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The Midland Journal
VOh. LX IV
Maryland’s Com
pulsory Vac
cination Law
The matter of the repeal of Mary
land’s compulsory vaccination la.w
• for school children has again arisen
at the 194 3 meeting of the General
Assembly. Written into the statutes
in 1872 it is argued that this law
is outmoded by modern health
methods, has been supe seded by
other more practical laws and regu
lations, and now constitute an un
necessary burden on the children
and should be repealed.
Small Pox, once a dread and de
vastating scourge of humanity has
virtually passed l from th£ scene.
It should be made plain that the
repeal of this particular statute
will in no way whatever interfere
with the activities or latitude of the
local or State Boards of Health in
dealing with such cases as occasion
ally appear. Maryland now has a
well organized Health Service, with
full authority to deal adequately
and forcibly with any situation
which may arise. However, since
the vaccination of any person often
results in considerable discomfort
and occasionally serious illness and
death, it is a form of protection
which should be used with intelli
gence and restraint.
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Appointments To
U. of Md. Regents
Annapolis, March 3: Farm lead
ers throughout the State have
voiced complete approval of the
naming by Governor Herbert K.
O’Conor of Thomas Roy Brookes,
of Emmerton, Harford County, and
Harry H. Nuttle, of Denton, Caroline
County, to the Board of Regents,
University of Maryland, to represent
the farming interests of the State.
Particplar commendation was ex
pressed over the non-partisan nature
of the appointments, as both ap
pointees are members of the oppos
ing political party, a usually import
ant consideration that was passed
over by Governor O'Conor in his de
sire to give the fawners the beet rep
""reSchtSTTon possible on the Board.
Mr. Brookes will represent the
Maryland Grange, and Mr. Nuttle,
the Farm Bureau. Both have been
active over a period of years in be
half of the agricultural interests,
Mr. Brookes as head of th’e Mary
land Grange, and Mr. Nuttle as a
former member of the General As
sembly, and, more recently, an offi
cial of the Rural Electrification
Administration in Maryland.
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Taxpayers 4 Group
Approves Budget
Hailing the budget submitted by
Governor Herbert R. O’Conor as “a
heartening departure from the trend
of ever-increasing governmenta 1
spending and cosequent tax increas
es,” the Baltimore City Taxpayers
Association has urged the Governor
“to stand firm” against any upward
revisions.
“We regarded it as the beginning
of a new era,” J. Edwin Mugford,
President of the Association, wrote
the Chief Executive, “an era in
which the problems of the taxpayer
would receive sympathetic consider
ation in all matters of State expendi
ture.
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Suits Docketed
For Divorce
Edwin Mitchell Taylor, of Elk
ton, through his counsel, E. Kirk
Brown, Esq., has docketed suit in
the Circuit Court at Elkton, for an
absolute divorce from his wife, Mrs.
Eloise C. M. Taylor. In his bill of
complaint, the plaintiff alleges that
they were married in .Media, Pa-, on
January 6, 1934, and lived together
until February 15th of that same
year, since which time they have
voluntarily lived separate and apart.
Jcha Robert Book, of Cecil Coun
ty, through his counsel, E. Kirk
Brown, of Elkton, has docketed suit
in the Circuit Court, Elkton. for an
absolute divorce from his wife, Mrs.
Elvina A. Book. The .plaintiff alleges
that they were married at Brack-
Ex, Del., on March, 1931, but nev
er lived together rifts* their mar
riage, and that they have lived vol
untarily separate and apart for
more than five years.
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More Zero Weather
just when we began to hope win
ter was easing up a little, along
comes another cold 'wave, with two
or three inches of snow on Wednes
day last, and rapidly falling temper
atures. On Thursday morning, ther
mometers at Keppel’s dam, just
north of town, registered four be
low sero, while here in town, four
WM reoortH.
R CECIL COUNTY, MD., FRIDAY. MARCH 12,1943
SHORT COURSE
TO TRAIN WOWEN
FOR FARM WORK
A course to train women for year-
I round farm work will be offered at
the University of Maryland begin
ning March 8, It is announced by
Dr. T. B. Symons, dean of the col
lege of agriculture.
This course is arranged, he says,
at the suggestion of representatives
of the American Women’s Voluntary
Service, and both that organization
and the University will recruit wom
en who desire to enter that field of
i war work. It will be necessary, he i
'states, for at least 20 women to en-1
, roll in order to justify giving the
i course.
! j The course will last three weeks
, and will occupy full time during
that period of those who enroll.
, Practical training will bp given in
poultry raising, growing "fruits and
vegetables, and general farming, in
clud'iing dairying and care of live
stock. It is expected, Dr. Symons
! states, that women who enroll for
the course will be willing to engage
:in farm work for at least three
months, and to aid farm women as
| well as in the work on the farm,
depending upon emergencies.
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Fall From Tree Fatal
Charles M. Steele, aged 68 years,
formerly of near Quarryville, fell
from an apple tree, while pruning
it, at the home of his son Harry,
. Bartvillle, on March 1, and fractur
ed his skull, which caused his death.
The body was found by his
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Harry Steele,
i' when she noticed that he bad disap
peared from the tree.
Mr- Steele,who was a farmer and
a carpenter, was a son of the late
William and Hettie Ann Herr Steele.
• He leaves a daugther, Mrs. Ethel
Eckman, Park Ave., Quarryville; a
son, Harry, with whom he resided;
three brothers, Cassius, Philada.,
and Elmer and Frank, both of Lan
caster,and a sister, Mrs. Theodosia
Suter, Lancaster.
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Dairy Meeting
At Rising Sun
A meeting will be held at the Ris
ing Sun High School, Rising Sun,
Maryland, Saturday - afternoon,
March 13, at 1:30 P. M. to discuss
dairy production problems and dairy
cattle improvement with dairy
farmers. The discussion will include
forage crops, production and feed
ing of dairy cattle as well as man
agement of dairy cows and young
stock. The speakers will include Mr.
H. C. Barker, Dairy Specialist of the
University of Maryland, Mr. Tom
Elder, associated with the Holstein
Fresian Association of America and
County Agent, J. Z. filler.
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Bicycle Hitch-Hiker
Meets Death
Holding to the rear end of a truck
while coasting on his bicycle cost
Kenneth C. Wilson, of Parksburg,
his life at Coatesville, Pa-, Sunday.
He died in the Coatesville Hospital,
an hour after the accident. As the
truck reached the top of a hill, Wil
son’s bicycle became caught in the
rear end and he was thrown to a
sidewalk, suffering severe injuries.
—Quarryville Sun.
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Sleigh Attracts Attention
A sight that attracted much com
ment on Saturday morning was that
of a sleigh on our streets, drawn
by a horse, with bells jingling mer
rily. Some years ago this sight
would hardly have attracted passing
attention, but in this day and age
of autos, anything on runners is
so unusual as to cause people to
stop, look, and listen. The proud
owner of the outfit was a colored
man by the name of Tennessee,
who lives of town.
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Scrap Receipts Go
To Union Hospital
A check for $280.52 has been pre
sented to Union Hospital, Elkton,
by Leßoy Foard, chairman of the
Chesapeake City Section of the
scrap drive committee. The money
will be ac piled to the building fund
of the Hospital.
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Additional Ration Book
Registration Date
Because many persons, especially
farmers, were unable to register
for point Ration Books. Monday,
March 15, has been designated as
the day on which all persons may
qualify for Ration Book No, 2, or
the book rationing canned goods.
These books will be Issued at the
OPA Office In Room 1 ot the Court
HOW* Slktoa.
GAS, OIL, TIRES IN RISING
LOTS FOR CIVILIANS
The prospect for civilian use of,
automobile tires, gasoline and fuel
oil is slowly but steadily improving,
it can be reported today on the bas
is of authoritative government in
formation.
There will be no free-and-easy
consumption of any of these vital
tools of the war effort, but short
ages are being gradually eased and
Prentiss M. Brown, Price Admini
strator, is giving assurance that
the benefits will be passed on to
the public as rapidly as possible.
| William M. Jeffers, Rubber Di
rector, affirms that by the end of
! this year the new rubber plants
! will be producing a number of Syn
thetic tires for civilians, while the
program to make rubber for motor
ists will be in full swing by the
summer of 1944.
The OPA has Increased the value
of period 5 fuel oil ration coupons
in the 17 Eastern states and the
District of Columbia.
Period 5 coupons in the 13 Mid
western states remain unchanged.
The OPA advanced by one week
the date when period 5 coupons
may be used in Zone A, and five
days in Zone B, the northernmost
rationed states. The coupons now
are valid on and after March 11 In
Zone A and after March 8 in Zone
B.
The Office of Price Administra
tion announces that the ban on
pleasure driving in the Eastern
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs Earle Richardson, of Rising
Sun, on Feb. 20, in Scranton, Pa.,
Hospital. Earle has been called to
U. S- service, and is at present sta
tioned in Georgia.
The Executive meeting of the
Missionary Society of West Notting
ham Presbyterian Church was held
Monday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Mary Cherry.
Mr. Alex. Wilson, of Nottingham,
Pa y agent for the Pennsylvania
railroad at Rising StrffS i ‘fk < *a pat Writ
in Union Memorial Hospital, Balto.
Mrs. Florence Hill sustained se
vere injuries to her arm aud
er when she tripped and fell at her
home near Oakwood last week.
Mr. arid Mrs. Robert Craig and
two children, Pennsville, N. J., were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Den
man Garrison.
Mrs. Ella Reynolds, on Wednes
day, attended the funeral of her
son, Lawson Reynolds, Frankford,
Pa.
Bridge Going Into
Government Scrap
The old double-deck highway
bridge over the Susquehanna River,
between Perryville and Havre de
Grace, is fast disappearing and
going into the Government scrap
pile.
Five spans of the old structure
have been removed-
The razing of the upper deck
was completed several weekß ago
and with favorable weather, accord
ing to Mr. Harry G. Schnell, assist
ant superintendent of the Federal
Contracting Company, the entire
job should be completed in five or
six weeks.
Early last week the first span of
the Perryville side was cut and
dropped into the Bballow water by
the contractors.
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Army-Navy 44 E” Award
Edward D. E. Rollins, of Elkton,
former State’s Attorney for Cecil
County, has been named master of
ceremonies for the presentation
exercises to be held on Thursday
afternoon, March 18, when the Eik- |
ton branch of National Fireworks, I
Inc., and all Us employees will be
the recipients of the joint Army-
Navy “E” award. The ceremony,
which will only be of approximately
one-half hour in duration will be
held at the company’s Singerly
Road plant, located about one mile
from Elkton ,
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Engagement Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Lightcap, of
Oxford, Pa., announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Thelma
Mae, to Corporal John A. Ressler,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ressler,
of New Providence.
Miss Lightcap is a graduate of the
Oxford High School aud is employed
in the personnel department of the
National Fireworks, Inc., Elkton.
Corporal Ressler is now stationed
Camp Davis, North Carolina.
Ej States, which was Imposed Jan. 7
I will be lifted on March 22. Consid
, eration is, however, being given
■ to reducing the unit value of the
• A coupon from three to two gallons.
Rubber—Mr. Jeffers, never a
boaster, is more optimistic than he
l has been at any time since he came
■ to Washington last September. He
i says that his rubber program, bene
fited by new top priorities, is now
progressing smoothly and, as he put
i it, will be “out of the woods” next
year “in keeping the nation on rub
ber”.
Extensive experimentation al
- has been unertaken in Texas
and California with civilian tires
made from new synthetics, Mr. Jeff
ers said. Tests show that the public
will get a higher grade tire than
had been expected. The Director
predicted that when all the “bugs”
are eliminated from the synthetics,
i 1 tires of such quality as to compare
favorably with those of natural
rubber will he produced.
Gasoline- tliedeeision to abolish
the pleasure driving ban on March
22 appears likely .to be a mixed
blessing, if the OPA goes through
with its reported intention to cut
the A card from three to two gal
lons.
i Such a reduction would not leave
much opportunity for pleasure driv
ing although many would welcome
the freedom from being stopped and
questioned.
The World's Day of Prayer will
be observed Friday, at 2:30 P. M
in the Methodist Church. Everyone
is cordially invited to join in this
service with Christians all over the
world.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crothers, of
our town, are receiving congratula
tions on the birth of a son, at Union
Hospital, Elkton, on Monday night. ,
Mrs. Ann Haines attended the
District meeting of the W. S. C. S.
in MjjCiabe Chureh, r
Mr. and Mrs- Paul W. Keen and
son, Bobby, Perryville, visited rela- ,
tives here on Sunday. ,
Mr. John Hirzel, Washington, j
D. C., spent the week-end with Mrs.
Jennie W. Taylor.
Mr. William Henry was the week
end guest of relatives in lladdon
fleld, N. J.
Ilev. Paul McCoy, of Wilming
ton, visited his mother, Mrs- J. C.
McCoy, on Tuesday.
Ration Books Issued
In County
With a staff of 155 volunteer
teachers of the schools of Cecil
County working four days 29,152
Ration Books No. 2, were issued
Feb- 24-27.
At Rising Sun, over 3,900 books
were issued. In the Elkton area,
8,515 books were given out; 4,000
at North East; 2,000 at Perryville;
1,500 at Kenmore.
Over 14,509 can goods were re
ported in excess over and above
what was allowed under the regula
tions, in the county.
In order to provide for those who
were unable to register during the
February dates, March 15 has been
designated as an additional regis
tration day, at the Court House,
Elkton.
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New Head Of Power Co.
John A. Purcell, who has been
general manager of the Conowingo
Power Company, which furnished
; all of Cecil County, above the Bo
hemia River with electric current,
has resigned to accept a position
I with the Philadelphia Electric Co.,
with headquarters in Coatesville,
Pa.
He will be succeeded by Henry
S. Davis, who has resigned as a di
vision superintendent of the Phila.
Elecric Ccompany, with headquarers
at Norristown, Pa.
Mr. Purcell came to Elkton in
June, 1935 as division superinten
dent, and was appointed general
I manager in December, 1939, follow
ing the death of Franklin A. Alex
ander.
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Lent Begins
Wednesday of this week was Ash
Wednesday, the beginning'of Lent.
Sunday, April 25th, is Easter.
_*
Under rationing a man will have
a real excuse for taking off his shoes
before be sneaks upstairs at nifbt. |
LIONS WILL ASSIST
IN THE RED
CROSS CANVASS
Twenty-three Lions sat down to
the splendid chicken pot-pie dinner
served on Thursday evening last, by
the ladies of Circle One, Woman’s
Christian Service Society, in the
basement of the Methodist church.
Lion Dodson stated the Red
Cross quota for Ceci County was
$13,000 for the regular Roll Call
and War Fund. Fifty per cent of
the fund will remain in the county
for local purposes; and 76% of
all funds collected above the quota-
On motion the Lions obligated
themselves to assist in the drive,
and a committee composed of Lions
Bicking, Roberson, and Reed ap
pointed to canvass the business
places in town.
Letters were read from local
boys in U. S. Service, thanking the
Lions for the Qhristmas packages
sent them.
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Baird-Jones
The marriage of Miss Isabel
Baird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Willaim Baird, of Hockessin, Del.,
and Frank It. Jones, 111, seaman
second class, son of Mrs. Frances
Jones of Elkton, took place Satur
day night, Feb. 27, at the parsonage
of the Elkton Methodist Church.
The Rev. John T. Bunting officiated.
Miss Miriam Jarnion and Mr.
Frank Tango, of Wilmington, were
the attendants. A small reception
at the home of the bridegroom’s
mother followed.
Mrs. Jones is associated with the
People’s Life Insurance Company
and is a graduate of the Alexis I.
duPont High School.
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Kelly-Fouche
Miss Naomi Kelly, niece of Mr.
and Mrs. George P. Taylor, Aikin,
Md-, and Mr. Altie I. Fouche, of
Mt. Airy, Md., were married Sat
urday atternoou, Feb. 27, at four
o’clock, in the Presbyterian Church,
Perryville, with the Rev. Kenneth
Walter officiating.
Miss Ethel S. Taylor, cousin of
rEh? 'Bride, was
Charles Manuel, Jr„ of Wilming
ton, Del., was best man.
Following the ceremony, a wed
ding supper was served at the home
of the bride’s aunt, with guests
present from Aikin, Towson, Balti
more, and Wilmington.
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Murphy-Opalenick
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Murphy, Sr.,
Colora, announce the marriage ot
their daughter, Iluth, to Andrew
Opalenick, Jr., of Akron, Ohio, on
December 31, 1942, in New York
City.
The bride graduated from the
York Hospital School of Nursing
and is now a Second Lieutenant in
the Army Nurses Corps stationed at
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. The
groom is a graduate of University ot
Ohio and employed by the Goodyear
Manufacturing Co., Akron, Ohio.
Miller-Ginn
Miss Anna Rosalie Ginn, of Elk
ton, daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Fred
Ginn, of Second district, and Pvt.
Robert Galen Miller, of the Army
Air Corps, Washington, D. C., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Miller, of
Chesapeake City, were married In
Hockessin Methodist church, by
Rev. Henry T. Caldwell. Mrs. Frank
Brown, of Elkton, a sister of the
bride, and Mr. Elmer Miller, Chesa
peake City, brother of the bride
groom, were the attendants.
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Warner-Hartnett
The marriage of Miss Sarah E.
Warner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank A. Warner, Jr„ and Ensign
John J. Hartnett, Jr., U. S. N. R-,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hart
nett of Elkton, took place at the
home of the bride’s parents, Holley
Road, Cedarcroft, Baltimore, Md.,
on Wednesday, February 17 th.
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Brown-Cote
On January 23, Miss Esther M.
Brown of Wilmington, Del., form
erly of Calvert, became the bride of
Mr. George A. Cote, of Springfield,
Mass. The young couple are now in
Columbia, S. C., where Mr. Cote is
an officer at Camp Jackson.
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Cecil County Mag
istrates Reappointed
Governor Herbert O’Conor has
reappointed all four of the Magis
trates for Cecil County. They are:
Clifford E. Marker, Rising Sun; J.
Howard Pugh, Port Deposit; James
Rodney, Chesapeake City; James;
Weinroth, Elkton; James F. Evans,,
1 Elkton, substitute at large. !
March Term Of
Circuit Court
;
, In Session
' The March term of Cecil Circuit
i Court convened at Elkton on the
i first. :
J. B. Fassitt, of Rising Sufl was
. chosen foreman of the Grand Jury,
which was composed of the follow
ing:
John B. Fassitt, foreman; Nor
man L. Riggin, C. Albert George,
Charles E. Warburton, Cecil E.
Ewing, Frank Mason. Arthur H.
Baddy (col.), Curtis S. Dempsey,
Ray D. Rockefeller, Elrldge Lusby,
Holden S. Ireland, Lyman Spence,
Harry W. Strahorn, Ira Cameron,
William M. Pogue, Samuel Aikin,
Geeorge P. Connelly, Alfred T. Cro
thers, Walton D. Bidgood, Frederick
A. Ginn, William D. Fowler, Frank
B. Conway, Sr., Fred S. Brown.
Petit Jury—John Wallace. Scott,
James Boyer, (col.), Archie M.
Crawford, Robert B, Foard, Carlyle
D. Stubbs, George E. Titter, Henry
Dorsey, (col.), Thomas C. Major,
Cletus J. Boyd, James H. Miller,
Mancill L. Smith, Harry A. Lungren,
Harry Coslett, John M. Smith, John
L. Tosh, William Reynolds, Francis
M. Kennard, William Ira Bryan,
Chester Kimble, Robert A. Kirk,
Harold N. Anderson, J. Lawson
Crothers, William Ray Baldwin.
The Grand Jury completed its
work on Friday afternoon and was
discharged. It was the longest ses
sion of any Grand Jury in the coun
ty, for a number of years. Fifteen
true bills of indictment were re
turned, five of them for murder.
The jury also investigated, the
gambling problem, especially the
operation of slot machines.
Recommendations that law en
forcement officers be given more
pay and be exceptionally vigilant
and energetic during these unusual
times was stressed in the lengthy
report of the Grand Jury.
The report urged that the en
forcement officers inve stig at e
gambling and illegal sales of liquor
on Sunday.
As to the need for increased' sal
aries the jury reported:
* < *We , 'haTe gtvm arnmcist consider
ation to the necessity for increase
in salary to certain public officials
which, in our opinion, are not ade
quately compensated, and recom
mend to our legislative representa
tives that they enact such legisla
tion as may be necessary to affect
these increases in salary. We recom
mend that the state's attorney’s
salary be increased from $2,000 to
$3,000 per year. That the sheriff’s
deputies salaries be increased from
S9O to slls per month to $l4O and
$165 per month respectively; that
the sheriff be allowed SSO per
month for kitchen assistance, and
that the allowance for feeding pris
oners be Increased from 40 to 60
cents a day. Present day economic
conditions and increase in the am
ount of work required of these offi
cials, impress upon us the necessity
for these recommendations.’’
The indictments returned were:
Horten Ellen, assault on Mabel
Josephine Williams; Robert W.
Hawkins, bigamy; Essex Wigfall,
assault on Eileen Holmes; Stevens
Dorsey Holly, assault with intent to
murder; James F. Randall, assault
with intent to murder; Ishmel E.
Taylor, murder; Louis Hammond
Wallace, bigamy; Grover Bond,
murder; Samuel Logan, murder;
James Howell, murder; Ira Taylor,
assault with intent to murder;
Ira Taylor, assault; Otis Streeter,
murder; Albert Bennett, breaking
and entering.
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Blackout Test Under
New Signal System
The first blackout test under the
Army’s new warning signal system,
which took place Thursday night,
"was one of the best held,” Civilian
Defense officials announced.
The 40-minute test embraced
Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Vir
ginia. At the last minute, the state
of Delaware was added.
The first "blue” alarm at 8.50
p. m. mobilized the Citizens Defense
Corps. All lights except traffic sig
nals were extinguished.
At 9:10 p. m., the “red” alarm
sounded, indicating bombers were
overhead. All lights were extin
guished. Pedestrians took to shelter
and all traffic except emergency ve
hicles pulled to the curb.
Another “blue” signal sounded at
9:20 p. m. permitting limited activ
ities as under the first “bine.” The
all-clear was given by radio at 0:30.
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100 Called By Draft Board
In the neighborhood of 100 young
men from all parts of this connty
have received orders from the Se
lective Service Board at Elkton to
1 appear for induction into the Army.
I They will first be sent to Baltimore
! for physioal examination*
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