The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-02-06
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Miss Marie Pusey, of Baltimore,
was the weekend guest of Miss
Clara Robertson.
Miss Grace A. Wilson is visiting
her sister. Mrs. Chas. E. Dare, Rose
mont, Virginia.
Mrs. Ernest McMullen, of Whining
ton, was the Saturday-Sunday guest
of Rising Sun friends.
Little Miss Wilamina Ward, who
has been seriously i'll with pneu-
monia, is improving.
Miss Elizabeth White, of Calvert,
was visitor this week Of Misses
Celia and Lidie Jenkins.
Mrs. Elmira Pyle, of Moore, Pa,
was the guest the past week of rela-
tives and friends in Rising Sun.
Rural mail carrier Walter E.
Patten, has so far recovered from
his serious illness as to be up and
about
B. H. Brown and daughter, Mrs. E.
c. Dixon, of Philadelphia, spent the
weekend with DR.. G. S. Dare and
family.
Mrs. Eleanor Martindale, prInc'p
at Liberty Grove public school, has
i rendered her resignation OWING to
poor health.
Mrs. Roy E. Morrell, of Jonesboro.
Tenn, is spending few weeks with
i her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Sar-
yer, near town.
George Ford and Mrs. Mary Burns
Boroughs, of Elkton, were married
in the Elkton Catholic Church by
Rev. p p. Arnd.
! Richard U. Albright, of Rochester,
N. Y, and Miss Helen D. Wilcox, OF
! Towanda, Pa, were united in mar
] riage by Rev. Moon, on January 10,
at Elkton.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H. Kirkpatrick,
of Northfield, Vermont, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Flor
ence B., to Mr.. Henry e. Johnson, OF
i Williamson, VT. Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk
patrick and family were former resi-
dents of Cecil county.
Caleb s. James and Emily Briggs
were married in Philadelphia Jan.
26, 1865, and celebrated their fifty
fifth wedding anniversary at their
home in New London, Pa, on Jan.
I 26. They came to New London in
March 1865, and have lived in the
neighborhood ever since.
i Mr.. and Mrs. George Carter. of
Newark, Del, have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Mildred Lee Carter, to Charles ].
Affleck, of Norfolk, Va The we'd
ding will take place next October.
Miss Carter is daughter of the edi-
tor of The Evening Journal, Of Will
mington.
The public sale of Samuel G..
Smith, of near Greenhurst, that was
to have been held on Wednesday OF
this week, was postponed on account
of the storm that prevailed that day,
and will be held today, Friday,
February 6.
i Henry M. Mccullough, Of Elkton,
has been appointed chairman for
I Cecil county to oppose the senatorial
candidacy of o. e. Weller, who Is
!, being boosted by the Republican
party leaders to run against U. S.
Senator John Walter Smith, the
Democratic candidate.
\ Three small boys, sons of Mrs. c..
j P. Harman, of Vasco, Montana, ar
j rived in Elkton last week to visit
their uncle, A. C. Sherrard, farmer
: near that town. The oldest lad is
ten years of age and the youngest
child four years. They travelled
} 2700 miles without mishap.
The sum realized from hunters
licenses issued in the State of Mary
land between June and Dec. 81,
1919, was $74,O81.30. The sum Of
$60,799.15 was taken in for the
same period in 1918. showing net
gain of $12,281.85. The amount
collected in Cecil county was
; $4586.6O.
The public schools of this section
were closed on Wednesday afternoon
to give the teachers an opportunity
to attend demonstration in teach
ing given by Miss hamburger. Of
Baltimore, in the Perry Point School
Miss hamburger is conducting clas-
ses in Extension Lectures at Rising
, Sun and Perryville.
/ j. e. Dougherty has resigned as
; Vice-President of the National Rank
OF West Grove to accept the post OF
Treasurer OF the Farmers Trust
Company at Newark. Del. the
change to be made February 18th.