Denton Vol Fire Company launches annual drive for funds
The Denton Volunteer Fire Company announced its 1945 fund drive, running January 4 to February 4, with a goal of $2,000. The campaign shifts to a single big drive, offering an Honorary Membership card for donors of two dollars or more. The report notes a 1944 record of 189 calls, including 77 ambulance and 62 fire calls, totaling significant miles and hours, plus an estimated property damage of $19,000 to $20,000 saved by prompt local service. A tank wagon is cited as a rural fire-fighting need, and contributions may be mailed or dropped at Buker’s Barber Shop. committee members are listed.
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Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Denton Volunteer Fire Company, Inc
Easton
Baltimore
Milford
Washington
Salisbury
Greensboro
Cambridge
Hambug
Ridgely
Cnicken House
Bay
Buker’s
C. T. Baker
C. L. Stafford
J. Wilson Cohee
Louis C. Butler
Emory F. Walston
Marine Sst Allfather Receives Bravery Citation In Pacific Action
Private First Class Alvin D. Doyle narrates Marine Sergeant Kenneth W. Allfather receiving a bravery citation for meritorious service as a combat photographer during operations against Japanese forces on Guam Mianimas Islands between 21 July and 10 August 1948. Allfather exposed himself to enemy fire to document front lines and patrol actions. He is a veteran of Bougainville with 20 overseas months, re enlisted after earlier service, and lives in Denton Maryland with his wife Alma and his parents John W. and (Mrs.) Allfather.
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Alvin D. Doyle
Chauncey Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
The
New York Daily Mirror
Pacific
Kenneth W. Allfather
Denton
Third Marine Division
Guam
Mianimas Islands
Altfather
United States Naval Service
Bougainville
Marine Corps
Outfit
Camp Eliott
Calif
South Pacific
Colombia
South America
Southern Mining Company
States
Marine
Camp Lejeune, N. C
Alma
John W. Allfather
U. S. Army
Caroline High School
Caroline County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Held in Denton
The Caroline County Farm Bureau met at Caroline High School in Denton on January 2, 1945. Officers were elected including President C J Kern and Vice President H M Harris. Delegates were chosen for the State Farm Bureau Convention in Baltimore January 9 to 11. Pvt William B Green began training at Camp Blanding Florida after induction December 18.
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Caroline County Farm Bureau
Caroline High School
Denton
Richard S Blackburn
The
Farm Bureau
C. J. Kern
H. M. Harris
Preston
F. D. Zeigler
John T. Milby
Goldsboro
A. W. Spiering
Greensboro
John H. Williams
Federalsburg
J. Boone Jarrell
Ridgely
T. Sidney Collins
M. C. Voss
Theodore Schmick
Harold L. Clark
W. S. Carroll
State Farm Bureau
Lord Baltimore
John Engerman
Richard Gardner
Ross Robinson
Edward Sparks
Emmett Potts
Hillsboro
Frank Doerr
Nicolas Laigneil
William L
Gardner
Associated Women’s Organization
Sgt Fleetwood Christmas Message From Guadalcanal
Sergeant Fleetwood writes from Guadalcanal in the South Pacific describing the island, local natives, and a chance reunion with a Denton friend Doody Long. He praises wives and parents for keeping home life intact and notes the difficulty of soldiering while credit rightly goes to families. He signs off ahead of turning to page 8.
Senator Radcliffe Addresses Rotary on infantile paralysis drive
United States Senator George L. Radcliffe of Baltimore addressed the Denton Rotary Club urging support for the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation. He traced Maryland progress from volunteer beginnings to funded research and an office in the Fidelity Building. He cited $158,000 raised locally, noted a looming backlog, and warned the foundation may seek New York help. He named Kernan's Hospital, the Children's Hospital, Johns Hopkins, and Drs Bennett Voshell Chesney Johnson as key contributors and stressed politics has no role in the effort.
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United States
George L. Radcliffe
Baltimore
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Denton Rotary Clab
Radcliffe
Maryland
Fidelity
New York
Senator Radcliffe
Johns Hopkins Medical School
National Foundation
Caroline County
Roosvelt
Roosevelt
Kernan’s Hospital
Children’s Hospital
G. E. Bennett
Kernan’s
Allen Voshell
Charles Holliday
Allen Chesney
Johns
American Corporal Roche Sends Cheerful War News From England
In December from England Corporal Richard L Roche writes home to his mother Mrs Joseph Roche Sr of Greensboro praising his busy Medical Corps work and hoping to return to the United States. A native Carolinian he studied in Greensboro and earned a high school diploma before his service.
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England
Cpl
Richard L. Roche
Joseph Roche Sr
Greensboro
Corporal Roche
Frank Zeigler Jr graduates Merchant Marine Academy on Long Island
Frank Zeigler Jr son of Mr and Mrs F D Zeigler Denton completed 22 months in the United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps and graduated at the Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point on December 22 He served three months basic training in Pass Christian Mississippi shipped Gulf Coast visiting ports in New Zealand Australia and North Africa Italy Corsica Sardinia and Southern France He later returned to New York for a license prep course and earned commissions as Ensign in the Maritime Service and in the U S Naval Reserve He is on two week home leave and will be assigned to a merchant vessel as Third Assistant Engineer.
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United States
Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
Frank Zeigler
F. D. Zeigler
Denton
Merchant Marine Academy
Long Island
Pass Christian
Miss
Gulf Coast
New Zealand
Australia
Gulf
California
Jd Fpraet
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Italy
Corsica
Sardinia
France
New York
Kings Point
L. I
Maritime Service
U. S. Naval Reserve
Judge Knotts Named Chief Judge in Seco Circuit Maryland
Denton jurist J Owen Knotts became chief judge of the Seco Judicial Circuit in Maryland after Chief Judge Stephen Collins moved to the Maryland Court of Appeals in Annapolis. Governor O Conor appointed Collins to the Eastern Shore bench, making Knotts head of a local circuit covering Cecil Kent Queen Annes Caroline and Talbot counties.
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J. Owen Knotts
Denton
Seco Judicial Circuit
Maryland
Mandeo
Stephen R. Collins
Chestertown
Maryland Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Herbert R. O’conor
Collins
Court of Appeals
Knotts
Cecil
Kent
Queen Anne’s
Caroline
Talbot Counties
Denton Production Credit Association To Meet Tuesday
The eleventh annual stockholders meeting will be held in the Dentonia Theatre in Denton Maryland on Tuesday January 9 at 1 00 pm. About 500 former members wives and friends from Kent Talbot Dorchester Queen Annes and Caroline counties are expected to attend to hear the annual report and review the year. A Production Credit Corporation of Baltimore official will speak along with county agents vocational instructors and Home Demonstration agents. Visitors will tour, enjoy door prizes movies and refreshments, and elect directors to guide the association and its credit services to farmers.
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Dentonia Theatre
Denton
Maryland
Victor Dean
Kent
Talbot
Dorchester
Queen Anne’s
Caroline
Production Credit Corporation of
Baltimore
Missing in action notice for Denton soldier in Germany
War Department reported at noon Tuesday that Pfc. Nevin C. Altfather of Denton has been missing in action in Germany since December 16. The last letter from him to his wife Mrs. Nevin C. Altfather was dated December 6.
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War Department
Nevin C. Altfather
Denton
Pfc
Germany
First Denton native dies on German front in WWII
Pfc. Thomas Allston, 19, is reported killed in action in Germany on December 14. A Denton native and Caroline High School graduate, he served with the 329th Infantry as a walkie talkie operator. He had been wounded last June and received the Purple Heart. He leaves parents Arthur I and Madela Mason Allston and siblings Norwood Ernest Harry and two sisters.
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Thomas Allston
Germany
War Department
Denton
Wilmington
Allston
Arthur I
Madela Mason Allstonu
329Th
Caroline High School
Harry Allston
France
Norwood Allston
Ernest Allston
Donald Shaffer
Margaret Allston
Private Hutson Receives Purple Heart for Saipan Fight
Marine Private First Class Vaughn A. Hutson, 19, son of Mrs Florence G. Hutson of Greensboro, was wounded in action during the Saipan and Tinian fighting and awarded the Purple Heart.
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Pacific
Vaughn A. Hutson
Saipan
Tinian
Florence G. Hutson
Greensboro
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William B. Green
Camp Blanding
Fla
Co. D
60Th Reg
I.R.C.T
Bil
Sgt.Fleetwood
Guadalcanal
South Sea
G. I
Joe
Doods
Denton Journal
Denton Jounal
Doody
Army
Senator Redcliffe
Frank Zeigler Jr
Merchant Marine School
Denton Production Credit Association
Luxemburg
Aliston
Camp Lee
Camp van Dorn
Camp Breckinridge
Europe
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