The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

MRS. Levin L. BelOte, or Rich
mond, Va, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Jennie w. Taylor.
Mrs. ]. Frank Tosh, who has been
seriously i'll at her home near town fol
some time, was taken to Union Hospit-
al. Elkton. on Wednesday afternoon fol
treatment.
marriage of Samuel Hoberman, of
Elkton, and Miss Gertrude Molitz, of
Baltimore. The ceremony took
place in Baltimore.
Miss Jean Meager, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Howard Meager OF
Havre de Grace, and Mr.. Carl Rob-
erts, of Perry Point, were quietly
married November 2, in Baltimore.
The bride is a graduate OF the Tome
School, class of '29.
Mrs. Annie H. Marshall, of Rising
Sun, who spent the summer with
her son, William Marshall, in Ant
werp, Belgium, has returned to her
home here, arriving in New York
last week on the Red Star liner
Pennland.
Announcement is made Of the ap-
preaching marriage on Saturday,
November 16, at four O'Clock in the
afternoon, of Miss Elizabeth Cooney,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Cooney of Rising Sun, to Mr.. Carl
Hanna, son of Mr.. and Mrs. d. D..
Hanna, of near town.
Miss Margaret Lucas, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clay S. Lucas of Zion,
was married on Saturday morning,
Nov. 2, at the home of her parents,
to Mr.. Earl Hall of Oxford, by Rev.
Oswald Schwalbe. The bride was
given in marriage by her father. She
was attended by Miss Eleanor Nc
DowelI, Of Calvert. Mr. Walter
Reburn, ofQxford. was best man. 9
Or. q Hampton Richards, well
known physician and surgeon OF
Port Deposit. was stricken with a
severe attack of the heart on Sunday
morning last. DR.. Richards had
given a talk at the Armistice Day
services held that morning IN the
Port Deposit M. E. church. and at
the conclusion of the service had
gotten into his car to drive to his
home. He was discovered a few
minutes later in an unconscious
condition in his car and taken to his
hospital nearby. His many friends
in this community will be pleased
to learn that his condition is some
what improved at this time.
The United States Navy Band will
give two concerts in Baltimore, at
the Fifth Regiment Armory, Bolton
and Hoffman streets, under the aus
pices of the Maryland Congress of
Parents and Teachers, on Saturday,
November 23. You have heard it
over the radio, now see it in action.
Surprised in the general store of
Lester Tucker, at Abingdon, Hartford
county, a colored burglar was shot
on Tuesday night of last week by
the proprietor. One shot entered
the negro's hand, one the shoulder
ami one the abdomen. The latter
wound is serious. Th; negro was
taken to Havre de Giace Hospital.
You are reminded of the oyster
supper to be held on Friday evening
Ct this week in the dining room of
the M. E.church of this town, by the
ladies' of the Aid Society These
suppers are famous for the excel
lence of the cuisine served, and .are
always literally patronized, SO be
sure and go early. Supper will be
served from $3.50 to $3.50 O'Clock,
and will be rs cents.
Arrested on the charge of murder
Edward Peterson, aged rs years, is
held in Bel Air jail. Marion AL
mony, aged 46 years. was shot by
Peterson with a shot gun. The
shooting occurred near Madonna,
Hartford county. Almony, with a
shot gun wound in the back of his
head, died Wednesday last as he
was being lifted from the operating
table at St. Joseph's Hospital, BALTIC.
Gordon Swift, aged 3S years, saw
mill operator of Kent county, has
been sentenced to eighteen months
in the House of Correction on a
charge of perjury. 1t Was alleged
that he falsified the age of w. d..
Cohee's daughter when he married
her last May. The girl Is only IA
years old. 1t was charged that when
she and Swift eloped to Rock Hall
to be married, Swift swore in getting
a license that she was 22 years old.
The regular messing of the w. c.
T. U. will be held at the home of
Miss Mary Brumfield on Tuesday
evening, Nov. 10, at 1880 o'clock.