The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-11-14

week with her daughter, Mrs. ADA b.
Thompson, of Bel Air.
Miss Jane Maxwell, of Phiiadel-
phia, was the weekend guest of DR..
G. S. Dare and family.
Calvin Brumfield, of Willow Grove,
spent several days with home folks
in Rising Sun this week and enjoyed
cunning.
Edward L. Russell, of Perryville,
and Mrs. Carolyn Barnes, of Havre
de Grace, were married in Elkton on
Saturday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Clifford, OF
Washington, D. c., were entertained
last week by Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis L..
Duyckinck, near town.
Herbert McIntire, of New Texas,
Lancaster county, and Alice Orr, of
Fairfield, were married in Havre de
Grace Nov. /, and will go to house
keeping in Charles Browns house in
New Texas.
The engagement of Miss Elsie Gar
rett, daughter of Mrs. Lucy ]. Car
rett of Elkton, to Samuel L. King,
oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
H. King, of the same town, has been
announced.
Miss Bertha Tyson left on Thurs
/ day of this week for St. Louis, Mo-,
where she will attend the National
w. C. T. u. convention, which meets
Nov. 1920. Miss Tyson goes as
delegate representing Cecil, Hartford
and Kent counties.
Invitations are out for the mar
riage of Miss Jean McElmoyle,
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. John Nc
Elmoyle, of Elkton, to DR.. Arthur
Mitchell. The ceremony will take
place on November 10, at $3.50 p. m,
in the Elkton Presbyterian Church.
Miss Edith Wood. Red Cross
nurse who has seen service in
France, Russia and Germany, has
returned to this country and is
spending some time with her cousin,
Mrs. Amy Reynolds, in Media. Miss
Wood is well known in Rising Sun,
where she resided for several years.
! Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Beard, OF
Baltimore, have issued invitations to
the marriage of their daughters,
Clara Virginia, to Mr.. Richard
4 George Reese, at 4 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, Nov. Is, at st. Michaeis
and All Angels Church, Baltimore.
Mr.. Reese is son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George M. Reese, formerly of Elkton.
1 Capt. John S. Strahorn, of An
napolis, who has been appointed
Special United States District Attor-
ney in charge of Condemnation
Claims at Camp Meade, has entered
upon his duties there. Capt. Stra-
horn is a lawyer and served during
18 months of the world war; He is
a nativeNof Cecil county and former
resident of Elkton, where he prac-
!, Clc0Q MS pTOIeSSlOH.
In honor of the men and women
who served the colors in the World
War a handsome monument, erected
in the centre of the town, was un-
veiled with interesting and patriotic
ceremonies at Chesapeake City Tues
day afternoon. AT the unveiling a
, memorial tablet containing the
names of the sixty-one who answered
the colors was also placed on the
monument.
The Gray Family, of. Cecil county,
, held family reunion on Sunday,
Oct. 21, at Rowlandville, the place
where most of them were born and
!, reared. Twenty-eight were present,
and after a sumptuous dinner served
, ,, in the basement of the M. P. Church,
!. the Rev. Franklin Gray called the
company to order and they organized
by electing Franklin Gray president;
:, = S. B. Gray, vice-president; Samuel
Gray, secretary. and John Bennett
= treasurer.
e Joseph Alvarez, who was arrested
in Elkton at the request of Philadel-
phia authorities, on charge Of muir
!, der, was promptly released after q
: hearing in that city, there being nc
! grounds for suspecting him of i'm
: plication in the murder.
a The coroner's jury exonerated
t Clarence Lurty, of Iron Hill, who
s drove the automobile which killed
r Miss Julia Smith. They held that
1 the accident was due to the failure
e of the town to provide sidewalk on
a Delaware avenue and to light proper
i ly the stone piles and other obstruc-
i tions in the street.
t TIE fellow who has an ak to grind