Newark post., 1912-05-29
Cecil County Letter

issued by the ElktCn Gun Club
The regular program is a match OF
ten events at ten targets each. Pro.
fessional marksmen will have
charge Of the shoot. and number
Of prizes will be offered.
A well attended informal dance
given by Company f, First Regt..
N. \. G.. was held in Mechanics
Hall. Elkton, on Friday evening,
Jacobs Orchestra was in attend
ance.
Rufus f. Bowland and wife.
(formerly Miss Elizabeth Dren-
men, removed on Thursday from
Elkton to Wilmington. where the
former is in the employ Of the Du-
Pont Company.
O. G. Sims. State Road Inspec-
tor for Cecil county for some time
past. has been transferred to an
other section Of the State. and
James Findley. Of Cumberland,
succeeds him. The latter will be
on duty on the section now building
towards Barksdale and the stretch
from Belle Hill to the Delaware
line, when the work starts during
the summer.
Andora public school clearedu up
wards Of $40 from its recent carni-
val.
Ladies of Lewisville held a sue
cessful entertainment On May Is
for the benefit Of UniCn Hospital.
ElktOn.
Memorial Day will be observed
by Grant Post G. 4. r. Of Cherry
Hill, with special exercises at
Leeds NJ. p. Church at . D. m.
Prominent speakers will deliver ad-
dresses. Details from the post will
decorate graves Of deceased com
rades in Elkton. Sharps. Cherry
Hill st. john (Lewisville) and
other nearby cemeteries.
Cecil Methodists are looking for
ward with great interest to the ded-
ication on June 9 Of the new church
at North East. erected on the site
Of the former church burned about
a year ago. Bishop Luther B. Viii
son, of Philadelphia. will conduct
the ceremony and preach the SER
mon. 1t is likely that the attend
ance will be large.
The family lot Of Z. I5. Frazer.
of Newark. in West Nottingham
Cemetery. has been enclosed with
curbing and a fine monument is to
be erected over the grave Of his
son, f. Malcolm Frazer. whose
death some months ago was lament
ed by his many friends.
The Maryland Water Company.
which supplies Elkton, announces
that it has let the contract for its
proposed filtration plant which
consumers have been demanding
for five years past. Work on the
plant will likely start early in the
The woodwork of the Tucker
on North street. Elkton. .
occupied by the Odd Fellows. DR..
j. f. Jenkins. the Cecil County
News, the Prudential Insurance
Company, R. c. Thacllery, attor-
and J. NJ. Ash magis-
trate, has been given a new coat
of white paint of which it stood
greatly in need.
Company E, First Regt.. NJ. \.
g., Of Elkton, left on Monday for
a five days stay at the State Rife
Range at Glenburnie. near Annap-
ellis. First Lieut.. Charles b. Fin
ley, .lr.. was in command. as Capt.
Carroll Edgar, Instructor in Man
ual Training at the Elkton High
School, owing to the pressure Of du-
ties incident to the close of the
school year. was not free to accom-
pany the men. /
The closing exercises Of the Cecil
County or Elkton High School will
be held in Mechanics Hall on Sat
urday morning. There are twenty
two members of the graduating
class. of whom six pursued the
commercial course. Rev. DIR. L. f.
Barrett, Of Chestertown, will give
the address to the graduates. They
Trinity Church on Sun
day morning when Rev. William
Schouler preached an able and
timely special sermon.
Advocates Of Woman Suffrage
held a Well-attended meeting in the
Court House at ElktOn On Thurs
day evening. DR.. II. A. Mitchell.
president of Town Council, presid-
ed and introduced the speakers.