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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-09
Conn's Chances

Conn hasn't the punch Of the
above-named. He's no Fitzsimmons,
Ketchel or Gibbons. His most fer
vent admirers admit that. He is a
fast. clever boxer and he may be
able to tag Louis occasionally, then
leap out of the way. Remember
that Bob Pastor adopted a similar
strategy with the Brown Bomber. He
ran away from him for 10 rounds.
And Conn is speedier than Pastor.
But remember, too, that Louis got
the decision. Though you may not
believe it. judges are quick to recog-
nize the difference between a track
meet and a prize fight.
COnn's chances rest with his abiI-
ity to outpoint the champ. He can't
run away from him for Is rounds,
inflict no damage, and hope to win
the title. Nor can he stand toe-to-
toe and slug II out with the sepia-
tinted gladiator. That would be an
invitation to quick disaster. Rather,
the Pittsburgher must adopt an In
between course. He must reach the
champ often enough to roll mp . few
points. then must protect those
points with the boxing skill he pos
sesses to such . high degree.
A victory for Conn would be popu-
lar. But It is extremely unlikely
that Joe Louis viii lose his title to
a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a
light-heavyweight whose punch is
somewhat less than dangerous.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-09
The NesU Schedule

IT think can give you the new
schedule, as army and navy off,
cials think it will pan out There
will be baseball and football games,
plus boxing matches, between regi-
ments and divisions and armies.
These men in camp will need some
thing beyond the average to break
up their routine existence. They
won't get this from entertainers, ex-
cept in part. In fact, they can only
get it from sport, and that will
necessarily mean the top-ranking
part OF sport.
at viii mean the best of our
football players, college and pros.
II will mean many of our better
big league and minor league base
bali players. They will have to come
in, either from the draft, or through
the force of public demand. The
old term Stacker proved very ef-
fective In obtaining recruits during
the World war.
They won't be getting any extra
money for this service. There will
be no cashing in. 1t will be compa-
NY against company = regiment
against decentralization against
division-army against army, and
then you'll see some real competi-
ton.
This means we will suddenly
have the greatest amateur swirl in
cur history. We will have games
that will overshad0w Michigan and
Minnesota, or all the bowl contests.
They viii take place all over the
map. But they will be army and
navy contests In which Bob Teller
may be pitching against Bucky Wal
tiers or Joe Louis may be facing
lBiIly Conn-not for World Series
money or 40 per cent of the gate
receipts, but for the pride and honor
Of the regiment or the division. Just
the way that Gene runney fought in
France.
you may not believe me, but this
is what will take place."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-09

main recreation will
be sport. There have
been so many turned
down through physi-
cal disabilities that
we will soon have a
rush on athletes. It
will not be a sur
prise to see an APP
peal made to all col
lege athletes and to
professional athletes
Of the right age to
enlist.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley P. Stabler
entertained on New Years Eve at
their home.
Many from Sandy Spring went
to New Years Eve dinner, given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Owings.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-09
Sport Shorts

Dick Evans, Green Bay Packer
end, has Joined the Sheboygan In
dams pro basketball team :. Earle
~Greasy'') Neale, new coach Of the
Pittsburgh Steelers, handled the old
Dayton Triangles when that team
was owned by Carl Storck, now pres
ident of the National Football league
The Western Golf associations
i941 junior amateur tournament
will be played at Iowa State col.
lege, Ames, June II to 20.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-09

x0ung, unmar-
ried athletes earning fame or mon
ey next year will not be popular
heroes. Certainly not with the divi-
sions scattered all over the United
States. I think you can get their
viewpoint. The luck Of the draft
won't be taken into consideration.
They will not be cheering stars who
are young, strong and well fixed
financially. It will be just as it was
in the World war more than 20
years ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-09

Guests at Dayton for the holiday
season were Miss Elizabeth Full Of
Raleigh, N. c., DR.. Florence Grady
of the Womans Hospital of Phila-
delphia and Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Hollabaugh of Washington, d. @.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-09
a Change Due

So far the volunteer enlistment
and the draft seem 10 be unimpor-
tant. Just wait n few months. II
win be quite different. There win be
. tremendous change in mental at
titude ON the part Of the public, as
wen as those moving from reveiIle
10 taps.
There still win be big-league base
all and college and pro football
ames. But / think there still is a
ig chance these win be secondary
atters to army and navy sport.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-09
The Right Angle

This seems reasonable enough. In
the last war / know the feeling en-
listed men had against those who
were still cashing in on their physi-
cal ability to play some game. 1t
was bitter.
This time we are not at war. But
In many respects camp life Is worse
than war, when 1t comes to the mat
ter Of dull routine. This routine will
have to be broken up. The only an
swer is sport. With million or two
million men In camp, averaging less
than $50 month from private to
1ekeufenant, you can understand how
would feel and their people
q feel about younger and
bger athletes hopping up finan-
y.
bu may say this Is unfair-that
luck of the draft is all that
hts. Well, the luck Of the draft
h't count with those fellows get
& up at reveille and waiting for
bs. Not unless human nature has
hanged completely.
They didn't ask for It, either. but
hey got it. They are not going to
tart cheering for some young fell
low around 81 or % or Is, making
he headlines or getting big money,
through physical skill. while they
ARE carrying a gun or driving a
tank or flying a plane for a buck q
day and no headlines.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
MRS. ANNIE P. NIGH dies
AT AGE OF II YEARS

Mrs. Annie P. Nigh died in this
city on Monday last at the home of
her brother and sister, Mr.. Herman
Pilchard and Miss Libbie Pilchard.
The daughter of the late I. Thomas
and Elizabeth j., Pilchard, she was
born in Worcester county on February
2, 1871.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day morning from the home; burial
at Good Will Church, Rev. Mr.. Woot-
ten officiating. The pail bearers
were: Charles Hancock, Henry Lam
bertson, Stephen Redden, William
Paradis, Morris Waters and Maurice
Hancock.
Mrs. Nigh is survived by two
daughters: Mrs. Elmer Warner, of ST.
Michaels, Md; and Mrs. T. T. Lank-
ford, of Baltimore; by three grand.
children; by three brothers: Charles
w., l. Bates, and Herman, Pilchard;
and by one sister, Miss Libbie Pill
chard, all of Pocomoke.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
CLAYTON c. CONAWAY
dies In CIRDLETREE

Mr.. Clayton Charles Conoway, a
world war veteran and resident of Cir
dletree, died suddenly at his home
Sunday night, death resulting from
heart attack. He was 46 years of
age.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon in Girdletree Baptist Church
conducted by the Rev. Arthur Hud-
son of Powellville.
Mr.. Conoway, world war veteran
and member of Worcester Post No.
SO American Legion, was accorded a
military funeral, the Post Of which
he was a member having charge Of
the services at the grave.
The deceased leaves a widow, the
former Olevia Lambertson. He is al
so survived by four brothers, Harry
Willard, Alfred and Burton, all of Cir
dletree; and by two sisters, Mrs. Err
nest Byrd, of Mona, Va, and Mrs
w. J. Birmingham, of Girdletree.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
.MARYLAND'S LOYALTY AP-
PRECIATED BY ROOSEVELT

Maryland's pledge of loyalty and
cooperation to the National Defense
Production Program is "most encour-
ging," President Roosevelt assured
Governor Herbert R. O'Conor in let
ter received at Annapolis on We'd
nesday.
The pledge was dispatched by Gov
ernor O'Conor following the Defense
Production Meeting held in the State
House on Friday at the instance of
those attending. In his acknowledge
ment the President noted that "this
wholehearted assurance has added
force because the meeting whose SEN
timent it expresses was held in the
historic State House at Annapolis.
l want you to know that your mes
sage strengthens my faith in Nation
al unity which will alone guarantee
National Defense"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
23RD ANNUAL
CONVENTION OF
AMER. LEGION
To Be Held In Baltimore August
Thirteenth To August Six
teenth. Much Interest
CONVENTION PROMISES TO
BE NEVER-FORGOTTEN ONE

One of the greatest gatherings in
the history of the Department of
Maryland of The American Legion is
predicted for the 23rd annual Con-
vention Of the Department at the Ho-
tel Emerson in Baltimore, August Is
to 16.
Advance reports being received by
J. Nelson Tribby, Department Adju-
tant, indicate a record-breaking at
tendance. This is partly due to the
world crisis confronting America to-
day, with the Legion taking q lead
ing part in National Defense plans,
and partly to the fact that the Leg
ion is performing a greater job than
ever before for World War Veterans.
Therefore, when Department Com
mander George D. Hartman brings
down his gavel on August 18th, and
the Convention is brought to order,
there will be a mighty turnout of
Legionnaires from every part of the
State.
Benjamin L. Wolfson, President of
the Legion Convention Corporation
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
TERRIFIC GUST
VISITS VICINITY
LAST MONDAY
Severe Hot Spell Is Broken BY
A Blasting Electrical Storm
Of Long Continuance
DAMAGE DONE TO THE
LOCAL BASE BALL PARK

Pocomoke City and vicinity exper-
fenced a severe electrical storm on
Monday evening, storm seldom equal
led in the brilliancy of the lightning
flashes and the quick, crashing, peals
Of thunder.
This outburst followed a spell Of
torturing and torrid heat, and the
sitting atmosphere was cleared by
this eruption in the clouds; suffering
humanity welcomed the cooling
breezes that settled upon the night.
When the storm had about spent
it's force, the sirens on the engine
houses, gave out the alarm of fire.
The cause was Immediately laid to
the bolt that blasts, and in this case,
that was correct; hay stack on the
farm of Moses P. Jones, near the
residence of Mr.. Roger F. Vincent,
at the intersection of Linden Ave-
nue. and Sixth Street, was ignited and
destroyed.
At the Pocomoke ball park, about
eighty feet of roofing were blown
into the street, constituting the en-
tire covering on the bleacher seats at
the left of the entrance. When the
roof left it's fastening it carried the
fence with it. About three panels of
the fence were also blown down in the
corner of the left field. Other por-
tons of the property escaped. No
other damages have been authentical-
ly reported, although rumors have
drifted of trees blown down, and
travel somewhat impeded thereby.
The weather preceding the storm
was record-breaking in the mercury
climbing history, and it is not I'M
usual for such storms to follow per-
iods of such intensive heat.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES SEEM
ON INCREASE
Department Of Health Reports
Twice AS Many Cases AS I'm
First Months Of 1910
DROP IN PERCENTAGE
OF FATAL PNEUMONIA

Figures given out by DR.. r. H.
Riley, Director of the State Depart
ment Of Health, show that there was
nearly twice. as much sickness from
the reportaD. diseases-those usually
spoken of as catching" or communi-
cable during the six months which
ended June 80 of this year, as there
was during the first half of 1910.
Over 41,4OO cases of these diseases
were reported to the State Depart
ment of Health from January I to
June 80 of this year in comparison
with over 22,500 cases during the first
six months of 1910. Of those occur
ing during the first half of the cur
rent year, 1908 cases were reported
from the counties and 25,364 from
Baltimore City. The 1910 cases were
distributed as follows, 8,343 reported
from the counties and 14,2OO from
Baltimore City.
German measles, of which 9,760
cases were reported in comparison
with 81 cases during the first half
of 1910, was responsible for nearly
one-fourth of the total sickness from
all the catching disease. The disease
was widely prevalent and attacked
grown-ups as we'll as children.
Marked increases in other diseases
added their o1ota tn this wears hiph-
er total. There were over 5000 more
cases of measles than during the first
half of 1910; over 1,750 more or in
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
MIR. F. PETERS
DIED SUDDENLY
ON WEDNESDAY
Was Resident Of Columbus, O.,
And Was Visiting Mrs. A.
Hartley Stevens, Sr.
WAS VETERAN OF
WORLDS WAR, NO. I

Mr.. Forrest j. Peters, of Columbus,
Ohio, died suddenly Wednesday morn
ing in Pocomoke, at the home of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. A. H. Stevens,
where he arrived on Saturday of last
week for a short visit. Mrs. Peters,
who before her marriage was Miss
Rosemary Stevens, had been spend
ing some time with her mother, prior
to Mr.. Peters arrival. The cause
of Mr.. Peters death was heart at
tack, of which the only symptom he
had felt was slight attack of indi-
gestion the evening before.
Mr.. Peters was born in Roanoke,
Virginia, June Is, 1895, the son of the
late Stephen B., and Susan Bowman
Peters. He is survived by widow
and two daughters Marian and Anne;
also by seven sisters and three BROTH
ers.
Funeral services will take place to-
day (Friday), at II o'clock A. M,
LILC OJcVCuS 1lOlIAC VII 440AhSt
Street, Rev. r. B. Stewart, pastor of
Pitts Creek Presbyterian Church, this
city, officiating. Burial will take
place in the cemetery of the church.
The pail bearers will be: j. Scott Por-
ter, Gerald Crockett, Clinton Duncan,
Godfrey Child, Alvah Bloxom, DR.. A.
A. Parker, John Clarke, Joseph Vo-
marx.
The deceased was a veteran of the
World War I and enlisted on July
IL, 1917, at Roanoke, Va, was enrolled
in Company F, 10th Infantry, U. s,
A. He was given an honorable dis
charge March 81, 1925. Argonne and
Mouse saw him doing valiant service,
and his record does him honor. He
will be given a military funeral and
Worcester Post, No. SO, American
Legion, will be in charge of this part
of the funeral service.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
AMERICANISM
TO Be THEME AT
CONFERENCE
All Club To Hold Meeting At
The University Of Maryland
From Aug. 4th To 9th

Americanism will be the theme of
the twenty-third-- annual All Club
Week which will be held at the Uni
versity of Maryland from August A
to 9, it is announced by E. G. Jenkins,
State Boys Club Agent. More than
600 boys and girls from all sections of
Maryland are expected to attend the
event, which is under the direction of
Mr.. Jenkins, Miss Dorothy Emerson,
Girls Club Agent, and Mylo s. Dow
ney, Assistant State Boys Club
Agent.
One of the highlights of the week
this year will be a course in "Ameri-
canism at Work., which will be given
by DR.. Roger B. Corbett, the new
Director of the University of Mary
land Experiment Station. Another
activity in connection with the Ameri
canism theme will be a citizenship
ceremony on Friday evening, followed
by the All Star Conservation in Rit-
chic Gymnasium.
A safe drivers club for Maryland
All members old enough to drive will
be formed on Thursday afternoon by
members of the Maryland State Coun-
Gil of All Clubs. A safe driving
program has been carried OH in the
state during the last two years under
the supervision of Jerry Hardy, of
the Highway Education Board of
America. The safe driving pledge of
the Council will be accepted by Lee
Elgin, Commissioner of Motor We
hicles for Maryland, and Colonel Bev-
erly ODER, Superintendent of Police
for Maryland.
There will be the usual regular
demonstrations and classes during the
week in such subjects as clothing,
crafts, home furnishings, home man.
agement, foods, music, dairying, live
stock, identification, grooming, and
poultry.
The State Style Revue, under the
direction of Miss Helen Shelby, cloth
ing specialist, will again be an event
of the week and will be held on Fri
day morning. Both boys and girls
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
3275 POUNDS METAL COL
LECTED DURING DRIVE

The Committee on the Aluminium
Drive reports that the collection in
the County aggregated 1915 pounds
While no record was kept as to the
largest contributor, yet it is unoffi-
cially announced that Berlin went
cover the top"
The Committee desires to extend
thanks to all who did their bit in this
particular feature of defense, and
what was done showed a high sense
of duty to the country all should pro-
tect in every available way.
The metal was taken to Baltimore
yesterday, Thursday, by D. H. Brad
ford and Son.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
NAMES OF THE LATEST
SELECTION OF BOARD

The following named men have beer
ordered by Local Board No. to ap-
pear at the Municipal Building, Snow
Hill, Md, at 6:15 A. M. on August
II, 1871, from which place they will
be sent to an induction station of
the United States at Fifth Regiment
Armory, at Baltimore, Md. This is
Call No. 16:
COLORED-Walter Lee Murphy
No. 1910; CASTOR Lee Hayward, No.
1884; Hilary Ayres, No. 1853; John
Wesley Mears, No. 1854; Preston
Roosevelt Cherry, No. 1924; Melvin
David Manuel, No. 1916; Luther
James Duncan, No. 1902; Fred Wes-
ley Mills, No. 1886; Jayran Douglass,
No. 1917; Ohio Tingle, No. 1911.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
BROILER BIRDS
ON PENINSULA
SHOW INCREASE
In Spite Of Lower Prices Per
Bird, During The Last Few
Years On E. Shore Of Md.

In spite of lower average prices per
bird, broiler production on. the East
ern Shore of Maryland has made pre-
nominal growth during the last few
years, according to DR.. Thomas B.
Symons, Director of the University of
Maryland Extension Service, who,
with a group Of other officials Of the
University, has just returned from an
inspection of breeding, hatchery, and
broiler plants in Worcester, Somerset
and Caroline counties.
The purpose Of the tour was to see
at first hand the tremendous growth
of the broiler industry on the Del
Mar-Va Peninsula. DR.. Symons point
ed out that this area has become the
center of the broiler industry for the
nation and at least 6O,00O,O00 broilers
will be shipped from the Peninsula
this year.
Among the plants visited was the
hatchery of Harold L. Morris, of
Bishopville, which has the largest pro-
duction of baby chicks of any hatch
cry in the United States. Mr.. Nor
ris told the group that his annual out
put is disposed of within 30 miles Of
his plant. He said his production this
year will be 100000 chicks, Is
per cent increase over his production
in 1910.
Another plant seen on the trip was
the Agar Poultry Corporation Of Ber-
lin, where $4,000 broilers day are
killed and packed for consumption in
Eastern markets.
The broilers are plucked by the wax
plucking process and packed in iced
barrels for shipment. c. P. Pruitt,
manager and owner of the plant, told
the group that since the introduction
of killing and packing plants on the
Eastern Shore the amount of live
poultry sent to eastern markets has
dropped from 80 per cent to 35 per
cent. He stated that fresh killed
Maryland chickens are increasing in
popularity on eastern markets and
are successfully meeting the competi-
Continued on Page 81
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
WOMAN'S PART
In The DEFENSE
TO BE THEME
At The Annual Summer Confer
ence Of The Shore Demo-
cratic Club Of Md.
MEETING TO BE HELD AT
OCEAN CITY, AUGUST 10

Woman's Part in the National De-
tense Program will be the theme Of
the annual summer conference of the
Eastern Shore Division of the United
Democratic Women's Club Of Mary
land, which will be held Sunday, Au-
gust 10, at the George Washington
Hotel, Ocean City, Md.
Mrs. Mayme A. Collins, of Girls
field, president of the Eastern Shore
Division and former member of the
Legislature from Somerset County,
will preside.
Preceding the conference, garden
party will be held on Saturday, Au-
gust 9, from 8 to z P. M, under the
auspices of the Woman's Democratic
Club of Somerset County, at Pine
Crest, the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Judd
Nelson, on the Manokin river, in Som
erset county.
Several hundred women from all
parts of the Eastern Shore, including
a large delegation from Baltimore,
and other parts of the State, will at
tend both meetings, to which men
have been invited.
Gov. Herbert r. O'Conor, Senator
Willard e. Tydings, Senator George
L. Radcliffe, Comptroller, J.. Willard
Tawes, Mayor Howard w. Jackson,
Representative David J. Ward, Attor--
ney General William Walsh, w. Pres
ton Lane, Democratic National Com
mitteeman, and Mrs. Edward J. Col
gan, Jr., Democratic National Com
mitteewoman will speak. .
Other speakers will be State Sem
ator Arthur Brice, President of the
State Senate; former Gov. Emerson
C. Harrington, Howard Bruce, for
mer State Senator Mary E. Risteau;
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
MRS. M. MERRITT
PASSED AWAY
TUESDAY NIGHT
Born In COrbin, Somerset COun-
ty. She Had Reached The
Age Of Eighty Five

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Merritt pass
ed away quietly in her sleep last
Tuesday night, July 22nd at her home
in Klej Grange, near the Pocomoke.
Snow Hill Highway, where she had
resided since December of last year
Death resulted from heart attack
She was IS years old.
Born in Corbin, Somerset County
she was the daughter of the late Nan
cy Mills and Levin James Mariner.
Her parents later resided in the Klej
Grange section of Worcester County
where she spent her entire life until
recently spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Ray Tatum, Painter,
Va.
She was the widow of Civil War
Veteran McKijah Merritt who died
in 1905, and she was a faithful men,
Der of the Baptist Church of her To-
cality.
Funeral services were held from
the Bradshaw Funeral Chapel in Po-
comoke Thursday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock conducted by John A. Ditto,
pastor of The First Baptist Church,
Pocomoke. Interment was in Beth
Eden Cemetery near Snow Hill.
Mrs. Merritt leaves four children:
Edward T. Merritt, Capeville, Va,
Mrs. Ray Tatum, Painter, Va, George
Merritt, Girdletree, Nd, and J. J.
Merritt of Salisbury, Md. Also 81
grandchildren.