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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1945
Page
4
A Western city averted disaster when a four hundred student grade school partially unsafe stayed in use due to cost constraints. Fire drills and prompt response saved all students, prompting a renewed push for fire safety and funding to modernize dangerous facilities.
A Boston and Maine Rail road message urges workers to stay focused on the war effort until total victory over Japan. It warns against celebrations on V Day and asks the public not to ride trains for parties. The note emphasizes churchgoing, prayer, and unity as Americans anticipate Europe’s end.
This piece traces wartime shifts from isolationism to alliance with Soviet Russia and the Atlantic Charter. It notes Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meetings and Dumbarton Oaks, then critiques the charter as a scrap of paper and laments League of Nations nostalgia. It ends with a warning that 1944 closes amid military strain and UN cooperation faltering.
Second Lieutenant Albert K. Brown Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Albert K Brown of Goldsboro, receives the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial flight. At 28 he pilots a 15th AAF B L7 Flying Fortress based in Italy, having completed six bombing missions over Europe. A Greensboro High School graduate of 1933, he worked at E I duPont in Seaford before army service begun January 24 1941 at Ft Meade. He served two years in infantry before training as a pilot with RAF, earning wings and commission April 15 1944 at Columbus Army Air Field Mississippi.
In a wartime letter dated January 1, 1945 from Italy the writer reports receiving four issues of the Der ton Journal that night and notes it’s likely the fifth or sixth he has gotten since being overseas. He mentions reading an article by H S Haddick about a day trip to Rome and agrees with the view that Rome is the most beautiful city he has seen.
Pvt. Allen N. Breeding writes from a hospital in New York about seven days in Rome. He recalls St Peters Cathedral, high prices for wine and gin, and Allied advances in June 1944. He signs off hoping to rejoin his unit with good luck to GI s in Italy.
Denton corporal William T. Layton Jr. serves with the 837th Wolverines of the 85th Custer Division in Fifth Army Italy. The unit capped a difficult campaign by seizing Mount Pratone in the Gothic Line after brutal fighting that included heavy casualties and hand to hand action. The 337th also played a key role in breaking the Hitler Line before advancing toward Rome and Viterbo. The force endured mud, rain, wind, and scarce supplies while pushing north from Florence toward Bologna.
An after Christmas note from Set. Joseph B. Colgain to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Colgain of Denton writes that he is well and still engaged in the war. He hopes for the war's end soon, expresses family thoughts and prayers, and wishes a great New Year with plans to write again.
Mediterranean Theater of Operations service member Pvt Rucker, son of Mrs C Combs of Marydel Maryland, earned the Good Conduct Award for exemplary behavior and superior duty. He joined the service in March 1942 and served ten months overseas as a construction foreman with the Aviation Engineers in Africa Italy Corsica and France.
The Orphans Court met January 30 1945 with Judges Handy Dennis and Fooks. It examined and ordered recorded proof of publication of creditors notices and first and final accounts in the John B Sharp and Carl P Hilton estates. Letters of administration granted to Everett Nuttle for Oscar W Turner and Annie E Turner with bonds approved and appraisers named.
The Hillsboro district superintendent Rev. J Earl Cummings filled the pulpit Sunday for Rev. R F Loss who was confined at home with a deep cold. Local residents and visitors are listed as guests at various households over the weekend including Mrs C C Merwin of Long Beach California and Mr and Mrs Irwin Sparklin, Miss Madge Eveland, Mr and Mrs Harry Kemp, Mrs J T Heather, Mr and Mrs G B Stewart, Mr and Mrs F E Fieming and Mrs Francis Pinder, and Miss Gladys Gale with Mrs Robert Kibler in Wilmington. Continuous social visits noted among neighbors and friends.
The P T A meeting scheduled for Monday night February 5 is postponed to February 15 due to a mumps outbreak in the primary school. The article also notes a girls basketball win 26 13 over Easton at the Armory, a Farm Repair Shop starting Friday at 7 30 pm in Bryant building under Mr. Werner, and Student Council Service Flag project listing 170 CHS alumni serving, with several killed in action and a gold star to be added. The Youth Center Finance Committee ends activities after 52 memberships, with refunds to contributors.
The family of the late Juna Himich expresses gratitude to friends for help during the illness and death of our wife and mother. James Himien Sr. and Jimmy Jr.
Having sold my farm I will offer at public auction at the Bartlett Farm, formerly owned by James Ireland, located on Chapel Road about two miles from Easton at 10 30 A M. The following personal property to wit.
Caroline Discussion Group No 2 met at the home of Misses Susan Seese and Ruth Holsinger on Friday January 26 1945 with twelve members present. Minutes from the prior meetings were approved and the February gathering set for Frank Zeigler home. Major topics included compulsory military training against with almost no support and Social Security narrowly split with five for and three against. Hosts served refreshments before adjournment. secretary J Albert Seese filed the notes.
In memoriam for Josephine E Blades who died January 27 1943. The verse laments a sudden loss and bids eternal rest. Her grandchildren Beverly Ann and Brownie Thawley express grief and remember her care.
A detailed farm auction catalog lists John Deere tractors and implements including several plows harrows discs and cultivators with wagons rakes corn cutters hay loader and wheelbarrows among many other tools. Clifford Andrews serves as auctioneer and Clarence Andrews as clerk.
An order dated February 1 1945 directs ratification of the Auditor's Report unless good cause is shown within three weeks from February 2. A copy of the order must be published in a Caro line county newspaper for two consecutive weeks before February 10. Clerk D Ralph Horsey authenticates the copy.
A telegram to Mrs Victorine Bickling of Greensboro reports her son Pvt Lester N Bickling Jr wounded in action in France on January 9 and in a hospital. He enlisted last April and went overseas in November. He has a brother Pvt Carlton W Bickhre in the European theatre, sent across last September. Sergeant Charles F Norris and his wife spent furlough at home then returned to Baltimore. Willard F Rucker of Chattanooga Tenn is with Army Air Force Engineer Command in Italy building bases for Allied air power.
Memorial note from Devoted Wife and Children honoring Medford Walls who died February 6, 1942. The messages express enduring memory, love, and sorrow with quotes of devotion from wife Thelma, daughter Mary Elien and Ottis, and son Medford and wife. The text laments time yet affirms unending remembrance and affection.
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