The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-03-20
RURAL NEWS.
CHRONICLES OF HAPPENINGS AMONGST
our NEIGHBORS.
SYKE y WILLIE.


Mr. George Blizzard, who has pur-
chased thu farm Or the late Harry
Curley, moved On the farm the frst
part OF last week
Mr.. Henry Bennett had hi knee
badly bruised Saturday morning while
fixing some machinery. He was in
the act Of striking the machine with
a large hammer, when the hammer
slipped and his knee received the
blow, knocking him unconscious for
several minutes. With the aid OF a
cane he is able to be about.
Miss Caroline and Mr.. Wakeman
Bevard, of Western Maryland College,
spent the weeks end at the home of
their parents.
Miss L. NJ. Thompson spent several
days last week in Baltimore.
Mrs. George Blizzard and daughter,
Miss Edna, are visiting in Baltimore.
Mr.. j. B. Barker and Miss May
Carter spent Saturday in Westmins-
ter.
Mrs. Alonzo Selby and family are
spending ten days with the formers
mother, Mrs. Della Stansfeld, In Bal
timore.
The Corner-Hill Rock Club, which
III holding a contest, will meet next
Tuesday evening at the home OF Miss
Leona Hale to decide the winners.
Mrs. John Cauthorne il visiting in
Baltimore.
Miss Dorothy Mellor will entertain
the bridge club Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Harry DeVries, who has pur-
chased the beautiful home of Mr..
William Chipley, moved his family
there last week.
Miss Rosa Linton is spending a
month in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Very Coleman and
family of Baltimore, spent several
days last week at the home Of Mrs.
Coleman's aunt, Mrs. Robert Van
Horn.
Levi BIumberg has moved his place
of business from the Bennett build
ing to the store next to ]. r. Weer,
opposite the West End meat market.
Mrs. Jack Merceron, who had been
visiting relatives here, has returned
to her home in Baltimore.
Mrs. Deane and mother, Mrs. Hall,
who had been spending four months
in New York, have returned to their
home at "Kalarama-"
MIR. and Mrs. Augustus Selby, OF
Rover, who were visiting at the home
- wi W. DClDJ pd1 CAL5y ~. dlh 49, ~
Lloyd Brown, have returned home.
Rev. and Mrs. III. ". Deale, who
spent several weeks at the home Of
Mrs. William Melville, have returned
to Baltimore.
Miss Minnie Phillinger will nave
her spring opening on April LIST, End
and 3rd. Her new milliner, Miss
Effie Goodwin, of Clifton Forge, Va,
who is an up-to-date milliner, arrived
last Friday.
Little Miss Helen Devilbiss, of Bal
timore, is visiting her grandmother,
Mrs. Mamie Devilbiss.
Those who attended the recital at
Western Maryland College on Friday
evening from here were: Misses
Esther and Mae Sullivan, Helen and
Adele Harris and Ruth Bennett;
Messrs. William Shipley, Harry Ben
nett, Nathan Hobbs and Maurice
Bennett. They found the roads very
rough and even had to shovel the
auto-truck out Of q snow drift, but
that wa only fun for the crowd The
evening was thoroughly enjoyed by
Ill, even though they had to geI out
and get under and fix the little
machine"
Mr.. Norman Buchanan spent Sunday
In SykeSville.
The most startling thing that has
happened here for quite a while was
the sudden death of Mr.. j. Henry
yelling, which is reported elsewhere
in The Advocate.
Miss Minnie Phillinger visited Bal
timore last Friday.
Mr.. James Hughes has installed
electric lights in his home
Master Stewart Gates is visiting
his aunt, Mrs. Levi Barnes.
Miss Annie Hughes is visiting in
Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Buckingham en-
tertained at cards on Monday evening.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Shipley. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Weer, Percy Shipley. Nathan Hobbs,
Pearl and Dona Hood.
Mr. and Mrs. y. III. Ruby and MIR.
John IT, Gather were the Sunday
guests OF Mrs Elvira Selby.
Mr. Frank Firovid, OF Baltimore,
visited his brother, Mr. John F'irovid,
last week.