The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-12-14

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Roads Engineer Shirley. who had been
away on his vacation, returned to his home ia
Towson on Monday last
Mr. Charles Fl. Wier and family this week
closed their summer home west of Towson,
and have taken apartments in Baltimore for
the winter.
Hon. ]. Fred. C. Talbot, member for
Maryland attended the meeting of the Demo-
cratic National Committee in Washington
on Thursday.
bar, has been admitted to practice in the Cir
cult Court at Towson, on motion of Mr.. q.
| Howard Isaac.
Mr.. Thomas ]. German the we'll known
stonemason, is suffering from carbuncle on
the back of his neck, which incapacitates him
for work of any kind.
Mrs. Cook, wife of Mr.. Elmer j. Cook, of
| the Towson bar, who spent several months
with her parents in the State of Texas, has re-
| turned to her home here.
Mr. Laban Sparks, member of the bar and
Republican politician. who had been for some
days confined to his home at Sparks Station,
| N. c. r. R., is again able to be out.
Among the callers at THE UNION office on
Wednesday was Mrs. William Jay Metzel who
| lives near Glyndon. 4th district. She became
a subscriber to the paper that day.
-Messrs. John M. Carter Frank N. Hoen,
Lemuel T. Appold and VIM. b. Sands, of this
county, were guests at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel, New York, several days last week
sard of Towson, will be glad to learn that their
interesting little daughter, Mary Stuart who
had been very i'll for few days, is much better.
u. S. Senator Rayner announced on Mon
day that he had designated as cadet at West
Point Mr.. Edgar StaIey Gorrell, of Baltimore,
and as alternate Mr.. Wilfred Mortimer Ellis,
of Catonsville.
Donald Powers, youngest son of Rev. W.
H. H. Powers, rector of Trinity Church, Tow
son, has been sick two weeks with diphtherla
of no AioYan6riQ IVA Hi0h Sch0nl He il
Eek. County Commissioner John E. Crout,
who lately sold his real estate and personal
property in Resterstown, has removed his
family to Baltimore and is now located at 8l7
North Calhoun street.
Mr.. Harry Devries, popular citizen and
farmer of the Sd district, was among the visi-
tors to Towson on Monday. Mr.. Devres made
many friends while he was an assistant in the
Office of the County Treasurer.
AT the annual meeting of Towson Lodge,
/. o. o. F., DIR. John 8. Green, of Bethany
Lodge of Glenarm, received the votes of all the
Past Grands present for the position of Grand
Warden Of the Grand Lodge of Maryland;
Mr.. Bertrand P. Hunter, of Newark, N. j..
is visiting his uncle, Mr.. Thomas ]. Hunter, of
Towson. He is a son of Rev. Pleasant Hunter,
of the Presbyterian Church, and grandson OF
the late Pleasant Hunter, of Wiseburg, Balti-
more county.
Rev. Philip H. Sheridan, pastor of the
Church of the Immaculate Towson, who was
under treatment at st. Joseph's Hospital in
Baltimore, is now at his home here He is
greatly improved and his complete restoration
to health is expected.
Mr.. Philip A. s. Franklin, formerly of Bal
timore county, has been reelected first vice.
president of the Maryland Society of New York
the annual meeting of which was held few
DAYS ago. He is ason of Col. Walter s. Frank
lin, formerly of Ashland.
Mr.. E. 6. Prince, gardener at Hampton,
near Towson was attacked with sudden illness
few days ago and for a time bis condition
was so alarming that his physician, DIR. J. H.
Green, sent him to a hospital in Baltimore.
He soon improved, however, and is again at
his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel w. Storm, of Reister-
town, are spending the winter in Baltimore.
Mr. Storm was for many years sherifs clerk
in the Court House at Towson and was known
to thousands of Baltimore county and city
people. He retired from active pursuits some
years ago.
Mr.. George A. Gardiner, secretary of the
Gardiner Dairy Company was attacked by
sudden illness and fell from his horse while
riding in Baltimore few days ago. He was
not seriously hurt and soon recovered. He is
brother of Mr.. A. B. Gardiner Jr., president
of the company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Kearney, who had
been occupying the house on the Hillendale
Farm, southeast of Towson. have removed to
Sherwood for the winter and are occupying the
Kearney's business requires him to be ID Baltl-
more every day.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Gardiner and the
latter's sister, Miss Annabelle Stevenson, this
week removed from Philadelphia to South
Towson and will occupy one of Mr. G. E.
Thomas cottages at Terracedale. Many friends
will welcome Mrs. Gardiner and her sister back
to Baltimore county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh K. Sands, who were
married about three weeks ago, have returned
fhoir hOpQvmO0n aOinnrn at Lak0W0CG.
| N. j., and will spend the winter at Lake 10
| land. Mr.. Sands is book-keeper at the Ma
| tional Mechanics Bank of Baltimore, where
he has been engage Tor over ten years ears travail,
| ing in the West and Southwest since last Feb
| ruary, engaged in collecting statistics for the
| Census Bureau in Washington, returned to his
| home in Towson on Wednesday night. He
| travelled thousands of miles by land and water
| and did not meet with single accident.
MIR. A. Kelley Slade. who had an operation
| for appendicitis performed at the University
Hospital in Baltimore, on Thursday of last
week, is improving rapidly and will soon be
entirely we'll. Heis son of Mr.. John E. Slade,
of Long Green, and grandson of Rev. A. R.
Kelley, formerly pastor of Towson M. Z.
| Church.
Mr. John Gephart, of Mt. Washington,
who was copy clerk in the office of the Regis
ter of Wills, lost his position by reason of the
fact that Register Peach had to provide place
for young man from bis home district Mr.
Gephart made many friends while he was 10
| Towson and many regrets have been expressed
because he could not be continued.
Meeting ofthe School Board.-The School
Board held meeting in Towson on Wednes
| day, with the president, Mr.. Thomas B. Todd,
in the chair and Mr.. A. ). Cook, secretary
The Board unanimously decided that here
| after no emblem of any organization shall
adorn the school buildings. The matter was
brought before the Board by the secretary. In
the batch of letters received by the Board was
one from patriotic society in one of the lower
| districts 1t asked for the privilege of pre-
senting flag to school in the neighborhood.
| In the discussion that followed the reading of
| this letter it was brought out that on several
school buildings in the upper end o! the coun-
| ty were emblems of certain patriotic organl-
cations. While the Board favored the giving
| of flags to the schools by organizations and in
dividuals, it was opposed to the property being
used to advertise any society.
A delegation of residents from Howard Park
called on the Board and asked for school in
their neighborhood They asked for build
ing that will accommodate 200 children.
Mss Alice Deals, who has been connected
| with the schools for number of years, and
who is now vice. principal of Gainesville High
School, presented her resignation. She will
| soon begin educational work in Chicago.
Mr.. F. DuVal Mitchell, principal of School
| 7, district 6. has rendered his resignation, to
take effect January 9Th. Mr.. Mitchell has
taken position in the Government service in
| Panama.
The schools will close for the holidays
Friday, December Goth, and reopen Monday,
January 9th.
Loeb Raven, 9th District.-A very en-
| joyable surprise party was given to Mr.. Grover
| DeBaugh, at his home at Loeb Raven. The
house was decorated with cut flowers and potted
| plants. Music and games were the features of
the evening. At a late hour refreshments
were served. Among those present were Mr..
and Mrs. P. A. DeBaugh, Mr.: and Mrs. Joseph
| Winkler, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. DeBaugh, Mrs.
Elizabeth DeBaugh, Misses Leona Keigler, of
Ellicott City; Laura and Emma Snyder.
Nellie Grace, Mary Burg, Viola DeBaugh.
Eva and Blanche DeBaugh, Ethel Shroyer.
Ida Bilingsley, Hannah Winkler and Messrs.
Burgan Dilworth, Clinton DeBaugh, Joseph
Cor6in, Raymond Billingsley, Joseph and
John Burg, George Ayers, Louis Shroyer,
| John and Wilson Billingsley. Edward Ritter,
| Maurice Shroyer and many others.
Mr.. J. T. Ritter, who was the overseerer on
the farm of the Maryland School for Boys, has
resigned. He and his wife will spend the
winter in Philadelphia. Mr.. Robert 8. Francis,