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The Midland Journal VOL. LX IV - ■ '"T ftl —■'ll ■! m "V——— Observers For [ Aircraft Warning Posts The following are those who are serving atthe Aircraft Warning Post at Rising Sun and Zion. Rising Sun, Mr. W. C. Graham, chief observer. Observers, Jean Howery, Samuel H. Johnson, Robert N. Jugler, Anna A. Davidson, Mary M. McCummings, Eugenia McVey, William McNamee, Curtis Reynolds, Richard Gorrell, Herman H- Slaybaugh, William E. Davidson, Clarence W. Ashby, Lil lian R- Hunter, Elizabeth Montgom ery, Ina M. Davidson, Mary Garvin. Mae Wiggins, Arvilla White, Maude Ashby, Clara Kirk, Lula M. Robin son, Mae Hasson, Elizabeth Love, Leßoy Nesbitt, Malcolm Jenkins, R. E. Lyle, Frances McCummings, Har vey Ewing, Jr., Harold Way, James McCardell, Violet Brumfield, J. Earl Tyson, E. Ray Cooney, Donald L. White, William Graham, Raymond Shingler, Helen Reed, Deborah S. Tosh, Marian Slaybaugh, Walter M. Cameron, Jr., Delbert Atkinson, D. S. Ryan, Aaron Love, Dorothy G- Ewing, Harvey W. Ewing. Ralph El ville, Larry Sherman, Robert Mac- Donald Lois Willoughby, Everett F. Johnson, George Mix, Theodore H. Brown. Harriett S. Little, John Se bold, Annie Dodson, John Buck, T. Davis Boyd, Ernest Bradley, Lewis Garvin, Jr., Robert Montgomery, Ot is Monger, Rodney White, Vernon Kincaid, Joseph Pogue, Carl Hamil ton, Melvin McCumminigs, Samuel Gregory, Ralph Hunter, Carl Hanna, Job Kirk. Evelyn Boyd, Dorothy Bradley, Louise Worthington, Sam uel White, Bessie Ragan, Ethel Gregory, Lillian Ryan, Gladys Meeks, M, E. Dinsmore, E. L. Love, A. H. McNamee, Philip Riley, Er ward Gentry, S. E. Graybeal, Elean or Reed, Rose K- Dugan, Robert Cameron, Warren Guthrie, Marie Shingler, E. B. Cameron, Joseph Baird, Norman Biggs, Eleanor Fer guson, Dorothy D- McNamee, Law son Tosh, Jean Lucas, Russell John son, Elsie Kennard, William Cherry, Luna Kincaid, Agnes Eshleman, Emma Ferguson, Ed. Jenkins, Wil liam Goodie, Cecil McMullen, Nor val Coale, Ciydee keifliotfCr* Hafry Plummer, James Gorrell, Thomas Riale, William Robinson, Dorothy Fisher, Donald Cullen, Lewis Sny der, Mabel Conrad, Marie Jones, Louies Carter, Ann Johnston, Helen Fitzgerald, Douglas Carter, Evelyn Jackson, Rhoda Carter, N. Lieski, Helen McCauley, Naomi Williams, Marian Ragan, Alvin G. Lucas, Mae Lucas, Richard Bicking, John Bick ing, Phleet Cooper, Marvin Lucas, Joseph Dugan, Ruby Doris Lucas, Ruth Barrett, Evelyn Goodman, David Sherman, Norma Price, Ruth Jones, Grace Rawlings, Dorothy Poist, Irene Sumner, Mary Stewart, Gloria Hammer, A. Giles, Helen Lyle, Blanche Johnson, David Cul len, Ernest Richardson, Edward Mc- Cummings, Hobbart McCoy, F. Robinson, Mabel Rawlings, John P. Bruce, Lewis Garvin, Sr., Ruby An derson, Jean Burkins, Irene Mc- Cauley, William Henry, George Cameron, James H. Gambill, Jr., Nina Robinson, Ruth Jackson, Joyce Atkinson, Barclay Giles, Walter Cameron, Sr., Joseph Johnson, El len Clendenin, Clarence Hammer. Zion, Mr- Charles H. Morris, chief observer. Observers: Clarence Harris, Nor man Touchton, Julia Touchton, Howard Touchton, Edgar Thompson, George Prettyman, James Mearns, Fred Rogers, Raymond Ramsey, Thomas Ramsey, Horace Witman, Albert Ewing, Harry McDowell, Lloyd Wyker, Helen McDowell, Flor ence England, Willard Crothers, Mabel Ewing, Helen Harding, Fran ces Hubis, Lillian England, L- Eng land, Clarence Brown, Virginia Smith, Everett England, Wray Ma honey, Clyde Simmers, A. W. Kon rad, Lydia McLane, Bobbie England, Guy Rogers, Doris Thomas, Marie Crothers Logan, Mildred Rogers, Katherine Thompson, Davis Ritten houes, Virginia Rittenhouse, Janet Wilson, Helen Dillman, Charles Reisler, H. Alexander, Ernest Coul son, Everett McDowell, Ray Krauss, Donald Felty, Frances Crothers, Mary L. Wilson, Winifred DeMond, Charles Rogers, Anne McCommons, Gladys Pyle, Betty O’Brien, John Crothers, Mary Crothers, Pauline England, Jennie England, Jack Krack, George E, Gifford, Richard Harris, Eddie Crothers, Paul Mc- Commons, Ruth Ewing, Ritchie Hammer, H. Stump, Jane Janney, Vera Yale, Evelyn Laye, Roger Men denhall. • Dedication Ser jfi'hi- vice At Zion Laymen of Zion Methodist Church will participate in a nation-wide ob servance of Laymen s Day on Sun day, 1 ep’uary Hi. as part of .the preparation program for Metho dism's Week of Dedication wmch geCWB tWVWT **' RISING SUN. CECIL COUNTY, MD.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 18,1943 JUDGE CONSTABLE DRAWS MARCH JURY LIST ; Judge Albert Constable, of Elk ton, has drawn the following jurors who will serve at the March term ; of Cecil Circuit Court: First District: Eldridge Lusby, John W. Brown, James P. McCoy, 1 Archie M. Crawford, John Wallace , Scott, Norman L. Rlggin. Second District: George E. Titter, Frederick A. Ginn, Holden S. Ire land, Robert B. Foard, Albert C. 1 George, Carlyle D. Stubbs. Third District: Cletus J. Boyd, Thomas C’ Major, Henry Dorsey, Col.; Warren W. Boulden, Lyman Spence, James H. Miller, Peyton R. ' Harrison. Fourth District: Mancill L. Smith, Cecil E. Ewing, Leroy H. Scott, Jr., Edward MacKenzie, William Ray Baldwin. Fifth District: John M. Smith, Robert C. Reeder, Frank Mason George Wingate, Ira Cameron, M. Van Reynolds. Sixth District: Francis M. Ken nard, John B. Fassitt, Perry Gib eon, William Reynolds, Joseph Boddy, Col. Seventh District: William Ira Bryan, Harold N. Anderson, Arthur H. Boddy, Col.; Robert A. Kirk, Fred S. Brown, Horace Smith, Sam uel Aiken. Eighth District: George C. Milelr, George P. Connelly, Alvin Nickle. Ninth District: J- Lawson Croth ers, Alfred T. Crothers, Roy D. Rockefeller. B Annual Meeting Of Mutual Fire Insur ance Company At the 96 th annual meeting of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Cecil County, held February 9, in Elkton, directors were elected as ! follows: H. Arthur Cantwell, North East; James F. Evans, Elkton; Jos eph T. Tyson, Rising Sun; S. Wills Lusby, Cecilton; Harry H. Howardf Chesapeake City; Winfred T. Mor rison, Elkton; Pierre N. Leßrun, Port Deposit; William Sterling Evans, Elkton, and Samuel W. Cald well, of Chesapeake City, R. D. • The board reorganized by electing ' the following officers: President, H- Arthur Cantwell; secretary and treasurer, W. Sterling Evans; clerks, Anne E. Mahan and E. S. Guiberson. Reports showed the past year a 1 most successful one for the com pany—the assets of the organiza -1 tion now being $139,003.56. a Chesapeake City Fire Company The following officers and direc tors have been elected by the Ches apeake City Fire company, for the ensuing year: Presiuent, Albert otapp; vice-president, Harold Key uoius; secretary, Lewis Collins; treasurer, Fletcher Nickerson; cmei, fvrchie Bramble; chief engineer, H. ’ jacason Reed; chief hoseman, trank Bristow; directors, John M [ Reea, Jr., Lewis Collins, Fletcher \ mckerson, Harold Reynolds, John mason, urie Conner, Z. T. Cooling, arctue Bramoie, Albert Stapp, H. , jackson Reed. m Maryland Welfare Budget , The total funds requested tor the , otate Weuare department tor 1944, , is $9,332,945.00. Of tnis amount , $200,292.00, would come from me , r euerai Government and tne re - mamder irom the State and local , sources- The request for 1945, is - $9,255,232.00, of wmch $275,680.00 - is to come trom the Feaeral uovern i mem ana tne remainaer trom tne - otate and local sources. Of these - amounts it is estimated tnat tne au , minisirauve costs tor the entire de i partment would amount to $924,- , oao.oo, in 1944, $956,949.00, in - 1945. t £ - Additional Fay For Mate £.uiplO)ecb > The bill to provide for an emer > gency additional payment to state 1 employees including scuooi teachers, 3 is attracting attention. The payment 1 of a bonus of s2ou.uo to tne geaer i ai State employees is looked upon - with tavor but it is apparent tnat 3 tne administration is not wining to > accede to the request ot the senool ■ teachers to make their temporary increase a two year proposition pay able monthly, rather than a lump sunit ■ ■ ■-m i Thieves Enter Elkton :1 High School Building The Elkton high school building e Mas entcieu one night last veoa uj l i .d WHO iuuiiu me caietei'ia, hI, p—*, *i-in —and c—i'iien Iva vU pay pawn* AIR RAID SIGNALS REVISED AND NEW SIREN RULES ISSUED 1 From February 17 until the bells ring out for peace, a change has been ordered by the Army, so that confusion will not be created by 1 sounding warning signals. Orders affect ambulances, police ’ and fire departments, and even lo j comotives approaching crossings and j terminals. I The regulations now call for all ’ such moving vehicles to sound short blasts—and NOT at frequent or reg ' ular intervals. For short blasts at such intetrvals signify that hostile ’ craft are actually overhead, under the new air-raid warning regime. SIGNALS REVISED ■ i In the counties of Maryland vol ■ unteer firemen will revise their sig -1 ■ nals as follows: For local fires the departments 1 will sound three, and only three, short blasts, calling the firemen to 1 duty for ordinary fire fighting. 1 On the “blue” air-raid signal the long blasts hitherto used to an nounce fires, will mobilize firemen and other workers for raid duty. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION The Presbyterian Missionary So -1 ciety will meet with Mrs. Emma Cameron, Thursday afternoon. De votional Leader, Mrs. T. N. Hite. ’ “The Negro in America”, Mrs. Curtis Irwin; “Africa,” Miss Louise Worthington. Mr. Clemson Brown, of Calvert, who was seriously injured when a five foot cement wall fell on him several weeks ago, has so far recov ered as to be able to return to his home from the Hospital. ■ Edwin H. Barnes, attendance of ; ficer of Cecil Countyt Schools, spent ! the last week in the south interview i mg colored graduates for positions . in the county for next year. i Mrs. Clarence Gifford has been * spending some time in Florida, visit . mg her brother, Pvt. A. H. Benson, , at Camp tiianding, and Mr. and Mrs. : J. J. Hanna, at Orlando. Miss Anna E. Haines, of Jeffer : son Hospital, Philadelphia, was the week-enu guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Haines. Pvt. Howard W. Terry, of the At lantic Air Force, has been trans , terred from Atlantic City to New ■ Orleans, Louisiana. Miss Catherine Kirk entertained the Young Woman’s Club last Tues day evening. Mrs. Ella Reese, of Philadelphia, was a Rising Sun visitor during the . week. . Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ashby are spending a few days in New York. Russell Johnson is now stationed at Camp Bowie, Texas ’ Accepted Into School Of Nursing . Mrs. Martha Holmes of South . Queen Street, Rising Sun, Maryland, was one of tne eighteen student nurses who was formally accepted into the School of Nursing of the - West Baltimore General Hospital, , Baltimore, Maryland, after success iuliy completing the Preclinical ’ course of nve months. The Capping , exercises were held on Monday eve . umg, February fifteenth in tbe L Aurses’ Home. Mrs. Holmes was one , of fourteen members of her class , io have been granted tbe use of a . lederal scholarship, by means of , wuich the West Baltimore General j Hospital is cooperating with the . government's ettorts to increase student nurse enrollment in the . present national crisis, j Mrs. Holmes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde eKilholtz, of Rising Sun, Md. a Receiving Congratulations i Mr. and Mrs. Warren Terry are receiving congratulations on the oirth of a daughter on Feb. 10th. “ me baby has been named Joanne cee Terry. A daughter was born to Mr. and 1 Mrs. George Cox, of near town, on Saturday, at Union Hospital, Elk , ion. 1 . -,-B y - Community Tire P• ■ • Company Auxiliary The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Com munity Volunteer Fire Company of Rising Sun, has elected the follow- Sing officers tor the ensuing year: president, Mrs. Robert Cameron; B Vice-president, Mrs. Frances Ken / __4a, ueosuier, Mrs. John Mackey; l. isfccieuuy, mis. Daniel Fraser; chap u J .am, inrs. vY. L. Ely; historian, Miss And short blasts continuing for two minutes will indicate the "red” signal, with an actual or test raid in progress. To acquaint Marylanders with the new air raid system a daytime "edu cational” alert was ordered sounded on Wednesday of this week, when the revised signal system became effective. For the first time radio stations were to assist in the test. Commen tators announced the sounding of the “blue” signal and explained what the populace was to do. Within two weeks after the day time “educational” alert, an an nounced blackout will be held, to clarify the new night-time provi sions. Signals will be the same, with all street lights going out on the ‘blue”, and all traffic halting on the “red”. The switching on of the street lights will indicate the “all clear”, for which no audible sig nal has been authorized. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ferguson gave a beautifully arranged dinner on Tuesday evening, February 8, for _ Charles Pierce, before he left for U. S. Service at Fort Meade, Md. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Riale, Mrs. Carroll Adams and Mrs. Gerald Ailes. David: Rawlings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Rawlings of Porters Bridge, left on Wednesday for Camp Meade, having been inducted in the U. S. Army. Two other sons of Mr. and Mrs. Rawlings are in the U. S. armed forces. The University of Maryland has presented David B. McDowell, of near Calvert, with an honorary de gree for his work in promoting ag riculture in the State of Maryland. Omar D. Crothers, Jr., of the Elk ton Bar, has been commissioned a First Lieutenant in the Intelligence Division -U. S. Marines. Mrs. A. M. McNamee is under a physician’s care at her home on Cherry Street, suffering from a se vere illness. Mrs. Louise Brokaw and Mrs. Kirk Brokaw were week-end guests of Miss Ann Roberson, Washing ton, D. C. Miss M. Lidie Stewart returned on Wednesday after a visit of sev eral weeks with Philadelphia rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. George Mix and son Warren, were recent guests of rela tives in Baltimore- Miss Hilda Bradley, R. N-, Balti more, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ern est Bradley. Attended Gift Show In New York Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ashby, of our town, attended the New York Gift Show, held February 16 to 19, in the Hotel New Yorker, New York City. The show is an annual event, held in order that dealers may keep abreast with the new ideas and of ferings in their line of trade- In addition to being a helpful business educational affair, it en ables tbe dealer to pass along to his customers the benefits of this knowledge gained in the purchase of his stock. The show is a wonder ful display of advanced handicraft, with more than 500 exhibits to charm the eye, and is a rare artistic treat to all who attend. B Nurses Are Needed Your nation is asking that 65,000 qualified students enter scUoois of nursing this year, to replace those required by the military forces, and to serve growing neeas at Uome. li the war goes on, the number must be inci eased next year. In tbe emer gency, every patriotic young wom an is asking herself: “Can 1 help in this most vital war work for wnich women are responsible?” Good schools of nursing accept only high school graduates, whose scholastic rating has placed them in the upper third of their class. Clue or more years of college work will • help you. ! Write your State Nursing Council ■ For War Service, or State Board of Nursing Examiners at the state capitol, or National Nursing Council ■ for war Service, 1790 Broadway, New York City. Mrs. J. B. Fassiti, ■ Gibing oeu, jua., Cecil County enmr -1 uian ot md- Buue Nursing council (tor War survive TEACHERS TO HAN , DLE RATION REGISTRATION i The Board of Education met in j regular session on Tuesday, Febru , ary 9th. Those present were Dr. T. ’ b. Moore, President, Mrs. Wallace Williams, Vice-President, and Mr. Reuben Reynolds. A delegation from Mechanics Val ley, Mrs. Harry McCreary, spokes man, came before the Board to pro test the bus service they were re ceiving in that section of the county. J The following resignations were received and accepted with regret— Mrs. Adeleen W. Hansen, Assistant in the Elkton High School, and Mr. Hammond T. Staley, Assistant in the Elkton High School. A letter was received from Mr. deorge J. Balog, former principal of the Chesapeake City High School, now in the U. S. Army, asking that his original year’s leave of absence be renewed for another year. This was granted by the Board. The appointment of Miss Harriet M. Lindsay, as Assistant in the Elk ton Colored High School, was con firmed by the Board. The matter of the impending reg istration for War Book No- 2 was then discussed by the Board. It was brought out that the teachers are expected to handle this registration and in view of the fact that it was much more complicated: than the previous registrations, that it might be necessary to close the schools for a day or two. £ Filling Station Operator Indicted Thomas M. Lee, Elkton filling station operator, is accused in a Federal indictment of illegally transferring gasoline to consumers without receiving ration coupons and of filling in license numbers on the back of coupons in order to ob tain a large quantity of gasoline. Lee was charged in seven counts. Three counts accused him of trans ferring a total of 28,154 gallons of gasoline to consumers without re ceiving valid coupons. Three others with accepting the transfer of gas oline for a total of 6,216 C coupons and 1-908 T coupons which he did not receive in the normal course of his business. The remaining count accused Lee of receiving 9,314 gallons of gaso line for 1,7 66 C coupons and 450 T coupons on the back of which he had noted license numbers of his own handwriting. B Cecil County Boys Leave For Camp Meade Following is a list of those from Cecil County who left for Camp Meade Wednesday morning of last week: Romanus Peters, Marvin L. Tem ple, Robert R. Jenkins, Ralph R. Jenkins, Ralph E. Northrup, Ray mond W. McNeil, Walter E. Ke mether, Wilbur C. Morrison, Bern ard A. Onizuk, Harold W. Way, Al bert Harris, Wilson S. Campbell, Lewis Simpers, Robert Kern, Geo rge K. Madron, Ralph W- McKinney, William D. Rothwell, Donald C. Yerkes, David R. Rawlings, Joseph H. Anderson, Edward S. Patrick, William H. Bedwell, Jack Long, Al bert Thomas, Delbert W. Taylor, Elmer M. Horn, Cantwell Calvert, Jack W. Baldwin, John E. Eastridge, Charles M- Pierce. B Warpole—Strickland Miss Ellen Mae Warpole, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. William War pole of Elk Mills, and Pvt. Freder ick R. Strickland, son of Mrs. Ethel Strickland of Elkton, were mar ried Sunday afternoon, February 7, at Camp Howze, Texas, where the groom is serving with the armed forces. Dean—Mein turff Miss Emma Dean of Elkton, and ' Stanley Mclnturff, of Chrome, Pa., were married on Sunday, January 1 ji, at Zion, by Rev. Prettyman. The groom is a machinist at Walton’s ' garage, Oxford. They will continue io make their home with his moth er, near Chrome. ; b Munition Worker t Struck By Automobile \ Miss Minnie Sexton, aged 24, an | employee at the plant of the Tri ‘ umph Explosives, Inc., at Elkton, was struck by an automobile as she ~ was crossing Main street in that town one afternoon last week. She j suffered a fractured leg and is a pa tient in Union Hospital. The auto ’ mobile was driven by Arthur Purn ’ or, ot near chesapeaae City. i ° Why stUnUUtt ddVgtt Uxt Fraud, Bribery Charges Against Decker & Others i Attorney-General Biddle announc ed Wednesday of last week the in -3 dictment of nine persons charging bribery, false claims and fraud con spiracy involving an estimated . 11,418,617 in alleged overpayments . on Army and Navy munitions con . tracts with Triumph Explosives, . Inc., at Elkton. The indictments were voted by a . federal grand jury at Baltimore, . Biddle said. The Triumph plant an important producer of war material, has been operated by the Navy Department since October 13 upon orders of President Roosevelt as a result of preaudit by the Navy’s renegotia tion section which led to bribery charges against six persons. Announced as defendants are: Gustav H. Kann of Pittsburgh, president of Triumph, and Joseph B. Decker, of Elkton, executive vice-president and general manager, who are charged, Biddle said, with falsifying production costs and mis appropriating more than $500,000 to their own use. Alfred P. Shipley, Floyd B. Ol cott and Forrest G. Nichols, mem bers of a Washington contract brok erage partnership, named in two in dictments charging false represen tation and conspiracy to defraud. Joseph A. McCambrldge and An thony P. Fabrizi of Elkton, civilian War Department inspectors, and Frank W. Forrestell of Elkton, a Triumph employe, charged with con spiring to defraud. Reginald Gregory of Elkton, chief civilian Navy inspector at Triumph, ■ charged with accepting an outboard motor, a bicycle and a $l6O suit of clothes as bribes. Decker, Fabrizi, McCambridge and Gregory have been at liberty under bond on a bribery complaint filed in October, a Justice Depart ment official said. Decker was made a defendant in five indictments and the others in from one to three indictments. The department said the maximum pen alty possible if Decker were convict ed on all counts would be 123 years in prison and $94,978 in fines. Twelve persons on Tuesday were indicted on mail fraud charges in connections with army and navy munitions contracts with Triumph Explosives, Inc., of Elkton. Five of those named in four in dictments on Tuesday were among the nine individuals accused last week by the Federal grand jury of bribery and fraud charges. ■ Resolution To Repeal War Time Delegate H. W. Zeigler has intro -1 duced in the Maryland Legislature a resolution requesting Congress to repeal or amend the Act of Congress providing for “War Time”. The Resolution sets forth that ■ War Time has proven highly unsat ■ isfactory to the people of Maryland, as well as elsewhere, especially dur ■ ing the winter months. The efforts of our farmers, dairy ' men, agriculturists and others en • gaged in the production of food and ' other forms of husbandry, are being 1 seriously hampered and interferred • with by this change in time. Little, if any, conservation in the ’ consumption of electric current has • been effected, and no essential dif ■ ferences can be noted in the produc tion of munitions and armaments, since most of these industriee are active throughout the twenty-four hours of each day. ■ Zero Weather i About the most severe weather of ■ the winter has been experienced , this week. An inch or more of snow > covered the ground Saturday and I the temperature began to go down rapidly. By Monday morning the bottom appeared to have almoet dropped out- Thermometers in var ious sections of town that morning ! ranged from four degrees above to 1 two below zero, with a high- keen ’ wind raging and making it difficult 1 to keep homes and places of busi ness comfortable. At Cameron Bro ’ thers mushroom plant, near Syl ' mar, the mercury registered five be low zero Monday morning. The intense cold prevailed thru out the day, with the biting wind blowing. As night fell the wind died down and the cold eased up a trifle. Tues day morning the mercury registered 1 two above zero, and the weather moderated somewhat, as the day • wore along, with the sun shining 8 brightly. t ■ - Appointed Rural Mail Carrier Frank During, a member of the faculty of West Nottingham Aca demy, has been appointed rare) mail t*am Qalopa mil aflfla NO. 33