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Briefly Noted News Rising Sun W. C. T. U. will meet Friday afternoon, Feb. 11, with Mrs. G. C. Logan, at 2:00 o'clock. The James Long farm, in Lancaster county, near Kirk's Mills, has been purchased by Joseph Oliver. William C. Cooling, of Chesapeake City, has been appointed Forest Warden by the Board of County Commissioners. Netotiations are in progress by the Bailey Dye Works, Inc., of Philadelphia. for the purchase of the mill building in Elkton, formerly owned and operated by the A. J. Reach Co. As a special feature of the evening service at the Methodist Church here a quartet from Lincoln University will sing. The public is cordially invited to this service, Sunday night, at 7:30 o'clock. The receiver of the recently closed Harford Bank of Bel Air, has given a check to the Treasurer of Harford County for $13,173.82, the amount of county funds on deposit in the bank at the time it closed. Roland J. Cooper, through his counsel. E. D. E. Rolins of Elkton, has filed suit in the Circuit Court Elkton, for an absolute divorce from his wife. Mrs. Amelia C. Ecker Cooper, on the grounds of desertion. The County Commissioners have appropriated $35 toward repair of Richards Oak, the fine old white oak tree near Porters Bridge. Mr. Joshna Clayton made the request on behalf of the Hythelham club of Port Deposit. Charles O. McCauley, of Perry Point, has been selected as second alternate for Maryland-at-large by Senator Millard E. Tydings for appointment to the United States Military Academy. The examination will be given March 1 and entrance will be on July 1. Rev. Raymond Campbell, of Unionville, N. J., has accepted a call to the pastorate of Oxford, Pa., Presbyterian church, at a salary of $2,500. The Oxford church has been without a pastor since the death of the Rev. E. J. Russell on November 10. 1936. If Mr. Ground Hog ventured out on Tuesday, the 2nd, he should have had little difficulty in seeing his shadow. According to the old superstition this means we are to have six more weeks of winter, but as we have had very little real` winter so far, some is probably due. The annual banquet of Havre de Grace fire company will be held Monday evening, Feb. 14. governor Harry Nice. Chief Howard Travers, .f the Baltimore City Fire Department, and Mayor Howard W. Jackson, of the same city, have accepted invitations to be present at the banquet.
