The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-07-07
Personal Mention

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@Mr. j. Marsh Matthews, Of the Baltimore
bar. spent the Fourth at his home, Brook
Miss Bonnie Chick, of Hopewell, N. j., is
visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Frank
H. Zouck, of Rsisterstown.
Mrs J. G. Cooper, formerly of Towson, has
gone to Newark, N j., to spend some time with
her daughter, Mrs. De Warren Barnet.
Mr. William II. Lawrence, member OF the
bar. ACCOMPANIED by his mother and sister, is
spending some time at Atlantic City, N. ].
MIR. and Mrs. Edward F. Anderson, Of
Towson, left on Friday, 9Th instant, for Asbury
Park. N. J where they will spend week.
MIR. Beale r. Howard and family, Of Wash
ington, D. G., are at their farm in verdant
Mr. and Mrs. r. L. Piersol and their daugh-
tiers. Misses Ruth G. and Nellie K Piersol, of
Melvale, will sail for England on the 10th inst.
Mrs. Flora Stewart Emory, of Wood:awn,
Baltimore county, spent this week in Philadel-
phia attending the annual convention of anna.
teur journalists.
Miss Grace Reckord, daughter of Mr.. Wal
ter P. Reckord, of Cockeysville, has been ap-
pointed assistant registrar at the Woman's Col
lege, Baltimore.
Mr.. Allan Kane. who attends school in
Boston, is spending the summer vacation with
Long Green Valley.
Miss Mary e. Bayne, of Towson, vice.
principal of Gardenville public school, left on
Monday for Cleveland, o., where she will spend
about month with relatives.
Mr. George Blackstone, president of the
Union Trust Company of Maryland, has rented
for the summer the residence Of Mr.. Frank II.
Hoff. at Sherwood, N. G. K. r.
Mr.. Charles Corkran and family, who
spent the spring and early summer at their
country home at Lutherville, are now at the
Miss Louise g. Merryman. who had been
spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Philip
A. s. Franklin, in New Jersey, is now at her
home, Wood Cliffe, near Cockeysville.
MIR, William II. Curtis and family, former
iy of the 10th district, who bad been living in
Baltimore for some time. have removed to
Maple avenue, Fullerton, for the summer.
MIR. William H. Bosley, of the Baltimore
banking firm. of John 8. Cuttings d Co.. with
his family, is occupying for the summer the
place known as "Bolingly," at Queenstown,
Misses Lillian E. and Naomi N. Smith and
Master Arthur Lynn Smith, Of Guilford ave-
nue., Baltimore are visiting their aunts, the
Misses Morgan, of Long Green, Baltimore
county.
German, teachers of the public school at Prov
idence, northeast of TOwsOn, have gone to
Piedmont, Ca, to spend several weeks with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. William s. Keech, of Tow
son, went to Queenstown, Md, on Tuesday to
spend the Fourth with Rev. and Mrs. w. Dun
bar Gould, of Baltimore, who have summer
cottage there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer j. Cook. of Towson.
spent the Fourth with the formers parents at
Greencastle, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are now
keeping house in cosy cottage on North Bal
timore avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Burkloe Brown, who had
been boarding in Towson about year. this
week removed to their new home short dis
lance south of Sherwood. N. @. r. R., where
they are now keeping house.
Miss Edna Woolston. daughter OF Mr.. Will
liam P. Woolston, of Princess Anne, Md, has
as her guests Misses Roberta and Margaret
Griffith, of Chestnut Ridge, Baltimore county,
and Miss Dorothy Mccormick, OF Harrisburg.
Pa.
Mr.. William Massenburg, who had been
spending some time with his brother. Or. Il.
G. Massenburg, of Towson, left for bis home
in Admission, Ala, on Monday. Until this
visit the brothers had not met in thirty-five
years.
Mrs. A. S. Cook and children, of Towson,
will spend part of the summer at Montrose, Pa.
During their absence Prof. Cook, superintend-
ent of schools, will take graduate work at the
Teachers College, Columbia University, New
York.
Miss Margaret Painter. of Owings' Mills,
sister of Mr.. e. Lynne Painter, member OF the
bar, sailed for Europe on the Both of June. She
Painter accompanied Bishop and Mrs. Paret
and Miss Baker niece of Mrs. Paret.
Mr. Charles H. Street,, of the internal rev.
enue service, who has been very i'll several
weeks at his home in Baltimore, is suffering
from Bright's disease. He is son OF the late
John Rush Street,, of Hartford county, and has
many friends and acquaintance in Baltimore
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kastner, of Kenwood
Farm. near Reisterstown celebrated their twen-
ty-ffth anniversary (silver wedding) on the 2lst
of June and entertained large number OF their
friends at sumptuous dinner. They were
the recipients of numerous pretty presents IN
silver. cut glass. etc.
Rev. Robert s. W. Wood formerly head
of the parochial school of Old st. Paups P. E.
Church, Baltimore, has accepted the assistant
fectorship of st. Bartholomew's Church. New
: York city. Rey. Mr.. Wood preached in Trini.
ty Church, TowsOn, during the absence OF the
rector, Rev. w. H. II. Powers, in Europe.
Mr. Horace G. Thompson, Of S,'uth Attic
boro, Mass, called on some of his old friends
in Towson on Tuesday. He came on to attend
the funeral of his brother, DR.. George A.
Thompson, of Phoenix. Mr.. Thompson, who
is a son of the late DR.. William 8. Thompson,
of Warren, has been living in Massachusetts
twenty years.
MIR. William d. Read, q retired farmer of
Hamilton, Baltimore county, is confined to his
home from a stroke of paralysis. which hesus-
tanned about two weeks ago. He is q son OF the
late Amos Read and the last survivor of fam
ily of eleven children. Mr.. Read is in the 74th
year of his age and with his wife. occupies
PARTON of the old family homestead, where he
has spent his entire life. MIR. Read has six
children living, all of whom are married. :,
Mr.. James B. Plaskitt, OF Baltimore, called
on some of his friends in Towson on the Fourth
and renewed his subscription to THE UNION.
He is a son of the late John Plaskitt, who once
owned the farm in Lime Kiln Valley. now
owned by Mr.. D. H. Rice. The lime used in
whitecoating the walls in the Court House
over fifty years ago was burned on this farm
and Mr. James B. Plaskitt, then an able bodied
young man. drove the team that hauled it to
Towson The Plaskitts are an English family,
the head of it John PlaskitD having, in bis
young days, been successful Baltimore mer'
chant