Framptom Appointed Chairman For Red Cross War Drive
Jerome J. Framptom Jr of Federalsboro named chairman of the annual Red Cross war fund drive opening in Caroline county March 1. The Caroline County Chapter quota is 8000 dollars, down from 10600 last year. A county Red Cross planning meeting is set for Denton February 21 at 730 p m. Clayton Reynolds of Denton chairs the chapter. A note from John Howard Jr in Germany urges support for the Red Cross aiding soldiers. William H. Jopp Jr reports prisoners in Germany receive weekly food parcels via the International Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome J. Framptom Jr
Federalshoro
Red Cross
Caroline County
Paul Hyer
Alexandria
Virginia
American Red Cross
Denton
Clayton Reynolds
John Howard Jr
Germany
John Howard
William H. Jopp Jr
W. Harry Jopp
International Red Cross
FSA Warns GIs About Swindlers in Maryland Area
Harry H. Nuttle announces at a Baltimore meeting that returning service men entering farming face swindling. J. H Wood cites 11-state fraud cases and warns officials. County committees review loan guarantees under the GI Bill to ensure true value, use of proceeds, earning power, and veteran suitability. John D. Leatherman reports 23 counties with certifying committees and loan-guarantee blanks distributed. Nuttle says veterans must be advised to avoid ill advised farming choices and unwarranted risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Nuttle
Maryland
FSA
State Advisory Committee
Baltimore
J. H Wood
Maine-to
Wood
John D. Leatherman
Denton
Behike promoted to technical sergeant at Cherry Point
Wil liam F. Behike son of Mr and Mrs Charles Behike of Denton has been promoted from staff sergeant to technical sergeant at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina He enlisted March 10 1943 in Baltimore Maryland and serves as an ordnance man with a Ninth Marine Aircraft Wing unit undergoing combat training at the Marine Corps largest air station
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Behike
Charles Behike
Denton
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
N. C
Behike
Marine Corps
Baltimore
Ninth Marine Aircraft Wing
Wayne Hanson to Speak in Denton Rotary Institute Series
Wayne Hanson will open the Rotary Club of Denton Institute of International Understanding series at Caraline High School Auditorium. Tickets are $15, with Hanson discussing The Role of the North American Continent. Series runs Feb 27, Mar 18, Mar 20, and Apr 17.
Lt Adams Assigned To Army Hospital
Lieutenant Pauline E. Adams of the Army Nurse Corps is assigned to general nursing duties at McGuire General Hospital in Richmond Virginia. She trained at Garfield Memorial Hospital Washington and D C and was commissioned in February 1941 at Walter Reed. She spent thirty three months overseas in Australia and New Guinea returning home December 1944. She is the daughter of Charles H Adams of Greensboro Maryland McGuire is the army’s largest named medical installation in the Third Service Command specializing in neurosurgery referrals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline E. Adams
Army Nurse Corps
McGuire General Hospital
Richmond
Virginia
P. E. Duggins
Adams
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Washington
D. C
Walter Reed General Hospital
Australia
New Guinea
Charles H. Adams
Greensboro
Maryland
Army
Third Service Command
Denton Town Board Opposes Expansion Plan
Denton commissioners voiced opposition Tuesday to a Maryland bill by Delegate Calvert Merriken to extend Denton limits. A plat filed February 9, 1945 shows West and East Denton additions totaling 960 acres along the Choptank River. Board members feared water and sewer system costs would raise taxes from 80 cents to about 2.80, and cited the burden on taxpayers. Other board members were I. R. Fleetwood and William Finn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Maryland
Calvert Merriken
D. Ralph Horsey
Circuit Court
West
George W. Beck
Board of Town Commissioners
I. R. Fleetwood
William Finn
Guernsey Meeting At Centreville February 26 at 7:45 PM
Guernsey cattle breeders are urged to attend a February 26 meeting at 7 45 p m in the County Office Building Centreville. Sponsored by American Guernsey Cattle Club Maryland Extension Service and Eastern Shore Guernsey Breeders Association. Earl N Shultz will speak on Selling Our Breed with film displays by John Clark and George Hyatt Jr. A practical plan to aid 4 H and IF A boys to own and improve purebred cattle will be discussed with door prize a book Heredity in Dairy Cattle. Refreshments provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
Centreville
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Maryland Extension Service
Eastern Shore Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Earl N. Shultz
John Clark
Maryland State Fair Board
George Hyatt Jr
University of Maryland
Russell
Several More Donors Swell Firemen's Fund
Several additional gifts this week raised the firemen's fund to a total of 2286.00. Donors listed include Rodman Leese Mr and Mrs Ed Willis Mrs Elizabeth Stone Thomas Lockerman John Mowbray R O Long Avery Long C A Turner Elwood R Layton Ice Service Co Sherwood Brothers Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodman Leese
Ed Willis
Elizabeth Stone
Thomas Lockerman
John Mowbray
R. O. Long
Avery Long
C. A. Turner
Elwood R. Layton and Ice Service Co
Sherwood Brothers, Inc
State to Pay 2 314 130 Yearly Toward Public School Program
Governor Herbert R. OConor announces a 1946 47 State Budget record for Public Schools totaling 22 491 210 with a new 2 314 130 yearly state contribution. Counties and Baltimore City supply 1 779 079 annually. The budget includes 17 862 850 for two years and a 3 843 210 yearly rise for teacher salaries. The plan aims to limit elementary class sizes to 35 and expand teacher numbers. A $250 000 state funded item is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. O’conor
State House
O’conor
Baltimore City
Wounded Staff Sergeant Downes Receives Purple Heart
ARC of Staff Sergeant Henry H. Downes Jr. known as Tacky was wounded November 13, 1944 in France and earned the Purple Heart. He spent about 60 days in a Southern France hospital and returned January 5, 1945 to Company E1, 01st Infantry, 26th Division, APO 26, 3rd Army. He was 20 on November 6, 1944 and joined the Army August 3, 1943 after graduating from Devitt Preparatory School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Downes Jr
Tacky
H. Hackett Downes
France
26Th Division
APO 26
3Rd Army
Army
Devitt Preparatory School
Last Call In Palio Drive In Caroline
Caroline County residents are urged to contribute to the Infantile Paralysis Fund as funds are scarce and no government aid is available. The county committee plans to close the drive this week. donations can be sent to county treasurer Theodore Orme or local chairmen, with Dr. E Paul Knotts as fund chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Caroline
Theodore Orme
E. Paul Knotts
Caroline County Infantile Paralysis Fund
Denton
O Conor Green Bag Goes To The Senate
Governor Herbert R. O'Conor submitted the Green Bag list of Senate confirmations to the Senate. About 9,000 names appeared on the list disclosed at the State House, with nearly 600 county city and state appointments including trial magistrates and justices of the peace and election boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Herbert R. O’conor
State House
Baltimore City
Boards of Supervisors of Elections
School Time Changes and Rotary Institute Guest List
Beginning Monday February 26, Denton schools will open at 9:00 a.m. and dismiss at 3:25 p.m. Parents are advised of the change. Teachers are invited as guests of the Rotary Club at the Institute of International Understanding held at Caroline High School Auditorium. The first forum is Tuesday February 27 at 8:15 p.m. Wayne Hanson of Oak Park Illinois will discuss The Role of the North American Continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Rotary Institute
Rotary Club
Denton
Institute of International Understanding
Caroline High School
Wayne Hanson
Oak Park
Illinois
North American
March 1 Deadline for Freezer Locker Space Rental
Prominent citizens of this county section announce the opening of Shadow fash Frozen Food Lockers as shown in an advertisement. More than one hundred have rented lockers. wartime rules require 180 contracts and a year’s rent before priority is issued to start construction. Sign up by March 1 or the project may be dropped. refunds available via Denton National Bank. For details contact G. H. Rue, Greensboro Road, Denton 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton National Bank
G. H. Rue
Greensboro Road
Denton 20
Denton P T A heard five point plan for Maryland schools
W Stewart Fitzgerald of Denton public schools outlined Gov. O'Conor's five point plan at a Denton P T A meeting. He highlighted the equalization fund 180 day school year teacher retirement fund school supervision and attendance officer. The program was presented by Denton Primary School with Mrs Emmett Hignatt as principal Axford Barrow presided as P T A president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Stewart Fitzgerald
Denton
Caroline County
Herbert R. O’onor
Maryland
Parent-Teacher Association
Fitzgerald
Denton Primary School
Emmett Hignatt
Axford Barrow
Denton Parent-Teacher Association
Local youths receive wartime promotions to officer and petty officer
Robert H. Hoop Thawley advanced to Lt. jg effective January 1, 1945 after serving aboard the USS Rixey in the South Pacific for over a year. Wesley E. Thawley Jr. promoted to SK II at February 1, 1945, stationed at the Amphibious Training Base Solomons Maryland for the past 19 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. “Hoop” Thawley
J.g
U.S.S. Rixey
South Pacific
Wesley E. Thawley Jr
SK Lle
Amphibious Training Base
Solomons
Maryland Casualty List Adds Two Wounded in Europe
The War Department released a Wednesday casualty list placing two Maryland men among the wounded in the European theater Corporal Ellingsworth J. Andrew son of Mrs Eugenia N Andrew Gordova and Private Lester N Bickling Jr son of Mrs Victorine Bickling R F D Goldsboro Both names appear in the wounded in the European area section of the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
War Department
Corp. Ellingsworth
J. Andrew
Eugenia N. Andrew
Gordova
Pfe
Lester N. Bickling Jr
Victorine Bickling
Goldsboro
Early Morning Fire Damages Cohee Store in West Denton
Fire of undetermined origin discovered about 5:30 a m by a neighbor in the G C Cohee Store area West Denton. A box of trash near the rear burned before firefighters arrived and subdued flames with hand extinguishers. Loss estimated at 75 to 100 dollars. early detection likely prevented a bigger disaster similar to an event two decades earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Cohee
West
Denton
Phillips
Cambridge
Cohee
Fishermen Lose Fight Over Nets
Maryland Tidewater Fisheries officials opposed efforts to permit unlimited net fishing in the Chesapeake Bay at a House committee hearing. Edwin Warfield Jr. chaired the commission, warning that removing limits would erase recent gains in bay fish production and hinder conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tidewater
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland Commission of Tidewater Fisheries
House ,Fish and Fisheries Committee
Edwin Warfield Jr
Tidewater Fisheries Commission
Bakery driver injured in collision in Greensboro
John Workman, a bakery delivery driver in Greensboro, suffered a broken right arm, fractured ribs and bruises when an oil truck from Denton driven by a Black man struck his bread truck Monday afternoon. The accident occurred as he delivered bread in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Workman
Denton
Greensboro
Pfc Hackett Kinnamon Awarded Infantryman Badge
A Pacific front letter from Pfc Hackett Kinnamon recalls landing on Augau on September 17 1944 with the Wild Cats. He describes rough terrain and trenches strong enemy positions but notes successful assault and his award of the Infantryman Combat Badge after the Augau battle. He expresses hope for a quick return home and a peaceful world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Hackett Kinnamon
Augau
Pacific Ocean
Carolinas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rive
Gi’s
Rotary Club of
Caraline High School
T. Conover Crouse
Paris
Geneva
Switzerland
Soviet
Russia
Turkey
Mexico
South America
Lt. Adams
Army Hospital
Palio Drive
P.T.A
Casualty
Somewhere In the Pacific
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!