The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-27
BRIEFLY NOTED
HAPPENINGS
Short Paragraphs OF Recent
Events In Town And
County

H. H. Baugher, of near town, re-
ports yield of $40 bushels of wheat
from twenty acres,-41 bushels per
acre.
London Grove, Pa, post office has
been discontinued after 125 years
continuous service, having been es-
tablished January 1, 1910.
Miss Louise Nickel, of Calvert,
has been awarded scholarship at
Blue Ridge College, New Windsor,
Md, by the Cecil County School
Board.
Tent meetings are being held each
night in the week at Providence un-
der the direction of Rev. P. E. Free
man, pastor of the Free Methodist
Church.
Twelve girls are spending their
vacation at the Happy Valley Camp
conducted by Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher
Williams on Mt Ararat Farms, near
Port Deposit.
John w. Chamberlain will sell at
public sale his bungalow at Blythe
dale, on Saturday, July %, at one
O'Clock p. m. Household goods,
carpenters tools, etc, will be sold
also.
Two thousands persons from six
ty-two churches of the Church of
God in the eastern part of Pennsyl-
vania attended the fifteenth annual
reunion and picnic at Hershey, Tues
day.
Mrs Aca Rambo, aged SO years,
suffered the fracture of three ribs
and severe cuts about the head by a
fall down stairs at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Clara Muller, at
North East.
w. l.. Ely, real estate broker, has
sold for Harry E. Fisher, his prop
erty north of Rising Sun, known as
the Frank Scotch farm and embrace
ing SIS acres, to George w. McGloch
lin, of Liberty Grove.
w. Frank Mathues of Media and
North East, announces he will con-
vert his beautiful North East river
home, known as Horse Shoe Farm,
near Turkey Point, into modern
club house.
The Zion M. E. community house,
under the direction of Charles Glib
son of North East, contractor, is
nearing completion. The walls of
cinder block and roof have been COM
pleted and the interior is being ar
ranged.
At a hearing before Associate
Judge j.. Owen Knots. on Tuesday,
Reynolds Mackey, of Providence.
was appointed Trustee for Edward
Anderson of Fair Hill, who has been
committed to the Eastern Shore
Hospital at Cambridge.
Effective July L, Major Julian G..
Smith, of the United States Marine
Corps, was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant colonel, He is an Elk
tonian, stationed at League Island
Navy Yard, Philadelphia, in com
mand of the Basic School.
AT the recent annual convention
of the Maryland State Rural Letter
Carriers Association, held at Ocean
City, Md. B. A. Keithley, of Elkton,
was elected Treasurer, and Mrs. ].
Leedom Scarborough, of Elkton,
chosen Chaplain of the Ladies Aux
| iliary.
Charles (Jimmy) Hendrix, IS
year old son of DR.. and Mrs. Hen
dirk of Port Deposit, established the
swimming record from Rock Run to
Havfe de Grace by covering the dis
lance in two and one half hours.
Jimmy was accompanied by Jack
Williams and timekeeper ip Hen
dFiX's rowboat.
Herb Peppock, Boston twirler,
will be honored by his Kennett home
town and community friends August
7th, when the Red Sox play the Ath-
letics at Shibe Park, Philadelphia.
The celebration is sponsored by
the Kenneth Square American Lee
gion Post, of which the famed south
paw is member.
The Ladies Aid Society Of Mt.
Pleasant M. E. Church will hold a
festival ON the church lawn at Mt.
Pleasant Wednesday evening, Aug.
LIST. If stormy on that date, festival
will be held the following evening.
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