The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-10-27
BRIEFLY NOTED
HAPPENINGS
Short Paragraphs OF Recent
Events In Town And
County

Halloween. Watch your step OF
the COLLINS will get you
Efforts are being made to reor-
ganize the Oakryn Band, in Little
Britain Township, Lancaster county.
The Band for years was quite not
ed local musical organization.
A religious drama entitled LAS
We Forgive" will be presented by
the Epworth League in the auditor
ium of James M. E. Church ON sun
day evening at 1880 o'clock.
Shawnah Tribe, Red Men, OF NORTH
East. will hold its annual ministrei
show and musical comedy on
THANKSGIVING night, November ~
and December 1, in that town.
The chicken waffle supper held
Friday evening at the home OF Mrs.
Scott Wilson, under auspices OF the
Loyal Temperance Legion, was lib
orally patronized. The sum- OF $50
was cleared.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
Of Cherry Hill, Cecil county. has re-
ceived bequest of $1,000 by the
will of Mrs. Emily C. Patterson, who
died recently in Philadelphia. Her
estate is valued at $4,000.
Joseph B. Bucher, Penn Township,
was awarded by jury at Lancaster
last week $1,75O as damages to his
property for the placing OF a power
line thru his property by the Penn
sylyania Power and Light Company.
An Epworth League Chapter has
been organized at the Ceciltor M. r..
Church, with Norman Mccoy, presi-
dent, Mary F. Rhodes, Carol Davis,
Mary Bouchelle and Virginia Bould-
en-, vice-presidents; Nora Robinson,
secretary, and Martha Davis, treas
urer.
The regular meeting of The Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
will be held at the home of Mrs. G.
C. Logan, Thursday, Nov. End, at 2
D. m. Devotional leader, Mrs. c. S.
Pyle; program leader, Mrs. Ruth
Lippencott.
The directors of the Havre de
Grace Hospital have under consld-
Grafton applying for Federal funds
with which to build new and up
to-date hospital to replace the pres
ent institution, which is built OF
frame.
At meeting of the Mems 4sssocia-
ton of the Elkton Presbyterian
Church, held at the home of Malcolm
r. Gilpin, officers were chosen for
the ensuing year, as follows NAL
colin R. Gilpin, president; j. Harold
Williams, secretary; Melvin Thomp-
son, treasurer.
B. Carl Simmons, aged 33 years,
Of near Darlington, Hartford county,
was crushed to death on Thursday
night last, when a tractor OH which
ne was working turned oyer on him.
de was employed as salesman tor
John H. Smith, Ford dealer, at
Aberdeen.
The Epworth League of James M.
E. Church will hold halloween
social in the basement of the church
on Friday evening, Oct. 81, at eight
O'Clock. All young people over IA
years of age are cordially invited.
Please come masked. Charge of ten
cents for those unmasked.
The driver of a large truck be-
longing to North East party chose
the wrong time TO take nap, early
one morning last week, Going to
sleep at the wheel while driving near
Calvert, the truck left the road and
upset. The driver escaped injury,
out the machine was badly damaged.
The legislative committee of the
Maryland State Firemen's Associa-
lion has decided to have bill pre-
pared for presentation at the pro-
posed special session of the Legisla-
ture calling for a $4,000 expendi-
lure from the State for relief, in
vestigation of arson cases and in
spection of properties.