Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-25
LocalEiss and Otherwise.
The fishing season ON the Po-
tomac will close on June 10.

MISS Marguerite Abel 10 visit
ing friends in Washington.
tuesday next, May 80, Deco
ration Day.. will be Field Day at
Leonard Hall.
The people Of St. John is Parish
will give a strawberry feast at the
hall on Wednesday, June 7.
The entertainment scheduled
for Tuesday evening, May 23 at st.
james Chapel, has been postponed.
The Leonard Hall baseball team
lost to the Baden High School nine
on Saturday last by the score Of IL
to 5.
The Southern Maryland Fair
begins today (ThursdaY) at Upper
Marlboro and win close Tuesday,
May 80.
The forty-sixth commencement
Of the Western Maryland College
will be held June 9th to l4th, in
elusive.
Mrs. M. K. Boyd, of Leonard
town, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
w. A. Smoot, Of T. b. Prince
Georges county.
The graduating exercises Of the
Columbia Hospital Training School
for Nurses will take place Thursday
evening, May 25. 81
The Board of Town Commits
sioners organized on Wednesday
last by the election of Mr.. A. +.
King, President and Mayor.
Mr.. G. Manning Combs, ac-
companied by his sister, Mrs. f.
A. Camalier, spent a few days in
the Monumental City recently.
Mrs. VIM. A. Fenwick, of the
Hotel st. Mary's, was taken sudden
ly i'll on Tuesday night last, due TO
an attack of acute indigestion.
Misses Twinnie Knott and
Ruth Copsey have returned to their
home in Charles county, after spend
ing some time with Mrs. Mary N.
Norris and the Misses Morris. Of
Abells.
The Rev. Mr.. CogswelI, of
Washington, ID. q. win give SER
vices at All Saints Church, near
Oakley, on Sunday next, the 2sth
inst. at II a. m, and at the Chapel
at p. M, the same day.
The Cedar Point Literary and
Debating Society will give an en-
tertainment and dance in the new
Community Hall on Friday, May
28. See adv. elsewhere in this is
sue.
Quite a number OF our towns
: people have attended the wonderful
production, THE Birth of Ma
ton" which has been showing for
the past six weeks at the National
Theatre, Washington.
Mr.. L. J. Sterling, Cashier of
the First National Bank, Prof. Geo.
w. Joy and Mr.. A. f. King left on
Monday last to attend the annual
convention OF the Maryland Bank
ers' Association al Atlantic CITY.
N. j,
In order not TO conflict with
the commandments of the various
schools, the Chautauqua has been
postponed until the latter part Of
August. There is talk of having a
Home Coming week in connection
with the Chautauqua.
The annual commencement ex-
ercises OF Leonard Hall will begin
on Sunday, June IS. A Solemn
High Mass will open the exercises.
The elocntion contest, distribution
Of awards and graduation exercises
will take place the following day,
June 10.
The California Dramatic Club
will be in town next Tuesday night
with their latest big concert and
vaudeville show. II will be given
in the hall of the Beneficial Society,
and dance will follow. Proceeds
viii be donated to the new Hospi-
tai.
The Rev. John F. Quirk, s. j.,
will deliver the next lecture in the
popular course on Saturday evening,
May 81, at p. m. in the Academy
Hall. His subject will be st.
Elizabeth of Hungary, one of the
greatest women in history. The
Rev. Lecturer Is both learned and
eloquent and the hall should be well
filed.
A party composed of Judge
Walter /. Dawkins, DIR. Robt. B.
Bacon, and Messrs. Daniel B..
Chambers, VIM. Penn Lewis, Thos.
n. Bond, Jefferson ID. Norris, John
HI. Morgan, ID. hoppe Emory,
Harry M. Benzinger, H. B. Cham
bers and L. Hubbard spent the
weekend at Hotel st. Mary's.
Gen. Murray Vandiver, chair
man of the Democratic State Cen
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