The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-08-07
Personal Mention

Personal Mention
Mrs. D. A. Conn and Miss Bessie Conn are
at Bon Aire Cottage, PEN Mar, No.
Mr.. John H. Grill and family. of Towson,
left for Atlantic City on Friday, 9th instant.
Miss Clarisse Chapman, of Mt. Washing
Hon. Stevenson A. Williams, of the Belair
bar, was attending to some professional mat
tiers in TowsOn on Wednesday.
Mr. Garfield Ensor, son of Mr.. James B.
Ensor, a well known 5th district farmer, is
spending some time in Colorado.
Mrs. j. Lindsay Clark, OF Valley View:
near Towson, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Albert
Steinbach, of Pelham Heights, N. Y.
Miss Laura Dorsey, of Baltimore, is visit
ing Mrs. Killmon, wife of Rev. Frank A. Kill
mon, of Mt. Vista, Baltimore county.
Miss Louise Conn. after spending some
time with relatives and friends at Hereford,
has gone to the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. James ]. Lindsay and chill
dren, of Towson, are spending three weeks at
Hotel Henlopen, Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Miss Margaret e. Mann. who had been
spending some time at Atlantic City and also
at Betterton. Md, has returned to her home at
Raspeburg, Baltimore county.
Mrs. Charles n. Wier and her daughter
in-law, Mrs. George P. Wier and children, Of
"Hawthorndon," west of Towson, have gone
to Ocean City, Nd, for ten days.
Miss Marion Chapman, of Mt. Washing
ton, has gone to Boston by sea. From thence
she will go to Barnstable, Mass, where she
will spend some time with relatives.
Mr.. Samuel H. DeHoff and family have
removed from Park Heights avenue to Airing
ton avenue, Govanstown. Mr.. DeHoH holds
q position in the internal revenue service.
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Tracey, of the
Smedley House, Towson, are spending some
tine at Atlantic City. Mrs. Tracey, who has
been sick several months, is improving.
Miss Jennie Green, daughter of Prof. James
E. Green, of Towson, left on Thursday to spend
some time with her brother. Mr.. George Green,
who is engaged in business in New York city.
Mrs. Walter r. Townsend, of Rossville,
Baltimore county, is spending some time at
Mount Clemens, Mich. Mr.. Townsend, who
is travelling abroad, was in London this week.
Mr.. j. Myers Pearce, popular young
farmer of Ny Lady's Manor, was attending to
some business matters in Towson on Wednes-
day. He is the youngest son of Col. Jacob M.
Pearce.
Miss Helen v. Gorsuch, of Fork. left on
Friday, 9Th inst, for Philadelphia and Asbury
Park. in company with her uncle, Mr.. Wilbur
Gorsuch and her aunt, Miss Laura Gorsuch,
of Baltimore.
Mr.. Martin ). O'Hara, chief clerk in the
Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, will
leave next Monday for his two weeks vacation.
He will spend part of the time at The Brighton.
Atlantic City.
1t is said that Rev. George Wells, recent
graduate of Baptist Seminary in Massachu-
sets. and who has already preached here, will
likely be called to the pastorate of Calvary
Baptist Church, Towson.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Brooks, of Phil
opolis, Baltimore county, accompanied by
their daughters, Misses Marjorie and Helen
Brooks, and son, Landon Brooks, have been
spending week at Atlantic City.
Col. BENJAMIN f. Taylor and Col. George
Prechtel, of Baltimore county. are among
those who have gone from Maryland to Salt
Lake CITY to attend the 43d National Encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic
Mr.. Benjamin H. Heath. of the Third
National Bank. Baltimore is the acting cashier
of the Second National Bank of Towson dur
ing the temporary absence of Cashier Thomas
J. Meads, who is away on his two weeks
vacation.
Mr.. ]. Maybrey T. Lawrence, of Baltimore
formerly of Towson, was among the visitors
here on Tuesday. He has almost entirely re-
covered from an illness that confined him to
the house over three years. Mr.. Lawrence is
a member of the bar.
-Sergt. Jesse Tyson, Jr.. of the q. s. Army,
who is now stationed at fort In Kansas, has
been in Towson this week. He came east to
attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Julia
McHenry Tyson, who died at her home, near
Pikesville, last week.
-Messrs. Isaac H. Moss of Govanstown,
and r. A. Vincent. of White Marsh, will be
among those from Maryland who will attend
the annual convention of the Society OF Amer
lean Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists
to be held in Cincinnati, August 18th to 10th.
Mrs. Marie Jungfer, wife of Rev. r. W..
Jungfer. formerly pastor of st. Johns Church.
Parkville, has been spending the past SIX
weeks with relatives and friends in and near
Baltimore. Rev. Mr.. Jungfer is now pastor OF
Trinity Evangelical Church. near Pittsburg Pa.
Mr.. r. Bruce Hook. of the I'd district, was
among the visitors to T0wson on Thursday
and shook hands with many old friends. Mr..
Hook was q member of the engineering corps
that constructed Lock Raven lake, and for
some years lived in the city's cottage near the
dam at Loeb Raven.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Ensor, who enter
tanned the members of the Senior Gunpowder
Club and other friends last Saturday at their
home in the 9Th district, received the congrat-
ulations of their guests upon the anniversary
of their birthdays, both having been born on
the same day of the month.
MIR. and Mrs. A. b. Gardiner, Jr., OF
Cockeysville, are enjoying an extended North
ern tour that will include points in Canada.
Mr.. Gardiner, who is head of the Gardiner
Dairy Company. an important Baltimore bus
mess enterprise, was lately nominated for
County Commissioner by the Republican con-
vention.
Mr.. Charles A. Councilman, the well
known Baltimore county experimental farm
er, was among those who few days ago in
speeding the immense orchards of the Tonolo-
way Orchard Company, at Hancock, Md. Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Vincent, Jr., who were on
their way to Mountain Lake Park, were also
members of the party.
Among the Baltimore county people regis
tered this week at Wesley Grove camp were
the following: Rev. Frank Richardson, OF
Hamilton Mrs. William e. Pocock and Miss
NJ. F. Owens, of Sunnybrook; Mrs. II. q
Painter, Mrs. n L. Stansbury and Mrs. B. V.
Switzer, of Arlington, and Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Hamilton, of Catonsville
"A society correspondent from Atlantic
CITY writes MRS. John W. Hall, of T0wson
who is staying at the Traymore, has the en-.
viable reputation of being one of the most
beautifully gowned women here. She looked
especially attractive Sunday evening at the
pier concert, when she wore gown of black
and with draped chiffon with dutchess lace"
Mr.. Sam w. Pattison, who was renomina.
ted for Clerk Of the Criminal Court at the
Democratic primary in Baltimore on Tuesday
ia the senior member of the well known auc-
pioneering firm of Pattison & Gahan. Mr.
Pattson is something of Baltimore county
man as he owns country place at Howard
Vile, w. M. r. r. Mr.. Louis ID. Greene, who
was nominated in the same primary for sheriff
is q native of Reisterstown and member o.
the City Council.
MIR. Charles II. Lutz, well-known trucl
farmer of Hamilton avenue, 18th district, who
renewed his subscription to The UNION OF
Thursday, said the drought in his section o
the county has come to be very serious mat
ter. All crops are affected by it and some will
be almost total failures. He does not recall
another season of such long continued drough
at this time of the year. Mr.. LutZ, who is |
son of the late Tobias Lutz, says THE UNIol
has been received by his family for nearly fifty
years.
Miss Susan Stevenson, the Oldest resident o.
Towson, being 81 years of age, who has beer
bedridden for several years, had severe sicl
turp this week, but she is now better. She wal
able to eli up in bed on Wednesday and writ
several checks to meet her household ex
penses. Her mind is perfectly clear and sh'
takes lively interest in all that goes on abou
her. Miss Stevenson is the last member Of |
family of several sisters and one brother, all o
whom lived to great ages. None of them eve
married.
-Messrs. W. Gill Smith and A. A.. Piper o
the Towson bar. were members of the party
that A few DAYS ago inspected the fine orchards