Evening star., 1915-05-02
HYATTSVILLE.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
HYATTSEILLE. May L. Pomona
Grange, comprising the Olney, Liberty
Grove and Brighton oranges of Mont
Eomery county and Eureka, Lanham,
Maryland Agricultural College and
BeltsVille oranges of Prince Georges
county, met yesterday at Grange Hall,
Beltsville, over 300 farmers, with their
wives and daughters. being present.
5. Reed Chaffey OF Crisfleld. 1Somer-
set county. Md Grange installed the
following officers of Pomona Grange:
Master, W. Rcntly Thomas of oInev-
Irahge: oVerS"er, Alexander GUIDE of
Eureka Grange lectures Reuben Rrip-
nam: steward, Howard NJ c. Marloye.
iassls'aht steward, Calvin Brady; chap
iain. >. Harding: treasurer, Samuel W
Beall, assistant treasurer Mrs E. L.,
ti',rtshorne: gHtek eeper, John Case:
Ceres. Ethel II. Thomas: Pomona, Pearl
Mariowe: Flora. Marjorie Snowdeu:
lady assistant steward, Lillian John
son.
been given favora BILE decision bv the
MARYLAND court of appeals in the suit
instituted by Clerk of the Court C. C.
| VIA agrduer and others of Prince Georges
and Anne Arundel counties seeking
to prevent the commission from pro-
ceedlnE with the constructions of GER
tain highways in Prince Georges
county, has awarded a contract for a
concrete road from Meadows to Camp
Springs, distance of 3.01 miles, to
H. 5. Swami of La Plata Charles
county. his bid being S32.19S.56 The
bid was S5,925.04 below the estimate
prepared by Chief Engineer Shirley of
the commission
The commission has also awarded a
contract to p. F. Connolly Company
OF Boston for a concrete road from
Upper Marlboro to Hills bridge over
| the PatuXent river in Queen Anne dis
trict. a distance of 2.44 miles, the bid
of this company, 27,119.01, being the
| lowest received
E. S. Burroughs, superintendent of
county schools. has about completed
| arrangements for the Prince Georges
county school rally, which is to take
place May 81 on the fair grounds near
Upper Marlboro. 1t is expected that
several thousand school children will
gram will be devoted to parade
by the school children on the fair
grounds; addresses by several promi-
nent educators of the state and county
and luncheon: In the afternoon
members of various schools of the
county.
novel entertainment was given
Thursday evening in the new public
school building at Brentwood, the OBJ
er equipment of the assembly hal
with seats and other conveniences
From until o'clock supper was
served, the guests calling at various
stations, each in charge of teacher
of the school. for supplies. The enter
tainment was in charge Of Stuart S.
Hayes. and comprised numbers by the
pupils appropriately costumed to rep
| resent different nationalties Prof. Cal
| vert c. Merriken, principal of the
| entertaining the guests by the teach
ers. Misses Mary f. Nalley, Florence A
Beall. Blanche Ogle, Amelia Hollander.
NJ. Elizabeth Hill. Doris f. Weber.
Z. Porter and Martha ID. Spalding.
| f. H. Roberts has again been ap-
pointed deputy grand master Of the
Odd Fellows lodges in this section of
| Maryland.
Municipal elections will de held Mon
| day in the various incorporated towns
| in Prince Georges county. In Hyatts-
F, VILE. Mount Rainier and Capitol
| Heights there will be no opposition so
| far as the mayoralty is concerned. Ed
| ward Devlin will he elected mayor of
| Hyattsville. Fred +, Weber mayor OF
Mount Rainier. and Charles L. Sweeney
mayor of Capitol Heights. w. H. NC
| GinnlsS will be elected treasurer of
| Capitol Heights, while in Hyattsville
| there will be no election for this office.
| William A. Shepherd holding over until
| 1915 The mayor and common council
| of Mount Rainier appoints the treas
| urer councilmen Will be elected in all
| the towns. In Bladensburg Il board OIL
| commissioners will be elected.
| The celebration of the ninet y-sixth an
| niversary Of the establishment Of the
Order Of Odd Fellows in the United States
| was made the occasion for elaborate fes
tiyities in the rooms of Oriole Lodge and
the Rebekahs here Thursday evening
After a brief business meeting of Orioe
| Lodge Noble Grand William G. Gray an
nounced the beginning of the program,
the first number being selection from
the brentwood NJ. f. Church South Or
chestra, composed Of +. l.. Cowgirl,
cornetist and leader. Mrs NJ NJ Huff
man, pianist: Oliver HoIbrook and Ed
ward Scheuch, vioinists. and Fred 3.
Snowden. clarinet Following, Past
Master o. A. Greager. mayor of Hyatts-
Vile, delivered address of welcome on
behalf of Oriole Lodge The mayor re
viewed the history of the order, which, he
said was instituted at Baltimore in 1919,
with five members. 1t has grown to a
membership of 2,16I 900
Following IA selection by the orchestra.
Mrs Percival K. Parlett, deputy president
of Esther Rebekah Lodge. No 20, de
livered an address of welcome on behalf
of the Rebekahs. Since woman entered
this work there have been established
in the United States and Canada nearly
seventy homes for the old and feeble Odd
Fellows, and the widows and orphans of
odd Fellows. Mrs. Parlett said there
were forty lodges in Maryland. with a.
membership of over 1000. Esther Rebeka h
Lodge of Hyattsvile has a membership
of sixty-nne
Mrs. NJ j. Lowe rendered vocal solo,
followed by Miss Susan Hurt. who recited
Miss Elizabeth Paravano of 'rakoma gave
an instrumental solo. Master Marcus
Angln read an essay odd Fellowship"
drill by the Rebekah drill team closed
the program which was followed by
supper.
HERNDON.