Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-01
Local and Rural News

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy F. Mason ant
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Payne motored to Baltimore, Gettys
burg and Annapolis on Sunday.
Ex-senator j. T. Vandenburg and
Mrs. Vandenburg and Mr.. J. J. Allen
of Seaford, Del, were dinner guests
Sunday of the latter's sister, Mrs
w. w. Holt and Mr.. Holt.
Mrs. William J. Young of Charles
Town, W. Va, is spending few days
with her mother, Mrs. I. T. Costen and
family. Mr.. and Mrs. Young will
move into her new home on Second
St., early in November.
Mrs. Eldred Hill and Mrs. Roy F.
Mason attended the Homecoming at
State Teachers College in Salisbury on
Saturday, October twelfth. They also
remained for the alumni dinner and
business meeting that followed.
L. Everett Belote, of this city, has
registered at Western Illinois State
Teachers College. Mr.. Belote is one
of 1860 students who have registered
at the college this quarter, according
to Miss Hertha Voss, registrar.
A regular meeting Of the Inasmuch
Circle of Kings Daughters will be held
Monday afternoon, November 4th at
the home of Mrs. John H. Blades.
This is the month for payment of
dues and members are requested to
take same to this meeting or send to
Mrs. BERTHE Lockerman, Treasurer,
prior to the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Merrill,
Jr., of Baltimore spent the past week.
end with the formers mother, Mrs.
Eva Merrill of Laurel st. They were
accompanied home by Mrs. Merrill
who will remain for visit before
going on to New York where she will
spend part Of the winter with her
daughter in Hicksville, Long Island.
The Bethany Methodist Church, of
this city, is fortunate in being able
to secure one of the most unusual talk
ing pictures ever shown. The title
of the picture is "Golgotha" which was
made at a cost of 100000. This ire
mendous spectacle will be shown in
the Sunday School Auditorium of the
Church on Wednesday, November Is.
Mrs. Curtis Callahan, Of Baltimore
spent the weekend with her niece,
Mrs. Edward Redden and Mr.. Redden,
near town. Callers at the Redden
home on Sunday were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Webster Howard and daughter, Re-
becca Mae, Mrs. John Payne, Of near
town, Mrs. Ruby Lewis and son, Billy,
of Crisfield, and Mr.. Joe Merritt Of
Pocomoke.
Mr.. William S. Quinn, who has been
a patient in the McCready Memorial
Hospital, Crisfield, following fall
in which he received serious injuries,
is now at the home Of his sister,
Mrs. A. Granville Adams of this city.
Mr.. Quinn's condition is much im-l
proved and it is hoped he will soon
be restored to good health and
strength.
Miss Katherine Henderson enter
tanned her Sunday School Class at al
Halloween Party given at he home
Wednesday evening. Those present
were Hortense Bunting, Alice Jean
Mister, Louise Watson, Virginia Mat
thews, Julia Hayman, Mary Ellen
Watson, Bootsie Heilig and Billy
Kitchens, Jack Payne, Bruce Bonnie
vile, Billy Small and Ralph Denston.
A rather peculiar visitor arrived in
Pocomoke last week in the person of
Arizona Duke who rolled into town in
a covered wagon drawn by a gray
burro about four feet high with an
other smaller animal trailing in the
rear and used as spare. Duke said
he was returning to his home in his
handmade conveyance, after a visit
to the Worlds Fair. He did not
state just where his home is located
but he said it took him about six
months to visit the big city. The
cowboy was accompanied by a fawn
colored cocker spaniel named Sleepy