The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-26
BREVITIES

Griffith, of Berwyn, are visiting then
grandmother. Mrs. l.. A. Griffith.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Talbot, OF
Washington, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs William H. Talbot.
| Seventeen young white men lef,
here Wednesday afternoon. The ladies
served them a fine dinner in Masonic
Hall.
Master Jack Russell, Of Washing
ton, is visiting his friend. Master Clivie
| Wilson.
Private Rexall L. Rawlings, of
! Washington, d. c., was wounded and
| died over in France June 10th, age %
Miss Hester Rawlings of Groom,
| Md, will visit her sister Mrs. ]. W.
Godd, of Alexandria, Va, Saturday
| and Sunday,
There will be a dance at St Barna-
bas' Guild Hall, Iceland, on Saturday,
Jolly 9th Admission soc.
Died, at her late residence July Is,
1918, Katherine A. Ryon. beloved wife
of r. F. Ryon, in her seventy second
year
The annual excursion of the Forest
Beach, is on Thursday, August l. All
trains will stop at Behrend, Richie,
Brown and Marlboro both ways.
Mrs. James Cobb and children, of
Clayton, Delaware, are visiting her
brothers, Robert and Charles Brown,
at Brown Station.
Jerome Charters, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sylvester j, Charters, of Bowie.
has arrived safely over seas and ex-
tends best wishes to all his friends.
News of the safe arrival in France
of Mr.. Eldrigde CLANCY, attached to
the 313 Machine Gun Company, has been
received by Mrs. CLANCY. of this town.
If you are looking for a classy car,
get Mr.. S. G. Coale to demonstrate his
400 Chevrolet Sedan, which arrived
here Tuesday This is the best finished
car for the price on the market today.
Misses Dorothy, Annie and Regina
Ferraro. of Washington, spent few
days last week with Miss Inez Cofften,
of this town.
"A lawn party for the benefit of the
Red Cross of Mellwoo1 district on Sat.
urday, July 9th, at the home of w. B.
Greenwood Forestville. All welcome
Ice cream, cake and coffee.
Private Herbert E. Rawlings, son
of Mr. and Mrs R. E. Rawling Of
Croome, Md, was operated on July 3rd
for appendicitis at Camp Meade. We
are glad to hear of his recovery.
Mr.. E. L. Bruun, of the Naval Re
serves, was home for few hours last
week. He had expected to stay several
days, but had only been home a few
hours before he received orders to re-
turn to his ship.
Miss Ethel Patee, of New York
City, Miss Mary Bowie, of Roanoke,
Virginia and Misses Bessie and Marga.
ret Walter, of Washington, spent the
week end with Miss Virgie Brown.
at Bown Station, this county.
The Lawn Party which was given
at Mr.. Robert Tayman's near Richie,
for the Red Cross, on Saturday evening
was great success, the proceeds being
$50. The beautiful cake, which was
baked by Mrs Bernard Rell, brought |
S.. 90.
Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Vogts, after
spending two weeks with Mr.. and Mrs.
r. T.'Cotfren of this town, returned to
their former home in Washington.
Lieut.. LucIan H. Vandoren, son Of |
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore j. Vandoren,
of Hyattsville, h i S coun t ", dis
tinguished himself i'm battle on June Is. |
Mr.. Vandoren has received from Gen. |
George Burnett, commandant of ma
rines. a letter telling of his sons cita-
ton, in which is quoted the following
from his commander at the front:
Second Lieutenant Lucian Ii. Van
doren, Company G. battalion intelli
gence officer, is recommended for high
qualities of courage, resourcefulness
and conduct under fire during the at
tack in the early morning of June Is,
made upon the town of Bourescce by
the enemy
ut is indeed a pleasure for me to
write you that your son so conspicuous
Iy distinguished himself in action, and
it must be source of great pride for
you to know that he performed his
duty in such an able and fearless
manner"
On Monday evening, July 23nd, at
the st. Mary's Hall, Upper Marlboro,
dance was given by the cooperative
Red Cross Auxiliary. The president
was assisted at the door by Mr.. J. F.
Armstrong. The Auxiliary thanks him
for his interest and support. Interest
in the Red Cross work in this section is
extremely good, which was shown by
the numbers that patronize any effort