Maryland Voices From England To Be Heard
Soldiers in Britain will be heard by Marylanders Virginians and Southern Pennsylvanians in a Christmas Day broadcast direct from a U S Army post and a bomber base in Britain. The program airs at 1245 p m on WFBR Baltimore WJEJ Hagerstown KBOC Salisbury and WTBO Cumberland. The Sun papers sponsor the effort to keep readers in touch with service members overseas and families at home.
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Britain
America
U. S
Maryland
Kiloe’l’s
WFBR
Baltimore
Hagerstown
KBOC
Salisbury
Cumberland
Armed Services
United States Army
Navy
Baltimore Sunpapers
Frank Zeigler Returns Home From Merchant Marines Cadet Training
Cadet Frank D. Zeigler Jr., on leave for Christmas, reflects on eight months ahead at Kings Point and Merchant Marine Cadet Academy after completing basic training on February 22, 1945. He trained as an engine cadet, sailed from Galveston to New Zealand, then Australia, and returned via San Pedro California before visiting Denton area parents.
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Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
Frank D. Zeigler Jr
Kings Point
Lone Island
Merchant Marine Cadet Academy
Zeigler
Galveston
New Zealand
Australia
Melbourne
San Pedro
California
Cadet Zeigler
F. D. Zeigler
Denton
Pensacola Training Completes for Hallowell Cadet
Alton W. Hallowell, 21, son of Mrs. Esther E. Hallowell of Federalshore, completed training at the Naval Air Station Pensacola Florida and was commissioned ensign in the Naval Reserve. Born September 19 1921 in Florado Maryland he attended business college in Wilmington Delaware before reporting to Pensacola February 21.
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Alton W. Hallowell
Esther E. Hallowell
Federalshore
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Reserve
Ensien Hallowell
Florado
Business College
Wilmieter
Delwert
Noble Schuyler Enlists in Navy and Serves Abroad
Noble Schuyler enters the Navy in November 1945 and sails for North Africa, returning to New York by late November. He spends a 20 day furlough with his parents, amid three brothers also in service in England, Iceland, and Massachusetts. Lt Charlotte Ann Gordon, stationed at Atlantic City, N J, is mentioned, with a transfer to Camp Lejeune, New Jersey.
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Noale Schuyler
USNR
Oto
Bambers
Faite Creech
Fleet
Nortok
Noble
Navy
Baimbs Dee
North Africa
New York
Samuel Schuyler
Raymond
England
Paul
Iceland
Linwood
Masachusetts
Harry A. Gordon
Greensboro
Geo. A. Butler
Denton
Charlotte Ann Gordon
Atlantic City N. J
Gordon
Camp Riimea
N. J
Akmel On Foreign Soil In Thanksgiving Message
Caroline Service News reports James Percy P Daffin, son of Mrs Alma Daffin of Trappe, is likely on foreign soil. He wrote to his wife in Blades Del, saying he was somewhere at sea on Thanksgiving Day. Percy, born in Talbot County, grew up amid fishing, hunting, and outdoor life, later apprenticed at the JOURNAL office in Denton before joining duPont plant work at Seaford Park. He married Wilda dose of Blades Del in 1912, and they have a son, James Vonnie, born December 10 1912, whom Percy has rarely seen. He is noted for dancing and was a member of Denton baseball and soccer clubs. In the Army he served with the air force as a parachute repairman. Wishing him a safe arrival and speedy return home.
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James Percy P Daffin
Alma Daffin
Trappe
Blades
Del
Perk
Talbot County
Denton
Journal Office
duPont
Seaford Park
Wilda Dose, Bh
Seaford
James Vonnie
Percy
Warrant Officer Hallowell Arrives in Dutch Harbor Alaska
Robert Hamilton Hallowell of Federalsburg and Dundalk Maryland has arrived at Dutch Harbor Alaska after being named a warrant officer in the Seabees following training at Camp Peary Virginia. He was loaned to the War Department as Ordnance Engineer by General Motors from 1936 to 1942 and undertook a special mission to England on Thanksgiving Day 1942 aboard the Panama Clipper.
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Robert Hamilton Hallowell
Stewart E. Hallowell
Federalsburg
Dundalk
Med
Seabees
Camp Peary
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Hallowell
War Department
General Motors
England
Honor Roll To Be Erected In Denton County
The county will display the names of every man from Caroline County who answered his country’s call. The Board of Denton Town Commissioners and the County board spearhead the project with Women's Community Club credit for a definite plan. The scroll will hang in the town center once lists are compiled and the frame is ready, as volunteers plan to honor service members amid Christmas readings and community support.
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Caroline County
Denton
Womens Community Club of
Cooper
S . Crelogesae
Service News From Overseas and Local Promotions
Charles Alan Greenly, electrican in Naval Aviation, returned on 20 day leave to Christina after active duty in the Caribbean since July 1942. He enlisted in April 1912 and served at Norfolk and Puerto Rico before Cuba, reflecting on training and travel. War Department promotions include two Maryland Army officers, Robat Whitford Freeman of Cambridge and John Star rington Brown of Queen Anne, promoted to first lieutenant.
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Christina
Charles Alan Greenly
Tsnr
Denton
Naval
Mate Greenly
Caribbean
Navy
Greenly
Maryland
War Department
Robat Whitford Freeman
Cambridee
John Sfarrington Brown
Queen Anne
Visit Home Sergeant Rachel Crockett Visits Denton Family
Sergeant Rachel Crockett an Air WAC from Gulfport Field Mississippi visits Denton relatives on Christmas day. She previously managed a Loft candy store in Chester Pennsylvania and now serves in the WAC recruiting office in Camden New Jersey after basic training in Nacogdoches Texas. She left Boothwan for Fort Oglethorpe Georgia earlier and served without dependents enlisting to aid in the war.
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Rachel Crockett
Air Wac
Gulfport Field
Miss
J. Walter Downes
Denton
G. Clifton Cohee
Crockett
WAC
Camden, 2. J
South
Service Shorts Cplt Faulkner Surprise Home Visit
John W. Faulkner, a cave HS service member, surprised his parents and sisters on Wirth avenue by arriving unexpectedly last week. He received a furlough extending through December 1 and had just returning from Lunken Field Ohio after a six week course and graduation from an aviation guard school in Miami Beach Florida.
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John W. Faulkner Cave
Big Surprise
Wirth Avenue
Lunken Field
Ohio
Am Oaviation Guard School
Miami Beach
Fla
Delegate Calvert Merriken Seeks Democratic Nomination
Delegate Calvert C Merriken seeks the Democratic nomination for Congress in Maryland's First District. He outlines his farm upbringing in Caroline County, education at Federalsburg and Charlotte Hall, law degrees from Georgetown, and more than 27 years practicing law in Maryland. He notes World War I service and early leadership as Car Commander. (Continued on Page 8)
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Maryland
Annapolis
Caroline County
Federalsburg
Denton
Charlotte Hall Military Academy
Hurlock
Dorchester County
Crapo
Brentwood
Mt. Rainier
Prince George’s County
Georgetown University Law School
Washington
Caroline
Dorchester
Talbot
Queen Anne’s
Kent
Car
Deaths of Martha J. Cannon and others in region
Obituary notices report the death of Martha J. Cannon 78 widow of James Cannon at her Denton home with funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday and burial in Denton cemetery. Surviving children include two sons William and James, and daughters Emily and Elizabeth. Also noted are Abraham G. Stufft 78 who died in Greensboro with services at 2 p.m. Sunday and burial there, and Susie Ford, whose funeral was in Greensboro with burial in Greensboro cemetery. A fatal truck cab incident in Baltimore and a church funeral in Templeville complete the brief death notices.
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Martha J. Cannon
James Cannon
Riverton Avenue
Denton
Abraham G. Stufft
Greensboro
Sarah Kaufman Stulft
G. Homer Stulft
Cyrus
Llanerch
Edgar
Paoli
Elmer
Philadelphia
David
Manoa
Pennsylvania
Esther Nashold
John Andrew
Mary Sulft
Greenboro
Susie Ford
Rawlings Funeral Chapel
Irving Lane
Greensboro Baptist Church
Ford
Burin
Martin Walls
Creeushore
Malneht Walls
Welfare Home
Sinvina
Wesley Wolly
Oonan Felton
Eve al Hobacs
Hieces
Sarteau
Gooser W. Jolly
Marsdel
Philadelpha Road
Erdman Avenue
Baltimore
Charles Butler
Jolly
Templeville Methodist Church
Templeville Cemetery
Train Wreck Injures Six On Pennsylvania Rail Line
Six people were hurt Saturday morning when a Pennsylvania Rail round passenger train derailed between Cordova and Chapel Station. Troopers from the Maryland State Police Easton station evacuated mostly women from angled cars. First aid and transport to Easton Memorial Hospital followed. Injured include Sadie Macklem, Ruby Harrison, Albert Potts, Gladys Byrd, Susie Barnes, and Marie Evans. Conductor W A Jester, engineer L E Argo, and fireman J L Hopkins are named. The wreck was attributed to a broken rail.
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Pennsylvania Railround
Cordova
Chapel Station
Maryland State Police
Easton
P. J. Randall
J. C. Latham
Randall
Easton Memorial Hospital
Sadie Macklem
Ruby Harrison
Borman
Albert Potts
North Seventeenth Street
Philadelphia
Gladys Byrd
Susie Barnes
Woodbury
N. J
Marie Evans
Thompson Street
Philadelpha
W. A. Jester
Clayton
Del
L. E. Argo
J. L. Hopkins
Calf Born At Joe Eaton Farm Weighing 108 Pounds
On Joe Eaton's farm near Thawley's Church in Tucka hoe Neck a Holstein calf was born on Monday weighing 108 pounds at birth.
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Joe Eaton
Tuckahoe Neck
Thawley
Marvin Butler
Denton Journal Christmas Issue Highlights County Community
The Journal presents a special Christmas issue praised for wide circulation and collaboration across county organizations. Contributors from business and professional sectors joined the effort, with readers urged to enjoy the full content from start to finish including heartfelt Christmas messages across the county.
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Frank Zeigler
Merchant Marines
Caroline Service News
Akmel
SEARS
Bethleseem
Mary
Bethlehem
Edith Tatum
A. J. Messick
France
Elmer B. Signurt
Media
Tlemy Eyneen
Clarence
Chaffinch
Elmer Thenut
Roy Gordon
Battary
310Th Field Artillery
Toth Division
Calvert C. Merriken
Menken
Denton Journal
Grover W. Jolly
Ren
Cay
Puedes
Careline
Ump Seiv
Glease Tee
Usu
County
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