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Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-26

Mrs. Will Meyer and son Wal
drop spent several days the first OF
the week in Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.. Foster OF Gnu
la Vista were overnight guests OF
the Arthur Farleys Tuesday. The
visitors are former Meloland resi-
dents.
Merrill Ingram and Robert Holt
of San Diego spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Mcbride and indulged in some dove
hunting. Mrs. Ingram, Mrs. Holt
and Mrs. Franklin Helm were also
dinner guests of the McBrides Sum-
day.
Mrs. Florence Singh is improving
in health since her return from
ocean Park last week.
Peggy Havekorst of El Centre
visited her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Havekorst, Saturday
and Sunday.
On Tuesday Mrs. Earl Maddox
was luncheon guest of Mrs. Lee
Hudson of Brawley, other guests
being Mrs. Maud Mercer, Mrs. A..
C. Eaves and Mrs. Herman Wood.
On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Maddox
and son Harold also spent the day
with Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Wood.
Cooperating in a picnic dinner
at Manzanita Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Doig, Mr.. and Mrs. O.
A. Page, and two children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Hooper, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Doig, Mr.. and Mrs. A Mergen,
and Jimmy Brazeel. The group re-
ported a very enjoyable time and
the weather ideal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Roberts
enjoyed dinner as the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. I. CASTOR Thurs
day evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-26

Mrs. Will Meyer and son Wal
drop spent several days the first of
the week in Los Angeles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
State Road Work

Bids have been asked by the State
Roads Commission for applying BIZ
luminous materials aggregating g.
1884 gallons, to approximately
700 miles of State and county roads.
The proposals, which cover pro-
jects in each of the twenty-three
counties, will be opened May 5.
Meanwhile. the commission is ar
ranging for, the purchase of crushed
stone, through the Central Purchas-
ing Bureau. which it will apply to
the oiled roads, using its own eQuips
ment and regular maintenance and
repair forces.
The State roads to be surface
treated are widely scattered. The
county roads to be oiled in the pres
ent program are in fourteen counties
where maintenance work Is handled
by the State Roads Commission.
The application of bituminous ma
terial and the spreading and press
ing Of stone chips normally suf1ices
for from four to seven years, de-
pending upon the general condition
of the road when treated and the
volume of traffic it is called upon
to bear, Nathan L. Smith, CHEF en-
gineer of the Roads Commission.
declared.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
First District Congress
sional Election
Governor Designates June 6
To Choose Congressman

Governor O'Conor on Monday set
June 6 for the special Eastern Shore
election to determine the successor
to Representative T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough, First District Democrat. who
resigned from Congress to accept
appointment to the Federal bench
in Washington.
Governor O'Conor said he would
issue the proclamation and writs Of
election Immediately to election sup
ervisors of the nine Eastern Shore
counties. Meanwhile, Republican and
Democratic State central committees
must meet to determine their can
didates.
Under-cover campaign for the
Democratic nomination, which OBJ
servers regard as dependent on the
wishes of the Governor, co!ored the
recent session of the Legislature,
with nearly all Shore Senators active
or potential candidates.
At that time the announced candi-
dates included Senator Dudley G..
Roe (Dem., Queen Anne'sl, major
ity floor leader; Senator Thomas F..
Johnson (Dem., Worcesterl, and
Senator David j. Ward (Dem., Wi
comico).
Senator Wilmer Fell Davis, mi
nority floor leader of the upper
House, was mentioned prominently
as a possible Republican choice, but
the Caroline countian has not form
ally announced his candidacy.
Political observers pointed to Gov.
O'Conor's control of the Democratic
State Central Committee as the de-
Gliding factor in selection of that
party's candidate.
Under the law. party central COM
mittees choose candidates in special
Congressional elections. A bill was
introduced in the Legislature re-
quiring a regular constituted prim-
any in such instances, but the mea-
sure died in committee.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
School Boy Meets With
Accident

Edward GRAPHICAL, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn GRAPHICAL of near town,
and pupil at Rising Sun Element
airy School, met with a servere &C.
cident ON the school grounds last
week. The lad fell, striking his fore
head ON the edge Of the concrete
walk, and cutting deep cash over
the eye, which bled propuseiy.
Mr.. Shingler, of the High
School faculty, found his Boy
Scout training handy in administer
ing first aid and stopping the flow Of
blood.
The lad was taken to the Offices
of Rising Suns three physicians in
turn, but the doctors were all out
of town, and he was taken to Union
Hospital, at Elkton, where medical
aid was finally given.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Judge To Be Appointed
In Cecil County

A meeting of the Cecil County Bar
Association was held in Elkton, last
week, to consider recommending a
member of the local bar, for the ap-
pointment of the extra judge of the
Second Judicial Circuit, the fourth
judge to come from Cecil county.
There are five candidates who
seek the appointment at the hands
of the Governor.
The candidates are: James F.
Evans, William J. Bratton, Omar D.
Crothers, G.. Reynolds Ash and
Floyd J. Kintner. The Governor is
expected to announce the appoint
ment shortly.
The present judges in the Circuit
comprising Cecil, Kent, Queen
Anne, Caroline and Talbot counties,
are: Chief Judge w. Mason Shehan,
of Easton; Associate Judges Thomas
J. Heating, of Centreville, and ].
Owen Knots, of Denton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Two Autoists Fatally
Burned
Speeding Automobile Over
turns And Catches On Fire

Two men were fatally burned
early Friday morning in the wreck
age of blazing automobile that
ran off the road while travelling at
high speed, between Port Deposit
and Perryville, and caught fire.
The accident victims were Charles
PARROT, 80, of Elkton, and Carl
Demmon, %, who lived ON the
Elkton- Chesapeake City road. Both
were employed in logging operations
near Elkton.
The car belonged to Parrot, who
was taking Demmon to Port De-
post to have a pair of tires repair
ed. There was some fog along the
road, especially in the low stretches,
and apparently PARROTS visibility
was obscured at one of the turns.
The machine did not hit anything,
but ran some distance into a field
and then overturned. There were no
witnesses to the accident, but sew
eral persons arrived in time to see
Parrot climb out of the burning
wreckage, his clothing ablaze.
Cecil Body, .colored was one of
the first to arrive at the scene Of
the accident, and helped to tear the
burning clothing from Parrot.
PARROT was taken to the Havre
de Grace Hospital, where he died in
about four hours. Demmon's body
was recovered from the ruins of
the car by the Port Deposit Fire De-
partment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Briefly Noted News

Mrs. Philip r. Kyle is visiting
Mrs. John Schenk, in Philadelphia.
Miss Florence Yocum has been
visiting relatives In and near West
Chester, Pa.
Mrs. Rose Stubs, Delta, Pa,
has been visiting Miss Emma Hunt,
South Queen Street.
Tuesday evening last the Young
Ladies Card Club was entertained
by Miss r. Jannette Reed.
Mrs. F. Ireland Davis of Paris,
Kentucky, has been visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. S. j. Venable, West Not
tingham.
Recent visitors of Mrs. Ada Buff
ington were Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Dudley and children, Of Silver
Springs, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans Patten, of
Baltimore, were Sunday visitors Of
the formers mother, Mrs. w. E..
Patten.
Neeper Edward left on Thursday
for a trip to the Exposition at San
Francisco, California, and expects to
be away about two months.
Miss Anna Haines, Jefferson Hos
pital, Philadelphia, was a Sunday
visitor at the home of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin l.. Haines.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Founders, of
Wilmington, were visitors Of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
E. Founders, during the week.
The Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church was en-
tertained on Wednesday afternoon
by Mrs. Joseph Cameron and Mrs.
Clara B. Keen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil e. Ewing spent
several days this week with Mrs. J..
l.. Twaddell in Devon, Pa, end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest I. Cornbrooks,
in Collingswood, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ingler of
Rising Sun, explored the famous
Endless Caverns at New Market,
Virginia, while on a motor trip
through the Shenandoah Valley Of
Virginia.
Miss Helen Shepherd, who has
been pursuing a special course of
study at Evanston College, ILL.,, for
the past three months, has return
ed to her home here, after complet-
ing the course.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Jackson, of
Ingleside Farm, near Perryyille, OBJ
served their 40th wedding anniver-
sary ON Wednesday evening, April
26, when a number of friends and
relatives called to offer felicia tions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Woman Heads Loans
Commission

Governor O'Conor has announced
the appointment of former State
Senator Mary E. w. Risteau, of Har-
ford county, to the post of Commits
sioner Of Loans, succeeding w.
David Tilghman, Jr., chairman Of
the Republican State Central Com
mittee. Her position carries with 1t
a salary of $4,000.
Under new legislation passed at
the last session of the General As
lsembly the Department of Loans
will be joined with that of the State
Bank Commissioner. Miss Rlsteau's
department will continue supervis-
ion of industrial loan concerns In
the State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Married Sixty Years

Mr.. and Mrs. John Hepburn Tai
ley Of ELAN, Pa, celebrated their
sixtieth wedding anniversary at their
home on April II. Mr.. and Mrs. Tai
ley were married on April II, 1879,
in, Philadelphia, by the Rev. L. P.
Hornberger.
The celebrants have two children,
Mrs. Elizabeth Courtney and Mr..
Howard Talley of ELAN, eight grand
and seven great grand
children.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Mystery In Death Of
Young Man
Charred Remains Found In
Car Along Road In West
Nottingham Section

Cecil county authorities ere in
vestigating the death of Robert G.
Taylor, aged % years, whose char
red remains were found in his burn
ed automobile along the dirt road,
near West Nottingham Academy,
Tuesday morning.
Robert was employed at the
mushroom plant of Davis Boyd, at
Colora. He left his place of employ
ment Monday evening and efforts
are being made to trace his move
ments between that time and the
finding of his remains on Tuesday
morning. A revolver was found in
the car, beside the body.
A jury of investigation was called
by the newly appointed Coroner.
DR.. ]. b. Slicer, Of Rising Sun, who
had just qualified for his office the
day previous, this being his first
case.
Drs. H. A. Cantwell and r. G.
Dodson, who performed an autopsy,
ordered samples OF the blood from
the body and of blood found on
the dirt road near the car taken to a
Baltimore hospital for comparison
on types, in an effort to determine
whether another person figured in
the mystery.
The skull had been burned away
at the top, and it was impossible to
determine whether Taylor lad re-
ceived blow on the head or been
shot, as all signs were obliterated by
the burning. The PHYSICIANS stat
ed that death could have been caus-
ed by the burns, and that no other
definite cause had been uncovered.
Capt. Edward NICK. Johnson Of
State Police came here from Balti-
more to head the Investigation, as
sisted by Sergt. David Peterson,
Corp. J. P. Novicki and Patrolman
Augustus Koste Of the Conowingo
sub-station.
One fact that puzzled them was
this: blood was found on the
ground on the right of the car, and
yet the door on that side was lock-
ed. The cause Of the fire could not
be determined.
Taylor, graduate Of Rising Sun
High School, lived with his brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
son Taylor, at Colora. The latter re-
ported that he left home about 9
O'Clock, Monday night, apparently
carefree and in good health.
He had had revolver for about
a year, Mrs. Taylor added.
Taylor's sister, Helen, is a stu
dent nurse at South Baltimore Gen
eral Hospital.
The body was discovered by Peter
Tome, a farmer who lives nearby
and who Is a nephew of the late
Peter e. Tome, former City Comp
troller of Baltimore and member Of
the Police Commission, who died
last month.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Poultry Association

A meeting Of the Cecil County
Poultry Association will be held at
the Elkton Court House ON Friday.
evening, May s. at 8 o'clock. The
meeting will be addressed by Mr.
w. H. Rice, Poultry Specialist of
the University Of Maryland. who
will discuss feeding and manage
ment problems Of poultry from
brooder house to laying house. He
will also discuss the brooding, in
cubation and feeding Of turkeys.
Nj. J. M.sGwin, Poultry Specialist
in Marketing, of the University OF
Maryland. will discuss problems In
marketing poultry and eggs. All
poultrymen of Cecil County are ms
yited to attend the meeting,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Elected To Guernsey Club

Peterborough, N. H.-The Ameri-
can Guernsey Cattle Club announces
the election of S. w. Blakslee OF
Earleville, Cecil County, to MEM
bership. Mr.. Blakslee has herd Of
registered Guernseys on his farm.
The American Guernsey Cattle
club is a National organization of
$4,000 breeders Of pure bred Guern-
seys. 1t records the registration OF
pure bred Guernseys which trace
to the Island Of Guernsey, the orig
inal home of the breed, in the Eng
lish Channel. 1t also supervises tests
of production and through Golden
Guernsey, Inc, supervises the mar
keting of Golden Guernsey Milk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Guest Speaker At West
Nottingham Church

Rev. Lewis s. Nudge, DID,, OF
Philadelphia, Pa, former Stated
Clerk of Presbyterian General AS
sembly and now Active Secretary for
Board of Christian Education, Will
preach Sunday, May z, at 1900 a.
M, in the West Nottingham church.
DR.. Nudge is one of the outstanding
preachers in America. and 1t is
great privilege to have him in our
community. A cordial invitation Is
extend to all to hear him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Boy Scout Notes

Rising Sun Troop of Boy Scouts
met Monday evening at ISIS o'clock.
with Scout Master Warren, and As
sistaht Scout Master Shingler in
charge. Plans for hike on Satur-
day, May 18th, were talked over
and It was decided to go out to the
fire tower at Woodlawn.
There were twelve Scouts Scout
Master and Assistant Scout Master
present. Most of the time was spent
in passing tests.--John w. Sebild.
'sQIlas doo1k
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Bridge Workers Injured

Two men employed on the new
Susquehanna bridge work were in
jured last week.
Avail Day, a bridge carpenter,
while at work on the Cecil county
side, fell from a height II thirty
feet and suffered a fractured arm
and severed broken ribs. Day fell
into a pit which had been excavated
for a bridge pier.
William Waring, employed on the
Hartford county side, suffered frac-
tured right arm when he was pin
ned between the pile driving ma
chine, on which he was employed,
and the leads of same.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Field Day At U. Of Md.

University of Maryland expects its
twenty-second annual Field Day, to
be held at College Park ON May g.,
to be the best it ever has held. In
dications point to an entry list that
will fully match those of the past
with hotter than usual struggles for
the team trophies in the open inter-
scholastic section of IS events and
the division of eight events closed to
county high schools Of the State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Order Of Red Men

At the State convention of Inn
proved Order of Red Men, held in
Elkton on Wednesday and Thursday
of last week, George w. Taylor, Of
Midland, was elected Great Sachem
of the Great Council of Maryland.
Other officers are: Great Senior
Sycamore, Albert e. Ritter, Balti-
more; Great Junior Sycamore
John M. Lilley, North East: Great
Prophet, John X. Davis, Berlin:
Great Chief of Records, Charles H
Thorney, Baltimore, and Great
Keeper of the Wampum. Walter F..
McCleester, of Baltimore. Thomas
Keithley, a member Of the Elkton
Tribe, was appointed Great Guari
az the Forest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Hugh Caldwell Memorial
Scholarship

The examination for the Hugh
Caldwell Memorial scholarship given
by the Women's College Club Of Ce-
Gil county will be held in the Elk
ton High school. Saturday, May 6,
at 9 a. m.
The scholarship is loan without
interest of 5000 yearly for four
years and will be awarded the girl
making the highest score on the
examination. The winner may enter
at any credited college but must
make grade Of c. or better In order
to retain the scholarship for the
four years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
DR.. Jack Struck By Auto

DR.. William G. Jack, a well known
practicing physician of upper Cecil
county, was struck by an automo-
bile on Monday morning, as he was
crossing the street in Port Deposit,
and severely injured.
DR.. Jack was removed to his home
and attended by DR.. G. l. Benson,
who said he intended to remove his
patient to a hospital later in the
day for further examination. He said
DR.. Jack was suffering from head
and chest injuries which were
painful but not serious.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Military Instructor

Robert Rudolph, Jr., SON Of Rob-
ert Randolph. ST., of Ridgely form
erly of Elkton, has been appointed
sergeant instructor for Tires COM
panies of the Maryland National
Guard, with headquarters at Fred
erick; also for companies of Cum
berland, Hagerstown, Silver Springs,
Kensington and Company e. Of the
1O4th Quartermaster Regiment at
Camp Richie, Cascade, Md. Ser
geant Rudolph succeeds Sergeant
Roy Perkins, formerly Of Elkton,
who was retired on February %.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Norville Gray of
Trainer, Pa, announce the engage
ment of their niece, Miss Jane A.
Ceilings and William w. Janney,
both of North East, Md, sou Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Janney. The mar
riage will take place Saturday, June
8, at Bay View Church, Bay View.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Exhibit Of Antiques At
Port Deposit

An interesting exhibit Of antiques
win be held at the Presbyterian
Church, Port Deposit, Friday after
noon and evening, May IL, from
2:aO to 1000 o'clock. Refresh
pents. Admission IS cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
Bi-State Base Ball League

The Bi-State Base Ball League
opens Sunday. May q, with Joppa at
Darlington. North East at Como
wingo, and Havre de Grace Bel Air.
A number of Rising Sun, boys are
playing on the Darlington team,
which is managed by /. Taylor r.
Biles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05

Letters of administration have
been granted in the $326,0O0 estate
of Mrs. Ellen F. Passmore, wife Of
the late Lincoln X. Passmore, vice
Insurance Co., Of Philadelphia. A
son. LincolnA. Passmore Of Bryn
Mawr avenue, Penn Valley Is listed
as sole heir.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05

The annual meeting of the Cecil
County Auxiliary Of Union Hospital,
Elkton, will be held in that town on
Wednesday, May Gath.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-10-12

sapphire, Badly, in square of dia-
monds. He is crazy to buy things
for me, but I won't let him. I will
take things for Judy but not for
myself You can see that, of course.
I just go everywhere with him in
my cheap little frocks, to the thea
tiers and to all the great restaurants,
and we have the most delectable
things to eat. 1t is really great
fun"
Since he had heard the news of
James approaching marriage, Ev-
ans had lived in a dream. The peo-
pie about him had seemed shadow
shapes. He had walked and talked
with them, remembering nothing
afterward but his great WEAKNESS.
He had eaten his meals at stated
times, and had not known what he
was eating. He had gone to his Of
flee, and behind closed doors had
sat at his desk, staring.
And now this letter! "You see
what she says" Badly had ragged.
"Of course she isn't in love with
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-10-12

OF ALL the enthusiams taking
- the world of fashion by storm
this season, there is none that ex-
ceeds the mad rush that is now on
for gorgeously gay plaids and
stripes.
The showings in plaids and stripes
includes types for every occasion,
informal or formal. When you want
informally the biggest daytime hit
of the season is the richly colorful
wool clan plaids and if you are a
connoisseur on plaids you can get
clan patternings and colorings that
are authentic. Robin Hood reds, for
est greens, golden yellows, radiant
browns and heather tones mingle in
one grand splurge of gay color that
makes merry throughout the whole
program of fashion this season and
we mean just that for everything
from hats to bags, gloves to wear
with cloth coats and suits and en-
tire costume ensembles is being
made of plaid Cor stripes if you
please) this season.
AS to formal evening occasion,
have you seen the gorgeous metal
threaded silk and wool stripes that
are being made into jackets, blouses
and skirts for dine and dance wear?
If not, the joy of anticipation is
yours. The newest dinner dresses
contrast fabrics and colors after
the manner shown to the right in
the picture. In this instance the
skirt is of yellow jersey, topped with
a jacket-blouse of yellow metal cloth
horizontally striped in exotic greens
and orange, and stripes of glittering
gold weave.
A strikingly beautiful dinner gown
is pictured below to the left. The
shirtwaist top is of lustrous black
velvet. The long 1ared skirt of
sheer wool is plaided in brilliant
tones of gold, green, cyclamen and
deep wine. Two large buttons con-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-10-12
Great Lakes Shrinking; Biologists Do Not Agree

The difference in estimates seems
in considerable degree to be a diff
ference of opinion about the steadi-
ness of the rate of recession. And
it is quite understandable that the
shrinkage may have been much
more rapid just after the glaciers
melted and the lake outlets were
numerous and bigger than today.
Another point that needs to be TAX
en- into account is the changing tilt
OF some of the shoreline.
There are strong indications that
not so long ago the land in the vi
cinity of the Straits of Mackinac, for
example, was definitely lower than
it is today, perhaps because the COM
preston caused by the weight of the
big glaciers still remained. And
there also are indications that the
land levels at the southern end of
Lake Michigan were higher.
Certainly we know that lands have
emerged at the Straits and have
been engulfed in the regions near
Chicago.
So how much of the rise of the
shore at Grand Cloche and other
places is due to lake shrinkage and
how much is the result of the elastic
ity of earth which has been relieved
of great weight is quite a question.
Indeed, it's the uncertainty about
all this that makes the subject fas-
cinating.