The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-01-24

Miss Grace Gunther, Pennsylvania
avenue spent the weeks end with
her sisters in Baltimore.
| George Null and wife, OF near Line
boro, are spending the winter months
with their children in Hanover, Pa.
St.. Johns Lutheran Missionary
Society will hold its regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. Stewart
Lester, February /, if the weather
is favorable, if not the following
Saturday.
Private Alfred G. Larrimore, Tan
merry, is reported severely wounded In
battle. Private Larrimore enlisted 10
Company Fl before it left this CITY
He made his home with Mr.. Isaac
Long, at Tannery.
Messrs. Joseph N. Shriver, Robert
Shriver, this city; James Shriver,
Union Mills; Arthur /. Feeser, Silver
Run, and Baxter Chenowith, fancy
town, attended the Gamers Conven-
ton at Chicago this week.
Jesse Long, East Main street, who
was wounded by a piece OF shrapnel
i'm France, and was stationed at Camp
Meade for treatment, has been dis
charged from the service. MIR. Long
left here with Company II.
Sergeant Clarence LOckard, Camp
Meade, spent several days in this
city with his grandmother. Sergeant
Lockard was shot through the leg
above the knee by sniper from the
rear, and is improving nicely He is
a member of old Company Il.
Private William Arnold, son Of
Mrs. Alfred Arnold, Pennsylvania
avenue, who was gassed in battle in
France and was at Camp Meade in
the hospital for treatment has been
honorably discharged from the ser
vice. He returned to his home Tues
day evening.
Owings Mills Station, Western
Maryland Railroad, was broken into
Saturday night and $3.50 taken from
chewing-gum boxes. The entrance
was made through window. A
number of carpenters tools were
taken from a shed at the home Of
Morton B. Tottle, Glyndon, and en-
trance was gained to the Sudbrook
Station, but nothing of Importance
was taken. :~
AT meeting oil the Carroll County
Bar Association Monday, Chief Judge
William H. Thomas presided%and APP
pointed former Judge James A. O..
Bond, William l.. Seabrook, and J;
Milton Reffsnider as a committee to
PREPARE resolutions, on the death OF
Charles T.. Fink, prominent. men,
Der of the Bar, who died Thursday
night last, and report ON the first day
of February term Of Court, when
memorial services will be held.
Private Nevin Long, OF France, in
a letter to Mr. william Long, Penn
sylvania avenue, stated that. his
brother, Kenneth B. Long, who was
wounded in the shoulder by Ger
man bullet, was later killed by the
Huns turning a machine gun ON him
while he lay ON the ground, cutting
his body into shreds. Private Long
would have possibly recovered from
his injury in the shoulder. :!,: tc>.ti
Mr. and Mrs. z. P. Brundise, Of
Baltimore, spent Monday in this7city.s
The senior pupils of :. St.. Johns
school are preparing "a delightful. lit
tie comedy with which thew will on
terrain the guests at the annual OyS-
ter sri'per, to be held in F4brufr.
Father Reilly will rehearse with-the
grade pupils a concert program OF
popular songs which Will be present.
ed one evening OF the oyster supper
Miss Nellie Lippy. of Baltimore is
guest at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Lippy, Penn
sylvania avenue.
An electric street car left the track
and crashed into hotel at Barton,
Allegany county while going 60 miles
an hour Sunday. The motorman and
conductor remained at their posts
but they were unable &c get the car
under control Nine persons were
injured. The car ran wild while
going South to Westernpert
and jumping the track on a curve i'm
the town of Barton, buried itself al
most entirely in the Barton Hotel,
which is badly damaged.
Rev L. l.. Lohr, D. D., of Sails
bury, N. c., has notified the Union
town Lutheran charge, consisting of
Uniontown, Baust, Mt. Union and
Winters congregations, that he will
accept the call extended to him by
that charge. The call was given
early i'm December, and was first de-
clined On further consideration DR..
Lohr has agreed to go in the spring.
1t is expected that he will take
charge some time in April He has
but was formerly a pastor in Penn
cvluania