Evening star., 1915-04-11
HERNDON.
ecial Correspondence of The star.

| Special Correspondence al Inc StaT
I HERNDON. Va, April 10. Mr.. McCon-
nell of Chicago has purchased the
Rozier farm of lo9 acres near Dranes-
VILE. the price paid being reported as
| $500. Possession will be given at an
early date.
| Funeral services for Samuel Wrenn.
for many years commissioner of. rev.
nue. for Dranesville district. took place
i Tuesday at ST. 'fimothys Ep'scopa,
Church. Rev. w. e. Wooif OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church south
preaching the sermon intermen, e',r,, ,,i,,"s va
| in Mount Rocky. the family purylhs
ground near Chantiily. Mr- "re"i'
was sixtv-six years old.
T, w. NJ Painter of Pulaski. Va, seven
| ty-eight years old, died at ms nome
Sunday. March y. of ,,neumon'a ms
! wife having died just three months De-
fore of the same disease ne ic;'V.
! four 81 -ldfcn. Davis NJ Ia'h'er OF
| fula ski. W. II. Fa inter of Radford. MIS-
! $. $. Simmernan of " Sthev'ile an"
Mrs William i3ads Miller of Herndon.
with whom Mr. and Mrs. Painter spent
| much time.
Mrs Sarah A. North died at her home
| in Baltimore last Saturday, at the age
| of ninetyfour She was the WIDOW
of Capt. Henry II. North of the In1tel
| States Navy. and leaves two daughters
and two sons one of the latter being
| Rev. Joseph B. North of Hcrndon.
i \ ball game played Monday between
| the high schools OF Fairfax Court
! House and Iierndcn at the fair grounds.
| resulted i'll "a victory for Herndon by
! to ). Batteries for Fairfax, Hollis
and Saser, with White and Gibson tor
| Herndon.
Mrs. Conrad Walll gave the members
Of the cradle roll and primary depart
mcnts of the Congregational Church
an Easter party and egg hunt Satut-
day, q large number being present IN
! spite of nclement weather.
I Trustees for the Methodist Episcopal
Church South have been appointed by
Judge r. T. Thornton in circuit court
as follows Magnus T. wilkins, ,.
| Richard McMillin. c. w. t;reaer. George
=. Wood. Edwin Nathaniel FitzhuSh.
W. II. Jenkins aud Albert s. Bates.
! Herndon Chapter, Order of Eastern
Star, has elected officers for the COM
ing yeay, Mrs Mary King Welburn of
| Ballston. district deputy grand matron,
assisting in conducting the installa-
/ tion. Those elected were: Matron, MISS
Nettie Pauline Bradshaw. assistant
matron. Mrs. Belva Dutton keyes: pa
IRON. Guy y. Church: secretary. Ralph
a! W Crouch; treasurer, Mrs: tidith
| Rready Robey, conductrcss. Mrs. Nell
ress. Miss Selma Hutchison; haplain.
Mrs. John W. Elswics: marshal. Miss
! Mary Hutchson: warden. John w. Els
| wick; Adah, Mrs. Harry l.. Andrews;
| Ruth, Miss Ruth Chamblin: Esther,
Mrs. Nettie Bowers Crouch; Martha.
| Mrs. Eva Porter Ducker: Electa, Mrs.
| Irma Moffctt Shryock
Camp Eagle, or the Potomac river
| near Seneca, belonging to club of
Herndonites. was entirely destroyed,
with its contents. by fire Monday night.
| There WAS no Insurance.
The Corban Club met Tuesday after
| noon with Mrs. William !. Robey.
The Home interest Club held we'll
attended meeting Tuesday with Mrs.
Williams Ellis at Herndon Heights.
The Fortnightly Club is meeting this
| .
| subject for the meeting being The
Conservation of the Forests" Papers
| on this subject will be read at the
Federations of Women's Clubs in Fair
fax in May.
The marriage of Miss Matilda Mid
deton. daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Howard Middleton of Willard. and Mr..
Joseph Starr of Bedford. Pa. took place
Monday. April D at the home. in Lees
| burg, of Elder Horace Lefferts of the
| Primitive Baptist Church After the
! ceremony luncheon was served. after
which Mr. and Mrs. Starr left for Penn
! sylvania.
! James Fl. Lyman of Herndon left Sat
urday for Pribilof Islands. Alaska,
where he has been appointed warden
! by the bureau of fisheries Mr. Lyman
has been on the Pacific coast for three
| Years on business for the government,
| coming home this winter for short
| vaca ton.
Farmers Club No met Thursday
| for an all-day meeting with DR.. and
Mrs Ernest l.. Robey, the subject for
the meeting being Spring Seeding
Robert Wiehle. prominent business
| Monday night when going from his
store to his home, short distance
| away. and robbed of box conta lining
$3.50. the money being that taken in
during the day from Mr.. Wtehle's store,
the post office and station. all of which
were conducted by him. He was not
seriously injured by the robbers and
| promptly gave the alarm over the tele-
| phone to the authorities at Herndon
and Fairfax. Detectives were put on
| the case and two suspects were arrest
ed Wednesday.
Rev: George Wiley, a Baptist evanee-
list. has conducted a fortnight's re-
vival service here