Town and County Short Paragraphs of Recent Events
Rain sleet and snow lingered as coast adventures persisted among youths. Perryville Fire Company raised over 600 dollars from Thanksgiving Tag Day. Elkton Ladies Aid cleared 70 at a church supper. Sheriff Logan appointed Miller Magraw deputy for Cecil County. Elkton Council asks Forestry to survey town trees. Snow halted travel and caused accidents. Horse Show films circulated in nearby towns. Old Academy property near Elkton drawn at 12 000 but withdrawn. Ice covered pond at Keppel mill inviting skating. Tasker’s dance hall burned. no origin found. Several marriages announced in Elkton area. many Thanksgiving visits noted. Senator France improving after hospitalization. Ptomaine poisoning struck Elk Neck family. treated successfully. WCTU to meet December 19 with welfare speaker. Bear and ducks hunted on Dismal Swamps trip. Greenhurst wedding at Ebenezer Church followed by reception.
Reckless Driver Guilty Of Manslaughter In Havre De Grace
Ray Howell of Havre de Grace was found guilty of manslaughter with mercy on the October 30 crash near Bel Air that killed Eva Hines, with three months in jail and a fine. The seven passenger bus belonged to J Frank Mitchell. Passengers Miss Mary Tyson Cecil county Miss Marion Reynolds and Vincent Amato were injured. Amato suffered a broken arm and fractured pelvis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Howell
Havre de Grace
Eva Hines
Robert F. Himes
Bel Air
Harford County
J. Frank Mitchell
Howell
Mary Tyson
Rising Sun
Marion Reynoldss
Vineger Hill
Cecil County
Vincent Amato
Amato
Tyson
Lancaster Mennonites Prepare Aid for Stricken Brethren Abroad
Lancaster County Mennonites and the church board plan relief for 13 060 or more members of their faith in Soviet Russia and Germany. Officials say the Lancaster district Board of Bishops authorized the Board of Missions to investigate reports that European Mennonites are in destitute circumstances. Quarryville Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennonites of
Lancaster
Cow
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Board of Bishops of the
Lancasteristrict of Mennonites
Board of Missions
Europe
Quarryville Sun
Banks Spread Christmas Cheer in Cecil County
County banks distributed Christmas savings funds in Cecil with round figure totals. National Bank of Rising Sun reported 757000 dollars while National Bank of Ferryville and others in Chesapeake City and Cecilton participated in the cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil County
National Bank of Rising Sun
National Bank of
Ferryville
First National
Bank
Normany
City
Cecilton
Four Victims in Grade Crossing Crash Near Perryman
Mr. Alexander Phipps 42 and his children Ithel 16 Virginia 14 and Warner 11 were killed when their car was struck by a north bound express on the Pennsylvania railroad crossing at the F C Mitchell and Bro canning house one mile south of Perryman Harford county. The mother and younger Francis 6 were not killed the mother is seriously injured. Mr Phipps worked for F A Mitchell and Bro The family moved from Virginia seven years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Phipps
Ithel
Virginia
Warner
Canning House
F. C. Mitchell and Bro
Jerryman
Harford County
Francis
Ravre de Grace Hospital
Frances
Fhipps
F. A. Mitchell
Bro
Perryman
Rising Sun School News Highlights PTA Program and Games
The Parent Teachers Association plans a December 6 meeting with a laboratory upgrade and new drinking fountains. The school seeks magazine donations from American Magazine Monthly via Mr. Zimmerman. November pupil reports were issued December 5. The girls basketball team travels to Unestertown Friday for the Eastern Shore title game versus Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teachers Association
Laoratory
Zimmerman
Onr
Unestertown
Preston
Eastern Shore
Tne
Denton
Chestertown
Farmer
Tacher
Murder Suspect Confesses To The Crime
The murder suspect Mayer allegedly confessed using a lie de ar and truth serum, admitting to killing James Eugene Bassett of Annapolis, a former Tome In state instructor. Bassett, a Navy secretary, disappeared Sept 5 1928 after visiting Seattle area. a logjam note and subsequent arrests tied to his automobile and watch led to convictions for related larceny. Mayer received habitual criminal sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farl Mayer
James Eugene Bassett
Annapolis
Tome Instate
Port Deposit
Eugene Bassett
Chamber of Comce
Manila
Navy Yard
Vnte
Bremerton
Seattle
Wash
S. Theodore H. Winters
Get Sound Navy Yard
Mme
Philippine Islands
Decasto Earl
Mary
Oakland
Cal
Bassett
Fle
Newark Post Under New Management
Newark Delaware newspaper changes hands with December lease to Harry C. McSherty and plan to publish and edit locally. Charles B. Jacobs Jr moving to Waterbury Connecticut to join a brass company in the marketing department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Del
Harry C. McSherty
Charles B. Jacobs, Jr
Waterbury
Erticut
The
Brass Company
Dover editor leaves Index to launch own paper
A Delawarean, after ten and a half years as manager and editor of the Dover Index, has severed his connection with the paper to publish his own. He intends to continue The Post's policies as set by founder Everett C. Johnson in 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover Index
Cion
Index
McSherry
Post
Everett C. Johnson
Real Estate Sales Report From Elkton and Irisville
Executors sale on November 23 nets Eli R Coulson 1400 for 24 acre Ivan W Richards farm near Mt Pleasant. Store dwelling at New Bridge sells for 550. Charles C Cornell property at Irisville sold at Court House door in Elkton for 2100 to J Otis Kennard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli R. Coulson
Ivan W. Richards
Mt. Pleasant
New Bridge
Charles C. Cornell
Irisville
Court House
Elkton
J. Otis Kennard
Christmas Greens Theft Warns of Property Loss
The State Department of Forestry cautions the public about stealing Christmas greens and trees. A 1918 law prohibits removing any tree or shrub from another’s property without written consent, punishable by a fine or jail. The department offers posters to educate residents and prevent depredation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroud i
Department of Iry
State Department of Forestry
1930 Auto Plates Ready to Mail for Baltimore Drivers
The 1930 automobile license tag program urges motorists to apply by mail using horsepower marks at 32 cents per unit plus a signature. Applications must be sent to the Commissioner in Baltimore with payment and a ten cent postage. Tax status determines card issuance and address changes require prompt notice to avoid misdelivery. Requests for personalized plates are denied due to past mixups and extra clerical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baughman
Baltimore
Cecil County Welfare Association holds initial district meetings
Last week the Cecil County Welfare Association began with district briefings led by Miss Katharine T. Kirwan of the Maryland Children's Aid Society. Volunteers were organized in Warwick Cecilton and Chesapeake City invited to a December 17 Parent Teachers meeting, with further sessions planned for Rising Sun and Calvert on December 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil County Welfare Association
Katharine T. Kirwan
Maryland Children’s Aid Society
Nellie Jean Beardsell
Warwick
Custis Price
Cecilion
James McCoy
Chesapeake City
Parent Teachers Association
North East
George O. Carey
Cherry Hill
Cecil Farmers Club Meeting Highlights and Dairying Talk
The Cecil Farmers Club met November 20 1929 at Wallace Williams home with officers and members present. Reported trials and successes in corn wheat clover and dairy acts plus a talk on contagious abortion by Dr Levinson with emphasis on herd health and disinfection. The group planned resolutions of respect for Maurice C Reeder and adjourned to December 18 at E Wilmer Jackson's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Farmers Club
Reuben Reynolds
Wallace Williams
James H. Maxwell
Martin L. Thompson
A.H. Mendenhall
E. Wilmer Jackson
Geory McKeown
Clarence Cullen
John S.cullen
Howard G. Barnes
Joseph Williams
Dr. Levinson
Lloyd Balderston
John S. Cullen
Maurice C Reeder
Reeder
Geo. B. McKeown
Cullen
A. H. Mendenhall
Johnson County
M. L. Thompson
John S. Gullen
S H. Maxwell
Lancaster Co
J. S. Cullen
Williams
Guernsey
Levinson
Middletown del
T. B
Levinton
Geo. E@fyson
Henry M. McCullough
Logan
Manually Setting Type This Week Amid Linotype Breakage
The linotype is out of service requiring hand setting of all type for the week. Printers and readers must adjust to slower production and heightened effort as the shop works without automated typesetting.
Farmhand Injured After Wagon Crash Near Elkton
Arthur Pope, a Meredith farm worker, was thrown when horses bolted and wagon ran away. He is in Union Hospital with a badly fractured left leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Pope
Meredith Farm
Elkton
Union Hospital
Cecil County Alumni Elect Officers at Elkton Meeting
At the Cecil County Unit annual meeting in Elkton on November 23, officers were elected including Mrs. Maxwell Field as President, Miss Ida Kimble as Vice President, and Miss Katherine M Bratton as Secretary and Measurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil County
Maryland State Normal School Alumni Association
Elkton
Maxwell Field
Ida Kimble
Katharine M. Bratton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Perryville Fire Company
Ladies Aid Society of
Elkton Presbyterian Church
G. Clinton Logan
Miller F. Magraw
Elkton Town Council
Hill Top Farm
Jos. S. Pogue, Sons & Co
Price Brothers
Brush
Steigbell
Keppel’s Mill
Charlestown Road
Tasker's
Reginald Butler
Arthur Butler
Lee Hawkins
Maryland Tuberculosis Society
J. D. Davis
Amund Snodgrass
Hartford County
Susquehanna Power Co
Conowingo Dam
Power Co
Isabel McCoy
J. C. McGoy
Sun
Wit
Tomove Biothers
Philadelphia
John M. Harvey
Maryland
Media
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wayne Monroe
York
Oxford
Port Deposit Presbyterian Church
Emerson KK. Fatteh
H. B. Fat
Mollie Shure
Colora
J. Pennell Martiddell
Oxford, Pa
Perryville Presbyteria Church
R. H. Hoover
John Hmery Mackey
Margaret Hudson
Uhares Q. Hudson, Sr
Zion, Md
Wilamina Ward
Jacksonville
Florida
J. C. Hindman, Sr
J. C. Hindman, Jr
H. M. Wilson
Algernon Carter
Queenstown
Helen Shepherd
Newark, N. J
H. L. Shepherd
United States
Joseph I. France
William E. Brown
Peach Bottom
Earl H. Brown
Catherine M. Stoe
Lancaster City
Gertrude Wise
David Neft
Near Little Britain Church
Lancaster County
Fulton M. E. Parsonage
O. H. Wenger
Addison
Effie Spence
Pleasant Grove
Alice Rebecca Logan
Sheriff
Paul Bennett McCabe
Ocean View
Ebenezer M. E. Church
Greenhurst
Isabelle McCoy
Evelyn V. McCoy
H. K. McCoy
J. C. McCoy
A. J. Savacool
Torresdale
Harry Sherman
Alice and
Marian Sherman
Norristown
Rebecca Steel Evans
Earl R. Kirk
Wilmington
Georgetown
T. P. McKee
West Nottingham Presbyterian Church
Rodney St
Harry Wier
W. K. Bird
Harrisville
Janes M. E. Church
Joseph Blackburn
Joseph Mackie
Herbert Lee
Wilmer Waitkinson
Kempblesville
John Moore
Edward Moore
Frank Comly
J. H. Feterson
N. G
John F. Devine
Elk Neck
Mennonites
Rising Sun School News
Newark Post
New
Coor County Welfare
Wallace
Liams
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