The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-05-07
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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last week.
May has given us cool weather,
with light frosts on Saturday ana
Sunday nights.
Although obscured by clouds for a
time the eclipse of the moon was
visible for hours Sunday night.
The gross receipts Of the comedy
.erhe Last Chance" given by pupils
of North East High School, were
$118.
The bungalow property Of Cecil u.
owing on Wilson avenue, has been
purchased by Taylor r. Biles, OF TINS
town.
Tome School has arranged for Rad
cliffe Chautauqua to be held at
washington Hall, Port Deposit, On
June 16, II and 18.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hecht has sold Tor
$4,000 to Harry Lawder, Johh
Fisher and E. C. Wells the stores on
washington street, Havre de Grace
which they have occupied for several
years.
The Junior Red Cross League Oh
perryyille through its Treasurer
Miss Caroline Stump, has contributed
s55.55 to Perry Point Hospital Ior
the benefit of convalescing soiuiei
patients.
"Wanda Inn is the name by which
tho Doak house, in North East, Will
hereafter be known. 1T will pc man
AGED by Mrs. p. S. Terhune in con-
nection with the Hotel Cecii, anu
opened May l.
Children playing with matcnes
caused a fire that destroyed iarse
rick of straw on the Creswell farm'
near Elkton. The Fire Company
prevented the spread of the names 10
the nearby farm buildings.
Caught between bumpers on =.
& q work train Tony Geberacnlk,
Russian laborer, was fatally crushed,
near Leslie. Coroner MagraW neid
an inquest, the jury finding that his
death was due to accident.
Cecil County Alumnae Association
of MARYLAND State Normal School
has elected Miss Katharine M. Brat
ton. president: Miss Mary e. Conner
Vice President, and Miss Sara ,.
Price, Secretary and Treasurer.
An Epworth League business meet
ing and due social will be held IN
the Lecture Room Of James M. u.
church. this town, on Thursday eve
ming, May 13. The annual eiectloh
of officers will also be held at Inls
time.
The North East-Bay View pike.
which has been in very bad condition
for year, will be repaired at once.
The State will macadam the hrst
mile from North East, and the coun-
ty will use gravel to repair the re-
mainder.
A resolution has been adopted Dy
Kent County Produce Exchange 0e-
claring ssit would be unwise ana
waste of the limited supply OF labor
available to grow tomatoes, under
contract, for less than so cents a
basket"
The new teachers salary law lot
Cecil county, which is second pest III
the State, is attracting appiicants
for positions for the next school year
and the Board of Education Will
select the newcomers from the high
er educational qualifications.
Teams of Elkton, New Castle and
Wilmington have organized the Del
Mar Base Ball League with Arthur
C. Davies, of Wilmington, President;
John G. McDevitt, of New Castle
Vice President; Edward Abrahams
of Wilmington, Secretary, and =
Ellis Deibert, of Elkton, Treasurer
The new hospital building at Perry
Point, calculated to accommodate
$50 disabled service men or nurses
is nearing completion. The Federal
Board for Vocational Education has
branch school at the Point II
charge of B. w. Loomis. About ~
patients who still need hospital treat
ment, are able to devote few hours
daily to the study Of the dineren
branches taught.
Repairs on the broken mixer were
completed Saturday and the work o.
laying concrete on the State road a.
Harrisville resumed Monday morn
ing, a total of 253 feet being laid OF
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
with another slight breakdown OF
Tuesday, which was soon repaired
The roadbed has been sub-graded al
far as the Woodrow & James farm
and a big auto-truck put on the joi
to haul stone from the crusner
Everything is in shape now for rapif
progIess,-if the mixer does no
break down again.