The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-07-18
BRIEFS.
MIR. William Miller, of Baltimore
pent Sunday with relatives here.

! opO1AI SObOoy Will 1CldllN6S anu
friends near Pleasant Valley.
The State road between Bird Hill
and Gambler i being .tarred.
Mr.. George Sneak, of Mount Pleas
ant, spent a few days with his son,
Clarence SNEAK, in Hagerstown
Mrs. Joseph Yingling and son, of
Hanover, Pa, are guests Of Mr.. Will
liam Yingling, West Main street
Mr.. Truman Cash, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. T.. O. Cash, East Green street, j.
attending summer school at Gettys-
burg College.
/ Mrs. Maude Waddell, East Main
street. has returned from a hospital
i'm Baltimore where she went for
treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wagner, Bos-
ton, Mass, spent Wednesday with
his brother, A. t. Wagner and fam
lily, Pleasant Valley.
Mrs. Ralph Whitman and little
daughter, Frances Guyon Whitman
are spending the summer at "The
Willows, st. Michaels.
Mary Monaghan, an escaped
lunatic from Springfield Hospital,
was arrested in Baltimore Friday in
company with two men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence J. Huff, Of
Arlington, spent from Saturday until
Sunday evening with his brother Mr..
John Huff, of Mount Pleasant.
The location has been selected for
the new building to be built at the
Theological Seminary and the work
do Ic
Mail Carrier Charles Macklev, East
Main street, returned from a visit
to his son-in-law at Annapolis Mon
day and brought with him some ex-
cellent bass.
Mr.. and Mrs. MI H. Tyler, former
ly of Montebello Park, Baltimore, and
recently of Westminster, have ar
rived home after a weeks vacation
at Tilghman's. Island
Private Roy Reese, of near this
city, arrived home safely Saturday
after being discharged from the Army
Private Reese landed at New York
on a transport from France
The Westminster ball players had
case of cold feet and failed to show
up at Longs Park to play the regu-
lar arranged game with McGinnis
Red Legs one day this week
Mr.. Edwin c. Warfield who has been
the guest Of Mr.. Eltinge F. Reifsnider
at his home on College Hill has re-
turned to Walkerford, va, where he
lives during the summer months
We are going to have a sweet old
town soon. 1t is reported that an
other confectionery store j. to open in
the store room formerly occupied by
Atlee w. Wampler with a line of
furniture
The Westminster Theological
Seminary during the summer vaca-
,tion has opened its doors to the dea-
conesses of the Methodist Protestant
church who are now pursuing
course of study in the Seminary.
The Lutheran Reunion will be held
at Pen Mar, July "a, when the speak
ers will be Rev. DR.. r. d. Clare, St.
Marks Lutheran Church, Baltimore,
and Prof. A. r. Wentz Ph. ID, of the
Gettysburg Theological Seminary.
Those who spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Dull were Mr.. and
Mrs. Jerry Loatz, of Manchester; Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Dull and son, Emory;
Arthur Dull and Clarence Wagner, of
Westminster; Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
, Myers and four sons, Edgar, Carroll
Bernard and Herbert, all of Union
Mills
Mrs. Catherine Grogg, Hanover's
Oldest resident, widow of the late
Jesse Grogg, who preceded her in
death 26 years ago. died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs Edward Sand
ruck, at 1 o'clock Wednesday, aged
81 years, months and "a days. Mrs.
Jemima Shaeffer, Lineboro, is a
daughter OF the deceased.
Mrs. Katherine Furnan Koons, SO
years old, wife of First Assistant
Postmaster General John c. Koons,
died July 10 at the residence of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George W.
Haddox, Winchester, Va, from the
effects of a recent surgical operation.
Surviving are her husband, one
son, parents and one brother
Cardinal Gibbons will leave Balti
more tomorrow morning for Union
Mills, where he will be a guest of Mr.
B. r.. Shriver and Robert IT, Shriver
and will remain until about August Il
On Wednesday, July %, Cardinal Glib
bons will celebrate his eighty-fffth
birthday and it is expected that sew
eral of his friends will visit him in
Western Maryland on that day
y Unused two-cent postal cards and
three-cent stamped envelopes will
BE- exchanged for postage OF an
equivalent value in accordance with
the passage of war time postage
rates it was announced by Postmas-
ter Tatten acting under instructions
from Washington. Three-cent ad-
hesive stamps will not b. exchanged
for stamps of lower denomination
it was stated.
a colOred boy, a helper at Klee q
Hoff's garage. was injured yesterday
afternoon by Ford upsetting. The
colored boy was steering the car
which was being towed by another
when H. lost control of il while
ccning down steep grade at Will
liam Geiman's, allowing it to 20
through a fence. The injuries to the
colored man are not believed to be
serious, but he is badly bruised over
the breast where he was caught.
Those interested in work for the