Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-13

Chief of Police Arthur W. Britting
ham has returned from PikesviIle,
Md, where he attended the War
Traffic School which was conducted
by the Federal Bureau of mvestiga-
ton
Mr.. A. H. Fries, a former resident
of Pocomoke is in the Memorial Hos
pital in Morristown, N. j., critically
i'll with pneumonia Latest reports
indicate a slight improvement in his
condition.
Mr.. Clifton Boole and family have
moved from Second ST., to an apart
ment in the L. C. Young home on Sec
ond. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Miles will
occupy the apartment vacated by Mr..
and Mrs. Boole.
According to announcement recent
ly made by Miss Lena H. Riggin,
president, the Women's Democratic
Club of Worcester County will hold
Victory Membership Party some
time in April, the date to be announc-
ed later
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Long entertain
ed the following guests at dinner
Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Preston Rayne
and daughter Miriam, of Berlin; Mr..
and Mrs. John Yaggi and family,
Mrs. Nan Long, Miss Mary Long and
Mr.. Morris Long, of Pocomoke; and
Mr.. and Mrs Francis Dryden Of Sal
isbury.
The Rev. Robert Sheriff., of Knox
Vile, Tenn, was unanimously elect
ed to become minister of Bucking
ham Presbyterian Church in Berlin
at Congregational meeting held in
the church recently. He succeeds to
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Rev. William Fox Logan Jr., who
resigned to enter the U. S. Army Air
Corps.
Private First Class Ralph Francis
Carey of Stockton, Maryland, station
ed with an ordnance company at Or
lando Air Base, has been promoted
to the grade of sergeant, it is an
nounced by Captain Richard E. Sims,
base ordnance officer. Sergeant Car
ey is the son of Mrs Violet A. Mich
olson, of Stockton. He enlisted in the
Army Air Corps in 1897 in Baltimore.
Mr.. G. Ewell Dryden, principal of
the Stockton High School for the past
18 years has entered the employ of
the United States Navy. Mr.. Dryden
was granted leave of absence from
his educational duties for the remain
der of the year by the County Board
of Education. He has been stationed
in the Supply Department, Naval
Storehouse at Port Covington, Bal
timore.
Mrs. S. G. Barchet and Betty Lou
and Stephen, who were at Pearl Har-
Dor at the outbreak of the war, ar
rived in California among the evac-
uees and were met by Lieut.. Comman-
der Barchet and her uncle, j. Eckle
Starnes. She will be the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Starnes, of Sanger, who
will be remembered as Louise Brit
tingham. Mrs. Barchet is the niece
of Mrs. William H. Merrill of Laurel
Street Mrs. Arelia Landlord is also
a guest of her sister, Mrs. Starnes
whom she had not seen, prior to this
visit, in twenty-five years.
Elwood T. Jones, whose home is III
Pocomoke City, has been promoted
from the grade of corporal to that of
sergeant in Company D, Enlisted Re-
placement Training Center, Edge
wood Arsenal. Born and reared in Po-
comoke, Sergeant Jones was a farmer
in civilian life. Since his induction in
March 1899 he has taken part in the
Manassas, Va, maneuvers in 1899;
the Texas and Louisiana maneuvers
in 1910 and the Upstate New York
maneuvers in the same year. He is
classified as expert" as a gunner with
Chemical Warfare Service weapons.