The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13
BREVITIES

Mr.. William H. Gibbons of Groom
has been honorablv discharge from the
army and returned home last week.
Mr.. E. M. Grimsley and family
moved to Washington last week, though
he will continue in the position OF local
| telephone trouble" man.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Chichester have
returned from Florida, where Mr..
Chichester attended the Farmers
Congress.
Miss Eunice Sasscer is substituting
at the Marlboro High School in place
of Miss Chambers who will return after
the Christmas vacation.
During the past year the Conserva-
ton Commission of Maryland has dis
tributed the following fish fry in local
waters. Fair Association Lake, Large
mouth bass, 5000, Patuxent River,
Y elbow perch 2. 100000.
Oyster Supper, Fancy Articles and
Refreshments SATURDAY., Dec. IA 1918
Supper 50cents for adults and children
beginning at 80 p. m. w oodville
Town Hall.
Mr.. Charles S. Binger has purchas
el from Mr.. Robert L. Wells the house
and lot adjoining Trinity Church. Mr..
Mr.. Binger and family will move there
the first of the year, having rented his
farm for the coming year to Mr.. Will
liam CLANCY.
Mr.. Joseph A. Wells has sold his
farm near Florenceville to Mr.. William
Loveless. Mr.. Wells will sell his stock
and farming implements at public auc-
ton on December 26th. Advertisement
of sale appears in another column.
Mr.. Reginald Wells will sell his live
stock and farming implements at pub
lie sale on December 18th, on the farm
where he now resides near Groom Sta
ton.
Mrs. Charlotte Humphrey, widow
of the late Daniel Humphrey, died at
the home of her daughters, Mrs. Frank
Hall near Mellwood, on Friday last.
The funeral was held from St. Mary's
Catholic Church, on Monday morning
and the interment was made in Mt
Carmel Cemetery.
Sergeant YancY Christmas is now at
Dover House, with his uncle Mr.. Per-
cy Duvall and Mrs. Duvall. He is or
thirty days sick leave from Camp Tay
lor, KY, where he was i'll for three
months with pneumonia.
Mr. Hill Sasscer is at home for the
Christmas Holidays. the Student Army
Training Corps at the Virginia Poly
technic Institute having been disband-
ed. He will return in January when
the school will be reorganized.
Frank Christmas spent Sunday a.
the home of his grandfather. MIR. B.
F. Duvall. He hiss just returned from
a training camp in South Carolina ,:hav
ing been honorably discharged. He
-wesrs badge for fine shooting, having
made 96 out of 100 at 1000 yards.
A party of thirty wounded soldiers
from the Walter Reed hospital, Wash
ingtod, were entertained at Baden High
School, Saturday evening by the Baden
Auxiliary of the Red Cross. A boun-
teous supper was served them, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by the boys.
Among the overseas letters receiv-
ed in the neighborhood from local boys
written since the armistice terms went
into effect and announcing their safe
survival, were those from Lieutenants
L. G. Sasscer, John D. Bowling, Jr and
John H. Traband, Jr., Chas. c. Maj
bury, Harry C. Snideman and Joseph
N. Ridgely.
Mr.. John Ridout, aged 76 years, a
prominent Washington lawyer, and
private secretary to Justice lilly, o
the District Supreme Court. and tn,
oldest member of the Bar Association
of the District of Columbia, was strick-
en- with paralysis on Tuesday, while en-
gagged in the trial of a case betor,
Judge Duncan in the Circuit Court a
Towson, Nd. Mr.. Ridout was wei
Al.