The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27


weekend at Atlantic City.
Miss Marian D. Sheppard, Of New
York, was the guest this week OF
Mrs. Stewart M. Ward.
Rev. A. B. Hallock and family
moved last week from West Noting
ham to Baltimore, where Mr.. Hallock
has accepted call.
Miss Margaret Brumfield, of Ham
morton, and Calvin Brumfield, of
Willow Grove, are visitors at the
home of Augustus Brumfield and
family.
Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Folk, of
Princeton, N. j., are visiting friends
in the neighborhood. Rev. Mr.. Polk
is a former pastor of West Noting
ham Presbyterian church.
Robert Pogue and Miss Elizabeth
Pogue, of Philadelphia, George Hip
Pile and Mrs. C. Rumsey, of Malvern,
Pa, are visiting at the home of Mrs.
Joseph S. Pogue and family.
The Tyson family reunion was held
Saturday on Leslie Camp grounds
Samuel Tyson, Miss Bertha Tyson
and Joseph Tyson, of Rising Sum-
were present to help enjoy the an
nual gathering.
Francis c. Burns and Mrs Rachel
A. Schaffer, of Elkton, were married
last week, The groom is 70 years
of age and the bride 76 years of age,
and have both been lifelong resi-
dents of Elkton.
Miss Mary Brumfeld, Miss Lidie
| Stewart, H. M. Wilson, Evans e.
Ewing and Rolph Townshend enjoy
ed an auto trip to Queenstown, Md,
on Sunday where they visited at the
home of Chas. R. Price and family.
| William NJ Bolton and Hazel M.
Marine were married by Rev. Frank
Herson at Newark M. E. parsonage,
on Aug. II. The bride was attended
by Miss Katharine Johnson, of New
ark, and James T. Conden, of Elkton,
was best man.
The seventeenth annual reunion of
the descendants of the late Joseph
Kyle was held at the home of Mrs.
Arthur Hayes, in Oxford, Pa, on
Wednesday, Aug. 1S. About SIS per-
sons were present. The following
officers were elected: President,
Harry Kyle, Chester; Secretary, Mrs.
William Cain, Port Deposit; Assist
ant, Mrs. Arthur Hayes, Oxford.
There was an enjoyable reunion of
the family of the late William j..
Clark, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Clifford England, near Calvert,
on Aug. IA. There were eighteen
present, including Mother Clark, all
five of her children and all of her
grandchildren. A remarkable fact
in connection with the reunion is
that the only death in the family
since the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark in 1857, fifty=three years ago,
is that of Mr.. Clark, which occurred
several years ago. 1,
Mr., and Mrs. B. II. Brown enter
tanned at dinner at their city home,
915 South 49th St., Fhilada., last
Wednesday evening their immediate
family and a few friends in celeDra-
ton of the fiftieth anniversary OF
their marriage. The happy bride
and bridegroom of fifty years age
had with them on this festive oe-
casion all their children and grand
children with the exception of their
eldest grandchiid, E. Austin Dixon
who has been living in Texas for the
past few months,
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown spent theil
early years in this neighborhood
moving shortly after their marriage
to Philadelphia, where they have re
sided ever since. Although active
], in the political and business life Of
the Quaker City, Mr.. Brown has al
Q ways retained a keen affection fol-
;, the town and county of his birth, anC
for many years has spent the summer
months at his cottage near town.
. Burglars entered the homes of Mis-,
n Walmsley and Henry M Biddlc, IL
t Elkton, one night last week, ant
n stole small sums of money. At
d tempts were also made to enter tn,
9 homes of DR.. John II. lamar ant
i Edward T. Alexander, but the thieves
a were frightened away. Mr.. Alex
ander fired two shots at the would
= be intruder.
r, Thomas j. Osmond, of Havre d.
IS Grace, a guard at the Federal Dis
II tillery warehouse at Camp Holibird
e Md, is a patient in Baltimore hos
r pital. He accidentally dropped nj
, pistol which was discharged, the bul
g let infiicting a severe wound in tn
knee.