The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-12-02

still continues 70 improve
Butchering season is in fun blast
Many big porkers are being slaugh-
tered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Swinderman,
this city. are being congratulated over
the arrival of a daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Albaugh, OF Han
over, Pao were guests OF Dr. and Mrs.
Levine Billingslea, East Main street
Company II is scheduled to play
Company f at Hyattsville, basket ball
December II. The same teams win
play in the Armory here February "a.
a telegram was received by Adam
Reibling, Silver Hun, OF the death OF
his brother, Henry Reibling, at AS
toria, III, November. rs. He was aged
20 years.
Those who visited Mr. and Mrs. Hem
ny Dull and family Sunday last. were
Mr.. W. II. Werehime. OF Baltimore.
David Wadson, Claude Mummey, Ar
thur Dull, OF Westminster. and Elton
Zehtgraf, Of Snydersburg
Misses Rose and Anna Conrad. OF
Mcsherrystown, Pa, attended the fun
eral of their cousins wife, Mrs. Ed.
ward Case, this city. Misses Emma
Cooper and Anna Beaver, Of the same
place, also attended the funeral
On account OF the Indictment wealth
or the Woman's Missionary Society Of
st. Beniamin,s Lutheran Church will
hold their Public Thank-ofiering SER
vice Sunday evening. December 4, at
7.30 .. m Everybody is cordially in
vitod to attend.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the
Church OF the Brethren will have
their annual sale OF their work in the
home of Mrs Chas r. Roger, Is West
Green street. Saturday afternoon and
night, Defender TO- Many OF the arr
ticles viii be useful for Christmas
presents.
The Parent-Teaeher Association
win hold IT'S monthly meeting on
Tuesday evening, December 6. at 100
in the Charles Carroll school build
ing. Miss Ida Lee Tall, principal OF
the State Normal School will be the
main speaker Of the evening All well
come.
Mrs. Lincoln Mccarthy OF willard.
N. ", has returned home after spend
ing some time with her sister, Mrs.
r. Fred Boisyert, McGinnis. Mrs. Nc
earthly is a trained nurse and was
constantly at the beside OF Mr.. Bois-
vert, who Is improving from pneua
monia.
Among the Thanksgiving holiday
guests at tn ehome OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John Senft were their daughter, Miss
Annie S. SENT, Miss Margaret Fry,
Miss lnez Kaiser, all students OF the
Lankenan School, at Philadelphia.
and Misses Mary and Elizabeth
Starner. Of this city.
There are reports that a wildcat has
been recently seen in the vicinity OF
Herbert Myers sawmill, near Union
Mills, and on Saturday night last, a
crowd OF fifteen or twenty men and
boys searched the woods in that local.
ity IN hunt for the animal, but they
failed to get him.
Mrs. Mile Earhart. widow OF the
late David j. w Earhart, Deep Rum
was taken 20 the Union Protestant In
1rmary, Baltimore in the automobile
OF NIr Wink. Of Manchester. for an op.
Grafton. Her home physician, Or. }. J.
Stewart Westminster, accompanied
her TO the hospital.
Rebecca Hardsock. for fifty years
an inmate OF the Frederick County
Hcme died there Sunday afternoon,
from a stroke % apoplexy, in her 73d
year. She Is survived by one daughter,
Mrs John Fieagle. OF Key Mar She
was buried on Monday in the County
Home burial ground.
John q. Bankert, a student at WASH
ington College, Chestertown, Md. Miss
Louise Bankert, a student at the State
NSrmal School, Towson, and Miss Hell
K a Bankert. a school teacher at Line
BsrS, spent their Thanksgiving vaca-
fioh with their parents, Mr. and Mrs
Calvin L. Bankert, Union Mills.
Thirty-four members OF st, Mary's
Reformed congregation, Silver Run,
travelling in pairs, Will canvass the
congregation next Sunday, December
4th The object OF the canvass is TO
make a new enrolment OF the mem
bership and to have the subscriptions
Of church expenses and beneyolence
adjusted.
The colored sheet of The Baltimore
Sun Sunday photographed some of
the prize winning chickens and sew
eral Of our citizens holding the birds.
In the photograph was Miss Marie
Shaw, this city; Miss Frances Guyon
Whitman. this city Master Thomas
Crouch, grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas X, Shaw. this city and Thorn
as W. Kemp, OF Union Mills.
Miss Marie Hauer, Of Hanover. Pa,
aged 80 years, died Monday. Miss Hau-
er lived at Manchester for some years,
going from there to Hanover Early In
life Miss Hauer showed a marked APP
titude for drawing, and came under
the influence OF a German lady at
Manchester, who encouraged her in
this work This talent she developed
gradually. her most noted teacher be-
ing Emil Kett, of Baltimore Critics
say that she did her best work be-
tween the ages Of fifty and eighty-five
years. Her last picture was painted al
So years of age when her sight failed