The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-05-19
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Mrs. Eli T. Reynolds was the
guest of Baltimore relatives over
the weekend.
Miss M. Ethel Hall entertained
Miss Bessie Hartnett, of Elkton,
over the weekend.
Mrs. w. P. B. Lockwood, of Am
herst, Mass, is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Duyckinck.
Miss Mary Brumfield was VS.
itor last week of her cousin, Miss
Mary L. Brumfield, at Perry Point.
The Cecil Farmers Club met on
Wednesday with Robt. T. Cameron,
at his home on South Queen street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.s E. Dare and
daughter, of Rosemont, Va, spent
the weekend with Mrs. G.. S. Dare
and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Braunstein, of
South College Avenue, Newark, Del,
have announced the marriage Of
their daughter Edith, to William
Thomas Collins, of Elkton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Ethridge
and son of New York, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Leonard and son, Murry, Of
Wilmington, were recent guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert Maxwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. IT. L. Brumfield,
Miss Margaret Brumfield, Miss
Laura Devices, and Howard Hoffman,
of Hamorton, Pa, were Sunday
visitors of Augustus Brumfield and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Cameron, Mr..
and Mrs. C. S. Pyle and little grand
daughter Marian Fehr, left Rising
Sun on Tuesday, by auto, for At
lantic City we're Messrs. Cameron
and Pyle are representing the Ma
tional Bank of Rising Sun at the
sessions of the Maryland Bankers
Association.
Miss Euva c. Long of Salem, Va,
bacame the bride of Mr.. Elbert R.
McGrady, son of Mr.. and Mrs. e.
McGrady of Principle, on May 18th.
The ceremony was performed by DR..
}J. F. Vines, Of the First Baptist
Church, Roanoke. After a brief
honeymoon the happy couple return
ed to the home of the groom where
they will reside.
Mr.. Frederick B. Shanbacker, a
son of President E. F. Shanbacker,
of the Fourth Street National Bank
of Philadelphia, and owner of a
country home along Elk River, and
Miss Agnes G. Comerford,, of Over
brook. (Philadelphia) were married
in Elkton on May 3, by Rev. DR..
John McElmoyle. The couple pre-
ferred quiet ceremony, it is said,
to stylish one.
The Community Club will hold a
Patriotic Festival on the school
bank, at Liberty Grove, Wednesday
evening, May 81.
Little Britain High School Com
mencement was held in Oakryn Hall,
Tuesday evening, May 9th, when a
class of seven were graduated
A new paper has made it's ap-
pearance in West Grove, Pa, the
"West Grove News" 1t is publish
| ed in Marcus Hook and is under the
same management as the Kennett
Tribune.
A monster moving van body has
been constructed by the Oxford
Manufacturing Co. for Rafferty,
Bros. of Boston. The body meas
ures "a feet long, IL feet hign,
seven feet three inches wide.
The State Roads Commission has
taken over and will maintain the
Rising Sun-Cathers Corner road
West Nottingham road. Rising Sun
Pennington road, Perryville-Aikin
road, North East-Leslie road and the
Barksdale road, in Cecil county.
Charged with operating an auto
without any license Henderson
Bashum was hailed before Magistrate
B. P. Nichols on Tuesday and fined
s125.
Some months ago Bashum's Ii
cense was revoked because of his
driving a car While he was drunk,
and he has not since been granted a
new license.
John Mcfarland, aged ~, a farm
er of the Fourth district, committed
suicide by cutting his throat We'd
nesday of last week, at his hons
near Appleton. He was taken to
Union Hospital. Elkton. where he
died about an hour after being ad-
mitted. He had been in i'll health
for some time. Mr.. Mcfarland is
survived by one son.