College degrees prove perseverance not wealth, Carnegie aid notes
A column argues college today costs less than wealth, with 50 percent of students funding part of their expenses. It recalls Andrew Carnegie’s Hero Fund, which funds education for courage shown by ordinary youths, highlighting Otto who chose work and self-study over formal schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heroes
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Otto
Carnegie Organization
Phillips Packing Co Elects New Directors at Cambridge
At the Phillips Packing Company annual stockholders meeting in Cambridge Maryland on March 11 directors for the coming year were elected. Officers named include Colonel Albanus Phillips as President and W G Winterbottom as Vice President with Theodore Phillips as Secretary. The firm operates nineteen plants including one at Cordova Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Packing Co
Phillips Packing Company, Inc
Cambridge
Maryland
Warrington Harris
E. C. Hopkins, Jr
George H. Jones
Robin Kirwan
J. Allen Meekins
J. Emory Parks
Albanus Phillips
Philip H. Rue
J. Lockwood Shepherd
Fletcher Williamson
W. G. Winterbottom
W. G. Winterbottom,Jr
S. Charles Walls
Direc
Tors
Albanus Phillips, Jr
Theodore Phillips
L. B. Phillips, Jr
W. G. Winterbottom, Jr
Edwin C. Hopkins, Jr
Cordova
Maryland Farmers Boost Conservation Land Use in 1940
Maryland farmers expanded the agricultural conservation program reaching 74.1 percent of the state's 2,412,550 arable acres in 1940, up from 72.1 percent in 1939 and 54.8 percent in 1936. Preliminary figures show 415,002 acres seeded to legumes and grasses and 105,614 acres tilled to improve soil conservation. The Marketing Service noted strawberry yields above ten-year averages with 90.4 crates per acre and total production of 711,000 crates versus 476,000 in the prior decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
R. O. Stelzer
AAA
Stelzer
Mary
Agricultural Marketing Service
Miss Matthews Named NYA Personnel Clerk in Cambridge
Margaret Matthews of Cambridge is appointed personnel clerk for the National Youth Administration. She will handle applications for part time NYA sewing project at 204 Franklin Street in Cambridge. NYA shops in Baltimore Hagerstown Lonaconing plan coveralls and shirts for youths in machine and metal shops. About 20 boys to be assigned. projects aim to provide practical skills beyond the regular school budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Matthews
Cambridge
National Youth Administration
Isabelle H. Goldsborough
NYA
Franklin Street
Goldsborough
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Lonaconing
W. T. Boston
Hudson 4H Club Reports March 5 Meeting
The Hudson 4H Club held its March 5 1941 regular meeting with no old or new business. Members performed an opening song, solos, duets, readings, and poems. A safety traffic demonstration by Ida Mae Bailey and Marie Marshall followed, then prom music practice under Mrs Chappelle before adjourning to the last Wednesday in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson 4H
Marie Marshall
Jean Marshall
Aileen Ruark
Ida Mae Bailey
Mary Frances Spedden
Olive Bell
Dorothy Spedden
Evelyn Hill
Mrs. Chappelle
Radio wage hour panel features Phillips Packing VP
Cambridge will be represented at the Wage-Hour Conference Saturday at 6 45 PM. Theodore Phillips vice president of Phillips Packing Co will join the round table on wage and hour laws with Leo H McCormick and Attorney Needle. Father Cronin of the Baltimore Diocese rounds out the panel. The program airs on Station WFBR in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
U.S. Department of Labor
WFBR
Baltimore
U. S. Department of Labor
Theodore Phillips
Philips Packing Company
Leo H. McCormick
Needle
Father Cronin
Phillips l
Maryland
Delaware
O Conor Backs Court Revamping in Maryland
Governor O Conor supports the Maryland Bar Association bill to reorganize the Court of Appeals into a purely appellate body. He notes the system has changed little in 75 years and compares it with other states where top judges focus on appellate work. Continued on page four.
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O’conor
Maryland Bar Association
Court of Appeals
Maryland
The
State Bar Association
Obituary: John E Hurlock Dies in Cambridge Home
John Emory Hurlock died at 223 Washington Street Cambridge at 12 30 PM after a yearlong decline. He worked ten years for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone and fifteen years as fireman for Phillips Packing Company, retiring five years ago. Survived by children James and John E Hurlock of Cambridge, Mrs Carlton Colbourne, Eldridge Hurlock, Mrs Carrie Chase, whose wife died six years ago. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM from his home with Rev Ralph J Yow officiating. interment Greenlawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Emory Hurlock
Washington Street
John and
Mary Phillips Hurlock
Hurlock
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Phillips Packing Company
Cambridge
James Hurlock
John E. Hurlock
Carlton Colbourne
Eldridge Hurlock
Carrie Chase
Baltimore
Ralph J. Yow
Greenlawn 'Cemetery
State Police Exemption From U S Draft Questioned
Maryland State police face no draft yet as Col. Beverly Ober tells House Ways and Means Committee that deferments have kept officers from being drafted. The hearing on House Bill 565 explored education standards for new recruits and Ober’s resistance to ceding minimum-education authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Beverly Ober
Colonel Ober
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ober
Harry C. Jones
Bertram L. Boone
Dem
Fifth
Baltimore
State Police
State Police Department
John S. White
Prince George's
State Income Tax Collector Coming to Cambridge Court House
A representative of the State Comptroller will be in Cambridge at the Court House on March 17 18 19 and 20 to assist taxpayers in filing State Income Tax Returns for the calendar year 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Comptroller
Cambridge
Court House
Auto Accident Injures Four Soldiers Returning Home
Four Company C soldiers were injured Saturday afternoon when a wheel tire blew out causing the car to veer off a Talbot County bridge approach and into a ditch. Capt Wm R McKnight assisted and brought the group to Cambridge Maryland Hospital for treatment. all others in the car escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort George G. Meade
Talbot
William Collison
Wm. R. McKnight
Cambridge Maryland Hospital
John Mace
Wilson Hurley
Leon Leonard
Albert Lewis
Dorchester WPA Recreation Report Highlights Programs and Needs
James Busick reports progress at the Dorchester Recreation Council meeting on March 6. WPA preschool improvements, girls basketball instruction, community events at Galestown Hoopers Island and Toddville, four February training classes, and cafeteria activity are noted along with requests for a new nursery room and a Cambridge bathing beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Busick
Dorchester Recreation Council
Cambridge Hospital
Due
Cross Street Recreation Center
Second Ward
Jenifer Hall
Galestown
WPA
Hoopers Island School
Toddville
Cambridge
Easter Date Moves Across the Calendar
The article explains how Easter is set as the first Sunday after the first full moon following March 21. It notes Easter can fall between March 22 and April 25, with specific dates such as March 22 in 1717 and 1818 and April 25 in 1943. It also mentions the name Easter deriving from the goddess Eostra.
Nat Contest Winner To Sing At Vienna
Francis Barnard, a former Boise Idaho youth and Atwater Kent prize winner, headlines a concert at Vienna High School Auditorium Tuesday March 25 1941 8 PM under Vienna Methodist Church auspices to aid church debt retirement. The event ties Barnard to Cincinnati Conservatory and Juliard fellowship with past associations to John Charles Thomas. Proceeds benefit the church debt reduction.
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Francis Barnard
High School
Methodist Church
Dorchester County
Vienna High School
Boise Idaho
Boise
Idaho
Frances Barnard
Cincinnati
Barnard
Washington, D. C
Juliard Conservatory
New York City
John Charles Thomas
Vienna
Vienna Methodist Church
Critics Attack Conservation Boards Over Oyster Industry
Senator L Elwood Dize and Senator Louis N Phipps challenged a draft conservation bill at a Senate hearing urging a unified natural resources board while warning against forests denudation and soil erosion that could harm the Chesapeake Bay and oyster fisheries. Opponents argued the plan offers no aid to watermen and misaligns forestry with oystering despite administration backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
L. Elwood Dize
Somerest
Senate Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries Committee
William F. Schraderberg
Tidewater
Dize
Louis N. Phipps
Anne Arundel
Chesapeake
Board of Natural Resources
Phipps
Women of P R R Delmarva hold spring banquet in Norfolk
The Women's Aid of The Pennsylvania Railroad Delmarva Division announces an annual Spring Meeting and Luncheon to be held at Brownley Tea Room in Norfolk at 2:00 PM on Thursday March 20. Mrs. M H Lingenfelter and committee arrange prizes and invite wives and adult daughters of railroad employees to attend, with a nominal luncheon charge and reservations required by contacting Norfolk or Cape Charles addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsyvania Railroad
Delmarva
Ames
Brownley Tea Room
Norfolk
H. G. Hostetter
M. H. Lingenfelter
Lingenfelter
Pennsylvania Avenue
J. H. McClintock
Monroe Avenue
Cape Charles
Active year round recreation options for all
The piece urges residents to stay active beyond skating or skiing gaps. It promotes using schools, community centers, or YMCAs for dancing, swimming, handball, or walking. It argues against laziness and encourages organizing exercise with friends rather than passive pastimes.
Towne Players Aim to Create Cambridge Little Theatre
About 20 core members of Towne Players plan a Cambridge little theatre with three one act plays at Upper Elementary School on March 26. Miss Cleona Brinsfield led a public speaking class that sparked this community group seeking local dramatic outlet without external backing. Proceeds fund equipment for future performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleona Brinsfield
Brinsfield
United States
Treasury
Longer fishing nets allowed in Virginia waters
The War Department issued an order permitting longer nets in Chesapeake Bay Virginia for the 1941 season. Assistant US engineer C C Neher said no single structure may exceed 1200 feet, except in Eastern Bay where up to 1800 feet is allowed. Maryland limits remain 1000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
C. C. Neher
United States
Maryland
Dorchester County Land Use Committee Discusses 41 Program
Dorchester County Land Use Program Planning Committee met March 6 at 8 15 p m with Acting County Agent Charles Fuller presiding. Goals for 1940 included Rural Electrification Farm Tenant Purchase Plan and Drainage with reports by A R Peterson Fred Malkus and W Carpenter. About 100 miles of line approved and funds set, 131 signatories, and a March 15 1941 meeting in the Neck District attended by residents seeking power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester County
A. R. Peterson
Peterson
Neck
Farm Credit’ Administration
Fred Malkus
Malkus
Drainage Senate
W. Carpenter
Thiru
Carpenter
Dorchester
Wm. Davis
James Coddington
Dorel Hester
Harold Phillips
Dozier
Dorchester County Land Use
Senate
Fuller
Milbourne Wheatley
Coddington
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CLUB
U.S
H. Hoffman
Phipyis
P.R. R
Demosthenes
Thespis
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