Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-06-04
Local and Rural News

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son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
William Lang, of Jackson Heights,
Long Island, N. Y.
Mrs. Robert F. Maddox, of Balti-
more, is visiting her brothers, Messrs.
VIM. A. and Harmon E. Hoblitzell.
Mrs. Maddox is a former resident of
Pocomoke and will be remembered as
Miss Ella V. Hoblitzell.
Hundreds of Worcester Countians
paid tribute to the county's hero dead
on Sunday last as fitting observance
of Memorial Day. The impressive SER
vice was held on the Court House lawn
in Snow Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Ingersoll enter
tanned over the weekend Mr.. E. Pratt
Ingersoll of Philadelphia, Miss Mil
dred Fox, Mrs. Flo Crowson and Mr..
Louis Rodbell, of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Beaver left this
week for a brief visit in Hillsboro,
Md. From there they will go to Dur
ham, N. c., for their M. A. degrees
at Duke University.
Master Charlie Tull, son of Mrs.
Eugene w. Tull, had his appendix re-
moved Wednesday of this week at Sal
isbury Hospital. He is doing nicely
at this writing.
Robert H. Robertson, Jr., who will
graduate this year from the Univer-
sity of Penn, spent the weekend at
his home in this city, returning the
latter part of the week for his COM
mencement exercises.
Mayor and Mrs. E. Wilfred Ross
left this week for Front Royal where
they will attend the graduation exer-
cises of their son, Edward Ross, at
the Front Royal Military Academy
on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Sigrist enter
tanned over the weekend their daugh-
ter, Miss May Sigrist of Wilmington,
Del, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lionel Nutter
and sons, Lionel, Jr., and Keith, of
Blackwood, N. J.
Mr.. Norman Sartorius, son of DR..
and Mrs. N. E. Sartorius, who will
graduate this year from the Univer-
sity of Maryland, spent the weekend
at his home here, returning to College
Park Thursday for his Commence
ment exercises.
Mrs. George Tilghman who has been
spending some time with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Justice, left
Sunday for Amagansett, Long Island
where she will join Mr.. Tilghman who
has recently been transferred from
Bay Shore.
A pulIet four and one-half months
old, owned by Mrs. Viola Schramm,
of near town, laid its first egg re-
Gently. The egg was remarkable in
that, aside from its immense proper
tions, it was found, when broken, to-
contain three separate yolks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Long enter
tanned the following guests over the
weekend: Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Thomp
son and Mrs. Pam Nelson, of Phila-
delphia, Mrs. Fred Shores, ST., Mr..
Fred Shores, Jr., and Miss Ruth Knarr
of Camden, N. j.
Miss Elizabeth Redden was among
the list of graduates who received
diplomas at the Peninsula Cen
eral Hospital in Salisbury on Tuesday.
Miss Redden has been on the honor
roll during the three years she has
been a student nurse. Those attend
ing the graduation exercises from
here were: Mrs. Ethel Redden, Miss
Evelyn Redden, Mr.. Francis Redden
and DR.. S. j. Venable.
Mr.. George Francis Beaver and
Mrs. Evelyn Sherwin Beaver, 512
Walnut St., Pocomoke City, Md, are
candidates for the degree of Master
Of Arts from Duke University at the
institutions 85th commencement this
weekend. More than 600 degrees are
to be awarded at the graduation exer-
cises in the Duke stadium on Monday
afternoon, concluding the academic
year 1867.
Senator Sasscer, President Of the
Maryland State Senate; Hon. Kent
Mulligan, Democratic floor leader of
the Maryland House of Delegates;
William G. Gassaway and Charles Car
roll, of Howard County; MIR. Diggs,