The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-11-03
BRIEFLY NOTED
HAPPENINGS
Short Paragraphs OF Recent
Events In Town And
County

Home Coming, Sunday, Nov. 5.
The Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts,
of Rising Sun, are planning supper
and hike in the near future.
The members of the Epworth
League of James M. E. Church held
an enjoyable Halloween Social on
Friday evening.
Murray j. Ewing has been elected
Secretary and Treasurer of Union
Hospital, Elkton, to succeed John H.
Terrell, resigned.
Six Franklin and Marshall College
fraternity houses in Lancaster, Pa,
were robbed early Tuesday morning
by thieves who escaped with $3.50
cash, clothing and jewelry.
A clinic will be conducted at the
Health Department, Elkton, on We'd
nesday, November s, at 10000 a. M,
by DR.. w. A. Bridges, of the Mary
land tuberculosis Association.
While working about the kitchen
of her home in Chesapeake City,
Mrs. Mary Conrey, aged 80 years,
tripped and fell on Wednesday
morning last, suffering fracture of
the hip.
Mrs. Annie M. Cameron, aged 10
years, of North East, was struck by
car driven by William Johnson, col
ored, of Elk Neck, and suffered a
fracture of the right arm and other
injuries.
The barn on the farm of Granville
Robinson, between West Grove and
New London, Pa, was destroyed by
fire last week, together with the sea-
sons crops. One cow perishel in
the flames,
The one-third undivided interest
in the William Armstrong Farm,
near Fair Hill, was sold al the Court
House door, in Elkton, on Thursday,
to Morris Schuman, assignee, of
Baltimore, for $500.
T. B. Catch and Sons, Inc, of Bal
timore, have been awarded the con-
tract for installing nine miles of
sewer pipe, to s inches in diam
eter, in Bel Air, for $4,000. Work
on this project will begin in the near
future.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex-
animation for Postmastet AT Perry
Point under an executive order of
July IL, 1888. The salary is $1,000
per year and receipt of applications
will close November 10.
An absolute divorce has been
granted Mrs. Edna Elsner Weber,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry w.
Elsner, of near Havre de Grace, from
her husband, Mr.. w. Lewis Weber of
that city. The plaintiff was given
the right to use her maiden name.
The students of North East High
School will present minstrel show
in the auditorium of the new High
School building, in that town, on
November 10, at 8:15 p. IA. The
show is under the personal direction
of Edwin D. Barnes, member of
the faculty.
C. A. McCommons, contractor and
builder, has begun the work of re-
modelling and re-erecting the textile
buildings, preparing for the new dis
tillery which will be operated in the
town of Havre de Grace soon after
the repeal of the 18th Amendment
to the Constitution.
Mrs. Laura X. Ferguson, CT Cole
rain, Lancaster county, has been
awarded by the Lancaster, Pa,
Court the sum of $46.1O, the verdict
covering added expenses incurred
when Mrs. Ferguson was fol- ced to
re-advertise a public sale which was
halted by sheriff's levy brought by
John Jackson of Little Britain
Township.
j. e. Brumfield met with painful
accident at his home on Cherry
street, about seven o'clock Saturday
evening, when he fell down the cell
lar steps. He struck his face on the
concrete floor, cutting his upper lip
clear through and breaking two
front teeth. It required three stitch
es to close the cut lip, Mr.. Brpm-
field received sundry other painful
cuts and bruises, but fortunately es-
capped any fractured bones.
The Ladies Aid Society OF Rising
Sun M. e. Church will serve their
annual roast chicken supper in the
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