The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-12-26
Personal Mention

at present located at 40 East Twenty-frst street.
| New York.
| gone to his former home in Prince Georges
county Md, to spend the holidays with rela-
tives.
Mr.. Walter NJ. ljams of Ashville, n c.,
is spending the holidays with his mother, Mrs.
George W. Ijams, of Powhatan, Baltimore
Mr.. Charles NJ. Wilson, of Sweet Air, has
rented the farm of Mr.. Charles P. Powell, in
Long Green Valley, and will shortly take
charge of the same.
Mr.. Elmer ]. Cook, local counsel for the
United Railways and Electric Company, has
| gone to his former home in Greencastle Pa,
| to spend the holidays.
Mr.. Charles Held, who is a member of
the bar of Morgantown, W. Va, is spending
the holidays with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis w Held, of Towson.
Mr. Robert H. Bussey, the new States
Attorney for Baltimore county, will assume
the duties of bis Office when court reconvenes
on Monday, January 4th, 1904.
Mr. William H. Ruby, editor and proprie-
tor of the Maryland Journal, who has been
sick and confined to his home in Towson about
two weeks, is now somewhat improved.
Mr.. Philip Lamb, who is student at
| Swathmore College, Pa, is spending the holt
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George M.
Lamb, at their home on the York road, near
| Govanstown.
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son City, Tenn, will spend the holidays with
relatives in Baltimore county. Mrs. Corkran
is daughter of Mr.. Arthur W. Shanklin, of
Loeb Raven.
Mr.. G. Raymond Halbert, a student at
Randolph Macon Academy, Front Royal, Va,
is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John G. Halbert, of Perry Hall, Bal
timore county.
Mr. Austin j. Lilly, of Long Green Val
ley, who had been sick nine weeks with ty-
phoid fever at st. Joseph's Hospital in Balti-
more, is improving rapidly and hopes 10 be out
in week or two.
DIR. Charles NJ Franklin, of the Sheppard
and Pratt Hospital, went to Lancaster, Pa,
this week to attend the funeral of his sister-in-
law, Mrs Henry Franklin, who died in that
| city few days ago.
Mrs. Cook, wife of School Examiner A.
s. Cook, has as holiday guests her mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth G. Earnshaw, of Gettysburg, and her
brothers, DR.. H. G. Earnshaw and Mr.. Fred
erick Earnshaw, of Philadelphia.
Mr.. w. w. Crosby, who will assume the
duties of his new position as general superin
tendent of the parks of Baltimore city on the
| LIST of January, will not give up his bachelor
| quarters in Towson until next spring.
| Mr.. Samuel Adams, who for fifteen years
| has been tenant on the Worthington farm,
near Glyndon, 4th district, has rented the
Longnecker farm in the same valley, and will
take charge of it on the 1st of March next.
AS has been his custom for many years
County Commissioner Sade took his Christ
mas dinner with his mother Mrs. Sally Slade,
who is 50 years of age and makes her home
with her son, Mr.. Charles G. Slade, of My
| Lady's Manor
| Mr.. D. B. Reckord has sold his interest in
| the Henry Reckord Manufacturing Company
of Belair and will engage in the. real estate
business in that town, where he will continue
| toresde. MI. Reckord is a member of the Bal
| timore Corn and Flour Exchange.
| Rev. Francis P. Mackall of Laurel, Nd,
will succeed Rev. Don Luigi Sartori as pastor
| of st. Joseph's Catholic Church, Midland, Md.
Father Sartori, who was for some years pastor
| of st. Stephens Church, in the 18th district of
| this county, resigned to return to Italy.
Mr.. F. NJ. II. Birckhead, who had two
operations performed for appendicitis at the
| Union Protestant Infirmary in Baltimore, was
| still in a serious condition at noon on Friday,
| oath instant Mr.. Birckhead is well known in
| the hunting and social circles OF Baltimore
county.
Mrs. Mary E. Owings, widow of James
Winchester Owings, and one of Towson's Oldest
residents has been confined to her home all
winter and is nearly blind from cataract
Mr.. Owings was for many years crier of the
Circuit Court and was also well known auc-
tioneer.
Mr. and Mrs. Upton g. Norris, of White
Hail. N. G. R. R., have issued invitations for
the marriage of their only daughter, Miss
Minnie NJ. Norris, and Mr. Walter Parrish.
The ceremony will take place at Vernon M. E.
Church, Wednesday, December Both, at
o'clock P. NJ.
Mrs. William J. Parlett has removed from
the Garrett farm, on REGISTER avenue, where
she had lived many years, to the farm she re-
Gently purchased from Mr.. VIM. II. Curtis,
near Sunny brook, 10th district. Some men,
bers of her family will continue to occupy the
Garrett farm.
All the members of the family of Mr..
John f. Centrum, the well known attorney,
|. LoJ l;.>bt
est child, as stated in THE UNION last week,
succumed to the disease. There were three
physicians in attendance. Mr.. Centrum lives
near Gardenville Belair road.
Col Joshua H. Coekey, of My Lady's
Manor. nember-elect TO the House of Dele
gates from Baltimore county is being spoken
of for the Speakership of the House. Col.
| Cockey has already served one term in the
House and the experience he then gained
would no doubt prove valuable to him should
| he be chosen Speaker.
one of Towson's Oldest residents, has been very
sick this week and under the care of her ply
stefan, DIR. J. Royston Green. Mrs. Smith is
the mother of Mr.. w. Gill Smith, of the Tow
son bar, and the youngest of seven daughters
of the late James Mays, of Dulany's Valley.
But two of these are living-Mrs. Perine, wife
of Mr.. Wesley s. Perine, of Towson, and Mrs.
Smith.
. The engagement was announced this
week or Or. Llngard l. WnltelOIu wen
known young physician of Parkville, Hartford
road, and Miss Kathryn D. Nesline of Balti-
more. The marriage will take place in few
days and on the 1st of January the young
couple will begin housekeeping at Fullerton,
on the Belair road, where the Dr. has purchased
home. He will also continue his office at
Parkville, where he will have morning and
evening hours.
On Sunday evening last Mr.. Conrad
Milchling celebrated his 80th birthday at his
home near Fullerton, Beair road upon which
occasion a number of the members of st.
Peters Lutheran Church, with their families
and pastor, Rev. John Heinzelman, paid him
a surprise visit. Mr.. MilchliDg is the last sur
vivor of the founders of this church, which is
nearing its half century in age. The visitors
sang hymns and the pastor invoked the Lords
best blessings upon the aged veteran who had
been so faithfulin His service.
Taxes on the Abel Trust Estate.-On
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