davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18
THANKSGIVING
TO MARK CLOSE
RED CROSS DRIVE
Solicitors Are Now CanvaSsing
Town For Business And
Individual Memberships

AS Thanksgiving marks the close OF
the Red Cross Roll Call the people OF
Pocomoke and vicinity are urged tc
hand in their memberships within the
next few days.
The dues, as usual, are 81. Half
of this is sent to national headquar-
ters to carry on emergency relief work
while the other fifty cents remains in
the county to be used for local opera
tion.
If you are not in when the solici-
tor calls at your home do not let this
keep you from joining or renewing
your membership. The Red Cross
needs you and you need the Red
Cross. The organization is able to
function only with the cooperation o1
the public.
The Red Cross Solicitors for 1885
are:
Mrs. Lance, End ST., over r. r.
Mrs. William Hillman, Jr., Laure
Street.
Miss Cynthia Blaine, Walnut St.
from 9th out, also 7th and 9th Streets
Miss Betty Walters, Cedar Street.
Mrs. John Parks, Miss Net Barnes
Market St., Front to End, both sides
Mrs. Farrell Bowen, Business Dis
trict and Residential District.
Mrs. Marion Duncan, Clarke Ave
nue., extended.
Mrs. Willard Stevenson, End Street
from Market north.
Miss Adelaide Costen, Market st.
End to 4th Streets.
Miss Lolita Smith, Peninsula Elk
change Building.
Mrs. Upshur Stevenson, Front st.
to Porter's Garage.
Mrs. Claude Davis, End ST., Marke
to r. r.
Mrs. Evelyn White Peiffer, Fourth
St., Walnut north.
Mrs. F. D. Young, Third Street.
Mrs. Howard Jennings, Walnut st.
Clarke Avenue to 9Th.
Mrs. William Bennett, Willow st.
including Duncan's Garage.
Mrs. John Stevens, Mrs. Melvin
Gravely, Market ST., 7th out, nortl
and south.
Mrs. Harry Schoolfield, Market ST..
9Th to 7th.
Mrs. George Bunting, Market ST..
4th to 9Th.
Maple Allen, 5th and 9Th and Mis-
cellaneous, Margaret Crockett.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18
BRIDGE PROBLEM
SEEMS SETTLED
AT OCEAN CITY
New Bridge To Have More
Northern Location. Old One
To Be Repaired

1t looks as if Ocean City, this coun-
ty, will have two bridges across the
Sinepuxent: new one located farther
north than the present one; and the
old one to be repaired.
A municipal election for Mayor and
Councilmen was decided on the basis
of the candidates bridge platform
and numerous protests by groups of
property owners have been made be-
cause of the proposed relocating of
the bridge six blocks north of its pres
ent site.
But the State Roads Commission
has announced that barring minor
changes recommended by War Depart
ment engineers, the $750,000 bridge
would be built across Sinepuxent Bay
into North Division street. The pres
ent structure is at Worcester street.
The only change to the commits
sion's plans will be made shifting the
angle of the new structure to fit the
western channel of the bay, Chief En-
gineer Nathan l.. Smith announced.
Incoming traffic, Smith said, over
the North Division street site would
arrive in the center of town with the
business district on the right and resi-
Dental section on the left. The bridge
will be above the highest tide level
recorded in the bay, eliminating dan
gers which frequently threaten the old
structure.
Edmund Fl. johnson was elected
Mayor last August on compromise
platform which recommended that the
old bridge be repaired for continued
use and that the new bridge be built
at the northern end of town. He was
the only candidate for Mayor, but
Harold J. Rayne, E. Raymond Bounds
and Clifford P. Cropper, who also sup
ported the two-bridge platform were
elected over opponents.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18
JOHN SELBY, AGED 76
DIED NOVEMBER nth

Mr.. John Selby, aged 76 years, died
Friday, November 18th, at his home
at Porterville near Stockton, after a
short illness.
The deceased was the son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Custis Selby and
was a native of Stockton where most
of his life was spent.
Funeral services were held in the
M. E. Church at Porterville Sunday
afternoon at o'clock and burial
made in the cemetery of the same de-
nomination.
He is survived by one son, William
T. Selby, of Marion, Md, and by one
brother, George P. Selby, of Pocomoke
City.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18
CHINCOTEACUE CASINO
SCHEDULES TWO DANCES

According to announcement else
where in this issue the Seaview Casino
at Chincoteague, Va, has two dances
scheduled for November 10Th and
23rd.
George Hollis and His Paradise Or
chestra of WSAL fame, has been Sc
cured for Thanksgiving eve, Novem-
ber 23rd. The price is nominal and
dancing at both affairs will start
promptly at $3.50 P. M.
The Casino has also had new equip
ment installed and are now in posi-
ton to serve the public with steamed
oysters of particularly fine flavor.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
TO Be ANNOUNCED 24TH

Announcement of Pocomoke City's
Christmas program will be made a.
round Thanksgiving. Local merchants
are planning some novel changes in
the street decorations and some worth
while prizes will be offered for the
best decorated homes in the city
Lights will be turned on shortly af-
ter Thanksgiving.
The Christmas program as outlined
by the business men is an elaborate
one and will afford entertainment for
all visitors as we'll as some outstand-
ing values in Christmas merchandise.
Watch for Pocomoke's big SPACE
circular and be sure to read every
advertisement this circular contains.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18
CHOIR RENDITION AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The Pilgrims Chorus from Tam
hauser will be rendered by the choir
of the Presbyterian Church at the
Sunday morning service.
The choir at the Thanksgiving Day
service will be composed of twelve
voices. The musical program will
consist of baritone solo, Handel's
Largo" sung by Mr.. Grady Matthews
with violin obligato played by Mrs.
Robert Stewart. The choir will use
the anthem "Praise the Lord, O
jerusalem"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18

Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Groton enter
tained over the weekend: Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Matthews, ST., and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Matthews, Jr., and
young daughter, Charlotte Ann, OF
Salisbury.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18
FARM BUREAU
DEMONSTRATES
SPEED CONTROL
Driving Exhibit To Take Place
At Salisbury On Monday,
November %
w. EDWARD MERRILL TO
HANDLE TRANSPORTATION

1.-The statement you can stop her
on a dime is frequently heard in con-
nection with the modern automobile,
but few folks know just how large
the dime has to be-" says Harry M
Pontious, Safety Director, Ohio Farm
Bureau, Columbus, Ohio, who will con-
duct a driving demonstration at Sal
isbury, on Monday, November %,
1888, under the auspices of High
School Safety Council.
AS part of the Highway Safety
program conducted by the Farm Bu-
reau, Mr.. Pontious has constructed
a device for accurately measuring
"the dime" on which a car can be
stopped at various speeds.
This device, which will be used in
the demonstration, consists of two
thirty-eight revolvers loaded with yel-
low bullets mounted in frame fast
ened on the front bumper of the car.
One gun is fired by a rope running
up alongside the car, being pulled by
the passenger. This is the signal to
stop and the place where it was Civ
en- is marked by the yellow marker
bullet on the pavement. At the time
this first gun is fired a red flag is
released and appears above the radia-
tor, so that the driver has a visual
as we'll as an audible signal to stop
The other gun is connected with
the brake pedal and is fired when
the brake is applied and makes a
mark on the pavement where the
brake is applied. The distance be-
tween these two marks is the reac-
tion distance-which is the distance
travelled while the driver reacts to
the signal and gets his foot off the
accelerator and on the brake.
From the second mark to where the
car stops is the braking distance OF
the distance required to stop the car
after the brakes are applied. The
total of the two distances is the STOP
ping distance, or the size of the dime
Mr.. Pontious has conducted surveys
covering large number of people,
which show that z out of 10 drivers
have no accurate conception of the
distances required to stop a car at
the various speeds.
"To be sure," commented Mr.. Pom
tious, information covering these
distances has been widely published
and distributed, but the fact remains
that the large majority of drivers
either don't know it or don't believe
it. Lack of knowledge on this vital
point is without question the out
standing reason why excessive speed
is the greatest single cause of acci-
DENTS"
If you drive car or if you ride
in car, it will be worth your while to
see this demonstration. Drivers to
take the test will be selected from the
crowd. Any one desiring transporta-
tion to the demonstration, please get
in touch with w. Edward Merrill, this
city.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18

the depression; return of business
activity; and a relief from relief.
Then I'll join In the good old tune:
Happy Days Are Here Againl
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18
SAFETY GATES
BEING ERECTED
AT CROSSING
Tested By Having Truck Run
ming At 40 Miles Per Hour
Crash Them
TO TAKE PLACE OF
THE OVERHEAD CROSSING

Much has been written and said,
in these latter days, about the dan
gers of the dreaded railroad grade
crossings, and no one will deny that
thew are a fearful menace to modern
rapid transit.
To solve this problem in perhaps,
the most effective way, the overhead,
elevated, crossing has been in many
places built, and persons ride over in
safety on a bridge carrying vehicles
above the passing trains. But this is
exceedingly expensive, and statistics
show that the crossings seem, to in
crease faster than the elevateds can
be built; and, today, after all this
sort of construction, the grade cross
ing is still gaining in numbers.
So it behooved the inventive mind to
discover another solution to the mat
ter; and, what has been accomplish
ed is now being demonstrated at what
is known as the Hayward Mill Pond
Crossing, about half mile north of
Pocomoke. Travellers along that road
have noticed some steel structures
rather complicated in appearance but
suggesting the old wooden gates used
in many places, being placed one on
the north and another on the south
side of the railroad track.
These are manufactured by the At
lantic Steel Casting Company, of Ches
ter, Pa, and the work of installation
was begun by this company on Oc-
tober II, Under the direction of Mr..
H. w. Underwood. The cost is plac-
ed at $4,000, the funds provided by
the State Roads Commission and the
Bureau of Public Works, and, when
finished they will become the property
of the State of Maryland.
The modus operandi of this mechan-
ism was demonstrated on Friday OF
last week, when truck, owned by the
casting company crashed the gates at
the rate of 40 miles per hour, rep
resentative of the Democrat" also
being in the truck. The impact strik-
es a steel cable connected with hy-
draulic brakes and is stopped without
any appreciable shock; no more thar
if the motor brakes were applied to
the vehicle. And if car should pass
one of these gates before it is au-
tomatically lowered, but is caught by
the second gate, all the driver has to
do is to charge, and this gate will
yield and let him through.
The first one of these safety ap.
pliances, known as the Highway
Guardian" was placed at a crossing
in Ohio, in 1880. There is only one
more on the Delmarva Peninsula, and
that is being installed at Middeletown
Delaware, to become the property Of
that state.
Should these stand the test, anG
they seem to have done so, the inven-
tion will be a solid contribution to
the safety of modern day rapid trans
portation. The demonstration put or
here, was entirely satisfactory and il
looks as if it won't be many years be-
fore they will be in universal use.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18
UNION SERVICES ON
THANKSGIVING DAY

Thanksgiving Day Union Services
will be held in the Presbyterian
Church, this city, on Thursday morn
ing, November "a, at 1G:30 o'clock.
Rev. Mr.. Lester, of Bethany M. P.
Church, will preach the sermon. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18

Mrs. Norris M. Young of this city,
and Mrs. Howard Anderson of Prin-
cess Anne, were called to New Bern
N. c., this week by the illness Of their
father.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-18
SUNDAY SERVICES AT
SALEM M. E. CHURCH

Parson Jack, Salem M. E. Church,
his city will speak at eleven o'clock,
next Sunday on the theme "Living for
Others; and, in the evening, he will
preach on "The Enemies of the Spir-
itual Life"
The Epworth League will be led by
Robert Vincent.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
NJ n -, y Il %. ID
DIR. Hatfield speaks Loudiys,s
On NaZi Atrocities The
American People With Him

AS far back as 1888, Henry
D. Hatfield of Huntington, then
United States Senator from
West Virginia, led a movement
in protests of the persecution
of Jews by Gerpmy.rs
DIR. Hatfield reeounts the cir
cumstances in letter to the New
York Times, which West Virgil
mans will read with interest. 1t
ollows:
In the United States Senate
IN 1888 | was among the first to
speak out in denunciation of the
versecution of the Jews by the
Nazi regime in Germany. On
June 10 of that year, I Joined
with the late Senator Robinson
of Arkansas, the late Senator
Copeland of New York and
Senators Metcalf ID Walsh in
deploring the Nazi record toward
the Jews as one of cruelty,
shocking to all lovers of racial
and religious freedom.
| was not among those who
were sympathetic toward t h e
German people with regard to
lrectifcation of injustices done
them under the treaties of Yer
sailles. In 1882 I undertook to
lanalyze the economies of t h e
treaties of Versailles (Trianon,
! st. Germaine, etc.. correctly
placing them, as | believed, a
major share of responsibility
or the worldwide depression.
i Those Of us who from the be-
ginning suggested economic de-
sireabilit of revision of the
treaties Of Versailles now speak
out with vigor against the re-
newed persecution of the Jews
WlInln Germany. L n charge
cannot be leveled that we were
. silent years ago, when preventive
action could have been taken in
time.
The events in Germany are
such as to shock and horrfy the
entire world.
When nation serves notice
, upon the world that it forsakes
civilization in order to revert tt
the barbaric practices of the
: middle ages, then l believe the
United States has the right tt
refuse to have friendly inter
course with such nation so Ions
! as such barbaric practices cor
tinue.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
Notice!
WEIGH, West Virginia
November 4, 1888

To the President, Manager,
and all Members of the 3d.,
of Directors of the Kimball
Undertaking Company: Il
l herewith tender my resigna-
ton as embalmer and funeral
director of the Kimball Under
taking Company, to become eff
fective Monday, November 7th.
l wish to thank the company
for every courtesy Shown me
during the fifteen years of ser
vice that / have rendered. Those
fifteen years were pleasant ones.
hope that it will be the plea
sure of the company to settle
up with me in full Immediately
Yours very truly,
(Signed) j. Shelton Page.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
Spelling Book Best Seller

Excluding religious literature.
Noah Webster's spelling book is
believed to have achieved a greater
sale than any other book in history.
since its first edition In 1893. saws
Solller Weekly, more than 100, 0OO,-
UUO copies have been sold.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
Bohemia a Province

Bohemia is a province of the
Czechoslovak republic, which be-
sides Bohemia, consists of Mo
ravia, Slovakia, Silesia, and Ruthe-
MIA (sub-Carpathian Russia). These
territories formerly, until 1918. Law
chiefly within the empire of Austria.
Hungary.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TOT years agriculture leaaerS
have wondered about the place
of the farm wife in program plan
ming. She has in turn been ig-
nored, humored, and treated
with respect depending upon
the attitude of the individual
leaders in the different states,
counties, and communities. The
present trend gems to be to
ward men and women working
on tn same board and going over
all the problem switch have to
do with the farm living.
1t is evident that before plans
can be made fairly complete
understanding of the county's
agricultural, social, industrial
and economic background is
necessary. In other words, before
changes are planned a careful
knowledge of existing condi
tions should be clearly in the
minds of the planers. This calls
for a detailed inventory, and Mr..
William Peterson, director o
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice in Yah is of the opinion that
women know more about their
farm, home, and community
| affairs than the men.
| at is absurd to think that
there is a distinct dividing line
beween so called mems interests
and women's interests" Mr.
Peterson declares. when the
women realize that every acre
iof land, article of machinery, OF
head of livestock purchased OF
| sold affects their financial anC
sometimes social status ant
when the men realize that every
purchase made by the housewife,
or every dollar saved by her a
| feet the arm, then there will b,
no more talk about mems il
terests and womens interests"
I After several years erperiel
ce the agricultural leaders O
Utah are convinced that tn
mem and women should work t,
gether in going over all the pr,
blems which have to do will
the farm living. 1t seems plau
able that when men and womel
sit down togther and analyz'
their maximum earning power
balancing it against their nece;
sary Expenditures they have ;
much better concept of whar
they must do to attain satisfy
ing living.
] ITO my mind" Mr.. Peterson
states, there is on question but
THAT woman's place in on the
plannig board. Our plans will
materialize faster and be more
inclusive and satisfactory if the
women are invited in from the
begning and given a clear con
ception of the desired objective.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
SECTION II

Said lines and shall as
interfere as little possible with the Streets
alleys and public places The location of all poles conduts
shall be made under the supervision the Council
@ or under the supervision of such
shall designate for such No changes
OF such poles conduits shall be made
curing the consent of the said Council
Council shall designate such changes
IN the event it becomes to change alter the
ton OF street alley which been
placed built then Grantee agrees poles or
Quits to such other said alley as NAV be a.
geeaple TO SAID Council will the
SECTION III
rights privileges and franchise hereby granted shall be
IN force and effect for period of fifty 5O) years from the
date of the passage of this ordinance
The rights privileges franchise hereby granted shall
not be construed to be exclusive the CITY of
hereby the grant similar rights
privileges and franchises other person persons firm or
firms, corporation corporations
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
Field Of Cloth Of Gnld

The Field Of the Cloth Of Cold van
nesr Calais, France, between Gut
mes apd Ardres. Here Henry WIN
OF England end>Francis I of France
met to discuss an alliance. This
result was not accomplished, but the
spIendor and magnifconce dis
played have gone down in history
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMES
Size OF Flathead Lake

Flathead lake, Montana, de-
scribed as 1.-THE largest body OF fresh
water west Of the Great Lakes" fills
hollow thirty-fve miles long and
eighteen miles wide between two
ranges of the Rocky mountains, ex-
cept where the 4,500-acre Wildhorse
island humps its hills out of the
water near the west shore.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
~ 10y. = J, r. q SECTION w

SAID Grantee shall fully indemnify and the City of
keystone harmless from liability arising in anv wa
from negligence caused by arising from the erection
or operation of said lines and system the
OF electric and from placing poles or conduits
above under and along the cts thoro1qhfares
Alleys bridges and public places Gas may now exist or
of West Virginia ' VI ''ie' ''"Ie
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25

Mrs. Cleopatra King and
husband, of Kimball, were in the
city of Keystone for a while. All
busy making preparations fbr
Thanksgiving.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
NOTICE PLEASE

Mr.. John S. Page is not now
an employee of the Kimball I'm
dertaking Company, Inc.
You will please call the main
Office (Kimball, w. Va-) for all
purposes, reversing the charges.
Phone No. 1921 : Kimball.
By Order of Manager,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
Turkey Dinner on Long Island

DIR. Monroe, wife baby and
father celebrating Thanksgiv-
ing Dinner on Long Island. Their
Keystone friend, Mrs. Ida E..
Whittico, was also present.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25

SECTION V

whenever said Grantee shall begin the erection of anv lines
or make changes in the same shall prompt
Ivy and diligently prosecute the work completion and
he streets alleys and public places where such work done
ed ' WIN was commence
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
news NOTES
NIsL~-J
At Mt. Chapel Baptist Church

Turey Dinner and Builders Mu-
steal program at Mt. Chapel this
week were both successes. All
parties concerned n e d to pat
themselves on the back.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
River Turns Many Wheels

The Merrimac river in New Eng
land is said to turn more factory
wheels than any other stream in
the world.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN: .l.s

In of provision Section a. Article Chapter
% OF the Official Code West Virginia. proposed ordinance in
writing the words and figures herein forth introduced
at regular meeting of the Council of the City Keystone held
on the Bird day of November 1888 and that said proposed o
nance will be considered for final adjourned
guar meeting of said Council to be held the City Hall in said
City on the 9Th day of December, 1888,
The said proposed ordinance is follows:
i ORDINANCE
An ordinance granting Appalachian Electric Power Com
quire construct maintain operate Streets alleys
and public places of the city of Keystone state of V
gna and its lines for the distribution electric
to the City keystone and the inhabitants thereof
light heat other the transmission
the Within through said alleys
public places of Keytone, stateof West Virginia
BE it enacted and ordained by the Council of the City of
Keystone state of West Virginia. hereby
dained by authority of the that:
Appalachian Electric Power Company Corporation, it's
successors and assigns hereinafter
granted the right privilege franchise and authority acquire
construct maintain and operate above
Streets thoroughfares, alleys bridges and public places
same now exist hereafter be laid City
Keystone state of West Virginia. lines distribution
with all the desirable
Tor the of supplying electric energy city Key
stone and the inhabitants thereof
beyond the limits thereof for light heat power
purpose or purposes for which electric NAV
be used and the transmission the within
or across said Streets alleys and public
City of Keystone. sss.sez.a. - ,
/
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-11-25
SECTION vi.

Said Grantee shall maintain poles and condus and other
erected or constructed under the provisions of this
ordinance IN good and safe order condition and shall
construct or locate any poles conduts such way as to in
tertere with any water, pipelines ~ " "