Circuit Court Convenes Monday in Caroline County
The fall term opens at 10 a m on Monday October 4 at the Denton courthouse. The docket includes 4 appearances 35 trials 8 appeals and errors 2 petitions 4 criminal appeals and 2 recognizances to the grand jury. Grand and petit jurors are named by district.
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Caroline County
Denton
William Jones
Reba Jams
Roland Jenkins
First District
William ©. Ross
Howard R. Shockley
Thomas E. Heather
T. H. Gough
Alonzo B. Cohee
T. Olin Ford
Joseph B. Kibler
Charles H. Bilbrough
John C. Brown
George M. Collier
Jesse W. Porter
George W. Cruser
Samuel G. Bye
Louis C. Butler
E. Theodore Orme
James M. Clarke
Martin C. Voss
William Bullock
Howard
Fred H. Flounders
Walter Mosely
Earl Holsinger
Francis E. Lynch
Mallory B. Winstead
Jacob J. Applebaum
L. Norris Todd
Brantley H. Trice
Eli P. Stanford
Alton R. Messer
R. Russell Edgell
Webster Todd
Maryland Farm Front This Week
Maryland's canneries will gain access to more critical metals for food processing machinery next year per a War Production Board order. Used farm machinery joins price controls as hay loaders and other items enter listing. Corn marketing quotas for 1944 are removed in Maryland while a new referendum looms. War Food Administration ships 1 250 006 000 tons monthly to allied fronts. Maryland woodlots urged for timber to ship food products to the United Nations. Poultry plants salvage wet-picked feathers for camouflage and sleeping bags via a USDA process using salicylic and benzoric acids in treated feathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
War Production Board
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Leonard C. Burns
AAA
War Food Administration
Joseph H. Blandford
United States Department of Agriculture War Board
United Nations
J. I. Hardy
United States Department of Agriculture
Soldiers Letters From England and Local Military News
Pfc Emmett Shaffer writes from England describing travel and life overseas while awaiting homecoming. The message mentions England currency, safety, and family in Denton. The item also notes Arthur Jopp's furlough from the U S Navy and Lt Shaffer recovering after surgery in Pasadena California.
Orme Inducted into U S Army Maryland Guard
In February 191% In Africa Laces Orme joined the U S Army as a Maryland National Guard member. He trained at Fort Meade moved to A Hill and Camp Pickett before overseas duty. He sailed in September 1912 to Egypt then Africa with his company. In a letter he noted sand storms and the coming rainy season. He is son of Mr and Mrs Emer T Orme of Denton. His wife Betty Smith of Goldsboro teaches at Caroline High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laces Orme
UC. S. Army
Maryland National Guard
Fort George Meade
Maryland
A. P. Hill
Virginia
Camp Pickett
Egypt
Africa
Lacey
North Africa
Emer T. Orme
Denton
Betty Smith
Goldsboro
Caroline High School
New Guinea letter from Sgt Garrett and local furlough notes
T Sgt Garrett serving in New Guinea sends a postcard home to Mr and Mrs R H Stafford. He describes routine, tent moves, rations, and reading the home newspaper Journal while expressing appreciation for news from home. Also notes Uncle Henry’s illness improving and requests more letters. dentson furloughs include Pfe Leslie Lutz Fort Jackson and Sgt Ernest Downes Camp Phillips as well as Private Arthur Nuttle Camp Lee and Pfe Clayton Long Indiantown Gap visiting Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Stafford
Bob
Henry
Leslie Lutz
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
Ernest Downes
Camp Phillips
Kansas
Denton
Arthur Nuttle
Camp Lee
Clayton Long
Indiantown Gap
Phillips Packing Co Wins Army Navy E Award for War Food Work
Phillips Packing Company of Cambridge Maryland receives the Army Navy E Award for high achievement in producing materials for the war effort. Colonel Albanus Phillips accepts notification from Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson. Ceremony planned in Cambridge on October 21 with E flags and pins for all staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Packing Company, Inc
Cambridge
Maryland
Army
Phillips Organization
Phillips Packing Company
Phillips
Patterson
Denton Graduate Ensign Thawley Among 1100 U S Naval Reserve Group
Robert Hooper Thawley son of Mr and Mrs Wesley E Thawley of Denton graduated September 22 1943 from the U S Naval Reserve Midshipmen School at Notre Dame with a commission as Ensign He attended Caroline High School and Washington College in Chestertown Md was active in Denton soccer and pitched for Denton Baseball Club After a short stay at home he departed by air from Washington for San Diego California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hooper Thawley
Wesley E. Thawley
Denton
U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
Ensign
U. S. Naval Reserve
Ensign Thawley
Caroline High School
Washington College
Chestertown
Denton Baseball Club
San Diego
Calif
Washington, D. C
Aiplane
Selectees Accepted September 21 for the Army and Marines
The notice lists selectees accepted on September 21 across the Army white and colored divisions and the Marine Corps. Army White includes Theron Roger Conklin Federalsburg Charles Frederick Norris Denton Louis Henry Carpenter Federals Russell Elwood Crouse Ridgely Alexander Joseph Deusa Marydel. Army Colored lists Calvin Tolson Marydel Howard S Beulah Denton Thomas James Murray Preston. Marine Corps White lists Wm Linwood Schuyler Denton Vaughn Arthur Hutson Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theron Roger Conklin
Federalsburg
Charles Frederick Norris
Denton
Louis Henry Carpenter
Russell Elwood Crouse
Ridgely
Alexander Joseph Deusa
Marydel
Army
Calvin Tolson
Howard S. Beulah
Thomas James Murray
Preston
Marine Corps
Linwood Schuyler
Vaughn Arthur Hutson
Greensboro
Promotions Noted by War Department for Rue and Belton
The War Department announced promotions for John Wesley Rue of Denton from second to first lieutenant, a transportation officer with Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 394th Infantry at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, now on maneuvers in Louisiana. In the Pacific theater, George Belton has been promoted from corporal to sergeant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
John Wesley Rue
G. H. Rue
Denton
Camp van Dorn
Mississippi
Rue
394Th Infantry
Louisiana
South Pacific
George Belton
Mary den native joins Campbell duty after furlough
Pfc. Robert E. Heather, son of Mr and Mrs J Tyson Heather of Mary den Kentucky, left for Camp Campbell after a ten day furlough. Inducted January 27 1943, he trained at Fort Meade and Fort Lee, then three months at Fort Meade before heading to Camp Campbell Kentucky where he serves with the Quartermaster Depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Heather
J. Tyson Heather
Maryden
Camp Campbell
Kentucky
Robert
Fort George Meade
Camp Lee
Quartermaster Corps
Quartermaster Depot
Preston Bull Champion at Eastern Shore Field Day
Preston Bull crowned senior and grand champion at the Eastern Shore bull show and Holstein field day near Denton. Judges from University of Maryland praised quality. multiple breeds including Guernsey, Holstein, Jersey and Ayrshire named in senior, junior and reserve standings. Event directed by breed association with support from Maryland State Fair Board and Pet Milk Company. 400 production bred bulls noted in the region.
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Preston Bull
Eastern Shore
Garland Lake
Denton
K. L. Turk
Maryland University
Kent
Sussex
Delaware
Howard A. Barker
Marland University
Shenar
Voshell Brothers
Preston
Guernsey
Meadow Lodge
Snow Man
Kent S. Price
Chestertown
Wimbledon
Lad
John H. Williams
Federalsburg
George B. Hughes
Greensboro
Joseph O. Edwards
Ridgely
Degis Lyons Ormsby
University of Maryland
Maryland State Pair Board
Pet Milk Company
Turk
Maryland State Fair Board
John E. Clark
Bel Air
Allan B. Lane
Centreville
Elmer T. Kelley
Harry Clark
Goldsboro
George W. Clendaniel
Caroline County Agricultural
F. Bennett Carter
Alvin Edwards
Fletcher Smith
Henderson
Wiliam
E. Meredith
Roland M. Reed
Maurice Adams
Sherman Hubbard
Billy Sutton
Emmett Hignutt
Frank T. Covey
Paul E.maloney
R. H. Porter
Harry Hignutt
Vashell Brothers
Dawson Baker
Easton
Oscar Bishop
Charles Vanville
Samuel R. Leonard
Tilghman
Emmitt Callahan
Queen Anne
Samuel Everett
Church Hill
Calvin Lister
W. R. Weaver
Carlton S. Brerewood
Cambridge
Andrew F. Marsh
Cordova
Oscar Willey
Harry Murphy
Frank H. Doerr
Charles E. Barton Jr
Jersey Bulls
Oscar E. Morgan
Charles Kinnamon
Ayrshine Bull
William G. Lynch Jr
Denton Rotary Club Announces Month of Talks
The Denton Rotary Club outlined a monthly program beginning this week with J. Harvey Burgess editor of the Harrington Journal. Upcoming events include Carlton Mandelrell on munition work October 5, Harold Plummer on Socialized Medicine October 12, George W. Beck on rationing October 19, and Lieut Col Wallace Williams on The Function of the State Guard October 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Rotary Club
J. Harvey Burgess
Harrington Journal
Carlton Mandrell
Denton
Harold Plummer
Preston
George W. Beck
Rotary Club
Caroline County Ratio
Post In Operation Denton Observers Call For Volunteers
An observation tower near the Armory in Denton is completed and manned around the clock. Lieut. Morgan Wheelock, Ground Observer Officer of the Baltimore Filter Area, spoke at Caroline High School about the purpose and importance of spotting posts and the Ground Observation Corps, conceived in 1938, noting air traffic needs in peace and war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Caroline High School
Morgan Wheelock
Baltimore
Army
Wheelock
Boy Scouts elect patrol leaders in Troop 165
Troop 165 Scouts chose Calvert Merriken John Merriken and Rolf Ihlenfeld as patrol leaders. Cal Merriken lauded for lunch service to the Cattlemen’s Association at Garland Lake raising 13.37 for equipment. Casey Jones workers report War Bond totals 679.25 with bonds sold 3525.00. Chest Clinic set for Oct 5 at the Health Center Denton. Cpl Francis Yeates home on furlough from Fort Bliss. Ensign Burdette Nuttle visits from Princeton University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert Merriken
John Merriken
Rolf Ihlenfeld
Cal” Merriken
Garland Lake
Cattleman’s Association
Grace Methodist Church
Casey Jones
Denton
M. Sneider
Casey Jones, Inc
E. Paul Knotts
J. Owen Knotts
Cpl
Francis Yeates
Fort Bliss
Texas
Ensign Burdette Nuttle
Princeton University
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Circuit Court
Office of Price Administration
Pfc
E. Shaffer
Charles Shaffer
Emmett
England
North Carolina
Emmert. Pfe
Emmert Shaffer
Co. A
Q.M. Bn. Ster
New York, N. Y
Arthur L. Jopp
Sie
United States Navy
Jesse Jopp
Daytona Beach
Fla
Donald C. Shaffer
Pasadena
Shaffer
Pasadena Area
Sgt. Garrett
New Guinea
Phillips Co
Army-Navy
United States Army
Caroline ServiceNews
Boy Scouts OF
Alerica
The
Health Center
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