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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
RISING SUN SCHOOL NEWS
0pcretta Presented-Co Commencement
Week Program.

The operetta, 1.-THE Swami Of Bag.
dad" was presented by the High
School Glee Club on Tuesday eve
ming. This was very well received
by rather small audience. The in
tense heat and the many conflicting
meetings caused the small audience.
Over $50 was cleared by tie Music
Department as result of this
|Operetta. The members of the cast
did very well as the result of the
Framing of Miss Dorothy Shuster,
Music Instructor of the High School.
Our Commencement week pro-
gram is as follows:
Thursday, June 9Th, P. M
alumni Association play "The
|Blundering Mr.. Brown" in Town
Hall.
Friday, June 7th, $50 to q
School Exhibit. From 1870 to $50
on this day, each room of the Ele-
|mentary school will have drama
tization of a lesson, which the par
|ent and patrons are invited to at
tend. From 2.30 to the Home
Economics and Manual Training de-
|partments will also be open for pur-
poses of exhibition. Light refresh
|ments will be served by tie Home
Economics Department.
Sunday, June 9Th, 7.30 P. M
Sermon to Graduating Glass in
James M. E. Church. Rev. j. c.
Mccoy, speaker.
Tuesday, June 11th, 7.45 r. M
Glass Night exercises in Town Hall.
Tuesday and Wednesday Eve
nings, June 18th and 12th-Junior
Glass festival on Pogue & Rober-
sons lot. Music by Community
Fire Company Band on Tuesday eve
ming after class night exercises.
"wednesday, June 18th, $50 P.
M.-Alumni Base Ball and Volley
Ball Games.
Thusday, June 18th. 8 P. M
Graduating Exercises in James M.
p. Church. Rev. Joseph Shubert,
Downingtown, Penna., speaker.
Friday, June 18th, P. M
Seventh grade graduating exercises
in Town Hall. Rev. ]. G. Mccoy,
speaker.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
DEL-MAR,vA STRAWBERRIES

Announcement has been made through
the Marketing Department of the Del.
Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association tha,
the present crop of strawberries on Del.
Mar-Va Peninsula is without question
the finest quality produced on the Pc
ninsula during the past twenty years.
Repots received at Association head
quarters from the larger markets state
that Del-Mar-Va berries from the very
first varieties shipped from fhe Virginia
Counties to the present shipments from
points farther north on the Peninsula
excel those from almost every Other
section. There has been a greater de.
mand for Del-Mar-Ya berries this year
than in many seasons.
Explanation offered by leading straw.
berry growers as well as others familiar
with strawberry culture is to the effec
that climatic conditins this season have
been ideal. The crop is somewhat
above normal in quantity and because
OF the unusually fine quality there, is 3
steady demand. Prices have held ur
well although growers claim that the
quality warrants top if not fancy price.
in all of the varieties thus far marketed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
POWER COMPANY BUYS LAND

= " w AJAV SO1xA4 1A4N l. OO - 11l24ND
An obstacle blocking the way of tn.
construction Of the new hydro-electrie
power plant across Susquehanna Rivel
at Safe Harbor was removed Mon.
day by the purchase of two islands. i'm.
portant property acquired by the Penn.
sylvania Water and Power Company,
from ]. w. Fehl.
The islands comprise sixty-6ve acre:
and are located FIVE hundred feet north
of the mouth Of Conestoga Creek. The
dam will be constructed across the is.
lands. The purchasing company oper.
ates the power plant at HOLLYWOOD and
it is said the Safe Habor plant will be
constructed to generate power to electrif
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company low
grade freight line and the lines in and
about ceulmbia and Marietta and othe,
points.
The new dam will create a lake more
than eleven miles long backing water as
III north As columbia.
The company has purchased all oi
the island from Washington Boro and
property along the Lancaster and York
county shores that would be wiped out
by the lake.-Quarryville Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
JOHN WATSON

Mr.. John Watson, aged 63 years,
died at his home in Havre de Grace,
May 20. He was son of the late
Thomas and Delilah Watson, and
was born in Perryville. Learning
the trade of a stone mason he was
employed on the Maryland Division
of the Pennsylvania Railroad as
road foreman of masons, and re-
tired nearly three years ago.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary Nickle Watson, two daughters,
Mrs. John A. Hendricks, Mrs. Fred
w. Coleman, and one son, j. Allen
Watson. Interment was made In
st. Marks cemetery. near Perry
vile, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
SUNDAY sCHoo1 INSTITUTE

wen ATTENDED

Well Attended.
The institute for Sunday school
teachers and workers, held in James
M. &. Church, Rising Sun, on Friday
last, was well attended by delegates
and others interested in the work.
Forty-three delegates registered.
The discussion of problems in
various lines of Sunday school work
was presented by Department lead
ers, including Miss Clara Davie, Su-
perintendent of Kindergarten De-
partment, Walbrook; Mrs. Ada
Smith, Baltimore School OF Re-
ligious Education; Rev. Robert
Davids, General Secretary Md.-Del.
Council of Religious Education;
Rev. ]. C. Milligan, Director Re-
ligious Education Baltimore Confer
ence.
Supper was served in the base
ment of the church by the ladies OF
the Aid Society, and was partaken
of by one hundred and thirty
persons.
In the evening Rev. Robert
Davids delivered an address on
Responsibility" to large
laudience.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS
OPERETTA

The operetta "The Swami of Bag
dad" presented in the PUBLIC hall,
Rising Sun, on Tuesday evening. by
the Glee Club of Rising Sun High
School, drew only fair sized audi
ence, but the entertainment in song
and story was well rendered by the
Young players, and much enjoyed,
the choruses being especially good.
The entire cast comprised about
forty members and the training and
direction was no small job for the
music Instructor of the High School,
Miss Dorothy Shuster, and Mrs
Sadler, who gave assistance. Over
fifty dollars were cleared for the
Music Department.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
STRUCK BY CAR

Malcolm Jenkins, young SON OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Jenkins, OF
tkis town, narrowly escaped fatal
injury ON Friday evening, when the
little fellow was struck and knock
ed down by an automobile, in front
of his home, at the corner Of Will
son avenue and Main street.
The little fellow had the danger
Gus fashion Of making the street his
playground, and was crossing it
when struck, running directly in
front of the machine. The driver
made desperate but unsuccessful
effort to avoid striking tie child,
who was knocked down and pain
fully cut about tn ehead and face.
Fortunately the injuries, while
severe, were not serious.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
MARKER UNvEIIlSD
Appropriate Exercises Held Az
Brick Meeting House

DA ANA NANONAAA6 @AVt&rH
A large stone that had been usef
as step at side door OF the 0Iz
Friends Meeting House, CalEek<
was made into a marker and places
in the burying ground Of the ~
meeting house, where it was uilvezl
ed with appropriate dedicatory exex'
cises on the afternoon of Memurial
Day.
The inscription on the marl<e1
reads: "In memory of the UnknoWa
Soldiers Buried at Brick Meeting
House while ii was used as hos.
pital in 1878. Erected by the Qua
kes; D. A. R. of Cecil County:
American Legion; Calvert Woman 4
Club"
The East Nottingham meeting
was established there early in 1900:
A division of the Continental
Army used the Meeting House as Z
hospital in 1878, and buried their
dead close to the Meeting House,
The principal speaker of the am
noon was Folger McKinsey, of Hal
timore, the BentZtown Bard. Rep
resentatives of the American Le-
gion, Cecil Post, No. Is; of the Le-
gion Auxiliary; of Captain Jere-
miah E. Baker Chapter of the y. A.
R. of Cecil County, and of the Qua
kers of Brick Meeting House took
part in the ceremonies. The Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps furnishe8
music, while the Calvert Troop Of
Boy Scouts acted as ushers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
HELD FOR COURT

On complaint of one Tiny" Guam
trell, who charges assault and battery,
j. B. Fassitt of near Rising Sun, has
been placed under $500 bond by Mag
istrate Briscoe for his appearance at
court.
1t is alleged that Quantrell, who had
been working on the Fassitt farm,
was ordered from the premises, and
was helped along when he refused to
go.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
SUIT AGAINST MAYOR AND
EDITOR

Suit was docketed in Bel Air OF
Thursday by F. L. Cobourn, Of
Havre de Grace, through his attor'
ney, Ernest Volkart, of Aberdeen,
against George T. Pennington,
Mayor of Havre de Grace, and Leo
M Moore, editor of Democratic
Ledger. Cobourn claims $5O,000
damages, the suit growing cut of
the recent city election.
The declaration sets forth In full
the article published in the Ledger
ON May over the signature oi
Mayor Pennington.
Mr. Cobourn, IN his suit, claims
that the facts In the article were
erroneous ami misleading and| dam
\ ID s5nlI aaity aA u iiIs stS " u ]
IN the practice 81 his profession d
an ai.orney-at-law.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
ORPHANS, COURT

Bonds Approved-Herbt. N. Muir
ray, administrator of Jokn Murray;
Elsie E. Webber, Administrative OF
Jerome F. Weber; Charles H. Fred
erick, administrator of Ida u. Fred
erick; G. Alvin Schader, administra-
tor of Sarah Augusta Schrader.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
LARGE BOOTLEG CONSIGNMENT
CAPTURED

At an early hour Tuesday morning
Prohibition Enforcement Officers,
Sheriff Logan and his Deputies cap
tured a Ford truck and twenty-three
10-gallon kegs OF moonshine whiskey,
on the Chesapeake road leading to
Elkton. The driver of the truck jum-
ped off and took to the bushes, disap-
pearing in the darkness before the Of
ficers could apprehend him.
The Federal officers proceeded to
Baltimore with the truck and cargo
of liquor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
DEATHS
MRS. ALBERT KRENZ

Mrs. Mary L. Krenz. 81, wife OF
Albert Krenz. died at the home OF
her son, Edward L. Krenz, Fair
Hill, this county, May %. She had
been ill since last November, when
she suffered a paralytic stroke. Her
husband and son, e. l.. Krenz. Jr..
survive. The funeral was held
Saturday afternoon, with interment
in Sharp's cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31

With inceased revenues from the
gasoline tax anticipated and with a
special road construction loan ap-
poved by the Legislature, the State
Roads Commission faces one OF its
largest road-construction years.
With the summer hardly started.
the Commission has advertised and
awarded contracts for construction
approaching the total amount OF
work done last year. Nineteen
bridges and several grade crossings
also are planned, many of which are
now under construction.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
RECOMMENDED FOR PAROLE

RO4S AAAeOA11S
Tony Moreno, who was sentenced
In the Cecil Circuit Court, Septem-
Der 28, 1915, to eighteen years in
the Penitentiary for second-degree
murder, has been recommended for
parole. Moreno was charged with
Staying the husband of a woman
with who he was said to be friendly.
The parole application has been on
file in the Parole Commissioner g
office for two years. Moreno was
In 1921 from the Peni-
|tentiary to the House of Correction
Jon account OF his excellent conduct
and his ability as shoemaker. He
had three years Of his sentence de-
Quoted from his term for good
behavior and only fifteen months OF
ibis sentence remain to be served.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
WOMEN'S ORGANIZED BIBLE
CLASS

The Women's Organized Bible
Glass of James M. E. church, Rising
Sun, elected the following officers
at recent meeting: President, Mrs
M. Gertrude Pogue; first and second
vice-presidents, Mrs. Jennie w
Taylor and Miss e. r. Stephens
secretary, Mrs. Clara B. Keen
treasurer, Mrs. Ella M. Cooneyl
teacher, Mrs. ]. c. Mccoy; assist
ants, Mrs. Effie Campbell, Mrs. H
L. Shepherd; organist, Mrs. Mar,
Cherry; assistant. Mrs. George L
Ewing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31

SCHOOL PAPER WINS PRIZE
A prize of $50 offered by the 1928
board of the Daily Princetonian,
Princeton University, to the school
publication which showed the most
improvement during the year. has
been awarded to The Tome, pub
lished by the students of Tome
Institute, Port Deposit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31

Necessity may bring man into
court, but II knows no law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
Color Film Problem.

HOLLYWOOD motion picture studios
4 are In for hot time this Sum-
mer-at least such as produce color
pictures. Making pictures in color
raises the temperature of the studios
here they are filmed. Sound studios
HIGH were rushed to completion with
ut sufficient attention to the venti-
lting system are apt to prove man,
10th ovens when the hot days come.
The extra heat Is due to the increased
mount Of lighting needed for the Aim
ng of q picture in natural color. In
he past most color pictures were
narred by "fuzzineSs" of outline that
injured the illusion---and the eyes. It
was the bane of all experimenters in
color photography. 1t was found that
by increasing the light on a scene be-
ing taken In color the fuzziness diSap-
peared, the outlines coming out sharp
and clear.
Warner Bros. knew this theoretically
before they made the natural color
film ION With the Show" They ex-
perienced it in reality in the making Of
the picture, and were thankful that
the sound stages on the Warner Bros,
First National and old Vttagraph lots
had been supplied with ample venti-
lating systems to keep the air moving.
Sound stages which were rushed 70
completion without powerful enough
systems to carry on the
extra heat from lighting will need alter
ing when the producers begin shooting
their pictures In color-as several OF the
large companies have announced they
will do. Even with the best ventilation.
players and extras are going to nno
warmer, If not fairer, weather In Holly
wood this Summer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

GEORGE MIDDLETON, prominent
- figure in the stage world, play
wright of note and president Of the
Authors League Of America, made his
first visit to Death Valley recently.
But ills time he did not 60 as sight
seer, but in the line of duty.
Although known as globe-trotter
who has Included most of the far places
of earth in his travels, Mr.. Middleton
has not had a chance to fulfill his de-
sire to traverse the lowest spot on earth.
Opportunity to achieve this occurred
recently and he went there Is his ca
pacity as supervisor and writer Of dia-
iogue for Fox Movietone talking pic
lures, a post he has recently accepted.
From the lights of Broadway the play
wright went ION location" with a mo-
ton picture company.
Irving Cummings, Fox Films director,
led q caravan of 80 people, including
Arabs and Hindus. 9 camels. IS horses
and all the impediments. to Furnace
Creek Ranch, in Death Valley, for the
filming and recording Of desert scenes
In Behind That Curtain" Mr.. Mid
dleton went along, delighted at the OPP
portunity.
I'VE had q pretty tough time of it,
he said, after achieving 10 hours sleep
and three or four baths upon his re-
turn to Hollywood. but it was great
I wouldn't have missed it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

THE local movie scene offers as its
bright particular figure this week
Dolores Del Rio of Mexico City and
Hollywood, who will appear in person
at the Columbia in connection with her
latest picture, "Evangeline," Edwin Ca
reeves cinema version Of the Longfellow
poem.
Having already done this personal
appearance routine upon New Orleans,
Baltimore and Cleveland stages, Miss
Del Rio very probably feels tempered
to the ordeal by now, through on a re-
feSsed herself a little nervous at first,
albeit benefited by the dicipline Of &C
tual appearances before the public
Lupe Velez made q similar tour not so
long ago; so did Lily Damita in the
early part of the year, and Wilma Banky,
according to the latest advices, Is sched-
uled to entrain soon in company with
her celluloid self in a recent MIN. So
Miss Del Rio has had, and will continue
to have. fellow-creatures in such enter
prising ventures. Four shows a day IN
Midsummer weather-well, 1t does take
courage of a sort.
At all events, it is highly likely that
this quiet young Mexican woman, VINO
is quite lovely of screen and on, Will
not find Washington wanting in us well
come. Her cinema background IS be-
ieweled with a number Of really I'M
pressive performances. She Is young,
modest and winning. 1t Is safe pet
that she will find the town hospltaple.
One of those pathetic incidents which
come about periodically and with un,
fortunate frequency in the show worio
disturbed, for a moment. the equanlmlCy
of the stage unit which presented "A
Surprise Party" at the Palace last week
Five minutes before they went on 70
give their ludicrous rubber man
nesday, the Lime Trio. brothers. received
a cable from Germany telling them
that their father had just died. A
momentary pause, turning aside from
the harshly gay Kleig lights, a nooo
of memory, and then the cue 10 go
on. No one knew until later, and the
audience never knew.
The spectators who witness quick:
moving show at one of the so-caIleo
presentation houses" (that Is such as
the Fox and the Palace, which oner
stage units in conjunction with the
pictures) are probably not aware OF
how carefully calculated are the details
of the performance in order that every
thing shall run according 70 ScneouIe
and without hitch backstage, on stage
or on the screen. Time is an essentia!
considerations definite number OF
complete shows must be presented dur
ing the day casually from pm. to IL
pm0, each one smooth and complete
in itself yet simply part Of succession
through the day and through the week.
Delay or interruption or tagging mean
so many more minutes added to the END
Of the day, an addition which is term
ed overtime" and which costs the
theater money. II one particular au-
dience laughs unduly long at joke
or gag on the stage, those few precious
minutes must be made up in some way
or other in order to keep the perform
ance within running time, for, II you
multiply each delay by four (the number
of shows per day., the time begins to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
The Snoring Picture c4lbum
BY Robert e. Sherwood.

up to this time has taken no part
in the narrative) is stified and re-
pressed by the intolerable narrowness
of her home. She yearns while there
is yet time to see life. Finding the
money hidden behind the clock, and
thinking that it has been put there
by some good fairy, she takes It and
goes out to a night club, where she
hears an entertainer giving his i'm
preston Of AL Jolson singing the pop
ular song, Sonny Boy"
When she comes home the money
Is gone--and so is the family's honor.
Thus our story, which started out
with prosperity as a theme, ends up
with crime and Jazz.
It's pretty depressing.
OF COURSE, it is possible TO forget
about present-day conditions In
the United States and make historical
dramas on the screen. (They had
crime in former times, but no jazz
Historical dramas, however, have rarely
been profitable, and they became doubly
dificult in dialogue form.
1t also is possible to have pictures
about heroism in the Great War (why
has no one thought Of that?), or Of
the struggles Of white men in the
South Seas. or Of the wiles Of
diplomacy in Europe. or Of the con-
quest Of the air, or of the opium trade
in the Far East.
The terrible fact Of the matter Is
that there must be some 500 feature
pictures produced in America every
year, and the imagination of man is
not yet big enough to conceive 500
stories that are not variations Of the
same theme; and as long as crime and
jazz continues TO be featured so prom
inently in our daily lives. they will
continue to be featured prominently
in our movies.
Nevertheless, those of us who have
to see all the pictures, week in and
week out, can't help feeling that 1t
does get bit boring at times.
CCopyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

r Y AVING read certain Of my re-
marks on the deadly monotony
OF subject-matter in the talk
L. 4 ing pictures, a correspondent
writes in to say:
"You complain because the movie
producers seem to be limiting them
selves to two subjects-namely, crime
and jazz. And yet, is 1t entirely their
fault that they're doing so? They must
necessarily try to describe life as they
see it. They must interpret America
to use q high-sounding phrase. What
is more, they must do this In an in
teresting and dramatic manner. After
all, what Is there in America that is
interesting and dramatic except crime
and jazz? II you could suggest any
other subjects for pictures, then you
would be in Hollywood getting rich and
you wouldn't have to write dull articles
about the screen for q living"
I wish I could put this hippant cor
respondent In his place by suggesting a
large number Of fascinating subjects
for future talking pictures; but the
more consider the matter the more
Convinced I become that his point has
been regrettably we'll taken.
OF course, there are in America q
considerable number Of elements other
GIIdII AIlO jazz 1IlCEC ID, 1OE CA
ample, prosperity. And yet-just try to
imagine a photoplay Gin sound or ST.
lence) based on the operation of a well
known automobile manufacturers ac-
ceptance plan. To make such story
seem human" so that 1t would appeal
to all classes Of people, it would be
necessary to show how the acceptance
plan affects the lives of an average
American family. 1t is a family Of
moderate means, with no more than
one town car, one electric ice box. one
touring car, two radio receiving sets,
one roadster, one jade furnace in the
cellar-salon and various other simple
conveniences.
loved by q wealthy youth who lives
on the upper West Side and whose
snobbish parents don't want him to
marry so far beneath his station. This
makes the daughter very unhappy and
creates at once a tense dramatic stu
alton in the home. The father feels
that II only he could give his little
girl every luxury then she could i'm
press the upper West Siders and hap
piness would be hers. He broods over
this, knowing that the one thing she
wants most in the world is fine car.
When she has this, she can roll UP to
IlCI lONCL P0AoIloL hldAASAOiA oAlA bLSoh
down his parents objections.
Already, however, the pooE father is
meeting 80 installment payments every
week with salary Of $65 per. He
can't afford to make even the down
payment on a new car. So what does
he do? He steals the necessary sum
from his employers till and hides it
behind the clock on the mantelpiece
knowing that tomorrow he will take 1t
to the agency and fulfill his daugh-
ter's hearts desire.
And what happens then?
Well, the mother Of the family (who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
Scotch Humor.

THE Scotch are the innocent victims
of a vast number of jokes, many Of
which are Of doubtful humorous quail
ity, but two Scotchmen provide humor
of rare gusto in Divorce Made Easy"
Douglas MacLean as the leading man
and star of the production and Jack
Duffy as the intruding old uncle who
mixes everything up furnish the laughs.
Doug has been making people laugh
for some years since his graduation
from the stage Of the Morosco Thea
ter, in Los Angeles, and Duffy, recently
starred in the SANDY MacDuff" COM
edy series for Christie, has following
Of his own. The combination of these
two and their rare gift for comedy is
the type of movie fare that even a
Scotchman would willingly pay for, the
press agent says.