The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-06-30
Parsonal Mention. :


Ocean City this week attending the annual
meeting of the State Teachers Association.
Bishop Paret, accompanied by Mrs. Paret,
sailed from New York for Europe on Thurs
day. They will spend the summer abroad.
Mr.. Samuel REGISTER, well known mem
Der of the bar will leave in few days for Ell
Paso, Texas, to look after some property inter-
ests there.
Mrs. Nils P. Hammarstrom and daughter,
of walnut Hill" near Cockeysville, have
gone to Providence, 4. l., to spend some time
with relatives.
Mrs. Alexander Y. Carr, of the Hillen
road, near Towson, is visiting her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Magruder D. Wilson, near Finksburg
Carroll county.
DIR. Frank Dorsey, resident physician at
st. Joseph's Hospital, is spending some time
in Boston. He is son OF Mr.. Martin Dorsey,
of Green Spring Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Hall Harris, Jr., who
were lately married, have gone to New Haven,
Me-, TO spend the summer. Mrs. Harris was
formerly Miss Lavinia Brush.
Mr.. Charles ii; Street,; OF the internal
revenue service, who has been critically ill
several weeks at his home in Baltimore, is re-
ported to be slightly improved.
Miss Kearney and Mr.. Kearsley Kearney,
sister and son of Mr.. Stuart Kearney, have
taken apartments at the residence OF DR.. Il. U.
Massenburg, in Towson, for the summer;
School Superintendent Albert 5. COOK and
his assistant, Mr.. John 7. Hershner, have been
at Ocean City this week attending the annual
meeting of the State Teachers Association.
Mr.. Thomas B. Todd, the popular presi-
dent of the Baltimore County School Board.
attended the annual meeting of the State
Teachers Association at Ocean City this week.
Mr.. Rufus K. Wood, of Sparrow's Point,
who is new member, attended the meeting of
the State Board of Education that was held at
Ocean City this week. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Wood.
N. Charles Burke. of Towson, was POSTMASTER
at the banquet of the class of 1906, Loyola Col
lege held at the Hotel Rennert, Baltimore on
Monday night.
Mr. Charles H. Schuster, of Jarrettsyille,
won the presidents prize for Biblical study at
the recent commencement of st. Johns College,
Annapolis. Heisa nephew OF Mr.. Charles q.
Schuster, of Towson.
Miss Mamie Parks, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Parks, of the Joppa road, near
Carney, who has been very sick for some time,
has been taken to st. Joseph's Hospital in Bal
timore for an operation.
Mr.. Osborne I. Yellott, of the law firm of
Yellott & Symington, was on Tuesday night
initiated into the mysteries of Elkdom in Tow
son Lodge of that order. The membership of
this lodge is growing rapidly.
-Messrs. Robert and John Deford, who are
home from college for the summer holiday, are
spending some time with their sister, Mrs: w.
s. G. Williams, of Long Green Valley. They
are each provided with an automobile.
Mrs. Robert De Witt Child. mother of Mrs.
Thomas Peerce, of Dulany's Valley, is spend
ing some time in Denver, Col. She will also
visit Colorado Springs and other points of
interest and will not return to Maryland until
next fall.
Bishop Wilson has transferred Rev. John 7.
Eusor, pastor of Clifton M. E. Church, to the
pastorate of Madison Square NJ. E. Church as
the successor to the late Rev. John M. Slarrow.
Rev. Mr.. Ensor had been at Clifton Church
nine years.
MIR. ]. Montgomery Gambrill, who was
lately appointed by the Baltimore School Board
as head of the new department of History and
Civics in the Polytechnic Institute is 0 son of
DR.. William B. Gambrill, of Alberton, Howard
county, formerly of Baltimore county.
Mr.. Alexander Hughes, of Chase, 10Th dis
trict, was in Towson on Tuesday and called at
The UNION office. He left on Thursday, 28th
instant, accompanied by his daughter, Miss
Ethel Hughes, of Philopolis, for Kansas, where
they will spend two or three months with rela-
tives.
School Commissioner John Arthur, accom-
panied by Mrs. Arthur, attended the annual
meeting of the State Teachers Association at
Ocean City this week and were registered at
the Atlantic Hotel. Commissioner Reister
Russell, of Reisterstown, also attended the
meeting.
MIR. Harry l.. Mouat, who spent several
weeks with Mr.. John W. Wolfe, of Furnace
Farm, near Towson, left on the 22d instant for
his home in California. He is employed in
the Union Savings Bank in Pasadena, that
State, where he has been living for the past
five years.
Mr.. Henry A. Brehm. president of the
Prospect Park Fair and Racing Association,
accompanied by his wife and two children, left
on Monday for an extended Western pleasure
trip. They will go to Yellowstone Park and
may extend their visit to the Pacific Coast, re-
turning early in August.
Mr.. William NJ Gorsuch, who sold his
farm near Philopoiis, 8th district, last spring
and in May removed with his family to Los
Angeles, CAL, has returned to Baltimore county
and is now living at Hereford, not far from his
old home. Perhaps the California earthquake
had something to do with their early return.
Rev. W. FL. H. Powers, rector Of Trinity
Church, Towson, preached his first sermon
last Sunday morning since his return from
abroad, to very large congregation. An in
formal reception was held at the close of the
services and the rector was warmly congratu-
lated upon his improved condition OF health.
A Railroad Official Who Works.-A man
of few words but mighty in deeds is Gen.
John NJ. Hood, president of the United Rail-
ways and Electric Company. His share in
building up the Western Maryland is well
known to Baltimoreans, and be is doing his
utmost now to give Baltimore the best street.
is man who does not leave the mastering of
details to his subordinates, but is thoroughly
conversant with all that is involved in the
operation of such system. Scheduled trips
of inspection of the lines come as matter of
course, but he does not stop at that. 1t is not
unusual to see him walking about from spot
to spot, his eye taking in every phase of the
situation and making observations of the needs
at that particular point. Go into bis Office at
any time and you are sure to find his table
piled high with plans and papers, all aiming at
the betterment of the system. General Hood
is not man to boast of his achievements al
though it might be pardoned were he to do so,
for he has had long and successful career.
When he was MADE president of the company
his only speech, according to reports, was
"What we want to do is to work to accomplish
results-saw wood and do but little talking
and that has been his policy. The company is
rapidly recovering from its crippled condition
after the fire, and in the extensive plans for
the future may be seen the ambition Of General
Hood not only to improve the condition OF
the company, but to serve the public as well.
Brick Manufacturing Plant Sold.-The
Arthur B. Nitsch Brick Company's plant al
Lansdowne, 18th district, together with the
surrounding farm owned by the company, was
purchased at auction at Towson ON the 22d
inst, by Mrs. Annie K. Ament for S24, 500
The property was offered by Schwab Bros &
Co.. auctioneers, for Messrs. George L. Mowen
and Edward L. Ward, receivers The bidding
started at $4,000 and was advanced in small
amounts of 500 to $500 each until it reached
the selling price. 1t was offered first as an en-.
tirety and afterward in two sections one com.
prising the plant and the other portion of the
farm. The entire holding of the former Brick
Company brought more than the combined
bids for the two portions. The entire property
consists of about 70 acres. The farm includes
about 30 acres and is improved by double
brick dwelling, stables. barns and other build
ings. The property surrounding the plant con-
sists of 40 acres, and, in addition to fully
equipped brick plant, there is portion under
cultivation and some woodland.
Sunnybrook Schools Closing Day.-A
number of patrons and friends attended the
closing exercises of the public school at Sunny
brook, 10th district, on the 22d inst. and great.
" enjoyed the exercises, which were followed
by liberal treat of ice-cream and cake. The
display of work done by the children showed
that they had made excellent progress during
the year and were credit to their teachers,
Misses Louise A. Stiegler and Mabel F. Owens
During the year q number of spelling con-
foafa wore hold in which Clara Meisner aver.