The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-05-23
BREVITIES


Refreshments
There will be dance at St. Paul
Parish Hall, Baden, Md, Saturday, Ma
24th. 1919. Benefit of the Parish Hall
Music by Darrocks Orchestra. Admis
sion 35c.
"A dance and card party will b.
held at Masonic Hall, Upper Marlboro
on Saturday evening, May oath for tn
benefit of the Marlboro High School
Richardson's orchestra. Admission
soc.
Dance at Bradbury Heights school
Thursday, May %; Washington orches-
ira. Refreshment. Benefit OF thu
| school.
The Ladies of Epiphany Church
Forestville, Md. will hold their Annu
al Sale on the Church Lawn on Decla-
ration Day.
- There will be dance in the Parish
Hall, near Iceland, on Saturday, May
"a Admission SOC. Refreshments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Clagett and child,
dren have returned from Washington
to their summer home, Weston, neal
| this town.
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Hill are at
the Marlboro Blenheim, Atlantic City
this week, attending the twenty fourth
Annual Convention of the !, Maryland
Bankers Association.
Captain Charles R. Brooke, Medical
Corps, U. S. Army, son of MIR. and
Mrs Robert w. Brooke and grand
son of the late lsmented Doctor Chas.
o. Lewis, after a ten-day furlough
has returned to his post of duty at No.
5 Debarkation Hospital. New York
City.
Capt. Thomas V. Barb, of Berwyn,
has been decorated with the croix de
guerre by Maj. Gen. Dickman, 8 A rmy
commander. The ceremony took place
at Montabaur. Germany, on Monday,
April IA.
The girls end ball team of the Sur
rattsville High School came to this
town on Tuesday afternoon and played a
game with the Marlboro High School
girls. The score was % to 20 in favor
of Surrattsville-
The dance and card party at Mason
ic Hall, on Saturday night for the ben
eft of St Agnes College Mt. Wash
ington, was pleasant and successful
affair under the expert mana cement OF
Mrs. Irving Bowie.
Prince Georges county, in the vic
tory loan drive with ar apportionmenI
of S367 750 went over the top with sub
scriptions totaling S3s3,60O according to
figures announced by the Maryland
Victory Loan Committee.
Corporal Charles Gibbons of Bat
terry F. 5Sth Artillery, returned to his
home in Groom, last week, after being
overseas a year and a half.
Mrs Ellen Mari, beloved wife of
Mr.. A. K Mari, died at her home "Mt.
Calvert, on Friday last, after protract-
ed illness. The funeral was held from
Trinity Church, this town, on Monday
at IL o'clock.
Among those from this county who
will arrive from overseas during the
next few days, are Corpl. VIM. H. Tai
bott, Jr., Joseph N Ridgely, Raymond
Walters, Harry Snideman, Elridge
CLANCY, Henry Moran, all of this town.
Ralph N. Andrews, of Mt. Rainier.
Mr.. VIM. R. Buck, proprietor of the
Marlboro Garage, reports the following
sales during the past week. Mr.. Rich
ard Griffith, Ford touring car; Mr..
Wallace Plotts, Ford one ton trucks;
j. w. Miles, Bowie, Oakland touring
car; Mr.. M. Bowen, Congress Heights,
Oakland touring car.
That, to very great extent, is the
task confronting the Congress which
convened last Monday. At no other
time in the nations history were so
many vital problems pressing for solu-
ton. In line with its program of
creating at the National Capitol a truly
great national newspaper, The Wash
ington Sunday Star will specialize in
keeping its readers informed as to the
progress of these measures.
William J. Spicer died at his home,
near Mt. Harmony, Calvert county, on
Tuesday last of dropsy, aged about SO
years. At one time he conducted a
meat shop here, later moving to Cal
| vert County. Besides his wife, he is
survived by two sons, George and John
Spicer. The deceased was a native OF
Kent county.
| The pupils of Willis School, near
Laurel, have carried the work of the
Health Crusade through seven weeks
There are % pages and 16 squires tc
date. Those who have become squires
are working to attain the position of {
knight, tor which they must perform
certain chores for five more weeks. We
wish them good luck.
| On Monday, May II, 1919. Mrs
Josephine w. Martin, widow of VIM
H. Martin, formerly of this town, dice
at her residence 405 18th street, S. E.
Washington, D. c., aged seventy
years. She is survived by four SON
and one daughter-Messrs. John F. A
Martin of this town; VIM. N, H. H.
and Lieutenant James A. Martin, o
Washington, D. c.. and Mrs. Elizabetl
E. Modem of Forest Glenn, Md.
Mrs. E. L. Brunn invited several o
! her friends to meet her cousin, Mis-
Desmarais, of Montreal, Canada, o.
Thursday afternoon. Two hours passe
most pleasantly at this attractive HON