Cattle Breeders Win Honors At State Show
Caroline County Holstein breeders took top honors at the State Show held at MacDonogh School on September 29. Exhibitors John Williams Federalsburg George Hughes Greensboro and Joseph Edwards Ridgely showed animals that previously won at the Regional Field Day in Denton. Williams calf finished second in the ball calf class, Edwards led three heifers earning ribbons, and his grand champion Denton two year old heifer won a blue ribbon. Hughes yearling bull competed well though not in top three. The piece notes progress in the Eastern Shore dairy herd improvement and praises the Pet Mik Company Greensboro for aiding breeders through sire selection, amid rising profits from higher producing cows.
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Caroline County
MacDonogh School
Dairy County
John Williams
Federalsburg
George Hughes
Greensboro
Joseph Edwards
Ridgely
Denton
William
Edwards
Pet Mik Company
Maryland
Southern States Group Meet Monday
A County Agricultural conference at the Brick Hotel in Denton will discuss postwar farm programs and immediate actions. G. E. Benton of Salisbury, a Southern States Cooperative representative, says local farm leaders will pool ideas, exchange views, and plan for postwar and current needs amid supply shortages and labor gaps.
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Brick Hotel
Denton
G. E. Benton
Salisbury
Southern States Cooperative
Mr. Benton
No. 4 Ration Book To Be Issued In County
Registration for War Ration Book No 4 will be held at all schools in the county on Thursday and Friday October 28 and 29 from 2:00 to 8:00 p m. To obtain Book No 4, Book No 3 for each family member must be presented with upper cover information filled. Those who never received a No 3 should apply at the War Price and Rationing Board office at once.
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The
War Price and Rationing Board
Navy and Army Selectees Listed for October 18 1915
The Service News lists selectees accepted on October 18 1915 for the Navy and Army. White section includes Alfred William Stogdon Federalsburg Carl Martin Uobst Federalsboro Samuel Lewis Anthony Greensboro. Colored section lists Alfred Garfield Federalsburg. Army Colored includes James Rudolph Ricketts Federals James Randolph Jones Preston. A family dinner Sunday honored Dawson Fountain of the U S Navy hosted by Mr and Mrs Frank Fountain with guests Roland Fountain Francis Pippin Edwin Pippin C H Meloney Thomas Roughly Wyatt.
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Navy
Alfred William Stogdon
Federalsburg
Carl Martin Uobst
Federalsboro
Samuel Lewis Anthony
Greensboro
Alfred Garfield
Army
James Rudolph Ricketts
James Randolph Jones
Preston
Frank Fountain
Dawson
U. S. Navy
Roland Fountain
Francis
Edwin Pippin
Bobby
Janet
C. H. Meloney
Thomas
Roughly Wyatt
Wesley E. Thawley
Lester Everngam
Gail F. Cooper
Clifford Stafford
Myr. Connolly
Mr. Swatik
William Finn
T. Carville Fleetwood
Frank L. R. Nuttle
Wallace Keys
Charles Hadaway
W. Stewart Fitzgerald
Anna Mae White
William S. Orme
French
Rev
Turkington
Business
Business & Professional Women’s Group
Madaline CG. Brown
Main Street
2Nd Street
J. Virgil Moore
Josephine Pine
Elizabeth Redden
Pat Keene
5Th Avenue
Ella Anderson
Irvin Smith
Helen Hughes
6Th Street
Ellen Nichols
Samuel Mellits
Afildred Johnson
Ralph Horsey
Ruth Trice
Evelyn Orme
Fred Covey
Amos Crouse
Samuel Nowell
Paul van Dyke
Theodore Orme
Mildred C. Butler
Qil City
Albert T. Morris
Mildred Voss
Walter B. Palmer
6Th
3Rd Street
Reese Brown
Mary E. Gniecko
Mary Bunney
Myra Sylvester
Blanche Chaffinch
River
Zora Nuttle
Kate Johnson
West Denton
G. Clifton Cohee
Wilson Cohee
Earl Cooper
Roland Satterfield
Harry H. Nuttle
Williston
Roca Hignutt
Concord- Andersontown
Harry M. Nuttle
J. C. Wheatley
Army Indicts Cpl J David Singer from Greensboro Area
Caroline Service News in England reports Cpl J David Singer son of Mr and Mrs John D Singer of near Greensboro was indicted in the Army on April 1 1942. He first served at Fort George Meade Md and had been a DuPont Nylon plant employee at Seaford before induction. He went overseas October 1 1942 and last visited home September 25 1942.
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Cpl
J. David Singer
John D. Singer
Greensboro
Army
Fort George Meade
Greensboro High School
duPont
Seaford
George T. Taylor
George E. Taylor
Denton
Gale Electric Company
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
Camp Lee
Miami
Service Plaque Unveiling at Denton Factory Event
Judge J Owen Knotts will speak at the noon ceremony October 23 unveiling a gold engraved service plaque listing 11 former employees of B Schwanda and Company. Stephen Svatik invites parents and Denton officials including J Roland Chatlinech E Theodore Orme George W Beck and H Roland Towers. The firm hired 60 workers before the war and now lists 6 employees, planning expansion after the war to increase machinery and labor.
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J. Owen Knotts
B. Schwanda and Company
Denton
Stephen Svatik
J. Roland Chatlinech
Denton National Bank
E. Theodore Orme
Peoples’ Bank
George W. Beck
H. Roland Towers
Preston
Caroline County
Bob Pippin in New Guinea Sends Home Greeting
Denton residents Mr and Mrs Luther J Pippin report no letters for their son Isc Sen Robert E Pippin known as Bob since five weeks. Bob left April 11 and spent winter in New Guinea before transfer to Australia then back to New Guinea. He hopes to meet friends from home and asks for letters to boost morale.
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Luther J. Pippin
Denton
Isc
Robert E. Pippin
Robert
Bob
New Guinea
Australia
Navy Man Truebes Jr Receives Aviation Rating
Service Shorts notes Aviation Machinists Mate second class rating for Jonathan J. Truebes Jr of the A.AMSUR. He has served in the U. S. Navy since May 1912, mainly at Norfolk Naval Air Station, with a period at Charleston, D. C. Other items show Pvt. Wilbert H. Cawley of Baltimore on harvest furlough with relatives near town, Pfe. Thomas Smith of Camp Shelby spending furlough with grandparents in Hobbs, and IT. Clayton Long of Indiana Gap on leave this week.
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Jonathan J. Truebes Jr
A.amsur
U.S. Navy
Johnny
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Naval
Charleston
D. C
Wilbert H. Cawley
Baltimore
Fort Jackson
S. C
Cawley
Thomas Smith
Camp Shelby
Miss
Hobbs
Pfe
Clayton Long
Indiantown Gap
First Word Is Heard From Pvt. William H. Jopp
A WWII prisoner of war letter from Pvt. William H. Jopp Jr. to his mother in Denton arrived May 15. He writes from Italy dated April 7, 1943, saying he is missing in action, is being held as a POW, and is doing well with food and weekly letters, asking family not to worry.
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Pvt
William H. Jopp
William H. Jopp Jr
Harry Jopp
Denton
Jopp
Washington
International Red Cross
Italy
Jane
Ciendaniel Letter From Corpus Christi Navy Training Center
A July 12 1845 dated letter from AC Lindsay E Clendaniel of U S Naval Air Training Center Corpus Christi Texas describes indoctrination at the main base and a plan to move to an outlying field for basic training before returning home. He notes enjoying the Denton Journal for home news and keeping up with service buddies.
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U.S. Naval Air Training Center
Corpus Christi
Texas
Denton Journal
Lindsay E. Clendaniello
U.S.N.A.T.C
Lindsay
Denton Woman Joins Soldier Husband for Ten Day Visit
Mrs. Irvin S. Pippin of Denton left on Thursday night to join her husband Cpl Irvin Pippin for a ten day visit. He is stationed at Fort Jackson, S C.
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Irvin S. Pippin
Denton
Cpl
Irvin Pippin
Fort Jackson
S. C
Seabee Stafford Sends Greeting From North Atlantic Island
Seabee Charles R. Stafford of the 69th Naval Construction Battalion writes from an Atlantic island to say the Denton Journal is a morale booster for him and fellow sailors. He praises home mail, barracks, recreation facilities, and free film shows, sends thanks to readers, and notes pride in the journal’s coverage of service members and the proud papa story of William H. Little.
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Island
Denton Journal
Denton
Onice
Hooe
William H. Little Valice
Sam
Tom
Charles R. Stafford
69Th
N.C.B. Co
A& Eco Fleet Post Office
New York, N.Y
Denton District Solicitors Named For War Fund Drive
A Denton meeting on October 19 outlines volunteer canvassing groups for the National War Fund. Key committees include Lodges and Lawyers led by Wesley E Thawley and various local groups with chairpersons guiding a broad citywide drive to raise a $3000 quota, urging substantial voluntary contributions and local control.
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Denton
Blood donors reach Denton mobile unit drive
Lieutenant Louis Gould reports 115 donors and 386 rejections at the Denton blood donor center visit on Tuesday. The Caroline county drive shows 222 donors this week, with praise for donors and staff, and a long list of individual donors who contributed blood.
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Louis Gould
Medical Corps
United States Donor Service
Baltimore
Denton
LSL
Feceralshuro
Caroline County
Gould
Lieutenant Gould
Polly Martin
Jane Adams
Selma Boylan
Margaret Rokes
Mildred Roberts
Sophia Burke
Gee. W. Beck
Walter B. Johnson
Andrew
Phillips Commended At Ceremonies Thursday
High ranking officers and dignitaries attended colorful ceremonies at Cambridge. The Army Navy HE Award was conferred on the Phillips Packing Company team for excellence in food production. President Roosevelt sent greetings. Major General Edmund Gregory presented the award with Navy rep Captain Lawrence P. Treadwell. Colonel Albanus Phillips accepted for forty one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Army-Navy
Phillips Packing Company
Frandkin D. Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Herbert R. O’conor
Maryland
George L. Radacliffe
United States
Edmund B. Gregory
Lawrence P. Treadwell
United States Naval Operations Base
Norfolk, Virgina
Albanus Phillips
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Caroline Service News
England
Bob Pippin
Robert E Pippin Co. A. Truth Ene
ASV
Sac Francsco
A-C Ciendaniel
Florida
Seabee Stafford
Marine Trading Post
Guadalcanal
Tetere Beach
Cocoanut Grove
Kenneth Allfather
USMC
Daniel R. Francis
Marmora Ave
Chicago
U. S. Marine Corps
National War Fund
Wilbert L. Merriken
A. Rampmeyer
Emmett Hignatt
Elizabeth P. Reen
Mildred S. Irwin
Amos S. Crouse
Beverly L. Goldsborough
Howard J. Anthony
Mary A. Crouse
Frank D. Zeigler
Ruth A. Noble
D. Ralph Horsey
Naomi F. Sharp
Evelyn M. Adams
Mary A. Miller
Zelma W. Cherry
Stephen A. Redden
Rebecca N. Love
Herman V. Dodd
Irene N. Koenemann
Carl E. Range
Viola Alburger
Gilbert H. Rue
Dallas Neal
Raymond Butler
Dorothy W. Rue
Elizabeth Greenly
Nan F. Greaves
Ethel Taylor
Dorothy Flaharty
Margaret A. Brown
J. Wilson Cohee
Nellie R. Benke
William Cropp
Howard Reinhold
Emily Bailey
Ruth Johnson
Charles A. Blough
Edna Blough
W. Dukes Meeks
Fred Kubler
Leslie Wright
Louise Wright
Marie W. Jopp
Charles K. Stewart
Harold V. Halsinger
Pauline D. Pinder
Earl Halsinger
Annice Halsinger
Edward E. Mitchell
Cleda Crain
George B. Heald
Charles H. Porter
Audrey Cox
Glenn F. Crain
W. Summers Carroll
E. Paul Knotts
Elizabeth W. Towers
Charles E. Hadaway
Melvin Krabill
Henry M. Detwiler
Frances Detwiler
Vernon Baker
Louise R. Beauchamp
Alex H. Lord
Sallie C. Lord
Helen C. Brown
Marie P. Korurunipf
Rose B. Walden
Clifton R. Hicks
Ernest J. Pearson
Juanita K. Turkington
Austin R. Murphy
Louise M. Suattes
Mary H. North
Lenore G. Chaffineh
Sara B. Lyon
Katherine Johnson
J. Lester Everngam
Charles E. Sharp
Phillips
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