The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-06-29
paraonal Mention.

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Gerar, near Cockeysville, have been spending
a few days at Atlantic City.
Rev. Joseph H. Schaeffer, of Newark, N
| j., is spending his vacation with his mother on
Eastern avenue, Highlandtown.
Rev. w. w. Shaw, pastor of Govanstown
| Presbyterian Church, who spent three months
| abroad, returned to his home few days ago.
Col. Robert Hough, so well known at limo
MUM, has again been engaged to start the light
harness races at the Carlisle (Pa) fair this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon G. Walker, of Towson,
left on Wednesday for an automobile trip
through Western Maryland and the Valley of
Virginia.
Miss Brogden, daughter of Mrs. James
Brogden, of Long Green Valley is spending
some time with Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Jr., at New
Mrs. Richard Cromwell, of springfield"
near Timonium, and her daughter, Miss Sallie
George Cromwell will spend July in the White
Mountains.
Miss Florence Miller, of Glencoe N. G. R.
R., who spent several weeks with the Misses
Bond. of Passaic street, Trenton, N. j., will re-
turn home today.
Mrs. Charles G. Harold, of Macon, Ca, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. John Ridgely, of Hamp-
ton, who gave her last at nome" 1or the sum-
mer on Thursday.
Mr.. J. Purviance Bonsal, of Green Spring
Valley, who has been sick several weeks at
Johns Hopkins Hospital with typhoid fever,
is RAPIDLY recovering.
Miss s. Belle Cockey, of "Montrose,"
Cockeysville, and Miss Sophia Stansbury, of
"Hambledune," near Lutherville are spend
ing some time at Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Howard Norris celebrated
the fifth anniversary of their marriage at their
home in Govanstown on Tuesday night and
entertained number of their friends.
Col. Philip NJ. Snowden, who was stricken
with paralysis about two weeks ago, is rapidly
improving. He is at the residence of his daugh-
ter Mrs. Frank Ehlen, east of Towson.
Gil 1f WnChf ton
who had been visiting her sister-inlaw Mrs.
William S. Keech, of Towson, returned to her
home on Monday. She was accompanied by
her little son.
Mrs. ]. C. Cooper. formerly of this place,
who had been spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. DeWarren Barnett at her home
in New Jersey, is now visiting her sister, Mrs.
Mary Butler, of Towson.
Mr.. VIM. L. Amoss, head of the bureau
of farmers institutes of Maryland, who spent
several months at Cornwall n: Y, for the
benefit of his health is now at his home, near
Benson, Hartford county.
Mr.. James ]. Lindsay, of the law firm of
Boarman d Lindsay, has been in Norfolk, Va,
this week looking after some matters in con-
nection with the settlement of the estate OF the
late Rev. Matthew O'Keefe.
Superintendent Albert s. Cook, OF the Bal
timore county schools, was elected president OF
the Mary land State Teachers Association, the
annual meeting of which was held at the
jamestown Exposition this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar d. Cans OF Beau
mont" Govanstown, will sail for Europe on
the 4th of July and spend the entire summer
abroad. Mr.. Cans is the senior member of the
well known law firm of Cans Haman.
Mr.. Herbert Ridgely. was among those who
graduated this year at the annual commence
ment of Delaware College, Newark, which took
place last week. His parents, Mr.. and Mrs:
BENJAMIN T. Ridgely, of "Barrett's Delight"
near Warren, attended the commencement.
Miss Mary Falconer, of Baltimore, who
frequently visits Towson, sailed from New
York on Thursday, June goth, via the White
Star steamship Cretic, for Naples, Italy, and
will tour the principal cities and points of in
terest in Europe, returning to Baltimore in the
early autumn.
Mr.. Adolph B. Lauer of Towson who had
been chief electrical engineer at the Sheppard
and Enoch-P Pratt Hospital for the past fifteen
wears, but who recently resigned to accept the
superintendency of machinery for the Mary
land Portland Cement Company of Hagers-
town, removed his family to that city this week.
DIR. N. R. Gerry, who has been an active
practitioner at Gainesville for nearly fifty years.
quietly celebrated bis 10th birthday on Tues
dav. He is native of Cecil county, Md. and
a nephew of the famous DIR. Gerry, OF Shrews-
bury, Pa. with whom he studied medicine.
afterwards attending lectures at the Maryland
University.
The friends of County Commissioner Mann
in his home district gave reception last night
at Highland Academy, at Highlandtown IN
honor of his denomination by the Democratic
convention There was large attendance.
Addresses were made by Mr.. Mann, Mr.. Henry
Miller Justice P. A. Dunnigan, Senator John
S. Biddison, Speaker of the House of Delegates
Carville D. Benson, and others.
governor Warfield, who came to Towson
on Friday afternoon of last week to address the
Towson High School, took tea and was guest
during the night of Mr.. and Mrs. John Ridgely,
of Hampton. When the Governor came to
Towson on Saturday morning to board trolley
car for Baltimore, he held sort of informal
reception in front of the Court House, where
many persons shook hands with him.
Misses Mary Risteau, of Towson. and AL
exia Anderson, of Govanstown, graduates of
the Towson High School, were given certifi-
Gates of admission to the Woman's College of
Baltimore. Mr.. Carey Hunter, son of Mr..
Thomas G. Hunter, who is member OF the
class, was awarded scholarship in the Balti-
more Business College. Miss Risteau is
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. NJ. Rsteau.
Rev. Thomas Gorsuch, of Parkville Har-
ford road, celebrated his Seth birthday last
Sunday. He was born on the farm adjoining
the alms-house farm, near Belair, In house
that is still standing and which, he says, is
much over one hundred years old. He was
one of family of ten children, all of whom
were born in that house except one. Mr.. Cor
such, who is local preacher of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, is still an active director and
agent OF the darIOTu uuLudl Tire 1uSuIduCo
Company and still takes lively interest In
public affairs generally.
On the 10th instant Mr.. Lawrence NJ.
Riddle, son of Mr.. W. II. Riddle, of Fork, Bal
timore county, sailed for Germany to attend
the summer school at the University of Mar
burg. He has closed his second year at the
Johns Hopkins University: German has been
one of his chief studies, and he has gone to the
university especially to study that language.
Before sailing the faculty of the Johns Hop
kins University notified him that he had been
awarded a scholarship for next year, thus max
| ing three years in succession that he has been
awarded scholarship at the Hopkins.
Miss Virgie Todd, daughter of ex-County
| Commissioner Thomas Todd, of the 9Th dis
| trict, is visiting Mrs. Annie Thurman and Mrs.
| Harry Stout, of Trenton, N. ]. Mrs. Fuhr-
| man and Mrs. Stout are daughters of Mr.. and
| Mrs. John Shepperd of Trenton, who were
| formerly residents of My Lady's Manor, Balti-
| more county. They removed to Trenton some
| wears ago and Mr.. Shepperd engaged in the
| lunch-room business in which be was very
| successful having several fine establishments
| in that city. He retired from active business
some time ago and his son-in-law, Mr.. Stout,
| now conducts the business, which has grown
| to immense proportions
Among the Baltimore county people regis
| tered at the Maryland Building on the James
| town Exposition grounds this week were the
| following: Mr.. and Mrs. G. Albert Mays, of
| Glencoe Mr.. A. W. West, of Pikesville; Mr..
| H. g. Luttgerding, of Randallstown Mr.. and
Mrs. James J. Lindsay and Miss Annie Lind
say, of Towson; Mr. !; and an Mrs; R. K E Wood %
| Point; Mr.. f. Speed and Misses Virginia M.
and Dorothy d. Kenney, of Gainesville; Mr..
Albert s: Cook, of Towson; Miss z. Louise
of Govanstown; Mr.. George NJ. NOVEL;, of
Glencoe; Miss Mabel F. Owens, of Sunny
brook; Mr.. John T. Hershner,- of Towson. ;
Mr.. John Arthur, of Fork; Messrs. G. W.
Creager and NJ. L. Wheeler, of Sparrow g
Point Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Todd. j., of
North Point Mr.. Zephaniah Poteet, of Cock
eysyiIle; Misses Elizabeth A. and Alma T.
Shroyer, of utler; Miss Cora c. Belt, of Hof-
manvile.
Commissioner Yeilott Has His Wish
Gratifled.-At the meeting of the Board OF
County Commissioners on Wednesday, at the
suggestion of Mr.. Yellott, it was decided to
employ Prof. James e. Green to audit its books
so as to ascertain the exact condition of the
county's finances.
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