Evening star., 1918-09-15
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY

HYATTsvILLE. Md. September II.
In view of the greatly increased
needs Of the French children. the war
orphan committee of this county Is
endeavoring to procure the adoption
Of one hundred children before De-
cember 1. individuals and clubs al
ready are providing for sixty-eight
children.
To obtain funds for the remaining
thirty-two, every person in the coun-
ty not already helping is s,,yns invited ivit to
not be refused. Boxes will be placed
in schools, post offices, stores. banks
and other public places throughout
the county for the collection OF con-
tributions.
William Silas Talbert. a we'll known
trucker of Oxon Hill, this county, dled
Wednesday, aged seventy years. M He
leaves a wife and seven children. ihe
funeral took place Friday.
Raising of service tag. a war say, saw
ings stamps rally and singing featured
community gathering Tuesday evening
at Berwyn. Ser9t. Staley OF the Waiter
Reed Hospital, wounded in France, re-
cited thrilling experiences. The audlence
presented him with $27.
The service flag was raised as William
Duvall, chairman OF the meeting, read
the honor roll, following which the Rev
T.. A. katzen spoke ON Our Service
Flag" Thomas G. Lilliridge. four
minute man, urged buying war savings
stamps, and there was substantial re-
sponse.
j. Fred Kefauver, chairman Of the To-
cal committee, reported that Berwyn
and vicinity had already gone over the
top in the stamps drive by $4,000. Prof
A. B. Gahan was chairman OF the COM
mittee which arranged the program.
Dr. Charies f. Benson Of Oxon Hill
district has been commissioned captain
in the Army Medical Corps, ordnance
department, and with his family has
Curtis Bay.
William C. Tippett. probably the
oldest public school teacher in point
Of service in Maryland, died a few
days ago at his home near Malta
woman. Charles county, aged eighty
one years. Mr.. Tippett began teach
ing when he was twenty years old.
For more than half a century he
taught in this county, for forty-five
years in the school at Townshend.
He gave up teaching about four years
ago, being retired on a state pension.
He has served several terms as presi-
dent of the county teachers associa-
ton Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 9 o'clock. in
y
Kendrie Methodist Episcopal Church
at T. B. The pallbearers were w. r.
c. Connick. Roger T. Manning, How
ard Dent, J. A. Carrieo, r. Bernard
Gwynn and e. S. Burroughs. all prom
! inent in county school affairs. Sur
viving Mr.. Tippett are three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Edward S. Bucklin of Hy-
attsville. and the Misses Elizabeth
and Hattie Tippett
A chautauqua will be held Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday at Bowie
for the benefit of the County Red
Cross Chapter.
Alfred and Gordon Bailey, soldier
sons of Judge and Mrs. A. D. Bailey
fof Bladensburg. met in France recent
according to letter. They are in
different branches of the service and
had not seen each other since 1eav-
ing this country.
The town commissioners of Bla-
densburg have appointed S. r. Fon-
taine of Decatur Heights town bailiff.
DR.. j. H. Blandford. lifelong resi-
dent of this county. died at his home
near Brandywine last Wednesday in
his eighty-sixth year. DIR. Blandford
has always taken lively interest in
| county affairs, especially i'll schools
ganize the county's first school board
| in 1858. and was a member of that
body until 1886. Later he served as
president of the County Farmers AL
lance and as treasurer of the state
organization. DR.. Blandford was the
son of H. Stanislaus Blandford and
Mary Smith Hall Blandford. He was
graduated from Georgetown College,
and completed courses in medicine at
the University of Virginia and at
Maryland University. In 1860 he mar
ried Miss Cecilia Mudd of Charles
county.
One thousand two hundred dollars
was realized from the carnival re-
Gently held at Berwyn under the aus
pices of the Berwyn Heights Asso-
citation, with the cooperation of the
Berwyn and Branchville Relief So
ciety, according to the report Of the
committee. After giving the Red
Cross it's share of the receipts. s475.
the associatio unanimously voted to
invest 500 in war savings stamps.
The officers of the association, all OF
| whom have held Office since the or
ganization's formation three years
ago, are: Mr.. Fred Benson, presi-
| dent; Charles Stein. vice president;
John Gardiner, secretary, and Elwood
\ J. Taylor, treasurer.
Corp. Charles H. Weschler. Battery
/ C, 10th Light Field Artillery, over
seas force, in a recent letter home
says, in part:
| "At the rate the Germans are re-
treating they will be back in Germany
| very soon. and then I think they will
! put up the white flag"
| Corp. Weschler says he was in Paris
| when the Germans were firing upon
the city with their long-range guns
which he says at no time proved very
effective.