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Evening star., 1945-10-25
De Paul to Hold Tourney

CHICAGO, Oct. Is (P,.-The first
invitational college basketball tour
nament, sponsored by De Paul Uni
versity, will be held at the Chicago
Stadium on December 12.14-15.
Evening star., 1945-10-25
Scout Five Seeks Foes

Herndon Boy Scout Troop, No, 157
is interested in booking games with
other Scout basket ball teams in the
1915 age group for Tuesday nights
up to December /. Phone Scout
master Jack Sleptez, Herndon 186-W.
Evening star., 1945-10-25
Memphis Gets Ace Catcher

MEMPHIS, Oct. 25 tP.-Mem
phiS has signed All-Star Catchel
Harry Chozen of Mobile.
Evening star., 1945-10-25
Florida Club Wants Sneud

Hollywood, Fla, Country Club is
trying to sign Sammy Snead as
playing pro this winter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Maryland Mar
riage Law
Attacked
Pension Refused Widow
Leads To Bill Aimed
AT Illegal Clerics

The case of soldiers widow who
could not get a federal pension or her
husbands insurance because her
marriage at Elkton, Md, in 1871.
was held invalid, may result in q
drastic revision of Maryland's mar
riage laws.
Senator Jane sR. Hughes (R.-Ce
cil) who reported the instance, has
introduced bill to require certifica-
ton and licensing of all persons
seeking to perform marriages in
Maryland.
Hughes said the war Widows case
came to his attention through the
secretary of states office, which was
informed by the Army legal depart
ment that the woman was married
by man who was not a duly or
dained minister, and hence was not
authorized under the laws of the
State of Maryland to perform we'd
ding ceremonies.
AS result, the Veterans Admin
istration has held that she is not en-
titled to any widows pension and to
the insurance left by the soldier" the
letter exhibited by Hughes stated.
1t said further that many mar
raiges performed by this imposter
will probably be held to be invalid"
and asked whether there was any
legislation on the books validating
this and other marriages, gone
through in good faith, by persons
supposing this minister was authoriz-
ed to perform valid marriage"
There is no such law, Senator
Hughes said, but expressed the opin-
ion Court of Appeals decision vail
dating a marriage question on similar
grounds would be sufficient cause for
recognizing the war widows rights
and paying to her both insurance and
pension money.
He intended to notify federal Off
Gals of the court ruling, he said.
Hughes bill would require persons
performing marriages or wanting to
do so in Maryland to file with clerks
of the courts in various counties and
Baltimore City "a certificate or sufi-
cient evidence showing such appoint
ment or ordination
From Jan. 1, 1916, marriages per-
formed by any person other than
those duly registered and approved
would be banned
Violations would be declared mis-
demeanors subject to fines up to S25
for each offense.
Should the bill pass, several mar
irage practitioners in Elkton prob
ably would be excluded by reason of
having mo actual church affilia-
TONS" Senator Hughes said.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Ninth District
Farm Group

The March meeting of the Ninth
District Farmers Club was held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H.
Morris, Zion.
Miss Ruth Robinson, County Home
Demonstration Agent, talked on
Frozen Food" The idea was started
in 1925 and has grown steadily in
favor as a means of saving foods for
future use.
j. u. Miller reported the soil con-
servation vote was favorable to the
launching of the program in the
county, and that a Federal man
would be placed in charge.
The club contributed SIS to the
Red Cross Drive.
j. w. Jenkins, of College Park,
at the afternoo nsession spoke on
Agricultural Conservatism pro-
gram of lining, phosphate and pot
ash and discussed the payment by the
AAA for materials used.
Rev. S. j. Venable, pastor of West
Nottingham Presbyterian church.
spoke on physical as well as spiritual
food needed to make well rounded
life. The club will meet the first
Wednesday in June at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Reynolds, near
Rising Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Forest Wardens Confer

Forest Wardens Richie, Riley.
Drew, Rollins, Knauss, England, Ed
mundson, Hartentsine. Gibson, Foote,
Lilley, Cole and Bayles met in the
recreation room of the Rising Sun
Fire Company for the purpose of dis
cussing different problems of the
wardens in their locality and form
fire preventives and suppress n
plans.
Two more meetings will be held
in the county and wardens will be
asked to attend. The county being di-
vided into three sections to save gas
oline and give the wardens who most
often work together a chance to dis
cuss their plans
District Warden A. R. Bond from
Bel Air showed a moving picture il
Illustrating that forests are crop
which should be harvested wisely So
that the future generation would also
be able to enjoy the benefits thereof.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Organist Honored

On the first Sunday in March, Mrs.
Anna Samples Wilson, of Rising Sun,
completed 20 years as organist of the
Oxford Presbyterian Church. In rec
ognition of these years of faithful
and efficient service the officers of the
church presented her with a purse OF
$25, and on the organ was a beauti-
full bouquet of red and white carna-
lions from the choir.
At the close of the Vesper Service
the members of the choir served re-
freshments of ice ceam, cake, nuts
and candy in Mrs. Wilson's honor
and as a token of their personal es-
teem presented her with a $25 War
Bond.
Mrs. Wilson was senior in high
school when she started her work as
organist, and has served under three
pastors Rev. E. j. Russell, who pass.
ed away several years ago; Rev. G
Raymond Campbell of Bartlesville
Okla, and Rev. Carl S. Fisher, the
present pastor. OXFORD Press
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Peeples-Archer

Miss Mabel E. Peoples, of Philadel-
phia, daughter of the late Adam and
Emma Lamm Peoples, formerly OF
Port Deposit, and Mr.. Walter Fl. Ar
cher, of Benson, Hartford county
wee married Saturday afternoon al
A O'Clock at the Wharton Memorial
Methodist Church in Philadelphia.
Tie bride wore a suit of powder
blue, with appropriate accessories
and a small flower hat. Her matron-
of-honor was Mrs. Cecil w. Peoples
of Joppa, her sister-in-law, who wore
a fuschia colored suit. Miss Arlene
l.. Peoples, her niece, was maid OF
honor, and was dressed in a suit OF
moss green wool.
Sgt. Willard Preston Archer Was
his father best mah
A wedding supper for the bridal
party was held at StIath Haven Inn
Swarthmore, following which It's
couple left on short wedd:n3 tipr
Upon their return they will reside al
Benson, Hartford county.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Announce Engagement

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Buchanan, of
Nottingham, Pa, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Emma
Louise, to Raymond d. Benner, of
the U. S. Army, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rollin Benner, of ia North Ellis
worth Street, Allentown, Pa.
Miss Buchanan is a graduate of
Oxford High School and of the Rude
mar School of Beauty Culture, Phila-
delphia, and has been employed at
the Afford Beauty Salon in Phoenix
vile, Pa, for the past four years and
resided with her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Caine, in
Phoenixville. Private Benner is con-
valescing at the Convalescent Hospi-
tai, Fort Story, Virginia, following
combat sevrice overseas. No date has
been set for the wedding.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Funds For
Fire Service
Building
Structure At College Park To Cost
About $1O8,OOO

Structure At College Park To Cost
About $1OS,OOO
Funds to construct a Fire Service
Extension Building at College Park
will be made available in the States
fiscal program, Governor Herbert R.
O'Conor announces. The new building
designed to keep Maryland in the
forefront in volunteer fireme n 6
training, will be constructed at an es-
timated cost of $108,OO0.
Sponsored by the Maryland State
Firemen's Association and other
groups, the new building will be one
of the finest in the United States. 1t
is designed to house the fire depart
ment training program now being
conducted by the State, the Univer-
sity of Maryland, the Federal Voca-
tjonal Department and the Associa-
ton, Governor O'Conor made known.
The project will also provide facili-
ties for the better protection of the
students from fire hazards, as well as
safeguarding of the physical plant of
the University.
Other purposes of the building are:
/. To provide on the campus ade-
quate facilities for the annual spe-
cialized fire school and other fire.
quent conferences.
q. To provide technical aid indus
trial laboratory and display space for
fire department equipment.
LOFT
library on firemanic subjects.
A. To provide temporary housing
space for the historical material be-
ing gathered by the, Historical and
Archives Committee of the State fire.
mems Association.
In announcing the ALLEGATION of
the funds in the bugdet, Governor
O'Conor said:
Maryland now is in the forefront
in the matter of it's statewide fire
service training program. l am adj
vised that only one other state, Ok
lahoma, approaches Maryland in
this respect. This new building is con-
sidered necessary to keep Maryland
in the lead in this important subject
and l am happy to announce that the
necessary funds for it's erection have
been included in our supplemental
budget"
Governor O'Conor has received a
letter of commentator from Phil
Ryan, President, Maryland State
Firemen's Association, on the inclu-
sion of this project in the fiscal pro-
gram. In concluding his letter to the
Governor, Mr.. Ryan asid:
"There can be no doubt that the
present and future generations will
point with pride to the Fire Service
Building as symbol of good govern
ment sponsored by good Governor. :"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
1915 Primary
Election
Dates

The primary election this year will
be held on Monay, June "a, instead
of the usual September date. Gubei
Material and Senatorial candidates
will be nominated
The date was decided at meeting
of the Democratic and Republican
leaders and the War Ballot Commits
sion held in the Office of Governor O.
Conor.
The shift was made to facilitate
handling of the absentee soldier vote
by allowing longer lapse of time
between the primary and the general
election in November Several months
are reqired to draw up ballots, send
them to servicemen all over the world
and allow for their return in time to
be counted
The absentee franchise, which was
given service men and merchant mar
liners at the 1914 general election for
the first time, also will be extended
to the primaries
Two other decisions reached at a
the session were to require filing of
candidates not less than so days be-
fore the primaries, and to hold the
major party conventions within 80
days after the primary
Again, the reason behind these
moves was to allow more time for
preparing ballots, sending them out
and receiving them from servicemen.
Under the present law, the dead
line for filing candidates. is 20 days
extended to the primaries.
The Legislature will have to pass
legislation to shift the primary date
and to change filing dates, but this
is expected to be done with no oppo-
sition. A revision of law probably
will be needed also to extend the alb
sentee voting rights to primaries.
Concurring unanimously in the
decisions were Governor O'Conor,
members of the Nonpartisan Ballots
Commission, State central committee
chairman Galen L. TAFT, Republican,
and Truman B. Cash, Democrat; and
National Committeewomen Mrs. M.
Alice Candles, Democrat, and Mrs.
Lulu Powell, Republican.
Jacob France, Republican Nation
al committeeman, was represented by
proxy, while Democratic national
committeeman William Preston Lane
was absent because of Illness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Assistant State
Forester Speaks

A very interesting and educational
talk was given by Mr.. Karl E. Pfeif-
fer, Assistant State Forester, at the
regular meeting of the Rising Sun
Sportsmen's Club, March 10.
Mr.. Pfeiffer talked on the import
ance of wood, how it affects our ev-
eryady life. AS an ILLUSTRATION, he
used a piece of beefsteak we eat-or
rather, we did eat. Wood is used in
the saddle of the cowboy who rounds
up a young steer; it is used in the
fire to- heat the branding iron; the
cattle travel in wooden box cars, on
wooden cross tees, to wooden stock
yard pens. After being slaughtered
they travel in trucks with wooden
bodies to the local butcher, who uses
a wooden handle knife to carve, on
wooden block. The meat is carried
from the store in wooden basket or
in paper bag made of wood pulp.
Cooked in stove using wood, coal,
gas or electricity, the latter using it
for poles and cross arms. 1t is usual
served on a wooden table, with wood
en- chairs, and if a particle gets
stuck, you use tooth pick made of
wood.
He told of our wealth in woodland
being used and not being replaced
the toll of forest fires and the safety
methods of prevention. Tie breaking
of match stick before discarding
would prevent a large number of
fires. The very unnecessary habit of
burning OFF pastures and lots does
more harm than good to the ground
and to the grass roots. 1t gets out of
control and burns valuable timber
and property. Colored slides were
shown covering all phases of the
work and trees best suitable for for
est planting in this area.
The Club is purchasing several
thousand Seeding trees and intends
to plant them in this local area. Any
one wishing trees planted on his or
her ground for the benefit of future
generations. please contact a club
member.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
FORESTER
ADDRESSES
SPORTSMEN

The Rising Sun Sportsmen met
Tuesday evening, March 13, in the
recreation room of the Fire House.
Assistant State Forester of Mary
land, Karl Pfeiffer; District Forest
er Adm Baond, of Bel Air, and State
Forest Warden Don Cole of Perry
Vile, were guests of the club.
Mr.. Pfeiffer spoke of the value OF
the forest not only to our native
game but also the use of wood taken
from the forest that is used in our
every day activities. He showed pic
lures of the planting of trees and ex-
planned the different kind of trees
that would grow best in this section.
Ralph Reed, ]. e. Ingram and
Theodore Brown were appointed a
committee to cooperate with other
organizations investigating the posi-
house in Rising Sun.
TIL esecretary was instructed to
write letter of appreciation to the
editors of the Cecil Wing and the
Midland formal for the publicity CIV
en- the club in the respective papers
during the past year.
A petition is being circulated by
the club members against the propos-
ed Hartford county bill which has
been introduced in the Legislature
to legalize the use of a motor boat
in ducking on the Susquehanna fats.
The club voted to man against this
bill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Thieves Again
Raid Pig Farm

Thieves have again raided the
Broken Steps Farm" along the new
dual highway, two miles west of Elk
ton, stealing number of hogs which
they ahuled away in a large truck.
The farm is owne Ed. Wilmer Nc
Vey, and is locally known as hog
farm, where several thousand swine
are raised each year.
About two years ago, several men
who were later arrested, made sever
al raids on the farm, stealing one or
more hogs each time. They would
slaughter the hogs and take them to
nearby cities where they disposed OF
them to wholesalers. Some of them
were taken to Wilmington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
School Bus
Regulations
Announced
DIR. Pullen Submits Re-
port To The County
School Officials

Standard rules and regulations
governing public-school transporta-
ton in the counties, in both publicly
owned and chartered busses, have
been forwarded to county superinten-
dents of schools for final review by
DIR. Thomas G.. Pullen, Jr., State SUI
perintendent of Schools.
Upon approval by the county SUI
perintendents, the regulations which
cover chassis and body specifications,
inspections OF BUSES and qualifica-
lions of bus drivers will be adopted
AS bylaws of the State Board of Ed
ucation. and will have the force OF
law
Tie new regula lions, DR.. Pullen
sajo, have been formulated with the
assistance OF nationally known trans
portation experts and have been ap-
proved by the State Board of Educa-
ton and representatives of the Office
OF the Commissioner of Mot o 7
Vehicles, the State Police, the TRAFFIC
Safety Commission and the permanent
County Superintendent Transports
ton Committee.
The specification cover every part
of the mechanical equipment of the
school buses and provide, among
other things, for the carrying of first
aid kits and fire extinguishers.
Passenger load limits will be set
in accordance with manufacturers
capacity ratings, and the bodies OF
the buses must be painted orange
and black.
Three Inspections Per Year
The regulations provide for bus in
spections at least three time a year
in August, before school opens; be-
tween November s and December Is
and in March.
Inspections are to be made by the
county superintendent or an author
lied agent, assisted by representa-
tive of the Office of the Commission
er of Motor Vehicles.
In addition to these faanlal inspec-
lions, the regulations provide that at
least. once a year each school bus be
take& to an approved garage for a
Thorough overhauling.
Any bus found to be mechanically
unsafe must Immediately be taken
out of service. Copies of inspection
reports indicating that its defects
have been corrected must be sent to
the county superintendent and for
warded to the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles.
Under the new regulations, bus
drivers must be between the ages OF
21 and so, but the maximum age
limit will not apply to persons en-
ployed prior to July 1, 1945. They
must pass a physical examination at
the beginning of each school year.
Substitute drivers also must hold
chauffeur's licenses.
DR.. Pullen said that the final in
spections of the school year now are
in progress in the various counties.
Some 80 new buses are being pur-
chased this year, and 120 more have
been ordered for next year, he said.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
SOCIAL AND Personal MENTION

Pvt. Carl L. Hansen has been
spending two weeks with his wife
and daughter Judy, Rising Sun, and
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl l..
Hansen, Oxford. Carl has recently
been transferred from Keesler Field,
Miss, to the U. S. Army Air Base,
Tampa, Fla.
Mrs. Frances Elville, of Colora, is
visiting her son Donald Elville and
family, in Michigan.
Mrs. Mary Cherry spent from Fri
day until Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Linn Worthington, Baltimore, Md.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Eric Sokol, Aber-
deem, Md, are visiting Mrs. Jean
Shepherd and family.
Mrs. Rufus Benjamin, Port Depos-
it, is visiting ker daughter Mrs.
Francis Kennard.
Cecil e. Ewing, Baltimore, spent
Friday-Monday at the Brumfield
house in Rising Sun.
Anne Lane Wilson was tie week
end guest Of Eleanor Jane slayhaugh,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23

Miss Pauline Johnson, of North
East, and Ellis c. Nesbitt, of Port De-
post. were united in marriage at St.
Marks Episcopal Church, Akin, on
Tuesday, March 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lawrence
and sons and Mrs. Ella Reynolds
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Intire, Elkton, Md.
Mrs. Joseph Dugan spent the week.
end in Germantown, Pa; her grand
son, Joseph Eagan, returend with her
for a visit.
The Komrade Klub was entertain
ed Friday evening at the home of
Mrs. Francis Kennard.
The College Club of Cecil County
was entertained Saturday afternoon
by Mrs. Charles Crothers.
Mrs. Lydia M. Cameron was the
weekend guest of Miss Mary Raw
lings. Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Joe Cooney and SON Carl, Ar
lington, Va, were weekend guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Walter 3. Cooney.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
LOckard- w alker

Miss Mary Elizabeth Lockard,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs James
Lockard of Theodore, Md, became
the bride of Horace A. Walker, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Walker of
Aberdeen, at an open church Gers
mony solemnized Saturday evening,
March 10. They exchanged vows at
500 o'clock in st. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran church, Aberdeen, with the
Rev. w. Edward Austin officiating at
the double ring ceremony in the pre-
sence of large assemblage of ruia-
tives and friends.
Mrs. Louis Smith, sister OF the
groom, was matron of honor. The
Misses Doris E. Hartman, Vienna
Greer, Mabel Lockard, and Doris
Wirsing sevred as bridesmaids.
Mr., Louis Smith was best man.
The usehrs were Cpl. Edgar Kahn
bacher, of Hunter Field, Ga; TI5
Louis c. Schantz, of Fort Miles, Del !;
Mr.. Howard Smith and Mr. Wilbur
Smith.
The bride was given in marriage
by Mr.. James Burns, a close friend
Mrs. Walker is a graduate of North
East High School and for the past
two years has been employed at thu
Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Mr.
Walker is a graduate of Aberdeen
High School, class of 1910. He is en-
gagged in farming.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Walker are pop
ular members of st. Paul's Luther
League, where Mr.. Walker is presi-
dent of the group.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Injured By Fall
From Ladder

Lester Jones was badly injured
Friday morning, March 8, when en-
gagged in trimming tree at the Gay
ley Place at West Nottingham, where
Professor Slaybaugh and family re-
side. Mr.. Jones was standing on a
ladder saving limb from a tree
when the ladder slipped and he was
thrown to the ground. A physician
was called and the injured man taken
to Union Hospital, Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
C.. Of C.. Wants
Taxi Regulation

The taxi cab business in Elkton
was discussed at a meeting of the
Elkton Chamber of Commerce t
some length and it was decided to pc
tition the General Assembly of Mary
land to pass law giving authority to
teh county commissioners to regulate
the business. The bus conditions in
Elkton also were discussed. Com
plant was voiced about the bus COM
panies not providing waiting stations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Cecil County College Club

The postponed February meeting
of the Cecil County College Club was
held Saturday afternoon, March IT.,
at the home of Mrs. Charles Crothers
in Rising Sun.
Miss Abilene j. Pratt, of the Mary
land Public Library Advisory Com
mission, was the guest speaker. Her
topic was public Libraries
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Gasoline For.
Victory Gardeners

Extra gasoline rations will be is
sued Victory Gardeners again this
year for travel necessary to cultivate
their gardens, OPA has announced.
Applications may be made to local
War Price and Rationign Boards on
or after March rs.
Conditions that TIE gardener must
meet to qualify are virtually the
amse as for the last two years, with
an additioal limitation that the gar
den must not be more than 1 5 miles
from teh gardeners home or place of
work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Chesapeake City Lodge

Bohemia Lodge, No. SIS, I.O.O.F.,
of Chesapeake City, celebrated its
95th anniversary Tuesday evening,
March 10. The Lodge was organized
in 1850. Among the charter members
are the names of Absolum Chopper,
James Chopper, James Scenhtz, Luz
Tier Chopper and Peter w. Mariner.
Nineteen guests enjoyed the banquet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Accidentally Shot

Leonard Brown, of Perryville. ac-
cidentally shot himself in the leg on
Saturday of last week. while after
rats at the Perryville dump. He was
taken to Maryland General Hospital,
Baltimore. for medical aid,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Farm Bureau To Meet

The annual meeting and banquet
of Cecil County Farm Bureau will be
held in the High School Auditorium
at North East on Friday evening,
March, %, 1880 o'clock. The guest
speaker will be DR.. H. C. Byrd, Pres
ident of the University of Maryland
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-23
Senior Glass PLAY

The Senior Glass of Rising Sun
High School is rehearsing a three-act
comedy, plane Crazy" which will
be presented in the high school audi
torium on the evenings of Thursday
and Friday, April IL and 10. The
cast Includes twenty-one persons.