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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
INSPECTIONS OF
NATIONAL GUARD
UNITS ARE Held
Many Units Turn In 100 Per
Cent Attendance Records,
Including POcOmOke

The annual Federal Inspections of
National Guard units is over in Mary
land, and large silver cup has been
added to the trophy shelf of the Ser
vice Company, First Infantry, at Sill
yer Spring.
The cup was presented by Regimen
tai Headquarters, and was awarded to
the Service Company for making the
best showing of any company in the
First Infantry during the Federal In
spections.
Colonel D. John Markey, command
ing the Fighting First" expressed
himself as delighted with the results
of the Inspection. He pointed out that
fourteen units of the regiment had
turned out 100 percent for the armory
inspections, and that no company in
the regiment had less than 80 percent
of its men on hand for inspection
night.
Here's the roll call of the units in
the First that turned in 100 percent
attendance records for the Federal
going over: Headquarters Company
Frederick; Howitzer Company, Ken
sington; Band Section, Frederick;
Medical Department Detachment
Chestertown; Headquarters Co. Isl
Battalion, Easton.
Company "A", Frederick; Company
"C", Cambridge; Company "D", Be-
Air; Company "E", Elkton; Head
quarters Co. End Battalion, Laurel;
Company "G", Cumberland; Company
"H", Westminster; Headquarters Co..
Sd Battalion, Pocomoke City and
Company "I", in Salisbury.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
OF
SOMERSET DIED
SUNDAY LAST
Mrs. Mary Ford Succumbs At
The Ripe Age Of Eighty
Seven Years

Mrs. Mary Ford, of Fairmount
wife of Mr.. Thornton Ford, died, at
her home Sunday afternoon follow
ing an illness of ten years. Born in
Fairmount 81 years ago, she was the
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
David Kimberly of Fairmount and
lived her entire life in the community
where she was born. During her
long sickness she bore her affliction
with Christian fortitude and her
cheerful disposition endeared her to
large circle of friends, who mourn
her passing.
The large attendance at her funeral
and the many floral designs banked
around her casket, attested the high
esteem in which she was held in her
community.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by three sons, Mr.. Robert P.
Ford, Mr.. Oliver S. Ford and Mr..
Fred T. Ford, all of Fairmount. Fun
eral services were held from her late
home at Fairmount, Tuesday after
noon at 200 with the pastor, Rev. w.
L. Hess, in charge of the funeral
rites. Burial was in the family plot
in the Fairmount cemetery. Pail
bearers were Mr.. Mcclellan Revelle,
Mr.. Balm Revelle, Mr.. John Revelle,
Mr.. Wilbur E. Cox, Mr.. Herman Ford
and Mr.. Arthur Meredith.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
Exercises Held Tuesday Even
ing At The High School
Auditorium
ELEMENTARY PRESENTS
CERTIFICATES TO 63

The graduating exercises of the Po-
comoke City High School took place
on Tuesday evening of this week at 8
o'clock. There were At graduates.
Contrary to usual plan, there was
no special speaker for the evening,
addresses being made by five mem
bers of the graduating class as fol-
lows:
Defeating the Giants, Kenneth
Vincent, Salutatorian.
"The Constitution, Betty Walters.
Class President.
"Some Recent Changes in Educa-
tion," Frances Small, Pres. Student
Council.
advantages of the Commercial
Course" Louise Leitch, Commercial
Graduate.
Old Home Prize Essay, Mary E.
Stevenson, Valedictorian.
Prof. Krabill awarded the Old
Home Prize and Defamation Contest
medals. Mrs. r. w. Dixon, member of
County Board of Education, present
ed the Diplomas. Rev. G. E. Lester,
of Bethany M. P. Church, opened the
exercises with prayer; and Rev. Rob-
ert B. Stewart, newly elected pastor
of Pitts Creek Presbyterian Church,
this city, pronounced the benediction.
At the Elementary School Exer-
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
FORTY SEVEN GRADUATED
FROM P0COMOKE HIGH
SCHOOL TUESDAY NIGHT
CHILDREN'S DAY PROGRAM
AT M. P. CHURCH JUNE 5.

Bethany Methodist Protestant
Church, this city, will hold its Chill
dren's Day program this Sunday, June
5th at II o'clock in the morning. The
program will include vocal and instru-
mental music and readings by the
young people of the Sunday School
and will be interesting alike to young
and old. The public is cordially invit-
ed to attend.
Children's Day will also be observ-
ed at the Quinton Church the same
day at o'clock in the afternoon. The
same invitation is extended the public
to attend this service.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
POTATO
FIELD MEET HELD
THURSDAY JUNE 9
Will Be Held At Farm Of w. T.
Pilchard, One Mile South
Of POcOmOke City

The Fifteenth Annual Potato Field
meeting will be held the morning of
Thursday, June 9th, beginning at 9
A. M. This meeting will be held at
the w. T. Pilchard Farm, one mile
south of Pocomoke, on the Virginia
Road.
Demonstrations at the Pilchard
farm this year include spraying tests,
fertilizer and lime demonstrations,
disease studies, seed improvement,
new varieties and machinery exhibit.
The entire program is as follows:
Greetings, DR.. T. B. Symons, Acting
Dean and Director of Maryland Exten-
sion Service, University of Maryland.
Explanation of Fertilizer and Lime
Demonstrations, Prof. J. E. Metzger,
Acting Director, Maryland Expert
ment Station, Mr.. H. B. Winant, Ag-
ronomy Department.
Explanation and Inspection of Po-
tato Spraying Demonstrations, DR.. E.
N. Cory, State Entomologist.
Japanese Beetle Regulations Affect
ing Irish Cobbler Crop, DR.. George
S. Langford, Specialist in Insect Con-
troll.
Explanation of Disease Studies,
Seed Improvement, New Varieties,
DR.. r. A. Jehle, Plant Pathologist.
Machinery Exhibit by Farm Imple-
ment Dealers.
1t is expected to have large num-
Der of visitors from other potato grow
ing sections present and all local
growers and persons interested in the
potato industry are cordially invited
to spend the morning Of the 9th at
tending this meeting.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
COUNTY WOMAN'S CLUB
TO MEET june 9

The Worcester County Woman's
Club will hold it's annual meeting
June 9, at twelve o'clock, in Ocean
City, with Mrs. Ludlam at the Has
tings Hotel.
Mrs. Harcum, State President, of
the Maryland Federation of Woman's
Clubs will be present.
The afternoon program will be on
Fine Arts with Mrs. E. J. Schoolfield
as chairman.
It is hoped there will be a large
attendance.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
EASTERN SHORE
SPUD BLOSSOM
FESTIVAL ENDS
Marked By Splendid Attendance
Despite The Cool Weather
That Prevailed
COLORFUL UNIFORMS
AND TUNEFUL MUSIC

The Eastern Virginian Potato Bios
som Festival has been laboring under
lowering skies and cool north winds,
still it wound up in a most successful
finish.
Perhaps the largest crowd yet to
visit one of these gala events was
present on Tuesday last, and watched
the colorful parade as it passed in
review, and the drum and bugle
corps competitive drill at night which
brought to a close the fourth annual
event.
The parade, led by State police, a
motor patrol and a mounted escort
composed of Eastern shore horsemen
and horsewomen, led by William Bull
lett Fitzhugh, Of Machipongo, grand
marshall, and Len T. Lilliston, of
Onancock, assistant grand marshall,
was spectacular. Most of the Delmar-
va Peninsula towns were represented
by floats as well as several frater-
nal organizations and business con-
Germs.
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia
high-school bands lent their colorful
uniforms and tuneful airs to the
glamour of the affair. Preceding the
grand parade little Lois Ann West, of
Tasley, and Hardy Taylor, of Oman
cock. were crowned Baby Queen and
King of the Potato Blossom Festival.
The ceremony was carried off in a
pageant of fairyland and the little
princesses were gowned in creations
made on the order of dresses of "Snow
White. Griffin Callahan, of POGO
moke City, Md, officiated at the cere
mony.
The coronation was to have been
held on Monday, but due to high winds
and chill it was postponed by the Of
ficials of the festival.
A loving cup, donated by the Amer
lean Legion Post of Accomac, was
presented to Accomac, Va, for the
prettiest town float in the parade.
C.. A. Orange, Exmore, was pres
ented cup for the best commercial
float and Forrest Cathey, Exmore,
won another cup in the trade-name
division of commercial floats.
Queen Eastern Shore V and her
court rode on one of the floats while
replica of this huge float bore the
baby queen and king.
Others in the parade were Accomac
American Legion junior drum and
bugle corps, Laurel (DeD High School
Band, Cape Charles float, Salisbury
float, Seaford High School Band,
Parksley float, Norfolk Veterans of
Foreign Wars drum and bugle corps,
Pocomoke float, Onancock High
School Band, Exmore float, American
Legion drum and bugle corps, Nor
folk; Onancock float, Pocomoke band,
Cape Charles Volunteer Fire Com
pany drum and bugle corps, Accomac
float, Dover High School Band, Cape
Charles Ladies Auxiliary, Pocomoke
Boy and Girl Scouts, Salisbury V.
F. w. drum and bugle corps, Parks
ley Boy Scouts and commercial floats.
Following the competitive drill in
the evening which featured drum and
bugle corps from Maryland and Vir-
ginia, and high school bands from the
three Delmarva States, the spectators
witnessed the revue and listened to
concerts by the school bands which
brought to close this the fourth
annual affair held by the Legion
naires.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03

The second quarterly meeting of the
Lower Peninsula District, Woman's
Missionary Work was joint meeting
with Central and Delaware Districts
and was held in Denton M. P. Church
Tuesday night, May 31st with a splen-
did attendance. Rev. Paul Warner
and wife, returned missionaries, were
the guest speakers.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
SINGING EVANGELIST AT
NJ. E. CHURCH SUNDAY

Miss Anna M. Johnson, Singing
Evangelist of Philadelphia, who also
plays an accordion, will be at Salem
NJ. E. Church Sunday night.
Since this will be her only appear
ance in Pocomoke City at this time,
the public will do we'll to hear her.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03

Miss Nan Cullen, of this city, is
among the list of 21 seniors to be
graduated from the State Tea .ers
College in Salisbury with B. de-
gree. Commencement exercises will
be held June 9Th at II q. m.
The Washington times., 1938-01-21
Bishop Brown
To Speak Here

Bishop William C. Brown, of Los
Angeles, prelate in charge of the
West Coast Conference of the
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church connection, will be the
guest speaker at John Wesley A.
M. E. z. Church, Sunday, at II
a. m.
Bishop Brown was pastor of
John Wesley Church from 1912 to
1920. During his pastorate the
congregation moved from its his,
toric structure on Eighteenth
Street and acquired the present
church property at Fourteenth
and Corcoran Streets Northwest
After leaving John Wesley, Bishop
Brown paStored First Zion Church
at Brooklyn, N. Y, for 16 years.
He was elected a bishop in 1886.
The Washington times., 1938-01-21
Lunch Fund Plan Up Today

priation Of $34,216 to provide
lunches for the remaining "a
days of the present school year.
A request to the Board of Educa.
ton to ask congressional funds
for the lunches was refused on
the grounds that feeding chill,
dren is a welfare problem.
In her letter to the Commits
sioners, Mrs. Boyle also asked
that an appropriation for school
lunches be included in the 193a-39
budget. This would require
$67.34O for 1876 days, from Jan.
uary to June. The cost per day
Of feeding the children is 1854.
The Washington times., 1938-01-21
Says Boake Carter

program in big way. So comments New Jer-
sey building and loan association director:
1T would seem to me, after is years as B.
and L. director, to be good business on the part
of the Government first to get rid of the 100000
dwellings acquired through foreclosures by the
HOLC, before proceeding to erect some more.
I'm our association we have some 100000 tied
up in the moderate-priced dwellings which we do
not want. In addition, we have sold quite num-
Der at less than cost to us. On the same basis we
are trying to dispose of the rest Won't the Gov
ernment Housing Plan make it harder yet to re-
lease such misplaced investments which today con-
stituted millions of FROZEN so-called ASSETS?"
WaIIoce's "F0mous Piece"
More famous pieces by famous people: ...
If it cannot be stopped in any other way
Congress should enact a law imposing very
severe penalties-upon any Government official
who undertakes to influence either crop pro-
duction or crop prices.
The business of Government employees should
be administrative. Farmers have been the VIC
Tins of Government exploitation
And especially should Government officials
be forbidden to put out any statements circu-
lated to influence agricultural prices. Such
statements are perniciouS in the extreme.
There are too many people IN pubic ct1lce
who seem to think they ought to exercise some
sort of guidance or guardianship over the
farmer ...
The writer of that famous" piece was Henry A.
Wallace, editor of Wallace's Farmer in 1920. The
same Mr.. Wallace is now Secretary of Agriculture
Copyright. Ledger syndcate)
Bonke Carriers opinions are his otDn and not
necessarily those of The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1938-01-21
COLLINS PLANS
MILLION c UT
IN D. C. BUDGET
No One to Be Hurt,
He Emphasizes
BY JULIA A. BONWIT

The House District Appropria.
tions subcommittee took up its red
pencil today to trim $1,000,000
from the 1899 District budget of
$47,344, ,702.
mo one will be hurt" how
ever, Representative Ross Col.
Inns Cd of Mississippi, subcom.
mittee chairman, said. IT want
that emphaized."
The $1,O00,O00 cut has been
pretty definitely determined, it
was revealed, despite the fact that
the full subcommittee will begin
only today marking up the bill,
after its lengthy hearings with
departmental heads and citizens
associations.
Mr.. Collins said that most of
the economies will be in District
services, emphasizing again that
present personnel will not be en-
dangered. All of the cuts, he said
further, will be in the general
fund, none of them occurring
either in the gas or water funds.
GOES TO HOUSE TUESDAY
The hearings having been com.
pleted yesterday, Mr.. Collins an.
nounced he will report the bill to
the House on Tuesday.
Although he would not discuss
the committees cuts into the ap-
preparation, he intimated the bill
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The Washington times., 1938-01-21
Dear Washington
By Helen Essar>

in his old age in the little cottage have told you
about
Some day historian will make out Of his
story an epic of America.
At luncheon today at the smart Bath Club I
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs Edward c. Romf
Mr.. Romf, ED Romf" as everybody calls him,
is personality for this Miami portfolio have
been telling you about. He's the president Of the
First National Bank. He brought its assets down
from $50 900 900 during the Florida boom days to
a normal $12,000,000 without losing one dollar
(don't ask how he did it,. During the ups and
downs of Florida development he has had ten
runs on his bank During the last run he walked
through the mob of anxious depositors with
fishing pole on his shoulder.
"Where're you going, Ed Romf?" half dozen
people yelled. Where do you s'pose I'm goin'?"
shouted Mr.. Romf Che comes from Arkansas and
talks like Bob Burns).
'You mean you're going fiShing?"
"sure thing" answered the bank president
And he went nonchalantly out.
Stopped Run on Bank
The run stopped right there. The crowd
thought that things couldn't be so bad if Ed Romf
was carrying on like that
At the Bath Club luncheon also met Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Alton Jones' Mr. Jones belongs in my
Miami portfolio. He is executive vice president
of the City Service Corporation and righthand
man of Henry L. Doherty. He's big blond fellow
with an easy, gracious way. Flies his own plane
all over the United States, supervising his corpo
ration's interests.
Mr. and Mrs Irving J. Reuter-, whom met at a
luncheon with Mrs. j. j. Mack. of Washington, are
typical of the charming and affluent winter vis
tors here. Mr.. Reuter- was formerly vice presi
dent of General Motors and president of the Olds
mobile Automobile Company. He is having great
fun building Q new palace they really are
palaces, you know, on Sunset Island.
The Washington times., 1938-01-21
Misplaced?
Ornate Gun Found
i At No. 6 Precinct

An astonished citizen-by name,
R. A. Biondi, 1900 block Nicholson
st. N, W.-walked into No. po.
lice station, across the street from
his home. today and announced:
Here's something someone
lost"
The something was a pearl.han.
died .32-caliber revolver. Mr.. Bi.
ondi found it-of all places-on
the street in front of a police sta.
ton.
Police expressed belief the re.
volver may have been "ditched"
by a prisoner as he was being
brought to the station house. 1t
couldn't have been lost by q po-
liceman, they said, since the police
guns are not decorated with or
nate pearl handles.
The Washington times., 1938-01-21

With only enough food to last
through next Wednesday, the
school lunch program faces discon-
tinuance unless more funds are
raised, Mrs. John Boyle, jr., chair
man of the Permanent Committee
on the Feeding Of Hungry Chill
dren, declared today.
The gift Of 25,60O half pints of
milk by a good angel who de-
clined to reveal his identity will
permit the lunches to continue
four more days.
The District Commissioners to-
day will consider an appeal by
MRS. Boyle for a deficiency appro-
The Washington times., 1938-01-21

threads of the millions Of souls who have gone
before us.
AS darling little babies, we know how to cry
but we have to be taught to eat, talk, and walk,
and, as we go on through life, while we may
think we are acting solely for ourselves, we are
Just as much dependent on the human beings
around us, as little Charlie Mccarthy is on Edgar
Bergen,
Illusions Get More Wonderful
Yes, we are puppets up to certain point but
beyond that we have the Godgiven spark OF
The Washington times., 1938-01-21

few friends stop by occasionally to gossip OF
the past. But Carl Fisher, who once made Florida
sizzle, has completely retired from public lite
and wishes to remain so.
Made Magic Change
In 1922 he found Miami Beach an expanse of
muck and sand. Like an alchemist he turned it
into $40, 100000 property
Then this man, the inventor of Prestolite, first
lighting method for automobiles, builder of the
indianapolis Speedway, bicycle and automobile
racer in his young days with Barney Oldfield.
went to Montauk Point, N. Y, to develop second
Miami Beach there Montauk was failure. It
was a slump that he couldn't take in his usual
stride. He had weathered the Florida hurricanes
before both financial and climatic
But Montauk's collapse was too much. He was
bankrupt.
The hotels, the polo fields, the Roman pools,
the streets the parks, and the villas he built in
Miami are still standing. But this soldier of for.
tune, of unquestioned honesty, his fortune gone,
has moved from his first Spanish castle in Miami
to three other houses Of lesser importance and
less elegance. And at last he finds himself alone
The Washington times., 1938-01-21
Bishop Urges
Wesley Study

Moderns would do well to study
the religious experience of John
Wesley, founder of the Methodist
Church, Bishop Edwin N. Hughes
declared yesterday as plans were
drawn for the meeting of the
Million Unit Fellowship Move
ment and General Confer e nee
Commission on Evangelism in
Chicago next month. Bishop
Hughes will be one of the prin-
cipal speakers at the three-day
conference to be attended by 1000
persons beginning February 8.
The Washington times., 1938-01-21

BOako Carter
1talys conquest of Ethiopia. Yet, at the same
time. the department is anxious to put through
the treaty because of its commercial benefits
It is all an echo of the policy originated by
Henry stimson in the Manchurian crisis in 1881.
Ostrich Policy Futile ."
Corden Hull would like to junk the Stimson
"ostrich" policy because it has embarrassed his
trade-treaty schemes more than once. But he is
still afraid to take the plunge. So the new trade
treaty with Italy is in the wellknown state Of
suspended animation" while the diplomats in
washington play ostrich" again for while.
Manchukuo is now Japanese sphere of in
fluence," and will remain so until someone takes
1t away from her, irrespective of how many secre-
taries of State in Washington stick their heads in
the sand and play Ostrich"
The Government is plugging house building
The Washington times., 1938-01-21

blood entertainers, you begin
to wonder whether the Ameri-
can people are not going back
to their second childhood. Not
thatI I would blame them much
if they did, with all the horrors
or war and economic turmoil
around theml
Perhaps the affinity we feel
toward Charlie is contained in
the fact that every single one
of US is a puppet in one way
or another, and all of us are
The Washington times., 1938-01-21

Washington Times Staff Photo
WHEN GIRL students
at Mckinley Tech High
School put on a fashion
show, the schools brawny
football players would not
be outdone, so they put on
a muscle show" Clarence
Wells shows his perfect
physique, while Harold
Welch, in contrast, strug-
giles with a heavy bar bell.
oh, well you're My
young once.
The Washington times., 1938-01-21
|MISHAPS RISE
AS ICE COATS
D. c. HIGHWAYS.
Shedding Accidents
Injure Six

Rain and near freezing tempera-
ture made walking and motoring
on Washington streets treacher-
Gus today.
The dangers increased on the
highways of the Capitals environs.
Reports from suburban areas Of
Maryland and Virginia stated a
combined fall of rain, snow and
sleet coated the roadways, making
automobiles skid badly.
FALL BREAKS ANKLE
One casualty as result of a
fall on slippery streets was re
ported. Martha G. Merrill, so,
1900 block Hemlock st. N. W., suf-
fered a broken ankle when she
fell while walking in the 3700
block Eighteenth st. N. E.
The Weather Bureau forecast
rain and warmer weather for to-
night and tomorrow and predicted
the mercury will not fall below 38
degrees during the night. Last
nights low was 20 degrees, re-
corded at 1o:30 p. m.
Six persons were hurt in sled
ding accidents and five in traffic
mishaps on the snow and ice
coated streets of the city last
night. Three persons-Kathleen
Marsh, IS, 1900 block U st. S. E.,
Donald Russell, 81, 1900 block Of
Twelfth st. S. E., and Frank Hol-
comb, 27, 1900 block Pleasant St.
S. E.-suffered minor hurts when
a sled, on which they were riding
crashed with a car at Nichols Ave.
and Pleasant Street Southeast.
RUNS INTO AUTO
Most seriously hurt in shedding
accidents was 13-year-old Preston
Hartley, colored, 1906 Kane Pl,
N. E. While coasting down a hill
on Forty-eighth st. N. E., he
crashed into an automobile operat-
ing on Sheriff Rd. He is in Cas-
ualty Hospital suffering from pos
sible internal injuries and head
cuts.
Edward Ellis, 13, 318 Rhode
Island Ave. N. E., suffered two
broken ribs and brush-burns on
the legs when his sled was in col
Ilision with an automobile near
Third and Adams SITS. N. w. The
other shedding casualty was John
Miles, IL, of 100 Fifteenth st. S.
E., who crashed into a parked
auto while coasting in the 100
block of A st. S. E., and suffered
head cuts.
FREAK ACCIDENT
Five-year-old John L. Self, 1107
Holbrook Terrace N. E., suffered
minor cuts and bruises in a freak
traffic accident. He was a pas.
(Continued nm pa~o 02 Col. q
The Washington times., 1938-01-21
RELIGIOUS SERVICE

DR.. Charles H. Wesley, head of
the department of history and
acting dean of the graduate school,
will speak at the all-university re-
ligious service in Andrew Rankin
Chapel, Sunday, at II
a. m. Music will be provided by
the university choir under direc.
ton of Dean lulu V. Childers.
The Washington times., 1938-01-21

ocean or Biscayne Bay. But
Carl Fisher, the man who &C.
tually MADE Miami Beach,
who planted the town almost
in it's entirety in the swamps,
as a child makes a playhouse,
now lives a poor, nearly for
gotten recluse in the midst Of
his magic city. In a small house
overlooking the eleventh hole
of the La Gorce Golf Club, one
of his many gifts to the beach,
he is spending the last years
of his life.