The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-01-21
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY. NOTED

Mrs. Cecil f. Ewing visited
Baltimore relatives the fore part OF
the week.
| Mrs. John Emerson, of Denton, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. H. L.
Shepherd.
Miss Deborah Sterrett, of George
School,, spent the weekend with
home folks.
Mrs. Emerson X. Patten, of
Baltimore, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Branch Patten.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Wilson moved
to their handsom new residence, at
the corner of West Main street and
Wilson avenue, this week.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society was very pleasantly enter
tanned on Wednesday afternoon by
Miss Elizabeth R. Stephens and Mrs
Edwin l.. Haines.
The engagement has been an
nounced of Miss Margaret j. Ferry,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H.
Ferry, of Elkton, and Mr.. Leo. Nc
Nichol, OF Boston, their marriage to
take place after Easter.
Mrs Annie Thompson, formerly
of North East, suffered a stroke of
paralysis last week, at the home OF
her son, Professor j. Marshall
Thompson, in Oxford. Mr.. Thomp-
son is principal of the North East
High School.
Miss NJ Lureda Duncan, daugh-
| ter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Duncan
of near Lombard, this county, and
| Mr.. Harold l.. Brown, of Noting
ham, Pa, were married Jan. 8, by
Rev. C. P. Nowland, pastor of Leeds
/ M. P. Church.
| John w. Goodman. son of Mr..
and Mrs Harry Goodman, of Big
Elk, and Miss Elizabeth Sophia
Zingle, of Philadelphia, were mar
ried jan s, at the home of the
groom's parents, by Rev. Harry
Taylor, of Cherry Hill M. E. church.
Mr.. and Mrs Marshall Anderson,
of near Quarryvifle, Pa, celebrated
their Golden Wedding anniversary
on Tuesday About eighty relatives
and friends were present to help
them observe the happy occasion.
among them being Mr.. and Mrs
Elwood Brown, of Rising Sun,
Mrs. Brown is daughter of the
venerable couple.
The engagement of Miss Elizabeth
Johnson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| 0. H. Perry Johnson, of Washing
ton, D. c., to Mr.. Malcolm Whitaker,
son of the late Nelson Price
Whitaker and Mrs. N. Price Whit
aker, now of Paris, was announced
recently. Mr.. Whitaker is well
known in Cecil county, having made
his summer home at his late fathers
residence, Bohemia Point.
The sixty acre farm owned by
Will Lewis, south of Principle. was
sold January IA, by w. L. Ely, real
estate broker, to Charles E. Ewing
of Glenolden, Pa, formerly of
Colora. Possession given at once.
Mr.. Lewis has resided on this, farm
for seven years, coming here from
Minnesota. He is moving his family
to Missouri, where he purchased a
farm the past summer.
The appointment of DR.. j. P
Franklin, Deputy State Health
Officer for Kent, Queen and Cecil
counties, as Chief of the Bureau OF
Communicable Diseases of the Balti-
more City Department of Health,
with salary of $500 annually,
caves post vacant in these coun-
les. The position pays $4,000 an
nually. DR.. Franklin recently took
the examination for eligibles for the
position and ranked first in the list
of those who passed the test.
DR.. Abertus Perry, of the faculty
Of Washington College, Chestertown
has resigned to accept position at
Washburn College. Topeka, Kansas
lie will leave Chestertown on Feb
'uary l, on Tourist Cruise to the
Holy Land, and will go to Topeka on
April l. Professor A. R. Woodland
has also resigned from the Wash
ngton faculty and will be succeeded
by DR.. Viola A. Graham. of Missis
sippi, graduate of Cornell Univer
sity, and an instructor in Chemistry
Chesapeake City Volunteer Fire
Company has elected the following
officers Chief, Joseph Schaefer;
Chief Engineer Townsend Walter;
Chief Pipeman, Albert George. New
Directors elected were. q. T. Cool
ing, Jr., DR.. E. d. Graves, Ralph
Bungard, Alfred Pierce, William
Bender. The Board of Directors
organized and elected, President
James A. Kirk; President, DR..
Delmar Smithers; Secretary, Viii