The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-08-14
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

is the guest of Mrs. ]. B. slicer.
William McNamee is a patient at
Richards Hospital, Port Deposit.
Ernest Snyder, of Philadelphia,
visited relatives in the neighborhood
over Sunday.
]. R. Dodson, of Stemmers Run,
was the guest of his son, DIR. r. G..
Dodson, last week.
Mrs. Arthur Irwin and children, of
Altoona, Pa, are visiting her
mother, Mrs. A. B. Keen.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. B. Lockwood,
of West Newton, Mass, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Duyckinck.
Rev. and Mrs. Matson, former
pastor Zion Presbyterian Church,
are visiting Mrs. Louisa Brokaw.
Mrs. Mollie Reynolds, of West
Chester, was a visitor last week of
her sister, Mrs A. L. Duyckinck.
Mrs Edith Ryan Oliver, formerly
of this town, is very ill following an
operation at DR.. Richards Hospital.
Mrs. Norwood Pratt, Springfield,
Illinois, visited her cousins, Mrs
Clara w. Rooms and Miss Grace A.
Wilson, lst week.
Mrs. M. =. Ewing and daughter,
Miss Helen have returned to their
home near Calvert after visit to
Miss Marian v. Cook, haywood, Ill.
Mrs. Lewis Reese, Miss M. Lidie
Stewart, David Reese and Thomas
Montgomery, of Philadelphia. were
weekend guests of Miss Mary
Brumfield.
J. C. Hindman and family, Of
Aberdeen, and Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
England, Of Philadelphia were
visitors this week of Mrs. John c..
Hindman, Sr.
Miss Virginia Slicer has been en-
tertaining during the week Miss
Margaret Reese, of Scranton, Par;
Miss Grace Carter, of Forest Hill,
Md, and Miss Ruth Torey, of Mar
beth, Pa, schoolmates at Goucher
College.
William Herman Crothers, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Crothers, OF Cal
vert, and Miss mabel Augustine
were married in Philadelphia on
Saturday, August /. Mrs. Crothers
was formerly Of Milwaukee. The
groom has position with the Key
stone Construction Company, of
Philadelphia.
A bus load of eighteen Klansmen
and K. K. K. women, from Long
Island, N. Y, returning from the
Washington parade stopped in town
over night at the Maryland House,
Sunday, and on invitation attended
evening service at the M. E. church.
They proceeded on their way home
early Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Cooney, of
Rising Sun, delightfully."- entertained
about thirty of their friends over the
weekend at High Hills Farm"
along the beautiful Octoraro.
Even the weather man contributed
to the joy of the occasion. and all
the guests departed with the hope
of being invited to this delightful
spot again.
Among those present were: Mrs.
Elizabeth B. Cooney, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Cooney and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Scott Wilson, John and Lester
Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Lustre Wiley
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Irwin,
Rising Sun; Mrs. Thomas Cooney'
Alya. Doris and Marian Cooney,
Cherry Hill, Lancaster Co.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Smith and little daugh-
ter Jane, Oxford; Miss M. E. Nc
Falls, Media, Pa; Mr.. Clarence T.
Dare. Colora; Mr.. Morton Jackson,
Akin; Sherwood Phipps, Phila.;
Everett Donache, Everett Johnson,
Evans Patton, Rising Sun; Dorothy
Brickley, Federal Park; Virginia
Kirk, Germantown; Loretta Ward
Coatesville; Elizabeth McNamee ana
Elizabeth Cooney, Rising Sum-
The annual picnic of the Nlntn
District Farmers Club was held on
Thursday last at st. Augustine Pier
Delaware.
The gross receipts OF the carnlvai
held at Kennett Square, recently,
amounted to over $1,000, with a
probable net profit of in the neigh
borhood of $4,000.
Approximately $4,000 has been ex'
ended by Lancaster county, Pa,
ishermen, thus far this year TO,
ishing licenses. This sum repre-
sents the cost of permits taken ou
by $500 fishermen, at cost OF
i$1.10 for each license.