Dorchester Garden Club Elects Officers
Newly elected officers were installed at the Dorchester Garden Club monthly meeting at Linden the home of Mrs. Lambert Burn. Officers include President Mrs Howard Simmons first vice president Mrs Frank Lambert second vice president Mrs Frank Hanna recording secretary Mrs W D Gould corresponding secretary Mrs Amos Creighton librarian Mrs Warren Simmons parliamentarian Mrs E E Lamkin publicity chairman Mrs E C Starrington Jr poet laureate Mrs Milford Nathan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester Garden Club
Linden
Lambert Burn
Howard Simmons
Frank Lambert
Frank Hanna
W. D. Gould
Amos Creighton
Warren Simmons
E. E. Lamkin
E. C. Starrington, Jr
Milford Nathan
Budget Reduces State Costs and Dumps 800000 Savings
Governor O Conor submits the 1941-42 budget to the General Assembly promising an $800,000 annual cut in administrative costs and a balanced plan with $8.5 million in tax yield. It preserves public schools, funds bond issues at $3.368 million, and eliminates 100 state jobs including 72 at the Roads Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Herbert R. O’conor
State Roads Commission
State Department of Engineering
O’ Conor
University of Maryland
Harper Named Hurlock Justice of the Peace
Irving Windsor resigns as Justice of Peace at Hurlock to become Dorchester County detective. Floyd N. Harper is appointed and confirmed by Gov. O Conor to succeed Windsor in the Hurlock election district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. N. Harper
Windsor
Hurlock Justice OF the Peace
Irving W. Windsor
Hurlock
Dorchester County
Floyd N. Harper
Herbert R. O'Conor
New Farm Legislation Proposed for Congressional Session
A new Agricultural Equality Act of 1939 seeks to overhaul the 1938 Farm Act. The bill, supported by 18 Senators and 8 Representatives, would require licensing and fixed prices for crops over ten million dollars in annual interstate commerce, with production limits banned, affecting about 75 of 200 domestic farm items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Elison D. Smith
South Carolina
Senate Committee On Agriculture
J. E. McDonald
Texas
Wallace
Iimng
Secretary of Agriculture
Will Limit Magistrates Power If New Bill Is Passed
A bill to bar about 500 of Maryland’s 700 magistrates from most judicial duties is under preparation by Governor Herbert R. O’Conor’s inferior courts committee. It would replace the fee system with a fixed salary and centralize courts, with central magistrates paid about 3000 dollars yearly and operating from county offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. O'Conor
William E. Walsh
Charles T. le Vines
Hammond Urner
le Vines
Commissioners of Motor Vehicles
State Farm Agents Meet in Talbot Dorchester Counties
The State Farm Auto Insurance Company of Bloomington hosted its first meeting for Talbot and Dorchester counties with a chicken dinner led by State Agent KR Lee Sellman. District Agent Edgar T. Warner presided as local agents Gerad Havers Easton Wilson Harrison St Michaels Harry Landon Sherwood and Raymond Harper Hurlock attended. R L Seliman gave a lecture. The gathering adjourned to a future date. Ladies at Town House were praised and a meeting venue suggestion was given to Lee Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Farm Auto Insurance Company
Bloomington
Talbot
Caroline
Dorchester
KR. Lee Sellman
Edgar T. Warner
Gerad Havers
Easton
Wilson Harrison
St. Micheals
Harry Landon
Sherwood
Raymond Harper
Hurlock
R. L. Seliman
Town House
Lee Stewart
Forest Fire Sets New Record Across State
The State Forestry Department reports an all time high efficiency by limiting the average area burned per fire to eleven and a quarter acres for last year. Walter J. Quick Jr. notes the improvement stems from smaller large fires rather than more small fires, with few exceeding 350 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Forestry Department
Walter J. Quick, Jr
P Lali
Quick
Extension Of Mail Service For Hurlock
State Senator Olin R Higgins of Hurlock and Rep T Alan Goldsborough announced the Post Office Department granted rural route No 2 extension. Fifty patrons will gain mail service, ending 15 years of requests, with a nine tenths of a mile retrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin R. Higgins
Hurlock
T. Alan Goldsborough
Post Office Department
Maryland Relief Bill Reaches Two Year Peak
Maryland last month posted the highest relief outlay since 1936 with totaling 816 615 dollars. Baltimore led direct relief costs with 220 112 dollars boosting state expenditures. Officials warn WPA cutbacks and lingering unemployment widen the relief crisis as December disbursements favor Baltimore and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Baltimore
Baltimore City
WPA
Thomas J. S. Waxter
Department of Public Welfare
J. Milton Patterson
Board of State Aid and Charities
Gilbert Meade to Speak at Harlock Dinner
Dr. Gilbert Wilcox Meade president of Washington College is slated to speak at the Weather of Commerce dinner in Unity Hall Unity Thursday night February in Unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Meade
Harlock
Gilbert Wilcox Meade
Washington College
Wheather of Commerce
Unity
Shera
Unity Hall
Work Of CCC Camps Rated High In Value
Ray W. Carpenter of the University of Maryland reports that three CCC drainage camps on Maryland's Eastern Shore saved farmers $820000 in value by January 1 1939. The program improved drainage across 164000 acres, with 242 miles cleared and 171 miles excavated. Public funding in Queen Annes Caroline Dorchester and Somerset counties supports continued operations and 4200 farmers belong to 118 tax ditch groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Maryland
Ray W. Carpenter
Universty of
Carpenter
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Queen Anne’s
Caroline
Dorchester
Somerset
Use Of Road Fund Surplus Is Sought
Legislative action seeks permit to disburse a 337000 surplus from the 1 cent gasoline tax over two fiscal years. Last budget barred apportionment to counties and city and barred Roads Commission from touching surplus. If released 249900 to counties and 107100 to the city, with overdraft rules and a 41000 grade crossing surplus also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Roads Commission
The
Roads Commission
Cent
New Conservation Commission Proposed by Governor
Governor Herbert R. O'Conor seeks a new State Conservation Commission with a seven member advisory council and four division chiefs. The bill, introduced in both houses, would place three current officials in key posts and designate Dr. R. V. Truitt to head the Chesapeake and Tidewater Fisheries division. Opposition centers on governor appointment of the director, not the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. O'Conor
Department of Natural Resources
Conservation Commission
O’conor
Senate
I. W. Besley
Forestry
Lee LeCompte
Division of
Inland Fisheries and Game
Edward B. Mathews
Geological Survey
Weather Bureau
Division
Chesapeake and ‘Tidewater Fisheries
R. V. Truitt
University of Maryland
Chesapeake and Tidewater
Chesapeake Biological
Solomons Island
Truitt
Advisory Council
Department
Maryland Roads Plan Seeks 3 Million for Projects
Marylands State Roads Commission seeks approval of fourteen projects totaling more than 3 million dollars in Federal and State funds. The plan includes extending the Philadelphia road from Havre de Grace to the Delaware line and adding a northbound lane on the Governor Ritchie Highway from Jones Station to the Severn River bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Conor
State Roads Commission
J. Glenn Beall
Philadelphia
Havre de Grace
Delaware Stats
Governor Ritchie
Jones Station
Severn River Bridge
The
Roads Commission
O’conor
Prince George’s
Anne Arundel
William A. Codd
Roads Group
Merit System to test 200 officeholders under plan
Harry C. Jones announces examinations for 200 officeholders recently added to the Merit System. Tests will occur within thirty days to classify these officials. actions for those who fail were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Jones
Nice
Jones
Acton
Dorchester Firemen Seek County Maintenance Funds
A Dorchester County Volunteer Firemen's Association delegation led by President Emory Parks asked the Board of County Commissioners to sponsor a bill enabling the county to pay 36 000 annually to its member fire companies for maintenance equipment and operations. The four member companies cited were Rescue Cambridge Hurlock Vienna and Secretary. The board took no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Emory Parks
Board of
County Commissioners
General Assembly of Maryland
Dorchester County
Rescue Fire Company
Cambridge
Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company
Vienna
J. Otis McAllister
Mr. Parks
Hurlock Company
James Bradley
Hurlock
Building Permits Rise in Cambridge in 1935
Cambridge City Council reports an increase in private building permits in 1935, issuing 108 permits versus 105 in 1937. The value of buildings under construction and completed on last year’s permits is estimated over $200,000, including dwellings stores warehouses and garages. Public agencies are excluded from these figures.
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Cambridge
Mrs. Ioa Reid Marshall Dies After Stroke
Mrs. Ioa Reid Marshall, 61, wife of Walter E. Marshall, died at 215 Academy Street after a paralytic stroke on Jan 15. She was a St Pauls M P Church member since 1918 and is survived by her husband, daughter Miss Fannie Marshall, and brother J Millard Reid. Funeral Tuesday at Thomas' Funeral Home with Rev T C Mulligan officiating. interment in Dorchester Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Marshall
Ioa Reid Marshall
Academy Street
Marshall
Benjamin H. and
Levisay Bramble Reid
This County
St. Paul’s M. P
Cambridge
Fannie Marshall
J. Millard Reid
Vienna
Thomas’ Funeral
T. C. Mulligan
Dorchester Memorial Park
Young Republicans Organize in Hurlock District
A Young Men's Republican Club formed to cover the town and the fifteenth election district elects officers. President Walter V. Nichols. vice-president S Elwood Andrews Jr. secretary-treasurer James W. Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Republicans
Young Men's Republican Club
Hurlock
Walter V. Nichols
S. Elwood Andrews, Jr
James W. Andrews
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Hagerstown
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