Dunham
Maude Watson
Lyden Morgan
Marcus Hook
A. T. Longfellow
Virginia
Lewis
Kennard Longfellow
Salisbury
Harvey Porter
Thomas Ross
John Shulties
Sallie
Clara
Annie Wise
Dover
Marion Jarman
Emma Wharton
Wilmington
Martha Barcus
Annie Jackson
Sherman Todd
Russell
Bridgeville
L. W. Taylor
J. C. Ledbetter
Wrightsdale
Ruth
A. C. Reiter
Allentown
Addie Griffin
Gilbert Bryan
Lewes
Del
James Irwin
Sherman Howard
William Morgan
Newark
Homer Stufrt
William Hert and Son
Philadelphia
Hillyard
Henry Detwiler
Mattie Cohee
Home For the
J. Harvey Coursey
John Harvey
Grace Gottwall
John Wyatt
William Wreten
Clayton
M. B. Cooper
Harry Jones and Son
William Sipple
George Mitchell
West Grove
D. H. Harman
Social Guests Visit Neighbors in Burrsville Area
Mr and Mrs Sidney Collins and son of Smithville along with Mr and Mrs Alex Lord and daughter were guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Collins on Sunday afternoon. Olaf Smith and children visited Harlan Blades family near Burrsville. G L Griffith spent Sunday with brother Alva Griffith near Burrsville. Herman Stecenken of Harmony visited Emma Howard recently. Harry Burke of Dover spent Tuesday with Olaf Smith. O H Hubbard entertained friends last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Collins
Smithville
Alex Lord
Frank Collins
Olaf Smith
Harlan Blades
Burrsville
G. L. Griffith
Alva Griffith
Herman Stecenken
Harmony
Emma Howard
Harry Burke
Dover
H. Hubbard
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Caroline Banks
Luther Short
Irwin T. Sparklin
J. Boone Jarrell
Francis Lynch
Walter Lyden
Frank Adams
Harry Sullivan
Standard Training School
Hobbs
Twin Towns
Tuckahoe
J. E. Wothers
Sadie Wothers
Marl Wothers
Jean
Lawrence Read
Wyoming
Charles Jarrell
J. M. Eaton
Oscar Clark
R. W. Duffey
John Skinner
Louise Burr
Lorin Lane
Perry Benson
Anne Benaven
E. R. Adams
Reading
S. S. Thompson
Ernestine Carroll
John Carroll
Brown Thawley
Edgar Blades
Depew H. Duffey
Washington, D. C
Elwood Fleming
James Sherwood
Nancy Jane Kline
R. 8. Helms
S. 5. Thompson
Blanche Chaffinch
Queen Anne
County Extension News
Rev
E. C. Hallman
Oscar Nichols
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