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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28
Poetry Corner
THE COMING OF SPRING

A day of balmy sunshine,
And one when bleak winds blow;
Days when raindrops patter,
Then sudden fall of snow.
Today's sky, blue and smiling;
Tomorrow's drab and gray
We know not what to look for
When Spring is on its way!
The scent of leaves, unfolding;
Of burrows, freshly turned;
Of wisps of smoke arising
From fires where brush is burned
The raucous honk of wild geese;
A robins note Of cheer
ALI these combine to tell us
That Spring is very near!
So, if today is dreary,
With dark clouds hanging low,
The rain will wake the tulips,
And make the jonquils grow;
The lilacs soon will blossom,
And hyacinths appear
With all these fair reminders,
Well know that Spring is here!
Alma Gertrude Hurley
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28
Alma Gertrude Hurley
SPRING--HATS

Our street can boast two rows of
lovely trees,
Lovely when spring and summer
brings them leaves,
AS yet they give" no sign by bud OF
branch alive
Just when we may expect spring will
arrive.
But in the stores the hats proclaim
it's spring,
Ribbon, flowers, straw and wells a.
round them cling;
Perky little one eye shades that sit
askew,
Covered with ribbon, feathers, wells
and flowers too.
Essie L. Mariner
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28
RADIANT LIVING
The Quest For God
By Rev. c. M. Griffith
Ceciltdn. Md.


The greatest quest of man is not
for gold. It is not for excitement.
It is not for pleasure. The greatest
quest of man is for God.
You may not agree with me in this,
but tell me why irreligious men who
have massedS unlimited wealth are yet
dissatisfied. Tell me why poor men
who have found God in real way
have also found a deep inner joy.
The quest for God is latent in every
heart. It is in your heart.
Have you not felt longing to
recognize God in the fragrance of a
flower, in the beauty of sunrise, in
the majesty of a mountain? Have
you not felt a longing to recognize
Him in the face of an innocent child
or in the wrinkled countenance of a
grandmother, the veteran of life's
battles?
Out of that inward hunger for God
rises the prayer: "That I might fell
lowship with Him!"
Not only to know Him, but to talk
with Him! To be conscious of the
flow of sympathetic understanding
To reach a place in consciousness
wherein I know that I am not alone
but that He is ever with me! That
is fellowship divine!
Divine fellowship is glorious. But
to partake of the Divine nature, tc
feel it thrillingly surging within, tc
be conscious of its warmth and its
power is to taste the ecstacies Of
Heaven!
The quest for God is not complete
until the human spirit and the Di
vine spirit become one. The ques
for God is not complete until one cal
say with the Apostle Paul: 81 live
yet not I, but Christ iveth in me-"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28

will do justice to any package OF
cheese.
CHEESE CAKE
IL cups cottage cheese
A eggs
l cup sugar
IL tablespoons flour
/ cup rich milk
Y teaspoon salt
l teaspoon lemon juice or moro to
taste
3 tablespoons butter
l pkg. unsweetened zwieback
Crush the zwieback and roll fine,
rub two tablespoons of butter and
one-quarter cup of sugar into it until
it is like a coarse meal. Line a greas-
ed baking pan with the mixture
Beat the egg yolks well, add the
cheese, sugar and flour, salt and fla
voring, then the milk, and lastly the
whites of the eggs stiffly beaten.
Pour into crumb lined pan and bake
one hour in a moderately hot oven
$3.50 degrees F.).
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28
Foundation Studies Cancer

The treatment of cancer is being
studied at a foundation established
at the University of Pennsylvania.
The university's school of medicine,
under the direction of DR.. John S.
Lockwood, will direct the program.
The foundation, known as the Foun-
dalton for the study of Neoplastic
disease will be supported by an in
surance company.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28
i@7=:=?;$$%1% THREE MEALS A DAY

in Newark, in the 4th Elec. Dist, on
the S. side of and adjoining the State
Stone Road known as the Hickman
Hill Road. Consideration $40 &c.
Raymond C. McAllister and Edna
NJ, his wife, from Geo. E. Pointer
and others, storehouse and lot at
"Hog Skull" in the 3rd Elec. Dist
Consideration, $40 &C.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
EUNICE ELLIS
Home Economist


Eastern Shore Public Service
BRAN BREAD
(Makes 8 loaves)
IL cup butter
I cup sugar
1-2 cup molasses
4 eggs
cups sour milk
cups all bran
cups flour
2 teaspoons soda
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
1. Cream butter and sugar; ado
molasses. 2. Beat eggs and add u
butter and sugar. 8. Add milk ano
bran. A. Sift soda, baking powder
and salt with flour and add. 5. Pour
into CREASED bread pans. Bake al
Temperature of 375 degrees for
hour.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28
ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
| Dov Mo%hoxxyo Dn~%ow

Rev. r. b. Mathews, Rector
Services, Every second and fourth
Sunday Of the month, Morning Pray
and Sermon at II o'clock.
Every first, third and fifth Sun
days, Evening Prayer and Sermon a
7:S0 o'clock.
Holy Communion every second Sun
day at II o'clock in the morning.
Church School at 10 q. m.
Public IL cordially invited 70 ct
tend these services.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28

Rev. r. Stanley Berg, Pastor
Sunday
Sunday School 9:45 A. M.
Morning worship HOO A. NJ.
Christ's Ambassadors TOO P. N.
Evening worship service 7:30 P. n.
Tuesday
Prayer meeting 1880 P. M.
Thursday
Bible study 1880 P. m.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28

9:45 A. M. Sunday School.
9:45 A. M. Mems Bible Class
HOO A. M. Morning Worship anc
Sermon.
6:46 p. M. Junior c. e. Society.
7:3O p. N. Evening Worship ano
Sermon.
PRAYER MEETING
Prayer meeting each WednesdA.
evening at 1880 o'clock. You are invitsr
POCOMOKE CIRCUIT
John f. Willis, Pastor
Cokesbury
10 A. N. Church School.
Emmanuel
2 P. N. Church School.
8 P. M. Preaching.
GLAD TIDINGS TABERNACLE
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28

at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Walter Revell, Atlantic, Va.
Miss Irene Fox, of Salisbury,
spent the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Fox.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28

SALEM METHODIST CHURCH
J. W. WOOtten. Pastor
11:00 A. M. Service of Worship.
7:16 p. M. Christian Endeavor.
Wednesday
1880 P. M. Bible Study and Prayer
Meeting.
SUNDAYS
1000 A. n. Sunday School.
HOO A. NJ, SERMON
e:45 p. II. Epworth League.
1880 P. NJ, SERMON
WEDNESDAYS
7:3O P. NJ, PRAYER MEETING
PITTS CREEK PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Rev. Robert b. Stewart, Minister
PocomOke City
Sunday
1000 A. N. Sunday School.
HOO A. M. Worship Service.
Beaver Dam
Sunday
2:15 P. M. Sunday School.
800 P. n. Service Of Worship.
Everybody welcome Come and
worship with us.
IL A. M. Preaching every other Sun
day at 1880 P. M.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28

IL A. NJ. Service Every Sunday. Par.
ish House, Third Street.
Everybody welcome.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-28
&1iaFel1>tlS'!!
S1111odH Sc1QAS

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
. HiehIiehts From
The Latest Books q

The wartime raiders have been
at work practically since his
tory began. They make. a dra-
matte II destructive story.
John Philips c ranwell re-
counts the raiders forays In
the age Of steam, that Is be-
ginning with the Civil War
and continuing to the present,
in Spoilers of the Sea" (Nor-
ton: S3). It Is high adventure.
The modern raiders, It would
seem, have come Q long way
from the makeshift men-of-
war c o m m q n der Raphael
Semmes and his daring Con-
federate lads sailed to drive
Union shipping from the seas.
But have they7. Writes Gran
we'll:
The change (from sail to
steam) was for the worse as far
as raider was concerned. In a
sailing craft the raider had the
ideal vehicle for his trade. Sea-
worthy, fast, and self-contained,
such Q vessel permitted him to
keep the sea for long periods
without going into port. She
could take her prizes. equip
ment, food, even guns and am
munition---nearly all merchant
men in those days went armed.
II her sails were carried away
by storm or shot away in action,
new canvas, safely slowed be-
low, could be bent and the ship
was good as new. II she lost her
riggin, it could be rerove. II she
were dismated, she could be
jury-rigged until she made some
unfrequented spot of land where
new spars and masts could be
cut and set up with no more me-
chanical aid than could be i'm
provised by any good ships COM
pany.
Nor was she defenseless ~at
such Q time, for her guns could
b mounted ashore 70 guard her
against attack. II her bottom be-
came foul from months Of cruis-
Ing in tropic waters she could be
beached and scraped. And most
important Of al, there was no
fuel problem.
Even wireless has imposed m
additional limit on the com
merce destroyer. BY It's use abe
can cali her colliers to her or re-
main in communication with her
own country. But by is use she
also reveals her -pressnes TO the
enemy.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

better player. When South bids
hearts and then opens the king
of hearts, he Is definitely
marked with the queen. North
should realize that the timing
on the hand may be of utmost
Importance, and therefore should
overtake the king Of hearts with
the ace in order to lead diamonds
up to dummy.
1t is important to get the dia-
mond suit started before declarer
can, establish dummy's good
clubs, and North should con-
slider the possibility that
South's holding may prevent him
from leading diamonds.
OF course, the Diamond re-
turn by North defeats the con-
tract, as the declarer has to win
the first diamond lead with the
ace or king. leaving South with
the queen and Jack. All the de-
clarer cen do Is to cash his. ace
and king of trumps and then
lead clubs.
South wins with the ace and
Immediately leads the queen Of
diamonds. knocking out declar.
er's high diamond. Declarer tries
to run his clubs, but North still
hes Z winning diamond trick.
Thus the contract 10 defeated.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
/. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

There's canny psychology De-
hind the age reduction, because
fans don't resent her as a ro-
mantle threat. As Miss Lee out
lines her character, "I'm always
for Mr.. Autry and back him up
in whatever he wants to do in
the plot. The Girl always OPP
poses him. I'm no love-interest,
though I'm always asking him
to wait until l grow up, so can
marry him."
Mary Lee got her first job
with Ted Weems' band, when
she was Pa small-town Him
OILS youngster with fresh, I'M
trained voice and lots of per
sonality. When the band played
a local engagement, she sang one
song for Weems and was hired
on the spot.
In 1888, she made one film.
playing a brat in Bonita Gran
vile picture, but she counts
South of the Border" as her
first real screen appearance.
That was another snap-hiring
job. Autry and Republics head,
Herbert Yates, heard her sing
ing with the band in a New
York night club and signed her
for a picture.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Peaceful Iceland Is
Involved in First War
~ssssssssessees.s
. . Ass .

ICELAND, a nation that has
l. never fought a war, Is drawn
into Europes conflict. British
troops have occupied the island,
supplies from u. S. have been
trans-shipped there, en- route to
Britain. Germany has placed the
island within the war zone, and
German bombers have attacked
the capital.
Iceland's strategic location In
the north Atlantic, 400 miles from
Scotland, is shown on the stamp
above, one OF the 1899 New York
Worlds Fair commemorative Is
sue. The worlds second largest
island may also become a base for
attack against Germany on .
northern front.
Iceland's history OF peace dates
from its discovery by Norwegians
in $40. The Parliament established
in $50 has continued In power, the
oldest form Of government still in
existence.
Iceland has no army, no navy.
no unemployed. Its 10000 people
are educated by law, and all
natives IS years old have the right
10 vote. There are no railroads on
the island, but highways have been
built for motor transport. The
horse still holds first place % the
principal means Of travel
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
THE EVIDENCE IS PLAIN

When Sir Christopher Wren had fin
ished St. Poul's Cathedral in London,
they carved his memorial on marble
pIoque and set it in the wall. "lf you
wish to see his monument" they wrote,
look obout you"
Now .thot pIokue lies beneath the
tumbled ruins Of that grand house Of
worship. The workers who cIeor away
the wreckooe will find the plaque, but
tire wfeckooe itself is now O monument
TO, ooother man whose tools ore not
i,omnner and chiseI, but bomb and bull
9I0f.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
: BEHIND THE SCENES.
m WASHINGTON . y

quite oceurote, but he does
apparently Get O kick out Of
dodoino troffic jams Of inter.
roootion.
Thot's whot mokes II intsr.
estina for the correspondents
who crowd in close ground the
Presidents desk and make de-
auctions from the tilt of the
S'9oret holder, whether no ex-
holes the smoke slowly, or in
quick clouds, the way he puffs
out his cheeks nomentoriIy
while considering q question.
the woy he mods his heed for
emPhosis, the lift Of on eve
brow. They're all supposed to
be importont. il you believe in
signs. When the room IS crowd
ed, only those in front can see
and make whot they will Of
t0eSe POrtentS.
Ceiling I h es e conferences
the best show in Woshindton
hos now become an old sow.
Yet the fact remains that into
this pleasant oval office, with
out corners into which q presi-
dent might be backed or q re-
porter stood, come the men
ond the issues thot make these
the most exciting times in
world history.
The white, slightly orehed
ceiling with the seoI of the
president of the United Stotas
in bos-reIief at the center. The
soft. restfuI green Of the walls.
The indirect lighting. The win
dows looking out to the south
over the sunIit White House
garden and ground. The fomiI-
ior marine paintings and ship
models. The crowded, locked
bookcases. 7 he big coIored
mop Of the world, 10 feet Iona
ond four feet high, mounted in
front Of the fireplace, focine
the Presidents trophy and SOU
venir-loden desk.
In this easy atmosphere,
with q flip here and q eoeIine
there, with gracious good hu-
NOR is settled the fote Of the
nation preparing for-~hot?
As the President observed the
other doy. the American pub
lie is not yet sufficiently dwore
Of the extreme seriousness Of
the war, but native American
intelligence and cracker barrel
discussion will bring Il out.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
ANOTHER
PICKFORD?

After its release, fans and ex-
hibitors' clamor did the rest,
but now theater men are begin
ming to fret at the Autry-Mary
Lee teaming, arguing that there's
no profit in giving the custom
ers a gold mine and diamond
field in one picture. A singing
role in Sing, Dance Plenty Hot"
and the star part in "Barnyard
Follies" proved she was a draw
as a single. Currently, she's in
another non-Autry, ANGELS
With Broken Wings" playing
Miss Fixit with four older cuties.
The studio has several solo
scripts in mind for its singing
orphan with the heart of gold
notably a Mary Pickford fav-
orite, From Rags to Riches"
Most satisfying proof of
Mary's popularity is the increas-
ing volume of letters from
moviegoers, especially of her
own age.
An 11-year-old has formed
THE Fans of Mary Lee" club
(dues five cents a week.. Final
proof is in letters from young
gents of IL to IS who write, I'm
all your pictures with Gene
Autry, Mary Lee. I think you
have stole the picture" Invaria-
bly,, they're much erased at that
point, showing 1t has been q
tough struggle to admit anybody
is better than the cowboy idol.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
, SO THEY SAY

Five Hundred people to see
one tank! / just wish there had
been 500 tanks and only one per-
son to look at them!
S. Knudsen, viewing
test of new medium tank at
Aberdeen.
A trained man is certainly
more important than new ma
chine. Machines can be created
by trained men and only by
them, but they become obsolete,
whereas engineers continue their
creative ability :.
-Wilfred Sykes, Inland Steel
Co.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
. BARBS

Reading of bombings in north.
ern Ireland makes our heart 60
pity-Pat.
With catching cold season
over it's going to be harder
than ever to pronounce the
names of war-torn towns.
The only sensible time TO 60
around blowing your own horn
is when it's on your car.
People who travel along on a
bluff are riding for . fall.
The only person we know Of
who finds Il pays To look down
in the mouth II our dentist.
Government freezes steel
prices. That's going TO leave any
potential war pro6teers right
out in the cold. \
Taxes 20 be increased three or
four. billions. Truly, the govern.
ment givsth and the government
taketh away.
President of New York Stock
Exchange in Quoted into the
army. He ought to be bear
when the co m m au-l comes
"liarket-tim
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
MORNING m SPRING

The young leoves remember still
93o q}]ot LIGHT OF the stors The morn
80 eJ6 1hut blows disturbs them gently
~ = IN He silver light thot ebbs
- NO The. lifted bouoh. The
x1 n smiStx .of Slesp. the
Sd9 rops- down from the
u ~ hillss TO hide the
~ ~ )umirous 'somports
- inteuol. The pale
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
so YEARS AGO TODAY

Henry Lodewyck's new
matched team looks well.
It Is rumored in the north Of
the county that Mount Clemens
etaoin hrdl shrd shrdl nm
doesn't propose to let Romeo
have the narrow gauge. Which Is
twaddle.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Lucie Neville is pinch-hit-
ting for Paul Harrison, now
touring army camps and de-
tense industries.
By LUCE NEVILLE

BY LUC1E NEVILLE
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD - The name,
Mary Lee, doesn't mean much to
Hollywood, but neither did Gene
Autry's until the singing cow
boy came in fourth on the Big
Ten Star list, just behind Clark
Gable.
So it may be some time before
she's recognized locally though
after just a year and half on
the screen she is receiving more
than 500 fan letters a week. Ac-
tually, she's getting many more
because the bulk of Autry's mail
mentions her, mostly as .
and I like Mary Lee very much. y
Leading ladies usually are
switched on western stars faster
than a headwaiter can change a
$40 bill, but Mary Lee has been
in nine of Autry's films and is
the only female who ever has
won his heart on celluloid. In
all of them she has been Patsy,
an orphan who is befriended by
him, now is his adopted daugh-
ter. A good many fans think she
really has been legally adopted,
and only catty ones write, 81
don't believe you're just IA, but
if you're ashamed to tell your
age. that's all right"
PERT
AND PRETTY
Actually, she's l6 going on II,
but neither looks nor acts it,.
Just now she has more bounce
than umph, still is round-faced
and fond of mugging. (Autry
warns her she'll have to correct
that bad habit of sticking out
her tongue at people, Between
her big brown eyes and fine sing
ing voice, however, she has all
the makings of glamor vocalist
in a year or So.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
suT THE STRUGGLE GOES ON

Yuooslovjo hos been beaten to earth
il less than two weeks by the Noz' Jug,
oer,out A few shoke sod heads and
mutter, This is the end"
II IS not the end. There is Greece
yet TO conquer, ond Turkey. There is
tha British navy and there is the in
vosion of EneIond There is the VIDE
dominion of on Empire unsubdued. DIS
ester in NueosIovio, Greece ond even IN
EGYPT and the whole Medlterroneon
would not end even the m|itory Phase
.of the war. Once oeoin the Germans,
like the japanese, have won the bottle,
bit the end Of the war is as for owoy as
ever. X must be disheortening to win
and win. and yet ottoin no victory.
Victory will not come to the Ger
mans BY the conquest Of Yu9oslovio.
Victory will not come though Greece
Sc beoter,. though the German Ponzer
divisions park beside the Dordonel'es
Victory will not come it Turkey be
booten next. II will not come though
Suex foil, and though the Germon
hosts reoch the long-dreomed-ot Bog
dad.
Il Victory will not come though !Gibrol-
tar foil, and Alden.
Victory will not come even though
Enolond should lie PROSTATE in we'ter
Of its own blood. Thot might end the
ir.rnediote militory phose OF the war,
but HE reol war would go on.
The reason is that this war is more
t,on q military campaign. 1t is war
sof ideos, q war Of the spirit, and 1t IS
Here thot the Gernons cannot win; u
Is here that there is no victory. They
con win bottles. they can conquer eoun-
tries. but they hove nothing to put in
the ploce Of the spirit they have beaten
down but not sIoin.
Charles Lindbereh, for example,
doesn't understond this. He can speak
brutolIy Of 1.-THE long list Of PROSTATE
notions who jumped into war hosti!y
and unprepored." Excepting only Italy
1.-THE country which could truly be sold
10 have Jumped in") every one wos
successfully presented with the owtul
alternative Of the hiehwoymon. "Stond
and deliver-or fight" To lindbergh,
the decision to fight rother thon sur
render is nothing better than to Jump
into war hostily"
Behind the Nozi war Of arms, itself
still far from war, is q war Of the spirit.
IA war for the souls Of men on ground
chosen by the Nozs themselves. 1t is
this war ti7ot the Nozis cannot win; it
! Is this war that will rob them ultimately
Of the fruits Of victory
The will to freedom can not be crush
cd out Of mankind by thousand pan
Ter divisions
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24

Fort Devens, Massachusetts,, soldiers
spend eight times as much at the camp
sodo fountain as Of the beer Dor. Which
leoves little excuse for having bar in
of,t comp.