The midland journal., 1917-05-25
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


Miss Helen Smith of Baltimore,
spent the weekend with Miss Clara
Robertson.
Calvin Brumfleld of Willow Grove,
Pa, spent Sunday with home folks
n Rising Sun.
Ross Martindale, of Sweet Briar,
Va, was visitor last week of rela-
tives in this section.
Miss Elizabeth R. Stephens was
visitor last week of Rev. and Mrs. w.
H. Micheals, Media, Pa.
Mrs. Della Sadler, OF Baltimore,
was a visitor of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
A Reeder during the week.
Mrs. Joseph Summerill, of Wood
bury, N j., was entertained this
week by her cousin, Mrs. VIM. M.
Pogue.
Miss Gertrude Williams, Miss
Eleanor Evans, Delta, and Harry
Schaub of Lancaster, Pa, spent Sat
urday and Sunday with Scott Wilson
and family.
c. C. Reynolds, of Ashton, Md,
and Aaron Reynolds, of Burmont,
Pa, were visitors of their mother,
Mrs. Howard Reynolds, on Friday
Ind Saturday.
NJ E. Founders, cashier, is repre-
senting the National Bank of Rising
Sun at the annual meeting of Mary
land Bankers Association, in session
at Atlantic City, this week.
Miss Marian Cook and Miss Ger
rude Touchton, of Zion, graduated
rs nurses last week from the Nurses
Training School of the Protestant
Episcopal Hospital, Philada.
Roy Doster of Brunnerville, and
Miss Pauline F. Hess, of Drumore,
we're united in marriage May IL at
he parsonage of st. Paul's M. E.
Church, Lancaster, by Rev. Joseph
L. Gensemer.
Miss Graham, of Montana, and Mr..
Ramage, of New York, were mar
ried Saturday afternoon, May S, at
the home of her aunt, Mrs. L. G.
White, in Port Deposit, by Rev. F. x.
Moore. They will reside in New
York.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Rose Cecil
Poplar, daughter of Mrs. Henry
Jacob Poplar, formerly of Havre de
Grace, and Mr.. Gideon Clark Mont
gomery, at West Chester, Pa, on
April 30th.
James Alex Crothers, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Edward Crothers, Of
near Zion, who is a member of the
Delaware militia, Fletcher and Wal
lace Williams, w. D. Caw1ey, Jr.,
md Howard Bratton, Jr., of Co. E,
Elkton, are at Fort Myer, Virginia,
or three months training as officers
n the Federal reserve corps.
The Missionary Societies of West
Nottingham Presbyterian church met
on Thursday afternoon of last week
with Mrs. I. Wayne Reynolds, near
town. Miss Hilda Helstrom, a mis-
sionary from Corea gave an interest
ing talk of her work in that country.
About eighty members and guests
were present Following the bust
ness meeting a social period was en-
ioyed and refreshments served.
Mrs. Louise X. Morris, of Havre
de Grace, has filed a bill for absolute
, divorce from her husband, David A.
) Morris, on the grounds of abandon
ment.
Coroner H. D. Litzenberg of Elk
ton, was notified Wednesday of last
i week that Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, an
> aged lady of Cowentown, had been
> found dead in her bed. She lived
alone, her son occupying the Other
g half of the house. The Coroner
P decided death was due to natural
: causes.
Operations were begun in the new
4 bean packing branch of the p. j
a Ritter plant at Newark, last week
;, The manager states that work is
y handicapped for lack of labor. The
:, Company is remodeling building al
Glendale, where kitchen will bt
:, established and tomatoes made into
pulp for catsup.
$ The Singerly Fire Company o.
II Elkton has elected E. N. Sweet, c. c
s. Strickland, o. c. Giles, T. w. Nc
It Kenney and Fred H. Leffier dele
y gates, and H. w. Lewis, c. E. Finck
e r. D. Bowland, A. D. Dean and Her
l. man Jeffers, alternates to the an
y nual convention of the State Fire
= mems Association, to be held a
Cumberland June 1S, IA and Is.