The midland journal., 1917-07-13
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Cecil E. Ewing and family spent
the weekend at Devon, Pa.
William R. Pogue, of Pennsgrove,
spent Sunday at his home in Rising
Sun.
Mrs. George Richardson, of Ches-
ter, is visiting ]. P. Hunter and
family.
Miss Grace L. Hunter has returned
from visit with Chester and Phila-
delphia relatives and friends:
C. E. Dare and family, of Rose
mont, Va, spent Saturday and Sun
day with Rising Sun relatives.
Samuel H. Barnes, of Greensboro,
N. Carolina, was visitor of his
father, j. W. Barnes, this week.
Mrs. Ira w. Burdsall and daugh-
ter, Frances, of Wenonah, N. j., are
guests of DR.. G.. S. Dare and family.
Mrs. Joseph A. Myers and daugh
ter, Miss Lillian, of Lancaster, were
guests last week of Mrs. Walter
| Cooney.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Burlington
and daughter returned last week
from pleasant trip to Bedford
Springs, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Blackburn
| ,oIo fho Of
heir wedding at their home near
Nottingham, Pa, June 27.
Miss Jean Shepherd entertained
number of young friends Friday eve
ming in honor of her guest, Miss
Ethelie Prettyman of Galena.
Mr.. and Mrs II. o. Greenfield and
laughter, of Coatesville, Fa., were
guests of Mrs. Greenfield's mother,
Mrs. Jennie Gillespie, during the
week.
Mrs. Frances Vernon Dickey,
laughter Frances, Miss Mamie Nc
Cay, Philadelphia; Miss Florence
McCay, Wilmington, are guests of
Mrs. Mark BIOunQerS.
Mrs. H. Branche Patten and son
Emerson, Mrs. T. B. Moore, Mrs.
7. L. Stephens and Mrs. Norris c.
Cameron on Saturday motored to
Bridgeton, N. j., where they visited
Henry Jenkins and family several
days.
Mr.. George T. Clark and Miss
Angela Dill, both of Wyoming, Del,
we're married at the home of the
BRIDES sister, Mrs. James Oldham, in
Elkton, June 80, by Rev. DR.. John
McElmoyle of the Presbyterian
church
Prof. G.. L. Huffman, Superin-
tendent of Schools at Mildred,
Montana, visited his brother, Rev.
r. H. Huffman, several days last
week. Professor Huffman was on
is way to Columbia University,
where he will attend summer school.
Mrs. James Burlin of Port De-
posit, has announced the marriage
of her daughter Miss Mari Burlin,
to Ralph Emerson Mosher, in Will
mington, Del, June 27. Their home
will be in Aurora-in-Cayuza, N. Y.
Mr.. Mosher was a student at Tome
for several years, leaving in 1914.
Friday afternoon at Elkton, j.
kester Cloud, of Kennett Square,
and Miss Anna H. Verker of Whit
ford, Md, were married. The bride
is graduate of George School and
has been engaged in nursing. Mr..
Cloud is in the insurance business.
They will make their home in Ken
nett Square.
The gang of workmen have torn
, up the Lancaster, Oxford and South
ern tracks to a point between Me-
chanics Grove and Unicorn. The
, iron is being loaded at Oxford.
An automobile owned by George
Havre de Grace, Friday night, was
found in a ditch near Cherry Hill,
l with the top torn off and the wind
: shield smashed.
DR.. Howard Bratton and Charles
S. Peacock have resigned from the
exemption board for Cecil county,
and DR.. Harry A Cantwell, of North
East, and Albert Vannort, of Port
. Deposit, have been appointed to fill
the vacancies.
The festival advertised to be held
; by the ladies of the M. E. church of
It this town on Wednesday evening
{ was postponed until Wednesday eve
Il ming of next week, 18th inst, on
5 account of unfavorable weather
4 conditions. Rising Sun Cornet Band
D. will be in attendance.
r The oldest record on file in the
8 clerks office at ChestertoWn, Kent