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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12
ELKS SEEKING
old CLOTHING


Distribution Of serviceabls used
clothing to large list Of less for
tllnate families IN Tacoma win Be
started Tuesday tDec. I'D by the
Elks Stocking Filters. Announce
ment to this effect was made Nom
day morning by John d. Cochran.
chairman Of the Christmas COM
mittee Of the lodge.
Although distribution n sched-
nled to start Tuesday. william
Holmes, chairman Of the old
clothes committee. reports that
there IL shortage Of mems cloth
ing. There d an abundant supply
Of children's garments. but most
u the calls have been for mems
overcoats, trousers. shirts and I'M
derwear.
The farthest point from which
has been received = voluntary con-
tribution 70 ths Stocking yillers
Christmas fund n Sidney. B. C..
according to Cochran. Nrs- J. }.
Mulholland Of that city has sent
her check.
Individual pledges within the
past few days have totalsd SIS,
being received from: Sam Lavro1,
$40: Mr.. Stella Tousey, Midnight
Sun club, Ladies' auxiliary Of
Postal Supervisors. members Of
Knot club, Sheriff John c. Bjork-
lund and STAN, Paul Newman and
staff, - each.
Employees Of South Tacoma Mo-
tor Co, SIS: Ladies' society Of
Brotherhood a. Locomotive Fire
men and Enginsmen, Aileen H.
Tuttle. L. stenberg. George JesseI.
John Swan, Geraldine Fletcher,
John Beeken, 81 each. H. schmick-
rath, Nrs. MuIholiand, Leroy Ul-
men. 81: Rosa Zimmerman, So;
Evaline B. sayre. S1.5o.
The following employees Of the
Taco m . lee Co. contributed
$3.50: 8. n. Collins. c. B. Hart.
Elmer johnson, William Trsaier,
Al Dubois. o. OVERLY. John RAN
dall, Art Andrews, John McQuade.
Nd Kinderswich, Charles Smith,
Marx Berry. L. D. Shay, Len
Trowbridgs, Roy Aillar. Clarence
Nelson. Clyde Smith. L. Berry and
Anna n. Millar.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12
POWER STAFF
CHANGES MADE

PORII.AND-S. =. Schultz, for
ner chief engineer and eonsultant
for the port Of New York power
authority. who came to ths Bonnie
willie staff Sept ~ on . consulting
basis, was this week named acting
chief engineer by Administrator
Paul J. Ravsr.
Charles Il. Carey, principal con-
struction engineer and former act
ing administrator, becomes con-
sulting engineer In the shakeup.
Carey and his staff. yet TO be Sc
lected. win serve In an advisory
capacity on general engineering
matters.
shultz win b h charge Of gen.
sral engineering plans for system
development and regional integra-
ton. design construction and ac-
quisition Of transmission and sub
station facilities. operation and
maintenance Of lines and substa-
lions and technical research.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12
U. S. IMPORTS NOT
AFFECTED BY WAR

WASHINGTON War CO n d l.
tons and British-French market
control have curtailed exports of
American agricultural products,
but have not affected imports Of
farm goods, the department Of
agriculture reported today.
The report, prepared by the
bureau of agricultural economics
for the agricultural advisory coun-
Gil, was based on a study conduct
ed during the first three months Of
war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12
GARDEN CLUBS
PARTY TUESDAY

GIG HARBOR-The Peninsula
Garden club viii hold n Christmas
party Tuesday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. Emmett Ross with
Mrs. Roy A. Evenson, the assist
ant hostess. Gifts will be ex-
changed.
The Amateur Garden club will
meet Tuesday afternoon at the
club house with Mrs. J. A. Wheeler
A. hostess. A varied program
which win include plans for the
Christmas party will be held.
Election Tuesday
A Townsend club meeting with
election Of officers win be held
Tuesday evening at Midway hall.
John Paul Jones lodge No. 271,
r. and A. NJ, will hold stated
communication Tuesday evening
at the lodge rooms at Community
hall.
Last rites for Roy Clinton Girls
void. 81. Of Carney lake. who died
Friday evening win be held at 1850
p. m. Tuesday ut Perkins chapel.
Burial win Be at the Vaughn GEN.
stery.
Accompany President
Members Of the Ladies auxiliary
to Herman Uddenberg post No
1854, Veterans Of Foreign Wars
who accompanied Mary G. M
Raymond. president Of the Ladie,
auxiliary to the department OF
Washington. v. II w, on her Off.
cial visits to the ladies auxiliaries
to Fred 4. Needham post No
1869 Of Port Orchard, and Admiral
Robert Z. Coontz post No. 239 OF
Bremerton. were Mrs. Ebba I'd
denberg, department assistan,
chief Of staff: Mrs. Berths
Moshier. member department by
laws committee; Jeanne Sellers
Roby. Herman Uddenberg aux
iliary PRESIDENT, and Miss Katha
rine Dorotich. junior past presi
dent Of Herman Uddenberg aux
Hilary. Mrs. Raymond was honore,
at luncheon at Port Orchard. ans
= banquet was given in her homo
at Bremerton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12

turn-to and make up for II. How
ever. nobody need be told their
Importance.
But In case you don't know.
Tacoma's fireboat was built and
commissioned just 10 years ago at
. cost Of $14s.00o.
An all-steel vessel 90 feet by II
feet by 8 feet, she has a speed OF
IL miles per hour-one of the fast
est afloat. tShe'll make eight
miles per hour just from the re-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12
Teachers Observe
Fellowship Night

A program OF Christmas carols
and good fellowship. with no
speakers. entertained approx
mately 400 members Of the Taco
ma Association OF Classroom
Teachers Saturday night in the
Crystal ballroom Of the Hotel
winthrop. A reception in the lob
by and then a play. THE Good
Fellow" presented BY the Pent-
house Players Of Seattle IN the
ballroom. followed ths banquet
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12
Voyage

II y the irony Oh Aates
The sleek. gray coast guard pa
troll boat "4o2," which bases here,
was back in berth Saturday--with
narrowing tales of risked life and
limb and shipwreck. and all stuff
like that there.
They'd Just returned from the
gale-lashed Straits Of Juan de Fuca
same blow that dragged the
Swiftsure lightship whole mile
but was that their topic?
Oh no. Those are the expected
mariners perils.
But you ought to hear them
sound off about the submerged log
they struck near Seattle. which
sent them to drydock there.
And the disjointed telling of a
nasty old ladder that slipped lat
the drydock) with Capt. Tom Firth
and Machinist's Mate Bill VAIN
wright aboard.
Following a visit to a local
medico for patches. iodine and the
resetting Of a few miscellaneous
joints. etc, It Is rumored that
Firth and Wainwright need only
two more similar take-offs to
quality as coast guard aviators.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12

fare of more
lives and prop
erty than any
other class Of
vessel.
They don't 60
a-voyaging I o
find adventure.
TO be sure. and
they lay idle for
days on end -
but when the
necessary time
arrives til sy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12


coil with her water streams directed
attn
She has five AIS II. p. Sterling
Viking gas engines. All that horse
power is arranged as follows: Two
motors are hooked TO pumps alone.
one is solely for propulsion, and
the other two are used either for
propulsion or pumping.
Triple-screwed, flat sterned, and
having only one rudder. she doesn't
steer worth boot at slow speeds.
But she can get there in a hurry
and deliver 1850 gallons Of water
per minute-which In more than
all the rest of the apparatus IN the
city put together.
However, what we started to
say was that her crews have
quite n time-doing nothing In
particular.
While they are on watch. they
live in the station. Quarters there
are all very ship-shape and Bristol
fashion. just as is the fireboat it.
self. They have forecastles, galley,
messroom and saloon; every inch
Is spotless. salty and comfortable.
When the daily routine Of janitor
duties Is completed. there's plenty
Of time for each and all to indulge
in a hobby.
The gardeners among them have
creditable record, witness the
carpet-like lawn and painfully neat
flower beds.
But the practical jokers, yarn
spinners and other human knick-
knacks seem to have the best Of
the deal.
Take the dugout Indian war
canoe that does service these days
as flowerbox. Somebody nobody
In certain just who or when) found
II adrift and presented 1t TO the
station a number of years ago.
The picturesque craft Is highly
ornamented with paintings Of
marine flora and fauna. including
a not-too-sednctive mermaid. I'm
less they are pinned right down.
the boys would let you believe It
was thus decorated when they ac-
quired 1t.
Or take the coin collection, Glued
to the office desk Is a fine variety
Of tax tokens. English shillings,
Chinese coppers, pool hall hickeys,
and a number Of similar monetary
oddities.
They're harmless nowadays, but
there was a time when they-along
with the screen door--were so wired
a. 10 give q healthy electric jolt
TO anyone who touched them.
The present extra-curricular
project Is overhauling the Tide
Flattie." It's the biggest, flattest.
heaviest Chunk Of skiff you ever
saw.
The gang was in the process Of
dry-docking 1t, the other day when
we dropped in, by means Of five
inch manila hawser, an automobile,
a good deal of cursing and million
bucks worth of advice from the
hands-in-pockets kibitzers.
After the tremendous project
was accomplished. all hands retired
to the easy chairs of the office to
swap lies. (Sailormen and firemen
call II yarning)
There was a good deal Of bark
ing-back to the days when the
Sound steamers were in their hey
day - of waterfront characters
whose speech and deeds were sui.
phurously colorful - Of the day
somebody went fishing nearby anC
caught Is different kinds of fish
politics and war-of shipwrecki
and fires and steamboat races.
Well. that's the way things have
been going on around there FOL
years and years. We repeat-the,
have a pretty good time. Or a
least we find II a swell place I,
! participate in the traditional loaf
. L..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12

up a strong market in this sta
market in other states, the am
Control Board revealed toda,
Sales within this state Of domes-
tic wine during the 1889 fiscal year
which ended November were $780,
sos gallons compared to s4s,76i
gallons q year ago. At the same
time the 40 wineries exported 300.-
$50 gallons, better than a 100 per
cent increase over 1888 sales in
other states.
Washington-made wines are
rapidly crowding out foreign and
other states wines In sales here.
jumping from 37.7 per cent OF all
wine sold in 1898 to AIS per cent.
No homemade wines are sold at
liquor stores, all Of them being
marketed directly TO retail mer-
chants.
More Fruit
The boards report showed that
the local wineries used 1870 tons
of apples in making their wines,
3,038 tons Of grapes, 476 tons of
loganberries, 474 tons of black
berries and lesser amounts OF cur
rants. prunes, cherries, raspberries,
Olympic berries, boysenberries,
youngberries and huckleberries,
giving 12,107 tons in all of home
grown fruit consumed. A year ago
only S,7S4 tons were used.
Sales of domestic wine by type
within the state last year showed
the customers like grape wine best,
buying 357,9s3 gallons. Logan
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12
CONTINENTAL CAN WILL
Build AT WALLA WALLA

WALLA wALLA-E. II. Lee,
Northwest manager Of CONT
mental Can company. said today
his company will construct .
$500. 600 factory here in 1910 TO
serve the canning industry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12
Meat Restriction
Ordered In France

PARIS - The official journal
Sunday published a decree forbid
ding the sale Of or consumption Of
meat, except fowl and rabbit, IN
restaurants on Fridays.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12
Washington Wineries Lead
Field in State Distribution

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES domestic wineries are oulonS
I'D strong market in this and developing substantial
market in other states the report of the State Liquor
Control Board revealed today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12
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The boys Of the fireboat S
with one thing and another.
they have = good deal of spar
when they must face death to
Az . matter Of fact, fireboats
ill . unique niche in the mari
time world. Excepting men-o'-war.
they are responsible for the well
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12
AWAY IN A MANGER
Away in a maneer. no crib
for his bed,

AWAY III u manager, no CrlD
for his bed.
The little Lord Jesus laid
down his sweet head :"
Singing Of Christmas hymns
around a manger, begun In the
parish church of ST. Francis Of
Assist in the 18th century. was
custom carried down through the
years. For such ceremony, Mar
tin Luther. 10th century German
minister, wrote this Christmas
song. now long popular as a man.
ger carol.
II SHOPPING Days
Ill Till Christmas
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-12

berry was second with 1se, 500 gal
Ions. apples third with ee,es4 gai-
Ions.
During the year the domestic
wineries produced a total Of 1.s7z,-
ese gallons. out of which 425,47s
gallons were used for reprocessing.
including distillation-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
Ninth District Farmers

The Ninth District Farmers Club
met March l., with Mr. and Mrs. T.
X. Mcdowell, of New London. The
meeting, opened with group singing
and current events, followed by the
host giving an interesting and in
structive talk ON Soil Conservation.
of which he has made considerable
study. After the business the pro-
gram committee took charge and
each farmer asked to tell what he
considered his most profitable farm
work together with any particular
plan of work ON farm equipment
which has helped him. Some very
interesting and varied responses
were given concerning all lines Of
farm work.
After bountiful dinner, Mr.. Nc
Dowell introduced Mr.. Fremont
Loeffel, of Newark, Del, who very
pleasingly entertained with his wit
and humor, which proved a let down
from the sterner things of life, and
greatly appreciated and enjoyed.
Mrs. Thomas H. Mcdowell, of Chat
ham, sang a solo and then duet
with her sister, Miss Woolens, both
numbers being well rendered. After
pleasant day the club adjourned
to meet in April with DR.. and Mrs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
Little Tot Seized With
Wanderlust
Wanders From Home--Faith.
full Dog Proves Hero

Rising Sun was thrown into q
high state OF excitement on Friday
morning last when 1t became known
that little Tommy Robertson. four
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Asher
s. Robertson of this town, was miss
ing from his home and could not
be located. e
A general alarm was sent out and
a large number of men and boys
started a widespread search.
It was learned that the little fellow
accompanied by his faithful Scotch
terrier Brownie" had been seen
going along the railroad, close to
town, headed toward Sylmar.
After five anxious hours Tommy
was finally found near Nottingham,
Pa, by Harry Fox, and returned to
his home here, apparently none the
worse for his five mile tramp.
Increased alarm was felt for the
safety of the little fellow, as 1t was
feared he might have been on the
railroad at the time the southbound
passed.
1t developed, through questioning
by his mother, after Tommy's safe
return to his home, that he was on
the rail road as the train approach
ed and but for the faithful and in
telligent little dog, would have been
struck. Brownie" 1t appears from
what the boy told his mother, saw
the approaching train, and sensing
the danger tugged at the clothing
of his little master and compelled
the lad to step from the tracks, out
of harms way, before the train
reached them.
Brownie certainly has earned a
medal for himself by the intelli-
gence displayed in saving the boy
from harm. Brownie also objected
strenuously when Mr. Fox ap-
preached Tommy after finding the
boy miles from home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
Fire In Bedding

A fire in the bedding of second
floor room, in the dwelling DR.. T.
B. Moore of this town, was discov-
cred about ten O'Clock Sunday night,
and the smouldering mass thrown
from the window by the Doctor,
who was burned about the hands.
The superstition is that ashes from
a lighted cigar caused the blaze,
which had evidently been shoulder
ing for hours, as no one had been
in the room since morning, and the
smell of smoke had been detected
FOR some time before the fire was
discovered. The mattress and bed
ling were ruined, but the discovery
of the smouldering fire before it had
grown to serious proportions prob
ably saved the dwelling.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
Three Sentenced For
Holdup

The three youths who held up
Ernest Flabbi, of this town, on the
night of February Is, robbed him
of $500, then forced him into their
auto and took him out of town be-
fore he was released, were sentenc-
ed in the Circuit Court at Elkton on
Monday. One received a two-year
prison sentence, and the other two
were committed to a reform school.
The three, Raymond Dalton, %;
Olin Madron, 16, and Walter Raglan,
Is, all of lakewood section, pleaded
guilty to charges of highway rob-
berry. Ernest Flabbi, shoe repair
man, testified the three, masks over
their faces, entered his shop Febru-
airy Is. After they had robbed him
of $500, he added, they made him
go with them on an auto ride.
Dalton received the prison sent
ence. The others were sent to a re-
form school until they are 81.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
Personal And Social

The Village Restaurant, in this
town, after having been closed for
some weeks, reopened on Monday
morning under new management.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Reynolds
were given noisy serenade on Mon
day evening by large number of
their friends. who made welkin ring
with all sorts of noise devices.
The ladies' of Principle Furnace
are holding st. Patrick's party in
the club room (school house) Fri
day, March II. Everybody welcome.
Refreshments will be served at
8 p. m.
David Roy Perkins, who has been
an instructor with the Maryland Ma
tional Guard since 1921, when he
was first assigned at Elkton, then
Centreville, Cambridge, Cumberland,
Belair and Frederick, was retired by
the Government on February %.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Ralph Rob-
inson arrested Elmer and Duffie
Roarks, two farm youths of near
Chesapeake City, after they are al
legged to have broken into the road
house of Dolphus Wharton near
Cayots Corner, and carried off slot
machine.
Saturdays sleet and snow came
on the anniversary of the great 1888
blizzard that swept the country on
March IL, IL, and 13 of that year,
causing death and widespread de-
struction during the three days it
ragged, and requiring days and days
to dig out Of the snow and repair
damage, before things were restor-
ed to normal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
Senate Confirms Not
airy Appointments
Names Of The Seventy Who
Will Serve In Cecil County

Governor O'Conor's appointments
for Notaries to serve In Cecil coun-
ty have been confirmed by the
Senate. There are seventy In the list.
as follows: Walter T. Appleford,
Mollie Howard Ash, Rose w. Adams,
Elizabeth M. Biddle, Louise H. BEN
nett, Maize B. Boulder, G. M. Nc
Spadden, Harry G. Cole, Angela b.
Crothers, John J. Denver, Jennie
Williams Downing, Ann B. Garrett,
Charles H. Gatchell, Bessie c. Hart
nett, Daniel w. Henry, Nellie N.
Lawrence, G.. Il. Lawrence, Rising
Sun; F. M. Moore, Lillian v. MIN
ster, Edith p. Miller, Irene p. Mer-
rey, Clement w. Mackey, Jennie d.
McCauley, Mrs. Esther b. Pryor,
Argus Robinson, Horce l.. Scott, Bes-
sic Singman and Mary e. Trimble,
Charles q. Warburton, Doris e. Sim
mons, Elkton.
Sara A. Armour, Pennington.
w. X. Berger, w. Fletcher Nicker-
son, Ralph H. Rees, Lidie Sager, and
Katherine T. Schafer, Florence B.
Egee, Chesapeake City.
Benjamin Briscoe, Ada Fl. Ely,
Ruth 9. Ewing, Vernon B. Garvin,
Eugenia Hall, John T. Lamb, John
e. Mackey, Albert M. McNamee,
Jannette r. Reed, of Rising Sun.
William A. Brown, Irving Burke,
Margaret J. Cheyney, Lille s. Davis,
Ruth e. Haley, George w. Robertson,
Cecilton.
Louise Carlson, Harry 8. Co.'S
lett, Helen Davis, Emily F. Peach,
Della e. Reynolds, Blanche r. Reed
er, of North East.
Walter s. Child, George 6. Logan,
Rowlandville.
Catherine F. Cobourn, velva M.
Krauss, Perryville.
Edward e. Duff, Nellie e. Poist,
James H. Touchstone, Port DEPOSIT,
Margery M. Murphy, Colora.
Edgar McCullen, Charlestown.
Charles Otis McCauley, Dorothy
I. McCardell, Perry Point.
Edith Wilson, Principle Furnace.
Charles F. Miller.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17

O'Conor bill for the tidewater COM
mission is so drawn that 131 of the
present conservation employees, in or
out of the merit system, will be
.egislated out of their jobs.
In place of these 131, the bill calls
for the employment of sixty-four
men in newly classified positions.
Relative to his position on the
lack of specific mention in the bill
Of the merit system with regard to
The sixty-four new employees, the
Governor pointed out that all of the
131 to be discharged be granted
preferred classification on merit
,ystem rolls provided they can pass
the required examination.
And, according to reports, the
Governor is guided in making a
wholesale cleanout of the tidewater
employees by advice ne has received
that is is useless to embark upon his
conservation plan unless such steps
are taken.
Watermen have complained that
it will be impossible to grant them
the right to police their own indus
try unless they are supplemented
with the proper enforcement per-
sonnet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
Chimney Fires

Two fire calls were received by
Rising Sun firemen on Monday morn
ing, within few minutes Of each
other. The first alarm was about
11:15 o'clock, and came from
Theodore, where SCOT in a. chimney
of the dwelling of William Lewis
was on fire.
Chemicals were used by the Are
men and the blaze soon extinguished.
The second call came about fifteen
minutes after the firemen with
chemical truck had left for Theo-
dore, and the big La France pumper
was taken to the home of Mrs. India
White, on Peral street. The services
Of the pumper we're not needed,
however, as hand extinguishers soon
put out the chimney fire.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
Attendance In County
Schools

The report Of Attendance Officer,
Edward H. Barnes, shows that dur
ing the month of February the two
teacher schools in Cecil county led
in average attendance with a per-
centage of 91.3. The high schools
were second with an average of
800; graded schools third, with
1872; colored school group fourth,
with 87.5 and 87.4. One teacher
schools were at the bottom of the
list with aveage of Sc per cent. The
averages of the various schools
follow:
One-Teacher Schools Earleville
96.8, Pilot 96.5, Charlestown 90,
Pierce's Neck $50, Fingerboard GAL,
Fair Hill "a, Wesley 92.2, Jackson
916, Harris COL, Principle 89.1, I'm
ion 80, Chapel 1876, Jefferson 1874,
Pleasant Hill $3.50, New Valley 1928,
Warwick 1876, Rowlandville 1914,
johnson 1873, Ponds Neck 1871,
Blake TIT, Liberty Grove IT'S, Oak
wood 7O2, and Marion 65.5.
Two-Teacher Schools-Perry Point
1914, Providence 9.16, Colora 91.3,
Elk Mills 90.S, Leeds 90.7, and
Cherry Hill 1873.
Graded Schools-Cecilton 89.6,
Elkton $50, Chesapeake City 1876,
Perryville 1874 North East 1873, Cal
vert 86.3, and Rising Sun SO.
High Schools-Elkton 92.9, Per-
ryville 91.3, Rising Sun Oil, Ken
more 81, Calvert 90.9, North East
90.2, Cecilton 80, Chesapeake City
89.5.
Colored Schools-Elkton 81, Will
son $50, Port Deposit 95.4, Como
wingo 9O.1, Cedar Hill S3.5, Chesa-
peake City S2.9, Cecilton 1927, North
East 77.2, Cokesbury 75.9; Elkton
Colored High School STA