Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-31

Mr.. David D. Merrill has return
ed to his work at the chemical lab
oratory at Edgewood Arsenal after
spending two weeks at the Arsenal
hospital as the result of a severe
burn caused by an explosion of some
chemical at the laboratory where he
works.
Pvt. Edgar F. Jackson, of the U.
S. Army Air Corps, has returned to
his duties at Hendricks Field, near
Sebring, Florida, after a brief
furlough with his wife, Mrs. Edgar
F. Jackson, of Girdletree, and his
mother, Mrs. J. S. Jackson, Sr., of
near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Price, of
Salisbury, have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Jean Price and Mr.. Pratt D. Phillips,
Jr., of Salisbury. Miss Price is the
granddaughter of Mrs. John H.
Blades Of this city No date has
been set for the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin Harrington
and son, Of Cape Charles. are house
guests of Mrs. Harrington's sister,
Mrs. Anna G. Mcclure. Friends here
will be glad to know that Mr.. Har-
rington, who has been quite ill with
double pneumonia in the Memorial
Hospital in Nassawadox, is rapidly
regaining his health and strength.
Mrs. Delta Taylor has returned to
her home on Walnut Street from
Parksley, Va, where she attended
the funeral of her cousin, Mrs. Earl
Vessels. one of the victims of the
tragic truck-bus accident at Keller,
Va, which took the lives of five wo-
men. Two of the funerals were held
on Tuesday of last week and three on
Wednesday,
Mrs. David Miller, who has been
occupying an apartment in the w.
E. Hall home, expects to store her
furniture and make her home with
her daughters here and in Baltimore
for the present. Mrs. w. ]. Davis
and Miss Anne Davis will move from
| the Atkinson home on Cedar Street
to the apartment vacated by Mrs.
Miller and son on Walnut.
Miss Mildred SchoolfieId spent a
part of the week with her brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Cur
tbs w. Long at their summer home in
Ocean City. She also visited her
brother, Mr.. Byron D. Schoolfield in
the Peninsula General Hospital, Sal
isbury. Mr. Schoolfield is recover
ing from severe injuries to the alb
domen caused by an electric fan.
Mr. Coulbourn Littleton spent last
week with his mother, Mrs. Mary G..
Littleton at the George Washington
Hotel, Ocean City, and on Tuesday of
this week left for Camp Lee, Peters
burg, Va, where he will enter the
services of the armed forces. 9th
ers from Pocomoke who will leave
this week are William C. Merrill,
William H. Ross, Jr., and Richard M.
Outten.
Mr.. William Jarman, manager of
the local Woolworth store, has been
promoted to the managership of one
of the Company's Philadelphia stores.
Mr.. and Mrs. isarman and their
young son left last week for their
new home followed by the best wish
es of their many friends here. Mr..
Jarman has been replaced by Mr.. R.
B. Myers, formerly assistant man
ager of a Woolworth store in Phila-
delphia. This, too, comes as a pro-
motion to Mr.. Myers who has al
ready taken up his duties at the local
store. With his wife and young
daughter he will occupy the apart
ment on Walnut Street vacated by
the Jarmans.
Baseball fans in Pocomoke will be
interested in knowing that Vic Weiss,
better known among the fans as
Fleetwood" Weiss, has kept in touch
with friends here and has not for
gotten his pleasant stay on the Shore
while playing center field for the
"Pocomoke Chicks in the Eastern