Marriages and social news from Centreville area
Mrs. Mary A Woodrow wed Emory H Miles on January 22 at Centreville with Rev G E Leister officiating. The couple plans a farm near Centreville. Mary previously lived in Denton with her parents. Also announced is Helen Beverly Goldsborough engagement to Petty Officer Wesley Earle Thawley Jr USNR, with Thawley stationed in Washington DC. Denton Community Club February 4 features George W Clendaniel on The part town people in the 1944 Food for Freedom program. First Set Paul W Finn and wife Susan welcome a daughter, Susan Margaret, January 7. Finn stationed in Kentucky. Various Denton area visitors and relatives are listed. Federalsburg Bank seeks mortgage foreclosure on Judge Goldsborough’s Denton home over unpaid debts. Goldsborough argues attorney fees negate the mortgage claim in a multi‑year dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Woodrow
Centreville
Mary A. Woodrow
Emory H. Miles
Frank Miles
G. E. Leister
Earle Benton
Paul Miles
Miles
Denton
Beverly L. Goldsborough
Greensboro
Helen Beverly Goldsborough
Wesley Earle Thawley, Jr
USNR
Wesley E. Thawley
Greensboro High School
Beacom College
Wilmington
Bird- Speakman, Inc
Thawley
Solomon Branch
Washington, D. C
Caroline High School
Navy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
W. B. Deen
Harry Nuttle
Chas. Sylvester
Virgil Moore
Paul W. Finn
Finn
Susan Margaret
Sergeant Finn
Kentucky
Guthrie
Joshua Porter
Near Hickman
Carlton Dukes
Carleton Marion
Preston
Hilly Scott
Hickman
Clarence Porter
Clarence Edward
Joyce Faye
John Torbert
Lester S. Kauffman
University City
Clayton S. Kauffman
Kauffman
Esther
Washington
Federalsburg Bank of the County Trust Company
Judge Goldsborough
Deaths: Edna M. Benson and Others in Denton Area
Obituaries note the death of Edna Mary Benson 62 of Denton wife of Thomas R. Benson at Memorial Hospital Easton after an operation. Also reported are Courtland Andrews Baker former Preston resident who died in Baltimore after an appendectomy and Ida May West 73 widow of Richard T. West of Caroline County who passed at her Denton home. Surviving relatives include Benson children Paul Baker and others. Baker spouses Elsie Kelley and two sons Carlton and Ronald. West son Carlton V. West and three grandchildren. Funeral details given for Grace Methodist Church and Hillcrest Cemetery Federalshoro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Mary Benson
Thomas R. Benson
Denton
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Benson
Isaac H. and
Amanda K. Parsons Evans
Sussex County
Delaware
Chester Baker
Hal. Towers
Wilmington
Paul Benson
Navy
California
Herman Evans
Grace Methodist Church
Courtland Andrews Baker
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore
Glen Burnie
Maryland
Baker
Charles Benson
Ida Andrews Baker
Preston
East
Elsie M. Kelley
Denton Journal
Carlton
Ronald Baker
Powhatan Beach
Anne Arundel County
Ida May West
Richard T. West
Caroline County
Carlton V. West
Ida May Howard
Pennsylvania
Roline
Orphans’ Court
Lawrence E. Wimbrow
Bridgeville
Del
Hill Crest Cemetery
Federalshoro
Register of Wills
Carlton V. West Jr
United States Army Air Corps
Texas
Catherine May West
Ruthanna West
Unusually Large Egg Exhibited By Local Hen Owner
Mrs E R Shoemaker presented an exceptionally large hen egg measuring 744 by 9 inches and weighing 5 percent ounces at her farm 214 miles from Denton near Adams Landing A dead hen lay nearby believed to be the egg producer The Shoemakers keep over 1800 cross breed sex linked black and red hens including layers at their farm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Shoemaker
Denton
Adams Landing
Mrs. Shoemaker
Judge Goldsborough toAppear as Plaintiff in Denton Trial
Judge Goldsborough of the U S District Court will sue the County Trust Company of Maryland and the County Corporation of Maryland in Denton on January 29. Chief Judge Stephen R. Collins of Chestertown will preside. Attorneys K Thomas Everngam and Elbert Marshall represent the County Trust Company. Wesley E Thawley represents Judge Goldsborough. The case concerns the judge's civil action against the two Maryland entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Alan Goldsborough
U. S. District Court
Washington
County Trust Company of Maryland
County Corporation of Maryland
Denton
Stephen R. Collins
Chestertown
K. Thomas Everngam
Elbert Marshall
Easton
County Trust Company
Wesley E. Thawley
Goldsborough
Service News updates on local Navy and Army air field personnel
Ensign Kelley is assigned to assistant training officer duties after a vacancy. Kelley has two brothers in the Navy Osmond and Clinton Ray and a sister Mary Patricia at home. Elmer F Jester S2c from Denton completes basic training at Sampson NY and will seek petty officer rating. The Myrtle Beach Army Air Field camp paper The Bullseye is received from Cpl James L Baker. Set William Crawford Garrett will furlough in Australia after two years in the South Pacific. John Osmond Kelley returns from overseas after a 14 day leave. Pfe William Harvey Fleming of Camp Atterbury visited his parents after a 2 day leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thon
Kelley
Osmond
Navy
Clinton Ray
Mary Patricia
Bluejacket
Elmer F. Jester
S 2c
Denton
Seneca Lake
Sampson
N. Y
Myrtle Beach Army Air Field
South Carolina
Cpl
James L. Baker
William Crawford Garrett
South Pacific
Australia
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
Denton Journal
John Osmond Kelley
Oscar FE. Kelley
Pfe
William Harvey Fleming
Camp Atterbury
Indiana
Dillon Fleming
Goldsboro
Meaning Of Christmas From A World War II Letter
A North Africa Christmas 1943 letter from Cpl. Elmer W. Edwards to his mother expresses homesickness and longing for home. He recounts hospital news, prays for a brighter future, and urges readers to keep Christ in their hearts despite hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Elmer W. Edwards
North Africa
Red Cross
Bill
Christ
Elmer
Army trainees and families share wartime updates
Pvt. Archie Horner recently graduated from ASTP at Ripon College Wisconsin. His present address is 619th T S S A A F Bks 1413 Truax Field Madison Wisconsin. Pfc Charles W Perry of Fort Benning Ga is spending a short furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs C Emmett Perry near Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Horner
ASTP
Ripon College
Wisconsin
Truax Field
Madison
Wisc
Charles W. Perry
Fort Benning
C. Emmett Perry
Preston
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
A. El. Miller expresses gratitude for thoughtful acts, flowers and sympathy shown during bereavement.
Firemen's membership drive falls short by 152 dollars
The notice lists numerous donors and names involved in the Denton Journal appeal as volunteers pursue the 152 dollar shortfall to meet the firemen's membership drive goal. Details include donors from Hillsboro Milford and Queen Anne and officials Dr Kurt Lederer and C Kemp Stewart assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Kurt Lederer
C. Kemp Stewart
Milford
William Irwin Jr
Queen Anne
H. P. Flowers
Ridgely Rev Francis J Hense
Local church record notes the death of Reverend Francis J. Hen se of Ridgely and payment to Jump Hardware Co Eloy Lumber Co and C W Sewell for related memorial supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jump Hardware Co
Eloy Lumber Co
C. W. Sewell
Ridgely
Francis J. _Hense
Concord W S C S Annual Covered Dish Dinner
The Concord W S C S will hold its annual covered dish dinner at the church house on Wednesday February 2. Inexpensive gifts suitable for shelves or trinkets will be exchanged as mementos. Drawings will be held for the year's capsule sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord W. S. C. S
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Woodrow
Denton Community Club
William G. Towers
George W. Clendaniel
Ira E. Crum
Barbara Lee
Willards
Julianne Reynolds
St. Mary’s Female Seminary
Clayton S. Reynolds
Edna M. Benson
Stafford’s
Denton, Md
Seaman Kelley
A. EL. Miller
Dentonia Theatre
Thurs. & Fri
Mic George
Gabby Hayes
the Hoosier Hot Shots
Sarie Ao Sallie
the Ranch Boys
Hal Roach
Frey
Parana
Rico van Gute
Igtory
Columbia
Don Ameche
Frances Dee
Harry Carey
Ann Rutherford
Richard Tregaskis
Guadalcanal
Preston Foster
Lloyd Kolan
William Bendix
Richand Corte
Anthony Quinn
Lewis Seiler
Brya Foy
Isun Auster Gerson May
Lemas Trottt
Jerry Cady
Clifford H. Heller
Lee Wyatt
Lemuel Clough
Fred Schlegel
Fred Scott
Ella Hitchens
Fannie Shields
Robert Fleetwood
Gus Koste
Howard Porter
Linwood Eaton
Marie Eaton
Ralph Werner
John L. Stevens
Samuel J. Vickery
George Mitchell
Mike Seiler
W. F. Wolf
Mary Melvin
Miriam
Katherine Tayloe
Melvin A. Pentz
Bryan and Hopkins
Jas. W. Thawley
Fred Hathorne
John Willey
L. J. Smith
Paul E. Maloney
Lila Hubbard
J. F. Connelly
S. H. Krabill
Charles Greenage
W. S. Norris
Drs. Wright and
Billmeier
Clyde Bilwanger
Lee Jester
Joseph Laramore
A. G. Gelletly
Elizabeth MacDonald
Punkin Harvey
Joseph Bacsak
J. W. Griffith
Charles Hadaway
George A. Butler
Mary L. Bunney
Bessie R. Bryant
Lawrence E. Lynch
H. Frey
Chris Biger
O. G. Hignutt
Roland Satterfield
Ella Stockley
Carl D. Collison
Lizzie G. Redden
Caroline P. Redden
Mabel M. Smith
Henry M. Detwiler
Harold Brooks
Gene Autry
Mexicali
Fu Manchu
Secret Service
Africa
Ann Sqthern
Maisie
Bob Hope
Betty Hutton
Baltimore, Maryland
Tidewater Express Co., Inc
Warner & West Sts
Baltimore 30
al Factory
Rob Roy
Ridgely, MD
Hattie Ferrick
Mgr
P. O. Box
Harry Babbarika
Greenwood
Sadlersville
Chas. Engrem, Barclay
Universal Dairy Products
Ella M. Carter
Denton National Bank
Hickstein
Ludwig
J. Roland Chaffinch
Federalsburg
Fannie A. Trice
A.C
Stephen Seiler Jr
Boyce Mill Road
Pontiac
Carl Fortney
Concord
Earle Davis
Geo. H. Koenig
Norman Baynard
Elizabeth S. Parker
Gay St
E. Colister
Viola R. Davis
Audrey Bullock
William J. Cox
Albert H.magness
Pape
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