The midland journal., 1916-11-17
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


Rev. and Mrs. George W. Town
send, Ridley Park, are visiting in
Rising Sun.
Mr.. Kirkwood, Philadelphia, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. George
Ewing, near town.
Cecil E. Ewing and family moved
on Wednesday to Baltimore, where
they will spend the winter months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H. Barnes,
of Greensboro, N. c., visited the
formers father, ]. w. Barnes, the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson A. Watt, of
Oxford, will celebrate their golden
wedding anniversary on Tuesday,
November 21st.
The 5Oth anniversary of their mar
riage was celebrated on Tuesday by
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Gathers, of
Blake, Cecil county.
w. B. Cooney and family have
moved from their residence property
on Cherry street, to the Maryland
House, recently purchased.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Irwin and
child, Of Altoona, Pa, were guests
of Mrs. Twins parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Keen, during the week.
The 61st wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Jenkins, Fulton
township, Pa, was celebrated with
dinner in Oxford on Wednesday at
the home of Mrs. John T. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Davis left on
Tuesday for their new home in
Washington, D. C. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Clifford will leave on Friday
to spend the winter months with
them.
The sixth anniversary dinner of
the Auld Acquaintance Club was
celebrated. Nov. l, at the home of
MIR. and Mrs. Faunce Crowl, East
Nottiganham, when covers were laid
for nineteen.
The engagement of Robert w. Pat
terson and Miss Grace Fisher Of Los
Angeles, CAL, has been announced.
The marriage will take place this
month. Mr.. Pattersonfis native of
Lancaster County, son of the late
Robert w. Patterson of Colerain
township.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Gyles and
son Frank, Mr.. Haverstick and Mr..
Eichler, Lancaster, motored to Ris-
ing Sun on Sunday and spent the day
with Mrs. Martha Gyles and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Johnson and
daughter Kathryn, Media, Pa, and
Barclay Gyles, Philadelphia, were
guests at the same place.
Rural mail carrier S. ]. Terry
was rendered a surprise by about
eighty of his friends on Friday eve
ming last, at his home near town.
The surprise was gotten up by Mrs.
Terry in honor of Mr.. Terry's birth
day anniversary, and he was taken
completely unawares when the COM
pany appeared at the door. Includ-
ed among the guests were the mem
bers of the Rising Sun Cornet Band
who contributed to the evenings
enjoyment with several selections.
After q pleasant social time and re-
freshments, the guests departed
wishing the popular mail carrier
many returns OF the date.
Purnell Jefferson. a farmer near
Chestertown, has completed work of
having his 1915 and 1916 wheat
threshed, which he had in stack. The
1915 crop was in fine condition,
slightly better than this years crop.
He is holding his wheat for 50 per
bushel,
The Chester County Historical So
eiety is arranging to reset the bronze
tablet on a large boulder erected in
memory of Humphry Marshall, the
botanist, on the property of Walter
S. Lilly, in Marshallton. The bould-
er is sinking and is covered with
grass and weeds.
Mr.. John e. Edwards, assistant
headmasteF at the Tome School, Port
Deposit, Md, and former Superin-
tendent of the public schools of AL
legany County, Md, will attend the
annual meeting of the County Super
intendents and School Commission
ers Association which is to be held
this week in Baltimore, beginning
wednesday, November 18th, in the
club room at the ReHnert Hotel. Mr.
Edwards is an A. Is. and M. A. ei
, Lafayette College and weii-known IN
educational circles throughout the
state He is also member OF the
J Board of Managers of the Teachers
Reading Circle.