Benefit Game For Blinded Player To Be Held Sunday
The Denton Baseball Club hosts Ft Miles Sunday at 2 30 to raise funds for Johnny Andrew a skilled local player blinded by a 1943 injury. Cy Cole urges public donations and hopes to reach three figures as Henry Lucas and Denton win 9 to 1 over Paul Miles in four innings.
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Johnny
North Carolina
Cy Cole
Dentonians
Denton
Cy” Cole
Denton Baseball Club
Henry Lucas
Paul Miles
Pfc Charles Irwin Writes From Anzio
A Denton area update notes Cpl Andrew A. Darling of Wilmington Del has been promoted and transferred to Camp Butner NC. Anzio Beachhead letters from Charles Irwin recount ten months at sea and travels from Africa to Naples Italy.
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North Carolina
Pfc
Charles Irwin
Anzio
Cpl
Andrew A. Darling
Dorsey Darling
Monroe St
Wilmington
Del
Daytona Beach
Florida
Camp Butner
N. C
Denton
Caroline High School
Ivon Miller
Fla
Africa
Naples
Italy
U.S. A
Caroline County
Froggie
Trice Encounters Former Teacher In Hawaii
In a Denton Journal letter from Harry Trice, a former student reports changing his mailing address from New York to San Francisco for military assignments. He recounts meeting Mrs. Knouse, formerly Miss Short, a C. H. S. teacher now Mrs. Khouse, in Hawaii during service.
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Denton Journal
Denton
Maryland
Co Fleet Post Office
New York
N. Y
Elo Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Calif
Miss Short
Khouse
Major
Mrs. Knouse
Harry Trice
Artist Lieutenant Binebrink Paints Attu Scene In War Time
Lieut. Wilson J. Binebrink, formerly of Ridgely, paints a four by three foot picture titled Action Over Attu from his Aleutian service. A Maryland Institute of Art and Design alumnus, he planned to pursue portraits but the war has paused his art. He notes rugged Aleutian life, dismal weather, and contrasts it with home’s green grass and flowers.
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Wilson J. Binebrink
Ridgely
Aleutian Islands
Attu
Buinebrink
Maryland Institute of Art and Design
Baltimore
Binebrink
Maryland
The
Aleutians
Buck Willis Tours Army Ball Team and Camp Beale
Corporal James R. Chaffinch Jr. and wife visit Chaffinch’s parents as Buck Willis reports from Camp Beale California noting the Denton team formation, a four game regimental win streak, and a predicted tough matchup with the 321st team with semi pro players. Willis hopes to play for the Denton team but must finish the “little scrap” first.
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Dac
Camp Beale
Calif
Obispo
Denton
Doc
Cpl
James R. Chaffinch Jr
Fort Adams, R. I
Corporal Chaffinch
Recruit Seaman Howard Eaton Requests Mail at Bainbridge
Training notes show Howard W. Eaton, an apprentice seaman at Bainbridge, requests his address be published to receive letters. He is with U. S. Company 4249 U. S. N. T. C. Bainbridge Maryland and reads the Denton Journal weekly for hometown news. T Sgt. James E. Downes Earns Expert Infantryman's Badge at Fort Dix New Jersey.
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Howard W. Eaton
Bainbridge
Denton Journal
U.S. Company
James E. Downes
Denton
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Downes
Caroline High School
Golden College
Wilmington
Vernon Family Welcomes Soldier Home On 20 Day Furlough
John L. Vernon son of Mr and Mrs I E Vernon of Henderson Maryland spent a twenty day furlough with family then visited four sisters in White Hall Towson and Baltimore before returning to Fresno California. He serves as a gunner aboard a B 24 Liberator and has eight or nine weeks of schooling remaining.
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Pfe
John L. Vernon
I. E. Vernon
Henderson
Baltimore
Ralph Lloyd
White Hall
Clarence Ford
Towson
Arthur Peak
Taylor Ave
Leona Vernon
Lawrence L. Vernon
Greensboro
Ray S. Vernon
Air Corps
New Guinea
Fresno
Calif
Misses Family From Pearl Harbor Vet Letter Home
M T Sgt John G Roe who enlisted in 1936 and was at Pearl Harbor writes from abroad to Denton Texas relatives. He reflects on war’s toll, hopes for return home, misses Marie and the boys, notes censorship, shares a joke about a Japanese prisoner, and expresses longing for normal life.
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M.T
John G. Roe
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Harvey G. Harris
Denton
Mary
Harvey
States
Tojo
Sons of Heaven
Brown Brothers
Marie
Denton Journal
Sauls bury furlough ends for Pomona sergeant
T Sgt. and Mrs. James F. Saulsbury of Pomona California have been visiting their parents Mr and Mrs B V Bullock of Tuckahoe Neck for a fifteen day furlough. T Sgt Saulsbury will return to Pomona California on Wednesday June 7 1944.
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James F. Saulsbury
Pomona
Calif
8. V. Bullock
Tuckahoe Neck
Sgt
Saulsbury
Fifth U S War Bond Drive Opens Monday June 12
Caroline County to begin the 5th War Loan Campaign on Monday June 12 with a quota of 350000 to be raised through Series E F G Savings Bonds Series C Savings Notes 2 percent bonds 1965 70 2 percent bonds 1952 54 1 percent Series B notes and 7 percent certificates of indebtedness Judge J Owen Knotts named county chairman announcing district quotas and appointments for Denton Greensboro Preston Federalsburg Ridgely Hillsboro Goldsboro with various issue prices and territorial boundaries through July 8.
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Caroline County
J. Owen Knotts
Denton
Denton-New Bridge Road
Denton Bridge
K. Thomas Everngam
Greensboro
T. Clayton Horsey
Preston
Robert O. Dulin
Theodore E. Fletcher
Federalsburg
W. E. Unger
Ridgely
Roger R. Ringgold
Hillsboro
Denton-New Bridge State Road
Joseph M. Eaton
Goldsboro
Henderson South
J. Frank Lane
Priest Addresses Plains Graduates At St. Gertrude's Academy
The Rev Andrew Tosic of Dover told graduates that an educated person without character is dangerous and that education without character is vain. The Rev Edward Horgan awarded diplomas toAnn Dorothy Tyson Barbara Scanlon Mary Louise Russell Mary Mundt Alice Connor and Lois Bradbury. The ceremony closed with a benediction by Rev Francis J Hensel and a performance by Miss Tyson and the school chorus. Mothers superior and Benedictine sisters attended alongside relatives.
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Andrew Tosic
Dover
St. Gertrude’s Academy
the Plains
Ridgely
Tosic
Edward Horgan
Ann Dorothy Tyson
Wilmington
Del
Barbara Scanlon
Mary Louise Russell
Salisbury
Mary Mundt
Preston
Alice Connor
Denton
Lois Bradbury
Baltimore
Francis J. Hensel
Mary Margaret
Sister Evangelista
St. Gertrude’s Convent
Farm Bureau Picnic Date To Be July 4th
The Caroline County Farm Bureau picnic will be at Chambers Park Federalsburg on July 4 with a baby show sponsored by the Associated Women of the Farm Bureau. Organizers include George W. Clendaniel, Harry H. Nuttle, and Mrs J Boone Jarrell. Harold Clark and John Williams will oversee park arrangements. publicity is led by Mrs Clarence J Kern. The group numbers about 500 members, the largest in its history.
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Caroline County Farm Bureau
Chambers’ Park
Federalsburg
Associated Women of the Farm Bureau
George W. Clendaniel
Harry H. Nuttle
Denton
J. Boone Jarrell
Ridgely
Harold Clark
John Williams
Clarence J. Kern
New Movie Theatre For Greensboro
A building on Main Street in Greensboro and adjoining lot were sold by T Clayton Horsey and his sister Mrs John C Brown on June 3 to Samuel Mellitus of Denton. He plans a motion picture theatre after the war. Mellits runs a chain with theaters in Denton Ridgely and Greensboro.
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Main Street
Greensboro
T. Clayton Horsey
John C. Brown
Samuel Melius
Denton
Mellits
Ridgely
Czechoslovakian Diplomat Talks To Denton Rotary Club Tuesday
Dr Karel Cervenka the Czechoslovakian Embassy causelor told Denton Rotary members that the war underscored continental interdependence and the need for collective security. He cited UN declarations Moscow and Tehran conferences as cornerstones and outlined postwar aims with Britain and the U.S.S.R. He urged unity with Poland and Britain while stressing cooperation for Europe’s peace and eventual liberation.
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Denton Rotary Club
Karel Cervenka
Washington
Moscow
Teheran
Cervenko
Europe
League of Nations
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Oslovakia
Dr. Cervenka
Russia
United States
Germany
Poland
Great Britain
London
Dr. Benes
Mediterranean
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Centreville
Caroline High
Ft. Miles
Army
TG Dill
G. Cole
Trice
Lane
Heald
Wright
D. Bennington
Weir
Lucas
DePew
Scurto
E. Butler
B. Bason
Herd Improvement Association
Caroline Dairy Herd Improvement Association
A. Cohee
J. Fuchs
C. Edwards
Rid
T. Clopper
P. Richardson
Hurlock
Arthur Cohee
Caroline ServiceNews
Roland Irwin
Hawaii
Buck” Willis
Charles “Buck” Willis
Gunner
M. T. Sgt. Roe
Plains
Farm Bureau
New Movie Theatre
France
Czech
Swssfra
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