The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-12-22
Local Affairs

at St. Margaret's Chapel, Christmas
Eve.
Mr.. Lawrence d. Boyce has quail.
fed as executor Of the late Obed b
BOyce.
The Hopewell Christmas Enter.
tainment will be held Tuesday evening
December 26th.
Mr.. Thomas Wysong has associ-
ated himself with Mr.. Henry 7. Crock
sr's garage as Ford salesman.
We are glad to note a gradual
imnroyement in the condition Of Mr..
Eugene Tucker, of Forest Hill.
Mountain Christian Church will
have its Christmas tree and exercises
on Tuesday night. December 26th.
On December 23rd at 7.30 o'clock
tho annual Xmas entertainment will
be held at Calvary M. E. Church at
Calvary. .-
On Wednesday truck train load
ed with Lofts candy passed through
Bel Air enroute from New York TO
Baltimore.
Mr.. L. M. Nelson, of Street, has
moved to Sykesville where he will have
charge Of the dairy herd at the Spring
field State Hospital farm.
Cleveland Raley, through his
counsel Mr.. John l.. G. Lee, has filed
n petition for divorce from his wife,
Regina Raley. Desertion is alleged.
"A bill for divorce has been filed
bv Mr. F, l.. Cobourn for Robert Lucas
against his wife, Mildred Lucas, Of
Havre de Grace. Desertion is charged.
On account of Christmas and New
Years holidays the next meeting OF
the Permanent Building Association
will! he held Tuesday night, January
md.
MIR. /. w. Thompson has taken over
the management Of the Democrat and
Enterprises Bel Air office until his
<Sson. Mr.. E. M. Thompson, regains his
health.
The Christmas entertainment of
Mt. Carmel M. p. Sunday School will
he held in the church, Emmorton, Fra
day, December 20 at P. M. All are
welcome.
An important meeting of Jarretts-
Vile High School Alumni Association
will be held on Wednesday evening,
december 9th at the home Of Mr.. j.
B. Ward at 7.30 P. M.
Christmas services will be held
at the Bel Air M. L. Church on Christ
mas morning at o'clock. The treat
10 the Sunday School Children will
be on Tuesday evening.
1t was reported on Thursday that
Mr.. Walter Tucker of Forest Hill,
stood second in the Baltimore Ameri-
can prize campaign for his district.
Local merchants, who have recog-
ni7ed the wisdom Of advertising freely
report that their Christmas business
so far has been splendid and that re-
ceipts will run we'll ahead Of last
years.
From present indications Harford's
hotel de Luxe, ruled over by Sheriff
Sheridan, will be empty on Christmas
day. Here's hoping that "hootch" will
not prove the undoing Of some poor
fellow.
Mr.. w. l.. Grant has just issued
A most attractive calendar advertising
Grants milk. Judging from the sam
pie of babyhood shown there is no
question as TO the value Of milk as a
baby food.
Mhs. n.,. az. e Coz .ais at BE GSnstt
&vRobinson property about two miles
from Dublin was withdrawn by Mr.. w.
Worthington Hopkins, Trustee, at a
bid of $3.50.
A box social is to be held at the
Bleak Heights School on Saturday
night, December 30th; those arranging
the function request each person to
bring a little Of his Christmas jollfty
along with him."
Mr.. William r. Isennock was CIV
en- hearing before Justice Cooley on
Wednesday charged with forgery and
was held for action of the grand jury.
1t was alleged that he had forged
Charles. R. Daywalt's name to an order.
1T Is to be hoped that the custom
OF singing Christmas csrols on our
streets Christmas Eve will~be observ-
ed again this season. The idea Is q
pretty one while its skilful execution
brings good cheer to all within hear
ing.
Rev. c. s. Biggs of Bel Air, who
served as Chaplain overseas during al
most the entire war period acted as
postmaster at banquet rendered
Major General Charles H. Muir by the
Reserve Officers Association Of Mary
land.
Mr.. H. ID. Strong of the Aberdeen
neighborhood received a severe kick
on his leg from one Of his horses the
early part Of last week. Although no
bones were broken Mr.. Strong VIII
probably feel i'll effects Of the blow for
some time.
AT their regular meeting on Wed
nesday the directors of the Second Ma
tional Bank voted the employees a
Christmas bonus equivalent to five per
cent of their yearly salary. Needless
to say that the action helped spell
n Merry Christmas for the employees
"A 1856 day butter fat yield Of l..
2i7.27 pounds--equivalent to l,b2l.6
pounds Of butter-has just been com
pleted by the Holsteln cow, May walk
er Ollie Homestead, breaking the
worlds record. The cow is owned at
Austin, MINI. by the Minnesota Hol-
stein Company.
Mr.. Calvin Norris, one Of Bel Airs
hustling milk dealers, has offered 2
price Of $3.50 cash or 30 quarts OF milk
to one Of his customers who guesses
closest TO the number Of seeds In
pumpkin on exhibition in Mr.. >. W,
Richardson's window.
Ohio University reports that VIII
lam H. Gilmore, Of Licking County,
Ohio, has broken the worlds record
by averaging 134.31 bushels Of air.
dried, shelled corn on ten acres OF
land. The crop was grown by turning
under a clover sod and manuring heav'
lily. Commercial fertilizer was also
used.
A decrease Of 5000 In Mary.
lands acreage sown to wheat this Fail
is reported, the total acreage being
about $4,000. The price the state
over is nine cents better than this time
last year. The planting Of rye Is about
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