The midland journal., 1915-08-13
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

M. E. Founders and family are visiting
Wilmington relatives.
Miss Helen Smith. OF Baltimo ore, is
visiting Miss Clara Robertson.
Miss Gertrude Chapman. of Philada..
is visiting Miss Ellen Clifford
Miss Jean Hagerty. of Port Deposit.
was the guest this week OF Miss Ella
Pogue.
Miss Angelina Egan. of Philada., is
spending the week with Rising Sun
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Barnes. of Stating
ton, Pa. visited the formers father, J. W..
Barnes. during the week.
Mrs. Chas. S. Pyle and daughter, Miss
Marian Pyle. are enjoying sojourn by
the seaside at Ocean Grove.
Rev. G. w. Townsend. OF Ridley Park.
recently pastor of Rising Sun charge, visit
G0 1rlenOS IN Town tnlS week.
Edwin L. Haines spent several days
last week at Princeton N. j.. the guest of
his cousin, DR.. Jos. Vanneman.
Rev. and Mrs. A. P. Prettyman left this
week for two weeks vacation with
relatives at Galena, Kent county.
Aaron Reynolds. of Burmont, Pa, spent
Saturday and Sunday with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Reynolds.
Miss M. Emma Haines. of Philada., a
former resident of Rising Sun. is spend
ing some time with friends in town.
Mrs. Rose Bounds and daughter Pearl,
of Cape Charles, Va. spent Monday and
Tuesday. with the formers niece. Miss
Mildred M. Brown.
The annual reunion of the descendants
of Joseph Kyle was held Thursday of last
week. in the woods on the farm of John
Hall. near Farmington
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Taylor Wilson, of
Easton, Pa, have been spending the week
at the home of the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs T. ]. Wilson. nearNtown.
| Misses Ethel Brian. Ethel Fletcher and
Kathryn Gormen, of Philada.. are enjoy
ing weeks vacation at the home of Mr..
and Mrs T K. Mcdowell. near town.
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Rev. and Mrs. w. H. Micheals. Miss
Elizabeth Stephens, Edwin Haines. John
Micheals and John Reisler enjoyed an
auto trip to Honeybrook. Pa. in the lat
ter's car this week, visiting D. M. Wright
and family.
A jolly watermelon party was held SAT-
urday evening at the home of w. T. B. r.
Robertson. A good time was had with
music. social diversions, ETC., not to men :
ton the feast of watermelon.
Raymond Fischer. son of Mr.. and Mrs1
Woodward Fischer, of Colora. has passed
the stationary engine examination. taken,
recently in Baltimore. The young man
was student OF West Nottingham Aca-
denny. and also of Tome Institute. He
has had two years of experience in electric
cal work with Worth Bros, of Coates
vile. Pa.
The Maryland Industrial Accident
Commission since 1t came into existenc e
last fall has received reports from "a. So4
accidents.
The Baltimore Annual Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church is now
Engaged in an effort to raise $500. 900 for
the retired ministers and their widows
and dependent children.
A camping party of about fifty from
Pittsburg are on the shore of Charles H.
Price. ''Stoneton, near Betterton. They
have band of music and four mea cooks
and are having jolly time.
Robert Wilson, 50 years old. of Havre
de Grace, died Aug S. at the University
Hospital, Philadelphia. Of injuries sus-
tanned by a fall from the platform of an
express train from Atlantic City. His
wife and two daughters Witnessed the
accident.
The Social and Literary Society of
Pleasant Hill. will hold Carnival on the
evenings of Aug Io and 90. There will
pc cake walk by the boys. flag drill by
10 girls, gypsy tent and music by the
Elkton Band Ice cream. cake aud etc.
for sale.
A team from Lincoln, Pa. visited
Rising Sun Saturday afternoon for a
game with the home team. The contest
proved close one. with the home boys
winning out in the last inning. The
score:
Lincoln 3 3oI o-s
Rising Sun 400 or2 TO