The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-12
Vienna Items

| MI and Mrs. Alan Webb returned
| last Thursday night from u wedding
| trip to Atlantic City, Philadelphia
and Baltimore. They will make vi
| emma their future home.
Mr.. Cad Adams, We are sorry to
report, is quite sick at this Writing.
with pneumonia.
Mr.. J. L. Nane seems to be I'M
! proving slowly, and his many friends
are hopeful for his recovery.
Messrs Albert Webb, Clay Webb,
Vernon Hitch and others, are taking
an active part in the sale of Liberty
Bonds and Thrift Stamps, and are
meeting with great success.
Mr.. Guy l.. Webster purchased a
new car last week, and she is a
beauty.
The Ladies' Aid of the NJ. E.
Church met at the parsonage last
Monday night.
Mrs. Jas. +. Noble and son are
visiting at Sykesville, Md.
Mr.. T. C. Sellers attended the NJ.
p Conference in Baltimore this week
The bank officials began work on
the bank building last Monday and
it is expected that the contractors
will rush the work and soon have it
ready for occupancy.
Some of the wheat crops in this
section are looking fairly well, but
in the majority of cases wheat is
looking badly.
Those Salem people are frequent
visitors to our town now. We pre-
sume everybody know stheir busi-
ness, so we will not tell you unless
you ask.
Mrs. c. S. Ralph and son, Walter,
Mr.. Winfield Webster, Guy Webster,
Clay Webb, Harlan LeCompte and
others attended the parade in Balti-
more last week, and were highly
pleased with the Presidents speech,
the display at the Armory, etc.
We were sorry to hear of Mr.. &.
W. Brohawn's accident last Sunday.
Hope he will soon recover, and hope
this will be a warning to others to
be more careful.
Mr.. Percy LeCompte has engaged
Mr.. Higgins house, opposite the
garage formerly operated by D. n.
Higgins, and will open a repair and
machine shop.
Mr.. Jas. A. Higgins has greatly
improved the storehouse on the cor
ner formerly occupied by John H.
Storr, by enlarging the building,
making two storerooms. and paint
ing the interior. J. d. Bell & Son
are occupying one of the rooms, and
Mr. Higgins will occupy the other.
Capt Jas. Adams, who has been
sick for sometime, is very much i'm
proved.
Rev. W. c. Buckson, our newly
assigned minister, has arrived, and
preached a very instructive and in
teresting sermon last Sunday morn
ing
Mrs. Geo. H. James and son, after
visiting friends in Philadelphia, and
Mrs. James husband, at Camden, n.
j., have returned to their home.
Mr.. Norman McAllister aid little
son, James, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
S. J. Bennett and Mrs. Jas. Elliott.
We hear complaints from some of
the patrons of our school in refer
ence to there being no heat in the
rooms This has been the case on
several occasions heretofore, and is
serious proposition. Children
having to sit in cold. damp
rooms are liable to contract pneu-
monia, consequently those in con-
troll of the schools should see to it
that proper methods are practiced, |
when the health of children is at |
stake.
The storm this week played havoc |
with tae fishermen around Vienna.
Gasoline boats, barges and all kinds
of fishing craft broke loose from
their moorings and floated down the
river. Among the lot was the boat
of J. Walter Spear, which sank
twice Wednesday, and kept the own
er constantly on the watch, bailing
and pumping.
Mr.. and Mrs Levin A. Hurley
were delighted Wednesday when a
visitor put in his appearance at their
home.
The Big Mills came very near be-
ing washed away Tuesday, and the
State road at this point also suffered
damage,
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Jackson an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Florence V. Jackson, to James
F. Fletcher, to take place May 9th.
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