Douglas Bennington Elected Chief of Denton Fire Co
Douglas Bennington was elected chief of the Denton Volunteer Fire Company for the coming year at a regular meeting held at Third and Gay streets. He succeeds William Finn as the fifth chief since the company began in May 1922, chosen from three candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Third and
Gay Streets
Douglas Bennington
William Finn
Doug
Joseph L. Ross
Wilson Cohee
Eugene Anderson
Clarence H. Roe
William H. Neal
William E. Seeders
Maryland
Caroline County Firemen’s Association
Marydel
Dairymen Planned Feeding School in Denton
County dairymen will attend a one day feeding school November 16 in Denton to address emergency feeding problems. Maryland University specialists will lead discussions on grain mixtures, high quality hay, silage use, calf rearing under war conditions, and efficient milking and management. Morning and afternoon sessions run 10:00 to 3:00 with emphasis on war food production and practical guidance for increased milk output.
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Caroline County
Denton
M. H. Berry
Geo. Hyatt Jr
Department of Dairy Husbandry
University of Maryland
George W. Clendaniel
Clendaniel
Fire destroys major Kent Defense plant in Chestertown
A $100000 blaze Tuesday afternoon wiped out one of the largest fuse buildings of the Kent Defense Corporation in Chestertown. The loss included the inventory and insured products. S. Scott Beck, president, states officials are investigating. About 350 of 800 workers were inside and evacuated unharmed. Several women reported losing coats and personal items.
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Kent Defense Corporation
Chestertown
S. Scott Beck
Private Joseph Colgain Enlists and Serves in WWII Training
In England Private Joseph Colgain entered the service last February and was sent to Fort Knox Kentucky to join the Armored Force. He later served at Camp Campbell and Indiantown Gap before receiving an APO New York address and word that he was somewhere in England. Colgain, son of the late Samuel Colgain and Isadora Colgain, graduated from Tri-County High in 1939 and attended State Teacher's College Salisbury at enlistment.
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Joseph Birch Colgain
Fort Knox
Camp Campbell
Indiantown Gap
APO
New York
England
Joe
Pvt
Colgain
Samuel Colgain
Caroline and
Talbot
Isadora Colgain
Tri-County High
The
State Teacher’s College
Salisbury
Christmas Mailing Month Urges November Mailing to Help War Effort
Postmaster General Frank C. Walker warns that Christmas mail will be a major if not impossible task this year due to war material transport and manpower diverted to the armed forces. He urges the public to mail in November and mark parcels do not open until Christmas to avoid delays and a possible holiday transport emergency.
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Tim
Frank C. Walker
Postal Service
Army
Navy
Walken
Service Shorts Note Hails Haddick Family Arrival in England
Parents Mr and Mrs H L Haddick report the safe arrival of Lt Ruth M Haddick in England after training at Ft Eustis Camp Livingston Ft Devens and overseas assignment. Greensboro High School class of 1938 graduate shewishes luck and a speedy homeward voyage. Rev William D Turkington earns First Lieutenant commission and attends Chaplains School at Harvard University joining brother Rev T J Turkington of Denton. William Horsey USNR completes Mt St Marys College course and visits home before reporting to Norfolk Navy Yard for boot training.
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H. L. Haddick
Ruth M.haddick
England
Greensboro High School
United States
Ft. Eustis
Camp Livingston
Ft. Devens
Mass
Herre
William D. Turkington
U. S. Army
Chaplains’ School
Harvard University
Turkington
T. J. Turkington
Denton
New Brgland Evangelistic Association
Boston
William Horsey
USNR
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Emmittsboro
D. Ralph Horsey
Norfolk Navy Yard
North Africa Camp Life Described in 1913 Letter
In a September 19 1913 letter from North Africa a U S Army hospital worker writes of heavy rain flooding tents mud and ditches finally dug afterward He notes fair weather now and no illnesses lately He recalls attending a local French English church with about 30 soldiers and 50 members and learning some French while longing for home and U S comforts.
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North Africa
Dan
Gunner School Paul E Hynson son of Denton couple
Paul E Hynson son of Mr and Mrs Percy Hynson of Denton trained at Great Lakes and Memphis Aviation School aiming to become a bomber gunner after the five month course. He graduated Caroline High in 1912 and worked at Glenn L Martin in Baltimore before enlisting in the Navy July 21 1913. He recently met former classmate Henry Bareford at Memphis and reported he is well and enjoying life in Till Billy Paradise.
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Paul E. Hynson
Percy Hynson
Denton
Great Lakes
Memphis
Tennessee
Paul
Caroline High School
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
Navy
Henry Bareford
Billy Paradise
Navy seaman Jonathan L. Hughes Jr. stationed at Beaufort SC
Jonathan L. Hughes Jr. AMM2c, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hughes of Denton, has served in the U S Navy since May 1942. Lately transferred to Beaufort South Carolina after time at Norfolk Naval Air Station, chosen as a mechanic and flying as an Aviation Machinist's Mate 2le. Before seving, he worked for DuPont at Seaford and was active in school and town soccer and baseball teams.
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Jonathan L. Hughes Jr
J. L. Hughes
Denton
U. S. Navy
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Beaufort
S. C
Johnny
duPont Company
Seaford
Fooks Commissioned as Second Lieutenant in Army Air Forces
James M. Fooks of 1018 Jackson St Wilmington Del received second lieutenant bars at Army Air Forces Training Command exercises held at Harvard University Boston Oct 16 He prepared at the Air Corps Administrative Officer's Candidate School Miami Beach Fla and attended Harvard Business School for statistics personnel analysis and military law He is a former chief clerk at DuPont Experiment Station and a 1929 Beacom College graduate Son of Judge E Lloyd Fooks and his first wife Mattie Douglas Foons. He visited Ridgely Md with his wife before reporting to Hill Field Ogden Utah Oct 29
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James M. Fooks
Jackson St
Wilmington
Del
Army Air Forces Training Command
Harvard University
Boston
Mass
Air Corps Administrative Officer's Candidate School
Miami Beach
Fla
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
duPont Experiment Station
Beacom College
Fooks
Preston High School
E. Lloyd Fooks
Mattie Douglas Foons
Preston
Ridgely
Hill Field
Ogden
Utah
Strikes Matches To Read Mail From War Front
Pvt John W. Griffith of the Anti Tank Co 34th Inf writes from APO New York describing how he and fellow soldiers share the Journal, read letters by firelight, and note Denton connections and Thanksgiving wishes while recounting frontline experiences and gratitude for being American.
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Fiditor
Journal
Sicily
Denton
John W. Griffith
ASN
Anti Tank Co
Inf
APO No
New York
N. Y
Maryland Governor Leads 50 Percent State Income Tax Cut
Governor Herbert R. O Connor announced a 50 percent cut in 1943 state income taxes the third in three years and moved toward complete elimination of real estate taxes. He cited bond reductions from 48.5 million to 31.6 million as enabling the tax slash and urged local governments to assume real estate tax authority. The plan aims to end state real estate taxes, ending state participation and shifting tax power to counties and Baltimore.
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Herbert R. O’conor
Baltimore
O’conor
Maryland
O'Conor
Sandy Point Ferry Terminal Opens on Eastern Shore
Governor Herbert R. OConor hails the Sandy Point terminal of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry as a major transportation advance cutting Bay crossing time by over one third. The project, with roadways, will cost over 81 million when complete and aims to connect Eastern and Western Shores, boosting service and planning diesel upgrades for Romancoke Claiborne.
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Sandy Point
Chesapeake Bay
Herbert R. O’conor
State Roads Commission
Sandy Point Termine
Frank Sherman
O’conor
Talbot County
Eastern Bay
B. Frank Sherman
Resignations Shift County Nursing Coverage October
The county health department reorganizes nursing districts after Miss Lavenia Fulton resigns on October 15. With two nurses remaining, Denton marks the center and splits north and west to Miss Mattie Smith’s district and south and east to Mrs Kitty Simpson. Clinics and school visits continue as before.
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Lavenia Fulton
Miss Fulton
Greensboro
Denton
Viding Line
Kitty Simpson
Hobbs
Andersontown
American Corners
Harmony
Preston
Fed
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Denton Fire Co
Dairymen Feeding School
Caroline Service News
U.S. A
Folks
Gunner
County Health Department
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