Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-05-29
LEoNARDTowN Md THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 90 1919

The County Club banquet held at Hotel ST.
Marys Monday night proved one OF the most
enjoyable affairs ever held in the county. The
guests numbered l35 and included the great
majority of the wide-awake. progressive people
Of ST. Mary's. The large dining room was
filled to its capacity, the menu was excellent and
the service all that could be desired. Mr.
Perkins, the proprietor, is to be congratulated
upon the successful manner in which he handled
it. 1t was jolly crowd which seemed intent
upon the one idea of having good time and
the constant hum Of voices around the tables
showed that the guests were well pleased and
were entering into the spirit of the occasion.
Mr.. ]. Allan Coad, president of the club,
presided and gave the summary of the member
ship campaign just concluded, showing that the
club now has lo4 members distributed through
eight election districts In introducing the
speakers MIR. Coad referred to the object of the
organization, the development and material wei
fare Of the county and the social enjoyment Of
its members.
Mr.. E. D. Hathaway, the first speaker, gave
detailed review OF organization and co-opera-
ton from its feudal infancy and was very en-
thusiashc as to the great benefits that could be
derived by the concrete action possible when so
many representative citizens were united and
working together for community progress.
DR.. F. F. Greenwich, one of the county
most popular speakers and one who always has
something OF interest to say and a most pleasing
way OF saying it, refused to admit any limitations
to the scope of the clubs possibilities and claim
ed there was sufficient wisdom and ability among
its personnel to write peace treaty and not
waste near so much time over it as the Yer
sailIes Congess.
Lieut. Commander Clement u. S. NJ, gave
very interesting account of the new ordinance
testing range in Potomac River, stating that the
Navy Department had bought Blackstone Is
land, which would be used as signal and
range station in connection with the work Of
testing the big guns He expressed the hope
that the people OF the county would cooperate
with the Department in making the range sue
cess and believed that they would all benefit
from the station, not only from the fact that it
would mean the spending of considerable money
here, but because it would eventually bring us
better transportation facilities.
Rev. DR.. c. w. Whitmore, of St. May's
City, recent and most welcome addition to the
countys congenial citizenship, made a happy
boosting talk typical ofthe after dinnerfeeling and
sentiment. DR.. Whitmore, in this, his first pub
lie appearance, made decidedly favorable i'm
preston on all who heard him. He believes
in organization and drew from his knowledge of
Western conditions to point out some of the
ways In which the club could be valuable as
set to the business and social life of the county.
Rev. John la Fargo, S J., was the last
speaker on the program and made an address
that will rank as one of his best efforts. Wei
have gotten in the habit of expecting something
really good from F. La Fargo and, as usual, no.
one was disappointed He advised the club
to use its influence in SO shaping our laws that
the dangerous doctrines that have been born Of
and fostered by the war would never secure a
too:-hold in America. Like the speakers who
had preceded him. he believed the organization /
could be power for the progress and develop
ment OF the county and the moral uplift of its
people.
1t was great gathering and the Countv CLLl