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VOL. 99--NO. 1 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1944 PRICE THREE CENTS In France TjSgt. Nelson J. Fearins, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Jesse Fearins, of Denton, is with the U. S. Army in France. Before going into service he was a member of the National Guard for several years.

He has a wife and one child. Bishop E. H. Hughes Stresses Habits From the words of St Paul, "they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints," Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of Washington, speaking at the anniverpcry service of First Methodist Church, Sunday morning, deduced three basic Christian principles, the habit of church attendance, the habit of giving to the church, and the habit of prayer. Bishop Hughes spoke at the celebration of the 128th anniversary of the erection of a Methodist church in Denton and the seventy-seventh anniversary of the erection of the present brick edifice.

"The word addict to op up and down. Demagogue is another word that has got dark done hence it will never be found in good society." Discusses Word "Addict' "How often we hear of a man ad- dieted to liquor or to profanity," said i gs Bishop Hughes, who referred to suchi Wl ir, 2 b. as "held tragic bondage of Ben'ton, Ib. "Habit formed in cocktail parlors Cole, 3b. Centreville Club Will Play Two Games Here Next Sunday r.lrh Walls' Club will Centreville to town on Sundav for a double sscfp header with the Dentonians, begin- Thompson, cf.

mug at 1:30 ociocX The Queen, ClaiKc-, n-3b-2b. Anne's Club will be out to redeem' a lb the two losses suffered last week with Brownie Coleman in the nrst ji carSi if. fn Navy Ab Po A ,3 0 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 and possibly Butler or Miles hurling the second. Cy Cole will use Henry Lucas and Charlie Rich, if available, with Paul Wright in reserve. These two cluns have played some very interesting contests and good pr.mes are promised this week-end.

In the series played so far Denton has a twelvo run advantage to secure the last and 5th game on their home grounds. Denton Defeated Centreville In Both Games Last Sunday The Dentonians defeated Centreville in both games last Sunday by scores of 4 to 3 and 13 to 2. In the first Henry Lucas and Brownie Coleman tangled in a pitcher's duel that lasted until the Queen Anne's Club shoved two runs over in the 6th. Trailing 3 to 1 as Denton went to hat in the 9th, Doug. Bennington lead off with a triple in depp right center field.

Gy Cole was safe on a fielder's choice, with Doug scoring. Wright and Butler were also safe by the same route, nabbing Cole at 3rd and also forcing Wright at 3rd. Sylvester singled over 2nd. Lucas 'was hit by the pitcher, with Scurto sending out a sizzling single to drive home the tjing and winning runs. Rich flied out to 3rd to end a winning inning.

As Lucas took the mound in the 9th, Mears came in to pinch hit for Quimby and reached first on a single to left. Claike followed with a double, putting Mears on 3rd. Manager Cole summoned Charlie Rich to the mound, Yates on a f.y Miles, Ib. Morris, ss-3b. Rikert, 2b.

Yates, 2b-ss. Miller, p. Mason, ss-c. 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 5 21 3 RH Denton 1 7 0 0 4 0 1 1 3 1 7 0 Centreville 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 4 Runs batted in--Scurto 2, D. W.

Cole 3, Wright 3, G. Cole, Sylvester, Yates 2. Stolen bases--Scurto, Butler, W. Cole 2. Two base hits--Butler, D.

Weir. Thompson. Left on base--Denton 10, Centreville 4. Struck out--Miller none, Rich Butler 11. Base on balls-- Miller 2, Rich 2, Greensboro Boy Helps Make Enviable Air Force Record An Eighth Air Foice Fighter Sta-, to the pursuit and destruction of the tion, England--Private Frank Zareo' Luftwaffe, he is helping to keep Am- of Greensboro, is a member of an erican fi hter lanes in COTnbat against the enemy over every cor- Eighth Filter Command P-51 of Qccupicd Europe tang gioup which recently passed! This fighter group, commanded by the 450-mark in victoiies over Colonel William J.

Cumminps of planes, becoming the third American Lawrence, Kansas, established a rec- fighter group in the European The.a- ord for American units in this theater of Operations to make such a ter when it destroyed 44 enemy record. planes on the ground and seven in Private Zareo is an ammunition the air in one mission. And in four worker in the ordnance company stationed here and his work contributed low-level attacks, the group destroyed 118 German planes on the ground, to the group's high record of combat an average of more than 29 per mis- efficiency. As a part of the organiza-, sion. tion which enables the fighter pilots Private Zareo was inducted into to devote all their time and energy the Army in March, 1943.

Butler 2. Double plays--Rich Butler. to Weir to struck Walls on tho knocked out several minutes but recovered and entered the second game. First Game Hits off--Rich for 2 runs in 7 innings. Miller 6 for 8 luns in innings.

Butler 11 for 5 runs in innings. Wild pitch--Rich. Passed balls--Walls. Winning pitcher--Rich. Losing pitcher--Miller.

hour 40 minutes. ti Umpires--LoIIer ar.d Larrimore. 18th Century Estate Sold Last Tuesday A tract of 218 acres, near Denton, which had been in the possession oi the Anthony family nearly 200 years, was sold at public auction, in from of the court house, Tuesday. Mrs Joseph M. Tonis, of New York City, purchased the farm for $7,300 i- 1 make an extension to her adjoining estate.

On the property stands a house erected on the farm in 1776 and occupied by the last occupant, the late Joseph Anthony until a short time before his death. It is no longer suitable for occupancy, but still stands as a type of Eighteenth Century ar- and at tavern bars result in a tremendous tide of intemperance," Bisop Hughes declared. Calling for public tribute to God in church attendance, Bishop Hughes declared that a tremendous revival of the ethical conscience is needed to make people keep their word with God in regard to church attendance, pledged when they joined church. Warns On Empty Churches "Pull Denton people out of the churches and in less than ten years, hell will break loose on these streets," warned Bishop Hughes, who added that some people care more for following a golf ball than for the worship of God. Tithing was another habit recommended.

As an e-cample, Bishop Hughes mentioned a Methodist layman who made his fortune by manufacturing soap, to clean men's bodies, and devoted the profits to "higher sanitation, cleaning men's souls." Admits Religious "Habits" Admitting that he was not naturally religious, Bishop Hughes declared that "the only way for him to be a good man was to get up every morning and pray himself through." From the Catholics, he acquired the habit of piaying for pastor and people of every church he passed and, from the French, he learned to pray when a funeral procession passed, a habit which prevented him from becoming insensible to the sorrows of others, he said. The Rev. John E. French, pastor of First Church, introduced the speaker, by whom he was ordained. Dr.

J. Earl Cummings, superintendent of Easton District of Peninsula Annual Conference, preached the evening service. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Turner, of Washington, were the guest musicians.

250 Election Ballots Mailed To Soldiers J. Edward Nichols, of Denton, clerk to the board of election supervisors of. Caroline County, has announced that 250 ballots requested by service men have been mailed More ballots have been mailed to men of the third and fifth districts than elsewhere, because the larger towns, Denton and Federalsburg, are located in those districts. Ballots will be mailed as they are requested, as long as possible. Wright, If.

Trice, rf. (a) Butler G. Cole, rf-cf. .214 0 BA Ab .341 5 0 .153 5 .353 4 .189 4 .365 3 .327 4 ,200 3 0 .000 1 1 0 Po A 2 1 1 3 0 5 2 10 Sylvester, c. Lucas, .291 4 .289 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 36 4 8 27 14 (a) batted for Trice in 9th.

Denotes batting average. Centreville Yates, 2b. Mason, c. Walls, Ib. Miles, Ib.

Coleman, p. Morris ss. Thompson, cf. Butler, 3b. Quimby, rf.

(b) Mears Clarke, if. Ab Po A 5 4 3 1 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 9 1 1 5 2 4 0 0 1 Ralph E. Horst, Coxswain, arrived, from overseas on the 2nd of August after being abroad for 17 months. He had been in Africa and in Southern Europe and had participated in three invasions and one major battle but was apparently none the worse for his extraordinary experiences. He reported back for duty at Norfolk after a leave of 32 days.

The young man is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira J. Horst who removed to a place near Denton in recent years. He was born in Hagerstown.

and went to school there. Enlisting in the Navy October 15th, 1942, he was sent to Bainbridge for boot training, leaving his work as an inspector for the Electric Hose and Rubber Company, of Wilmington, to join the Navy. He visited friends in Hagerstown and Wilmington as well as his' parents while on leave. High School Equivalence Examinations The next series of high scho 1 equivalence examinations will be on Thursday and Fr.Jay, October 26 Thursday and 27, according to Dr. Earle T.

Hawkins of the State Department Educr.tion, who is in charge of the that all 364 Enrollment In Caroline High School Approximately the same number of students have enrolled in the Caroline High School here as attended this time last year, according to T. Gonover Grouse, principal. In the high school, 172 students are enrolled in grades 8 to 11, inclusive, while in the grammar and elementary grades, four to seven, inclusive, 192 students are enrolled, making a total of 364 students. An increase in attendance amounting to approximately 50 students may be anticipated, after the fall work on the farms has been done and the canning season has closed, Mr. Grouse said.

At Denton Primary School, an enrollment of 179 is reported by Mrs. Emmett Hignutt, principal. This includes 67 in the first srade, 64 in the second grade and 49 in the third grade. Miss Norma Jean Wood, a graduate of Washington College, whose father is an army officer, is one of the new teachers at Denton. Others are: Gladys Bramhall, Mrs.

S. Gibson, Catherine F. and Mrs. Oron F. Smith.

A large flag, havincr one larpe star, with the number 1G6, showing of locaj scrving S( hangs the as a type of Eighteenth Century ar- examinations. It necessary mat a of Caro ij ne High School. It was chitecture similar to the Cape Cod applications be submitted by Octo( prescnted by the graduating class 36 3 13 27 12 (b) batted for Quimby in 9th. RH Denton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 1 Cen'ville 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 13 0 Runs batted in--Scurto 2, Bennington, Walls, Morris, Butler. Two base hit--Clarke.

Three base hit--Thompson, Bennington. Sacrifice hit--Mason. Stolen bases--Rich, Cole, Yates, Mason, Walls. Left on bases--Denton 7, Centreville 9. Double plays--Cole to Wair to Bennington.

Wild pitch--Lucas. Passed balls--Mason. Hit by pitched ball--Lucas (by aleman). Hits off--Lucas 12 for 3 runs 8 innings. Rich 1 for no runs in 1 inning.

Coleman 8 for 4 runs in 9 innings. Struck out--Lucas 3, Rich 1, Colem a 1 i i Base on balls--Lucas 1, Coleman 1. Winning pitcher--Lucas. Losing pitcher--Coleman. Time--2 hours.

Umpires--Lolier and Lari imorc. RICH HURLS 5-HITTER IN NIGHT CAP In the night cap Charlie Rich hurled a five-hitter, supported by an early lead at the expense of Joe Miller, who was driven from the box in the second with only one out. Butlor came on in relief, sti iking out eleven but gave way to 5 runs. Second Game cottage type so popular today. A new house was erected on the farm for the occupancy of the ant several years ago.

Technicality in Will Because of a technicality in the will of the late Miss Wilhelmina Anthony, Wesley E. Thawley, trustee, sold one-half interest in the farm bi virtue of a decree passed by the Circuit Court for Caroline County, in a case in which William Lee Anthony was complainant and the John B. Parsons Home for the Aged of Salisbury was defendant. Mr. Thawley, acting as attorney- Sn-fact for Mrs.

Octavia Anthony Moore and her husband, Robert Moore, of Denton, sold their one-half interest in the farm at the same time. Wilmingtonian Buys Place A farm of 127 acres owned by Frank P. Simons, on the road be- last May. ber 1. Examinations are offered in the standard high school subjects.

Bv passing the tests adults who left Echool before high school graduation obtain Certificates of High Ar63 StOHI! 1381168 may School Equivalence, which are th" legal equivalent of regular high' La eek's storm, which was so school diplomas and which may ba destructive along the Atlantic Coast, used for entrance to the study of did i en ty damage to Caroline various professions and vocations. cr0 Sj corn and tomatoes taking The examinations given in the tne wors beating. Ocean City was City of Baltimore and in the county eva cuated before the storm struck seat of any county where there are am wag cu ff the mainland applicants. Candidates must be ninc-j for some met blic utilities failed teen years of age and must have and tne town was i nujl dated in many been residents of the State of Mary-i places The lights in Denton flickered land for at least one year. Special on an( ff a Thursday afternoon, Clendaniel Promoted To Lieut-Colonel Governor Herbert R.

O'Conor today announced promotions and assignments in the Maryland State Guard following the completion of examinations before the Board of Officers of the military organization which were recently conducted. All of the promotions were recommended by the staff of officers and were submitted to the Governor with approval by Brigadier General D. H. Commanding Officer Otf tha State Guard, and Brigadier General Francis Petrott, Adjutant General. Majors George W.

Clendaniel, of Denton, and Ernest C. Merkel, of Baltimore, were promoted to tha rank of Lieut. Colonel. Clendaniel was named as Commanding Officer of the 5th Battalion, Chestertown, and! Merkel was put in charge of the 1st Battalion with headquarters in tho Fifth Regiment Armory. Cadet Detwiler Will Graduate Soon At the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, Texas, potential pilots, bombardier? and navigators are receiving preflight training to prepare them aerial instruction and duties as aircitew members in the Army Air Forces.

The future fliers are subjected to a rigorous 10-week program of instruction covering physical, academic and military training. At the Cadet Center, a unit of the AAF Training Command, they study maps and charts, aircraft ideniification, small arms and other subjects' while being conditioned physically for the long training period ahead. Bombardieis, navigators and pilots receive the first five weeks of preflight instruction as a group, then are separated for specialized training. The present class includes 28 from provisions are made for members of the armed forces. Application blanks and further information may be obtained from the Division of Equivalence Examinations, State Department of Educa- In England Denton Scurto, 3b.

Butler, Ib. D. Weir, 2b. W. Cole, 3b.

Wright, If. Depew, rf. A. Weir, rf. G.

Cole, cf. Sylvester, c. Rich, p. Ab Po A .346 .181 .350 4 .422 4 .330 4 .169 2 .167 2 .213 5 .340 4 .313 .1 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 38 13 17 21 11 0 average. tween Ridgely and Greensboro, also! tion, 1111 Lexington Building, Balti- was sold at auction to Mrs.

more 1. Goad, of Wilmington. The price paid was $3,800. The farm is improved by a two-story, 12-room, frame dwelling house. The barn was destroyed by fire several months figo.

Pvt. Turner Killed In Action In France Mr. and Mrs. Homer C. Turner, of Fedeialsburg, have received word that their son, Private Walter Short Turner, has been killed in action somewhere in France.

Private Turner was reported mifsing the latter part of August. as he was known to'his many friends, moved to Seaford, about four years ago. He was inducted last Feb. 4. and after 2- weeks of training at Camp Croft, 3.

came home on furlough. He then reported to Camp Meade for immediate shipment overseas. He arrivrJ in England late in July, and was on the battlefronts of France. His wife, the former Misr Arintha Willey, and their 5-year-oid son, Homer, reside in SecTford. This brings the casualty list from Federalsburg to nine killed and two missing.

Service Shorts Private Leroy H. Tripp has returned to duty after spending a ten- day furlough at his home near Ridgely. He has been transferred recently from Fort Bragg, N. C. to a post in Texas.

Mr. William Short, who has been stationed in Florida, has received a medical discharge from the army and is with his family in Wilmington. but did not fail entirely. Bethany Beach was damaged to a great extent, the boardwalk being wrecked as well as many cottages and business places. At Rehoboth the freighter Thomas Tracy came abhore near the Belhaven Hotel and broke in two pieces.

All the crew were rescued by the Coast Guard in breeches buoy. The gale reached a velocity of 75 miles an hour and it was nearly impossible to get around at all. Combat Pilot Gray Doing All Right At a 12th AAF B-25 Base--Second Lieutenant Thomas Gray son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gray, Goldsboro, is a combat pilot with a twelfth Air Force B-25 Mitchell bombardment group which participated in the D-Day all-out air support of the invasion of Southern France.

Lieutenant Gray's medium bombardment group supported the air- sca-land attack from a base in Corsi- Maryland, 1 of them from Denton: Cadet Henry M. Detwiler son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Detwiler Sr.

Easton Girl Honored By Flour Executive Miss Nancy Spies, Square Farm, near Easton, who recently was graduated from Institute of Home Management of the University of Maryland at College Park, has been given an additional honor. She has received the Philip W. Pillsbury Shelf of Home Economics Books. This award, given upon recommendations of the faculty for Spies' outstanding as a student in home economics, consists of thirteen books carefulsy selected "those a home economist may most desire for reference in her chosen profession." The award was established by Mr. Pillsbury, a Minneapolis flour mih- ing executive, as part of the 75th anniversary celebration of the flour milling company established in Minneapolis by his family in 1869.

Miss Spies is a graduate of Cordova High School and attended Mary- Milton Blockston. of Ridgely, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. William Walls, of Ridgely, was on February 9. 1943, inducted into the United States Army at Baltimore and sent on to Camp George Meade, from there to Vancouver, Washington, on the west coast, where he received most of his training.

Leaving there he arrived at Camp Button, North Carolina, on June 16, 1943. He came home on a 10-day furlough, after which he went hack to Camp Suttonj N. July 25, 1943. He was shipped overseas from New York around the first of September 1943 and landed somewhere in England. From there he, went to northrrn Ireland for more training.

He is now somewhere in England. ca, and worked in elope support with lanA gtate Tcacners College at Sal- all other Twelfth Army Air For-e bombers, fighters, and troop carritT aircraft. The B-25 Billy Mitchells had bombed German targets in Southern France for eleven days prior to D- Day, knocking out gun positions, destroying communication and transportation facilities, and otherwise softening the German ground forces. This B-25 bombardment group has figured in every major operation through Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy. In civilian life, Lieutenant Gray was a draftsman at the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department.

Washington, D. C. Barratt's Anniversary The-164th anniversary of Barratt's Chapel Methodist Church, near Frederica, will be held on September 24, at 2:00 p. m. isbury before enrolling at the University of Maryland.

She was a member of Omicron Alpha Xi Delta, Baglean-Carnigon Society, the dramatic club. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Spies of Square Farm.

This month she will begin her teaching duties as instructor of vocational home economics at Preston High School. Service Shorts Charles R. Stafford, a ship fitter with the Seabecs, whose home is in Denton, had a pleasant surprise on the Gth of September when at mess on far distant shores he spied Noble Schuyler, of near Denton. When last heard from Seaman Schuyler was aboard a Coast Guard invasion barge which ferried troops to the beachheads. I.