The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-07-21

Miss Mildred Eckdru, ca UnlOntCWn
IS pending the week " tn her sister
Mrs; Elmer Frock, at Cranberry.
Master Harold Eckard, of Union
town. is spending his vacation with
friends in Philadelphia
Miss Rose Doyle Walsh is a guest of
her sister, Mrs. Norman J. Lee, at
Perryman, Md.
Mr.. Oscar Taylor and family, of
Bethel. has moved to his new home
on Fair Ground Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Eckard, of
/ Jennings, spent Tuesday with Mr.
Newton Eckard and family at I'm
| iontown.
! Miss Dorothy A. Hull, of Baltimore,
/ is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and
/ Mrs. Michael f. Walsh, of East Main
street.
| Union Bridge not only defeated
Taneytown this week, but from re-
| ports went home with bunch of long
green.
Miss Beryl Summers, a nurse of the
! Sheppard and EnOch Pratt Hospital.
! Towson. is spending her vacation at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Summers, Warfieldsburg.
Tuesday night during the Chautau-
qua some thief stole n new spare tire
from the automobile of Mr.. Geo. w.
Brown. of Brummel, while parked
near Bond street.
Yesterday about IL a. III. two auto
mobiles were in a wreck at Bond and
Main street The occupants were
shaken up and the cars damaged
! slightly.
Westminster continues to lose.
Wednesday afternoon New Windsor
came here prepared to do the trick
| They had an entirely new line up and
played ball. The score was to >.
A blast set off at the quarries at
Linwood last week broke the electric
light lines of the c. & P. Tele-
phone Company, besides breaking a
stone crusher in the quarries and a
number of window panes for resi-
dents in Linwood. The damage to the
electric line put the entire system out
Of commission for an hour or more
Fire caused by lightning Tuesday
night destroyed the barn on the farm
of Jacob Snyder, near Hanover, Pa.
and caused a loss which is estimated
| 1t $4,000. The farm is tenanted by
Charles Spangler. The greater part of
this years crops was destroyed by the
| fire, and calf persisted in the flames
The reflection from this fire was plain
ly visible in this city.
The Gwynn Oak Bus Line which has
been running on an afternoon schedule
of l, = and 8 o'clock for the last few
months was given shock Wednesday
by the Public Service Commission an
nOuncing to the management to
run on its 3 o'clock schedule which
was decided upon by the Commission
when the bus line was granted the or
der
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Hoover and
daughters, Helen r. and Dorothy n
! Hoover. of Ashley, Illinois, are visit
ing Mr. Hoover's mother Mrs. Re
becca Hoover and sister, Mrs. David
Ebaugh and family, of Hanover, Pa
| They will spend several weeks with
relatives and friends in these parts
before returning home. Mr. Hoovers
birthplace is at HOover's mill near
Melrose. Md. Before leaving these
parts he will visit the scenes OF his
childhood.
Famished and stiff from having no
sleep all night doubled up on the floor
of his fathers stolen automobile. Nor
ris Howard Gibson, s years old. Of
Della, who is said to have been kid
mapped early Wednesday, was found
and his alleged kidnapper, James
Parker. 80 years old, of Philadelphia,
who is said to have Kidnapped the
child in the fathers automobile, was
picked up with Morris while walking
on the road near Della. He is believed
| by the police to have found the child
a burden in escaping with the stolen
car and was trying to return him to
the vicinity of his home to be rid of
him.