The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-07-10
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more county, is visiting relatives and friends
at Laurel, Md, and also in Washington.
-Messrs. John Hamilton Ober and Douglas
ODER were passengers on the steamship Maine
that sailed from Baltimore for Bremen on
Wednesday afternoon.
Washington, D. c., are again at their 6eauti-
full farm, Verdant Valley, near Ny Lady's
Manor, for the summer.
Mr. Charles E. Corkran and family, for
merly of Lutherville, who spent the past win
ter in Boston, are now at Winthrop Highlands,
Mass, for the summer months.
Mr.. John H Keeny a successful business
man and miller of the 9th district, is being
prominently named for the Republican nomi-
nation for County Commissioner.
Mrs. H, w. Knoebel, of Knoebel 10th dis
trict and her neighbor, Mrs. Richard d. Mar
shall, left on Friday, 9th instant, for Atlantic
City where they will spend two weeks.
Mr.. James r. Read, secretary of the Balti-
City Water Board, has resigned much to the
regret of the Board. He has proven himself
| an efficient and reliable officer and the city
will miss his services.
Miss Sophia Hoerner, of Raspeburg who
was recently graduated from the Maryland
State Normal School with highest honors, has
gone to take six weeks course at Columbia
University, New York.
MIR. and Mrs. J. G. Martien and their little
daughter, accompanied by Miss McCubbin and
Miss Gephart, all of Mt. Washington, will
leave today Saturday for Atlantic City, where
they will spend some time.
Mrs. E. Fell Brown, of Towson, who cele-
brated birthday this week, received nearly
$50 cards of congratulation. She is daughter
of the late Lieut. Richard g. Dunphy, who was
a veteran of the Civil War.
Hon. William B. Baker was again nomi-
mated for the State Senate by the Republican
convention that met at Belair on Wednesday.
| His election is almost as certain as anything
| that has not already taken place can be.
Judge Duncan has rented his cottage in
Lutherville to Mr.. Albert s. Gill, of Baltimore,
and his family will spend the remainder of the
summer at Pen Mar, where the Judge will join
| them when he returns from California.
Mrs. Matthews, wife of Col. D. M. Mat
| theWs, formerly of Dulany's Valley, left on
| Tuesday for Spokane, WASH, where she will
spend the summer with her sons DR.. A.
| Aldridge Matthews and DR.. Jas. G. Matthews
Governor Crothers has accepted an invita-
ton to make an address on public utilities be-
! fore the Confederated Civic improvement and
Protective League of Baltimore County at the
Woman's Club Roland Park, Monday evening,
July 10th.
| Board of Election Supervisors and well known
| business man, was the first depositor in the
| White Hall National Bank that threw open
its doors to the public for the first time on
| Wednesday.
The friends of Mr.. Harry w. Dilworth
| Green Valley, are urging him to become can
! didate for the Republican nomination for
! County Treasurer. Mr.. Dilworth would make
strong candidate before the people.
| Col. David G. Mcintosh, of the Towson
bar, was elected president ofthe Maryland State
Bar Association, the annual meeting of which
| was held at Old Point Comfort this week. Mr..
| q. Howard Isaac, also of the Towson bar, was
| chosen member of the executive council.
Mr.. T. Dudley Riggs who lately purchased
81 1r Rr0OH londvil1o from Mr.
| Harrison Rider, will not get possession until
| the LIST of November next, the property hav-
| ing been rented for the summer when the sale
was made. Mr.. Riggs will make extensive
| improvements.
Mrs. Daniel Grace and Miss Grace Starr, of
Loeb Raven, Md, are visiting at the home of
Mrs. Graces daughter Mrs. Browne, wife of
| DR.. w. w. Browne, of Woonsocket, R. I.
They will also visit Newport, R. L., Boston,
Mass, and other places of interest before their
return. Miss Starr is niece of Mrs: Browne:
Mr.. Summerfield Baldwin and family, of
| Warren, near Cockeysville, have returned from
Milersville Anne Arundel county, where the
Baldwin families held their annual reunion on
the Fourth. The festivities took place on the
river shore and were participated in by about
hundred persons. The place is the original
home of the Baldwins.
Mr. Bradley X. Purdum, Assistant Super
intendent of Public Education of Maryland, is
attending the annual meeting OF the National
Educational Association in Denver, Col. He
will be away three weeks and will visit yell
lowstone Park and other points of interest dur
ing his absence. Mr.. Purdum's home is at
Hamilton, Baltimore county.
DR. Joseph B. Webster, of Belgravia Belair
road, who on Tuesday sold all his property,
real and personal, at auction, has accepted
position in the hospital at Medford, Ore. Be-
fore entering upon his duties there DR.. Web
ster with his wife and father, will visit the
Alaska Yukon Exposition and travel extern
sively throughout the Northwest.
"A large numb of the membe of Towson
Lodge of Elks went to Union Station, Balti-
more, last Sunday afternoon to bid farewell to
Judge Frank l. duncan, DR.. Harry s. Jarrett
and Mr.. John c. Perkins, who left for Califor-
MIA that day. They spent two days in Chicago
and from thence went direct to Los Angeles,
where they expect to arrive Sunday, July 18th.
Mr.. Paul A. Seeger, president OF Plkesvllle
National Bank, has been elected president of
the Drovers and Mechanics National Bank of
Baltimore, succeeding Mr.. James Clark, de-
ceased. Mr.. Seeger who lives in Baltimore
county, has been connected with the Drovers
long time, latterly as its vice-president. He
is we'll known in banking circles in the city
and State.
Mr.. Thomas J. Price, of the 9Th district,
who has been reader of this paper since its
first issue at Cockeysville sixty years ago, re-
newed his subscription on Friday. The farm,
near Glencoe, where Mr.. Price was born was
secured by patent from Lord Baltimore by his
great-grandfather and remained in the family
until it was purchased by the Messrs. Torbert,
the present owners.
Mr. Preston H. Shaver, of Upperco, 9th
district, was among the visitors to Towson on
Tuesday. In addition to being public school
teacher he owns snug farm of go acres and
devotes considerable attention to fruit-grow-
ing. He says the fruit prospects in his section
of the county are very poor, nearly all the
green fruit of all kinds having dropped from
~ fho Or1lu To
save the fruit is by spraying the trees at the
proper time.
son, sustained a third stroke Of paralysis at her
boarding house on North Calvert street, Balti
more, early this week and she has since been
in critical condition. Her physician holds
out no hope for her recovery. Mrs. Krout is
the wife of Mr.. William B. Krout who was
for many years the Towson representative of
the Baltimore San and who has been an in
valid for several years. She is the only daugh
ter of the late Robert Cross, of Govanstown.
We copy the following from the Mead
Vile (Pa) Tribune Republican of recent date
prof Guy Everett Snavely is now full pro-
fessor in the department of French in Allie
gheny College, he having been raised from the
role of assistant at the annual meeting of the
board of trustees. Prof. Snavely is graduate
of Johns Hopkins, 1901, and has filled some
important positions as teacher, in addition to
which he has demonstrated very high ability
since coming to Allegheny, as well as winning
popularity in the college and with the citizens
generally. His promotion is looked on as one
of the wise moves made by the trustees at their
meeting this year. and with both faculty and
students he is being cordially welcomed to the
position so much more fitted to his ability and
calibre as an instructor" Prof. Snavely is a
son of Mr.. Charles G. Snavely, of Fork, Balti
more county, and his wife is daughter of Mr..
Van Brant Rttenhouse of the same neigh
borhood. His Maryland friends will be pleased
to learn of his advancement
Name Dropped from Club Register
The Baltimore american of Sd instant said
ut was learned last night that the name of
Marshall Winchester broker, clubman and
local society man, has been recently dropped
from the register of the Maryland Club, OF
which he had been a member for many years.
Mr.. Winchester last night was reported to be
out of the city on fishing trip and mem bers of
his family refuse to discuss the affair. The
erasure of the brokers' name from the rolls OF
the Maryland Club was said to have taken
place little over two weeks ago, following
meeting of the board of governors. Mr.. Win
chester is we'll known both in financial and
society circles and is a brother of the late
Lycurgus Winchester"
A Successful Association.-The July
meeting of the White Hall Farmers Club and
improvement Association was held last Satur-
day night, with President II. M. Foster pre-
siding Mr.. w. Evans Anderson, secretary,
made his semi-annual report showing that pur-
chases for the club in the way of fertilizers,
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