The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-12-18
parsonal Mention.

Personal Mention
Mr.. Charles NJ Snyder, member-elect to
the House of Delegates, has been chosen chair
man of the Baltimore county delegation.
Major and Mrs. John 1. 'Yellott, who spent
several months at their farm in the extreme
northwestern section of Baltimore county,
have reopeDed their house in Towson.
Rev j. J. Clopton of Western, w. Va,
has accepted the call to the rectOrship of ST.
Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church, Spar
rows Point, and will take charge there Janu-
ary |, 1910.
Towson, was laid up several days this week on
account of severe attack of indigestion. Mr..
Robert w. Parks. substitute for Mr.. Brown,
worked his route for him.
Mr.. George B. Coale and family this week
removed from East Pennsylvania avenue,
Towson, to their own house on West Allegany
avenue, until recently occupied by Mr.. G.
Howard Stirling. Mr. Coale formerly resided
at Sherwood.
Mrs. Mary Bussey has been very i'll at the
home of her son DR.. Bennett f. Bussey, at
Texas. She is "a years of age. Mrs. Bussey
is the mother of States Attorney Robert II.
Bussey and lifelong resident of that section
of the county.
Rev. Otis Herbert Draper of Brookland-
Vile has, since his return from West Virginia.
been preaching in the churches of Washing
ton District, Methodist Episcopal Church.
His work is that of field secretary OF the Balti-
more Methodist
Mr.. Charles Sack, of the we'll known
Lauraville firm of Sack q Sons renewed bis
subscription to The Union-News on Thursday.
six or seven members of this family are sub
scribers to this paper and the name has ss6u-
on our mailing lists for many years.
Mr.. Nelson P. Peregoy of Baltimore eel
ebrated his 85th birthday on Thursday. He
enjoys good health. Mr.. Peregoy was born at
Cockeysville, Baltimore county, and in early
life was bricklayer. He has not been ac-
lively engaged for about fifteen years.
Miss Edith E. Cole, daughter of Mr.. VIM.
P Cole, who will be married next week, was
given linen shower on Wednesday afternoon
by Miss lima Massenburg, at her home, West
Pennsylvania avenue, Towson, who will be one
of the brides attendants at the wedding.
Rev. DR.. George Armistead Leakin, the
oldest living clergyman in Maryland and the
Oldest living alumnus of Princeton University,
quietly celebrated bis 91st birthday at his
country residence, Loconia, near Hollins Sta
ton, Northern Central Railroad, this week.
Mr.. John w. Burns of White Hall, N. G.
r. R, who renewed his subscription to The
Union-News on Tuesday, says he used tres
pass notices freely on his property this year
and SAYS he found them very useful in keeping
off prowling gunners A few of them were
destroyed by vandals.
Bishop Luther B. Wilson, who is doctor
of medicine as well as a doctor of divinity,
and who has been presiding elder and pastor
of important charges in the baltimore Con-
ference, has been assigned by Bishop Warren
to preside over the next session of the Balti-
more Conference in March.
The Union-News is indebted to Mr.. j. E
Torrington, q successful real estate agent OF
Topeka Kansas, for an interesting publication
relating to farm lands in that State. Mr.. Tor
ripgton is q native of Baltimore county and a
IF ho of TOrrinpf00
known public school teacher here.
MIR. Charles s. Rampley, young farmer
of Long Green Valley, who had very serious
operation for appendicitis performed at Bal
timore hospital last July, renewed his sub
scription to The Unon-News on Tuesday. He
has almost entirely recovered his health and
is attending to his farm duties as usual.
Mrs. Marley, wife of Mr.. w. George
Marley, chief deputy in the Office of Sheriff
Rittenhouse is improving rapidly at the
Church Home and Infirmary, Baltimore, and
will return to her home here next week. In
Obliged to submit to three operations.
Mr.. u. Grant Warfel, who has been rent
ing the Edgehil Farm of Mr.. Edward S.
Peerce, in Dulanys Valley, for several years,
will remove from there about February l,
1910, to the Bowers property near Unionville
which was lately purchased by him. The lat
ter place is very snug little farm of 30 acres.
Mr.. Philip A. s. Franklin, formerly of
Baltimore county, was chosen one of the vice.
presidents of the Maryland Society in New
York, the annual meeting of which was held
on Monday night. Mr.. Arthur W. Penniman,
son of the late Edward j. Penniman of Mt.
Washington, was elected a member of the
board of trustees.
Mr.. H. G. Longnecker, surviving member
of the late firm of Longnecker Bros, publish
ers of The Union, and who has been connected
with the publication of the paper since its con-
solidation with the Towson News will retire
from active work at the end of the present
year. He has not yet decided what business
[Justice Joseph B. Herbert of Towson will
spend part of the Christmas holidays with
friends at Winchester, Va, where, good
many years ago, he was located as agent for the
Adams Express Company. Mr.; Herbert. who
magistrates in the county, has held commits
sions from FIVE Governors.
Mr.. Robert D. Mosner, who resides on
Walker avenue. Govanstown, was among the
callers at The Union-News Office on Tuesday.
About week before, while looking after some-
thing in his cellar, he ran sharp wire nail
almost entirely through one of his feet.
Prompt medical treatment averted any serious
results and he has nearly recovered from the
injury.
Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Cole have issued
cards for the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Edith Estelle Cole to Mr.. Thomas Frederick
Gary. Jr. The ceremony will take place in
Der %, at 7 o'clock P. M. A reception will
follow at the home of the brides parents,
Highland and Chesapeake avenues, Towson,
from 7.30 to 10 o'clock.
Doctor and Mrs. Edward n. Brush gave a
beautifully arranged reception on Tuesday
evening at the Baltimore Country Club, Ro-
land Park, in honor of their debutante daugh-
II Wo g.
sisted in receiving the guests by their daughter,
Mrs. w. Hall Harris, Jr. The second floor OF
the club was given over to the guests and was
decorated with holly and poinsettia and Christ
mas greens. Later in the evening there was
dance for the younger guests.
The Towson lawyers engaged in the trial
of the Ruby will case at Bel Air this week are
Messrs q Howard Isaac and Osborne l. yell
lott. Msasrs. Stevenson A. Williams and
Thomas H. Robinson of the Bel Air bar, are
on opposite sides in the case, while former
Mayor Thomas G. HAYES of Baltimore city. is
chief counsel for Mr.. John H. Grill, executor
of the will of Mrs. Annie e. Ruby, the effort
to break which is the cause of the contention.
Mr. Grill is also member OF the bar.
"A dispatch from New York says: George
Thatcher, an old Baltimorean, for many years
at the head of minstrel companies, and known
as one of the foremost exponents OF negro
comedy, was today engaged by Lieber 4 Co to
play the part of Group, the slave, in Cameo
Kirby" in which Dustin Farnum begins bis
New York engagement at the Hackett Theater
here Monday" Thatcher was at one time a
resident of T0wson and is we'll remembered by
some OF our older citizens. He still has rela-
tives here.
Mr.. Thomas " Richardson, one of the
most extensive dairy farmers in Maryland:
whose fine estate, one mile square, is located
in the Tenth district, near Phoenix, was among
the callers at The Union News Office on Thurs
day. He was delegate from Maryland to the
National Farmers Congress, the 28th annual
session of which was lately held in Raleigh
n c., and greatly enjoyed his Southern trip
He was much impressed with the kindness
and hospitality Of the people. whose efforts to
please strangers were so marked as to make a
lasting impression upon him. Mr.. Richardson
saws the negro question is the all-absorbing
one with the Southern people.
DIR. and Mrs. R. Percy Smith, who left for
Seattle several weeks ago, reached the end Ol
their long journey without single unpleasant
incident They took with them from theiI
farm, near Owings Mills, two horses, three
colts, $50 White Leghorn chickens, some
nieces of furniture and miscellaneous articles
The special car used to transport the stock and
goods was eleven days on the road, but the
horses and fowls, that were in charge of care.
fn attendant, arrived in perfect condition.
DIR. and Mrs. Smith are pleasantly located
on trolley line about 35 minutes from Seat
tie. to which city he journeys every day to at
tend to bis professional duties. They are
much pleased with their new home
Amusing Blunder.-Last Monday out.
doors was one of the most inclement days thii
section has experienced in many months