Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-05-01
Local and Rural News

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Adkins and
son, of Chester, Pa, were weekend
visitors at the home of the formers
mother, Mrs. Gordon Adkins, and his
brother, Mr.. Jno. Adkins.
Rev. and Mrs. P. w. Crosby of this
city and Rev. and Mrs. L. S. Greene
of Salisbury, were dinner guests Mon
day of Rev. and Mrs. John Townsend
in Snow Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Northam en-
tertained Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Tarr and son Ralph, Mrs. William Pill
chard of Klej Grange, and Mr.. Charles
Hill of Girdletree.
DIR. R. Lee Hall spent several days
cf this week in Baltimore attending
the One hundred and thirty-eighth
Annual meeting of the Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty of the State OF
Maryland. He was accompanied to
Baltimore by his wife and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar F. Covington of
Onancock, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Catherine Lee, to
Mr.. Elmer A. Ritchie, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Ritchie of Upper Darby,
Pa. The Covingtons are former resi-
dents of Pocomoke.
A quiet wedding was solemnized
in the NJ. E. Parsonage in Snow Hill
Thursday of last week when Miss
Dorothy Mason of Pocomoke City be-
came the bride of Mr.. Estel Trader of
Stockton. The ceremony was per-
formed in the afternoon at 4:30
P. NJ.
A news item sent in sometime ago
stated Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Pope had
returned to Florida after occupying an
apartment in the West home on Mar
ket st. AS Mrs. West does not have
an apartment in her home the item
was incorrect and should have refer
red to Mr.. and Mrs. Pope as visitors.
The Democrat does not remember the
author of the article but regrets the
error.
Little Miss Betty Lee Custis enter
tanned few Of her friends recently
in honor of her fourth birthday. Those
present were: Phyllis Parks, Laura
Mae Brimer, Anita erase Gossard,
Betty Woster, Amelia Powell, Dora
Mae Powell, Adron Parks, Orville
Redden, Gene Redden, Edward Brimer,
Kenneth Brimer, Bobby Bozman, Bob
by Bagwell and Jackie Wooster. The
youthful hostess received many pref
ty little gifts from her friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Watson enter
tanned at surprise party Friday
night in honor of their daughter,
Mary's sixteenth birthday. The guests
were entertained with games and dan
cling. Those present were: Marie
Hurley, Mae Durham, Cornelia Hur-
ley, Lefty Grissett, Marcia Ardis,
Elizabeth Hurley, Pearl Durham, Mar
garet Grissett, Dorothy Merritt, Jua-
nita Hurry, Margaret Merritt, Doro-
thy Mae Watson, Brantley Stevens,
Fred West, George Waterfield, Jr.,
Walter Watson, Jr., Brantley Jones,
Herbert Wise, Alonza Selby, Frank
Grissett and Joe Merritt.
Miss Betty Lee Johnson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Johnson, cele-
brated her ninth birthday Saturday
afternoon last by entertaining a num-
ber of her little friends at her home,
I'll Walnut st. Her guests were:
Margaret Wilson Hillman, Alice Jean
Mister, Betty Wooster, Margaret Tull,
Marian Jean Vessels, Emma Krabill,
Carolyn Pilchard, jeanette MacSorley,
Odessa Hancock, Annabelle Johnson,
Norma Polk, Rose Mary Ennis, Billie
Ennis, Barbara and Billie Solum, Hor-
tense and George S. Bunting, Jackie
and Betty Wooster, Lynwood Ward,
Sonny Henderson, Billie Badger, Lola
Johnson. Other guests included: Miss
Julia Robertson, Miss Mae Ellis, Mrs.
j. F. Adams, Mrs. S. w. Messick and
Miss Marah Stevenson