Local notices and events fill Denton pages
Community life in Denton is shown with store ads for F J Wrights Mudd shop and Everngam Sons announcing wares hats lamps and sausage. Local meetings include the M E Church ladies circle, Denton Fire Co parade, Eastern Star rummage sale, and a Community Club gathering with Rotary talk forthcoming. Public health notices list disease cases and a baby clinic. Funerals and local paving project news are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Wright
Anne Anthony
F. J. Wright's
Mudd
Nuttle Milling Co
Cedar Tan
J. L. Everagam & Son
M. E. Church
John T. Carter
J. L. George & Son
Walbeck
Temple Lodge
A. F
A. M
Sunoco
J. L. Everngam & Son
Denton Fire Co
Hartly
Caroline
Order of the Eastern Star
W. A. Stewart
Caroline County
Bridgetown
Preston
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Chicago
Jupiter
Denton
John Passwaters
Greensboro
Thurman
Hazel
Wilfred
John
Woodrow
Barbara
Concord Church
M. E. Wheatley
Rotary Club
Federalsburg
Woman’s Club
Bureau of Child Hygiene
Baltimore
H. Ruth Jackson
R. N
M. P. Church
Kane
Loraine Swing
Ridgely
Cadman
Mary Lizzie Anderson
Philadelphia
Anna King
Albert Anderson
Gay Street
Stack
Barton
Social News Highlights From Area Families
Major Carl R. White Kansas State Treasurer visits parents south of town after service in World War I era. East coast trip includes Washington and Baltimore. Local students and family members are noted with moves, visits, and school enrollments across Mercerburg, Drexel Hill, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Delaware area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl R. White
Kansas
C. M. White
Major White
Washington
Baltimore
Harry Bell
Seaford del
Mercersburg Academy
Ernest G. Cooper
Oscar Clark
Elizabeth Duffey
Washington, D. C
Hugh Clark
Drexel Hill
Pao
Ellis Clark
Frederick, Md
P. A. Jester
Lee Jester
Dentoh
Bernhard Heine
Baby
Philadelphia
William Starr
J. B. Magruder
Charles G. Dukes
Louise
Plaindealing
Town
William H. Nuttle
Olivia P. Roe
Tom Wright
Virginia
Roland Pippin
Marion
Greensboro
Marie Eaton
Caroline Davis
Carroll County
Alesia
Newman D. Richards
Mabel
Melee at Jonestown church camp leaves three wounded
A shooting at a Negro church camp near Preston injures Herman Wright Louis Webb and Norman Johnson who were not participants. A passing J F Dunn witness had his sedan peppered. An unidentified man from Salisbury drove onto the grounds and vanished as officers seize his car. Alga H Willoughby hosts a surprise 84th birthday for grandmother Renna Willoughby with 56 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonestown
Preston
Herman Wright
Louis Webb
Norman Johnson
J. Fred Dunn
Dorchester County
Salisbury
Alga H. Willoughby
Smithson
Renna Willoughby
Trees for Forest and Roadside Planting
The State Forestry Department offers low cost trees for reforestation and roadside planting. Orders to the State Nursery exceed supply, so apply early to the Forestry Department in Baltimore. Seedlings range 4c to 20c, roadside trees 20c to 85c, with species including pines spruces firs oaks maples elms walnuts and more. Subscribe for The Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Forestry Department
State Department of Forestry
Fidelity Building
Baltimore
Federalsburg News Briefs Report Train Collision and Town Developments
Federalsburg residents faced a narrow scare when Federalsburg colored man Federalsburg Will Turner was struck by a freight engine near the Federalsburg station. He sustained head cuts and was treated at the station before returning home. Other items include road grading for a Federalsburg to Preston State route, a mad dog scare near North Main street, a municipal waterworks survey with a $30,000 bond issue, a piano recital by Mr. Alderson Mowbray, plans for Odd Fellows carnival, Topkis Brothers re-opening, Reliance community house fundraising, Nanticoke Lodge resuming meetings, and visits by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Turner
Seaford-Cambridge
Pennsylvania Railroad
Federalsburg
Turner
State Road
Hynson
Church of God
Hurlock- Preston
E. E. Nuttle and Son
North Main Street
Francis H. Dryden
Salisbury
Alderson Mowbray
New York
William A. Mowbray
Europe
Charles van Lear
Seaford
Del
van Lear
Mowbray
Mrr
Madame Verdi
Riviera
Federal Lodge No. 35
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Topkis Brothers
Wilmington
A. R. Messick
Reliance
G. E. Phillips
Nanticoke Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Temple
D. S. Hopkins
William Bush
Harvey
Edward Rew
Philadelphia
Gardner Walls
Roe MacSorley, Jr
First National Bank
West Central Avenue
Walton Campbell
Port Deposit, Md
J. B. McCabe
When Solomon Comes To The Throne Sermon Topic
The Preston and Williston churches announce next Sunday's service will center on the topic When Solomon Comes To The Throne, outlining the message and expected themes for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Williston
Solomon
Wright's Jewelry Store Wedding Rings Advertisement
Complete line of wedding rings from Wright's Jewelry Store. Quality bands in varied styles and prices. Visit Wright's to choose timeless pieces for the ceremony and future milestones.
New scarlet clover seed on hand
H Stafford of Burrsville Maryland reports possession of scarlet clover seed on hand for potential sale or distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ix. H. Stafford
Burrsville, Md
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Temperance Essay Prize Planned
The Woman's Home Missionary Society met in Ridgely's Methodist Church to vote prizes for a best temperance essay by local schoolchildren. Elsie Matthews named chair of the contest, Viola Jones led a society history drill, and Miss Mary Laird ran a mite-box session. The group toured local society homes via the Trakin game, and study continues with The Adventure of the Church scheduled next. Mr. Gilbert Swann died September 16 aged 76. funeral at home, burial in Greensboro, survivors include wife Linnie Mason Swann and children Russell, Henrietta, and Harry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Ridgely
Elsie Matthews
Viola Jones
Mary Laird
Gilbert Swann
D. J. Moore
Greensboro
W. L
J. M. Mason
A. G
I. T. Saulsbury
Edward Rowe
James Smith
Mr. Swann
Linnie Mason
Queen Anne’s County
Russell
Wilmington
Henrietta
Paulsboro
New Jersey
Harry Swann
Laura Pippin
Marie Smith
Delaware Industrial School For Girls
Woodhaven
Josiah Shaw
E. B. Mustard
Lewes
Etta Mustard
Washington
Harry Hurley
Mary Jane Winchester
Denton
Melvin Wheatley
Calvin Ireland
Margaret Asilton
Philadelphia
Asilton
Chestertown
Carlile Bennington
Kenneth
Bennington
Sallie Clark
Centreville
Alice Bennington
Norman Wilson
Sadie Leeds
Lee Davis
Edgemore
Elizabeth Wilson
Thompson Swing
Charles Rath
John
Jean
Ethel Betton
Edward Betton
New Castle
John Starkey
Brown Elliott
Dover
Walter Bennington
First Avenue
Harry Zeigler
Charles Dean
College Park
C. O. Starkey
Joseph Price
Nat Johnson
Sadlersville
Barnes
McBride
Queen Anne
Harvey Holsinger
Parksley
Sansbury
George Dutton
Newark
Del
T. A. Smith
Selby Smith
Garrigues
Shipley
Baltimore
Andrew Mitchell
Walter
Edna Detwiler
Easton
Local social guests from Wilmington and surrounding towns
Henderson hosts a sequence of Sunday visits with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sturgis receiving Liz Townsend Mary Cluff Calvert Poole Francis Sturgis and others from Salisbury Wilmington Norwood and Marcus Hook. Numerous families including Cartwright Gooden Clark Thomp son Hutton Sweeney Reed Griffith Wingate share weekend hospitality and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Sturgis
Liz Townsend
Mary Cluff
Salisbury
Calvert Poole
Francis Sturgis
Wilmington
Alonzo Cohece
Louise
Raymond and
Tyson
Scott Starkey
Sadlersville
Alda Montague
C. S
Denny Taylor
Dorothy
Marcus Hook
Leroy Hutton
Betty
William Sanders
Delphin Harmon
Doris
Marydel
James Melvin
J. S. Barrett
Raymond Shulties
Conowingo
Mildred Tribbett
Grace Griffith
James Burge
Greensboro
F. B. Sweeney
Byrnes Reed
Euston
Tom Robb
James Richards
Local social notes from Smithville and nearby areas
Smithville and surrounding communities share a weekend of visits and gatherings. Families from Denton Federalsburg and Delaware spent time with local residents, while friends attended a firemen’s carnival in Hurlock. A broken arm occurred to Rosella Bullock and Mrs. J. H. Spence returned improved from Salisbury hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Evelyn Bullock
Mildred Scott
Ida Nabb
Hattie Atkinson
John Chaffinch
Denton
Earl Chaffinch
Philadelphia
Chester Scott
Geon Meredith
Ray Dew
Federalsburg
Clifford Thawley
Bethel
Kathryn Hurley
Edward
Cannon's Crossing
Delaware
Raymond Meredith
Leon Meredith
Floyd Smith
Tuckahoe Neck
Cannon’s Crossing
Rosella
Salisbury Hospital
Will Dill
West Denton
Percy Tucker
Dover
Local Folks Visit Family and Friends Across States
Goldsboro residents share weekends with relatives including Thomas Shockley Jr in Wilmington and Middletown. Eloise Jarrell from Golden's College visits home, while H B Jarman of Berlin, Md visits brothers W T and M E Jarman. Others host or visit in Ridgely Delaware and Milford Delaware with Dr H F Silver at Bowers Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Shockley, Jr
Beacom’s Business College
Wilmington
Thomas Shockley
Leland Price
Middletown
Eloise Jarrell
Golden’s College
Robert Jarrell
H. B
E. S. Martin
Milford
Del
Village Whispers of Visits and Sunday Plans
Templeville resident Mrs. Kate O Knotts returned home after visiting her son J T Knotts and family in Sadlersville. Mrs Fred Maske hosted Mrs Ella Smith and granddaughter Miss Berger Burman from Wilmington. Sunday services are at the usual hour with Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11. Mr Carroll Hony of Atlantic City NJ spent last week with his parents. Miss Phyllis Butts from Wye Island visited her parents. Miss Charlotte Wallace of Barclay spent the weekend with Miss Isabel Raughley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate O. Knotts
J. T. Knotts
Sadlersville
Fred Maske
Ella Smith
Berger Burman
Wilmington
Carroll Hony
Atlantic City
N. J
J. H. Hony
Phyllis Butts
Wye Island
George Butts
Charlotte Wallace
Barclay
Isabel Raughley
Methodist Episcopal Church
Clarence A. Short
Mgr. Short
Wesley Collegiate Institute
Dover
Del
Ebenezer M. E
Ruthsburg
F. A. Lindhorst
Wilmington Conference
Hillsboro
Frank Fleming
Bernard Sparks
Mollie Diggans
Queen Anne
Will Sparks
Norman Straughn
Denton
Harry Thompson
Norman Clark
Pennsylvania
Lebanon
I. T. Sparklin
Smith
Harry M. Thompson
Ella Jump
Carroll Quimby
Jack
Anna
Baltimore
Marion Dean
Richard Sauer
Margaret
Emma Lock
Raleigh Lock
Harriett
William Cooper
West Nottingham Academy
Willan Sylvester
Cooper
Mary Cooper
Wesley Cooper
Sarah Bell
Susie Thompson
Chester
Roberta Rowe
Western Maryland College
Dorothy Knotts
Washington College
Harry Messick
Arthur Holt
Philadelphia
James Sherwood
Joe Taylor
Easton
Louis Baker
Waterloo
Iowa
Harvey Baker
Marion Dean, Jr
Armour Co
Grantsville
Claude Baker
Sunnyside Farm
M. Kline
Newton Smith
Ocean City
William Sherwood
Harry B. Wright
Preston
Charles Jarrell
Rehoboth
John Holt
Newark
William P. Taylor
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Items From The Twin Towns
News notes from Hillsboro and Queen Anne include church services and missionary day plans at the Methodist Episcopal and Ebenezer M E Church. Local social visits feature guests from Dover, Wilmington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia with evenings at bake sales and outings described among residents.
Community Club spends lively meeting and plans October
The Community Club held a semi monthly gathering with about thirty members. The program committee arranged a fine program including a quartet, a talk on community value, description of a book chapter, character sketches, and proverbs. The club voted to pay the electric light bill deficiency and named Mrs Laura Knotts as October chairwoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Flowers
Charlie Rhodes
R. H. Gibson
E. Blades
Vernon Krabill
Clara Price
Laura Knotts
R.V. Whitehurst
Baltimore
Roanoke
Carr
Cordova
Henry Morgan
James Fleming
Chester Barto
Howard Sewell
Washington College
Eugenia Morgan
Dora Sewell
Harold Leeward
Long Island
N. J
Oscar Briscoe
James
Salisbury
T. A. Lynch
Jane Stayton
Thomas Hackett
Francis Jump
Howard Jarman
Berlin
Mollie Diggans
S. F. Culver
Hebron
Horace Morgan
C. W. Moore
St. Michaels
Clifford Cortleyou
Philadelphia
Charles Covey
Wilmington
Charlie Bishop
Burrsville Services at Wesley M E Church on Sunday
Burrsville residents attend services at Wesley M E Church with a 10 a m Sunday School and 11 a m worship. Prof W C Highfield’s male quartet from Wilmington Del will sing at morning and afternoon services and at other churches. Local residents and visitors plan trips to the Springfield Mass State Fair and share family visits and travels with friends and relatives through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M
Baynard
Caulk
Harrington
New England
Springfield
Mass
Melvin James
Denton
Fred Lewis
John H. Thawley
J. W. D. Tubbs
W. W. Chaires
Horman
Powell Hopkins
Otis Stafford
Clayton
Farnhurst
Michael Lawler
Philadelphia
Arthur Stevens
Charles Messick
Hl. A. Porter
Bridgeville
Howard Hardesty
Anna Chance
Swarthmore, Pa
R. H. Stafford
Baltimore
R. H. Thawley
Hebron Gala Day Triumph Despite Pouring Rain
Hebron celebrated Shriner’s Day on September 10 with a parade despite heavy rain. Thousands viewed the event after a reception for the Boumi Temple Baltimore Shriners, held on the camp grounds. Four bands performed and local firms, including Salisbury floats, participated. Prizes awarded included G A Bounds and Co. for a colonial float later reassigned to N W Owens, with other honors to W R Wilson and J O Wilson. Decorated autos won by Miss Jean Wilson, Miss Winifred Adkins, and William H. Phillips. Hebron School won top in the school floats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
Shriner
Boumi Temple
Baltimore
Shriners
Tall Cedar Band
Delmar
Laurel
Hebron School
Quantico School
Circus Slang Guides The Unknown at New Dover
Lon Chaney stars in The Unknown a MGM mystery drama directed by Tod Browning with Joan Crawford Norman Kerry and John George. The article notes circus slang used on set including punk bulls cats and shill s for crowd pacing and ticket buyers. It states Browning drew on his circus background and had Harry Sharrock translate for actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Chaney
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Dover Opera House
Tod Browning
Harry Sharrock
Jackie Coogan
Joeys
Rube
Chaney
Joan Crawford
Norman Kerry
John George
Nick de Ruiz
Maryland agriculture staff reshuffled with two promotions
The University of Maryland College of Agriculture Experiment Station announces changes in its staff. Crop and soil work join under Prof. J. E. Metzger as head of the Agriculture Department. W. B. Kemp is promoted from associate professor in agronomy to professor in genetics and statistics and will assist Dr. H. J. Patterson, Dean and Experiment Station director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Agriculture
University of Maryland
J. E. Metzger
W. B. Kemp
H. J. Patterson
Greensboro and Environs Social Notes and Fire Report
The Greensboro Volunteer Fire Co. responded to a Tuesday morning fire from the Nashold home due to an exploding oil stove, quickly extinguished by the time the engine arrived. The column also lists numerous local residents visiting relatives, staying with families, and traveling between Greensboro, nearby towns, and states, including James Beckham of Bowling Green Kentucky, Strode Beckham of Claymont, and families from Wilmington Del and Felton Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Wilmington
Robert Clark
Frank Raughley
Felton
Hooper Ross
MV Harrington
R. J. Raughley
Charles Jackson
Bridgeville
Del
Jackson
Charles Wheeler
Lizzie
Paul Longfellow
Thomas Coulter
Trainer
Henry G. Budd, Jr
Caroline
Ohio Wesleyan Institute
Delaware
Ohio
Clarence Sipple
Eleanor Hubbard
Edward
Virginia Larrimore
Mae Pippin
Addie E. Pritchett
Maude
Tolchester
D. Smith Edwards
Edwards
Charles Walls
Roland Long
Betty
Denton
Beniah Hevalow
Teressa
Conshohocken
Mattie Kemp
Helen Naylor
Riverside Hotel
Oscar Nichols
Fred Friedel
Marcus Hook
Edward Smith
Riverside
Hazel Morris
Baltimore
John Wyatt
Smith Longfellow
Mabel Rich
Beacom’s College
Maude Edwards
Ruth Wheeler
Pemberton Manlover
Sykesville, Md
Harry Karcher
Town
S. N. Harris
Lily Baynard
IF. R. Everett
Philadelphia
Milo Evans
Orphans' Court Proceedings in Caroline County
The Caroline County Orphans Court met with Judges West, Harper and Shawn. Administrators and executors filed accounts and appraisements for deceased estates including Wilmore Green, Christopher J. Hall, Hugh Craft Brown, Frances A. Pennington, George W. Handy, and John Williamson. Several accounts were approved and passed. the Kinder will stands for probate September 27, 1927 at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Orphans’ Court
West, Harper and Shawn
Charles B. Harrison
Wilmore Green
Franklin T. Johnson
Christopher J. Hall
Calvert C. Merriken
Maryland
William K. Brown
Hugh Craft Brown
Houston Pennington
Harvey L. Holsinger
Frances A. Pennington
David B. Kinder
Harry W. Davis
Oliver W. Handy
George W. Handy
Martha J. Smith
William J. Rickards
John Williamson
Harmony Community Club Plans Lemon Social and Schedule
The last meeting on Sept 14 approved a Lemon Social for Thursday evening Sept 22. The club will convene Sept 28 and then on the second and fourth Wednesdays each month. All members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Community Club
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Sleighton Farms School
Sam Griffin
Victoria Deen
Martha W. Goldsborough
Drexel Institute
T. Alan Goldsborough
de Motte
New Canaan
Earle White
Journal
Smithville
Goldsboro
H. F. Silver
Bowers Beach
Templeville
Tuckahoe
Burrsville
Ihebron
Culver City
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