The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-14
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

| Maxwell.
Mrs. Claude C. Buck entertained
Miss Naomi Spencer, of Baltimore,
last week.
Mrs. Norman Pyle, of Philadel-
phia, is spending the week with Mr..
and Mrs, Job w. Kirk,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford H. Rober-
son, of Freehold, N. j., spent the
weekend with Rising Sun relatives.
Miss Eva Sollars has returned to
home here much benefited in health,
after stay of several months at
the Salisbury, Md. Sanatorium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Dunlap and
children, of Camden, N. j., and
Miss Mary Campbell, of Honey
brook, Pa, spent the weekend with
Mrs. Rachel Campbell and daughter.
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Miss Anna Evelyn
Price, of Odessa, Del, and George
Layton Mahoney, Of North East.
No date has vet been set for the
wedding.
Mr.. John E.. Wilson, Esq, OF
Kansas City, Mo, a native of Elkton.
last week announced the engagement
of his daughter, Anne Hemsley Viii
son, to Mr.. William Henry Mac
Laughlin, a prominent business man
of that city. i
Miss Verna Grason and Mrs. Herr
enjoyed a. delightful auto trip last
week through Pennsylvania. New
York and into the New England
States, going as far as Boston,
Mass. They left Rising Sun on
Thursday and reached here on the
return trip Monday night.
Oscar Wagner, of Fulton House,
Pa, and Miss Mary Walton, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. |. Jason Walton,
of Goshen. were married Friday
morning, at Little Britain Presby-.
terian manse by Rev. William H.
Davies. Mrs. Wagner has been
successful teacher in Fulton Town
ship the past few years.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Giles
pie, of Port Deposit, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Marion Gillespie, to James Moore,
Wilmington, which took place in
Baltimore, Wednesday, May. II.
After a motor trip of several weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore expect to
.eside in Buffalo, N. Y.
Miss Bertha McGurk, daughter OF
Mrs. Catherine McGurk, OF Principle
Furnace, and Mr.. Walter Rieck, OF
Marcus Hook. Pa, were married at
the home of the bride on Saturday,
May s, by Rev. Oliver Collins. They
were attended by Miss Mary Moore
and Mr.. Robert Nerwig, both OF
Chester.
Rhoda Halbert, daughter of Mrs.
Caroline Halbert, of Baltimore, be-
came the bride of William J
Einwachter, formerly of Perry
Point, on May 8. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Raymond
Adams, in st. James Episcopal
Church, Port Deposit. The bride
had as her bridesmaid Miss Irene
Kratzer, of Hagerstown. Richard
Wright, of Perry Point, was best
man.
At the regular election of the
Woman's Bible Glass, the following
officers and teachers were elected for
the ensuing year : President. Mrs.
Mary v. Garvin; Vice-President,
Mrs. M. Gertrude Pogue; Secretary,
Mrs. Clara B. Keen; Treasurer, Mrs.
Ella M. Cooney; Treasurer Birthday
Fund, Mrs. Belle Stephens; Treas
urer Spepcial Fund, Miss E. r.
Stephens. Teachers-Mrs. Clara
Rooms, Mrs. Jennie Gillespie, Mrs.
J. C. Mccoy. Organist, Mrs. Mary
Cherry; Assistants, Mrs. Brock and
Mrs. Jos. P. Short.
The thirty-first annual convention
Of the Maryland State Council,
Daughters of America, Will be held
in Baltimore. May 10 to IL.
H. w. Knock has been appointed
dog tax collector for the First and a
part of the Second District, by
the County Commissioners. Edward
Phillips has been appointed dog tax
collector for Third, Fourth and
part of the Second Districts.
The residence property of the late
Miss Mary Elizabeth Holt, on Maffitt
street. Elkton, was sold at the Court
House door Saturday morning by
Isaac l.. Holt, Agent, to Jacob
Steele, of Cherry Hill, for $3.50.
After reading the results of the
prohibition straw vote we wonder
how the Eighteenth Amendment was
lever passed.