The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-06-13
Local Jottings of the Week

Bay View Sabbath School will mold
its Children's Day service on the eve
ming of June 21.
About $50 was cleared at the fes-
tival held at Ebenezer Church, Green
hurst, last Saturday evening.
Trinity Church, Elkton, Rev. VIM.
Schouler, Rector. Sunday services,
summer arrangement; IL a. m. and
Twilight service at 6.45 p. m. Sunday
school at 10 a. m.
The convention cf the Diocese of
Easton held an intereting session in
Emmanuel Church, Chestertown on
Tuesday and Wednesday Of last week.
Bishop Adams presided. A forcible
sermon was preached by the Rev.
Sewall G.. Hepburn, who also address,
ed the Convention later on the sub
ject of Diocesan Missions. The Bishop
read his Annual Address. The fol-
lowing were elected the standing COM
mittee for the ensuing year:-Rev.
Messrs. David Howard. George D. SUIT
ton, DID,, William Schouler, Hon.
James Alfred Pearce, Hon. VIM. H.
Adkins and Mr.. Edwin Dashiell.
William G. Lockwood, teller of the
Peoples National Bank of Middle
town, for the past twenty years, sent
In his resignation to the board of di-
rectors last Saturday. Mr.. Lockwood
is in poor health and will devote his
time to farming.
While an inventory was being made
of the personal effects of John T.
Burkins, an undertaken, whose death
occurred recently, at Rising Sun,
money to the amount of $4,000 was
found concealed in an old desk in his
shop.
Frank Mckinney, of Calvert, lost a
valuable horse one day last week from
acute spinal meningitis.
John G. Constable, of Elktcn, has
purchased an Overland touring car.
The 209th anniversary of Old st.
Anne's Church, near Middletown, Del,
will be observed on Sunday, June 21.
The services will be conducted by the
Rector, Rev. Percy L. Donaghay. Bis
hop Kinsman will spea.; at the morn
ing service. which will be held at
10:30, and F. ]. Cattell, of Philadel-
phia, will be the speaker at the after
noon service at 3 o'clock.
There will be preaching at West
End Chapel, Elkton, tomorrow, Sun
day evening at o'clock.
The Mite Society of Principle Fur
mace will hold strawberry festival
on S. c. McCauley's lawn this Satur-
day evening.
w. Arthur Mitchell has sold the
yacht "Jeannette" to John L. Bailey,
of Atlantic City, who will use her for
excursion purposes beween Atlantic
City and Beach Haven.
Asbury NJ. E. Sunday school will
observe Sunday, June p, as Children's
Day, afternoon and evening.
The Rev. William J. Rowan, Ph.D.,
Pastor of the PRESBYTERIAN Church of
Newark, Del. will preach at the
morning service of the Elkton Presby-
terian Shurch, tomorrow, Sunday. Di-
vine worship with short sermon by the
Pastor at 1880 p. m. All are very cor
daily invited.
Samuel Holsten, an empioye of the
Radnor Pulp Mill, Elkton, had his
ankle broken while at work last Sat
urday. He was taken to Union Hos
pital and had the injured member
dressed.
Viola McKeever, a pupil at Blythe
dale public school, recently made two
drawings which were successful in a
contest planned by "The Farm Jour
nal Sketch Club" Philadelphia.
Childrens Day will be observed at
Union NJ. f. Church. Sunday evening,
June 21, at s o'clock.
Herbert Miller. colored, who was
struck and seriously injured by Mar
ion Blake, also colored, near War
wick. as mentioned in last week s
WHIG. died Tuesday morning from
his injuries.
Children's Dav will be observed at
West Amwell Sunday school tomor-
row, Sunday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock
The public is cordially invited.
An ice cream and strawberry festi,
val will be held by the members OF
Crouch's Chapel Sunday school on the
chapel grounds. next Wednesday even.
ing. If stormy the next clear even.
ing. Everybody cordially invited.
The Alumni Association of Della.
ware College is making special efforts
to raise the full amount of the pro
posed 100000 endowment fund tc
provide for the presidents salary be.
fore Commencement Day, on Wed.
nesday, June II.
The commencement of the Maryland
Agricultural College will be held the
coming week, in the list of graduates
being Mr.. Frank Sharon Hoffecker, OF
this county. The commencement ad,
dress on Wednesday, June II, will he
by Hon. William B. Wilson, Secretary
of Labor.
The Maryland State Normal School
Baltimore, held it's commencement
exercises on Thursday evening of this
week.
Mr.. Bowen Milburn, who is becom.
ing quite noted as a successful fruit.
grower, left at the WHIG Office this
week basket of the largest and fin.
est Strawberries we have ever seen
Just % berries filled the quart box.
Victor R. Bennett, of Elkton, has
sold his residense (Washinyton's
Headauarters) to George R. Howard
Mr.. Bennett will build a handsome
residense on the corner of Moffit anC