Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-19
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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK

Cumberland.-Miss Agnes Driscoll.
probably the best-known nurse in
Cumberland. died Friday night al
Western Maryland Hospital from
paralysis. after an illness OF three
weeks.
neutrality-suspicious. W Van Bus.
kirk, ~ years old. died Friday at Pine
Bluff Sanatorium. near Salisbury. He
Is survived by his widow. formerly
Miss Andrews. OF this county. his
mother. Mrs. X. II. Van Buskirk, OF
New Jersey, and brother and sister.
Sharptown.-The county board of
education has named teachers for the
Sharptown High School. They are:
Principal J. Edward Ford: assistants.
Gordon Bennett. Misses Emma Caulk.
irene Parker, Laura Downing, Elsie
Howard and Lillian English.
Hagerstown.-Five hundred persons
attended the annual reunion of the
Dennis family OF this section. held in
the City Park here on Thursday. Mem
bers Of the family and their friends
from Maryland. Pennsylvania, Vir
ginia and West Virginia were in at.
tendance A big dinner was a feature
of the day and Mrs. Henry Hull. the
oldest member of the Dennis family.
acted as toastmistress.
Frostburg.-The Frostburg Local OF
the Disabled Veterans of the World
War was instituted here. The tenn
porary officers are John Rooney. com
mander: James Thompson. vice-com-
mander; Richard Goldswarthy. adju.
Robert II. Cook, sergeant-at-arms. II
was decided to canvass the Georges
Greek region for membership The
next meeting will be held Monday eve.
ming. August q.
Centreville.-Final notice was Is
sued by the Board of County Commits
sioners that ON and after September ]
all dog owners who fail to obtain the
licenses required by law will be wig
Orously prosecuted. Fines range from
S. to SIS Sheriff Sanford f. Spry and
Queen Anne's constables and justices
of the peace were notified that they
would be expected to enforce the law
and cause warrants to be issued for
all individuals who fail to observe its
requirements.
She graduated from Maryland Gen
eraI Hospital. Baltimore. q years ago
and was the oldest active nurse in the
city During the World War she served
as army nurse and was stationed at
Camp Meade in an official capacity for
more than year. She was member
of Fort Cumberland Post. No. IL.
American Legion. the Red Cross and
the Alumni Association of Maryland
General Hospital. The American
Legion will attend her funeral tomor.
row morning at ST. Patrick's Catholic
Church.
Upper Marlboro-At a meeting of
the citizens of Upper Marlboro called
by the Town Commissioners a COM
mittee was named to call upon prop
erty owners To clean up their premises
and to take other steps. II is the aim
TO have the town looking its best for
the big celebration here September 30.
TO mark breaking OF ground for the
new baltimore Southern Maryland
State road. The committee is w T.
Davis. chairman: II. ii. Talbert.
Henry Morris. John Fl. Traband.
Robert l.. Wells and Mrs. Harry w.
Gore. Frederick w Wilson. Town
Treasurer, reported balance of SECS.
Judge T. Van Clagett. who presided
over the meeting. explained that the
towns only revenue since abolition OF
the saloons was about $500 year in
road rebate money. He stated Upper
Marlboro was the only county seat in
Maryland having no town tax.
Emmitsburg.-w. II. Long. who has
been living here for the past two
months. pulled gun on Deputy
Sheriff Albert Adelsberger when the
officer placed an attachment on his
automobile. Long made a quick-get-
away and left the officer and a few
bystanders dumfOanded with the cool
manner in which he escaped. DIR.
Long. as he styled himself. came to
Emmitsburg in June for the purpose
OF selling spectacles TO the country
people He rode around in a Car with
a Ohio Incense and was . sort OF a
mystery to the people in this section.
Adelsberger received writ OF attach.
meni for a bill from a Cleveland
(Ohiol firm. Adelsberger served the
wri, and was about to adjust the
switch on the car when Long hit him
stunning blow on the head. When
Adelsberger recovered he found an au-