Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-12-04
co. BUREAUS
18th ANNUAL
DINNER ON End
Between 125 And $50 Members
Of Farm Bureau Attended
Banquet In Snow Hill
ALL OF THE I941-'42
OFFICERS REELECTED

Between 125 and $50 members,
guests, and friends of the Worcester
County Farm Bureau were in attend
ance upon the 18th Annual Banquet of
the organization. The dinner was held
in the community room of the new fire
hall, Snow Hill, Md.
After the banquet, which consisted
of turkey with all the "fixin's," the
President, Mr. s. o. Northam, of Snow
Hill, presided at a business meeting
which preceded the speach making.
Mr.. Northam's report was compre-
hensive and revealed the bureau is
in very flourishing condition. This
was followed by the treasurer's report
and a few other matters leading up
to the nomination and election of of
ficers for the ensuing year.
Mr.. R. Newall Stage, chairman of
the nominating committee, submitted
the names of all the incumbents for
reelection and accordingly all face
another term of office. These were:
President, S. Otis Northam, Snow
Hill; Vice-President, Letcher L..
Colona, Pocomoke, Md; Sec'y-Treas.,
Lester D. Shockley; Ladies' Chairman,
Mrs. Preston Jones, Berlin; Ladies'
Vice-C Chairman, Mrs. Ralph E. Shock
ley, Snow HILL The directors will be
appointed later.
The election was followed by the
oratorical program, which was put
on with Mr. Lester D. Shockley as
toas master, sWh9. introduced success
sively Messrs. Phillip G. Turner,
President Maryland Farm Bureau
Federation; who talked very interest
ingly of the Bureaus activities and
of the agricultural relation to the
defense problem. Another Mr.. Turn
er, talked of the Bureaus Insurance
Department, and finally DR.. R. G.
Steinmeyer, of the University of
Maryland. DIR. Steinmeyer made a
very eloquent and instructive speach
upon the Japanese, stressing their
ideas of universal empire which they
considered theirs by right of Divine
origin. He stated it as his opinion
that the war would be over in Europe
prior to that in the Pacific, because
of the fanatical ideas of the Japs,
and the seeming necessity that all of
them must be killed before they
should stop fighting.
One interesting feature of the even
ing was the attempt of Mr.. Newell
Stage to get an expression from the
Bureau as to the efficiency of the mi
gratory laborers; and as to the desire
of the members to have them return
next year. The response was meager,
and there was a small number vot-
ing each way.
President Turner, in his speech, re-
ferred to the matter and he seemed
to think that if the migratory camps
were in charge of those who under
stood local conditions better and not
of those whose uppermost aim seemed
to be on the "uplifty' order, there
would be better results. He also
along a little different line, paid his
respects to Mr.. John L. Lewis and in
timated that his influence and acti-
vities were not what might be called
real Americanism.
Among the appointments made was
that of Treasurers John Stevens and
Letcher Colona, as delegates to the
National Convention; and that of Mrs
Newall Stagg and Lester S. Shockley
| to the National Convention which
meets in Chicago.