Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-23
cHEsrERrowS AND VICINITY.

/ Special Correspondence of Every Evening
| Chestertown. Md. Feb 23.-Clerk OF
the Court A. Parks Rasin and his family
| are suffering with severe colds, all OF them
| having been bedridden most OF last week
Mrs. Mary Amanda Massey, widow OF
| DIR. c. III. b. Massey, died at her home on
| Maple avenue, Chestertown, on Thursday
| She was a daughter of George w ana
Susan Biddle Oldham of Cecil county, and
q descendant of Augustine Herman, owner
of Bohemia Manor. !,
William n. Robinson died at the home oi
his son-in-lav, +. T. Graham, IN tlatiand,
on Thursday, aged IS years.
Bradford Hirnns, son Of Mr.. and mrs;
John W. Hirons, of Chcstertown ana
brother of Professor Wilbur Hirons OF
Wilmington. has enlisted in the United
States Navy. He had been engaged In
business in Florida.
Colonel and Mrs +. d. Albaugh are
guests of rclstIves and friends In Bound
Brook, n. ].
Mrs. Rebecca Erskinc dicd at the home
of her son. Samuel, in Church hill, on
| Thursday, aged 20 years. :,
Rosario StragIlzzi, an Italian who had
been employed by ]. Biddle Hosslnger
and a number of other farmers prior TO
the war. has purchased farm near Lynch
Kent county, and will remove there
Miss Catherine MofTett, daughter Of
Harry MofTett, and Hiram i. walls OF
Millington were married in Asbury Nj.
L. Church, in that town, last Wednesday
by Rev. d. j. Moore.
Thomas +. Joiner has resigned as q
member OF the Board Of Town CommiS-
sioners OF Rock Hall TO engage In other
work.
Mrs. Carrie Comegys. widow of Clar-
ence Comegys, died at her home In Mil
lington. last week, of double pneumonia.
The high school of Miilington has been
closed for two weeks because the cellar
has been overfowed with water.
Delegate Harris of Kent county has
introduced bill IN the Legislature pro-
yiding for the erection of new school
building in Still Pond, 70 cost sl7OoO.
A bill has been introduced to increase the
pay of the judges Of the Orphans Court
from 81 TO 81 per day.
The annual election of officers OF the
Chestertown Volunteer Fire Co. resulted
as follows: N. Wilbur Thomas, president;
Harry +. Jefferson, Arlington L.. Sparks
and Walter Wright, vice-presldents; Owen
c. Smith, secretary; j. Raymond SImpers,
assistant secretary; William l.. Fowler,
treasurer; George II. Cannan, cmef;
William A. Burk, Hyhe Crew and Leslie
Needles, directors for three years.
Peerless Fertilizer Co. has rented the
Eliason warehouses, at the old depot, Tor
storage purposes during the spring trade
Fishermen at Love Point made the big
gest catch of rock fish in the history OF
that place, one day last week, when SIX
tons of fish were taken at one haul, the
majority of which sold for 20 cents a
pound, realizing about 81, 500 for the
days work.
An old black marc, Tillie, belonging TO
Wilbur w. Hubbard, died last week, aged
80 years. The mare was one of the finest
in this county, and had considerable speed
In her young days.
Students of Chestertown High School
will repeat the play, '"The Kingdom Of
Hearts Content" in the Kennedyville
High School, next Wednesday evening.
Miss Elizabeth Wickes has purchased a
building lot on Riverside Terrace, Ches-
tertown, and has contracted with Frank
z. Duyer for the erection of modern
home, to be ready for occupancy by August