The Democratic advocate., 1909-05-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

The strawberry festivals are in full
bloom.
The canning factories will soon be-
gin operations.
Westminster high school commence
ment Monday, May 81.
Children's Day services at Deer
Park M. i. Chapel June at p. m.
Sunday. May 20, will be rally day
for Centenary M. Il. Sunday school
The tennis courts around town have
been put in order for the summer
campaign.
The Deer Park c. e. Society Will
hold festival in the church grove
Saturday, June 10.
The German Baptists OF Pipe Creek
Will hold their loyefeast near Linz
wood tomorrow, Saturday.
Trough oversight in the supper com
mittee Of the r. NJ. c. banquet, the
names OF Mrs. Frank r. Shaeffer and
Mrs s. c. Stoner were omitted.
A meeting of the Lend-a-Hand Club
will be held at the residence Of DR..
Charles Billlngslea on Monday after
noon at o'clock A full attendance
requested.
The work on the new freight depot
Is progressing slowy. Five rows OF
concrete piers were erected this week,
and by next week the building will be
under way.
The Western Maryland College base
BAN team was defeated by the Mary
land Agricultural College club at Col
lege Park, Md, on Saturday last by
a score of to 0.
Fred d. Miller, c. c. Gorsuch. Jos.
W. Smith, Guy w. Steele and W. H.
Seabrook are the Carroll county dele
gates TO the Good Roads Congress, in
session this week in Baltimore.
Mt Airy baseball club was defeated
by Hampden at Mt. Airy at the open
ing game last Saturday by the score
OF TO 3. The Westminster club will
play Hampden on Saturday, May 20.
Wildwood Park, Mt. Airy, will open
the season on Whit Monday. May 81.
There will be refreshments and dane
ing. The Salvation Army Will hold
campmeeting in the park from July
Is to August 8.
The mayor and council notify the
citizens of Westminster TO place all
garbage In a box or barrel In the al
leys back OF their residence, and the
same Will be removed every Friday.
NO person will be permitted to throw
or place any refuse In the alleys ex-
cept In said boxes or barrels.
Agent Harry d. Fowble. of the
western Maryland Railroad, reports
that during the coming summer a
train Will run from Baltimore to Pen
Mar on Sundays at 10 a. m. In con-
nection with the regular Pen Mar ex-
press. The time table will change
about the second week In June.
Now that warm weather is ap-
preaching, the health authorities
should look after the hog pens within
the city limits. Besides furnishing
breeding places for flies, the odor
that goes forth from them is some-
what different from that of altar of
roses or the night-blooming cereus.
Jason E. Crout, son of the late John
d. Crout, who for 30 years conducted
the Pen-Mar dining rooms, has OBJ
tanned five year contract from the
Western Maryland Railroad 10 man
age Its well-known resort Mr.. Crout
is at Pen-Mar directing extensive Inn
provements. The season will open
Decoration Day, May S0
An engineering corps from the Of
nee OF the Good Roads Commission
Is at work surveying the road from
Sykesville to Westminster. They be-
gan Monday and expect TO complete
the work by the middle of next week.
Roger irwin, Of this city is In charge
OF the work, and others Of the party
are VIM. r. Lankford. John T. Mer-
ritt and John II. Ewell They are
stopping at the Westminster Hotel.
Miss Carrie M. Stephen, daughter
OF Jacob Stephen, living on the Man
chester road, near Westminster, grad
uated as a trained nurse at the
Hebrew Hospital. Baltimore, Wednes-
day, after two years training. Miss
Stephen formerly spent three years
at Springfield Hospital Elmer Steph-
en- left last week for Seattle to Join
his brother John, who went there
year ago, and is now the manager OF
the Seattle Taxlcab Co.
Last Saturday, May 15, was the
twentieth anniversary OF the marriage
Of Rev. James B. Stonesifer and wife,
and the members of Carroll charge
celebrated the event by gathering at
the parsonage, where they spent the
afternoon in various pleasant ways.
About 125 were present Many useful
presents were received, including
linen, table cloths, china. &c. Re-
freshments were served. The occa-
sion was very enjoyable one in every
way.
Members of the Bachelor Club had
an attack Of housecleaning this week.
The front windows had for some time
been arrayed In the latest smoke
shade, SO the boys got busy on Mon
day and gave them cleaning. II is
said they were stimulated to this
act of cleanliness by the "scrump-
tionsv appearance of the young ladies'
club just across the street. Those
who did the work are in favor of FROST
ing the glass, SO that the windows will
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