The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
TOWN AND COUNTY
hort Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
local HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


len for the County.
Elmer Kaufman has sold his farm
BIT Oakryn, Lancaster county, to MT.
G.. Cockey of Rising Sun, for $3275.
North East Firemen's Carnival
opened on Thursday, August 20, and
closes on Monday evening, Septem-
Rber S, Labor Day.
The Susquehanna Power Company
reported to have purchased for
s6 900 the property of Orlando Van
hort, in Port Deposit.
The Fire Company of Port Deposit
4 will hold carnival on the Wharf,
oppisite Junior School Building, on
August rs to Sept. 5th.
A registered shoot will be held by
the Elkton Gun Club, on the out
skirts of the town, Saturday, Sept. g.,
starting at 1000 a. m.
The Alexander farm of 4O acres,
located in the Fifth district, has been
purchased at trustees sale by Mrs.
Clara A. Abrams, for $500.
The Second Annual Mercantile and
Industrial Show, under the auspices
of Cecil Post No. Is, American
Legion, will be held on October 3, q,
and 8, in Elkton.
Miss Helen Wentz, of Perryville,
has been appointed member OF the
faculty of school in Massachusetts,
for the ensuing year. She, will as
sume her new duties next month.
Three runaway boys from Baltl-
more, Paul Loverde, Joseph MlraDle
and Philip Demariv, were taken In
in charge by Sheriff Logan, in Elk
ton last week, and held until their
parents came for them.
Harold E. Coburn, Assignee, sold
on Tuesday, the Hickey store and
dwelling property on the road be-
tween Conowingo and Oakwood, in
1.-The Eighth district The property
was purchased by H. E. Coburn Tor
s274o.
The gross receipts of the Oxford
Pa, Fire Company carnival, which
closed Saturday night, broke all rec:
ords of any similar affair that we
have heard of. The receipts are re
ported to have totalled S27,323.lS,
which puts Oxford way in the lead
for carnivals.
Cecil County w. T. e. U. Conven-
t;on will be held Wednesday, Sep
tember Z, in Hopewell M. E. church;
as guests of the Woodlawn Union
Mrs. Haslup, the State President, ex-
poets to be present and give an ac'
count of the National w. &. I. U.
Convention, which is now IN session
at Minneapolis. The full program
will appear later.
While workmen were eXcavatlng
for a basement kitchen under
Wr.ghts African M. E. Church, a
brick structure, IN Elkton, the un-
der pinning gave way and the entire
south wall between the end windows
collapsed and fell. The sills were
entirely rotted away and it is doubt
full whether the structure can be
successfully repaired
The Community Fire Company, OF
this town, with band and apparatus
were in the parade at Elkton or
Tuesday evening, held in connection
with Singerly Fire Company carni
val Other fire companies in line o,
march were: Port Deposit, Perry
vile, North East, Chestertown, Ches
apeake City, Aberdeen, Bel Air. Mid
dletown, New Castle, Newark, Mar
shallton, Newport, Stanton FIVE
Points.
The M. E. Sunday school OF this
town enjoyed their annual outing al
Delaware Beach, on Wednesday
Several trucks and private cars were
required to transport the large num-
ber who went. The weather was
ideal, and fine days enjoyment was
had with boating, bathing, etc. not
to mention the sumptuous picnic
spread, the baskets revealing boun-
teous provision made for this feature
by the housewife.
A party of tourists returning from
Canada to their homes in Washing
ton. were run into and their car bad
~ damaged by George M. Barrett, OF
Oxford, who collided with them In
front of Guthrie's road house, east
of town, on Monday evening. AT the
subsequent hearing that night It was
Shown that Barrett was Thoroughly
Intoxicated and fine OF SlOo.oo'
costs and damages was imposed.
In default of same his ear was at
tached. He spent the night in the
town lookup and is now reposing In
Elkton jail.