The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-07-11
BRIEFS.

The Sunday school OF Grace Lu-
theran church will hold its annual
picnic in Snowden's woods, near this
city, Tuesday.
Mrs. John Schwinn and two child
rem, of Boston, Mass, are visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Bemiller, Pennsylvania avenue.
The corporation has received a
carload Of tar in barrels, which
has been distributed throughout the
town to be put on the streets.
A force Of men are making re-
pairs to the Washington road. Tar
and fine stone are being used. The
stone is hard on automobile tires
Elsie Nj. Stone, aged 81 years, wife
of Charles w. Stone, died at her
home in Baltimore Wednesday, The
body will be taken to New Windsor
Sunday for interment.
The storm and rain fnterferred
and broke up the Cradle Roll picnic
of Grace Lutheran church, on the
Park last evening. 1t will be held
this evening from 6 to 9 O'Clock.
The merry-go-round in the rear Of
the Ffremen's building, will be in
operation tomorrow Saturday from
~ 5 to 11.30 p. m, for the benefit of
the Westminster Fire Department
4 Dr. Eugene NJ Sullivan has been
discharged from the Army and has
returned to this city. He has re-
sumed his practice of medicine and
will be glad to see his friends.
Miss Nora Robinson is spending
the summer vacation with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Robinson,
Littlestown, Pa, after having spent
the winter at Crawford, N. j., where
she was engaged in teaching in the
public schools.
i Those visiting Mr. and Mrs. Vivian
Leatherwood during the week were
Mrs. Ethelbert Wilson and son, Ed
win, of Virginia; Miss Sadie Alexan-
der, of Baltimore county; Mrs. A. V.
Leatherwood, Miss Cappie Hood and
Mr.. Morley Leatherwood, Of Balti-
more and Miss Beulah Martin, Of
Thurmont, Frederick county
Pile after pile of nice, small,
round stone are noticed along the
sides of the state roads in lhis
county and shortly tar pot will
come along and sprinkle liberal
amount of real thin and sticky tar
on these roads and these stone will
disappear by covering the tar
SO the automobile owner can have
some sport on Sunday digging the
stone from the tire of his auto.
Ten insane soldiers from over
seas have been transferred to the
Springfield State Hospital for the
Insane at Sykesville for treatment.
These are the first insane soldiers to
be placed in Maryland institution
and there is a demand for the plac-
ing of many more, but Springfield
Asylum, like all other similar insti-
tutiOns i'm the state, is practically
filed and it is doubtful if accommo-
dations can be found for the many
others who are awaiting admittance.
! Chairman Zouck, of the State Roads
Commission is convinced that long
stretched of Maryland roads are too
narrow. He will ask the next Legis-
lature for an appropriation with
which to increase their width. The
Washington Boulevard has been
widened by the addition of a three
foot concrete shoulder on each side,
and the improvement has been SO
greatly commended that Mr.. Zouck
thinks it should be extended to other
roads and especially to the Annapolis
Boulevard.
Robert Aumen, near Woodsboro
who went through the bulk of the
fighting on the Western battlefronts,
where millions were killed and
Monday fell forty feet from
the top of a huge cherry tree on the
Aumen property to the ground be-
meath, fracturing several ribs, a
shoulder bone, and bruising his head
and body severely. For nearly twelve
hours he lay unconscious. Unless
there are internal injuries not yet
developed he will recover.
Sunday visitors at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Wehrly, near
Lineboro were: Mr.. and Mrs. .pEdward
Forty, Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice WaIn-
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Forty, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Krug, Q. Fl. Sterner,
Harvey Ham, Paul Baughman, Miss
es Alice and Margaret Ham, Garnet
and Mary Krug, Minnie Henry, Alta
Forty, Miriam Kreider, Bertha, Sadie
and Marie Forty, Lettie and Bertha
Wehrly, Walton Warner, Paul Forty
Harry Krug, j., Earl Forty, Clar-
ence Heller, Charles Markey, CLAIR
ence Blagner, John and Edward
Frank, Albert Gerver and Clarence
Wehrly.
President Wilson Home Again.