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Deaths
Mr. William h Peed
Mr. William J. Peed passed away
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Christine Jacob, Johnsontown, Fri
day, May 1st, aged seventy-five
years. Funeral services were held at
the home Saturday, May 2nd, con
ducted by Rev. H. A .Glauss and
interment was in Hungars Cemetery.
The active pallbearers were Mes
.srs. Walter Wilkins, Vivian Bailey,
Robert Jones, Dudley Mapp, Lloyd
Bailey and Burleigh Wilkins. The
honorary pallbearers were Messrs.
Abel Joynes, Richard Jacob, Joe
Mapp, James Wyatt, Jack Scott,
George T. Tyson, Tank Badger,
Llewellyn Mapp, C. M. Lankford,
Sr., Ernest Scott, Ben Mears, J. P.
Wescott and Thomas Churn.
Mr. Peed is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Christine Jacob, of
Johnsontown, Va., and Mrs. Earl
Scott, of Dalbys, Va.
Mrs. S. J. Annis
Mrs. Mary L. Annis, wife of Mr.
S. J. Annis, passed away at her
home at Guilford, Va., Sunday, May
3, aged 53 years. Funeral services
were held at Guilford Methodist
Church, Tuesday, May 5, conducted
:by Revs. T. J. C. Heath and W. C.
Wheedleton and interment was in
Guilford Church yard. /
The active pallbearers were Mes
srs. Archie Annis, Bronzie Annis,
Willie Taylor, Milton Taylor, Merrill
Annis and Arnold Lee Annis; hono
rary—Mrs. Mary Berry, Mrs. Gar
land Jenkins, Mrs. Carroll Hart,
Mrs. Betty Taylor, Mrs. Braden Tay
lor, Mrs. Lula Annis, Mrs. Iva
Thornes, Mrs. Harry Taylor, Mrs,
Clifton Taylor, Mrs. Paul Young,
Mrs. Archie Annis, Mrs. Margie An
nis, Mrs. Fred Taylor, Misses Win
nie Annis, Helen Phillips and Emma
Walker.
She is survived by her husband
two daughters, Mrs. Roy Bloxom, ol
Hopeton, and Mrs. Clifford Phillips
of Pastoria, three sons, Messrs
Herman Annis, of Mearsville, Roland
Annis, of Bayhead, N. J., and James
Annis, of Guilford, three brothers,
Messrs. George Taylor, of Willis
Wharf, Robert Taylor, of Bloxorr
and Thomas Taylor, of Clam, and
•one half-brother, Mr. Burley Taylor,
ol Justisville.
Mr. William Luther Elzey
Funeral services for Mr. William
Luther Elzey, who died suddenly at
his home near Exmore, Thursday,
April 30, were held at Epworti
Methodist Church, Sunday afternoon
May 3rd, conducted by Rev. J. N
Mast and interment was in Frank
town Cemetery. The active pall
bearers were Messrs.. Guy Elzey
Herman Elzey, Herbert Elzey, Raj
Hurley, Oscar Hanby, Milton Col
lins, Victor Hurley and Norman El
zey.
The honorary pallbearers wer<
Messrs. J. T. Ames, William Glad
den, William Walker, Will Smith
John Justice, Roy Kellam, T. E
Bedsworth, Louis Gladstone, J. P
Wescott, W. C. Roberts, E. G. Tank
ard, H. M. James, A. E. Shelton
Edward Holland, Jr., Joe Mapp
Tankard Badger, Gillie Hurt, James
Turner, James Rogers, C. M. Lank
ford, Drs. A. A. Arnold and W. J
Sturgis.
Mr. Elzey is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Rose Collins Elzey
three daughters, Mrs. H. S. Wilsoi
and Mrs. A. G. Ashby, of Exmore
and Miss Pearl ' Elzey, of Nassa
wadox, one son, Mr. C. J. Elzey, oi
Birds Nest, one sister, Mrs. Dorothj
Hurley, of Seaford, Del., and si>
brothers, Mr. Norris Elzey, of Dan
ville, Va., Dr. Robert Elzey, of Phil
adelphia, Messrs. Charles Elzey, ol
Seaford, Del., Ira Elzey, of Hebron
Md., and Harvey and Olin Elzey, ol
Salisbury, Md.
Mrs. Frank Savage
Funeral services for Mrs. Florenc*
Twyford Savage, aged 61 years
wife of Mr. Frank Savage, who diec
at her home at Onley, Wednesdaj
afternoon, April 29th, were held ai
the home Friday afternoon, May 1
conducted by Rev. A. I. Caudle as
sisted by Rev. H. L. Hoffman anc
interment was in Mt. Holly Ceme
tery, Onancock. The active pall
bearers were Messrs Alfred Twy
ford, Harry Twyford, Pedro Twy
ford, Thomas Twyford, Roland Twy
ford and Charles Savage. The hon
orary pallbearers were Messrs. H. L,
East, C. F. Milliner, J. M. Byrd,
G. A. Kellam, I. D. Northam, V. S,
Burton, R. C. Evans, T P. Copes,
Jefferson Vaughan, Jeff F. Walter
Paul White, John Beachboard, A. H
Revell, Joe Nock, W. L. Harper
Clarence Morris, Norman Savage,
Alfred Shrieves, Thomas Savage,
Marvin Jones, Hugh Bell, A. B,
Gardner, William Windsor, Bernard
Evans, B. P. Savage, Twyford Ev
ans, Lloyd Savage, R. J. Boggs,
Lester Evans, A. E. Nock, Cecil
Lofland, Edward Willis, Herman Sav
age, O. M. Stevenson, Drs. W. F.
Kellam and Charles Kelley.
Mrs. Savage is survived by her
husband, two children, Mrs. Clarence
Mapp, of Onley, and Mr. William
Savage, of Richmond, one grand
child, David Francis Mapp, four
sisters, Mrs. Madora Shrieves and
Mrs. A. F. Evans, of Cashville Misses
Millie and Georgie Twyford, of Ex
more, and five brothers, Messrs. Al
fred Twyford, of Exmore, T. O.
Twyford and R. R. Twyford, of
Wardtown, Harry Twyford, of New
port News and Pedro Twyford, of
Franktown.
Mr. Everett L. Robins
Funeral services for Mr. Everett
L. Robins, of Exmore, who passed
away at the Memorial Hospital, Nas
sawadox, Thursday morning, April
30, were held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Colonna, Exmore,
Friday, May 1st, conducted by Rev.
E. D. Vaughan and interment was
in the family burying ground. The
active pallbearers were Messrs. E. D.
Broun, E. T. Waters, C. M. Lank
ford, Jr., F. F. Freeland, F. H. Lord,
R. J. Lewis, Thomas Bundick and
James E. Turner. The honorary
pallbearers were Messrs. P. R. Wil
son, C. I. Martin, J. R. Marion, F. F.
Cathey, R. E. Kellam, C. A. Orange,
J. P. Wescott, Arthur Robins, Jr.,,
Richard Nottingham, Forrest Chand
ler, J. T. Ames, George T. Tyson,
W. E. Johnson, W. E. Walker, W. J.
Gladstone, R. T. Gladstone, A. R.
Bailey, Charles Wright, J. M.
Young, W. T. Lewis, W. G. Mapp,
Horace Wilkins, Maurice Notting
ham, M. J. Duer, A. D. Mapp, C. M.
Elmore, H. L. Gilden, S. B. Doughty,
P. U. Lewis and Paul W. Turner.
He . is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Robert Chandler, of Melfa, one
brother, Mr. Arthur Robins, of Stew
arts Wharf and several nieces and
nephews.
Mr. I. W. fumiss
Mr. I. W. Fumiss, a highly re
spected citizen and for a number of
years a useful member of the Bap
tist Church, died at his home at
Saxis, Va.t Wednesday, April 29,
aged 76 years. Funeral services
were held at Saxis Methodist
Church on Friday, May 1st, con
ducted by Revs. F. T. Fulcher and
W. C. Wheedleton, and interment
was in Saxis Baptist Church yard.
The active pallbearers were Messrs.
Elwood Fumiss, George Cutler, Elic
Cutler, Ira Webb, Vernon Drewer
and Mahlon Knight; honorary—Mrs.
Annie Drewer, Mrs. Grayson Taylor,
Mrs. Carl Jones, Mrs. Ora Martin,
Misses Beatrice Fumiss, Mary Mar
shall, Olive May Dennis, Lois Lin
ton, Miriam Ewell and Mr. Burton
Fumiss.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Lula Fumiss, three daughters, Mrs.
Harold Knight and Mrs. John Bailey,
of Saxis, Mrs. Bronzy White, of
Poulson, one son, Mr. Willie F. Fur
niss, one sister, Mrs. James Cutler,
of Newport News, three brothers,
Messrs. Charles S. Fumiss and E. L.
Fumiss, of Saxis, and S. O. Fumiss,
of Salisbury, Md., a stepdaughter,
Mrs. Reginald Miles and nine grand
children.
Capt. George D. Hitchens
With the passing of Capt. George
D .Hitchens, of Capeville, Va., on
Thursday, April 23, a landmark has
been removed that will be missed by
many.
, Capt. Hitchens passed his eighty
sixth milestone, April 10. He was
bom and grew up in Lower North
ampton and knew the genealogy and
history of every prominent family in
this section.
Practically his entire life was
spent in government employ. His
first work was with the govemmenl
coast survey. In 1879, at the age
of 29, he became a surfman undei
his father, David Hitchens, Captain
of Smith Island Coast Guard Sta
tion. At the death of his father twc
years later, he was promoted tc
captain and served in that capacity
34 years.
Brave and fearless, no sea was toe
rough and no wind too high for him
to answer the call of humanity anc
his record can be second to none, foi
even in those days of frail lifeboats
propelled by oars, he never failed
to save a man to whose rescue he
went.
Capt. Hitchens’ ability was recog
nized at Washington and he was
often called to headquarters foi
counsel with the general superin
tendent, Mr. S. I. Kimbol, whom he
numbered among his best personal
fpipnHfi.
During Capt. Hitchen’s incumbency
Smith’s Island, except the govern
ment reservation, was owned by th«
Lee family. A club house on the
island was frequented by many Vir
ginia and New York sportsmen
Among the lasting friendships made
at that time were with Dr. G. Boll
ing Lee and Mr. O. S. Campbell, ol
New York and Mr. E.- M. Ward, oi
Long Island.
Since his retirement, April 15;
1915, after 36 years of service, he
has resided in Capeville.
Capt. Hitchens joined Evergreen
Lodge No. 105 A. F. & A. M., Cape
Charles, 48 years ago, and has been
an honorary member of Capeville
Lodge since its organization. He
had been affiliated with the Red
Men for 50 years.
Capt. Hitchens married Miss Sallie
Elliott, of Capeville, who survives
him. They celebrated the sixty-fifth
anniversary of their marriage last
November 10. Capt. and Mrs. Hit
chens united with Capeville Meth
odist Church in 1867 and were the
oldest living members.
He was a friend to everyone.
Nobody ever asked help of him with
out receiving and possibly the sweet
est story told of him was he would
feed his neighbors chickens when
he fed his own so that they need
not have to watch his eat through
the wire fence.
Authorities who came to bury
Frederick Wilhelm, a squatter in
Peaceful Valley, Neb., at the ex
pense of the county, found a key to
a bank box, which contained $14,000.
■ Cape Charles
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Tilghman
visited relatives in Crisfield, Sunday.
Mr. J. B. Otto, 3rd is spending
some time 'with friends in Balti
more, Md.
Mr. Mowbray Henderson, Jr., will
spend this week-end with relatives
in Norfolk.
Mr. L. T. Carmine, of Rehoboth,
Del., has been a recent guest of
friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cox visited
Mrs. L. W Duncan at the Crisfield
Hospital, Tuesday
Mr. Jack Ayres, of Richmond,
spent the week-end with his mother,
Mrs. John Ayres.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Willis will
leave this week to visit relatives and
friends in North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Forrest and
Mr. and Mrs. William Scott spent
Sunday at Ocean City, Md.
Mr. Jimmie Hines, of Newport
News, visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Hines last week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Reville, Miss
Edith Gray and Miss Winnie Rolley
visited in Richmond last week-end.
Miss Susan Lynch will leave next
week to spend several days with rel
atives and friends at Bryn Mawr,
Pa.
Mrs. Reginald Barnes will spend
this week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Spencer, at Parks
ley.
Mrs. G. H. Sterling, of Crisfield,
Md., visited Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Ap
plebaugh on Peach Street last Sun
day.
Dr. and Mrs. Hall Ames, of Nor
folk, have been recent guests of Dr.
and Mrs. S. K. Ames on Madison
Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. James Okeefe, of
Salisbury, visited Mrs. Okeefe’s
mother, Mrs. H. E. Lowe, over the
week-end.
Mr. W. A. Kenney, of Philadel
phia, spent the week-end with Mrs.
Kenney and the children on Taze
well Avenue.
Miss Virginia Foster has returned
to her duties at the Railroad Tele
phone office, after several days’ ill
ness last week.
Friends will be glad to know
that Mr. Charles W. Givans, who
has been ill at Marine Hospital, Nor
folk, is improving.
Mrs. E. C. Willis and Mrs. W.
F. D. Williams were in Hampton,
Tuesday attending the District meet
ing of the U. D. C.
Mrs. Norman Woodruff, of Char
lotte, N. C., has returned, after vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. George J. Sav
age on Bay Avenue.
Mrs. H. J. Esham, of Snow Hill,
Md., is spending some time with her
sister', Mrs. O. V. Tilghman, and Mr.
Tilghman on Tazewell Avenue.
Miss Alice Disharoon, of New
York, is spending several days with
her parents, Mr. and Mr. L. T.
Disharoon, on Monroe Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hallett left
Tuesday to visit relatives at Macon,
N. C. and to be present at the
family reunion celebration this week.
Mr. Lewis Neilson of Philadelpria
and Mrs. W. A. Wagner, of Newark,
N. J., have returned home, after a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wag
ner.
Mr. Vaughan Moore, a student af
Georgetown College, Chestertown,
Md., spent the week-end with his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. Vaughar
Moore.
Mr. M. M. Bartlett, who has i
temporary assignment with th<
Pennsylvania Railroad at Harring
ton, Del., spent the week-end hers
with his family.
Mrs. Logan Kniffin and Mrs. May
bell Woodward, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs
F. Tucker Wilkins, returned to theii
homes Wednesday.
Friends will be glad to learn thai
Mrs. Fred Navarrow, who is ill ai
Memorial Hospital, has sufficientlj
recovered to return to her home ii
the Wilkins Apartment.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynwood W. Dun
can, of Pocomoke, the former Misi
Ruth Cox, of Cape Charles, are be
ing congratulated upon the birtl
of a daughter last Saturday at th<
Crisfield, Md. Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Roberts and
their daughter, Doretta, attended the
wedding of Dr. and Mrs. Bradford
Green in Philadelphia last Saturday.
Mrs. Green was the former Miss
Hurley, of New Church.
Rev. and Mrs. Vaughan Moore
visitej friends in Baltimore, Thurs
day and Friday. They were accom
panied as far as Mt. Vernon, Md. by
Mr. Moore’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Moore who have been spend
ing several days here.
Representatives at the District
Missionary meeting at Belle Haven
last Tuesday included Mrs. H. W.
Layfield, Mrs. Sallie Hickman, Mrs.
L. H. Richardson, Mrs. W. £T Chan
dler, Mrs. J. D. Mapp, Mrs. J. L.
Heath, Mrs. Lina Taylor and Mrs.
B. P. Penney, Sr.
Those who attended the annual
spring luncheon of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Women’s Aid, Friday at
Salisbury, Md. included Mrs. R. E.
Schrack, Mrs. J. E. Vandling, Mrs.
C. C Kerr, Mrs. J. W. Dillahunt,
Mrs. J. E. Zullinger, Mrs. Berkley
Ward, Jr., Mrs. H. F. Bonniville and
Miss Mae Vought.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul White enter
tained the Rev. and Mrs. Arthur
H. Brown of the Orange, N. J. Meth
odist Episcopal Church, last Thurs
day and Friday at their home near
Cape Charles. Mr. Brown served as
senior Chaplain of the Blue Ridge
Mountain 80th Division during the
World War and Mr. White served
as secretary to him.
Miss Irma Stevenson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Stevenson, of
Cape Chales, and a freshman at
Flora MacDonald College, Red
Springs, N. C., was elected Vice
President of her class for the ses
' sion 1936-37. Miss Stevenson re
ceived the honor at a recent meeting
of her fellow classmates. Miss Ste
venson, who graduated last year at
the Cape Charles High School, was
a very popular member of the stu
i dent body here and has been prom
inent in campus activities since en
tering college at Red Springs.
Firemen of Pocahontas, Va., were
routed out of their slumbers to find
that it was their own firehouse on
fire.
Claudette Richardson
Claudette Richardson, aged 10
months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. N. Richardson, of Eastville, died
at her home Wednesday, April 29.
Funeral services were held at John
son's, Friday, conducted by the Rev.
E. L. Larsen, of Cheriton Baptist
Church.
She is survived by her parents'
and the following brothers and sis- j
ters: Philip, Kenneth, Eugene, Laura
Catherine, Bobby and Rose Marie. j
R. S. ASHBY HONORED AT
DELAWARE UNIVERSITY
Rulon S. Ashby, resident of 16
Warwick Street, East Orange, N. J.,
and son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Ashby, of Wardtown, Va., has been
chosen an honorary member of the
Tau Beta Pi engineering fraternity,
because of his excellent rating while
attending Delaware University and
achievements attained since gradua
tion. He is a member of the Phi
Kappa Tau social fraternity. Mr.
Ashby is an engineer of the New
Jersey Telephone Co.
Approximately one person in every
hundred in the United States com
mitted a crime in 1935.
HORSE RACES DURING
POTATO FESTIVAL
Horse racing will be one of the
feature attractions at the Potato
Blossom Festival this year. Two
races will take place each day which
will furnish racing fans on the
Shore plenty of amusement.
The' Committee in charge of tba
racing program has announced that
a special attraction will be added
this year in the form of a mule race
on each day. On the first day there
will be a bare-back mule race for
which substantial cash prizes will be
awarded the winners. On the second
day there will be a special mule and
cart race for which cash prizes will
be awarded.
It has been some time since races
of this nature have been held an
the Shore and it is felt that they
will prove of interest to the crowds
which will attend the festival.
Commander E. T .Stevens of
Wachapreague announced this week
that anyone desiring to enter the
mule races should send in his name
and address. Entries in the bare
back race will be limited to 15 and
in the cart race to 10.
Who Is Your Choice ?
Listen in on WTAR Friday, May 15, 4:30 to 5:30,
when Eastern Shore Amateurs will broadcast and use this
ballot to vote your choice to be heard at the Eastern Shore
Potato Blossom Festival.
First Choice _
Second Choice_
Third Choice_
Signed -
Forward This Ballot to Peninsula Enterprise, Acco
mac, Va., on or before Wednesday, May 20, 8 p. m.
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The Girl Who Married Dear ‘Ole Dad’
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Are Many
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A Mother’s love is indeed the
golden link that binds youth to
age; and he is still but a child,
however, time may have furrowed
his cheeks or silvered his brow,
who can yet recall with a softened
heart the fond devotion or the
gentle chidings of the best friend
that God ever gave us.
— Boves.
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Suggestions
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