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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Farm Building Destroyed

Fire of undetermined origin des-
troyed the combined wagon shed and
corn crib on the farm of Glen Van
dyke, northeast of town, formerly
the property Of the late Jefferson
Haines, on Friday evening. The
alarm was sounded about seven
o'clock. but the building was DOOM
ed before the arrival of firemen from
Rising Sun, with the chemical ap-
paratas and the big pumper. There
was no water available for pumping
on the flames, and the firemen con-
fined their efforts to saving the
dwelling, which was near the burn
ing structure.
The tanks on the chemical engine
were emptied and recharged sever
al times, water being carried from
the we'll for this purpose.
The efforts of the firemen saved
the dwelling, but the wagon shed
and corn-crib, together with a large
lot of corn, were destroyed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Fire Destroys Historic
Dwelling

Ignited by flames from an over
heated fireplace, fire Monday night
destroyed Brookland, historic home
of the Misses Winifred and Logh Q
Nottingham, two miles north Of
Perryville, at Akin Station, Cecil
county.
William Nottingham, brother
of the Misses Whittinghams, who
mad been confined to his home be-
cause of illness, was moved to the
nearby residence of Miss Helen
Wright.
Valuable antique furnishings, a
large library and the communion
silver of st. Marks Protestant Epis-
copal Church, of Aiken, were saved
oy volunteer firemen who responded
from Perryville, Havre de Grace and
Port Deposit.
The home, located near the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad line, was
The residence of the late Rev. Rich
ard Nottingham, father of the oc-
cupants, and former pastor of st.
Marks Protestant Episcopal Church.
1t is said to be more than 200 years
old and was formerly occupied by
Samuel Chamberlain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Road Improvement In
The County

At the regular meeting of the
Board of Commissioners of Cecil
County last week, it was agreed that
$3500.00 monthly should be spent
in maintaining County roads, making
total of $17,500; oiling schedule
s3500.O0; retreading oiled roads
$250,000, leaving balance in the
maintenance fund of 100000;
100000 of this balance to be held
in reserve until near the end of the
fiscal year to take care of any antici-
pated storm damage.
The Commissioners also agreed to
levey sufficient funds to pay for
Pilot Road w. P. A. Project $4,-
0O660, Rigby Road w. P. A. Pro-
ject S3,117.08, Appleton Road
W.P.A. Project $2,6S5.25, Wards
Hill Special Project $2,S75.00, MAX
ing total of $12,6S3.93.
The Commissioners also agreed
that they would ask for construction
of the remainder of the Pennington
Bay View Road and be included in
the 1889 program.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Pulp Mill Raced By Fire

A large portion of the old Radnor
Pulp Works en- West Main Street,
Elkton, which for half a century
provided employment to many until
four years ago, was burned to the
ground Monday while firemen look
ed on to keep it from endangering
other property.
The owners had dismantled the
old mill and had sa1vaged most every
thing worth saving. They were faced
with costly operation of tearing
the rest of it down with the lumber
not worth saving. So they secured
permission from town officials to des-
troy it by fire.
The Elkton Fire Company kept
one of its engines ON the ground to
be ready for any emergency, but 1t
was not called in use.
When the plant was in operation
it gave employment to about 200
men.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Spring Birthdays Are
Celebrated
Members Of Tyson Family
Gather At "Friendleigh"
For Annual Observance

The Spring Birthday Celebration
for 1898 was held at the home OF
Miss Bertha M. Tyson, West Netting
ham, on Sunday, May 9Th. The
tables were set on the spacious lawn
and fairly groaned with good things
to eat,-Chicken Salad, Roast
Lamb, Baked Ham, Deviled Eggs.
Meat Loaf, Roast Chicken, accom-
panied by salads. tomatoes, pickles,
Olives, cheese, Cottage Cheese,
Potato Salad, with rolls, several
kinds of delicious homemade breads,
ect, together with jellies, preserves,
potato chips, were served to the fol-
lowing guests, almost every one OF
whom have birthdays in the spring
of the year. This is the fifth cele-
bration of the birthdays collectively
which have taken place at Friend
leigh" the home of Miss Bertha M
Tyson at West Nottingham. Later
in the afternoon home made Ice
Cream and delicious home made
cakes were served. The guests were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard woodrow, son
David; Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Joseph
Woodrow and children Janice Blair
and Samuel Joseph, Jr., Mrs. Rachel
Tyson MacClure, Mr.. and Mrs. NAL
colin j. T. MacClure, children Doris,
Mary and Bobby, Donald MacClure,
Mr.. and Mrs. jos. T. Tyson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stantan s. Tyson, daughter
Jean, Mr.. Curtis o. Tyson, Mrs. P.
S. Brumfield, son Richard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip S. Brumfield and son
Roger Lee; Mrs. Alberta fanny
and Miss Mary l.. Brumfield, Mr.. and
Mrs. Allan G. Tyson, children Allan
Jr., and jamie Birtwell and Miss
Bertha M. Tyson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Speakers At DINNER
Meeting Of Lions

The members of the Lions Club,
at their dinner meeting on Thurs
day evening, at the Village Restau-
rant listened to two interesting
talks.
The first was by ]. P. Lanigan, of
Baltimore, secretary of the Maryland
Petroleum Industries Committee,
who spoke on the gasoline tax sub
ject showing particularly how the tax
collected from the motorists Ter
road improvement purposes, was
largely diverted and did not reach
the road fund, despite the specific
stipulation of the law. He urged that
motorists become more tax consci-
Gus and demand that the money col
lected from them be used for road
purposes alone.
The second speaker was ]. c. AL
trock,, of Aberdeen, Divisional Man.
ager of Investors Syndicate of Min
neapolis. This talk was a motion
picture presentation in the interest
of financial education, which should
be extended to our schools.
Education primarily instructs and
fits a person for the earning of a
Livelihood, but fails to give any in
struction in the proper care of the
wage CIR money earned by the per-
son, who in so many instances, be-
cause of this lack of instruction,
find themselves in actual want in
their declining years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Briefly Noted News

Tuesdays cold rain brought some
hail with 1t,
The Senior Glass of Calvert High
School realized $40 from their play
my Mother In Law"
The card of Walter B. Scarbor-
ough, of Pleasant Hill, announcing
his candidacy for County Commits
sioner, appears in our advertising
columns this week.
Sam Downham, notorious
character of Elk Mills, has been
sent to Maryland House of Correc'
ton for two years, for assault on
Vincent Off, of Providence.
The Lancaster, Pa, Court, has ap-
proved the dissolution of the Oakryn
Hall Association, of Little Britain
Township. The organization was
started in 1907, and sold its hall
this spring to Little Britain School
Board.
The card of ]. Frank Blake, an
nouncing his candidacy for the DEM
ocratic nomination of Judge of the
Orphans Court for Cecil county, ap-
pears in our columns this week. Mr..
Blake is at present one of the judges
of the Orphans Court.
Two purebred Guernsey bulls, G.
F.'s George Rilma 256994 and c.
F.'s Merry Christmas 230314 were
sold recently by Est. E. B. Cassatt
of Berwyn, Pa, to Herbert Winkler
of Elkton, Md, according to the
American Guernsey Cattle Club,
Peterborough, N. H.
Rev. F. w. A. Bosh, Pastor of the
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church,
Springfield, Missouri, was the guest
preacher at the Mothers Day service
at West Nottingham Presbyterian
Church last Sunday. The sermon was
much appreciated by the large con-
gregation present.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Academy In Pictures

William Edward Hayes, author
and magazine writer, whose studio
is located on Gray's Hill, near Elk
ton, visited West Nottingham last
week and took a series of pictures
Of the old Academy, the student
body, etc. In order to help depict the
social side of school at the Academy
number of Rising Sun high school
girls were invited to lend their charm
and grace, and were guests at par
ty staged by the boys.
Mr.. Hayes makes candid camera
shots for Life Magazine and other
periodicals.
The young ladies who were guests
at the Academy on the occasion
were: Misses Gertrude Buck, Ruth
Biles, Doris McVey, Ann Robertson,
of Rising Sun; Madeline Alexander,
Virginia Passmore and Dorothy
Brabson, of Oxford.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
State Weather Report
For Anril

April was mild and dry, the
temperature being nearly three de-
grees above normal and the pre-,
cipitation only half the normal.
1t was the fifth consecutive month
of precipitation below normal. Snow
fall was deficient.
In Maryland, Is stations report
ing, the mean temperature was 54.4
degrees. which is 2.7 degrees above
normal. The highest mean was 58.5
degrees at Crisield and the lowest
47.6 degrees at Mt. Savage Summit
(Frostburg). The highest tempera-
ture was "a degrees at Cumber-
land on the 28th and the lowest 10
degrees at Mt. Savage Summit ON
the 10th. The average precipitation,
48 stations reporting, was liza inch
es, which is LII inches below nor
NAL, or 500 of normal. The great
est monthly was 3.45 inches at Sines
and the least LOS inches at George
town. The greastest 24-hour amount
was Ill inches at Sines on the IT.
18th. The average monthly snowfall
was 0.S inch, or 10 inch below nor
NAL. The greatest monthly snowfall
was As inches at Friendsville and
the greatest 24-hour amount 80
inches at Friendsville on the 10th.
John r. Weeks,
Meteorofogist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Eastern Shore Road
Projects

Only three of total of thirty-s1x
State Roads Commission contracts
awarded during the current fiscal
year involed work on the Eastern
Shore.
Monthly lists of awards, posted by
the roads unit, showed the total
amount involved in the thirty-six
awards was $1,S40,421, with the
$4,000 Potomac river bridge at
hancock as the most expensive
single item.
Caroline, Cecil and Wicomico
counties ON the Eastern Shore re-
ceived one project each.
Montgomery county projects head
ed the list, with six contracts award
ed by the commission there. Work
was started on five Hartford coun-
ty projects, five in Washington and
four in Frederick county, the tabu
iations showed.
Anne Arundel, Carroll and Balti-
more counties benefited from three
contracts each; Prince Georges had
two and Garrett county and Balti-
more city, one each.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Awarded Danforth Foun-
dation Scholarship

Miss Helen Balderston, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi H. Balderston,
of Colora, Maryland, WHO is junior
in the college of home economics IN
the University of Maryland, has been
awarded the Danforth>> Foundation
scholarship which is awarded tic
the outstanding Home Economics
students of state universities every
year.
The scholarship, offered to pro-
mote study of Home Economics and
give leading students an opportun-
ity to study at first hand the bus
inesses with which they will deal af-
ter graduation is made possible by
the Ralston Cereal company and the
Danforth Foundation, both of ST.
Louis, Missouri.
A two weeks training course In
actual problems of manufacturing,
commercial research, personnel, adj
vertising, distribution, and leader
ship will be offered to the representa-
tiyes from the home economics de-
partments of thirty seven state uni
versities at st. Louis; and the
awards will also include two
weeks course at the leadership train
ing camp located at Shelby, Michi-
gan, lake resort.
Miss Balderston, who majors in
home economic extension service in
foods, textiles, and decoration, Will
leave for st. Louis during the Sec
ond week Of July.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Forest Fire Sweeps
Large Area
From Rock Springs To The
Horseshoe Boy Scout Camp
-..Cabins DESTROYED

Rising Sun fremen were called to
Rock Springs at noon, ON Saturday,
to help fight fire that started in a
field on the Dawson property, and
spread to the woods.
The high wind drove the flames
through the dry underbrush with
great rapidity, and the fire was soon
beyond control, spreading across
the State line into Pennsylvania.
To help combat 1t the Oxford fire
company sent an engine and squad
Of men, and truck load of Gee
workers, from Mort East was hurried
to the scene. In addition two troops
of Boy Scouts, at Camp Horseshoe
for weekend, were called, and a
number of men from the locality
pressed into service.
Despite the efforts of force of
fully one hundred the fire spread
through the woods for distance of
nearly three miles, burning a path a
quarter of mile or more wide.
The tract was thickly covered with
pine trees, and underbush, which
burned like finder.
Reaching the Horseshoe Camp,
the flames swept through Camp
"Davy Crockett" Exit Carson" and
two other camps. Each of the camps
is composed Of four bunk houses
and cabin. The bunk houses accom-
modate eight Scouts, and the cabins
four.
four. The buildings in all four of
these camps were destroyed.
The fire was finally brought under
control, and beaten out, after q bat
tie of several hours.
The CCC boys and Boy Scouts
went into action and showed their
practical training in forest freight
ing, giving the volunteer firemen
some valuable pointers in this re-
pect.
No estimate has been placed on
the loss, but the fire Is the worst
that has swept that section for years.
No farm buildings were destroyed
but a large lot Of fencing in the path
of the fire was swept away.
The origin of the fire is not known.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
School Attendance In
County

The report of Attendance officer
Edwin H. Baines, for the month of
April, shows an increase in the at
tendance percentage in the schools
of Cecil County.
Pilot led the one teacher schools
with 80; Elk Mills stood first in the
two teacher class with 81; Chesa-
peake City ranked first in the grad,
ed section with SO.
Kenmore topped the list in High
Schools with 90; North East, second,
95; Rising Sun, third, "a; Calvert,
SO and Elkton, SO. Wilson led the
ton colored high, 81.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Bishop To Retire

Right Rev. George w. Davenport,
Bishop of the Diocese Of Easton,
comprising all the Episcopal
churches on the Eastern Shore, has
announced that he will offer his
resignation from the Episcopacy on
November End.
1.-THE time has come when should
surrender this diocese to another bis
hop" he said. II see work needed
which I hesitate to undertake"
The resignation will be presented
to the House Of Bishops at their
meeting November 2, with the re-
quest it become effective November
Z, Bishop Davenport said.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Sidewalk Being Relaid

The fiagstone sidewalk along
Queen street, in front of the prop
critics occupied by w. T. Mcclure,
Miss Mary Haines and DR.. R. C..
Dodson, has been taken up and will
be relaid with concrete. The old
walk was level with the street, and it
was no uncommon thing to see it
almost completely blocked with
automobiles parked on it. The new
walk will be four inches above the
street level, thereby insuring its
proper use.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
FISHING FAIR DATES SET

Plans for the 1888 Fishing Fair
Grand Contest are rapidly maturing.
The Executive Secretary, Max Cham
bers OF Preston, Maryland, has just
announced that the Grand Contest
Will be held at Rock Hall, Maryland,
August 27th and 28th. Twenty-Five
hundred anglers are expected to
gather In this Chesapeake Bay fish,
Ing port for Americas greatest fish,
erman's convention.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Dog Quarantine In Ceci.
County

To prevent the spread of RABIES
(Hydrophobia) which has been
found to exist in certain sections OF
Cecil County, quarantine is hereby
continued on the area which is
bounded ON the South by the Chesa-
peake Bay; on the West by the
Susquehanna River: on the North
by the Pennsylvania line: and on
the East by the road leading South
ward from the Pennsylvania line
through Harrisville Birds Corner),
Corner Ketch, Battle Swamp, As
bury Church, Blythedale and Prin-
cipio Furnace to Carpenters Point,
to August 10, 1898.
LIVE STOCK SANITARY SERVICE
Mark Welsh, State Veterinarian.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Forest Trees Of Maryland

The State Forester has just print
ed a new ana valuable 100 page book
on Forest Trees of Maryland. 1t is
illustrated with many engravings,
showing Leaves, Buds and Twigs of
all the important native trees of
Maryland; to enable the reader to
identify them. 1t also describes the
various uses for the wood. There is
a list of the largest tree of each
species with name of owner and Local
ton, which is of much interest in
the study Of trees. Schools, Clubs
and individuals. should send for u
free copy to F. w. Beasley, State
Forester, University of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
SUIT OVER HORSES

r. H. Long, ST.. Of Quarryville.
Pa, was awarded s11s.12 In his suit
against T. Suyler Clendenin, Little
Britain township. by Jury at Lam
caster. Pa.
Clendenin bought two horses from
Long at a sale on March 81, 1887.
for $415. but refused to pay. on ac-
count Of sore on the neck of one of
the horses. The horses were sold AZ
. public sale Aprtl IL. tor sass.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Miles River Regatta

The dates for the Seventeenth An
nual Regatta of the Miles River
Yacht Club at st. Michaels, Mary
land have just been announced by the
Board of Governors as August 4th,
9Th, and 9Th. One of the largest and
most complete gatherings of water
craft ever seen Is expected to as
semble off the club anchorage In
the Miles River for the long list of
events that will transpire during the
three days.
While both sail and power boats
will be we'll represented 1t 10 here
that the famous Chesapeake Bay
Log Canoes do their best racing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Personal And Social
Mrs. Maybe McDougal was a week
end visitor at Linwood, Pa.

Miss Nellie Alger has returned
from q visit to Clark's Summit, Pa.
Mrs. Mary Cherry has been Wis
iting her sister. Mrs. VIM. Work
man, Mt. JOY, Pa.
Virginia Kyle and daughter.
Wanda Lee, spent Friday-Monday
with Philada. relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Worrilow Of
Zion on Sunday, May LIST, celebrated
their 38th wedding university.
Mr.. and Mrs. Job w. Kirk obser-
we'd the twenty-first anniversary Of
their wedding on Thursday, May 9Th.
David w. Tosh, of Railway, New
Jersey, was the weekend visitor Of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Tosh.
Mrs. VIM. M. Pogue has been Wis
iting at the home of her son, Benz
r. Pogue and wife, Freehold, New
Jersey.
The members of the Komrade
Klub where entertained ON Thurs
day evening by Mrs. John G Hind
man, Jr.
Miss Gertrude Martindale spent
Thursday with Mrs. Mollie Martin
dale. They were callers of Mrs. Les
lie Rawlings.
Mrs. Eli T. Reynolds, of Balti-
more, and Mrs. Effie X. Evans, Of
Oxford, were Sunday guests Of Miss
Mary Brumfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Hanna have re-
turned to their home at West Mott
ingham, after spending some months
in Orlando, Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie s. Keen and
daughter, Miss Ruth Keen, of Tren-
ton, New Jersey, spent the weekend
with the formers mother, Mrs.
Clara B. Keen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. T. Johnson, sons
Russell, Donald, Edward Milton, and
Elmer e. Brown motored to Gettys-
burg on Sunday and toured the his
toric battlefield Of the Civil War.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Reynolds
and son Carroll, have returned to
their home in Indianapolis, Ind, at
ter visit to relatives in this sec
ton, the former home of Mr.. Reyn-
olds.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Donache OBJ
served Mothers Day by having a
reunion of their eight children and
families at their home. Each family
group brought lunch, and all enjoy
ed the novel combination family
dinner at Home, Sweet Home.
Miss Ruth Wilson, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph T. Wilson, Ris-
ing Sun, was recently elected to
membership in the Keystone Honor
Society at Hood College, Frederick,
Md. Miss Wilson, who is a member
of the junior class, Is secretary OF
her class and is also on the advertis-
ing staff of the Blue and Grey, the
college newspaper.
Miss Catherine Wylie Hopkins,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. c.
Hopkins, of Port Deposit, sailed
from New York last week, for Pana-
ma, where she will be married to
William Norman Taylor, Of Cristo-
bal, Panama Canal Zone. Mr.. Taylor
is the son of Mrs. Harry Brincker-
hoff Doyle of New York, and has
been located in Panama for the past
five years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
Boy Scout Meeting

Boy Scout Troop %, Of Rising
Sun, held its weekly meeting Mon
day May Q, in the Rising Sun High
School Auditorium.
The evening was spent passing
tests and playing games which lin
bered up our legs.
Now that summer Is coming, our
Troop will 60 on more hikes and
camping trips,-the best part OF
Scouting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13

The Conowingo Fishing Club has
elected the following officers to
serve for the ensuing year:
President, John Neal, Of Baltt-
more; vice-president, James VIII
liams, Cardiff; secretary, Vernon
Knopp, Cardiff; assistant secretary,
Edward Riley, Baltimore; treasur-
er, John Gallon, Street; assistant
treasurer, Pierre LeBrun, Port De-
posit.
Organized one year ago by eleven
anglers the club now has an enroll
msut Of three hundred msmhegs-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13

w. N. A. track team beat Tome
School by sS to 80. In duel meet
On the Tome School athletic field
May 5, Russell Fabor's Not
tingham track team captured a close
meet through the individual pre-
Torrance of Herbert Snyder of Bal
timore, who took first In the 100
yard and 220- yard dashes. and ran
paohor tos the Winning relay team,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13
LICENSE TAGS STOLEN

Some party, unknown. stole the
license tags from the automobile of
M. U. Zimmerman on Tuesday night.
The auto was parked in the yard,
beside the dwelling occupied by Mr..
Zimmerman and family. on Cherry
street.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13

Handel's first opera was produced
when he was "a.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-05-13

When sick woman Ia able to sew
she's on the mend.
Evening star., 1938-05-04
HURLEYS GUARDED
AFTER THREAT NOTE
Daughter Will Be Missing, Says
Letter, but Postal Aides
Doubt Its Validity.

Ev the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May 4.-State troopers
guarded the Cambridge home of Gov.
Charles F. Hurley today while police
chemists sought fingerprints on a
crudely printed note warning Beware.
Governor-your dogher will be missing
one week from today"
"Dogher" was interpreted by officers
to mean one of Gov. Hurley's three
daughters. Betty, 13; Nancy, 6, and
Ellen Sarah. months.
Postal inspectors, however took a
less serious view of the missive after
examining facsimile, and expressed
the opinion it was the work of a boy.
Chief Inspector John j. Breslin said
he believed the word "dogher" was
intended as two words and referred
to the Governors dog.
He said there was no violation of
the postal laws and that he was dis
continuing his investigation. as he
did not consider the letter a threat.
The note was signed THE Black
Hornet" postscript said Police
won't do any good" The envelope was
marked Personal"
Gov. Hurley kept a speaking en-
gagement in Taunton last night and
Mrs. Hurley, who was in New York
with Betty and Charles. jr, II, decided
to continue their vacation trip to
Washington.
Nancy and Ellen Sarah remained at
home in the care # nurse.