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The Washington times., 1936-03-21
TO BE CLOSED SEVERAL WEEKS FOR REPAIRS
WORKERS SEEK
40 CHARTERS
IN AFGE

Applications for 40 charters for
local unions under the American
Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees today we're
filed with the AFGE by the Asso-
citation of Workers in Public Re-
lief Agencies, of New York city.
Some question as to the eligibil.
ity of the AWPRA for affiliation
with AFGE has been raised by
published reports that the asSocia-
ton is pro-CommuniSt. After dis
cussing these charges with Off
cials Of the organization, E. Claude
Babcock, president Of the AFGE,
was apparently satisfied that the
allegations had no basis in fact
and seemed to have been inspired
politically. The AFGE chief, how
ever, has made no commitment on
the issue and stated that the re-
ports will be investigated both by
the AFGE and its parent body, the
American Federation Of Labor.
President Here
The association, composed Of
about 1000 employees of the State
and city Of New York, sent it's
president, Abram Flaxer, among
other officials, to confer here re-
garding the applications.
According to Mr.. Flaxer, not
more than so out of the entire re-
lief personnel were communist
cally inclined. In his own group,
Mr.. Flaxer asserted, one president
Of Democratic club could be
counted while a number of his
members took the stump for Flo
relic LaGuardia in the last mayor
atty campaign.
The organization, made up Of
employees who administer relief
for the city and State, has been
recognized as an instrument for
collective bargaining, and to this,
end has So local grievance .@71n'
mittees, Mr.. Flaxer ex'sa1ned.
A preferential liS"Ior reinState- |
ment of former"employes was re-
ferred to bySdr. Flaxer as one of |
the accomplishments Of the asso-
ciation,Scollective bargaining Sys- |
tenn. Establishment of Civil Serv-
ier- Status for employees Of the |
kelief agencies is now being
sought through legislative chan.
nels by the organization, Flaxer
added.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
COLORA

The meeting of the Ladies Mission
airy Society of West Nottingham
Presbyterian Church will be enter
tanned this Thursday afternoon at
he home of Mrs. Robert Cameron,
Rising Sun. Devotional leader,
Mrs. Harry Ramsey; Africa Work in
Europe, Mrs j. M. Holden; Negro
in America, Mrs. Grover G. Jones.
Misses Hazel Ewing and Charlotte
Ewing entertained a number of their
young friends at Valentine party
at the formers home last Friday
evening.
Richard, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Gorrell, attaiend his 9Th BIRTH
day last Wednesday and entertained
two of his little school friends, Har-
vey Coale and Helen Fitzgerald, at
supper that evening.
Alfred H. Love has been indisposed
with a sever cold.
Slater Pyle is ill with pleurisy.
Mrs. Charles Jackson has been suf-
fering with very sore hand that
had to be lanced; also an attack of
pleurisy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson S. Love and
Davis Boyd called on Thomas Smith
and family, Wilmington, day last
week.
Miss Florence Yocum is enjoying
visit with her sister, Mrs. Parker
Mahan, Westtown, Pa.
Billy Buck, Rising Sun, was the
overnight guest of his friend Street
Riley, Jr., Wednesday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Kent and
daughter Miss Betty, of Oxford,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Blesch,
Lafayette Inn.
James Foote and family, Hockes-
sin, Del, visited the Eli Coulsons,
West Nottingham, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon H. Gallaher
and daughter Grace, of Richardson
Park, Del, called on the S. E. Rileys
and S. w. Fitzgeralds, Sunday.
Miss Evelyn Todd, of Beacon
College, Wilmington, was with her
home folks over the weekend.
Arthur Murphy, Porters Bridge,
was in Philadelphia last week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
Il. GEORGE BENJAMIN

E. George Benjamin died Feb. 8,
at his home in Wilmington, Del,
aged sc years. Mr.. Benjamin was
BORN at Bay View, Cecil county. He
vas son of George and Frances
benjamin, and was the last of six
.hildren. For forty-one years he
vas an operator and agent for the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
)any, being retired eight years ago.
lie is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Aenora Webster Benjamin; four
daughters: Mrs. Adeline F. Toulson,
f Montchanin; Mrs. Lenora w.
ayers, of Elmhurst; Mrs. Ann B..
iebley, of near Newark, and Mrs.
.Ielen Brown, of Collingdale, Pa;
lineteen grandchildren and four
eat-grandchildren
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
ORPHANS COURT

Bonds pproved-George Wash
ington Williams, executor of Charles
E. Cohee Walter 1. Smith, ancillary
executor of Mary Emma Mccullough;
Isabel Clark Manlove, administra-
trix of Joseph Edgar Manlove; Sadie
R. Gather, Administrative of Samuel
j. Gather.
Account Passed-Ninth account
of The Elkton Banking and Trust
Co. and Clara B. Weaver, admins
traitors of William B. Kreps.
Bonds Approved-Mary M. M.
Hansen and Henrietta S. Magraw,
executives of Katherine w. Magraw
Walter B. Scarborough, adm nistra-
tor of Stanley Scarborough.
Account Passed-Third account of
Ida NJ. Fay, guardian of William A.
Fay, ct al.
Sundry claims were examined and
approved.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
PROPOSAL FOR SCHOOL
AT CALVERT

Public notice is hereby given that
the Board of Education of Cecil
County, Elkton, Maryland, will meet
in the Board of Education Building
On Tuesday, March 10, 1886, at 1880
p M, e. ST, and then and there
will receive and open sealed proposals
from bidders for furnishing labor
and materials to erect and complete
a High and Elementary School for
Calvert, Maryland.
Bids will be received for erection
complete of the building under three
separate heads as follows:
/. For the general construction
and all work kindred thereto.
2. For plumbing, heating and
ventilating work.
8. For electrical work.
The Board reserves the right TO
reject any and all proposals and to
waive informalities at their discre-
ton. All bids shall hold good for
thirty days after formal opening of
same.
Bids must be in duplicate, in seal
ed envelopes endorsed Proposal for
High and Elementary School at Cal
vert, Maryland, naming branch of
work covered by bid with the name
of the bidder and addressed to the
Board of Education of Cecil County,
Elkton, Maryland.
No bid will be considered unless
accompanied by certified check to
he amount of $4,000 for gene al
construction work; S250.00 for
plumbing, heating and ventilating
work, and $4,000 for electrical
work. The terms Of the proposal
with surety required are fixed by the
specifications. Each bidder will b.
required to fill in and submit with
his bid form requiring certain in
formation regarding the bidders
financial status, reliability and ex-
per ence in the type of work required
The information contained in this
form will be considered when the
award of the contract is made by the
Board.
Copies of the plans and specifica-
ions, and proposal forms will be on
file in the office of the Board of Edu-
2ation of Cecil County, Elkton,
Maryland, or at 4085 DUPONT Build
ing, Wilmington, Delaware, for the
purpose of examination and estimat-
ing. Plans and specifications will be
ssued on deposit of check to the
order of E. William Martin in the
amount of $1,000. If the plans and
specifications are returned, the check
will be returned, but should the
plans and specifications not be re-
turned the deposit may become for
| feited.
BY Order of the
BOARD OF EDUCATION
OF CECIL COUNTY,
Elkton, Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
WOODLAND

Mrs. Minerva Rutter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Hall attended the funeral Of
Mrs. Rutter's uncle, Mr.. George
Benjamin in Trinity Episcopal
Church, Wilmington, Tuesday the
eleventh. The interment was in
Riverview Cemetery.
Mrs. Andrew Stanley and two
children, of the Rowladville section,
spent several days last week with her
sister, Mrs. S. Rowland Tome and
family.
Miss Grace Rawlings, Baltimore,
was Saturday-Sunday visitor at
the Howard G. Barnes home.
Thursday, the thirteenth, Mr..
Holiday H. Kirk was seventy-four
years old. The Ladies Aid had
planned to meet with Mrs. Kirk as a
surprise for Mr.. Kirk but the wealth
er man decreed otherwise. The
ladies were determined to carry out
their plan so went Monday afternoon
of this week. The Vice-Presldent,
Mrs. Milton D. Fletcher, made the
birthday cake. Rev. John r. Diehl
in a very fitting speech to Mr.. Kirk
stated that the societies of the church
had renewed his subscription to the
Christian Advocate. A number of
the husbands were there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21

Today's American leaders are ardent
hobby riders, using their spare time to
refresh their minds for the problems
of tomorrow. This is a good time for
you to STRAIT riding a hobby. Talk 1t
over with your parents (parents, listen
please-try the plan yourselves). Ask
your teachers and friends to help you
collect or create.
From week to week in this place,
interesting avocations of peninsula
people will be brought to you, with the
nope that you, too. will find a good
hobby and that. it may lead you to
your life work. Do you know of some
person with an interesting hobby?
DO you have questions?
A fine Parker Challenger Pen and
Pencil Set or the equivalent will be
given to the reader sending the name
ldopted as a title for this column.
Contest closes March 10. Send your
suggestion to Preston. Maryland.
Books: A Guide to Civilized Leisure
-Overstreet: The Art of Leisure
Greenbie; Hobby Magazine, Chicago.
Next week; aVntinG,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
MRS. RHoDA sToCKMAN

Mrs. Rhoda Stockman died Feb. 6
in Chester, Pa, aged GA years. Mrs.
Stockman was the widow of John NJ.
Stockman She was Miss Rhoda
Woodland before her marriage and
was born in Port Deposit, but had
resided in Chester most of her life.
Six children survive: Mrs. Anna
Thomas, Mrs. Ruth Marshall, Misses
Clara and Jean Stockman, and
James Stockman, of Chester, and
Leroy Stockman, living in India. A
SISTER, Mrs. Mary Macdonald, and
.wo brothers, Joseph and John Wood
and, all of Chester, also survive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Superintendent OF Schools Appointed
Dates For Spring Athletic
Meets

Meets
The Board of Education met in
regular session on Tuesday, February
18th. Those present were DR.. I. B.
Moore, President; Mr.. Fred Lewis,
vice-President, and Mr.. ]. Edward
Crothers.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing of January 14th were read and
approved, and sundry bills ordered
paid.
The Board accepted the proposition
offered by Mr.. Harvey H. Mackey to
move the Union School, Fourth Dis
trict, from the present location to
Hobson's Cross Roads, with the un-
Outstanding that the school be put in
good condition and a new coal house
be built, and the toilets be construct
ed to comply with the regulation re-
auired by the Board of Health, ana
to give us the same amount o.
ground which we now own.
The Board unanimously elected
DR.. Norman w. Cameron, OF West
Chester, Pennsylvania, as Acting
Superintendent of Schools to COM
plete the unexpired term of Mr.. How
ard T. Ruhl, resigned. Term begin
ming March l, 1885.
Permission was granted to Mr..
John M. Seminar for his son to con-
tinue his scholarship at the Charlotte
Hall School for the school year
1936-1937.
The Board approved the dates fol
the Spring Meets for the Coloreo
Schools for Saturday, April 4th, ant
for the White Schools for Friday
May 18th.
A letter was read to the Board in
reference to proposed legislation IL
regard to school buses. The Boaro
had no suggestions to offer.
The Board ordered the advertising
of bids for the erection of consoll-
dated high and elementary school al
Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland
The bids to be opened at 1880 P. M.
on Tuesday, March 10th, at the Office
of the Board of Education.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
WEST NOTTINGHAM DRAMATIC
PRESENTATION
BY C. X. VAUGHAN

This Friday evening at eight o'clock
the West Nottingham Academy viii
offer it's annual midwinter program in
dramatics. The Club will present
three one act plays at the Rising Sun
High School auditorium. The admis-
sion will be twenty-five cents per
person.
From all reports this feature of
West Nottingham's extra-curricula life
will even surpass the outstandingly
successful performance of Captain
| Van der Hum"-last years presenta-
! ton which was acclaimed without eX-
ception to be a hit.
Mr.. Aykroyd, the dean of students at
the Academy, Is coaching the club;
and with the precedent of his last
years success as a mark to shoot at
the club Is aiming at still greater &C
complishments.
The first of the three plays selected
are THE Kings English by Herber. .
Bates. Here we have a charm ng, not
TO mention humorous, little fantasy
the scene of which is laid on desert
isle. The cast is as follows:
Ripley O'Rannigan (adventurer)
Robert Rowland
Sokka Wages CHS cannibal man
of all work.. William Bayless
Loola (O'Rannigan's daughter)
John Atwood
Kawa Koo (cannibal king) Lester Ball
Warra Goola (Kawa Koo right
co,nihaI c,,ard Jobp Peel
Sill ~ p,,dl,ins 70 man who
o1,as ,ao,,a,,1 Pirnard ,,.,,Iock
N,o,tao,ear,, va paneaIoar smvtba
Q Charles Rnnnett
11ara hotIad Milo (of tba gas
house gang) .............. Rehm
Baxter b. Brashley Bring em-in
Brashley champion salesman)
Howard Happersett
Norris Perheimer (who amt got
no use for Inklish) .Waid Rowland
Carlton Purley Patterby (who
never commits an error).
William Young
Richard Willis "a chap of the right
"Confessional" nv Percival Wilde 10
tba sacond number nm tbe nropra,n
we boya bere a smack of the more
an,io,, at,,ro which tbosa ono OFT
dramas are unite adapt at attaining
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
RATS DIE

so do mice. reaches and beetles, once
they eat RAT-SNAP. Don't take our
word for it-try package. They eat
1T without any bait. Doesn't matter
Row much other kinds of food in
around. Apply ii list, 4th and 18th day
and cut each cake in so pieces, place II
where the yermin is seen to run.
25c size-1 cake-enough for Pantry,
Kitchen or Cellar.
35c size--2 cakes--for Chicken House,
coops, or small buildings.
75c size-5 cakes-enough for all
farm and out-buildings, storage build
ings, or factory buildings.
l.. r. Crumbling, Hallam, Pa, says
II sold to one farmer and he said the
rats were lying around the barn dead.
He bought the second pack" Geo r.
Muller, of Highland, N. Y, says Have
got to give you credit for it sure kills
mem DEAD"
Sold by
Jos. s. POgue. Sons & Co.
Ashby's Drug Store
Rising Sun. Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
HOBBIES
By MAX CHAMBERS
HORNY RIDING
MOWreyI
Bennett

A good hobby is to you what the
lights are to an automobile. You can
go on without a hobby but like the
automobile light it increases your
vision, helps you pick your way to
your goal. If you haven't yet chosen
goal then the hobby light will help
you select one along the way. While
the cross country highways are
straighter nowadays, the road of life
has more hills, turns, and quagmires
than ever before. good hobby will
help you steer your way around the
dangers and over the hills.
People who have hobbies get more
out of life because they are better able
to adjust themselves to changing con-
ditions. And here's something else 1T
can do for you. Yes, hobby riding can
help you, as it has helped thousands
of others, to find what you can do and
what work you are fitted for. 1t is
the only real self finding activity.
Many man today is happily work.
ing at what was once his hobby. A
recent study of high school hobby
riders shows that these students do
better school work, get in less trouble
in school and at home, are better in
formed, more dependable and animated
and they are better observers and
quicker thinkers Why? Because hobby
riding is purely volunteer activity, a
thing we do without being urged be-
cause we like to do it--for the fun we
get out of it. 1t has a definite carry
over. Besides taking you into another
world for a fleeting moment, allowing
you to forget your worries. there is
the personal satisfaction of riding
which almost always brings unexpsct-
I'd rewards
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
REPORTS ON PEACH CROP GIVE
BASIS FOR HOPE

Reports received from peach grow
srs in different parts of the state
indicate that the condition of the
crop thus far justifies hope, accord
ing to F. F. Vierheller, specialist in
horticulture for the extension SER
vice. He points out that late spring
freezes are often the most serious,
and that the final extent of damage
done by the sub-zero temperatures
will not be known until more detail
ed examinations are made.
If rabbits are damaging young
fruit trees, it is good plan to go
along the rows and make few prun-
ing cuts, leaving the wood on the
snow, is the advice of A. F. Vier-
heller, specialist of the extension
service. This will help to attract
the rabbits from the trees, he says.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
DEATHS
t. M. FIELDS

T. Maxwell Fields, So years old, of
Elkton, telegraph operator for the
Pennsylvania Railroad, died Sunday
in the Union Hospital, Elkton, after
long illness from complications.
Mr.. Fields is survived by one son, T.
Randolph Fields. His wife, Mrs.
Mary Fields, died three months ago.
The funeral was held from the
Elkton P. e. Church Tuesday after
noon at Q o'clock. Interment in
Elkton cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
"NOBODY CATCHES TYPHOID
HE SWALLOWS IT,


High up on every health officers
list of Disease Prevention Duties a,
this time of the year." DR.. R. Fl
Riley, Director of the State Depart
ment of Health, said day or 1--we
ago, sis the reminder, 'Typaoid
Fever Immunization.'
"For number of years, there has
been a steady decrease" DR.. Riley
continued, Sin both cases and deaths
from typhoid reported in the State.
Last year for the first time in five
years, our record was married by in
creases in both sickness and deaths
from the disease. There were 4SO
cases and As deaths from typhoid re-
ported in the State in 1885, an in
crease of more than so cases and o.
seven deaths over the number in
1894.
Through the protection Of public
water supplies from contamination,
the pasteurization of milk supplies,
vaccination against the disease, i'm
proved sanitation of homes not serv-
ed by protected water supplies, SAM
tary supervisor of sources of food
supplies and other protective meas
ures, typhoid fever is no longer as
great a source of anxiety as it was
twenty or thirty years ago. We
have less than half as much typhoid
fever in Maryland as we had fifteen
years ago. But this knowledge Is
likely to give us false sense of Sc
curity and make us disregard neces-
sary precautions.
Here are the facts: AS somebody
has aptly said Nobody catches ty-
phoid-he swallows it. Typhoid is
a flth-borne disease. 1t causes
great suffering and many deaths.
That is not all. 1t is like an endless
chain. A certain number of the
people who have the disease and re-
cover from it, become carriers.
They continue to. pass the typhoid
producing germs in the discharge
from the bowels and kidneys. If the
discharges are not disinfected before
they are disposed of, the germs may
spread into the soil and pollute it, or
they may be carried into an unpro-
tected water supply and contaminate
it. A carrier who is careless in his
or her personal habits and who
handles or prepares food for the
table, without carefully and thor
oughly washing the hands, after Wis
iting the toilet and before touching
the food, may be responsible for
passing the disease on to others.
"In vaccination against typhoid
we have an effective means of pro-
lection which lasts for certain
period and then must be renewed.
II you have not been protected
against typhoid within the last two
or three years, go to your doctor and
have it done now. The disease is
both preventable and unnecessary.
The State Department of Health
furnishes the vaccine free of charge
to physicians. Your only expense
will be your doctors fee. AS it takes
several weeks for the protective
treatment to establish itself, don't
wait until the spring or summer
comes. to have It done.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
WEST NOTTINGHAM
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

REV. A. H. HIBsHMAN, FhD., Pastor
Sunday School. 1000 A. M.
Worship .l1:OO A. M.
The preacher next Sunday will be
Rev. Carey M. Young, Philadelphia,
Assistant Editor for Senior and In
termediate Publications, The Board
of Christian Education Of the Pres
byteran Church in the U. s. A.
You are cordially invited to these
services.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21

A Spray Calendar for Apples and
Peaches has just been issued by the
Extension Service of the University.
1t was prepared by the Department
of Entomology and approved also by
the Departments of Horticulture and
Plant Pathology. Copies may be
obtained by writing to the County
Agents Office.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
. . o
FOUND AT LAST

) The Famous Q-623-Guar-
anteed relief for rheumatism,
. NeuritIs, Sciauca Lumbago--is
, now available to all sufferers
.. from these tortures.
! Q-623 is a prescription of a
, famous specialist that has done
.. wonders for thousands of people
) when many other remedies have
failed. We ask you to try this
famous prescription as it is alb
> solutely guaranteed to help you.
A few doses usually stops the
! pain and many peCpie say 1t is
. worth its weight in god"
For sale by Ashby's Pharmacy,
) Rising Sun, Md.
-n-HPS-S9uA-P-s-SS9 a.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21

Nearly three-fourths of the popu-
lation of Maryland is served by pup
lie water supplies that are protected
against contamination. If your sup
ply is not protected against pollution,
boil the water you use for drinking
or for cooking"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
The Lighthouse

romantic symbol of the careful
safeguards of the sea. Yet -.
beacons, buoys, fog-horns not
withstanding shipping does
not venture from port without
insurance.
On land, the ownership Of
property is not without benefit
of organized effort to prevent
loss. Yet. buildings burn, boil
ers explode, tornadoes devastate
whole communities and, in a
thousand accidents every hour,
automobiles are damaged or de-
stroyed. So, the owners of
homes, automobiles and business
property wisely insure their
possessions.
The policies that we issue are
dependable security.
CHAS. S. PYLE
Insurance
RISING SUN, MARKHAM
Phones and SO
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
500 PUPPIES WANTED

Large size preferred; from to 8
months old; buy mixed breeds or any
kind. Write what you have and
where you are located. Will call at
once. Address
LESTER BROWN,
Freeland, Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21

When man can relieve us from
responsibility, we go to him in droves
to get him to do it. How we hate
that-respousibility.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
WANTED

Large Dogs, any breed As pounds
and over. Write; will call. State
where you are located on R. F. D.
Route.
LESTER BROWN,
Freeland, Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
7. HAMILTON AYARS

]. Hamilton Ayars, IA years old,
lied Sunday in Union Hospital at
Ilkton, of complications. The funer-
IL took place from the Haines
funeral Home, Wilmington, Del,
tuesday afternoon, the Rev. Sterling
.. Bashore, pastor of Zion Lutheran
Jhurch, officiating. Interment private
n Riverview cemetery.
For the last twelve years Mr..
Ayars had lived on the Bell Hill
arm between Newark and Elkton,
With his son, Preston Ayars. Prior
o that he had lived in Wilmington
where he was associated with his
-ather, Preston Ayars, in the jewelry
business, then located at Third and
Market streets. His wife, who was
.Irs. Emma Fehrenbach Ayars, died
more than three years ago.
In addition to his son with whom
.le lived, he is survived by another
lon, John F. Ayars of Wilmington;
1 brother, Charles w. Ayars, of
Washington, and three grandchildren.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-21
statesmen WANTED

MEN WANTED for Rawleigh
Routes of 500 families. Reliable
hustler should start earning $25
weekly and increase rapidly. Write
today. Rawleigh, Dept. MDB-111-S,
Chester, Pa.