The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-03-21
BRIEFS.

Charles Yingling, this city, has ar
rived at Fort McHenry from France.
Mr.. Charles E. Goodwin East Main
street, has returned from the hospital
and is very little improved.
Private Francis E. Shamer, lPataps-
co, has returned from France and is
now at Camp Meade with the expecta-
tion OF being dcmobilized-
Two cruisers and fourteen trans
ports leave France, with thirty
thousand American soldiers aboard,
all due i'm America before April 2.
Miss Irene Kaufman who recently
returned from France where she was
a Red Cross nurse is the guest of her
parents, MIR and Mrs. Theodore
Kaufman, Park avenue.
The smoke house OF Mr.. Geo.
Shaeffer, Spring Mills, caught fire
and burned ON Saturday morning,
with a number of hams, shoulders
and other meat. Some was saved.
Fannie N. Zeiglar, aged IA years,
daughter Of Mrs Bertha Heiwritz
and the late Charles V. Zeigler, died
yesterday. Funeral will take place
at GreenmOunt
Clyde Haines, near Mt Airy, charg-
ed with assault and battery, asked for
a jury trial when brought before Jus
tice Wood, Frederick Friday after
noon and furnished $3.50 bail.
The Aid Society Of st. Matthew's
church, Pleasant Valley will hold it's
regular monthly meeting on Sunday
afternoon, March 23, at o'clock at
the church, at which time the annual
election of officers will be held.
The young people of Old Oakland
Methodist Episcopal Sunday school
will present a play on March 20 in
the Union church at Oakland Mills
entitled "An Old Fashioned Mother" +"
The proceeds will go to the Sunday
school.
The Sewing Circle of Kreider's Re-
formed Church will hold chicken
and waffle supper on Thursday and
Saturday evenings, March 27 and 90,
in the stone building on Liberty
street, next to Gehr's Hardware store
Oysters will be served in all styles.
All welcome.
Fire destroyed the two-story frame
building near Pen Mar, known some
years ago as the RED Hen" The
origin of the fire is not known. The
building had not been, occupied for
several years and there was nothing
in it in the way OF furnishings.
The Carrollton L.. IT. l.. will hold
an entertainment in Carrollton Hall
Thursday evening, March 27. If the
evening is unfavorable the first fair
evening. Title of play, Help the
Little War Orphans Find Happiness. "
After the program ice cream and
confectionery will be for sale.
Molasses will serve as a mouse
catcher if you are short of a trap.
The demonstration was proven sue
cessful1y Tuesday morning at the
postoffice when two dead and two live
mice were held fast in some molasses
that leaked from a broken molasses
jar that was cracked i'm shipping by
parcel post.
Mrs. Edward Tredwell and Mrs.
Frank Newton, of Baltimore; Mrs.
William Myers and sons, Harold and
Francis, OF Westminster; Mrs. Claude
Leppo and little son, Ollie and Harold
Newton are spending this week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Freyman and
are helping them move from War
fieldsburg to StatewoOd.
Two delegations from this county
accompanied by the County Commits
sioners were before the State Roads
Commission yesterday in the interest
of State roads from New Windsor to
Westminster and from Manchester
State Road to Maple Grove Gov
ernor Harrington and Chairman
Zouck of the roads commission heard
the presentation of the claims.
Eltinge Reifsnider, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. L. Reifsnider, Jr., this city
has arrived from Over Seas at New
port News, Va, where his father
visited him this week. Corporal
Reifsnider was a member or Com
pany G, 112th Machine Gun Battalion
having enlisted in old Company H.
He was severely gassed while in ac-
tive service but il now recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Lee Hutchins,
near Westminster, announce the en-
,agement of the latter's brother, Ser
geant WIN. J. nj. Yingling, of the
American EXpeditionary Force now in
France, to Mile Marguerite Louise
Latriche, the only daughter of Cap
tain Antione Latriche and Madame
Latriche, of Lancie, Rhone, France
The engagement was announced at
dinner given by the bride elects par
ents at their home in February:
Edward w. Case has just sold
through his Office the Charles ;. Wat
son property located on Ward avenue
to Mr., and Mrs. Charles c. LoveJoy.
The VIM. M. Cook property on East
Main street to Charles S. Harmon,
The Joseph Fridinger property on
Court street to Joseph Marzullo. He
also sold the 614 acre place Of
Charles Schaeffer located on the New
Windsor road, to John w. t. Eyler.
The Rachel T. Randall property Of "a
acres, located in Baltimore county, to
Alois Frohmann, of Pittsburg, Pa.
A number of former residents of
Carroll county now residing In Bal
timore organized the Carroll County
Society Of Baltimore City at meeting
held at the Young Mems Christian
Association last night. The officers
elected were: Charles r. Woods,
president; Willis j.. Myers and Dr.
Joseph r. Herring, vice-presidents;
H. w. Handley, secretary, and George
r. Babylon, treasurer. The board of
governors is composed Of Miss Carrie
Green, Dr. H. H. Stansbury, Al. Albert
Mitten and wv. Scott Vept. The first
meeting Of the new organization will
be held on April 4.