The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-05-16
LOCAL JOTTINGS

Elgn ScnOOl, is one OF the JUDGES OF
the Oratorical Contest of the students
of Delaware High Schools at Della
ware College, Newark, last friday
evening.
Superintendent of Schools Joseph
M. McVey, and Magistrate Joshua M.
Ash, of Elkton, have purchased Ford
touring cars.
Plans are being made for a bake
and strawberry festival at Elkton, on
May %, for benefit of Singerly Fire
Company.
The Honor of a Cowboy, the play
which was to have been given by
North East talent in Mechanics Hall,
Elkton, Wednesday night, was called
off on account of lack of attendance.
Westamwell Sunday school will hold
strawberry festival Wednesday eve
ming, May 27.
Ricketts, Nelson has sold his unim-
proved lot on North street, Elkton, to
Nathan B. Karl, for S400.
Mr.. Herbert d. Bard, A. B., Master
of Public Speaking at the Tome School
will give two lectures in Washington
Hall, Port Deposit, on Saturday, May
16. At 10:30 a. m. professor Bard will
lecture on "The Teaching of Reading
in the primary Grades" and at p. m.
he will discuss "The Teaching of Read
ing in the Grammar Grades. The
public is cordially invited to be pres
ent.
John Abel, of Cherry Hill, has pur-
chased new REQ touring car from
Charles o. Hill, of Oxford, Pa.
Zion M. E. Sunday school was or
ganized Sunday with the following
officers: Superintendent, A. Church
man; assistant, Stanley Bowlsby; sec
retary, Harvey Ewing; asst. Sec, Law
son Crothers, Jr.; treasurer, Mrs. Cliff
ford England; Missionary treasurer,
Norman R. Touchton; organist, Mrs.
VIM. Dorman; asst, Mrs. John Gro
thers.
The 1914 class of Calvert Agricul-
tural High school gave a surprise
miscellaneous shower for Miss Edith
Holt, Friday evening of last week, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nc
Kinney, at Calvert.
Rev. c. T. Wyatt, superintendent
of the Easton District NJ. E. Confer
ence, has accepted an invitation to de-
liver the address at the commence
lilCill VI IilC SC1ll Soullly lliSIl CCllOOl
Saturday morning, May 80.
Delaware College baseball team de-
feated the Rock Hill team at Ellicott
City, last Saturday by the score 9-S.
The following State officers were
elected at the triennial convention of
the Maryland State Camp, Modern
Woodmen of America, which was held
at Hagerstown last week: Consul,
Aaron Miller, Sparrow's Point; advis-
er, Harold G. Smithson, The Rocks ;
clerk, M. E. Newsome, Chestertown;
banker, S. J. Carr, Mayo; escort, E.
M. Kalb, Mitchellville; watchman, c..
E. Morrison, Champ; sentinel, j, H.
Harrison, Garrett county; represen-
tatives to National Head Camp,
Frank L. Bennett, Hagerstown; and
Charles A. Clark, Snow Hill
An entertainment will be held in
Mechanics Hall, Perryville, next
Thursday evening, May 21, by Oak
hurst Private School. The program
will consist of fares, monologues,
music, etc, following commencement
exercises. Admission, adults, 25c;
children 15c.
The May meeting Of the Elkton
Improvement Association, which was
to have been held Monday evening,
was postponed until later date.
Mothers Day was observed at the
various churches in the county, last
Sunday, with special sermons by the
pastors.
Big Elk Sunday school will hold
its annual festival on the chapel lawn
on Wednesday evening, June 3. If
stormy next fair evening.
The teacher and pupils OF the Nit
chell School, adjoining Crouchs
Chapel, will hold a lawn fete on the
school grounds next Wednesday even
ing. If stormy next clear evening.
Everybody welcome.
Mr.. William A. Brown has been
appointed postmaster at Cecilton.
Prof. Clifford J. Scott, for seven
years at the head of the public schools
at Uniontown, Pa, will on June l as
sumo his duties at Wilmington as Su-
perintendent of Schools, to succeed
the late Prof. George w. Twitmyer
A bad railroad wreck occurred last
Saturday about noon at Middletown,
when a fast freight ran into another
freight on the northbound track, de-
railing the locomotive. Engineer Rob-
ert Pippin, of Clayton, was caught
under the overturned locomotive and
seriously injured. He was taken to
the University Hospital, Philadelphia,
where he died Monday night. Fire
man n. j. Biggs saved himself by
jumping.
Edward Dempsey, janitor at Tome
School, Port Deposit, has been COM
mitted to Elkton Jail for the action of
the Grand Jury, charged with rob-
bing the rooms Of the students at
the school.
The Delaware College Farm, at
Newark, has closed the sale of two
cows and heifer to w. H. Dupee, of
Santee, Cal, for $4,000. The farm has
also sold yearling heifer to go to
Birmingham, Mich, for 1925, and a
cow, to go to Devon, Pa, for $400
The college farm has sent the record
Holstein cow, Maud, to Washington, to
be bred to bull for which the owner
has refused an offer of $4,000.
The Rev. w. G. Haupt, of Havre
de Grace, has accepted a call to be-
come rector of St. Thomas Church.
at Newark. Arrangements have been
made for the installation services to-
morrow, Sunday, morning.
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