Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-05-29
Local and Rural News

Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Hall motored t(
Wilmington, Del, Sunday and were
accompanied home by their daughter
Miss Elizabeth Hall, student at Bea-
CONS Business College. Miss Hall
who is among the list of this years
graduates, will spend the summer at
her home here.
Recent weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. John T. Hickman were st. Sgt.
Frank Hahn and Mrs. Hahn and Miss
Montrue Jones of Washington, D. c.
Mr.. Phillip Hickman, ST., Baltimore,
Philip Hickman, Jr, Washington Col
lege, and Mrs. Albert Warren of Ber-
lin.
Over $50 Eastern Star officials
from the Grand Chapter Of Maryland
and members of chapters in Maryland
and Delaware attended the constitu-
ton of Worcester Chapter No. 102,
o. E. S. in Snow Hill Wednesday of
last week. About thirty-five members
are enrolled in the Snow Hill chap
ter.
The Baccalaureate sermon to the
Pocomoke High School graduates will
be preached in Salem M. E. Church
Sunday by DR.. R. B. Mathews, rector
of st. Mary's P. E. Church, this city.
The Commencement exercises will be
held Tuesday night, June 2, in the
auditorium of the High School. Rev.
H. P. Fox, of Ocean Grove, N. j., will
be the speaker.
Mr.. Philip A. Hickman, Jr., honor
student at Washington College, has
recently been elected to the Student
Government from the Junior Class.
Mr.. Hickman is assistant manager of
the w. Elm, treasurer of Mount Ver-
non Literary Society, treasurer of
the Chemical Society, officer of the
Theta Kappa NJ Fraternity and COM
ing manager of the basketball team.
Miss Montrue Jones, formerly a
student of the Pocomoke High School,
was the weekend guest of her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Hickman.
Miss Jones has recently completed her
studies with honors at the Eastern
High in Washington, D. c. She will
sail with her parents st. Sgt. Frank
Hahn and Mrs. Hahn June End from
New York for Panama.
The one hundred and eighth annual
session of the Maryland Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church
will convene in Western Maryland
College, June 10th to 18th. Mr.. w.
A. Hoblitzell, delegate from Bethany
M. P. Church, has been instructed to
ask the return of the present pas
tor, Rev. P. w. Crosby to this charge
which he has served so acceptably the
past two years.
Miss Betty Coffman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Coffman, of
this city, who is member Of the
Freshman class at Hood College, Fred
erick, Md, was recently elected plan
list of the class for the coming year.
Miss Coffman is a member of the
Freshman Commission, which is the
freshman honor society at the col
lege, and member of the class song
committee for Campus Day. She was
assistant pianist of the class during
the current year.
Following the regular meeting of
the Eastern Star on Monday night
the members gave farewell party
to Mrs. George w. Coffman, Asso-
ciate Conductress of the Chapter, who,
with her family will leave shortly for
Baltimore to make her future home.
Mrs. Coffman who has been an active
and honored member of the chapter
was presented gifts and flowers from
the officers and members. The pres
entation was most attractive and i'm
pressive and was a token of the high
esteem in which she is held by men,
bers of Crescent Chapter. All officers
took part in the presentation.