The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-11-24
MELROSE.

Mr.. VIM H. Hahn, highly respect
ed citizen residing near this place,
who was seriously i'll for the past
three weeks, passed peacefully away
on Friday last at 3 p. M, in his SOth
year of his age. Death was due TO
complication of diseases. He is sur
Funeral took place Tuesday morning
ment in Manchester Reformed Gene
terry. Rev. Blatt otticiated.
On Sunday evening about $50
o'clock the engine house owned by
the Mason and Dixon Company, on
the John D. Schaetfer farm in Bach
mans Valley, caught fire in mys-
FERROUS way. All the buildings were
destroyed but the stable. Men, Wo-
men and children gathered togor.ler
at the fire. Considerable damage
| was done.
On friday e;ening nearly four
score of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Leases
friends and neighbOrs rushed in on
Mr.. Leese unannOunced, it being his
31st birthday anniversary. He was
! so surprised that his heart beat So
violently, lie is unable to say Wheth-
er it il on the right or left side
since tie surprise birthday party.
Those present were Mesars. and
IL esdanes ID. cyrus Leese, Tobias
!leese, 4. +. Tracy, YIN. Monath,
GEORGE GrOgg, Nm. Bankert, George
Richard, LGWdfd thurman, Harry
0naHer, [. }. SauDle, George Miller,
ourau r.ersh, Mrs. Noah lost,
lIGssro. ,.auue LetaU, NurVin LGese,
JACOB MOnaLn, Otis LumDrum, Guy
Dice, Milton sullivan, Edgar Sellers,
JUnn thurman, John HerSh, Charles
SnaiLeT, David crock, Melvin Dol
finger, Charles Rust, George Tracy,
Jesse 1tuCy, Wesley 1IOnath, Mark
ost, Melvin thurman, Earl Mace,
Parker MOnaLl, Lloyd Iost, Mark
" arner, CurNn Gregg, hoy Yost,
John Gregg, Walter Hersh, Harry
Iri0ipger, Edgar Lippy, Norman
Roser, VIM. Richard, Maurice r'uhr-
man, raul Hetrick, James Thurman,
Ca.lUil ShaIer, Mark ShaHer, Ches-
ter Jones, Ralph Bankert, Edward
y aItersdO2tf, Raymond Topper, Miss
e. Minnie Leese, Hilda Leese, Treva
Gregg, Clara Zumbrum, Lille Fuhr-
man, Bessie Zepp, Carrie Walker,
5aIlie Walker, Annie Sellers, Mary
-FA11LC1, NICI lC1SIICI anu LAuLld OHd1-
fer. The evening was pleasantly
spent i'll social conversation, vocal
and instrumental music and ga.nes.
The guests were then treated to re-
freShments and delicacies OF lie sea-
son. After pleasant time which
will not soon be forgotten by the
Leese family, the large crowd went
home after wishing MIR. Leese many
more happy birthdays.
Those who visited at the hospitable
home of MIR. and Mrs. George Rich
ard on Sunday evening, November
.2t4, were Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
thurman, Mr.. and Mrs. D. G. L,.5 sc.
MI. and Mrs. Tovtas Leese, MIR. and
Ms. c. J. Sauble, MIR and Mrs Mark
Warehime, Messrs. Chester Smith,
Harry StOntensDerger, Harvey Sun
day and Paul Richard, of Frederick:
Conrad Hersh, Claude LeeSe, Ralph
Bankert, James Thurman, John
HerSh, Benjamin BerWager, Melvin
thurman, John Thurman, Curvin
I42ese, Sterling Warehime, William
tlchard, Kisses domaine Warehime,
Hiida Leese, Mary Richard, Mary
Miller, Lille Thurman and Mamie
Leese.
On Sunday last as Mr.. and Mrs.
" Ill. Gettier and daughters, of Line
boTo, were visiting at the home of
MIR. and MIS-. George +. Wentz, ST.,
their horse was accidently kicked
and had it's leg broken by one of Mr..
Harry kleildinSt's horses. The
animal had to ne shot. 1T was owned
by Mr.. }. F. Stanley, Of Lineboro.
Those VINO visited at the home of
MI. and Mrs. d. Cyrus Leese on Sun
day were: Mr.. and Mrs. Washington
hing, of Silver Run; Mr.. and Mrs.
Cyrus Began, Of tittlestown, and Mr..
and Mrs. Conrad Hersh.