Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-02-26
Local and Rural News

Mrs. E. Wilfred Ross was hostess
today to the luncheon bridge club.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Matthews
have returned from two weeks stay
in Florida.
Miss Florence Covington, of Blue
Bell, Pa, and Mr.. John Covington, of
Philadelphia, were called here last
week by the death of their mother,
Mrs. Kitty Covington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Awhile Conner of
Baltimore, were weekend guests of
Mrs. Myrtle Smith and Miss Lolita
Smith. Miss Smith accompanied them
home for brief visit.
After weeks visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Oren Ballard of this city, Mr..
and Mrs. Leo Vincent and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Billsbrough left Friday
for their home in Michigan.
Mr.. Earl Cutler, employee of the
local Coffman-Fisher store, has been
promoted to manager of the Com
pany's store in Cambridge, and left
this week to assume his new duties.
In the absence of DIR. Bradford
Massey, Health Officer for Worcester
County, who is taking a post grad
uate course in public health admins
tration at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore,
DR.. R. H. Johnson, Somerset Health
Officer, will be in charge of the
health departments in both counties
until his return.
Mrs. Clarence D. Fleming, chairman
of international Relations, will have
charge of the program at the March
meeting of the Woman's Club of Po-
comoke to be held in the Social Hall
of the M. P. Church on Wednesday,
March 3rd. The hostesses will be
Mrs. w. w. Holt, Mrs. S. D. Powell,
Mrs. R. C. Dryden and Mrs. Edmund
DeMar.
The Fourth Quarterly meeting of
the Lower Peninsula District, Wo-
mans Missionary Work will be held
March 9th in Parksley Methodist
Protestant Church. The morning ses-
sion opens at 1890 and a report is
desired from each auxiliary. The
guest speakers will be Rev. and Mrs.
H. A. Sodergren, recently returned
missionaries from China. Luncheon
will be served by the hostess church.
Miss Annie L. Ross, of the Ele-
mentary school has been signally hon
ored by being elected to the Delta
Kappa Gamma Society, woman's ma
tional honor fraternity in Education.
The roll of members of this fraternity
may include only one tenth of the
white women teachers in any school
system, county or city, and only those
are admitted to membership who have
achieved distinction in the teaching
profession, and whose honor and high
professional ideals have been vouched
for, to officials of the Society. Miss
Ross received notification of her re-
commentator for membership in a
letter from the National Executive
Secretary.
Maryland, Virginia and Delaware
chapters Orders of the Eastern Star,
of the Eastern Shore, participated in
Maryland Night" Tuesday at which
time Accomack Chapter No. 62 of
Chincoteague, Va, was host. Fol-
lowing the regular meeting a most
delightful program was presented I'M
der the direction of Mrs. Victoria
Pruitt, chairman. After the opening
remarks and brief sketch of Chin
colleague by Mrs. Pruitt the guests
including about 200 were entertained
with readings, instrumental and vocal
music and highly amusing sketch
in which many local characters came in
for a share of publicity. After the
program members and guests were in
vited to the Fire House and were seat
ed at long banquet tables, approp-
riately decorated with the star colors.