The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-04-12
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Presbyterian church last Sunday
morning.
Mrs. H. M. Duyckinck, Rising Sun
will be hostess TO the April Meet
ing of the Ladies Missionary Society
of West Nottingham Church at her
home Thursday afternoon, April
18th. Devotional leader, Mrs. Car
roll Cameron. The American Indian,
Mrs. Con L. Dunn; Chosen, Mrs.
Charles Morris.
Walter Robinson and son are
moving to the Joseph Mckee Bung-
allow, near Porters Bridge.
We were pleased to have the
chance to call on our former friends
from this section Mr.. and Mrs.
Calvin Riley and daughter Miss Mary
at their home at Elmhurst, Del.
Billy and Reynolds Murray, Bay
Scouts of Elmhurst, Del, enjoyed the
weekend at Camp Rodney, near
North East.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Coulson
and little daughter Mary Louise, OF
Wilmington, spent the weekend
with her home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Barrett, daughter
Miss Marjorie and friend, of Chester,
Pa, were Sunday callers here at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Null
doom. Mrs. John F. Pierce returned
to Chester with them for few days
visit.
Mrs. Harry Smithson lately enter
tanned the Finance Committee OF
West Nottingham Missionary Society
at a Chinese Checker party.
Miss Mary Murray, sister OF
Grier hurry, Elmhurst, suffered
bad heart attack last Thursday at
ter noon while at work in her Office
in the Dupont building, Wilmington,
where she has been employed the
past 20 years. She was taken to the
Wilmington General Hospital and
was not able to return to her nome
until Sunday.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis A. Coulson at Union
Hospital, Elkton, early Monday
morning, April Isl.
Mrs. George McVey still remains
quite ill at her home at Porters
Bridge.
The writer called on her friend
Mrs. Jennie Haas at her home at
Elsemere, Del, where she lately re-
turned from Coatesville. Hospital,
where she had spent several weeks
after an automobile accident she
sustained, in which two OF her
daughters were killed, Mrs. Haas is
recovering slowly.
. Mrs. Grace Jackson is some better
from her recent illness.
Horace Virgins of the C. c. c.
Camp, Vienna, Md, week-ended with
his mother Mrs. Ida Virgins and
family at Porters Bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Robinson, OF
Lafayette Inn, entertained relatives
from West Chester Sunday
Mrs. S. w. Fitzgerald and chill
dren, Helen, Lois and Mary Lou ana
Miss Mary Hattie Robinson were in
Wilmington, Saturday.
Mabel Rawlings spent Sunday with
the Fitzgerald girls.
Mrs. S. E. Riley has been ill at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Charles D. Warfield, Ellicott City,
where she is visiting.
Five hundred people filled the
auditorium of the Richardson Park
Junior High School, near Elmhurst,
Delaware, last Friday evening to en-
Joy the Calendar party sponsored
by the arentTeachers Association,
Mr.. Leroy Work having charge OF
the program, which included piano
solos, by Robert Jones, Lee Brogan,
Louise Hoagland; vocal solos were
sung by Betty Matthews, and Mrs.
Elmer Cunningham, tap dances were
given by Nancy Murray, Betty
Comegys, and Aline Bird, Readings
by Helen Hannum, Virginia Abbott
and Grace Phillips; an accordion
and guitar duet by the mckinley
sisters; Solos by Bill Salisbury and
Marshall Smith, the latter with
Hawiian guitar. Dolores and Paul
Dwyer, gave tumbling act. Four
ladies of the Parent-Teachers Asso-
citation were unexpectedly called to
the platform and were much surpris-
ed when called upon by Mr.. Work,
master of ceremonies, to sing 'Sweet
Adeline", which won much applause,
A. M. Easterbrook, principal of the
school, and Mrs. John Thompson
President of the Parent-Teachers
Association gave short talk. A
feature of the party was twelve
beautifully decorated tables each one
representing month of the year,
but the cutest of all was a Tom
Thumb Wedding, Elizabeth, little
daughter of DR.. Miller, took the
part of the bride and cut the we'd
ding cake The large audience was
served with ice cream and many
kinds of delicious cake. The writer,
who was visiting in Elmhurst, en-
joyed the program