The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-05-27
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL. HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


week-ond with relatives in Oxford.
Mrs. G. C. Hill and daughte'
Catherine, are visiting in Roanoke
Virginia.
Mrs. Clifford Robertson, OF Free
hold, N. j., is spending some time
with her mother, Mrs. c. r. Blles
Mrs. Sara H. Wagner has re-
turned from a visit to her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Melvin Thompson, New
York.
The Bridge Club met on Thursday
afternoon last with Mrs. Campbell,
when a very delightful social time
was had.
The members of the Komrade
Klub were very pleasantly enter
tanned on Thursday evening by Miss
Mabel Johnson.
Mrs. j. c. Hindman, Jr., sustain
ed a successful operation in Mary
land General Hospital, Baltimore, on
Monday, and is slowly improving.
Mrs. Clara b. Keen, OF this town,
announces the. engagement OF hel
niece, Miss Mildred M. Brown, to
Mr.. William Cherry, son of Mrs.
Mary Cherry, of Rising Sun.
Miss Dean Leffier, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred II. Letter, OF Elk
ton, had the honor OF being queen at
lhe May day exercises at Hood Col
lege, Frederick, Md, on Saturday
May IA.
Mark E. Founders, cashier of the
National Bank OF Rising Sun, repre-
sented the Bank at the annual con.
vention of the American Bankers
Association, held. at Atlantic City
last week.
A marriage license was issued last
week at Elkton to William l.. Mar
tin and Millie T. Green, both OF
Rising Sun.
Miss Gertrude Jewett, daughter OF
Mrs Richard Dickinson Jewett, OF
Washington, D. c., and Mr.. Henry
Lyttleton Constable, OF Elkton,
States Attorney of Cecil County,
we're married Saturday, May II, at
Jour o'clock, in the Church Of the
Epiphany, Washington, d. G.
DR.. r.. c. Dodson, OF this town,
mas been appointed local sergeon for
the United States Fidelity & Guar
antee Company, on the DAY &
zimmerman contract, whose camp OF
between 200 and 800 men will be
located in the meadow at Hunters
Mill, Just North of town. Day &
zimmerman have the contract for
che erection of the transmission line
from Conowingo to Philadelphia.
The work of clearing right OF way
along the route of the line has been
IN progress for weeks past. The
new camp will not be established for
some time but preliminary work on
it is being done.
The newly-established Atlantic 4
Pacific store, in Bel Air, has been
robbed twice within few weeks.
On the night of May IA robbers en-
tered the store for second time and
secured $500 in cash.
Members of the General Assembly
will visit Havre de Grace during
their trip over the Eastern Shore, in
June. The visit of the lawmakers
IN Hartford will include an inspection
trip of the Conowingo dam and the
Aberdeen Proving Ground.
The story of Cecil County is
told in an attractive little booklet
issued by the Cecil County Chamber
of Commerse. The booklet is from
the press of the Cleaves Printing
Company and is a very artistic piece
of work, in addition to containing
subject matter of much interest.
The volunteer fire companies at
Chesapeake City, North East, Perry
Vile, Rising Sun, and Elkton expect
to be represented in the parade at
the State Convention, on June 9, in
Annapolis.
The steamer Brandywine has been
chartered, and will leave Chesa-
peake City at 6;3Q O'Clock, the
morning OF the 9th.
Sheriff Clinton Logan and depu-
ties in two raids on successive nights
ON joints near Conowingo, conducted
by Mike Kelly and A. j. Seaman con-
fiscated several quarts of liquor and
took the proprietors to Elkton jail.
Justice Scotten gave the two men a
hearing on the charge of possessing
liquor for sale and held them for
Court under $500 bail each, which
Seaman furnished.
The Friends annual meeting at
the Little Brick, near Harrisville,