The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-01-02

and Mrs. W. E. Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
II. Wise, Mr.. and Mrs. b. F. Jordan, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. NJ. Hoshall, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Burns,
Mr.. and Mrs. Asbury Slade, Misses Bernice
Slade, Annie Meredith, Ethel Jones, Ada
Burns and Messrs. Walter Slade and Howard
Wiley.
The Sunday school of White Hall Presby-
terrain Church held its annual Christmas enter
tainment on Friday evening. MI John h.
SeitZ is superintendent of the school.
Miss Clara Burns entertained her Sunday
school class at her home on Thursday. The
members of the class are Misses Emma Wiley,
Claudia Taylor. Irene Collett, Anna Burns. Eva
Burns. Grace Rigney, Edna Jones, Edna Will
son. Maize Bernoudy, Mildred Hoshall and
Lillian Anderson.
Mrs George L. Jones, of Baltimore and Mrs.
Marion Little, of Washington, have returned
to their home after visiting their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William H. Little, of Parkton.
Miss Elsie Hunter, of Baltimore, has returned
home from a visit to her sister, Mrs. G. NJ.
Hoshall.
Miss Emma Lyle, of Baltimore, who had
been the guest of Mrs. ]. Leonard Slade, has re-
turned to her home W.
Gardenville, 18th District.-The Sunday
school of Andrew Chapel M. E. Church South
gave a very successful cantata on Tuesday
evening. entitled "Christmas at Grandma's."
Mrs. Mary Ritter, who has been seriously ill
at the home of her son, Mr.. Watkins Ritter, is
much improved.
Miss Gertrude Kibler. of Falls Church, Va,
and Miss Edna Warfield, of Glen Burnie, Anne
Arundel county, have been visiting at the home
of Miss Elizabeth c. Centrum.
The Sunday school of Jerusalem Evangelical
Lutheran Church held very enjoyable Christ
mas entertainment on Monday evening. About
100 medals were distributed as rewards for reg
ular attendance.
Mr. John Coomes is ill at his home on Ham
iton avenue.
Miss Hazel Clark, of Baltimore, is visiting
Miss Mabel Carter, of this place B.
Hicks Weather Forecasts for Janua-
ry.-We publish below from Word and Works
the Hicks weather forecasts for the present
month:
"a regular storm period, which is central on
December 31st will eliminate on the LIST, I'd
and Sd. Falling barometer, attended by gen.
eral cloudiness and rain southwark, with snow
and boreal gales northward will result during
the first three days of the month. High ba-
rometer and change to very cold will rush out
of the northwest Immediately behind these
blizzardous storms, bringing progressively
few days of fair, frigid weather to almost the
entire country.
9Th and 9TH. Decided reaction to falling ba-
rometer and warmer will pass eastwardly over
the country at this time, resulting in general
rain and snow storms on and touching the 9th
and 18th. Don't be surprised if billiards hit
many sections at this time, with cold wave
and high winds following from northwest.
"a regular storm period extends from the
9th to the 18th, is central on the 18th. Falling
barometer and marked winter storms will pass
over the country from west to east from about
Sunday, 10th, to Thursday, 14th. The crisis
will fall on and touching the 18th. Heavy
sleet storms turning to billiards northward'
may be expected. A cold wave, with cloudy,
clustering weather, will follow the storms for
several days.
IA reactionary storm period is central on
the 10th and 18th. The Mercury disturbance
is still in force and will help to incite storms
of seet and snow on and touching these days.
Cold rains will pass over regions to the south.
ward. High barometer and frigid gales will
bring fair cold weather following the storms
"A regular storm period begins with new
moon on the 21st, is central on the 23d, and
extends to the 25th. Decided change to warmer
will appear westward by the 21st, with falling
barometer and cloudiness. These conditions
will advance eastward resulting in decided
winter storms from Friday, 22d, to Monday,
25th. Look with confidence for these storms
and for violent change to high barometer and
cold, pushing close on the western TANKS of
storm areas. The chances are that January
thaw' may appear during this period, with
winter thunder and lightning on and about
the 25th, but cold will follow.
"A reactionary storm period has its center
on the 28th and 18th, at which time the cold
will relax, the barometer will fall and cloudi
ness, with rain and snow, will reappear. At
this closing period for January the indications
are that disturbances will be comparatively
moderate. The conditions existing at the pre-
ceding period, (the 21st to 25th) promise much
more general and active storms, in which cases
the disturbed periods, as rule are longer con-
tinued and the reactionary periods following
are marked with less intensity.
II 81 IT, .k-sw. hal Inw1
will not prove the most severe and disagreed
BILE month of the present winter. Of course
there will be some severe winter storms and
cold waves will follow each storm period in
due order; but these will be what may be
called normal. There are no apparent causes
for phenomenal weather conditions, such as
are usually to be expected in this mid-winter
month. Naturally the winters cold reaches
its maximum in January, but such maximum
cold is not always attended by storms out of
the ordinary. 1t is the natural result of cumu-
lative cold, arising from the fact that continued
long nights and short days have allowed the
boreal influences to reach high tide in the
northern hemisphere. When aggravating
combinations of astronomic causes fall in jan
uary, thus antagoniZing and intensifying the
natural tendency to maximum cold, our worst
billiards. and greatest cold waves occur. AS
stated above, no such concentration of astrO-
nomic causes falls in the present month"
Mt. Washington Now and Then.-Rev.
Otis Herbert Draper, field secretary, writes as
follows to the Baltimore Methodist:
Mount Washington, where preached Sun
day, December 6th is, another of Baltimore's
suburbs. 1t is very old town and from its
beginning has contained Methodists. The
name of the town was originally Washington
vile. and in the early days it is thought to
have been visited by Bishop Asbury and his
compeers.
1922 by an Episcopaian, Mr.. VIM. Woodward.
A short while afterward Mr.. Woodward went
away and left the school in charge of the Meth
odists These men held their meetings in the
old hall, which still stands on the other side of
the mill race from Mt. Washington Church. In
the rear of this old hall may be seen door in
the second story. 1t was in this second story
that sessions of the Sunday school were held.
This second story chapel was reached by an
outside stairway.
I'm 1866 we find the Methodists holding
their Sunday school and preaching services in
the Knights of Pythias' Hall on the Falls road.
1t was not until 1860 that the congregation &C.
cupied its new church on the present site. The
church was at this time but one story in height.
"Revs Tudor and Henry P. Ridgeway were
pastors of the charge about this time. Mr..
Ridgeway beCam figure prominent indeed in
the church at large. There is tradition-the
story is told by Rev. Barnes, local preacher
of Baltimore-that Alfred Goodman preached
his first sermon in the Mt. Washington Church.
1.-The chnrch was connected with Summer
field Circuit in 1868. Revs. James Cassidy and
c. E. Shipley were the preachers.in charge OF
this circuit Mr.. j. +. Chalk was the leader of
the class, and there was prayer meeting at
Mt. Washington. In this year a movement
was started to make Mt. Washington station.
The church had been paying S125 on the
preachers salary. The stewards made can
vass, and found that the church could pay a
Young married man 5000. Armed with this
| information committee went to the fourth
quarterly conference held in Symmetrical
Church at Calverton. The Rev. Samuel Blake
was the presiding elder. Gen. j. Summerfeld
Berry was the recording steward. There was
much opposition to making Mt Washington q
| station. Finally, after much discussion, an
| old brother arose and said: 1--WE hate to lose
any of our limbs for they are useful to US. But
when we have bad limb the best thing to dc
| is 10 amputate it. Mr.. Chairman, l move We
amputate the limb" A vote was taken and
Mt. Washington became a station. Rev. I.
| Marshall West was the first pastor of the sta
| ton. Succeeding pastors have been: Revs
| W. 1. McKenny, II. H. Smith, E. H. Smith, ]
| P. Wright, Henry Boggs, Alex. Bielaski, 7. A
| Morgan, W. D. Morgan, w. G. Babcock, ]. F
| Ockerman, Geo. W. Evans. Watson Case. T. E
| Peters, G. A. Jones, w. A. Koontz, Joel Brown
and Solomon German, the present pastor.
1.-THE church was remodeled under Rev. j. T
Wright Though Mt. Washington was un
worthy as limb, it has done itself credit a;
| a station. Mr.. w. j. johnson is superinten
| dent of Sunday school of $50 scholars. Mr.
| Charles W. Ensor is the Epworth League
| president
"The church has 140 members In reviva
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