Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-08-10
s. AIoy.ius' Festival.

The annual lawn festival ~ ST.
Aloysius Parish was held on Tuesday
Of last week and deserves more than a
mere passing notice. The crowd was
unprecedented, as autos have multi
piled and points as distant as Wash
ington have been brought Rlmoat
within two hours from leonardtown.
Ample tents provided shade and one
could enjoy real open-air dinner
with that variety 81 good things and
excellent cooking which makes South
ern Maryland famous, ITO say nothing
of the ladies IN waiting and the gili
kind OF service which they render 70
the iamlshed multitude,
The paddle stand and the fancy table
We'd with each other In mingling the
useful and ornamental 10 catch tho
eye land the shckelsl Of the bargain
seekers Bnt the center 81 attraction
was the Ice cream stand, ably support
ed by the confectionery and fruit
table on one Side and the soda and
lemonade booth on the other. And
oh, what d sizzling hot day At J;3Q
D. M, the open exhibition tent was
crowded and surrounded by big and
little folks 20 enjoy the songs and
drills and dances Of the juveniles IN.
der the Standardization ~ Miss Madge
Fenwick This entertainment Is as
traditional as the dinner part itself 81
the big lawn iete. The tnt was filled
again TO Overlooking with the moving
picture patrons The show on This
occasion was under tile infringement
OF the D. d. Movie Company, Mr.
Roland b. Duke taking chnrge person
ally. Then they
Danced TIL the stoutest swains were
tired
Danced till the cream and cake and
pop expired.
The gross receipts Of the day wert
over $3.50, which was a rather good
yield for that small piece OF an acre,
The following committees are to b.
congratulated on this festival, which
has probably broken the local record
Dinner Table-President Mrs. Char
lotto de q. King; secretaries, Mrs
Carrie Spalding and Mrs. DR.. Payne
cashiers and collectors, Messrs. Z. II
Cough, JOS. NJ. Mattingly, r. Clark
Abel, w M. Lokerj Il. ]. Sterling
and j. b. Drury.
Aides Mesdames J. Clyde Abel
Henry Abel. j. u. Ching, J. b
Drury, A. n. Fenwick, r. +. Cough
r. r. Greenwich, John Harris, Minis
Herbert, Geo. w. JOY, stephen q
King, Joseph Long, Jas. r. Mattingly
Jos. Nj. Mattingly, J. j. Norris
Nettie @. Wilmer, Eugene Mattingly
The Misses Ode and Gertrude Ed
wards, Helen, Pauline and Sailii
Cireenwell, Helen Graves, Teresa Her
bert, Alice Marsh, Leila and Lillian
lMattingly, Philo Morgan, Viole
| Tippett, Louise Wathen, Susie Abell
Fancy Table Mrs y II. Duke
Misses Mary A. Duke, Grace Green
we'll, Madeleine Camalier.
| Paddle Stand Miss Madge Fen
wick, Mrs. RI Clarke Abel, Mis-
| Elizabeth Towson; aides, Leslie Abel
Christine Greenweilt
Ice Cream Parlor- Mr.. Sam'l Wal
lis, cashier; Mesdames Lucy Spalding
B. III Camalier.
Confectionery and Fruit Miss Jan
| Il. Greenwich, Mrs. Nettie A. Morgan
| Miss Bessie Mattingly
Soda and Lemonade Miss Rose T.
| Nuthail, DR.. HARRIS Calnalier.
Grab Bag-Misses Richley CHM
/ and Estelle Drury.
The twenty beautiful festival prize
/ will be awarded 10 the lucky patron
this Thursday afternoon on the law
at $3.50 o'clock II you can't draw
i prize, come and draw IN ice creaI
cone. The cosmorama was especiall
we'll patronized May the patrons q
1915 live long, flourish and be happy
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