The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-31
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

LuSClOuS uOuc SIOWH STRAW UCi- =
ries have reached the local market
A number of dwellings in diff
ferent sections of our town are being
Frightened by new spring dresses
of paint.
Port Deposit has dropped out of
the Tri-County base ball league,
and Darlington has been selected
to fill the vacancy.
Miss Virginia Horner, Of Balti-
more, has been appointed assistant
superintendent of tthe Havre de
Grace hospital, succeeding Miss
Helen Quirk, resigned.
Dogs attacked the sheep on the
Frank Conrey Farm, near Chesa-
peake City, last Wednesday night.
and killed two of them
Memorial services under auspices
of the American Legion were held
at the soldiers monument, E]kton,
Thursday morning at 1880 clock.
DIR. s. Claude Sykes was the speaker.
Plans have been completed for
the closing exercises and commence
ment of the University of Maryland,
at College Park. The exercises will
extend through June 9, 10 and IL.
The annual Memorial Meeting
will be held in West Nottingham
Friends meeting house on End of
June, 2:3O standard time. DR..
Jesse Holmes will be the principal
speaker.
Miss Roena E. Shaw, of Mis-
souri,, National lecturer and organ
izer, will speak in the M. E. church,
Rising Sun, on Sunday evening,
June 2, at 1880 o'clock, under
auspices of Cecil County w. G. T. U.
Special music.
n PEQhibition Enforcement officers,
aasi7 naniltiaR
made raid III Cray Hprse woods
section on Friday last. located and
blew up with dynamite large
moonshine plant.
H. S. Coslett, formerly of North
East. who has been engaged in bus
iness in Philadelphia for the past
several years, has returned to his
native town. and taken over the bus
mess of the Cecil Garage, formerly
conducted by G. C. Rawson.
j. A. Jarvis, of New York, has
purchased from estate of the late
George w. Cosdeu, the fine country
property, near North East, known
as Green Hill." for $4,000. The
new owner will open an inn there,
to be known as Green Hill Inn.
Chautauqua will be held in Rising
Sun this year June Is to II. The
program offered is good one, and
the guarantors are busy canvassaing
for the sale of tickets. Adult tick
cts for the entire four-day program
afternoon and evening. are $2.0O;
junior tickets $1.O0.
A number of the large fishermen
ON the Susquehanna river and the
upper Chesapeake bay, have ''cut
out" for the season, which is report
ed as being successful one, with
shad and herring more plentiful
than for some years. Gillers are
still making good catches.
Masons of Cecil and Hartford
counties have formed Bourni Tenn
pie Shrine Club, with the following
officers: President, A. M. Fulford,
Charles P. Rutledge, Perryville,
and DIR. James H. Bay, Havre de
Grace, vice-presidents: George F..
Harrison, secretary; r. Lamar Nc
Cam, treasurer.
The Board of County Commits
sioners for Cecil county, has appro-
priated $500 towards the dredging
of the channel of Elk river, between
Cedar Point and the Elkton
wharves. Tie Federal Government
will pay half the cost. The work
of dredging is expected to be start
ed during the summer.
On Thursday night last thieves
stole $50 White Leghorn chickens
from the premises of Mr.. and Mrs.
John S. Trimble, near Little Britain
Church. A number of the chickens
weighed two pounds and others
nearly as much. The tracks of an
auto were found near the barn
where it had backed against the
bank.
In the Natioal Educational Con-
test conducted by the Butterick
Publishing Company, Of New York
city, the second prize in Glass B, for
the best essay ON ''It Is Smart To
Make My Own Clothes" was won
by Miss Kathleen Walter DeShane,
of Chesapeake City. The first prize
was $50; the second prize SIS, and
and five succeeding pizes IS each.