The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-06-17
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Miss Carrie Twadell, of Devon
Pa, was the guest this week of Mrs
Cecil E. Ewing.
Miss Jane Maxwell, of Philadel-
phia, was the guest this week of her
cousin, Miss Gertrude S. Dare.
Miss Eva P. Nutter, of Rising Sun
High School faculty, left on Monday
for her home in Church Hill, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Holden enter
tanned over the weekend Mr.. and
Mrs. William Bones, of Leoni, N. j.
The Bridge Club was very pleas
antly entertained on Thursday after
noon last by Mrs. Stewart M. Ward.
Mrs. Thomas P. Mckee has re-
turned to her home after visit with
relatives at Hamilton Square and
Trenton N. j.
Edwin L. Haines was taken to
Richards Hospital, Port Deposit, on
Wednesday evening, where he sus-
tanned a successful operation for ap-
pendicitis.
Clifford Crothers, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w. T. Crothers, of Zion, Was
a member of this years graduating
class of Jefferson Medical College.
Philadelphia.
Mrs. G. o. Bechtel, of Galesburg,
ILL.,, arrived in Rising Sun on We'd
nesday evening and will spend sew
eral weeks at her summer home at
West Nottingham.
Mrs. Mary Cherry entertained a
number of guests Saturday evening
in honor OF DR.. and Mrs. William
M. Workman, who had just return
ed from their wedding trip.
Miss Josephine Keefer, OF Lam
caster, and Fred Sprout, of Pleasant
Grove, were married Wednesday in
the Methodist Church, Cherry Hill,
Md. They will reside at Pleasant
Grove where the groom is engaged
in the general merchandise business.
Among the graduates from the
University of Maryland, this year
were William c. Graham, OF North
East, as Bachelor of Arts; George
w. Morrison, of Port Deposit, as
bachelor of Science from the Col
lege of Engineering; Norwood G.
Thornton, of Chesapeake City. anu
George M. Worrilow, of Zion, as
Bachelor of Science from the College
OF Agriculture.
Miss Helen G. Reynolds, mem
ber of the graduating class OF the
Elkton High school, has been award
ed the county prize of $40 given by
the Eastern Shore Society of Balti-
more, for the best essay from this
county, submitted in the annual con-
test conducted under the auspices OF
the society.
Dinsmore Brothers are building a
5Ox32 foot show room and office, OF
granite faced blocks, on the front OF
their garage. Additional storage
room is also being provided by the
erection of a 40X20 1T. frame struc-
ture to the side of their large shop
and storage room, which measures
140x32ft.
When work is completed Messrs
Dinsmore will have a fine, commod-
ious garage. They have the agency
for the Chevrolet car and report
sales brisk.
The old warehouse building al
Paramount, Pa, which was a center
of business activity in the days ol
the Narrow Guage Railroad, but lost
its prestige with the passing OF the
railroad, has been purchased by
Russell Moore and will be torn down
for rhe building material that Is il
| il.
Amos Christie, Dewey King, Frank
Walker and Gus Thompson, who
PdlLACApdICO Al q oAOOSAh5 N'
Cokesbury, colored Settlement
near Port Deposit, on the night OF
May 23, were fined $50 and costs
each by Justice Scotten of Elkton
for carrying deadly weapons.
Children's Day EXERCISES will be
held at Mt. Pleasant M. +. Church
Colora, on Sunday evening. June
10, at eight o'clock.
Sunday school, 10 a. M; preach
ing at IL a. m. by the pastor, Rev
Thomas Pardee.
Alfred Burkins, who has the con.
tract for carrying the mail between
the station and the post office. has
put fine new Ford truck in com,
mission.
Gored by bull Thomas M. Lin
dell, dairyman of near Elkton, is
in a serious condition in a Whining
ton hospital.
The tax rate for the city OF liaVrt
de Grace has been fixed at 95 cents