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The Midland Journal VOL. ivmi RISING SUN CECIL COUNTY, MD.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1933 NO. 28 TOWN AND COUNTY Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of Interest to Our Readers • ■ LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED Rev. L. B. Morgan, pastor of Elkton M. E. Church, has been extended an invitation by his congregation to return the coming Conference year. While helping saw wood on the Whiteside farm in Lower Oxford, Howard McCool cut his hand severely, severing the tendons on the back of the member. E. B. Milburn & Son of the Fourth district, took the first honor at the Delaware Crop Improvement Association held recently at Milford with a ten ear sample of white corn. Commissioners for the town of Charlestown have been re elected, as follows: Ralph Murphy, Frank Murphy, El wood Heisler, Charles Mussel man and William C. Henry. Charged with threatening to kill his wife, mother, grand mother and sister, John Sea cord, of Chesapeake City, has been lodged in the county jail, at Elkton, to await a hearing. A Coatesville, Pa., dealer has purchased the stock of James | E. Dean, veteran storekeeper of Elkton. Mr. Dean has been compelled to retire from active business on account of ill; health. Harold E. Stradley, who con fessed to setting fires at Cecil ton, was examined by Dr. Geo. Preston, of Baltimore, but the finding has not been made pub lic by State’s Attorney E. D. E. Rollins. John Calvert, Luca Amos and George Penn, at a hearing - before Justice of the Peace I Daniel H. Garrett, in Elkton, j pleaded guilty to the larceny of goods from the car of Robert Fears, and were held under SSOO each for Court. Mr. William A. McComas, who for the past two years has been the manager and assist ant editor of the Bel Air Times, has recently resigned to accept a position with the Amoco Oil Company, under George Harri son, at its station in Bel Air. The eight year old daughter of Angelo Vincenti, of Havre de Grace, was bitten on the in dex finger by a large rat that got into the child’s bed. Mr. * Vincenti was awakened by the screams of the little girl, and on running into her room saw j the rat jump from the bed. Francis Brown, age 4 years, is suffering with a fractured skull as the result of a fall on the sidewhlk while being car-1 ried on the back of an elder brother, Norman Brown, Jr., of Chesapeake City. He was tak en to Union Hospital, Elkton, where an X-ray revealed a fractured skull. John H. Ware, Jr., of Ox ford, Pa., has been granted a patent on a new type of display box for confectionery, a com bination of pasteboard and cel lophane, the latter inserted in a window effect, keeping the contents fresh and free from dust, yet allowing consumers full view of the contents. Henry A. Whitager, formerly of Bel Air, but for several years a resident of Philadelphia, has been made managing editor of j the Bel Air Times, and entered' upon his duties this week. He 1 succeeds William McComas, who has accepted a position as plant foreman for the Ameri can Oil Company. Given hearings before Mag istrate J. T. Barrow, of Perry ' ville, N. H. Biddle and L. Gil bert, both of North East, were found guilty of violating the ducking laws. They were charged with gunning in the North East river in a sneak boat without proper license. The men took an appeal to the Circuit Court for Cecil county and each was held in SIOO bail. Mrs. Annie Marshall is visit ing her daughter, Mrs, Harry Crooks* Fredericksburg, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Ewing were guests of Baltimore rela tives on Thursday and Friday. George Ernshaw, Ph iladel phia Athletic pitching ace, was a visitor of Dr. J. B. Slicer on Monday. Earl McKelvey, of Yeadon, Pa., spent Sunday with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. McKelvey. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde England and son Clyde, Jr., of Wilming ton, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. S. Nieids. Sunday, Mr, and Mis. Wil liam Reynolds and son, of Ris ing Sun, were guests of Mrs. Albert Hildebrandt, of Balto. L. Woodrow has been in capacitated from business the past two weeks on account of a severe attack of rheumatism. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kirk, of Wilmington, were Sunday visitors of Mrs. Mary Cherry and Miss Louise Worthington. Mrs. Elizabeth Mussleman, of Port Deposit, is a patient at the Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, where her left hand was amputated. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Elliott of Delmar, announce the mar riage of their daughter, Kath erine, to Russell Isaacs son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Isaacs of Seaford. The marriage took place at Elkton, April 3, 1932. The marriage of Dorothea Helen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rose, 16 Kells ave., | Newark, Del., to Mr. Conrad N. !Bock, of Wilmington, took place at Elkton, Monday* Jan. 16. Mr. Bock is a former U. S. Navy man. The Woman’s Foreign Mis sionary Society met last Wed nesday with Mrs. Hairy Thom as., Business was transacted and an interesting program given, following which refresh ments were served by the hos tesses, Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. E. Hughes Keilholtz. Major Julian C. Smith, U. S. Marine Corps, who returned from Nicaragua, after two years’ duty, accompanied by his wife, has arrived in Elkton, where they will spend about a month with his mother, Mrs. j William J. Smith, and sister, Mrs. Irvin T. Kepler. Miss A. Mabel Reynolds en tertained at a very delightful dinner party on Saturday after noon. Those present were Mr. ! and Mrs. Chas. S. Pyle, Miss 'Mary Brumfield, Mrs. Pennell Martendale, Miss Catherine Kirk, Mr. and Mrs. William Reynolds and son Billy. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Walk er ivutcneii nave issued invita tions to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Jerusha Ger trude Mitchell, of Aberdeen, and Mr. Charles Taylor Oliver, of near Bel Air, which will take place on Wednesday after noon, February Ist, at 5 o’clock at their home near Aberdeen. Announcement has been made of the marriage of Mr. W. Carl Pennington, son of Mrs. M. Lareine and the late Dr. Lee R. Pennington, of j Havre de Grace, and Miss Eliz labeth Calloway, of Jackson- I ville, Fla., which took place on December 3, 1932, at St. Luke’s P. E. Church, Minneapolis, Minn. Eddie Cihocki, of Wilming ton, formerly a member of the Elkton base ball team, proper ty of the Philadelphia Athlet ics, will be among the 29 play | ers to make Lhe spring training trip to Fort Meyers, Fla. Ed die will be making his third trip to the southern training base. He was farmed out to the Harrisburg Club in the New York-Penna. League the past two seasons. ANNUAL MEETING HISTOR ICAL SOCIETY Joshua Clayton has been elected president of the Cecil County Historical Society; vice-president, Mrs. Reginald Constable; Secretary,- G. Rey nolds Ash; treasurer, M. J. Ewing; and trustees, Joseph Coudon, Miss Mollie Ash, Mrs. Alva Denny, Mrs. Harry Alex ander, William Warburton, , Paul Slaybaugh, Joshua Clay ton, M. J. Ewing, Mrs. Regi nald Constable, Mrs. Charles > Day, Mrs. Barclay Moore and G. Reynolds Ash. The Society is making a gen eral appeal for increased mem i bership. Many residents of the county should be interested in maintaining the historical points of interest while many citizens have or know of ar ticles and items which would be of value to the organization and which should be preserv ed. It is therefore urged upon all Cecil countians interested in things historical to join the organization. RISING SUN LIONS CLUB At the dinner meeting of Rising Sun Lions, held Thurs day evening at the Village Res- | taurant, Robert Adams, of this town, delivered an instructive j talk on the Radio. Mr. Adams ! is a member of the Amateur Radio League, one of the pion eers in the radio game and has a licensed low-wave broad casting station at his home on East Main street, here. He told his hearers many in- , teresting facts concerning the , radio, and stated he had re ceived cards from all over the world from people who had , listened in on his broadcasts. ’ He stated he was in communi- , cation on numerous occasions ( with the Byrd expedition while it was in the Southern Polar region, and also with the “Nan- , tilus,” Sir Henry Wilkens’ un dersea craft, while it was on , its cruise in Northern Polar j waters. J Two new members were en- ( rolled as Lions. ❖ j ANNIVERSARY OF EIGH- 1 TEENTH AMENDMENT The thirteenth anniversary 1 of the Eighteenth Amendment ; was observed by the Woman’s • Temperance Union on Sunday evening, at Rising Sun M. E. ! Church. Mrs. Wm. M. Pogue, 1 president of the local Union, ] acted as chairman. | The Scriptural reading was by the vice-president, Mrs.- Charles S. Pyle. Billy Kirk, of the Boy Scout Troop, read a selection, and a lecture, illus- \ * trated by lantern slides pro- 1 jected on a screen, was deliv ered by the pastor, Rev. A. B. * Frye. Appropriate music was , rendered by the chdir, and a ‘ solo sung in beautiful manner j by Mrs. M. U. Zimmerman. j A large congregation was " present, despite the inclement J weather. ‘ •> UNION HOSPITAL REPORT \ Miss Elizabeth Stewart, R. ] N., Superintendent of Union i Hospital, Elkton, reports dur- i ing the month of December - there were 79 admissions to the Hospital, 66 discharges and 21 operations, of which 9 were major and 12 minor. Her re- ] port also showed 14 births, and j accident patients numbered 29. ] Announcement was made of £ a Christmas present of SIOO . from Dr. W. L. Abbott, of Elk < Neck. An unsuccessful attempt was i made by some unknown party, £ on Thursday night, to force entrance into the store of Pogue & Roberson, on East Main street. A pane of glass < was broken at a window fas- 1 tening, and an attempt made to i pry the window up after the 1 catch had been unfastened. < It so happened that the par- i ticular window the would-be ( robber was working on had not been raised since the last time the building was painted. < The frame was securely sealed 1 with paint. The mark of the < jimmy used is to be seen on the I bottom of the window frame. ! -v SEVEN MARYLAND POST MASTERS REAPPOINTED Seven Marylanders were nominated Jan. 17 by Presi dent Hoover to be postmasters, notwithstanding the fact that Democrats in the Senate have banned appointment of post masters during the remainder of the present Administration. The Marylanders nominated are: William G. Smyth, Chester town; Louis J. Dealba, Glen burnie; S. Stanley Bender, Kitzmiller; Helen G. Rawlings, Rising Sun; Victor R. Mumma, Sharpsburg; James C. Jones, Stevensville, and William B. Cutshall, Woodsboro. At the same time the Presi dent sent to the Senate the nomination of 149 others to be postmasters in twenty-nine States. WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Mr. and Mrs. S. Clinton Mc- Cauley, “The Pines,” Chrome, Pa., entertained their children and grandchildren on Sunday, Jan. 15, in celebration of their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. McCauley were married, Jan. 15, 1883, in Ox ford, Pa. They lived for the j most part in'Cecil county, Md., moving to “The Pines” about 1 13 years ago. Sunday also ; marked Mr. McCauley’s 77th birthday anniversary. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Dan iel Gilbert, of Havre de Grace, and their son and daughter-in law, Mr. and Mrs. Reese M. Gilbert, gave them a surprise on the evening of Jan. 13, the occasion being the fifty-second wedding anniversary of the former couple and the twenty second wedding anniversary of the latter. Nearly one hun dred guests assembled to offer congratulations and spend a pleasant social evening. ❖ ZION MISSIONARY SOCIETY The Missionary Society of Zion Presbyterian Church has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Presi dent, Mrs. Mearns Moore; Vice President, Mrs. M. J. Ewing; Secretary, Mrs. Rush Nickell; Assistant, Mrs. J. E. Crothers; Treasurer, Mrs. Charles Mor ris; Treasurer of ' Delegate Fund, Mrs. Rutledg;e Gifford; Secretary of Literature, Miss Edna McVey; Secretary of Mis sionary Education, Mrs. J. B. Fassitt; Flower Committee, Mrs. J. E. Crothers, Mrs. Clin ton Yerkes and Mrs. Howard Englafid. FREMONT GRANGE Officers to serve the ensuing year have been elected by Fre mont, Pa., Grange as follows: Master, Leßoy Phillips; Ov erseer, J. Clifton Pownall; Lecturer, Elizabeth R. Kirk; Steward, James R. Wood; As sistant Steward, Harry Kirk; Chaplain, Joseph E. Smith; Secretary, Mary S. Kirk; Ceres, Florence Phillips; Member of executive committee, Olive Wells. Master Leßoy Phillips appointed the following com mittees : Hospitality, Alberta Brown, Lillian Smith and Lois Wood; Resolutions, Byron Wells, Mrs. J. Clifton Pownall and Mary S. Kirk. ♦> PEN-MAR TRAP LEAGUE The Pen-Mar Trap Shooters League has reorganized for the present season, with Standley Evans, of Elkton, president and Hugh Falls, of Port De posit, secretary and treasurer. Oxford, Pa., Woodlawn, Rising Sun .And Elkton Gun Clubs comprise the league. The sea son opened at Oxford, Pa., Saturday. ❖ BENEFIT DANCE A dance for the benefit of the Community Fire Company will be held in the public Hall, Ris ing Sun, on Thursday evening, February 2. Dancing from 8 to 12 o’clock. Music by Coates ville Orchestra. Admission, Gents 50 cents, Ladies 25 cents. ❖ The men of Zion M. E. Church, Cecilton, will serve a | turkey supper on Wednesday evening, February Ist, from 5:00 to 9:00 o’clock. Supper 50 cents. COURT UPHOLDS SEN TENCE IMPOSED Judge Lewin W. Wickes, in the Circuit Court at Elkton, af ter hearing habeas corpus pro ceedings instituted by W. A. Jones, Negro, of Baltimore, as a result of a dispute concerning the jurisdiction of Police Mag istrate Cecii E. Ewing oi Ris ing Sun, has handed down an opinion upholding the action of the magistrate. Jones was sentenced to 30 days in jail, after he had been convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influ ence of liquor, of reckless driv ing, failure to show proper li cense, and failure to stop after an accident, which occurred at Porter’s Bridge. e JUNIOR LEAGUE WEEK The Junior League of Janes M. E. Church at Rising Sun, will observe Junior League Week, Jan. 30th to Feb. sth. The activities for the week are as follows: Monday, 3:45 P. M., Junior League in action. Wednesday, 7:30 P. M., Jun ior League night, with parents present. The various depart ments will participate in this service. Mrs. W. A. Monroe, of Port Deposit, will be the speaker. Friday, 7:30 P. M., a big time social for the entire league in Church basement. Sunday, 11 A. M.,. Sermon to the league by the pastor. Teachers: Mrs. Boyd Etter, Supt.; Mrs. E. L. Haines, Mrs. Everett Johnson, Mrs. A. B. Frye, Mrs. H. L. Shepherd, Rev. A. B. Frye. SUSQUEHANNA BUILDING AND LOAN ASSO. The stockholders of the Sus quehanna Building & Loan Association, at the annual meeting, held Jan. 13, at the Howard Hotel, Elkton, elected the following directors for the ensuing year: Robert j. McCauley, Harry L. Croak, C. Ellis Deibert, F. A. Allender, John H. Minster, A. T. Abernathy, Rufus K. Wells, George J. Connelly, Murray J. Ewing, Lewis. P. Ul ary and W. Booth Settle. The board organized by electing Harry L. Croak, president; C. E. Deibert, vice-president; J. Frank Blake, secretary; Rob ert J. McCauley, treasurer; A. T. Abernathy, assistant secre tary; W. Booth Settle, counsel. ❖ FINED FOR FAILURE TO TAKE OUT LICENSES A number of dealers in Cecil county have been fined, on complaint of State authorities, for failure to take out licenses. The heaviest penalty was imposed upon Paul Caplan, operating a motion picture business at Port Deposit. He was fined SBO in addition to payment of a license lee of SIOO. John Gibson, colored, who conducts a pressing and clean ing establishment at Perry ville, suffered a penalty of $4 and costs, amounting to $5.70 in addition to $5 for a license; Otis Harris, colored, of Cecil ton, sl2 penalty and costs of $5.70 in addition to the $15.00 license. o FIRE INSURANCE ASSO CIATION The Farmers’ and Mechan ics’ Mutual Fire Insurance As sociation of Cecil county, has elected Wilson T. Wright, Elk Mills; David B. McDowell, Cal vert; Carroll Cameron, Rising Sun; Robert T. Simpers, Les lie; Wilmer Jackson, Aikin; J. E. Crothers, Zion, and Wilson Merritt, Warwick, directors for the ensuing fiscal year. The board has re-elected J. E. Crothers, president, and Leon ard Wilson, secretary. * The Perryville Methodist Episcopal Sunday School has re-elected Elmore Owens, su perintendent; Mrs. W. L. Tay lor, assistant superintendent and secretary; Miss Rhoda White, assistant secretary, and Wilton E. Owens, treasurer. FIRE TAKES TOLL Early Horning Blaze In Town Of North East 1 The North East postoffice, a barber shop, a shoe shop and two furnished ; ments were wrecked by fire, J which early Wednesday morn ■ ing damaged the two-story frame building of Ellsworth. Simpers, located in the heart of i the business section of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Burton, the only occupants of the 1 building at home, had time to ; gather up but few of their ef fects, as they left the burning ■ building after being aroused by Joseph Trotta, the shoe repair ' ing shop owner in whose place the fire started. The damage will reach about $9,000. Under the direction of Post master John F. Dean, a few men succeeded in moving out i all of the mail in the postoffice, together with stamps and post ’ al - devices. The locked boxes were badly damaged, but no mail was destroyed. A post office was established tempo rarily in the Cecil Hotel, across the street. The fire started about 3. o’clock in Trotta’s shop, sup posedly from an overheated stove, and had gained consid erable headway before the fire men reached the scene. Trot ta, at once aroused Mr. and Mrs. Burton, whose apartment was over the postofflce. Mr. and Mrs. George Jauney, who occupied the other apartment were not at home. Mr. and Mrs. Burton had time to gather up a few of their things be cause the fire was confined to the other part of the building. However, they saved no furni ture. Their loss will be about SSOO. The loss of the Janneys is estimated at about the same amount. The shoe repairing shop and the barber shop of Frank Con way bore the brunt of the ear ly ravages of the flames, but the postmaster had an oppor tunity to save the mail and some of the government prop erty in the meantime. Con way estimated his loss at about S7OO, while Trotta says his will run beyond $1,500, due to the damage to the machines. The flames were checked in the postoffice side by the local fire company, which did not call for outside assistance. However, the building was so badly damaged the remains will have to be torn down and rebuilt. Simpers estimated his loss for the building at about $6,000. CENSUS OF WILDFOWL KILLED IN STATE Owners of ducking blinds and ducking clubs numbering 2,500 in all have been sent let ters by E. Lee LeCompte, State Game Warden, in an effort to arrive at an estimate of the number of ducks, geese and brant killed in the State during the recent season. In the period from November 16 to December 15, 1931, a total of 8,240 wild ducks and 42 geese were killed on the Sus quehanna flats, and 25,387 - ducks, 1090 geese and 384 brant killed elsewhere in Mary land waters. There are forty-four sink boxes—twenty-two each in Harford and Ce;il counties— in Maryland, of which are asked to reply to the let ters, and ninety-six sneak boats in Cecil county and thir ty-seven in Harford. The lat ter is an oar-propeller vessel not longer than seventeen feet. O PERRYVILLE NATIONAL BANK The stockholders of the Per ry vi lie National Bank, have elected Dr. J. E. Magraw, Wil liam H. Cole, Joseph F. Coud en, John A. Hartenstine, Geo. Cobourn and George H. Co bourn directors for the ensuing year. The board has re-elect ed Joseph H. Coudon, presi dent, G. H. Cobourn, cashier, and H. E. Alexander, assistant cashier and teller. Chief of Police John T. Alan has been reprimanded by Havre de Grace City Council for negligence in the discharge of his duties