Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-06
CHESTERTOWN AND VICINITY.
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Special Correspondence 10 Every Evening
Chesterotwn, Md, Dec 6.-Mr. and
Mrs. George Rash and Mrs. Thomas ID.
Bowers and Miss Nellie Nicholson spent
Saturday in Wilmington shopping and
visiting friends
Master Walter Chapman holds the rec
ord for the largest egg yield from q back
yard flock TO date. He has II White Leg
horn pullets from which he has been get
ting from to IL eggs q day, and one day
last week all but one Of the pullets laid.
William Smith, son Of Mrs. Belle
Smith, who was employed with the
Swarthmore Chautauqua Association dur
ing the summer months, has accepted
position with the Fidelity and Guaranty
Co, Of Baltimore and entered upon his
duties today.
Chestertown is the sirth town on the
Eastern Shore Of Maryland in point Of
population, the present total being, 1887,
against 3,0O0in 1910. Kent county shows
greater decrease than any county on the
Shore, with population slightly in excess
of $1,000 But while the war played
havoc with the countv's population, many
of those who left during the war TO engage
in work are returning, and the town and
county will soon regain their normal
population.
Captain George G. Townsend, one Of
the oldest waterrnen in this county, died
suddenly, last Monday at his home in
Millington He was "a years of age, and
retired from sea service about twenty
years ago He had been a justice OF the
peace in Millineton for many years.
The Mems Club Of Emmanuel Protest
tant Episcopal Church, Chestertown will
give a dinner in honor Of Bishop George
Davenport Of the Diocese of Easton IN the
parish house. tomorrow evening. Repre-
sentatives from every Episcopal church
in the county will be present. The speaker
will include Bishop Davenport, Rev.
Franklin J Bohman. dean Of Easton
| Cathedral. Rev. Charles J. Atwater, rector
| of Emmanuel p f. Church and William
| c.. Srnythe. n member of the vestry Of old
st. Paul's Church
Manager Rasin. Of the Washington Col
| lege basketball team, has arranged the
/ following schedule of games for the com
/ ing season, which opens today:
! December 8, Navy. at Annapolis, De
/ cember IL. Blue Ridge College, al Chester
/ town; December Is, Baltimore CITY Col
! lege, at Chestcrtown. January 7, Lebanon
/ Valley College. at Chestertown January
/ II. Loyola College at Baltimore; January
| %, University Of Pennsylvania, Junior
/ Varsity at Chestertown; January %
| John Hopkins. at Baltimore; February 4
| Drexel Institute. at Chestertown February
/ 10, Loyola College, at Chestertown; Feb.
r,iary "a. Drexel Institute at Philadelphia
/ March 5, Pennsyivais Military Academy
1 at Chester.
| Justice of the Peace, Robert Y. Moffett
own the champion rat terrier of Chester
town. The little fellow killed more than
| forty rats last week, some OF which were
nearly as large es the dog.
Judge James Alfred Peace has been
| quite Ill during the week at his home on
! Maple avenue, having developed pneu.
monia.
State Game Warden f. Lee LeCompte is
receiving reports from his deputies in this
and other counties of the State that the
| thousand or more pheasants liberated by
them are thriving nively and are taking
well 10 Maryland soil. The birds have
/ taken 10 the woods and are mingling with
the psrtridges.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin ". Corwin will
| discontinue farming ON their farm, Chester
| Knoll, on Chester river, at the end of the
year, and will spend the winter in New
York State
The Shore Transit Company has been
| organized TO do general passer ger and
parcels post business between Salisbury,
| Cambridge. Easton, Chestertown and
| WilmiT gton Philadelphia, and other north
I ern cities.
/ William Reed and family have moved
| to Chester Pa, where he will engage in
| busiuess He has rented his home here 70
| Budd i. Potts and family, Of Queen Anne
John " Robinson of Whorton, slaugh-
/ tered two hogs last week, that weighed
/ $40 pounds b + Rash, also OF Wortor,
/ KILLED a pen that averaged $50 pounds
] each
Old /. u. Protestant Episcopal Church,
one Of the oldest and most historic
| churches in the county, Is being thor
oughly renovated and repaired by the
vestry and the rector, Rev. Sewell 5
Hepburn.
Mr and Mrs b. Neal Wilson, of Rocl
Hall, announce the engagement OF then
| daughter, Frances H.r TO William Walter
| Morris. The wedding VIII Ike place AT
the home Of the bride 5 parents on Thurs
| day evening December 0.
The Purnell Jefferson farm, of 2oi
acres, in Flatlands section, was sold a
| public sale here last week to Samue
Jefferson, for $40, 300
Robert Young has purchased the james
Weer property, In kennedyville, TO
S3,I50 and will open store there.
Mrs John T.. Taylor, of Mllington, ha
sold $500 worth of turkeys and gees
raised on her small place during the pas
week. James +. Allen, near town shippe,
"a geese TO city markets, last week, iron
which he netted Si14.