The Washington times., 1915-05-02
HYATTSVILLE.

Everything is in readiness for the mu-
niCipal elections to be held tomorrow in
I.yattsville. Mt. Rainier and Capitol
heights. In Hyattsville. Edward Devlin
IL expected to be elected mayor without
opposition. and William A. Brooks and
Charles a. ketcham in the Second ward.
and George NJ. Mcfarland in the Third
ward. have no opposition to their cleo
| ton for the council. In the First ward
Councilman William A. Dorr is being
| opposed for reelection by Joseph l..
r itz. Town Treasurer William a. Shep-
! hero holds over another year, and the
hold-over councilmen are DR.. Guy w.
Latimer. in the First ward. and John G.
Holden, in the Third ward The hours
for the election are from o'clock until
! O'Clock. The judges and clerks are:
First ward-judges, Louis O. Wissman,
Alexander Sakers and w. T. Garrity;
clerks. Ernest Gasch and Thomas H.
Garrison. Second ward-Judges w. r.
Pierce. John Gibson, and n. II. Spick-
nal; clerks, +. r. Burn and Percival
Steven. Capt. Roger Bells. and John f.
hickey; clerks, V. V. MacNeii and Will
liam {. Soules.
In Mt. Rainier Mayor Fred L. Web
Der is. expected to be reelected without
opposition. Councilman John Kline Is
being opposed for re-election in the
FIRST ward by Oscar p. Anderson. Rob-
ert f. joyce has a clear field for his
election as councilman from the Fourth
ward. The hold-over councilmen arc
MHIard LiShtbown. Second ward. and
Gilbert Hughes, Third ward. The citi-
| zens ef this town will vote in Potts
Hall from ! o'clock a. m. until p. IN.
The elections officials are: Judges, a.
J. Plummcr. Charles NJ. Newman, and
T. $. Leitch;, clerks, F. l.. Reichart, and
! herman G. Kinder.
| In apitol Heights the citizens will
vote from > o'clock to : o'clock and will
elect Charles l.. Sweeney 8 mayor and
". IA. McGinnis as treasurer, neither
having opposition: -Four councilmen
will also be elected. The judges will be
G: A. Adams, c. J. Ennis, and K. l..
Impressive ceremonies were held yes
| terday afternoon in connection with the
! raising Of the American flag over the
| Ber"yn public school. The flag was
donated TO the. school by Miss Melva
Sanford. age eight years. Boys from
Scout troops 21 and %. of Takoma Park,
| and &c. of Berwyn, assisted in the rites,
| and ii. G. Lugenbeel, scoutmaster OF
! The services We're opened by prayer by
| the Rev. William A. Eisenberger, of the
Berwyn Presbyterian church. Following
! an address by the Rev. G. T. d. Collins
Church South. Bugler J. d. Eggleston
while little Miss Sanford, assisted by
| Eagle Scout w. G. Afford, of Troop 81
raised the flag to the peak of the staff
| The audience then sang The Star
Spangled Banner" which was followed
by addresses by Capt. Adna Clarke
coast artillery, United States army
former Scout Master &. y. Filkins, anG
| Scoutmaster Frederick Harres. OF
| Troop 81. The exercises We're brought
to close by a demonstration of scout
work by Troops q and q.
f. II. Roberts. of Brentwood, has beer
reappointed deputy grand master of the
| Odd Fellows lodges in this section.
The board of county commissioners
the orphans court the board of schoo
commissioners. and the supervisors OF
election. Will meet at Upper Marlboro
Tuesday.
Mrs. Fred Cromwell and two children
OF Washington, are visiting Mrs. II. P
Tolson.
Miss Florence Bowen, of Woodville
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. +. Parran a.
| Prince Frederick.
Mrs. BESSIE @. Clarke returned las
evening to her home in Baltimore, a afteI
spending several days with her brother
in-law and sister. Prof. and Mrs How
ard l.. Crisp at Berwyn.