Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-05-16
LOcalEiss and Otherwise, 4
Tuesday, May 9lst, will be Red
Cross Day in St. MarY's.

Tuesday, May 2lst, Will be Red
Cross Day in St. MarY's.
The new second class postal
rates become effective on July LIST of
this year.
Mr.. Tack NJ. Fowler. Of Chap
tico, was county seat visitor on
Tuesday.
Mr., w. B. Long, of Clements,
was transacting business in Leonard
town on Tuesday
Mr.. w. S. Yates and son, Mr..
Oswald Yates, of La Plata, were in
Leonardtown on Tuesday.
The Commissioners and Orph-
ans Courts met on Tuesday and
transacted routine business.
Mr.. G. Henry Camalier, of
Washington, spent the weekend
with his parents in Leonardtown.
The next of the semi-monthly
dances at St. Joseph's Hall, Morgan
"a, will be held on Friday, May "a.
Every person in St. Mary's
should consider it privilege to con-
tribute to the Red Cross Second
War Fund.
Attend the play, Brother Jo-
siah', Odd Fellows Hall, Ridge,
Md, Thursday, May 29rd, followed
by dance with city music.
There will be dance with re-
Treatments at Medley's Neck School,
No. g, on Friday, May 18th, for the
benefit of the Red Cross working
circle.
Mrs. w. Bernard Duke and
son and her sister, Miss Eleanor
May Turner, of Baltimore, are
spending this week at the Hotel St.
Mary's, Leonardtown.
Take a holiday next Tuesday
afternoon. May 2lst, and attend the
big Red Cross Rally in Leonardtown.
Good speakers win be on hand, and
a brass band will furnish inspiring
music.
There will be a Red Cross en-
tertainment at Bayside School Fri
day evening, May II. Mr. Lewis
@. Thompson, teacher of the school,
extends cordial invitation TO all TO
attend.
The barn dance held in the new
tobacco warehouse at Leonardtown,
Monday night, considering the nm
propitious weather, was very success
full and balance was realized above
expenses.
Mr.. Paul Duke, of Annistan,
Ala, is visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Roland Duke, Leonardtown.
Paul is one of st. Mary's volunteers,
a member of the old Fifth Maryland
Regiment,
Don't glut the market with
chickens, live or dressed, nov that
the Federal CLOSED season" on hen.
ended May l. This advice to farm
ers is given by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
Don't fail to attend the big Red
Cross rally in Leonardtown on Tues
day, May 2lst. The Red Cross il
playing a most important part in the
war and it needs your help. The !
meeting viii be held at $3.50 in the
afternoon.
Private j. Frank Dake, Of |
Camp Mcclellan, Admission, Ala, |
who has been spending sometime
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j
Roland Nuke, Of Leonardtown, LETT
to return to camp on Monday last.
The big Red Cross Rally in
Leonardtown on Tuesday, Mag 2Ist,
will be followed by a dance at the
Hotel St. Mary's. Music will be
furnished by the brass band that has
been engaged to play for the rally
Mr.. and Mrs. Max i. Mllison,
of Leonardtown, accompanied by
their children, Miss Sarah and Mas
tiers Neal and Abraham Millison,
motored TO Baltimore on Sunday
last, returning to their home Mon
day night.
Mrs. f. o. Morgan, after spend
ing the winter in Washington, has
returned to her home in Leonardtown
for the summer. Mrs. Morgon has
been one of the coLntv's most con
sIstent workers in war relief work
and has been much missed during
her stay in the city.
Last years crop of potatoes has
not yet been consumed and il viii.
be criminal waste to allow them to
rot Substitute potatoes for other
foods until the supply is used up.
Phone Harry Combs, Beauvue lie
still has a number Of bushels for sale
at 81 per bushel.
In its regulations governing
the price of wool, the War Indus
tries Board allows dealers to make
charge of per cent of the selling
price if the wool is not graded. and
1-2 per cent if graded. This COM
mission is to cover all storage, cart