The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-29
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
FOR THE RED CROSS
Golden Hill People Speak For The
Red Cross, PatroniZe Festival And
Give Literally to Society.

The people Of Golden Hill held an
old-fashioned strawberry festival
last Friday evening at the new store
building, to help swell the Red Cross
Fund. From the four roads that
centre at Golden Hill, the people
came, representing four separate
churches and four district schools,
gathered in a common cause.
There was no outsiGe talent. Home
folks, some of whom had never be-
fore addressed an audience, mounted
the box that served as platform and
spoke for the cause that no one can
turn down, as one speaker put it.
Mr. James Hurley, our Civil War
veteran, who served with Grant and
Custer, paid his tribute to the nurs-
ing care that saved his life in war
time. 1T was different name
then, but the same kind of women
who now work under the Red
Cross he said Two young sailors,
home on leave, Almon Woolford, of
the Coast Guard, and Victor Elsey,
of the U. S. s. Barney, were con-
spicuous in their uniforms, while the
little son of Edgar Cusick, who is
serving with the engineers in
France, and has never seen his boy,
received his share of attention. The
tenth star had been added to our
service flag, for Clyde G. Shenton,
who had left for Baltimore, where
he joins the Dorchester men on their
way to Camp Meade. He carried
with him the Smileage Book which
the children of his home school, For
est, had presented, and a sweater,
knit by the Red Cross, as slight tok-
ems of the regard of his neighbor-
hood Zebedee Gore, a former Col
den Hill boy, also going to Camp,
was present.
Enthusiasm reached it sheight
when Mr.. William F. Applegarth, af
ter a brief speech, pledged one hun
dred dollars to the cause, while the
only German resident. an alien, gave
five dollars. Most of those present
had already given, but some gave
again, and with new subscriptions,
the amount pledged was $15S.2O.
The proceeds of the festival, $2S.45,
made the total for the evening $780,
65. At the request of the members
of st. Mary's r. c. Church subscrlb-
ing, their names are placed below,
with the list from their church.
A few minutes was given to the
subject of Child Welfare, and the
following committee was appointed
to make a census of the children un-
der six in their respective school dis
tricts: Mrs Wilbur Meekins, Meek
ins Neck; Mrs. Joshua Shenton, For
est; Mrs. Edgar Susick, st. Johns,
and Mrs. James B. Slacum, Keene's.
The subscribers not listed else
where follow:
Winnie Newcomb, 81.
Ida Paul, 81.
Robert H. Keene, 81.
Clifton higgins, 81.
Edwin Keene, 81.
William and Blanche Gootee, 81.
Hicks higgins, 81.
Mitchell Hopkins, 81.
Mrs T. Will Bradshaw, 81.
Almon Woolford. 81.
Mrs ;ngan T. Spicers
Mrs. r. E. Keene. 81.
Bird Mills, 81.
Morgan Parker, 81.
Leon ISpicer, 81.
Theoph Spicer, 81.
Ada Renshaw, 81.
Mary Edgar, 81.
VIM. C. Edgar, $3.50.
Mrs. VIM. C. Edgar, $3.50.
August Mesch, IS.
James Hurley, IS.
Forest School, $500.
Joshua j. Shenton, 75c.
Elsie Haller, soc.
Edna Shenton, 25c.
Clara E. Shenton, 25c.
Wilda L. Shenton, 25c.
S. Elizabeth Shenton, 25c.
George W. Birmingham, 81.
On Sunday the drive continued in
the churches. At ST. Mary's r. c.
Church, where Mrs. Howard Asplen
and Mr. VIM. F. Applegarth, Jr., act
ed as a committee, the subscribers
were:
VIM. F. Applegarth, 500.
Mrs. E. E. Gillingham, 81.
Julian Tubman, 81.
James Abbott, 81.
Lee Fitzhugh, 81.
Wilbur Meekins, 81.
Edwin T. Keene, 81.
Donald Dunnock, 81.
Modie Fitzhugh, 81.
Jennings Keene, soc.
Reginald Asplin, 25c.
Mrs. w. F. Applegarth, $5.
VIM. F. Applegarth, Jr., IS.
VIM. Brooks, 81.
Carl Travers, ST.
Dorsey HorSeman, 25c.
Richard Shenton, 25c.
VIM. R. Shenton, 25c.
Vernon Meekins, 25c.
Mollie Shenton, Csc.
Matthew Dunnock, 81.
Jos. R. Shenton, 81.
VIM. Bishop, soc.
Wilbur Meekins, 81.
Mrs. Wilbur Meekins, 81.
Joseph Meekins, 25c.
Charles Asplen, 10c.
Dorothy Asplen, 10c.
Philip Asplen, 10c.
Red Cross committees also spoke
in the colored churches, and the re-
sponse was ready and generous, prac-
tically everyone contributing. Gum
Swamp A. NJ. E. Church gave $6.05,
as follows:
Wesley Griffin, 25c.
Henry Cooper, Csc.
VIM. Stanley, 35c.
Lizzie Travers, 25c.
Joseph Dorsey, 25c,
Benjamin Woolford, 25c.
VIM. T. Dorsey, 25c.
Robert Ward 25c.
Edward Travers, 25c.
VIM. Travers, soc.
Katherine Woolford, Csc
Jos. w. Dorsey, Jr., 25c.
| Lesta Dorsey 25c.
/ Frances Cooper, 25c.
Jos. W. Woolford, 25c.
| Ella Cooper, 10c.
| Sam Woolford, 10c.
! Cora Cooper, 10c.
| Henrietta Woolford, 10c.
! Mary R. Stanley, 10c.
! Lena Ward, 10c.
Nicie Woolford, 10c.
Hattie Dorsey, 10c.
Lee Travers, sc.
Beatrice Woolford, 25c.
Harry Cooper, 10c.
Winnie Johnson, 25c.