Family Farm Fire Claims Four Relatives Near Greensboro
A farmer and two of his children died in a house fire near Greensboro when a defective chimney ignited the home. The farmer George Porter 41 his son Thomas 18 and daughter Shirley 9 perished. His wife Mary Porter and three other children Elizabeth 15 Billy 11 and Margaret 6 and John Porter 52 survived by climbing from a second floor window to a shed room. John Porter brother of the deceased was also present. The farm lies about 3 miles from Greensboro. Dr D O George coroner and Sheriff Sparks handled the scene. Triple funeral rites were held Wednesday at 2 pm at Greensboro funeral chapel with burial in Greensboro cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
George Porter
Thomas Porter
Shirley
Mary Porter
Elizabeth
Billy
Margaret
John Porter
Priestley Porter
Goldsboro
Wallace Bell
Marcus Hook
D. O. George
Denton
Sheriff Sparks
Ray W. Kirwan
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Luther Bennett
Greensboro Cemetery
Caroline Memorial Hospital Inc Elects Officers and Directors
In Denton on Saturday a final meeting elected C Jerome Brown as president and E Theodore Orme as secretary and treasurer. Twelve directors were named from districts to ensure diverse representation with a goal to secure options for a suitable building site near Denton in Caroline County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Caroline County
C. Jerome Brown
Federalsburg
E. Theodore Orme
Orme
Alice Shively Sylvester
Goldsboro
G. Linden Duffey
Greensboro
Lewis McNeal
Calvert C. Merriken
Geo W. Beck
Anna Mae White
Johnson Bonner
Preston
Lida D. Cannon
Easton basketball team visits Denton January 26
On January 26 C. H. S. hosts Easton in the Armory for a 7:30 p.m. boys and girls contest. Denton crowds urged to attend and support the team as schedule lists games through March 16 with Federalsburg Greensboro Preston Ridgely and others. Betty Tribbitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Denton
Federalsburg
Preston
Greensboro
Ridgely
Betty Tribbitt
First Sergeant Downes Receives Purple Heart and Promotion
First Sergeant J Ernest Downes, wounded in France on September 26, received the Purple Heart for military merit and a promotion to staff sergeant while at an army hospital in England. After healing, he rejoined his company in France and wrote home from General Patton's Third Army. The letter includes a clipping about the battle near Farbersvillers as Allied troops pressed the fight, with Downes noting his arm had healed and plans to spend Christmas with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MoSet
J. Ernest Downes
France
Elam
England
Eloise Downes
Denton
Patton
Third Army
Jimmy Cannon
Farbersvillers
Bain
di Femme
William J. Borston
Ft. Worth
317 Infantry Regiment
C. P
Borston
Reif
Downes
Sis
Octogenarian writes from California on plane trip and warm welcome
James A Trazzare, aged eighty, recounts a two month West Coast stay, flying from Washington to California via Nashville Phoenix and Albuquerque. He praises the journey, notes comfortable air travel, and describes Los Angeles surroundings, Santa Monica, and Laurel Canyon before continuing on to Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Ensign Rawding Dies In Tanker Explosion
Ensign Donald R. Rawding 21 of Whiteleysburg was lost after the tanker Sunoco caught fire en route from Barbers Asphalt north of Perth Amboy to Philadelphia. Two Delaware crew survived. Rawding had trained at New London and was bound for a lieutenant (senior grade) commission.
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Donald R. Rawding
U. S. Merchant Marine
Sunoco
Sandy Hook
N. 4
Acsen
Hoffman Island
Delaware Sun
South America
U. S. Maritime Service Officers School
New London
Conn
Sun Oil Company
Barber Asphalt Company
Perth Amboy
Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia
Martin Thornton Gray
Claymont Heights
Preston W. Hitch
N. Harrison Street
Wilmington
Ensign Rawding
Maryland Delaware Line
Harrington
Caroline County
Clarence E. Beauchamp
Maritime Service
Wayne Rawding
South Pacific
George
Atlantic
The Johnson Boys Are In Service
The Johnson brothers George and Carl Johnson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Johnson of near Hobbs, were inducted January 21, 1943. George served at Fort Meade and Atlantic City before Drew Field then went overseas without furlough. Carl passed through Fort Meade Fort Eustis Camp Stewart Long Island Nashville three California camps and then overseas.
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George
Aleutian Islands
Carl
Oahu Islands
Fort Meade
Atlantic City
N. J
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
Fort Eustis
Camp Stewart
Long Island
N. Y
Nashville
Methodist Women Elect New Officers at Dover Church
The Peninsula Methodist Conference Wo mans Society of Christian Service elected new officers headed by president Mrs Ralph L Minker of Wilmington The slate includes vice president Mrs Edgar F Bradley recording secretary Mrs Nellie Kidoo and many others installed by Rev Dr Walter A Hearn Betty Brittingham editor of Methodist Woman spoke on Christian Social Relations The Wesley Junior College Glee Club performed under director Mrs William E Storey
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Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Peninsula Methodist Conference
Wesley Methodist Church
Dover
Ralph L. Minker
Wilmington
E. Hobson Davis
Edgar F. Bradley
Hurlock
Nellie Kidoo
William F. Artis
M. Phipps
William Finn
Denton
Joan Shiling
Hamilton P. Fox
Salisbury
Harmon Money
Middletown
Benjamin F. Johnson
Vinton Shufelt
Sally Sterling
Crisfiell
Anna Howie
Wilmer Davis
Federalsburg
Wesleyan Service Guild
Walter F. McCabe Sr
G. Marshall Townsend
Walter A. Hearn
Betty Brittingham
New York
Methodist Woman
C. Stanley Lowell
Wesley Church
Wesley Junior College Glee Club
William E. Storey
Fire Company Fund Drive Nears $2000 Goal in Denton
Denton volunteer fire company reports $2,060 needed to reach its $2,000 goal as eleven days of fundraising show rising totals. A thermometer in Butlen's Barber Shop windows tracks contributions while many residents and local businesses are listed as donors, including W. T. Love Rue Publishing Co. and The Peoples Bank of Denton.
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Fire Company
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Butlen
Denton
W. T. Love
Rue Publishing Co
W. Brewster Deen
Elzie Horner
Harry Waldorf
Jas. W. Thaney
FP. E. Yeoman
R. S. Garton
Walter B. Johnson
M. A. Pentz
Charles W. Bradley
Calvert C. Merriken
Wesley E. Thawley
J. Carlton Mandrell
Wm. J. Prindeville
T. R. Benson
Miles R. Reed
Mary Melvin
David M. Clopper
Alva Hubbard
R. G. Noble
Ivan M. Garman
Nuttle Milling Co
M. G. Crouse
Dawson O. George
Walter Sparklin
B. W. Stuitz
John E. French
J. F. DeWitt
Malcolm MacDonald
A. Friend
J. L. Stevens
Wm. J. Richards
Norman D. Sutton
P. A. Rigby
John W. Carnell
Oscar Smith
John R. Ricarus
I. R. Fleetwood
J. Henry Baker
Ralph Horsey
William Parks Jr
Joe Laramore
Ralph Meredith
Henry M. Detwiler
W. K. Scotton
Gail F. Cooper
T. B
Service Shorts Missing in Germany and Deployed Local Draftees
TiSgt Peter Nechay and his wife Louise Meredith Nechay of Greensboro are listed as missing in Germany. Nechay served as a radio operator in the infantry after graduating from Casesar Rodney High School and working at Universal Dairy Products in Denton. Pic Elwood Knotts of Greensboro, son of Arlie and Mrs. Knotts, is in Germany after enlisting February 9 1942 and sailing to the European theater via England and Belgium. Tec 4 James R Chaffinch Jr of Fort Adams Rhode Island spent the first of the week at home in Denton with his wife and parents.
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TiSgt
Peter Nechay
Louise Meredith Nechay
Greensboro
Germany
Infantry
Casesar Rodney High School
Universal Dairy Products
Denton
Pic
Elwood Knotts
Arlie Knotts
England
Belgium
James R. Chaffinch Jr
Fort Adams
R. I
Hayes Family Honors Silver Star Recipient in Germany
Maj James H Hayes U S A., son of Chief Bosn Mate Edward Hayes, awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action in France. He directed the offensive under heavy fire with a sub machine gun, urged his unit to destroy an enemy machine gun, and later adjusted mortar fire, inspiring comrades in battle.
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Edward Hayes
Bos’n Mate
U.S.N
James H. Thawley
Smithville
Denton
Lewis McNeal
Hayes
U. S. Navy
Navy
Philadelphia
James H. Hayes
U.S.A
Bos
Germany
France
United States
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Caroline Memorial Hospital Inc. Next
James A. Trazzare
West
Mr. Trazzare
North Hollywood
Denton Journal
Burbank
Clifford
Doris
Washington
Potomac
Virginia
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Phoenix
Johnson
Mer. R. N. Hitchens
John H. Emerson
Alex R. Noble
Janie M. Smith
W. S. Spach
Hugh S. Fullerton
Claence Bullock
Naomi Holland
Wmn
M. Garey
Annie Colbourn
W. Howard Pinkett
Mattie M. Smith
W. A. Spicher
Lila Hubbard
Rebecca M. Love
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
Harry D. Ritchey
Fred B. Nuttle
Frederick Behr
Roy Adams
Clarence
Ruby Ross
Eddie Thomas
Wilbert L. Merricken
Raymond Fisher
Ethel Meeks Somers
Claude Geiser
Howard Smith
Mamie Melvin
Gertrude Meeks
Thomas F. Reilly
R. C. Werner
Temple Lodge No. 128
Clyde Ellwanger
Mike Seiler
J. Virgik Moore
Southern Chemical Co
Wm. J. Osterman
Henry Schoen
William Betton
H. C. Wright
J. E. Emerson
David H. Ellwanger
Frances F. Johnson
Frank Breeding
Myrtle
Hattie Dukes
A. Eichelberger
Judy Ireland
Lula Pusey
Cambridge
Phillips Packing Co
Milford
Wm. R. Irwin
Hills
John M. Coffin
John H. Satterfield
Francis J. Hensel
Cornelius Lane
Upland Farms
J. Robert Rochester
Bessie R. Bryant
Kenneth Hicks
Kenneth G. Hicks
Clifton Hicks
Hillsboro
Pvt. Hicks
Maj. Hayes
Silver Star
Chamber Commerce
Leena
Denton Chamber of Commerce
Brick Hotel
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