The midland Journal
4\ T"b S A* P
VOL, LXIV
Red Cross Drive
Opens In
Cecil County
The drive of the National Red
Cross in Cecil County to raise
$13,000 was put in motion by a
county-wide rally in the Court
House at Elkton on Friday night.
The speakers were Field Director
Frank Seale and Wm. Priestly, now
connected with the Triumph Explo
sives, Inc. District Chairmen have
been named as follows:
For Chesapeake City district:
Mrs. Milton Titter: for Chesapeake
Bay Branch, Peryrville, Mrs. Mark
White; for Elkton district, Mrs.
Harry Smith; for North East dis
trict, Mrs. William Rutter; for Ris
ing Sun district, Mrs. llva McKin
ney; for Cecilton district, Mrs. Mar-
Branch, Port Deposit, Mrs. Frank
Rowland; for Fair Hill, Mrs. Ern
est Biles; for Triumph Explosives,
Mrs. Robertson; for National Fire
works plant, Garvlce Slight; Post
Commandant at Bainbridge, will
look out for the Naval Training
Station, while the Lions Club of
Rising Sun, and the Elkton Rotary
and Kiwanis Clubs will solicit their
sections.
Guards Wanted At
Bainbridge
It has been announced that about
fifty Federal Civil Service Guard
positions are now open at the U. S.
Naval Training Station, Bainbridge,
Maryland. The rate of pay is sl,-
680.00 per year for a 40-hour week,
with time and half pay for over
time. The force works on a 48-hour
week schedule.
Previous guard or police exper
ience is desirable but not essential.
Persons who qualify will be put to
work immediately so long as the
fifty .positions last.
Persons interested should con
tact Ensign James D. Hill, Officer
in Charge of Civil Police, Adminis
tration Building, U. S. Naval Train
ing Station, Bainbridge, Maryland,
on any week day between 8 A. M.
and 5 P. M. \
Can Have Auto Tires
f&capped
Owners of passenger automobiles
and light trucks now have tiree re
capped without a Ration Board cer
tificate, beginning, February 20, the
Office of Price Administtratlon an
nounced Friday night.
The order was issued, the OPA
explained, to conserve present tires
and) the reclaimed rubber stocks of
the nation.
Dealers also are permitted 1 to
have tires recapped and returned to
them without a certificate.
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Head Of Millersville
College Resigns
Dr. Landis Tanger, who has been
president of the Millersville, Pa.,
State Teachers College since 1929,
has resigned, to take effect at the
end of this semester. He expects to
remain in Millersville following his
retirement.
Dr. Tanger was bofn near Stras
burg and was superintendent of the
Reading public schools when elected
to the head of the Millersville Col
lege.
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Bill To Change
Marriage Law
J. Wilmer Cronin, State Senator
from Harford County, has introduc
ed a bill in the State Senate where
by the marriage law would be
changed so that marriage licenses
could be issued immediately to
members of the armed forces.
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Rat’on Board
Representative
Mrs, Rodney Fraser, of Elkton.
has been appointed Community Re
presentative tor the Ration Board
for Cecil County. Mrs. Fraser, on a
vol lintary basis, will also act as a
UasoA officer between the Defense
Council and the Ration Board, and
be responsible tor education and
publicity tor the eneral public and
for the securing of Volunteer help
tor the Ration Board-
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Wins Citation For
Bravery
Corp. Melvin J. McCummings, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin J. McCum
mings of Rising Sun, has been
awarded the Purple Heart medal for
bravery in action. He is In the Bush
nell General City Hospital at Brig
ham City. Melvin enlisted four years
ago in the regtolar army and re
cently saw action at Guadalcanal,
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RISING sVN. CECJL COUNTY, MD.. FRIDAY. MARCH 5,1943
CECIL MARCH
OF DIMES
IS SUCCESS
Mrs. Robert C. Mackey of near
Elkton, chairman of the “Mile of
Dimes,” declared that despite the 1
ommission of the usual birthday
ball due to the gasoline and tire
situation, contributions almost en
tirely from Individuals amounted to
1,669.66.
According to officials the results
compare favorably with previous
drives that included the usual ben
efit dunce at the armory.
Contributions are listed as fol
lows: Triumph Explosives, $973.40;
National Fire woks, $132.36; Cecil
County school, more than SSOO.
Cecil Co. schools—Cecilton Ele
mentary and High schools, $16.48;
Chesapeake City High and Element
ary, $18.00; Elktton High, $16.62;
Elementary, $11.42; Howard Street,
$10.05; Colored, $3.68; Parochial
School, $5.06; Elk Mills, $15.03;
Pleasant Hill, sl-37; Leeds, $7.12; |
Cherry Hill, $17.00; Kenmore, s6.'
; 19; Calvert High, $8.36; Elementi-
I ary, $9.81; North East, $19.89; Ele
; mentary, $22.23; Perryville High,
, $5.26; Elementary, $63.10, Port De
posit, $14.25; Rising Sun High,
$8.20; Elementary, $16.12; Jack
son, $3.38, Harts, $2.10; Colora, .4$ i
25; Rowlandsville, $1.26; Union,!
$2.35; North East colored, SI.OO.
The committee wishes to thank
the public for their generous contrl- j
butions.
1 Oakwood School, $2.50; Pilot,;
$3.22; Liberty Grove, $6.30; New
- Valley, SI.OO Rowlandsville, SI.OO.
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Judge Fills Juror
Vacancies
Associate Judge Albert Constable
has excused the following jurors
1 from service at the March term of
1 Ciruclt Court for Cecil County and j
drawn in their places jurors as fol
; lows:
Cecilton district —John Brown,
excused and Walton D. Bidgood,
drawn James P. McCoy, excused and
James Boyer, drawn.
Elkton district—Peyton R. Har
rison-, .excused and William D.
Ft> (lilt! Iflffr Wftrteft W: Bould
eh, excused and Charles E. War
burton, drawn.
Fair Hill district—Leßoy H.
Scott, Jr., excused and Harry A.
i Lungren, drawn; Edward McKenzie,
excused and Harry W. Strahorn,
■ drawn.
s North East district—Robert C.
- Reedier, non est and Harry Cos
lett, drawn; George A. Wingate, ex
. cused and Frank B. Conway, drawn;
s M. Van Reynolds, excused and Mlll
r er Lum, drawn.
Rising Bun district—Joße p h
) Boddy, non eat and William M.
> Pogue, drawn; Perry A. Gibson, ex
cused and John L. Tosh, drawn.
Seventh district—Horace Smith,
non est and Chester Kimble, drawn.
Oakwood district—George C. Mill
er, excused and Cost is S. Dempsey,
drawn.
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| Ration Board Post Filled
; Mrs. Rodney Frazer of Elkton
> has been appointed community rep
-1 resentatlve for the Ration Board for
Cecil County. Mrs. Fraser, who
' serves on a voluntary basis, will act
3 as a liason officer between the Def
-1 ense Council and the Ration Board,
■ and will be responsible for educa
tion and publicity for the general
public and the securing of volunteer
help for the registration for Ration
Book 2, now in progress In the coun
ty.
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Town Board Elects
■ Frank Murphy, for the past sever
-9 al years president of the board of
a town commissioners at Charlestown,
was relected for another term at
the annual election February 22.
Others named were Charles Denni
son, secretary; Donald Barnes,
treasurer. The above officers will
serve as a board of commissioners
with J. W. Patchell and Charles
“ Cooper,
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* Tanker Launched At
Perryville
i A large costal tanker, measuring
i 225 feet In length and 31 feet In
P width, built by the Lancaster Iron
Company, at Its yards at French
town, near Peryvllle, was launched
on Wednesday last. It was named
“Cotton Valley.”
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a Supervisors Of Election
Harvey W. Ewing, of Rising Sun;
a Horace B. Lllley, Elkton, both De
r mocrats, and Albert Winchester, of
- Perryville, Republican, were ap
- pointed by Governor O’Conor last
s week Supervisors of Elections for
- Cecil county. The only new member
, is Mr. Winchester who succeeded
>. Tobias Rudolph, of Elkton.
THE SILVER CANNING CO.
HOLD ANNUAL GROWER MEET
ING AND BANQUET
On Friday evening, Feb- 19 th,
The Silver Canning Co., of Colora,
Md., held their annual grower meet
ing and banquet with OPA approval
in the Dining Hall of the West Not
j tingham Academy. About 96 grow
ers and other guests attended from
Cecil, Lancaster, Chester and Har
ford Countlee.
After a nice bupper served by the
school,Mr. Francis S. Sliver, Senior
partner of the Company acting as
Toastmaster, welcomed the guests
and thanked the growers for their
assistance in making 1942 a suc
cessful season, advising that 61,-
000 cases (the largest in the Com
pany history) had been packed of
which 21,000 cases, or 36%, were
delivered to the Government for use
by the Armed Forces,
i More Corn Needed in 1943. He
advised that In 1943, it would be
necessary to pack even more as
Government would need 42%, or
26,000 casee, and a larger pack must
be made to assure at least a 66%
delivery to the Company’s regularr
customers and the consuming trade,
i He stated that the Company hop
led to contract 1000 acres, vs.
j 900 contracted and canned last year,
and hoped to produce a pack of
170,000 cases. To assure maximum
! production, each grower was urged
i to make a special effort to secure
an Increased yield of high quality.
3-Ton Corn Clubs and Prizes An
nounced. Mr. Silver, on behalf of
the Company, announced that 3 ton
Corn Clubs would be organized, and
.that the members producing the
highest yields of yellow or white
corn would be paid prizes of $10.00,-
$5.00, $3.00, $2.00, and SIOO per
measured acre as first, second, third,
| fourth and fifth prizes, respectfully.
Separate prizes would be paid to
growers of each type. Winners
would be announced and prizes
awarded at settlement date, Nov.
20th. Prizes will be paid in War
Bonds and Stamps as this Is a “War
Crop” Effort.
ver announced tentative hauling
costs for 1943, and urged growers
to work together in pulling their
crops, and asked growers with trucks
to cooperate in hauling their neigh
bors’ corn for wbich he promised
the Company would advance, it de
sired, payment on account of the
grower whose corn was hauled.
The Speakers were then introduc
ed: County Agent, J. Z. Miller of
Elkton, told those preeent that they
should produce all the food they
could in the form of milk, meat,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION
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Marriage licenses were issued last
. week at Elkton to Marion Blakley,
19, of Colora, and Jean F. Boyd,
18, of Perryville, Md.
Frank W. Emerson, 21, Havre de
Grace Md., and Della E- Roppe, 18,
Rising Sun, Md.
1 The Caldwell family have moved
’ from near Rising Sun to their new
ly purchased home above Pilot
’ which they purchased from Amos
" Moore-
Private Walter E. Anderson, of
[ Rising Sun, has been promoted in
the Air Corps, Army Air Base, Salt
Lake City, Utath, to Private First
. Class.
Mrs. ClafUnce L. Hurt, of Roa
noke, Virginia, is spending some
time at the home of hr mother,
Mrs. Wiley M. Cecil
l Mrs. Aleck Crothers, Merchant
• villa, N. J., was the Sunday guest
i of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Swing.
The many friends of Willett Yer
> kes, of Calvert, are glad te know he
1 is able to take abort walks around
> the village.
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. The Local Board of Religious
Education met Tueeday evening
with Rev. and Mrs. Frank White.
Mr. Paul Graybeal, South River,
N. J„ was the recent guest of Mr.
. and Mrs. Glenn Graybeal.
| Prayer meeting Wednesday even
. ing at the home of Mrs. Harry
| Thomas.
Mrs. Eugene Hite is visiting
relatives jn La Crosse, Va.
Traps Big Beaver ‘
t A beaver weighing over 40 pounda
- was trapped in the waters of the
1 Octoraro, .near Lindley Jackson’s
r t mill, BartvlUe Pa., on February 22.
1 It was caught by William Pipping,
QuarryviUe, R. 3.
farm grown feeds and War Crops.
He advised that Sweet Corn was per
haps the most important War Crop
grown in Cecil County, as less labor
was needed and ample processing fa
cilities were available.
Mr. Miller stated that the County
Agents’ office had engaged Mr.
Trimble to arrange gasoline and
tires for farm tractors and trucks,
and assured the growers that they
would have no trouble in getting
necessary requirements.
Mr. Herman C. Hunter, Canning
Crop Specialist, was next introduc
ed and explained the great need for
canned foods to feed our people,
our Armed Forces, and our Allies, i
He advised that the prices for Coun
try Gentlemen (Shoe Peg) and Ban
tam Corn had been set at $19.50 per
ton by the Maryland War Board and
that the Company expected to pay
these prices and to furnish seed
free, (a practice not followed by
many canners.)
Dr. R. G. Rothgeb, University of
Maryland Agronomist, told how to
get best yields per acre by plow
ing down stalk ground early to per
mit stalks to disintegrate, to use
good seed (he commented that the
seed supplied by the Company test
ed very high in germination, yield,
quality, and drought resistance).
Ho advised using best possible
ground for maximum return on
labor and investment. He advised
the liberal use of barnyard manure
and said that one ton of manure
alone to which 40 lbs. superphos
phate was added wasequal to 2 tons
of manure alone. 6 tons of manure
should be applied per acre.
Mr. Wm. E. (Bill) Silver, then
closed the meeting on behalf of the
present, the essential and impera
tive nature of the crop and its pro
cessing and pledged the 100% effort
by the Company to “do Its part” and
■ cooperate with the growers in every
possible way. He quoted Col. Logan,
Chief of the Food Branch of the
* aa
every person working • in the food
Industry Is just as important to tils
war Effort as any person workthg
in an ammunition or airplane His
tory, or just as important as tkjb
soldier on the battlefield.”
Besides the growers, prominent
guests included Mr. Murray Ewlni
Editor the Cecil Whig, Mr. Paid
Slaybaugh, Director of the Academy,
Mr. G, Bartol Silver of Charles B,
Silver 1 & Son of Havre de Grace, anj|
Messrs. Walter, Robert and Georg#
Cameron of Rising Sun.
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The Ladies Auxiliary of the Com
munity Fire Company, of Rising
Sun, will meet in the Recreation
Room of the Fire House on
evening, March Bth, at eight o'clock.’
Capt. and Mrs. E. Lee Bannister
of near Liberty Grove, are receiving
congratulations on the birth of
son, born on February 22, at Havre
de Grace Hospital.
Tech. Sorgt. Samuel Kelm, of Fort
Houston, Texas, was a visitor last
week at the home of his parents,;
Mr. and Mrs. 8. E. Kelm.
Miss Anna E. Haines, Jefferson
Hospital, Philada., was the week
end guest of Mr. and Mrs- E. L.
Haines and family.
Miss Ann Roberson, Washington,
D. C., was the week-end guest of
ker parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
B. Roberson.
Tbs local Board of Religious Edu
cation will meet Tuesday evening
with Rev. and Mrs. Frank White,
7:45 P. M.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Keen and
son Bobby, Perryville, were week
end guests of Rising Sun relatives.
In Union hospital, Elkton, a son
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Brown, of Oakwood.
Paul Bicking, Baltimore, was the
week-end guest of Rev. and Mrs. J.
R. Bicking
Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt Groves, Bal
timore, visited Mrs. Clara B. Keen,
Friday.
Post Office Applicants
Applications for the Warwick
postofflee are as follows;
Mrs. Belle P. Robinson, War
wick, Md.; Mrs. John Morgan, Cec
ilton, Md.; Mrs. Catherine C. Wil
son, Warwick, Md.; Mrs. Bessie
Conner, Warwick, Md.
MORE CECIL
BOYS INDUCTED
INTO SERVICE
1 The following young men from
Cecil County have been Inducted
1 into the armed forces of the United
- States and left this week for Camp
Meade, Md.:
1 Vernon A. McNatt, Elkton; Char
les A. McDaniel, Perryville; Walter
‘ M. Cameron, Jr., Rising Sun; Roy
jj. Ward, Perry Point; George W.
’ Cameron, Rising Sun; Robert E.
Bretenbach, Elkton; Esko H. Kestl,
of Rising Sun; Charles H. Graybeal,
of Charlestown; Kyle W. Grear, of
Stewartstown, Pa-; Harry L. Wil
; liams, of North East; R. L. Price,
jLandenburg, Pa.; Benjamin E.
Price, Middletown, Del.; Raymond
. B. Baker, Port Deposit; John D.
Minster, of Elkton; Harry A. Hart
man, of Keyßer, W. Virginia,
j Colored: John E. Brown, Elkton;
William H. Wilson, Elkton; Richard
S. Jones, Conowingo; Thomas W.
Owens, Port Deposit; Edwin R. Cor
nish, Port Deposit.
The following were assigned:
John M. Sentman, Elkton, to Ma
rine Corps; Standley Evans, Jr.,
Elkton, to Marine Corps; Charles E.
McCarthy, Jr., Perryville, to Navy.
Clayton--McLean
Miss Mary Adelaide Clayton, dau- i
ghter of Mrs. Charles Parsons Sand
ers, of Chesapeake City, and Capt. ,
Nathaniel McLean, U. S. A., son of
Mr. and Mrs. James L. McLean ,of ,
, Memphis, Tenn., were married Mon- ,
day night, February 22, at 8 o’clock ,
In Christ church, Media, Pa., by .
Rev. W. J. Alberts.
The bride was given in marriage ,
by her cousin Mr. Joseph H. Steele,
of Wilmington. Mrs. Joseph H.
Steele, of Wilmington, cousin of
the bride, was matron of honor.
The bridesmaids were Miss Caro
line Loralne, of Chesapeake City,
and Mrs. William Purdy, of Bel
Air.
Miss Jane King Lines, of “Bowl
ing Green”, Media, was the flower
girl. Mr. William H. Caffee 111, of
Media, Pa., was ring-bearer.
Capt. M. S- Trumble, of Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Md., was best man.
JMHMfas w#re Gapt. J; S. Bfcyne,
*ff Detroit, Michigan, and Mr. Wil
liam Stevens, of Seaford.
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Morgan—Beckwith
' Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morgan, of
Pbnnsvilie, N. J., have announced
' the marriage of their daughter, Mies
I Lucy, to Mr. Russel * Beckwith, son
of Mr- and Mrs. W. T. Beckwith, of
1 Cecilton. The ceremony was per
! formed at noon Saturday, February
21, in the Bishop Coleman Calvary
* Episcopal church, Wilmington, by
I the Rev. J. Randolph Field, rector,
r The bride, who was attended by
her sister, Miss Mary Morgan, wore
a navy blue suit with corsage of
. gardenias. Tbe matron of honor
, wore poudre blue with a corsage of
[ forget-me-nots and Johanna Hill
roses. Mr. William Beckwith served
as best man tor his brother.
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Jackson—Reynolds
’ The marriage of Miss Ruth L.
j Jackson, of 1812 Delaware Avenue,
1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Jackson of Elkton, to Staff Sergt.
Richard W. Reynolds, Army Air
Corps, took place Saturday, Febru
-1 ary 27, in Union Methodist Church,
•\ near Elkton.
Miss Myra L. Gibbs, 1812 Dela
-3 ware Avenue, was maid of honor
l and only atendant for Miss Jackson.
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Overdaiff—Purnell
Miss Helen Ruth Overdaiff be
, came the bride of Calvin Edward
t Purnell Sunday afternoon, Feb. 21,
, at 4 o’clock, at the Methodist Par
eenage, Rev. J. J. Bunting officiat
ing.
Miss Overdaiff is a daughter of
* Mr. Homer Overdaiff of Johnstown,
‘ Pa. Mr. Purnell is a resident of
’ Elkton.
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1 Steele—Webb
* Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Steele of Con
' owlngo, Md., announce the marriage
of Aheir daughter, Elaine Ann, to
WUtain Webb, of Lancaster, Pa.
Thencouple were married at Ellicott
City, Md-, January 1, 1943. Mr.
Wetffi is still attendlag college, and
Mrs. i Webb is residing with her
’ parents.
■ a Johnson—Farmer
M*Mr. and Mrs. T. L.‘ Johnson, an
(jptiace the marriage of their daugh
ter, Lucille, to Willard Farmer, both
■T Gonowingo. They were married
Miroary 20, 1943, by Rev. C. W.
S,Jesse N. Howell, of Camp Rodney,
- flttk Neck, has been appointed by
- ■tariff Ralph Robinson, a deputy
- Serlff for that part of the county,
e ad, was sworn in before Clerk of
pte Oeurt Ralph Crothers, last week.
2nd Md. WAAC
Co. To Go To
Daytona Beach
Colonel D. M. Cheston, Baltimore
District Recruiting and Induction
Officer, announces that the forma
tion of a 2nd Maryland WAAC Com
pany is now under way.
The Ist Maryland WAAC Com
pany, 150 strong, reported for train
ing on February 4th at the 3rd
WAAC Training Center, Fort Ogle
thorpe, Georgia. This group of
WAAC enrollees took their oath of
office in the Legislature at Anna
polis on January 29 th.
The 2nd Maryland WAAC Com
pany will report for training at the
2nd WAAC Training Center, Day
tona Beach, Florida, on March 10,
1943. Maryland women who are in
terested in Joining the Women’s
Army Auxiliary Corps, and who
wish to be included in this 2ndf
Maryland WAAC Company, may do
so if they apply immediately.
Plans are under way for a mass
induction ceremony, and 1 applicant
should be prepared to leave for the
Daytona Beach, Florida, Camp on
or about March 9th.
WAAC requirements are that an
applicant must be between 21 and
44 years of age, Inclusive; that she
be a United States cititzen and able
to submit proof of birth and citizen
ship at the time of making applica
tion; she must have no dependents,
and no children under 14 years of
age; she must be of good character,
and must be able to pass a mental
and physical examination.
Applicants may secure informa
tion and application blanks through
their local WAAC Civilian Commit
tee, or by applying by letter or in
person at the WAAC Recruiting
Station, Equitable Building, Balti
more.
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Fibre Plant Damaged
By Fire
The fibre mill at Newark, Del.,
was damaged by fire on Friday
morning to the extent of |5,000.
SbekMS from the fire set Off the
sdcrnfftir s!Ntem which caused fhott
of * the' damage to a large number of
rops of finished paper. The water
pohring down on the large rolls of
paper split them wide open.
The large felt conveyer belt and
thd copper wire which carries the
paper through the dryers was de
stroyed.
The fire was believed to have been
caused from friction which set fire
to the felt and wood floor beneath
the large paper machine.
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F* And M. Academy
To Close
After more than half a century
the Franklin and Marshall Academy,
a college preparatory school, in Lan
caster, Pa., will be discontinued
July 15 with the retirement of Dr.
Edwin M. Hartman, principal of the
school for 46 years.
The school enrollment totaled 180
boys this year, but thirty-eight of
them have withdrawn to enter the
armed forces.
Stockholders Okay New
Management
The hew management of TrlumiAt
Explosives, Inc., has been cmnllne*4
by the stockholders.
The plants were taken over by the
Navy fast October on charges of
management irregularities Which
later pesulted in federal indict
ments.
The confirmation, through unan
imous election of the new director*
approved by thte Navy, followed •
statement by the new president,
Benjamin F, Pepper of Philadelphia,
that hpnexpected the Navy to return
the company “to full private operat
ion in the near future".
The Navy-approved directors ate
Pepper, W. T. Kilborn, W. F. Rem
mel, R. h Tucker, R. Templeton
Smith, Charles W. Bennett, Robert
D. Ferguson, and John H. Lucas
of Pittsburgh.
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Engagement Announced
The engagement of Miss Edythe
Austin of Hack’s Point, to Batman
Paul "Wesfey Murphy, U. S- N., was
announced at a party given recently
by Seaman Murphy's parents, Mr,
and Mrm 'Francea Murphy, 816 Naur
Road, Jnsmere, Del. Seaman Murphy
la witirtfte Navy in the South Pud*
l MrsprCbarlee Lee, of Blkton, an*
nounepp the engagement of her ais*
ter, Mme jfesaUe Leila Little, of Ox
ford, Fa., to Mr. Elmer O. Rose, of
, Toughfeemanon, Pa. Mias Little is
’ empomkg at the A * P store of Ox*
r ford. |<r. Rose is empolyed at the
. Natiod* Vulcanized Fibre Company
r in WVhufbiton, Del. The wedding
. will t#Hi place in the near tut
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