The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-03-15
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs Of Recent Events OF
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

sunday, March II, will be St.,
Patrick's Day.
Following the cold wave the lat
ter part OF last week, the fore part
of this week was decidedly spring
like.
clinic for diseases of the chest
will be conducted in Health Center,
Eikton, Wednesday, March ~, 1923,
at 10:30 a. m.
The work of excavating for the
cellar and foundation OF the new A.
& +. store building, on Main ST., pe-
ban on Monday, in charge OF con
tractor Thomas Rink.
During the heavy gale that ragged
on Thursday large pane OF glass
IN one Of the windows OF the home OF
DR.. T.. B. Moore, was blown com
pletely out and shattered.
Pleading guilty in the U. s. Dis
trict Court, Baltimore, to the charge
OF selling intoxicating liquor, Ru-
dolph Wharton, of Chesapeake City,
has been fined $3.50 and costs.
Escaping coal gas from a stove In
a small garage caused the death OF
Lewis Singles, aged 45 years, nlgnt
watchman for j. Piling Wright, OF
of Newark. one night last week.
The State Game Department has
ordered several thousand foreign
quail. to be liberated during the ear
" spring in the various counties OF
the State, for propagation purposes.
Saturday, August Z, has been Sc
lected by the Cecil County Council OF
Allied Farm Organizations, as the
date for holding the annual Farm
ers bay al Tome Institute, Port De-
posit, this year.
VIM. j. Snyder, Of this town, was
the recipient this week OF box OF
splendid oranges and grape fruit,
sent from Orlando, Florida, by J. j.
Janna, who has been spending the
winter III the land Of sunshine
Chesapeake Aircraft Conn
PAM, which maintains an airport at
Cnestertown, has been taken over by
the Curtiss Flying Service. The
company plans TO extend its activi-
ties to all parts of the Eastern
Shore.
malcolm r. Gilpin, for the past
twenty years agent for the Pennsyl-
vania railroad Company at Elkton,
was placed on the retired list March
/, and r. T. Downey, former freight
agent at Chester, Pa, appointed to
the agency at Elkton.
1t has been suggested that the
name of Union Hospital, Elkton, be
changed to that of The Howard
Bratton Memorial Hospital out OF
compliment to the late DR.. Howard
Bratton, through whose efforts,
mainly, the hospital was established.
The Community Fire Company
chemical truck was called out on
Monday by grass field fire on the
James H. Evans farm, near town,
and on Tuesday morning by a siml-
lar fire on the property of rural mail
carrier. s: J. Terry, adjoining town
Rev. L. M Broadway, pastor Noi
Perryyille M. e. Church and Father
Stout, assistant pastor of St. Pat
rick's Catholic church, Havre dc
Grace, have been appointed by the
Central office, United States Vete'
rams Bureau, schaplains of the Perry
Point Hospital.
The store of Mayberry Brothers
at Pennington was entered on Fri
day night last, by breaking the loci
ON the door toe the front room
Ham, sausage and other meat. to the
value of about $40, was stolen
Strong suspicion points to the gull
ty party, but no action has yet beer
taken.
The beautiful tall pine tree, tha
stood in the corner of the yard O.
the Rising Sun bank property, ant
had weathered many a storm TO
years and years back, has been sac
rifced, making way for the erection
of the new A. & P. Store on the site
The fine old tree was cut down OF
Saturday by telephone linemen.
The sixty-five mile gale tina
swept over the country on Thursda,
last, in addition to having a keel
edge that sent shivers up and dow
the spinal column, did plenty o
damage by way of smashing shut
ters, breaking windows, whippinI
limbs of trees, unroofing. smal
buildings. etc.. The gale howled lik
fury all day and night Thursday.
North East Board of Trade ha
elected the following officers: Pres
ident, r. G. Underwood; Vice-Presi
dent, Abel c. Cameron; Secretary
Paul Sweet; Treasurer, Walter
Smith: Board of Directors; Wn
Rutter, j. A. Roney, w. ]. Cameron
Ralph. Shippers, Charles e. Rothel
man JoseDh Benjamin. Joseph