Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
EVANSVILLE, Nd, October D.
According to reports, there are many
cases of influenza, Spanish or other
wise, in nearly every section OF the
county. Schools were closed TINS
week.
The fourth liberty loan campaign is
| under way with vigor in this county.
Friday evening, under the auspices
of the Baden Red Cross Auxiliary. an
at Baden Hall. Prof. Frank Bonn
barger of Maryland State College de-
livered an address. Girls OF the "a
triotic League presented a service
flag to Baden High School. Response
to appeal for subscriptions was sub
stantial.
Representative Sydney E. Mudd, just
returned from France, will address
rally to be held Wednesday evening,
in Gibbons Hall, Upper Marlboro.
pupils of the Upper Marlboro High
School, soldier band will play and
soldier who has seen overseas serv-
ice will tell his experiences;
The Rev. S. V. Hildebrand, pastor of
the Hyattsville Methodist Episcopal
Church South, officiated at the mar
| riage, Thursday. of Miss Alice Pearl
| Butt of Rockville, Md, and Alexander
Burroughs of Washington.
The Young Mems Club of Prince
| Georges County has been organized
| with the following officers: Herbert
| V. Gardiner, president; Newman S.
| Lee, vice president and managing d.
! rector; Clarence J. Owens, jr., treas
urer; Stanley w. Crosthwait. secre-
tary. and the Rev. A. X. Stockebrand,
| chaplain. The board of governors con-
sists of Herbert V. Gardiner. Glendale:
Newman S. Lee, Hyattsville; Clarence
J. Owens, jr.. Riverdale; Stanley w.
! Crosthwait. Hyattsville, and S. Earl
| SeitZ. Bowie.
| Principal objects of the club are to
further mutual understanding among
| young men of the county. the promo
| ton of more active and Intelligent
civil life and the advancement of all
measures making for better county.
| Membership is open to any white male
persons between eighteen and thirty.
! who live in the county. At a meeting
| of the club at the residence of DR..
Clarence j. Owens, managing direc-
tor of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress at Riverdale, Thursday evening,
a number of important committees
were appointed and other business
transacted.
Philip p. Watkins of this county has
| entered suit in the circuit court for
! absolute divorce from Estelle Wat
| kins. charging desertion.
| At the October meeting of the River
dale Grange Wednesday evening It
the schoolhouse in Riverdale. speak
ers We're NJ. f. Halloran and DR.. Rob-
! ert b. tombstone. U. S. NJ. c.. county
fuel administrator. Miss Jessie L.
| Lane recited the poem, THE Fools
Prayer. and Col. H. Martin Williams
read the fourteen articles promul-
gated by President Wilson as a basis
| for peace discussions.
Mrs. Margaret Ellington of Mount
Rainier has entered suit in the cir
| cult court for absolute divorce from
Richmond c. Ellington, alleging de-
sertion. The complainant asks for
the custody of the two children and
! general relief.
The Hyattsville Bowling League
| opened its 1888 schedule Monday
! evening when the Hilltop five and the
Berwyn combination hooked up. the
former emerging victorious by 1897
pins to 1,2S0. The winners took all
three games. John Holden. president
of the league. made brief address
Tuesday evening the Easterne cap
tured two of the three games from the
; Royals. Wednesday evening Chillum,
| last years champions. started off in old
form by humbling the Old Boys all
| three games.
Capt Francis F. Fainter, formerly
| commander of old Company F.. local
militia. and now attached to an anti
aircraft outfit has arrived safely
overseas. according to word received
by his parents, Town INSPECTOR and
Mrs. John Fainter
f. L. Thomson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
! Frederick Thomson, has been COM
missioned second lieutenant in the
Army and assigned to Tulane Univer-
sity, New Orleans, La, as an instruc-
tor. Lieut.. Thomson. who last year
was graduated from the Maryland
State College of Agriculture, received
his commission upon completing a
course of training at the reserve
officers camp at Fort Sheridan Ill.
He was taking postgraduate course
at the University of Wisconsin when
he entered the officers camp
The report of Town Treasurer Will
liam A. Shepherd, submitted at the
October meeting of the mayor and
city council, showed the municipality $
finances to be in this shape: Receipts.
sl.7S6.3S; expenditures, s14S242; cash
on hand and in bank. s303.96; cash in
the various funds-general, $37396;
sewerage. s456.SO; special water.
s6153o: road. 1851; road rebate.
S1,357S0: fire department, 1882, and
special road fund, $45.75