Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-06-05
LOcalTise and Otherwise.



Mrs. Jos. Il. Ching sesurned las,
week from visit to Philadelphia
The next of the semimonihly- dance.
st Morganza will be held on Friday,
June 18th.
on Saturday and Sunday last over
lOI persons visited Swann's Hotel Q,
Piney Point.
The annual examination OF appli.
cants for teachers certificates will b
held on June " and Is instant.
Moving pictures will be shown In All
Faith Parish Hall, Misunderstanding.
Thursday and Friday OF this week, ri
$50 p. m
The Hollywood School children will
give two interesting comedies la Sc.
Johns Hall, Friday, June Q, followed
by dancing.
Mr.. Joseph Payne, Of of Bal
timOre, was the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John r. Garner, Of Hollywood. dur
ing last week.
we have an account of the death of
Mr.. John w. Posey, which reached as
too late for This issue. IL will be pub
lished next week.
Mr.. &. Etheibert Abel, who landed
last week from France, arrived at his
home, "Placentia," ON Tuesday, ac-
companied by his wife.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Raymond Foxwell.
4. ~, have been visiting the Lieu
tenants parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
w. FOxwell, LeOnardtown.
An old-time country barn dance will
be held this Thursday evening at the
new tobacco warehouse at st. Inigoes.
Refreshments will be served.
Mrs. w. Dawkins Clements, who
was operated on few weeks ago at
the st. Mary's Hospital, is, We are
glad to know, rapidly recovering.
Mr.. Chas. F. Raley, who has re-
Gently returned from service in France,
is In st. Mary's representing the Mu-
tusl Bereft Life Insurance Co OF New
Jersey.
Mrs. Lucy Spalding has received q
card frcm her son, Jack" announc-
ing his safe arrival at Newport News
from France. He Is expected home
this week. /
BATH Sgt. Major John F. Duke and
Corporal Paul j. Duke, sons of Mr..
and Mrs. J. Roland Duke, are nc Camp
Meade and expect TO be discharged on
Saturday OF this week.
The 10th anniversary of the building
of St. Peters Chapel, Leonardtown,
will he duly observed on Sunday, June
18th, the Festival of st. Peter, the |
Apostle. Full particulars later.
a Washington butcher recently /
visited the farm Of Mr.. Leo Wathen, |
in the Third district, and bought about |
$500 worth of sheep. Direct market |
ing is decidedly on the increase in the |
county.
A sandwich social will be given at |
the home of Mr.. Geo. L. Buckler,
Laurel Grove, on Tuesday, Jnne 10,
p. m, for benefit of Mt. Zion "a. z |
Church. Ice cream, cake and fancy |
table.
MessrS. Walter Grant, of Boston;
~ DIASSOC DHuStuks Vi Tl1CG TcocF~ L
lex, and. Mr.. and Mrs. @. Douglas
Carpenter, of Washington, were guests
OF Mr.. j. b. Carpenter, at Budd's
Creek, on the 30th.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Emma Maddox HAYDEN,
daughter OF Mrs. Katherine Maddox
Hayden, 10 Mr.. William Ewart Glad
stone, on Wednesday, June 18th, ut
Chaptico Church.
The annual commencement at St. |
Mary'S Seminary will be held June 10,
at 10 n. m. The exercises will be es-
pecially interesting. Hon Albert G. |
Richie, Attorney General for Mary
land, will address the graduating |
class.
Saint Mary's Academy will close |
Tuesday, June 18th. There will be no |
public exercises held this year, owing |
To- the time lost during the scholastic |
term. Work will be continued to the |
last. The pupils will be dismissed at |
noon on the 18th.
Field meeting at the soil fertility |
test plots at the Almshouse farm, will |
be held on Saturday, June Z. ut ) D. m.
DIR. II. J. Patterson, Prof. j. Z.
Metzger and Director T. B. Symons
will be present. Everyone invited 10
be present.
The opening ball held at Hotel st.
Mary's last Friday evening was en-
joyed by a crowd tina. came from oil
sections OF the county and quite a few
from Charles County, Washington and
Baltimore. The music was fine and
the ladies most becomingly gowned.
The st. Mary's countianS with the
18th Division are now at Camp Meade
and expect TO be discharged about
Friday To make room for several units
of the 18th Division, including the
3l3th, the last contingent of which ar
rived at Newport News on Monday.
Lieut.. Glendower Ellicott, u. s.
Flying Corps. and Mrs. Ellicott, arc
visiting the formers aunt, Mrs. Chas.
SteTrett GraSon, of Cross Manor.
Lieut. Ellicott, who Is the son of Capt
John Al. Ellicott, U. s. NJ. is recuper-
ating from injuries received when his
plane fell at Post Field.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Duke spent the
weekend In Baltimore, where they met
their sons, Paul and Frank, who have
Just returned from France with the 10Th
Division. They state that the boys
had great welcome In Baltimore.
Mr.. Kenneth b. Duke went up with
them.
Lieut.. Albert s. Burch. of Atlanta,
Ga, formerly of Oakley, this county,
has been awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal, Americas highest tri-
butte to her soldiers, for extraordinary
heroism at st. Juvin, France, on Oct.
IL, 1918. Congratulations. Lieutenant.
st. Marv's Is very proud that you
Eave been so signally honored.
Hon. Robert Grain recently enter
tanned party at his beautiful hone,
Mount Victoria" consisting OF
Judges John p. Briscoe, B. II CANA
lier and Fillmore Beall, Commissioner
OF the District OF Columbia, w. Gwynn
Gardiner, and Messsrs. F. Brooke
Matthews, w. Mitchell Digges and