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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
DINNER SERVED
AT STOCKTON
BY RURITANS
Meal Served At The Stockton
Fire House At The Regular
Meeting Of The Club
WILLIAM HI. PRICE
CONDUCTS ROUND TABLE

At seven o'clock Thursday, May 8,
twenty-one members and some very
distinguished guests sat down to din
ner at the Stockton Fire House to be-
gin the regular monthly meeting of
The Stockton Ruritan Club. They
were served most delightful meal
by the ladies of the Stockton Meth
odist Church.
The time allotted to the business
of this meeting was consumed in the
usual manner with the exception, that
new Vice President had to be chos-
en- to fill the unexpired term of
"Quince" Blevin. Because of his in
ability to attend meetings regularly,
Ounce, asked the club by letter to
excuse him from his regular duties.
The club voted to accept his resig-
nation, but then his name was trans
ferred to the roll that is reserved for
honorary membership.
President "Dalt" Fleming then APP
pointed a committee to nominate a
successor to finish out the term. This
committee nominated "Miss Owen"
Pilchard who was unanimously elect
ed. The club feels that "Miss Owen"
is fully equipped for this job mas
much as his previous experience in
this capacity has already shown IA
vorable results.
The meeting was then turned over
to the Entertainment Committee,
whose Chairman, "Brit" Birmingham,
had prepared very entertaining and
educational program. His first speak
er was Griffin Callahan, President of
the Lions Club in Pocomoke who gave
most interesting talk on the too
little-discussed subject" Our Obliga-
ton as a Citizen" We have often
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
AT HOME" DAY
TO BE STAGED
Fl. MEADE, II
Cordial Invitation To Families
And Friends Of The Regi-
ment For IL And Is
FULL PROGRAM OF
EVENTS is PREPARED

A most cordial invitation is extend
ed to the families and friends of the
18th Regiment, now in camp at Fort
Meade, Md, to attend an "At Home"
at the camp this weekend, May II
and 18.
Regimental athletic contests are
scheduled Saturday afternoon. A
five-event. boxing show will precede
evening dances-in the regimental
recreation hall for officers and in the
10Th division service club for enlisted
men.
The 115th infantry's band, direct
ed by warrant officer w. o. Fisher,
will open the Sunday program at 9
A. M, playing a second concert at
12:45 P. M. The Company G drum
and bugle corps will stage a demon
stration at 9:45 A. M.
Protestant and Catholic church SER
vices will be held Sunday morning.
Highlight of the program will be a
regimental parade Sunday afternoon,
preceded by company inspections.
An army order changing rations
from garrison to field type necessi-
tated elimination of plans for guests
to eat in mess halls, with soldiers
they were visiting. Col. Markey has
suggested visitors bring box lunch
cons.
The program for the two days is
as follows:
Saturday, May II, $3.50 P. M. Regi-
mental Athletic Contests: 100 yard
dash, 22O yard dash, Relay race a
round regimental area, Speed Ball,
Volley Ball.; TOO P. M. Boxing Give
bouts) Regimental boxing area; 500
P. M. to 1890 A. M. Dance, Enlisted
Men, Service Club, chamberlain Ave.
Continued on Page 12)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
FUNERAL SERVICES
CONDUCTED FOR
MRS. NORTHAM
Mrs. NOrtham Died In The Pc
ninsula General Hospital On
Thursday Morning, May 8

Funeral services for Mrs. George
Byrd Northam, who died in the Pc
ninsula General Hospital early Thurs
day morning, May 9Th. were held
from her late residence on Market
Street, Saturday afternoon, May 10th
at 2:3O o'clock, conducted by DR.. J.
M. Stewart, of the Allen Memorial
Baptist Church in Salisbury, Nd, and
assisted by Rev. John A. Ditto of the
First Baptist Church in Pocomoke
City. Interment was in the Nelson
cemetery at the MarylandV Virginia
line.
Mrs. Northam, who was 81 years
of age, had been seriously i'll only
short time. She was member of
the Baptist church, although unable
to attend regularly, she lived fine
Christian life and was loved by all
who knew her.
The floral tributes were numerous
and beautiful.
The pallbearers were her cousins,
Andrew Hall, Marion Holland, Broad
us Byrd, Harold Mock, John Duncan
and Francis Byrd. Honorary bearers
were Mr.. Northam's brothers, Alfred,
Floyd, Ben, Robert and Sam.
Surviving, are her husband, and
two sisters, Mrs. Maurice Payne, of
this city and Mrs. George Wilkins
of Eastville, Va; also one niece,
Mrs. Roy F. Mason, of this city and
one nephew, Master Billy Byrd Will
kins, of Eastville, Va.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
LOCAL CITIZEN
HAS CLOSE CALL
IN AUTO CRASH
Struck On Way To York Con.
ventiOn By A Pennsylvania
Truck At Intersection

Mr.. B. Fuller Walters arrived home
on Wednesday evening last from
York, where he was attending a Ro.
tary District Convention as a dele.
gate from the Pocomoke Club.
Mr.. Walters tells of an auto acct.
dent on the way to York, in which he
was concerned, and from which he
made an almost miraculous escape
from death. When near Oxford, Pa.
and about so miles from York, he
brought his car to stop at a road
intersection, as he trailed a truck
which also stopped. When the truck
started, Mr.. Walters also moved a.
head. The truck got safely over
but Mr.. Walters car was hit by a
truck proceeding in the cross direc-
ton.
The car was demolished, but Mr.
Walters came out of the mixup with
some painful rib bruises, but no SER
ious injury. He proceeded on to
York by bus and a private lift to the
bus. Those who witnessed the speed
Continued on Page 81
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
POCOMOKE BERRY BLOCK
TO OPEN NEAR FUTURE

Announcement is made of the open
ing of the Pocomoke Berry Block
under the name of Pocomoke Farm
ers' Auction Block, which will oper-
ate again this year under the manage
ment of Mr.. Colmore E. Byrd.
Mr.. Byrd's connection with the
block ensures as safe and profitable
a medium of sale for the product as
can be found anywhere else. He has
had considerable experience in this
line of work and past seasons show
that average prices, have equalled OF
surpassed those of competing blocks
Mr.. Byrd has also received confirma-
ton that many new buyers would buy
through the Pocomoke block this
year.
With this assurance, and with sat-
isfactory service to both growers and
buyers guaranteed, it is to the inter
est of local handlers of the fruit to
patronize this block.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
MEN NAMED BY
THE LOCAL BOARD
TO REPORT 22ND
From Snow Hill They Will Go
To The Fifth Regiment Ar
mOry In Baltimore City

The following men have been nam
ed by Local Board No. 1, Court House
Snow Hill, Md, as Call No. II and
they are to report at Snow Hill at
6:15 A. M. on May %, 1941, from
which place they will go to the Fifth
Regiment Armory, at Baltimore, Nd,
for final examination:
Clarence William Taylor, white, No.
635; Thomas Hugh Spencer, white,
No. 1147; Emerson Settler Collins.
white, No. 1167; James Clare Nc
Glance, white, No. 1887; Harris Ed
ward Jones, white, No. 1922; DIN
Burbage Dennis, white, No. 1890;
Harry Covington Bishop, white, No.
1914; Harry Timmons Bunting, white,
No. 1854; William James Miles, white
No. 1892; Harry Spencer, white, No.
1874; Sylvester Selby, colored, No.
408; Solomon Edward Dennis, color
ed, No. $40; John Harmon, colored,
No. $40; William Harrison Young,
colored, No. V-549; Mcdonald Pow
ell, colored, No. 555; Forest Upshur,
colored, No. $50; Denard William
Rowley, colored, No. 581; Frederick
Tyre, colored, No. 900; George Wash
ington Holden, colored, No. TOP; Geo.
Alton Armstrong, colored, No. TO;
Archie Handy, colored, No. 1888; Is
aiah Carr, colored, No. 826; Welton
Francis Ayers, colored, No. 865;
STANFORD Lee Ward, colored, No. 875;
Thomas Waters, colored volunteer,
No. 1472-A.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
POCOMOKE FIRE CO.
AWARDED TWO PRIZES

The Pocomoke Fire Company won
two prizes at the twelfth annual con-
vention of the Delmarva Firemen's
Association hell in Parksley, Virgin
ia on Wednesday of this week.
The first prize of $25 was awarded
the Pocomoke Fire Company for max
ing the best appearance with 20 OF
more men in line. They also won a
prize of $40 awarded to the company
having the oldest fireman in line of
parade. The oldest fireman in the
parade was Mr.. w. A. Stroud who
has been a member of the Fire De-
partment since 1892.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16

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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smack of this
city announce the engagement of
their daughter, Ruth Mae, to Corpor-
al William 1. West, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John West. Corporal West is
a member of the 10Th Division at
Fort George G. Meade. The wedding
will take place the latter part of
June.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
CLINTON C.. MARINER
SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL

Mr.. Clinton G.. Mariner, of Cokes-
bury, died in the Peninsula General
Hospital early this morning (Friday)
Funeral arrangements have not been
fully completed, but it is thought
they will take place from the home
on Sunday at o'clock.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
MISS HICKMAN'S
MARRIAGE IS
ANNOUNCED
Laurel Lady WEEDS Norman F.
Allen, Jr., Who Formerly
Lived In POcOmOke City

Mr.. and Mrs. Harley A. Hickman,
of Laurel, Del, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Irene
Hickman, to Mr.. Norman F. Allen,
Continued On Page y
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
MRS. l. T. COSTEN DIES
AT HOME IN POCOMOKE

Just as we were going to press
news reached the office of the death
of Mrs. 1. T. Costen who died at her
home on Market Street at the adj
vanced age of SO years. Funeral ar
rangements have not been completed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Fails to Expand Content Of Part

But it doesn't follow that they can't be done and there
why any attempt at doing them shouldn't be
measured against possible ideal
No expected Broadway take Chaiapin's
part in Boris and is obvious that the great DMaggio
has qualities that other baseball players hopeessly
Benvenuto Cellni msgudedy spent uproarious life
time trying expand his brilliant talent for
the larger rigorous sculpture
and many Of public buildings onamened"
muras that the patheticay overblown of easel
painters unable to reach the grand scale
Expansion of scale without bound
10 make the result empty.
That, TO me- is the fundamental trouble with Mr. Evans
Macbeth admire him for trying for should accent
limitations he has found for himself cannot shout
that he has cimaxed the mighty peak seem to see
him up there hanging by the ropes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Evans Portrayal Lacks Vitality

One or two my kinder colleagues have drawn aside
sngery they would eper tapped their knowledgable
forehead with suspicious forenger and assured that
wrong pointing Mr. Evans lack of force There
many contradictions Shakespeafes writing that
mistake they emphasize side of the character
more than the other.
This argument full of bubbles the witches
that descriptions of celebrated performances
the critics to have agreed about the
part its vitality That certainly the most memorable
feature Lionel Barrymores unhappy venture and by
the cornerstone of Edmund Keans almost
fabulous portrayal Macbeth strong, vigorous and
dominating.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
PLAYING Lacks True Dimension

Well if vigorous playing has always been considered
great the part the lack of should think would
corespondngy serious defect. There TO be
many places the where Mr. Evans suggestion
of meaning ALL and others where he fills the
violence that ranting
indicated my original note that he did this to suggest
power the that he does possess physically and
strained his norHai limits and distorted his proportions
Since Mr. Evans highly intelligent who has done
notable work in the divine Williams plays
his trouble is understanding but execution This brings
back my original pointhat he beyond his Depth
that his performance lacks scale and dimension
why this is special heresy. do happen
to believe Gas critics have long contended that Mac
beth" is unplayable any than believe Lear
playable do believe that both jobs demand the limit in
acting equipment and have any thought
eoral tn them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Celeste Cole
Music Guild SoIoist

THE DFTR OFT MUSIC
GUILDS musicale al the Scarab
Club, Wednesday al $50 p. m,
VIII feature Celeste Cole. So
prano. we'll known 10 many
Detroiters because Of her APP
pearances with the Michigan
Symphony Orchestra.
The guild chamber orchestra.
Bernhard Heidcn conducting.
will accompany her in two arias
and itself open The program
with an orchestral number. The
usual business meeting precedeS
the program.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Polish Jews Unit
Present Cantor

MOISHE OYSHER, famous
cantor, and star of radio and
screen, Will make a personal
appearance in a concert spon-
sored by the Federation of
Polish Jews in Detroit. in the
Masonic Temple. Wednesday
evening, December II, at Sis.
The program will consist OF
traditional liturgical music,
Yiddish and Hebrew folk songs,
operate arias, and other Oysher
Specialties in Detroit for the
first time.
The proceeds viii 20 for the
relief of Polish Jews overseas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Song Recital

CLYDE BARRIE. celebrated
Negro baritone, will appear IN
q recital Friday in the Art In
stitute John Ahlstrand viii
assist ar the piano.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
NeT York Stage:
Evans Macbeth Lacks
Vitality, Critic Ayers,
And He's Virtually Alone
NPT York Stage:
By JOHN ANDERSON


NEW YORK, Nov. %.
-HOUGH my fellow critics have, with few reservations
III all hailed Maurice Evans Macbeth ferventy as
the witches on the heath. find myself in solitary
- crumps unenchaned by the wizardry at the National
To worshippng playgoers, who seem TO
attend performances of the Badworks on their
devou knees this minority report mutny if not ese
ma ese As an admirer Evans and his previous
rayas sorry that this lonesome instruction neces
sary: standing the ounces corner biting my
knuckes IN shame.
4 good many first fight frst-nighters seem to agree
with me- makes exclusive but cozer To
seemed that in his portrait of the Thane Mr. Evans was
gu, of his depth, that his extremity he fell back
Bobby beaminc He doesn't sing good but he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
SUGGESTS Murder as His Own THOUGHT

Mr. Evans admits this himself by his reading of his
Spouse the passage about the kings visit
Lady Macbeth And when goes hence
Macbeth Tomorrow, as he purposes.
He follows Keans emphasis by taking pause after
tomorrow and looking guly confused thereby suggesting
Macbeth thought of numbering the king before his wife
suggested 10 him. This frees the part for the domination
Lady Macbeth expands the scale because makes
Macbeth not henpecked fall driven by his wifes amb
ton, but first rate murderer in his right.
Miss Webster in her direction shrewdy takes this point
further by suggesting that the bond between the
bloody pair deeply sensual that between
and his mo 1t exposes the throne of Scotland to little
amorous horsng but it is truly Illuminating touch.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

MRS. CARL BEUTEL pre-
Sents Eunice Schoenheide In her
junior piano recital al the Carl
Beutel Piano School Friday at
$50 p. m. The public IS
invited,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-11
Daily Quiz
BY THE ACE ANswERMAN

BY THE ACE ANSWERMAN
What New Deal organization,
characterized as IAN invest
ment in manhood was author
lied by Congress in 1888?
What kind of insurance con-
stitutes the principle business
of Lloyd's of London?
|-Dry ice constitutes solicited
...... Fill in the blank.
THE legally titled Cumberland
Road" and its extension TO the
Mississippi was popularity
known as the "Old National
Road Can you name the
city at each end?
Who gave the Pacific Ocean its
name?
5-Legend claims that a certain
animal drank so much water
in the ST. Lawrence River
that the suction from the
Great Lakes made Niagara
Falls. Whose animal was it
and what was its name?
Who was it that said. Peace.
commerce and honest friend
ship with all nations. en-
tangling alliances with none" ?
Answers on Editorial Page.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-11
Daily Sh0I1 Story
'Cat-AIIersy'

valuable Sevres porcelain. and
was lined with white satin-very
much like a coffin would be. The
outside was some sort of dark
green cloth, fuzzy and expensive
looking Mary sighed, gulped, and
closed the lid on Maltese Mike,
lying there in state.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-11
BY ANTHONY RUD

NIKE was a silver gray Maltese
AVA kitten with greeniSh. yellow
eyes. he was SO small when
Uncle JACK brought hum. that
Jack stood -up straight and solemn
like soldiers do. especially aviators,
with nothing IN his hands and GER
tainly nothing under his glove
fitting uniform tunic.
Then he laughed and d1ffed his
cap 10 his l2-ycar-old niece, Mary
and there in the bottom OF his
uniform cap was a kitten about
eight inches long, eyes Just open
and mouth opening now 70 whisper
q faint meow 10 his new mistress
Almost anything in the world
Uncle Jack could have brought
would have been Mary's greatest
treasure thenceforih. She adored
the straight handsome youth with
that mixture Of awe and love
young women keep for their very
first soldier heroes. But on first
sight fluffy little Mike won Mary's
love Tor hlnSelf.
"Oh, Uncle Jack" cried the
girl, a catch OF happiness and
surprise IN her voice.
First she flung arms about the
smiling man as he Grapcd himself
on the edge Of the living room
table. and kissed him. Then.
however, little Mike got al the
fuss and attention. Mary had not
owned a pet since the time the
family Dobermann Succumbed TO
distemper. The Maltese kittenI
looked 10 have found an ideal mis-
tress and home-if indeed he could
stand up under the love and
smuggling he was going 10 get.
A ROUTINE LIFE
In the main, the life of the little
. kitten followed the same pattern
such lives have conformed 10 since
such little creatures frisked about
in ancient Babylon. undoubtedly
surprised and uncaring that great
creatures on two legs bent down
and worshiped them there as
sacred.
Mike played with soft rubber
ball. He had a big box of sand in
the kitchenette. He got catnipI
mouse from the dime store and
rolled about on it, meowed with
delight. Then he cuddled up in
Mary's arms and purred with hap
piness when she stroked the fur
on his back. When the steam
came on in the big radiators, hel
curled up close to the coils and
slept most of the day through.
Since his home was on the
twelfth floor of a big apartment
building In a not-too-fashionable |
part of New York City, he grew
10 young male cathood without
suspecting there were such things
as trees 10 climb,
But he leapt 10 window stills,
from them 10 the top Of the book
cases in the library-iiving room,
and prowled along past vases and
pictures without knocking down
any of them.
He was wonderfully def. He
could even bound to chair. then
TO the top of the refrigerator or
10 the drain board of the tiny
sink. and did this. especially when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-11
CATS WON'T BEHAVE

Mike was seven months old
when what seemed complete
tragedy occurred. This time a
package of fresh shrimp. right
from the cracked ice in the window
of the Blocker street fish store,
was left on chair for a few
minutes instead of being put right
into the refrigerator.
Those few minutes sufficed.
Mike leapt 10 the chair. clawed
open the package, and then pro-
Iceeded 10 eat about eight or 10
shrimp. When Mary's mother re-
turned she said something vexed
and sharp-but beyond chasing
Mike, then going down again TO
the store for a replacement of the
shellfish, thought nothing OF the
incident.
Cats are outlaws anyway. They
simply will not behave when it
does not suit their fancies.
However, that evening Mike
passed out stiff, after a rampage
which sent the Mortified Mary into
Mysteries. There is no point in
dwelling on the little girls sor-
row, since every one knows the
Ipoignance and heartbreak when a
loved pet dies. When the worst
of it was over. Mary's parents
found that the girl simply would
not hear of Mike being consigned
TO the incinerator- No. he would
have TO be buried in state; and
Mary would take the following
morning 10 the task.
Still weeping a little. but be-
ginning to be consoled slightly by
the pomp and ceremony she
Ienvisioned, Mary took a box her
mother had treasured. This had
held a dozen cups and saucers of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-11

There was anything like FISH OF
.shenfSh around.
The aroma II shrimp, particu-
larry. hypnotized Mike. He could
be sound asleep between the dav-
export and the radiator when
Wncn Mary rather harrled mother
opened "A can of shrimp for salad
and within 10 seconds, long before
a human being - feet away knew
there WAS a shrimp nearer than
Chesapeake Bay, Mike would
come. rub against the cooks legs,
purr. meow and generally let the
world know he had a special yen
for shrimp.
That was an unfortunate appe-
tite, TOO. as il was 10 prove But
for some time none OF Mary's
little household suspected it.
one day Mary'S mother, cream
ing some shrimp, did give Mike
The cream sauce and one shrimp
after lunch. That after
noon about 4 Mike got sick dashed
around leapt frenziedly and then
stiffened out in what lay language
calls a cat fit.
No one thought TO blame a
single shrimp. out of the same
dish which the people had eaten
without harm. Yet that was the
dismal truth. Shrimps. which were
his favorite food, were poison to
Maltese Mike. 1t was more than
an allergy. A vet doctor would
nave Gated it complete
anaphylaXis-which is just about
as terrible as il sounds.
Milford chronicle., 1941-03-07
Good Feet For The March

The greatest single cause why Sc
lectees are rejected for army service
is said to be because of fiat feet
The man with broken foot arches is
poorly equipped to be soldier. Also
those weak feet are going to give
him trouble when he tries to climb
the hills of daily life.
Why do people have fiat feet?
Probably the tendency to ride short
distances instead of walking fails to
develop the foot muscles. Probably
many people spoil their feet by wear
ing tight and poorly fitting shoes,
And so on. A house is said to be
only as strong as. its foundation.
The feet are the foundation on which
the human body rests. A foot that
sinks down fiat. on the ground under
the weight of the body is not going
to be good marcher down the dusty
roads of life and work.
Milford chronicle., 1941-03-07
Physical TRAINING

!. In former years, it was held to bt
the function Of schools and colleges
TO merely train the mind. The ecoun-
try was raising many people of higt
Intellectual power who had no ply
sical strength, and many of them
died young.
Then schools and colleges began
to make requirements about physical
development. Many colleges required
such training for freshmen, but al
lowed the students to go their own
way after that one year.
4 A noted college recently announced
that every man. student will have to
take at least three hours of super
yised exercise each week. thus con-
forming to the usual thing to re-
quire college students to work for
physical development all through
their courses. If such systems of
training could be provided in all
schools, young America would get a
wonderful start II