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Evening star., 1936-06-23
WEATHER "S|GNS"
HELD HUMbUGS
Or. Humphreys ExpIodes
Misconception in Ad-'
dress to Al.

Popular superstitions and miscon-
ceptions about the weather were de-
scribed as "humbuggery" by DR.. w. j.
Humphreys. collaboration Of the
United States Weather Bureau and
retired editor Of the Monthly Weather
Review, in a speech today before $50
young men and women attending the
annual All Club encampment here.
DR.. Humphreys, author Of many
books on the weather, scoffed at ef-
forts to prevent or create rain by ar
tificial methods and exploded sew
eral old beliefs which are still held
to a certain degree in rural areas.
For example" said the weather
authority, I'VE will take the radio.
When 1t has been very dry for some
weeks 1t is believed that the radio
waves are responsible because they
burn up the moisture. If rain is
prolonged, you hear the story that
the radio is creating rain by con-
sending the moisture. Radio has
nothing to do with the weather in
either case.
Planting NOT Anecte0.
There also Is prevalent" he con-
tinued, "the belief that potatoes must
be planted In the darkness Of the
moon and corn in the light of the
moon, but to tell the truth, it is diff
cult for these believers to differentiate
between the darkness and light Of
the moon"
DR.. Humphreys cited passages in
Longfellow's "Evangeline" referring
to the bees storing an extra supply
Of honey and the foxes growing a
heavier coat Of fur because a hard
Winter was coming.
"Longfellow wrote beautiful
poem" he declared. "but there was
no scientific basis for the conclusions
he drew with regard to the bees and
the foxes"
All Educational Tour.
Today's educational tour for the
All delegates, who will adjourn their
one week session tomorrow, was to
include Washington Cathedral and
the Smithsonian Institution. They
will attend party at the United
States Chamber Of Commerce Build
ing at 8 pm.
The youth groups Of Washington,
including the Girl Reserves, Boys
Clubs Of Washington. lexington
Players, Police Boys Club, Wash
ington Community Players. Potomac
Avenue Playground group and the
Georgetown Girls Club, presented
a special program last night at the
Sylvan Theater for the All dele
gates. Miss Sybil Baker, director OF
Fairgrounds, was chairman of en-
tertainment. Music was furnished
by the Department Of Agriculture
Orchestra.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
Two RadiOChai1,s
Plan Broadcast
At Big Meadows
Roosevelt Chief Speaker
at Park Dedication
July 3.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, June 23-Two
Nationwide radio hook-ups will
broadcast theSdedication exercises for
the Shenandoah National Park on
July 3 at Big Meadows, Wilbur C.
Hall, chairman of the Conservation
and Development Commission, an
nounced.
He announced that arrangements
were completed with the National
Broadcasting Co. and the Columbia
Broadcasting Co. by telephone confer
ences with Is officials scattered
throughout the country
President Roosevelt will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the exercises.
Thousands of feet of wire will have
10 be laid from Big Meadows to the
nearest telephone line in order that
the program may be carried on the
air, Hall said.
He will confer today at Big Meadows
with Col. j. P. Barney of the SC
Corps Area headquarters, Baltimore;
Col. Startling of the United States
Secret Service, John Q. Rhodes. State
director Of motor vehicles; Oliver G
Taylor of the National Park Service
and j. T. Lassiter, superintendent of
the park, on further details for the
dedication.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
COL. ALLEN RUTHERFORD
TO RETIRE FROM ARMY
Request Granted, Effective Sep.
tember 3O-oficer Was Rifle
Team Member.

Col. Allen Rutherford, native OF
Gaithersburg, Md, will be retired from
the Army on September 80 at his own
request.
A graduate Of West Point, the In
fantry School and the Command and
General Staff School, he has been
on active duty In Baltimore for the
last eight years.
Col. Rutherford several times has
been a member of the United States
Infantry rifle team in the national
matches and Is carried on the rolls
as an expert marksman. He will make
his home in Baltimore on compile
ton OF three months leave.
Evening star., 1936-06-23

trict, which upheld an order of the
Secretary Of War forbidding the
project.
A permit for the club to fill in 400
acres Of swamp land was granted in
1925, but in 1881 it was revoked on
grounds 1t would obstruct navigation.
The club claimed 1t already had
spent $144,105 In preparing to build
the island. and that its construction
would in no way interfere with navi-
cation. Fifteen artificial islands
already have been built in the bay
ard adjoining waters, IL contended.
Evening star., 1936-06-23

department sent in 2,135 cards, bring
ing the total to 844.085.
H. L. Plummer. assistant national
adjutant in charge of membership,
predicted this years quota Of 895, 1851
members will soon be surpassed.
The Legion Auxiliary already has
passed its 1895 quota of 395, ,O09 men,
bers and today reported 400,o39 In
8,807 units.
The sons Of the American Legion re-
ported a national membership for this
year Of 30,350 as compared with 24,ss1
at this time last year.
Evening star., 1936-06-23

Member of the General Board
OF the Navy, tDho 1Das to lenue
Washington this afternoon
for Lakehurst, N. j., tDhere he
1DiH start tonight on a round
trip flight bet1Oeen the United
States and Germany OF: the
Hindenburg. Assigned to
study airShip operations for
the Many, he tUiu be 1ccompa-
MED By Lieut.. w. E. thinner
man, inspector of naDal air.
craft at the Goodyear Zeppe-
lin Corp. plant at Akron, Ohio,
and Lieut.. II. g. D. Eur
n,uehlen, pho Is under in
Struction at the Naval Air
Station, LakehurSt.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
First Thermometer Marked.

The first thermometer was used
simply to indicate how hot or cold a
body was, and the freezing point Of
water, now 80 degrees Fahrenheit. was
naturally thought of as one of the
salient features of temperatures and so
marked on the thermometer. Other
points were also marked, IS degrees as
temperate, rs, as Summer heat and
98.4, as blood heat.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
LEGION MEMBERSHIP
EXCEEDS 1885 BY 1890
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 23.-The
American Legion 1885 enrolment has
topped by 1,230 the membership figures
of last year, it was announced yester-
day as national headquarters.
The membership figure Of last year
was surpassed when the Pennsylvania
Evening star., 1936-06-23
RIGHT TO BUILD ISLAND
FOR RACE TRACK URGED
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
The Miami Beach Jockey Club
asked the Supreme Court yesterday to
authorize construction OF an artificial
island and race track near Biscayne
Bay, fashionable Florida resort.
The GLIB appealed from a ruling
Of the Court of Appeals for the dis
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09
GOOD RESPONSE TO
HOSPITAL BIG DRIVE

Qualification at the response be-
ing made to the Peninsula General
Hospitals campaign for at least
$4,000 has been expressed by I. L..
Benjamin, chairman of the hospital
drive committee.
Advance contributions before the
formal opening of the campaign Mon
day, brought over a fourth of the goal,
and funds received Monday swelled
the amount to $3,333.45.
The entire area served by the hos
pital, including Wicomico, Worcester,
Somerset and Sussex, (DeI counties
has been responding intellectually
to the appeal for aid, Mr.. Benjamin
said.
Flying squadrons of volunteer work
ers, accompanied by sound trucks, are
using Salisbury as base from which
to make trips into all communities in
the four counties.
The hospital is seeking to raise at
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09

o'clock at Remson M. E. Church. after
which he held the Quarterly Confer
ence.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Reid and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred H. Burroughs and
daughter, Miss Rachel Burroughs Wis
tied the storm ruins of Ocean City
last Sunday afternoon.
Miss Dorothy Ward who is holding
a position with the Duncan Brothers,
of Pocomoke City is staying at home
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Grow
or Ward.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Reid and daugh-
ter, Miss Pearle Reid were visitors
to Pocomoke City last Sunday even
ing and Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Bum and
son, Jimmy were visitors to ASA
woman, Va.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09
SEPT. STORM
MAKES A DENT
IN AVERAGES
School Attendance Not Up To
The Standard Set In Sep
TENDER 1885
ONLY ONE GROUP
SHOWS BETTER RANKING

School attendance report for Septem-
Der, the first month of the scholastic
year 1936-1937, showed a slight fall
ing off from what it was during the
same month of 1885, this being due
to the storm of September 18, accord
ing to the statement of Mrs. Lucy
Stage Pilchard, Attendance Officer.
The general average for the high
schools for September was 93.2 as
against 94.4 for last year. Snow Hill
leads this year with mark of $50;
Ocean City, 95.7; Pocomoke City, 94.6;
Stockton, 92.3; and Berlin, 90.1. Ocean
City was the only school to show a
higher average over that of 1885,
which was 95.2.
Pocomoke B leads the Graded
Schools with rank of $50; Ocean
City, 93.1; Snow Hill B, 93.1; Snow
Hill A, GIT; Berlin B, GIG; POGO
moke A, Ola; Stockton, Gil; Berlin,
A, 9O.5; Bishopville, 1872. Only three
schools in this group exceeded the
1885 mark: Pocomoke B, Snow Hill
B, and Bishopville. The general aver
age was 92.1 as against 92.8 for 1885.
Of the two-teacher schools, Girdle-
tree leads with 91.5; Newark, SS.9;
Atkinson, 87.6; and Whaleyville. 81.
All these schools, except Newark, fell
below the 1885 averages and the gen.
eral average was 1875 as compared
with 9O.1 for 1885.
st. Martin leads the one-teacher
schools with 94.7; Shovel, 92.5; Lib
ertytown's report not being avail
able.
Pocomoke leads the colored high
schools with 96.3; Berlin, SO; and
Snow Hill, 1919. All these schools fell
below the 1885 record, as the general
average for 1885, 97.S, as against 90
for 1886 will reveal. Of the 20 col
ored schools in the county, only four
exceeded the 1885 record: the ele-
mentary schools, Curtis, Mt Wesley,
St. James, and Friendship. The gen
eral average, of course fell off: high
schools, 92.8; for 1885, 97.6. Elemen-
tary schools, S6.8; for 1885, SO.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09
SUBJECT in CHURCHES
OF CHRIST SCIENTIST

care Sin, Disease, and Death
Real?" will be the subject of the Les
son-Sermon in all Churches of Christ.
Scientist, on Sunday, October II.
The Golden Text will be from Jas.
AT, 8-"Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you. Draw nigh to God,
and he will draw nigh to you"
Among the citations comprising the
Lesson Sermon will be the following
from the Bible-Matt. 12:22-"Then
was brought unto him one that was
possessed with a devil, blind, and
dumb; and he healed him, insomuch
that the blind and dumb both spake
and saw"
The Lesson-Sermon also will include
the following passage from the Christ
ian Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures, u
by Mary Baker Eddy, page 400-"The
action of so-called mortal mind must
be destroyed by the divine Mind to
bring us the harmony of being. With
out divine control there is discord
manifest as sin, sickness, and DEATH
Services: Sunday, II a. M, Odd Eel
lows Hall, Pocomoke City.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09
AN EXPLANATION

In the issue of "The Democrat, of
date September %, there appeared in
its columns an article relative to the
rough condition of certain streets in
this city, due to laying of pipes and
subsequent settling of the filling
thrown in the trenches afterwards.
These trenches were made by the
City Corporation and also by the Eas-
tern Shore Gas Company, and, in the
article, referred to, there was sug-
gestion of criticism of both the Cor
poration and the Company, arising
from the fact that these trenches had
been allwed to remain so long in dis
repair.
In recent interview with repres-
entative of the Gas Company, it was
explained that, by an agreement with
the City authorities, the company had
been relieved of all responsibility in
the repair of the streets in question,
and, the fault, if any, lay with the
Corporation. Thus, "The Democrat
is glad to publish, as this paper does
not desire, even in humorous way, to
misrepresent any individual, corpora
ton or institution.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09

least $4,000 to reduce a $4,000 in
debtedness which has accumulated ov-
er long period. A large part of
the indebtedness is represented by
the annual deficit built up by the
large number of free patients treat
ed each year from every county in
the lower Shore area.
Ministers, business houses, and
newspapers are cooperating in giving
the drive momentum. Announcements
have been made from several of the
pulpits of the churches. Business
houses have contributed supplies and
services. Newspapers and printers
have given free advertising space,
news articles, stationery and printed
matter.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09

His body lies where the breezes from
the Pocomoke can induce the trees to
sing a requiem over his mortal re-
mains-the river in whose waters he
disported, often, maybe, at the ex-
pense of his school attendance average
and in contempt of parental objection,
in this, no better and no worse than
the writer.
shall miss him, no matter whether
our meetings in life had been few or
frequent. I know he has passed into
the Beyond, and his departure leaves
one more vacancy in the ranks Of
those who shared my youthful joys
end sorrows; and the fact that am
left looking in the faces Of few whose
experience dates back to those years,
reminds me that All men are mortal.
"Resquiat in pace"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09
SPECIAL SERVICES AT
LOCAL TABERNACLE

Pastor Maurice Spencer announces
that there will be special service at
the Glad Tidings Tabernacle, 7th at
Walnut Street, Sunday night, October
II.
The special feature of the evening
service will be the unwilling of an oil
painting LIZ by feet entitled, "The
Good Shepherd The picture has
just been completed by Miss Erma
Knabenshue, of Grafton, w. Va, who
is a we'll known artist of that city,
and specializes in paintings for
churches.
During the unwilling the tabernacle
male trio will render vocal selection.
Mr.. Spencer will bring sermon fit
ting the picture title. Everyone is
cordially invited.
The regular services are as fol-
lows: Sunday School 10 a. M; Morn
ing Worship, II a. M; Evangelistic
service, 7:45 p. M; Tuesday night
worship, 7:45 p. M; Thursday night
Bible study, 7:45 P. M.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09

Mrs. Allen D. Merrill has been ill
at her home on Walnut st.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09
Melbourne

Mr.. George Tilghman of Long Is
land, N. Y, is spending day fur
Tough with his wife, of Melbourne.
Miss Pearle Reid entertained at a
six o'clock supper last Saturday even
ing in honor of her mother, Mrs. E. J..
Reid's 9th birthday, October 3rd.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. E..
]. Reid and Mr.. and Mrs. Pettigrew
B. Bum and son, Jimmy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred H. Burroughs and daugh-
ter, Miss Rachel Burroughs, of ASA
woman, Va, and Mr.. Joseph Richard
son Of Stockton. Mrs. Reid received
many nice and useful gifts. We wish
her many more happy birthdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H. Burroughs
and daughter, Miss Rachel Burroughs
of Assawoman, Va, spent the week
end with Mrs. Burroughs parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Reid.
There will be Sunday School next
Sunday morning at the usual hour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pettigrew B. Bum,
entertained last Sunday at a 1 o'clock
birthday diner, in honor of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Reid. their birth
days being on October 3rd and Oc-
tober 3rd. Those present were Mr..
and Mrs. E. J. Reid and daughter,
Miss Pearle Reid and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Burroughs and daughter, Rach-
ell, of Assawoman and Mrs. George
Reid and daughters, Misses Eleanor
and Barbara Reid of Stockton.
Mrs. George Reid and daughters,
Misses Eleanor and Barbara spent
Sunday afternoon with her mother,
Mrs. Allison P. Payne.
Our District Superintendent, Rev.
John Bunting, of Salisbury, held the
afternoon services last Suday at 8
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09

I remember Jeff as one of my boy
hood friends and playmates. And all
along the years that have slipped
from our life's tenure, there has nev-
er been a rift in the pleasant rela-
tons that began three score years
ago. True, our fates did not lead us
down the same avenues of time, but
in the decades that came and then
passed into history, whenever our
paths did cross, there was always a
surge of memories that deluged us
with innumerable instances of the
happy days, long gone by but still re-
dolent of youthful enthusiasm. We
were born in the same town-and we
played ball together; what stronger
links could be welded in the chains of
friendship.
Jeff has gone the way of all flesh,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09
GROWERS URGED
TO PLOW TOMATO
LAND THIS FALL
Experiments Have Shown That
Diseases Live On Vines
Throughout The Winter

In order to reduce losses in the
State from leaf spot and early blight,
where soil conditions permit, grow
ers are urged to pillow tomato land
this fall or during the early part of
the winter. Experiments have shown
that both of these diseases, which
rank among the most destructive, live
over the winter on weed stems, leaves
and old tomato vines and they also
pave the way for sun scald and var
ious fruit rots, according to Herman
A. Hunter, Canning Crops Specialist
from the University of Maryland
Extension Service.
The diseases may appear on the
leaves while the plants are still in
the seed bed. There is usually no
appreciate damage until the middle
or latter part of the picking season,
at which time blighting or falling of
leaves signifies their presence. The
fungi or molds causing these diseases
are similar to ordinary bread mold
and are blown from one field to an
other, spreading the disease irrespec-
tive of control measures.
Fall or winter blowing will usually
delay the appearance of the diseases
and thus give the plants a chance to
set and mature goodly portion of
fruit before the leaves become in
fected. Mr.. Hunter advises using a
pillow with wellcurved moldboard
and equipped with a rolling Golfer, a
Jointer and weed hook or chain.
Fall blowing should apply to the
bed as we'll as the field, it is empha-
sized by Mr.. Hunter. Earliest infec-
tions cause the greatest injury. The
early blight organism also causes the
stem diseases known as collar rot OF
black stem. In addition, it is advised
to spray the plants in the bed, treat
the seed and change the location of
the seed bed from year to year to re-
duce trouble in this direction.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09
BALTIMORE JR.
ASSOCIATION
ARE SPONSORS
Commercial Body Has Arranged
An Interesting Program
Of Foot Ball
GAMES TO BE STAGED
IN THE BIG STADIUM

The Football Rally sponsored by
the Baltimore Junior Association OF
Commerce last week was the "kick-
off" of the Baltimore football season
at the big Municipal Stadium. The
real kickoff will be when Yale comes
down with her thousands of Yankee
rooters for the Inauguration of new
series of games with the U. S. Naval
Academy. The game will take place
on Saturday, October II, at Baltimore
and indications are that good crowd
will turn out for the spectacle.
At the Rally, which was featured
by the dining of the mascots of Navy,
Yale, Maryland and Notre Dame, the
caches of all the Maryland colleges
were introduced and had the oppor-
tunity of revealing what they thought
the season promised for their particu-
lar teams. From the expressions
voiced then the people of this State
can look forward to an interesting
season of collegiate sport.
Perhaps the most significant state
mant made at the dinner was that OF
Captain R. C. Giffen, Director of Ath-
letics at the Naval Academy. He an
nounced that Admiral David F. Sell
lers, Superintendent of the Academy,
would consider all games played in the
Baltimore Stadium as "home games"
This means that the middies' pres
ence at the Yale game on October II
and the Notra Dame on November z
would not be counted as leaving the
Academy grounds. The announce
ment was greeted with considerable
jubilation as this particular subject
has been deliberated upon time and
again by the authorities at the insti-
tuition on the Severn and it is really
a feather in the hat of the Baltimore
groups promoting the college football
games in the Municipal Stadium.
In addition to the two Navy games
at the Baltimore Stadium, the follow
ing are schedules: Western Maryland
VS. St. Mary's of Texas; Quantico Ma
rines VS. Baltimore Firemen; Balti-
more City College VS. Baltimore Poly
technic Institute; University of Mary
land VS. Westinghouse, and the eli
max of Maryland football-University
of Maryland VS. Western Maryland.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09
CHIRPS
CONTINUED From Page u

\ConClnueo from rage u
could toss a curve. That was in the
days when such pitching was in its
infancy, and there were many skeptics
as to anybody's ability to deflect a
ball from a straight line on it's way
from the pitchers slab to the batter's
box. But Jeff demonstrated beyond
denial that he could do that very
thing, and the Pocomoke Club at once,
saw itself as the wonder organization
in these diggin's. hesitate to tell of
his first experience before some hefty
stick men. ode Mortuis nil nisi bo-
num-"
But apart from the sporting aspect,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-09

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bennett and
children, of Ocean City, were week
end visitors of Mrs. J. Harry Young.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-05-07
Stockport

VIM. Mcpherson and family have
moved to Garfield, where Mr.. Nc
Pherson will be employed on the
experiment farm at that place.
Harold LeFavor, Glouster, spent
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. R. w.
Dewitt The Friendly class of the
M. P. Sunday school met Monday
night with Mr.. and Mrs. James
Trout. Mrs. Lucille Barnes assist
ed in serving. Mrs. H. H. Choguill
has returned to Columbus, after
spending the week end at her home
here.--W. j. Blatt Of Dresden visit
ed over the week end with his son
and daughter-in-law, Supt. and Mrs.
j. E. Blatt. Mrs. Philomenia Schaad
and family were Sunday visitors of
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Offenbacher, near
LOWELL Mrs. G.. G.. Stoneburner
and Mrs. N. H. Hawkins We're guests
over the week end, of their daugh-
ters, Misses Ruth Stoneburner and
Lauribel Hawkins, students at O..
u, Athens. Miss Helen Schaad,
who is employed in the George
White home at Marietta, is spend
ing two weeks with her mother,
Mrs Philomenia Schaad.--M Ed
ma Erwin of Gallipolis, and Edward
Erwin of Ohio State, were week end
visitors of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs l.. N. Erwin. Mr.. Erwin, who
has been in poor health, is improv-
ing. Miss Mary Hecker who has
been caring for him, has returned
to her home at Philo.-- and
Mrs. Sebvert Tiff and little daugh-
ter, of Athens, were recent guests