Mobile Unit to Visit Denton and Federalsburg
The Baltimore unit of the army and navy blood donor service will visit Denton on October 18 and Federalsburg on October 19. The drive, organized by the Caroline County Red Cross chapter, aims to register 200 donors aged 18 to 60, with food restrictions before donation and a 19 am to 4 pm window in Denton.
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Baltimore
Army and Navy Blood Donor Service
Denton
Federalsburg
Dawson O. George
Caroline County
American Red Cross
William F. Wolf
Herman Noble
Preston and Vicinty
Federalsburg Center
George
Wilbert Merriken
F. Asbury Greaves
W. Stewart Fitzgerald
J. William Zehring
Ridgely
Mary Rowe
Hillsboro
G. Linden Duffey
Ray W. Kirwan
Greensboro
Maude Hummer
Henderson
Marvydel
John Sylvester
Goldsboro
Norman L. Raleigh
Clifton Cohee
Gilbert H. Rue
Mattie Smith
Willoughby Nowell
Layman J. Redden
Clayton Reynolds
Joseph H. Johnson
Ella Carter
Alice Wilson
Ferry Terminal At Sandy Point Nears Readiness
The Sandy Point ferry terminal on Chesapeake Bay nears completion with the route expected to operate by October 15 or November 1. The project, started in 1942, totals 700000 dollars and includes new approaches, piers, and a steel loading bridge.
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Sandy Point
Chesapeake Bay
State Roads Commission
King Street
Ezra B. Whitman
The
Roads Commission
Navy Department
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Ritchie Highway
St. Margaret’s
Commission
Annapolis-Matapeake
Pfc Edwin E Lord graduates from armorer school
Pfc Edwin E Lord son of Mr and Mrs J E Lord of rural Denton graduated September 7 from the Armament School at Lowery Field Colorado where he had studied since July 26 He had prior basic training at Atlantic City Armorer School Buckley Field and Aircraft Armorer at Lowery Field After high school he worked with Esskay Meat Company in Baltimore before enlisting This note from Lowery Field describes a weekend trip with fellow students and a sense of progress in training.
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Edwin Lee Lord
J. E. Lord
Denton
Lowery Field
Colorado
Atlantic City
N. J
Buckley Field
Colo
Caroline High School
Esskay Meat Company
Baltimore
Death notice for Pvt. James Oliver Carroll in World War II
The Carroll family of near Denton receives word from the Japanese Government via the Red Cross that their son Pvt. James Oliver Carroll died in a Japanese prison camp after being a prisoner of war. He had been home in 1941 and is survived by his parents, three brothers, five sisters, and grandparents. The Secretary of War extends sympathy.
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Mew
Ginke Carroll
Denton
Tapis Oliver Carroll
Washington, D. C
International Red Cross
James Oliver Carroll
Japan
Secretary of War
Lester Carroll
John Carroll Jr
Eugene Carroll
Hillsboro
Kemp Walls
Margaret Jean Carroll
Eleanor Carroll
Davis Bishop
Greensboro
Edmond Tolson
Chester
Charles Murphy
Corregidor
Denton Man Bradley Drafted for Army Service in 1911
Texas Corporal George Philip Bradley son of Mr George W Bradley of Denton and former Nutte Lumber and Coal employee was drafted in May 1911. He first went to Pine Camp New York then served in Tennessee and California. He is now stationed at Camp Bowie Texas and visited his father during a 17 day furlough this summer.
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Cpl
George Philip Bradley
George W. Bradley
Denton
The
Nutte Lumber & Coal Company
Pine Camp
N. Y
Tennessee
California
Camp Bowie
Texas
Major Monroe Gall Paratrooper in Jap Fighting
Major Monroe Gall, former CCC Camp physician in Goldsboro Maryland, is highlighted in a New York Sun story on U S paratroopers in the Southwest Pacific. At Lae and Salamaua area, Gall jumped from transports amid smoke screens to help seize an enemy air field, with Gen MacArthur praising the operation as beautiful and wonderful. Gall, 31, a City College and Strassburg medical graduate, was in the Army since before Pearl Harbor, rising from lieutenant to captain and then major, and sailed for the Pacific in October prior.
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Monroe Gall
CCC
Goldsboro
U. S
Southwest Pacific
New York Sun
Lae
Salamaua
New Guinea
Markham Valley
Major Gall
West 64Th Street
New York City
Douglas MacArthur
Associated Press
Julius Gall
New York
City College
France
University of Strassburg
Wich
Caroline County
Army
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Area
Praises Journal Letter From Caroline County Cadet
A reader from Goldsboro writes from Chanute Field detailing meteorological training as part of an 850 cadet class due to graduate as second lieutenants in November. He commends the Denton Journal’s Service News and notes the paper links him to home during his training.
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Caroline County
Denton Journal
Goldsboro
Chanute Field
Back Injury From Desert Maneuvers Tells Personal View
Cpl. William H. Neal Jr writes from the Desert Training Center in California describing extreme heat, a back injury from motorcycle mishap, and hospital transfers. He notes meeting actor Lew Ayers and asks to forward the Journal, with a request to tag E. C. and send to a new address.
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Cpl
Wm. H. Neal, Jr
Navy Seaman Hignutt Vale Enlists for Pacific Duty
Earl Francis Hignutt Vale son of Mr and Mrs Dan Hignutt of West Denton enlisted in the U S Navy on December 25 1942 He is now a first class seaman in the Pacific area after transfer from the East Coast His basic training was at Great Lakes Training Station Illinois On leave before heading West he spent two days at home with friend Harry Harris Hampton Jr
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Earl Francis Hignutt Vale
Dan Hignutt
West Denton
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Great Lakes
Illinois
Harry Harris Hampton Jr
O Conor Moves To Assure Service Re-employment
Governor Herbert R. O Conor initiates steps with 25 county commissioners to re employ former state county and municipal workers now in military service. He cites Chapter 333 of the 1943 Acts ensuring restoration to civil service and seniority upon honorable discharge and within 410 days of release. The plan aims to protect pensions and secure a nationwide re employment policy statewide.
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Herbert R. O'Conor
Maryland Commission On
O’conor
Armed Forces of
The
United States
State of
Maryland
Obsolete Wesleyan Phrases Urged Abandonment In Service Reform
The Easton District Methodist Conference ministerial group endorsed six reform goals this week led by dropping obsolete phrases such as sparkling in John Wesley's day. They also backed a monthly attendance registration, evangelistic services, property focus, missionary education, leadership training, better preaching through study, and organized church groups including a men’s group. New officers were elected: President Rev. P. E. Reynolds, etc.
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John Wesley
J. Earl Cummings
Easton
Methodist Conference
Ministerial Association
Cummings
Harry Emerson Fosdick
New York
P. E. Reynolds
Chesstertown
G. E. Leister
Centreville
N. K. Krams
St. Michaels
R. E. van Cleaf
Hurlock
Franklin Bailey
Frank Baker
Federalsburg
John E. French
Denton
J. Earle Cummings
Easter
W. H. Revelle
Sadlersville
Charles S. Clarkson
Oxford
Roy W. Kirwan
Greensboro
Walter E. Gunby
Kenneth P. Fooks Admitted To Maryland Bar
Kenneth Patrick Fooks, a Preston native and Preston High School graduate, will be admitted to the practice of law when the Maryland Court of Appeals convenes next month. He earned a Bachelor of Laws from Mount Vernon School of Law and supervised night work with the State Comptroller and the U S Bureau of Internal Revenue while studying.
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Court of Appeals of Maryland
Kenneth Patrick Fooks
Preston
Preston High School
Maryland Board of Law Examiners
Fooks
E. Lloyd Fooks
Mattie Douglass Fooks
Nelson H. Fooks
Walton
Beacom College
Wilmington
Delaware
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
Baltimore
Mount Vernon School of Law
The
Eastern University
Mr. Fooks
State Compatroller
United States Bureau of Internal Revenue
District Rotary Head Was Denton Speaker Tuesday
Albert F. Schmidt of Harrisburg Pa governor of the 180th Rotary district spoke to the local club Tuesday evening urging Rotarians to serve through the four objects of Rotary. He called Rotary a service club focused on fostering international goodwill and peace in a post war world, noting a large attendance.
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Denton
Rotary
Albert 5. Schmidt
Harrisburg
Schmidt
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Pfc
Edwin E. Lord
Armorer School
Denver
Cole
Caroline Service News
James Oliver Carrell Pies
TiCps
Irvin Francis Messick
Fred Messick
Hickman
Camp McCain
Miss
Mississippi
Camp van Dam
Corporal Messick
Cpl. Wm. H. Neal Jr
Journal
Caroline
Desert Training Center
Calif
Dar Doe
California Desert
Tomorow
Lew Ayers
Sintfter
Dee
E. c
Kien
Wesley
Kenneth P. Fooks
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