The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-07-08
LOCAL JOTTINGS

welcome.
Rev. Mr.. Garner, Rector in charge
of st. Marks Church. Perryville, will
act in same capacity for st. Mary's P.
E. Church, North East, and will hold
services in North East every Sunday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Last Saturday about 25 representa-
tive farmers of the Lewisville sec
tion organized a Community Club
with Mr.: j. d. McCauley president
and Mr.. Ferguson secretary.
Elkton merchants began closing
their stores at 6 o'clock Wednesday
and will continue to do so throughout
July and August, with the exception
of Saturday evenings.
Professor Albert L. Lawsing and
family will move from North Carolina
to West Nottingham this month. Mr..
Lawsing who was a former teacher at
the Academy, will take up his duties
as teacher there again this fall. He
and his family will occupy the Dormi-
tory, of which they will have full
charge. Mr.. Lawsing and wife, who
was Miss Carrie Woodrow, of West
Nottingham, have been engaged in
missionary work in North Carolina for
the past few years.
A. party of young folks of the
Childs section enjoyed trip to Bet
terton on the Fourth on the launch,
Mora" from North East.
Mattahoon Tribe, No. 11S. I o. R.
NJ, has adopted resolution to keep
in full standing, without payment
while in the U. S. service, all members
of Company E. M. n. G.
William H. Pierce, proprietor of the
Howard House, Elkton, has rented the
second floor front room of the Tucker
building on North street, and fitted it
up as sleeping quarters annex to
the hotel.
A midsummer festival will be held
at Appleton on the evening of July 20
by the members and friends of the
Fourth District Auxiliary of Union
Hospital. Ice cream, ckaes. home
made candy, a axe table, fancy table
and fish pond will be provided. A cor
dial invitation extended to all to come
and help US coin money for the Hos
pital.
The Thompson property on Main
street. North East. was recently sold
by W. S. Evans, Esq. trustee. to L.
Osmond George. of North East, for
$500.
Governor Harrington has appointed
Capt l.. NJ. Bean, of Chesapeake CITY.
a Justice of the Peace in place of
Charles Morgan. who was originally
appointed, but failed to accept, and
Brinton P. Nichols. of Rising Sun, in
place of John C. Hindman. who also
fDllpI n +h, nGc -
of the Peace.
The Third District Ladies' Auxili-
ary of Union Hospital will hold
festival on the hospital lawn, Elkton,
Thursday and Friday evenings, July
20 and 21. Donations solicited.
The regular meetings of the County
Commissioners, Orphans Court and
School Commissioners will be held at
Elkton next Tuesday.
The Century Club of the Cherry
Hill-Andora section met at the home
of Miss Pearl Strickland, at Provi-
dence last friday evening.
The festival held last week at West
Amwell Chapel netted $50.
The ladies of Trinity Parish, Elk
ton held their annual festival Wed
nesday and Thursday evenings of this
week.
At the tWenty-first annual meeting
of the Maryland State Bar Associa-
tlon, held at Deer Park, last week,
Joseph c. France, of Baltimore, was
chosen president for the ensuing year.
The CLEANERS" will hold a festival
on the lawn of Elkton M. E. Church,
Friday and Saturday evenings, July
nd I Il e.
provement Public invited.
The Second Seventh Auxiliary of
Union Hospital will hold lawn fete
in Cameron's Grove. Perryville, on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings,
July II and 13, for benefit of Union
Hospital
The ladies of Head of Christiana
Church will hold an ice cream festival
at the church Thursday evening, July
13. Everybody welcome. If stormy
next evening.
335 marriage licenses were issued
at Elkton during the month of June.
breaking all previous records for a
month, the former record being 2SS,
during June, 1915. AZ licenses were
issued at the same office on Monday,
breaking all previous records for one
day.
Fourty-four years of service as To-
comotive engineer, in which time there
was never a man hurt in any of the
crews which served under him nor
among any of the passengers he haul
ed, is the notable record of Charles L.
Rohrbaugh, 1430 Aisquith street. Bal
timore, who retired from the Penn
sylvania Railroad on June /. and was
placed on the 'Roll of Honor"
Governor Harrington. of Maryland,
and Governor Stuart, of Virginia. will!
meet somewhere on the Potomac river
during July to confer on concurrent
legislation of the two states for the
better protection of fish, oysters and
crabs. Their purpose is to have the
states work in harmony with a view
to securing better protection of the
fish and oyster industries. Members
of the Maryland Conservation Com
mission will also attend the confer
ence.
Frank Mcknight. of Wilmington,
until recently of Elkton, fell while at
work one day recently and fractured
an arm.
f. Arthur Baughman, Motor We