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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-02-07
Mississippi Power
& Light Company
Holds list Annual
Meeting For
Negro Workers
Three Local Men Join
Select Quarter
Century Club

The annual first meetin" of col
ored employees of Mississippi
Power & Light Company was held
at noon here Monday at Stevens
Rose Room on Sunset Drive, bring
ing together approximately 100
employees and their Divisional
Managers from over the entire
company territory.
Three colored employees, Robert
Edward Chapman, Fesser Harper
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-02-07
White Man
Charged In
Second Recent
Delta Rape Case
Young Negro Bride
Is Gun Point Victim

GREENWOOD, Miss, Feb. s.
(DSN-The second rape case in
volving a man in the Delta area
during the past few days was re-
vealed here last Saturday with the
arrest of Sumer Lee Harris 35-
year-old auto mechanic on a charge
Continued on" Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-02-07
Progress Of Negro Farm Families
Described In Extension Report

Washington, d. c., Feb. g.
(SpeciaD - The progress Negro
farm families are making partly as
a result of the work of 853 colored
farm and home agents and super
visors is described in the annual
report of Cooperative Extension
Service of the U. S. Department of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-02-07

ran present an exquisitely turned
"Valse" by List and then swing
into the swift measures of Fats"
Walters "Ain't Misbehavin'.
The public's approval of Hazel
SCOTS contrasting styles is indi-
Gated in the widespread response
to her fifth trans-continental tour
of the United States and Canada.
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-02-07

PatrOnize Our Advertis.
ers - Their Advertising
In this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

The Advisory Board Award will
be presented by Senator Thomas L.
Johnson, to the nurse with the
highest scholastic standing. The
Beebe Hospital Auxiliary Award
goes to 'the best all around nurse"
and will be presented by Mrs. Will
lard Yarnall. The Beebe Alumnae
Association will be represented by
Mrs. Dorothy Marshall, r. N. Each
graduate will also receive a special
personal gift from Mrs. A. Felix
dupont and also a case of instru-
ments donated by BENJAMIN F..
Shaw, III. of Wilmington. Mr.. Shaw
makes his gift annually in memory
OF his grandfather, one of the first
benefactOrs of the Beebe Hospital.
who made possible the first unit of
the present 100-bed institution.
The Lewes High School Band, un-
der Professor Maret PanZenbeck,
will provide music at the COM
meneement exercises between the
program features. Graduate nurse
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Rust were
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Rust
on Sunday.
We are very glad to report little
Pamela Ann Smith, small daughter
of Dr.. and Mrs. Willard Smith. is
much improved, after being a pa
tient in the Delaware Hospital for
10 days. We surely hope little
Pam" continues to improve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dearman
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Rust visited
their aunt, Mrs. Laura Rust in
Pennington on Saturday evening.
Mrs. Rust was quite i'll the past
week, but is much improved at this
writing.
We hope to be able to mark Mrs.
T. J. Smith, Mrs Mary Johnson and
Jim Carter off the sick list and
see them out again real soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Bailey enter
tanned relatives from Baltimore
over the weekend.
The pictures presented and talk
given by Vaughn Fox of his trip
to India, given in Todd's Communi-
ty Building on Friday evening, was
very interesting. He also had sew
eral articles of interest on display
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

Greenwood, and one brother, Harry
Cannon of Newark, Delaware, sew
eral nieces and nephews and other
relatives and host of friends who
Will miss his pleasant smiling face.
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m, Sunday afternoon, at the
Boyer Funeral Home, conducted by
Rev. SpTy a former pastor of the
Pennington Charge. Interment in
Hollywood Cemetery. The floral off
erings were immense and beautiful,
including two beautiful baskets
from the DUPONT Company at Sea-
ford, where he was employed until
he had to retire from failing health.
Deepest sympathy is extended to
the family from their many friends.
Mrs. John Lloyd, Mrs. Paul
Faulk, Mrs. Otis Bailey, Mrs. ]. w.
Rust, Mrs. Merle O'Bier and son and
the Misses Helen and MOllie Will
ley were Dover visitors on Satur-
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Post and son
Of Laurel were guests of their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Rhodes
ON Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fleischauer.
Jr., and children were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dearman on
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

Parts Are Quickly InsfalIed
RUstproof olUminUm pipe and fittings
ore cosy to hundle. loft. section
weighs liitle over 3AIbs. Just slide pipe
into conneeioE.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
NnI:f3il. New E:ioI:IS' I.sli1IslSs. !I..,ff,.

Heut Blankets Cold Outer Walls
Homort Perimeter Heoting worms outer
walls SO that they oefUoIIy rudiote heat!
Operates efficiently, economically.
Outlines your home with even wurmih.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

pins will be presented by the direc-
tor Of the School of Nursing, Mrs.
Frances Baylis Jones.
Captain G. Clifton Maull. Sr..
died suddenly last week from a
heart attack, while enroute to Phil
adelphia to board a vessel he was
to bring down the Delaware Bav
and River. He was GA. CAPTAIN
Maull was stricken in a taxi cab
near Smyrna, Del. In the cab with
him were his two sons, Captain G.
Clifton Maull, Jr., and Capt. James
). Maull,, Delaware Pilots, who
were also going on duty for the
Pilots Association for the Bay and
River Delaware.
Captain Maull was prominent in
Delaware politics, as Sussex COun-
ty Republican committeeman. and
former Delaware State Senator.
He was a alember of st. Peters
Episcopal Church, and once served
as junior warden and vestryman.
He served as a service officer of
LeWes Post, II, American Legion,
ever since its inception and was a
member of Forty ct Eight, Sussex
Voiture, and was Past Master Of
Jefferson Lodge, A. F. and A. M.
OF Lewes. For about 20 years he
was a member of the Lewes Mem
Orlal Commission, formerly the
Lewes Tercentenary Commission.
and had served as president and
hre chief of the Lewes Fire DEPART
ment. Born and reared in Lewes.
he was the son of the late Charles
Henry Maull, and Sarah c. Ross.
Besides his two sons, he leaves his
wife, Mrs. Jennie Stanton Maull.
and five grandchildren, all of
Lewes. Funeral services were held
FRIDAY, at 2 p. m, at st. Peters
Church, conducted by the Rev.
Frank L. Moon. Burial was made in
the family plot in the churchvard.
Mrs. Emily G. Best, 62, wife of
Thomas Best, Nassau stOrekeeper.
died Monday, after a lengthy ill
ness at her, home at Nassau. Be
sides her husband, she is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Joseph G.
Jett, Jr., of Reedsville, Va. Mrs.
John II. French, of Milford. and
Mrs. w. Edward Truitt of Nassau.
Also three sons, William r., of Re-
hobOth; Thomas Edwin and Alfred
George, both of Nassau. She leaves
10 grandchildren. Funeral services
were held Thursday at, 8 D. m. at
her residence, conducted by the
Rev. William Leishman of Lewes.
and the Rev. F. Charles Louhoff
Jr., of Houston. Burial was made
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
FISHERS DISTRICT
MRS. nora Kust


On Sunday morning, May S1st,
there will be worship services at
Epworth Church at 10 a. m. sun
day School at IL a. m.
At TOdd's, Sunday School at 10
ia. m. Worship Service at II a. m.
Rev. Alden S. Hopkins, a former
pastor, will deliver the message
at both services in the absence of
cur pastor, Rev. Dennis Shaffer.
Mr.and Mrs. Charles Plummer
and Rev. and. Mrs. Alden Hopkins,
Jr., of LeWes, were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. GOotee Brown on
Sunday. Other guests in the eve
ming were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry War
rington and Miss Pamela BOstick
of Greenwood
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Selders and
daughter of Baltimore, were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Taylor.
Mr.. Jack Elwell of Milford was
ia supper guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gootee Brown on Sunday evening.
1t was great shock to this
community when news came of the
death of Ray Cannon, Sr., who pass
ed away suddenly at his home in
Pennington on Thursday morning,
May 21st, at the age of sc. Mr..
Cannon has been in failing health
for the past three years, but death
came as a shock to everyone. He
was well known, having lived i'm
Pennington and vicinity all his
life. Surviving besides his wife,
Stella SalmOns Cannon, is one son,
Ray, Jr., and one grandson, all of
Pennington; two sisters, Mrs. Fred
Jones and Mrs. Lawrence Taylor of
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
LEWES

DR.. Leon Hill Farrin Of Gran
ford, N. j., will become superin-
tendent Of the Board of Education
Of the Lewes Special School Dis
trict on July 1st.
The board, in it's final meeting
of the school year last Friday, un-
animously approved the appoint
ment.
He will succeed George H. Keen,
superintendent the past year, who
quit in April to take over the sup
erintendency of Georgetown.
DR.. Farrin, 81, has been assistant
superintendent of Crawford High
School. He received a masters de-
gree from Columbia University in
1948 and a doctors degree in 1862.
He is graduate of WoonsOcket
High School, WOonsOeket, r.. L.,
1889, and Of Brown University, 1912.
He did part-time research work at
Teachers College, Columbia Uni
versity, with the Metropolitan
School Study Council and served
an internship. at Manhasset High
School, Manhasset, N. Y. From 1948
to 1851 he taught English and was
a guidance counselor at Crawford.
superintendent Farrin is married
and has a three-year-Old daughter,
Linda. Lee. DR.. and Mrs. Farrin
are looking for living quarters in
LeWes.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hill, outgoing
member of the Lewes Board of Edu-
cation, presided at her last meet
ing last Friday night She did not
seek reelection. Her successor on
the board is w. Glenwood Harring-
ton.
The Rotary Club of Lewesl enter
tanned the LeWes High School
graduating Glass of 1853, with a
dinner given at the Lewes Fire
Hall, Monday evening.
Baecalaureate services for the
Beebe Hospital School of Nursing
were held Sunday, May oath, in the
Bethel Methodist Church, at 8 D.
m. The sermon was delivered by
the pastor, the Rev. A. Edward
Dougherty.
The graduating nurses are Mary
Louise GoldsborOugh of Middle
town, Del; Lucille NOlling Mears
of Painter, Va; and Helen Jean
PassWateTs of Milton, Del. Diplo-
mas were presented by DR.. James
Beebe, Sr., c0-fOunder of the hos
pital at Lewes with his brother, DR..
Richard G. Beebe, back in 1915.
The commencement exercises will
take place Friday evening, May 20,
at $3.50 p. m, in the auditorium of
the Lewes High School. The nurses
will be addressed by u. S. Senator
John J. Williams of MillsbOro. The
invocation and benedictiOn will be
given by the Rev. DR.. William
Leishman, pastor of the Lewes and
Midway Presbyterian Churches.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

Some electcic power plants can
one kilowatt-hour with
less than pound Of coal, while 30
years ago it took three pounds.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
HORSES STILL IMPoETANT

TOMBSTONE. Ariz. -tP)- The
horse has not been outmoded in
this atomic age Cowboys used 126
especially trained COW ponies in
the spring roundup on cattle
eompany's ranch here.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

he had brought home and gave a
demonstration Of how they were
used
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

in Odd Fellows Cemetery at Mil
ford.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-11
Officers Reelected
By Chevy Chase
OAR Chapter
By Mrs. Roger ]. Whiteford

Officers were elected at the
meeting of the Chevy Chase Chap
ter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, May 81 at the home
of Mrs. Robert L. Jarnagin, Paint
Branch Farms, as follows:
Mrs. Thomas H. Patterson,
Regent; Mrs. John R. Arnold, First
Vice Regent; Mrs. William L.
Dalrymple, second Vice Regent;
Miss Byrd Belt, Chaplain; Mrs.
David S. Mari, Recording Secre-
tary; Mrs. Victor Hunt Harding,
Treasurer; Mrs. Ivan H. briggs,
Registrar; Mrs. Felix Stapleton,
Historian; Mrs. Robert L. Jarna-
gin, Librian, Mrs. Roger ]. White
ford, editor, all reelected except
Mrs. Eliot Lowell, corresponding
secretary, replacing Mrs. Arthur
G. Turner, who has moved to West
minister, Md.
Mrs. Frank P. Wilcox read a
brief account of the activities of
DR.. Edwin Broome in the Mont
gomery county Schools. DR..
Broome, soon to retire, was to have
been the honor guest at the meet
ing, but because of illness was not
present.
The testimonial and medal for
good citizenship prepared for him
by the chapter was exhibited and
will be taken to the Hospital and
presented to DR.. Broome later.
The Chapter voted to give 500 to
the Fund being raised to print the
many valuable papers prepared
over the years by DR.. Broome, to
be used, as many already have
been, by the school systems all
over the country.
Because of DR.. Broome's coop
Grafton and interest in the work of
the Chapter in the schools, he had
endeared himself to the members
and along with the testimonial will
go the good wishes of the men,
bers also. Serving with Mrs. Will
cox on this committee was Mrs.
Robert J. Winston and Mrs. Robert
J. Boyd.
Miss Byrd Belt and Mrs. George
Monk were appointed to serve on
the Committee made up of repre-
sentatives from the 81 Chapters
of the State which is in charge
of the recently purchased Chapter
House for the Maryland State So
ciety in Towson.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-11
Copenhaver & Hutchinson
925 18th ST., NV.
WASHINGTON DC

Copenhaver & Hutchinson
925 18th ST., NV.
Washington, DC.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.
AS Court of Equity
IN RE DEED OF TRUST FROM
INTER-COUNTY REALTY CO.,
INC, A MARYLAND CORP
GRAFTON
TO
ROGER W. EISINGER and
WILLIAM B. HOLTON, Trustees
No. 1850 Equity
Order NiSi
ORDERED, this 18th day of
May A. D. 1853, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, as
Court of Equity, that the sale
made by ROGER w. EISINGER
and WILLIAM B. HOLTON,
TRUSTEES, to MONTGOMERY
HOUSING ASSOCIATION, INC,
A MARYLAND CORPORATION,
and reported in the above entitled
cause, be ratified and confirmed,
unless cause to the contrary there
of be shown on or before the 18th
day of June 1858 next: Provided
copy of this order be inserted
in some newspaper published in
said Montgomery county, once in
each of three successive weeks be-
fore the said 18th day of June,
1858.
The report states the amount
of the sale to be $4,000.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County
True Copy-Test:
Clayton X. Watkins, Clerk 637
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-11
Order of Publication

The object of this suit is to
procure divorce a vinculo matri-
monii from the defendant, Doris
j. Stedman.
The bill alleges that the parties
hereto were united in marriage at
Willowvale, New York, on the 18th
day of January, 1916; that no is
sue was born of this marriage;
that on or about December %,
1913, the parties hereto voluntar-
lily separated by mutual consent
and that such voluntary separation
has continued without interruption
for a period of more than three
years next prior to the filing of
this complaint; that there has been
no rehabilitation between the parties
since the aforementioned voluntary
separation; that plaintiff has con-
tinuously resided in Maryland
since the aforementioned voluntary
separation; that defendant resided
for a period of time in Kensington,
Maryland, and in Washington,
DC; and that plaintiff has not
seen the defendant for over three
years and has no knowledge of
her present whereabouts.
1t is thereupon this 7th day of
May, 1868, by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, Mary
land. in equity, ordered that the
plaintiff, by causing a copy of this
order to be published in some
newspaper in Montgomery County,
Maryland, once a week for four
successive weeks before the 18th
day of June, 1858, giving notice to
said absent defendant whose last
known address was Woodley Road,
NV, Washington, DC, of the
object and substance of this bill
and warning her to appear in this
Court in person or by solicitor on
or before the Bird day Of July, 1858,
to show cause if any she has why
decree ought not to be passed as
prayed.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County,
Maryland
True Copy-Test:
Clayton X. Watkins, Clerk $50
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-11
Rockville Nursery
eSchOOl Elected
Mrs. Ralph Price

Mrs. Ralph S. Price was named
president of the parent group of
the Rockville Nursery School at
the annual picnic held on the
school grounds on Sunday, May
"a. Other officers elected were:
Mrs. Frank Hornack, publicity
secretary; Mrs. Robert Marks, cor
responding secretary; and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Hall, maintenance
chairmen.
There were 115 present at the
affair which honored Miss Eliza
beth Long, who is leaving the
Nursery School Faculty on June
Is. Gifts were presented to her
from the parent group and from
the school.
New members of the Rockville
Nursery School Faculty are Mrs.
Junius Morris, Mrs. Frank Horn
ack, and Mrs. Birleigh Scammon.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-11

The object of the Petition in the
above case is to condemn land in
Montgomery County for use and
occupancy by the Petitioner for
public school purposes.
The Petition states that William
P. Needs and his wife, who are
residents of Montgomery County,
are the owners in fee, simple of
the property described in said Pc
tition, which is a parcel of land
containing 1.5087 acres, more or
less and which is part of a tract
of land conveyed by Margaret E.
Mangum to the said William P.
Needs by deed dated the twenty
seventh day of December in the
year nineteen hundred and eleven
and recorded among the Land Rec
ords of Montgomery County in
Liber 224, at Folio 422 and which
is more particularly described in
the Petition for Condemnation.
That the Petitioner is body cor
porate and polite and finds said
property necessary and desirable
for the purposes above enumerat-
ed. That Petitioner is unable to
agree with the Defendant for the
purchase, use and occupancy there
of of what it deems fair valua-
ton and now seeks to acquire title
to the same by virtue of the pro-
visions of Articles IT and 33-A
of the Annotated Code of Mary
land, 1851 Edition.
1t is thereupon this 21st day of
May in the year nineteen hundred
and fifty-three, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
ORDERED that the Petitioner
cause a copy of this Order, with
the object and substance of the
Petition to be inserted in some
newspaper published in said Coun-
ty, to be published once a week
for three successive weeks before
the 18th day of June in the year
nineteen hundred and fifty-three,
giving notice to the Defendant
William P. Needs to appear in
this Court in person or by his At
torney, on or before the 29th day
of June in the year nineteen hun
bred and fifty-three, to show cause,
if any there be, why said prop
erty and the Defendants interest
therein should not be condemned
as prayed in said Petition.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk of. the Circuit Court
True Copy-Test:
Clayton X. Watkins, Clerk 694
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that
the Subscriber of Montgomery County,
has obtained from the Orphans Court
of Montgomery County. in Maryland,
Letters Testamentary on the personal
Estate of
MAUDE NJ. MCBRIDE
late of Montgomery County, deceased.
All persons having Claims against the
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with vouchers thereof, legally
authenticated to the subscriber on or
before the 18th day of October next !:
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said Estate. All
persons indebted to said Estate are re-
Quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18TH day
of April in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred and fifty-three.
KENNETH s. HARRISON.
Executor under the Last VIII
and Testament of Maude M.
Mcbride,
56O5 18th Street, NV.
Washington IL, ID. C. 1913
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-11
Law Office
Conroy, Williams G. Nylen
1920 X Street, NV.
Washington, DC.
Trustees Sale

l. uSCCC > OdlC
Of valuable improved property To-
Gated 511 HOrners Lane, Rock
vile, Maryland
By virtue of the power and au-
thority contained in a Deed of
Trust from Elwood M. Isenberg
and Mary M. Isenberg, his wife
to James Clarke Murphy and John
M. Conroy, Trustees dated May
26, 1862 and recorded among the
Land Records of Montgomery
County, Maryland in Liber 1868
folio 457 and at the request of the
parties secured thereby, default
having occurred in the terms and
conditions thereof, the undersigned
trustees named in said Deed of
Trust will sell at public auction
at the premises on
MONDAY, JUNE %, 1853
AT 400 PM,
the property conveyed by said
Deed of Trust and described as
follows:
Lot numbered Six (6) in Block
numbered One ~ in the subdivi-
sion known as "MARYVALE" as
per plat recorded in Plat Book No.
Al, Plat No. 2943 among the Land
Records of Montgomery County,
Maryland. The property is improv-
ed by a four room frame house
with bath.
TERMS OF SALE
The property will be sold sub
ject to a ground rent the terms
and conditions of which will be
announced at the time of sale.
A cash deposit of ten per cent
Of the purchase price will be re-
quired at the time of sale. The
balance in cash with interest at
six per centum per annum the date
of sale to the date of settlement
payable within ten days after final
ratification of sale.
Adjustments on all taxes, public
charges and special or regular as
sessments will be made as of the
date of sale and thereafter be as
sumed by the purchaser. Title ex-
animation, conveyancing, State
and Federal revenue stamps and
all other costs incident to settle
ment are to be paid by the pur-
chaser.
Compliance with terms Of sale
shall be made within ten days after
final ratification Of sale or de-
post shall be forfeited and the
property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaultant purchaser.
JAMES CLARKE MURPHY,
JOHN M. CONR0Y, Trustees
Conroy, Williams & Nylen
Edward w. Nylen
Attorney for Trustees 668
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-11
|DHIA Reports
Are Released

Reports on two more county
DHIA units were released this
week by Assistant County Agent
r. N. Whip.
Unit 8, Five high herds for
March:
Robert French, As, CHI, 1856,
Ellis Hood, 81 CHI, 1868; Wilson
C. Poole, 46 OH, 1862; Chester
Leishear, 81 CHG, S5.7; and j.
w. Birkett, 60 OH, $40.
Unit l, George L. Fuller, Su-
pervisor, February five high herds:
E. d. Fry, 81 Ri, AS; Ellie
Messer, AZ RH, 41.6; w. l.. King,
43 CHI, 800; George C. Fry, SO
OH, 36.5; and John L. King, 46
OH, 1868.