Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-01-18
BALL
PROMISES TO
BE BIG AFFAIR
Special Committees Appointed In
The County And Lists Of
Patrons
AFFAIR WILL BE STAGED
ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 80


vie for the honor of holding the most
| birthday parties to honor President
Franklin D. Roosevelt on the evening
of January 3Oth, hope was expressed
at National Headquarters for the
Birthday Ball for the President that
proceeds from the 1885 celebrations,
which will go toward fighting infan-
tile paralysis, will far exceed the mil
lion dollars raised on the same occas-
ion last year.
Funds this year will be divided, 20
cents of every dollar going toward re-
facilitating victims of the disease in
the communities raising the funds,
the remaining 80 percent to be turned
over to the President for use by the
Birthday Ball Commission for Infan-
tile Paralysis Research, of which Col.
Henry l.. Doherty is chairman.
Every state in the union is repres-
ented in the complete list, which to-
tails more than $500 and is expected
to reach a grand total of more than
5000 before final returns are in. Ha-
waii, the Canal Zone, Alaska and Por-
to Rico will all have parties. Word
from Alaska says that there will be
at least three celebrations, one each
in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Cor
dova. Balboa will hold celebration
in the Canal Zone, Honolulu will be
the scene of Hawaiian party and
San Juan has cabled that it will hold
ball in Porto Rico. Practically every
major city in the nation will hold for
NAL affairs.
From Washington comes word that
labor's participation in the Birthday
Ball will be far ahead Of last year,
with labor organizations all over the
nation holding parties.
The Lions Clubs of Pocomoke City
and Berlin are sponsoring the affair
in Worcester County and it promises
to be far ahead of last year.
Locally, three chairmen have been
named for Worcester County: Ray
mond A. Magee, Berlin; L. Griffin Cal
lahan, Pocomoke City; and DR.. F. S.
Waesche, Snow Hill.
General Treasurer-Eugene P. Mat
thews, Pocomoke City.
General Ticket Agent-James T.
Sturgis, Snow Hill.
The special committees for POGO
moke City are as follows: Entertain
ment Committee: l.. Griffin Callahan,
Chairman, with power to select the
remainder.
Ticket Selling Committee: Harry
! Appleton, Chairman.
Advertising Committee: T. Bryce
Venable, E. P. Matthews, c. w.
Crockett.
Decorating Committee: George S.
Bunting, Chairman.
The patronesses for Pocomoke City
are as follows: Mr.. and Mrs. Ounce
Ashburn, Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey Child,
DR.. and Mrs. E. J. Clarke, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Coffman, Judge and Mrs.
j. M. Crockett, Mr.. and Mrs. Benz.
Dryden, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Paul Ewell,
DR.. and Mrs. R. I. Givens, Mayor and
Mrs. r. V. Gladding, DR.. and Mrs. r.
Lee Hall. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hud-
son, Prof. and Mrs. Verlin c. Kra-
bill, Mr.. and Mrs. Roger w. Lark
ford, Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Lloyd, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles L. Mason, DR.. and
Mrs. Bradford Massey, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. P. Matthews, Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
E. Matthews, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c.
Mears, DIR. and Mrs. ]. T. Mock, DR..
and Mrs. A. A. Parker, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. w. Polk, Mr.. and Mrs. John T.
Riley, Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Robertson,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Robertson, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph A. Ross, DR.. and Mrs.
N. E. Sartorius, Mrs. William FL.
Schoolfield, Mr.. and Mrs. John T.
Smullin, Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Somers,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Sturgis, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. M. Walters, DR.. and Mrs. w.
H. Walters, DR.. and Mrs. F. w. Will
son.
| For Snow Hill-Ticket Sales Com
mittee-Mrs. Norwood Shockley, Will
liam P. Timmons, A. G. Humphreys,
Jr., Henry Caple, Miles Hanna, Jas.
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