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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-04-17
POCOMOKE'S OLDEST
RESIDENT DIES AT 90

The oldest resident of this city and
so far as known the Oldest resident
of Worcester County died here April
9th from the infirmities of old age.
She is Mary Ann Wallop, a colored
woman, who was born in Mappsville,
Va, but who has been a resident of
4O3 Oxford Street, this city, for some
years. Her only affliction was blind
ness. She was otherwise sound, ac-
tive and enjoyed good health up until
short time before her death.
She had reached the age of SO
years.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-04-17

Little Miss Barbara Stevenson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Stew
enson, of this city, underwent an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis in the PENN
sula General Hospital in Salisbury
on Saturday last. From latest reports
her condition is satisfactory and her
friends are hoping for her a speedy
return to her home in this city.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-04-17
Services For Sunday
At M. E. Church
lnday School at 10 a. m.

Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Morning Worship at 1900 a. m.
Sermon: "The Best Thing Known
Epworth League at $50 p. m
Leader: Frank MacSorley. Topic:
"Good Habits to Form"
Evening Worship at 1880. Sermon
Theme: "Poor Substitution.
J. w. Wooten, pastor.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-04-17
Services At St. Marys
E piscopal Church

Evening prayer and sermon at st.
Mary's Episcopal Church next Sun
day at 1880 o'clock, Rev. R. B.
Mathews, rector. Public cordially in
vited. Church School at 10 a. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20
WILLIAM HOOD
 DIES IN SOUTH

A radiogram reporting the death
 from heart attack of her father.
 William H. Hood 76, former Wran-
 gell merchant, caused Mrs. w. K.
 Burford to sail last night on the AL
 sska. enroute to Bellingham, Wash ingtong where she will attend to fun
 eral arrangements.
 MT Hood, who was well-known in the Territory, was born Ill London, England and went to Bellingham in the early days of it's existence He
 was engaged in logging operations until 1910, when he moved to Wran-
 gell, and opened confectionery bus mess. Well-known as a merchant, friend to many prominent persons in the territory, and active in civic affairs, Hood remained in Wran-
 gell until age and failing health caused him to close his business and retire to his former home in Bel lingham.
 MT. Hood left no other near rela- tives, except his daughter, Mrs. Bur
 ford
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20
BIG CHEESE ATTRACTS ATTENTION IN MEAT
 COMPANIES WINDOW

It's a big cheese, but it's got the whole town figuring.
 That's the story behind the large round Swiss cheese on display in the show window of the American Meat Company, according to Henry Baman, manager He invites the public to estimate the exact weight of the cheese, which measures ap- proximately 31 inches in diameter MT. Baman would not disclose the depth of the cheese, saying thai window shoppers could determine that for themselves.
 Whoever figures the right weight Will be awarded a choice of onS Frye's Delicious Hams or Bacons MT. Baman said. Sam Paul, of the Gastineau Grocery, operating under the same roof, announced that he will offer a box of candy to the second best figurer.
 The contest is open to all and closes Saturday afternoon at six o'clock, February 29.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20
Robert Henning Ic
 Initiated, Wash U

SEATTLE. Feb. 20.-Robert Hen ming, son of A. w. Henning, City Clerk and Magistrate at Juneau, Alaska, was last night initiated into the Sigma Delta Chi fraternity, the journalistic honorary society at the University of Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20

jed, manager at Omaha in the West ern Association; and Lew Fon- seca, former White Sox manager.
 UBtpireS Attend Glasses, Too
 An umpires' school is run on th.s same campus, with George Barr of the National League as dean of the department
 Doan says he conceived the idea for his school after watching young sters back home in Iowa make an- nual tryout trips to the major camps without success.
 Year after year, I saw these kids, a lot of them with the stuff to make good, go south to try out with major league teams, only to be turned down after an hours try out. In many cases the boy faced by stars he Worshipped almost as gods would be so negvouc that he 1ouldu't even catch 9 oall. And with all the applications for try cuts the club would be able to de- vote only an hour to the boy with the result n most cases that he would be sent back home badly disappointed kid.
 Al tle baseball school, the boy loses his self-consciousness and is better prepared to play his best game
 Doan judges the hopefuls on a strcng arm and fleetnass of foot, believing that if a youngster has these he can be taught the other re- quisites.
 Hitting ability is more valued than fielding he says, but a good fielder can be taught to hit. The secret, of course, is timing"
 Doan halls from Muscatine, Iowa, but Hot Springs has claimed him as an h,Aorary citizen since he started his spring instruction cours- es here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20
HIGH SCHOOL
 CACERS WILL
 VIE TONIGHT
Game Starts Early to Allow Basketball Fans to At-
 tend Silver Night

Starting early, so as to allow basketball fans also to attend Sil- yer Night at the local theatres, the fifth and deciding games of the Juneau-Douglas basketball series will be played at 7:30 o'clock in the J-Hi gymnasium this evening.
 This final fray will decide upon which side of Gastineau Channel the championship will rest for the remainder of the sports year.
 A short preliminary game be- tween the Juneau reserves and D. His thirdstring will start at sev- en o'clock.
 The Juneau School Band, direct ed by Byron Miller, will be out to support the Scarlet and Black. The cheer leaders will also be there to lead the students in yells.
 Paul Johnson and Lloyd "Kinky'' Bayers will referee the game.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20
SAM DUB|N, OF
 WISEMAN, OFF
 ON TRIP SOUTH
Placer Miners of District Prospering Radio
 Station Is Needed

Sam Dublin. proprietor Of a gen. eral store and trading post at Wise man. and Mrs. Dublin are passeng- CTS aboard the Alaska enroute to Seattle where he will enter the Virginia Mason Hospital for treat ment of his eyes.
 MT. Dublin stated that placer miners in the WiSeman district are prospering, and stressed the need for radio operator at that point The Signal Corps radio station at Wiseman was discontinued some time ago, he said, but the buildings end equipment have been kept in repair by local subscription. How ever, no operator is available.
 A majority of passenger and per ishable freight transportation to Wisemen is by airplane, MT. Dublin said, and establishment of a ra- dio station there would assist ma terially in development of the coun- try.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20
CARD PARTY HELD
 TOMORROW EVENING

4 public card party, to be spon- sored by the Ladies Altar Society of the Catholic Church of the Nativity, will be held tomorrow evening in She Parish Hall. according to an- nouncement today by Mrs G. H Walmsley.
 Other members of the committee in-charge are Mrs. H. E. Wander Leest, Mrs. Frank Johnson, and Mrs. A. M Geyer.
 Bridge, pinochle and whist will be played, and prizes awarded in each division. The public is cordially m- vited to attend. SHOP IN JUNEAU. EfRSCt
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20

Everett Novel;, representative of Blake, Moffitt ana Towne, left on the Alaska for Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20

An old slave market still stands at Louisville, Ga.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20
INTERIOR PRISONERS
 BEING TAKEN SOUTH

Deputy U. s. Marshal J. J. Buck ley and two guards, J. H. Vance and V. Kern, are passengers aboard the Alaska enroute from Fairbanks to the States with three prisoners, Paul Ouillette, w. H. Lehman, and s. Christensen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20
MRS. MULVIHILL
 WILL BE HOSTESS

Mrs, " M. Mulvihill will be hos tess. tomorrow afternon at two thirty o'clock, to the Trinity Guild, meeting in Trinity Hall for its regular session, according to an nouncement this morning by Hrs. c. E. Rice.
 All members and other interested persons of the congregation are welcome to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20
JOHN HALM LEAVES
 FOR MONTHS TRIP

John Hahn, assistant manager of the Columbia Lumber Company, sailed on the Alaska for months vacation trip to Pacific Coast cities, where he will visit with friends and relatives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20
Big-League Faculty WilI Instruct
 Arkansas BasebaU Kinder garten'
By R. HENDRIX CHANDLER

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb. 20- Something ought to be done about the tagging interest" of high school and college men in baseball, says Ray Doan, professional baseball mentor, who personally favors ma jor league subsidies for these in stitutions
 DOan operates an annual spring training" school here devoted wholly to baseball and while he believes this is productive of new talent, the "far-reaching answer" he says, lies in restoration of the pastime on prep and higher educational cam pUses.
 It would be a mighty fine thing if both American and National leagues would set aside. say S200,- 900 annually, to assist the high schools and the colleges in restor- ing baseball to their sports pro- grams he suggests.
 Turning To Kitten- BaH'
 The kids are turnino to kitten ball, and the number of youngsters who come up each year for trials is falling off considerably. The real reason they're playing kitten ball is there aren't any places to play baseball like there used to be. The kids of this country never will lose their interest in the national pas time"
 Doan this month opens his own fourth annual baseball Kindergarten here with a big-name faculty from the majors, a host of youngsters from other parts of the country as students and all the lessons devos- ed to the intricacies of the diamond. Sixty-five matriculated the first year. and 364 in 1885 Doan figures on more than 300 students this spring. The average age is l3.
 "There's not one of them who doesn't come down with the idea that he's another Babe Ruth or Dizzy Dean" Doan chuckies, but we don't encourage them in this All the instructors are perfectly frank with the kids. If they have mt got the stuff, we tell them so and advise them to go into another business"
 The teachers, who instruct and appraise, this year include Rogers Hornsby, manager of the St. Louis Browns; George Sisler, former St Louis Browns first-sacker; Johnny
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20

Mostil, former White Sox outfield- CT. now manager at Eau Claire, Wis; E. H. (Dutch) Zwilling, Kan sas City Blues manager; Burleigh Grimes. of the Louisville Colonels;
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-20

Lou Warneke, pride of Mt Ada
 Ark, and the Chicago Cubs; Iris Speaker, the old Cleveland utfield- CT; Lynwood (Schoolboy) Rowe Detroit pitching ace; Hank Sever
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
FORMER RESIDENT
 KILLED IN CRASH
Jude E. Lefevre Dies Fol- lowing Accident on Riv-
 erside Drive, N. Y.

Funeral services will be held here tomorrow afternoon for Jude E. Lefevre. 62. of Bethel. a former res- ident of this city, who was fatally injured Thursday in an auto acci- dent on Riverside Drive. New York. He died few hours after the crash at Vanderbilt Clinic. His son, Paul, 26. also passenger in a car driven by Davis McGee of Danbury, escap- ed with minor injuries.
 MT. Lefevre was a resident of this city and an employe of the Water bury Clock Co. for many years. He left this city to make his home in Waltham, Mass. For the past five years he had lived in Bethel.
 Surviving are his wife, Nellie Porter Lefevre: Q son, Paul, both of Bethel; a brother, Paul, of New York: and 0 sister, Mrs. Chester Leighton, of Amherst, Mass.
 Services will be held at 2:S0 to- morrow afternoon at the Clark funeral home. 20 State street. Rev, Dr. James '. Gregg will ofiiciate, Burial will be in old Pine Grove cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

Officers of the recently organized known to favor such district court system. In fact, 1t is one of his pet ideas. Under the measure he would have tkc power of nominating the judges of the thirty-six courts.
 Local District
 Waterbury would be the seat of one of the districts, according to the bill now being prepared. It is understood that the Waterbury district court would take in Middle bury, Wolcott, Prospect and Naug- atuck.
 At the present time the legisla- ture ncminates and elects the judges of the various minor courts. Therefore, opposition is expected to the district court bill from the re- publicans once more because it will throw many favorites of the past out of their jobs. Also, the republi- cans in the house will oppose any attempt to give Governor Cross an opportunity to- do the nominating of the judges. Support Governor Although he is, himself, judge in a minor court, Senator Raymond J. Devlin of New Haven, who vii be senate chairman of the powerful judiciary committee that will con- slider the bill, will support the gov. ernor's district court plan, it is re- liably understood. Senator Devlin is a judge in the New Haven police court. One of the strong opponents to the proposed system, Senator Joseph P. Cooney, will not go or the judiciary committee, it is un. derstood. Neither will Senator Will liam Hagearty of New Britain, al ally of Senator Cooney's.
 Conference Expected
 Senator Joseph H. Lawlor, a! president pro tempore of the sen. ate, will do the naming of the var. ious legislative committees. He i expected to confer with Governor Cross shortly on the makeup O the committees and it is expected that the governors influence wil be strongly asserted when the slate are announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

In all the health departments school nurses carried out POI, 800 tn- spections in the schools during the year and conducted 35,515 consult tations. They assisted in 18,o31 eye examinations and out of this total found 2,230 youngsters suffering from defective vision.
 First Aid
 First aid treatments were given 1,076 children during the year. Many school children were referred to their doctors or the dispensary. The children referred were: den- tists, 2,294; own physician, 497; dis pensary, SIS. The nurses made 6,f09 home visits and weighed and meas ured 2,157 children.
 The twelve nurses of the health department who during the past year have conducted the various ex- aminations in the schools were most highly praised for their efficient work today by Dr. Godfrey. The nurses are Missese Mary Bowling, Anne Derwin, Mary Grady, Amelia Gumpper, Mary Kinnane, Nellie Kenney, Mary Monagan, Julia Quill, Agnes Sheehy, Anne Shea, Bessie Shea and Isabelle Wilson.
 Open Air School
 In addition to the above work the twelve nurses conducted exam nations at the open air school and gave baths in cod liver oil to the children and assisted the school medical doctors in physical exam nations, vaccinations, diphtheria immunization work, pre-school clin- ic work and high school examina- tions.
 Included in the welfare work of the nurses were inspections of cases quarantined and released, totalling 240. They also aided in taking 47 diphtheria cultures, conducted 40 home Investigations, made 2,253 routine home visits and delivered 691 birth certificates.
 In the veneral disease clinic the nurses spent 719 1-2 hours and their follow-up work was as fol- lows: Patients to return to clinic, 135; patients not located but sought, 39; patients moved and also sought, 26; visits to locate, 60; referred to own doctors, 5. In all, they made SIS visits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
CITY INSTALLS
 SIGNAL BOXES
New Police Equipment Is Functioning Satisfacto-
 rily; Closer Contacts

Installation of new police signal boxes all over the city has been completed and the new apparatus is now in operation, in conjunction with the recently installed new switchboard at police headquarters. The new equipment has been found to work perfectly and enables much closer touch between head quarters and the policemen patrol ling beat.
 The new switchboard, installed several weeks ago, is of the most modern type. It records each ring in" automatically, and enables much quicker contact between the operator at headquarters and the street patrolman.
 As soon as the switchboard had been installed, the work of setting up the new call-boxes to replace
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

rectly from the great French Casino in New York city. Prior to his en- gagement at the Casino, Don was featured for quite a spell at the fashionable Hotel Astor. The orches- tra is comprised of twelve versa tile musicians presenting a variety of entertainment featuring a glee club, quartet, trio, and individual vocalists with. special novelty ma terial. During their Penthouse Serenade" broadcasts, Don Mario and his men were current hits at both the Ambassador and Roosevelt hotels in Los Angeles. Dancing at the Hamilton park pavilion gets url- derway at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow night and is continuous until mid- night. Parking is free.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
WATERBURY MEN 1 HURT IN CRASH
Charles Ryan and George Garrity Injured as Car
 Hits Bridge

Torrington, Dec. 12-Two persons were injured in five motor accidents in this vicinity during the past 24 hours.
 Charles H. Ryan, "A Central ave- nue, Waterbury, received cut on the head, which required eight stitches, and a sprained ankle when car in which he was riding struck the East LitchHeld bridge at 2:10 yesterday morning. Other passen- gers in the car were George Gar rity, .151 South street, Waterbury, who was driving the machine; Le- man Bronson of Watertown, and Edwin Tergson of New Milford. Ryan was treated for his injuries at the local police station by Dr. w. c. Kennedy. Officer Michael Considine investigated.
 Nelson O. Davidson, Chapel street, Woodmont, is patient at the Char lotte Hungerford hospital as a re- suit of injuries received when his car skidded and struck the abut- ment on the southwest side of the same bridge as reported in the above accident. The accident oc- cured yesterday afternoon at about o'clock as he was driving south. The impact turned the car com- pletely around, breaking the right rear wheel and damaging the rear end. He was taken to the hospital in the Red Cross ambulance. Lieu tenant Harry Copley and Earl A. Bierce investigated.
 Walstine Lounsbury, RF. D. No. 1, Torrington, is expected to be ar raigned in city court this morning on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Lounsbury, driving a car owned by His mother, Mrs. Lucy LounSbury, R. F.. D. No. 1, West Goshen, was involved in an accident early this morning with a car operated by AL fred J. Mottalalini of Bantam. According to the police report, Lounsbury was travelling north on Main street at the rotary and cut in front of a car travelling south, hitting the other machine in the right front fender.
 A parked car owned by Kathryn Willard of Bantam was released in some manner on City Hall avenue at 6:30 yesterday evening, and ] crossed the street, crashing into another parked machine owned by Joseph B. Stull, of 232 Mckinley street. The left rear fender of the Stull machine was damaged.
 Officer Earl Bierce investigated. A big milk truck owned by Fern wood Farms, 34 Eaglewood street Waterbury, and driven by Ronald Walker, 32. of 1876 East Main street. Waterbury, knocked down two large trees near Aunt Mary's inn, Thomaston road, yesterday morning at about 7:45. The truck, travelling north. went out of con- trol when the steering rod suddenly broke adn after hitting the trees, went up an embankment. The driver escaped injury and load of milk was soon transferred to other trucks. Constable Joseph Pregno made the investigation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

Dr. Henry J. Stettbacher of this city has been designated to rep present the Waterbury health de- partment at conference in Washington, D. C., late this month sponsored by the United States Public Health service. Health Of- ficer Dr. E. J. Godfrey selected Dr. Stettbacher as this city's repre- sentative.
 The conference will be on ve- nereal disease control work. Doc tors from every part of the cOun- try will be present at the session, which will open December 28 and close December 30.
 Dr. Stettbacher at the present time is in charge of the city's G. U. clinic. The clinic is located in the Chase dispensary building. He contributes his services and receives no remuneration from the city of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
NelDLy Organized Legion Post Holds
 Joint Installation Ceremonies Tomorro1v
Springfield Posts Officers to Officiate at Exercises
 in VIZ. w. Hall

Officers of he recently organized Canadian Legion post No. 94 and of the post auxiliary will be for- mally installed tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock in the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall on Bank street. Harry McLeary, adjutant, will be in charge of the installation. Fol- lowing the ceremony a short ad- dress will be delivered by Reverend Michael Curry of New Haven.
 Visitors Expected
 Assisting in the installation will be the officers from post No. 60 from Springfield, Mass. In addition to these delegates there will be wis., itors from all parts of the state, from Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island.
 Officers of the post to be installed are: Commander, Duncan Rose; 1st vice-commander, Edward B. Peters; 2nd vice-commander, Clifford Nich- ols; adjutant and financial secre- tary, Reginald H. Lawrence; treas urer, Thomas Dimock; chaplain, John Alexander; sergeant-at-arms Harry White; orderly, George Ar mour, color bearers, Alphonse Mar cotte and Ashland Wright; pension officer, William Millick.
 Officers of Auxiliary
 Officers of the auxiliary are listed as follows: president, Mrs. Edward B. Peter: 1st vice-president, Mrs John Ring; End vice-president, Mrs Robert Sprano; chaplain, Mrs. John DeVito; secretary, Mrs. Harry White; treasurer, Mrs. Reginald Lawrence; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs Duncan Rose; historian, Mrs. Will liam Millick; color bearers, Mrs Ashland Wright and Mrs. Mary Duley.