Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02
NEWS FROM LAUREL.
Coming Election for Mayor-Only Two
Candidates.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LAUREL, Md. July 1, 1905.
One of the prettiest shirt waist dances Of
the season took place Friday evening at
Hills Hall on Washington avenue. The
hall was tas.efully decorated with Japa-
nese lanterns honeysuckle and flowers for
the occasion. After the dance a banquet
was held for the merry dancers. Guests
from Washington, Baltimore and the near
by towns attended. Among those present
were: Misses Xenia Haslup Mile Bur-
dette. Edna Beall. Virgil Frost. Matte Gill
bert, Dora Frost Laura Stauchfeld, Emma
Curley. Mrs c. Frederick Flester, Mrs. Don
Ffthian. Alice Jemison of Washington.
Miss Mary Lanahan of Brookland. D. c.,
and Miss Bertha Odenwald, and Messrs.
Thomas Brashears, T. Aubrey Gray, Clar-
ence Mccullough. Frederick Flester, Hugh
Fisher Sisha Merrill Fisher John MODE, odenwald. Don
Petit. st. John Hartsock, Ormond Phair
and William Feige.
The election for a successor to Mayor
Timanus will be held on Friday. July Z.
There are but two candidates In the field,
Dr. T. Watts Byerly and Mr.. William H.
Diven. There is very little interest being
manifested in the contest; neither candi-
date has stated publicly what he proposes
to do If elected and very light vote is
expected to be polled.
Independence day will be observed here
on the Fourth, when the Laurel volunteer
fire department will hold an all-day picnic
In the Laurel grove. Base ball games and
other amusements will be the feature of
the day. and very large crowd from the
nearby towns is expected to be present.
Mr. Albin Fairall. who has been spend
ing some time at the Lewis-Clarlxe EXPOSE
ton at Portland, Ore, has returned to his
home here.
Manager George NJ Bond of the Laurel
base ball club is striving to organize an
intSr-COuQtV
ceived favorable replies from Upper Marl-
boro. Savage, Hyattsville, Riverdale and
Lanhams.
Miss Jessie Miles and Mr.. Sidney Bra
shears, both of Laurel, were married at the
Methodist Episcopal Church parsonage at
Ellicott City by Rev. Thomas Wood. They
A very enjoyable picnic was given In
Cedar Hill valley, near the home of Mr..
Luther Brashears, near Laurel, on Friday,
by his two nieces, Misses Bessie and Maude
Brashears, and Miss Gertrude Brookmire of
Washington. Boating and other sports
were enjoyed by the guests present. Among
those present were Misses Effie Darnell,
Lillian Townsend, Annie Loygen, Lottie
and Ethel Noel, Martha Brookmire and
Charlotte Schench, Messrs. w. Arthur
Brookmire. John Bradley, Ralph Healey,
James Brown, Frank Sharpless, John 10y
gon and Ralph Barker of Washington;
Misses Bessie Miller, 1mogene Collins, Dora
and Dina Aitcheson and Alice CLANCY and
Messrs. Wye Shaffer, Wilbur Timanus,
Emory Arlington Roy Hill, and Ira Reed
of Laurel and others from the vicinity.
The young people were chaperoned by Mrs.
c. Brashears, Mrs. A. Schneider and Mrs.
L. Whitman.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Centenary
Methodist Episcopal Church held lawn
fete last evening on the church lawn, which
was largely attended. The Laurel Military
Band furnished music during the evening.
Miss Pauline Flannery left this week for
an extended stay on the coast of Maine.
Miss Verna Sullivan of Piedmont, W. Va,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs c. D. Frost
Mr. Thomas N. Young and Mr.. Charles
Young, who have been spending the past
week at Atlantic City. have returned to
their home here.