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VOL. IrVIV
First Mid-Winter
Graduation
At U. Of M.
More than 300 Students received
diplomas on February 4 at the first
mid-winter graduation ever held by
the University ot Maryland, College
Park, and which was addressed by
Under Secretary of State, Sumner
Welles. The feeling of festivity
usual to such occasions was missing
and a warlike restraint took its
place as 84 of the graduates were
presented with their commossions as
second lieutenants in the United
States Army.
Speaking to the gathering of
5,000 Mr. Welles said, "It is with a
feeling of very real humility that I
have accepted this invitation to say
these words of Godspeed to this
graduating class. For a man who is
sitting behind a desk in times like
these necesarily feel very humble
when he speaks to his fellow-citizen
who ♦re about to risk their lives for
their nations freedom.”
Continuing he presented the
things we are fighting for, "We, the
people of the United States, are
lighting to preserve our own liber
ties and our own independence. We
are fighting in order to defeat a
group of tyrannies, personifying all
that which is most brutish and i
most evil in mankind, who have
thought that they could dominate
by force and treachery the whole
world. And we are fighting, I hope
and 1 believe, in order to create a
world of the future in which the
smallest nation, as well as the larg
est nation, may find itself safe, and
in which men and women can live
out their lives in peace, in individual
liberty and in security”.
Among those to receive diplomas
was Ralph Mosher Burlin, of Port
Deposit, who graduated from the
College of Engineering.
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Firemen Elect Officers
At the annual meeting of share
holders of the Elkton Volunteer
Fire Company, the following direct
ors were elected for the ensuing
year:
Norwood Atkinson, G. MMcfeell
Boulden, Clarence E. Denney, H.
Ernest Foster, John E. Knight, H-
Sherman Marcus, Richard M. Mase
more, Henry A. Metz, Edmund B.
McCloskey and William P. Titter.
The new board organized by
electing the following officers:
President, Henry Metz; vice-pres
idents, Ernest Foster, William P.
Titter, and Richard Masemore; sec
retary, G. Mitchell Boulden; treas
urer, Edmund McCloskey; chief of
motors, Sherman Marcus; chief of
department, Richard Masemore.
Teh Volunteer Fire Company of
North East have elected the follow
ing directors:
Walter I. Smith, T. Kennard
Blake, Jr., John Meekins, Charles
Stewart, J. Ben Reed and Scott
Sturgeon. The hold-over members
were: J. C- Rhudy, T. Kennard
Blake, Sr., G. Phineas Logan and
Harry Norman.
The board organized by electing
the following officers:
President, R. T. Meekins; vice
president, Otis Goodnow; secretary,
Austin Conway; finanical secretary,
Robert Rhudy; treasurer, George
/Wingate; chief of department,
Frank Conway, Sr.
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Calvert Christian
Service Society
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Servise of Calvert has elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year:
President, Mrs. Helen Foster;
vice-president, Mrs. Florence Eng
land; secretary, Mrs. Lina Rocke
feller; treasurer, Mrs. Eugenia
Hall; chairman of missions, Mrs.
Florence Brown; parsonage com
mittee, Mrs. Hilda Gilford, Mrs. Ira
McKinney. On February 12 an all
day quilting and luncheon will be
held with Mrs. Bradford Williams.
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Revenue Office
At Elkton
The collector of internal revenue
for the Maryland district, has open
ed a permanent office in the post
office building at Elkton, with Earl
Jacobs of Aberdeen, formerly edi
tor of the Cecil Times, as manager
in charge.
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Work On Chesa
peake City Ferry
Construction of ships and docks
tor a free ferry service across the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal at
Chesapeake City, has begun, army
engineers announce.
The new S2oU,OUU service will re
place a span that was wrecked by
an uii tanker last July 18. One man
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RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MD.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12,1943
TO HOLD FATHER
AND SON BANQUET
The Father and Son banquet held
anhually at Kennett Square, Pa.,
by the Chester County Council of
Boy Scouts, and attended by over
500 Scouts and their fathers each
year, will this year be a local feat
ure for each Troop.
It was arranged at the meeting of
the Rising Sun Lions Club, on
Thursday evening last, to hold a
Father and Son banquet on the eve
ning of Thursday, Feb. 18, when the
Rising Sun Troop of Boy Scouts and
their fathers will meet with the
Lions at the Methodist church here.
At the meeting of the Lions on
Thursday evening last six new mem
bers were inducted into the Club,
presented with pins, and their
names placed on the roll. The new
members were: Charles W. Croth
ers, Herman Slaybaugh, William
Buck, Harry Balling, Vernon Kin
caid and Joseph Dugan.
Twenty-seven members and guests
were present at the meeting and en
joyed the oyster supper served by
Circle No. 5 of the Woman’s Chris
tian Service Society.
The guests included Petty Officers
George Rona and John Collins, of
Bainbridge Training Station, and
Boy Scouts Harry Roberson and
Francis Durham-
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Oath Of Allegiance
In the very near future, every
person engaged in any branch of the
Civilian Defense Services, Firemen,
Air Raid Wardens, Auxiliary Police,
Nursing and Medical Services, all
types of Emergency Service and
Public Utilities, etc., will be admin
istered the approvad oath of alleg
iance to members of the Citizens
Defense Corps. Coi. Henry S. Bar
rett, State Director of Air Raid Pre
caution services, states that it is
essential that members of all ser
vices take the oath of allegiance in
order that they might receive the
benefits of compensation under
the Presidential allotment for that
purpose. Apparently, this is to cov
er injuries received while engaged
in active service, and it is of the ut
most importance that every one
thus engaged be administered the
oath. Fire Chiefs, Senior Wardens
and Heads of the other Services will
administer the oath. Detailed in
structions will be given later on.
Edward D. E. Rollins,
Chief Air Raid Warden
of Cecil County-
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Presidents Of Home
makers Clubs
Miss Helen Irene Smith, Home
Demonstration Agent, announces the
presidents of the following 14 home
makers clubs in Cecil county: Mrs.
Roy Miller, Childs; Mrs. Orville Ot
tey, Appleton; Mrs. Joseph Hill, of
Cherry Hill; Mrs. Reuben Reynolds,
Kenmore; Mrs. Ivy McKinney, Cal
vert; Mrs. Raymond Everett, Lewis
ville; Mrs. Howard Griest, Liberty
Grove; Jilrs. Albert Graham, Char
lestown, Mrs. Blanche Kirk, of
Conowwingo; Mrs. Samuel Kennard,
of Colora; Mrs. George Tarbert, of •
Aiken; Mrs. Cornelia Nickle, Prin
cipio Furnace; Mrs- Elsie Janney, of
Leslie,and Mrs. Bayard Vinyard, of
Warwick.
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Promoted To
Post Surgeon
Capt. Francis G. Miller, of Army
Medical Corps, son of Dr. Charles
F. M. Miller and the late Mrs. Lalla
Grove Miller, of near Zion, has been
promoted to post surgeon at the
Army Base at Springfied, 111., where
he has been stationed for several
months. Captain Miller’s family are
with him and also his father, Dr-
Milelr. Before entering thte army,
Capt. Miller was surgeon at Chester,
Pa., hospital.
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Graduated From Gen
eral Staff School
Capt. Benj. R. Pogue, U. S. A.,
oon of Mr. and Mrs. Wm- M.' Pogue
of this town, graduated on Jan. 30
from the General Staff School, at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where
the seemingly impossible task of
12 months’ work was crowded into
two months by a class of between
700 and 800 officers.
Capt. Pogue left Fort Leaven
worth on January 31st, for Fort
Jackson, Florida, where he was
joined on Thursday by his wife. He
left on Saturday, February 6th, with
his Regiment for maneuvers in
Lousiana, Mrs. Pogue returning to
Rising Sun.
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Relief For Parents
The tenders, a branch of the High
School Victory Corps, are volun-1
tearing to tend children 3 to 6 at '
mg nut ana on Saturdays- The teach
.. . .c.r.ge in age from 13 to 16. Call
Sun High School tor further
CANNED FOOD RATIONING
SET FOR MONDAY, MARCH Ist
The Office of Price Administration
has announced that rationing on
canned and frozen fruits will start i
| March 1.
Grocery store sale of these com
modities will stop at midnight Feb
ruary 20 and will not be resumed
until the ration date. This “freeze”
was set by officials for the purpose '
of allowing grocers to stock up, to
arrange and mark merchandise and
■undertake other preparations for
the complicated' “point rationing”
system.
Beginning February 22 and
stretching over six weeks the en
tire civilian population of the coun
try will be registered in school- |
houses and elsewhere for this new
type of rationing in a manner simi
lar to the nation-wide registration
for sugar rationing nearly a year
ago.
At -this registration everyone
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs. E. L. Bannister is spending
some time with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. H. Rawlings, near Cono
wingo, after residing in El Paso
Texas, for the past several months.
Mrs. Julia Reed of Bay View, had
the misfortune to fall in her yard
on the ice on Wednesday afternoon,
badly spraining her arm.
Miss Sara Brokaw, Newark, Del.;
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wiley and child
ren were guests Sunday of Mrs-
Louise Brokaw.
Miss Catherine B. Etter, Char
lottesville, Virginia, is spending
some time with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd Etter.
After an illness of some weeks,
Miss Catherine Kirk is able to re
sume her duties at Ashby’s phar
macy.
Harold Sprinkle, of Conowingo,
has been called into the air forces.
He enlisted several weeks ago.
Mrs. Clinton Yerkes, Zion, tripped
and fell in her home, suffering ths
fracture of her shoulder.
The Methodist Prayer Meeting
was held Wednesday evening with
Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Bicking.
Charles Pierce, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest iPerce left for Camp
Meade, Wednesday.
Carl Hansen, Cocoa, Florida, is
enjoying a few days furlough at his
home, near town.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brown were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam M. Pogue.
Circle No. Three, W. S. C- S., met
Tuesday evening with Mrs. Ella B.
Cooney.
Education Budget
At All-Time High
Total appropriations to public
schools, including Teachers’ Col
leges and State Department of Edu
cation, in the three biennial bud
gets submitted to the Legislature by
Governor Herbert R. O’Conor, have
been by far the largest for this pur
pose in the history of the State.
Prior to the O’Conor Administra
tion the largest biennial total ap
propriated for public education in
the State was $12,500,000.00, but
the last three budgets submitted by
Governor o’<?onor have greatly ex
ceeded this total.
Public educational appropriations
for the 1040-1941 biennium totaled
$13,535,400.24, and two years
later jumped to $15,506,656.00,
for 1942-43.
The budget for public education
now before the General Asesmbly
for consideration provides $16,716,-
479-00, with an additional $1,800,-
000.00 set aside from the State sur
plus for bonuses to the State's
9,000 school teachers. This grand
total of more than $18,500,000.00
is approximately $6,000,000.00
more than the largest amount ever
appropriated for education before
the present administration took
office.
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Heads Cecil County
Farm Bureau
The Directors of Cecil County
Farm Bureau on February 1, elect
ed David B. McDowell, president;
Lloyd Balderston, 3rd, vice-presi
dent., and John S. Reisler, secretary
treasurer, Mr- and Mrs. John Lip
pincott, of Colora, delegates to the
j National Convention, in Chicago,
l and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Biggs
ueieguies to tue State Convention
neiu iu Baltimore, gave interesting
accounts of what took place at the
,vwo convention*
I who can show that he has war-ra
tion book No. 1, the coupon sheet
I for sugar and coffee, will be entitled
to receive war-ration book No. 2,
which will be used both for canned
goods beginning March 1 and will
also be used about a month later
for meat rationing.
Before getting the new ration
book, however, each family will
have to declare how many cans the
family had on hand on February
21. From this number will be sub
tracted five cans for every person
in the family, and coupons from the
new book will be torn out for any
cans in excess of five per person.
| However, this count of cans will
exclude home canned goods and cer
tain types of non-rationed cans
such as canned olives or jellies, and
all cans containing less than eight
! ounces (mostly small cans of baby
foods.)
The marriage of Miss Mary Ade
laide Clayton, daughter of Mrs.
Charles P. Sanders of Chesapeake
City, and Capt. Nathaniel G- Mc-
Lean, U. S. A., son of Mr. and Mrs.
James McLean of Memphis, Tenn.,
will take place on Saturday, Feb
-20, at 8 o’clock, in Christ Church,
Media, Pa.
Mrs. H. K. Thomas was hostess
at the covered dish luncheon served
at her home on Cherry Street, Mon
day afternoon of last week by Circle
No. 1, of the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service.
The February meeting of the W.
C. T. U. will be held at the home of
Mr- and Mrs. Thomas Roberson,
Thursday afternoon.
Sgt. Everett Jones has returned to
Camp after enjoying a furlough with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Jones and family.
Mrs. Jane Cecil, of Hampton,
Virginia, is visiting at the home of
Mrs- Wiley Cecil and family, West
Nottingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Drew, Jr.,
of Conowingo, have moved in the
apartment over the garage of Taylor
Ragan.
Miss Ayers, teacher of Home Ec
onomics at Calvert School, has been
transferred to the Chesapeake City
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crothers, Elk
ton, Md., spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crothers.
Mr. William Henry was the week
end guest of relatives at Haddon
field, N. J-
Miss Mabel Reynolds was the guest
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Roberson.
Receiving Congratulations
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shingler,
of this town, are receiving congratu
lations on the birth of a 7% pound
daughter in Union Hospital, Elk
ton, on Thursday morning last.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Emerson, of Rising Sun, has been
gladden by the arrival of a daughter,
born at Havre de Grace Hospital.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Drew, of Conowingo, in
Havre de Grace. Hospital, on Jan
uary 30.
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Postmaster At
Kelton Resigns
After serving as postmaster for
the past nine years at Kelton, Pa.,
Mrs. J. Ralph Kelly has resigned.
The Civil Service Commission will
announce the date of an examina
tion to be held, after which her suc
cessor will be named.
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Wife Beater Lodged
In bounty Jail
Given a hearing before Trial Mag
istrate James Weinroth of Elkton,
charged with assaulting his wife,
Norman Coffin, has been held under
$1 ,000 bond for action of the March
Grand Jury. Not being able to fur-
L nish bond, Coffin has been commit
, ted to the county jail.
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Out Again—ln Again
Charles “Catty” Purnell returned
■ to Elkton from the Maryland House
> of Correction Tuesday where he
, had completed h nine-month term,
i auu shortly afterwards was lodged
i in the countyt jail, charged with
[ drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
> He was g.ven a hearing before Trial
l MbuU'*t.e James Weiuroth.
FEDERAL SUBSIDY
FOR CANNING CROPS
Prices to growers of four major
- canning crops—tomatoes, peas,
t sweet corn and snap beans—will be
I Increased substantially under a Gov
. ernment subsidy program announc
-1 ed: this week by Claude R. Wickard,
1 Secretary of Agriculture,
r The new subsidy arrangement is
an addition to the $100,000,000 “in
i centive payment” plan announced
l last Monday, which is designated to
s increase the production of soy beans,
' peanuts, grain sorghums, flax,
• sweet potatoes and dried peas.
Both, however, have the same ob
' jective, allowing greater returns to
the farmers without parallel raises
in price to consumers.
The subsidy plan for the four
canning crops is to be carried out
by means of “support prices” estab
lished by the Agriculture Depart
ment. It is designated to bring
about an expansion in production by
meeting the farmers’ higher costs.
The Office of Price Administra
tion said that, as a result of the
subsidy to growers, retail prices to
consumers for the 1943 pack of
these canned foods should be ap
proximately the same as those for
the 1942 pack.
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Protection Against
Undulant Fever
The State Milk Regulations have
been amended in order to protect
the public against possible infectiton
with undulant fever, according to a
statement just made by Dr. R. H.
Riley, Director of the State Depart
ment of Health.
The State Board of Health con
sidered the question of undulant
fever on September 17, 1942, and
received information on the subject
from representatives of the Live
Stock Sanitary Service Laboratory
of the State Board of Agriculture,
University of Maryland, and the
State Department of Health. As a
result of this discussion the Board ,
adopted the following amendment
to the State Milk Regulations:
“By January 1, 1945, all milk
and milk products consumed raw
shall be from herds or additions
thereto which have been found free
from Bang’s Disease, as shown by
blood serum tests for agglutinins
against Brucella abortus made in a
laboratory approved by the Direc
tor of Health. All such herds shall
be retested at least every twelve
(12) months and all reactors remov
ed from the herd. A certificate iden
tifying each animal by number and
signed by the laboratory making the
test shall be evidence of the above
test.”
It is believed that the enforce
ment of this regulation will greatly
reduce the incidence of undulant fev
er, or Malta fever as it is often call
ed. Undulant fever in human beings
occurs as a result of drinking the
unpasteurized milk of cows infected
with Bang’s Disease or consuming
milk products made from such milk.
In 1942 a total of 48 cases of un
dulant fever are known to have oc
curred in Maryland, according to
1 the preliminary figures now avail
able. Of these cases 47 occurred in
the counties and one in Baltimore
City. No deaths from undulant fever
are on record for 1942.
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Hambleton—Johnson
On February 2nd, Miss Eva Fran
ces Hableton and Mr. George Wil
liam Johnson were united in mar
riage at the Grace Methodist Par
sonage, Bel Air, Md., by Reverend
Mairion S. Michael. Miss Hamble
ton is the only daughter of Mr. Ern
est J. Hambleton of Spready Oak,
and the late Ethel Hurlock Hamble
ton. She is the granddaughter of
Mr. Joseph Riale Hambleton of
Spready Oak and Mrs. Annie Hur
> lock of North East, Md. Mr. John
son Is the son of Mr. and Mrs- E. L.
Johnson of Conowingo.
The ring ceremony was used. The
bride was very neatly attired in fine
’ blue silk dress with lovely coat and
hat to match. She wore an orchid
on her coat lapel.
The young couple will happily
reside at Porters Bridge for a short
while. The groom is employed at
Glen L- Martin, Baltimore, Md.
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Nesbitt—Denny
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Nesbitt of
I near Rising, Sun, announce the mar
[ riage of their daughter. Miss Elsie
Anita, to Pvt. George Paul Denney,
son of Mrs. Alvan M. Denney, of
Elkton, now stationed at Lincoln
air base, in Lincoln, Neb. The mar
riage took place January 19, 1943.
i Supervisor Of
\ Assessments
> The State Tax Commission has ap-
I pointed Richard T. Boyle, of Elk
i ton, formerly of Port Deposit, as
• 1 Supervisor ot Assessments, to fill the
II vacancy caused by the recent death
I t Qeerce K. tt
Shoes Placed On
i
Rationing
List Feb. 9th
The general publbic was taken by
surprise on Sunday when the an
nouncement was heard over the
radio that all shoe sales were to be
placed under a ban for 24 hours on
Monday, after which shoes would
be rationed to three pairs per per
son a year.
Under the program, Coupon No.
17 in the sugar book—offlically
known as War Ration Book No. 1—
will be good for one pair of shoes
between February 9 and June 16.
It is proposed to continue the ra
tion program at this rate—that is,
on a basis of three pairs of shoes
a year.
All types of shoes, including all
boots and shoes made in whole or
in part of leather, and all rubber
soled shoes will be rationed. This
covers all ordinary types, it was
explained, and such types as special
work shoes, hard-soled moccasins
and casual and play shoes.
Not covered are infants’ soft
soled shoes, soft and hard-soled
house slippers and boudoir slippers,
ballet slippers, ordinary waterproof
rubber footwear, s including rubber
arctic, gaiters, work and dress rub
ber and lumberman's overshoes.
Shoe repairs are not rationed, it
also was emphasized. Mr. Byrnes
said a “liberal” allocation of sole
leather for repair purposes has been
provided.
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Farm Group To Dis
cuss Food Problems
In order to consider the advis
ability of developing a cooperative
program under which farmers may
market their produce, district man
agers of Southern States Coopera
tive in Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland and Delaware will assemble
at Rueger’s hotel in Richmond, Va.,
for a conference February 15 and 16.
“The approximately 141,000
members of Southern States are
now producing food for more than
5,000,000 people, so special atten
tion will also be given to prob
lems which are proving to be the
greatest handicaps to farmers in
producing food”, Dr. T. K. Wolfe,
an official of the cooperative, said
in discussing the farm situation.
‘Recommendations designed to help
the farmer do a better job of over
coming his hardships will be made
at the meeting and passed on to
members by the persons who attend.
“It is becoming more and' more
evident as time goes on that if the
war is lost it will not be lost on the
battle front, but on the farm front.
The food shortage is becoming criti
cal. Unless the farmer is given suffi
cient labor and machinery, his pro
duction in 1943 will be less, rather
than more, than that of 1942. How
ever, the farmer is a patriot, and he
will do everything possible to pro
duce the tremendous quantities of
food necessary for this nation’s
armed forces and civilian population
and also for Lend-Lease.”
Speakers will include General
Manager W. G. Wysor, L. J. Gra
ham, Dr. Wolfe, L. E. Raper, and
W. R. Rafferty, Richmond; W. V.
Fielder, Baltimore,and George
Deems, Roanoke, Virginia-
Among the District managers who
will attend this conference is Paul
Maullinix, of Elkton, Md.
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Member Of Federal
Reserve Council
Ralph C. Gifford, president of the
First National Bank of Louisville,
Ky., has been named as a member
of the Federal Reserve Advisory
Council.
Mr. Gifford is a native of the Zion
section, son of the late Dr. and Mrs.
David L- Gifford. He attended Tome
School and was graduated in 1913
from the University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of Commerce and
Finance.
He has resided in the Kentucky
metropolis since shortly after hia
graduation. Mrs. Gifford is the for
mer Miss Lalla Swearingen of Lou
isville. They have one son, Lieut.
Ralph C- Gifford, Jr., now serving
with the armored forces overseas.
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Tax Board Meas
ure Opposed
The Eastern Shore County Com
missioners Association at their
meeting in Demon on February Ist
went on record as opposed to Senate
Bill No. 91, which would, create, it
enacted into law, a Tax Appeal
Board and making assessments of
property a permanent process- All
members of the Board of County
Commissioners for Cecil County,
Messrs, C. C. Harris, Howard Yin
i cent and Frank L. Rowland, and
. Assistant County Treasurer, Thom*
as Kay. to aUeadaaot,
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