Milford chronicle., 1946-02-01
.Newsmen Told Of
Need For Air Service
On The Peninsula
Continued from First Pagel

WI y
ed the harmony existing between
the two associations and invited all
present to attend the Maryland
meeting in Baltimore February ,.
Charles Moore, son of the late
Leo Moore, publisher Of the Hevre
de Grace Ledger, expressed his APP
preciation for the kind comments
made about his father and stated
he would carry on to the best Of
his ability.
lack Culver, the new president,
outlined some of his plans for the
current year and suggested that
next year a woman connected with
a newspaper be elected to the board
OF directors.
Col. Harry S. Russell and W. b.
Usilton III. both of CheStertown,
Md, said they were pleased to be
able to attend a meeting OF the as
sociation after several years alb
sence in the Army.
Wilmington city Treasurer Alex
II. Abrahams also emphasized the
feeling of understanding existing
between public officials and news
papermen and said officials wanted
the public to have the facts and be
governed by them and the place to
set them was i'll the papers.
A. o. II. Grier of the News-Jour-
nal Company recalled the early
days of the association and the
many prominent newspaperman
who played great part in the
work and who had now gone to
their last home.
Among those present at the
! luncheon were:
Jack Culver, Democratic MeSSen-
ger, Snow Hill, Md, mewly elected
president'; Senator Robert II. Yer
| kes, former president, Milford
/ Chronicle. Milford; Mayor Thomas
| Herlihy. Jr., of Wilmington; Alfred
EdmOnds, Peninsula Enterprise,
Accomac, Va; Ebert n. Carvel 1t.
/ Governor of Delaware; p. G..
Stromberg, president, Maryland
Press Association. Ellicott City
Times. Ellicott City. Maryland, and
Mrs. Stromberg; Alex r. Abra-
hams, City Treasurer: w. b. Usil-
ton III, Kent News. Chestertown;
Harry S. Russell Enterprise,
! Chestertown; William s. Collins,
Chestertown Transcript, Chester
town, I'D. Glenn 7. James Record
Observer. Centerville, Md, and Mrs
James; c. r. Dempsey, State News
| Dover; NJ. j. Ewing, Cecil Whig
ElktOn; c. +. Bray, Star Democrat
EastOn; Mr.. and Mrs. G. Arthur
Mcdaniel, fredericksburg Times
fredericksburg; Katherine Franklin
Board of Health, Dover; G.. Mar
shall Townsend, Mrs. V. l.. Town
send, ii. W. Harrington. and Miss
Sarah +. Grier, Milford Chronicle
W. w. Robinson. SeafOrd Leader
Ralph Grapperhaus. Delmarvd
News. Selbyville: Shirley Priest, IL
I. Claus, Martin A. klaver, VIM
+, Metten, c. J. Pyle, W. Murray
Metten, Charles +. Gray. A. o. II
Grier, {. b. Hallam, A. l.. Ingram
+. l.. Priest, w. Emerson Wilson
Frederick Walter. and Harold c
Berg, of the News Journal; JOIN
{. SaylOr, Labor Herald; G.. NJ. Dill
Ion, Chamber of Commerce.: +. j
Stephenson. Western Newspaper
Union; Frank Williams, Mer9en
| thaler Linotype CO.; Gerrish Gass
away, Chamber Of Commerce
Frank Gregson, Hotel DuPon
George Willis Parker, Del. Stat,
News, Dover; Donald r. Morton
DUPONT Company; Charles W
Moore, Democratic Ledger, Havr,
de Grace, Maryland; Evelyn W
James, RecOrd-Observer, Center
. vile, Mr.; Anne ID. Davidson, News
Journal; Stanley Swenson. Seafort
Leader, Seaford; b. l.. MonseauX
+ Western Newspaper Union, Phila
, j. +. Wild, Baltimore; and DAME
, l.. Martin, News-Journal. William
: Collins, Kent County News, Ches
tertOWn, Md.
. p. G.. Stromberg of Elliott City
Md, president of the Marylan
Press Association, spoke on tn
. paper shortage and Suggeste
means by which members of tn
Delmarva Press Association Nigh
come to one another's assistance i
/, case of one papers eXhausting it
supply.
AT the business meeting Mr.. Met
e ten reported on trips to Middle
Z town (Pa.) and Dover Army All
Bases during summer, and said til
success of the two summer meet
= inSS show the group can hold sue
: cessful meetings throughout tn
Year.
The association adopted motto
= of Mr.. Culver, that dues be raise
, from So to IS annually.
5 Mr.. Metten said the treasurer
1 and Secretary's reports will b
, printed hereafter for the benefit {
e members who cannot attend tn
= morning session.
V The association unanimously a(
cepted the invitation extended b
6 Culver to hold a midsummer meer
o inS at Ocean City, Md, at a date [
be setlater by Mr.. Culver. A motto
to this effect was submitted by {
= Marshall Townsend of the MilfOr
:, Chronicle.
n culver New President
. Jack Culver, editor of the Demt
f cratic Messenger of Snow Hill, Nc
q was elected new president of IL
a association. He served as vic,
q president last year.
Other officers eletced are: Vic,
h president, Glenn James. Centervil
# Md; secretary-treaSmer, re-elec
: ed w. Murray Metten of the New
Journal Company, and director
n Alfred Edmonds, Peninsula Ente
: prise, AccOmac, Va; Mr. Grier, an
. William Collins. Kent County New
ChestertOwn, Md.
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