The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-04-04
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


Madge Weymouth were married on
March "a at Federal Park where they
will reside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil E. Ewing and
daughter Shirley, of Baltimore, have
been spending the week with Rising
Sun friends
Barclay Reynolds, of st. .Luke's
School faculty, Wayne, Pa, has been
spending the week in Rising Sun,
during the spring vacation of the
school.
Miss Sarah Simmons and Mr..
Harry Hickey, both of Elkton, sur
prised their friends last week by an
nouncing they were married in
Chestertown, on November 18th last
The engagement has been an
nounced of Miss Louise Herbert, of
Mt. Pleasant, near Middletown, and
Mr.. H. Rowland Gibson, of North
East. their wedding will take place
in June.
Announcement is made of the ap-
preaching marriage of Miss Elizabeth
Evans, daughter of Mrs. Bessie
Evans Of Elkton, to Mr.. Rudolph
Taggart. The ceremony will take
place April Is.
Mrs. Nelson s. Johnson, of Havra
de Grace announces thefmarriage of
her daughter, Miss Virginia G..
Bowers, to John G. Peery, OF near
Emmorton, on March 17th., at Elk
ton. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. W. G.. Harris.
Miss Rebekah Lux Wright, daugh-
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. ]. Spen
Ger Wright, of Centerville, and Mr..
Jonn U. S. Turpin,. son of Senator
and Mrs William Turpin, Of the same
town, We're married at noon Saturday,
March %, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Walmsley, in Elkton.
The ceremony was performed by DR..
G. P. Clayton, pastor of centeryille
M. P. church.
Mrs. Lewis Reese and son David,
and Miss M. Lidie Stewart, of Phila-
delphia, were Sunday visitors at the
home of Augustus Brumfield and
family. Miss Stewards friends will
be glad to learn that she has so far
recovered from her very serious acci-
dent Of September %. when she was
run down by a auto near town, as to
be able to walk again without as
sistance.
w. Louis Ryan left on Thursday of
this week for Philadelphia Hos
pital, where he will sustain an
operation for the removal of one OF
his eyes. The member was injured
by piece Of flying steel, some
years ago, while he was engaged In
the work of building Elkton High
School. Tho sight was almost total
ly destroyed by the injury. Recently
the eye has been causing trouble and
specialists advised its removal.
Morris Smith, employed at the
American Road Machine plant,
Kennett Square, Pa, got his foot
caught between the, floor and an
elevator one day last week and had
one of his toes cut off.
Two cases of smallpox have been
reported by DR.. w. B. Kirk, health
officer for Hartford county. The per-
sons af11icted are a child 4 years old
and a man "a years old. Both re-
side near Churchviile.
Susquehanna Hose Company, of
Havre de Grace, will add two new
pieces of equipment to its fire-fighting
apparatus. The new equipment will
consist of a bumper and hook and
ladder truck, each having a large
chemical tank,
The annual conference of the Pu-
rina Mills, of st. Louis, Mo-, manu-
facturers of live stock foods, will be
held in Havre de Grace on April Z, 8
and 0.
Havre de Grace will this year en-
tertain at their annual conventions
the State Council Knights of Column
bus in May; the State Firemen's AS
sociation in June; the American Lee
gion State Meeting in August, and
the summer meeting of the Maryland
Press Association:
G. r. TFoisermnr. vice president or
the p. r. r. and G. M. Smith superin-
tendent of the Baltimore division ap-
peared before the Public Service
Commission last week To protest
against being forced to procure per-
mit for motor trucks operated for the
company from Wilmington, Del, to
Perfyvilie. Mr.. Heiserman regards
the motor truck as more adequate
agency of transportation than a
freight car for short less than car
load hatils.