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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-20
Declares That Referendum Can
Not Be Ordered, AS Contend
ed BY Co. Commissioners
RELIEVES POCOMOKE CITY
OF INCREASED TAXES

A wire to Godfrey Child, Esq, this
city, on Wednesday last, from James
A. Young, Clerk of the Court of APP
peals, Annapolis, read as follows:
Annapolis, May IS, 1888
Godfrey Child, Esq,
Pocomoke City, Md.
In Nos Il and Is, orders in both
cases reversed with costs. Please
notify other counsel.
James A. Young, Clerk
The wire had reference to the case
appealed from the lower Court at An
napolis, where a decision was handed
down by Judge Clarke, ordering q
referendum on the act of the late
session of the Maryland Legislation,
regulating the disposition of the iq-
uor profits in Worcester County.
Prior to the act referred to, all the
profits of the four County dispensar-
les were turned into the treasury of
the county. A bill was introduced
into the General Assembly to so reg
ulate the division that one-half should
go to the Commissioners and one-half
to the four towns: Ocean City, Ber-
lin, Snow Hill, and Pocomoke City, on
the basis of their volume of sales.
The Count Commissioners, by Pc
tition, sought to have the bill SUBJ
mitted to the vote of the people. The
town argued that bills regulating the
disposition of liquor funds, are not
referable; and, in this claim, were
supported by opinion of Attorney
General Q'Conor.
The case was argued in the Circuit
Court of Anne Arundel County, and,
as stated above, a referendum was or
dered. An appeal by the towns car
ried to the State Supreme Court,
where the lower court was reversed,
and costs laid upon the plaintiffs,
Attorneys for the towns were: Cod
frey Child, for Pocomoke; John L.
Sanford, Jr.. for Berlin: Edward
Johnson, for Ocean City; and John L.
Sanford, ST., Baltimore; and Emory
Niles, of Baltimore, the last named
arguing the case before the Court of
Appeals.
Attorneys for the Commissioners,
Franklin Upshur, of Berlin, William
L. Marbury, Jr., and William Lee
Rawls, of Baltimore.
This ruling will have no effect on
the order of Judge James NJ. Crockett
that liquor profits accumulated prior
to the passage of the Bill, should be,
and they were, turned over to the
Commissioners. A distribution will.
however, take place on June 1, where
by the towns will profit as a result
of the decision of the Appeals Court.
The situation arising from the opin-
ion of the higher body, is one pro-
vldlng much relief to Pocomoke City
since the corporation would have had
to meet bonded indebtedness assum-
ed to pay for the new Municipal
building. An appreciated rise in tax
rate would have ensued and this would
have borne heavily on the people. AS
it is now, the bonds can be liquidated
with ease by the added income from
the liquor profits.
Another advantage is that payments
on the bonds are so arranged as to
demand and there will
be surpW the liquor profits
which will go far toward reducing
tax rates. The decision is a great
boom to Pocomoke.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-20
MR.. COLDSBORCUCH TO
SPEAK MEMORIAL DAY

Hon. T. Alan Goldsborough has ac-
cepted an invitation to deliver an ora
ton, in Snow Hill, on the morning Of
May 80, Memorial Day, the hour be-
ing set at 1890 o'clock.
Interesting exercises have been ar
ranged for the occasion, in which the
State Militia and War Veterans will
parade, and n proper recognition at
the war memorial Of these who made
the extreme sacrifice.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-20

Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday at P. NJ, for Upshur Mills,
So, formerly of Delmar, but who for
the past several years has made his
home in Pocomoke. Mr.. Mills died at
the Cambridge Hospital. The Rev.
DR.. Handy had charge Of the service
and burial was made In the Laurel
Hin cemetery In Laurel, Del.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-20

Miss Jessie Lee Lambden attended
the wedding of her sister, Miss Cor
lene Lambden to Mr.. James Raymond
Hedeman, which took place at st.
Johns II. P. Church in Baltimore On
Saturday, Nay 18th.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-20
NOTICE

This is TO request kindly the
correspondents to send their
news items so they will reach
this office not later than We'd
nesday morning. Otherwise
last minute rush of ads may
prevent US from printing them.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-13
Friends
and Influence People,"

Shortly after they were engaged,
Lincoln wrote her letter saying
that he didn't love her sufficiently
to marry her. He gave this letter
to his friend, Joshua Speed, and
asked Speed to give it to Mary, Todd
Speed tore up the letter, threw It
in the fire and told Lincoln to go
and see Mary Todd himself He did,
and when he told her he didn't
want to marry her, she started to
cry. Lincoln could never stand see
ing a woman cry; so he took her
in his arms and kissed her and said
he was sorry.
The wedding day was set for jan
uary /, 1841. The wedding cake was
baked, the guests were assembled,
the preacher was there, but Lincoln
didn't appear Why? Well, Mary
Todd's sister afterward explained it
by saying that Lincoln went crazy.
And her husband added: eyes, crazy.
as a LOOM" The fact that he did
become ill-dangerously i'll in body
and i'll in mind, and he sank into
a spell of melancholy so deep and
so terrible that it almost unbalanced
his reason. His friends found him
at daylight, mumbling incoherent
sentences. He said he didn't want
to live. He wrote poem on suicide
and had it published in one of the
Springfield papers, and his friends
took his knife away from him, to
keep him from killing himself.
For almost two years after that,
Lincoln had nothing whatever to do
with Mary Todd. Then self-ap-
pointed matchmaker in Springfield
brought them together, behind
closed doors, and Mary Todd told
Lincoln it was his duty to marry
her. And he did
While I was out in Illinois, writ
ing that book about Lincoln, I went
to see Uncle Jimmy Miles, farm
er who lives near Springfield One
of his uncles was Herndon, Lincoln's
law partner; and one of his aunts
ran boarding house where Mr.. and
Mrs. Lincoln came to live shortly
after they were married.
Uncle Jimmy Miles told me that
he had often heard his aunt tell
this story: One morning, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lincoln were having breakfast
with the rest of the boarders, and
Lincoln said something that dis
pleased his wife; so she picked up
a cup of hot coffee and dashed it in
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-13
Troops Rushed To
War In Holy Land

London, Oct. 9.-Great Britain
ordered additional troops to Pales-
tine today to quell Arab-Jewish dis
orders in which fighting has reached
q scale unprecedented since British
and Turks fought there during the
world war.
The. colonial Office announced four
additional battalions of troops, one
artillery battery and an undisclosed
number of armored cars would be
dispatched to the Holy Land dur
ing the next two or three weeks.
These troops will bring to $1,000
the estimated number of British SOL
djers and police trying to put down
a state of virtual civil war which
hared on July 8, 1887, when Brit
ish royal commission recommended
partition of Palestine into Arab and
Jewish states, and a British man
dated section.
The decision to send the rein
forcerlents was taken after Malcolm
Macdonald, secretary for colonies,
held urgent conferences with high
government officials on the growing
violence.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-13

Almost a century ago, Abraham
Lincoln and Mary Todd were mar
ried, in Springfield, Illinois, and
their marriage proved to be of the
most unfortunate and unhappy
unions in the history of this nation.
The only comment that Lincoln
ever made, in writing about his
marriage, was a postscript that he
added to a business letter., written
to Samuel Marshal, and it is now
in the. possession of the Chicago His
torical Society. In it Lincoln says,
''There is no news here except my
marriage, which to me is a matter
of profound WONDER
William H. Herndon was Lincoln's
law partner for a fifth of a century,
and Herndon knew Lincoln better
than any other man ever knew him;
and Herndon said, IF Lincoln ever
had happy day in twenty years,
I never knew of it. And Herndon
thought that Lincoln's marriage had
a lot to do with his sadness.
I once spent three years writing
biography of Lincoln, and while
I was writing it, 1 believe I made
as careful study of the home life
of the Lincoln family as it is posi-
BILE for anyone to make. I carefully
examined and re-examined every
shred of evidence that is in exist
ence; and I came to the reluctant
and painful conclusion that the
greatest tragedy in Abraham Lin
coins life was his marriage.
Shortly after he and Mary Todd
were engaged, Lincoln began to re-
alize that they were exact opposites,
in every way, and that they could
never be happy. They were the ex-
act opposites in temperament, in
tastes, in training, and desires.
For example, Mary Todd had at
tended snobbish finishing school in
Kentucky; she spoke French with a
Partisan accent, and was one of the
best educated women in Illinois. But
Lincoln had attended school a total
of less than twelve months in his
entire life.
Mary Todd was deeply interested
in dress and show and ostentation.
But Lincoln took no interest what
ever in his appearance. In fact, he
would sometimes walk down the
street with one trouser leg on the
outside of bis boot and the other
trouser leg stuffed in the inside of
his boot.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-13
Experiment Unit
Wants More Money
To Ask For Increase OF $50, 735
Yearly. Cattle Research
Anticipated.

An increasing demand for re-
search work will prompt the North
Carolina Experiment Station to ask
the General Assembly for an in
crease of $780, yearly for the next
biennium, said DIR. I. 0. Schaub of
State College, acting director OF the
Station.
AT the, present time, the income
of the Experiment Station from
State sources amounts, TO $45,60O. DR..
Schaub explained that $4,000 comes
from the general fund for special
apple research, $26,350 from the ag-
ricultural fund, and 81 1920 from
miscellaneous receipts.
F. IF the increase is granted, it Will
provide the necessary offset to meet
the $128,285 in Federal funds auth
orized under the Bankhcad-Jones
Act.
The request calls for M additional
$4,000 for apple research so that the
work might be spread more evenly
over the State and take care of
problems other than disease. Peach
research would be appropriated,
$4,000 for the study of insect and
disease control, fertilization, soil
building, and other problems in
connection with the production and
marketing of this fruit.
The 1897 General Assembly pro
vided for peanut farm but did
not appropriate funds for necessary
expenses and the employment OF
workers. It is proposed to allocate
$4,000 for special peanut research.
Bulbs and flowers, because OF
their increasing importance, would
be allowed $4,000 Beef cattle and
sheep would be appropriated $l5,-
600 for research work, especially in
the mountain territory.
Inadequate research with vcgc-
tables would be remedied to a GER
tain extent by the $4,000 appropri-
alton asked for. Soil testing work
would get $4,000.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-13
Healing Springs
School n e S

Last Friday number of patrons
visited our school They ate lunch
at the cafeteria and enjoyed watch
ing tile games at noon. During the
afternoon a program was given for
them. These numbers were part of
those that had previously attended
our regular morning exercises.
After the program, a PIT. A. was
organized. The officers elected were:
president, Mrs. J. F. Phillips; vice
president. Mrs. B. H. Shepherd; sec
ond vice president, Mrs Walter
Neaves; secretary and treasurer,
Miss Thelma Shepherd; program
conmittee-Mrs. B. H. Shepherd,
Mrs. w. J. Huneycutt and Mrs. Arch
MCMILLAN; hospitality committee
Mrs. Walter Neayes. Mrs. S. V. AL
exander, Mrs. A. L. Cox; publicity
conanlittee-Mrs. J. S. Baker, Mrs.
Cleve Alexander, Mrs. Wiley Little;
membership committee-Mrs. F. C.
Petty, Mrs. Chester Jones, Mrs. C.
c.. Paisley; finance and budget COM
nittee-professor r. E. L. Plummer,
J. F. Phillips, A.. D. Goodman.
/ Miss Amelia Ballou, from Fergu-
son, ~ c., entered the senior class
last week We welcome her. among
us.
The junior and senior classes were
1000 in attendance last week.
The. senior class officers are: presi-
dent, Belle Hurley; vice president,
Ophelia Phipps; secretary and treas
urer, Tulean .Blevins.
Since the grading on the campus
was completed during the summer,
we are able this fall to- have our
baseball, two softball and one vol
leybaI team in play each day.
The high school girls have just
completed a soft ball tournament
team number l, ''the Plymouth" and
number 3, "the Chevrolet" tied for
two days. However, the third day
''the Chevrolet" won. While this
tournament was in progress. grades
to 7 played volleyball.
This week the seventh grade and
high school girls have stated tour
pament in volleyball, while grades
4-6 are playing soft ball.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Phipps recently
donated some playground equip
ment for the first, second and third
grades, consisting of a see-saw,
swings and slide. The students are
enjoying this very much during
these pretty days. The faculty,
students and patrons greatly appre-
nciate this gift.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-13

to his face, and she did it in the
presence of the other boarders. Lin
coin didn't answer her. He didn't
scold her. He said nothing, while
the landlady brought wet cloth
and wiped off his face and his cloth
es. Similar incidents probably oc-
Cured in the Lincoln household for
years.
But let us not judge Mrs. Lin
coin too harshly. She finally went
insane; and perhaps much earlier
her mind was being affected by on
coming insanity.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-13

One of the most beautiful things
] know about Abraham Lincoln is
the fact that he endured his unhap-
py home life for twenty-three years
without bitterness, without senti-
ment and without saying a word
about it to anyone. He endured it
with Christ-like forgiveness, and
with a patience that was almost di-
vine.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-13

The road between the end Of the
concrete near town and the point
where the new construction ends at
Beaver Greek, is having the final
coat of tar added this week, Traffic
has been detoured by way Of the
Negro mountain road.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-13

Miss Thelma Lee Norris, Of near
BrownWood, has returned home af-
ter a two months visit with her
brothers, Russell and Elmer Norris,
in Pennsylvania
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-13

South Cardinals motto is: Dunn
spiro, spero-c'While I breathe, 1
hope.")
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1938-02-03

The Iho6tor GuiLd is having dress
reaeorea1a tooi st "or th2ir two enc
ocy p1ays TO q prosonteo iii thc
Couulu141t y Hall, Fobrda1y s. The
coe5 Of Il Men Played Cards as
Women Do" has nov been onnoun cod:
TN ok" Nj cho1s, Bcb Laurie, Louis
0d8ather and Bill IhriC playing the "
principal and only parts.
Friends OF LIrso Lee Marshall SUR
h aca5oz last st uodnasday 1Tonins, Ja9,28.
Harvey Curron, q local trappor, has
caught SO coyotes since October
in traps around Palmer and Wasillo.
Incl donta11y, Waldo Fox got "foxy"
tho othor dry and caught fox.
Mrs. Rex Pierce and her youns dau6h-
ter have boon visiting in town this
past week, aDyinC with the B.C.Piorc
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1938-02-03
WE HEAR THAT:

Mrs. Wolfe is the former Fctrl
Williams who was the he'd C1css
nurse at Palmer last year Mr..
Wolfe was Formerly associated @tth
the A.R.R.C. as Assist ant Erchl-
tect. They arc now living 1r
Anchorage.
DR.. Albre chit received 8 card an
nounctng the birth OF fatric1
Elizabeth TO M. ana Mrs. Ohm 6.
Nj chols, former Co1oaists, MR.
Nj chols IS now teaching at Klvaline.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis 0dsothor moved
into their new home on January 20.
They are now living in the staff
house known as tho ASST slant man
aGer s".
Laurence Arndt, who has been in the
Hospital or some time suffering
with q severity fractured les, was
dis chargod this past week, but is
still wearing plaster cast and
IS on crut ches.
The Luthe rem Ladies' Aid meets to-
day at 800 Pm. in the Parsonage,
Cecil Gel1tson has boon CHOSEN as
manager Of the Pa1mor Athletic
CLUB hockey team, which plans
to go TO the Fur RcndezXous in
Anchorage.
Mrs. Joff Morley Of Eska has been
the guest Of Mrs. Thomas Lopalc or
two weeks. Mrs. Lepak and Mrs,
Clarence 5orenson were tho guests
Of Mrs Morley at Eska last month.
Henry Jenson and Kenneth Meier have
had treatment rocontlv at the Hos
pital for wounds caused by slipping
axos. Mr. Jenson's injury was qui to
serious In that one of the bones in
his foot was Fractured
MRS otto Nelson had some glass re-
moved from her left eye. splin-
ter from q glass jar was the cause.
Stow Campbell noffl ciallLn INTRO
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Annapolis
|Society..
News
Mrs. Emory Sands
Is Guest at
Luncheon.

4 NNAPOLIS. Nd, April 23.-
~ Commodore and Mrs. Edward
~ Lloyd entertained at lunch
4 a con Sunday for the latter's
niece, Mrs. Emory Sands Of WASH
ington, who spent the Easter week end
with them.
Capt. and Mrs. Thomas Kurtz OF
New York spent Easter with Mrs.
Middleton 6emmes Guest at her home
at Wardour. Sunday afternoon the
young son Of 1t. and Mrs. Thomas
Kurtz, jr., was christened at the Naval
Academy Chapel, with Chaplain Will
liam N. Thomas officiating. Before
the ceremony It. and Mrs. Kurtz en-
tertained at large buffet luncheon
at their home on West street.
Mrs. Middleton Semmes Guest gave
luncheon at her home in honor OF
Mrs. Thomas KurtZ, ST., Monday.
Mrs. Walter Sharp is spending this
week end in Philadelphia. where she
is the guest Of her uncle, Mr.. Will
liam Campbell, and Mrs Campbell
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. J. Harrison
Colhoun were at home Sunday after
noon. as Is their custom, informally
at Windsor Farms on West River.
DR.. and Mrs. John Cuttings spent
the Easter holidays at their country
home on West River.
Dr. and Mrs Richard Kuehemund
the former Of the faculty of St
Johns. left Monday for Loanaconing
Md, where they are guests OF Mrs
Kuehemunds mother, Mrs. Charles
Klatte.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scofeld
spent the first part Of this week in
Georgetown, D. c.. and are now the
guests of Mr.. Scoheld's sister, Mrs
Mabin Kingsley of New York, at he,
country home near Chestertown, Md
1t. and Mrs. William r. Thayer
OF Wardour have as their guest Mrs
Thayer's mother, Mrs. Herbert Har-
ley of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mr. R. L. Burwell, jr, who is an
instructor at Trinity College, Hart
ford, Conn, is spendig his Easter hoh-
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
r. l.. Burwell, at their residence on
Hanover street.
1t. and Mrs. Edward c. Ioughead
/ who have been stationed here, have
left for Norfolk. Va, where It. Loug-
head will be on duty on the U. S. S
Enterprise.
1t and Mrs William c. France
and their infant daughter. and John
Redfeld, who have been the guests of
1t. Frances parents on Hanover
street, left by motor for California
Wednesday,
Mrs Arthur Burneston Owens
closed her apartment on Duke OF
Gloucester street and returned to her
country home, The Hill, at Greenock
today.
Evening star., 1938-04-24

investigating. The orders were that
the detective should bring Aileen
back from the Stork Club, or
wherever she had been, at 6 pm.
The first evening they didn't get
in until 9. The detective, obviously
entranced. explained how Aileen
had introduced him to her friends
as Capt. So and So and time seemed
to have flown. The irate parents
got another detective, but he was
young, handsome and had a car
and the same thing happened
Finally, after four trys, they found
one sleuth who weighed over 200
pounds and he established i'm
munity.
The next complication to the
family came in the form Of an
oWl-faced monkey which one Of
Aileen's admirers presented to her.
Mrs. Herrick is great animal
lover, but she had never had any
experience with monkeys. She
Id4lcO dp lue Eoo anu dSkeC now
to keep a monkey healthy and how
to housebreak it. She was told to
give it Viosterol. The monkey grab
bed the bottle threw it against
the head Of the bed. so it broke
and ran greasily down among the
pillows. After working laboriously
over the pet to no avail with the
monkey tearing everything in sight
to pieces he has joined the hand
some detectives!
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Miss Betty Stone
Selects Date
For Wedding.

MISS BETTY wyLLYs STONE
~ daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. William
Morell Stone Of Arlington, Va, has
selected Wednesday, June %, as the
date Of her marriage to Mr.. George
E. Allen, jr.. son Of Mr.. George E
Allen OF Richmond, Va.
The wedding will take place n the
First Baptist Church in Arlington, the
Rev. Perry L. Mitchell oficiating. at
9 o'clock in the evening and will be
followed by a reception.
Miss Stone will have as her matron
Of honor her cousin, Mrs Ross Ster-
| ling Shearer Of Austin, Tex, the for
mer Miss Elizabeth Rees; and for her
maid of honor Miss Donna Day OF
Bradenton, Fla, a classmate at Duke
University.
Her other attendants will include
Miss Doris Day Of Bradenton, Miss
Carey Bell Bowen of Ridgewood
N. j.; Miss Doris Stone OF Guilford
Conn; Miss Dorothy Sperry Of New
Haven, Conn. Miss Peggy Rucker OF
Arlington. and Miss Rebecca Rice OF
Oakton. Va. all of whom are cousins
Of the bride elect; Miss Evelyn Klemme
Of Belleville, HI; Mrs. w. J. Nc
Anally Of Durham. N. c., sister Of the
bridegroom elect; Miss Elsie Mitchell
and Miss Mary Jess Richmond Of Ar
lington.
Mr.. Sarsield Mott of Richmond will
act as best man for Mr. Allen, and the
ushers will be Mr. Vivian Bethel, Mr.
Lewis NJ Dart. Mr.. George. Raney
Bryant, Mr.. Russell Berkness, Mr.
Ashby Allen, brother Of the prospec-
tive bridegroom. all Of Richmond; Mr.
Ashton Jones, jr.; Mr.. Jack R. Jones,
Mr.. Mack Rucker, Mr.. Robert Haw-
| thorne. Mr.. William Leete Stone,
brother Of the bride-to-be, all OF
Arlington; Mr.. Loring Bowen OF
Ridgewood, N. j., and Mr.. Rutledge
Clark Of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Arts Club Plans
Social Events.

Mrs. Maude Howell Smith and Mrs.
Maude Lee Hunt will be dinner host
esses at the Arts Club Tuesday eve
ming. April 26, preceding a variety
show presented under the auspices Of
the Dramatic Committee. One feature
OF the program will be the presenta-
ton OF the play just been awarded
first prize by the League of American
Pen Women.
Wednesday evening, April o. Miss
Amy Veerhoff and Mr.. H. v. Meakin
Will be hosts at dinner and afterWard
the dramatic program will be re-
peated.
Guests at the Arts Club will be
interested in the yearly exhibition of
the League Of American Pen Women.
which will be on display from April
"a until May l
The Arts Club. which is host for
the first National Salon of Photog-
raphy, will give a tea to mark the
opening OF the salon in the club build
ing. 20l7 I street NV, May 81. George
Muth Of the Arts Club will be the
| offlcial host. The showing will con-
ttnue through June 3
Tea will be served by Alice Eliza :
beth Hill, member of the Leica Club
and librarian Of the Freer Gallery of
Art; Mary Eleanor Browning presi-
dent OF the Arlington Camera Club and
secretary OF the Washington Photo
graphic Society; Mrs. H. H. Harris,
member OF the Leica Club and wife
OF its president; Betty Brown, daueh-
ter OF Julian Brown, member of the
Salon Committee and the Arlington
Camera Club; Mrs. Wesley c. Mock
secretary Of the Leica Club, and Mrs.
James F. Kelley, wife Of the president
OF the I. D. R. A. Camera Club.