The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
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| The Ninth DlStrlct FARMERS CluD
met on Wednesday with Mr.. and Mrs.
]. B. Fassitt, near Sylmar.
Thos. F. Grier has sold for Alice
Singleton, her dwelling in Sylmar,
to ]. A. Thomson, Hopewell, Pa.
John L. Tosh has purchased what
is known as the Joseph Lincoln farm,
at the top of Pigeon Hill, Just west Of
town.
Miss Sara Wallis, of Chesapeake
City, has accepted position as nurse
in the Children's Hospital, Denver,
Colorado.
The mercury took tumble in
thermometers Monday night, regis
tering twenty degrees on Tuesday
morning.
Woodrow and James nave sold
their 65-acre farm, about one mile
west of town, to Cicero Carlis, Of
near Rowlandville, at private terms.
|
Residents of the Blue Ball-Childs
section held public meeting at
Childs on Wednesday evening to dis
cuss the improvement of that much
travelled highway.
DR.. w. A. Bridges, of the Mary
land tuberculosis Association, will
conduct clinic at the County Health
Dept. Office, Elkton, on Wednesday,
Feb. 10, at 1000 a. m.
Rising Sun firemen were called to
the dwelling of Zed Barton, near
Woodlawn, Monday morning, to ex-
tinguish a chimney fire. No damage
was done by the threatening blaze.
Francis Kennard, of this town, has
purchased the M. E. parsonage and
| is having repairs and improvements
made preparatory to moving into 1t.
The reported purchase price was
$4,000.
Harold E. Cobourn, Democratic
State Senator from Cecil County,
has introduced a bill calling for
general re-assessment of real estate
and personal property in 1899 in
stead of 1897.
T. ]. Baker, one Of Elkton's mar
rying parsons, was fined $500 and
costs by Magistrate Miller of Elkton
last week, because of the failure OF
his son Joseph, under Is years of
age, to attend school.
Edward Burke, manager of the
Havre de Grace track, has, according
to announcement made by William
dupont, been named manager of Del
aware Park, the new race track In
Delaware near Stanton.
A Ford truck loaded with wood
and owned by John Reese, of Childs,
was totally destroyed by fire on the
road near Cherry Hill on Monday af
ternoon, before the Elkton Fire Com
pany arrived on the scene.
The Third District Auxiliary of
Union Hospital has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Mrs. Thomas Nc
Intire, President; Mrs. George Wood
all, Vice President; Mrs. Theodore
OFT, Secretary, and Mrs. Jesse Pier
son, Treasurer.
The February meeting of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Louise Brokaw on Thursday, the
18th, at 200 p. m. Devotional
leader, Mrs. Jean Shepherd; program
leader, Mrs. Chas. S. Pyle
James Lee Rogers, of Zion, Cecil
county. was arrested by State Officer
H. F. Schultheis Thursday afternoon
in Havre de Grace, for driving an
automobile while intoxicated. Mag
lstrate Vancherie imposed a fine of
500 and costs, which was paid.
George Webb Constable, SON of Mr..
and Mrs. William Pepper Constable,
OF Baltimore, recently passed the
Maryland Bar Examination. Mr..
Constable graduated from Princeton
in '33 and Yale Law School in 'S6.
He will be associated with a large
Law Firm in Baltimore City.
Tuesday, the second, was Ground
Hog Day, and as the sun was shining
brightly part Of the day, the little
animal should have had no difficulty
in seeing his shadow. This, we are
told, portends six more weeks OF
winter. AS we have had very little
real winter weather so far. it is reas-
enable to expect that some is headed
| this way.