The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-29
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The time for sending Soldie
Christmas packages has been extend
ed to November 30.
force of six women painters is
at work on the buildings at the rail-
road station in this town.
The public schools of the county
closed on Wednesday afternoon LOT
the Thanksgiving holiday. They Will
reopen on Monday.
Kiss Holda Ostrom has resigned
teacher of English in the Chesa
cake City High School to accept a
position in Washington, D. G.
Howard Durham reports butcher
ing a fine porker on Saturday. II
was seven months old and weighed
220 mounds. which is equivalent to
pound a day.
James s. Mofitt, former thea
tr;cal man of New. York, has been
appointed manager of the new thea
tre built ON the Governments reser-
walton at Perryville.
Charged with brutally assaulting
his employer, George Schrader, a
farmer of near Summit Bridge, Del,
Howard Frisby, colored, is in Md
dletown jail awaiting trial.
The Local Draft Board has re-
ceived orders to discontinue all
physical examinations, but to COM
nlete the classification OF the elgh-
teen year old boys as soon as pos
sibie.
The dwelling property OF the late
ua+tie IT Foster, on Wilson avenue.
in this town, was sold at executor
sale on Wednesday afternoon u
Samuel Smith, of Pennington, fo1
$1,000.
william Heverin, of near Elkton'
An.n.as fined S15 and costs by Justlce
wis last week, on complaint OF
hnutv Game Warden Humes, OF
! Mills. Heverin was charged
-, cunning without a license.
he slump in war work has been
hv,fa number in this town am
7;tv who were employed in me
rate plant at Perryville, and by
. 4 .ev contracting firm. Hundreds OF
men. women, boys and girls naVe
been laid off since the war mas
ceased. u,
Tho two airplanes en- route from
washington to New York, wnlcn
collided 5000 feet in the air over
Elkton, Friday afternoon, were re-
moved to the Aberdeen Proving
Grounds on automobiles late Sa1ur
~ oftarnoon. One machine is
beyond. repair.
The Annual Meeting of the Neeole-
work Guild will be held at the
co,ora School House on Decempei
7 at 2 p. m. Mrs. Morris wilson
nresident of the Toughkenamon
branch and a member OF the Ma,
tional Executive Committee VIII gi'e
on address. All are welcome.
.rhe Maryland State Teachers AS
sociation will hold the annual meet
-ing this year in Baltimore on frlaa' nc
and Saturday, November ~ ana oV
I.ast winter the meeting was atteho
Cd hv something like 1000 teacher'
from all over the State, ana there II
evarv reason to expect that equaliS
- MANY will attend the coming
meeting.
IN appreciation of the assistance
rendered by the ladies OF the kee
Cross and w. c. T. U. during th'
corn canning season, when a snort
age Of labor threatened serious ios'
to.tbe hackers, the Rising Sun Can
ming Co. has made q contribution o
s1so to be divided equally petwee'
the Red Cross and W. G. T. U. U
this town.
TO avoid a collision with anothe
car coming up Cherry street on sun
day morning, Earle Cooney turne'
his auto into the gutter at the corne
of Oueen and Cherry, the macnlh'
crossing the sidewalk and crasnlnl
into the yard fence of l.. b. heii
sneider before it could be stopped
No one was injured and the aut'
escaped damage, but the fence wa
wrecked.
For the benefit of those OF ou
readers who receive their pape
Thursday evening it is announces
thanksgiving service will be held il
the M. E. church of this town OF
Thursday evening, 2Sth inst, a
1880 o'clock, and not in the morn
ing as originally intended. A specia
musical program has been arranged
Rev A. B. Hallock, of West Noting
ham Presbyterian Church, Will de
liver the sermon.
The Mems Bible Class will attend il
= a body,> meeting at the home OF Tn