The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
Briefly Noted News

week with Mrs. Ida Mckinney.
The March or spring term of Cir
cult Court is scheduled to convene
at. Elkton on Monday, March 8.
Several members Of Co. q, Nation
al Guard, attended the evening
service at the Methodist Church,
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ragan have
moved from Rising Sun to Oxford,
! where the former is employed by
H. T. Walton & Son.
The w.C.T.U. met ON Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Jennie w. Tay-
! lor. Twenty-Five members were pres
emit to enjoy the program.
The Sunday School Board of the
Methodist church met ON Thursday
evening, Feb. 20, at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin L. Haines.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mix and son
have moved from the Mcvey apart
ment on Cherry street, to the bum
galow Of G. G. Buck, on Haines
avenue.
Harry Morris, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Morris, of Zion, has enlist
ed in Troop q, 104th Calvery, P. N.
G., and will be stationed at Indian
town Gap.
Rev. Paul e. Mccoy, pastor Of
Sassafras and Warwick Methodist
Churches has been unanimously in
vited to return for another Confer
ence year.
william Starkey, Of near town,
slipped ON the ice Monday, suffering
q fracture of the hip. He was taken
to q Baltimore Hospital for surgi-
cal treatment.
| Rising Sun fremen were called
out about seven o'clock Sunday
morning, to extinguish q chimney
IRE at the home of Edison Burkins,
Rock Springs.
The men Of the Methodist church
of this town have taken over the
task Of painting the dining room Of
the church, devoting two evenings
each week to the Job.
Robert NJ. Carico, son Of Mr. and
Mrs. n. G. Carico Of near Elkton,
will be one OF the graduates from
the Air Corps Basic Flying School,
Montgomery, Ala, ON March 5.
At the Fourth Quarterly Confer
ence held in the Methodist church
house, Bay View, Rev. w. +. Bou-
chelle was invited to return to the
charge for another Conference year.
Harry Coslett Of North East has
been granted divorce from Bernice
Coslett in the Circuit Court at Elk
ton. He was granted custody Of two
Children, Donald and Barbara Co.'S
lett.
The members Of Perryville High
School soccer team, champions Of
Cecil County, have received from
the State Department of Educa-
ton, small bronze championship
pins.
Robert J. McCauley, realtor, has
sold for Lambert w. Davis, the river
front property on the Sassafras
river, at knights Island, contain
ing $50 acres of land. to New York
parties.
A new 1941 Studebaker coupe.
owned by Robert Groves of Hartford
County, which was stolen while
parked near a drug store in Bel Air,
was located later abandoned near
perryville.
The Elkton Board Of Town Conn
missioners has rejected all bids on
the proposed new town Office and
library building, to be located on
the site Of the old court house, be-
cause they were too high.
A maddog scare in Newark, Del.
has led to q limited quarantine in
that town. The action came as a re-
suit of the discovery Of dog suf-
fering with rabies. Dog owners will
be required to keep their CANNES
muzzled or on q leash.
Harry Burkins, who has been
employed as special officer on the
Camp Meade construction work
since Armistice Day, has returned
to his home here. since the unit Of
work upon which he was employed
has been completed.
Wesley Ferguson. SON of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Ferguson, of this town,
has been sent to Lynn. Massachus-
sets. by the government. where he
will receive months instruction
in the plant Of the General Electric
Company. Wesley is q skilled elec-;
trio welder and has been engaged
for years past on airplane work.