The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-04

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paid Rising Sun friends visit last
week.
Mrs. Robley, Of Asbury Park. N.
j., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ed
win L. Haines.
Mrs. John C. Hindman, Jr., and
children, of Aberdeen, are visiting
Mrs. ]. C. Hindman.
Mrs. B. H. Brown and Miss Mar
garet Haines are visiting the for
mer's daughter, Mrs. E. c. Dixon, in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Thompson
and daughter, Dorothy. of York, Pa,
were guests this week of Mrs.
Thompson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eli T. Reynolds.
Mr.. Gus Sclavos, Of Elkton, and
Miss Agnes Skillman, eldest daugh-
ted of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank ]. d. Skill
man, were united in marriage Fri
day, June 20. by Rev. P. P. Arnd.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mcdowell.
Of Lutton's Corner, celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of their we'd
ding with friends and relatives at
their home on Friday, June goth.
Miss Alice Corinne Sheldon, only
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Sheldon, and Harry G. Kendall, OF
Roselle, DEL, were united in mar
riage Wednesday evening, June Is,
at the home of the brides parents
near Elkton, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. J. Fredrik Virgin,
of Trinity P. e. church, ElktOn.
Miss Alice Amelia Griest, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Isaac Griest, Barnsley.
: Pa, and Mr.. Ernest Vernon Patchell,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Patchell.
Elkton, were united in marriage on
Wednesday, June 25th, at one
o'clock, by Rev. Frank S. Cain, at the
manse of the Leeds Methodist Pro-
testant Church, by the ring cere-
mony.
Mrs. H. B. Patten, Miss May
Keilholtz and B. l.. Keilholtz left for
Baltimore. where the boat was taken
for Old Point Comfort, on Thurs
: day afternoon, this week. They will
spend several days visiting Mrs. Pat
tens son, Emerson X. Patten, who
is at the Officers Training Camp at
$ Langley Field, Hampton, and visit
: other points of interest In the Old
| Dominion State while away.
Mrs. Sarah A. Rollison, of nea;
: Chestertown, Kent county, died June
+. %. She was probably Kent coun-
/ ty's oldest resident, and would have
a been 100 years of age had she lived
until November.
The annual camp for the Boy
Scouts of Wilmington, Del, known as
d Camp Caesar Rodney. at Red PniLt.
8 near the mouth of the North East
river, will be opened for the summer,
d ON July 14th.
u Governor Ritchie has proclaimed
Saturday. July S, a full legal holi-
day. 1t would be largely half-holi-
!, day without the proclamation, the
Il effect of which will be to give Mary
d land three holidays in succession,
. Several OF the County school
boards have asked the State Board OF
Education, for ruling on whether Or
not married women who have been
d employed as teachers. should be
# arbitrarily dropped when there's
IS single women on the waiting list for
II appointment as teachers.
After imbibing moonshine whisky
freely, two young white men, Harry
Fields and George Clough, proceeded
Vt to demolish rural mail boxes along
Is the roadside between Templevtlle
lr and Marydel. Fifty Of the boxes
~ were destroyed and the wreckers are
IT now in Denton jail.
Continued wet weather this spring
delayed all our farmers in theil
blowing and corn planting. Howard
1t Mitchell, of Perryman, Hartford
~ county, fitted tractors with hedu
IS lights and operated them both da,
IS and night. in order to expedite
D. matters.
" While bathing at Chesapeake
W Haven on Sunday afternoon, June
G %, Raymond Melville Upton, aged
81 years. was drowned, He gol
le beyond his depth and became OK
as hausted and sank before help eenid
le reach him. His body was not Fs
10 covered until Tuesday,
i'd Mr.. Upton had been married less
h. than year. He had been Director
It, of the Rehabilitation School Of ths
xt University of Delaware. Newark
IT, since 1t was started four years age
by the Government.