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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
13
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Christianity as a living faith rather than mere theory. The passage emphasizes experiential belief, practical obedience, and personal commitment as core to the Christian life.
The Ridgely Grange elected officers at the monthly meeting at the fire house with J. Charles Stevenson as Master and Wm. S. Carroll Overseer. The report lists all officers from Lecturer Mrs. James F. Stack to Treasurer Miss Maud Sleek and notes numerous Christmas visits and greetings across Ridgely, with relatives from Philadelphia Houston and Indiana visiting or hosting.
Grover Tharp Jr. writes from the South Pacific to Mr and Mrs Grover Tharp describing rough voyage conditions aboard a new ship with Seabees Marines and soldiers, crowded bunks and slow meals. He details duties in the chaplain’s office, encounters with subs, a risky Panama crossing, restock at New Hebrides, a move to an aircraft carrier toward Tokyo, battles near Rabaul Bougainville New Georgia New Britain and New Guinea, brutal mud and jungle conditions, mail delays, and expected discharge chances with the 71st Fleet in San Francisco. He mentions close enemy presence and the hard trek to build and repair, ending with plans for home and transfer timing.
In Goldsboro a Christmas candle light service is planned for next Sunday at 7 30 p m at Trinity Methodist Church sponsored by the W S C S All are welcome. Several local residents attended a funeral in Henderson last Sunday afternoon and visitors from Philadelphia and Wilmington were noted in recent exchanges.
Hillsboro notes list Miss Charlanne Eaton of Sarah Lawrence College and Miss Elinor Eaton of Ogontz School spending Christmas holidays with parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Eaton. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Byron Poore and daughter of Greensboro, Miss Pearl Eveland and friend of Federalsburg, Miss Elaine Hunter and Mr. Clayton Wright with Dora Morris and Frances Covell, plus Worth Walters home from Detroit for the holidays and Ellis Clark of Easton at dinner with the Eatons. Brown Eaton of Baltimore and Milford Kline spent time in town and Baltimore respectively.
A reflective aphorism argues we should study past errors only to gain useful lessons and profit from experience, urging careful judgment in learning from history.
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