Maryland Plans Bond Purchase To Aid War Effort
Governor Herbert R. O Conor announced Maryland will buy 15,350,000 in Victory Bonds using state funds from Teachers Retirement, Employees Retirement, State Accident Fund and General Funds. Counties and Baltimore City will share the total, with allocations listed for Allegany through Somerset. He urged all to join the campaign as federal needs remain and wound care for veterans is a priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Herbert R. O’conor
Baltimore City
Allegany
Garrett
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Baltimore
Cecil
Harford
Anne Arundel
Calvert
Charles
Prince George’s
St. Mary’s
Caroline
Kent
Queen Anne
Talbot
Dorchester
Wicomico
Worcester
Somerset
O’conor
Denton Women Aid Needy Families With Supplies
Denton Community Club plans immediate collection of food and clothing for four needy Caroline county families at the request of the board of public welfare. Funds for these families are inadequate due to handicaps and caregiving duties. Miss Madge Jump and Mrs. Carlton V. West coordinated donations to the welfare board for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Community Club
Caroline County
Board of Public Welfare of
William F. Wolf
Community Club
Organization of Women
Madge Jump
Carlton V. West
Welfare Board
Hybrid Corn Show Here December 15
Growers in the Southern States area are invited to enter the Denton show staged by Southern States Farmers Supply Cooperative on December 15. Three ears per entry, judging the same day, prizes include a bushel, half bushel, and a peck of hybrid corn with ribbons. Entries due by December 12. exhibits become store property and win ners displayed until after January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Southern States Farmers Supply Cooperative
November 1945 Discharges from Caroline County GIs
A list of White and Colored men discharged in Caroline county in November 1945 includes names such as Arthur Legar Jopp and J. Frazier Monroe. The compilation notes honorable discharge veterans wearing the emblem and welcomes home the Caroline boys and girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Service
Caroline
Caroline County
Arthur Legar Jopp
Albert Simpler
J. Franklin Alford Joseph J. Simon Norman Marshall Walls Price
W. W. Kaler
Jack Frazier Monroe William Reese Brown
Charles Frederick Norris Harry Fisher Knotts Jr
John William Good Harry Gibble Crouse Jr
Garland Bee James Henry Lister Robert Edger Wright Jr
Harry Jackson Hubbard Dawson
Frederick Cohee Thomas George Parks Levin William Taylor Jr
Enos John Pitcher Kenneth William Altfather
Joseph Garner John Dudley Davis
Woodrow Stevenson Passwaters
Raymond Jusw
Benjamin Franklin Howard James Hooper Parrott
Ernest Lee Sullivan Bassil Kennedy William George Buf
Fire Company Elects Officers For 1946
Denton Volunteer Fire Company Inc held its regular annual meeting with twenty four members present and a close race in ballots. Earl White was chosen unopposed as chief. Elected officers include President William Finn, Vice President Roland Griffith, Secretary Ford Baker, Assistant Secretary Joe Scurto, Treasurer Sherman L Tribbitt, Supply Sergeant Joseph L Ross, Janitor Casper Meeks, and Trustees C L Stafford, Herman Dodd, Charles T Baker, C H Roe, Samuel Nowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Volunteer Fire Company, Inc
Earl White
William Finn
Roland Griffith
Ford Baker
Herman Dodd
Charles T. Baker
C. H. Roe
Samuel Nowell
S Sgt H A Perry stationed on Leyte
S Sgt H A Perry has been promoted to Staff Sergeant and serves as a squad leader with the 650th Replacement Company of the 28th Replacement Depot on Leyte in the Philippines. Overseas since June, he earns the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, and Good Conduct Medal. He previously worked for Container Corporation of America in Wilmington, Delaware, before enlisting in August 1942. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William Perry of Holloway Terrace, New Castle Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte
P. I
Howard A. Perry
Frances E. Perry
Route One
Denton
Maryland
28Th
APO
Philippines
Perry
StSgt. Perry
Container Corporation of America
Wilmington
Delaware
William Perry
11Th and
Central Avenue
Holloway Terrace
New Castle
Two Candidates File For County Offices
Politics in Ca pline heats up as two candidates file for county offices. James A. Wise seeks State's Attorney while Carlton V. West runs for Register of Wills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capline
James A. Wise
State’s Attorney
Carlton V. West
Register of Wills
Minute Men To Be Formally Honored
Governor OConor announced formal Certificates of Appreciation and Honorable Discharge for former Maryland Minute Men of the Reserve Militia. About 16,000 to 18,000 served. issuance will take about two months. The unit, started under Governor with the War Department, earned praise for its preparatory work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’conor
Reserve Militia of
Maryland
Military Department of the State
Reserve Militia
War Department
Milton A. Reckord
Third Service Command
Francis Perrott
Dwight H. Mohr
Roe joins Blue Barron Orchestra in Springfield Illinois
Dawson Roe, local trumpet player with Shore popularity, left on Tuesday to join Blue Barron’s Orchestra in Springfield Illinois on the 7th or 8th. After his stand, Blue Barron will begin nineteen one nighter stops at army camps nationwide. Roe hopes Shore friends in the service will seek him out for Eastern Shore chat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson Roe
Blue
Caroline County November 1945 Armed Forces inductees
A list of inductees from Caroline county in November 1945 includes white men Malcolm MacDonald Federalsburg Paul W Hulliger Federalsburg James S Whitby Hillsboro Raymond M Breeding Denton Jack Richardson Federalsburg and colored inductee Byard F Ricketts Federalsburg Chester P Friend Preston William E Stanley Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Malcolm MacDonald
Federalsburg
Paul W. Hulliger
James S. Whitby
Hillsboro
Raymond M. Breeding
Denton
Jack Richardson
Byard F. Ricketts
Chester P. Friend
Preston
William E. Stanley
Christmas Dance Set At Denton Armory With Steel Pier Orchestra
Robert O. Dulin announces the 1945 Caroline Cotillion Club Christmas Dance at Denton Armory on Thursday night December 27. Ronnie King will sing as the music is provided by Alex Bartha's Steel Pier Orchestra. Decorations will be renewed, exchanges limited to Talbot county, and guest tickets restricted to outsiders. James Trice serves as vice chairman and C P Merrick Jr as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Bartha
Steel Pier Orchestra
Robert O. Dulin
Preston
Chatman
Caroline Cotillion Club
Denton Armory
Ronnie King
Talbot County
James Trice
C. P. Merrick Jr
Harrington Man Killed By Train At Clark Street Crossing
William Millman aged 60, manager of the Ace dress plant, Harrington, was killed when his car was struck by a northbound Norfolk express at the Clark street crossing. The force hurled the engine 150 feet, carriages crushed, watchman Arthur Tharp warned him then jumped clear. Survived by wife Anna and a daughter in New York City. son Lieutenant Arthur Millman of Fort Bragg, on leave, tied to University of Delaware. Police and coroner investigated. Rotary Club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Millman
Ace Dress
Harrington
Norfolk Express
Clark Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Millman
Tony Brown
Railroad Street
Arthur Tharp
Arthur Millman
Fort Bragg
N. C
University of Delaware
Army
State
N. Edgar Smith
Kent County
Rotary
New York City
Harrington Rotary Club
Anna Millman
Mr. Millman
Boy Scouts Hold Court of Honor in Easton
More than 250 scouts, scouters, parents and friends attended the Tri-County Fall Court of Honor at Easton High School on November 30. The event, presided over by Calvin Skinner, awarded nine advancement badges, nineteen merit badges, three troops with shields, and featured Earl Hilfiker’s Rainbow End film. Eagle Scout Roger Redden of Troop 165 Denton received the badge. Frederic Wellington, council scout executive, spoke and introduced Hilfiker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-County
Easton
Calvin Skinner
Talbot County
Earl Hilfiker
Earl M. Shockley
Ebenezer Methodist Church
M. A. Zimmerman
Easton High School
Denton
Layman J. Redden
Caroline County
Edward Walls
Maurice Porter
Robert Vogt
T. Edward Jarrell
Alvin Simpson
Greensboro
C. C. Chilcutt
Tilghman
Henderson
Shields
W. Clyde Collier
Queen Anne’s County
Walter Campbell
Richard S. Holden
Walter LeCompte
John W. Noble Jr
J. Addison Patchett
Roger Redden
Rembert Simpson
Ewing Staton
G. Linden Duffy
Beverly S. Blades
Preston
Charles Detwiler
John W. Noble
James A. Wise
Del-Mar-Va
Mr. Hilfiker
Airline Service To Easton Suspended
Maryland Airlines Inc will cease passenger carrying operations at Easton Municipal Airport following the State Aviation Commission order. A meeting with officials discussed upgrading the field to meet Class 8 standards, with equipment like a hangar, shop, administration building, markers and two-way radio needed, while a Class I license could be granted but would not support regular passenger service. Harry E Bullock, Denton, has been honorably discharged from naval service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Hathaway
Maryland Airines, Inc
State Aviation Commission
Easton Municipal
Washington-Easton
Easton
William Curran
Aviation Commission
Maryland Airlines, Inc
Easton Field
Talbot County
Cities Service Oil Company
Charles H. Buck
Commission
Curran
C. T. Hellston
Oil Company
Maryland
United States Secretary of Commerce
County Bond Drive Nears 450000 Goal SeA
Four Caroline county communities have met their quotas in the eighth war bond drive and four more are progressing toward the county goal of 450000. Greensboro has 45000, Marydel 13500, Ridgely 31500, and Hillsboro 31500 toward the campaign closing December 8. Denton Federalsburg Preston and Goldsboro remain in the race with varying quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
W. Edwin Unger
Federalsburg
Greensboro
Marydel
Ridgely
Hillsboro
Denton
Preston
Goldsboro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ory Sra
Joseph Birch Colgain Earl Louis Krabill
Frederick Hayes Friedel Jr
James Lawrence Wright Jr
Dorsey Frederick Hicks Harry Arthur Kreigh
Earl Dawson Lord Donald Brooks Williamson
Carl C. Grime
John R. Thomas
Samuel Temples Bright
Fire Company
H. A. Perry
Roe
Blue” Barron Orchestra
Boy Scouts
Municipal Field
Harry E. Bullock
Naval Service
Separation Center
Bainbridge, Md
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