Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-06-03

Mr.. X. Il. Broun, Jr... OF
Leonardtown, visited Washington
for the weekend.
Quite party of autoists from
Washington visited Eeonardtown
for Decoration Day.
Messrs. Joe and Albert Nor
gan, Of Washington, visited Leon
ardtown during the week.
We regret TO learn that Judge
Jos. III. Key is confined TO his room
by an attack of Lagrippe.
Charlotte Hall Military Aca-
denny will hold their commencement
meet on Thursday, June II.
The Chaptico Farmers Club vii
hold their regular monthly meeting
on Saturday, June 5, at p. m.
There will be service at Christ
Church, Chaptico, at IL a. m, on
Sunday next by Rev. Harry s.
Cobey.
Mrs. NJ. Il. Mclaughlin and
laughter, Miss .. ii. Mclaughlin,
of Washington, are guests at Hotel
st. Mary's.
Father La Farge's lecture on
Belgium was well attended and
proved most interesting and in
strGctive.
st. Mary's Seminary will close
on June 10. See notice of COM
mencement exercises elsewhere in
this issue.
Two schooner loads of tele-
phone poles were lapdcd at Leon
ardtown for the &. & p. Telephone
Co., during last week.
Mr.. b. Kennedy Abeli, accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ].
Sterling, of Leonardtown, spent the
weekend at Cape Charles, Va.
Note the auction sale of the
stock of goods in l.. III. Hancock's
store at Helen. Sale will take place
on Wednesday, June Q, at 10 n. IN.
Among the graduates of the
Georgetown University Hospital
School for Nurses, is Miss Mary
Bernadine Greenwell, of Leonard
town.
The ladies of All Faith Parish
will give a play entitled THE Fas-
cinating Fannie Brown" at Her
bert's Hall, Mechanicsville, on June
8, after which refreshments will be
served.
Ar@ he graduates of tn.
Columhla hospital and Training
Sch - irses was Miss Lucy
Russell, of Clements, this county,
who won the prize for the
best thesis on children's disease.
The closing exercises of st.
Mary's Academy will be held at the
Academy Hall, Leonardtown, on
Tuesday, June Is. Misses Mary
Burch, Edith Ching and Elizabeth
Edwards are the graduates.
We enjoyed an appreciated
visit from Mr.. Samuel Hayden, of
Maddox, on Tuesday last. Besides,
making an enviable record as Coun-
ty Commissioner, Mr.. Hayden made
many friends during his visits TO
IeOnardtown.
Local experts are planning a
big time for Leonardtown ON In
dependence Day, which will be kept
this year Monday, July 5. Details
will be published when completed.
Look out for safe, sane and salts
factory Fourth.
MessrS. Harris Camalier, of the
Georgetown University, and Chas.
ii. Camalier, of Mt. ST. Joseph q
College, are home for the Summer
vacation. Mr.. John f. DonOnghue,
of Georgetown University, accom-
panied Mr.. Harris Camalier.
Miss Helen G.. Brown. an artist
of note of Washington, who has
been in Leonardtowa making pie
lures for the past month, left on
Sunday last EN- route for California.
Miss Browns pictures of local
scenes created n most favorable i'm
preston.
Hon. ana Mrs. Adrian Posey,
La Plata, have issued invitations fol
the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Katherine Ellen Posey, u
Ensign Louis Remsen de Roode,
on Monday evening, June I, at the
Church of the Sacred Heart, L.
Plata.
Recently Messrs. Howard 4
Freeman, local real estate dealers
have had an active week. They
have sold Prospect Hill, Towr
Hill" and Riverside. All ar,
large and attractive water-fronts
We are informed that the purchas
ers are exceedingly well pleaseC
with the county. and that they ar
most desirable citizens.
Two unfortunate accidents oc
CURED yesterday among the autoists
one on the new Peterborough Hill
when Mr.. Tom Fenwick's car turn
ed turtle, and the other when Mr.
Trew, of Washington, skidde6 int
a coping about two miles fry
Mechanicsville and wrecked his car
The occupants of both cars wer
severely shaken up and cut, but no
seriously injured.