Girl 16 Dies In Truck Crash On DuPont Highway
A 16 year old girl, Helen Hastings of near Federalsburg Maryland, died after a car driven by Oscar Hig nutt collided with a rear parked truck on the DuPont Highway three miles south of Bridgeville Delaware. Three others were injured seriously and hospitalized in Milford Memorial Hospital with conditions listed as fair. Hig nutt and the truck driver Oliver Jones were arraigned on assault and battery with motor vehicles charges and held on $1,000 bail each pending a hearing after hospital release.
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DuPont Highway
Bridgeville
Helen Hastings
Federalsburg
Roy Hammond
Greenwood
Evelyn Hammond
Hickman
Del
Doris Kline
Denton
Milford Memorial Hospital
Oscar Leroy Hienutt
Raymond Floyd Zigler
Princess Anne
Hignutt
Jones
William P. Short
Hastings
Delaware
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Adams promoted to captain in Army Nurse Corps
The promotion of Captain Pauline E. Adams, Army Nurse Corps, from first lieutenant was announced by Colonel P. E. Duggins of McGuire General Hospital Richmond Va. Adams reported to duty there in January 1945 after thirty three months overseas in Australia and New Guinea. She trained at Garfield Memorial Hospital Washington and entered army service in February 1941. Her father Charles H. Adams lives in Greensboro.
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Pauline E. Adams
Army Nurse Corps
P. E. Duggins
McGuire General Hospital
Richmond
Adams
McGuire General
Australia
New Guinea
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Washington
Charles H. Adams
Greensboro
Pastor’s School To Be Held At Dover
The Peninsula Conference hosts Pastor’s School in Dover from July 9 to 13 featuring speakers including Dr Y. Yang, one of China’s UN delegates, and Prof Wyatt Aiken Smart of Emory University. Dr John Ruskin of Mt Vernon Methodist Church in Washington will deliver eight sermons. All Methodist ministers in the county are urged to attend.
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Dover
C. Yang
China
United Nation
Wyatt Aiken Smart
Emory University
John Ruskin
Mt. Vernon Methodist Church
Washington, D. C
Freezer Locker Food Prep Demonstrated At School
Miss Margaret McPheeters state nutritionist led a June 28 demonstration in Denton on preparing foods for home freezers and community lockers. Sponsored by Unity Homemakers Club and Miss Bessie Spafford, the event emphasized rapid processing, proper labeling, blanching debates, and planning for year round frozen supplies.
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Margaret McPheeters
University of Maryland Extension Service
Denton
Unity Homemakers Club
Bessie Spafford
William Gardner Jr
Unity Club
McPheeters
Miss McPheeters
Bride of Norman Tarr Married in Baltimore Church
The wedding of St Florence Hubbard to Norman Tarr took place Saturday night at 8 at the Lutheran Church in Baltimore. Hubbard, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hubbard of Elwood Maryland, was given in marriage by her uncle John L. Momberger. Attendants were Miss Henrietta Hubbard and J. Scott. Hubbard is a Harlock High School and University of Maryland Nursing School graduate who has served overseas and is stationed at Fort Meade. Tarr is a medical student at the University of Maryland.
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Lutheran Church
Baltimore
St. Florence Hubbard
Lawrence Hubbard
Elwood
Norman Tarr
John L. Momberger
Henrietta K. Hubbard
J. Scott
Harlock High School
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Ft. Meade
University of Maryland
Lois Dulin
Ann Strickland
Diane Dulin
Marilyn Noble
Jean McAllister
Joseph Harris
Dover
Wesley College
Robert Stanton
Doris Todd
Jane Taylor
Elmer Flaharty
Raymond Poole
Rehoboth Beach
Theodore Fletcher
Billy
Ruby Moore
Dallas Blades
Mary Ann Bowling
Ethel Woodward
Arlington
A. K. Wrightson
James Patchett
Bainbridge
Patchett
Easton
Frank Patchett
Lee Noble
Burton Proctor
Ocean City
H. B. Wright Jr
Fenwick
Del
Fulton Noble
Sherman Griffith
Virgil Hall
Cape Charles
J.B. Plummer
Wilmington
H. B. Plummer
Zeigler Meets Harold Bell While in Greece
Merchant Marine writer Frank D. Zeigler recalls a Greece port visit with an Athens trip from Piraeus using a British MP guide to the Acropolis and temples. He notes inflation, a Denton reunion with Harold Bell at the American Club, and uncertain travel plans back to the States.
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Frank Zeigler
Harold Bell
Greece
Ens
Frank D. Zeigler
The
Merchant Marine
Athens
Denton
Piraeus
Cyprus
George
Acropolis
Jupiter
Parthenon
Harold
States
Inductees For Month Of June In The Armed Forces
A list of men inducted in the armed forces during June includes Rufus A. White of Spencer Greensboro Joe Lee Parker of Denton Clarence W. Philips Jr. of Preston Samuel O. Johnson Federalsburg James G. Hackett Federalsburg Robert L. White Federalsburg Harry H. Rieck Jr. of Preston William D. Patchett Preston Leslie E. Fishell Federalsburg Fred A. Nagel Federalsburg Edward N. Jones Goldsboro Colored Howard L. Johnson Denton James R. Albert Preston
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White
Rufus A. Spencer
Greensboro
Joe Lee Parker
Denton
Clarence W. Philips Jr
Preston
Samuel O. Johnson
Federalsburg
James G. Hackett
Robert L. White
Harry H. Rieck Jr
William D. Patchett
Leslie E. Fishell
Fred A. Nagel
Edward N. Jones
Goldsboro
Howard L. Johnson
James R. Albert
Service Shorts Military News From World War II Area
Goldsboro resident Mrs. Millie Roe learned last week her son Private Ernest Roe died of wounds on Okinawa May 16. Federalsburg man Cpl. Charles H. Todd has been promoted to Sergeant and notes in a letter from Germany that he is in good health. He has served since August 1942 and overseas since October 1943. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Todd of Federalsburg.
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Millie Roe
Goldsboro
Ernest Roe
Okinawa
Cpl
Charles H. Todd
Federalsburg
Harold Adams
Germany
Todd
Charlie Todd
State-Federal relations must serve general welfare says Gov
Governor Herbert R. OConor of Maryland, addressing the 37th annual governor conference at Mackinac Island, argues that federal state relations should serve the general welfare. He warns of decades of centralization, cites a shift from delegated powers, and calls for a rational division of duties between federal and state authorities.
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Mackinac Island
Michigan
Herbert R. O’conor
Maryland
O’conor
Birthday Celebration By 801st M P Battalion In New Guinea
Cpl. Thomas H Baynard marked his birthday with a party at his post in New Guinea. Members of Company D, 801st Military Police Battalion, hosted a cake celebration and sent best wishes from Denton Volunteer Fire Department relations. Baynard, stationed overseas for over a year and a half, described life on the jungle island, his work supervising prisoner details, and his hopes for peace and homecoming. He included notes of health, a photo, and a salute to friends and family back home.
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Cpl
Thomas Baynard
Post
New Guinea
Tommie” Baynard
Tommie
801St
M. P. Battalion
Denton Journal
Fellows
Hobbs
Hickman
Fire House
Denton Volunteer Fire Department
Cheerio
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Miss Hastings
Norman Hastings
Bethel Church
Seaford
State Line
Pauline Adams
4Th District
Reese Deane
A. F. Sisk
Barbara
Dickie Dean
Victor Dean
Roland Lane
Russell Marker
Manhasset
Long Island
N. Y
Ruth Dowding
Mary Dowding
Clare N. Payne
Carl Smith
Phoenix
Arizona
Albert Beevers
Mary Rowe
Chaplain Rowe
Philadelphia
John Noble
Harold Klnhold
Betty Ann
Eleanor Trice
Thomas L. Trice
Jennie Pritchett
Bill Jones
Salisbury
A. J. Bradley
Betty Bradley
William Rieck
Clara Wolfe
Red Lion
Martha Bradley
Marie Douglas
George C. Graff
Rockville
Alfred Bradley
Batlimore
Set. Lynn R. Cheezum
W. P. Cheezum
Carlisle
Medical Administrative Corps
Thomas H. Baynard
Co. D
M. P
Elo P. M
San Francisco
Calif
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