The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-01-30

Mrs. Ruby, widow of William H. Ruby
for many years editor of the Maryland journal
is very i'll at her residence in Towson.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Grove Lawyer, of Littles
town, Pa, are visiting the formers parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Todd, near Warren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward G. Darlington, o
Loreley, who have been at st. Augustine
Florida, during January, will spend Februar!
in Cuba.
School Board who has been confined to hi
home, North Point, several days by sickness
is improving.
Mrs. Henry P. Mann and her daughter
Miss Mary c. Mann, of Orangeville, are visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. g. Albert Mays, at theiI
home near Hereford.
Mrs. H. Valentine Waltjen, who lately
sold her home on Stevenson's lane, near Tow.
son, is temporarily stopping with friends on
Madison avenue, Baltimore.
Mr.. Edward n. Burke, son of Chief Judge
| N. Charles Burke. of Towson, was among
| those admitted to the bar of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore city on Wednesday.
Chief Judge N. Charles Burke, OF Towson,
| was among the guests of Governor Crothers at
the dinner given by him the Executive Man.
sion in Annapolis, on Monday night last.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Tarbert quietly cele-
brated the thirtieth anniversary OF their mar
riage at their home. near Towson, on the 22d
instant and entertained few OF their friends
at dinner.
Misses Lulu Robinson and Lucy Cron-
hardt, of Green Spring Valley, who have been
spending some time with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Grove of Haverford, Pa, are expected home
this week.
The congregation of st. Johns NJ. E.
Church, LutheIville, have asked for the return
of their pastor, Rev. D. NJ. Dibble, for another
year. The affairs of the church are in pros
porous condition.
Mr.. w. George Marley, who was last week
appointed chief deputy by Sheriff Street, has
removed his family from South Towson to q
cottage on West Chesapeake avenue in order
to be nearer his Office.
Mr.. Benjamin Schleisner, popular Balti
more business man, was among the visitors to
Towson on Wednesday. He is anxious to find
a place in the county that would fill his re-
quirements as summer home.
Mr.. Fred. A. Groom, formerly of Towson,
has been elected vice president of the United
Fraternal Association, the annual meeting of
which was held in the Odd Fellows Temple
in Baltimore, on Thursday night.
Rev. w. II. H. Powers, senior rector of
Trinity Church, Towson, left on Monday to
spend two weeks with relatives in Richmond,
Va. Rev. John L. Jackson, assistant rector, is
in charge of the parish during his absence.
Major Frank W Coale who, with Mrs. Coale,
is occupying his cottage at Seabreeze, Florida,
sends THE UNION q postcard containing
beautiful tropical scene and with this message
written on it: 1.-THE skating is poor, but the
bathing is fine"
Mr.. Harry B. Alder, successful farmer
and dairyman at Corbett, N. @. R. R., who
was attending to some business matters in
Towson on Wednesday, filled two houses with
ice inches thick on Monday and Tuesday
after Christmas.
Mrs. W. s. G. Williams. who spent the
greater part of the past summer at her home
in Long Green Valley, will sail from New York
for Europe today. She will be accompanied
by her children and they will probably re-
main abroad three years.
Mr.. George II. Schmidt, the prosperous
blacksmith at Long Green, 18th district, en-
joyed several days rest and recreation in Balti-
more this week. This was the first time in a
period of twenty years that he enjoyed relax
alton from his business
Mr.. Lewis M. Bacon, Jr., of Baltimore
county, has been re- elected corresponding Sec
retarv of the Baltimore Alumni Association of
Dickinson College. DR.. Wilbur M. Pearce, OF
Baltimore who was chosen president of the
association is native of this county.
MIR. John P. OFerrall, popular member
of the Baltimore bar who makes frequent pro-
fessonal visits to Towson, was here on Monday
for the first time in five weeks. He had been
confined to his home with an aggravated case
of grip, followed by a cough that told heavily
upon him.
Mr.. E. Cuttings Merryman, president of
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, accom-.
panied by his colleagues, Messrs. Hanson and
Warfeld, were in Washington on Monday
comforting with Secretary Wilson relative to
the removal of the cattle quarantine from Car.
roll and Baltimore counties.
Mrs. Bond, who was so seriously injured
several months ago in an automobile accident
on Charles street avenue extended, just west OF
Towson, has not regained her health. She is
the wife of Mr.. Nicholas P. Bond, we'll
known Baltimore attorney. and sister OF Mr.:
Turnbul Murdoch, summer resident Of
TowsOn.
Mr. Marshall q. Wilson, of Towson, who
is connected with the Census Bureau in WASH
ington, has been assigned to the west coast OF
Florida and will leave today for that State to
collect statistics relative to the fisheries: His
territory will extend from Key West to Pensa-
cola, which includes about $500 miles of shore
front. He expects to be absent nearly three
months. Mr.. Wilson has already Travelled
many thousands of miles in different sections
of the country collecting statistics for his
department.
Among the callers at THE UNION Office on
Tuesday were Messrs. Harry e. Mann, Richard
Vincent. Jr., Jacob M. Pearce, Granville Mat.
thews, Phineas Hartley, Nicholas REGISTER,
Thomas j. Price, N. Ware Coe, John E. Geist,
John " Wilson, Frank G. Scott, Joshua Nell
son, John Thomas Chilcoat, 8. Seymour Smith,
Thomas B. Cockey, Albert Lintz Warren EN-
mart Amos P. McComas, H. J. Zouck, Chris
tan E. Sauter, Isaac Twining, John b.
GOQIrum, n. W. hOOh8 w. l. Onolmon dhO =
number of others whose names we do not re.
call. All these visitors in single day made
things lively in the office.
Mr.. Herman B. L. Everding who is a
member of the present petit jury, was among
the callers at THE UNION office on Thursday.
Mr.. Everding has been engaged in the feed and
husk business at Govanstown nearly fifty years
and his name is familiar to everybody. He is
an officer of the Lake Avenue Land Company
and takes an interest in everything calculated
to benefit his community. His father located
lage and for years was successfully engaged in
wagon building. Mr.. Everding is member
of Govanstown Presbyterian Church and an
active worker in both the church and Sunday
school.