Forest Fire Near Greensboro Subdued After Hours of Blazes
A forest fire spanning two miles along the Greensboro Denton highway fronted the Choptank river, ignited Thursday in a gravel pit. Greensboro and Denton brigades aided by a convict crew worked until Friday evening to prevent further spread. Over a dozen homes faced danger and outbuildings at the Burrsville home of Wal ter Cannon were destroyed. livestock was saved. Estimated loss 82,000, partly insured.
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Greensboro
Greensboro-Denton
Denton Company
Denton
Harold Prettyman
Howard Q. Wise
Delaware
Gay Street
Ration Book Three Applications To Be Distributed Soon
War Ration Book Three application blanks will be mailed to Maryland households between May 20 and June 3 with forms for single recipients or families. The head of household completes the forms for the family and mails them June 1 to June 10. Book Three will include sugar coffee shoes and point stamps and eight pages detailing point values and armament units.
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Maryland
OPA
Coupon validity window for stamps and goods announced
May 9 G red stamps become valid with E and F stamps through May. Blue stamps G H J valid through May. Coupon 23 Book One good for one pound coffee through May 30. Coupon 12 Book One good for five pounds sugar through May 61. Coupon 17 Book One good for one pair of shoes until June 15. VSPA PER
Ernest G Cooper Dies. Denton Insurance Leader Remembered
Ernest Greene Cooper veteran insurance agent and longtime Denton resident dies at his home. He suffered a fatal stroke the prior Thursday and funeral services are set for Friday at 3 p.m. at his home with Rev. Joshin White officiating. Burial will be in Denton cemetery. Survived by widow Frances Crouse Cooper and three children, including Ernest Jr. and Frances Lee McCormick. Cooper served on town boards, was a charter Denton Rotary member, and held a long career as the Shore’s oldest established general insurance agency. He was active with Christ Church and Caroline County education board from 1927 to 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Caroline County
Ernest Greene Cooper
Joshin White
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Christ Church
Frances Lee McCormick
Baltimore
Geo. Wm. McCormick
USNR
Madeleine C. Cooper
Naval Air Technical Center
Norman
Oklahoma
Farm Gasoline Shortage Cured by War Board Action
A temporary farm gasoline shortage in Caroline Kent and surrounding counties ended this week after the Marsland United States Department of Agriculture War Board removed restrictions. Farmers rushed ration offices as the quota for nonhigh octane fuel was exhausted, but relief followed directives from Washington and state and county war boards.
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Caroline
Kent
Queen Anne's
Talvyot
Marsland
United States Department of Agriculture War Board
Eastern Shore
Usda War Board
Colles Jard
Pied Lo Sylvester
Robert T. Williams
Marshand Aericultured Adjustment Agency
Joseph HH. Blandford
State War Board
Ami Duales C. Aist
Oil of Petroleum Co-ordinator
Haretd Fh
Tehosan Bl
Oil Company
Washington
Ford
Maryland
Maryland Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Washington County
Jacob M. Ankeady
Washington County Aaa
Old M E Parsonage Adjoined To Church Work Underway
Preliminary work has begun on attaching a new wing to the First Methodist church to provide extra space for the Sunday School. The addition will house beginners department primary and junior classes a kitchen and choir rooms. A new parsonage on Vilth perue was purchased by First Cantrell years ago.
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Masie
First Methodis
Crenen
Ovo
Vilth
Obituary for J Ralph Stevens of Wilmington Del
J Ralph Stevens a 76 year old contractor and carpenter of Wilmington Delaware died May 5 at home after a year of illness. Survived by wife Harriette R Stevens son Harry R Stevens granddaughter Thelma Stevens brothers Gootee Stevens John L Stevens born in Maryland to John and Mary C Stevens. Funeral from McCrery Funeral Home Wilmington Tuesday at 1 50 PM with Rev R T Thawley of Brandywine Methodist Church officiating. Interment Gracelawn Memorial Park.
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J. Ralph Stevens
Wilmington
Del
Harriette R. Stevens
Harry R. Stevens
Thelma Stevens
Gootee Stevens
John L. Stevens
Denton
Maryland
John
Mary C. Stevens
McCrery Funeral Home
R. T. Thawley
Brandywine Methodist Church
Gracelawn Memorial Park
Dr George L Edmonds Dies At 69 In Rockville Md
Dr George L Edmonds, 69, post master at Rockville, Md., died at his home last Saturday after a long illness. Survived by widow and two daughters Mrs S Wilson Carr of Rockville and Mrs George W Clendaniel of Denton. A longtime figure in Montgomery County Democratic politics and civic affairs, he served twelve years in the House of Delegates representing U2 county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Edmonds
Rockville
S. Wilson Carr
George W. Clendaniel
Denton
Funeral services held for Mrs Emma V Noble
Mrs Emma V Noble died Saturday afternoon at Edgewood Md. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Adams and Williams Funeral Home with Rev Lawson Jump officiating. She was the daughter of Tilehman and Mary Melanes of Caroline county. Survived by husband Henry Noble and children Ethan Noble Perryville Henry Noble Edvessood Lester Noble Baltimore George Noble overseas with the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ema V. Noble
Edgewood
Adams and Williams
Federalshare
Lawson Jump
Denton
Noble
Tilehman
Mary Melanes
Caroline County
Harry Noble
Ethan T. Noble
Perryville
Henry R. Noble
Lester M. Noble
Baltimore
George F. Noble
Ensign John Webster Smith Home On Ten Day Leave
Ensign John Webster Smith USNR stationed in the Atlantic theatre and Norfolk Inshore Patrol is on a ten day leave with his wife and his parents Mr and Mrs Frank L Smith of Federalsburg. He recently became executive officer aboard his ship after naval training at Notre Dame and the Midshipmen School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Webster Smith
USNR
Frank L. Smith
Federalsburg
Atlantic
Ensizen Smith
Norfolk
Federalsburg High School
Washington College
University of Notre Dame
Midshipmen’s School
U.S
Prairie State
New York
Ensign Smith
Patricia Metzner
Florence Metzner
Woodrow W. Biles
Edgar F. Biles
Greensboro
Chanute Field School
Army Air Porces Technical Training Command
Chanute Field
Uncle Sam
Schoel
San Antonio
Maryland
Edward Whitall Laramore
Norman H. Irwin
Wm. J. Irwin
Denton
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Irwin
duPont
Seaford
Charles R. Stafford
L 2 Ce
Fred M. Stafford
Camp Endicott
R. I
Seabee
Kirwin Smith
Andersontown
Carl George Stafford
S2ce
Soomon
James W. Jopp
FE. M
USN
Harry Jopp
Daffin Promoted at Pyote Base in Dust Bowl Region
James Percy Daffin received a corporal promotion on Easter Sunday and a week later on May 2 earned the rank of Staff Sergeant. He serves in a service unit and now heads a Parachute Department at Pyote Texas, where he has been for about five months amid sand sun and wind.
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James Percy Daffin
Pyote
Texas
Percy
Clendaniel Enters Pre-Flight School at Athens
Denton youth Lindsay Edmunds Clendaniel has reported to the U S Navy Pre-Flight School in Athens Georgia for three months of physical conditioning and pre flight training in academics and military subjects before transfer to Navy flight centers. He is the son of Mr and Mrs G W Clendaniel of Denton and is a 1940 Caroline High School graduate who attended St John’s College Annapolis and completed primary flight training at the CAA War Training School Ellisville Mississippi.
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Sherman W. Tribbitt
Bainbridge
The
Security Trust Company of
Wilmington
Caroline High School
Denton
Beacom’s College
Sherman L. Tribbitt
Naval Aviation
Lindsay Edmonds Clendaniel
U. S. Navy
Athens
Navy
Clendaniel
G. W. Clendaniel
St. John’s College
Annapolis
CAA War Training School
Ellisville
Miss
Graduates For Caroline County Listed By Schools
A list of prospective high school graduates by school district. C H S holds commencement May 21 at 8 p.m. with Academic, Commercial, General, Vocational Agriculture, Home Economics, and other courses from Caroline, Greensboro, Ridgely, Preston, Federalsburg, Lockerman, and related high schools. Names include Beck Jr., Hughes, Palmer Jr., West, Jester, Kaufman, Turkingtorn Jr., and many others across multiple programs.
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Caroline High School
George W. Beck Jr
James David Emerson
John Lester Everngam Jr
Daniel R. Horsey Jr
Harry Roe Hughes
Walter Butler Palmer Jr
Helen June Booth
Ella Marie Brown
Barbara Jean Butler
Mildred Laura Butler
Doris Marie Cahall
Anne Louise Chaffinch
Laura Eleanora Clendaniel
Mary Catherine Crouse
June Mary Hollister
Audrey Muriel Tribbitt
Catherine Mae West
Roland L. Johnson
Betty Louise Asche
Rebecca Mae Betton
Mary Jane Perry
Donald William Cripps
Kenneth R. Gelletty
Robert Henry Good
John A. Howard Jr
Emory O. Jones
Thomas Patterson Preston Kaufman
Harald Verlin Krabill
Robert Earl Lane
Earl Dawson Lord
Warren B. Martin
Richard C. North Jr
Anthony William Ostermann
Robert S. Palmer
Samuel Walter Patrick Jr
John Shaffer
Thomas J. Turkingtorn Jr
Roland C. Vickery
Edwin Wuersrlin
Frances Audrey Adams
Joyvee
Elaine Brittingham
Mary Louise Hignutt
Eva Virginia Kaufman
Charlotte Anne Smith
Mary Anne Smith
Harold Simeon Bullock
Eveene Collison
Earle Joseph DeFord
Henry John Ostermann
William Linley Reed
George Wise Shafter
Paul Reese Stafford
Robert Paul Taylor
Audrey C. Bullock
Betty Mae Jester
Beatrice Mae MacDonald Elizabeth Sarah Murphy
Sara Lida Roe
Harriet Esther Smith
Greensboro High School
William Henry Flowers Jr
Charles Levi Gordon
Robert Lee Kirwan
David Melvin Morris
Richard Kenneth — Porter
Willard Newell Smith
Anna DiRocco
Kathleen Mildred Draper
Mary Magdalene Griffin
Florence Isabel Hutson
Ruth Anna McCrea
Constance Josee Taylor
Doris Ann Wreatt
George Pu
Ridgely High School
Mervin Kelsey Cohee
Frederick Donald Crouse
Willard Edward Greene
Daniel D. Hollingsworth
Rodney Rowland Holsinger
David Robert Pippin
Charles Raymond Rampmeyer
Frank A. van Skiver Jr
Gladys Elizabeth Guthrie
Rose Elien Lane
Charlotte Alice Magrogan
Frances Jane Pinkine
Genevieve Thomas
Teresa Ruth Wood
Preston
Frederick Harold Schmick
Mary Wannella Murphy
Betty Jane Philp
Juanita Marie Purch
Rachel Mae Schulke
Mary Jane Dean
Robert Alfred Baynard
Joseph Adam Mueller
Kenneth James Patrick
Harry William Reich
Anna Katherine Brauchle
Anna Lee Burklew
Grace Elizabeth Fearins
Bertha Ruth Nordberg
Almira Levanche Perry
Bonnie June Smith
Federalsburg High School
Martha — Irma Libis
Mary Louise Lyden
Donald Earl Alford
Virginia Louise Capps
Francis Filmore
Davis
Roger Franklin Moore
Melvin Everett Wheatley
Francis Elder Wright
Melvin Frederick Mincekert
Mary Ruth Wheatley
Ella Mae Catlins
Rowena Rebecca White
Lockerman High School
Carl Marion Frierson
Sylvia Frances Small
Shelby Sara Small
Doris Geneva Gould
Evelyn Dane Pritchett
Florence Elizabeth Foster
Gwendolyn Ann Pritchett
Christibell
Dorothy Dickerson
Sarah Freda Butler
Vivian Colleen Horner
Ruth Caroline Quailes
Alice Victoria Johns
Clara Elizabeth Quailes
Sadie Lela Evans
Gracie Anna Webb
Florence Naomi Johnson
Mary Jessie Lucille Gibbs
Howard Leroy Johnson
James Russell Lake
Daniel Henry Webb
Lawrence Albert Cook
Eastern Shore Interests Discuss Acquiring Utility
Citizens group discussed possible sale of Eastern Shore Public Service Company common stock to a cooperative association. No decision reached. deadline set for May 20 on United Gas Improvements plan. SEC ordered Associated Gas and Electric to dispose of holdings in the Eastern Shore system.
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Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Wilbert Merriken
Choptank Cooperative
Rural Electrification Administration
United Gas Improvements, Inc
Philadelphia
Securities and Exchange Commission
Associated Gas and Electric Company
West Street
New York City
Eastern Shore
Pus
Lie Service Company
Eastern Shore of Virginia Public Service Company
Eastern Shore of Delaware Public Service Company
Maryland
Vienna
Wicomico County Commissioners
Salisbury
Maryland Farm Front This Week
Maryland farmers will aid war effort by growing canning tomatoes from southern states, a Maryland war crop. Initial shipments totaled 600,000,000 plants, with last year’s harvest at 66,800 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Maryland
Rev N J Miller to Preach to Caroline High Graduates
The Rev Newton J Miller pastor of the Church of the Brethren will preach to Caroline High School graduates in the school auditorium next Sunday night. Other town ministers including Rev Lawrence E Wimbrow Rev Thomas S Dixon and Rev Thomas J Turkington will participate. All congregations will worship together to honor the graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton J. Miller
Church of the Brethren
Caroline High School
Denton
Lawrence E. Wimbrow
Thomas S. Dixon
Thomas J. Turkington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ernest G. Cooper
M. E
Geo. L. Edmonds
Emma V. Noble
Caroline Service News
Daffin
Joseph H. Bland
N. J. Miller
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