The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-12-28
Personal Mention

idays with relatives in Pittsburg.
Mrs. Charles E. Fendall, of Towson, and
two of her daughters. have been sick with grip
for nearly week and under the care Of their
physician.
Miss Anna Bacon, who is a student at
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa, is spending
the holidays with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis NJ. Bacon, of Belfast.
Mrs Mary L. Henderson, of Towson, spent
the Christmas holiday with her daughter, (for-
merly Miss Rosa Henderson,, who is now a
resident of Wilmington, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barksdale, of Rich
mond, Va, are spending the holidays at
Trinity Church rectory, Towson. Mrs. Banks
dale is a sister of Rev, ". h. ID. Powers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Devries are spend
ing the winter at 'Strontia," their country
place overlooking Green Spring Valley. Their
daughter, Mrs. Lester Bresee, is with them.
MIR. and Mrs. Dixon G. Walker, of Towson,
will sail for Savannah shortly after January
LIST and remain there until March. Mr.. Walker
has recovered from recent attack of illness.
Hon. Albert A. Blakeney, formerly OF
Baltimore county, has been re. elected presi-
dent of the Union League of Maryland, the
leading Republican organization in the South.
MIR. and Mrs. r. Pierce Choate, we'll known
residents of the I'd district. were rendered
surprise party on Saturday night last In honor
of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their mar
rage.
police took the oath of Office on Tuesday be-
fore Mr.. William P. Cole, Clerk of the Circuit
Court.
of Towson who has been sick for two weeks
was able to sit up on Thursday. Her little
daughter, who had also been sick, has re-
covered.
.-Ex-County Commissioner John Y. Slade
was in Towson on Tuesday and conducted q
sale of real estate at the Court House. he IS
recognized as among the county's best auc-
tioneers
MIR. Peter Miller, an aged citizen of Sunny
brook, 10th district, who met with such serl-
Gus accident several months ago while assist
ing in threshing at his home, has almost
entirely recovered.
Mr.. Samuel R. Fox, who formerly taught
at Woodlawn, has been appointed principal
of the DOL at Foreston, 9th district succeed
ing Levin R. Mitchell, deceased. He will take
charge January 9th.
Rev. Thomas E. Copes, pastor of Towson
NJ E. Church, has been very sick with grip and
confined to his home for over week. Several
members of his family have also been suffering
from the same malady.
Mrs. John Lippincott is very sick at the
home of her granddaughter Mrs. Willard A.
Rhoads, in Baltimore. She is the only daugh-
ter of the late William F. Peerce, OF Spring
field, Dulany's Valley.
Mr.. Thomas E. j. German, of Linden Ter
race, Towson, who has been very sick for
some time. is much better but not yet able to
be out Mr.. German was formerly engaged in
farming in the 18th district.
Mr.. s. Carroll Coale, a student of Dickin-
son College, Carlisle, Pa, and Mr.. Harry u.
Gordon, student at the Theological Seminary
at Pennington, N. j., are spending the holi-
days at their homes in Towson.
Mr.. A. B. Jeffrey, of Wayne, Nebraska is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. ]. T. Kelley, Of
Chestnut Ridge. He was formerly resident
n 1xrJao mo n
farm of MIR. Charles K. Harrison, at Pikesville
Mr. John E. Slade, of the well known
firm of Slade Bros. & Co., of Unionville, was
very sick several days this week, causing his
family and friends no little anxiety, but be is
now better. DR.. John s. Green is attending
him.
ty Clerks Office, paid his annual Christmas
visit to his old home at Texas, N. G. K. r., on
Wednesday he found his three brothers in bed
in different parts of the house suffering with
grip.
are spending the holidays with their son, Kew.
William H. Hubbard, pastor of q Baptist
Church in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Rev. Mr.. HUB
bard was the first pastor of the Baptist Church
in Towson.
Mrs. Wolters, wife of Mr.. William Wolters,
proprietor of Hotel Carney. on the Hartford
road, who has been critically ill with double
pneumonia, is improving slowly. She has
been under the care of two physicians and a
trained nurse.
Over twenty persons of the name of Ben
son attended the reunion of the family at the
home of Rev. Joshua L. Benson, at Berean, 9th
district, on Christmas day. Rev. K. q. Koontz,
former pastor OF Hereford circuit, was
among the guests.
Mr.. T. Edward Hambleton, Jr., is named
as an incorporation of the Maryland Railway
Supply Company that has just been orga gar Zee
in Baltimore with capital stock OF $4,000
He is a son of Mr.. Frank 3. HamDleton, the
we'll known banker.
Mr.. Urban T. Linzey, formerly steno-
grapher in the Orphans Court and also a
notary public is sick with pneumonia. He
is a son of Mr.. T. G. Linzey, in Towson. AT
present Mr.. Linzey is stenographer IN the
Government printing Office at Washington.
Mr.. Caleb D. Stains, who is now with his
son, Mr.. Thomas Stains, near Lutherville, cele-
brated his 85th birthay on Monday last. He
still enjoys good health, considering his age
Mr.. Stains was born on Chestnut Ridge and
has spent his entire life in that section OF the
county.
Christmas day were those of Mr.. John Bond,
a well known farmer of Western Run Valley,
and Mr. John D. G. Duncan, of Marble Hill,
near Cockeysvlle. Mr.. Duncan, who is jus.
tice of the peace, is the father of Judge Frank
Mr.. Hugh J. Gallagher of the 9th district,
has succeeded Mr.. N. Bosley Merryman as
transfer clerk in the Office of the County Com
missioners For some time Mr.. Gallagher had
been an assistant in the Office of the Clerk OF
the Circuit Court. He is very capable man
for the place.
New York, are spending the holidays with her
sister Miss Ann Colt Merryman, of Willow
Brook Farm near Cockeysville and other
relatives in that section of the county. MRS.
Franklin is a daughter of the late Hon. John
Merryman, of Hayfelds.
Miss Cora Burton, who has been suffering
for five weeks with appendicitis and typhoid
fever, expects to be able to spend the New Year
holiday with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Burton, of Greenwood Miss Burton is a MEM
her of the class for trained nurses at the Mary
land University Hospital.
The family of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Alex. Par
lett old residents of Towson, held reunion
at their home here on Christmas day. Every
member of the family was present and twenty
four surrounded the dinner table. Mr.. Parlett
has been a storekeeper in the internal revenue
service nearly twenty years.
Mr.. Samuel E. Parks, of Oakland Farm.
near Towson, had the pleasure of being sur
rounded by his children and grandchildren on
Christmas day, it being the annual family re.
union. Mr. Parks was born at Oakland and
has spent his entire life there. He is the only
son of the late Joseph Parks.
Miss M. Claudia Rutleoge, niece OF ex-
County Commissioner John V. Slade, of Cor
bett has gone to Chicago to spend the holt
DAYS with her friend and schoolmate Miss
Elizabeth Fitzel. Both of these young ladies
are members of this years graduating class OF
Maryland College, Lutherville.
Rev. J. Tilton Marley, minister, of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, is critically ill at
his home in Towson and his recovery is not
expected. He was obliged to give up his min
isterial duties at Morgantown, W. Va, on &C.
count of failing health. Mr.. Marley is son OF
Mr.. John Marley, one of Towson's Oldest resi-
dents, and brother of Mr.. w. George Marley,
member-elect to the House of Delegates.
The firm of Boarman & Lindsay consisting
of Messrs. Robert R. Boarman and James j
Lindsay, with offices in Baltimore and Tow
son, engaged in the practice of law for the past
eight years, will be dissolved on Tuesday next:
3ist inst. Each will continue the practice of
law on his own account, Mr.. Boarman with
Offices at Ala Equitable Building, Baltimore,
and Towson. and Mr.. Lindsay at Az Equitable
Building, Baltimore and Towson.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Cranston, of
Govanstown, were given ''surprise" on Tues
dav of last week at their home in honor OF the
fortieth anniversary of their marriage. A
bountiful table was handsomely decorated
with American Beauty and La France roses.
Many handsome presents were received by the