The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-10
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Vacation Gays Ior lhe oSnoo
kiddies and teachers.
The annual commencement OF
Lincoln University was held on
Tuesday, June z.
Rosebank M. E. Sunday school,
Calvert, will hold it's Children's Day
exercises on Sunday evening, 26th.
Miss A. Mabel Reynolds closed
her private school on Friday with
picnic for the little folks at Hunters
dam.
w. r. Smith has sold the Octoraro
Hotel property in Oxford, Pa, 10
Hayes G. Shimp and Robert T. NOT
ment, of Lancaster.
festival will be held at Colora
by Susquehanna Tribe OF Red Men
on the evenings of Thursday anu
Friday, June 23 and "a.
The work of laying the concrete
base for the Soldiers Memorial, to
be erected upon the Court House
ward, is expected to begin this week.
A number of Eastern Shore farm
ers ARE planting cantaloupes this
wear instead of tomatoes, on ac-
count of the state of the canned
goods market.
A festival and bake will be held
by Rising Sun public school tues
day afternoon and evening, June A.
on the school grounds. Proceeds
for Piano Fund.
The East Nottingham Friends
Meeting Association First-day school
will hold it's Children's Day exercises
at Brick Meeting House ON First
day, 18th, at 1880 p. m.
This year will mark the fiftieth
Camp Meeting at Chester Heights.
Pa. The Association expects TO
hold an anniversary service. The
first Camp Meeting was held in 1871.
North East Chautauqua will be
held this year October 81 and Nov
ember l and 2. ]. F. Diggs is chair
man. E. ]. Campbell, secretary, ana
w. ]. Falls, treasurer of the guar
antors.
The Truitt farm of 412 acres in
the Worton section Of Kent county,
purchased some years ago for $780,
900. has been sold by E. c. Harring7
ton. Jr., to satisfy mortgage, TOT
$4,000.
White Clay Creek Presbyterian
Church, near Newark, DEL. held in
teresting exercises on June 5, and
Z. in commemoration of the 2OOth
anniversary of the founding OF the
church.
Commencing this week and con-
tinuing through the months OF june
July and August the local American
store will close at p. m. on wed
nesday, observing what is called the
"Clerks' Summer Half Holiday"
The Directors of the National
Bank of Elkton have awarded to the
Consolidated Contracting Company
of Baltimore, the contract for
handsome new limestone front bank
building on the Haines lot on North
street, Elkton.
The new Nazarene Church at
North East, which has been UNDER
construction for the past two years
under the superintendency of the
pastor, Rev. Walter G. Barlow, was
dedicated Sunday, June S, with all
day services.
The Central Division of the Cecil
County Sunday School Association
composed of the Sunday schools in
the Fifth and Ninth districts, has
arranged to hold a convention in
Bay View M. P. Church on June a.
with afternoon and evening sessions.
Ambrose, the little 7-year-oid son
of Mr. and Mrs. Aivah Price, was
strnck by an automobile in Earle
willie. and quite seriously injured.
He was taken to Wilmington, where
the x-ray was used. The little
fellow is recovering from his in
jnries.
Rising Sun public school will hold
a festival and bake at the school on
Tuesday afternoon and evening"
June IA, following the chautauqua
nrogram. Contributions OF bread,
rolls, pies, cake, etc., will be .appre-
ciated. The proceeds will be devot-
ed to the piano fund.
Dogs got among the flock OF hhe
sheep belonging to Harry c. WINS
of near Chestertown. and eltner
killed or manned the entire fiock OF
As. Mr.. Willis will put in claim
70 the Kent County Commissioners
the law holding the county respon-
sibie under provision Of the Dog LII