Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-12-19
LocalEiss and Otherwise.
Merry Xmas and . Happy New

Year.
Mrs. @. H. Ashton, of Wash
ington, was in Leonardtown on
Saturday last.
Dance at Hotel St. Mary's,
Leonardtown, Thursday, Dec. 96th.
Darroch's Orchestra.
Mrs. Alton A. Farrafl, of
Washington, spent Thursday of
last week in Leonardtown.
Mr.. Joseph Morders, of George
town, spent Sunday with relatives
and friends in the Abel section.
Mrs. Walter II. b. Wise and
Mrs. B. Kennedy Abel are visiting
friends and relatives III Baltimore.
The recent rains have been fine
for the wheat and have given the
farmers an opportunity to strip to-
bacco.
1t should be easy to select your
Xmas gifts this year. Let them be
War Savings Stamps and Red Cross
memberships.
Mrs. Walter II. s. BLiscoe, of
st. Cuthbert's, !" on the Patuxent,
spent Wednesday with friends in
Leonardtown.
Following its usual custom the
BEACON will not publish an issue
during Xmas week. The next issue
will be that of Jan. end.
Mrs Annie May Boyd has re-
turned after visit to friends in
Washington, Baltimore and Prince
Georges County.
Mr.. 9. B. Lloyd, of Baltimore,
is making business trip through
st. Mary g, and was in Leonard
town on Monday.
Midnight Mass will be celebrat-
ed at st. Michael's, st. Nicholas, St.
Georges, and st. James Chpel, on
the eve of Xmas, Tuesday, Dec. "a
A Xmas play in aid. OF st.
Michael's School will be given by
the school children at St. Michael's
Hall, Ridge, Thursday, Dec 80 at
8 p. m.
Corp. J, WorthinRton Alvey,
son of Winfield Alvey, o; Charlotte
Hall, is confined to base hospital
In France as the result of a leg
wound received in the fighting on
Nov. LIST.
The Town Commissioners are
considering plans and estimates for
lighting the streets Of Leonardo wn.
Certainly no Improvement OF a pub
Inc nature is so urgently needed,
The Cedar Point Literary and
Debating Society will hold it's regu-
lar semi-monthly meeting on Fri
day, Dec. goth. A special holiday
program will be rendered on Dec.
3lst.
Church service at st. Mays
City next Sunday, Dec %, will he
at $3.50 o'clock. Vestry meeting
after the service. Rev. III. G..
96odman will officiate as usual
Messrs Allan II. While and
Clifton Downs, of the Capital Hill
Garage, Abells, have sod out to
Mr.. Adam 7 While, and have ac-
cepted positions with Donohue's
Garage, Washington, ID. G.
The Morganza working circle
of the Red Cross held a meeting on
Sunday afternoon, which, while not
largely attended, was most enthus-
astic in the determination TO make
the Xmas Roll Call big success in
that neighborhood.
We are inclined to think that
some of the rowdies who periodical
ly disturb the peace of Leonardtown
on Saturday nights will have TO be
sent 10 the House of Correction be-
fore there will be any appreciablc
improvement i'll conditions.
The Knights of ST. Joseph's,
whose semi-monthly dances are
features in the social life of the
county, have given way to the Alum
nae of st. Mary's Academy, who
will use St. Joseph's Hall, Morgan
"a, for their annual ball on Friday,
Dec. 27th
The November term Of Court
for Calvert County was only in ses-
sion two days, most of the cases be-
ing continued As none of them
were of vital Importance this action
was taken to guard against spread
ing the influenza, which has again
made its appearance in that county
Members of the Conservation
Commission have been inspecting
and taking back the boats of the
oyster navy which have been under
Government control during the war
The sailing vessels Of the feet will
be sold and replaced by fast-going
johnson motor boats.
We have a most interesting
letter from Iiautanant (fnrpnarIy