The Democratic advocate., 1919-01-03
STATEHOOD.

The Christmas entertainment given
i'm the /. O. u. A. M. hall Monday
evening, December 23, by the pupils
of our public school, was quite a
success. The hall was beautifully
decorated for the occasion and the
children entertained the appreciative
audience in a most creditable man
ner The teachers deserve praise
for the careful training of the boys
and girls.
The Y. 2. B. met at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. Geo. Knox, December ~.
Quite large number OF members and
visitors were present, there being
sixty-fve in all. The meeting was
opened with a scripture reading BY
Rev. Guy Owens. This was followed
by a temperance song, wind the
Ribbon Round the Nations" Rev. TT.
@. Owens led i'm prayer. The regular
business of the evening followed.
The Sunshine Committee reported
sending a Christmas present to one
Of the members who is sick i'm a hos
pital. One Of the members for whom
service flags had been displayed at
the meetings was present and as he
has been honorably discharged from
the army his service flag was present
ed to him to be kept for a souvenir.
Miss Gladys Knox read Seeing
Things at Night" Rev. Fl. c. Owens
gave short address on Prohibition
One new name was added to the roll
and one to the w. C. T. U. The in
vitation given by Miss Eurith Zentz
to meet at her home the third Friday
i'm January was accepted with pleas
urO.
The play "a Virginia Heroine"
which was presented by our local
Red Cross in the hall in Statewood
last Saturday evening was grand
success. The large audience filled
the hall to overf1owing. Even stand
ing room was at a premium. The
cast was composed entirely Of young
ladies and to say they did we'll is
only expressing it in the mildest
form. There were four acts and
each act was applauded to the echo.
Between the acts there was music
and Mrs VIM. Allen, Rev. GUY Owen
and Mr. Walter Wagner contributed
much to the entertainment by singing
several solos, The hall was taste-
fully decorated The scenery on the
stage was beautiful and changed for
the different parts of the play. PeO-
pie all over the hall were saying. lit
is beautiful, it is grand" The affair
was quite a success financially. The
sum Of SIT was realized from admis-
sion tickets and the sale Of candy and
peanuts. The cast follows: Mrs.
Dare, mistress OF Greylawn, Carrie
Buckingham; Margaret Leighton, sis
ter of Mrs. Dare, Martha Zentz; Vir-
ginia Dare, in love with Phillip Lee,
Maude Shauck; Betty Dare, Mrs.
Dare's daughter, Madeline Spencer;
Ruth Lee, a Southern girl, Eliza
Buckingham; Bessie Allen and Nell
Carey, Virginia's friends, Geneva
Spencer and Margaret Green; Granny
Royal, an old woman, Matte Harris;
Topsy, a self constituted necessity,
Mabel A. G. Shauck; Nora, hostile to
naygure, Mae Klee; Martha Lane,
the village gossip, Lenora Spencer.
The W. @. t. u. will meet at the
home of Mrs John Spencer, Thursday,
January 9.
Rev. and Mrs. III. c. Owens have
gone to Betterton with Rev. MIR.
Owens parents and brother who
were VlS1LluS ldOL WCCh.
The Misses Mildred and Gladys
Knox are spending their vacation at
Linden Farm, with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. N. Lockard and
family, Of Statewood and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Hill and family, Of Nc
Comas Mill, spent Sunday with MIR.
and Mrs VIM. Lockard, of Smallwood
Mrs. Nygren and daughter, Dorothy,
of Westminster, spent Sunday with
Mrs. VIM. N. Shauck, of Shauck
Heights.
Miss Olga Isaacs and Mr.. VIM. D.
Bush, Jr., spent from Sunday until
Wednesday with relatives at Ellicott
City and Baltimore.
Miss Isabelle Lauterbach, of Har-
risonville, spent Friday evening with
Mrs. Samuel Monroe.
Mrs Alice Williams, Of Baltimore,
spent the weeks end with Mrs.
Horace T.. Shipley.
Private Arthur H. Griffee, Of Camp
Wadsworth, arrived home Tuesday,
December "a.