The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-06-11
E. o. DIFFENDAL. Manager.
friday AFTERNOON, JUNE II, 1920
BRIEFS

MI. ia. EuSLdce OF New YORK, is
visiting Mr.. A. H. GosnelI.
Miss Mabel Gosnea spent the weeks
end in Baltimore with Miss Houch
adr. q. g. Beach is home spending
some time with his family.
Cherry season is here. Brown and
Shilling are buying and shipping.
Our Main street is being repaired
by force Of men.
Mr.. D. L. Kerron, Of Oxford Ohio,
IS Eisiting at the home of his old
friend Josephus Ditman, this city.
Kite flying is the past time sport
for our young boys during the evening
here.
Mrs. William WaItman, of Frizell-
burg. is a guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Joseph 8. stoner, Park avenue.
The first exercise Of the Western
Maryland College commencement will
take place this evening
Mr. Lee Bateman is visiting his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John E.
Gorbins
The corner stone Of Westminster
Theological Seminary will be laid
Wednesday, June 16.
Mr.. Joseph eist, near this city, has.
bought the Mr.. Walter Coppersmith's
comfortable home on Washington
State HoaG
Mr.. William H. Bowers, East Main
street, is making preparations to
build d bungalow on his lot on Fair
Ground Hill.
The Civic League has been post
poned until June "a, when it will be-
held at the home of Mrs. Martha
Shaw at 7.SO p. NJ.
Mr.. Luther Long, Pennsylyania
avenue, has purchased a lot on
Smiths addition to Westminster, and
will erect home on same some time.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Thompson
and granddaughter. Cora. Pennsyl-
vania avenue spent the weeks end
with relatives. in Baltimore.
Mi. j Henry Steele. Eldersburg.
and mr.. James Steele. Of Baltimore.
spent Tuesday with the formers son,
Mr.. Guy w Steele, this city.
Part ok the hump in the railroad
crossing has been eliminated. The
crossing has been raised on slant
with the street.
Miss Agnes GosneIl, 'Claude Brown,
Wilson Day and Keith Byres, spent
Sunday evening at Mr.. and Mr.. Z. H.
GosneIls.
Mr. and Mrs Maurice Corbin and
Miss Agnes Gosnell, spent one day
last week with Mrs. Henry Doeller,
Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bowers, OF
near Bird Hill. has arrived home,
after a visit to their son. Mr.. ]. d.
Bowers, Asbury Park and Ocean
4 Grove.
Edw. Byers, Dennings, received a
letter from his old pastor, Rev. T. H.
Schooley.s He likes his new home at
Goldsboro, and says he is in a land of
Strawberries and sweet potatoes.
One hundred and fifty locomotives
have been purchased by the Polish
Government from American firms
and are now awaiting shipment to the
purchaser.
Westminster Reality & Insurance
CO., Mitchell C Crawford, have sold
the case lots on Fair Ground Hill to
Mr.. William H. Bowers, the bus man,
where he viii erect bungalow.
Geo. E. Benson. this city, has ac-
cepted a position with the National
Gamers Association as an inspector
Of the canneries in Carroll county.
This position will not in any way
affect his real estate business.
Mr.. Harry ". Fulks, of Laytonsville,
bid, and Miss Mary e. Oliphant, Of
Baltimore, Md, were married Satur-
day evening, June 5, 1920. at the Meth )
odist Episcopal Parsonage, by the
Reverend Arthur G. Day.
Mr. John William Holman, of Salem,
Oregon, and Miss EtheIyn Gamble
Lewis of Baltimore, were married
/, Wednesday morning at the Methodist
Episcopal Parsonage, by the Reverend
Arthur G. Day.
Master Clyde Taylor, this city,
had his right arm broke at the wrist
cranking a truck Of Coca Cola Com
pany, Tuesday morning. The machine
back-fired when he tried to turn it
over.
The result of an automobile acct
dent Wednesday morning at Roop's
Mill, Meadow Branch, Mr.. Luther
Hahn. was thrown into the mill race
and his truck badly battered up.
Ezra Brown run into him. Mr. Hahn
was hauling load of milk to the
factory in this city,
Only delegates of the Westminster
Fire Company attended the Maryland
State Firemen's Association which
was held at Westernport this week A
good part of the company was going
but or account Of the railroad accom-
modations and businss only a few
went
Commencement exercises at the
Maryland State College of Agricul-
ture at IL o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. June 18th, will be marked by the
graduation of forty students, the pre-
sentation of number of medals and
special diplomas and the comforting
of honorary degrees on E. T. Meri-
dith, Secretary of Agriculture and A..
f. Leaver, member of the Farm Loan
Board and former representative in
Congress- from South Carolina