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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
RURAL MAIL CAR
RIERS

The annual meeting of the Tri-
County Rural Letter Carriers Associ-
alton and the Ladies' Auxiliary was
held at Centreville High School May
IT.
Officers elected for the coming
year were: President, w. L. Clough,
Centreville; Vice-President, C. S.
Lambert, Port Deposit; Secretary
and Treasurer, ]. C. Catlin, Church
HILL
officers elected for the auxiliary
were: President, Mrs. Stewart Price,
Chestertown; Vice-Presidents, Mrs.
Homer Campbell, Chesapeake City;
Mrs. C. S. Lambert, of Port Deposit,
and Mrs. Jonathan Jones, of Milling
ton; Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs.
Jesse Downey of Rock Hall.
The vice-presidents are to act as
chairman for the membership cam
paign in their respective counties.
Delegates elected to the coming
state convention were: Mrs. Stewart
Price, Mrs. Homer Campbell, Mrs.
Jonathan Jones, Wilmington; Mrs. j..
c. Catlin, Church Hill; Mrs. Spencer
Smith, Chestertown; Mrs. Jesse
Downey, and Mrs. William Roe, of
Centreville.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
WOMEN'S CLUB MEMBERS WIN
PRIZES

Mrs. David Scott Frazer, member
of the Women's Club of Elkton, had
the distinction of winning the first
prize for the best definition of "The
Ideal Woman Citizen" The prize
was offered by Mrs. Rudolph S.
Allen, president of the Maryland
Federation of Women's Clubs and
the award made at the annual con-
vention in Annapolis on May Is.
Mrs. Frazer's definition is "She
who embodies the integrity Of the
Pilgrim, the cultural ideals Of the
Cavalier, the courage of the pioneer;
who holds high the torch Of service
to home and humanity; who, in the
face of national prosperity or disas-
ter, maintains her faith in the
destiny of her countryside is the
ideal woman citizen"
Miss Roberta Craig, member of
the Hytheham Club of Port Deposit,
received the first prize for sculptur-
ing, her contribution being pair of
book ends.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
FAMILY REUNION AND DINNER

The annual reunion and dinner of
the Maxwell family was held Sunday,
at the fine old family homestead near
Principle, now occupied by Miss
Letitia, Miss Sue and Harry Maxwell,
more than forty enjoying the hos
pitality of the hostesses and host.
Favored with sunny skies and
warm, ideal weather conditions a
long table was spread on the spacious
porch, and the sumptuous dinner en-
joyed in the open.
Those present at the happy family
gathering and dinner, in addition to
the hostesses and host named, were:
Mrs. Mary Maxwell, Miss Esther
Maxwell, Miss Mary Maxwell, Mrs.
Lydia Cameron and son Robert,
Curtis Maxwell and family, George
Balderston and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. l.. Brumfeld, Mr. and Mrs. Her.
bert Ward and family, Miss Marion
Reeder, Miss Mary Rawlings, Miss
Grace Rawlings, Miss Catherine
Lilly, Mr.. and Mrs. BENZ. Sidwell, Mr.
and Mrs. Cantwell Wright, Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Kirk, Miss Mamie Kirk,
Miss Mary L. Brumfield, Miss Mary
Brumfield, Miss Mabel Reynolds,
Samuel Gather, Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Glaughton and son.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
F atally Injured When
Car Upsets
Raymond BoIen Dies Of Frac-
tured Skull In Union
Hospital

Raymond Bolen, aged 10 years,
son of Mrs. Ollie Bolen and the late
David Bolen, of near Porters Bridge,
died Sunday morning, at 9:45
O'Clock, in Union Hospital, Elkton,
from fractured skull and other in
juries suffered the night before when
his auto ran up on the bank by the
roadside at the top of Pigeon Hill,
west of Rising Sun, and upset. DR..
R. C. Dodson was called, and had
young Bolen taken to the Hospital,
but his injuries proved fatal.
William Richards, of the same
neighborhood, who was in the auto
mobile with Bolen, escaped with
nothing more serious than severe
decorations of the leg.
Young Bolen had been seen earlier
in the evening driving in a reckless
manner and friends had tried to dis
suade him from driving about, but
without avail. The result was that
recklessness caused the young mans
death.
About two weeks previous. Ralph
Roy Bolen, an elder brother, figured
in a reckless driving accident that
caused the injury of several persons
and landed the young man in the
Magistrates Office, where heavy fines
were imposed on him.
The funeral of Raymond Bolen was
held Wednesday afternoon, services
being held at his late home at two
o'clock, and interment made in Rose
bank cemetery, Calvert.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
CAPT. JEREMIAH BAKER CHAP
TER ID. A. r..

officers elected for the ensuing
year by Capt. jeremiah Baker Chap
ter, Daughters of American Revolu-
ton. are: Regent, Mrs. Elva G. Den
ney; Vice Regent, Miss D. B. Jack
son; Second Vice Regent, Mrs. T. M.
Owens; Corresponding Secretary,
Mrs. Cornelia Nickle; Recording
Secretary, Mrs. Paul j. Fleming;
Registrar, Mrs, R. X. lowering; His
.orian, Mrs. Joseph H. Perkins;
Treasurer, Miss Anna G. Denney;
Chaplain, Mrs A. H. Owens.
Elk Chapter, d. A R., has elected
the following officers to serve during
the next two years: Mrs. Harry T.
Alexander, Elkton, regent; Mrs. j.
Writ Lynch, Elktn, vice-regent; Mrs.
William Howard Lewis, Elkton, re-
cording secretary; Miss Mary K.
Mearns, North East, corresponding
secretary; Miss Katherine M. Brat
ton, Elkton, registrar; Miss Mollie
Howard Ash, Elkton, historian; Mrs.
j. Writ Lynch, Elkton, treasurer;
and Mrs. Henry S. Young, Elkton,
chaplain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
LIONS CHANGE MEETING NIGHT

Al a special dinner meeting of the
Lions Club, held Thursday evening
last at the Village Restaurant, it was
decided to change the meeting night
to Monday instead of Thursday eve
ming, at $50 O'Clock. Members OF
the Club are requested TO bear in
mind this change, and until further
notice the meetings will be held the
first and third Monday of each
month, beginning June 3rd.
Arrangements are being made for
public meeting on the evening OF
June II, when it is expected
speaker from the Federal Housing
will be present and
give talk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS AND
TEACHERS

Officers and teachers elected at the
recent annual meeting of the Sunday
School Board of Rising Sun M. B..
Church were: Superintendent, Claude
C. Buck; assistant, Edwin L. Haines;
secretary, William Henry; treasurer,
Mrs. Maidie McDougal; superintend-
ent of beginners and primary depart
ment, A. Mabel Reynolds; superin-
tendent of junior department, Mrs.
Scott Wilson; superintendent of
cradle roll, Mrs. Claude Buck; super
intendent of home department, Mrs.
Clara B. Keen; assistant, Miss Eliza
beth Stephens.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
VISITOR AT
HOTEL

Rising Sun Hotel had a distingu-
ished visitor at the noon hour on
Wednesday last, when President
Roosevelt's mother, enroute to Wash
ington, and delayed, stopped at the
hotel for lunch, and requested Mrs.
Keplinger to tune in on the radio for
her. in order that she might listen to
the President deliver his bonus veto
message to Congress. Mrs. Roose-
welt was accompanied in her auto by
her maid and chauffeur.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
DEPUTY SHERIFF LEWIS SETH
GOT "SOAKED"

Deputy Sheriff Lewis A. Seth, who
is known by all his friends as man
who never uses liquor while on or OFF
duty, are telling how he got rum
soaked" After complaints were
brought to the sheriff's Office about a
certain house located on Water
street, being the scene of many wild
parties, and also a place where, it
was alleged bootleg whiskey was
sold. Sheriff Racine dispatched Mr..
Seth to the scene to learn just what
was taking place there. While the
officer was quietly looking around
the premises, last Saturday night and
before entering the building, he stop
ped for a few moments. While
standing alongside the building he
was, evidently, seen by someone in
side. Anyway, one of the occupants
raised a second-story window and
threw good-sized bucket Of the
'moonshine" down on the officer,
soaking him to the hide. While the
officer was quite annoyed, it did not
dampen his ardor. He entered the
house and placed five under arrest
Gladys Holland, Alvin, alias "Sam"
Downham, William Purnell, Alfred
Wilson and Dumpy Bedwell, all of
whom were taken to the county Jail
here. They will be given hearings
before Police Magistrate Walter c.
Miller.-Cecil Democrat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
ELK RIVER IMPRO YEMEN Il
TURNED DOWN

On the grounds that the prospec-
tive benefits to commerce are not
sufficient to justify project, the War
Department reports that the pending
proposition for the improvement of
Elk river, authorized by resolu-
ton of the Committee on Rivers and
Harbors, House of Representatives,
adopted August z, 1894, has been
made, and is unfavorable to the
proposal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31

Personal And Social
Items

Miss Shirley Evans Ewing is visit
ing friends in Baltimore.
Miss Helen Beaver, of Oxford, Pa,
was a recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard r. Brown, Sylmar.
Mrs. Thomas Plumley, of Eliza
BEETHOVEN, Pa, is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Asher S. Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Dare,
Alexandria, Va, were weekend
guests at Maple Lawn, the home of
Ralph T. Wilson and family, near
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Beidler, of
Valley Forge, Pa. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Craig, of Gloucester, New
Jersey, were guests of John l..
Stephens, near town, during the
week.
Mrs. Clara Graham, of Buffalo, N.
Y, accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
A. Wayne Knapp of Forestville, N.
Y, spent the weekend with her
daughter, Mrs. Stewart Meade, at the
Rising Sun Hotel.
Chas. S. Pyle, president of the Ma
tional Bank of Rising Sun. and M. E.
Founders, cashier, attended the ses-
sions of the Maryland Bankers AS
ISOLATION, at the Lord Baltimore
Hotel, in Baltimore, on Thursday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
ROBBERS HAUL SAFE AWAY

Entering the American Store at
Perryville, one night las. week, by
cutting out window pane, robbers
rolled the heavy safe out the front
door, loaded it into truck, took it
across the Susquehanna river bridge
to Havre de Grace and blew j: open
at secluded spot along the river.
The robbers secured 5000 ia cash
and $500 in C. o. D. orders and
checks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
CECIL COUNTY HUNT CLUB

The first annual meeting of the
Cecil County Hunt Club will be held
Saturday evening, June 8, at the
home of Arthur Bailey, near Cecil
ton. Officers will be chosen for the
ensuing year, and plans made for the
three-day Fall hunt to be held In
November.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
ORPHANS COURT

Bonds Approved-May A. Deibert,
executrix of Anna T. Holt; Earl
Lloyd, administrator of Joseph W..
Lloyd; Earl Lloyd, administrator of
Susan Lloyd; John P. Cam, Ancil-
larry executor of Ellen Mclaughlin.
Account Passed-Second account
Of The Elkton Banking and Trust
Company, Trustee of Margaret Ban
NOM first and final account of Mary
Elizabeth Davis, executrix of Mary E.
Pierce.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
DORCUS DECLINES Apo DIN T.
MENT OF SCHOOL SUPER
INTENDENT

Edwin S. Dorcus. treasurer OF
Cecil county, who was recently ap-
pointed to the position of Superin-
tendent of Schools of Cecil county by
the Board of Education, has notified
that body that he will not accept the
appointment. Howard T. Ruhl, the
present Superintendent, has filled the
position, for the past eight years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
CARPENTERS POINT GOLF
COURSE

Carpenters Point Golf Course
opened on Saturday, May 25, for the
season. under management of Char
les M. Jackson and R. M. Balders.on,
of Rising Sun.
A special attraction this year will
be the offering of the bathing and
picnlcing facilities for the benefit of
the families of. golfers using the
course. A special green fee PROPOSE
ton is being used in an effort to in
duce more people 20 take up golf.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
LARGE GOVERNMENT ORDER

The Triumph Fusee Company of
Elkton, has been awarded a 100000
order by the Federal Government for
float lights 20 be used by the Navy.
Work ON the order will start as soon
as the orders for Fourth of July are
out of the way. This insures work
all summer at the Fusee Company's
plant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
UNDERGRADUATES CLINICS

DR.. w. A. Budges, of the Maryland
tuberculosis Association, will con-
duct clinics at Cecilton on June 19,
$50 a. m, to noon, in Colored Hall
(colored). and 100 to $500 p. m. in
Episcopal church House (white),
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31
CHILDREN's DAY AT EBENEzER

Children's Day will be observed at
Ebenezer M. E. church on Sunday
evening, June 2, at 1880 O'Clock.
The exercises will be in charge of
the Sunday school, and special pro-
gram that has been prepared will be
given.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31

Mothers used to tell their children
that the bears would get them. Now
they say automobiles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-05-31

A strong-minded man can hold his
tongue; and lots of talk proceeds
merely from weak nerves.
Evening star., 1935-04-05
9TH STREET TRACK
SEEN ABANDONED
Elimination of Those North
of Ninth and K Forecast
in New Order.

Abandonment of the Ninth street
car tracks north of K street was def
nitely forecast today when the Public
Utilities Commission ordered the Cap
ital Transit Co. to make changes at
Ninth and K streets to eliminate the
present straight crossing from North
to South.
At the same time the commission
ordered curves at Ninth street and
Pennsylvania avenue so that cars
bound for the Southeast and Bureau
of Engraving down the Eleventh street
line can be routed over existing tracks
from Eleventh and E streets east to
Ninth and south to Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. This definitely disposed of the
proposal to connect the Eleventh
street tracks to Pennsylvania avenue
tracks at Eleventh street.
Abandonment Ordered.
A few days ago the commission
ordered the abandonment Of tracks on
E street between Eleventh and Four
teenth streets.
The commission directed the COM
pany to double track the present single
track turn in the southeast quadrant
at Ninth and K streets, to make pos
sible the contemplated turning of cars
from K street south into Ninth and
from Ninth street east into K.
Abandonment of the use OF the
Ninth street tracks north of K was
proposed by John A. Beeler and w.
H. Ahearn, special commission con-
sultants; w. B. Bennett of the street
car company, and Fred A. Sager, chief
engineer of the commission. Citizens
association spokesmen had asked the
commission not to order the physical
removal of the Ninth street tracks
above K street on the theory that
actual test of the new system might
show the need of these tracks. It is
the commissions intention to accede to
this request until thorough test has
proved the case.
Cost Estimated at S275,000.
When the Ninth street tracks are
cut off at K street, it was explained,
the Georgia avenue cars will come
down Seventh street to Pennsylvania
avenue and thence to the Wharves,
or some of them could be turned west
at Seventh and K streets and after
passing through the intersection of
Fifteenth street and New York avenue
be sent either to the Potomac Park
region or to Georgetown. They also
could be turned west at Seventh and
K streets to Ninth street and then
be routed south to Pennsylvania
avenue, where they could be turned
either east or west to reach desired
destinations.
The cost of the track changes
ordered today by the commissions Is
estimated roughly at S275,OOO.
Evening star., 1935-04-05
Duty Forces lckes
ToOppose Project
He T,Uice FAVORED
Too Many Jobs Ties His
Hands on Irrigation
Proposal.

Secretary of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes, who heads nearly a score Of
widely divergent Federal activities,
sometimes finds it pretty hard to
reconcile his desires in one public
role with his stern duty in another.
He illustrated the point yesterday
by mentioning one of his present
predicaments.
"a week ago I approved as public
works administrator a $150,000 allot-
ment for a survey of the proposed
Northern mountain water di-
version project in Colorado, intend
ing to drain of water from good
farm land, pipe it over the Rocky
Mountains and use it for irrigation.
"As head also of the Reclamation
Bureau I also approved the project.
But the National Park Service,
of which 7 am also the head, was
not at all in favor of the project, so
in that capacity I had to be opposed
to it. and consequently the project
is held up"
Finding his official hands tied in
this manner, Secretary Ickes has writ
ten to the Geological Survey Of the
Comerce Department to get an opin-
ion. He fears the Department Of
Agriculture might take a hand In
the matter, he said. because the prof.
ect might bring about increased beet
sugar predAetioAs
Evening star., 1935-04-05

81 thought it was police dog at
first" she declared. but soon changed
my mind" Calling to her neighbors.
Mrs. Port spread the news and the
chase was on.
After William caught the loose chain
dragging from around his collar, the
bear turned and bit him. With the
assistance Of his family, he managed
to walk the animal to their garage
nearby and removing two automobiles,
locked him up, Meantime, bruin be-
gan piling up a bill for damages by
tearing out window of the garage.
Police answered neighbors call for
assistance, but the Torneys declined to
give up the hostage.
Just who owns the animal is still a
mystery. but somebody has bill to
pay. Until then Mr. Bear has a new
home and roast beef, not an approved
diet for bears.
Evening star., 1935-04-05
COMMODITY PRICES
SOAR DURING WEEK
Bureau of Statistics Reports In
dex 7lIa Per Cent Higher
Than Last Year.

Wholesale commodity prices scared
on the wings of sharply advancing
food costs last week, the Labor De-
partment's Bureau of Statistics re-
ported yesterday.
The index is higher by 713 per cent
than the corresponding 1884 week,
and 3111s above the index of two years
ago, Statistics Commissioner Isidor
Lubin said.
The wholesale food index, now
81.S. rose per cent over the previous
week. The gain was due mainly to
q 21a per cent increase in butter,
cheese and milk: IL per cent in lard,
pepper and granulated sugar; / per
cent in cereal products, and a small
rise in fruit.
The last week in March found
prices of fuels and lighting materials
fractionally higher. while farm prod
ucts, leather, building materials,
chemicals and drugs were lower.
Evening star., 1935-04-05
So GIFT EN[WENS
SARDO HEARING
Witness for Grandfather
UnWittingIy FroWns on
His Actions.

A difference Of opinion concerning
the advisability of giving S. to an g.
year-old boy today enlivened legal
proceedings brought in District Su-
preme Court by Mrs. Helen Villapiano
to regain custody of her young son.
The boy. Albert J. Sardo, jr.. is now
living with his grandfather. William
H. Sardo, in Chevy Chase, Md.
In testifying to his own fitness to
have custody of the child, the elder
Sardo said he once gave the boy a
S. bill for pocket money.
Bean Testified for Sardo.
A few minutes later. Police Inspec-
tor Thaddeus r. Bean was called as
a character witness for the grand
father. He said Sardo is a man of
good reputation and expressed the
belief he is well suited to bring up
young boy.
Trial Justice Oscar r. Luhring then
asked Bean If he believed it would be
a wise thing to give an 8-year-old boy
IS for spending money. Knowing
nothing of Sardo's testimony, In
spector Bean replied that he would
not approve of doing that.
Sardo said he doesn't want Mrs.
Villapiano to have the child because
"she despised my son and went away
with a man that broke up his home"
Brown Is Called.
The son, Albert j. Sardo. was killed
in an automobile accident last Feb
ruary while driving to New Orleans.
Mai. Ernest w. Brown, superintend-
ent of police, was one OF several other
character witnesses called on behalf
of the elder Sardo.
Mrs. Villapiano, who remarked after
obtaining q divorce from Sardo in
Reno, now lives in Asbury Park, N. j.
She voluntarily surrendered custody
of the child to Sardo in the divorce
case, but contends she is entitled to
have the boy With her since Sardos
dnath. p
Evening star., 1935-04-05
Deaf Mute Pleads
"Not Guilty" When
Brought to.Court
Also Hears $50 or 10
Days" Sentence for
Soliciting Fraud.

A deaf" man heard himself accused
in Police Court today and forgot he
was supposed to be dumb" also.
They had William Atwood up before
Judge Isaac r. Hit on a charge of
soliciting aims from Policeman J. L.
Proctor of the Traffic Bureau.
Atwood, Proctor testified, ap-
preached him in the downtown area
yesterday and with eloquent gestures
handed him a card which said:
Kind friend, am a deaf-mute.
Have just lost my left eye. Please
help me. Thank you"
The thank you' was wasted on
Proctor, who took Atwood to jail. The
policeman and the court supposed At
wood was a deaf mute until q clerk
asked Atwood if he was guilty or not
guilty."
Not guilty!" Atwood said en-
phatically. The court heard Atwood.
and then Atwood himself heard, $40
or 10 days!"
Proctor looked at the one-eyed
deaf mute" and remarked if he
could see as well as he could talk and
hear he ought to know q policeman
the next time he meets one.
Evening star., 1935-04-05
DEATH RATE DROPS
SLIGHTLY IN WEEK
Meningitis Epidemic Continues,
but Health Officials See
No Cause for Alarm.

The death rate among District resi-
dents showed slight decline last
week despite a continuation of the
meningitis epidemic and the preva-
lence of other contagious diseases, &C.
cording to figures compiled by the
Health Department.
There were four deaths and 13 new
cases of meningitis reported, as COM
pared with six deaths and nine new
cases reported the week previous.
Since January l there have been "a
cases of this disease and 27 deaths,
the department added. Last year
there was but one case and one death
for the same period.
Department officials are watching
the situation carefully, but do not
find any cause for alarm.
The death rate for the white popu-
lation last week dropped from 15.5
per 1000 to 14.7, while for the coll
ored residents the rate increased from
26.9 to 27.7, making the rate for all
residents 1873, as compared with 1877
the week previous.