Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-11
CHESTERT OWN AND VICINITY.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Chestertown. Md June 1l-Mrs.
Aiolhe Hadawav. aged 81 wears. wife of
former County Treasurer Walter H.
Hadaway died AT her home in Rock Hall.
Wednesday night. following a stroke Of
paralysis on Sunday. Funeral was held
yesterday, lnterment IN Wesley Chapel
cemetery.
Glass night exercises Of the graduating
class OF Chestertown high school were
held Wednesday night III the assembly
halr OF the high school. last night the
annual banquet and reunion of the Alum
nj Association was held in the same place.
Covers were laid for 20, including the
members of the graduating class. Thorn
As d. Bowers was POSTMASTER. and the
the principal addresses were delivered
hv Rev Charles NJ Elderdicc OF Crisfield
and Rev. j. f. Leach of fredericksburg
Tonight the commencement exercises
will be held in William Smith Hall,
Washington College
4 committee Of the visitors and gov-
ernors of Washington College has been
in Baltimore during the week, conferrng
with prominent alumni OF the institution
in an effort 10 devise plans Tor raising
funds for the college. The college was
hard hit BY the war, which took many of
its best students. and il is reported the
present Indebtedness OF the institution IS
$4,000.
Mrs. Ida Newcomb has sold TO James
f. Allen and William L. Ringgold two
desirable building lots on Cannon street.
Chestcrtovn, at private sale.
William T. Brown has sold his NJ chols
arm. in Quaker Neck. 420 acres. 10 Henry
r. Appleton OF Queen Annes county. for
S36 900 Mr. Brown retaining al the grow
ing crops and giving possession January
Commencement exercises at Washing
ton College Will begin on Sunday with
the baccalaurea:e sermon by Rev Arthur
s Walls of Philadelphia The sermon
To the Young Mems Christ ian Association
will be delivered at night IN the Methodist
Episcopal Church by Rev Omar +. Jones.
The graduates are: John Eislc Davis,
John Gibbons. Miriam Elizabeth Jones.
Tyeiyn Russell. Lawrence Merrill Cor
such, Karl Harold Kaiser. Henry Dwight
Norris and Harold Carleton Wickard
Harry Holt of Massey delivered 4 800
bushels OF last falls corn al Massey
station. this week. which be sold for s. per
bushel net Mr.. Holt also has the greater
part of last years wheat crop on hand.
John D. Boyd, aged 75 years Of Galena,
Jle0 AAOAlAAd.k u tL4L1tA
Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Meeks. widow Of
William Meeks, died at her home n Still
Pond, Tuesday, aged s. years.
Miss Adele France. supervising prln-
cipal OF the county elementary schools,
has resigned, 10 take effect al the close
OF the present school year.
Clerk OF the Court A. Parks Rasin is
attending the Republican National Con-
vention as an alternate delegate-at-large
from Maryland.
Robert r. Ayres has resigned as
bookkeeper for the l. S Adkins Lumber
Co, to devote all Of MS time 10 the
business OF the Kent Construction Co,
of which he IS secretary and treasurer.
4 county council for the purpose OF
furthering the interests Of home demon
stration work was organized at Washing
ton College. last week. with the following
officers Mrs. William @. Smythe ppesi-
dent: Mrs Nicholas " Walters, vice
president: Miss Susan III Hill, secretary;
Mrs. Lawrence G.. Brown. treasurer.
An informal bridge party was gwen on
Monday afternoon at the home Of Mrs,
John j.. George, IN Sudiersville, when
announcement was made of the engage
Tnent of her daughter, Madeline NJ. George
10 Edgar Pennington loung.of New York
City The wedding will take place dur
ing the summer.
Mrs. Thomas McClain of New Castle,
Del, is guest of Mrs Berthe Crouch Of
ChestertoWn.
Mrs ". Bradford Copper entertained
the Womans Literary Club of Chester
town &. her home on Washington avenue.
yesterday, luncheon being served on the
spacious lawn.
Miss Essie Moore Of Aiillington has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. John T.
Slaughter, Jr, in Wilmington, during the
week.
Alfred Ben iamin is visiting his daughter,
Mrs Ward Smith, in Wilmington