The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-02
personal Mention :

day from Christmas visit to his parents, who
are residents of Greencastle, Pa.
Mr.. NJ. B. Rice Burns, of Newark, N. j.,
| formerly of Towson, spent part of the Christ
mas holidays with his family here.
DIR. ]. w. Hawkins, of Towson, left on
Tuesday to spend a fortnight at his former
home. La Plata, Charles county, Md.
MIR. and Mrs. Wilbert Hutchins, of Stone
| leigh" near Monkton, spent part of the
/ Christmas holidays with friends in Baltimore.
Mrs. Taylor, widow of Caleb s. Taylor,
has been sick for some days at her home, Mt.
| Prospect farm, on the Hillen road, near Towson.
Rev. E. Il. Lamar, pastor of McKendree
| M. E. Church, Arlington, who had been con-
fined to the house with grip, is able to be out
again.
Mr.. Thomas J. Miller, we'll known citi-
| zen and business man of Monkton, N. G. r.
r., was among the visitors to Towson on
| Wednesday.
Or. and Mrs. Frank r. Rich celebrated the
| third anniversary of their marriage at their
| home in Towson, on Friday night, LIST inst,
and entertained number of their friends.
Mr. Ed. ]. Hermann, the well known
| auctioneer of Golden Ring, Belair road, who
had been sick early this week, is able to be up
again. He did not have pneumonia, as re-
ported.
Miss jamie NJ Pindell, superintendent of
the Nurses Training Hospital, Blackwelps
Island, N. Y, is visiting her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. A. T. Pindell, of Sherwood Rectory,
Cockeysvile.
Mr.. w. Taylor Phipps, who is connected
with railroad company at Savannah, Ca,
spent the holidays with his father, Mr.. Joseph
Phipps, who is farm manager at Hampton,
near Towson.
Governor Smith has commissioned DR.. w.
H H. Campbell, of the 4th district, as men,
Der of the board of visitors of the Maryland
Training School for the Feeble Minded, near
Owings' Mills.
Mr.. William H. Lawrence, of the Towson
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house. on New Year day and entertained
number of county officials and friends both
from the city and county.
Mr. George M. Halle, bailiff to the County
Commissioners has been very sick this week
with pneumonia at his home near Fork, 18th
district. He is under the care of DR.. ]. F. II.
Gorsuch and DR.. John s. Green.
DIR. Josiah s. Bowen, of Mt Washington,
sailed on Wednesday from Baltimore for Liv-
erpool and will remain abroad four months.
He will spend some time in Liverpool and will
also visit London, Dublin, Edinburgh and Paris.
Mr.. John s. Longnecker, Jr, who is con-
nected with the great Westinghouse electrical
plant at East Pittsburg, Pa, spent the holidays
at his home in Worthington Valley. He also
called ON several friends in Towson on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. Benjamin w. Ady, who is an exRegis-
ter of Wills of Baltimore county, was very
sick from blood poisoning several days this
week at his home in Long Green Valley. AT
last accounts his condition was thought to be
serious
Mr.. Philip A. s. Franklin and family, of
New York city, spent part of the Christmas
holidays at "Hayfields" the former home of
Mrs. Franklin, near Cockeysville. Mr.. Frank
lin is just recovering from severe case of ty-
phoid fever.
-Rev. W. E. Robertson, SO long pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church, who lately accepted
call to a church in Richmond, Va, removed
his family from Towson on Tuesday and they
will take up their future home in Richmond
in few days.
the Baldwin Seminary, Staunton, Va, and
her brother Mr.. Maurice Green, who attends
a college in Indiana, are spending the holidays
with their parents, DR.. and Mrs. John s.
Green, of Long Green Valley.
Mr.. Walter W. Crosby, of Towson, on
Wednesday sent to Governor Smith his resigna-
ton as roads engineer for Baltimore county
and on the LIST instant assumed the duties OF
his new position, that of general superinten-
dent of the parks of Baltimore city,.
Bishop Thomas Bowman, the senior bishop
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, celebrated
his Seth birthday at his home in East Orange,
N j., few days ago. The late Rev. w. 7. D.
GLENN, of Baltimore county, married sister
of Bishop Bowman, who is native OF Penn
sylvania.
near Cockeysville celebrated the twenty-6fth
anniversary of their marriage on Thursday
night of last week, and entertained number
of their friends. Mr. Ensor was lately appoin-
ted superintendent of the Baltimore county
alms-house.
DIR. and Mrs. George Y. Everhart have
closed their summer home at Windsor Heights
and taken apartments on Madison avenue, Bal
timore, for the winter DR.. Everharti is men,
Der of the House of Delegates from Baltimore
county and if reports be true, will be Speaker
of that body.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Dunn, of Long
Green Valley, have sent out invitations to the
fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, on Mon
day, January 18th. There will be nuptial
mass at st. Johns Catholic Church, after
which Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn will hold recep-
ton at their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Chilcoat, of Mantua,
4th district gave a house party to see out the
last days of the old year. Among their guests
were Misses May and Griselda Cockey, Olevia
Bosley, Cora Merryman, Alice Bedford, Annie
Chiicoat, Lille Caples, Irene Tilyard, jose
phine and Marian Chilcoat and Miss Murphy.
Among those admitted as new members of
the Maryland Bar Association at its last meet
ing were Messrs. Hugh L. Bond, J ohm M Carter,
J. Austin Fink, Robert L. Gill, Arthur Herzog,
H. II. Hubner, Thomas Hughes, James II.
Preston, Edward A. Robinson, Albert @.
Richie, Charles F. Stein and Henry W. Will
liams.
Sergeant NJ. Atkinson Reckord, son of Mr..
John H. Reckord, of Belair, has been elected
captain OI TUG MILITARY COupdLy ob VIZ PAoNO3
succeeding Capt. Thomas g. Forwood, VINO
was killed in driving accident last summer
Capt. Reckord, who is but % years of age, has
been an active member of the company three
years.
an aged citizen of Towson, whose critical ill
ness was announced in THE UNION last week,
is still alive but her death is momentarily
looked for. She is the youngest daughter OF
the late James Mays. of Dulany's Valley, and
the mother of Mr.. W. Gill Smith, of the Tow
son bar.
Mr.. George Chicoat, well known and re-
spected farmer of the 9Th district drove to
Towson on the last day of the Old Year and
among other business transacted renewed bis
subscription to THE UNION. Incidentally he
remarked that he had been paying for this
paper over fifty years, or from the time it was
first issued at Cockeysville.
Mr.. Horace G. Clarke has succeeded Mr..
Alex. Robertson as manager of the Western
Maryland Railroad. Mr.. Clarke is son OF the
late Gen. James G. Clarke, who at one time
represented Baltimore county in the Maryland
Senate. He is an experienced railroad man
and has been superintendent of the middle d.
vision of the Wabash Railroad, with head
quarters at Decatur, Ill.
The many Baltimore county friends of Mr..
o. A. Kirkland, the widely known auctloneer,
will regret to learn that for week he has been
very sick at his home in Baltimore. MI.
Kirkland is perhaps, the Oldest man in his
profession in the city, but is still engaged IN
active business He was the junior member
of the old firm of Matthews Kirkland, Mr.:
Matthews having retired some years ago and
has since been living on his beautiful farm
near York, Pa
Mr.. John s. Biddison, who will take his
seat in the Maryland Senate next Wednesday,
was born in Baltimore county, February 18Th,
1873 His parents are Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
c. Biddison, of Gardenville. Mr.. Biddison
was educated in the public schools and gradu;.
ated at business college. He studied law and
was admitted to the Towson bar the day after
he was q years of age. A year late. he gradu..
MARYLAND. Mr.. Biddison married Miss Eva
Nichols, Of Anne Arundel county. He has
never before held Office.
Rector Remembered.-Rev. Hobart
Smith, rector of St. Thomas Parish, Garrison
Forest, completed on Christmas eve the fif-
tenth year of his rectorate. That evening
there was received from Kinks, Baltimore.
solid silver service of seven pieces of an old
colonial design, marked III. e. ST." IA mono