The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

VIM. R. Pogue, of New York, spen
the weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. M. Pogue.
Mrs. H. l.. Shepherd visited hel
daughter, Mrs. Granville Richards
in Baltimore, during the week.
Miss Jane Maxwell, of Philadel
phia, was the guest of her cousin
Miss Gertrude S. Dare, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. NAPLES,
Milton, Del, were the Sunday-Mon-
day guests of Rev. and Mrs. j. C.
Mccoy.
Earl Cooney, who has been en-
ployed at Youngstown, Ohio, for the
past year, has returned to his home
in Rising Sun.
The members of the Komrade
Klub were entertained very pleasant
Iy on Thursday evening last, by Mrs.
Harvey Ewing.
After an absence of several weeks,
on account of illness, Miss Villa
nina Ward has returned to Mary
Lyons School. Swarthmore.
The wedding in New York of Miss
Myrtle Reed, formerly of Earleville,
Cecil county, and Mr.. Albert Zulich,
Merchantville, N. j., has been an
nounced. They will reside in De-
lair, N. j. The bride is daughter
of Mrs Elizabeth Haggerty.
Miss, Minnie S. Hoffman, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hoffman, of
Nottingham, Pa, and Frank A. Ran
dow, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Ran
dow, of Castleton, Md, were married
by Rev. w. G. Harris, of the M. f..
church, in Elkton, on Nov. 5.
Miss Bessie Masemore, chief oper-
ator at the Elkton telephone ex-
change for several years, and Joseph
Potter, of Elkton, have announced
their marriage, which took place
Thursday of last week in Union Cha
pei, Wilma, Hartford county, Rev.
Mr.. Turner officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Wiley left
Rising Sun on Wednesday for Roa-
noke, Virginia, where they will make
heir. future home.
Mr. Wiley exchanged his farm,
east of town, for property on the
outskirts of Roanoke, belonging to
Calvin j. Harris. Mr.. Harris will
move to the Wiley farm.
Invitations have been issued for
Wedding on Thanksgiving evening,
If Miss Margaret Rodgers and Ira
Croft, Jr, of Lyndon, in the Chest
nut Level Presbyterian church. The
bride to be is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. J. Rodgers, and the groom
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Croft,
Of Lyndon. The ceremony to take
place at six O'Clock.
Misses Mary and Grace Rawlings,
Of Baltimore, spent the week end at
their brothers.
Charged with causing the death OF
Geo. Chatterbuck, Negro, about 80
years old, by striking him in the
head with an axe, Norman Price,
Negro, about 40 years old, has been
ia 140 ini1 Tho
employed on the Conowingo Dam
project, got into fight.
Argument began Tuesday before
Judge Robert F. Stanton, in Circuit
Court No. 2, on questions raised by
The order of the Public Service Com
mission, dated August II, 1927, with
reference to the relocation OF the
tracks OF the Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington Railroad Com
pany at Port Deposit.
Two cases, which were combined,
were before the court. One was the
appeal of the railroad company from
the order of the commission. The
other was the bill of complaint OF The
President and Commissioners of Port
Deposit against the Commission nd
the railroad company.
Ella Williams, wife of Perry Will
Williams, Havre de Grace respected
,olored family, was awarded ver-
dict of SS,1O7.77 against Omar ID.
Crothers, John C. Crothers and VIM.
C. Fryer, administrators of Lena r.
Crothers, deceased, when her suit
was concluded last week in the Cir
cult Court for Hartford County.
The claim of the plaintiff was roJ
$12, 100000 for nursing services and
meals covering period of several
years. The counsel for the plaintifi
were, F. Lee Cobourn, S. A. Williams,
and Philip H. Close and the defend
ants were represented by Mayor
Robert H. Archer. John G. Fryer and
John d. Alexander.
Friday evening, Nov. Is, between
the hours of $3.50 and $3.50, an oys-
ter supper will be held at the Com