Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-05-23
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Examiners, viii not be at his Office
on Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday, May 90, 80, 80, and 81,
of this month. He will be in Balti-
more attending meetings of the Ex-
aiming Board, which holds exami-
nations on the dates above mentioned.
The children of st. Inigoes will
give a Red Cross May Pola and
lawn party at the home Of Mrs. K.
K. Burch on Saturday. May rs, at
$3.50 p. m. Ice cream and cake will
be for sale. The admission will be
10 cents. All who can should at
tend and help the First district to
raise its quota of $400' to the Red
Cross Fund.
Col. Richard p. Lake, his
daughter, Miss Estelle Lake, and
son, Mr.. X. Henry Lake, Of Mem
phis, Tenn, descendants of Rich
ard Keene, one of the early settlers
of Maryland, have been in st.
Mary's and paid a visit to Dana
on-the- Patuxent, now the home of
DR.. A. i. Hodgdon, bat formerly
part of st. Richards Manor" the
colonial estate of their ancestor.
If you want to witness with
your own eyes the actual conditions
in the war zone, and see our own
and Allies troops go "over the
top" don't miss the motion picture,
THE Legin Of Death, f" at st. Johns
Hall, Hollywood, Friday evening,
May "a, at $3.50 p. m. 6-minute
talks will be made in the interests
Of the Red Cross Fund, to which
the proceeds will be applied.
The Highways Transfer Co.,
are operating a motor freight line
from Washington, d. G. TO Mechan-
icsville, Md, via Waldorf, for the
purpose of carrying market produce,
etc. This enterprise has been under
taken at the suggestion Of the Coun-
Gil OF National Defense. One truck
is running every Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday, and If the success
of the venture is assured the line
will be operated daily.
Reports of the Red Cross drive
are not coming in from the various
districts for the reason that the local
community workers are not report
ing To their chairman. This is most
important. All workers are urgent
~ requested 10 report as often as
possible, by phone, or otherwise 10
their district chairman, who will
transmit il to the county chairman
and enable him to make his report
TO Division Headquarters in Wash
ington.
The Government is in inme-
date need OF large supplies Of black
walnut, TO be used for making gun
stocks and aeroplane propeller blades.
There is large amount Of this valu-
able timber scattered throughout the
State, and the Government has ask
ed the State Forester, = w Besley,
to aid in locating supplies The
State Forester suggests that those
having walnut trees they are willing
TO sell. write or see him at 532 n
Howard Street, Baltimore.
u. n. Bethel, vice president
Of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Comany. states that re-
ports now tabulated show that OF
the employees Of the Bell Telephone
System throughout The country llg,-
400 subscribed for a.. 900. $50 in
Third Liberty Loan bonds. The
average subscription WAS 500. MI.
Bethel announces that these figures
include only subscriptions on the
company's easy payment plan, no
account having been taken Of sub
soriptions made by employees direct
ly through banks or other channels.
The Legin Of Death, ac-
knowled-ed to be one Of the great
est war photo-plays ever produced,
and which is being so fayorably
commented on by ali who saw il in
Leonardtown Tuesday, will be
shown at st. Johns Hall, Holly
wood, on Friday evening, May gath,
at $3.50 p. m. for the benefit of the
Sixth District quota Of the Red
Cross War Fund. This il graphic
portrayal Of one Of the most remark
able events in modern history, the
revolution in Russia, and the forma-
tion and heroic career of the IA
nous Women's Battalion,