The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-10-10
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


Calvin Brumfeld, Of Hamorton. spent
Sunday with home folks. in town.
Miss Bessie Collins. of Moorestown, N.
IT,. is visiting Miss Florence Worthington.
Mrs. Landman and daughter. of Glen
Mills, Pa, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A.
1. Duyckinck.
Miss Marjorie Effing and Gerald Efing.
of Philadelphia, were guests of their bro
ther, Harry Efing. this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kite. Of Whining
ton. were over-Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. c: R. Biles, Cherry street.
Joseph 7. Riale and c. T. Snyder. of
this town, are among the base ball fans
who are attending some Of the world
series games.
Mrs. Belle Buckley. of Reading, and
daughter Mrs. Timanus ]. Wilson. of
Tonowanda, N. ", are spending some
time in Rising Sun.
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Robt. H. Kay, of Saxlon. Pa, former
resident of this section. paid a visit to
Rising Sun friends this week, after an ab-
| sence of eleven years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie S. Keen and child
ren. Of Trenton. N. j., are spending the
week at the home of the formers parents,
Mr.. ani Mrs. A. B. Keen.
Miss Florence Worthington entertained
at cards on Tuesday evening 10 honor Of
h,r guest. Miss Bessie Collins. Four
tables of Five Hundred were played. The
entertainment was very enjoyable one.
In honor of the iftieth anniversary of
their marriage, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Croft
of Drumore township. entertained their
children. who number fifteen, thirty-four
grandchildren and one-great-grandchild
on Saturday.
Miss Alice Cary Toon, of Chadburn. N.
c., daughter of Genl. T. F. Toon, ex-state
lSupt. Of Education of North Carolina, is
spending few days at the Dormotory,
West Nottingham, as guest of Miss Flea.
nor Reeve and Mrs. George B. Pfeiffer.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Fisher, Of Colora.
have returned from Coatesville, where
they spent some time, owing to the ILL
ness Of their son Raymond. who is a
typhoid patient in, the hospital in that
town. The patient is progressing salts
factorily.
| Mrs. Robert Carter Lewis has issued in
vitations to the marriage of her daughter.
n iss Ella Cannon Lewis. to Mr.. Julian
Constable Smith, Lieutenant United
States Mariue Corps. on Wednesday even
ing. October IS, at half past six o'clock at
the Elkton Presbyterian Church.
Burglars entered the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad station in Havre de Grace
one night last week, and after battering
the front OF the iron safe, left without
securing anything for their trouble.
E. L. Gilligan of Oxford, was made a
member of the Executive Committee of
the Survivors, Association of the S7th
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, at
the recent 47th annual reunion of that
body.
Messrs. Downie and Wheeler have dis
solved partnership in the, show business,
and Wheeler Bros. Monster Circus and
The Stampede Wild West is to be new
circus organization that viii start out from
Oxford next Spring.
Walter T. Jackson. of Havre de Grace,
who made an assignment for the benefit
of creditors on June S. 1912. has applied
for the benefit of the bankruptcy law.
His liabilitis are $I3.o74 and nominal as
sets $I2, 1868, including 1000 in insurance
policies.
The State Board of Education has de-
cided is arrange for county Education
Day" in each county of the State in order
to stimulate interest in educational
matters. The Education Day" will be a
holiday in each county and teackers.
scholars, parents and others interested
will be invited to 60 to the county seat
and listen to leading educators and busi-
ness men discuss the various school prob
lens.
" The Ohio Crew of the Octoraro M. E.
Church. will hold chicken supper at the
home Of George Greene. Wednesday even
ing. October 18th.
The pupils of New Bridge School will
hold festival on the school grounds on
Friday evening. Oct. 10th. Cake. ice
cream. candy. of all kinds. peanuts &C..
Ifor sale.