The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-07
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Recent Events Of /
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Holden enjoy
ed visit with relatives in Lewes,.
Dell last week.
Ben and Isabel Pogue were home
from College at Williamsport, Pa,
for Thanksgiving.
Miss Margaret Minor, of George
town, Del, is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Eli T. Reynolds.
Mrs. Cara H. Wagner was the
guest of relatives in Baltimore dur-
ing Thanksgiving holidays.
Mrs. Josephine Cantwell, Of Char
lestown, was the weekend guest of
Cecil E. Ewing and family.
Mrs. e. c. Dixon, OF Phllada.,
spent the Thanksgiving holiday with
her mother, Mrs. B. H. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. p. Thompson
and daughter Dorothy, OF. York,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Eli T.
Reynolds.
The Womans Foreign Missionary
Society held it's November meeting
with Mrs. Thomas Robertson on
Wednesday last.
Carroll Boyle, who was operated
on at Maryland General Hospital
last Tuesday week, is rapidly inn
proving at his home in this town.
Miss Evelyn Stewart, a graduate
of Union Hospital Training School
for Nurses, Elkton. has passed the
State examination and received her
Degree as Registered Nurse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde England and
son Clyde, Jr., OF Ardmore, Pa,
were Thanksgiving guests of Mrs.
England's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles S. Nields.
Mrs. Job w. Kirk, Mrs. Clarence
Ashby, Mrs. Marion Fehr left on
Wednesday by auto for a visit to
Mrs. G. H. Robertson and Mrs. Clara
Biles at Freehold, N. u.
E DR.. and Mrs. D. T. Benson, Miss
Elnora Benson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson Deets, of Bel Air, spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. ,Rey-
nolds Greystone Manor Farm, near
town.
Miss Elinor r. Tomlinson, daugh-
ter of Harry e. Tomlison, OF Me-
chanic Grove and Guy R. Hess, son
of Mr.. and Mrs John Hess, Of Ell
dora, Fulton Township, were united
in marriage on Saturday morning in
Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church,
by Rev. w. j. G. Carruthers.
Miss Madalyn G. Steele, daughter
of the late Bennett Steele, a coal
merchant of Chesapeake City, and
Mr.. George w. Johnson, son of Mag
istrate William H. Johnson of the
same town, were quietly married
Wednesday night, Nov. 49,, at St.
Mary's Episcopal rectory in North
East, by Rev. David L. Quinn. I'M
mediately after the ceremony, the
young couple left on a wedding trip
to Virginia. Upon their return they
will reside in Chesapeake City.
In honor of the birthday anniver-
saries of H. B. Patten, Howard
Brown and Asher Robertson a num-
ber of relatives were entertained at
dinner on Thanksgiving evening by
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Patten. The
guests to enjoy the anniversary oc-
casion were: Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Lyons, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lyons,
Coatesville, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. En-
erson X. Patten, Baltimore; Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Brown. Sylmar; Mrs.
Lillian Robertson, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Asher Robertson and B. L. Keilholtz,
Rising Sun.
While helping saw wood Frank
Brown, of Film, had two of his fing-
ers badly Iacerated by them coming
in contact with the curcular saw.
The fingers were torn their entire
length.
Clay McCardell, of near Fair
mount, Pa. was badly burned last
week by the explosion of a gasoline
lantern. The top Of his head. his
ear and the side Of his face were
burned. He was taken to the. Lam
caster General Hospital.
Mrs. s. P. Taylor. formerly OF
Chesapeake City, where she taught
school for a number of years, cele-
brated her ninety-sixth birthday an
niversary at the home of her son-in-
law, David A. Hay, In Wilmington.
Del, on Nov. 26.
On Friday evening, Dec. IA, a
lsilver medal declamatory contest
will be held in Rose Bank M. e.
Church, Calvert. The contestants
are members of the senior and
junior classes of Calvert High
School. A silver Offering will be
taken at the door.