The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-07-04
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Personal Mention
Col. l. NJ. Parr, of Green Spring Valley
has been invited to serve as Judge of the AT
lantic City Horse Show, July 21st to 18th.
Mr.. Duane 81. Rice, proprietor of Vallel
View Stock Farm, is president of the Mary
land and Virginia Fairs and Racing Circuit
and Mr. John F. Anderson. of Towson, il
secretary.
Mrs. Joshua B. Todd, of Fredericksburg
Va, who has many friends in Baltimore coun
81. Todd, of Mount Airy Farm, on the Pc
Spring road.
Mr. Nathan r. Smith, Jr.. and Mr.. Georg'
w. Ewing, Jr., have returned to their homes
in Green Spring Valley for their summer vaca
ton. They are students at the Gunnery Schoo
| in Connecticut.
Mrs. Charles H. Lutz of Hamilton, Har
ford road, who submitted to very painful
| operation at the Church Home and Infirmary
| in Baltimore, has returned to her home and
is doing very well under the care of DR.
| WILKINSON.
Miss Lillian Matthews, daughter of Mr.. J.
| Scott Matthews, of indianapolis, Ind, for.
merry of Hereford, Baltimore county, will be
married July Goth, to gentleman of that city.
Miss Matthews, who is Is years of age, gradu'
ated few days ago.
| her home, Willow Brook Farm, near Cock
| eysville, after spending couple of weeks with
| her sister. Mrs. Philip A. 8. Franklin, of Sea-
bright, N. j. She was accompanied by her
niece, Miss Norton Merryman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard G. Francis. Of Balti-
more. are spending some time with their son,
Mr.. Robert 8. Francis, of Towson. The senior
Mr.. Francis is q retired farmer. he having
spent the greater part of his life in that bust.
ness in the 18th district of this county.
Rev. Page Milburn, d. D., president OF
several days with friends in Towson the past
week, and assisted in the prayer service at the
M. e. Church Wednesday evening. Mr.. Mil
burn at one time was pastor of this church..
Mrs. Rose Keech, who had been spending
some time in Towson with her son. Mr.. VIM.
s. Keech, left on Wednesday for Nantucket,
Mass, where she will remain during July and
August She was accompanied by her daugh-
ter Mrs Henry Selden, Of Washington, D. G.
Rev. James NJ. Connolly, who had been
pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Mt. Wasning-
ton, for several years, has been transferred to
Middle River Church. He has been succeeded
at Mt. Washington by Rev. Thos E. Lyons, as.
sistant pastor Of st. AIMS Church, on the York
road.
Mr.. George Frame, of Baltimore, who has
been an invalid for the past six months, is
spending some time with his daughter, Mrs. j =.
Barry Mahool, at Roland Park Mr.. Frame,
who was formerly engaged in farming near
Phoenix, is member of the Senior Gunpow-
der Agricultural Club
Post cards were received here this week
from Mr.. M. II. Wilson, of Towson, who is
now at Green Bay, Wis. He is connected with
the Census Office at Washington and was lately
assigned to Northern Wisconsin, Michigan and
Minnesota Mr.. Wilson expects to return
home about September LIST.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard N. Stansbury, Of
Mount Washington. have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss Clara Mae
Stansbury, to Mr.. Howard Z. Shelley, OF
Warren. The marriage will take place on
Saturday evening, July 4th, at O'Clock, at the
home OF the BRIDES parents.
DR. R. Percy Smith is one of the two most
prominent candidates for the secretaryship of
the State Lunacy Board, made vacant by the
death of Dr.. George ]. Preston, and his many
Baltimore county friends would be pleased to
see him secure the position for which he is so
eminently fitted. The election will take place
July 18th.
Ridge, who was lately appointed justice OF
the peace by Governor Crothers, came to Tow
son on Wednesday and obtained his commits
sion from the County Clerks office. Mr.. Gem
mill accepted the office merely as an accommo.
dalton to the people of the neighborhood, there
being no magistrate there.
Hon. ]. Fred. G. Talbot, who is member
Of the Democratic National Committee and
also delegate-a large from Maryland to the
Democratic National Convention, left on Wed.
nesday night for Denver to attend meeting OF
the committee which will make final arrange
ments for the convention next week. He was
accom- panied by Mrs. Talbot.
On Tuesday last Cardinal Gibbons quietly
observed the forty-seventh anniversary of his
ordination to the priesthood and the twenty
second anniversary of his elevation to the rank
of Cardinal. There was little to mark the &C.
casion at st. Mary's Seminary, where the pre-
late entered retreat on Monday, although the
priests there declared that the Cardinal belied
his age and looked many years younger.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Schluderberg cele-
al. IF thofN mn
rage at their home in Highlandtown, on
Thursday night of last week with reception
and family reunion. Many beautiful presents
were received by the highly esteemed couple.
They have three children-Mr. George Schlu-
derberg, Miss Kate Schluderberg and Mrs.
Samuel Tillinghast.
c6dMS and EHf als 'fsks up coHfse 81
study at Johns Hopkins University. BE has
been very popular at Jarrettsville and the trus-
tees and patrons regret very much to part with
him. Mr.. Owens is a son Of Mr.. Thomas l..
Owens, a we'll known farmer of Sunnybrook,
Baltimore county.
ty were among those who had passed the State
Board of Land Examiners and have been
recommended TO the Court of Appeals for ad-
mission to the bar: Mr.. Edward II. Burke,
son of Chief Judge N. Charles Burke; MT. j..
Howard Fox, of Towson; Mr.. Thomas Wilbur
Meads and Mr.. ]. Lawrence Fox, of Govans.
Loeb Raven.
AT the morning service last Sunday Rev.
B. B. Abbitt pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
Towson, announced to his congregation that
he had accepted call to Emmanuel Baptist
Church, Camden, N. ]. At the same time he
presented his resignation to take effect August
list. Mr.. Abbitt has been in charge OF the
church here four years, 1t being his first ap-
pointment. The church has prospered under
his ministrations and his people will part with
him with many regrets. The church to which
he will go is much larger and more i'm
portant one.
Fourth of July Races in the Valley
Messrs. Redmond G. Stewart, William M.
Manly, George W. Ewing and George G. Nor.
rison have been selected to act as stewards at
| the second annual race meeting of the Green
Spring Valley Steeplechase Association on the
| associations course, near Brooklandville, Sat
urday afternoon, July 4th. All Of the officials
| for the meeting have now been decided upon,
| except the starter. The committee in charge oil
the meeting, Messrs. l. NJ. Parr, Jr.; george
| Brown, Jr. and @. Morton Stewart, Jr., have
| several gentlemen in view to send the horses
away, Mr.. William N. Cranwell will be clerk
| of the scales. The other officials selected are
| Mr.. Frank Bonsal, clerk ofthe course, and Mr.
Frank X. Howard, paddock and patrol judge
Camp Epworth, July Fourth.-The citi
zens Of Towson and vicinity are invited to visit
Camp Epworth, on the Mill Farm of the Hamp
ton estate, and encourage the Boys Brigade
| Company H. LIST Md. Regt.. connected witt
| Towson M. E. Church. The boys will leave
town Friday night, Sd, and go into campundel
| the direction Of their drill master, Mr.. g. E
Nails, and their commandant, Mr.. J. Howard
| Flayhart. The following will be the order O.
the exercises on the 4th: 5A. NJ, reveille
A. NJ, colors; IA. NJ, breakfast 8 A. NJ, com
| petitive company drill I'm. company treat
P. NJ, contests, including pie eating contest
sack races, three-legged races, running ant
| jumping contests and potato races 3 P. M.
sham battle; P. NJ, dinner. The company
numbers 25 members.
Work Of the Orphans Court.-ln the Bal
timore County Orphans Court this week let
| tiers were granted on the following estates:
On the personal estate of Sophia NJ. Geissen
daffer to Douglas NJ. Duer. executor.
On the personal estate of Francis Dobbin 4
Ella V. Klug, administrative.
On the personal estate of Mary A. Gibson Il
Sarah E. Rider, executrix.
On the personal estate of Johu A. Brown Il
Annie L. Miasel, administrative.
By the will of Sophia NJ. Geissendaffer, ad
mitted to probate on Tuesday, all Of her prop
erty is given to her sister, Catherine L. Geissen