W S Rutter Dies At His Home Here
Walter Spry Rutter 75 longtime Caroline County official and former hotelier died of a heart attack at his Denton home. He served as clerk to the board of county commissioners for nearly 24 years and previously ran hotels in Chestertown Hurlock and Denton. Survived by wife Emma Lucas and children John Colston Rutter and Mrs. T Floyd Jackson, with siblings Harry Rutter and Mrs. Thomas Swann. Funeral held at Grace Methodist Church Denton with burial in Denton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Spry Rutter
Board of
Caroline County Commissioners
Kent County
John
Annie Rutter
Chestertown
Rutter
Queen Anne’s
Hurlock
Denton
John Baggs
Emma Lucas
Queen Anne’s County
John Colston Rutter
Washington
T. Floyd Jackson
Harry Rutter
Ridgely
Thomas Swann
Queenstown
Thomas J. Turkington
Grace Methodist Church
Denton Cemetery
Grace Churen Choir
Memorial notice for Samuel E Thomas of Ridgely Md
Samuel E Thomas 42, a clerk for the Pennsylvania Railroad, Ridgely, died in Memorial Hospital Easton Monday. Native of Centreville Md, son of the late Milton H Thomas and Mrs Ella Z Moore Thomas of Ridgely who survive. He studied for the ministry but chose business. Survived by his mother and one sister Miss Madge Thomas of Ridgely. Funeral Thursday at 2 p m at his home conducted by Rev Leelan Jackson. Burial Centreville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Edward Thomas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ridgely
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Centreville
Milton H. Thomas
Ella Z. Moore Thomas
Madge Thomas
Leelan Jackson
Ridgely Methodist Church
Rachel Collison Becomes Caroline County Clerk After Rutter’s Death
Miss Rachel Collison of Denton becomes clerk to the Caroline County Commissioners after taking oath, succeeding Walter S. Rutter who served nearly 24 years. She assisted Rutter for ten years and was previously appointed clerk to the board of control in 1942. The article recalls memorial tributes to Rutter and Lemuel Roberts Clough, with a funeral at 3 p.m. A tax levy meeting was moved up. Other notes mention Don Kubler visiting Easton relatives and Bernard Sparks Jr. and his wife on furlough with aircrew training. ARPES.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Collison
Denton
Board of
Caroline County Commissioners
Gerald M. Pine
Circuit Court
Walter S. Rutter
Miss Collison
Rutter
Donald G. Kubler
Newberry College
S. C
Fred Kubler
Easton
Don
Bernard F. Sparks Jr
Queen Anne
Sparks
Yuma
Arizona
Lincoln
Nebr
ARPES
Children Of The Week Features Denton Area Photos
The Journal will publish this week photographs of Caroline county’s youngest generation from March. Readers can cut out the pictures to start scrapbooks, with servicemen dads able to view their children's photos in a summer edition. Featured children include Sylvia Jean Fleetwood and Eloise Irwin of Denton, Jerry Towers of Greensboro, Mary Lee Nuttle and Sharon Breeding of Denton, and many others across Denton and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Caroline County
Denton
Richard
H. R. Shockley
Goldsboro
Eloise
Robert Irwin
George
Zloch
Irvina Jane
I. A. Forrest
Jerry
G. E. Towers
Greensboro
Sylvia Jean
L. W. Willis
Robert
A. J. Fletcher
Dorothy
R. A. Dukes
William
W. L. Schuyler
Janet
L. C. Butler
Paul Vernon
Culprits Recaptured After Elkton Jail Escape
Elkton jail recaptured two men, Allie Abraham Petticord aged 37 and Wayne Edward Allen aged 24, who escaped from Caroline county jail on June 21. They are held awaiting September court on three counts: criminal attack, car theft and jail breaking. Sheriff Sparks said they removed a bed and slipped a note through their cell wall to reach the basement before escaping. The pair, former Triumph Explosives employees, were arrested by State Trooper Koste while traveling with a carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie Abraham Petticord
Wayne Edward Allen
Caroline County
Elkton
H. Saulsbury Sparks
Triumph Explosives Company
Gus Koste
Notice to correspondents on Fourth of July week
Advertisers and correspondents are asked to submit all copy to the office by Tuesday next week due to the Fourth of July holiday. The message thanks readers and staff for cooperation.
Rotary Club Holds Ladies Night Tuesday
The Rotary Club of Denton held their annual Ladies Night at Talbot Country Club. About one hundred members and guests enjoyed a banquet, dancing, and a program. Major General Francis Perrott spoke on prosecuting war criminals and the need to deter future crimes, noting postwar failures and urging accountability. Presents were given to retiring president George W. Clendaniel and Secretary T. Conover Crouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club of
Denton
Talbot Country Club
Country Club
Francis Perrott
Adjutant General
Maryland
United Nations
Germany
George W. Clendaniel
T. Conover Crouse
Dressing Plant Open To Public On July Fourteen
The Southern States Eastern Shore Marketing Cooperative poultry dressing plant at Salisbury Maryland will be open to the public all day Saturday July 14. Processing runs 10 a m to noon with tours in the afternoon. Wartime conditions omit a formal program. The plant spans 60 000 square feet on 10 acres and can dress thousands of birds hourly once fully staffed. Board members include Harry H Rieck C Bounds Phillips W R Strickland Stanley F Benson L L Colona Vance A McCabe and Granville Messick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern States Eastern Shore Marketing Cooperative
Salisbury
Harry H. Rieck
Preston
Uncle Sam
Isabella Street
Cooperative
Mr. Rieck
Northeastern Producers Council
C. Bounds Phillips
Quantico
W. R. Strickland
Berlin
Stanley F. Benson
Westover
L. L. Colona
Pocomoke City
Vance A. McCabe
Frankford
Del
Granville Messick
Millsboro
Delinquent real estate sales total 1908 dollars in Denton
Eleven parcels of real estate were sold at public auction at the courthouse door in Denton by William S. Orme treasurer of Caroline county for delinquent taxes. The total realized was 1908.40 dollars. The highest bid was 760 dollars for a 30 acre tract on the Hog Creek to Smithson road near Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
William S. Orme
Caroline County
Hog Creek
Smithson
Preston
John W. Price
Harold K. Shults
L. A. Drake and Son
T. Olin Ford
Greensboro
Dell Vickery
Alonzo Mulliken
John Newcomb
Mr. Price
County Budget Cuts And Tax Rate Reduction Announced
County Commissioners lowered the levy from 1.15 to 1.12 on the $100 and approved major budget increases for schools, old age assistance, aid to dependent children, and county offices while removing civilian defense and hospital line items. The detailed 1945 levy lists multiple county department boosts and numerous line item reductions as the board set the year’s fiscal plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton Hospital
Cheltenham School
Montrose School
General Public Assistance
Court House
H. D
Caroline Soil District
Health Department
Health
Rosewood
C. H
Cpl. Warren Recalls World War II Travels From 1942 to 1945
In a letter to Dr. E P Knotts Cpl. Herbert O Warren recounts his wartime voyage from New York to Capetown to Suez and Egypt, detailing convoyless Atlantic crossing, Red Sea refueling, and moves with the British Eighth Army during the North Africa campaign. The narrative ends as he reaches Camp Russell B Huckstep in Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Paul Knotts
Herbert O. Warren
Warren
Co. D, 104Th Q. M
Caroline County
Maryland National Guard
U. S. Army
Doc
Europe
Denton
New York P. of E
Staten Island
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Capetown
S. A
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Aden
Saudi Arabia
Port Tewfis
Suez
Heliopolis
Egypt
Cairo
Kairouan
Sfax
Sousse
Africa
Tunis
Cape Bons
Philippeville
North Africa
Camp
Russell B. Huckstep
Payne Field
Red Cross Annual Meeting Held Here In Denton
The Caroline County Red Cross chapter held its annual business meeting in Denton with Julian Brooks of Alexandria VA outlining service goals. He urged safety, nursing, nutrition and first aid courses while noting veterans needing readjustment aid and proposing a disaster committee. A nominating committee was named to replace Clayton Reynolds as chairman by July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Julian Brooks
Alexandria
American Red Cross
Caroline County
Denton
Brooks
Arthur W. Brumbaugh
J. Owen Knotts
Gilbert Johnson
Clayton Reynolds
Harvey Long
Federalsburg
Mildred M. Ginn
Greensboro
H. Earle Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. S. Rutter
Samuel E. Thomas
Mr. Rutter
Harvey Fleetwood
Shirley Ann
J. H. Howard
Charles
C. P. Merrick Jr
Etta
Gorman G. Henry
Earl
E. M. Towers
Frances
W. Good
Conrad
J. I. Scurto
Den
Ton
Mary Lee
Arthur H. Nuttle
Glenn
C. A. Blough
Sharon
A. N. Breeding
Bridgeville
Francis
R. F. Fountain
Kathryn
Burdette Nuttle
Larry
P. F. Messick
Rotary Club
Caroline
Rheims
France
Harry M. Hollis
Saran E. Covey
William F. Wolf
Ronald Lane
Frank Flounders
Marydel
Catherine Melvin
Henderson
Jerome Frampton Jr
Joseph Eaton
Hillsboro
Clark Quillen
Frampton
Franklin Baker
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