The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-18
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week. y
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

W0ch.
Monday, 21st inst, is the first day
of Spring
- Thursday Of this week was st.
Patrick's Day.
The ladies of Tome M. E. Church,
Port Deposit, cleared $3.50 by the
supper recently held in Nesbitt Hall.
Large fiocks of geese passed over
on Saturday and Sunday evenings,
winging their way North.
The North East star reports that
Henry Hall, a local fisherman,
caught the first herring of the sea-
son on March 4th.
Friday, March 25th, Maryland
Day, being legal holiday, the
banks in Rising Sun will not be
open for business that day.
The Maryland tuberculosis Asso-
ciatiorfs Clinician will not hold his
regular Chest Clinic in Cecil County
during the Month of March.
Elkton's annual -Chautau q u
, under the auspices OF the Swarth-
more Chautauqua Association will
be held from June "a to 20 inc.
Miss Edna S. Pierce, principal OF
Pilot School in the Eighth District,
has rendered her resignation to the
Board of Education for Cecil county
DR.. Willard H. Wright, of Elkton,
Commander of Cecil Post No. Is,
American Legion, will attend the
Legionnaire Convention to be held
in Paris September 1924.
Fred Baldwin, son OF Mr. and
Mrs. j. R. Baldwin, left Aberdeen
.ast weeK lor Auburndale, Florida,
where he will have try out with
Jack Dunns Oriole ball team.
After an active organization of
several years West Nottingham
Grange has disbanded, and the
money in the treasury, amounting to
S169.1O, donated to Union Hospital
at Elkton.
Adam Gelensky, AZ, an employee
at the Conowingo dam, died at
y lizards Hospital. Port Deposit
Gelensky was found lying on Octo.
haro Railroad bridge with both legs
cut off, having been run over by q
freight train.
Struck by an auto driven by Au-
gustine Pappas, of Elkton, as she
crossed the road at the Victor.
Sparkler plant, near that town, Miss
Annie Fritz, of North East, was
knocked down and seriously injur
ed She was taken to Union Hos
pital where it was found her hip was
broken.
What is said by the office of the
Maryland Commissioner OF Motor
Vehicles as the largest fine ever i'm
posed in this state for driving an
automobile while under the infiu-
ence of liquor was given Harry Scott
of Chestertown, by Police Magis
trate Richard H. Collins, when 81
uJu was marked against Scotty
as he is Familiarity known.
The community plant bed, which
has been employed successfully for
number of years as means OF
producing high quality tomato
plants for growers of canning toma
toes, will be recommended again
this year as feature of the worE
to be undertaken by the University
of Maryland Extension Service fol
the Improvement of canning cropf
production in Maryland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Ward anf
their little son, OF Belle Hill, near
Elkton, narrowly escaped asphyxia
ton from coal gas from the kitcher
stove. The meowing of cat awak
ened one member of the family, who
found the house full of gas. Mr.
Ward upon getting out OF bed, fell
and was unconscious for a while
His wife. succeeded in opening the
windows, and all the occupants re
vived, but for time were quite i'll
from the effects.
A Catholic Parochial School il
being erected in Elkton. The walls
are of cinder blocks. Father Arnd
pastor of the church. was the first
known to have conceived the idea OF
using cinders in making concrete
In 1905 Father Arnd mixed the ma
terial for a cinder block wall erected
on the Elkton Catholic Church prop
erty. This is said to be the hrs
time cinder blocks were used. To
day more than so plants are manu-
featuring MILLIONS pf cinder con
cgete units, and the industry repre-
sents an investment of many million
dollars and employs thousands Of
men.
The Reynolds School will hole
their annual bake Saturday after
noon, April 2, in the basement Of
Rising Sun NJ. E. Church, from 2:S(
to 500 O'Clock.