Veteran sergeant savages England after 39 months in London
Preston native James Nichols Trice a master sergeant returned from 39 months in London with a headquarters unit. He criticizes England and its people as jealous of America, contrasts London’s cold housing with his hot home, recalls visiting Downing Street and Westminster Abbey, and notes his siblings’ planned Christmas reunion and sister Eleanor Louise’s January wedding to Donald Turnham in Virginia.
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England
James Nichols Trice
Preston
London
Denton-Preston
Thames
Downing Street
Whitehall
Denton Alley
Robert Eddington
Federalsburg
Sergeant Trice
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Sir Christopher Wren
Westminster Abbey
Winston Churchill
Eleanor Louise
Donald Kermit Turnham
Annabelle C. Turnham
Hampton
Virginia
Aberdeen
State strides in Maryland conservation unification
Governor Herbert R. O'Conor praised the consolidation of Maryland's conservation agencies into five departments under the Board of Natural Resources. He said the move, begun in 1941, represents the state's most forward step in conservation, promoting unified control and coordinated policies across Tidewater Fisheries Game and Inland Fish State Forests and Parks Geology Mines and Water Resources and Research and Education. The Cumberland Conservation Forum at Fort Hill High School heard that while debates persist, the unified setup marks intelligent progress toward better management of natural resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Natural Resources
Herbert R. O’conor
Cumberland Conservation Forum
Fort Hill High School
Maryland
O’conor
State Employers Save $7 330 840
Governor Herbert R. O Conor announced repeal of wartime merit rating provisions of the Unemployment Compensation Act. About 612 firms with payrolls totaling 415 million were spared from wartime limits and will now pay lower rates. Savings totaling 7 330 840 will apply to the last three quarters of the fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. O’conor
O’conor
Southern States Co Meets At Ridgely
The annual Southern States membership meeting for Ridgely area farmers was held Thursday evening November 8 at Ridgely High School with 150 attendees. Speakers included F D Francke district manager and M L Sutton with an advisory board elected for the agency and for farm women, a style show featured dresses made from feed bags, winners in the 4 H class were Eleanor Hoffman and others, an orchestra provided music and refreshments closed the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern States
Ridgely Supply Company
Ridgely
F. D. Francke
Southern States Cooperative
M. L. Sutton
Local Service Agency
Charles Dean
C. J. Kern
Denton
Rev. J. S. Rittenhouse
D. L Holsinger
Melvin Blades
J. Boone Jarrell
Paul Hoffman
Reuben Ebling
D. H. Hollingsworth
W. S. Carroll
Wm. E. Lynch
Richard Blackburn
Harold Holsinger
Captain Vandegrift Transferred to Yokohama Hospital
Captain Edward W. Vandegrift of the U S Army Dental Corps, with The American Infantry Division near Yokohama, has moved to the 43rd Field Hospital, Yokohama. In letters to his parents he notes living in a schoolhouse facility with decent conditions, but the destroyed town area is depressing. He mentions the room once used by Tojo and provides his Yokohama address APO 503 c/o P M San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Vandegrift
U. S. Army Dental Corps
Yokohama
43Rd Field
E. J. Vandegrift
Greensboro
Vandegrift
Tojo
48Rd Field Hospital
43Rd Field Hospital
Apo 503
C‘o P. M
San Francisco
Calif
Fewer Farms Reported in Caroline and Talbot Counties
A Department of Commerce preliminary census of agriculture shows 41 fewer farms in Caroline county and 57 fewer in Talbot county compared with 1940. Other Maryland counties have not yet reported.
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Department of Commerce
Caroline County
Talbot County
Maryland
Thanksgiving Holiday Notice Delays Journal Publication
The Journal will publish one day early on Wednesday due to Thanksgiving. Advertisers and correspondents must have copy in the office Tuesday of next week. any later submissions will not appear in the following issue. Thank you for your cooperation.
Thawley Dies in Memorial Hospital At Easton
James Wooters Thawley age 60 newspaper agent and former Atlantic and Pacific Tea Store manager died Friday in Memorial Hospital Easton. native of Caroline county he was son of the late William T and Mary D Wooters Thawley. Survived by wife Helen Hignatt and two daughters Mrs Calvin C Simpson Harrington Del and Mrs Geo A Johnson Baltimore. Also a sister Mrs Harvey Quillen Preston. Funeral at his home Tuesday at 2 pm Rev John E French First Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Denton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wooters Thawley
Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Caroline County
William T
Mary D. Wooters Thawley
Helen H. Hignatt
Calvin C. Simpson
Harrington
Del
Geo. A. Johnson
Baltimore
Harvey Quillen
R Emmett Raughley 73 Dies at Harrington Home
R Emmett Raughley retired farmer and livestock dealer died at his Center street Harrington home Friday afternoon from a heart attack. He was born in Caroline County the son of the late John Burton and Annie Marie Raughley. He was a prominent member of Trinity Methodist Church and one of two living charter directors of the People's Bank. He served as trustee of the Potter Fund in Kent County and was active in Democratic politics. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Trinity Church with Rev Thomas C. Jones in charge. Interment at Denton cemetery. Directors of the People's Bank served as pallbearers. honorary pallbearers named. Alfred Raughley, a brother, resides in Burrsville and is also a director. Surviving are two brothers, his widow Caroline Short Raughley, two foster sons, a sister Miss Mary E. Raughley, several nieces and nephews, and other brothers and sisters.
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R. Emmett Raughley
Center Street
Harrington
Mr. Raughley
Caroline County
John Burton
Annie Marie Raughley
Trinity Methodist Church
People’s Bank
Potter Fund
Kent County
Trinity Church
Thomas C. Jones
Denton Cemetery
Lyman Hill
John Camper
Fred Wilson
Edward Rash
Charles Peck Sr
B. I. Shaw
S. L. Sapp
Jonathan Hopkins
J. Gordon Smith
Wilbur E. Jacobs
Alfred Raughley
Burrsville
J. Harry Raughley
Caroline Short Raughley
Lloyd Edgerton
Schenectady
WN. Y
Francis Connelly
Felter
Mary E. Raughley
Elmer Raughley
P. Selden Raughley
Magnolia
W. Clifford Raughley
Wilmington
William E Stewart dies at 61 in Choptank home
William E Stewart 61, a carpenter and mechanic and longtime Caroline county resident, died at his Choptank home on Tuesday afternoon last week. Survived by wife Grace Perry Stewart and three children Weldon Harper Seaford Delaware, William P Stewart Choptank Md, and Mrs Venton Harrison Easton Md, plus brothers and sisters in North Carolina and Mrs W E Kindley of Greensboro. Funeral held Friday at 2 pm at Bethesda Methodist Church Preston with Rev A W Strickland officiating. interment Linechester Cemetery Md.
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William E. Stewart
Caroline County
Choptank
Mr. Stewart
Moore County
North Carolina
Peter and
Margaret Shields Stewart
Grace Perry Stewart
Weldon Harper
Seaford
Del
William P. Stewart
Venton Harrison
Easton
James A. Stewart
S. C. Stewart
Jane Stewart
Robbins
N. C
W. E. Kindley
Greensboro
A. W. Strickland
Bethesda Methodist Church
Preston
Death of John M. Adams in Smithville area
John M. Adams, 78, died at his home near Smithville after a several months illness. Survived by wife Blanche, daughter Earle Robinson, and five brothers. Funeral services held Tuesday at 2:30 PM at Adams and Williamson Funeral Home. burial in Bloomery cemetery.
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John M. Adams
Smithville
Daniel C
Deborah Morris Adams
Blanche Adams
Earle Robinson
D. R. Adams
Wilmington
Willard
Greenwood
J. L
Arthur A
Clarence W
Federalsburg
Adams and Williamson
P. J. Schauer
Bloomery Cemetery
Truman Proclaims Thanksgiving Day 1945 in Nation’s Victory
President Truman proclaims November 22, 1945 as a day of national thanksgiving. He honors Allied victory over fascism and militarism, praises soldiers workers and families, and calls for unity and dedication to freedoms as the country moves toward a lasting peace. The proclamation, dated November 12, 1945, notes the joint resolution of Congress and marks the 157th year of independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
United Nations
Harry S. Truman
United States of America
Congress
City of Washington
Ferry Traffic Shows October Surge on Sandy Point Route
Governor O Conor cited October ferry figures from Ferry Manager B Frank Sherman showing a record jump. Passenger traffic reached 61724, up 17075 from October 1944, car traffic rose to 26810, trucks 5210, totaling 93244 persons carried that month on the Sandy Point to Metapique ferry route.
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State Roads Commission
O’conor
B. Frank Sherman
Sandy Point-Maxapeake
Hybrid Corn Show Here December 1st
Growers of Southern States Open Formula. Hybrid corn will compete for awards in a show at Southern States Farmers Supply Cooperative in Denton on December 1. First prize is a bushel of hybrid corn and a blue ribbon, second and third prizes are red and white ribbons. Entries, each with three ears, must be at the store by November 28. A grower may enter as many times as he wishes. Exhibits become the store’s property and winners will be displayed until after the first of the year.
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Southern States
Southern States Farmers Supply Cooperative
Denton
Denton Welcomes New Photo Studio On Third Street
A veteran photographer, John L. Towse, opens a fully equipped studio on Denton’s Third Street opposite the Ration Board. Towse, formerly a New York publicity photographer and Chief Photographers Mate in the U S Navy, returns after service in the South Pacific and Patuxent River. He and his wife live on a nearby farm. Towse’s daughter Lucille is five. Also noted is Corporal Abel M. Garman of Luzon, requesting a subscription halt as he returns to the States.
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John L. Towse
Denton
3Rd
U. S. Navy
Towse
New York City
Navy Aviation
South Pacific
U. S. Naval Air Station
Patuxent River
Alfred Clark
Lucille
Carrie Wellen
Luzon
P. IL
Abel M. Garman
Denton Journal
States
Garman
Engineers Aviation Battalion
Bainbridge discharge honors Joseph Floyd White GM 2c
Joseph Floyd White GM 2c(T) of Goldsboro has been honorably discharged from naval service at the Bainbridge separation center in Maryland.
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Bainbridge, Md
Joseph Floyd White
GM 2C(t
Goldsboro
Naval Service
Separation Center
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Navy
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
New Georgia
Aeal
Thomas L. Trice
Frederick Winfield Trice
Florida
Thomas L. Trice III
Army of Occupation
Heidelberg
Germany
James
Trice
Londolén
Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies
Southern States Co
Capt. Vandegrift
Japan
Caroline and
Talbot
James W. Thawley
Liberty
Franklin Deane Roosevelt
Caroline
Hall Barton Butler
Laura Virginia Fleming
Hillsboro
Butler
Army Air Forces
Towse Studio
Noch CS
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