The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-03-12
PERSONAL Mention

Personal Mention
Rev. Frank R. Isaac, senior pastor of Great
Falls Circuit, preached last Sunday night in
Towson NJ i. e. Church.
Mr.. N. w. s. Hays, who had been living
for some time at Owings' Mills, Baltimore
county, has removed to Belair.
Mrs. A. ]. Pearce, of Baltimore, is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry P. Burns, Of
"Greystone Heights" White Hall, MGR. r.
Hon. s. A. Williams, of Belair, was at
tending to some professional matters before
the Board Of County Commissioners on We'd
nesday.
MIR. John E. Crout, of the 4th district, is
foreman of the present Grand Jury. He is an
ex-County Commissioner and a well known
citizen.
Mr.. Noah E. Offutt and family, of Cock.
eysville. spent last week with Mrs. Offutt's
aunt, Mrs. William Cowan, of North Broad.
way. Baltimore.
Major Thomas B. Catch, of the County
Clerks office, has been sick several weeks with
bronchitis at his home on the Belair road. He
is now improving.
Mrs. Walter Hit and family, of Norfolk,
who had been visiting the family of Mr.. John
Hagan, near Baldwin, 18th district, have re-
turned to their home.
Mr.. H. Slicer Upton, an aged citizen of
Monkton, Northern Central Railway, has been
in a critical condition this week and it is
Rev. James w. Campbell, pastor of Chest
nut Grove Presbyterian Church, Sweet Air,
has returned from vacation and will conduct
services as usual on Sunday, March 18th.
-Messrs. 0. B. Zantzinger and Charles E.
Parr, both of the Sd district of Baltimore
grand jurors in the United States District
Court.
Miss Carrie Hagan, of upper Long Green
Valley, is visiting her sister, Miss Jennie Ha-
gan, at The Feilden, East Lafayette avenue,
Baltimore, where she has an apartment for the
winter.
On Monday last Mr.. c. Bohn Slingluff, of
the Towson bar, was, on motion of State SEN
Senator Thomas q. Robinson, admitted to
practice in the Hartford County Circuit Court
at Belair.
Mr.. Baldwin Myer, who had been living
on the Kaufman farm, on Chestnut Ridge.
has rented and is now occupying the Stephen
Cockey farm, on the Falls road, north of
Brooklandville.
Mr.. James 81. Kirkwood, who had been
visiting relatives and friends in the 7th district
of this county, has returned to his home in
Washington. He has been a clerk in the
Navy Department many years.
Mr.. J. Glenn McComas, retired farmer
and one of the oldest citizens of the 18th dis
trict, who had been housed the greater part. of
the winter drove to TowsOn on Wednesday
and called on several of his friends here.
MIR. II. L. Homer, of Sherwood, Baltimore
county, was elected vice president of the
Maryland Club, composed of students from
this State, that was organized at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania on Monday evening last.
Rev. Ernest Fackler, of Mellin, Wis. was
installed as pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of the Redeemer, at Irvington, on the
Frederick road. last Sunday afternoon. He
succeeded Rev. Walter l.. Moll, who had been
pastor there many years.
Rev. Charles E. Fultz last Sunday celebra-
ted his fifth anniversary as pastor of Otterbein
Memorial Church. Hampden. He preached a
sermon suitable to the occasion and there were
other interesting services Rev. Mr.. Fultz is
the only son of the late George M. Fultz, who
was a highly esteemed citizen of the 9th
district.
Dr. R. J. Clark, of Chestnut Level, Lam
caster county, Pa, was in Towson this week
on the lookout for Baltimore county farm,
expecting to locate here permanently. DIR.
Clark's family have lived in that section of
Lancaster county more than one hundred
there since 1874. He expects to retire from
practice and wants to end his days tilling the
ground in Maryland.
Mrs. Mary E. Owings, whose illness has
been several times mentioned in THE UNION,
has been in critical condition for the past
two weeks and it would seem that her demise
is only q question of short time. She is one
of the Oldest residents of Towson and the
widow of James Winchester Owings, who was
q member of one of Baltimore county's Oldest
families and for many years crier of the Cir
cult Court for Baltimore county.
Mr.. George w. Stocksdale, the well known
auctioneer, who had been very sick and con-
fined to his home in Reisterstown several
weeks, was able to come to Towson on Tues
day, although still suffering very much. He
auctioneered the sale of Mr.. John s. Long
necker on the 10th of February. which was
one of the coolest days of the winter. He was
not we'll at that time and the work and ex-
posture of that day came very near finishing
him.
Mrs. Elizabeth Loose, for many years res
ident of Towson. celebrated her 10th birthday
last Sunday. The day was also the forty
eighth anniversary of her marriage. Her hus-
band, Mr.. August Loose, who died five years
ago last Chr ietmas, was All old and highly re-
spected business man of Towson. The rela.
double anniversary especially pleasing to her
with numerous suitable gifts that were duly
appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W Frances entertain
ed few of their friends at supper, at their home
near Baldwin, on Wednesday evening, in
honor of their guests, Mr.. and Mrs. James H.
Porter, of Philadelphia. Those invited were
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pocock, Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Howard Marshall and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Dilworth, Mr.. and Mrs. "; Frank
Porter and son, Mr.. and Mrs. William N.
Conkling, Misses Annie Burlington and Carrie
Conkling and Mr.. William Hoffman.
Four Companies Elect Ofacers.--The
boards of directors of the four turnpike COM
panies affiliated with the United Railways and
Electric Company met in Baltimore on We'd
nesday and elected officials for each of the
four turnpike companies for the ensuing year,
as follows:
Charles Street Avenue Company-President,
Joseph W. Jenkins Jr. secretary and treas
urer, H. G. McJilton directors. Joseph W.
Jenkins, Jr.. E. L. Bartlett, William A. House,
j. B. Ramsey and ]. M. Hood.
Baltimore and Jerusalem Turnpike Compa.
ny-President, John M. Hood secretary and
treasurer, H. G. McJilton; directors, John
M. Hood, Seymour Mandelbaum. George q.
Jenkins, E. L. Bartlett, H. A. Parr, ]. A.
Shriver and Joseph Snyder.
Baltimore and Yorktown Turnpike COmpa-
ny-President, John M. Hood; secretary and
treasurer, H. G. McJilton; managers, H. A.
Parr, Alexander Brown, George @. Jenkins, E.
L. Bartlett, Sey mour Mandelbaum,J. NJ. Hood
]. B. Ramsey, VIM. s. G. Williams and VIM.
H. Dawson.
All of these companies are controlled by the
United Railways and Electric Company, which
purchased the turnpike rights in order to Sc
cure roadbeds for the various suburban branch
es of its street car system. Toll-gates are still
maintained on them and the separate corpora
tions are kept intact.
Meeting of the School Board. The School
Board held a meeting at Towson on Wednes-
day, with the president, Mr.. Thomas B. Todd,
in the chair.
The Board passed a resolution protesting
against the Baltimore county delegation in the
Legislature voting for bills to erect schools in
this county without consulting the School
Board relative to the matter.
Tho rcD0rt Of Mr. RuSapll the lot for the
new Franklin High School building at Refs
terstown was accepted.
The secretary was ordered to notify Mr.. D..
Fred. Shamberger and the boys of the Manual
Training School at Sparrow's Point that the
Board passed vote of thanks for the chairs
made for the use of the members.
Contracts with teachers were confirmed as
follows: Katherine Fisher, School 7, district
Is; Dora Donahou, School 5, district Isl Edith
Jean, School s, district g.
Margaret Everist was appointed assistant at
School 5, district IL, in place of Olive L. Muir
ray, resigned.
The secretary's arrangements for the local
institutes were approved and the circular letter
was ordered to be sent out.
The schools will close Thursday, June 30th
The institute will be held September 9Th, 9Th
and 7th.
Cold Winters of Years Ago.-upon this
subject Mr.. John Ray, of Baltimore, writes as
follows to the Sun: I'm 1856 the cold weather
set in about the first of January and continued
until the middle of March. There were four
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