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The Midland Journal TaT jir * VOL. L£Vl Vocational Agriculture Urged The Board of Education met in regular session on Tuesday, July 10. Those present were Mr. Reuben Rey nolds, President; Mr. Harvey R. Buck, vice-president, and Mr. Harold W. Cheyney. The minutes of the regular meet ing of June 12th were read and ap proved and suittdry bills ordered paid. A letter was received from the Civic Club of Chesapeake City asking tliat all senior high school subjects he taught in the school of that town and that the children not be taken to another school. The Board in suucteu the Superintendent to in form the Civic Club that no definite plans had yet been made regarding the new Educational Program excep. that next year’s Seventh grade would be called the first year of high school. 'the following resignations were received and accepted with regret: Mrs. Elsie M. Benton, Commercial Teacher in the Elkton High School; Mrs. Emily B. Gerow, assistant in the North East High School; Miss Irene Virginia Smith, Music Teacher in the Elkton High School; Mrs. J. Mildred Benjamin, assistant in the Calvert High School. In connection with the new school bus transportation regulations which become effective at the beginning ol the coming school year, the Super iutendent informed the Board thai all bus drivers would have to take a physical examination before school opens in September. A letter was received from Mrs. Lydia 1. Balderston enclosing a res olution from the Farm Bureau Plan ning Group No. 4 of Cecil County re questing that plans be made for the teaching of Vocational Agriculture in the junior and senior high schools of Cet.l County. The Board received this resolution with interest. The following appointments were approved by the Board. Miss Arlene Preddy, assistant in the North East High School; Mrs. Louise G. Denney, Home Economics Teacher in the North East High School. Miss Sarah S. Groseclose, As sistant in the Elkton High School; Miss Virginia D. Via, assistant teach er of Home Economics in the Elkton High School; Miss Anna W. Beerjk, assistant in the Elkton High School; Miss Edith Fletcher, Home Econom ics eacher in the Chesapeake City High School; Mr. M. F. Glenn, assis tant in the Elkton High School. The date for the opening of both white and; colored schools in the county was set for September 10th, preceded by a teachers’ meeting on September 6th and 7th .The closing date for the schools was set for June 7, 1946. ffl It Rained St. Swithin’s Day Sunday last was St. Swithin’s Day and according to the old legend if ii rains on that day we will have rain for the next forty days. Well, it did on Sunday. In fact, it was wet pretty mulch all day. St. Swithin, an English monk, born about 800 A. D., asked to be buried: in a “vile and unworthy place” where his grave would feel the footsteps of passers-by and the downpour of rain. He was buried, in line with his wishes, alongside the church at Winchester. About 100 years after St. Swithin’s death in 862, the monks decided to move the saint’s body inside the church. As the ceremonies were started, so the story goes, rain began to fall —and it didn’t stop for forty days. Later they decided not to move St. Swithin, after all, and built a chapel over his tomb. .. —■ Rakes-Snyder On Sunday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, July 16, 1946, Miss Earla D. Rakes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rakes of Conowingo, Md., became the bride of Mr. William J. Snyder, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Snyder, Sr., of Rising Sun, at the manse of West Nottingham Presbyterian church, the Rev. S. J. Venable officiating. Mrs. Mary Robson, of Aberdeen, Md., sister of the bride, was matron of honor and Mr. Edward Kilby of Conowingo, was best man. The ring ceremony was performed in the pre sence of the immediate families. After a short honeymon North, the bride and groom will reside at the home of the bride’s parents at Rising Sun. ■ Alley-Singleton Mr. William Singleton, of Perry- Vllle and Miss Elva Alley, of Hills- Vllle, Va., were married at Union Hospital, Elkton, Tuesday morning, Juily 10, by the Rev. W. F. Hopkins. The date for the wedding had been set and in the meantime, the groom was stricken ill and brought to the hospital The couple decided to carry et their plans notwithstanding. RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MIL. FRIDA Y. JULY 20, 11)45 HORTICULTUR IST TO TEACH TROOPS ABROAD Dr. A. Lee Schrader, professor of horticulture at the University of Maryland, has been selected by the War Department to serve on the faculty of one of the University Study Centers to be used in the Army Education Program for troops in the European Theater of Operations. Dr. Schrader was granted leave of absence by the University to conduct .his work andi left about the first of his month to assume his duties. He ,s well known to Maryland fruit growers through his years of work or the benefit of that industry. The first of two Army University Jenters is scheduled to open the lat er part of July in Shrivenham, Eng .and. With an enrollment of about ~000, the center will offer courses n agriculture, commerce, education, mgineering, fine arts, journalism, .cience and liberal arts. The courses .vill be patterned after the average American university summer session .nil will be of eight weeks duration. The program is being presented or enlisted personnel and officers ~ot engaged in full-time military .uties, who can make effective use jf this plan by pursuing a course of ,tudy in keeping with their individ ual post-war plans and ambitions. Dr. Schrader expects to spend sev ;n or eight months in this work. ffi Checks From Federal Housing Authority Checks totaling $13,217.63 as payment in lieu of taxes on the Hol ings worth Manor, Boothe Village ,nd Singerly Village war housing .irojects will be mailed shortly to hree taxing bodies in that commun .ty, according to word received by Earl A. Alexander, General Housing Manager, llrom John A. Kervick, Re gional Director of the Federal Pub ic Housing Authority. The payments include $8,206.84 to Jecil County, $4,124.43 to the town if Elkton, and $887.36 to the State jf Maryland. Mr. Kervick pointed out that pay .nens in lieu of taxes approximate axes which would be paid: upon such projects if they were not legally ex empt from taxation. However, he ex plained that the law permits appro priate allowances for expenditures nade by the Federal Government for streets, utilities or other public ser /ices for such projects. a Gen. Kirk Praises Nurses Aide Corps Washington, D. C. —A commenda tion from Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, Jurgeon General of the Army, was ;ent a few days ago to the American .ted Cross Nurse’s Aide Corps for the .ervice given by its members in Army uospitals throughout the United States. “These splendid women came to jur help when there was siuch an acute shortage of nurses that we had ,;rave fears that the sick and wound id members of the Army would not eceive adequate nursing care,” Gen eral Kirk pointed out in a letter to .ted Cross Chairman Basil O’Connor. Stressing the fact that the Army nurse drive has brought sufficient . .lumbers of nurses for the present nto the service, the Surgeon General wrote: “I want to take this oppor ju'nity to thank the Red Cross for the wonderful work performed by its jorps of nurse’s aides. This includes .he paid aides and resident and non resident volunteers. Testimonials from all over the country show that .hese women have performed their iuties in an outstanding manner.’’ The corps today includes 196,213 certificated aides, who have been trained in 2,226 hospitals in all parts of the United States as well as in Hawaii and the Canal Zone. S Boyd-Mitchell Cpl. George R. Mitchell, youngest son if Mrs. Addie Mitchell and the iate Fred Mitchell, of Elkton, and Miss Alyne Boyd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Boyd, of Dotham, Ala., were married June 30, at Blockley, Georgia, by the Rev. D. C. Morgan. Cpl. Mitchell is located at Camp Rucher, Alabama. Supervisor Of Assessments Richard T. Boyle of Elkton, for merly of Port Deposit, supervisor of assessments for Cecil County, has oeen appointed chairman of the com mittee on In-Service Training of the Maryland Supervisors’ and Assessors’ Association which is charged with mapping out of a state-wide program for the further training of assessors and supervisors in luniform assess ment practices. SS Shorty and the Allegany Ramblers will appear la person Saturday, July 81, at Oakweod Hall, WAVES To Celebrate 3rd Anniversary Approximately 4600 WAVES on duty in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and the Northeastern sec tion of North Carolina, which com prises the Fifth Naval District, will celebrate the third anniversary of the Women’s Reserve on July 30. The Women’s Reserve was found ed when the late Preisdent Roose velt signed the authorization on July 30, 1942. Foiut months later, the first WAVE reported for duty in this district —an officer at the U. S. Nav al Air Station, Norfolk. Now WAVES compose 18 per cent of the total naval personnel or 86,- 000 who are assigned to shore es tablishments and have released 50,- 500 men for duty afloat or overseas. They have also taken over about 27,000 other jobs in the greatly ex panded naval shore establishments. Today in the Fifth Naval District 70 offices and naval activities boast from one to 1,000 WAVES. The Hampton Roads area carries the greatest concentration of WAVES, with 3200 while the Maryland group in Baltimore and Bainbridge lists 750. In the North Carolina section of the district, 650 WAVES are serving in air and medical units. Medical and aviation units in the district have the largest total with approximately 1200 each. Types of duty include mechanical and scienti fic work, teaching as well as clerical and unskilled billets. WAVES serve in 24 different med ical activities which indued four ma jor hospitals and two large Marine Corps stations. They are found in important technical positions suck as occcupational and physical theapy, laboratory technicians, and as assist ants in operating rooms. m Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. James P. Short, of Scranton, Pa., announce the engage ment of their daughter, Miss Lois E. Scott, to Petty Officer 2|c Earl F. Brown, son of Mrs. Ethel M. Brown, of North East. Miss Scott is a grad uate of Technical High School. She is employed at Eastern Aircraft plant, Bloomfield, N. J. Petty Officer Brown graduated from Perryville High School and was employed by Glenn L. Martin Aeronauticcal Corp., Baltimore. He enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve in November, 1942, and has served 22 months in the Pa cific. He is stationed at the Naval Ail- Station, at Jacksonville, Fla. m German Prisoners In Lancaster County A number of Germans are helping che farmers in the Lower End to handle their crops. These men are brought from Edgewood, Md., by trluick, daily. Some farmers employ two each of these German prisoners. Those who employ four of them have a guard accompanying these men. The farmers are well pleased with these young workers, for they really are industrious. They bring their lunch with them. —Quarryville Sun. a Drowned In Susquehanna Private John A. Garlitz, aged 23 years, patient at Perry Point Hospi tal, was drowned in the Susquehanna river on Sunday, JuJly 8. The body was recovered and' shipped to his home in Mount Savage, Maryland. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T. Wilson, at Maple Lawn, near town, were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Fassitt, Miss Lorraine Fassitt, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Patterson. Mr. George Prettyman, of Zion, is supplying the pulpits of Town Point and Bethel Methodist churches. The pastor has been called into the ser vice as a chaplain. Mr. and Mrs. Allie Alleband, Spar tansburg, N. C., were guests last week of Mrs. Jean Shepherd and family. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Roberson are spending a week’s vacation in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylva nia. Mrs. Lydia M. Cameron was tne week-end guests of Misses Sue and Letitia Maxwell and brother, Wood lawn. Mrs. Addie T. Williams, Marshall ton, Del., was a recent guest of Mrs. Florence McCoy. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Marker have been enjoying a ten day vacation at Virginia Beach. Donald Taylor, Wilmington, Del., was the week-end guest of his grand mother* Mrs. Jennie W. Taylor, Future Devel opment Of State Guard Plans for the future development of the State Guard organizations of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virgin ia, especially looking to recruiting activities to bring the units to full strength, were discussed at a meet ing held in Baltimore on July 13. Called at the suggestion of Major General Philip Hayes, Commanding General of the Third Service Com mand, the meeting was attended by ranking officers of the three State Guard organizations and the Army Service Forces. A statement by General Hayes key noted the meeting. This emphasized the continuing necessity for the maintenance of the State Guard at the peak of efficient organization and operation. It stressed the fact that in the redeployment of the nation’s armed forces to the Pacific from Europe, tremendous demands were being made upon the Army Service Forces in Continental United States. And in his statement, General Hayes urged continued public sup port of State Guaard activities, and enlistment in its ranks by soldiers returning from overseas and being discharged. It was mutually agreed by the par ticipatns in the conference, which was held at the Lord Baltimore Ho tel, that there would be a definite need for the State Guard for a con siderable period after the conclusion of the war against Japan, and until the National G<uiard was returned and reorganized. To continue the close cooperation between the United States Army and the State Guard, it was decided to hold similar conferences four times a year, for the discussion of prob lems as they arise. SB Kane-Espy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Kane of 2624 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, for merly of Perryville, announce the marriage of their daughter, Janet Elizabeth, to Major Bowers W. Espy, which took place on May 18, at the church of St. Jeannes in Baar-le-Duc France. Lt. Kane is a graduate of the Ursuliue Academy, Wilmington, -and a graduate of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. She entered the Army Nursing Corps in December, 1943, and was assigned to overseas duty in February, 1944. Major Espy the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Rid way B. Espy, Kingston, Pa., is a graduate of Wyoming Seminary, and before enlisting in the U. S. Army Air Forces in 194 2, was connected with Auchincloss Parker & Redpath, brokers, Wilkes-Barre. Major Espy has been with the famed Pioneer Mustang group of the 9th Air Force since it was activated in 1943. m Young Adult Retreat A Week-End Retreat for Young Adults will be held at Wesley Junior College. Dover, Delaware, on July 28 and 29. Reverend Paul W. Poley, of Jenkinhtown, Pa., will be the speaker and forum leader. The registration will begin on Sat urday, July 28, at 1 p. m. An inter esting program is planned in which ample time is given to worship, mu sic, recreation and a business session. The retreat will close ajt 2 p. m. on Sunday with a consecration service. This Young Adult Retreat is spon sored by the Peninsula Conference Board of Edwaction. Rev. Melvin Kay is the dean. T-4 Paul Gifford, of Philadelphia, visited his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Gifford, last week. He has recently returned from Germany, where he was held a prisoner for sev eral months. Misses Sara, Melva and Elizabeth Kincaid are spending a few days in Atlantic City, N. J. Mrs. H. R. Fehr 111, and daughter Susan, Annapolis, Md., are guests of Mrs. H. R. Fehr and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pyle. Last week’s guests of Mr. and M~s. G. C. Logan were Mrs. Leo Callanan, Baltimore, and Mrs. Paul McCabe of Dagsboro, Del. Lieut, (j. g.) H. W. Seago and family left Rising Sun Saturday, the lieutenant going to California, and Mrs. Seago and Michael to Texas. Miss M. Lidie Stewart is visiting her sister, Mrs. R. A. Gramiling and family, of Manoa, Pa. Mrs. Bon Pogue, Suzanne and Ben, Jr., were guests last week of Mr. aud Mr.s Howard Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T, Wilson have received word of the safe arri val of their eon, S|Sgt. Ralph T. Wii- FITZGERALD SAWMILL [ BURNED . The sawmill of Samuel W. Fitzger j aid, at Porter’s Bridge, was totally destroyed by fire of unknown origin r at an early hour on Saturday morn- J ing. The fire siren sounded at quar ter to three o’clock. Saturday morn ing, and 1 the Rising Su'n firemen were ' on the scene within fifteen minutes. Several hundred feet of hose were ’ laid to Octoraro creek, and streams of water played on the piles of lum ; ber and stove food about the mill. The mill, which was a skeleton struc ture, with a metal roof, and all the machinery were totally destroyed, en- I tailing a loss of about SIO,OOO, but , the firemen, by hard work succeeded ' in saving the sawed lumber and stove ■ wood. This is the third time fire has de ' stroyed a mill for Mr. Fitzgerald. ’ Unusual precautions were always taken, and an inspection of the pre [ raises made regularly every night, af ter the mill had shut down. Some j fishermen returning home between twelve and one o’clock Saturday ( morning, passed the mill and report | ed no sign of any fire at that hour. ! It is possible that the blaze may have 1 been of incendiary origin. S3 Combine Damaged By Fire : Rising S'un firemen were called to ■ what is known as the Jos. T. Groves i farm near Rock Church, about 4:30 [ o’clock Friday afternoon, where a [ combine that was cutting and thresh ing wheat had caught on fire. i The firemen responded promptly , and prevented the flames from spread i ing to the wheat, but the machine i was badly damaged. Fire had started ■ in the motor and before it could be extinguished iid a great deal of dam age to those parts of machine, which is mostly constructed of metal, that would burn, the loss is estimated at SI,OOO. m Vanderpoel-McDowell The marriage of Miss May Chris i tine Vanderpoel, daughter of Mrs. Edward C. Vanderpoel and the late ! Mr. Vanderpoel of Rutherford, New Jersey, to Pfc. Donald England Mc i Dowell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry i Of McDowell of Calvert, Md., took place oa Sunday, June 24, at 4 o’- i clock, in the Rutherford Baptist Church. The Rev. J. Norris McDowell of Oaklyn, New Jersey, great uncle of the groom, performed the double ring ceremony. The church was beau tifully decorated with ferns, palms, gladiolus and snapdragons. Mr. Newell Gillian played the wed ding music and accompanied Mr. Donald McNair, Philadelphia, who : sang “Thine Alone,” “Because,” and “Saviour Like A Shepherd Lead Them.” The bride was given in marriage by her brother. Pic. John P. Vander poel. She wore a gown of white satin , and lace, fashioned in princess style with a lace yoke, long sleeves and a train. Her veil was finger tip length. She carried a bouquet of Madonna lilies, snapdragons and baby’s breath. Miss Ruth Vanderpoel, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Her frock was of pink chiffon and she carried spring flowers with con trasting ribbon. The bridesmaids were Mrs. Paiuil Kearney, another sister, of New York City; Miss Helen Walczak of Rutherford; Miss Shirley , Mae Ware of Arlington, Va.; and Miss Ruth Stam, of Patterson, N. J., roommate of the bride at Wheaton College. Their frocks were fashioned alike. Two wore yellow chiffon dress es and carried spring flowers, two wore aqua dresses and carried spring flowers, all with contrasting ribbons and headdresses of flowers to match, i The bride’s mother wore aqua chiffon with pink mellene hat and a ■ corsage of red roses. The bride groom’s mother chose dusty rose summer taffeta with small matching . hat and corsage of red roses. Mrs. David McDowell, grandmother of the groom, wore pink chiffon with corsage of yellow roses. Pfc. Chester Schneider of Philadel . phia, was best man. The ushers were Kenneth Roberts, A. S., U. S. N., of Auburn, N. Y.; Pfc. Dale Dunkleber ger, classmate of the groom, of Phil adelphia; Robert England, of Rising Sun, Md., and David McDowell, bro ; ther of the groom. A reception followed the ceremony in the church parlor. The bride is a grauate of Ruther -1 ford High School and has just com ! pleted her sophomore year at Whea- I ton College, Wheaton, 111. Pfc. Mc- Dowell attended Wheaton College and is now a junior at Temple Uni ! versity School of Medicine. He is a 1 member of the Phi Beta Pi frater nity. After a wedding trip Pfc. and Mrs. , McDowell will reside in Philadelphia. i an Mrs. Thomas D. Holmes has sold her residence property located at 252 1 Mackall Street, Elkton, to Mr. and ’ Mrs. Howard Saunders, for $3300. ‘ son, Jr„ in the Philippine islands. Additional Funds For > Md. Schools i i Maryland has Increased expendi - tnres tor schools by $4,500,000 since - the 1939-40 biennium, when the - State stood lowest in the union in ! “educational effort” as measured by . an American Council of Educaction ; formula, Dr. Thomas G. Pullen, State > superintendent of schools, reports. Another $1,500,000 will be added to the increase within two years, Mr. ■ Pullen said, bringing the total school ■ outlay to approximately 30 per cent more than the 1939-1940 expendi ture. The superintendent was comment ing upon a statement made before the State Parent-Teacher Conference. A survey conducted by the American Council of Education placed Mary land at the bottom of the list of the 48 states and the District of Colum bia on the basis of the percentage of total per capita income spent on edu cation. The same survey put Maryland thirty-second among the States in dollars spent per child of school age and twenty-sixth in expenditures per child in actual daily average attend ance during the 1939-1940 terms. The actual expenditure for cur rent school expenses in the school year 1939-1940 was $20,600,000, Dr. Pullen said, as compared with $25,- 150,000 for the 1943-44 period. He added that another million will be spent when the full effect of the 12- year system and smaller class pro garm is felt. The superintendent said the cost per child attending school in 1939- 40 was $79.13 as against a cost of $105.46 during 1943-44, reflecting further the increased public support of education in the State. “We should not infer from Dr. Joyal’s statement that Maryland has poor schools,” Dr. Pullen continued. “The strength of our system lies in the qualifications of its teachers, which are among the highest in the nation.” The superintendent pointed out that Maryland leads the States in guaranteeing the longest school year, regardless of where in the State the child lives, and provides “an exper ienced supervisory system and makes adequate provision for text-books and supplies.” The increased appropriations to schools since 1930-40, Dr. Pullen said, have been occasioned by: A new salary schedule beginning in 1940 and a second one beginning September 1, 1945, when bonus pay ments will be made permanent. Equalization of salaries of Negro and white teachers and supervisors. Provision for the extension of the school period from 11 to 12 years for all children in the State. Reduction in the size of classes in elementary schools from 40 to 35. Expansion in the program of voca tional rehabilitation, vocational, spe cial and adult education. Provision for visual, aduitory and radio education. a Sportsmen Discuss Reforestation At the regular monthly meeting of Rising Sun Sportsmen’s Club, held in firemen’s hall. Tuesady evening, July 10, the subject of reforestation was discussed at some length. It was pointed out that most of the streams in Cecil County were be ing filled up with top soil from the farmers’ fields, due to the water sheds being destroyed. The cluib is making an effort to investigate the course of different streams in the county with the possibility of build ing watersheds along them. Pennsyl vania authorities will also be con tacted, asking them to investigate conditions along Octoraro creek. The head waters of this stream are form ed in that Staate. A letter from Senator Tydings was read at the meeting, stating that he would give careful consideration to Senate Bill 924, which, if passed, would give certain powers to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. All the members are asked to write their rep resentatives concerning this bill. Through efforts of the club, 10,000 bass have been planted in Octoraro Creek by the Fisheries Department. Eric Hawley and Charlton Poist, delegates to Maryland League of Sportsmen’s Convention held in Ocean City, Md., on June 1 and 2, made an excellent report on their activities. Flowers were ordered sent to Fred Burkins and Robert Cameron, mem bers who are ill; Ruth Reed, wife of the president, who is receiving treat ment in Baltimore; and flowers and cards of sympathy to Don Cole and family, who recently lost their young son. Bonds were awarded' as follows: Hazel Bartow, Oxford, Pa., $100.00; [ George McFucas, Cochranville, Pa., $50.00, and I. G. Bullock, Rising SUB, $25.00. NO. 3