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The Midland Journal
VOL. LXV
September Grand
Jury Makes 71
Presentments
Indictments Against 59
For Permitting Slot
Machine Operation
The Grand Jury of the September
•term of Cecil Circuit Court was in
session three dlays, and made pre
sentments against 71 persons. Of
this number, 69 were for permitting
slot machines to operate in their
places of business. The following are
those indicted in connection with slot
machien operation:
Sara L. Boulden, Porter L. Davis,
John Boulden, Nola V- Knott, Earl
White, Hattie Vandenheuvel, George
Magires, John Psom as, Henry
Schneider, Addison D. Atkinson,
Lewis E. Magaris, James Scott, Wil
liam Marquis, Richard K. Barnes,
Sandy Tamargo, Jerry McKonly, Kel
sey Cox, Wanda E. Cox, Howard C.
Kelly, Clarence E. Hammer, Oakley
A. Sumpter and Howard Craig, John
E- Croft, Charles E. Grove, U. Lee
Runkles, William R. Winchester,
Michael Saprono, Julius Weir, Wil
liam Uuin and Ray Givler, Cather
ine Frederick, Nunzioto Micucic, So
phie Casiperson, Chares C. Boyd,
Charles Pennington, Alfred Green,
Henry Mwphy, William Reed, Wil
liam Seultz, Charles H. Bailey, Jr.,
George Alger, Leonard Ramsauer,
Michael Hrabec, Luther Postel 1,
George W. Torbert and Viola C.
Tarberi, Loney T. Woolford, William
Hornberger, William J. Hope, Woody
Brown, Samuel A. Sturgeon, Alvin
S. Edwards, Charles Nelson, D- For
rest Hawthorne, Stacy Lewis (2),
C. Cleaves Miller and J. Roland
Heldmeyer.
The other indictments returned,
some of two charges, were the fol
lowing:
Lena Jackson and Melvin Jackson,
for selling alcoholic beverages with
out a license; Rudolph Jackson, coL,
for larceny; Joseph Vandyke, for
stealing fpur hogs; Melvin A. Forak
er, larceny; Joseph Vandyke, Melvin
A. Foraker, William Sando, and
Leonard Elswick, for larceny; Leon
ard Elswick, larceny; Wm. L. Rich
ards, larceny; Frank S. Strough, for
murder, bench warrant issued; Tom
mie Howard, for murder; Leon Biggs
for disturbing the public peace-
The Jury in its report recommend
ed “that the law enforcement officers
be exceptionally vigilant and energet
ic during these unusuial times, in
investigating gambling and appre
hending all violators.” This sugges
tion, however, is not intended as a
reflection on our public officials
“We express our disapproval of
anonymous complaints. Such per
sons should have courage enough to
appear and supply the authorities
with legal and sufficient evidence.”
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Maryland Farmers
To Map Food Drive
Plans for the 1944 “Food for Vic
tory” campaign of the Maryland far
mers will be mapped at a meeting
of State agricultural leaders at Col
lege Park October 11 to 13. Numer
ous State and Federal agencies will
be represented at the conference
called by Joseph H. Blandford, chair
man of the Maryland United States
Department of Agriculture War
Board-
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Fire Destroys Clothing
A large number from the Elktonvi
cinlty lost some of their Sunday best
and other clothing one morning,
when fire damaged the Elkton Tailor
A shipment of clothes and
blankets had just been returned from
a cleaner and; it was thought that
friction caused the fire. The Singerly
Fire Company extinguished the
flames before they spread to all pans
of the building. The loss is estimated
at about 9400.
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Location Of Bridge
• Over Canal Protested
At the public hearing relative to
the location of Che new highway
bridge over the Chesapeake and Del
aware Lanai at Chesapeake City, the
Comml-*donerß of the town, through
their attorney, James Weinroth, pro
tested .Uie present site and urged that
the War Department move the bridge
further west to a point known as
the "water tower.” Mr. Weinrofh
gave as the Town's objection, that
- ,tire Commissioners would be depriv
ed of mch tax money if the present
site was finally selected.
Various views were expressed at
the meeting, and apparently, the ma
jority desired to see the new bridge
emcted at or near the site of the
structure which WM destroyed. |
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RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MD„ FRIDAY. OCTOBER
RATION BOOK
NO. 4 ISSUED
OCTOBER 28-30
War Ration Books No. 4 are to
be distributed in Baltimore and
Maryland counties through the pub
lic schools, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, October 28, 29, and 30, J.
William Eggleston, State rationing
officer for the OPA, announces.
Mr. Eggleston added that the
hours for issuance of the books had
not been determined, and it is not
known whether the schools will be
closed at any time during that week,
or whether sessions will be shorten
ed.
He said issuance of Ration Book
No. 4, which is designed to cover
two years and to be used beginning
some time in November, involves the
simplest procedure the OPA has yet
worked out.
It will be necessary for applicants
to present Ration Book No. 3 in or
der to obtain Ration Book No. 4,
but no declaration of rationed goods
on hand will be required, according
to Mr. Eggleston.
He said any member of a house
hold may register for the entire
household and receive the No- 4
books upon presentation of the No. 3
books covering all the persons for
whom he is registering.
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New “A” Gas
Ration Books
Distribution of new basic “A”
gasoline ration books is expected to
be completed by October 21, with the
first book issued within the week,
j. William Eggleston, State ration
ing officer for ithe OPA, announced.
Under orders now effective the
current “A” books are valid until
November 21.
Mr- Eggleston admitted, however,
that new instructions might be re
ceived which shorten the validity
date of the A-6 coupons, thereby
increasing the gasoline allowance
for A-book users.
Mr. Eggleston announced that ap
plicants for supplemental gasoline
rations, who fall into the B and C
classifications, will receive slightly
different coupons after October 1.
The new coupons will be marked
“B-l” and “C-l” instead of simply
B or C. This is a pant! of a fixed pol
icy to vary appearances of coupons
to combat black market operations.
For the present, none of the cou
pons which become valid on Sep
tember 1 has been recalled. The
new-type coupons will be issued, cur
rently, only to new applicants.
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Enrollment At Rising
Sun High School
Enrollment in the Rising Sun High
School reached the total of 164 pu
pils during the first two weeks, with
the possibility of eleven pupils still
outside the school, working or oth
erwise detained, who will enroll
soon. This brings the enrollment up
to the standard! prescribed by the
state offices Ibr the maintenance of
the teaching staff .presenty engaged
at this school.
In addition to Professor William
C. Graham, Jr., the school is staffed
by the following: Miss Eva P. Nut
ter, English and Mathematics; Mrs.
Daniel M. Fraser, Social Studies
and Library; Miss Evelyn Smith,
Natural Science; Mrs. Habbart Mc
coy Home Economics; Miss Sara .A
Spangler, Music; Warren Warren,
industrial Arts; Raymond M. Shing
ler, Natural Science, Mathematics,
and Physical Education; George B-
Prettyman, English, Spanish, and
Mathematics- Mr. Graham, the Prin
cipal, instructs in Social Studies and
Business Training. Of those teachers
named, Miss Smith, Miss Spangler,
and Mrs. McCoy are recent additions
to the faculty, though Mrs. McCoy
will be remembered as teacher of
Home Economics here several years
aigo, prior to her resigning. Mrs.
.vicCoy, realizing the acute need for
experienced teachers, offered her
.ervices to the county; her appoint
ment to this school was well receiv
ed by the community.
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Officer’s Car Stolen
While Newark’s Town Officer was
telephoning one morning last week,
a bold thief drove off in his car, left
in tront of the building. Some hours
later, word was received from State
Police that ithe car had! been aban
aoned in Seaford, Del., and had been
.aken to the Bridgeville Police Sta
tion- I twas stated that the motor
oi the car had been badly damaged
when the cooling system ran dry
and 't)he car would have to be towed
jack to Newark. .
At Seaford, it was stated that the
person who stole the car left it In
the middle of the street and jump
ing out of the police car, made off
| with another car tron that town-
BACK THE ATTACK
WITH A BOND
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“The long, hard march to Berlin
and Tokyo has just begun. If you
,think it will be easy, if you think
we can win this fight with one hand
—then you are wrong, dangerously
wrong.”
These words from Secretary Mor-
genthau of the Treasury Department,
we believe, are timely and true. The
Italian victory Is only the beginning,
We can make of that victory the oc-
casion of a celebration in buying
more War Bondß, or we can take the
dangerous position of complacency,
a position so dangerous it can easily 1
lose this war for us.
Our men on the battle lines In
Italy and the South Pacific are not
resting—they are not complacent—
they are face-to-face with the grim i
killers of our cruel, implacable ene-
mies. And we cannot, have that fight- i
lug front without a supporting front i
here at home. The people of this com-
munity are in the service of their
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION
Miss Norma C. Price, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomaa Price, of Co
lora, has entered: the Freshman class
of Wesley Junior College, Dover,
Delaware. She was a member of the
1943 graduating class of Rising Sun
High School.
Miss Betty Hagen, one of the
teachers in the Elkton High School,
has passed an examination for the
WAVES, amdi expects soon to be as
signed to a training school ito pre
pare for a commission. -
Pvt. Marshall Brown, of the
Quartermaster Dep’t., Camp Polk,
Louisiana, has been spending a fif
teen day fu lough at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Brown,
Rising Sum.
Harry D- Barnes, of Elkton Bar,
has entered Washington College,
Chestertown, as a student. It is un
derstood! that Mr. Barnes will take
up the study of medicine.
The many friends of Mrs. 'George
Mix are glad to know that she Is
again able to be about after an Ill
ness extending over a period of four
teen weeks.
Mrs- Samuel Moore, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Clark and daughter, Delta
ville, Va., were recent guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Crothers.
Dr. and Mrs. William Workman,
Mt. Joy, Pa., were guests Wednesday
of Mrs. Mary Cherry and Miss Lou
ise Worthington.
Rev. and Mrs. Oliver Collins and
daughter were guests Sunday of Rev.
and Mrs, J. R. Bicking.
Mrs- Harold Jones, of near town,
is a patient in the Union Memorial
Hospital, Baltimore.
Miss Mae Johnson spent the week
with Mrs. Miller Hall, Calvert.
Mrs. J. E. Crothers, Zion, was
the week-end guest of Mr- andi Mrs.
Harvey Ewing.
Mrs. R. J. Shingler, of Altoona,
Pa-, spent the week-end with her son,
Raymond Shingler and family.
Minister Leaves For
Central America
Rev. A. W. Konrad, who has been
pastor at Grace Bible Chapel, near
Calvert, for some years, has left for
a now field of labor in Gautamala,
Central America-
Rev. Konrad and family left some
days ago for Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
where they will visit relatives, then
go to lowa for a visit before going
to Guatamala City, where they will
start their new work-
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Dwelling On Farm Of
W. D. Ewing Damaged
The residence on the farm of Wil
liam D. Ewing, located near Blue
Ball, this county, was badly damaged
Thursday last by fire of undetermin
-1 oh origin.
’ The flames were first discovered
' in the upper part of the building.
' Neighbors in that section, with aid
* of one of the local fire companies,
Anally succeeded in saving the build
-1 ing from total destruction. Some of
' the houeshold goods were destroyed.
" The lose is estimated at near $1,1)00.
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I Historic St. Stephen’s Protestant
Episcopal Church, near Earlevilde,
, where services were held during the
, past spring and summer, has been
closed for the winter. Until next
I spring, services will be held In the
Episcopal Chapel In Cecil ton-
country as much as though they were
called Into battle. That service con
gists of doing jobs we must do In
production andl to support with every
cent of our surplus earnings the
Third War Loan drive.
What sacrifice have we made com
parable to those boys at the front?
We grumble some about gas ra
tioning. We can’t get thick Juicy
steaks any more. Service Is not what
It formerly was, prices are up—but
is there any compaMson with your
trifling Inconveniences and the sac
rifices these American sons are mak
lag?
We are thousands of miles from
the danger zone, yet our dollars will
be as deadly to the enemy as bullets
fired on the front lines, and our dol
lars must be fighting dollars in the
form of War Bonds, if we do our pa
itriotic duty in this Third War Loan,
Buy a War l Bond!
Mrs. H. K. Thomas attended the 1
graduation exercises of the Metho
dist Hospital, in Philadelphia, on 1
Thursday. Miss Alice Chamberlain
and Miss Ruth Owens were two of 1
the graduates, and are close friends |
of Mrs. Thomas.
Mrs- Miller Hall, Calvert, enter- 1
talned fit dinner on Sunday even- ■
lng the Misses Amy Crothers, Mary *
Brown, Francis Crothers, Rosemary J
and Dorothy Fell, Lillie and Pauline
England, Vesta and Leone Kincaid.
Mrs. Ben Pogue and children, Su- ‘
zanne and Ben, Jr., who have been •
with Capt- Pogue at a camp in Ari
zoan, are spending some time with ,
Mr. and Mrs. William Pogue. Ben 1
Is now stationed at Indiantown Gap,
Pa.
Mrs. Arthur Ford, Mrs. Burrell 1
Kilmer and small daughter, Towson, <
Md., were guests Wednesday of Mrs. •
Mary Cherry and Miss Louise Worth- <
ington. |
A number of relatives and friends
attended the wedding Saturday at 1
Mechanicsburg, Pa-, of Walter Cam- <
eron, Jr., and Miss Edith Forney. , <
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Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Wilson, Eas- >
ton, Pa., spent the week-end with !
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wilson. <
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Miss Louisa Smith, of Bay View,
has entered Wilmington Memorial 1
Hospital, for training. 1
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Mr. and Mrs- R. G- Wilson visited
their son, Billy, in New York City
over the week-end. 1
Mrs. Lydia McCummings, Philadel- i
phia, was the guest Thursday of Miss i
Helen Reeder.
Miss Jennie Heyberger, Oxford,
Pa., was ithe recent guest of Mrs.
Cinton Logan.
Mr. and Mrs- Norman Pyle, Phila
delphia, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Job Kirk.
Mrs. Rose Dugan is visiting Phila
delphia relatives.
Miss Lorraine Fassitt is visiting
Miss Laura Townes, Richmond, Va.
Brown-W ebster
The marriage of Ruth Anniß,
daughter of Mr. and Mra Jerry D.
Brown, Conowingo, R. D., and Pvt.
Wllmer S. Webster, Oxford, R. D.,
took place Saturday, Sept- 11th, at
4:30 o’clock, in the Rising Sun
Methodist Church, the pastor, Rev.
J. R. Bicking, officiating. The atten
dants were Miss Ann Muller, Lan
caster, and Howard Brown, Notting
ham.
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Graham-Rawlings
Mr. and Mrs. William C.‘ Graham,
Zion, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Rosemary, to Cpl-
Robert Rawlings, Sept. 7th, in Or
lando, Florida, the ring ceremony
being performed by Rev. A. Fred
Furnesß. Only the bride’s mother and
Miss Madeline Wilson, Middletown,
Del., and a few other friends were
present at the wedding.
The bride wore a dress of aqua
blue crepe, with white accessories
andi a corsage of .gardenias and tea
roses.
For the present, Mrs- Rawlings
will make her home with her par
ents at Zion. The groom, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roscoe Rawlings of near
Rising Sun, has served two years in
tlhe army and is now stationed at an
Army base in Orlando, Florida.
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Rom Bank Sunday School will ob
serve Rally Day on Sunday, October
10th.
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CECIL NEARING
$750,000 GOAL IN
WAR BOND DRIVE
The third war loan drive In Cecil
County is nearing its goal, according
to C. Albert Ringotd, local chairman.
Reports show that the county has
subscribed to more than $600,000. It
is believed that before .the end of the
present week the county’s quota of
$750,000 will be reached.
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Mortgage Burning Service
Rev. Oliver J. Collins, District
Superintendent, Wilmington, Del.,
preached Sunday morning from the
text, “And Jesus entered into one
of the bo&ts, which was Simon’s.”
The mortgage burning service was
impressive, Rev. Frank White, repre
senting the pastor when the parson
age was built, and Thomas Rober
son representing the church, held a
silver plate on which was the paper
reresentatlve of the mortgage. Dr.
Collins applied the match which
soon bffrned the mortgage- The con- .
gregatlon sang “Praise God from (
Whom All Blessings Flow.” Sepcial
music—Solo, “How Beautiful upon
the Mountains,” Miss Spangler; “The
Voice of God Is Calling,” Senior
Choir; Junior Choir, “Rejoice.”
At the evening service Marlon Mc-
Cardell and Juanita Duncan were
leaders of the M. Y. F. Prayer by
Edwin L. Haines. Scripture reading.
Reading on the topic, “Seeking Hap
piness,” Juanita Duncan; singing,
Junior choir, “On the Other Side”;
duet, Mary Jane Buck and Marie Me- j
Mullen, “The Lord Is My Shepherd."
The pastor preached from the text,
“And Jesus passing through the
midst of ithem, went His way.” Next
Sunday is World-Wide Communion
Day.
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Recreation Centers
For War Workers 1
On Saturday night, Sept. 25, the
Federal Public Authority opened two
Community buildings for use of Elk- (
ton war workers. One building is lo- j
cated on Singerly road, the other at
Booth Village, at the end of Stock- ]
ton street. :
The Triumph Explosives, Inc., and (
the National Fireworks Co., provid- ,
ed entertainment in the form of ,
dance bands for ithe opening. Van ,
Alexander’s band from the Rose ball ,
room on Broadway performed, at ,
Singerly Village; Eddie Durham ,
and his all-star girl orchestra enter- ,
tained at Booth Village.
These buildings provide an audi
torium, game rooms, library, snack
bars, and at Bootih Village, a cafe
teria.
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Announce Engagement
Mr- and Mrs. T. Ernest Brickley,
of Plalnsfield, N. J., formerly of this
county, announced the engagement
ctfi their daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Foster Brickley, to Capt. Paul E.
Feiring, son of Mrs. Edward A. Feir
ing, of Plalnsfield. The announce
ment was made at a luncheon-bridge
on Miss Brickley’s birthday, Satur
day, Sept 18 th.
Miss Brickley is a teacher in the
Plalnsfield! Schools and Capt. Feiring
is serving overseas with the 165
Feild Artillery Battilion. The Brick
leys were residents of Perry Point
for many years, where he was em
ployed at the reservation. About teu
years ago they were transferred to a
similar position at Plalnsfield. Her
father will also be remembered as a
popular baseball player in the old
Cecil county league when he played
with Rising Sun.
Announcement of the engagement
of Miss Anna Margaret Wolters,
daughter of Mrs. Louise Wolters, of
Philadelphia, to Mr. Louis Godfrey
Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Erven R.
Craig of Chesapeake City, was made
at a recent dinner served at the
' home of Mrs. Frank Craig, Cecilton.
Miss Wolters is a graduate of
West Philadelphia High, and is em
ployed as a dental technician by H.
D. Justi and Son, Inc-
Mr- Craig, a hospital apprentice,
first class, U- S. N. R., Is stationed
at Philadelphia Naval Hospital,
' specializing in nenro -phsychiatry,
and is a graduate of George Biddle
High School, Cecilton. The wedding
will be solemnised in the near
future.
Appointed Trustee Of
Poor And Insane
The Board of County Commission
ers of Cecil County have appointed
Henry Hess of Fair Hill, a member
of the Board of Trustees of Poor
and Insane for this county to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of his
brother, George L. Hess, who died
about three weeks.
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Havre de Grace City Council has
fixed the tux rate tor 1944 at SI.OO
on each SIOO of assessable property.
NO. 13
Fire Prevention
Week To Be Ob
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served Oct. 3-9
“Fires Fight For The
Axis” Is Slogan To
Home Owners
The public is uqrged by the Mary
land Firemen to (participate in this
program.
“FIRES FIGHT FOR THE AXIS”
is the slogan directed to America’s
home-owners during Fire Prevention
Week, which will be observed! this
year from October 3 to 9. Replace
ment of (furnishings destroyed by
Are and the rebuilding of a ruined
home rob the war Industries of raw
materials vitally needed for other
purposes. To prevent personal loss
and to ipreserve goods and equip
ment for war uses, all home-owners
are urged to sweep their home clean
of fire hazards during Fire Preven
tion Week and maintain a constant
watchfulness for 'fire dangers
throughout the year.
The observance of Fire Prevention
Week, from October 3-9, goes hand
in hand with iihe national conserva
tion campaign. One of the major fire
hazards that should be eliminated
in every home is accumulations of
rubbish; yet this same rubbish may
contain materials useful to the war
effort. Waste patper, rags, old clothes,
old mattTesses, furniture, boxes, bro
ken toys and other hazardous accu
mulations should be cleaned out dur
ing Fire Prevention Week and turn
ed over to authorized salvage col
lecting agencies- Elimination of all
otther hazards in the home is an es
sential of over-all conservation in
its protection of both structure and
furnishings against damage or de
struction due to fire.
The great majority of farm fires,
factory fires, and residential fires in
the United States are a result of or
dinary carelessness and familiar
hazards, and the purpose of Fire
Prevention Week 1b -to teach all citi
zens the necessity for eliminating
fire hazards. Fire Defense is a form
of conservation. It is a positive con
tribution to the war effort. It is ear
nestly hoped that farmers, laborers,
managers, housewives and even chil
dren will take ipant in this year’s
observance of Fire Prevention Week
and continue in the fight against
fire throughout the year.
The Firemen of Maryland not only
are ready to answer an alarm of fire
but are willing and anxious to help
the residents of their communities
in the elimination of fire hazards.
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Court Action On
Ducking Blind
A consent decree has been issued
by the Court at Elkton, requiring
John Scheaffer, Bessie Wallace, Roy
M. Boyd, Polk Steele, Howard and
T. W. Trainer to move their ducking
blinds away from a line agreed upon
by the game warden and all parties
concerned. This line in the court’s
decree is the same line that Boyd
and Trainer have been attempting
to get the plaintiffs to recognize
since 1940.
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Forney-Cameron
A very pretty wedding was solem
nized at the The First; Church of
God, Mechanicsburg, Pa, on Satur
day afternoon, when Miss Edith
H. Forney, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur R. Forney, became the
bride of Mr. Walter Merrice Camer
on, Jr., son of Mr. WalterM- Camer
on, Sr., of Rising Sun, Md.
The church was decorated in green
and white, with ferns and white
crysanthemums. Candelabras of ca
thedral candles lighted the altar.
The bride wore a gown of white
satin with court train and finger-tip
lengtth veil. Her only ornament was
a string of pearls, igift of the groom.
The bride’s attendants presented
a very pretty picture. Their dresses
were of blending shades of blue taffe
ta, and they carried yellow daisies.
Mrs. John Kimble, sister of the
groom, was matron of honor, Miss
Blanche Forney, maid of honor. The
bridesmaids were Mrs. George Cam
eron, Miss Anne Williams, Miss
Edith Williams and Miss Marguerite
Williams.
Ushers were Robert Cameron, Wil
iam McNamee, John Kimble and Mr.
Forney.
Promptly at one o’clock the bride
entered the church on the arm of
her father, who gave her in marriage,
the double ring ceremony being used.
The bridegroom was attended by
his brother as best man, Mr. George
W. Cameron.
Ajflter a reception at the bride’s
home, the happy couple left by auto
mobile, amid a shower of rice, for
a trip through Pennsylvania.