The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-07
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Bunting, OF
Swarthmore, Pa, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas So Pyle.
Miss Florence Keilhoi.Z, OF Baiti-
more, has been spending tie weeA
with Mrs. John L. Stephens and
Mrs. T. B. Moore.
Mrs. Ada C. Jewell, of Pasadena,
CAL. former resident of this town,
spent Sunday Monday with Mrs. N.
C. Brown and Miss hannah. J. Reyn-
olds ~
Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Smith, of Rich
wood, W. Va, and A. Bradley Sml,n,
of Philadelphia, paid visit to their
old home town, Rising Sun, on
Saturday.
Mr.. Frank Hadley and family, of
Wayne, motored to Rising Sun and
spent Saturday with Miss Grace A.
Wilson, who accompanied them
home for visit.
Mrs. Lewis Albert Walker, of Bal
timore, announces the marriage OF
her daughter Marcie, to Mr.. Thos.
Hopper, formerly of Chesapeake
City, but now of Washington, D. c.,
on Wednesday, September 2Sth.
A letter from H, j. Effing, Of
Philadelphia, for years resident of
our town, informs us he has sold
his delicatessen business at 1859
Germantown Ave, and will live a
retired life at 2715 N. Warnock St.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur S. Irwin and
children, of Altoona, are spending
the week with Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Keen and enjoying auto trips while
here, visiting Lancaster on Tuesday
and historic Gettysburg battle field
on Thursday.
Mr. j. Archibald Wolever, of the
Elkton Storage Battery Company,
and Miss Edith Bratton Marcus,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hyland
Marcus, were married Thursday,
Sept 20, at the Elkton NJ. E. Par
sonage, by Rev. DR.. George T. Alder
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. McNamee, Mrs.
Jennie Taylor, Mrs. Jennie Gillespie
and Mrs. Mary Garvin motored to
Westminster, Md, Wednesday morn
ing and were in attendance at the
annual State convention Of the w.
C. T. U. The party returned to
Rising Sun on Thursday.
Eleven of the twelve children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Reynolds were
present at the recent celebration of
their golden wedding anniversary,
at their home on the Walker farm
near Sylmar, which has been owned
by members of the Walker family
for five generations. Mr.. Reynolds
was station agent at Sylmar for
forty years, retiring on pension.
While playing near the Elkton
Armory Ralph ,Jeffers, son of Chas.
H. Jeffers, fell on piece of glass
and severed an artery in his leg.
He was laid up for several days on
account of the injury
Twenty-one voters were registered
at Rising Sun on Tuesday,-10 Re-
publicans and IL Democrats. Six
teen of those registered were
women.
At Calvert, in the. Ninth district
Is were registered eleven Repub-
licans and four Democrats.
An oyster supper will be held by
the ladies of Ebenezer NJ. e. church
on Friday evening, Oct. z, in the
tent on the church grounds. Oys5
ters, coffee and sandwiches served.
Ice cream, candies, bananas, etc.,
table. Proceeds for church improve
: ment fund.
The body of an unknown white
man, apparently about fifty years OF
age, was found floating in Chesa-
peake Bay ON Sunday morning of
.Romney Creek by P. Flanagan, an
employee of the Aberdeen Proving
Ground,
While swimming in the Susque.
hanna river after boat that had
,, broken loose from its mooring at
Havre de Grace, Firth Rhoades
/, aged 16 years. suffered an attack ol
cramp and was drowned. His body
was shortly recovered.
The following officers have been
. elected for the ensuing year by Cecil
County Teachers Association: Pres
ident, ]. Marshall Thompson; Vice
o President. Fred c. Hill; Secretary
i Miss Katharine M. Bratton; Treas
9 urer, Miss Edna Cleaves; Advisory
Board, Miss Frances M. Cleaves