Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-03-06
ISBURY TO Be
EADQUARTERS OF
DEL-MAR-VA BODY
County Seat Chosen By
ttee At Meeting Held
Last Thursday
REST SPREADS In
SLOGAN CONTEST

the melting of the County Chair
of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore
bciation held last Friday after
!, it was definitely decided that
isbury, Md, will remain the head
srters of the Eastern Shore pub
ty movement, at least, until De-
aber 81, 1927.
Contrary to the expectation Of
my, the Wicomico county members
the Del-Mar-Va Association neith-
proposed nor voted on this question
hen it was raised in the meeting.
he motion to Authorize a committee
select and lease regular business
headquarters for the Association in
town Of Salisbury, Maryland with
e understanding that the said head
quarters shall be taken for a period
eating from March 1, 1925 to Deem
Der 81, 1927" was offered by DR.. G.
Layton Grier, chairman Of the Sussex
county, Delaware committee and Sec
onded by Charles c. Gelder, chairman
of the Somerset county, Maryland
eanznittee.
In the discussion of the motion,
General Chairman Adkins stated that
TWicomico countians would welcome
the Association but would not be will
ing to bring to bear any influences
contrary to the general wishes of the
majority of the members of the Con-
Ference Numerous members of the
committee in explaining their reasons
for supporting the motion as made by
the Sussex couAty & Somerset county
chairnen stated that they regard Sal
isbury as the most convenient city
from which to operate and in which
to secure the various accommodations
required by the Association.
The vote on being called was unani-
mously in favor of considering Sal
isbury as headquarters for the Asso-
citation during the operations Of its
initial two-year period"
Chairman Adkins was then in a
separate resolution, requested to ap-
point d small committee to select
rooms for the offices of the Associa-
ton in Salisbury; and the suggestion
was made that possibly one Of Sails
bury's residence properties might be
taken over and modestly equipped for
use. The personnel of the committee
will be selected today and announced
by Mr.. Adkins on Monday.
Speaking for the Sussex county
delegation, DR.. G. Layton Grier, the
mover of the resolution which brings
the headquarters Of the Del-Mar-Va
Association permanently to Salisbury,
said, eve would certainly have well
comd headquarters of the Association
in Georgetown, Milford, Laurel, Del
mar or in fact any of the towns of
Sussex county. But we recognize that
from both the viewpoint of the rail-
road and automobile highway trans
portaticn, Salisbury is better situated
than any other community now ac-
lively identified with the movement.
Since we have reached the place
where wye cannot get along satisfac-
torily without permanent address,
little office equipment and clerical
staff and since it was not possible to
acquire these without reaching de-
cision as to headquarters city, we de-
cided tol settle the headquarters ques-
ton at our meeting last Friday after
noon. ! was not. surprised that the
action Of the committee was unani-
NOUS and want to say that when the
question was raised the attitude Of the
Wicomico county members was SO
generously considerable Of the claims
of all other counties represented in
the room that we could not do any
thing but settle the question on its
Merits"
Thus with the headquarters prob
lem settled, the Association through
its headquarters committee will i'm
mediately proceed to establish perma-
nent headquarters in the town of Sal
isbury. While the organization is go
ing through the process of erecting
its permanent headquarters, it will
also begin very shortly to set up some
Of the permanent committees with a
view to proceeding not only with the