Dentonians Book Two More Games
Denton Baseball Club manager Wm H Neal booked two more games for Sunday July 25 and August 1. Ft Miles and Ft du Pont are expected to send squads, weather interrupted last Sunday's game, with Dentonians leading to a 4 run fourth before rain halted play.
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Wm. H. Neal
Denton
Ft. Miles
Ft. du Pont
Brownie Coleman
Weil
Healy
Kosnoskis
Brownie
Grant
Davis
Beetle
Tribbitt
Dentonians
Hughes
Trice
Jemiola
Andrews
Coleman
Stratton
Verdi
Lane
Walls
Dentonians Ab
R. H. Po
A. Stratton
Scurto
F. Arf
Ab. R. HB. Po. A
Hesly
Kinder
Kosnoski
Collins
New Supervisors Elected in Carroll County Court House
At a Denton reorganization meeting the Supervisors of Elections elected W. Foster Clark Democrat of Henderson as president. Also named were W. Arthur Holt Democrat of Hillsboro and Sherman L. Tribbitt Republican of Denton. Appointments included J. Ed. Nichols Clerk to the Board James A. Wise attorney and William J. Rickards assistant attorney.
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Court House
Denton
Caroline County
W. Foster Clark
Henderson
W. Arthur Holt
Hillsboro
Sherman L. Tribbitt
J. Ed. Nichols
James A. Wise
U. S. Army
William J. Rickards
Missing Lieutenant Church Reported Missing In Action
Missing Lieutenant George W. Church formerly managed the C P Telepor Company in Ridgely and served in North Africa piloting a fighter. He studied at Lake Field Army Air School, Arizona, and is a native of Milinigoy, Keres County, with family visiting relatives in Ridgely.
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George W. Church
C. & P. Telepore Company
Ridgely
United States Air Forces
North Africa
Lieut. Church
Air Forces
Lake Field Army Air School
Arizerg
Milinigoy
Keres County
Buck Willis Writes From Tennesee
Buck Willis recounts travel from Tennessee to Arizona during a 1943 assignment. He details a route through six states, notes heat in Arizona, and describes joining a construction crew near Los Angeles while awaiting trees to improve the site. He asks readers to continue sending the Denton Journal.
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the Journal
Denton Journal
Caroline
Tennessee
News
Los Angeles
California
Arizona
Phoenix
Yuma
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Hillsboro Lad Writes From Alaskan Base
Hillsboro reader Clifton R Hickson from Hillsboro writes from an Alaskan post in July 1943 asking for the Denton Journal to be mailed to him. He notes cousin Everett Clark nearby, reads home news, and thanks Melvin and Johnson publishers for keeping locals informed during wartime.
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Alaska
Melvin & Johnson, Inc
Denton
Everett Clark
Hillsboro
Counuy
Itiene
Clifton Ro Hickson
State Guard To Leave For Ft. Meade Sunday
The Maryland State Guard, including Company A of the 5th Battalion from Caroline County, will depart for Fort Meade for a week of field instructions July 25 to August 1. Major George W. Clendaniel commands the 5th Battalion. The roster lists officers and fifty-one members from Caroline County ready for training and camp duties at Meade.
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Maryland State Guard
Caroline County
Denton
Fort George G. Meade
George W. Clendaniel
Meade
Caroline
Fort Meade
Wilbert L. Merriken
T. Carville Fleetwood
Andrew A. Richardson
E. Paul Knotts
Medical Corps
L. Stevens Brown
Charles Bryant
James A. Kornrumpf
Corp
Cris H. Wharton
C. P. Merrick
Chas. O. Wright
J. Frank Lane
George D. Neal
Wm. S. Orme
Thos. C. Cruikshank
C. L. Jarrell
Garrett B. Liden
Joseph Planner
E. K. Ramsburg
Joseph Riddleberger
F. H. Roberts
George Heald
J. H. Hevnlen
Joseph Scurto
G. Emory Gottwall
J. Edw. Young
Ralph D. Pritchett
Harry R. Hughes
Marvin R. Pippin
Dan R. Horsey
C. Francis Porter
R. Roland Holsinger
P. Preston Kaufman
W. Edw. Green
W. Bryan Green
C. Millard Harris
Theos. G. Galante
Joan A. Howard
Dan C. Saulsbury
Thos
Mary Elaine Greaves Completes SPARS Training in Boston
Mary Elaine Greaves daughter of Mr and Mrs F A Greaves of Denton has graduated as store keeper third class of the SPARS at the Hotel Victoria SPAR WAVE Training Station Boston Mass The Coast Guard Public Relations Office Boston notes her six week induction at Hunter College New York She is now in St Louis after leaving Denton last Thursday for a working assignment following a brief leave with her parents.
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Mary Elaine Greaves
F. A. Greaves
Denton
SPARS
Hotel Victoria
Boston
Mass
U. S. Coast Guard Public Relations Office
Greaves
St. Mary’s Seminary
Hunter College
New York
St. Louis
Mechanic s Set to Technical Sergeant at Fort Ord
Ralph E Henry entered the service last October as a private and was rapidly advanced for his automobile mechanics skill to technical sergeant, stationed at Fort Ord California. Before induction he ran the South Side Filling Station in Denton with his brother Gorman. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Cleveland Henry. His wife, Mary Wise from Centreville, works as a beautician at Gertrude s Beauty Shoppe in Denton.
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Ralph E. Henry
Fort Ord
California
Gorman
South Side
Denton
Cleveland Henry
Mary Wise
Centreville
Gertrude’s Beauty Shoppe
Service Shorts Now Ready to Take Post on Navy Warship
Claude F. Drummond 19 of Denton graduates from the Service School for machinists mates at Great Lakes and earns fireman second class. He is among 550 Bluejackets receiving certificates after 16 weeks on main and auxiliary engines. Selection came from high aptitude test scores. Staff Sgt Lynn R Cheezum of Will Rogers Field is furloughed 10 days before appointment as aviation cadet. Pvt Wilton W Bradley, on 10 day furlough, visits his father in Texas before Kellег Field assignment.
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Claude F. Drummond
Howard Drummond
Denton
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Lynn RR. Cheezum
Will Rogers Field
Oklo
Army Air Forces
Per
Wilton W. Bradley
Fueny Kelley Field
Texas
George W. Bradies
Guardsmen To Learn Invasion Tactics At Meade
The 1943 Maryland State Guard encampment opens July 25 at Fort Meade with English wartime tactics to be taught by regular Army officers. About 50 officers and 100 men will complete a three day instructors course and return to train their units. Attendance is limited for essential workers, with 2200 total guardsmen in the State Guard.
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Maryland State Guard
Fort Meade
Maryland
Caroline
Dwight H. Mohr
State Guard
England
Third Service Command
Avis
Captain James L. Kaler Promoted in the Army
Captain James L. Kaler son of Mr and Mrs B R Kater of Mary del was promoted to his present rank after being drafted about two years ago from the county. He has been in five military camps nationwide and is now stationed at Camp Edwards Massachusetts Aviation Cadet Edward W Lara more 27 of Greenscore has reported to Coffe Wille Kansas Army Air Field for basic flying training.
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James L. Kaler
B. R. Kater
Marydel
Kaler
Camp Edwards
Massachusetts
Edward W. Laramore
Greenscore
Coffe
Wille
Kansas
Amny Air Field
Fiedd
Liaramore
Army Air Forces
Overseas Pvt Clay A Monroe of Greensboro
Overseas Pvt Clay A Monroe son of Wrenda Monroe and the late Fred Monroe of Greensboro came to the city as a boy from Fairmount West Virginia He worked for George A Reach Co before entering the army on October 8 1942 spending two months at Fort Eustis Virginia Anti Aircraft replacement training center and shipped overseas in December 1942.
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Pvt
Clay A. Monroe
Wrenda Monroe
Fred Monroe
Greensboro
Clay
Fairmount
W. Va
George A. Reach Co
Fort Eustis
New Banking Regulations Cut Interest Rate To One Per Cent
Denton National Bank announces reduced savings interest from two to one percent starting Aug 1, with semi annual payments May 1 and Nov 1. Dormant savings and six year dormant checking accounts incur new charges, plus monthly 50 cent fee below $50. Names of bank officials and directors listed.
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Denton National Bank
Death of H E Ramsdell Retired Editor at Denton
Harry Elmer Ramsdell aged 81 died at his Denton home Wednesday of a cerebral hemorrhage. Retired editor and publisher of The American Union district weekly, he had lived on a farm after journalism. Survived by widow Lonie Thawley, two sons, three daughters, seven grandchildren, one great grandchild, four brothers and three sisters. Funeral Sunday at First Methodist Church with burial in Denton Cemetery.
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Harry Elmer Ramsdell
Denton
Ramsdell
The
American Union
Mr. Ramsdell
Franklin
Floyd C
Almira Louisa Smith Ramsdell
Pennsylvania
Caroline County
Harry E
Katie Morgan
Fother
Lonie Thawley
This County
Arthur M. Ramsdell
Pittsburgh
Hugh E. Ramsdell
Ketchikan
Alaska
Clarence J
Deaths of Mrs G A Deakyne and Albert White noted in obituaries
Obituaries record the death of Mrs G A Deakyne in Baltimore after years of invalidism, with funeral planned in Denton and burial in Denton cemetery. Albert White, 49, MD University Experiment Station director at Ridgely, dies after a long illness in Easton. services held at J Virgil Moore Funeral Home and St Andrews Church College Park, burial in Beltsville. Survived by wife Alta Wedeman and five brothers and a sister. he served in WWI and managed the Ridgely station.
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William H
Louisa Moore Horsey
Denton
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Albert White
University of Maryland Experiment Station
Ridgely
J. Virgil Moore
St. Andrew’s Protestant Episcopal Church
College Park
Beltsville
Mr. White
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Maryland
Thomas H. White
Annie Round White
University of Maryland
White
Alta Wedeman
Washington
Richard C. White
Fort Benning
Robert White
Atlanta
William H. White
Charles E. White
Thomas W. White
Kate White
Help Needed To Harvest Tomato And Corn Crops
An Emergency Extension Farm Labor Program appeal urges local volunteers to pick tomatoes and help in canneries to support the war effort. Bahamian workers have proven useful in Federalsburg Preston, with Washington DC volunteers seen as a ready resource for Caroline County farmers to hire for harvest tasks.
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Caroline
Emergency Extension Farm Labor Program
Geo. W. Clendaniel
Federalsburg
Preston
Farm Labor Office
Denton
Waddell’s Corner
Washington, D.C
Caroline County
United Nations
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Opniveten
Lew Angles
Caep
Bennice
Privite Bennington
H.C. Terniveten
Hidgeby
Leth
Buck Willis
Tennesee
Ft. Meade
Caroline ServiceNews
J. Roland Chaffiffinch
J. Percy Bittle
Ingleside
R. Fleetwood
Frank L. R. Nuttle
Dr. Dawsara O. George
J. Lester Everngam
Goldéboro
H. E. Ramsdell
G. A. Deakyne
Clara Deakyne
George A. Deakyne
Baltimore
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