The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-07-30
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

MISS MARY ASuUy, VI OAAoiU' 40 eAA0
guest of Mr.. and-Mr Clarence Ashby.
Miss Dorothy Welsh, of Baltimore,
is visiting Mrs. Jos. S. Pogue and
family.
Miss Joanna Benjamin, of Will
mington, is the guest of Mrs. A. M.
McNamee.
| Miss Laura Walls, of Baltimore, is
spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. Edward Dosh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Ashby en-
joyed a sojurn by the seaside at At
lantic City last week.
Mrs. Herbert Hirzel and children,
of Wilmington, are visiting Mrs.
Hirzel's mother, Mrs. Jennie Taylor.
Mrs. Orville England and daugh-
ter Thelma, of Philadelphia, are Wis
iting the formers father, J. c. Hind
man.
Mrs. Margaret Lilley and son, of
Philadelphia, were guests last week
of Mrs. Carroll Cameron.
Rev. and Mrs. C. c. Harris and
daughter, are visiting Mr.. Harris
parents in Centreville, Md.
Rev and Mrs. VIM. H. Micheals
and children, of Media, are spending
the week with Mr.. and Mrs. c. M
Reisler, Calvert.
Mr.. and Mrs. High Moor, and sons
Walter, James and Junior, of San
dusky, Ohio, are visitors at the home
of Edwin Haines and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton S. Ryan, OF
Peach Bottom, Pa, were weekend
guests at the home of the formers S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Louis Ryan.
Miss Olga Raue, domestic science
: teacher of the North East High
School, has announced her marriage
to William Patterson of Pen Yam,
!. New York.
Mr.. Charles Vannort and Miss
, Mary Winchester, both of Port De-
posit, were quietly married in Elkton
Wednesday, July IA. They will re-
side in Wilmington.
Chas. E Dare, of Rosemont, Va,
paid Rising Sun relatives visit last
week, his daughter, Virginia, return
ing home with him after spending
several weeks here.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. T. Cameron and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. M. e. Flounders
, and son enjoyed motor trip to Cam
bridge and other points on the East
ern Shore Wednesday and Thursday.
John Keithley, of this town, at
tanned his 80th year on Monday and
by way of happy reminder Of the
event his friends presented him with
a purse of $50. Mr. Keithley is on
j, visit to his twin sister in Philada.
w. P. B. Lockwood and family
returned to their home in Amherst
Mass, on Friday, after visit TO Mrs
Lockwood's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
l.. Duyckinck. Miss Matilda puy-
, ckinck accompanied them for visit
Miss Deborah Sterrett left on
wednesday to join party OF hfty
q girls who will spend the month OF
a August at a Girls Training Camp In
p the Pocono Pines, where in addition
| to enjoying healthful outdoor recre-
: alton, training will be received In
, swimming, horseback riding, etc.
Anglers report poor bass and sal
mon fishing in the Susquehanna
| II ES,xse WI n iC
$ authority on matters piscatorial, ex-
I presses the belief that the fish are
not in the, river to catch, the scarcity
: being due to the ice gorges OF last
winter. Conditions this spring, too
were bad for spawning.
n Edward Watson, aged about 2t
). years, was almost instantly killed
K July II, near Perryville, when the
;. Ford car he was driving from the
:. factory to his home town, Norfolk
v Va, turned over on him. He at
! tempted to pass truck while GONG
n at high rate of speed, and ran OH
d the concrete roadway,
Wesley Hamilton, of North East
g has been given tryout ny Connie
g Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics
r and sent to Winston. NJ c., for train
g ing before breaking into big league
d ball. Young Hamilton has beer
d pitching for the North East team
i where he made quite record FOL
Y himself.
e Large quantities of timber are
|. passing through the Chesapeake &
lr Delaware canal, bound north. Tht
g greater portion of this timber is il
o the form of log RATS. Six of these
n have already passed through the
e canal this season and from reports
.e the present season will be the bigges
in some years for this class OF trafile
d In former years eight or ten raft'
,e would be the total for the season
Is but this figure will be doubled thi'
year.