FSA Will Render Financial Assistance
Recent torrential rains across Caroline county damage crops and the Farm Security Administration reports from County Supervisor L Roy Willis. A telegram from Baltimore dated July 25 1945 authorizes aid to farmers where regular lending channels are unavailable, with full cooperation from state and local offices. The FSA office hours are 8 am to 5 pm weekdays and 8 am to noon Saturday.
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Caroline County
State Office
Farm Security Administration
L. Roy Willis
Baltimore
Carter Building
Denton
Maryland
John D. Leatherman
State
State Debt Falls Below 25 Million Under O Conor
Governor O Conor announced the bonded indebtedness dropped from 48.2 million when he took office in 1939 to 24.994 million currently with a July payment and an August 15 payoff of 2.113 million. The state will issue no new bonds this year as most postwar construction is funded from surplus funds. The governor notes debt reduction brings nearer a future debt free state and potential elimination of the real estate tax which has already been halved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’conor
Shore Bull Show Set For September On Eastern Shore
The annual Eastern Shore bull show and Holstein field day will be at Garland Lake near Denton on September 1 starting at 10 a.m. 4-H and Future Farmers of America youths will demonstrate animal preparation and ring showing. Prizes include pure bred Holstein and Guernsey calves. entry requires 15 pounds of scrap paper or metal. Allen Lane offers an award for best cared-for bull. Entries from Francis M. Rogers or Maryland University extension. Also news: Pfc Norman H. Irwin, injured in Germany, has arrived in Denton after a 30 day furlough and will report to Camp Pickett for army hospital assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Lake
Denton
University of Maryland
Moore General Hospital
Swannanoa
N. C
Germany
Norman H. Irwin
Irwin
Camp Pickett
Army
Children Of The Week Left To Right First Row
A readers page lists weekly notable youngsters by family and town. The first row features Janice Ann Breeding Harrington Glenn Fearins Bridgeville Janet Marvel Goldsboro. The second row includes Brian Hansen Goldsboro Kathryn Schaube Goldsboro Billy Beaven Easton. The third row shows Nancy Jane Flaharty Preston Allen Boyd Goldsboro Lois Ann Butler Denton. Fourth row lists Kenneth Willis Denton Beverly Calloway Ridgely Jack DeFord Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Ann
Nancy Jane
H. R. Flaharty
Preston
Allen
Lewis Boyd
Goldsboro
Lois Ann
M. L. Butler
Denton
Kenneth
C. W. Willis
Beverly
J. C. Calloway
Ridgely
Jack
Wm. L. DeFord Jr
First Sergeant Mitchell Honored With Army Discharge
First Sergeant Philip Mitchell was honorably discharged Saturday after eight years in the regular army. He toured Europe, landing on D-Day at St. Maxime and serving in Italy and Southern France with four battle stars and an Anzio arrow. Mitchell recalled invoking memory of VE Day gifts and Naples’s sights, including Pompeii and St. Peter's Cathedral, and described sleeping outside with snow as a bed. His wife accompanied him visiting his father near Denton. Also, Harold D. Jopp visited Denton en route to Shoemaker, California after Daytona Beach and Norman training, awaiting overseas assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Mitchell
Frank Mitchell
Denton
Mitchell
Munich
Marseilles
France
Casablanca
Azores
Bermuda
Miami
Anzio
Europe
Naples
Italian
Italy
Capri
Pompeii
Rome
St. Peter’s Cathedral
St. Peter
Casino
St. Maxine
Grand Viller
Harold D. Jopp
Harry Jopp
Shoemaker
California
Daytona Beach
Fla
Norman
Okla
Jopp
Florida
Maryland Trooper Koste And Trooper Weir Commended
Governor O Conor presents commendations to Corporal Gus G Koste and Trooper Harold Weir for outstanding service in the Howard Hubbard murder case. They arrested Hubbard, recovered the revolver, and calmed a hostile mob near Preston, then escorted the suspect to jail without harm. Hubbard was later convicted of murder and imprisoned for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus G. Koste
Herbert R. O'Conor
Maryland
Pikesville
Harold Weir
G. G. Koste
Easton Barrack
Howard Hubbard Sr
Preston
James Davis
Koste
Hubbard
Weir
Chestertown
Caroline County
Kent County
State Game Warden Retires August 31
E Lee Le Compte longtime Maryland official and head of the state game department will retire August 31 after 29 years. Appointed June 1, 1916, he helped build the bureau from a two-man office with $511 to an independent branch. His successor will be chosen from five top exam candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lee LeCompte
Maryland
Herbert R. O’conor
Emerson C. Harrington
Cambridge
Albert C. Ritchie
O’conor
Delaware
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Game and Inland Fish Commission
LeCompte
Salem
Dorchester County
Harrington
State Employment Commission
Conservation Commission
General Assembly
Harold Kolmer
Furlough for First Caroline Boy Seiler in Denton Home
Sergeant Albert F. Seiler, one of the first Caroline boys drafted, spends a 30 day furlough in Denton with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Henry Blazejak. He completed four years service April 1 1945 after duty in England and Normandy and battles in St Lo Cherbourg and Paris, Luxembourg and Germany earning five battle stars and decorations. He arrived Newport News Virginia July 16 with enough points for discharge and will report to Fort Meade for re classification or discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert F. Seiler
Denton
Henry Blazejak
Seiler
U. S
England
Normandy
France
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Paris
Luxembourg
Germany
Newport
Virginia
Rifeman
Fort Meade
Soil Conservation District Election in Caroline County
The Caroline Soil Conservation District will elect three district supervisors for three years. Eligible candidates must be farm owners or operators in Caroline County, with nominating petitions bearing 25 landowners due by August 10. Balloting is planned for late August. top three vote-getters win.
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Caroline
Caroline County
F.M. Rogers
Denton
Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee
Navy Seabees Veteran George Zlock of Pacific
Pacific George Zlock has served with the Navy's Seabees for two and a half years. He enlisted in late 1942 and has fought on Pacific islands for two years. A June 17 letter titled Okinawa notes his service. his mother Mrs. Marie Zlock lives in Henderson, while his wife and three year old son George Jr. reside in Denton.
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George Zlock
Navy
George
Pacific Islands
Okinawa
Marie Zlock
Henderson
George Jr
Denton
Pfc. Harry Allston Recalls Action From Weiden Germany
Pfc. Harry N Allston writes from Weiden Germany detailing the 180th Engineers Battalion role in fighting in Germany after six months of English training and months of hard road marches and truck preparation. He describes loading onto LSTs, a tense night with no fires or smoke, and aircraft passing overhead as the invasion neared.
Wheatley Cannery Sold to National Frozen Food Firm
The canning plant at American Corners was sold July 18 by executors Leslie Wheatley Everett Nuttle and XK. Thomas Everngamn to a national frozen food company from New Jersey. The firm will operate this season as a tomato canning factory and form a Maryland subsidiary to take over. George S Wallace of Royal Oak Md and New York is president. After this season the owners will freeze vegetables. Gilbert E Wright remains manager. Previously Wheatley canned over 265000 cases of tomatoes yearly.
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American Corners
Leslie Wheatley
Everett Nuttle
Thomas Everngamn
W. Lee Wheatley
New Jersey
Frozen Food Company
Maryland
George S. Wallace
Royal Oak
New York
Denton Party Makes 510 Pound Catch
Clifford L. Stafford and four friends caught 14 drum fish weighing 510 pounds off Sharp’s Island near Chesapeake Bay. The largest drum weighed 67 pounds. Participants included Louis Butler with two drums, Mrs. Butler with three, Mrs. Eva Brittingham with two, W. Brewster Deen with one, and Stafford with six. The outing followed a prior 300 pound haul of 29 rock.
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Chesapeake Bay
Clifford L. Stafford
Denton
Stafford
Sharp’s Island
Greely Paul
Louis Butler
Butler
Eva Brittingham
W. Brewster Deen
Also Mentioned on This Page
FSA
Shore
REEER
T. Sgt
James R. Willis
Federalsburg
Lumford Oliver
Fifth Armored Division
Willis
Cpl. Koste
Trooper Weir
Soil Conservation District
Pacific
Pfc
Harry Allston
Harry N. Allston
Weiden
Denton Journal
Benton
Wheatley Cannery
Denton Party
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