The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-07-03
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY. NOTED


Miss Matilda Duyckinck is visiting
Miss Frances Burdsal in Winona,
New Jersey.
Mrs. Mary Hirzel, Taylor and
Junior Hirzel, of Wilmington, spent
last week with Mrs. Jennie w.
Taylor.
Mr.. Samuel Harris, of Elkton, and
Miss Tillie Nelson, of Philadelphia,
were married on Sunday at the home
of the bride.
Announcement has been made OF
the marriage of Miss Mary e.
Jackson, of Port Deposit, and
Walter E. Carroll, of Havre de
Grace.
w. T. B. Robertson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Robertson and daughter,
Ann, spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs Clifford Robertson, Free
hold, New Jersey.
Homer Reynolds spent several
days last week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Eli T. Reynolds, in Rising
Sun. Homer is advertising repre-
sentative of 20 Mule Team Borax.
| Mrs. P. H. Vandegrift, of Will
mington, Del, formerly of near
Elkton, has announced the marriage
of her daughter, Myrtle, of Will
mington, N. c., to DR.. Avon Elliott.
also of Wilmington, N. c., on Sat
urday, June 27, at Raleigh, N. Q.
Isabel Pogue and Catharine Kirk
left Tuesday afternoon for Camp
Pocahontas on Lake Champlain,
N. Y, where they will spend the
summer. Mrs. VIM. Pogue, VIM.
R. Pogue and Mrs. Clarence Ashby
accompanied them to Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherwood Haines
and son, Sherwood, Jr., and Mrs.
Forster, of Oak Park, Illinois, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. H. Micheals and
daughters, Betty and Margaret, OF
Glen Riddle, Pa, have been visiting
Edwin Haines and family this week.
DR.. j. l. France, who has been in
England for several weeks reached
| New York last week, returning on
| the Aquitania. Mrs. France was in
New York waiting his arrival. They
will spend the most of their sum-
mer on their farm, Mt. Ararat, near
Port Deposit.
Miss Lillian Marcus, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Marcus, OF
Elkton, and Mr. Frederick w.
Bramble, of the same town, were
married Saturday afternoon, June
20, at the home of the brides
parents, by Rev. c. d. Sharpless,
pastor of Bethel M. e. Church.
Miss Gladys Aileen Haring, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Arthur
Haring, of Cambridge, Md, and
William McClenahan, of Baltimore,
formerly of Port Deposit, were mar
ried last Saturday at Cambridge.
Mr.. McClenahan is member Of the
staff of The Baltimore Sun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert l.. Buffing-
ton, Mrs. Clara w. Koons, Miss
Gertrude S. Dare and Miss Grace A.
Wilson, motored to Blue Mont,
Virginia, on Saturday, where they
enjoyed a weekend visit with q. E.
Dare and family, who are spending
the summer months at that place.
The marriage of Miss Grace Bal
linger, daughter of the late Walter
F. Ballinger and Mrs. Ballinger, Of
Chestnut Hill, to James Mortimer
West, Jr., of Elkton, took place
Saturday afternoon, June 20, at 5
O'Clock in the garden of the BRIDES
home. The Rev. DR.. j. s. Ladd
Thomas, rector of the First Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, Germantown,
officiated.
The Continental Fibre Company,
of Newark, Del, has introduced to
the fibre trade new product called
Grade 26." 1t is said to be an
entirely new type of fibre. capable OF
being ''spun" and nodded. Prior to
the Introduction of Grade U.s."
, fibre could be cut, bored, threaded
. and bevelled. 1t is understood that
| this product can be put on lathe
! and spun into mold with desira BILE
effect.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is making big cuts all along
the lines in the forces of clerks ane
others, and it is said the retrench-
ments will be reduction in clerical
: forces Of about one third the number
. of employees now on the pay pell
TShe Ladies Aid of Mt. ple easant
t M. E. church will hold festieal on
the church lawn Wednesday eve
!. ming, July 3.