Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1913-03-27
COUNTY NEWS.
LoCalWiSe and Otherwise.
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Many gardeners are getting the
ground ready for early vegetables.
Mr.. Chas. McCully will show mo-
wing pictures in the Town Hall, on
April 4th. 5th. and 9th.
Miss Neomi Herbert, of Newport
Chas. Co., is visiting Miss Jane
Greenwell, Leonardtown.
We are forced to hold over for
another issue several communities
tions from valued correspondents.
Mr.. Morsell Loker, of Mt St.
Adams College, Washington, spent
the Easter holidays with his parents
in Leonardtown.
MI. E. H. Shattuck, agent for the
Alex. Milburn Co. has donated one
of their AZ light new pit machines
to the st. Mary's Hospital.
The March term of the Circuit
Court was record breaker for the
shortness and dispatch with which
the business was transacted.
Messrs Geo. w. Joy, of M. A. G.
and J. Philip Greenwell, Jr., of Mt.
St. Joseph's College, spent the Eas-
ter vacations with their parents in
Leonardtown.
The yacht "Fantana", belonging
to Mr.. w. Bernard Duke, touched
at Leonardtown en- route for Balti-
more and took a number of Mr..
Dukes relatives aboard for the trip.
We request that all communica-
tons be handed us not later than
Tuesday morning. We are at present
slightly handicapped and it will ia
ciliate matters greatly to have copy
in Office at that time.
Mrs. William Combs and Mrs. Ray
mond Harris, both of Troy, Ohio,
are guests at Hotel ST. Mary
Their many st. Mary's friends were
delighted to welcome them in their
midst again,
Two hundred and seventy-nine
years ago the Maryland Pilgrims
landed on st. Clements(now Black
iston) Island, on march 25th. So
far as we can learn there was no
celebration of this most comem ora
BILE day.
Mr.. James G. Greenweil, of
Hunters Retreat, near Beauyue,
celebrated his 2lst birthday with
an elaborate party to quite a mum
Der of relatives and friends. We
wish him an abundant success
through life.
Next Tuesday evening, April /,
Father limerick, S. j., will give an
illustrated lecture on the Life OF
Our Savior. The lecture will begin
at 1880 o'clock and will be followed
by dance. Admission to the lee
ture, Csc. Refreshments will b,
served by the Ladies' Committee
The quarterly distributloR>of tn,
public school tax and school book
fund in Baltimore City and the
counties was recently announced by
the State Comptroller. st. Mary
is TO receive $5,O47.75, from the tax
fund and s6ls.O5 from the schoo
book fund. The total school tax
fund was $500, 900, and the schoo
book fund $37, 500.
The annual Retreats of Leonard
Hall and the Academy will begin on
Sunday evening next and conclude
on Thursday morning, April 3, Will
High Mass and general Communion
in st. Aloysius Church at s A. NJ
This Mass will be the only publ,
celebration of Maryland Day by til,
two Schools. There will be an ap
propriate sermon, and papal BeBe
diction will be given.
The most striking features of tn,
Holy week exercises last week wer,
the Calvacade from Medley's Necl
and Newtown parishes that cam
with a mounted escort of 40 Leon
: ard Hall students, and the nigh
watch or Guard of Honor kept b,
sixty men of st. Aloysius' parisl
who came in groups every hour be
tween PIP. M. Thursday and A. M
Good Friday. These scenes ar
worthy of the ages of Faith.
The prizes for the best Fred
colts offered by the st. Mary
Stock Improvement Association
were awarded on Tuesday, last in