Flying Instructor First Methodist Church To Hold 128th Anniversary Service
Lt. Alan Dragoo, son of Mrs. Nellie Dragoo, serves as Army Air Forces flight instructor after a varied career in the Navy and Merchant Marine. The First Methodist Church of Denton marks its 128th anniversary with morning service led by Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes and an evening sermon by Dr. J. Earl Cummings. Mrs. Richard L. Turner will be the violin guest artist. The paper recounts church history from 1776 through 1883 including Moore's Chapel, the 1867 sanctuary, and 1885 musical instrument purchase.
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First Methodist Church
Alan Dragoo
Nellie Dragoo
Maurice A. Dragoo
Ridgely
Army Air Forces
Dragoo
AAF
Florida
Texas
Oklahoma
Altus Army Air Field
Central
Randolph Field
Altus
Navy
Merchant Marine
Frankford Arsenal
John Edward French
Margaret Cross Cooper
Edwin Holt Hughes
D.D. L.L.D
J. Earl Cummings
D.D
Richard L. Turner
Washington
Bishop Hughes
DePauw University
America
Cummings
Western Maryland College
Westminster Theological Seminary
Maryland
Easton
Peninsula
Dorothy Cross
Greensboro
Marylane
Freeborn Garretson
Tuckahoe Neck
Ezekiel Cooper
Caroline Circuit
Nelson Read
Matthew Greentree
Court House
Denton
James Moore
Moore
Caroline
J. Hough
A. D. Davis
Herd Improvement Association Report
The report totals 474 cows in herds with 116 dry and 358 in milk yielding 263,417 lb of total monthly milk and 10,7104 lb of fat. Average monthly milk per cow is 556.15 and fat per cow 22.6 lb, listing top herds Maurice Adams Denton and several Ridgely entries with detailed averages and names such as Coursey Edwards and Richard Blackburn.
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Maurice Adams
Denton
Coursey Edwards
Ridgely
Richard Blackburn
John Fuchs
Alvin Edwards & Son
R. H. Bell
Arthur Cohee
R. H. White Bess
R. H. Anne
Clarence Kern
G. H
R. H. Betsy
Boys Cub Pack To Be Organized Here In Denton
Mr. R Oscar Smeal of Del Mar Va Council announces a meeting for parents of boys aged nine to eleven in Denton at Grace Methodist Church. The September 21 event at 7 30 p m aims to complete forming a Cub Pack with Cubmaster Walter S Palmer guiding the effort.
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R. Oscar Smeal
Del-Mar-Va
Boy Scouts of America
Denton
Grace Methodist Church
Walter 5. Palmer
Palmer
Dies In Action Missing in the Pacific Theater
Thomas Lankford, Storekeeper Technician third class, reported lost in the South Pacific. Enlisted December 8 1942 in Wilmington Delaware, trained at Newport and Washington, served in Mechanicsburg and the Spare Parts Distribution Division, last home visit at Christmas. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Claude L Lankford Federalsburg Maryland and sister Elizabeth wife of Lt Parker Florence South Carolina.
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Pacific
Thomas Lankford
South Pacific
Chief of Naval
Claude L. Lankford
Federalsburg
USNR
Wilmington
Del
Young Lankford
Newport
R. I
Washington
Department of Internal Combustion
Bureau of Ships
Mechanicsburg
Foreign Service
Caroline High School
Denton
Thos. Lankford
Beacom College
Hercules Powder Company
Elizabeth
R. H. Parker
Florence
5. C
Caroline County
Marydel Firemen Complete College Basic Training Course
Eighteen members of the Marydel Volunteer Fire Company completed the firemen’s basic training course sponsored by the University of Maryland extension department. A banquet in the Marydel community hall honored the graduates with certificates presented by Curtis Larimore. Local instructor Paul Smith led the course and Jerome Frampton Jr. acted as toastmaster. Guests included George Mayer Jr. of Easton Fire Department and Warren Pettyjohn with John M. Ree representing the Kent County Firemen’s Association.
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Marydel
George Mayer Jr
Easton
Warren Pettyjohn
John M. Ree
Dover
Kent County
Del
Georgia Teen Walter Palmer Jr Joins Regular Army
Walter B Palmer Jr has reached 18 and enlisted in the regular army. He is stationed at Camp Wheeler Georgia, the son of Mr and Mrs W B Palmer of Denton. Palmer completed Caroline High School class of 1943 and studied at Washington College before cadet service at Virginia Military Institute until his age changed his status.
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Walter B. Palmer, Jr
Camp Wheeler
W. B. Palmer
Denton
Palmer
Caroline High School
Washington College
Virginia Military Institute
Dentonians Plan Five-Game Series With Centreville Club
Dentonians announce a five game series with Centreville, opening with a double header at Centreville park this Sunday at 1 30. A second double header will be staged here on September 21 with the fifth game at the park of the team with the most runs in the four prior games. Manager Cole asks local players to meet at 12 30 and fans to join for transportation and coordination as the season begins. Dentonians then trounced DuPont 8 to 7 in Seaford last Sunday in a clash marked by thirteen misplays and a tense late rally led by Henry Lucas who earned his 10th win.
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Centreville
Dentonians
Centreville Park
Denton
Queen Anne’s
Cole
duPont
Seaford
Moneymaker
Nylon Club
Denton Boys
Henry Lucas
Pentz Reappointed To State Commission
Mervin A. Pentz of Denton was reappointed for five years to the Commission of the Department of Geology Mines and Water Resources. Governor Herbert R. O Conor announced the appointment. Other members are Arthur Stewart Baltimore Holmes D. Baker Frederick Harry R. Hall Hyattsville and J. C. Lose Jr. Solomon's Island. Commission members receive no compensation.
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Mervin A. Pentz
Denton
Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources
Herbert R. O'Conor
Arthur Stewart
Baltimore
Holmes D. Baker
Frederick
Harry R. Hall
Hyattsville
J. C. Lose Jr
Soloman’s Island
Commission
Emergency Clothing Drive For Europeans Organized
Churches across America join UNRRA in a week long emergency clothing drive starting September 24 to aid liberated areas in war torn Europe. Contributions collected at local churches with contact supplies through designated county secretaries in Caroline County.
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Europe
America
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Caroline County
Denton
Mary Dowzes
1St Methodist Church
Mattie Moore
Grace Methodist
Federalsburg
Clyde Wilson
Union Methodist Church
Franklin Bailey
Christ Methodist
Hillsboro
Queen Anne
Henry Morgan
Ridgely
Ada Matthews
Greensboro
Addie C. Jackson
Goldsboro
Naomi Cartwright
Henderson
Dora Melvin
Wesley Called Chief Intellect of England
Dr. Richard L. Shipley told Eas Conference ministers in Denton that John Wesley was England’s greatest mind of the eighteenth century, surpassing Samuel Johnson. He compared Wesley’s journals in three forms and urged reading Wesley’s letters to understand early Methodism.
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England
Samuel Johnson
John Wesley
Richard L. Shipley
West Baltimore
Methodist Church
Shipley
Francis Asbury
Wesley
Dr. Shipley
List of Selectees Accepted In Service August 1944
The August 1944 ar med forces selectees include White group members Lawrence Kemp Hill Denton John Samuel Faulkner Ridgely William Henry Brown Denton William Melvin Perry Jr Preston Kemp Jefferson Andrew Federals burg William Saulsbury Hobbs Ridgely Robert Paul Taylor Denton and Howard L McCraecklin Denton Clarence G Schmitt Ridgely Colored Robert F Greenace Denton Christopher C Flamer Ridgely.
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Lawrence Kemp Hill
Denton
John Samuel Faulkner
Ridgely
William Henry Brown
William Melvin Perry Jr
Preston
Kemp Jefferson Andrew
Federalsburg
William Saulsbury Hobbs
Robert Paul Taylor
Howard L. McCraecklin
Clarence G. Schmitt
Robert F. Greenace
Christopher C. Flamer
Ex Senator Bennett To Manage Roe Campaign
Senator Dudley G Roe named former Maryland legislator I Atwood Bennett of Salisbury as Political Agent for his First District congressional race. Bennett, born 1873 in Somerset County, long Salisbury attorney, former Maryland Senate leader 1916 1920, and longtime political operative, has deep local ties and church and fraternal memberships.
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Bennett
Roe
Dudley G. Roe
I. Atwood Bennett
Salisbury
Maryland
L.atwood Bennett
Somerset County
Western Maryland College
University of Maryland
Maryland Senate
Alice C. Catlin
Senator Bennett
Methodist Church
Wicomico County
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Herd Improvement Association Report
Aynpa
Georgia
Pentz
State Commission
Congressman Ward
the County Trust Company
Knights of Pithins, Odd Fellows
Modern Woodmen of America
Red Men
Salisbury Methodist Church
Ewsopa Pe
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