The midland journal., 1917-10-05
SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1917.
WEDDINGS.



A pretty wedding was solemnized
after the custom of Friends at Hav-
erford Meeting House, Haverford,
Pa. at D. m, on the 29th ,ult., be-
tween Thomas E. Jones of Indiana,
and Esther Alsop Balderston of
Friends Mission, Toxic, Japan, the
latter being the daughter of DR..
Lloyd Balderston of Ridgway, Pa.
Mark Balderston of Guilford Col
lege, N. c., was one of the ushers.
Among the guests were Anna Bal
derston, Myra A. Balderston, Alice
and Bertha Balderston, Colora;
Anne Balderston, Jr., West Grove;
C. G. and M. A. Balderston, Marian
ma Balderston, Colora; Edith Balder-
ston, Brooklyn, N. Y; Maggie Row
land, Westtown, Pa; Elwood and
Sarah A. Balderston and Lloyd Bal
derston, Colora; Richard Balderston,
Haveford College, Pa.
A wedding reception was given by
the uncle and aunt of the bride,
David G. and Esther Alsop, at Haver-
ford, and the large parchment GER
tifcate signed by over two-hundred
guests. The bride and groom after
a short wedding trip will sail for
Japan early in November, where they
will both be engaged in Mission
work.
Tinv,a-AIeyandar
Miss Miriam Anthony Alexander,
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
T. Alexander of Elkton, and Mr.. G.
Leslie Timme, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Timme, of Kentucky,
were united in marriage in Elkton
M. E. church on Saturday morning,
September %, by Rev. DR.. George F.
Jones, Pastor of the Church.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father She was attended by
Mrs Ralph G. Davis and Miss Marie
w. Taggart, matron and maid of
honor. Mr. Herbert G. Stewart, of
Kentucky, was best man. Mr.. AL
fred C. Connellee, of Middletown,
Del, acted as groomsman. The
ushers were Messrs. John w. and
Harry B. Alexander, Ralph G. Davis,
of Elkton, and Edward Shiffer, of
Kentucky.
The bride has been a teacher in
the public schools of the county for
some years. They will make their
home in Hampton, Va, where the
groom is engaged in military con-
struction work for the J. G. White
Engineering Company.
Richardson-Brown.
Miss Ada A. Brown, a popular
teacher in the public schools of the
county, and Mr.. William T. Richard
son, both of Rock Springs, were
married Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Little
Britain Presbyterian Manse, by Rev.
George A. Leukel. They will be at
home near Rising Sun, Maryland,
after November Is.
Fillingame---Curran
Mr.. Nowland P. Fillingame, of
Philadelphia, were married \ on
Thursday, Sept. 27. The groom was
one of the young men drafted for
U. S. Army service and left Elkton
for Camp Meade the day after his
marriage.
Gatchell-Krauss.
Miss Alice Elizabeth Krauss,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Terry G..
Krauss of near Rising Sun, was mar
ried to Mr.. Woodward Abraham
Gatchell, of Port Deposit, on Satur
day afternoon, Sept. 20, by Rev. Mr..
Whitaker, pastor of Hopewell M. E.
church.
McCall-HershOur
Norman Mccall of Oxford, and
Miss Lauretta Hershour, daughter
of Christian Hershour, Lancaster
County, were married in Elkton, on
Saturday, by Rev. Jones. The bride
wore a brown travelling suit.
The groom is conscriptionist and
will leave for Camp Meade this week.
Kerr-Litzenberg.
Miss Mildred Litzenberg, daughter
of Coroner Herbert Litzenberg of
Elkton, and William Ray Kerr of
Lewisville, were married Wednesday,
Oct. 3, at p. M, at the home of the
bride.