The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-05


William R. Pogue, of Millville, N. j.,
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William M. Pogue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Ganzman Gel
ebrated their twenty-fifth wedding an
niversary at their home at Elk Mills on
September %.
Miss Helen Jenkins was taken to
Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore,
on Friday, and sustained an operation
for appendicitis. She is resting COM
fortablya
Invitations have been issued for the
wedding of Miss Mary G. Grier, of Mil
ford, Del, to Ensign John Lockwood
Pratt, U. S. NJ, son Of DR.. and Mrs. j.
Lynn Pratt, of Milford. The wedding
will take place at the Avenue M. E.
Church, Milford, Saturday evening,
October 6. The prospective groom
was graduated from tie U S. Naval
Academy, at Annapolis, in the spring
of 1922, where he is taking a post-grad-
uate course at the Torpedo school.
His mother was formerly Miss Lucille
Litzenberg, of Elkton.
Miss Mary E. Bevan, of Belllwood,
Pa, was a visitor this week at the
home of w. K. Bird and family,
Harrisville.
Emerson X. Patten returned to
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology, Cambridge, on Friday last.
after the summer vacation.
Mr.. Louis X. Holt, of Cleveland,
Ohio, oldest son of Mrs. 1. L. Holt,
of North East, was married to Miss
Elizabeth Studeman at their home a.
Dunkirk, New York, Saturday, Sep
tember IS.
Miss Laura Virginia Wood and Mr..
Paul Ruley Kirk, both of Chesapeake
City, were married at the parsonage
of Union M. e. Church, Wilmington,
Del, by Rev. H. w. Ewing, ON Friday.
September 14th.
Word comes from Maryland Gem
eral Hospital, Baltimore, that Miss
Lidie Stewart, of this town, who was
run down and very seriously injured
by an auto on Sunday, Sept. %, is
slowly improving. The fractured
limb has been placed in cast and the
patient is resting much more
comfortably. -.
Rev George White Dawson, of
the Wilmington M. e. Conference,
and Mrs. Lydia e. Barrett, formerly
Miss Lydia E. Terrell, of Elkton.
were united in marriage Thursday
evening, Sept. 20, at the home of the
bride in Chestertown, by Rev. T.
j. Sard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dawson will be at
home after October 1 at Georgetown
Del, where the groom is pastor of
the M. E. Church.
Harry Smith, of near town, has pur-
chased the q acre property of S. j..
Terry, near Pennington.
Hartford County Fair will open at
Bel Air on, Tuesday, October 9, and
close Saturday, October l3,
The Walter L, Main Shows exhibited
at Hayre de Grace on Tuesday, and
went into winter quarters there.
Lawrence McFadden has sold his
duck farm, Of q acres, near Lincoln
University, tod. Wheeler, of Oxford.
Crushed stone has been spread on
the Basin Run road, connecting with
Liberty Grove and Rowlandville con-
crete roadways.
On Sunday, September 3Oth, when
daylight saving terminated, change
was made in the schedule of passenger
trains on the Maryland Division.
While assisting in his fathers meat
store at West Grove, Edwin Mont
gomery had the misfortune to have one
of his fingers gut off at the second
jeint, as the result Of coming in contact
with the knives Of q meat chopper.
Evangelistic meetings began at Eb-
enezer N, E, Church, Greenhurst, Sun
day evening, September 30, and will
continue for two weeks under direction
of the pastor, Rev: ]. w. Prettyman
and ministers of churches in the
neighborhood:
A chicken supper will be held in the
public hall of this town on Friday eve
ming, October 5, between the hours of
6 and 9 O'CLOCK, Tickets 50 cents,
The supper is under auspices Of Rising
Sun Public Schools, and the proceeds
will be devoted to the school piano
fund.