Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-04-05
Local and Rural News

DR.. R. Lee Hall spent a part of the
week in Baltimore with his wife and
his son, Master Robert Hall, who is
patient in the Union Memorial Hos
pital.
Mrs. Iona Northam has been elect
ed to represent Crescent Chapter No.
Al o. E. S., at the Grand Chapter
meeting to be held in Baltimore, April
22nd.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Guy and Mr.. and
Mrs. Karl Coulbourne who have been
occupying apartments in the Clarke
house on Second Street have recently
moved to Salisbury.
Fred A. Culver, of Berlin, has been
named Magistrate for the Ninth Elec-
ton District in Worcester County.
Mr.. Culver's appointment was con-
firmed by Governor Nice last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Birmingham
and son, Mrs. Flossie Carmean, and
daughters, of Philadelphia and Mrs.
Mary G. Webb of Crisfield, were en-
tertained over the weekend at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. T. Mason.
Mrs. E. J. Schoolfield and Mrs. G.
&c. Hall have been elected delegates
and Mrs. Bradford Massey and Mrs.
H. C. Gibson, alternates, to attend the
E.. S. District Federation Woman's
Clubs to meet in Snow Hill April "a.
Mr.: and Mrs. Wesley c. Dryden, af-
ter a very pleasant two weeks vaca-
ton here, left Friday for Hastings,
Florida, where Mr.. Dryden will be To-
Gated in the interest of the Atlantic
. Commission Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Gravely and
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Bloxom jointly en-
tertained number of their Maryland
and Virginia friends at bridge Tues
, day night at Ye Acomack Country
Club. Quite a few Pocomoke people
were among the invited guests.
The regular monthly tuberculosis
: Clinic will be held in the County
Health Department, Odd Fellows Hall,
Snow Hill, Monday, April 9th at 10
l a. m. The clinic will be conductd by
, DR.. Steenken of the Eastern Shore
Sanitorium.
{ The twenty-seventh semi-annual
) meeting of the E. S. District Fed
Grafton of Woman's Clubs, embracing
20 clubs, will be held in Snow Hill,
Wednesday, April Gath. Miss Flor
ence Evelyn Monk, Of Greensboro, is
district president.
A regular melting Of Crescent Chap
: ter No. A o. E. S. will be held Mon
: day night, April 9th at 1880 o'clock.
E Following the meeting the April Soc
3 ial Group with Mrs. Clayton T. Davis,
chairman, will entertain with a pro-
gram and refreshments.
{ Mr.. William H. Merrill who has
J. been quite i'll at his home on Laurel
Street was removed Tuesday to the
Church Home Infirmary in Baltimore
> for treatment. He was accompanied
4 by Mrs. Merrill who will remain with
e him.
Friends here of Mrs. j. w. Stowell
, of fredericksburg will regret to learn
!. of her illness in the Easton Hospital.
: Mrs. Stowell underwent major oper-
alton Tuesday morning. Late reports
indicate her condition is satisfactory
? and she is getting along as well as can
be expected.
The following attended the dinner
given Wednesday night at the Whyte
House honoring Mrs. Henry S. Eley
of Suffolk, Va: Mrs. j. K. Lang, Mrs.
N. E. Sartorius, Mrs. C. C. Hall, Mrs.
E. j. Schoolfield, Mrs. Bradford Mas
sey, Mrs. Guy Snow, Mrs. Paul Ewell,
, Mrs. Grady Powell, Mrs. Raymond
Dryden, Mrs. w. w. Holt, Mrs. Ed
mund DeMar, Mrs. Charles Matthews,
Mrs. John T. Riley, Mrs. U. P. Steven
son, Mrs. Colmore Byrd and house
guest, Mrs. Oscar Byrd of Portsmouth.
The dinner was given by the Board of
Directors of the Woman's Club of Po-
comoke City.
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