The midland journal., 1917-07-06
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

acquaintances here.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Worthington
and children, and Miss Hanna M.
Kirk, of Howard Park, spent the
Fourth in Rising Sun.
Mrs. Harrison Fehr and daughter,
of Allentown, are visitors at the
home of Mrs. Fehr's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. S. Pyle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford H. Robertson,
of Freehold, N. j., were guests this
week of Mrs. Roberson's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. C. R. Biles, making the trip
to Rising Sun by auto.
The families of B. H. Brown and
E. C. Dixon motored from Philadel-
phia on Friday last and are occupy
ing the summer home OF the former
in Rising Sun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tosh and Miss
Francinia Kirk enjoyed a motor trip
to Ocean City, Md, in the latter's
car last week, remaining by the sea
side several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Duyckinck, II.
M. Duyckinck and family, and w. f.
5. Lockwood and family motored to
Ruena Vista last week, where they
spent several days.
Mrs. Beatrice McClintock and Mr..
Leslie Gamble, both 'of Elkton, were
married at the home of the brides
parents on North street, Tuesday
evening, June 26.
Mrs. Bright A. Zimmerman, who
for several weeks past has been
seriously i'll in Philadelphia, has so
FAR improved as to be brought to the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert T. Cameron, this week.
Miss Laura Tyson, of Bay View,
md Daniel Bowen, of Bellemoor,
Del, were married June 16 at the
home of the bride. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. L. E. Hadda-
way, of Bay View, M. P. Church.
The scholarship at Western Mary
land College has been awarded to
Miss Mary Cornelia Bones, a grad
nate of Tome Institute, who made
The highest average in the compet-
tive examination held by the Board
If Education recently.
Among the "First to Fight" Ma
ines who have gone to France is
Wilbur F. Nickel, a private OF the
Supply Company.
Young Nickel is the son of ]. b
Nickel, who lives on the johnson
farm back of Leslie camp. He en-
listed in the United States Marine
Corps at it's Philadelphia recruiting
tation April 30th, 1917.
Howard Bratton, Jr., of the Fed
eral Officers Reserve Corps, For
Myer, Va, was at his home in Elk
ton, last week. He is son of DR.
Howard Bratton of that town. Mr.
Bratton who is the only member o1
his company under twenty-one years
of age, has passed the examinations
land was ordered to report at the
National Aviation Field at the Uni
versity of Ohio, Columbus, to b'
given an opportunity to fit himsel
for the aviation service.
Catching hold of an electric ligh
wire while up a cherry tree picking
> fruit near Havre de Grace, Cheste
Tawney, aged 12 years, is in a serl
Gus condition at the Havre de Grac'
hospital.
The directors of the Havre d
Grace Banking and Trust Company
have declared semi-annual dlvi
= dend of per cent. The First Ma
r tional Bank of Havre de Grace ha
: declared a semi-annual dividend
5. per cent.
2 The Town Commissioners of BE
n Air, at their meeting on July 10, vii
S take up the matter of passing a
S ordinance relative to taxing citizen
: who have overhead signs, etc., an
= also for using the sidewalks 10
: other than public travel.
A south bound train at Face Rocf
below HOLLYWOOD, on the Coiumbl
: and Port Deposit railroad, ran int
the end of another freight tral
5 Tuesday morning, of last week, df
+ molishing the caboose.
/ Four cars of one train and tn
! engine and three cars of the rea
g train were badly damaged. Th
g engineer had one leg badly hurt an
g was taken to Perryville for trea
e ment. The fireman jumped from tn
engine and was uninjured.
IS Constable Bowers, of Newark, wa
g relieved of his wallet containing 81
d by pickpocket, on street car
Wilmington, one day last week.