The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-23
TOWN AND COUNTY.
LShort Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the@Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


Fifth district.
students of North East High
school, third year class, cleared $24
by their recent bake.
Governor Ritchie has appointed
John Futty, of Elk Neck, as Forest
Warden for Cecil County.
The cold wave of last week gave
ice harvesters fresh start and gooo
five inch ice was cut at Hunter 5
dam.
The County Commissioners Will
meet on February 26, 27 and %, for
the revision of personal properly
assessments.
Friday. March 8, has been select
ed as the date for grand rally OF
/. %. o. F. lodges of Zone to pc
held at Elkton.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society will meet with Mrs. H.
Branch Patten on wednesday after
noon, February %.
Cecil G. Tome, Of Port Deposit
has purchased the S. L. Ottey farm
Of so acres in New London town
ship, Chester county.
Elmer Werts, employed at the
Kenmore Paper Mills, Providence
sustained three broken ribs while at
work one day last week.
Ladies of Elkton Presbyterian
Church held their annual Missionary
Tea in the chapel Friday evening,
clearing upwards of $14O.
All traffic was suspended through
the Chesapeake & Delaware canai
for several days, owing to cave-ln
at the entrance to the Deep Cut.
February has given us plenty OF
winter weather, with snow. Satur-
day night was cold one, the mer-
curry going as low as eight degrees.
meeting of the teachers of the
county schools was held at Elkton
~ Saturday. Members of the State
Board of Education addressed the
meeting,
State Motor Policeman F. w.
Link has been transferred from
Salisbury for duty in Cecil and
Hartford counties with headquarters
at Bel Air.
In the February edition of the
High School Review" published by
Elkton High School, the first of the
history of Cecil County as written
by the Seniors, is published.
The ladies of Leeds M. P. Church
will hold a Martha washington
chicken supper in Ledleys Hail.
Leeds, Friday evening, February 20.
Supper served at 6 o'clock. Tickets
so cents.
William A. Letter, cashier of the
Hayre de Grace National Bank, has
been appointed by the State Roads
Commission superintendent of the
Perryville-H -Havre de Grace bridge.
Casper E. Ansalvish moved his
barber shop this week, from the
Alice & Shepherd building, along
side the postotiice to the Pogue
property, on Pearl street. occupied
by him for some time past for store
purposes.
Rev. =. W. Gray, at the last quar-
terly conference, was unanimously
invited to continue as pastor OF
Cherry Hill M. E. Church, subject to
the approval of the presiding Bishop
at the coming session of Wilmington
Conference.
The Elk Mills Athletic Association
has been organized with Major W.
r. baldwin, President; Paul Rob-
erts, Secretary, and Ernest Kay,
Treasurer. Thomas Kay was chosen
manager Of the ball team for the
epming. season,
The Principle Furnace Mite So
eiety will hold Washington tea and
social in jackson Hall on Saturday.
February "a, at Z p. m. Admission
ten cents. Tea and cake served
Cake, ice cream and home made
candy will be for sale.
An explosion of force enough to
be heard and felt all over town oc-
CURED in Rising Sun shortly after
nine o'clock Friday night. The
mystery surrounding it leads to the
general belief that private still
blew up, and report seems to verify
this fact,
The Volunteer Fire Company, oil
n Elkton, has decided to attend the
annual convention of the Maryland
A State Firemen's Association, which
win be held in Frederick, next June,
in body. also to participate in the
iiremen's parade, always held IN
connection with the convention.