Evening star., 1917-01-14
R|VERDALE GRANGE
|NSTALLS OFFICERS
Large Attendance Witnesses Cere.
monies-Road Director Brady Re-
signs to County Commissioner.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, January 13.-Mem-
bers of the Riverdale Grange. No. 1928.
turned out in considerable numbers to
witness the installation of officers
elected at the December meeting of the
grange The ceremonies were in charge
of Prof. Frank B. Bomberger. Mary
land Agricultural College. assisted by
C. Hall. The officers installed were G.
A. Meyer. worthy master: George Held,
! overseer: Joseph L. Shipley, treasurer;
Frank E. Heald, lecturer; Mrs. Jessie
L. Lane. secretary: E. B. Pratt. steward /;
E. B. McBath. chaplain; H. H. Peck,
gatekeeper; Prof ]. F. Moulden, as
sistant steward; Mrs. H. z. Lewis. as
sistant lady steward; Miss Sue Camp
bell. Ceres: Miss Emma CASTILLO. Po-
mono, and Miss Ella Becker, Flora.
H Martin Williams, delegate from the
Riverdale Grange to the annual meet
ing of the state grange held at Easton,
on the Sd, 4th and 5th instants, made
report of what was accomplished at
these sessions The executive COM
mittee- of the Riverdale Grange. COM
posed of the Past Master H. A. Hegarty
and the newly installed officers. will
| meet at the home of Mrs. Jessie L. Lane
Tuesday evening of next week to COM
plete plans for the work of the current
year.
-. Big Attendance Expected.
An attendance of more than 200 is
expected at the quarterly meeting of
the Prince Georges County Federation
Of women's Clubs to be held in the
town hall at Riverdale from 1890 to
4:30 Tuesday. Representatives from the
women's clubs at Mitchellsville, Lam
ham. Springfield. Laurel and College
Park will be the guests Of the Current
Topics Club Of Riyerdale, a member
Of the county Federation of Women's
Clubs. The officers of the Riverdale
club are: Mrs. r. A. Bennett. presi-
dent; Mrs. Charles E. Steinmeyer. vice
president; Mrs. Fred A. Mckee, treas
! urer, and Mrs. Jessie L. Lane, secre-
tary.
The speakers for the occasion are
Mrs. Court F Wood; president of the
women's Clubs; Commissioner of I'M
migration Anthony Caminetti, Miss
Beverage Of Baltimore. who was at the
head Of the movement which resulted
in the passage of the mothers' pension
bill by the last Maryland legislature: !:
Miss Lillian Hood. in charge of social
service work in Prince Georges county,
and Mrs. Grace Porter Hopkins, in
charge of the federal employment
agency. Besides these speakers, the
following will be seated at the guests
table: Mrs. Frank Sanderson, president
of the women's Clubs OF Maryland. and
Mrs. r. A. Bennett. president of the
Riverdale Current Topics Club.
Road Director Resigns
Road Director W. w. Brady. whose
territory covers Kent. Bowie, Bladens-
| burg and Queen Anne districts, has
rendered his resignation to the county
commissioners sitting as the county
road board. The latter has refused to
accept the directors resignation until
a successor can be appointed. Director
Brady's reason for resigning Is due to
| his brother leaving the farm. which
necessitates his constant presence on
the place.
County Treasurer Edward A. Fuller
announces that the list Of delinquent
taxpayers to be printed next week will
not be as large as usuaL~jThe fact. he
states, indicates that the people, espe-
cially the farmers. are in a better con-
dition financially than in previous
years