The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-01-28
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

spent Tuesday with Rising Sun
friends.
Mrs. Mollie Reynolds, of West
Chester, spent Sunday with her sis
ter, Mrs. A. l.. Duyckinck.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Burns, of
West Philadelphia, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn B.
Gillespie. d.
William Alleband, Of Denton, and
Miss Helen Shepherd, of West Ches-
ter, spent the weekend with Fl. L.
Shepherd and family.
Mrs. Sayer, of Orange county, N.
Y, was the guest of Mrs. ]. Frank
Tosh and Miss Francina Kirk on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Ewing and
family, Mrs. George Ewing and Miss
Elizabeth Ewing of Blake. were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Reed.
Rev. and Mrs. VIM. H. Micheals
and children, of Media, Pa, were
guests on Friday and Saturday at
the home of Mrs. Micheals' father.
Mr.. Edwin Haines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse T. Cameron
entertained at dinner on Wednesday
evening Misses Mary Haincs, NJ.
Ethel Hall, Lidie Stewart, Laura A.
Price and Mabel Barber.
William H. Morris of Chester and
Mrs. Mary E. Dawson of Oxford
were married at the brides home in
Oxford. Tuesday evening, by Rev. F.
A. Manlove. pastor of the Oxford
Methodist Church. They will make
their home in Chester.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Reynolds, East
Nottingham, Pa, attended the COM
mencement exercises Wednesday
evening in the Academy of Music,
Philadelphia, of Pierce's Business
College, their daughter, Miss Re-
becca, being one of the graduates.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Scott, of
Philadelphia, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Marion
Miller Scott, to Mr.. Leroy Chester
Keilholtz, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam K. Keilholtz, formerly of this
town, on Wednesday, August 25,
1920.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keilholtz will be at
home to their friends after March /,
1921, at 872 N. Twenty-sixth street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Thomas M. Cleward has resigned
as superintendent at Perry Point,
the Government reservation at Per-
ryville, and has sailed for Costa
Rica
May 21st has been officially Sc
lected as the date for tine fifteenth
annual track and field meet of Tome
School, Port Deposit. This meet
will be the largest in the history of
Tome.
Among the appropriations asked
for improvements at quarantine sta
tions and marine hospitals in bill
now before Congress is $325,00O
for Public Health Hospital No. 49,,
at Perryville.
David I. Allen, Delaware Railroad
track foreman, of Middletown, will
retire under the age limit, on Febru-
ary 28, after Al years spent in rail-
road work. He was never in an ac-
cident while foreman and won seven
$50 prizes for having the best sec
tion of track as to line and surface.
The smokehouse on the farm of
Benjamin Bleacher, near Hensel,
Lancaster county, was burned on
Thursday night of last week, to-
gcther with contents. The butcher
ing had all been done and the meat
of six hogs and beef was being
smoked in the house at the time.
The origin of the fire is not known.
The Port Deposit Fire Company
has chosen C. A. Morrison. presi-
dent; Hugh Falls, vice-prcsident; /;
Walter Touchstone, secretary; Lew
is Kirk, assistant secretary; Walter
St. Clair, treasurer, and G. n.
Grant, captain for the coming year.
The company has fully equipped
fire truck. Its carnival held last
July netted $4,000.
The American Committee for Re-
lief in Ireland has appointed Will
liam ]. Fenton as Treasurer for Elk
ton, and he will gratefully receive
and forward any amounts that may
be contributed toward the relief of
suffering among the refugees in
Ireland who have been forced from
| their homes in the fight for home