Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-06-06
LOcaIEise and Otherwise.

Mr.. Henry Loker, Of -
York, spent the weekend at his
home in Leonardtown.
Mr.. JEFF Combs, of Washing
ton, spent the week END at his sum
mer home, Fox's Point, on Breton's
Bay.
Mrs. Walter H. 8. Briscoe, Of
st. Cnthbert's, on the Patuxent,
spent Tuesday with friends in Leon
ardtown.
All farmers of the First district
are invited to meet at the home of
Mr.. E. E. Birch, st. Inigoes, on
Saturday, June 9Th, at 8 p, m.
Mr.. James G. Greenwich, of
Beauvue, had the misfortune to lose
q very valuable mare Monday morn
ing, by over-feeding of alfalfa hay.
Miss janice Combs Loker, who
has been attending Goucher College,
Baltimore, has returned to her home
in Leonardtown for the summer
holidays.
Miss Barbara Abel, of Wash
ington, is spending the summer with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. p.
Abel, of Herring Creek, near VAL
ley Lee.
Mr.. Joseph /. Cough, Clerk to
the County Commissioners, was in
his Office Tuesday, after having been
confined to his home for ten days
by illness.
Miss Eloise Moore, who has
been spending her vacation as the
guest of friends in Leonardtown, re.
turned on Monday to her home in
Washington.
Mr.. L. ]. Sterling, Cashier of
the First National Bank of St.
MAry's, has returned to his post,
after attending the State Bankers
Convention at Atlantic City.
Every director Of the st. Mary's
County Fair Association should be
present at the meeting to be held at
Hotel st. Mary's, Leonardtown, on
Tuesday, June IL, at 8 p. m.
\
Corporal Ethelbert Abel, of
Camp Meade, and his wife, formerly
Miss Marie Hungerford, of Charles
County, paid a weekend visit to the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Abel, of ''PlaceHtia.''
Tomorrow, FRIDAY night is
the date of the regular semi-month-
lv dance at st. Joseph's Hall, Nor
ganza. These affairs have become
fixed social events in ST. Mary's and
always attract a good crowd.
Mr.. Gerald Onatavia and sister,
Mrs. Whipple, who have been visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Justin r. Sypher,
at their place on st. Clements Bay,
have returned to New York, accom-
panied by Mrs. Sypher.
Through the kindness of Mr..
George Cecil, who has given the
space, a werk room will be opened
at Valley Lee, Friday next, June Z,
to continue the Red Gross work so
successfully carried on last year.
Private Jack Spalding, of
Camp Meade, spent a week. end fur
Tough visiting bis mother, Mrs.
Lucy l.. Spaldin., Leonardtown
Jack seems we'll pleased with army
life and from all appearance the
training is doing him good.
Mrs. John H. Chambers, of
Cedar Point, has been appointed
Women's Food Production Chair
man for St. Mary's. Mrs. Cham
bers is exceptionally qualified for
this important work and good results
are expected from her appointment.
IL.
Mr.. Samuel Hayden, of Mad
dox, has recently sold, through Dud-
ley d Carpenter, of Baltimore, 2
hhds. of tobacco, at 40 cents per lb
each. This seems to be the high
water mark for the Southern Mary
land staple. -
Thirty million bushels Of pota-
toes, the estimated surplus of last
years crop, must be eaten before
July l, or they will rot. Potatoes
are cheap food now in most places
At 2 cents . pound they are equal in
bread value at cents loaf. Every
potato eaten saves wheat.
Mr.. Willard Nice. Hillegeist,
Farm Help Specialist, Dept. of
Agriculture, is making a survey of
the labor situation in st. Mary's.
He states that the Federal Govern
ment does not favor the recruiting
of industrial plants from this or
other agricultural sections.
The Leonardtown Camp, Mod
ern Woodmen of America will hold
q Memorial Meeting for Messrs.
Samuel Wallis and George b. Foote
on Sunday, June 18th, at $3.50 p. m,
at their rooms in the basement of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.