The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-02-08
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Cecil E. Ewing, OF Baltlmore, spent
Monday and Tuesday in Rising Suu.
Mrs Eli T.. Reynolds spent Monday
and Tuesday in Philadelphia with
friends.
Miss Bessie Hartnett, of Elkton,
was the weekend guest Of Miss M.
Ethel Hall.
Calvin Brumfield, of Willow Grove,
Pa, visited home folks in Rising Sun
onSunday.
Miss Gertrude S. Dare was the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira w. Burdsall, We
N. j.. during the week.
Mrs. Rebecca Mesbiit, Mrs. Mary
Woodruff, West Chester; Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Gregg and daughters, West
Grove. were Sunday visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. Job w. Kirk.
Mr.. Charles NJ. Jackson and Miss
Reba Alice Nickel both of Port De-
posit were quietly married Jan. "a,
by Harry D. Stewart.
Announcement has been made OF
the marriage in Elkton of Miss
Cecilia Haberman, Of that town, ami
DR.. David Adler. of Hayre de Grace.
Mr.. Raymond Bonsall, of Whining
ton. and Miss Anna Luthringer. of
Cecilon, were married Jan. 26, in
Cecilton, by Rev. J. T. Rowlenson.
Miss Florence Clay. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs William j. Clay, of Elk
ton, won a second prize for the best
last line of Limerick given by the
Every Evening.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage at Elkton of Miss Alma
Towson. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Towson and David W., Chal-
mers. both of Newark, Del.
Miss Margaret Barnes, only daugh-
ter of former Sheriff Richard K.
Barnes, of Charlestown, was married
in Baltimore Monday afternoon, Jan.
2S, to Richard w. Johnson, of
Baltimore. ~
Mr.. Robert Jewett Foster and Miss
Elizabeth Jeanette Bevan. Of Port
Deposit. were married in Elkton on
Jan. %. Mr.. Foster, formerly of
Lima, Ohio, a student at Tome, was
star on. the 1923 football team at
that school.
Mr.. Nathaniel Knowles, Of Ger
mantown, Philadelphia, grandson of
the late Francis G. Ellis, of Elkton,
and Miss Isabel A. Roper, of Norfolk,
Va, were married at Trinity Church
Rectory, Elkton, ON Saturday, Jan.
rs. by Rev. j. Fredrik Virgin.
The wedding OF Mr.. George Bartol
Silver. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas, B.
Silver, OF Havre de Grace, and Miss
Ida Morrison Lowell. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Mason Lowell. of Bingham
ton, N. Y, Is set for o'clock satur-
day evening. February 8, in Trinity
Memorial Church in the lattercity,
Miss Alma Towson, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Towson, of New
ark, DEL. and Mr.. David w. Chal-
mers. son of Mr.. and Mrs. David C.
Chalmers, of Elkton Road. were
quietly married in Elkton Friday
evening. The couple slipped off to
the Gretna Green without notifying
friends.
Mrs. Elizabeth Page, of North
East and Mr.. Richard Wardle, OF
Philadelphia were married at St.
Mary's P. e. Church Saturday after
noon January 26, at o'clock. Rev.
F. H.. vergen, OF Elkton officiated,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Tomlinson, of
North East were the attendants
Miss Bessie Wingate played the
Wedding March.
Elvin L. Brooks and Miss Stella
Deaver, of Lancaster. hoped on a
motorcycle and went to Elkton to be
married one day last week. They
were all dolled up in motorcycle
costume, and wore aviators' hoods
and goggles. When they applied for
a license the clerk was puzzled as to
which was the prospective bride, until
one of the pair doffed hood and
goggles and stroked her hqbhad
hair. Rev. Ernest Weaver per-
formed the ceremony;
We are in receipt of an unsigned
communication from Port Deposit,
relative to right of way for the fire
truck. We would be pleased to give
the letter space in our columns, but
cannot do so unless the writer sends
US his name; not for publication, but
as guarantee of good faith. ;.
A Box Sociable and League meet
ing will be held at Birmingham
School, Thursday evening, Feb. IA.
A short entertainment will be given,
after which ice cream. cake, candy
and boxes will be for sale.