The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-06-03
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


The annual carnival of Chesa-
peake City Fire Company will be
held August to IL.
Perryville Fire Company realized
SIS from the show given by the
Charlestown Minstrels.
The play "The Hoodoo," present
ed by the Senior Class of North East
High school, netted $3.50.
The members of the Elkton Band
have presented their leader, Sterling
Dunbar, with a handsome new cor
net. 6los
Rms service between Miami, Flor
ida and New York, has been In
augurated with a regular stop In
Havre de Grace on Wednesdays.
miss Helen Teeple, of Baltimore,
formerly a teacher at Calvert High
School, has been appointed Superln-
tandent of Richards Hospital, Port
Deposit.
Fishermen at Port Deposit report
herring, shad, perch, rock and other
fish being caught, and that the fish
ing season will extend until the
tenth of June.
The weekend and holiday auto
traffic through town was tremend
ous. There was almost contln
nous stream of cars over the State
road on Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day
Samuel c. Smith, who recently
sold his farm near Greenhurst-tc
oliver Rogers, has moved to North
East, Mr.. Rogers and family taking
possession OF the property and full
equipment last week.
The regular meeting of the W. Z.
T. U. will be held Thursday after
noon, June 9, with Miss H. j. and
A Mabel Reynolds. Flower Mis-
sion Day will be observed. Mem
hers are asked to bring flowers.
In the municipal election last
week, in Elkton Taylor w. Mcken-
Ahey won over Harry w. Plppln, for
Mayor, by majority OF ten votes.
Russell M. George and John II. Min
ster were elected members OF the
City Council.
The farm of William Waters, con-
Raining 315 acres, known as the
Frenchtown farm, located along Elk
river. about two miles south OF Elk
ton. has been sold to James +
Beury, owner of the Walnut Street
Theatre. Philadelphia, for $24,5oO.
Magistrate Owens, of North East,
has placed James B.Russell, OF that
town, under $3.50 bond for appear
ance at the September term OF Cecll
Circuit Court, on the charge OF as
saulting his sister -in-law, Mrs. Helen
Collision, of Wilmington, Del, VINO
was visiting at the Russell home.
Decoration Day was quietly OBJ
served in our town. Nearly all OF
the business places were closed.
Visits were made to the cemeteries
where the beautiful custom OF strew-
ing flowers on the graves OF depart
ed relatives and friends was observ-
ed. Fair weather favored both sun
day and Decoration Day.
The graduating exercises of the
Union Hospital were held Thursday
morning at IL O'Clock, at the New
Theatre, Elkton.
The class of three to receive dlplo-
mas was composed OF Miss Lean
Elizabeth Algard, Miss Lillian Ruth
Russell and Miss Evelyn Kathryn
Stewart, all of Cecil county.
The fourth of a series of banquets
being given by the West Nottingham
Academy in the central cities in con-
nection with its "Two-Century Fund
Drive" was held at the Penn Ath-
letic Club in Philadelphia, Friday
evening, May 20. 1t was attended
by several Trustees, many OF the
Alumni and friends as we'll as pat
rons of the school, all of whom were
most enthusiastic over the program
of improving and enlarging the
Academy.
During a dance one night last
week at Cokesbury, a settlement
near Port Deposit, Walter Brown,
colored, aged IS years, was shot, the
bullet lodging in his spine. The in
jured lad was taken to Richards
Hospital, Port Deposit. d. King, F.
Walker, G. Thompson, and A. Fistel,
all negroes, have been arrested and
lodged in Elkton Jail, on suspicion
of having shot the boy who was an
onlooker. The wounded boy alleg-
ed that Fistel was the one who shot
him.
Havre de Grace High School stu
dents realized $500 by two present
ations Of the play "All Aboard"