The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-05-01

Mrs. Wesley r. Whitaker, who has sold
her property at Delight, 4th district, to Mr..
Hebbel, will remove to Baltimore.
Mrs Chester B. Turnbull, of Baltimore
county, has been reelected first vice president
of the Arundel Club. of Baltimore.
Miss Salie Warfied Cockey, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas B. Cockey, of Pikesville,
is visiting friends in Howard county.
Mr.. w. Armour Jenkins and family, who
spent the past winter in Baltimore, this week
reopened their country home in Long Green
Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Elzey Waters, of Balti-
more, have taken for the summer the cottage
of Mrs. Thomas P. Handy, at Lake Station, N.
C.R.R.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Fahnestock have
closed their city residence and are now at
Halten Farms, north of Cockeysville, for the
summer.
MIR and Mrs. Osborne l. Yellott, who spent
the past winter in Baltimore, reopened their
cottage on West Pennsylvania avenue, Tow.
son, this week.
Mrs. Charles H. Wier and family, who
spent the past winter in Baltimore, have re-
opened Hawthorndon, their summer home
west of Towson.
Mr.. John S. Crowther, Jr., who had a leg
broken at sparrow's Point about two weeks
ago, is improving rapidly at the Maryland
General Hospital.
Mr. Carter Lee Bowie son of the late Gov
ernor Oden Bowie, was among the visitors to
Towson on Thursday. He is member of the
Baltimore law firm of Preston & Bowie.
MIR Harry Myerly, of Owings' Mills, who
was attending to some business matters In
Towson on Wednesday, embraced the oppor-
tunity to become a subscriber to The UNION.
Rev Henry l.. Gerstmyer, pastor of the
Lutheran Church at Marysville, Pa, accom-.
panied by his wife and daughter, is visiting
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gerstmyer,
of Towson.
Mr. J. Lawrence Fox was among the young
attorneys who was this week admitted to prac.
tice before the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
He is a cousin of MIR. ]. Howard Fox, of the
Towson bar.
Ruxton, Baltimore county, who spent the past
winter in apartments in Pittsburg, have re-
turned to their summer home at Washington,
Pennsylvania.
-Messrs Herman W. Dollenberg and Stephen
R. Green, of Towson, on Sunday last walked
from this place to Belair in hours and 55
minutes. The distance covered by them was
about 20 miles.
MIR. Leigh Bonsal and Mr.. John Peasants,
both of Baltimore, opened their summer homes
at Ruxton, N. G. r. r., this week. Mr.. Bon.
sal is a member of the we'll known law firm Of
N iller & Bonsal.
Mrs. George w. Yellott, who had an oper-
alton for appendicitis performed atSt. Josephs
Hospital several weeks ago, is now at her
home in Long Green Valley, and her ondi-
ton is greatly improved.
Mr.. Harry W. Hook, who has been con-
nected with the store of Mr.. VIM. A. Lee,
Towson, for many years, is taking much
needed rest to recuperate his health which has
been somewhat impaired lately.
Mr.. Edwin Higgins, the we'll known at
torney, author and poet, has removed from
Reisterstown road to Gator avenue, near the
York road. Mr.. Higgins is frequent con-
tributor to the columns of The UNION.
Mrs. DeWarren B. Barnett, of Newark, N.
j.. accompanied by her two children, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. John D. Roe, of North Cal
vert street, Baltimore. Mrs. Barnett was for
merly Miss Nette Cooper, of Towson.
Mr.. Thomas w. Offutt president of the
Second National Bank of Towson, is another
of our citizens who has provided himself with
a motorcar. 1t is fine Packard and will be
ready for delivery in about two months.
DIR. James s. Woodward, who had been
chief resident surgeon for the Marylan Steel
Company at Sparrow's Point since January,
1888, has resigned. The DIR. and his family
will leave in June for Massachusetts, where
they will spend the summer.
Mr.. John Rush STREET., who was seriously
injured by the kick of horse on the 9th OF
last month, and whose condition was thought
for time to be critical, continues to improve.
He is still at the residence of his mother, Mrs.
Charles H. Street, IL East Lafayette avenue,
Baltimore.
Mr.. Samuel NJ. Shoemaker, of Baltimore
county, has been in the North this week with
the State Roads Commission inspecting roads
in Massachusetts and other New England
states. MIR. Walter W. Crosby, chief engineer
of the State Geological Survey was also menu
Der of the party.
-Sergt Jackson L. Parks, son Of Mr.. Law
renee E. Parks, of Towson, who will be one OF
the graduates at Charlotte Hall Military Acad-
envy in June, has been appointed valedictorian
Of his class. Sergt. Parks has been assigned by
To ho mol I ic
stood that when he returns to Towson he will
begin the study of law.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert B.
Gerstmyer was baptized at the home of his
parents, Bosley avenue, Towson, on Wednes-
day evening. He was given the name of Viii.
bur Henderson. Theceremony was performed
by the child uncle, Rev. Henry L. Gerstmyer,
of Marysville Pa, and Mrs. A. Jackson Tar
bert was godmother. Later refreshments were
served.
State Superintendent George H. Mock paid
his annual visit to Dickeyvile NJ. E. Sunday
school last Sunday. He was cordially received,
and taught the Young Ladies' Bible Glass and
delivered helpful address. Mr. Mock started
on trip to the Blue Ridge and AlIegany
mountains on Thursday to look after the work
of his institution-the Maryland Evangelistic
Association.
"A family reunion will be held next Sun
day at the home of Mrs. William MEG. Mays,
at Phoenix, in honor of the 81st birthday of
her mother, Mrs. John Piersol, who is the
mother of Judge H. Seymour Piersol of the
Baltimore County Orphans Court. Mrs. Pier
sol is a native of the 10th district a daughter
of the late John s. Curtis and sister of Messrs.
Charles H. G. and w. Harrison Curtis.
Mr.. Philip A. Eek, of the 18th district, who
was under treatment for some time at Balti-
more hospital for an affection Of the spine, was
a caller at THE UNION Office on Tuesday. His
health has improved. but he is obliged to use
crutches HiStrouble grew upon him gradu-
ally for five years, during which time he was
treated for rheumatism, but the hospital sur
geons told him that was not the cause of the
trouble. Mr.. Eck's general health is excel
lent, and he is bright and cheerful and hopeful
of his ultimate recovery.
Mr.. Charles s. Grason, of st. Inegoes,
Charles county, Md, was a welcome caller at
THE UNION Office on Tuesday. He is a native
of Towson and the youngest son of the late
Chief Judge Richard Grason. Mr.. Grason, who
is a farmer as we'll as member of the bar,
says that nearly all the fruit in his county, ex-
cept apples, has been killed by late frosts. His
farm is directly on st. Mary's river, at steam.
boat landing, 100 miles from Baltimore, so
miles from Washington and 40 miles from the
nearest railway station. They have daily COM
munication In summer with both these cities.
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