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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10
Congress Today

Senate
In recess until Monday
Judiciary Subcommittee calls in
ternal revenue official in opening
Of liquor shortage inquiry 90 80
a. m EW.T)
Military Committee considers
mastering out.pay for armed force
members q0).
Finance Committee continues
work on tax bill G0).
House
Routine session moon
Military Committee continues
work on mustering-out pay bill tl0i.
Office Of censorship releases
new press-radio code 90 a0l.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

First Of the Christmas activities
a. the Normal College was Thurs
day evening. with a large audience
OF students. A.S.T.P. men. and
townspeople attending the snnua.
Christmas concert IN Pease Audi
'orium. The program was ptesent-
ed by the Normal College Choir
under the direction OF Prof Haydn
" Morgan with the assistance Of
choruses from Roosevelt and Lin.
coin High Schools
The program. composed on ely
OF American music composers vas
effective. and the concert which
for years has been one OF the most
important events OF the Christina,
season. ranked among the mos.
outstanding
The program. which was opened
g i'm the audience singing The
star Spangied Ranner' led by Prof
Morgan. continued with shepherds
Awake" Davis. by the Normal Col
.ege Choir. Antiphonal singers i7
this selection we're Misses Edith
Bryant. Leola carter. Nerla Cook
Avis Hallenbeck. Ruth Maxwell
Do'lye McGary. Jeanne Morgan
and Frances Young. Second selec
lion b. The choir was "Jesu. Joy OF
Mans Desiring Bach
The Linconl High School Chorus
under the direction OF Miss Beat
rice McManus. presented two mum
bels both o. which we're greatly
enjoyed by the audience. First was
Joyous Christmas song" Gevaert.
followed bv an American tradition.
a. selection Travellers. Following
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10
Mastering Out Plans Being Laid

Washington, Dec. 10-UP-Con'
gressional sentiment mounted TO
day for mustering-out pay legsla-
ton that would give veterans OF
World War IL considerably more
than $500 proposed by the War De
partment.
Rep. Walter c. Ploeser, R, Mo,
one OF several members crusading
for veterans benefits, said the $500
proposal, now before the House
Military Affairs Committee, does
not hit the crux OF the problem.
He proposed q specific discharge
bonus, possibly OF 500, and The
continuation of a Seryiceman's pay
10 a total OF $500 for priyates and
$500 for officers.
I'VE want to bridge the gap be-
tween the time Of discharge and
the time a veteran finds a job he
explained. THE $500 in three
monthly insJaiAaeuts,. as proposed
by the War Department, may I'll
the program now while Jobs are
easy to get, but will it ft the situa-
ton after the war;"
House Democratic Leader John
W. Mccormack of Massachusetts
expressed hope for quick action on
the mastering out pay issue but
Committee Chairman Andrew j..
May. D., KY, said there were more
witnesses to hear and schedule q
hearing today. Ploeser drafted this
three-point plan which he termed
necessary
/. Provide a definite amount
possibly s100-at the time OF dis
charge for clothing and transporta-
ton home.
.. Reclassify all enlisted men as
$50 a month priyates and all Of
ficers as second lieutenants at $3.50,
giving them 10 moths base pay
at those rates after discharge, but
deducting any private income or
earnings. II the job paid more
than the Army base pay, the vet
eran would not receive anything
after the first month.
s. Add half the normal depend
ency allowance for veterans hav-
ing dependents, and provide an ad-
conc Do
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10
Ten Caught
in Police Net

Ten men were arrested Thurs
day evening when Iosilanu police,
with the assistance or state police
troopers, raided an alleged gambl-
ing house at 312 Harriet St at
about 10 p. IN.
Arraigned this morning before
Justice A. NJ. Nandersall. James
D. Richardson, charged with operat.
ing the gambling game pleaded not
guilty His trial was set for Dec.
Il. and he was ordered to furnish
$500 cash bond before being re-
leased Harry Newton. 3l2 Mon
roe Ave. pleaded not guilty to a
charge of frequenting a gambling
house. and was ordered to furnish
$50 bond. His trial was also set
for Dec. Il.
Five of the men. charged with
frequenting a gambling house failed
TO appear. therefore FORGETTING their
S25 bonds furnished after their ar
rest. They were: Eddie Britton.
400 Harriet St. Shellie Brooks. $50
Con PAIN DaQa
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10
Boxes Packed by
Salvation Army

Salvation Army women packed
gift boxes for service men at the
lzaac Walton Hall, a. y Huron
St, Thursday. They were assisted
by representative OF the MONS"
Club and Navy Mothers. Packing
was from 10 a. m. until 4 p. m. when
approximately 100 boxes were rea
dy for mailing.
Boxes will be sent TO former resi-
dents OF Ypsila- IT, with no dis
elimination as TO race or religion.
Each box contains razor blades,
shaving cream. tooth brush. soap,
candy. chewing gum. pocket comb,
hair oil. cookies. and a number OF
other useful articles.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10
Officers Elected by
Municipal Workers

Election OF officers OF Local 269,
Clio OF the ). Z. NJ. w. A.. City of
Ypsilanti. was held Wednesday
night al the Bomber Local 30 Hall.
Officers elected were William
Hughes. president; Emil PARE,
vice president; Jay Cazier, fnan-
cial secretary; Fred Woolsey, re-
cording secretary; Pliny Skinner,
sergeant at arms. All stewards Of
all departments were reelected for
1914.
Presentation OF an honor ce tif-
cate for the part the Union took
in the recent Community Fund and
War Chest drive in Ypsilani was
presented.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

Roland L. Schafer, director OF
the Ypsilanti High School music de-
partment assisted BY Leland Ran
dali. instrumental director, has
built an unusually pleasing pro
gram for the annual Christmas yes
pers service which will be given
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The selections will be:
Overture: AT Christmas Tide
Herfurth. orchestra: Fanfare OF
Trumpets, William Houck, Phanuel
Hamilton. Richard Peters: Process
sional. Joy TO the World; Con
trslto solo, THE Lost Chord. Sui.
Ivan. Betty Ring; The First
Noel. with Descant. Healy vii
liam. soloists. Mary Fortney. Mar
ilyu Wilks. Nancy Kerbyson, Isa
bel Brown; duet, There Was Joy
in Heav'n'. Smart. Joan Bush
Betty Ring: Masters In This Hair
George Faulkner. chorus: soprano
solo. "A Little Child Came lie.
warford. Betty Roberts; Rouse
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10
City Directories .
TO be Ready Soon

The new Ypsilanti City Director
les are now at the b.ndery. and Dc
Is expected will be ready for dis
tribution b. Dec. q Paul Ungrod
secretary OF the Board OF Com
merce. was informed this morn ng
by the r. L. Polk Directory Co.
Detroit.
Labor shortages both In canvass.
ing for the book and IN me print
ing. were responsible for delay in
their being received here. NJ In
grodt was told
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10
Allied Offensive Against
Japanese Gaining Ground;
Island of Nauru Bombed
Germans Feel
Weight Of
Allies


by international NeVs Ser'lceb
ne hlted Natohs oHehs'le
against me Japanese IN tie SoJth'
west an central racine areas ap-
peared gaining momentum To-Day
WIN American haNal ana AR iorces
ana Auslraiah GROUND troops count
ing iurtner gains ln New "ulhs@
ana West OF the hlloeit lsiahus.
ScatceIy Two weeks a'ter Amef''
can Marines ana Army iroops com
pieted Occupation OF me strategic
nHDert lAiahds' the lhlteu states
Navy tuIheu us attention wv WIes
10 ihe westward ana hammered the
my lAianus OF NanIu WIN po'h SUI
race ana hlI ueets
Dethlis OF the Ihlu' t"e hiAl or
us klhn on me isplated phoAphale1
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10
To CONTINUE DRIVE,

Detroit. Dec. 0-INS- Emil Ma
zey. UAW-CIO president Of the
Mack plant local Of the Brizgs
Manufacturing Company facing q
warrant for prev en'ing women
workers from entering the factory
was still determined today 10 con-
tinue his dues drive The dues
drive brought out Detroit police
yesterday when women workers
complained they were forbidden
70 enter the Briggs plant unless
they paid their back dues
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10
Fine Program Constructed
For Annual Vesper Service


We Shepherds Robert Glib, girls
chorus: "Redeemer Divine. HaN-
thorne: Behold That Star Ira
ditional Ypsilanti Choristers. Mrs
Olive kersey. director. Miss Wanda
Smith. accompanist: "Nazareth"
Gounod. "On a Winters Night.
MscKinnon, High School octette
Betty Roberts. Joan Bush Betty
Ring. Lois Wentland. Donald Fret
ner Warren Bennett, Duane Drake,
Lynn Schafer.
carol Of Roses. Kountz chorus
soloist. Betty J. Martin. They
Sang That Night in Bethlehem
Schubert: The Manger'. Kountz.
soloist. Mrs. Naomi Aird. The
Shepherds aud the Inn Gsul. sol.
DIST, Miss Frances Lister. Mother.
singers Chorus; The New Moon
a. Christmas Marsh. Joan Bush.
soloist chorus. ami Recessional
'Hark. the Herald Angels Sing
Mrs. Schafer will be the accom-
PIANIST.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

Washington. Dec. IONS In
creasing reports OF Alleged German
plans for a mysterious attack on
England are reaching diplomatic
circles in Washington today
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

LoNDoN-INs- Informed clrc.
les in London today expressed, the
view that 1t was possible but at
present improbable in reply to a
rumor fhat President Roosevelt
might break his homeward journey
from <Cairo for a quick tour OF
United States forces in Great Brit
ain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

Christmas High School sunday
Ypslanti High School Auditorium Roland J.
s. No Admission dt.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

Remember public Market Saturday
Adv. 1910
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

LoNDON-lNS- Gen. Doug
las Macarthur has arrived in
New Delhi to confer with Lord
Louis Mountbstten, supreme
commander In Southeast Asia,
with the view OF obtaining
closer cooperation between
their two commands, according
to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch today from India.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

NEW YORK-INS-- The New
York city council has voted to take
Father Knickerbocker out OF the
hotel business-especially because
It is not showing a profit. Hostel
~ in question is the 81 story, 5S4-
room Manhattan towers, once as
sessed for 100000 and now en-
tirely vacant except the first three
floors which are being rented on
. week-to-week basis by a Norman
Church.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

LOUISVILLE. Ky.-INS- The
defense was expected today TO rest
Its case shortly after resumption
OF the second kidnap trial OF Thorn
as II. Robinson, Jr, former bril-
liant Vanderbilt University law
student. The SO year old defend
ant is attempting to prove before
4 federal jury that he was insane
when be kidnapped Mrs. Alice Speed
Stoll, Louisville Society matron.
in October. 1884. He received $780,
600 for her release.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

PHOENIX, Ariz.-UP- 1t.
Cmdr. Edward n. Butch"
o'Hare, naval air hero. is miss
ing in action, a member Of the
family said today. O'Hsre was
awarded the congressional
medal last year for shooting
down six Japanese bombers in
. single action when they at
tackled the aircraft carrier on
which he was stationed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

northampton Mass.-AP-
Betty Ann Hammel. the smallest
surviving infant ever born at Cool
ey Dickinson Hospital, was dis
charged today as a normal healthy
baby. Weighing only one pound
and Is ounces at her premature
birth 100 days ago. the tiny child
tipped the scales at five pounds
and nine ounces as she left the
hospital.
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See RAID-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

NEW YORK-INS-Edna Dob
son, So, of Richmond Hill in
Queens, was killed early today
when a gas range on which she
was cooking a wee-hour snack ex
ploded Only small fire was
started by the blast.
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See p. OF c. Page 5
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See WAR Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

WASHINGToN-AP- The Ag.
riculture Department. in a report
notifying farmers they would re
ceive less than 20 per cent OF their
anticipated need of new trucks.
said today 1914 will be a critical
year in the movement OF farm
products to market.
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See CONGREsS-Page )
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See RO cKETs Page ;
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

LONDON APP douard Benes,
president OF the Czecho-Slovak
government.in-exile. has arrived in
Russia. presumably to sign a pact
for which negotiations recently
were concluded in London, Czech
circles disclosed today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

NEW YORK-INS-The Bari ra-
dia. outlet for Premier Pietro Bado-
glio's government. said today that
representatives from the liberated
and Nazi-occupied provinces OF TIA.
ly. as we'll as from Sicily and Sar-
DINA, would attend a National
Congress OF the Committees OF
Liberation" in Naples Dec. 20.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

STOCKHOLM -AP- Marshal
Erwin Rommel, commander OF
German forces in the Balkans. has
arrived in Denmark, the Germans
announced officially last night in
Copenhagen.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10

SAN FRANCISCO-UP- North
ern California counted property
damage in the millions OF dollars
today. as the result OF high winds
and brush fires which burned thou
sands OF acres. inflicted wide
spread damage along the shoreline,
disrupted communication and left
$50 persons homeless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

ing around in dark, smoke-choked compart-
ments; working in gas masks asbestos suits
and other protective clothing; even going
under water in diving rigs.
They learn the knack of using carbon
dioxide on a running gasoline fire - one of
the trickiest of them ALL That invisible
screen which drops between Seaman Johnny
and the whitening heat when his foam line
first hits a blaze is very encouraging lesson.
So is the effect of carbon tetraChloride ex-
tinguisher on the base of fire. Indelibly he
gains technical knowledge plus level-headed
confidence in his equipment
In these days of fire-breeding shells,
bombs and torpedoes. such skill is must"
And that's precisely what the five new fire
fighting schools are teaching to Seaman
Bluewater and his buddies.
PAUL ". kEARNEY
TW-2-2l-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

it banks down from a ceiling
and cracks the flesh on their
ears, turns their eyeballs into
soaring Goals and makes each
rasping breath a torment. A
mans instinct under that
beating is to get out of there
fast because it seems intoler-
able. But in this first baptism
the boys learn that if you'll
stand up to that shellacking
and hit back at it, you can
kill a fire that looks hopeless
to the tyro. And that lesson is
important, because when you
are on a ship 5000 miles out
in the Pacific you have no
choice but to stand up to a
blaze.
BY the stage set" system,
the boys get priceless prac-
tice in working under the ac-
tual conditions they may
some day have to face: crop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

have learned that stuff back
in the Pleasantville volunteer
fire squad.
1t didn't take Johnny long
to see the light, however.
Steel though it is, the battle
ship combines most OF the
normal fire hazards of a thou
sand-room hotel with the spe-
cial risks of the oil refinery,
the chain-store warehouse,
the refrigeration plant, the
ammunition plant, and a
powerhouse big enough for a
small city.
Take that combination out
into the Pacific 5000 miles
from the nearest fire box,
pepper it with aerial bombs,
torpedoes and high-explosive
shells, and you begin to see
why the Navy has inaugu-
rated five schools specializing
in fire fighting. Two are on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

the East Coast; two on the Pacific Coast;
one in Pearl Harbor By the end of their
first year these schools will have given in
tensive courses ranging from one to 10 days
to approximately $1,000 officers and men
who. returning to their respective ships,
training to others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21
How TO guard against one effect Of
W4Rzz/AE HEfET
WHATS THE MATTER WITH JOE ?

WHAT'S the MATTER WITH Joe?
TOOK at him, poor fellow! He'd like
L. to produce more than ever, but
he just can't get going. And is it any
wonder when we consider how Joe
and millions of the rest of us-live
these war days? Swing shifts, long
hours, many habits of sleeping and
eating changed around. Especially
the eating. Hurry-up meals, improp-
erly balanced, often lead to lack of
bulk" in the diet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

Another structure at the school is simu-
lated boiler room on a ship in actual size;
still another is typical forecastle in which
are stacked a mountain of old mattresses,
soaked with oil before they're ignited. A
third enclosure is used to give all the punish
ing realism of a fire in an oil bunker with it's
typical smoke and fumes. Fires in running
gasoline and other stock situations are
staged for the pupils exactly as they may
encounter them in action.
No Retreat
In THE pseudo-engine room they find out,
for the first time, what heat really is when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21
Navy fire fighters
90 into action. And
they are experts %.

z 4 2HEN Seaman Johnny Bluewater's
w ship put in at Boston. he was
W little surprised to find himself de-
tailed to kind of school he'd never thought
of in connection with steel battleships Sure
the Nays courses for metalsmiths car
penter's mates, shiphtters, welders, Diesel
engineers - they were obvious enough. But
a school for fire fighters? Why, he could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21
Rip-Snoxting Realism

i HE Nays favorite teaching method con-
sists of actual fighting of typical marine
fires under realistic conditions. Thus they
don't just build big fire in the yard and
let the boys douse it out Instead, they build
a rip-snorting blaze in an exact replica of
the engine room on a destroyer, complete
with bulkheads, iron gangways and doors
(Which get blistering hotD and let the STU
dents go to work on it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-11-19
SPENT FURLOUGH WITH
RELATIVES

Capt. Alton L. Bell, of the 508th
Paratroopers, has been enjoying a
we'll deserved furlough, dividing the
time between his wife's folks at Co
lora, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi H. Balder-
ston, and his folks, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Bell, at Dennysville, Maine.
His wife, Helen, has been at home
with her mother while he had been
on maneuvers. She went with him to
Maine and they took Mr.. and Mrs.
Balderston along for a visit with the
Bells. Deer hunting was the chief
entertainment, aside from visiting,
and they brought back to Colora a
fine young buck. On Sunday the Levi
Balderstons entertained at venison
dinner. Besides Capt. and Mrs. Bell,
Alice, Bertha and Anne Balderston,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Balderston, Mrs.
Tatum, Thomas, Myra, and Jane Lip
|pincott, Robert and Donald Balder-
son, and Miss Earla Rakes were pres
emit. Mrs. Ada Reese and Mrs. John
Bond joined the group to bid the
Captain and his wife safe jour-
ney back to Camp Mackall, North
Carolina. They started back in their
car about five, taking their faithful
dog with them. Tar is very i'm
portant part Of the Bell family, TAX
ing good care of Mrs. Bell while the
Captain is busy at his post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-11-19
E. KIRK BROWN, SOLICITOR
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
Sarah Henry, Complainant


Andrew Henry, Defendant
In the Circuit Court for Cecil County
Equity No. COPS
The object of this Bill is to secure
decree divorcing the Complainant
from the Defendant.
The Bill states that the Complain
ant was married to the Defendant
on the goth day of September, 1887,
in Elkton, Maryland, with whom she
resided until the 18th day of April.
1910; that, though the conduct OF
the Complainant toward the saiG
Andrew Henry has always been kind
affectionate and above reproach, the
said Andrew Henry has, without any
just cause or reason, abandoned and
deserted her and has declared his in
tention to live with her no longer,
and that such abandonment has con
tinued uninterruptedly for at least
eighteen months, and is deliberate
and final, and the separation beyond
any reasonable expectation of recon-
Citation; that no children were born
to said marriage; that the Complain
ant has resided in Cecil County for
more than one year past before the
filing of this Bill, and the last known
address of the Defendant was 407
Lombard Street, Wilmington, Della
ware. The Bill then prays for de-
cree divorcing the Complainant from
the Defendant vinculo matrimonii
and for such other and further relief
as her case may require.
IT is THEREUPON, this 10th
day of November, 1943, by the CIR
QUIT COURT FOR CECIL COUNTY,
IN EQUITY, ORDERED that the
Complainant cause copy of this
Order, with the object and substance
of the Bill, to be inserted in some
newspaper published in Cecil Coun
ty once week for four successive
weeks, before the 18th day of Decem-
Der, 1943, giving notice to the De-
PENDANT, Andrew Henry, who is a
nonresident of the State of Mary
land, to appear in this Court, either
in person or by solicitor, ON or be-
fore the goth day of December, 1913,
to answer the premises and abide
by and perform such decree as may
be passed herein.
Ralph R. Crothers,
Clerk.
True Copy-Test-
Ralph r. Crothers,
Clerk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-11-19
SERVICES AT METHODIST
CHURCH

Rev. J. r. Bicking preached sun
day morning from the text 1T is bet
ter to obey than to sacrifice" Miss
Spangler sang Come Unto Me. All
Ye That Labor" The Junior Choir
sang Let the Gospel Light Shine
Out" At the evening meeting. leaders
of the M. Y. F. were Juanita Dun
can, Jean Garvin and Mildred Riley.
Mildred Riley read Mission Church
es of Today" A trio, Mary Jane
Buck, Peggy Duncan and Marie Nc
Mullen sang Are Ye Able?" Thanks
giving service this year is at West
Nottingham Presbyterian Church
with Rev. Robb, of Hopewell Church
as speaker. Rev. Bicking preached
from the text, 1.-THE fool has said in
his heart, there is no God"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-11-19
WOODLAND

The Trustees of Hopewell church
will meet tonight, Friday, at the
parsonage.
The choir met with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Liddell, last Friday night.
The next day, the 18th, was their
forty fourth wedding anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bitner had a
letter Saturday from their son, Leo,
who has been in Algiers, North Afri-
ca, for nearly a year, and is now in
Italy.
Mr.. and Mrs. William e. Rea and
Miss Rea spent the weekend with
the Albert Rea family of Lansdowne,
Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert SINNERS en-
joyed a wild duck dinner Sunday at
the home of his nephew, Mr.. Joseph
w. SINNERS, Perryville.
Mrs. Minnie Wright of Ocean
Grove, N. j., has been a guest of
Mrs. Milton Fletcher.
Mrs. James Lambdin is in Bal
timore Hospital, having had major
operation. Mr.. Lambdin spent Sun
day with her. Mrs. Harold e. Tyson
is a patient at the Memorial Hos
pital, Wilmington, where she had
an operation last Friday.
Pvt. Amos Burlin, Jr., Camp For
rest, Tenn, is at home for awhile.
Mrs. Robert B. Marshall and her
sister, Mrs. Thomas Ramsey, visited
Sailor Thomas Ramsey at Newport,
R. l., where he is attending the Store
keepers school, since he completed
his basic training at cambridge.
The Sunday School Board met with
Mrs. Milton Fletcher, Monday night