Evening star., 1930-12-12
DRY HEADS RECALL
OLD ACQUAINTANCE
DR.. Wilson Surprised to Find
Col. Woodcock Maryland
Neighbor.

All the rough edges of a surprising
at meeting in Prohibition Director
Woodcock's spacious office this morning
while mutual friends who shared the
secret remarked on how strange is the
destiny which shapes our ends
DR.. Clarence True Wilson, Methodist
minister. idealist, expounder Of the tenn
perance cause, Travelled to prohibition
headquarters to pay what he thought
was his first<call on Col 'Woodcock, SOL
dier, lawyer and administrator
For nearly an hour the two men,
whose common goal is the stamping out
of liquor but whose attitudes of mind
are strikingly dissimilar, sat together as
travellers along memory's highway to
days when DR.. Wilson'S father was pre-
siding elder of the Salisbury, Nd, dis
trict and Woodcock's father was a
lay member of his church board.
Acquaintance Recalled.
When he opened the door of Wood
cocks Office, the first person DR.. Wilson
greeted was Mrs. Thomas E. Martin
dale of Salisbury. The Methodist
leader said he did not know she was
acquainted with the prohibition direc-
tor. HE is our brother" said Mrs
Martindale. smiling. She and Miss
Elizabeth Woodcock were paying their
first visit to their brothers office
We'll, I will declare" was TIr. Will
sons response. 1T proves that we go
through life dreaming and wake up to
find our, friends have connections we
do not realize as we go along"
Mrs. Martindale, whose late husband
was. one of the most prominent Meth
odist ministers in Maryland, has enter
tanned Dr. Wilson in her home at
Salisbury many times. She told him, in
the few moments while he awaited Col
Woodcocks pleasure, that the men had
met in her home and just did not recall
their meeting.
Col Woodcock beckoned then, and
after hand shaking all round the dry
leader and prohibition administrator
retired to Woodcock's ONCE for a chat
that touched on books and men and
playtimes under Maryland trees when
both were young.
In the several months since Wood
cocks appointment, an appointment
that came when DIR. Wilson was in the
West neither had had occasion to think
Of their mutual associations.
First Ofiicial Meeting.
They met today for the first time
since Col. Woodcock came from Balti-
more to direct the Governments en-
forcement activity.
A remark DR.. Wilson made several
weeks ago led indirectly to their confer
ence. Commenting on conditions in
an interview, the Methodist leader said
he regretted that the new prohibition
director didn't want to see "profes-
sional reformers." DR.. Wilson was con-
vinced this morning that he had been
n1isinformed, because when he called
Woodcock's Offices looked like the meet
ing place Of the organized temperance
movement. Dry leaders who have been
holding conferences here called in a
body to pay their respects.
Il don't understand why I didn't
learn sooner all know about this now
said DR.. Wilson as he emerged from
the Office. Within the two men posed
for photographs. Col. Woodcock's mill
tary training asserted itself. you as
the elder should stand on the right, DR..
Wilson" he prompted, and the dry
leader willingly acquiesced. They talked
about a new history of their beloved
Eastern Maryland country while the
photographer fused with his gadgets.
Good luck to you, DR.. Wilson, and
come to see me again." said Col. Wood
cock with broad smile. DR.. Wilson.
slightly the taller, bowed. ut will be
pleasure, Col. Woodcock," he said.
He seemed little hurt as he left "I
was reared in Princess Anne, near Sails
bury, and our lives have touched many
times in the past" DR.. Wilson said.
shaking his head. And to think that
didn't write a letter congratulating one
OF our Eastern Maryland boys on his
appointment"