Theodore Hines
Army
Middle Island
Theodore A Hines was born May 29,
1906. In 1920 he was living at North Seventh Street., Brooklyn
with his parents John and Josephine. In August 1937, his mother
deeded to him in Middle Island property located on the north side
of Middle Country Road between Swezey Lane and Swezeytown Road.
Theodore operated a tavern there called Hunters' Inn until his
induction into the Army. The following is an entry in Albert
Bayles's diary for March, 30, 1942.
"I called at Hunters'
Inn about Civil Defense orders to extinguish neon lights & signs &
seaward & skyward bright lights which might help enemy submarine
activity, effective every night beginning tonight".
Theodore Hines began his service in the Army on Nov. 18, 1943 at
Patchogue, NY. He was awarded
the WWII Victory Medal, the World War II Service Lapel Button and
was discharged at Fort Dix, NJ on October 24, 1945.