Service News from Denton Allied With War Front
Private First Class Lewis Koenig of Denton and fellow service members aided a Christmas Eve cargo resupply in Belgium, loading planes through a freezing night. Other notes describe Pfc Harold Thurner in Dyersburg training with B 17 crews, letters from a former Denton employee, and soldiers writing home from Italy and Germany with updates on journeys, health, and local happenings.
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Koenig
U.S
Lewis Otto Koenig
G. H. Koenig
Denton
Belgium
Pfc
U. S
Albert A. Price
Paul L. Williams
Armed Forces
Bellanca Aircraft
Caroline High School
Harold W. Thurner
Army Air Field
Dyersburg
Tenn
Dyersburg Army Air Field
North Africa
England
India
Pacific
Abe
Thurner
John W. Thurner
Goldsboro Soldier Wins Bronze Star for Heroic Action
Pfc. Thomas L. Minner Jr. of Goldsboro area receives Bronze Star for heroism in action. Seventh Army medical detachment member, veteran of June 1944 Purple Heart wounds, with two good conduct bars. Regiment trained at Camp Shelby, fought in Casablanca and Italian campaigns since January 1944, earning numerous distinctions including three Distinguished Service Crosses, 35 Silver Stars, and over 200 Bronze Star decorations.
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Thomas L. Minner Jr
Thomas L. Minner Sr
Goldsboro
War Department
Minner
Fifth Army
Camp Shelby
Miss
Casablanca
French Morocco
Stafford Dinner Honors Mr Set Crawford Garrett
Mr and Mrs Henry Stafford hosted a six o clock dinner Thursday evening in honor of Mr Set Crawford Garrett. Attending were Mr Arthur Layton and other guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stafford
Set. Grawford Garrett
Arthur Layton
W S C S Members Hear Hostess Mrs Dora Melvin
Henderson society notes show Mrs Dora B Melvin hosting the W S C S gathering on Wednesday evening. Relatives visit, with locals including Mrs Ella Statterfield and families from Marcus Hook Philadelphia Wilmington Preston Easton and Baltimore mentioned in social rounds.
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Dora B. Melvin
Ella Statterfield
Marcus Hook
John Dobraski
Cleveland
Ohio
Joe Dobraski
New York City
Charles Maule
Philadelphia
Paul Maule
Wm. Palmer
Wilmington
T. A. Montague
C. A. Shenton
Mary S. Pippin
Ray Turner
Virgil Turner
Preston
Thomas Hugel
Baltimore
John Stable
Mrs F N Smith Hosts WSC Meeting At Home
Mrs F N Smith entertained the W S C S at her home Wednesday evening. President Mrs L H Thomas opened with Scripture and the Lord's Prayer. Members paid dues, a dollar entertainment fee, and Mrs J A Billings donated a dollar. Refreshments followed with readings and games. Mrs T H Towers will host next month. Mrs J A Billings recently turned 92.
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F. N. Smith
L. H. Thomas
B. B. Allen
J. A. Billings
T. H. Towers
Local Family News and Visits Across Town
Relatives and friends gathered for birthdays and companionship. Several residents shared visits to Baltimore for polio observation and hospital treatment. Notable guests included the Lister, Wooters, Dukes, Butter, Evans, and Stevens families visiting relatives in Denton, Choptank, Feltonville, Greensboro, and Tuckahoe Neck.
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G. L. Blades
N. Smith
John Lister
Audrey Tribbitt
Baltimore
Children’s Hospital
Harry Wooters
Chester
Birney
Gertrude Wooters
Feltonville
James Wooters
Homer Rice
Harold Brooke
Eugene
Virginia Stafford
Careton Dukes
Choptank
Richard Lister
Greensboro
Hillsboro Social Greetings Highlight Local Guests
Mr and Mrs Milford Kline hosted dinner with daughter Nancy Jane and others including Geo Moore family Helen Smith C R Hicks Kibler and Gladys Gale. Charianne Eaton of Sarah Lawrence College visited her parents. Various locals hosted and visited over the weekend in Hillsboro including Fleming family guests and Diana Dill’s Denton visit.
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Milford Kline
Nancy Jane Kline
Geo. C. Moore
Alvin Moore
Roy Hopkins
Queen Anne
Helen Smith
C. R. Hicks
Robert Kibler
Gladys Gale
Charianne Eaton
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville
N. Y
Joseph M. Eaton
Charles Brown
Wilmington
Ethel Skinner
Frank Fleming
Bernard Sparks
Kurt Lederer
Nichols
New York
Henry Fleming
John Decker
Philadelphia
Rosalee Dill
Denton
Paul Dill
Deputy Collector to Aid Denton and Federalsburg Taxpayers
A deputy collector of Internal Revenue will visit Denton on February 24 26 27 and 28 to assist taxpayers in filing calendar year 1944 income tax returns and 1945 estimated returns. He will be in Federalsburg on March 1 2 3 5 and 6 to offer help.
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Internal Revenue
Denton
Federalsburg
In Memoriam Emma Saterfield
In loving memory of Mrs Emma Saterfield who departed this life February 8 1944 There is a memory fond and true There is a token of affection mother And a heartache still for you Sadly missed by her daughter M Peart Voss.
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Emma Saterfield
M. Peart Voss
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Lida J. Cooper
The family thanks friends for kind help during illness and death of Mrs. Lida J. Cooper. Signed by Mrs. Raymond B. Rawlings and Frank Cooper.
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Lida J. Cooper
Raymond B. Rawlings
Frank Cooper
Adams Cross Roads Birthday and Social Notes
Mr and Mrs Fort Robinson entertained friends with refreshments for a birthday anniversary. Mrs Blanche Adams welcomed Mrs C L Harman of Greenwood for dinner and attended W S CG S. Rachel Wilson of Seaford dined with Mrs Marian Robinson. Minnie Adams of Wilmington visited. Neil Heller returned to Wilmington after a 10 day home stay. Paul Horsey spent the weekend with his mother.
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C. L. Harman
Greenwood
Blanche Adams
Rachel Wilson
Seaford
Marian Robinson
Minnie Adams
Wilmington
Neil Heller
Pomona Grange Meeting Held Across Three Counties
Ridgely Pomona lecturer Mrs Clifton G Crouse announces an all day Tim County Pomona Grange session from East New Market starting 10 a m. Charles Stevenson presided. Rev John Wootten spoke on The Advantage of a Handicap. A playlet by Euston Grange members, a 4 H freezing foods demo, and group singing followed. afternoon session open to the public.
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Clifton G. Crouse
Ridgely
Pomona
Pomona Grange
Crowne, Talbot
Dorchester
East New Market
Charles Stevenson
John Wootten
Grace Methodist Church
Cambridge
Euston Grangee
Hattie Brooks
Rudolph S. Brown
Mrs Brown
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Market Street
Maryland
Caroline County
Caroline
Tennessee
T. R. Benson
The
Caroline Ice Cream Company
Pfe
James H. Wooters
Italy
Deir Chester
Tommy
Old Fatso
Mr. Collins
Shank
States
Mr. Palmer
New Caledonia
Bora Bora
Society Islands
Surae Fiji
American Samoa
Samoa
Western Samoa
Britain
Robert J. Stevenson
Treasure Island
Pappetti
Tahiti
America
John Griffin
39Th Infantry
60Th Infantry
9Th Division
Fort Bragg
N. C
Germany
Hell
North
Ireland
France
Holland
Texas
Europbum Street
Paris
Henry C. Porter
Wesley Church
Wm. H. Wright
Harry A. Porter
Geome
Watter Meyers
Smyrna
Del
Reba Stafford
Burrsville
Henderson
Hillsboro
Memoriam
OPA
G. D. Crouse
Sherwood Brothers Incorporated
Rexalt Drug Store
B & B Chemical
John
Primrose House
Vampole
Bryan & Hopkins
Rexall
Bloomery
Paul Horsey
Tri-County
Pomonans
OF Credit Open
Denton National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
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