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The Arizona gleam., 1936-05-23
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
SKIDDING TRUCKS KILL HORSE
AND DOG

Icy roads last week caused in
Vulnerable auto accidents.
James Warrington was attempting
to drive truck down the steep hill
at Providence, when the machine
skidded and crashed into tree,
badly damaging tie truck and killing
one of the two horses loaded on it.
The driver escaped uninjured Wall
ter Anton was driving q milk truck
owned by former State Senator Wall
lace Williams, when in attempting to
avoid striking police dog on the
Bridge street grade, in Elkton, the
machine skidded on the icy road and
crashed into an abandoned stolen car.
The dog was killed but Anton suffer-
ed only a cut on the head. The
truck and the parked car which had
been stolen from John Reese Of
Childs and abandoned were damaged,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
School Superintendent
Appointed

At the meeting of the Board of
Education, at Elkton, on Tuesday,
Prof Norman w. Cameron, lately of
West Chester, Pa, was appointed to
the unexpired term of Superintend-
ent of Schools for Cecil County, vice
Prof Howard T. Ruhl, who resigned
in December on account of i'll health.
The term of Office runs until August
Of this year.
Prof. Cameron is the son of Levi
o. Cameron, and was born at Zion,
Cecil county. He served eight years
as president of West Chester, Pa,
State Teachers College, being dis
missed by the newly appointed Demo-
cratic Board of Trustees of that in
stitution in Novmber last. For
eight years Prof. Cameron was diIec-
tor of teachers training in Balti-
more, and for three years served at
the Western State Teachers College,
Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
Fall On Ice Is Fatal
To Boy

Winnie Gamble, aged II years,
son of Samuel Gamble of near Syl-
mar, met with accidental death on
Friday by fall caused by ice. The
sad accident occurred on the Hale
farm, near Rowlandville, where
young Gamble was employed. He
was carrying post on his shoulder
at the time. In falling the back of
the youths head struck the frozen
ground with such force, that the
skull was fractured, death resulting
almost Immediately.
The body was shipped to the
former home of the family in North
Carolina, on Sunday morning, and
the funeral held Monday afternoon.
His parents and several brothers
and sisters survive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
JURORS FOR MARCH TERM OF
CIRCUIT COURT

Associate Judge j. Owen Knott, of
Denton, while in Elkton on Saturday
transacting equity business, drew the
following jurors to serve at the
March term of Circuit Court which
convenes at Elkton the first Monday
in next month. They are:
Cecilton district-Julian E. Price,
Herbert r. Price, Elwood Padley,
Jesse H. Vineyard, l.. Wickes Davis
and John D. Boulder, Jr.
Chesapeake City district-George
peterson, Uric Conner, Tullard Buck
worth, Leroy Foard, Holden S. Ire
land and Augustus N. Bouchelle.
Fair Hill district-Amos S. Ewing,
]. Elwood Zebley, Jr., Isaac S.
Payne, Ernest T. Janney and Stanley
C. Moore.
Elkton district-Albert G. Buck
worth, Gus Sclavos, Addison Atkin-
son, Robert j. McCauley, Dorie B.
Foster, Sr., A. Tolson Lyon and
Frank H. Thompson.
North East district-George F.
Cooper, George L. Wingate, Charles
e. Biddle, Robert C. Reeder, Richard
K. Barnes and Horace Graham.
Rising Sun district--Frances M.
Kennard, Arthur j. Dinsmore, John
Wilson, Frederick L. Jones, colored,
and Scott Wilson.
Port Deposit district-Fletcher
Williams, Bruce Craig, Donald c.
Cole, Samuel Aiken, E. Kurtz Tay-
lor, Frank A. Reynolds and William
E. Baker.
Oakwoo district-Grove B.
Richie, Joseph G. Harrington, Sr.,
and G. Louis Taylor.
Calvert district-Kirk Clifford,
John c. Duncan, Sr., and Harry Nc
Dowell.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
Powder Causes Bon.
Fire Flare
Five Young Folks Of Coasting
Party Suffer Burns

Three young men and two girls,
all Elkton residents, suffered burns
as result of the tossing of dis
carded box from a nearby fireworks
plant, apparently containing powder
or some kind of explosive, on bon
fire started by number OF young
people coasting Sunday night on
Decker's Hill, just outside of Elkton.
The injured persons are: Enos
Morris, age 20, burns about the face
and hands; condition serious at
Union Hospital.
Albert Reeder, age 10, burns about
race and ears; still at hospital.
Francis Coyle, age %, burns about
face, eyes injured; still at hospital.
Helen Nurses, age IA, burned
about chin; treated at hospital and
sent home.
Laura Nurses, age Is, burned
about face; treated at hospital and
sent home.
A large crowd of young people
we're coasting ON Decker's Hill,
popular spot during the shedding
season for Elkton's youths, when
several of the boys started bonfire
at the top of the hill Empty boxes
and wood were foraged from the
plant of the Triumph Fuse and Fire
works Company nearby. Suddenly
when one of the boxes was thrown on
NE fire, there was a fare of flames
ii unusual proportions which struck
me five young people in the face as
hey huddled over the fire. The
-Iothing of some of them was set
lire but their companions quickly
.mothered the flames.
The three boys suffered the worst
turns and some may be SCARED for
lie because of them. The girls were
LOT SO badly hurt. ALI of them were
Jundled into automobiles and rushed
% the hospital for treatment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
ATTENDANCE IN CECIL SCHOOLS

ATTENDANCE IN CECIL SCHOOLS
The report of Attendance Officer e.
B. Fockler, for the month of January
,hows that in the one teacher schools
Il the county Pleasant Hill, Pilot and
cherry Grove tied for first place.
Jerry Point led the two-teacher
,chools; Perryville the graded
schools; Kenmore the high schools
Ind Wilson the colored schools. The
averages follow:
On e-Teacher Schools-Pleasant
-1ill, Pilot and Cherry Grove, 81;
->lerces Neck and Earleville, 90;
.lowlandville and Zion, 81: Blake,
SO; Jefferson, "a; New Bridge and
-lart's, SO; Prlncipio, 80; Chapel,
4own Point and Fair Hill, 81; New
'alley, 80; Marion, 70; Warwick,
%; Jackson, n; Johnson, rs; Wes-
.ey and Fingerboard, rs; Ponds
week, 81; Union, 81; lakewood. 81.
Two-Teacher Schools-Perry Point
~, Colora W, providence 81, Elk
-dills 81, Cherry Hill SO, Leeds 80.
Graded Schools-Perryville 81,
aising Sun and Calvert "a; Cecilton,
North East and Chesapeake City SO;
-1lkton 80.
High Schools-Kenmore 90, North
EAST go, Rising Sun 81, Calvert and
41lkton SO; Perryviile and Cecllton
So; Chesapeake City IS.
Colored Wilson 90, Elk
lon 80, Port Deposit rs, Chesapeake
City ", Cokesbury and Conowingo
H.; North East 81, Cecilton 63,
cedar Hill 62, Manor 81.
Elkton Colored High School 83.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
STATE WIDE CONVENTION

A call has been issued for state
wide convention of young Democra S
to be held at the Lord Baltimore
Hotel in Baltimore March 5. The
Convention will be sponsored by the
Young Democratic Clubs of Mary
land, it is announced by Lawrence B.
Fenneman, President of that organi-
cation, which claims a membership
of $4,000.
Besides planning the organiza-
tons course in the forthcoming elec-
lions the delegates to the convention
will select a national committeeman
and national committee-woman.
These posts are now held by Mr..
Fenneman and Mrs. Hope Barroll.
The one-day convention will be
climaxed by a dinner and dance.
U. S. Senator Willard E. Tydings
has accepted an invitation to be one
of the two guest speakers. The
other speaker, whose identity has
not yet been made public. will be
high ranking member of the Presi-
dents Cabinet
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
OLD MAN WINTER

Old Man Winter is still very much
on the Job. Friday morning last he
brought us about three inches OF
snow to add to that we already had
and then not satisfied with what had
been done, added five or six inches
more Sunday morning, when 1t be-
gan showing about four o'clock, and
kept it up fast and furious until
about nine. Then, just to show thai
he still had some nice weather laid
by, the afternoon was bright with
sunshine.
But with night-fall came low tenn
peratures again, and the zero mark
has been touched on more than one
morning this week. On Tuesday
morning the thermc meter at the
Power Plant at Conowingo registered
five below zero. During the day
this thermometer recorded 32R de-
grees above, as it's h CHEST mark,
then the mercury started rapidly
down in the tube, as night came on
and touched zero again wednesday
morning.
And with it all there seems to be
no relief in sight from the extreme
cold.
All streams are ice-locked, and ice
on the Susquehanna river is reported
as twelve inches in thickness. The
upper reaches of the Chesapeake Bay
are frozen, and completely closed to
shipping.
There is at the present time, in
this section, neary foot Of snow on
the ground, which has been covered
since day or two before Christmas
when winter set in with bang, and
there has been scarcely let-up in
low temperatures since.
The household pastime for weeks
has been attending to furnaces and
stoves.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
FIRE COMPANIES ELECT

The annual election by the Elkton
.olunteer Fire Company, which al
ways creates much interest among
he membership, resulted in one hun
4red and two votes being cast.
There were fifteen candidates on
ne ticket fer directors, the following
welve being elected as follows:
liver c. Giles, Sr., Fred H. Letter,
lewis A. Peterson, William c. Feeh-
y, Hu4ett Palmer, Calvin Fox, Lay
on Boulder, H. Writ Boucheile,
Richard Masemore, Charles Dennis,
-obert L. Gonce and Cove S. Jenk MS.
he other candidates were Howard
incent, Clarence Denney and
Sherman Marcus.
The North East Volunteer Fire
Company has elected the following
officers and directors for the ensuing
Jear: Marion E. Rose, president; w.
c. Harvey, vice-pres dent; Edwin B.
Fockler, secretary; Robert c. Simp-
srs, assistant secretary; George Win
gate, treasurer; r. c. Meekins, chief;
John Boatwick, Abel c. Cameron, c.
Kennard Blake, Frank Conway, G. T..
craig and John Lilly, directors. The
held-over members of the board are
John Norman, Will am Logan, How
ard Logan, Sylvester Preston and
Charles Rothermel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
WEST NOTTINGHAM DRAMATIC
SOCIETY

The West Nottingham Academy
Dramatic Society will present its mid
winter program on February 81, at
The Rising Sun High School at $500
o'clock. This year this annual per-
torrance will be somewhat different
han those which have taken place
in the past. The Club will offer
three one act plays-in the endeavor
to show the various moods that this
phase of the drama is capable Of
attaining.
The first will be Confessional by
Percival Wilde. This play has
theme of the more serious sort In
which is brought out the fact that
an honest reputation cannot be at
tackled.
The second number will be
''Sparkin' by E. P. Conkle. This
playlet is hill-billy romance with
tobacco-chewing grandmother. This
might be classed as comic-romance.
THE Kings English" written by
Herbert Bates is to be the concluding
number. 1t arrives at the point Of
burlesque or fantasy in its dealing
with slang and correct English.
This year the Club is again under
the supervision of Mr.. George o.
Akroyd. the dean et the Asadssnx,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
Personal And Social

N. c. Brown was Philadelphia
visitor on Tuesday.
Miss Martha Love Is spending
some time with Mrs. William J.
McDougal.
Miss Florence Yocum Is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Parker Mahan, in
Westtown, Pa.
Miss Lorraine Fassitt Is spending
the remainder of the winter in st.
Petersburg, Florida.
Miss Louise Worthington has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. William
Workman, in Mount Joy, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Howell Johnson,
of Elkton, announce the birth of a
six pound daughter, born February
5th. She has been named Doris
Evelyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur H. Owens,
daughter Miss Madelyn, and son
Hanford Owens, Mrs. Maurice Cole,
and Mr.. David Jackson of Perryville,
are ON an extended motor trip to
California.
Announcement has just been made
of the marriage of Miss Grace ".
Donovan, Of Townsend, Del, to Rob-
ert Jacquette, of Singerly, on June
5, 1885, at Ellicott City, by the Rev.
Thomas M. Dickey.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
RED CROSS ROLL CALL

The report for Cecil County of tn
1885 Roll Call for American Red
Cross is as follows:
Appleton, $500; Calvert, $500;
Colora, $500; Charlestown, 1918:
Cecilton, $500; Chesapeake City,
$4,000; Elkton, $147.10; Knights
Corner, $500; Leslie, S2.00; North
East, $17.00; Providence, $500;
Pr ncipio Furnace, $500; Perryville,
S2.0O; Perry Point, $3.50; Port
Deposit, $4S.OO; Rising Sun, $45.50,
Town Point, S2.OO; Conowingo Pow
er Co., $4,000; Elkton Chapter O..
E. S., $500. Total $420.S5.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
CECIL HOUSING OF FL CT A L
TRANSFERRED

]. Wesley McAllister, of Elkton, a
member of the Field Organization of
the Federal Housing Admin stration,
has been transferred to special duty
in the Division of Credits and Field
activit es of the Housing Administra-
ton. He will do special work in five
states with headquarters at Washing
ton. The order was effective on
February 1 and carries salary of
$4,000,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE
CANAL CLOSED BY ICE

The Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal is frozen to such a depth that
no traffic has been through since Sat-
urday, January %, when the Cad
walaher, of the Ericsson Line passed
through to Baltimore. 1t is sad the
records show this is the first time
the Canal has been closed to traffic
for more than two days at a time
since the canal was dredged to sea
level in 1924.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
OMAN ADDRESSES LIONS CLUB

The guest speaker at the Dime"
meeting Of the Lions CluD, on Thurs
day evening last, at Rising Sun
Hotel, was Mr.. Schilder, head of the
finger print department of the Fed
eral Bureau at Washington, who in
addition to giving an enlightening
talk on the value of finger printing
as means of Identification, told
many interesting inside facts relat-
ing to the work of our Omen in rum
mig down kidnappers and other
criminals. He stated 81 kidnapping
cases had been reported to the Fed
eral Department, and the Omen had
been successful in solving every case.
In every case the cues were of the
slightest, but every detail was so
thoroughly investigated that eventu-
I ally they led to the capture of the
criminals.
Mr.. Schiller stressed the import
ance Of finger printing, and the part
| it plays in running down criminals,
and stated it should be applied uni
versally and not to criminals alone,
as it would assist in the search for
missing persons, where in the ma
jority of cases there are absolutely
no clues to work on. Among other
cases he cited the hurricane disaster
in Florida, recently, where scores of
C. C. c. workers lost their lives and
it was impossible to identify but few
of the bodies recovered.
An average of 1000 finger prints
are received at Washington daily.
They are enlarged and filed after
being classified, no two being alike,
and can be found in five minutes
lime. All criminals are finger print
ed, as well as are many other persons.
He stated the majority of criminals
apprehended were in their twenties,
and that the two main causes lead
ing to crime were disrespect for law,
and laziness, coupled with the desire
to have the wherewith to live with
out working for it.
Corrupt politics has more to do in
defeating the ends of justice than
any one thing, the speaker asserted.
The parole system, also, was given a
slam by the speaker, as it all too
often defeated it's purpose.
The District Governor of Lions
Clubs, from Salisbury, Md, and an
International representative from
Chicago, ILL.,, were also present and
made brief remarks.
Visiting Lions from Quarryville,
Pa, were: Representative Norman
Wood, DR.. G. P. Sechrist, Frank P.
Forbes, E. c. Seldomirdge, A. H.
Burkholder, James P. Forbes and
Howard Reynolds.
One new member, DIR. Walter Kirk,
was added to the roll.
The feature of the meeting on Feb.
20 will be film talk on 1.-The Open
Road" furnished by the Community
Filmtalks organization of New York
City, from the Baltimore branch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
ELKToN KIWANIANs ENTERTAIN

Thursday evening last tho Elkton
Kiwanis Club entertained Jack
Ogden, of the Baltimore Information
al League, together with pitchers
Cliff Melton and Cy Moore, and field
ers Edd e Mayo and Vince Barton, at
dinner at the New Central Hotel, fol-
lowed by public meeting at the
Armory.
Among the base ball fans from our
town to enjoy the gala night were:
N. j. Reynolds, Taylor r. Biles.
Joseph CooRsy and Marvin Lucas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
SEEK ANNULMENT OF MAR.
RAGE

Proceedings for the annulment of
the marriage of Jack D. Meyer, 20,
of Wilmington and Anita X. Everett,
II, have been started in the Circuit
Court at Elkton by Mrs. Betty d.
Camplin, mother Of the young man.
The mother of Meyer states her
son and the girl were married in
Elkton August II last, when the
couple was intoxicated and decided
to be married in spirit of testing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
CAR ovERTURNs IN MILL RACE

One Of the numerous auto acct
dents resulting from icy roads was
that of Jacob Denlinger, of Chestnut
Level, Lancaster county, last week.
VIII lie returning from Quarryville his
auto skidded on the icy road near
Hopkins Mill, turned over and
plunged upside down into the mill
race in, about four feet of water.
Mr.. Denlinger escaped serious injury
and was able to crawl out through a
window of his car. When dragged
cut of the race by tow-car the auto
mobile was found to be but little
damaged.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
Short Paragraphs

Friday, the 14th, st. Valentines
Day.
The 7O-acre farm in Lancaster
county, Pa, of the late Street Brown
was sold to Aaron Altland, last week
tor $3.50.
The sixth annual meeting and
banquet of the Cecil County Farm
Bureau, will be held IN North East
High School, Friday night, Feb. IA.
| The Board of License Commission
ers for Cecil county, has refused the
application of j. Riley Smith, of
Cecilton, for a beer, Vine and liquor
license.
Twenty-eight inches of frost is re-
ported in the ground by Harry
Burkins and John Terry, who have
dug graves this week in Brookview
cemetery.
The Board of Directors of Havre
de Grace Hospital voted at their last
meeting to change the name of that
institution to The Hartford County
Memorial Hospital.
The ]. Silas Jenkins farm of 80
acres, near Little Britain Presby-
.elian church, Lancaster county, Pa,
has been purchased at public sale by
Charles Yaw, of Glen Roy, for
$500.
John S. Reisler, of Calvert, was
rec .ec,ed vice-president for Cecil
county, at the recent annual meeting
of stockholders of the Towson Pro-
AUCTION Credit Association, of Tow
on, Maryland.
A committee composed of Prof.
Guy Johnson, Edward B. Fockler,
jchool attendance officer, and Frank
lin A. Alexander, will select super
ntendent for the construction OF bus
,helters and a survey of Cecil county
towns.
Happy Johnny and Handsome
Bob" WORK radio artists, made
heir second appearance in the town
Aall Thursday even ng, and were
greeted by a fair sized audience.
Proceeds were for the benefit of
Pleasant Grove M. e. Church.
The freighter, Albany, owned by
he Loveland Company, is held by
he ice, near Town Point. Supplies
If oil and food are being carried ov r
he ice to the boat, of which Captain
Stanley Benson, of Chesapeake City,
in charge.
The Rev. ]. w. Sutton, pastor of
Wesley and Harris M. E. Chapels, in
elk Neck, has resigned due to i'll
health. The Rev. John Boulder, a
ocal preacher, of Elkton, will take
barge until the Wilmington M. E.
Conference assigns new pastor to
he churches.
John ]. Reynolds, of Sylmar, suf-
cred a badly cut cheek, last week, by
alling on an AK. The cash required
everal stitches to close.
Miss Miriam Jackson, teacher of
;ooper school, near Sylmar, fell on
| he ice in Oxford and suffered frac-
| ured leg.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
SOCIAL AT RowLANDvLLE

The Ladies Aid Society of Row.
landville M. P. Church will sponsor a
local talent social on Thursday eve
ming, Feb. 20 at the church. The
entertainment will consist of music,
dialogues, etc., presented by men,
bers of the group. The admission
will be Is cents for adults and 5
cents fer childrsn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
KELLs PRINTING PLANT SOLD

The Kells printing plant, located
in Newark, Del, and established by
the late Everett C. Johnson, has been
sold to Virginia parties. The recent
owners of the establishment were
friends of the late founder. who took
it over after his death.