Supervisors to Be Elected in Caroline Soil District
Farmers governing Caroline Soil Conservation District seek election of five supervisors to guide district policy. Terms for J. C. Brown Clayton Roe and W. S. Carroll end this year with Roe and Carroll seeking re election. Christian Nagel and current members Harry H. Rieck and H. K. Shults hold non expiring seats. Mail ballots circulate for October 12 1945 at the County Agent's office Denton.
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Caroline County
Board of Supervisors
Caroline Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation District
J. C. Brown
Greensboro
Clayton Roe
Denton
W. S. Carroll
Ridgely
Roe
Mr. Carroll
Christian Nagel
Federalsburg
Maryland
Brown
Harry H. Rieck
Preston
H. K. Shults
Henderson
Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee
Court House
Crop Insurance Available In County
Wheat crop insurance offered county wide for 1945 to 1948 covers seeding through threshing or field removal, with 120 hours if left in bags. Hazards include drought, flood, hail, wind, frost, and more. Applications due Sept 29 1945. coverage includes farms with wheat interests in 1946 1947 1948. protection up to 75 percent of average yield at .5 bushel per acre, or 50 percent yield at .3 bushel per acre.
Help Our Returning Veterans Find Jobs Help Our Returning Veterans Find Jobs
The Caroline Veterans Service Committee via the Post War Planning Committee led by George W. Beck is sending a business census questionnaire to every employer in Caroline County. It seeks current job availability and suitable work for veterans, asking public cooperation to respond within ten days.
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Caroline
News From Home From Leyte Soldier Hackett Kinnamon
Hackett Kinnamon writes from Leyte Island to Denton Journal praising hometown news as a morale booster for soldiers. He shares a self written poem about his 322nd Regiment and vivid notes on island life, hope for returning home, and ending the war alongside reflections on fear, weather, and prayers.
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Hackett Kinnamon
Leyte
Denton Journal
Softball Benefit Game For Clifton Maule Probable Sunday
Preston All-Star Softball team meets Greensboro at Greensboro High School field at 2:30 p m on Sunday September 23 for a benefit game. Proceeds assist Clifton Maule of Marydel with hospital and operating expenses after a serious spleen rupture in a prior accident. Maule is recovering at home and not yet able to work.
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Greensboro
Greensboro High School
Clifton Maule
Marydel
Maule
Old Birth Records Used In Denton County
Old records show births listed for the public clerk D Ralph Horsey in Caroline County. The discontinued 1873 register includes names of individuals born in Wilmington, Pennsylvania, Smyrna, Centreville, and others, with both white and colored births recorded for potential social security and passport use.
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Denton
D. Ralph Horsey
Caroline County
Optometrists Meet Maryland Chapter of Optometry
The Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Optometry met on Thursday September 20 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel. Guest speaker Dr Jacob Harry Conn spoke on Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr Israel Dvorine of Baltimore chaired. Dr A G Billmeier of Denton served as Secretary Treasurer.
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Maryland
American Academy of Optometry
Lord Baltimore
Jacob Harry Conn
Norman P Foster to visit Denton for interviews
Mr Norman P Foster manager of the Salisbury Field Office of the Social Security Board will be in Denton on Tuesday next September 25. He will be available for interview at the Post Office at 2 p m.
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Norman P. Foster
Salisbury Field
Social Security Board
Denton
Wallace A. Hinderer Weds Hester Irwin
Wallace A. Hinderer and Hester M. Irwin were married last Sunday afternoon September 16 at the Denton home of the officiating minister Rev. T. J. Turkington. The couple's reception followed and guests included Cpl. Charles Irwin, Roland Irwin Jr., and many Irwin and Hall relatives. The groom, a three year overseas Army veteran, recently received honorable discharge and the couple left for a western honeymoon ending at the Klingers home in Colorado Springs.
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Roland T. Irwin
Denton
Hester M. Irwin
Wallace A. Hinderer
T. J. Turkington
Dorothy E. Hall
Wilmington
Roland Irwin, Jr
Cpl
Charles Irwin
Roland Irwin Jr
Henry Irwin
W. J. Irwin
William Irwin
Milford
Del
Milton Fleming
Faye
Rylon Fleming
Ernest Buckle
Gaston Buckle
Ridgely
Dorothy E
Peggy D. Hall
U. S. Army
Hinderer
E. B. Klinger
Colorado
Mrs. Klinger
Pikes Peak Ave
Colorado Springs
Col
Edwin R Trice Dies in Baltimore Hospital
Edwin R Trice, 3244 Abell avenue Baltimore and former Denton resident, died September 13 1945 at Maryland General Hospital from pulmonary embolism after an appendicitis operation. Funeral held at Concord M E Church with interment in the adjoining cemetery. He is survived by his widow Mary Alice Cleary of Delmar Delaware and one sister Ruth Trice a Caroline High School teacher in Denton.
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Edwin R. Trice
Abellavenue
Baltimore
Maryland
Denton
Caroline County
Maryland General Hospital
Trice
Charles Trice
Concord
Mary Alice Cleary
Delmar
Delaware
Ruth Trice
Caroline High School
Surrender Celebrations On Destroyer Geo. W. Ingram
James L. Wright Jr. and crew aboard the destroyer Geo. W. Ingram marked a double celebration in Japanese waters as the surrender was announced on the second anniversary of the ship’s commissioning. The vessel served in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific, covering 125000 miles, with 19 Atlantic crossings in under 15 months and one ship lost to a daylight submarine attack off the Azores.
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James L. Wright Jr
USNR
Mary Alice
Denton
Ingram
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Pacific
Azores
Caroline M. F Will Meet At First Church
The Rev John E French director of the Sub-District of the Methodist Youth Fellowship for Caroline county announces the first Fall meeting at First Methodist Church Denton September 24 at 8:00 p m Representatives from all 13 Methodist Charges in Caroline county will attend Sub-District officers will be elected and installed Rev John J Bunting Jr will lead the installation service Eas ton District Cabinet will conduct the service Mr Thomas Ober of Goldsboro president of the Caroline group will preside All young people ages 12 to 23 are invited Oxford Maryland pastor Rev Jasper L Jones will report on his Yale School of Alcoholic Studies summer trip.
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John E. French
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Caroline County
First Methodist Church
Denton
John J. Bunting Jr
Easton
Thomas Ober
Goldsboro
Caroline Group
Jasper L. Jones
Oxford
Maryland
Yale School of Alcoholic Studies
Anniversary Service At Barratt's Chapel
The 165th Anniversary Service of Barratt's Chapel Methodist Church will be held on Sunday, September 30, at 2 00 p m. The speaker will be Bishop Charles Wesley Flint of the Washington Area Methodist Church. Barratt's Chapel is the oldest Methodist church building in America still standing. It has hosted Asbury and Coke and was where the Lord's Supper was first celebrated in America.
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Barratt
Francis Asbury
Thomas Coke
Barratt’s Chapel
America
Baltimore
Methodist Church
Many Vets Fail To Convert Their War Insurance After Discharge
The Baltimore VA reports many veterans do not convert army life insurance to peacetime coverage at discharge due to lack of understanding. A five year grace exists, with easy three month conversion, and back-dating allows credit for earlier payments. The program offers lower rates than private policies, though it remains non-competitive with private insurers.
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Baltimore
Veterans’ Administration
Washington
Veterans’ Bureau
Ible
Congress
The
Veterans Administration
States and Local Runners Urged to Cooperate With Government
Governor Herbert R. O conor chairs a national meeting at the Statler Hotel in Washington urging close cooperation between state and local governments. He says orderly relations, financial stability, and proper division of duties are essential before seeking federal aid. The council reports 155000 local units need modernizing. Fellow governors Arnold Georgia Warren California Baldwin Connecticut and Kelly Michigan join the committee.
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Herbert R. O’conor
Statler Hotel
Washington
Council of State Governments
Maryland
Council
O’conor
United States
Arnold
Georgia
Warren
California
Baldwin
Connecticut
Kelly
Michigan
Two Talbot Bridges To Be Built In Spring
State Senator A Raymond Marvel outlined spring highway work in Talbot County including two bridges the Tuckahoe River Bridge linking Talbot and Caroline counties and the Miles River bridge. Total project cost 261000 with local splits and federal aid noted plus Easton bypass and other road sections totaling 1273000. Memorial notes report George W. Satterfield Seaman US Navy home in Federalsburg after 3 years service aboard an aircraft carrier and Pfc Clay A Monroe on 30 day furlough at Greensboro with service beginning October 1942 and Pacific Galapagos overseas assignment last December.
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Talbot County
A. Raymond Marvel
Tuckahoe River
Talbot
Caroline Counties
Miles River
Tuckahoe
Easton
Cordova Road
Skipton
Skipton- Wye Mills
U. S. Navy
George W. Satterfield
Snc
Federalsburg
Pfc
Clay A. Monroe
Wrenda Monroe
Greensboro
Galapagos
Pacific
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Leyte Island
Philippines
81St DIV
Written By
and Walter Nielson
South Seas
Alcatraz
San Juan
Hell
Tojo
Hitler
Optometrists
Mr. Foster
Wallace A. Hinderer Weds
Hester Irwin
Baltimore Hospital
Concord M. E. Church
P. M. R. Schauer
Concord Church
J. E. French
Geo. W. Ingram
Japanese
Caroline M . F
First Church
Barratt’s
Mervin F. Porter
Valley Forge Hospital
Tropics
27Th General Hospital
Porter
Australia
New Guinea
Elsie Schlegel
Alfred Schlegel
Valley Forge
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