The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-01-27
paraonaI Mention :

Personal Mention
Mr.. w. s. G. Williams has been reelected
treasurer of the st. Georges Society of Mary
land.
Mrs. Thomas Hill has been re elected presi.
dent of the Maryland State Society, Daughters
of the Revolution.
Miss Bessie Robertson. of Amhurst. Va,
is visiting Miss Marguerite Powers at Trinity
Church rectory, Towson.
Mr.. Arthur w. Shanklin, who for several
years has been renting his farm at Loeb Raven,
will conduct the place himself this year.
MIR. Henry q. Mast, of the 10th district,
spent several days this week in Richmond,
| Va, looking after some business matters.
Mr.. Albert T. Myer and Misses Daisie,
Bessie and Annie Myer, of Pikesyille, sailed
from Baltimore for Jamaica on Wednesday.
| County Commissioner and Mrs. John v.
| Slade entertained a number of their friends at
dinner, at their home at Corbett, N. @. r. R.,
| on Monday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Bayne Dukehart, who
were married last week, have returned from
their wedding trip and are now located in their
home at Towson.
MIR. and Mrs. Lewis +. Keller, of Vaux
| Hail. near Ashland, accompanied by the lat
ters sister, are travelling in the South, Florida
| being their objective point.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bentley, who had been
| spending some time with friends in the 9Th
district of this county, have returned to their
| home at Sandy Spring, Md.
Miss Isabel Pond, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
| spent several days this week as the guest of
Miss Eliza D. Longnecker, of Towson. She is
in Washington for part of the winter.
Mr.. John Ridgely. Jr., who went to At.
lanta, Ca, several weeks ago to take charge of
the business of the Maryland Casualty Com
pany, is much pleased with the city and his
work.
MIR. Joseph NJ Street,, of the Beair Demo
crdt. was among the visitors to Towson this
Dos N1,or-f -lar Of Mr. Nhor oo
E. Fendall, equity clerk in the County Clerks
Office.
-Messrs. w. Stuart Symington, Jr., Fred
erick R. Pedicord and William Edgar Byrd, of
the Baltimore city bar, have been admitted to
practice in the Circuit Court for Baltimore
county.
Mr.. W. Checkley Shaw. Jr., who was seri-
ously injured several weeks ago in a railroad
tunnel at Athens, Ga, is recovering. He is
civil engineer and a nephew of Mrs. John
Senator John s. Biddison, of Baltimore
county, and his sisters, the Misses Biddison,
attended the reception of Governor and Mrs.
Warfield, at the Executive Mansion in An
napolis on Wednesday night.
Rev. Byron Clark, pastor of the Presbyte-
rian Church at Mt. Washington, has not yet ac-
cepted the call 10 Portsmouth, Va, and it is
highly probable be will not do so. His con-
gregation is averse to his leaving.
-Ex-Judge David Fowler, of Baltimore
vs.
at the funeral of Mrs. Charles B: Roberts,
which took place at st. Johns Catholic Church,
Westminster on the 10Th instant.
Mr.. George Whitelock, the well known at
torney, has returned from Albany, N. Y,
where he was the guest of honor at the annual
banquet of the New York State Bar Associa-
ton. He responded to the toast Maryland"
Mrs. H. F. Eckenrode of Pikesville, Balti-
more county, has returned from Hanover, Pa,
where she went to attend the golden wedding
l. esekn fo- hrvra oh0 mo hFiA 1oIn
fifty years ago. and she served in the same
capacity on this occasion.
Mr.. Herbert T. Hand, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
spent a few days this week visiting his old
friend, Mr.. Upton Slingluf Brady, at his resi-,
dence "Hillendale, near Towson. Mr.. Hand
was greatly pleased with his visit, promising to
come again in the near future.
Mr.. Philip A. DeBaugh has rented his
farm at Cub HILL Hartford road, to one OF his
sons and will retire from active business to re.
for some time. He will remove to house on
the Joppa road west of Carney.
Rev. w. H. H. Powers, rector of Trinity
Church, Towson. will speak at the mems meet
ing in Belair next Sunday afternoon at $50
O'Clock. Mentioning this fact the Belair Dem
ocyat says Rev. Mr.. Powers lis one of the most
attractive speakers in Maryland"
Mr.. II. Carroll Brown, of "BroOkland-
wood" Baltimore county, has been elected
president of the Maryland Jockey Club, sue
coe0l1R MT. n. OdIteI HAIL. MI OIOWh las
also been elected a steward of the National
Steeplechase and Hunt Association.
Miss Mary Gorsuch, who has been sick for
some time at the home of Mr.. George H. Merry
man, near Bosley postofice, continues in
critical condition and no hope for her recovery
is entertained. She is SO years of age and
sister of the late Noah and Rein Gorsuch.
Rev Thomas II. Wright of Kent county,
Nd, came to Towson on Wednesday to see his
wife, who has been very sick for some weeks
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence W.
McMaster, of this place. Rev. Mr.. Wright was
formerly pastor of Baltimore Circuit, NJ. P.
Church.
Mr.. w. George Marley, of the Towson bar
has been invited to take part in the shoot, on
the LIST of February, on the grounds OF the
The contest will be between all Baltimore and
all Philadelphia teams of fifteen men each,
each man to shoot at 100 targets, the ten high
est scores to count.
DIR. and Mrs. e. M. Duncan, on Friday
night of last week, celebrated the twentieth
anniversary of their marriage at their home in
Govanstown and entertained few relatives
and friends. DR.. Duncan is son of Mr.. John
D. G. Duncan, of the 9Th district, and brother
of Judge Frank I. Duncan. =,
MIR. John A. Kinlein, OF Gardenville,
Belair road, has just returned from visit to
his son, Mr.. John H. Kinlein, who is engaged
in business in New Berne, N. G. Mr.. Klnleln
was not at all pleased with the country through
which he passed, and says the best OF it is not
as good as the worst of Baltimore county.
Mrs Anna M Urban, of Towson, hasissued
cards for the marriage of her daughter, Miss
Marie Louise Urban, to Mr.. J. George DOrsch,
Jr., of Baltimore. The ceremony will take
place in the Church of the Immaculate, Tow
son, on Wednesday, February 7th, at P. NJ.
The prospective bride is the eldest daughter OF
the late Lewis H. Urban.
The twenty-sixth annual banquet of the
Society of the Army and Navy of the Confed-
crate States in Maryland took place at the
Eutaw House, Baltimore, on Friday night OF
last week. Those present from Baltimore
county were Hon. J. Fred. G. Talbot, Col.
David G.. Mcintosh, Major Thomas B. Catch.
DIR. w. P. E. Wyse and Messrs. John Gephard
and James H. LiDZey.
Mr. Clarence Kirwan, of Baltimore, q ire.
| quent visitor to Towson in the discharge OF bis
| duties in connection with the construction de-
partment of the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele.
| phone Company after period OF tive years
has been promoted to the position OF chief OF
| the right-of-way department with the same
| company. Mr.. Kirwan's many friends will be
pleased to learn of his promotion to this re.
| sponsible position.
Rossville. l5ch District.-The county roads
are in very bad condition and in places it looks
as though the bottom had dropped out. Com
plants are frequently heard because OF this
condition of affairs.
The property of the late James Brian, at
| MlO0I6 River, was SOlu Ou mOuudy ldco w
Messrs. Walter r. Townsend and Charles Pie
lert, attorneys for Mrs. Sallie s. Brian, execu-
trix of the estate of her late husband. The
stock brought fair prices.
On account of the indispostion Of Rev. G. F..
Fleck, the pastor, Mr.. Frederick Fisher con-
| Quoted services at Zion Evangelical Church
last Sunday. The pastor will resume his duties
| next Sunday.
Mrs. John Walker, who had been very i'll, is
| improving
Mrs. Louis Shaffer, who had been indisposed
| for some time, is better.
| Mr.. Joseph Gross is erecting fine barn on
his property, which will add much to its ap-
| pearance. u.
Farmers Club Ofacers.-At the last meet
| ing of the Junior Gunpowder Agricultural
| Club the following committees for the year
| were chosen:
Executive ommittee-Granville Matthews,
| George E. Shelley and E. e. Scott.
| Nominating Committee-William ID. Curry,