The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-06-29
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs Of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Fourth.
Contractor Atkinson finished the
laying Of concrete ON the Oakwood
road ON wednesday of this week.
Thomas, Bennett. & Hunter. con-
tractors for the Zion section OF road
way. expect to begin the laying OF
concrete this week.
Earl Il. Pfeiffer, Assistant State
Forester, reports that part OF the
tsastern shore will be infected with
17-year locusts this summer.
The Board of Education for Cecil
county. has appointed Miss Berta B.
Deussen teacher In the Rising Sun
High school. for next school year.
Harris Wharf. along the head Of
the Chesapeake bay, has been select
ed as the place for the annual camp
OF the Elkton Boy Scouts, this year,
July 1927. e
Al tailoring establishment, con-
Quoted by Luvi Speranze. has been
opened in the Cecil Farmers Tele-
phone exchange building, on South
queen street.
The degree OF Registered Nurse
has been given to Miss Ann Racine,
a graduate of Union Hospital Train
ing School, Elkton. by the State Ex-
amining Board.
The Cecil County School Board on
Friday awarded by competitive ex-
animation a scholarship at Blue
Ridge College, Western Md. College,
st. Mary's Seminary and ST. Johns
College.
The sum OF $40 was realized by
the festival held Tuesday evening.
on the Pogue & Robertson lot, for
the benefit Of the Vacation Bible
school. Music was furnished by the
Fire Company Band.
A new law firm will hang out its
single in Elkton on July l. The
firm will be Young, Crothers & Set
tie, Of Baltimore. with Office in the
Boulden Garage building, in charge
of william Booth Settle.
Arrested ON the charge OF assault
ing Miss Ruth Fowler, OF Elkton.
Richard Mann and Everett Stewart,
10 young white men Of Elk Mills..
have been held under $500 bond for
action of September Grand Jury.
Miss Miriam Algard, a member OF
the senior Class of the Cecil County
Agricultural High School, Calvert,
had the honor OF obtaining an aver
age OF A in all the branches, making
her exempt from taking any of the
examinations.
The big clock displayed in Min
ster,s jewelry store window, Elkton,
the face of which bore the names OF
the graduates OF the Elkton High
school, ran down last week. The
hands stopped ON the names OF Miss
Rose Ortynsky and Nelson Yocum,
each of whom was presented with a
wrist watch.
ladies auxiliary OF the P. 0. s..
Of a. was instituted at Rising Sun
on Tuesday evening. Two big bus
loads from Camp No. 20, OF Balto.,
came to Rising Sun to assist with the
organization. Fifty members were
initiated. the new order being
known as Camp No. IA. Patriotic
order Of America.
REV. Oswald Schwalbe. pastor OF
the Zion and Rock Presbyterian
Churches, who was seriously injur-
ed in an auto accident last week,
near Frederick, Md, is reported inn
proving. In a headon collision with
another car Mr.. Schwalbe was
thrown through the windshield OF
his auto. He was taken to Fred
erick hospital.
Timely discovery OF blaze OF un-
known origin in the bungalow OF
Earle Ragan, at Oakwood, shortly
after midnight. on Tuesday, prevent
ed the probable destruction Of the
home. The Community Fire Co !, OF
Rising sun, was called to the scene
buf the services OF the firemen were
not needed, the blaze having been
extinguished before their arrival
The damage was slight, the wood
work in one of the rooms being con-
siderably charred.
Everett Hinton, colored. sentene-
ed to the House Of Correction on the
charge OF wife beating, ana Mattn-
coleman, coiored, sentenced to
q months-in the same institution
the chargeof driving an auto
drunk. breaking down the
OF the r., B. & w. railroad
ing in Eikton. were taken TO
shp,s Cut last week by Sherin
Logan. Hinton Is one OF the pris-
oners who broke jail recently. but
was recaptured.