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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-25

boiler Rumsey was trying to perfect.
1t was soon after that, that he built
boiler very similar to Rumsey's
and wrote to Washington.
There still remains very interest
ing account of the day Rumsey made
his first public trip, by steam. This
will. be told later.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-25

short business meeting was held,
during which reports were made on
the sale of programs by the Troop
at the Jaycees Air Show and the
parade at Sharpsburg.
Mrs. Kenneth Sim is Flight Com
mander of the Troop; Mrs. Bean is
Asst. Commander, and Pat Spessard
is Flight Lieutenant.
Jackie Dunn, Troop Navigator
Evening star., 1950-02-22
Mrs. Emily Fogg Mead, 78
Sociologist, Is Dead
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22.-
Mrs. Emily Fogg Mead, 78, widely
known sociologist and civic leader
and wife of Edward S. Mead, re.
tired University of Pennsylvania
professor. died today in University
Hospital.
She was born in Chicago anc
came to Philadelphia as a fellow
in political science at Bryn Mawr
college. Later she became a fel-
low in sociology at the University
of Pennsylvania, where she met
and married DR.. Mead, for A
years professor of finance at the
university. He retired in 1914.
In addition to her husband. she
is survived by a son, Richard r.
Mead, professor of marketing at
the University of Southern CAL
ifornia, and by three daughters.
One is Margaret Mead, associate
curator of anthropology at the
American Museum of Natural
History.
Another daughter is Mrs. Pris-
ella Rosten, of Stamford, Conn,
wife of Leo c. Rosten, the econo-
mist. The third is Mrs. Elizabeth
Steig, of New York, wife of Will
liam Steig, noted cartoonist, and
herself widely known artist.
Funeral services will be Friday
Evening star., 1950-02-22
James R. Harrison
Dies in St. PETERSBURG

James R. Harrison, "A, retired
director of the technical division
of the Coast Guards Bureau of
Marine Inspection and Navigation,
died Monday in st. Petersburg
Fla. He had been ill about three
weeks. .
Mr.. Harrison and his wife, Mrs.
Ella Elmore Harrison, had lived
in st. Petersburg in the winter
and spent their summers in Brat
tleboro, VT, since Mr.. Harrison
retired from the Government in
1947. While in Washington from
1887 to 1947 they lived at the
Broadmoor Apartments.
Mr.. Harrison was a well-known
hull designer in New York for 20
years before he came to Wash
ington.
Besides his widow, he is sur
vived by son, Victor B. Harrison
of Battleboro; two sisters, MIS-.
S. C. Mitchell, Mountain Lakes,
N. j., and Mrs. C. H. Denniston,
Orlando, Fla, and a half brother,
Frank F. Barr, Bloomfield, N. j.
Two nieces, Mrs. B. A. Sustare
and Mrs. Patricia Thornton, live
in Kensington.
Funeral services and burial were
to be held this afternoon in St.
Petersburg.
Evening star., 1950-02-22
In Mrnturiant

CARTER, WILLIS E. In loving mem
Of my dear fp SON M Wills
ago today February %, 1921.
At home in the beautiful hills of God,
In the valley OF rest SO fair,
Some time, somewhere, when my work is
done,
HIS i-t1 IovYSG w MOTHER. ROSA CARTER. .
DUNN, KATE T. In, loving remem-
0 KAYE r aea DuNN vho and
1919
Life isn't the same, dear mother,
Since the day Godscalled you home;
We see your kind and loving face
Our family circle has been broken.
A link gone from our chain,
But though we're parted for a while.
YOUR Wf IoViSo 57fT Ts III Rffs ANp
CHILDREN.
GRAY. ELIZA E. In sad but loving re-
membrance Of our deyoted wife mother
departed this life twenty years ago today.
February %. 1880.
1t was early morning when the Masters
Called softly. Come and rest.
My suffering child. Come now
And lay your head upon My breast"
She smiled and sweetly answered,
my mind tbe on Thee ef is saSyed
anu lLTOuBu Fdiey VI ucdtA "hih'
With Thee; I am not IaI afTaidr =, c..x.
cE1LDREN AND GRANpcH1LDREN.
LACEY. CATHERINE W.; WRIGHT:
aul aArE sster ayRf w. lAeR7 vho
February %; 1893; and our dear mother.
eleven years sao, February 4. 1889.
Some may think we have forgotten
Our dear, loved ones laid to rest,
But little do they know the sorrow of ones
DEVOTED SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS.
LovELEss. GEORGE A., In loving
memory Of our dear husband and father,
GEORGE A. LOVELESS. who died twenty
seven years ago today, February %, 1923.
'''e' '0' "O' The III FAMILY.
our dear husband and father, IVEY n
LYON, who departed this life three years
ago today, February %, 1947.
Each day we think Of you, dear.
Some days are so lonely with US.
Df Sfa VIZ c1 Svss AND 'ea IsEs
CHILDREN.
MCKINNEY, CLIFFORD $. In, loving
oRp g. T Sho aspspsed
life nine years ago today, February %,
Dearest WIFE. ALICE J. MCKINNEY.
sraeu rshI memofS aosEfH II ,ospH u II snei= sE .na
VINO departed this life fourteen years ago
today, February %. 1885.
HIS WIFE AND FAMILY.
PRIMIANIO, WILLIAM In memory OF
my dear husband, WILLIAM PRIMIANIO,
who passed away two years ago today,
February %, 194S.
With love and devotion
HIS WIFE. ANNA w. PRIM1ANIo.
PRYOR. RALPH B, In loving memory
PRYOR. who entered the Great Beyond
ten years ago today, February %, 1910.
| Loving memories.
MA, DAD AND GILBERT.
TYDINGs, IDA J. AND JOHN E. In
loving but sad remembrance of my dear
parents mother, IDA J. TYDINGs. who
%. 1916. and my loving father. JOHN E.
TYDINGS, who died fourteen years ago,
February %, 1885.
They will never be forgotten.
THEIR LOVING DAUGHTER EFFII
WEAVER, GEORGE o. AND FANNIE
devoted parents. GEORGE o. WEAVER
ME MUSE WEAVER, February %. 1905,
Beyond life's golden sunset
Lies city bright and fair,
In the Ian land ,onaL Of Gods tomorrow; m
DEVOTED CHILDREN. Mrs. SARAH
MABEL LEE LOCKWOOD AND OSCAR
wHALEY, ORA v. In loving memory
who departed this life fourteen years ago
HER pAUGHTER AND soN-1N-LAw. MR..
AND MRS. STEPHEN KALMARY. ="
Evening star., 1950-02-22
franklin Gicker Dies;
Headed Draftin Fairfax

Franklin Scott Gicker, ST., IA
chairman of the Selective Service
Board in Fairfax, Va, and a long
time resident of this area, died
yesterday after a heart attack in
his home at Mclean, Va.
He retired 13 years ago from
the Naval Gun Factory, where he
had been a steel molder.
Mr.. Gicker was born in Pine
Grove, Pa. He came here about
1906 and lived in the Anacostia
section for l3 years. He then
moved to Mclean.
Mr.. Gicker was member of the
Royal Arch Masons in Chester
Pa. and was a past high priest
of Lucius H. Scott Lodge of Ma
sons here.
He was veteran of the Span
ish-American War.
Before becoming chairman of
the Selective Service Board in
Fairfax, he was it's secretary from
1910 to 1916.
Mr.. Gicker is survived by his
widow, Kathleen; two sons, Frank
Jr., OF Mclean. and Raymond S.
Glcker, Washington; a daughter,
Mrs. Joseph Buchko, Mclean, and
two sisters, Mrs. Katherine Vize,
Reading, Pa, and Mrs. Rebecca
Trampe, st. Petersburg, Fla.
There also are 13 grandchildren
and seven great-grand children.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. Friday in st. Johns Epis-
copal Church, Mclean. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery,
Evening star., 1950-02-22
Widow Of Newspaperman
Found Dead in Apartment

Mrs. Charles E. Griffin, So
widow of a Washington Post copy
editor, who died November 80, was
found dead yesterday in her
apartment at 1920 N street NV.
Mrs. George Travis, manager of
the apartment house, became con-
cerned when a letter placed under
Mrs. Grifin's door three days ago
had not been picked up. Other
tenants reported that they had
not seen her. Mrs. Travis entered
the apartment yesterday and
found the body.
According to police, Emergency
Hospital doctors, who pronounced
Mrs. Griffin dead, said death ap-
parently was due to natural
causes.
She had no relatives living in
this city. Her husband had been
a copy editor at the Post three
years before his death.
Evening star., 1950-02-22
10th Street Highlands
Problems Discussed

The Sixteenth Street Highlands
Citizens Association last night
informally discussed neighborhood
problems.
The meeting was held in the
Brightwood School, Nicholson
street between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets NV, and was
conducted by Harry M. Dengler,
president.
Evening star., 1950-02-22
Dr.. |. z. Fletcher Dies;
|Cored for Jap Prison GIs
BY the Associated Press

MANILA, Feb. 22.-Dr. Lindsay
z. Fletcher. one of five physicians
who cared for $500 Americans in
Santo Tomas prison during the
japanese occupation, died today.
He was SO.
Born in Montrose, S. D., he was
graduated from University of
South Dakota and Northwestern
University Medical School. He
came to the Philippines in 1925 as
captain in the United States
Army Medical Corps and was
physician to the late Gov. Gen.
Leonard Wood before entering
private practice.
DR.. Fletcher is survived by his
widow Elsie and three sons, Lind
say, jr., Thomas and Donald.
Evening star., 1950-02-22
DratAa

WAUGH, REAMUs J. On February 21,
1850, at Sablllasville, Md, REAMUS j.
WAUGH. father of Kenneth and Jean
Waugh, Mrs. Shirley Funkhouser and
Mrs. Helen FunkhouSer; brother of James
A., Arthur E., Clarence W. Maurice A.
Waugh and Mrs. Margaret T. Smith.
Services at Chambers Funeral Home, 81
18th st. s.e., on Friday, February "a, at
2:30 pm. Interment Washington Ma
tional Cemetery. %
WOODIN, MARY EASTMAN. On Tues
day, February 21, 1850, at her residence.
MARY EASTMAN WoODIN. beloved sister
of Gertrude l.. Woodin and Grace w. Van
Allen. Friends may call at the Takoma
Funeral Home, 254 Carroll st. NV, Ia
held on Thursday February %, at pm.
Relatives and friends are invited. Inter-
ment private. Please omit flowers.
Evening star., 1950-02-22
Garhs uf Thanka

BENNETT, ZELIE RIDGLEY. The fam
lily OF the late ZELIE RIDGLEY BEN
NETT wishes to express its thanks and
appreciation to the friends and neigh
bors for the many expressions of SYM
pathy and thoughtfulness during its be-
reavement. THE FAMILY.
SoRRELL, HELEN DUNCAN. The fam
lily Of the late HELEN DUNCAN SORRELL
OF Chicago, Ill, acknowledge with crate.
full appreciation the kind expression of
your sympathy during their recent be-
reavement
MARY B. KAYS AND SISTERS.
Evening star., 1950-02-22
Illinois Educator Dies

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,. Feb. % (P,
DR.. John Henry Reedy, II, re-
tired professor of chemistry at
the University of Illinois, died
yesterday. He had been i'll IL
months. DR.. ,Reedy had been on
the Illinois faculty % years until
his retirement in 1916.
Evening star., 1950-02-22
Dratha

GARNER, EDDIE; Suddenly. on Mon:
10Th It. NV, EDDIE GARNER. psssed tc
FEBRUARY %, from Smiths Funeral al Hone SSne
1l25 18th st. NV. at 1890 pm. Inter
ment at Paynes Cemetery.
GARDNER, !dAR MARIAN H: On Tuesday
MARIAN H. GARDNER. mother of John II
Gardner OF Takoma Park, Md: Service
at the s H. Hines Co; Funeral Home, 2901
bureh. Pa, papers please copyD "a
GICKER. FRANKLIN S, sR. On Tues
day February Il 251 at his sesideese
beloved husband OF kathleen GicIer, ia
ther OF Ray S and Franklin S. Gicker, jr,
and Mrs; Martha G. Brchko, and brother
MfS As1 rvvag vzs and Mes Ses Rpsesa
grandchildren and seven great-grandchil-
dren. Remains resting at the Ives Funeral
h0me Hem 2st Wilson prGsv Gyd AFnngSon Fabr4H va
thence to st. Johns episcopal Church.
Mclean, Va. where funeral services will
National Cemetery. 23
GICKER, FRANKLIN S. special
N communication of Sharon
A E: ;; 81: q" :
y the funeral Of Brother FRANK
LIN S. GICKER, from st. Johns Episco-
pal Church. at 10 am. BY order q the
worshipful master. IRWIN G. HOOD.
EARL D. SANDERS, Secretary 23
GRIEvEs, Joseph J. On Tuesday
par, st. NV, JOSEPH j.. GRIEVEs. be.
loved husband Of Mary D. Grieves and
also is survived BY one grandson. Robert
De Vol Funeral Home, 1924 Wisconsin ave.
NV, on Friday, February "A, at y am,
thence to Holy Trinity Catholic Church
where The Holy. Sacrifice of the Mass
relatives invited. Interment Mount Olivet
Cemetery. Please omit flowers Paw
tucket, r. l.. papers please copy. 23
GRIGSBY. ALPHoNSo H. On satur-
day. February IS, 1859, ALPHONso H.
GRIGsBY of 1921. 18th st. NV, dear
friend of Mrs Elizabeth Clements, brother
of Mrs. saphronia Cooke. Also surviving
are an aunt, Mrs. Alice Green an uncle,
Martin Grissby, and many other friends;
to call at the Mcguire Funeral Home,
1920 9th st. NV, where services will be
held Thursday, February 23 at l pm.
Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. %
Evening star., 1950-02-22

Iceland'S first Parliament was
established in $50.
Evening star., 1950-02-22
RFDDICK. GENEVA Forest TempIe

J1Ck, GENEVA. Forest Temple,
. No. Q, 1. B. P. o. E. of w, is
hereby notified to meet in ses-
sion of sorrow Thursday. Febru-
ary %, 1850, at : pm. to ar
range for the funeral of Daughter
Saturday, February 25, at ! pm,
e W. Ernest Jarvis Funeral Church.
e M. JOHNSON, Daughter Ruler.
'PICF WEST Fin Sec
Evening star., 1950-02-22

1Dw.fps Hs o. Rosa p B. ? 3 po1ss' E. of TspDls % S
S$ hereby. notified to meet in ses-
Q i; { :;: ::i;;; :.:;
to be held Friday, February "a,
st am, from st; Cyprian's Catholic
Shursdav, FEBRUARY ra 81 81 at N PM ins services
1MAUDE M. JOHNSON. Daughter Ruler.
BEATRICE WEST, Fin. Sec.
EDWARDS, ROSE T. On Monday. Feb
nose r EDWARDS. the devoted mother
Of Eugene Thomas and sister. Of George
II. Thomas. She, also leaves four, nieces.
friends. Friends may call after l pm
Thursday at her brothers residence. 216
18th st. Sc. Funeral Friday, February
"a, at 8 am, from st. Cyprian's Catholic
Mount oiiyet Cemetery, Arranements by
Alexander S. Pope
Monday, February 20. 1850. at bis resi-
denee. 213 Florida ave. NV. WALTER W.
FIELDS, beloved son of Sarah and the late
later. ARRANGEMENTS by Mcguire, Inc %
FIX, .RosALIE P. On February 90,
1850. of % st. ne, wife of the late
William P. Fix and sister of Miss Anna
K. Holzschuh. Services at Chambers Fu-
WsalsIaon neral Home 1too chsoin st.. nv, on
Interment Glenwood Cemetery. New York
City and Boston, Mass, papers please
copy 30
FRAZIER, LEoNZo. On Tuesday. Feb
HnyyzG Tqs5y 81 rp a25e at 7, sS Pa
Millard and brother of Of Marie e Bell se wife wife
M Lee and Marguerite M Hawkins. No
tiee of arrangements later
Evening star., 1950-02-22

TRIMBLE. CHARLES STERLING. On
Tuesday. February FL. 1850, at Doctors
Hospital. CHARLES STERLING TRIMBLE
of 1443 Holly st. NV. beloved husband of
Mary B. Trimble father of Mary Patricia
Trimbe He also is survived by two sis
ters. Mrs. James F. Joy and Mrs. Bryon e.
Ball. both of Detroit. Mich. Friends may
call at the Birch Funeral Home, 3034 M
st. NV. Services will be held at the Wal
lace Memorial United Presbyterian Church,
New Hampshire ave. and Randolph st.
NV. on Thursday, February %, at 100
pm. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-02-22

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Milford chronicle., 1950-01-27
Edward c. Evans Is Wiinner
In Three Way Contest For
Milford Mayor On Monday
Former Mayor Victor
Over Incumbent C. Van
Nuis WiIkersOn And
City Councilman Percy
Haughey; 1,03S Voted.

Edward c. Evans, who served as
Mayor Of Milford from 1910 to I94S,
was returned to that Office for a
two year term in a spirited three
way contest for that Office last
Monday.
To again assume his post as May
or, Mr.. Evans defeated c. Van MUS
Wilkerson, Mayor for the past two
years and City Councilman Percy
r. Haughey. Mr.. Evans won out
with a plurality Of 81 votes, and
carried every ward in the city
with the exception of the Fourth
Ward in North Milford, which
Haughey carried by a margin of
ten votes. The main battle center
ed In the First Ward, the city's Iarg-
est, and the home ward Of both Mr..
Evans and Mr.. Haughey. Mr.. Ev-
ans won out in the first over
Haughey 1S2 to 175. In this ward.
Mr. Wilkerson was a poor third,
with 81 votes.
The final vote was: Evans. ASS:
Haughey, 1858, and Mayor Wilker-
son, 215; a total of 1898 votes.
In the only other contest of the
election, for councilman from the
Third Ward, Alfred Nutter, Jr.. won
with 1O4 votes. This was also a
three-way, fight.
teonunueo on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1950-01-27
Action Deferred On Maj
Ority Of Jobs; Tax
Rate Will Be Set At
Meeting Next Monday.

Edward C. Evans was sworn in
as Mayor of Milford on Tuesday eve
ming of this week by State Magis-
trate David A. Clements, Sr., the
occasion was the annual reorgani-
zatiOn meeting of City Council.
COuncilmen James E. Humes, rep
.resenting the Second Ward, and Al
fred Nutter, Jr., the Third Ward,
also took the oath of Office.
Following the swearing in cere-
mOny, Mayor Evans called the
Council to order and stated that
the first order of business should
be the seating in Council or rejec-
ton of Vinal e. Bennett, who was
originally elected a member of
Council from the Second Ward, but
who has removed his residence to
the Third Ward. A letter, written
by City Manager Harry F. Bressler,
to Tunnel and Tunnel, city solicit
tors, requesting the opinion on the
legality of Mr.. Bennett retaining
his seat in Council, was read, and
the letter from Tunnel and Tun-
nell to Mr.. BTessler, was also read
In their letter, Tunnel and Tun-
nell, quoting from sections of the
charter rendered the opinion that
Mr.. Bennett was eligible to retain
his seat, despite the fact that he
moved from one ward to aonther
Mr.. Bennett, gaining recognition of
the chair, stated that it was his
purpose to represent the Second
Ward in Council until his term ex-
pires in January 1851, unless re-
moved by proper legal action. He.
Bennett, further stated that he be-
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1950-01-27
Kent jury
Panels Are
d
John P. Steward, Mil
ford, Is Listed Among
Those Drawn From
The Tenth District.

Petit juries for the February
term of the Kent County courts
have been drawn by Jury Commits
sioners Walker L. Mifflin and Will
bur E. Jacobs.
Jurors on the regular panel are
George Scout, Martha Jones, Lewis
Black, and William T. Dyatt, First
Representative District; Robert w.
Roe, Willard E. Barcus, OIin
Raughley, and Frank Shakespeare,
Second; Edna Nuckols, Harry G.
ClOugh, Edward Attix, and Joseph
Swain, Third; Ralph Vincent. Mel
vim Bleckman, Howard Schweitzer.
Joseph, d. Bryant, Fourth; Richard
Wilson, James H. Wheatley, James
w. Valentine, and Margaret b.
Grant, Fifth; ElwOod Cooper, Gil
bert Moore, Maynard Nichols, and
Mrs. Myrtle Kemp, Sixth; Mary S.
Clark, Harold M. Carter, and John
w. Lyndale. Seventh; Home
Wright. Lawrence Hates, Jr.. and
Benj;Suin Hart, Eighth; Frank
Wright, Edwin Hopkins. and Louis
Climer, Ninth; John P. Steward
Earl Holleger, and John Sharp
Tenth.
On the special panel are John F.
Melvin and James S. Truax. First
Representative District: Harry
Morgan and Nelson Slaughter, Sec
ond; Samuel Rich. Kathryn l.
Montague. and Mildred Carter
Third; Virginia S. Butts, Wallace
CONTINUED on page .,
Milford chronicle., 1950-01-27
Federal Loan Assn.
Set For MillsbOro
Raymond S. GOslee Is Member OF
Organizing Committee

The Federal Home Loan Bank
Administration of Washington, d.
O, has approved an application to
organize a Federal Savings and
Loan Association at Millsboro, Del
aware, The members of the or
.ganizihg Committee are Meyer Able
man, Edwin c. Ryan, Frank S.
Parker DR.. w. Blaine Atkins, Ray
mOnd s. GOslee, Louis Ableman,
all Of MiilsbOrO; Curtis w. Steen of
Dagsb0r0, and William Greenberg
of SelbyVille.
A Federal Savings and Loan AS
sociatiOn is a locally owned and
managed mutual savings and home
financing institution, chartered and
supervised by an agency of the
United States Government to pro-
mote local savings and home finan-
cling. Institutions Of this type have
enjoyed spectacular growth and
success in many sections of the
country. Only one such institution
exists in Delaware at the present
time, and it is located in Whining
ton.
A meeting of the organizing COM
mittee viii be held in MillsbOrO on
Monday evening, January 80, at 1880
p. m. for the purpose of election of
officers and to transact other bus
mess.
Milford chronicle., 1950-01-27

'DelaWare's new residential total.
By actual count of the 1910 cen
sus, the state had a population then
! of 266,505, which represented an
Increase of 11.8 per cent over the
1880 census, Mr.. Ableman said.
An average increase of 10 per
cent each 10 years in the last 20
years has been recorded by official
census results in Delaware. Mr..
Ableman said. He added that the
1850 increase should be more than
10 per cent, judging by large de-
Velopments which have grown up,
around Wilmington.
The 1880 census was SO per cent
over that of 1920, and the 1920 was
1912 over that of 1910. While in
creases from 1900 to 1910, and from
1890 to 1900 were 9.5 per cent. the
increases from 1880 to 1890 was 14.9
per cent and from 1870 to 1880. was
14.9 per cent.
Some 26O enumerators will take
the 1850 census in Delaware, Mr..
Ableman said. They will cover the
1878 square miles of land in Della
ware in about six weeks. The pop
ulation per square mile in Delaware
in the 1910 census was 134.7 Der-
sons; for New Castle County, 41O.9:
Kent County, 57.9, and Sussex
County, 55.5.
suburbs surrounding Wilmington
will be included as the Wilmington
Metropolitan area in the 1850 CEN
sus.
Along with the principal task.
that of securing the census OF nom
uiatlOn, in the 1850 census, Mr..
Ableman said, there will be a CEN
sus of 9,269 farms in Delaware.
The canvas which starts next
April completes the census picture
the bureau has been assembling in
the last decade" Mr.. Ableman said.
1T will round out a comprehensive
study of the effects of World War
II on the population of the United
States, housing and their work.
Minute Details Asked
The housing QUESTIONABLE of this
census will cover everything from
the number of people per unit to
the number of people per bath tub"
Mr.. Ableman disclosed. Heating
ana lighting equipment, cooking
FUELS, radio, and televisiOn sets. ev-
en- the kitchen sink. itself, will be a
part OF the vital statistics collect
tcontinued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1950-01-27
Rebekah President
Makes Milford Visit
State Head Visited Local Group
Last Thursday

Mrs. Blanche Miller, President of
the Rebekah Assembly of Delaware
and her staff of officers from Will
mingtOn visited the local lodge last
Thursday evening and despite the
inclement weather which had pre-
vailed throughout the afternoon
and early evening a good attend
ance of the local members was
present to receive the visitors.
Other guests were present from
Georgetown and RehobOth.
Mrs. Donald Jester presided over
the business session and very gra-
ciOusly welcomed the guests.
After the business session, Mrs.
Paris Kirby, program chairman,
presented very interesting pro-
gram in honor of Thomas Wildey's
birthday, Mr.. Wildey being the
founder of Odd Fellowship in Am
erica. Mrs. Kirby gave a brief out
line of the biography of Mr.. Wildey.
She told many accounts of the ways
and means of organizing the first
Odd Fellows Lodge in Baltimore,
interspersing these sketches with
the following readings:
"a Tale of Adams" was read by
Mrs. Helen Beswick; Regrets" by
Mrs. Laura Moore; "a Mansion" by
Mrs. Huldah Willis; a duet, Faith
of Our Fathers" by Mrs. Laura
Davidson and Mrs. Beswick. After
which Mrs. Miller brought a very
timely message and congratulated
the lodge upon the splendid man
ner in which the meeting as a
whole was conducted. Announce
ments were made as follows: Next
Thursday evening the lodge will
sponsor cosmetic party in the
auditorium at s p. m. The public
is invited. February 2, a rehearsal
OF the degree team, on February 9.
the Rebekah degree will be confer
red upon class of candidates.
At the close of the meeting Mrs.
Frances Killen. ways and means
chairman, and her cO-wOrkers ser
we'd delicious refreshments in the
auditorium, and a social hour was
enjoyed