Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-10-14

TIE OIu soCnOOi DdpllSlS WAS neiu at
the Meeting House in Snow Hill last
Sunday. Services were held in the
morning and afternoon, Elders Coul-
ter, Melotte and Vaughn participant
ing. The attendance was the larg-
est in the history of the Meeting
House, members and friends congre-
eating for worship from three states.
Following an ancient custom, dinner
was served on the Meeting House
grounds, and like the attendance, the
dinner was pronounced the best ever.
MIR. Franklin Upshur, who was
recently appointed a member of the
Board of Education of Worcester
County, succeeding Mr.. John w.
Humphreys, resigned, qualified Tues
day, and took part in the delibera-
tons of the Board. Mr.. Upshur
plunged at once into the business
routine of the Office, and showed a
knowledge of scholastic conditions,
and a grasp of educational matters
pertaining to the public schools that
augur well for his tenure of Office.
MIR. and Mrs. Harold d. Boehm
and son, Dennis, who had been spend
ing a few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
William G. Kerbin, left Monday to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Fletcher,
at Horsey, Va. Mr.. Boehm returned
to his home on Long Island, New
York, the same evening.
NMts Elsie Dryden has been APP
pointed statistical clerk to the Board
of EDUCATION, and is now performing
the ldAties in connection with her
work. Miss Dryden is graduate of
the Snow Hill High School in both
TIE academic and commercial depart
ments. She has also had office ex-
perience in the insurance department
of o. NJ. Purnell Company. In adj
dition to this she mas spent three
summers at Columbia University,
New York, where she specialized in
commercial work and efficiency
methods. She has also taught, with
marked success, the commercial de-
partment Of the Snow Hill High
School for the past three years. Miss
Dryden has been succeeded in this
work by Miss Emily Mason, who, like
her predecessor, is graduate of the
Snow Hill academic and commercial
departments. She also further quail
flied for her work by taking a COM
mercial course at Temple University,
Philadelphia. Both young ladies are
residents of Snow Hill, Miss Dryden
being the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis f. Dryden, and Miss Mason
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
w. Mason.
Miss Mabel T.. Irwin, who has
been here on a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Harris S. Corddry, left Monday
for Winter Quarters Farm, Valley
Forge, Pa. She was accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Paul Jones, who will
also visit her sister, Mrs. Walter j..
Doyle, in Philadelphia, and by her
niece, Alexandra Corddry.
MIR. and Mrs. Pierson Townsend
and daughter, OF Georgetown, and
Rev. W. S. Grant and mother, Mrs.
Grant, of Rehoboth, Del, spent Sun
day here with Mr.. Townsend's father,
Mr.. Isaac w. Townsend
Miss /. Jewell Simpson and Miss
Catherine Cook, of the Bureau of
Educational Measurements, Depart
ment of Education, have been stop
ping the past two weeks at the Pur-
nell Hotel, visiting the schools of the
county, and assisting in giving edu-
ca&oEal tests to pupils in the ele-
mefary grades.
IAtMr. David Birmingham, formerly
iof Snow Hill, was married Monday
of 4his week to Miss Belle Lawrence,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Lawrence, of Parkersburg, Pa. Mr..
Birmingham is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Levin Birmingham, Of Snow
Hill, and brother of Mr.. Lloyd Brit
tingham, also of Snow Hill. He has
been living several years in Parkers-
burg, where he is engaged in barber
ing. The bride and groom will re-
side at $40 Main Street, Parkersburg,
Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. James b. Whaley
are entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Harris
S. Corddry and son, Master William
Harris Corddry, for few days.
Mrs. Ella Turner, of Salisbury,
is visiting her son, Mr.. Walter C..