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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-22
EDUCATION BOARD
RECOMMENDS SCHOOLS

The Somerset County Board of
Education last week recommended
the rebuilding of two County schools,
which burned this winter. They are:
the two story, eight room, frame, com
bination Elementary and High School
of Deal Island, destroyed on February
8, and the two room Oriole Elemen-
tary School RACED January goth.
Superintendent w. Stewart Fitzger
aid said the recommendations had
been forwarded to the State Board of
Education for approval and to the
Somerset County Commissioners. The
designs of the buildings will depend
on the amount of money available to
be allotted by the Commissioners, he
said.
Tentative plans can for the con-
struction Of one or two story, eight
room brick building, without auditor
ium, in Deal Island, and two room
frame building in Oriole.
The Works Progress Administra-
ton will be asked for aid in the con-
struction of the schools, according to
Mr.. Fitzgerald, who said even if pres
ent plans went through on schedule,
it would be six weeks or more before
actual work began on the two insti
tutions.
The $4,000 Princess Anne Elemen-
tary School, which burned last sum-
mer after being struck by lightning,
is now being replaced through the
WPA. The new $125,OOO Princess
Anne High School was completed thru
the same department last fall.
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WORCESTER DEMOCRAT. POCOMOKE CITY. MARYLAND

MI. George Sharpley spent Monday
i'll Salisbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Smith, of Phil
adelphia, spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. James Chapman.
DR.. Burwell, of Chincoteague, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. J. S.
Pruitt.
Miss Pearl White is spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. Norman
Hancock, at Chincoteague.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Banks, of Del
mar, Del, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Crowley.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Hearthway and
Mrs. Harry Ward spent part of this
week with Mr.. and Mrs. John Carlin
in Wilmington, Del.
Mrs. j. T. Paradis has returned
home after spending several weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs. Graydon Tull in
Cape Charles.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mason spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. LAM
bertson at Pocomoke City.
Messrs. Donald Sturgis and Elwood
Hill spent part of last week in New
Suffolk, Long Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Merrill, Jr.,
and son, Billie, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wilkerson
near Pocomoke City.
Mr.. Clifton Pruitt, of Fort Monroe,
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John E. Pruitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood Adkins, Mr..
and Mrs. Reese Boyce, of Laurel, Del,
and Mr.. Charlie White and children,
Sirman and Virginia of Salisbury,
spent Sunday with Mr.. Arthur White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lroy Jester and Mr..
and Mrs. Malcolm Jarman, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Kelley in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Samuel Davis is spending this
week with her grandmother at Show
ellis, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ward and
daughter, Esther, of Snow Hill, Mr..
and Mrs. Elton Jones and children,
Virginia Lee and Billie, were dinner
guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
P. Hearthway.
Billy Taylor, of Philadelphia, is
spending this week with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 'Faber.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Lang of Will
mington, spent the weekend with Mr..
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-22

March /, 1910. Dorchester is the
only other county with no fatalities.
While the counties in most cases
are consistently improving their traf-
fic record, Baltimore City, where the
greater number of traffic accidents
and fatalities occur, is tagging. Feb
ruary, however, did show a saving of
one life, in comparison with Febru-
airy, 1889 in Baltimore. February's
record for the State shows that of
the % deaths that occurred in the
State, one half, or II of these were
in the city.
February's report shows that thru
out the State the pedestrian problem
is one of the most serious matters to
be reckoned with by both the Mary
land Traffic Safety Committee and
the Police. The Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles reports that 72 per
cent of those who lost their lives in
motor fatalities in February, or 16
of the % killed, were pedestrians.
Two were bicyclists; 8 were drivers,
and one passenger. There was, how
ever throughout the State a reduction
of Ia per cent in comparison with
February of 1889.
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previous year, thus covering the first
years operation of the Governors
Maryland Traffic Safety Committee.
Besides the flag offered by Governor
O'Conor, others who will give prizes
for good work in Traffic Safety are:
w. Lee Elgin, Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles; Colonel Beverly Ober Super
intendant of State Police; Major Ez-
IA B. Whitman, Chairman of the
Maryland State Roads Commission,
and DR.. Albert E. Cook, Suprintend-
ent of the Maryland State Board of
Education.
The figures showing the standing
of the counties in comparison for the
two years, and to March LIST, reveal
that Worcester county had 6 fatalities
from October 1, 1888 to March 1, 1889
and none from October 1, 1889 to
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-22
NATL GUARDS
HISTORY SHOWN
PICTORIALLY

Plans were announced this week by
Major General Milton A. Reckord Tor
the compilation of a complete pictor-
ial history of the Maryland National
Guard. from its earliest days to the
present time.
For the first time, members of the
National Guard and their friends will
be able to obtain compact, yet elab-
crate volume of historical interest, as
up-to-date as the new infantry drill
regulations, yet rich in the lore of
the past.
Within the next few weeks bat
terry of photographers will visit the
various armories of the First Infan-
try scattered throughout the State.
Pictures of units, of special squads
and details, of armories and equip
ment, will be made for inclusion in
the volume. Old Pictures, of historic
interest, showing life III the regiment
as it existed in the past, will be pub
lished if obtainable.
The book will contain a brief his
tory of each company in the First In
fantry, and complete sketch of the
regiments glorious history. Similar
treatment will be given every other
National Guard unit in the State. The
book will also contain longer his
tory of the National Guard of Mary
land as a whole.
Officers in each company are as
signed to the duty of compiling the
necessary data that will be forward
ed to the office of the Commanding
General in Baltimore for coordination
and a double check in the interest of
accuracy.
The book will be prepared and pub
ished by the Army and Navy Pub
fishing Company which has already
turned out similar volumes for the
Guard in other states.
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and Mrs. S. P. Lang. Mr. and Mrs.
w. E. Timmons and son, Earl, of Ber-
lin, were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lang.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Merrill and
daughter, Vivian Lee, en- route to
their home in Bridgeton, N. j., after
spending the winter in Miami, Fla,
spent last week with his father, Mr..
j. F. Merrill.
Mrs. James Bevans, of Washington,
spent the weekend with Mr.. J. E.
Bevans. She was accompanied home
by her husband, who has been visit
ing his father for the past week. Mr..
and Mrs. Everett Duncan, of Sails
bury, were also weekend guests in
the home of Mr.. Bevans.
Mr.. Roland Lynch, of Wilmington,
was a guest Sunday in the home of
Rev. and Mrs. L. w. Gordon.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-22
NINETEEN-YEAR OLD BOY
ACCUSED OF ASSAULT

Last week the state police and the
sheriff's office, together with the
Easton police started man hunt in
that vicinity when it was learned that
a nineteen-year-old boy by the name
of Louis Christopher, according to
police, was wanted for criminally as
saulting seven-year-old Norma Scott.
From the story gathered from the
officers, it seems that the boy and
girl went strolling through the woods
near the airport, when the assault
was committed. The girl returned to
her home near the airport and reveal
ed her condition to her mother. She
called the state police and search
was Immediately started. The sher-
ifs office was also notified.
Sheriff Scott, deputy sheriff Max
Aikenhead, Roy McNeal, and William
r. Scott, a brother of the sheriff,
started toward the old brick yard
when they saw their man in the dump
lot close by. They surrounded him
on all sides and he had no chance of
escape.
Christopher was brought to the Jail
and held on a charge of criminally
assaulting the girl. His case will be
presented to the grand jury in May.
The girls condition was said to be
critical. She was taken to the Emer-
gency Hospital, where the doctors at
tended her. She was then taken to
her home. Her father was killed in
an accident near the Country Club
when his car hit tree several years
ago. Christopher is said to be re-
lated to the girl.
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GreenbackviIIe

Miss Lucille Justice spent the week.
end with friends in New Church.
Mr.. Gordon West, of Princess Anne,
spent the weekend with his wife here.
Mrs. Paul White and sons, Paul,
Jr., and Donald, are spending this
week with her mother, Mrs. Martha
Dukes, at Laurel, Del.
Mr.. Woodrow Dryden, of Whining
ton, Del, and Miss Gladys Crowley,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Clark, at Chincoteague.
Mrs. Thomas Freeman and Mrs.
Linwood Doughty, spent part Of this
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward May,
at Wilmington.
Miss Jane Bailey, of Hallwood,
spent Friday with Mrs. leila Dooling.
Mr.. John Selby and son, Edwin, and
Mr.. Charlie Pennewell spent Sunday
at Oyster, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glib Sharpley and
daughter, Betty Jean, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. James Jones near
New Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon Sharpley and
son, Skippy, Mrs. Ohio Sharpley and
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-22

Motor Vehicle branches and agency
offices throughout the entire State.
The plates for the year will be
white background with black numer-
ais, an exact reverse of the plates
for 1899; all fees for licenses are the
same as in 1889.
The supply of plates for Northamp-
ton County reached Cape Charles on
Friday of last week, said John w.
Daniel and consists of the same types
of plates usually carried, such as pas
senger, truck, for hire, convertibles,
motorcycles, trailers, etc.
There have been few changes in the
regulations on the issuance of plates,
said the agent, none that would at
feet the usual APPLICATIONS there, the
slight differences being largely with
out-State title applications.
This years numbers in that office
started with S63-251 for passenger
cars and 10,501 for trucks.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-22
CONTEST FOR THE
5 SAFETY FLAGS
VERY INTERESTING

The contest for the five Safety
flags to be awarded to the counties
Of Maryland making the best records
in reduction of automobile fatalities
is taking on considerable significance,
with number of counties trying hard
for first place and the Flag offered
by Governor Herbert R. O'Conor.
The flags will be awarded for the
best record from October 1st, 1889 to
September 30th, 1910, inclusive, as
compared with the same period of the
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-22

For fruit whip, use canned or
fresh fruit. Put through a sieve,
sweeten, and to each cup of fruit pulp,
fold in the beaten whites of two eggs.
Chill and pile in sherbert glasses.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-22
VIRGINIA LICENSE TAGS
ON SALE LAST WEEK

Virginia's 1910 motor vehicle plates
went on salt last week at Division of
Evening star., 1940-04-09
By ROBERT HENRY.

Tommy Keating, who played
shortstop at Georgetown Prep and
Georgetown University, is starting
his first year as baseball coach at
the Prep this spring with optimism
even though his team dropped its
opening game Friday to Woodrow
Wilson.
A small, but willing squad is prac-
ticing daily on the spacious Garrett
Park field and most of the boys 60
through their PAGES like veterans.
No less than II lettermen are miss
ing from last years successful team,
but that doesn't stop Keating from
believing that this present outfit
won't win full share of games.
Success this year depends on the
pitchers, Keating says. If they come
through as hoped, everything should
be all right. They catching depart
ment is strong and so is the infield,
but right now the outf1eld is un-
certain.
Big Pitchers at Hand.
Heading the hurting staff araBud
Eckrich and Ben Decker. two basket
ball and grid stars. Both are big.
strong lads who can turn on plenty
of speed in the clutches. Eckrich
has a sharp breaking curve that en-
abled him to do well last year.
Decker, who also catches and is
general utility man. forgets that
he's q pitcher at times and smacks
an extra base blow or two. He Is
fast on the bases.
Besides Decker, Jerry Kunkle
and John Mahoney will see back
stopping duty. Both are on the
small side, but able.
At first base Stuart Lord. who
stands close to 6 feet, 2 inches, is
boss. A natural hitter with an
easy swing, Lord is expected to drive
in many runs. Jerome Jake"
Powell, another tall lad. will hold
down the second sack, mainly on his
fielding talent. He will be aided by
Lew Crowley.
On the left side of the infield,
Chuck Devine, shortstop, and Lew
Salb, third baseman, will see steady
duty. Devine is regarded the best
hitter on the team and also is clever
defensively. Salb, owner of strong
wing, takes good care of hits his way,
especially bunts.
Outfield Still Uncertain.
The outfield posts have not yet
been definitely filled, but Mike To-
bin, leadoh man; Mike DAILY and
Johnny Nicolaides figure best. All
have shown promise in practice and
seem to be learning fast. Tobin is
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Bergner Lone MILDLY
10 Win N in Three
Sports This Year

ANNAPOLIS, April e.-Allen Berg
nerner, captain Of the football and
wrestling teams, currently is the only
holder Of three Navy ms" for par
ticipation in major sports. He act
ually has won four of the big letters
as he boxed in his sophomore year
winning the insignia in that sport.
He wrestled in his other two sea-
sons. Other letters were won for
football and lacrosse.
Bergner will graduate in June and
his most probable successor as q
three-letter man is Phil Cutting, q
rangy soph from Shelbyville, Ind.
Cutting won his IN" with star as a
starting back in the last football
game against Army and has won
another letter as center of the
basket ball team.
Cutting, as a hurdler, high and
broad jumper should win his third
letter on the track and field team
this spring.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Washington A. A. Ten
To Battle Hopkins
Tomorrow Niqht

The infant Washington Athletic
Association will attempt to snatch
a measure of national recognition
tomorrow night when it sends its
lacrosse team against Johns Hop
kins, favored to win the national
intercollegiate championship, at
Baltimore.
Owning one Of its most formidable
teams, Hopkins walloped the Balti-
more A. c., 1873, last week while
the Washington A. A. was disposing
Of Swarthmore, Ga, without resort
ing to trick plays designed by
Coaches Joe Deckman and River
dale Smith for more outstanding
foes.
Saturday the Washington A. A.
will open its home schedule at Gen.
tral High Stadium, meeting Balti-
more A. c. in a lacrosse game,
feature of a field day to be staged
by the organization.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Redick Looksfor3 50
in Federal
LINKS Jousting
rs in Line for The Stur's
Event With DeadIine
Three Days Awuy

With the closing date for entries
in The Star-sponsored annual
match play golf championship for
Government employees only three
days away Tournament Director
Charles p. Redick has nearly as
entries and predicts the team list
will 60 over 80 by closing time Fri
day
"All the top teams of the last two
years have entered" Redick said,
"and several agencies which were
not represented previously have en-
tered. I look for the best team tour
nament we ever have had"
Government Printing Once, which
VOL the title last year, will enter
the same team. This outfit was COM
posed of Joe Balestri, Bill Lawrence,
AL Schneider and Bob Elan.
Interior Loses Fossum.
War and Navy, perennial con-
eSAAACAo, W4AA SOAAC AL WILL StIOIlk
teams and the Interior outfit will
be in there with a team weakened
by the loss of Gene Fossum. Federal
Housing, captained by Don O'Brien,
again will be among the leaders.
The first 20 teams, based on the
known ability OF their golfers, will
be paired in class A in The Star
tourney. Other teams will be
grouped In class B. But Redick has
no soft job in arbitrarily grouping
the teams, for several new outfits
are entered this year. Among these
is team from the National Emer-
gency Council, with its top golfer
Frank x. White, who is the club
champion at the Capital Golf and
Country Club. In the same class
comes the Congressional Library
team, headed by c. c. Trautner, and
a team from the Maritime Commits
sion.
Difficult to Rate Teams.
II don't yet know where to put |
these teams" Redick said. IF
they show sufficient class they
should be in class A, but it is too
early yet to say definitely into what |
class they will fall. From the re-
marks I hear the potential winners
look forward to the long season,
with playoff in September, while
the losers won't have such a lengthy
Navy will be weakened by the loss
Of its ace, Comdr. w. S. Popham, !
VINO leaves Washington soon to COM
mand a destroyer unit. War De-
partment again will bob up with a
strong team, composed in part Of
Maj. J. r. Francis, Col Kenneth
and Tom Belshe. I'VE
have more good golfers In the lists
this year than ever before" Redick |
added.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Mats
Continued from Page A-14)

ton Of the training camp, Is 23,
Ken Chase, who has been wearing
Nat uniform OF and on since 1885,
still is only 26. Joe Krakauskas Is
"a and Joe Haynes is the same age.
These four, with Leonard, are Man
ager Bucky Harris f1rst-flight pitch
ers. Average age Is, plus.
How this club, which tomorrow
will be unveiled in Washington
against the Boston Bees, will per-
form in championship competition
is conjectural, but it seems safe to
assume the Mats will be the fleetest
team in the American League. OF
the eight regulars, five are more or
less shifty on their feet.
The speedsters are headed, Of
course, by George Case, champion
base stealer Of the major leagues.
Every member of the outf1eld can
pick 'em up and lay 'em down and
in the infield Wasdell and Pofahl
are blessed with the same virtue.
Only Ferrell, Bloodworth and Travis
could use outboard motors in their
back pockets.
Sting Bees in 14-12 Tilt.
The Mats paused here today on
the last lap of their trip home.
They were to play their Charlotte
farmhands, pitching Sid Hudson
and Walter Masterson, and board
train tonight for the Capital. At
Griffith Stadium they will play the
Bees tomorrow and Thursday, the
Baltimore Orioles on Saturday and
next Tuesday the Red Sox in the
seasonal opener. In between, next
Sunday to be exact, they will jour-
ney to Baltimore for another ex-
hibition.
AS they moved against Charlotte
the Griffmen had flve-game win
ming streak, embracing wins over
Bostons Bees (two) and Atlanta
(three). They made it five yester-
day in Greenville, S. c., by winning
a fiasco, 14-12, after once trailing,
80.
The Bees jumped all over Haynes
and drove him from the box in less
than four innings. Then the Mats
hoped on Bill Swift and scored 10
runs in the fourth and fifth rounds.
They lost this 1913 lead tempo
rarily, but came back and managed
to outlast the Bees. Gilberto Torres
and Rene Monteagudo finished what
passed as pitching for the Mats, the
latter getting credit for the game
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Government Employees Annual Team Golf Tournament Looms as Banner Affair
Beaver Dam to Stage D. C..
Open Golf Event May 81;
School PLAYERS Clash

held 1t over following his victory at
the Washington Coli and Country
Club in 1898.
Indian Spring Country Club is to
have q new manager starting
April Is.
Mrs. Alma Won steinner, club
manager for the past five years, and
for 10 years prior to that one of
Washington's leading feminine
golfers, has resigned her post, ef-
fective next Monday. Her successor
has not been named. Mrs. Won
Steinner twice won the Miller
Trophy in the tourney, played an
nually at the Washington Golf and
Country Club. The Indian Spring
property was sold several months
ago to A. 8. Kay, who is building on
part Of the first nine, but is retain
ing the old second nine holes as a
golf course. Improvements now are
in progress at the clubhouse.
Eight high and prep school golf
0SoAAAo WCAC w NAdoAA tl1AO
IN a renewal Of the schoolboy con-
tests for the metropolitan cham
pionship and the Dawes Cup, the
latter being confined to competition.
among the District high schools.
The schedule called for Mckinley
and Wilson to clash at Capital;
Central and Western to meet at
Columbia; Bethesda-Chevy Chase,
current schoolboy champs, to meet
st. Johns at Kenwood, and Dewitt
and Bladensburg to match. shots at
Beaver Dam.
Kenwood Tourney Monday.
George Diffenbaugh, Kenwood
pro, announces an invitation anna
teur-pro best-ball tourney next Mon
day at Kenwood. Each pro may
take three amateur partners, who
will play from scratch.
At Army Navy, A. B. Prossie
Evening star., 1940-04-09

scored an eagle 8 on the lengthy
10th hole. He played the hole with
a tee shot, brassie shot and a
single putt. Pretty good golf in
any language.
Entries for the Miller Memorial
tourney at the Washington Golf
and Country Club will close April
Ii with Mrs. I. B. Walsh at Chest.
nut OTIS. The handicap limit will
be 18 strokes, and the tournament
Is scheduled for April IS.
Women bowling golfers today
wound up their winter season Of
competition at the Silver Spring
alleys with a sweepstakes tourney
and election Of officers. Congress.
sional Country Clubs No. team
won the tournament in the final
team event last Tuesday.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

AL Houghton, Beaver Dam golf
professional, today announced the
District Of Columbia Open cham
pionship will be played over the
lengthy Beaver Dam course on Fri
day, May 81.
The club will add 500 to the
purse, and the tournament, in place
Of the usual 36-hole affair for only
. little more than the entry fees
played at u holes-will be q 36-hole
event played in one day. It will also
be open to the amateurs and
probably q group Of Baltimore
golfers also will be invited to swell
the entry list.
I'VE plan to hold 1t just after the
sectional qualifying rounds for the
open championship" said Houghton,
"and just before the championship
itself. It will sort Of pep the boys
up for the big show at Cleveland
early in June. The national open
will come the week following the
District open, and some of the win
ners will help themselves to some
spending money in the District tour
nament."
For several years the District open
championship has been booted
around, with the pros always ready
to make it a good championship, but
lacking money. This year with an
extra century added to the purse, it
may run as high as $3.50, which will
put 1t In the class of the Maryland
open and make 1t q worthwhile 36-
hole affair.
Houghton and Clif1 Spencer, two
men who are completely familiar
with the Beaver Dam course, un-
doubtedly will be installed the
favorites. But they'll have to reckon
with that brainy old-time-, Witty
Cox, who won the title the last two
times it was played No District
open title was held in 1889, and Witty
Evening star., 1940-04-09
A.B.C. 7O-Yeor Average Trophy
Seems Sure for Detroit Man

the team event and then scored
totals of 672 and 626 respectively in
the doubles and singles for an all
events total of 1858.
The Detroit veteran has averaged
202.59 for the past decade In 80
games and passed Hank Marino,
former leader, who has 201.72. Andy
Varipapa, New York, is next In the
standings with 201 SO.
Charley Neeb, Columbus, Ohio,
climbed into fifth place In the all
events division with q 1901 aggre-
gate during yesterdays minor event
firing.