The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-07-02
JAMES A. FARLEY WILL SPEAK
AT SALISBURY
To Address Annual Convention OF
Postmasters At Dinner And
Omen Air Meeting
Open Air Meeting

Open Air Meeting
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley will be the principal speaker at
the second annual meeting of the
Maryland Chapter, National Associa-
ton of Postmasters, in Salisbury,
Md, ON July 8.
Not only will Mr.. Farley be a
guest at the evening dinner of the
Chapter, but he will also deliver an
address to the postmasters and the
public at Gordy Park, Salisbury's
baseball stadium, at 7:45 p. m. The
park stands will seat approximately
$500 persons.
The speakers stand will be erected
on the infield and occupied by Mr..
Farley, Smith w. Purdum the Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General, Rep
resentative T. Alan Goldsborough,
and the Board of Directors of the or
ganization. William A. Strohm, of
Annapolis, president of the Maryland
Chapter, will preside.
Special lighting effects will be in
stalled for the event by the Eastern
Shore Public Service Company. Loud
speakers will make the voices clear
ly audiable in all parts of the park.
Adding color to the setting will be
uniformed bands and special ar
rangement of fireworks which will
present a portrait of Mr.. Farley just
prior to his address.
Maryland postmasters will occupy
reserved box seats in the grandstand.
A large special box is reserved for
other distinguished guests from
Washington, Maryland, Delaware
and Virginia.
Mr.. Farley, accompanied by Mr..
Purdum and Mr.. Goldsborough, will
motor from Washington with police
escort, arriving in Salisbury before
p. m. There they will be officially
received and presented keys to the
city by Mayor Alfred T. Truitt, I. l..
Benjamin, president of the Chamber
of Commerce and the reception COM
mittee composed of: Postmasters j.
T. Hartle, Hagerstown; Howard Crit
fifth, Silver Springs; Elliott Marshall,
Snow Hill; ]. j. Cahill, Wilmington,
Del; and S. T. Nottingham, Cape
Charles, Va.
Mr.. Farley's party will leave about
midnight either by motor or special
train, in order that the Postmaster
General may keep an engagement in
a western state.
Invitations to the event are being
issued to postmasters throughout
Delaware and the Eastern Shore of
Virginia, to join the Maryland Chap
ter at the public gatherings.
The annual convention will open
at 1890 a. M, with an executive
session of the Board of Directors.
The meeting of the Maryland
Chapter, to which all Post Masters
are invited, will start at $3.50 p. m.
in the ballroom of Wicomico Hotel.
The principal speaker will be w. L.
Slattery, comptroller of the Post Of
fee Department. Talks will also be
made by D. c. Burke, Washington,
D. G. Postmaster, representative of
the branches of the Post Office and
Treasury Departments, and by Post
al In spectators ]. E. Seminar and
C. H. Buckley. E. H. Bray, Post
master Easton, will be POSTMASTER
at supper.
The afternoon public meeting will
be followed by business session of
the Chapter, during which the nomi-
mating committee will make its re-
port.
The evening banquet will start at
p. m. and from there the gather
ings will adjourn to the baseball
park.
Mrs. Maude r. Toulson, national
director Of the association, is the
host postmaster. a
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