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Volume LVI ACCOMAC C. H., VA., SATURDAY, MARCH 13 , 1937 Number 37
Shore Community League
| Workers Meet At Eastville
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Complete Organization Of East
ern Shore District Of Coopera
tive Education Association
MRS. A. T. WISE
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Dr. E. L. Fox States Objectives
Of Association In Inter
esting Address
Eastville, Va., March 10—A rep
resentative group of Eastern Shore
men and women met at the high
school, Monday, to complete the or
ganization of Accomack and North
ampton counties as a new district
in the Cooperative Education Asso
ciation. Mrs. A. T. Wise presided
and the all-day program was of in
terest throughout. A constitution
and by-laws was adopted and of
ficers were elected. Besides special
music by local talent, intersting
features included a paper on “Edu
cation, the Keystone of Progress” by
Mr. Branch Phillips, and one on"The
Problem of Youth” by Mr. H. S.
Powell. Supt. George Oliver in a
short talk stressed the importance
of adult cooperation in public school
education, and Miss Nora Miller led
an interesting round table discussion
of youth problems in which the
necessity for increased interest in
youth, on the. part of adults was
stressed.
Dr. Magill, of the Northampton
health department, made a forceful
talk on "The Prevention of Tubercu
losis” and strongly endorsed the sale
of anti-tuberculosis seals and the
examinations of suspicious tubercu
losis cases. He asked for the hearty
i cooperation of Northampton leagues
in the effort soon to be made to ex
amine for tuberculosis every child in
the public schools of that county.
• • Dr. E. L. Fox, the newly appointed
Executive Secretary, was present and
added much to the success of the
meeting by his alert, genial manner
and his optimistic outlook. Dr. Fox
gave as his specific objectives for
the Cooperative Education Associa
tion, 1. The arousing of adults,
through the Bulletin and by public
forums, to an understnding of their
community needs; and 2. The edu
cation of parents in the knowledge of
childhood thus placing the emphasis
j upon word and religious uplift
rather than upon material things.
The objectives adopted by the East
em Shore organization follow this
t trend.
The following district officers were
' elected. President—Mrs. A. T. Wise;
Vice-Presidents—Mrs. Lee Dunton
and Mrs. Preston Richardson; Secre
| tary-Treasurer—Mr. Paul Hounshell.
: The organization accepted with
pleasure an invitation to hold its
i next meeting with the Chincoteague
C League.
Methodist Young
People Have Rally
Onanc6ck Church Is Host To
250 From Eastern Shore
District, March 5th
Friday, March 5th was a Red
Letter day for the Methodist Young
People of the Eastern Shore when
some 250 of them went in the Metho
dist Church,: at Onancock, Va., at
3:45 p. m. and continued a pro
gram of information, recreation and
inspiration until 9 p. m.
After a devotional program led by
Rev, Jack Taylor, Rev. Carl J. San
ders, director of the Young People’s
Division of the Eastern Shore, pre
sided over the afternoon and evening
sessions.
James Lewis extended a hearty
welcome and it was responded to by
Billy Livingston. Several young
people, who attended the assembly
in Lynchburg, last summer spoke en
thusiastically and Ethel Twyford,
President of the Young People’s
Union closed by saying she was go
ing this summer if she had to walk.
Rev. C. A. Tucker, of the Rich
mond office, honored the group with
his presence and he reported plans
for an enlarged assembly this sum
mer. Rev. Allen Carter, of Belle
Hav»n, spoke on the “Value of the
Union.” lb was followed by Rev. Ken
neth Haddock, of South Salisbury, on
the 'Young People and Missions”,
after which the group assembled in
the dining hall for supper and games
Jed by Jack Taylor.
Continued on page 12
Prize Winner
Mary Lou Miller, aged 3 years,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Miller, of Withams, Va., was a win
ner in the beauty contest, which
was held at Temperanceville, Va.,
during February.
Mrs. Blanche Hay
den Opens Beauty
Shop At Accomac
Mrs. Blanche Hayden opened a
beauty shop over Bell’s Drug Store
in Accomac this week. Mrs. Hayden
has installed the latest equipment
and is ready to givefirst class work
to all patrons. She will trade as the
Curly Top Beauty Parlor. Mrs. Hay
den is well known as a hair dresser
in this section having worked at
Onancock for several years and be
ing recognized as very competent.
Rev. W. R. Reid
Addresses Club
Si “
Speaks At Meeting Of Woman’s
Club Of Eastern Shore At
Eastville, Thursday
Eastville, Va., March 10 — The
Woman’s Club of the Eastern Shore
of Virginia met at the old Court
House here today. After the min
utes of the last meeting were read,
the president announced that the
fashion show would be held on March
11, at 8 p. m., at the Cape Charles
High School.
Mrs. S. J. Wilkins, corresponding
secretary, read two letters to the
club, the first an invitation from
the Accomack Woman’s Club to the
Eastern Shore Club to join them on
Saturday, March 20, to hear i.Hss
Lucille Bland. The second letter was
from the Fannie Tignor Steames, the
Club Mother, thanking the club for
sending her the year book.
Mrs. Trower was unanimously J
elected to represent the club at the j
sixth district meeting on March 25. |
Mrs. Trower appointed Mrs. George
Tyson and Mrs. G. G .Tankard on
the nominating committee and those
nominated from the floor to serve
with them were Mrs. Edward Hol
land, Jr., Mrs. C. Lankford, Jr. and.
Mrs. Claude "Mapp.
The speaker of the afternoon, Rev.
W. R. Reid very ably as wei! as
amusingly was introduced by M s.
Downing. Mr. Reid a graduate ol
William and Mary College and the
Union Theological Seminary of Rich
mond and Supervisor of Adult Train
ing on the Eastern Shore spoke on
“Citizenship and the Good Life.”
Continued on page 12
Narcissus Show
At Onancock, Tues
day, March 30th
The second annual narcissus show,
sponsored by the Garden Club of
A.ccomack County, will be held in
the Parish House, Onancock, Wed
nesday, March 31st. The show is open
to all amateur growers and it is
hoped that every section of the
county will send exhibits. Complete
schedule of classes will be announced
later.
Oyster Supper At
St. Thomas Church
Easter Monday
There will be an oyster supper at
St. Thomas Church;’ Easter Mon
day. Ice cream, cake, and candy will
be on sale also. Make your plans
now to enjoy a good oyster supper
with us and at the same time help
a good cause.
No Services At •
Bethel Church
There will be no services at Bethel
Baptist Church near Bloxom, Va.,
Sunday, March 14, due to the inter
ior of the church being painted.
Comedy Drama
At Central High
■
Dramatic Club To Present
“Climbing Roses,” March 19.
Fifteen Players In Cast
“Climbing Roses’’, by Eugene
Hafer, to be given at Central High,
School, Friday, March 19th, at 8
o’clock is the second in the series of
plays to be produced this year by the
Central High School Purple Masque
Dramatic Club. This dramatic club
has been aiming at bigger and bet
ter plays than any that have been
previously done. The personnel of
this play is made up of senior mem
bers of the organization, who are
working toward a trip to Washing
ton for the entire class in the
Spring.
in tms piay, Mrs. warren’s uncle
Sidney has willed his exclusive city
home to Peggy Rose, who has lived
with her aunt on an old truck farm.
They are trying to make a splurge
in society. A gardener, by the name
of Watson, is hired to care for the
garden, and also to teach them social
etiquette. He doesn’t succeed very
well, and his helper, Ferdie Wimble
ton, does all the gardening. In order
to help them with their splurge,
Watson tries to get a prince to visit
them, leading to ,an hilarious sit
uation. One amusing incident after
another leads up to a climax when
everyone finds out that Watson is
really Jack Archer, a famous author,
who has been living with the Roses
for atmosphere for his new novel.
The Roses finally break into society.
From the opening until the final
curtain, the audience will enjoy this
farcical comedy to the fullest extent.
There are fifteen players in the
cast as follows: Peggy Rose—Betty
Turner; Maggie Rose—Betty Hop
kins; Hazel Sommers — Florence
Swenson; Priscille Prentice—Emma
Hutchinson; Mrs. Warren—Annabelle
Killmon; Joyce Belmont—Elizabeth
Kellam; Winnie Clark—Julia Hutch
inson; Jack Archer—Michael Byrne;
Ferdie Wimbleton—Forrest Smith;
Jim Rose—Tom Taylor; Dryden
Proonis — Donald Phillips; Percy
Southworth—Bill Cosby; The Three
Prince Rudolphs—Hubbard Charles,
Bruce Baker, and Elton Kellam.
The Central High School Orchestra
will also play between acts. Admis
sion 15 and 30 cents.
Supper At Tasley
The ladies of Tasley Methodist
Church will hold a chicken and oyster
supper during April. Watch this
paper for date and place which will
be announced later.
Women Raised $1,733.04
For Memorial Hospital
The annual report of Mrs. B. D.
Holland, treasurer of the woman’s
alxiliary of the Northampton-Acco
mack Memorial Hospital, shows that
$1733.04 was raised by that organ
ization last year and spent on the
hospital. Of this amount $1,000.57
was raised by the Northampton
branch of the auxiliary and $732.47
by the Accomack auxiliary. The re
port of the Northampton branch is
as follows:
Balance on hand 1935_$ 72.03
Total Receipts 1936_ 1000.57
Total _$1072.60
Total Disbursements 1936 _1041.30
Balance on hand_$ 31.30
Continued on page 12
Baptist Young
People’s Rally
At Accomac
Quarterly Get Together Meet
ing Of Denomination’s Young
People Held Tuesday
MISS HILDA QUILLEN
ELECTED SECRETARY
Address Given By Dr. H. W.
Tiffany On “What Does
Christianity Mean”
The Quarterly Baptist Training
Union Rally was held with the
Drummondtown Baptist Church at
Accomac, Va., on Tuesday night,
March 9th. This Training Union is
composed of the various Baptist
Young People’s Societies and the
Baptist Adult Unions in the church
es of the Accomack Association. Not
withstanding the large amount of
sickness among children in the two
counties, there was a splendid at
tendance with Union Baptist Church
of Chincoteague leading.
The devotional exercises were led
by three young girls of the Drum
mondtown Baptist Church, namely,
Ona Lambert, Agnes Martin, and
May Gunter Edmonds. Miss Dorothy
White, President, of Drummondtown
Baptist Church, presided.
In as much as the secretary of
the association has moved to Phil
adelphia, the Union elected Miss
Hilda Quillen to fill out the un
expired term.
The song service was in charge
of Mr. Zed Ayers of Union Baptist
Church, and the singing Went over
unusually well.
Plans were laid for sending a sub
stantial delegation of young people
to the State Baptist Young People’s
Conference at Massannetta Springs
in July. This conference bids fair
to bring together the largest group
of Baptist Young People for a con
ference in the history of the organ
ization within the State.
The high point o fthe evening
was reached when Dr. H. W. Tif
fany, of Park Avenue Baptist Church,
Norfolk, Va., addressed the body on
the subject “What Does Christianity
Mean?” It was a thought-provoking
message and judging from comments
made by those present after the
meeting was over was appreciated.
A vocal solo was rendered by Mrs.
D. C. Wessels, of Drummondtown
Baptist Church.
Just before adjourment, the pres
ident announced a “surprise” for the
audience. It came when four young
! ladies walked down the aisles with
dainty packages containing a taste
of candy for each one present.
The next Union Rally will beheld
at Cedar Grove Baptist Church in
June. Reports of the various Unions
were highly encouraging.
Miss Bessie Kendall
Reported Improving
The reports from Miss Bessie Ken
dall, who is in Grace Hospital, Rich
mond, for treatment for injuries she
received when hit by an automo
bile on the streets of that city Mon
day night of last week, are that she
is slightly better.
Chest Clinics
March 29,30,31
Will Be Held At Accomac, Chin
coteague, Wattsville And East
ville By State Specialist
Clinics for adults, conducted by a
specialist of the State Health De
partment for the diagnosis of di
seases of the chest will be held in
Accomack and Northampton Coun
ties, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day,* March 29, 30 and 31. These
clinics are in cooperation with the
physicians of the two counties. The
schedule of the clinics is as follows:
Accomac — Court House, Monday,
March 29, 9 a. m. to 12 noon, white;
1:30 to 4 p. m. for colored people.
Chincoteague — Fire house, Tues
day, March 30, 9 to 12 for white
people.
Wattsville Friendship Church,
Tuesday, March 30, 1:30 to 4 p. m.
for colored people.
Eastville — Wednesday, March 31.
If you have a bad cold of long
standing, with cough, especially if
any of your family have died of
tuberculosis, you should have a chest
examination either by your physician
or the clinic physician.
Supper And Drama
At Guilford Church
St. Patrick’s Day
A supper consisting of ham,rolls,
butter, pickles, chicken, potato salad,'
greens, macaroni and coffee will be
served in the church basement at
Guilford, St. Patricks Day, March
17th, from 4 to 6 o’clock. Price 30
cents.
At 7 o’clock “Aunt Dinah’s Quil-j
ting Party” will be given. Admission!
25 cents. Attend both and you will
see something green outside and get
something green for the inside. This
is good old fashioned country enter
tainment you will remember after |
you grow old.
The cast of characters is as fol
lows: Robert Hunter, music teacher—
Aubrey Owens; Deacon Peabody—
Estel Bagwell; Mr. Goodboy—Car
son Barnes; Reuben Holdcroft—J. C.
Lucas; Miranda Sprigging—Mrs. An
nie Bagwell; Dinah Peabody—Mrs.
A. S. Hall; Grandma Pepper—Dor
othy Bagwell; Mrs. Mark—Zelpha
Owens; Mrs. Martin—Lorraine Jen
kins; Mrs. Spooner—Bernice Young;
Mrs. Dolittle—Helen Jenkins; Hetty
Martin—Avalon Young; Nellie San
derson—Evelyn Bagwell; Mrs. Park
er—Nona Hinman.
Come and help a good cause and
enjoy the party.
School Patrol At
Temperanceville
Lewis Northam Elected As Cap
tain. 32 Boys Named
To Patrol
The third school safety patrol in
Accomack County was organized
Wednesday at the Temperanceville
High School by Bentley K. Hart,
Eastern Shore Manager of the Tide
water Automobile Association. The
other two safety patrols in the coun
ty are at Onancock and Chincotea
gue. .
Liewis Northam was elected cap
tain of the patrol, with C. W. BIox
om and Orville Taylor as lieuten
ants. These three with the principal,
John D. Meade, will select the 32
boys for the safety patrol who will
serve in two shifts of 16 each. The
plan is to place a safety patrolman
on each 'bus to act as a conductor
and help the students on and off
the buses as well as to guard them
in crossing the highways. Four oth
ers will be located on the school
grounds and two in the school build
ings in an effort to make Temper
anceville High School 100% safe.
The belts and badges for the safe
' ty patrols are furnished the schools
I without charge by the Tidewater
Automobile Association, a civic non
profit organization, which is furnish
ing the schools each month with
j safety posters for the school rooms
I and the teachers with safety lessons
for the class rooms.
“Through this effort accidents to
school children continue to decrease
while accidents to1 adults continue!
to increase, giving proof to the fact1
that safety education is one of the
vital needs necessary to stem the
rising tide of automobile accidents.!
Strict law enforcement backed by;
strong minded juries will handle the|
law violator, all of which is bound i
to result in the savings of human
lives,” said Mr. Hart, when speak-j
ing before the assembly of the
school.
W. R. Jeffries
Has Modern Fishing
Boat Built
Chincoteague, Va., March 9—Wim- j
brough Bros., boat builders of this
place, launched on Tuesday a new j
fishing boat for Capt. W. R. Jeffries, j
It is a modern type cabin cruiser, 34,
feet long, 10 foot beam and equipped |
with two Model A Ford engines.
Qapt. Jeffries is known as one of the
! most successful Channel Bass fisher
; men at this place. He says that
I with his new equipment he will be
in a position to take parties out
fishing for Marlin and Tuna as well
as for Channel Bass.
Potato Blossom Festival
To Be Held At Tasley
Joins Fraternity
Bernard F. Russell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles F. Russell, of Green
bush, was initiated in Alpha Zeta
Chapter of Kappa Alpha fraternity
at William and Mary College/ Sun
day night, February 28. Mr. Rus
sell is also taking part in the “Gon
dolier” Operetta, presented by the
William and Mary Glee Club.
County Schools
To Run 9 Months
At a joint meeting of the Acco
mack County Board of Supervisors
and County School Board at Central
High on Tuesday, the Board of Sup
ervisors authorized County Treasurer
J. Norman Belote to borrow up to
$70,000 in order that the nine months
session of the schools may be car
ried out This money will be paid
back out of the first money collected
from taxes in the fall of this year.
E. C. Wilmer
Heads Pastors
Elected At Meeting Of Minis
ters Conference At Cedar
Grove, Tuesday
The regular monthly meeting of
the Accomack Baptist Pastors’ Con
ference was held Tuesday, March 9,
1937, at the Cedar Grove Baptist
Church. The meeting was called to
order by the president, Rev. H. S.
Cummins. After the singing of
hymn, “My Faith Looks Up to
Thee,” Rev. Paul G. Watson led the
devotional period, reading some ver
ses from the 17th chapter of Luke
and commenting briefly on the sub
ject, “Where are the nine.”. Hymn,
“There Shall Be Showers of Bless
in*g,” was then sung.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved as corrected,
the correction being the subject of
Rev. A. C. Walker’s paper of last
month, the correct subject of which
was, “Some Problems of thie Local
Church.”
The following officers were elected
to serve for the next six months:
President—Rev. E. C. Wilmer; Vice
President—Rev. E. L. Larsen; Secre
tary-Treasurer—Rev. N. A. Catlett.
Rev. J. H. Binsted presented a
very interesting paper on the sub
ject: “Flashes of the Christ Spirit
From the Dark Continent.” This
paper was worth the trip to the con
ference and so illuminating were
these “flashes” that they caused the
ministers to do some comparative
thinking.
The morning session was adjourned
with prayer by the Rev. A. I. Caudle.
The conference is indebted to Rev.
and Mrs. J. A. Cales and the good
Continued on page 12
R. T. Whitelaw Talks On
Old Homes Of The Shore
The Woman’s Club of Accomack
County, held its regular meeting
March 5th, in the Parish House,
Onancock, with Mra. V. S. Burton
presiding.
At the close of the business ses
sion, Mrs. Burton in keeping with
the general theme of the program,
gave to the club, some important
echos of the addresd made before the
- . i • ■« (*•.(*»; '■
Va. State Convention, by Mrs. Rus
sell Johnston, State Chairman of the
American Home Department, dwell
ing earnestly on the vital elements,
so essential to the making of a real
home, love, work, honesty and faith,
co-operating together in harmony,
recognizing that the home is really
continued on page 12 I
Accomack Post, No. 23, Amer
ican Legion Leases Old Fair
Ground Property
WILL DEVELOP SITE AS
RECREATIONAL CENTER
Dates For Annual Event Set
For Thursday And Friday,
June 3 And 4
With meeting the community needs,
of the whole Eastern Shore, as its
definite objective, Accomack Post,
No. 23, American Legion, announced
this week that it had leased the
Tasley Fair Grounds from the James
estate for three years, with an option
for subsequent purchase.
■ In connection with this progressive
step in keeping with the national'
policy of the American Legion, the
first enterprise which the Legion
will undertake on its new property
will be the Potato Blossom Festival
this summer. In preparation for this
event, to ibe held on June 3 and 4,
the Legion will at once commence to
place the fair grounds in proper
shape to handle the pageants,
parades and to accommodate the
vast throng'of visitors.
It will be operated under the title
of American Legion Recreation Cen
ter as soon as possession has been
obtained. The Legion wilt demolish
the old grandstand and make all
necessary repairs in such buildings
as warrant maintenance, and will
see that the thirty-five acres of land
enclosing the track are placed in
first class condition.
This movement on the part of the
local post of the American Legion
was not reached without careful con
sideration. The final decision was
made last Monday night at the reg
ular meeting, but. for some time
members of the Legion have plainly
observed the need for a logically lo
cated Recreation Center which would
be available for use by all the com
munities of Accomack and North
ampton counties.
Tasley Fair Grounds, situated on
U. S. 13 and the railroad, appeared
as an ideal proposition to the Com
mittee of the Accomack. Post No. 23,
and arrangements were quickly con
summated with the owners of the
property. '
The plan of the Recreation Center
has been roughly drafted for some
time in the minds of the members
of the Post, for throughout the en
tire United States, American Legion
Posts have carried forward such
similar plans as a part of the
Legion peace-time community ser
vice.
The scope of the plan and the un
usual value of its accomplishment
may be understood through a rough
draft of future development for the
Continued on page 12 i -
Church School
Rallies April 5-9
Will Be Held At Seven Places
In Eastern Shore
District
Seven rallies are being planned
for the Eastern Shore District begin
ning, Monday, April 5th and contin
uing through April 9. The schedule
is as follows:
Hozier Memorial—Monday, April
5th, hours 2 to 4 p. m.
Grace Church in Cambridge—Mon
day April 5, evening session, be
ginning at 7:30 p. m.
Allen—Tuesday, April 6, all day
services beginnig at 10:30 a. m.
Downing Church — Wednesday,
April 7, 10:30 to 4 p. m.
Melfa Church—Thursday, April
8, 10:30 to 4 p. m.
Johnson’s Church, Friday, April
9, 10:30 to 4 p. m. ,
Miss Elizabeth A. Jarrett, Direct
or of The Children’s Division of
The Virginia Conference will be
present. Rev. R. W. Vanderberry, Ex
tension Secretary; and Rev. C. A,
Tucker, Executive Secretary of The
Virginia Conference Board of Christ
ian Education, will be the chief
speakers. District Officers, including
Rev. S. J. Battin, the Presiding
Elder, will have helpful and inter
esting messages for all.
Watch out next week for the
complete program, and make your
plans to attend the Rally nearest to
you, or most convenient for jva.